Remarks by Omarr C. Nickerson
301 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 13
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“We're going to start the council meeting. Gentlemen. They can talk. So this, are we good? Full moon, how are we looking? We're good? All right. The special council meeting for Tuesday, July 30th, 2026 is called to order at 6.03 p.m. We're going to have a moment inside of meditation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. VERY MUCH. MADAM CLINTON, PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. Appreciate that. Motion to approve the agenda. Moved by Councilperson Michael Ward. Second? Second. Second by Councilperson Winters. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Hearing none. Moving on to Good and Welfare. This is a time where any resident can come up. You have three minutes. Name and address for the record. And you can speak.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Anyone else good in welfare? Okay. I'm going to go ahead and start answering. You want to speak first?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. Thank you. Appreciate it.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Okay, so when it comes to Septa Seward, anything that's on the website, I'm not sure if that's the confirmed version, because once it's confirmed, they'll put out the map for the phase. So if there's anything on the website now, it might be like an older version, or it might be something that's not confirmed, it might be a tentative. But once the confirmed comes out, they'll put that out. When I said that the confirmed was coming out next month, I meant by September, since we were talking about this on Tuesday. So I meant like a month from then, basically. So that was that. I never stopped…”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, bring it back to the council. Do we have any other questions or comments about the resolution?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Attorney Geller should be the one to read it out loud. Councilperson Lightfoot Ward. You can go ahead and read it, Councilperson Lightfoot-Ward. Just read the dark part, the resolution part, the heading part, it's what we need to read into the record, please.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yeah, let's do the resolution G, then we'll go to the agenda item, because that's much shorter.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yes, so read the resolution for us, turn it together, then we'll come back to the agenda item.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“I'M GOING TO LET COUNCILPERSON IRBAUM JUMP IN. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO ALSO EVERY YEAR. I REMEMBER DOING THIS WITH MANAGER ALOU. COUNCILPERSON IRBAUM.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“ABSOLUTELY, COUNCILPERSON IRBAUM. Any other questions or comments from the council before I go to the audience?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“No, we're talking about the agenda item.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“So we're gonna go to the audience real quick. Anybody in the audience have any comment about this particular item, questions or comments? Hearing, seeing none, back to the council. Do I have a motion to approve?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Moved by Councilperson Lightfoot-Ward. Do I have a second? I'll second. Second by Councilperson Irvine. Madam Clerk, may I please have a roll call, please?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Councilperson Lightfoot-Ward. Madam Clerk, we had a motion and a second. Madam Clerk, can I get a roll call?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you for that clarification.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Oh, they kicking me out y'all Next for public comment for this particular item Okay, going once. Very quickly, because we really don't do this.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Anyone else for public comment? Okay. Hearing, seeing none, let's come back to the council. Any questions or comments from the council before we talk about motions?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Anyone else from the council?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Got anything else? All right, you guys. Yes, Councilperson Lightfoot-Warren.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“No, that's the rollback rate, Councilperson Lightfoot Ward. The millage rate is 8.3. Right now, currently, you guys know we're about 75% through our year. You know we're 75% through our fiscal year. Our spending, we've underspent this year. Our spending, and you guys will all get this. If you guys remember on Tuesday, I said that I have a whole budget breakdown going out this weekend. I said that on Tuesday. I don't know if you guys remember me saying that. So you'll get the entire breakdown. And so we're under, we've underspent so far throughout the year. We've underspent so much that right…”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“So it's not done, it's not done and written in stone until the second budget hearing, which is September 22nd. And so what I would say is, what i would say is that we pass this through because we can always drop it we can drop it to the rollback weight we can drop it to 8.1 we can drop it to whatever we want to drop it to after today but we need to look at because i know for example i know there are um are things that will be coming you know into the budget this year that we currently don't have right We have the historic preservation board. We have the tree board. I know you guys were…”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“There is a motion to roll it back to the rollback rate.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“That's the motion from Councilperson Winches.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026