Remarks by Robert C. Cavanaugh, II
92 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“So, Chief, two things. As far as ambulance billables, we have the outside ambulance billing service. We're paying for. How are our receivables, billables looking? Are we continuing to improve our recoveries? How does the revenue picture look and the value of the billing service?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Can you get some details for us before Comptroller's presentation, whatever date that is? Sure, like numbers. When we go over the revenue pages, yeah. Sure. See what they look like. Thank you. And then, so Chief, so broken out for mostly the fire headquarters is all of the different maintenance components and contracts we have. And then we still have the FEMA, FEMA, Siemens fee of $22,500. What are they actually doing for their fee every year as far as systems?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 39:20
“All right. I guess that might, unless you have somewhere else to go, that might conveniently bring us to your capital requests.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“It's so hot So I think this goes back to design parameters for the station, which I wasn't around for. You and me both. I agree. I mean, it's literally kind of a greenhouse. There's big glass doors on both ends of the garage bay.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“So even this is going to be running. So do we have an idea of the energy costs additional to that that we're going to have to budget for? I don't. But I'll get that for you. To heat and cool this extra space with these systems. Does this new addition integrate with your wonderful Siemens computer system that's costing $22,000 a year?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“So that won't be working together with the rest of the building?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 43:28
“I mean, this is not directed at you, but this just seems ridiculous. Yes, agreed.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 43:55
“Okay. Okay. And have we, or if you, given, I mean there's reality and then there's design guidelines and energy efficiency standards and stuff. Was, do we know? if they built to maximum specifications as far as cooling capacity versus the anticipated load? This is kind of a technical question, but.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“whether they undersized the system accidentally or, I'm trying to figure out where, you know.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 44:41
“Where the problem happened. We're all frustrated at this.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 46:25
“And, Chief, I was racking my brain earlier this afternoon, and I haven't come up with the exact RRL or transfer, but please let me know if you remember. We already went back in to do work on the fire station, I think, for extra insulation and weatherproofing and such. Do you remember that? I don't. Am I the only one that has this memory?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 47:34
“I just don't remember. But at least I don't think I'm crazy. I think if Mike remembers, okay.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 47:43
“Okay. All right. Not Mandela affecting myself. Okay. All right. So let's see, we can stack up on HVAC. Ambulance, as you mentioned, we're getting a grant for the ambulance. Senator Webb, correct. And then I think what Council Member Rathmell was getting at earlier was We've got the two large pieces of apparatus coming, the new tower and the new quint, right? Correct, yep. Coming, what would be, what's next on the horizon as far as, not just repairs, but like as far as your kind of mental thing, aging equipment and what we're looking to replace?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 50:35
“Just as a formality, I didn't open the fees page, but we discussed it, so motion to open. I'll motion to open page 208. I'll second. Page 209, thank you. Thank you. All in favor of opening 209? Aye. I'm sorry, 208 fire items.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 50:59
“It's 208 fire. It's the alarm thing we talked about before. I just didn't open that page when I opened the other ones.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 51:06
“All right, that's all. Any other questions, concerns, thoughts for the chief or from the chief?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 51:14
“Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Is there a motion to close any of the pages?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 51:21
“Nobody's making a motion. Okay. Next on the hit parade here, golf budget. And we have Chris Strand joining us. Oh, and possibly some other people. But Chris Strand from Troon Golf and might as well have our Parks and Rec Director Pat McGinnis come down. That's what I did at the last meeting, and then Jen stopped the meeting, decided we didn't have a motion to open them. We literally stopped the meeting. Chuck came up and talked to her to have them do motions, and I thought we had this session last year. We didn't have to do motions, but I've now started doing motions.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 52:20
“Talk to your junior colleague. Okay, good evening. Chris, I think we've talked on the phone once or twice, but I have not met you in person. Welcome.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 52:56
“All right, so we've got your summary, I think.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 53:11
“We're going to just open the pages formally here. Sure. Motion to open pages 137 and 145 and 213. I'll make a motion.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
- Play at 53:20
“All in favor? Aye. All right, so everyone on page 137.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“We have a reporting timing issue, and I asked finance to try and get updated reports before tonight, and here he comes down the stairs with them. So Troon reports to the city, and then the city puts everything into Munis, but the stuff that Troon sends us is not in the same format that goes into Munis, so it all has to be translated and entered. Correct. So these budget numbers were actually dating back to... when probably a long time I don't know April so we're missing in almost most of the golf season so yeah because I have I have kind of what you're seeing and I wrote all my own numbers in…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“All right, so now that we have some updated numbers in front of us, food and beverage concessions. We brought in a new food and beverage management position last year. We've invested in a new deck. I think we got some new kitchen equipment. And it looks like we're not necessarily seeing that translate to increased revenues this year.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay, but breaking down, I mean, it's still, you had 24,000 people walking through the door. With the significant improvements we were hoping for in style and type of offerings and the potential of using the deck, I would have thought we would at least meet what we were doing two years ago.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026