Remarks by Scott Tate
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“I call this meeting of the City Commission of St. Pete Beach to order. It is 6 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, September 21st, 2026. Would you please rise and join us for the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. City Clerk, roll call, please.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Approval of the agenda. Any changes to the agenda proposed?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right, I would also like to pull consent item for F, just for a quick just a question of, I believe our assistant city manager and or city staff if available.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right. Do you have a motion to approve the agenda as amended?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right. On to presentations, of which there are none. So let's see, we're already on to, do we have audience comments?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Gotcha. And indeed, there it is on the calendar as such. I'm so used to saying audience comments first. So ordinances first, then audience comments. So any of us that do have comments, please hold while we talk about the ordinances.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, that sounds good. Okay, any staff report, sir?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. Is there any questions or comments from the commissioners? Okay. Is there a motion that we can entertain?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. I believe we have a second ordinance.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Audience comments, please, City Clerk.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the commissioners? Is there a motion then please?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“And I believe we have a third ordinance here as well.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay. All right, thank you, sir. Audience comments, please.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Any questions of? from the commissioners to city staff or otherwise. Okay. Is there a motion, please?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. City Clerk, general audience comments?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. City Manager or Acting City Manager, can you at least give some information so that we can at least make sure we have the right dialogue happening?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Understood. Thank you. Apologize again to your attorney. Can you look into that for us and just make sure we understand what is and is not being enforced and if not, why? Thank you. We'll look into it. Thank you. Thank you.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Can I come down here? I'll come down to you if you don't mind.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“I didn't know I was going to be on camera, so I had to start jacking. We did, didn't we? Thank you. Thank you. I'll make a quick comment. I know I just said it to you in person, but I'm going to say it over the microphone. Thank you so much. You are certainly great partners of St. Pete Beach, and obviously all of our businesses and our business associations are as well. So we thank you very much for that, and it's much appreciated. Thank you.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you so much. I appreciate that.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. Let's make sure I get my ordering right since we kind of modified it a bit. So we're on to consent agenda.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Is there a motion to approve with the exception of B and F?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right. We're on to consent item B. And I believe Commissioner Robinson, you asked to discuss this?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“While we're on the topic, sir, can I ask you a question? Certainly. Is it the city's expectation that there's a cost to the city to entertain these efforts, or are they kind of baked into the cost to the vendor in this situation?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay, the next consent item is for F resolution 2026 dash 33, supporting the proposed blind pass. South jetty improvements project in cooperation with Florida Beach Management Program. I know I put this one off. I just have a question for you, sir. Yes, sir. I have had some conversations internal. And my understanding is this is generally so that the city can go out and request ultimately grant money towards a project that we are endeavoring towards. Is that a fair statement? That's correct.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026