Remarks by Mike Butler
114 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
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“We've done that before, I think. We had weddings there, right?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I was thinking North Beach, too. Okay, go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“There was not an RFQ awarded? I thought we did.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I remember reading the backup about how you have to get into the thing. I was just totally shocked. It has to be upgraded on a regular basis. And I thought we were doing that in conjunction. I thought we were doing that in conjunction with our 100-year anniversary.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I want to, there's one other topic I just wanted to.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Oh, you were doing, okay. So we still have time. So this item, I think for me, is a little bit difficult to open up. So one of the challenges I think that we have is, There isn't a, I don't know how to say this. So we are, the number one, to me, the number one purpose that we have code compliance is for beautification. And I have frankly been talking about this. Bless you, Mayor.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Wow, that was loud. So we've been talking about code compliance and how code compliance can contribute to beautification in the neighborhood, in the cities, in the cities since I think it was a EDAW report. I can't remember the name of the company back in 2006. So this has been a long, long time. I mean, well before I sat up here. We recently had the two resident surveys over a two-year period and the beautification didn't change. We didn't see an increase in beautification. During that time period over the last five years, we've made significant investments in code compliance. And I think,…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“So this is something that I just wanted to bring up for the city commission to be aware of because I think it's an important item because it's one of the three things that our residents are asking us to do, right? Right. So traffic, flooding, beautification. We've got a lot of money that's going into traffic. Our Department of Transportation has already made real world results and impact for our residents, which I congratulate them for and thank you again for that. I know we have a ton of money going into flooding, right? I don't know how we're measuring flooding because I think it's…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, obviously our focus should be on the thing.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“We're just talking about beautification. Obviously, what do we have control over and what we can influence? And maybe this should be a workshop. Maybe we should sit down and get somebody who actually is an expert on tying these two things together. We've made enormous investments. I support those investments in code compliance. We're not getting the outcomes that... We wanted.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I understand the benefit that we're getting out of it, and I'm not opposed to all of those benefits out of it. We just need to figure out how to affect this beautification thing so that two years from now or a year from now when we do a resident survey, people will say, yeah, Hallandale really has improved significantly in that third metric that is so important to our residents.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Oh, and great job on the budget. Again, thank you very much to all of you. So I know you guys work hard at it.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 19, 2026