Remarks by Robbie Hughes
277 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 12
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“How much money are we talking about? How much money are we talking about, the interest savings that we're talking about?”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“But you're also still going to have a payment.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“So we're going to cover that. So we're talking about a dip on top of what we were paying. That's the difference we're talking about.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“I thought that was revenue. No, that's expenses.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“So what would the reserve get each month under that item?”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“There's that plus the, you said the environmental fund.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“It can cut expenses and have more revenue. We don't have to spend every dollar a day. Understood.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“Well, to Josh's point, we're actually doing something good and paying down some debt. We're saving something. And we're turning around and spending that money when we can save it. There's a way to do that. We either talk about it now or at the budget meeting. But I tend to... to ride with you on this where let's talk about where that money is going to go now.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“So it's like a dead snowball. Because I'm not saying. That's what he's describing.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“Over 12 months, how much money are we talking about spending that savings is? You said it's 1.2 total and 2 million over there. What's that interest number? that y'all are putting back into the budget? If it's $1,000, you're saving $500, you're putting $500 back in.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“So let's divide that out, divided by two, 50 in the reserve and 50% in the general fund? Is that what you're saying?”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“Would you, if they came with that and it used, Some, but not all of it savings.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“And Brian, I love your idea of having a requirement to save. I think that's great. It's the percentage that might, We're going to have to set on a certain number. I think all I've heard around here is like 16 or 13. And 13% of what? And in this particular case, are we only talking about what the interest savings are or a number overall of savings that we've got to have in there? I'm lost on where's that money coming from, the interest savings, or just in general we've got to have 20% in reserve? I'm saying in general.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“They put in the budget before it closed last year in the $2.8 million sale, and I kind of lost my mind on that. because you're counting it before it's there. The same is applicable here, is using that. I do agree that that's something that ought to, that should come after whatever transaction, if that was going to happen. But we shouldn't have to sell something or do something in order each year to move forward. That's the planning is what we need to do better.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“It is. But remember, there's CRA, there's housing, and there's Panama City. Anything that's Panama City, it can go straight into the reserve. CRA has its own set of rules.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“Sixth and Harmon, whatever it sells for, goes straight into the reserves.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“I'd like to take this interest savings that we're talking about and let's put that in a box outside of the budget right now, and let's take that out of filling in this box of income. And we'll see what the budget looks like. Brady said I had to make some more cuts. That's fine. And then we can backfill if we need to. Why do we want to use all of that to make it work when we can see what, from the staff's perspective, how they're seeing what it does?”
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“budget discussion is going to, we'll find a home for it.”
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“Those two, September, what happens in those? When do we hear, see the staff's total budget?”
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“Like in the next? Well, it was going to be the next two weeks until we just . Yeah, they got it revised.”
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“So we move those forward, get background checks, references, and then is somebody making a recommendation to us, or do we have that open discussion? I've never been to this.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“Same meeting, but just one outside, I guess, is what Brian was saying.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“So ground leasing. When you ground lease, we can get property taxes. for like up to a year trying to figure out what you're going to do. Any objection to having property taxes be a thing? If we're leasing it for a year?”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“You brought up a good point. The only way to get a mortgage on these properties is 99 years. And I don't know if that's a plan, if But that's the only way you'd have to be able to do that. But I don't think that's what Alan's proposal is. It's upfront. It's kind of investigate and then move into something long term. Is that correct?”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026
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“I do have one more question. In earlier proposal, we talked about not being able to get a benefit from a in the lot proposal and also into the demo plan of CRA. I just think that if you're going to get it, you should be able to get one break, not two. And these are in CRAs. Is that something that is built in or not? I don't know. They need that help.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 28, 2026