Remarks by Juli Casale
215 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 9
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“So you are okay delaying. Right. But I want you to say to me today here, which projects do you want to delay?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“They don't know that we are raping their reserves and we're taking all the money for a rainy day fund. They don't know. They know what they're experiencing in their household, but they don't understand we're experiencing it here, too.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“It's going to go down below 18% at your cut. It'll probably go down way lower at this current rate. Now, if you go down to the 6.4.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, then you keep calling workshops, but you can't list out one of them. List them out. We're here, right? It's 8 o'clock. We don't have a heavy agenda. List them out. What's your structural changes? Do you want to cut police? Then say it. Do you want to cut fire? Then say it. What do you want to not do?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, but across the board, it doesn't work. You can't just say, pull this out of this department, pull that out of that department. You have to know what you're cutting.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“We agreed to use that to pay for our water treatment facility because we need that money for our water treatment facility. How we cost it out, our water treatment facility was in part dependent on that money being allocated. Yes, it is.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Can I make a point of order before you open it up?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“What we're getting from the Edwards Company in Delray Beach operation is $1.3 million debt.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“$5,000, and the DDA is getting $200,000. It's not $4 million.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“So we can't argue that all this new development is going to pay.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I do not agree to continue to take money from the reserves. Okay. Rating the reserves we will not have FEMA support and as mr. Dawkins pointed out to us We are going out for for big money on four different big projects and our reserves are Declining quickly and we are well below at this point our own Procedures and practice.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“It doesn't matter. Yes, but we have a 21% policy.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Right, and you want to go lower and lower and keep going? I mean, we're rating our reserves.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Hang on, if I may, because you talked about the rating.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Moody's report, rating methodology and scorecard factors. The fund ratio is rated. It was measured at 136%, and it's rated at 20%. There's only one other thing weighed 20%. Everything else is well below that. And that is, if you look at this, a factor in why we got our AAA rating. And it seems like, based on this rating methodology and scorecard factor that I'm looking at here, it's heavily weighted. Compared to the others. The others are all 10, though.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“He pulled the 1.4 from the overtime off of the regular budget and took the remaining 1.454 and he pulled that out of the overtime.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Out of the fund balance. Or apply it towards the fund balance. Correct. Because that's what we asked them to do at the last meeting. When I found the $3 million.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, you can say no. But let's put it forth and see where we're at. I'm going to put forth an operating millage of 6.3501 with a debt service millage of 0.0289, total millage 6.3790.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Do you want me to state the more clearly motion to approve resolution number 140-26, general fund operation and debt service proposed millage rate? an operating millage of 6.3501, a debt service millage of 0.0289, with a total millage of 6.3790. I'll second that.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Now, would you like me to make a motion?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Motion to approve resolution number 141-26. Second. Thank you.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. And that's it. Those were just my general comments about the budget.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026