Remarks by Scott Tate
228 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 10
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“Okay. Next we're on to items for discussion. And I believe the only one that I captured was mothballs on the beach for Commissioner Maldonado.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Listen, I agree. I would love to hear some legal opinion. some of the accused in this situation, at least one of the accused is also in other issues with us, so I'm careful how far we have open dialogues given that there's other open cases, as I understand it, legal cases in these situations unaffiliated with mothballs on the beach, right? So, but that said, as victims i think i think we should make sure that we understand what our rights attorney of the state's office so i would ask that we that we just itemize what are our options here and what do we have on the table that we could use as…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I love it. Rather than this forum, can we ask that we just maybe itemize something that we could just bring back and distribute to at least the commissioner, wherever it needs to go, that says, here's our potential avenues of remediation given this situation. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. I don't have any other items for discussion, so I think we have our commission reports. Our city clerk, I'll start with you, please.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Can I ask real quick just on that? Are you talking public or private seawalls?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Impromptu, I would say we have many, many great restaurants, the Helm being one of them, and congratulations to the Helm family. I see a lot of, this is impromptu, so I apologize. I see a lot of social aspects of what great things make St. Pete Beach wonderful and our great restaurants and small businesses, not only shopping and the theater and all kind of things. So please support our businesses as you can. We love him and we appreciate him. Back onto what I did actually have on my agenda here. Thank you to all the residents and also to the city staff and my fellow commissioners…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“It is six o'clock on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026. Will you please rise and join us for the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. City Clerk, would you please do roll call?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Any requested changes to the agenda?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay. I'll make a note. Any other suggested changes? Okay. Is there a motion to approve the agenda as amended?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. I see we have no presentations, but we do have a moment for audience comments. City Clerk, is there any audience comments requested?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“All right. Commissioner Clausey, you may be right. All right. We're ahead of schedule.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“On to the consent agenda. Any requests to remove an item at this moment? Okay. I was giving others the opportunity, but I, with apologies, would like to just briefly ask the city manager and or staff questions about D, E, and F on the consent agenda. And so I would like to pull them and just have a quick question on each. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda amendment as suggested?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay. Is there any discussions on the consent, city manager, or are you just looking for us to vote on the items A, B, C, and G?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, fair enough. So is there a motion to approve A, B, C, and G?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Very good, all of it, okay. Very good, okay. I thought we agreed to amend the agenda, but here we go, okay. then please item D approval of payment to con cure I'm sorry can your telecom services for license plate recognition system services and equipment in the amount of seventy three thousand five hundred dollars Hello, sir, how are you?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Will you please state your name for public record?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, sir, I appreciate you. I just had a quick question, because I just saw some chatter online. I know that there's some topic or some topic in general or conversations around flock cameras. This is not about flock cameras, to be clear. This is about, as I understand it,”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“search any information it's completely different than the flock cameras okay thank you um and then one one additional question uh this 73 500 is already budgeted in the 2026 uh budget you're not asking for additional funds on this yes sir it's already budgeted yes sir thank you sir okay that's good by me um i'll keep asking questions if that's okay i'll go on to item e um the sheriff office interlocal agreement. I wanted to just make sure, I know that there were some questions from the community, certainly at our recent budget roadshows. And one of the questions was, hey, we're already kind…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. And I'll concur. We've got some great deputies here. Thank you.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“We appreciate you. Okay, one more question on item F, please. This is about authorize the city manager execute the security system replacement contract agreement with Empire Consulting Inc. Authorized dealer for Verkada in the amount of $100,410.60. Hi, thank you. Will you please state your name? Yes, sir.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. So can you just help us understand what the nature of this change is? And then I might have a follow-up on the cost and cost benefits and cost savings. I don't know if you wrap that into the same, but trying to understand the benefits and the cost differential to go with this system, please.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, and I think I heard you say $7,000 per year expected operational savings once this new system is in place. That is correct. Thank you. Yes, sir. Any other questions from the commission? Okay, I'm good. Thank you, I just need some clarity on it, so thank you. Okay, is there a motion to approve consent items D, E, and F?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Not from me. Is there a staff report or anything associated with this? Just my presentation. Just your presentation. I want to make sure that I didn't leave out the opportunity.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“OK. Any questions or comments from the rest of the group? OK. Is there a motion? Yep. Please, sir.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Next topic is items for discussion. We have four items on here. I guess we'll just start at the top and work our way down.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, and for the record, the topic is short-term rental registration.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026