Remarks by Marsha Matson
70 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“Your last comment. My feeling is that we shouldn't do anything based on what is here. Is that what you just said? Yeah, my feeling is... By no notices or... Right. Everybody should be noticed.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“If you don't mind, I'd like to respond to that. That is my goal is to treat everybody equally so that they can, everybody can ask for a notice on their religious observance and it will be treated equally. And so I am totally willing to substitute your motion for this entire thing because that is my goal. I only set this up in this way because I worked with the attorney on it in order to come up with a structure and a policy and so on. That is my goal, is for everyone to be treated fairly and equally, and whoever asks for a notice about their religious observance to be published in Village…”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I can make a motion right now to amend it.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I would like to make a motion to amend, please. Okay, I'd like to make a motion to, in deference to the mayor, to delete sections E, which are exclusions, G, which are administrative procedures, and H, which are annual reports. Second.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Okay, well, I'm trying to satisfy... The mayor and her concerns, and now the attorney has brought up his concerns, and actually that section was from the attorney. So I would like to reframe my amendment in hopes of getting this ordinance passed and to delete G and H, G being administrative procedures and annual report is H. So that's my new amendment. Second.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Right. The section, I'm reframing the amendment and keeping in E on the advice of the attorney.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Okay, then reframing the amendment, correct? So we delete exclusions, that's E, except for 2, number 2 under that. Is that correct? Except for number 2 under E, number 2 being line 17, page 5 of 8. on an attorney's advice.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I'd rather not. I'd rather not have this continue on. I really would not. I'd rather have it decided.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I mean, if people vote for the amendment, the report's deleted. Oh, H is in there? I'm sorry. Thank you.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Yeah. Do you mind explaining what you're talking about? That went right over my head.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I would just like to let the audience know, the residents watching it, what this item is. This item is rescinding the ability of the Charter Revision Commission to place items directly on the agenda. And we did pass a resolution and then we passed an ordinance to allow this because the CRC had been informed by the previous village attorney that this was their right. And then the opinion was changed with a new village attorney and they objected to that saying that they had been working under the previous instruction. So, Long story short, what this will do, we'll reverse what is in the…”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Councilwoman? Yeah, this is a priceless, really almost priceless piece of property, one of the last, if not the last, remaining coastal properties of a large size. And I think that the village should do its best to try to acquire it when and if it does come up. And I was present at the discussion, and it's aspirational. It's like an indication, a suggestion, that the council take it seriously and try to purchase at least some part of it. If not, probably never be able to purchase all of it, but at least some part of it, perhaps for a park. So I support it. Vice Mayor?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Thank you. Councilwoman? I'm of two minds on this one. I think that people are very confused about whether a district councilperson actually represents that district or the whole area. I find that the residential districts are confusing for people. On the other hand, and also I think that District 3, I agree with you, Commissioner, District 3 really does need like a person on it that just represents it without having to, for the reasons you mentioned, I agree with you on that. So I also am concerned about having to redraw the lines. The district lines won't stay the same because they have to…”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I'd like to ask the attorney, does this make a difference?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I don't know. I don't know. We changed it to four years. Four years.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Thank you. Councilwoman? When we discussed this at council, I felt that this was a violation of the charter, that compensation can only be changed by the voters. So this codifies it in the charter, so I support it.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Okay, I would like to point out that... that additional language was added to the proposal going directly on the ballot that was not in what the CRC passed. So I don't know who added it. For example, on the ballot item on page 6 of 23, line 195 has the language without council oversight. But on the original changes made by the CRC and proposed, That was not there. And that is at line 756 on page 20 of 23. So someone added to what the CRC did not have. So I would like that to be an amendment.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I have a question. Did they actually put that in without council oversight? Because to me, those three words really tends to bias this, I think. It sounds like a runaway CRC. It was. It is a runaway CRC. Well, no, I doubt very much, frankly, that they put that language in there. I wasn't there, I admit.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“We wouldn't. We'd be resolving a problem that's going to come up again and again unless the voters decide on it.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026