Remarks by Michael P. Callahan
38 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah, I was really the one that was working hard on revising this and really to protect the reserves. That's not what happened to us when I was first on the council where we were consistently digging into our... reserves to to meet budgetary numbers and there was just a lot of issues back then um that have been been corrected the way i see it is that i don't feel that we should hold the staff responsible for uh something that was unforeseen this this was i mean if again like you just stated right if if we weren't building legacy park if we didn't have so over mediation…”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“when applicants come back before us requesting changes to something that we've already approved. For me, over the years, it's really been a bait and switch type of thing. Hey, this is a great idea and we approve it. And then six months later, the applicant comes back and just kidding, we wanna do this. And usually at these meetings, I have a legal pad filled with comments and notes But I must say this is the first time in six and a half years that I've had an applicant come back for a modification that's actually better what the original plan was and we loved the original plan i remember i i…”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“Let the room come to order, please. Thank you. Welcome, everybody, to our May 20th, 2026 Town Council meeting. Would everybody please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Mr. Clerk, would you please take the roll? Council Member Lord?”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Council Member Duncan? Here. Council Member Ramirez? Here. Vice Mayor Callahan? Here. You have a quorum. Thank you. Before I move the agenda to the floor, I am going to make a correction. I'm going to move item 3D. up uh just because we have a one or two folks in the audience that i think need to get home for homework so i'm going to make that make that change uh are there any other changes additions deletions nope all right hearing none and with that change then i'll move the agenda to the floor and then at this time we will move to the recognition of the soccer teams So I'm going to read…”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“On behalf of the mayor, who could not be with us this evening, and my fellow council members and the entire town of Cutler Bay, we want to say congratulations and great job. You've certainly represented this community incredibly and we're very, very proud of each and every one of you. Just as a side note, I played Cutler Ridge soccer way, way, way back when I was a kid. I was a goalkeeper. Yeah. And the very first game, I got hit in the head with the ball, and then next week I was a swimmer. Again, congratulations to everybody. You don't have to stay around for the rest of the meeting. I know…”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Guys, we have the rest of the meeting we have to get to, so.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“all right i think we have the room back all right we're we're going to uh resume the meeting at this time i'm going to open up the floor for uh public comments anybody wishing to speak uh please step forward okay seeing no one approach the podium oh we got one oh i'm sorry”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Obviously, because we know you, but for the record, your name and address.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“okay seeing no other folks approach the podium um mr clerk anybody in the queue there's no one in the queue right no one in the queue then we're officially going to close public comments move on to the next agenda item um age friendly community so i'll turn the floor over to council member lord”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“I would also like to give a congratulations or a shout out, is that what the kids nowadays say, to Council Member Lord for her tireless work on chairing or the liaison to this particular committee. And you've done a great job. picking up uh right where uh susie loisel left off she was so passionate about this and um i mean fought for the uh the committee everywhere she went and um you you filled those shoes and you've pushed it forward so congratulations all right we'll move on to our next uh our next item well I tell you what, before we move on to our next item C, we are in the town council…”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Yeah, no, you can hold it. Yeah, I guess. Why wasn't a teacher?”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“All right. Proclamation. I'm not going to make any promises that all these words will be pronounced correctly. Whereas public works professionals focus on infrastructure, facilities, and services that are of vital importance to the sustainable and resilient communities, as well as public health, high quality of life, and well-being of the people of the town of Cutler Bay, and whereas these infrastructures, facilities, and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works professionals who are engineers, managers, and employees, and sometimes state, public works…”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Whereas items three through D have now been completing. Therefore, we will move on to agenda item four reports. 4A, the town manager report. Turn the floor over now to our town manager, Ralph Casals.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Any questions from the council? Council member Duncan, you're recognized.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Right. Yeah. the storm water correct storm tension so but that that doesn't prohibit us or does it prohibit us from moving forward with other vertical builds such as water sewer electric and so forth”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Right. Okay. I just want to make sure that we can get some shovels in the ground out there and we're not sitting on the sidelines waiting for Durham.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Congratulations, Rod. Thank you for all the hard work that you do. I remember the days sitting up here getting beat up because we never communicated enough. The town does a great job, and of course, a tribute to Rod on getting the information out to all of our residents on all of our many projects. All right. We'll move on. Town attorney report.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Can you make something up? Sure. Okay. Listen, they gave me the shortest agenda in the entire world. So, you know, I got to stretch this out. That's by design. Yeah. Wait till your contract comes up next year.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Daniel? I'm going to start going through the audience in a minute. All right, we'll move on to agenda item five, the consent agenda. Any pulls? Seeing no pulls, need a motion to approve. So moved. Moved by Council Member Ramirez. Second?”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Second by Council Member Lord. All in favor?”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“Ayes have it. And then we'll... open up the floor one final time for public comments. Anybody wish to speak?”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“It's our decorum that we usually don't answer questions in public comments. It's just an opportunity for the residents to express opinions. I would encourage you, though, maybe directly after the meeting to meet with our town manager, and he can certainly provide that information for you.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“All right. Seeing nobody else, anybody in the queue? No one in the queue.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026
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“All right. With that, that'll bring our May 20th meeting to a close.”
Town Council · May 20, 2026