Remarks by Lynn Hurtak
246 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 10
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“Oh, F, sorry, I didn't see the thing down at the very bottom.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Oh, okay. So you want to do that through ordinance. But my only problem with that is that I like the fact that in the charters that they're very specific about who it should be and members of the judiciary.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“I have one question that concerns me though, and this goes back to our same problem that we're having with our CRA right now is that our CRA still has to abide by the HR. Oh no, this, these people wouldn't be no, no, but, but actually they would be because wouldn't we be moving the auditor department under this?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“a domino effect exactly so i make a motion to send this number one independent inspector general to uh mr tinkler for review specifically looking at the city of miami beaches inspector general and how they put the auditing department under that but also looking at um um”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yeah. But again, I would like him to weigh in on it.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“So you know the mayor of Miami Beach, right? I do. So when I was thinking about this and looking at Miami Beach, I knew you did. And so I thought maybe you might be able to reach out to the mayor and talk to them about how they handle HR.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Well, then that would be great because my concern is the same concern we have with RCRA, is that because the staff who work for the city full-time still have to abide by the HR rules, they're still required to have someone they report to. That's the problem that we're having with RCRA right now. And so how do we... how do we make sure that these people are truly independent of hr and of of all of that and so that's my that's and it's a concern that councilman carlson has brought up over time and time again and we have to fix that with the cra i just don't know how we're going to solve it yeah…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“But we all need to vote. Can we just say all in favor?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“I don't have a problem with this, but I want to figure out a way to put in item number 16, the question that's on the letterhead. It's on the second page. Should Tampa City Council be able to initiate amendments to the city budget during the current fiscal year? I think these two things might come together. overriding of executive orders and initiating amendments to the city budget. I think both of these things are super important to bring some levity back to or some more balance back. Uh, I think that we should be able to override executive orders, but I also also think we should be able to…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yeah, we already did the city council compensation. Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Oh, no, I'm sorry. Can they put the questions up, please? Yes, thank you. Those are the questions. Oh, can CCTV put them up, please? Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“I motion that we send this to Tinkler. Second.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“I'm sorry, to send number 12, question number 12, to Tinkler to bring us a language.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Item number seven. And I would like to – this is should the city council attorney be allowed to hire additional staff and outside attorneys subject to budget approval of city council? So I think it shouldn't just be city council attorney. It's should the city council be allowed to hire – That I would be more comfortable with. Yeah, so instead of just city council attorneys, so if I take the attorney out and just say should city council be allowed to hire additional staff?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“And it's also Yes, but that's again, so that was my secondary one that I wanted to talk about. So we can talk about them together. So I think it should be the city council should be allowed to hire additional staff subject to budget approval or to the budget, period. Yes.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yeah, please let me finish. So should the city council be allowed to hire additional staff subject and just period, no subject to anything? Just should we be allowed to hire? I think we should be allowed to hire additional staff as necessary. So that's going to be my thing for Tinkler. Going along with number 16, which is on the other side, should tampa city council be able to initiate amendments to the city budget during the current fiscal year and i believe that we should be able to do both of those things and so i would like mr tinkler to come together and bring a language to that effect…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“semicolon funds for such positions must be found in the city council budget and any additional costs thereof must first be approved by the mayor okay well then i apologize um that i thought i didn't realize that made it through on the last one well that's been that's been that's been in there since like but again then you have the issue with the mayor the mayor yeah so i think we should be able to take that mayor part out um so that's section two you'd have to be able to get this then you then we have to go hold on so what section was that Two point.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Sub D got it. Thanks. And then what about 1616?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Just saying we want to change it so that City Council can initiate amendments. So that's just let him.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“I think that's a perfectly fine thing, but that if, if that applies to city council, it should also apply to the mayor.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“So I have a motion by Chair Clendenin. I have a second from Councilman Menescalco.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay. So I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026