Remarks by Karen Marriott
43 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I'll make a motion that we approve the budget agenda as amended.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, and I wanted to start by saying I really do appreciate the hard work that the finance department and Devin and the city manager's office put into getting some community feedback and having these community meetings. I think that probably the most important thing that it did was to kind of open a better line of communication between the city and residents about what we're doing, how the budget gets built, what the city is paying for. I think it gave a little more transparency to the process, which I think is always a fantastic thing. i will say that i still feel the same…”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Just a couple of comments, really, regarding the additional admin person to help manage the capital projects. And I have a couple of thoughts about that. you know we we keep hearing or i certainly keep hearing that getting those capital projects done is something that is very important to to the community you know these these are the things that are important to do and if we can um by adding an administrative person create some efficiencies in that department actually get projects moving done completed keeping them going i think one i think that's that that is the job of the city right so…”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to approve on first reading ordinance 2026-20 as amended by the millage rate adopted tonight and with the addition of a FTE for public services.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I Move to approve I move to approve the agenda”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Before Brandon gets started, I just want to state that this ordinance affects a relatively small number of single-family houses in the city, of which I own one. And it directly affects me because I'm in permitting to build a new house. And so because of that, I think I have a very explicit conflict on this issue. And so I just want to let everyone know that I do, I am stating that I have a conflict in this. I will be filling out Form 8B as required by the state and providing that to the city clerk. And my understanding is that I can sit here and listen, and I will not be voting.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to approve the second reading of Ordinance 2026-17. I second.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Nothing to disclose other than reading the staff report.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“sure thank you um uh i just had a few comments um for somebody who's trying to represent some of the people that aren't in bill vista we've heard a lot over the last few weeks when we're talking about budget about uh there have been a lot of conversations brought up um and i thank commissioner causey for for kicking off the conversations about uh the state of the parks in our city and what they look like and uh um I am not in favor at all of spending any more money on trying to beautify this one spot in this one park for a small percentage of the residents when we have needs all over the city…”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“i i clearly see other questions and comments from other commissioners so i will uh start with uh commissioner mario please sure thank you um so a couple of i have just a couple of thoughts about this and and uh i think that you know commissioner maldonado's idea about about some kind of murals or artwork on them i think is a good one um think that's probably a an achievable way to improve the aesthetics I won't speak to I haven't been involved in all the neighborhood meetings you know so so I won't speak to that I will say that and Kim Kim and correct me if I'm wrong I think probably one of…”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thanks. I just wanted to let everyone know that the American Legion post on St. Pete Beach on Gulf Boulevard will have a 9-11 remembrance event this Friday at noon. So they will have a ceremony right here on St. Pete Beach at noon on Friday 9-11.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'll move to approve the agenda as amended.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“For June, the Route 90 was 785. Okay, thank you.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you. Thanks, Brad. I did have a question. I wanted to clarify a couple things about the PSTA access program. And so the access program is it's both dedicated or shared ride handicap vans. Is that correct for people in wheelchairs and that sort of thing?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. And people have to apply to the PSTA. You guys have a program where they apply, they get verified, they get approved, and then they can use that program.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And is that program, and I may have this incorrect, are people only eligible for that program if they're a certain X number of miles away from a bus stop or not? Or it would be for all of St. Pete Beach. If we pay for the service, it's for anyone in St. Pete Beach, whether there's someone in Paso Grille. It doesn't matter if there's not a bus stop close to there. They still have access to that program.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“OK. Anywhere. OK, perfect. Thank you. And then I think a minute ago you said, I thought you said a number of riders from St. Pete Beach who participate in the access program? Or was I misunderstanding a number that you said?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, so 3,800 one-way trips out of St. Pete Beach.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“The fiscal, so October 1st through, you said the end of July, June 30th.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, it's grocery stores, shopping, doctor appointments, whatever. Yeah. Yeah.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And then rider fares, of course, are on top of that, right? Right. We pay a chunk, but the riders are still paying a fare.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“on the Sunrunner. No, the number we're looking at is the 70,000 for the trolley. Yes. But still the number of boardings. Oh, okay. The number of boardings in St. Pete Beach, correct? Not total ridership of the entire trolley system.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“No 15 that number is 15 percent of the total trolley ridership.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, I think, Commissioner Causey, what we need, I think two things. One is that we don't pay for the Sunrunner. So in St. Pete Beach, we're not paying anything for the Sunrunner. So there's no contract cost that we pay for the Sunrunner. We don't pay into the PSTA system on our property tax bill. I believe it's us, Treasure Island and South Pasadena that opted out of the PSTA system. Everywhere else in the county, they have a line item on their property tax bill with a specific millage that goes towards PSTA. And we don't. And we don't pay for the Sunrunner in St. Pete Beach. Okay. So we…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026