Remarks by Lynn Su
245 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 10
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“Okay. Got it. Now, my point is that I think that by us doing this, separating that, it would be actually another buffer for us to not have, I can't explain myself right now, think it's it's what he was talking about in terms of guardrails like today we have a wonderful manager we have a great water utility director or our utility director but we have to prepare on days that it's not these people so this is why these things are put in place so that we can be the city could have that buffer and be protected okay through the mayor as a matter of law i just want to point out that whether you”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So what would what does anybody here know what the steps are to to move into bifurcating the city from the water.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, I mean like when we normally in any business, if it's a holding and there's several companies in there, Usually, like, if one is not doing so well, you want to cut it out and then have the prospering business continue, right? And then this one, you can either claim bankruptcy or try to revive it some other way, sell parts of it or whatever. So that's, I'm not trying to sell the city out, for the record. so um so what i'm trying to say is like now that we know that you know the situation in our spending is this way and we know the water plant is making money the best way to do it is to…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I want to say something. So it's like you're like the candy bar at the cashier checkout right now. This is how people vote on our ballot. They just look down, they either vote the first or the last or whatever it is, and only the same handful of people that vote in the May election will still vote by actually knowing who they're voting for. Otherwise, you're the candy bar at the cashier. That's how I see it. When we do have that May, I don't know if you understood my pun there about the candy bar at the cashier. But what I'm saying is like they're walking out and they're like, oh, you know…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“That's the presidential year, by the way.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So mail-in ballots, no early voting, and then one day election. I love that.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, I agree with the no less than three days. It could be more, but no less than three days.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I think it's usually like the first Tuesday after the second Monday or first Monday.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No. Voting yes puts it on for them to vote.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Wait, I thought the runoff was only in the case where there is a tie.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Do we have to vote on the two or four? Or it's already automatic? Okay.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“We're changing the language of the charter, right?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Wait, can I ask a question? I just wanted to clarify this for myself. So, okay, so you're saying that the county certifies the votes, right, after the election. Now, whether it be the general election day, let's say we don't change it, it's still November, then we do a runoff four weeks later, then we do a runoff four weeks later, then they certify the votes. We have to, within two days, we have to get together and certify the vote.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“oath of office they can take it and like i said if the hurricane comes right it's the new people believe me where does it say within two days mr man it says on the second business day immediately the first line okay after b thank you um so mr attorney please continue hurricane what in effect”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So basically, the ideal thing to do, whether it's preliminary or final certification, the safe thing to do if there is an emergency meeting to be called on, they should take an oath before they attend the meeting. That's correct. So any meeting, any decisions to be made will have to happen after an oath is taken. Is that correct?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Right, okay. Okay, can I call the question?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So we have decided to keep the Civil Service Board.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, are we putting 7.1 on the ballot or no? No, we're not.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“The comment that I was going to make was can we get the civil service board backing up and running? Wait a minute. We didn't take it out, but they took it out.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026