Remarks by Neil C. Kerch
121 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“I also have Oscar Wynn Phase II Park that's in the capital project. But that's part of the 2014 general obligation bond project. All right.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“In fact, we promised them that they would get their park right. That's correct. So we wouldn't be doing a disservice to our residents if we were going to say, hey, we're going to cut it now that we're facing this amendment.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“That's just we do that, but I'm just pointing it out to the public. The amphitheater improvements, that's because of accessibility and safety issues, correct?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Has staff evaluated whether postponing any of these essential infrastructure work could increase future cost or service risk?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“We delayed the maintenance or infrastructure. We'd probably be looking at a greater cost later on, correct?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“It's been closed down for quite a bit, right?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“And then staff is proposing $123,960 as the ceiling for charitable contributions, staff.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Is that a decision point we need to make?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“When we get to that point, I'll hold off on that. Since we're going there, I see some of these organizations have a matching funding component. Can you explain that to the public on what that does in expanding services for our residents?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I don't think we did it last year. I might be wrong, but I know in years past we had some ARPA dollars to supplement some of these programs. Is there any remaining ARPA dollars in the budget that can be used to fund that? I don't think we had it last year, but just to make sure.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Let me ask a question on charitable donations. If we choose to fund some of these Can we wait on disbursement to see if Amendment 3 actually passes or we have to commit to them tonight and they get the money? It's kind of like I'm flying blind and I don't like to fly blind. Yeah, that's an excellent.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“that skin in the game on how this on this goes forward so i think it's an idea that you're saying it's a great idea yeah and like i said a lot of these questions i know the answers to it's more of an educational component they say a lawyer never ask a question that you don't know the answer to but uh i i thank staff for your incredible work and that's all the departments all the department heads typically i and my questions with each charter officer saying, is this a budget you can live with and maintain your mission? And I'm not going to do that this year because you guys have all come…”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Is it possible to fund the amount and then make this decision post-November?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“We'll fund up to $150 or whatever, and then we'll do the allocation.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Do we have to pick out how, assign the dollar amounts tonight? Or can we wait until after?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I'm giving you the 100%, but we're going to, whatever the amount to fall in, whatever number we want, maybe it's 62% of your ask, or 62% of the budget, and we just apply it equally down the, understand what I'm saying?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I think, for me, I'm more fine with, I like the half part, because we're coming below the 123.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“That's good right now, and then we'll see what happens. Because if we come back in January and we're cut, I'm not going to be saying, hey, I can give you the rest of the money. I'm leaning more towards let's do the half because it's below the 120. It's even lower than what staff is asking.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“And then if Amendment 3 passes or doesn't pass, then we can readdress it.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“That's the numbers that we were from last year.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“All right, so that's kind of proposal deputy mayor I'm If the money is there I would say to make a motion to just fund it, but I'm at the will the Commission I”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I like that idea. Like I said, it comes in below what staff was recommending. I don't want to put us in a position to where we're really cutting core services for charitable giving.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So I'm comfortable with funding half the request now and then revisiting it post-November 3rd.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“6g proclamation proclaiming september 15th through october 15th 2026 as hispanic heritage month in the city of sunrise mayor michael j ryan deputy mayor jacqueline a guzman assistant deputy mayor latoya s clark commissioner joseph ace gudo and commissioner all right big round of applause mary mary where's mary is she here sandra here as well”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, I want to thank you all for coming. You know, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from September to October, but in my house we celebrate it every day. My wife is from Colombia. My son is 22 years old. He's Colombian-American. So in my household, we're dual culture, dual music, dual comidas, dual idiomas. All the things we do in our house, sorry. All the things we do in our house runs around Hispanic heritage and culture, as well as English heritage and culture. So in our community, it's I'm proud to be part of this great community where everybody is welcome, inclusive. It's our…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026