Remarks by McKenzie Fleurimond
228 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 10
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“Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So there are not a vast number of changes in the charter. I think it's a lot of work. uh... that went into this first of all i want to thank you guys for all of your efforts uh... but but the changes are not vast to the point where we can't go through uh... the vision of the charter committee the charter review committee i think we should go through one by one And then once we go through one by one, we have a synopsis of, OK, this is where they started. This is where they ended. And then we can come back and then start taking up items individually and deciding what…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, well, I think the synopsis is important as a whole. because perhaps one section may affect the other. And I think that's important as well, because some sections may affect the other. And I would hate to vote on a particular section only to find out that here's how it would affect another section of the charter. So that's the reason behind, and it's not a lot. That's what I'm saying. I think we can just read through it and then come back and vote second.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, I feel like we're deviating from the original. Yes, and instruction so if we can go through Mister city attorney. Mister vice mayor of the we did say with all that I understand that I'm with that the question and I value her question and I'm I'm not trying to dismiss it, but what I'm saying is we it's been a while so we have to kind of move on and then we'll come back.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Also through the mayor, if I may, you know, we have ordinances and resolutions. And so I think we have to be mindful of what those accomplish as well. If there are certain things that we want to see done or that we want to make a statement on. So, you know, the charter itself, you know, serves one purpose, but then the ordinances and resolutions we can deal with at another time to address certain issues. So just wanted to make that point.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Any questions or comments? All right, we can move on.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Smith. Commissioner Jean.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So what are you saying exactly? You want to vote? You want to vote in sections?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, so is that a motion? Motion, yeah. Okay, you have a second. Second. Okay, Commissioner Smith. I second. No, Commissioner Smucker did.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“And I think to Commissioner Smith's point, we didn't want for something that affected another piece to be ignored. So that was the reason we were going through all of them and taking notes. But since we have a motion on the table in a second, do you want to keep your motion?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Madam Commissioner, are you withdrawing your motion? I'm not. So what are we doing with your motion? Because we have to address it.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, so the motion is that we vote in sections. Is that, that's your motion?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“That's fine. OK, so with that being said, what we're going to be voting on is considering moving things per section for consideration to go on the ballot versus voting on each individual item to go on the ballot. Is that your motion?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“All right, well, let's see how this goes. Okay, your motion, your second.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Right. I understand. Then there's a motion on any items. All right. Okay. So we have a motion and then we have a second. So all in favor.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, so we're currently... Section 2.3.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So to the attorney's point, which I don't think we're even following, to be honest with you, the ordinance that currently is on the books actually has a consideration of cost of living increases. So I think it's, if I remember correctly, maybe, I don't know, it was like 1% or 2%, something to that effect. So it does address cost of living. So if it were to be, this is just my understanding, if it were to be in the charter to go to the voters, it wouldn't necessarily mean that there wouldn't be a cost of living increase. The cost of living increase would still remain because we're... No.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Because it's specific to fiscal year 26 is what you're saying. The charter would control over any inconsistent ordinance. Correct.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Any other comments? All right, so if we can move forward to section 2.4.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, there's, respectfully, Madam Commissioner, there's an ordinance that deals with all of this, and it talks about ACPI, right? And so if we can get that, perhaps if we have time to get it, if not, as Commissioner Templer mentioned, you know, we should determine if we're going to have a CPI, what specifically that's going to entail, because 2% on 3,000 versus 2% on the entire... On your package.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Even if you change it to shall, to remain in the city at their own expense... No, it says here insurance benefits provided to members of the city commission shall only be paid for by the city during their actual term.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“You can adopt it any way you want to. Well, okay. I just want to make sure, as we're reading this entire document, areas that are crossed out are being removed. Correct. Areas that have not been crossed out are not being removed. Correct.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, it would be nice to have whatever is going to be affected. And areas that are underlined are added. Right. So what I'm saying is if you don't tell us that something is going to be changed or removed as a result. You understand what I'm saying?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026