Remarks by Roger Chapin
20 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER CHAPIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND LISTENING ONLINE. I also enjoyed attending this 2026 State of the City. It was a fantastic spotlight on all the work happening across our city and a well-deserved acknowledgement of the staff who make it happen. It was a great love letter to our city employees and I love seeing their interaction. I enjoyed a tour of the Leonard and Marjorie Williams Family YMCA. Thank them for hosting me on a tour. It's a truly impressive facility and offers opportunities…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Friday marked 25 years since September 11th terrorist attacks. that changed our nation forever. I was fortunate to attend the Central Florida Hotel Lodging Association Patriots Day Remembrance Breakfast. I had an opportunity to attend the Orlando Police Department Memorial Ceremony. Thank you, Chief Eric Smith and guest speaker Clint Bruce. Orlando Fire Department also hosted a beautiful and powerful ceremony that evening. Thank you, Chief Teamer, for hosting us. That day reflected the collective compassion we saw in the aftermath of the attacks. I'm grateful to everyone who helped create…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“know put your helmet on and you're still you ignored me so here's a 62 50 ticket so it's one of those kind of things we do but of course our goal like anything else is education first sure mayor i could keep going but i'll stop thank you okay commissioner chapin um i appreciated the idea of the social studies classes in public schools i would just uh think about uh expanding that to some of our private schools and charter schools i know that's not our job but whoever is you know maybe can suggest that especially the larger private schools how are we going to get pulled into the orange county…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“And then as it comes to speed again we get that practicality and we do really going to radar kid going 18 miles an hour if we implement a 15 mile an hour means that we're talking about.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“real quick i agree with commissioner sheehan i think we should focus a little bit more on the emotos you can see if they don't have a pedal i'm assuming that if an adult is riding one of those on the street they're supposed to have a license tag there there's certain things that they have to do so it just seems like those are going to be easier to find where the kids with the pedals can say well i turned off the e part of it i'm just riding my bike that happens to have a battery that i'm not using um but the emoto stuff is the has the speed and which is the most determined is probably the…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“a lot about the fire department and the police department, which shows the general fund positions going down. I think it would be important to show that this is in preparation for that, right? That graph.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“I think we should show what it would be without it, right? So instead of saying we're going to hire 37, what would we get hired? I think that's important. The alphabetical list, I didn't see public safety on there. Is that because it wouldn't be impacted or because we would prioritize it? When will we start to see a prioritized list of, like these are the most likely things to get cut?”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Okay, well clearly public safety is obviously our biggest budget item and probably one of the items that people are most concerned about, one of the most basic functions. So I think we should highlight the impact.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“In the future that we've allocated money for when do we start to think about our do we press the gas on those projects to we pump the brakes on those projects.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“All right. I think the more specificity we can put to it, people can say, wow, you know, I might have to cut the college park pool back to three days a week, you know, something, or we can't do the renovation or the expansion, or we're not going to, you know, some very specific things for voters to be able to see. And then was there something in the bill, Mayor, about... having to go back to the legislature essentially to ask about how we can operate as a city”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Yes, so if I mean. A non homesteaded property that might sell to somebody for you know $400,000 more than what it's listed at. It's going to get more than a 5% or 10% jump. Currently, so sometimes it is and sometimes it is a big jump, but they're making sure that it won't go more than that ever.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Our transportation- Quick question on that, I'm sorry, Mayor, is that okay? The pavement rehab. I'm going to get back to this on my questions. $8 million. What do you think we need?”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“And my point is that as well as stormwater, as well as Sidewalks as well as tree trimming as well as park benches and I'll get back to it on my questions because I've got a few Commissioner rose you want in right?”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Slide number 11, which shows despite that we haven't increased millage, obviously the value of the property has gone up. And I think this is the slide that has given the proponents of property tax reform the most ammunition. And math is not my strong suit, so the fact that The taxes is at 100% increase in the last 10 years, and inflation is more like 35% over the same period. And the mayor pointed out, and we point out all the time, that our general revenue doesn't even cover public safety, which is a good zinger. I feel like we need to come up with a better way to explain this slide. And I…”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“It's just and that it's not it's based on the value, but we've had we've been fortunate that that are we have a growing community and the value of one home last year's a 100,000 of the Valley if it sells a value goes up we enjoy that or 500 new houses are built.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“So police officers, I mean, public safety. I mean, we've hired way more than the, that's not been an average 2, 3%. We've gone way up and above on, well.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Well, those are the type of things I'm looking for to help explain that argument that I think the property tax proponents are using, that our revenues, despite having not raised taxes, are growing at a much faster rate than everything else. CRA sun setting. What happens when that happens? Does it go away?”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“And it won't grow anymore, the incremental?”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“I'm sorry, I thought it was closer than that, but. OK, I also think that. creating a wish list, a waiting list, a priority list of things that we still can't even touch with our budget. I mean, the massive stormwater needs that we have, the massive repavement things that we need. I mean, again, if people are complaining that, you know, our budget is growing at a faster rate or there's a need for property tax, I think we need to be able to inform them of the calls we all get every day about things that we really don't have the money to address. So just just a thought. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026