Remarks by Pat Perno
67 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“My conversations with Ben have been regarding potential for a land purchase for hopefully a future stormwater retention area. I've been working on that with the city manager and the property owner.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“There's a couple other nuances that Ben has explained to me, but I guess we'll pick that torch up when the project's at hand, the Florida Avenue project. I think there's some things that might, that CRA is probably gonna end up picking up the tab for within the grant-funded project. um i guess what was explained to me is that the grant the florida avenue grant covers public property it doesn't cover private property and the grant is going to change people's um private property the the actual um the project itself is gonna so there might be where we have to go back into public private and you…”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“No, go ahead. Would you like to speak? I just wanted to tell you all that this is the second year that proclamation's been read, and it made me think about Thad. He was a gentle giant. A man would give his heart to anybody. He was just one of the kindest souls. I just got to tell you all again, I said it a year ago, but... I've shared the golf course with that guy, and you've seen him coming because he was the only man I know who rode from the passenger side because you couldn't ride two people in the golf cart. He was a big man of stature, but his heart was even bigger than that. And he…”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I just want to be clear amongst ourselves that we have a motion, we have a second, we have a vote, and this is on the millage. Yes. And I don't think I'm educating anybody, but just for Corey's sake, since this is his first meeting, We need to be unanimous to pass this millage percentage, and if we're less than 4.1, right, or 4 to 1 on the vote, it goes to the rollback rate, correct?”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I THINK I AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER LANGFORD IS SAYING, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO JUST HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN A FUTURE AGENDA TONIGHT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TREASURER ROLE CLERK, THE ACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CLERK. SURE.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Maybe I'll just caveat by saying this should be something we can put onto the clerk's responsibilities. So when it comes time on that agenda item, we can talk about it more. Oh, sure.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I don't know if everybody is versed on item six, and you read the resolution for item six, correct? Correct.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“And from speaking with you, that's a rescinding of the Florida Resilient Grant for the Eastside Stormwater Project, Eastside Stormwater Pond Project. And we're rescinding the grant, which means we're saying no to the grant from Resilient Florida because we got appropriation from the state of Florida to design the project. So the money we were getting a grant for was trumped by the state in giving us appropriation to do the full design.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes. We're still getting funding for it. No, I'm just wanting to stimulate the conversation and let the public know why we're doing that. Right. So just to let y'all know, our appropriation covers a bigger portion of the project, and we have to accept that over what we had a grant for, because it's not every day that you do a resolution to say no to a grant.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“It's a resilient Florida grant, if I may. Yes. I'll let the city manager explain the difference between a grant and a tax.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“This would be a perfect place, as you spoke about, a variance report, a requirement for such. That would be right up a treasurer clerk's alley to try to report this information to the commission monthly, weekly, however you all want to do it.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“We would have to table this item to do a workshop and then come back to this, correct?”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I just don't know. I just want to make sure. If we're going to make a motion, it would involve tabling this agenda item.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I don't have much to report. I would like to say welcome aboard to Corey. And I would like to thank everyone who is here tonight. And I would like to thank all of our employees, all of our police, all of our fire, all of our military. And that is my report.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Are you gonna give all the other appointees time to talk?”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I mean, this is unusual that you're giving her time to talk, but the other appointees, have they been?”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“It's the quorum, sir. You have to get order, Mayor.”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Go ahead. I just know that we've been around the block several times. We're here tonight to set the millage. And if we set the millage at the right number tonight, We're looking at a very, or the number that we have, we're looking at a very, very weak number for a surplus, a number that probably won't survive the year, and we'll be coming back and making an adjustment. So in my mind, in my thoughts, since we got the numbers back from the state in the last, what city manager just said, I have a millage in mind and I can wait to hear from everybody or I can make a motion, but I'd rather hear…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“We're combining the millage and the CRA as a bargaining chip. We should just concentrate on setting the millage right now, I think, and then talk about the CRA. Okay. And what Kiki said resonates with me is that we need to set a millage rate now, and at our next meeting, we can lower that millage rate. So I propose, and I'll put this in the form of a motion, that we set our millage rate at a 4.55. We could go down from there and we can adjust things. That would give us a little closer to, I think, somewhere in the $800,000 range of surplus where when you break pipes, when you blow stuff up in…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, if we make a vote in the motion, can we make, is this it, the vote count, the vote throws us to roll back if we don't, we gotta be?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“This motion for this millage is just to set till the next meeting. I know we bounce around CRA and whatnot, but we just gotta take the next step. Now this kind of brings the ceiling down a little bit, but it brings it to a more real level. And what we settle on from here you know could be lower than that so my motion for a 4.55 sets sets us to lower the ceiling but puts us in a situation where that that could that could be the millage so i will make the motion for a 4.55 millage okay”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026