Remarks by Ken Fairman
212 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 9
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“So I know Mayor Lerner, Council Member Ross, they're involved in this group, and I just happened to have a couple random conversations with people that had gone to this presentation and were completely wowed by it, and in part a lot because Christina was speaking very frankly, honestly about it, and then they could tell, and then it got me thinking, The public's gonna be hearing more and more about this and we have a group that's out there working on it that the council should be on the same page so we're not misspeaking or misrepresenting anything that's going on. So thank you for being…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I thought it comes with a seat, right? It's the seat that's to adjourn the meeting.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“What do you think is the biggest agenda item for the crowd today?”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“Do you want to pull the minutes? No, no, that's part of the Consent Agenda.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“I'm sorry, Joe. Mr. Mayor, tab six. Tab six, not five. Anybody want five?”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“To the village manager, so our public works director, does he work with these design people to bring in some of his thoughts? Because I know he's had a lot of thoughts about... The intersection.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“And this 750 seems to be like for a major function rental.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“So a club would pay... $375 for a night to have a meeting?”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“I think it's a good idea to kick back to Rob to hear a little bit more about what they expect to use, how they expect to use that facility.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, so I'm not against this, but what I don't like is the way we're dealing with it. Staff came with this concept of the price pricing. I'd rather kick it back to staff and ask them to look into into the organizations and how they, maybe there's a different price structure. I'd like to see them coordinate with the other parks. I don't want to limit it to just one night if we have availability to do others. So I would just rather defer it, have them come back with something that includes what they're gonna do for non-profits, neighborhood groups, things like that, and see what they come…”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“And we meet May 4th. Is May 4th our next meeting? May 5th. May 5th.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“While I am much in favor of these race crosswalks and giving them to see how well they work and to finish off the path on Kendall Drive, I have concerns about their construction and the way they're going to look I don't know if it really gives a pinecrest aesthetic. I see one, two, three, four different materials being used for the construction. And having seen how some of the traffic circles have fallen apart over time, I do have concerns about how well these things are going to hold up. And I think the worst thing to do is go into something that maybe doesn't look good and maybe doesn't…”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“And these are fairly sizable features. Kind of what it would look like. Very prominent.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“I don't know. I don't know how any changes might affect the cost. So I'm a little concerned about awarding it. Why don't you just make your motion? OK. So I move that we defer this for a month. All right. And that we receive better renderings of what it's going to look like prior to that.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“What are my choices again? Lay it on the table.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“We just put it to 20 just to give us a little bit of latitude should there be a lot of, but there was, you know, and this is a discussion on only the three board members who are here to talk tonight, but the group as a whole, we had these discussions and The 28 was kind of set upon us for a lot of different reasons. And it became a little bit, not everybody got to know each other very well. And so it wasn't a good number. And so this is more of a, let's set it for, let's see how 18 looks, run through a year of it, see how it does. And then, so it's a little bit of a learning curve. But I have…”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“I think that's not a bad number either if we do go there. It's not like 22 and a half.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“So just for your information, the group also liked the idea of you're not an automatic in just because you're a current member. So everybody will have to apply again. And they also requested that we do interviews. And Priscilla and Nicole and Rob have all volunteered to interview them. the applicants as well. So I think this is a, which I think is a great move.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“So I move to defer until the next meeting and the next meeting, prior to the next meeting, that we have some renderings of exactly what things will look like and have had a chance to discuss it with our public works director.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“So Vicki, thank you very much. This is actually fairly a topic that had been coming up with the council talking to our public works director, partly because I've gotten one of those tickets. And I think about how did that happen? How did I not notice this? And there's two-fold reasons. Number one, we should put the ticket people out of business. And we should do whatever we can to prevent an accident and keep our residents from getting these tickets. And I think that one of the problems is a lot of school zones, none of them are exactly the same. And of course, the times are all different. So…”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“Okay, so we have the Youth Advisory Council board with us tonight that would like to introduce themselves and say a few words about the year and the future of YACC. So we have with us Juliana Kay, who is the chair, Sophie Perales, who is the vice chair, and Miles Messinger, who is the secretary treasurer.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“I'm glad we had a full house because it was evident why these three were elected by their peers to lead the group. And it wasn't always easy. It was kind of a transitional year. Communication was very difficult. We learned a lot of lessons about communication. But what a great group of young people. And I'm so excited about their view on the future. Good work. Thank you.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“Does the Chief have anything to add on this?”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026
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“So if we have slow speed in front of Palmetto Elementary for an extra two hours that we that some would say is unnecessary because the kids are already gone, we have nothing to do with that. We have to enforce it, but we don't get to adjust or change it.”
Village Council · Apr 14, 2026