Remarks by Rachel Streitfeld
749 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 30
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“Staff, are you clear on what we're doing?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, so we have to come back to the question that we called or that we didn't call, the question that we tabled, which is what are the timelines on the payments now? You know, I'm happy to give people a year to make the second half of the payment.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I mean, you get site plan approval and then you have 90 days to pay us 50%. And then a year from site plan approval, you have to pay us the remaining 50%. That allows you time to do a little bit of marketing. You know, you've got a better sense of what the market looks like. You can fully, you know, really get your concepts fleshed out more. The architect is going to give you their actual cost to build the project as opposed to what it costs them to design it, right?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I need one of you, unless you have a proposal alternative. I'll support it as well. Okay, all right. So the motion is 90 days, 50%, and then one year from site plan approval, the second half.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“That's clear. Okay, so that's my motion. You're seconding. Commissioner Darrell seconds. Madam Clerk, will you call the roll?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“90 days for first half, one year from site plan approval second half and failure to make a payment, your site plan approval goes away. Okay, all right. Let's take a very quick bathroom break before we talk about the budget, okay? So let's recess for five minutes and then come back and do the budget. We're good. Thank you for your service this evening.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right, Commissioner Acosta, this is your 30-second warning. Everyone, this is your 30-second warning. We're going to get back to business.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“He went to the bathroom. OK, Commissioner Trevone. You all set? OK, alright, we're gonna. We're gonna start again. We are gonna bring back the meeting and go ahead and move on with item 14A. This is the discussion of the village's proposed budget for the 2026, 2027 fiscal year. This is the village manager's item. And then 14B is a very similar issue. This is a resolution of the mayor and village commission of North Bay Village, Florida, declaring as required by section 200.065 Florida statutes, the villages proposed millage rate and rollback rate computed pursuant to section 200.065 sub one…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Commissioner Acosta, just sorry. I'm not trying to cut you off.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, I do want to exercise the privilege of the chair. Let me ask the question. Why was that not done?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Even though we had taken out that loan and we were paying interest on that loan?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“So let's say the project broke ground in 2021 and we finished in 2023, okay? Correct. Our village manager was Ralph Rosado and our finance director was Angela. Whose job would it have been to request those funds from the state? Would that have been the Public Works Department or would that have been the Finance Department?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, I'm... I am not trying to call out individual members of our staff. I don't ever want to be in a position to do that. But there is an administrative support staff person in the public works department who has been in that position since 2020, probably before then. What happened? Why did we not of course, we obviously would have had a different public works director, but there is someone in the public works department who handles PW documents and these types of requests in terms of getting reimbursed for public works projects.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“We're not making these same mistakes anymore, right?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“How much money are we owed or entitled to, however you want to phrase it?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I'm looking at you like, can you believe the number that just came out of their mouth, $6 million?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, if we encounter any questions or pushback from the state of Florida, please notify us immediately so that we can figure out a way to navigate state leadership in what is a very tumultuous time for our state leadership. But yeah.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“And we agree with that. I think that's wise.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. This is very illuminating and helpful. I want to allow staff to continue moving through their presentation. And then we're going to do this in as much of an orderly way as possible. I'm going to let everybody ask their questions and make their statements starting tomorrow. We're going to start on your end of the day. I kind of want to start with you, if that's OK.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Right. Commissioner Trevone is right. There are still things in there that we can cut. I have a couple of ideas myself.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“We, my, my, my, The first thing that comes to the top of my head in terms of where we can make savings from things that are in the general fund that I am assuming that you put in the general fund again from last year is our $50,000 annual. I think it's $50,000 or $55,000 annually we pay to Ron Book PA. No disrespect to Ron or his staff. um i'm particularly deflated by the appropriations process this year i don't feel particularly excited about going to tallahassee in the coming year and while it is true that we will have a new governor I don't want to hold out any hope, and I certainly don't…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“No, yeah, I don't. And I'm sure it's a great idea. And in theory, I love the idea of being able to go to the state capitol and make change.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, so let me get a sense from the commission. I don't know how people are feeling about staff's recommendation of a 7.0 millage. The millage that we set tonight is what's going to be sent to our neighbors on their term notices as the proposed millage. Yes. Then we're going to come back in September. We can cut the budget in September, but we can't add to the budget. We cannot exceed that 7-0 millage. If we decide to pass a higher millage tonight, let's say a 7.2, a 7.5, an 8, right? we can make cuts to the budget in September and actually tax our residents at a seven, a 6.5, a 7.2, or…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“You're the right person for it. You have been on this dais for years and years and years. You know exactly what's happening and even the real talk, people need to hear what you have to say.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I do. And I was going to cut my own budget anyway and pay for things like Miami-Dade League of Cities dinners out of my own pocket. And if I do, for whatever reason, need to raise money this cycle, I can obviously transition that money into an office account too.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026