Remarks by Neil Cantor
144 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
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“Oh, I see. So we let things like that slide. We give them a few inches. Okay.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Yeah, six inches and less, but I'm saying that, so just to get clear, clarification, we're not being astringent on small wavering on those type of things.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I mean, through the chair, just look at all the other adjustments between current fee and amended fee. We're talking about 10%, 15%, some cases 20% maybe. These are all 300, these two items are 300% increases. I just, I really got a problem with that. And, huh? 3.3, 330% increases. I mean, the appeals one is only $100 more from $1,000. That's within the 10% if we want to leave that one as is, but I definitely cannot sign off on the variance ones going up this much.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Come back again soon. For the record, through the chair, I am down for an adjustment for an increase for the variances, but I was thinking if we're doing 1,000, 2,000 now, to be in line with how much the other items have gone up, fifteen hundred twenty five hundred okay I mean I don't love it but I'll meet I could meet in the middle on those but there's no way I'm getting on board with thirty three and sixty six no disrespect to anybody who put this together but I'm just saying for me personally because of all the labor involved in that variance”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“You could be 30 days out, sometimes more.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Well, maybe I can get more clarification on that too if there is a Violation on a commercial property they go before this board also. Yes, they do So”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Commercial variance. Commercial variance increase.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“we want to go that route um and then the daily amount also did anybody else have any other issues no through the chair i think 98 of these changes are awesome and welcome them 100 but the two variance ones and i also got to say i think going hearing cost zero to 250 we can discuss on but I think daily code enforcement fine from 50 to 200 is a little steep as well I've seen some of these bills as they've been racked out there some of them are in the 60,000 was a million dollars 60 grand so I made though”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I think that we shouldn't let this to the chair.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Before we just kick it down the road, can we give direction on the variance issue, though? I mean, how do we feel about a more accurate adjustment on those two items?”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“They did. They said 1,000. For all of them except for Sunny, no, Surfside was 5,000.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“5,000. But every other one was lower than 2,000.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I know, but I'm just saying it's a lot of money.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“But this is what I'm saying, and this is why the reason I – sorry to belabor this, but through the chair, this is why I brought it up. Because as Eddie says, obviously we take it very seriously, and if it's within a couple, we work with you. But let's say you do need eight inches. That's not a huge ask at the end of the day. I mean if you want three feet, okay, maybe – But, man, if you're coming for a little tiny thing because your lot is shaped in a certain way and that setback looks weird or whatever or you can't really access your property as well because of, like, eight inches – and…”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“It's also a business decision when you're a homeowner because your home is your largest asset at the end of the day. I mean, not everybody, but a lot of us, our home is our number one asset. So we have to make business decisions based on the ownership of our home and what we're What works if we got to sell it down the line?”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“What if you're a little small shop that you can fit four people? I mean, $6,600 out of their monthly, I just feel like it's very cheap.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Can we get the comparatives on the commercial variants for others as well?”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“No, I'm saying how many people are residents and employees? It's probably like two people. Lisa and Jorge. There's four.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Probably five of them were there, though. You're saying the manager wasn't there. I think only five of them were there.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“They did, but there was only five of them there.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“One thing I keep hearing, and obviously we know, is how well-funded our pension is. And so my only... I definitely sympathize with the inability to get residents to come to the committees. We're dealing with it all the time right now. But it's like, do we really want to... change something that's working really seems not only really well, better than it's working pretty much almost anywhere else, it sounds like. I mean, to be funded so high and to...”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Of course. But I'm just saying, at the end of the day, I mean, it seems like it's working. It's been working. Nine point something percent is much higher. It sounds like than an alternative representation for those benefits So, you know I Mean I think we all can agree that the manager doesn't want to be on it. We should remove him.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“But that's my point. It's difficult for that reason. It's doing well, but yet changes need to be made. Right. It's like either way, it's going to alter. And that's what I'm saying. That's my takeaway is how do we know what the right decision is here? We don't. We're guessing. It's a guess.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“seems that way discussion done here we're gonna make a motion let me say one more I'm sorry if we go with five that means we would have to we would be removing a resident from current yeah because no because one is the manager one is a council member so technically yes council members are residents so yes it is a resident coming off but oh okay but then it would be but it would be three and two weighted towards resident no three to three employees okay”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Sounds like what I'm hearing is we're going to go from 7 to 5. We're going to, since all three of these people are up for their seats anyway, so we'll just appoint two of whoever back, and now we'll have three residents. I mean, two residents, sorry, three employees, one of which we will hopefully be a resident employee. But if not, it doesn't matter.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026