Remarks by Rebecca Link
181 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 8
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“And I'm also good with removing the percentage as well. Because those fees, if I'm understanding correctly, they have to be in line with our cost to manage that, right? So whether it's a 3% or a dollar figure, you're going to be doing the same thing.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Okay. So I'd like to start with parking fees. One of the things I'd like to discuss is maybe having different rates at different times of the day and different seasons. An example would be I talked to some of the business owners up in Times Square and said if we could reduce the parking rate after a certain hour in the evening, Would you, do you think it could bring you more business? And I heard from a few of them that said, if you could drop that down to maybe 7 o'clock, I could still get a dinner crowd that may not come. Maybe it wouldn't be dinner, maybe it would just be drinks and hors…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“And you advertise it and maybe draw them here.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“And that, Talisa, would be in addition to the COLA? Yes. Is that right?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“And in the past, has everyone received a bonus or some may get higher percentage because they really went all out? Sure. And some didn't perform so well and so there was no bonus. There was COLA but no bonus.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“No, I think I'm ready to hear from the public. I think they've waited long enough. Sure.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Because this one's just showing the mooring field, but we have other fees associated with other things.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“You use your credit card to pay your water bill. Yeah.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Rebecca? I can handle all of the dark green. To me those are easy. I, too, am concerned about staff. And the reason I'm concerned about staff is it is not fair. It's not fair. It is a fact that in season our staff sits in traffic a couple hours every day at least just to come here. There's no pay for that. And we do compete with someone who might be able to get a job in their community that's five minutes from their home. I don't want the ones who were laid off who may be not great employees becoming our employees because we're the only job they can get. That one worries me. So I'm totally…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I'm going to throw something out there. Yeah, go ahead. I'm going to throw something out there because we were stuck here for quite a while on the 6-5. I'm going to say it. What if, what if we go to 7-6? Just what if? How much more does that give us, Jeffrey?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“So one of the things I'm thinking is if the audit committee meetings start back up monthly Scott, could you see something that could be looked at at the audit committee to see with a report from Jeffrey or Phil, you know, how's that revenue coming? Are we on target or did we really cut ourselves, you know, cut our nose off to spite our face or get feedback, you know, on a monthly or quarterly basis to see if we should make a better decision?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Or like some year-over-year numbers, you know, with that increase to see if we're still on target. That's really what works in this town.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“By month, right, because we are so seasonal.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“So anyway, we haven't talked about seven. I'm just saying let me let that sink in because knowing that we can come back if we've shot ourself in the foot, that can give us some money to do some of these other things or put more in reserve.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“You're saying six across the board you can live with. Talk about it quickly.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Because that will help us determine what to do with the extra.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I cannot put a hiring freeze on the financial director. I just can't. That's too critical. And the Bay Oaks, what is that role? I can't put that one. What would that freeze be? Do you know, Talese?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“That's it, I think, were you talking? No, I'm good.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Oh, no, I just thought of something. And when you said maybe Carolyn, sorry, Carolyn, that she's in the room and here we are talking about her. Or her role, that role, that FTE, that comes with the benefits and all that other stuff. I would have a feeling if I'm wrong, let me know, but to outsource her probably comes with a much higher fee. So we're not saving anything by outsourcing this one FTE, or not an FTE if we outsource it. You know what I'm saying? Like we can get Carolyn either way. I'm thinking one way. Oh, we don't pay the... One way, we're not paying expenses, you know, insurance…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“It's the negotiation queen. Okay. That's good to know.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Could you prioritize those, Will, and or Talisa? You know, these, I mean, I think we have to answer the public's outcry for short-term rental, you know, code violations in property.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I agree. I agree. That's answering the public's concern and paying for itself. I think that's a no-brainer for me. It sounds like you feel the same way.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Did that model not take then revenue from the whole island and just use it in Fairview House, at least for the half that the town covered?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Were there outcries from the rest of the island that said,”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Carolyn, I think you need to move the slide one more. Oh, thank you. Perfect. Appreciate it.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026