Remarks by Scott Safford
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“Yeah, I want to echo Council Member McLean's sentiments. It was great. I never had it on my bingo card that I'd be at a historic marker dedication, but it was really neat. And kudos to the team that put that all together. It takes a lot of patience, a lot of willpower, and special thanks go to Alex King's group. his foundation, because he donated a lot of the money for them. The guy that made those arches wanted people to know that when they arrived here, they came to some place really special. And this place is special. So even after the hurricane, we got to look even more toward our past to…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, fantastic work. Thank you. John? Thanks, Beverly.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“No, I don't. But each and every one of the people that volunteered, we really appreciate it. Because we need to get all the best minds on the island together to make sure this school is viable and will be successful. So thank you. Sure.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, that makes sense. I was thinking if people are willing to be on more than one, but That makes sense.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“David Zammett is already on a committee and he just said he only wants one. He only can do one.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, I look forward to it. It was really great last year.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“No, good job negotiating. I've heard that rates have gone up pretty much across the board, around 13% nationwide. So kudos. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, sorry. Great job. I've heard nationwide that overall insurance rates have gone up about 13%. So to get it under 10 is fantastic. Thank you.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you. Vice Mayor Safford? Yes, welcome back. That was my question. Thank you. Councilor King?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yes, I'd ask you as well how we're doing with Kia Stero.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Great. Thank you for the update, both of you.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yes, I attended the Governor's Conference on Tourism last Friday. Great event. Got some great takeaways. And then Wednesday I'm attending the pre-budget, the legislative luncheon. Very good. Councilor Link?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I was going to put this under advisory committee reports, but since we were selecting all those appointees, we had an audit committee meeting last week.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“But we had attendees, and one of the asks was that we, on our next M&P meeting, have talked about the audit committee, their function, their roles, what we'd like to see out of them more than just selecting the audit committee. I mean, the auditor. So I asked Will if we could put that on the M&P for next month. Just want to say they're willing and they want to get to work and help out. There's some good talent there.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Can, are you still accepting applications?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I've got one other question. This question has been brought up several times. Is voting registration a requirement for the LPA and audit committee?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“No, no. That is one of the qualifications. I thought it was always you've got to be a property owner or a resident. word out there that you also have to be a registered voter. I don't think that has anything to do with whether you're a resident with property.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, because I had one... person come up to me and said he'd consider being on the LPA or putting his name in the hat. But he had heard that, so he didn't apply. So if we can find out, that'd be great.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“So the two where I know for a fact we require that you're a resident is audit and LPA. OK.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah. Maybe just add that to it's all related. Yeah. It's all related. It's all related.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I can explain that. Thank you. So back in 2019, I believe, the council, when they initiated the short-term rental fees, they had a clause in there that enabled condo associations to totally opt out. So each individual owner would not have to pay. I got you.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah. So the thought process was they're going to do the policing of the weekly, nightly, all that, and we wouldn't have to. Now, if they want to opt out, one payment for the entire complex. So I personally think that fee, if we can do it, should be even more because you're saving the condos thousands of dollars.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“So we can talk about that later, but that's what the opt-out is.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“So Nancy, this is Scott. I just want to make sure that changing the opt-out fee is not changing the ordinance. So we're still protecting our grandfather abilities, is that correct?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Given that, it'd be my recommendation that we table the short-term rental increase until we get a full picture, maybe the MMP meeting, we can look at everything.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I just want to make absolutely sure because the state, you know, they could come in and say the entire state is nightly or the entire state's weekly or the entire state's monthly. I mean, we want to protect our island.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026