Remarks by Phyllis Smith
334 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 14
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Isn't that what we're being charged anyway nowadays? He has volunteered many, many, many, many of his hours for the city.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“And I would like to know why the words telular head was removed when he is the face of the city to be the cheerleader for people to come to North Rhine Beach?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Through the mayor, I think there's a few things in here. We're not Aventura. Aventura mayor is everywhere, everywhere, 12 times a day, 20 days a week. He's everywhere, and he's on social media. If we want that to be part of North Miami Beach, then the requirements of the mayor should be a little more specific, and I just want to understand, because I'm very basic at trying to understand what the paper says, The mayor's gonna have the service of process, execution of duly authorized contracts, deeds, and other documents. Does not that have to say upon commission approval of those things? I…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, well we're here to decide what we want to change in the charter. So, I would like to make it very clear, I missed the dually, I missed that class of dually authorized contracts, because I think I had the flu in my law class that day. But I appreciate you explaining it to me because I don't, unfortunately, the charters only change, or maybe fortunately, it's such an obvious undertaking, only every 10 years. And what we change in the charter is gonna stick. I would like this paragraph to make sure that the mayor performs the duties because unfortunately, what I've seen is our mayor very…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I don't think you quite understood what I had as a goal then.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, that's what I'm trying to do, have proposed language. Maybe you're understanding a little better now because you repeated it. I would like to have proposed language”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I heard you, that makes a lot of sense. I heard you loud and clear. I personally, from my seat and my years of experience, would love to figure out a way that the charter does require whoever is the telular head to act like the till your head, to be at meetings, to be out there singing the praises of our city. So if there's some way to incorporate that without, we can think about it, we don't have to have the word this second, but those that go to these meetings, events or those that go to the, whatever it is, a grand opening and do not see our mayor. I mean, even simple events like…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I agree with that, but because that's the way it's written, we're here to discuss what else could be added or deleted, and I don't know would, in your, in your thoughts of being on the commission, would the words added, the telular head, then there comes a time when you can say the telular head is not performing the duties. I'm just asking.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, but we could add it now. We could add a tillular head as a sentence.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I just would like to go through them all so I know how many before I vote yes or no on three or four, because we could vote yes on all four and turn up that there's 12 more coming down the pike.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Do you understand what we're trying to accomplish?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I made a note to remove the word written, so when you get back to that, I don't know how you're getting back and how we're voting. But when you get back to it, then we have to vote on whether or not that word's gonna be removed.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Through the Vice Mayor. I'd like to ask the attorney, if we're changing the charter to read this, why couldn't the charter also have, however, there will be a cost of living adjustment of a certain percentage?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“You'd have to add that because there's a yin and a yang to this. The yin that's so good about this is it does control how much the majority could give themselves. The yang is it only comes up every 10 years. And who the heck knows what 10 years will be like from now, you have no idea.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I'm recognizing that 10 years is a maximum is not easy to get a charter review committee going and it is very time consuming from the residents. So yes, I'm going to go with that latter commissioners my time in my head rather than the shorter. Are you thank you.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Our salary is $3,000 a year. Which is what former Commissioner Temple was saying.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“The salary itself is 3,000. Okay, thank you.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So why did we take the manager out of this equation here? So before the manager had to give written requests like an email to us, now you're saying emergency matters upon the affirmation request of the four members of the commission other than the mayor. So who's going to give notice? The clerk? Why did we take the manager out?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So is it understood that the special meeting will be notified to the commissioners by the clerk?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, the thing is, because it's 24-hour notice, I don't want to come up here and there's no quorum, not me, but whoever the next few years.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Because many people come up here and say they didn't know.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026