Remarks by Michael J. Napoleone
99 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“All right, good evening. We're going to call to order the meeting of the Wellington Village Council for Tuesday, September 22nd. I'd like you all now to please stand for the invocation by Deacon Pete DelValle from St. Therese to be followed by the pledge.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Amen. Would the girls guys like to come up and read the pledge? Come on up. Just come up. Come to this side. Come around. Come all the way up.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Just go down this way and turn and face the flag. Anyone wants to start? Go for it. I give my greetings to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'd love for meetings to get shorter. Is there a motion to approve?”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Which we've already done. So it's approved as amended. Takes us to our first item.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, congratulations on your award. Thank you. I was at the preserve a few weeks ago, and I was biking through there, and I saw that little plaque that caught my eye, which I hadn't seen before. I was like, what is this plaque doing out here? So I had to pull up and take a look at it, and I saw it was you guys planting the new trees right by the front of the preserve. So it was awesome. I was excited to see that, and I'm even happier that you're here tonight so we can tell you how proud we are and thankful of your project. It's going to be fantastic for years to come. So thank you so much…”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And I think we're going to come down and take a picture because I see our photographer lurking back there.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And you're welcome to stay, but you're not required to stay for the rest of the meeting.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Public hearing is now open. Madam Vice Mayor, we have some cards.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“You both know the drill. Name and address, three minutes.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“That was your time was up. Oh my gosh, sorry. Why don't you finish your dog park thought?”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So anyone else want to speak on the item before we close public hearing?”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Aye. Public hearing is now closed. We will go to council comments, and I won't go first this time. So who wants to start with comments, questions, observations, thoughts?”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“That's cutting down the number of events we do?”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And if we don't realize that same savings next year, our insurance will be higher.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“This was a surprising year to have it bump 4%.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I think that was mostly clear. Thank you. I think this is my 11th budget, my 11th year. So I've done this 11 times. And I've seen this budget many times. And again, I appreciate the effort that goes into it. And I understand the push-pull on the millage rate. And we've held the millage rate at 247, because that's the number that is fair to our residents, and it provides us the revenue to provide the services that our residents enjoy. And that's why they live in Wellington. And I looked at what other municipalities in Palm Beach County do. Wellington has the second or third lowest millage rate…”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Please stop. No, we're not talking from the audience.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Let me just address, sorry, I'm not comfortable discussing cutting staff benefits at the 11th hour of a meeting when this is what they're going to rely on. That's something that should be a longer discussion and people should have brace for a glide path and possibly have their benefits cut. So that wouldn't be something I would want to cut today. Maybe we can discuss that as a going forward thing, but that would not be my solution to find the 0.01 millage rate savings by telling everyone suddenly we just cut your car allowances tonight. I think that requires a discussion with staff that might…”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“You're not... You don't get to talk for the audience.”
Village Council · Sep 22, 2026