Remarks by Michael J. Napoleone
99 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 4
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“Thank you. Any other cards? That's all. Any other public comment? Come on up. You can fill out a card afterwards. Name and address, three minutes. Good evening.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We don't do back and forth. It's just public comment, but we can get you a copy of all that information after the meeting. You can look at it yourself.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I think it's probably online, but if not, we can get you a copy of it.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Right. We hope to get it back, but we don't know that we will.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I think it's important to note the slide you put up when you show the homesteaded property values of 450 and 650, which is your assessed value, not your market value. And you see that at a homesteaded property assessed at 450, your taxes are going to increase by 30 bucks a year, which is $2.75 a month. And if your home is assessed at 650, your taxes are going to increase $43 a year, which is $3.50 a month. And if you look at your tax bill, I mean, your tax bill, my tax bill is big. Everyone's tax bill is very big. We would all like to pay less in taxes. But if you look at your tax bill…”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Right. But when you cut the budget like that, it'll save someone $2 a month, but it'll drastically impact the overall total dollars the village takes in every year. So you're not really – you're really – you're cutting the – you'll be cutting the millage rate, and you'll be saving someone $2 a month, and then we'll cut services that they appreciate to afford a $2 savings. That's like, what, a fifth of a Starbucks to save $2 a month. So, you know, what would you cut from the budget? What would that be? What would a two-point – what would that millage rate reduce the ad valorem by?”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“If we went to the rollback rate from 2.47, because I'm sure you have that math already done.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“If we want to cut the millage rate, what would you like to cut from the budget when we cut the money from the budget? What would you like to take out of the budget?”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And with Amendment 3 coming, I'm not comfortable cutting anything because we might get drastically cut and we have to make some major cuts. To do a symbolic cut this year to really not move the needle on anyone's property values or their property taxes with what we're potentially facing in November is a massive loss in revenue. I think it's irresponsible to cut the to cut the millage rate today when we don't know what's going to be happening in November. Do you want to talk about it for next year? That makes sense, because we have to make a lot, we have to potentially make a lot of cuts. But…”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I don't have a crystal ball. If I had a crystal ball, I would do a lot of things differently. For sure.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm going to pass the gavel to the vice mayor, and I'm going to make a motion to approve the budget as presented with a 2.47% millage rate. You're in charge. Second. That's what you asked for. Yes. You say there's a motion to second.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All in favor. All in favor. All in favor. Aye. Aye.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And I bet we have a significant number of cards in the consent agenda.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Is there a motion on the consent agenda?”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Any other public forum comments? Anyone else want to speak? Come on up. You can fill out your second card after this comment. Yes, sir.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, sir. Any other public comment?”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And the reason that agenda review is on Thursday is because why? I'm sorry? The reason that agenda review is on Thursday?”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“With that, council comments? Vice Mayor?”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Chief Garcia, welcome. Thank you for staying for the whole meeting. This was a short one, so this was not too bad. And with that, we are adjourned.”
Village Council · Sep 8, 2026