Remarks by Michael F. Bracken
117 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
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“I'm good. I think we should move forward to try to prioritize the school.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Would it be acceptable to instruct the manager to see if we can do the phase design as fast as possible and prioritize phase one? Phase the school as school is the priority? Is that a reasonable question to find out how fast we can do that?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“I just want to know if that meets Ed's needs. I'm sorry.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“That's normally their timeline. So these are money that we actually have at hand, or this is grants that we're having to apply for?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“So what are we doing? Guys, are we going to proceed and move forward with trying to get this expedited?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Can somebody format a procedure that we can actually direct the manager with that's consistent?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Okay. But then how do we utilize Fernando's thought?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Yeah, and maybe there's a way to use Fernando's idea to use some emergency process.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Let's get back to it. Can we talk about the economics of the conversation for a second? I think there's a conversation about maybe... I'm not, let's forget whether we've used Black & Beach or not, but should we be discussing bringing on some of our own team members instead of using outsourced people? That's what I'm going to say. I think there's a, I think that may be a conversation that we should be considering, and I think maybe that's something the manager should come back to us with, but maybe we should be looking at the possibility of having our own house people versus having outhouse…”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“And bringing this in inside the village first.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Those plans are paid for already. We can't talk about the vision plan if you're not there. I agree, but can we do it in, I'm not back until July, so I mean.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“I'm back June 6th. I'm not here. Frank, I leave on the 27th, and I'm back on the 1st of July. 27th of May out back on the 1st of July.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“7th? How's the 7th? The 7th. How about the 7th? Tuesday the 7th. What day is the 4th?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Well, it was the original budget was far less because they started it in 2019, I think, and then it slowly creeped up to approximately $13 million.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Yeah. The conversation is, if it's a stormwater piece of hardware, why doesn't it fall under the stormwater fee? Why does it go to the GOP bond?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“I don't understand. Think about Oscar, right?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Also, if we're doing the work there in the condominium district, okay, and that if we're doing the same mechanism for fee-based work in the single-family-owned basis, we should probably be doing the same mechanism for payment of that. Yeah, I understand that. I just wasn't clear on that. I'm just asking if that's reality or possibility.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026