Remarks by Richard "Buzzy" Sklar
119 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“So I just did back of the napkin math quick. If they're coming in two extra hours times $46 a day more times 300 days is only $13,800. How is that close to $50,000?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I did two extra hours at $23 an hour, $46 more a day. Times 300 days is only $13,800. But it's $365, right?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“No, no. We're just increasing that one person coming in two hours earlier.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“But it doesn't matter. It's still a body that we're paying two... It doesn't matter who the person is. Are they hourly? It doesn't matter who the person is. They're hourly. I mean... It's still...”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“It's still double. Even using your numbers, it's only 25.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I appreciate what you're saying. To me, testing it with an upside of $25,000 is a lot different than testing it with an upside of $50,000.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Well, you quantify the cost by what your labor cost is.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I don't think we have that for this additional – Well, we just – if you're adding three hours times $23 times 365 days a year, it's $16,000 or $24,000, whatever.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“But you're missing the point. It's seven days a week. It's the body for those hours. It doesn't matter if it's one person or two persons. Yeah.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“It's well worth it. Right. It saves one life. Yeah. $30,000. Yeah.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“So R19, Councilman Squire. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I know, just to give a little background on this, we have a lot of buildings under construction. We have a building right next door to the Harbor House, the Ravage, that has been under construction, and they've been in violation quite a few times of code. I know we're limited of what we could charge as fines statutory by the state. If I'm building a 27-story building and I need to pour concrete and it's after hours, I'm going to take a 200-hour fine every day of the week, a little slap on the wrist, a 200-hour fine when I'm selling apartments…”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“In all due respect, that's not our problem. That's their problem for shrinking their footprint to a point where it becomes hard to work.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I appreciate it, and I know you've been working really hard with them, but at the end of the day, they have to run the business. We have to run a quiet, safe community. That's our job. I appreciate that. If they want to put two offices there and they have to put trucks in and out the wrong ways, not our problem. Their problem. They could remove those offices, to your point. If all of a sudden they want to start pouring at noon, knowing that pour is going to go to 9.30 at night, Again, not our problem, their problem. With the go or no go, that's what they're going to have to do. And they just…”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“It seems like what you're asking us to do we can't do. Again, not from a code, but what i'm asking is what can we do i don't know i'm not okay you know and then i don't know if it's something from a legal perspective it was always my understanding it can't be a code violation because that's capped that's statutory from the state is there anything we can do it was always my understanding that like a project that like i know i think in bay harbor if they there's like if you're building a house and your workers keep coming too early they red tag you so i don't know if that's”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Okay. Susan, can you look into it a bit? I don't need an answer today, but if you could really look into it and see if we have any leg to stand on outside of just to slap on the wrist $500 fine.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“So their go or no-go time is 10 o'clock every day?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“So, again, so we're giving them a go or no-go time of 10 o'clock.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“And then, Mo, I know you've been working hard on it. When are they going to get the proper traffic flow that was originally approved that they basically have never...”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I really appreciate that. I know, Mo, you've been on top of it, and thank you so much for just really making sure that it's done as well as it can be done within the constraints that we have and they have.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“R90. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah, I just wanted to get an update now that the cooling off period is over on the electric bikes on the beach path. I just want to see how we're doing in the way of warnings and... You know, tickets, and I know the new signage is coming in soon.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Thanks, Chief. I appreciate it and looking forward to getting the signage up there. Make your guys' lives a lot easier. Yes, thank you.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“You know what they did in Bay Harbor, which I thought was really good? Anyone under 16 that is on one must wear a helmet.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“There was an original proposal, but they ended up going much stricter. Will the signage on the streets still say anyone under 16? They just passed this last week.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“So can you maybe at retreat just give us a little what we can do, what we can't do based on the new... What just went to the governor today?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“But that's what I'm saying. Oh, yeah, it is possible. The other things that we might be able to do to make it a little bit more stringent and safer would be greatly appreciated.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026