Remarks by Roberto J. Gonzalez
253 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 11
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“For this year, the past two years, we made 873. Correct.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Got it. And maybe from procurement, or I don't know who can validate how much we spent as opposed to how much we made. Because with these numbers, if we spend less than this, then this is a great idea.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“53% profit margin. That was great. That was awesome. We should lead with that, respectfully, because this is a great initiative. You see what I'm saying? No further questions.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm not necessarily against this item or the deferral, but I do have a variety of questions as to how we got here. Just because I want to understand it further. If I can get somebody from the administration, why exactly are we asking for a deferral?”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Got it, so we're trying to work it out with the company, but as I understand, we've had this contract since 2008, is that correct?”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Understood. When was the solicitation initially put out, like the solicitation to replace?”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“So this solicitation process, the procurement process in general has taken about almost a year, correct?”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Why was the possibility of working with the current vendor not explored prior to issuing the solicitation in the first place? Because it seems like the current vendor is open to fixing the issue. Did we explore having them fix it before we even put out a solicitation?”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Madam Chair, I have a variety of questions to go through, but I will go with the will of the Chair. I don't mind voting this up.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“I can definitely meet with staff, and then if not, we can go through the line of questioning during the BCC.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“So you're- Madam Chair, and I don't mean to cut her off, but this is exactly the line of questioning that I have just to get to the bottom of all of this. I'm not saying that they're doing anything wrong. I don't think that they're doing anything wrong. I just want to get to the bottom as to why we're here in the first place. I don't mind sending it to the BCC and having this discussion at the BCC. I also don't mind the deferral, but the line of questioning that I had was specifically to answer that question and to answer why we're in the deferral process in the first place.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“And so although I don't disagree with Senator Garcia, I'm comfortable with moving it to the full board. I think that there's an explanation for all of this. This is why I had the line of questioning. I don't think I would be comfortable deferring this without going through the line of questioning because I want to validate that a deferral would be proper here. I would support sending this to the full board, but to Commissioner Cohen-Higgins' point, knowing that this is going to be a long one. But otherwise, I would not support a deferral. I'd like to go through the questioning if we want to…”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. And this is precisely why I did want to go through the line of questioning, because towards the end of my questioning, I wanted to ask why there was five That were considered and then there's there's an issue as to how many could present and then I don't know how certain people ended up presenting, but then they weren't supposed to present. So I just wanted to get to the bottom of all of that.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Yeah, and respectfully, Madam Chair, I think that if we did go through the line of questioning that I had, I think that we can all get clarification and we can make a decision today. I'm not against it going to the Transportation Committee, but I certainly would like my questions answered.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“I mean, look, my two cents was just I'm prepared today to get to the bottom of this and make a decision and go through the committee process here. But I am not opposed to sending this to the full BCC. But I mean, I am going to have questions at the full BCC.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“But respectfully, why not just do it now?”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“All right, so- And again, Madam Chair, the Chairman just came out and said that we should hash this out in committee. I just want to reiterate, I am ready to go through these questions right now, whether they're prepared or not, respectfully.”
Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee · May 13, 2026
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“Let's start with an invocation folks. I think everybody is probably aware by now we have two devastating fires that are occurring right now. One up north in the Broward area. One is down in the southern area. If we can just take a quick moment of silence and prayer for the brave men and women that are out there not only fighting this fire but making sure that we're all safe and for any individual that may be harm's way to make sure that everybody is safe. Dear Lord, thank you for this wonderful day. Thank you for allowing us to be here. Thank you for our brave men and women who put their…”
Safety and Health Committee · May 11, 2026
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“folks we do have a presentation um today but before we start uh to the county attorney's office i would like um to get chief adala to come up and just give us an update as to what's going on with the uh current situation with mdfr The fires that are happening up north, I know that they are in the Broward line, but I believe you folks have been helping for a while and what's happening down south. If you just give us a brief overview of where we're at, let us know what's going on and what folks at home can expect.”
Safety and Health Committee · May 11, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Chief. And, you know, I want to personally thank you for not only for your swift response, but for your leadership on this. I know that you guys have been on this immediately. And I think because of you and because of all the brave men and women in our fire department, this is being contained. Is there anything that you would be able to say to the folks that are watching this at home? I know that in the morning this morning, there was a lot of folks that were stopping on the road and causing some traffic. Is there any advice that you can give anybody on their way home if…”
Safety and Health Committee · May 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Chief. And once again, I want to thank you for your leadership. And, you know, God bless you. God bless all our firefighters and our first responders, colleagues. I'll open it up if anybody wants to make any comment. If not. Absolutely.”
Safety and Health Committee · May 11, 2026
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“so especially with the areas out west um if i may and senator yes absolutely as a matter of fact last year uh the chief uh was uh kind enough uh to send over a lieutenant um to my office and we did a brief video talking about just this talking about not only the cigarette buds but a lot of folks are traveling down the road they throw their cigarette buds out and something like that can cause it uh also folks that park on the side of the road we did an entire video on it but i think the senator's on to something i think these are things that we should probably be proactive about and we should…”
Safety and Health Committee · May 11, 2026
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“Colleagues, anybody else? Commissioner Bastien?”
Safety and Health Committee · May 11, 2026
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“And thank you, Chief. I want to thank you for, again, for your leadership, for your swift response. I want to thank you for calling me yesterday. I want to thank you for calling me this morning. I want to thank you for keeping us up to date with what's going on. And as Senator Garcia pointed out earlier, we have the greatest fire team in the entire country, and we have an amazing director, an amazing chief at the helm of it. Thank you so much, and God bless you guys.”
Safety and Health Committee · May 11, 2026
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“And to the county attorney's office at this time, I'd like to move forward with our presentation from our amazing from our amazing women's is it women's and family now or is it women's. Commission for women's commission for women and families is that is that against the law now can we do that. I think by adding the families now it's commission for women and families.”
Safety and Health Committee · May 11, 2026