Remarks by Mike Butler
114 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“So nobody's reading that book. I can take pieces of it, and I can send it to them to the point that we're making tonight. But I think there's a huge opportunity for us to communicate more.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“I mean, that's a fantastic way for us to show, hey, man, this is what we've done in the last year or two years or five years.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“Oh, thank you. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but you get credit.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“And I would just add, Vice Mayor, that this is the third year in a row.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“But there is a maximum, right? The maximum is 3%. 3%. So the maximum increase in the taxable value is 3% if you're homesteaded. If you're homesteaded. So you roll back the millage rate. It could be increasing your taxable value. You end up, who knows what the final is.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“No, and it's just one part of. It's one part of the bill. Yeah, so there's two other major taxing districts, the county and the school board.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“It did a great job. I just want to thank you also for sending the two, four and 6% projection. So I appreciate you including that. So I did get that by email, but thank you. Great job.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Do you want me to read it? Or do you want to read it? It says as required by statute, we will now announce that for the purposes outlined in the presentation and commission discussion, the tentative millage rate proposed by the city commission is 7.3189 mills, which is the legal rollback rate. The parks obligation bonds millage is proposed at The Golden Isle Safe Neighborhood District tentative millage is proposed at 1.0934 mills and the Three Island Safe Neighborhood District tentative millage is proposed at 0.4584. The aggregate proposed millage generates a 0.56% decrease in property tax…”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I'm sorry, Mayor. I needed to pull two on consent.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“K and L. Wait. Oh, my God. My apologies.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“second i have a motion in a second further discussion hearing none could i have a roll call please um mayor yep yeah so this is item k okay i'm sorry i'm working on an emergency on another um issue so my apologies everybody so um so i on item k the the I just, there's not enough backup detail here for me to support the item, so I will not be supporting it tonight. I just wanted to make that statement before the vote. So my apologies again to the City Commission.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So thank you, Mayor. So same thing with this item. And I do want to make just a quick statement about the previous item as well is that I very much do support us ensuring that we compensate our city employees and have supported and advocated for us ensuring that we pay them a competitive salary. But again, like this item, there's just not enough backup for me to support this item. Thank you, Mayor.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, so I mean, I'm just looking at the summary rating sheet. I mean, it's a pretty significant difference between Ballard and Becker and Polykov. I understand. So are we able to, under state law, reject a lowest bid? Yes, you do. Do you have any reasoning behind it to support it?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Are we voting on 9B and 10B? We have to do it separately. Motion to approve.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I just wanted to say congratulations. That's incredible work for you to do. I can't imagine how much you had to put in to get that kind of a change. So huge congratulations to you. I am very proud and happy to pay my school board property taxes. My children do not attend school here in Broward County. But I tell people all the time. It's an investment in our future and I know that sounds pithy It's incredibly true and I'm happy to pay it and frankly I don't think teachers get paid enough for the work that they do the lowest in the nation Yeah, so you're…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“If I add it all up, it's 6.4527. Thank you.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“No, this is number seven, lift station number seven.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I really just wanted to see if we could get an update on what's going on and that's requiring the additional six months. I know there's a lot going on. Doctor, I'll thank you first for sending out an update on the lift station progress. We had some time ago for a different lift station closed, was it 12th? Right by your house. It's closed again. and it's been closed for quite some time. The lift station right, yeah. It had closed for a period of time. There was a date specific time that it was gonna be closed. We opened it back up again, it's closed again, and now they've also closed the…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, so I was just, honestly, I support the item. I understand a lot going on. I was just hoping to get a little update. I get people asking me questions all the time, and I have no idea what to tell them, so. Sorry. Yes, sir. And if you'd rather do that in an email. No, no, no, no. Whatever is easier for the staff, yeah? No, absolutely not. All right.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“And is the easement something that we were unaware of?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, is that what's caused us then to have to do this additional six-month of temporary bypass?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, I would imagine we don't want to have it on temporary bypass more than we have to, but okay.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“And finalize it, okay. I think it's good to hear, so thank you for sharing that with me. Appreciate it.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. So I just want to make sure I got this straight. So this item is, this and its companion item, right, 9A and 9B, are... both for the stormwater and us changing this to putting it on the tax bill. And we're also changing it to the ERU for commercial, residential is to be determined. We're not changing residential to ERU at this time, right? Right, okay. So, and I still, and obviously I think that the residential from a, the methodology for residential isn't equitable the way that it is today, but I know we may change that at a later date. Here's my question. So the last time…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026