Remarks by Maureen Porras
392 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 16
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“I'm sorry, can you repeat the last part?”
City Council · Jan 27, 2025
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“So it's just one person? It's one person that would transport or is in charge of coordinating?”
City Council · Jan 27, 2025
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“Vice Mayor Papouras? I'm withdrawing my discussion item, 9D. The requesters have advice that they receive funding from another source already, and indefinitely, indefinite withdrawal. Okay.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Thank you mayor. Good morning and welcome back everyone happy new year. This is an item that I really thought would help a lot of our staff members who are eligible would be eligible to maybe work remotely once a week this isn't a directive I don't want it to be you know a directive from the city council because ultimately the decisions regarding supervision, hiring and firing of staff are under the city manager. So what this really is, is a way for us to maybe pre-approve that, you know, exploring that if it's something that the city manager would like to do at any point. And so I wanted to…”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Yes, vice mayor. So again, good morning, everyone. Welcome back and happy new year. And to our new city manager again, we're so happy that you're here. Welcome. And I look forward to working on great things for the community and continuing that work. Thank you to our deputy city manager, Frank, and also Fernando as well for all the great work that you guys have done throughout the last two years and keeping us up to speed. And again, I look forward to continuing that great work. And to the rest of the city staff and the departments, I also look forward to a new year of great initiatives. And…”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Mayor, I forgot to mention our city attorney, of course. All of our departments, thank you for the great work.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Yes, I have another meeting at 1130. So I'll take part for the first hour. Yeah, if unless we can get through stuff.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Do we have any ex parte communications? I've met with the applicant, and that does not influence my decision. Thank you, Vice Mayor.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“So last November, the voters approved adjusting council member salaries to 30% less than the mayor's current salary. and to cap all future increases in the same. And this amendment is resulted in establishing an annual salary for the mayor of 80,690 and 56,483 for council members. Currently the city council receives an extra compensation, which is in addition to the salaries of $2,500 a month and the form of a stipend totaling an expenditure of $150,000 a year. The In an effort to promote honesty, fiscal responsibility, and also to avoid confusion as to the Council's exact compensation, I'm…”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“So I have a concern. Well, first of all, we just deferred the item, my item to remove $150,000 from the city budget. And we're increasing the mayor's budget with three new positions. One that was previously funded, unfunded, and now with two additional ones, which are going to be over $250,000. Are those positions specifically and strictly working solely with the mayor's office? Is that a question? That's a question, yeah, or whoever can answer that.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“My second question is, the deferral that just happened, was that indefinite, or was that to that meeting?”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“I would say for all of us to consider, now that we're doing budget revision, maybe transferring that stipend, if it is something that you are open to looking at, into possibly helping the council members have an additional role as well, in addition to these three new positions under the mayor's office. And again, I don't know exactly where they're going to be fitted, but an idea that could really also help the council members to also help support those things. So just letting you know that.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Clarification on a proclamations are to reflect the name of the current mayor and should the mayor not be available to present it. The requesting council members shall be able to present it.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Okay. So you'll be making that change, right?”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Okay. And then the second one was on page three, section two dash five, four clarification on C certificates, plaques, et cetera, which bear the name of the city of Doral, includes the logo seal of the city of Doral, or which indicate that the certificate of recognition is being bestowed upon by the city of Doral, its council members administration, shall only be authored, created, and bestowed by the mayor. So what we had discussed was whether there was a prohibition or a limitation on individual members of the council that want to recognize and do their own certificates recognitions without…”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“NEW SPEAKER Which is the use of the seal and the logo, right?”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Okay. And then the last one was page four, section 2-56, the four-fifths vote. I asked you to look into it, and if that's something that's valid, as I mentioned to you before, there's been other resolutions, and this is ordinances, that have had this language written in, and have been reversed with three votes, including the pension ordinance.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“Yes, Madam Mayor. Item C. There's another one. 2-53, 2-53 into the proclamations.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“No, no, no. The language that needs to be added is all approved proclamations are to reflect the name of the current mayor. and should the mayor not be available to present the proclamation, the vice mayor will present the proclamation.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“What happened this past year was not against the charter? So this is policy. I'm fine with it saying that whoever requests a proclamation can present it. I'm fine with that. But when you state that only the mayor can present it, and if they can't, the council member requesting it, I mean, I have an issue with that. So either we say that all of the requesters get to present the proclamation or following the charter, it should be the mayor, then the vice mayor, and in their absence, then the mayor delegates.”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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“I would like to hear from the attorney. Is this, presenting it this way, is this a violation of the charter?”
City Council · Jan 15, 2025
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City Council · Dec 26, 2024