Remarks by Keith W. Babb, Jr.
151 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 7
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“I call this meeting of the city of Pahokee Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026 to order at 6.02 p.m. May we please stand for the invocation provided by Vice Mayor McDonough, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Commissioners. Thank you, staff. And most importantly, thank our audience and those who are present and listening on social media or other avenues. Good evening. At this time, City Manager, do we have any additions on emergency basis?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. City Commission, having heard there are no additions or deletions to our agenda that has been presented, I'll entertain a motion for the approval.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Second. It has been moved by Commissioner McPherson and properly seconded by Vice Mayor McDonald for the approval of the agenda as presented. Call for questions? Hearing none, are you ready for a vote? Roll call, Madam Clerk.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Commissioners. Motion passed by unanimous vote. Next, we have on our agenda presentation, proclamation, public service announcement, public comments, agenda items only. And we'll do our public comments at this time. City Clerk, do we have any public service cards completed?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, ma'am. And we'll move to the presentation, and I'll have our city manager introduce and present the presenters.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“We've had at least two major audits, and I remember at the last time you was here, you mentioned about a recommendation for a forensic audit. I don't see that in any recommendation in your final report. I'm just wondering if that's one of your recommendations for the city to move forward with a forensic audit.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“So did you see anything suspicious or kind of gave you a red flag that that particular type of audit was required or needed?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any additional questions from the city commission?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Next, we'll entertain our consent agenda, which consists of the September 8, 2026, city commission meeting minutes. I'll entertain a motion for that.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“It has been moved by Commissioner Cowans-Williams and properly seconded by Commissioner McPherson for the accepting and adoption of the consent agenda item, which consists of the September 8, 2026 City Commission minutes. Call for questions. Hearing none, are you ready for a vote? Roll call, Madam Clerk.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Commissioners. Motion passed by unanimous vote. Next, we'll have our old business discussion of existing activities of previously held event, if any. City Manager.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, ma'am. next we have public hearings in our ordinance we have a resolution several resolution first resolution resolution will be read by city attorney”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, City Manager. Could you give us a brief explanation?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“At this time, I will publicly open a public hearing for Resolution 2026-63. Do anyone from the public wish to speak on this resolution? Hearing and seeing none, I close the public hearing. City Commission, having had Resolution 2026-63 properly read into the minutes by our city attorney, properly explained by our city manager, what is your preference?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“It has been moved by Commissioner Mike Pearson and properly second by Commissioners Kyle Williams for the adoption of resolution 2026 dash 63 powerful questions question.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Hearing none. Ready for a vote? We'll call Madam Clerk.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Commissioners. Motion passed by unanimous vote. Thanks. We entertain Resolution 2026-64, City Attorney.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, City Attorney. City Manager, could you give us a brief explanation?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, City Manager. At this time, I will open Resolution 2026-64 up for public hearing. Do anyone from the audience wish to speak on this resolution? Hearing of seeing none, I will close the public hearing. city commission having heard resolution 2026-64 properly read into the minutes by a city attorney properly explained by a city manager what is your preference mirror bear i move that we accept resolution 2026-64 It has been moved by Vice Mayor McDonough and properly seconded by Commissioner Kyle Williams for the adoption of resolution 2026-64. Call for questions. Hearing none, are you…”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Commissioners. Resolution passes by a unanimous vote. Next, we entertain Resolution 2026-46, City Attorney.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, City Attorney. City Manager, can you give us a brief explanation?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, city manager. City commission, having heard resolution 2026-46 properly read into the minutes by our city attorney properly explained by our city manager, what is your preference? move that we accept resolution twenty twenty six dash forty six second it has been moved by Commissioner McPherson and properly second by Vice Mayor McDonough for the adoption of resolution twenty twenty six dash forty six call for questions yes I have a question on page seventy one the bottom where it says”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I don't know if we can change that language somewhat, but it would be, to me, a little unfair that you would change a price without any notice to anybody. So maybe we can tweak that language some kind of way if we can.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Are we going to have a motion to postpone this resolution or are we going to try to vote it up or down? Are the language going to be okay for it at this point to at least pass the resolution or do we need to see the complete language?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026