Remarks by Omarr C. Nickerson
301 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 13
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Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much. Do I have a motion to adjourn, you guys?”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Motion to adjourn. So moved. Second by Councilperson Winters, second by Councilperson Ervang. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Hearing none. The council meeting for Tuesday, July 28, 2026 is adjourned at 9.11 p.m. Thanks.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“You good? Oh, you're so funny. The special council meeting for Wednesday, July 21, 2026 is called to order at 6.32 PM. We're going to have a moment of meditation followed by a pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much, ma'am. Could we use that roll call, please?”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“I'll second. Moved by Councilperson Lightfoot-Ward, seconded by Councilperson Urban. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Hearing none. Moving right along. Right now, this is good and welfare. You can come and talk about anything at all. First and last name for the record. You have three minutes. Good and welfare. First and last name and your address.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Who else? Good and welfare.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Next good and welfare. Going once. Twice. Three times, all right. Coming back to the council. All right, so the. Yeah, no, do your thing, do your thing.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council President Urban, I appreciate you. Let me just say also for the park, as far as the old Raider Church, it's always something, and I explained this last time about my vision of, and why I named this Little Peacock Park, I already explained that, that something has to go into the negotiations. The thing about it is we don't own that property. So if you're soulful now and you're that developer, we have to find a way to give them something somewhere else, maybe over here, right? Because maybe density or something like that. Because if you're soulful, you're sitting…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“That's all I'm doing. So I'm doing this for transparency purposes, which I didn't have to do. Also, I would say that if you look at the one from 2025, It says, a resolution of the Village of El Portal, Florida, providing for installation of speed humps and signs village-wide, providing for incorporation of recitals, authorizations provided on an effective date. The Village of El Portal is desirous of installing speed humps and signs as a method of increasing traffic control and safety village-wide. It's 2025. Another reason why I'm bringing it now is because for the past year I have residents…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“I SAID I WANTED TO SIT DOWN AND REVIEW IT FOR WHAT PURPOSE? WHAT DID I SAY? I SAID I WANT TO HAVE THIS. I SAID I WANT TO FIND A WAY TO PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS SO I CAN DO WHAT WITH IT?”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“What I said to every single household, correct?”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“So, all the budget information current, once I meet with him, Mr. , we're meeting Tuesday, correct? That's correct. That's correct. Once I meet with him, my flyer packets, I'm putting every single thing out, every single household. all the residents. And that's why I said I want it in the most layman's terms so it's easy to understand. I've already been working on that for about a month. When it comes to the budget workshops, those we usually do in the end of August, beginning of September. This one will be moved up a few weeks, as I said before, in August. So we're going to try to move it up…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“You mean after October? We passed the budget. Yes. I have the audit on here, so I'm going to hit that also. But I was going to hit that right before the police thing. As far as the audit, the audit, I believe that it's completed or almost complete. I know that there were some things that had to be turned in, but we can get an update on that from the auditors, you guys. But it's pretty much done. The audit is done. I believe everything was turned in. So we should be getting that back when we get that back. I know that the assessed value, the assessment assessed value, as you said, as you heard…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY, I KNOW THAT THE TICKET MONEY DOESN'T GO TO THE GENERAL BUDGET, STAYS IN THE POLICE BUDGET, CORRECT?”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“But the ticket money, I thought, could only be used for public safety.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Public safety items. So it can't be used for like the top lot. It can't be used for, it can only be used for public safety items. Police related. Police related items. So that's why I mean like it stays kind of in their budget. Correct. Basically. All right. Thank you very much. Go ahead, Attorney Geller, and then we're gonna move, because the first item is the police contract anyway.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council President Baum. Moving right along to the resolutions, you guys. Attorney Geller, if you can read that first resolution to the record for us at CBA.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“We've never done that before. We've never done that before. But yeah, you can go ahead and do it, Fisher.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Absolutely, and just for the record, what Councilperson Winters doesn't understand is that he voted for this last year. The Villagewide Speed Humps, I remember that meeting. Thank you very much. So we're right, so he read this resolution for the contract for the police. Before I open it up to the audience, is there anything on the council you guys wanna say about the police contract?”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much. I'm gonna open it up for you guys for the police contract. You guys say your name and address for the record. This is about the police contract itself. And you have three minutes, you guys.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Police contract? Someone else?”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Next next up for about the police contract.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026