Remarks by Shirley D. Lanier
130 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“I'd like to invite Commissioner Panier and the board to the next Educational Advisory Committee meeting, which is next Thursday, the 9th, I think, at 6 p.m. at the Book Center.”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“So have you ever thought about hotspot checkout programs?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you. And I think one more about I really would like to see you increase your staff at that library. There's a lot of your summer reading engagement program. I know that you've met and exceeded your targets for the past fiscal year and fiscal year before. So how do you how do you deal with the additional supplies and stuff for the reading programs that you have?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And I also want you to pursue some partnerships with the school district and the housing authorities for sure. And then one more thing, any deferred maintenance issues that need immediate attention?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“FOR MY SAY SO, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A NEW POSITION, ADDITIONAL POSITION FOR THE LIBRARY THAT WILL HELP TO EXPAND THE SERVICES, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY, AND I KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE MORE HOT SPOTS WITH THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, WITH THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, THE BOOTCAMPS THAT YOU HAVE. THAT IS A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING THERE, AND I THINK THAT I KNOW THE STAFF MEMBER WOULD DEFINITELY add to the expansion of where you guys are trying to go.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I'M SUPPOSING A FULL-TIME POSITION THAT CAN REALISTICALLY HANDLE THE CURRENT RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE AND ESPECIALLY THE EXPANSION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE SUMMER READING METRICS PROGRAM, FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TOWARDS. AND ALSO, TOO, WITH THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT BUT DON'T HAVE THE BODIES TO DO IT. MR. BRODY IS VERY MODEST AND HE'S NOT GOING TO ASK, BUT I GO TO THAT LIBRARY A LOT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING THERE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER BODY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS IF WE…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And check this out. One thing, this is really good that they have. My grandson has library cards all over the county. You can go to any library and drop your book off to Riviera Beach and they'll get it back to that library in Delray or that library in Boca.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I NEEDED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT DO YOU HAVE, DOES THE CITY MAINTAIN A LOCAL VENDOR REGISTRY?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I THINK THAT THE MAYOR He and I both came here at the same time. He has been asking this question for the last eight years in regards to this. And this is like a simple form that you can write down. You can write it down how many local vendors the city has. That should be something easily to be able to track, meaning that if I ask you how many actual local vendors does the city have, you should be able to just give me a number like that because you could just pull them out and write them down. With that being said, you have a position that you're going to eliminate. Who's going to do that job?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Yeah, we need to have a list of local vendors. And whether that comes from Development Services or Procurement should know how many local businesses the city deals with. So when we have WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH TYLER AND DUPLICATIONS, DO YOU HAVE OR HAVE YOU DONE ANY TRAINING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW HOW TO SUBMIT A SCOPE OF SERVICES, HOW TO SUBMIT COMPLETE REQUISITIONS? BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU SAY, NO, YOU SHOULD DO IT THIS WAY. MAYBE YOU NEED TO LOOK AT”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“SO MAYBE, COLLEAGUES, WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT TRANSFERRING THE VTR TO PROCUREMENT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE. I KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES but just for the sake of collecting the money, they are, it's in that department, but you really need to know how many small businesses are in this city. So that's the thought, colleagues, to look at that transfer. It's something that we can discuss. Has there ever been, has the internal auditor ever Issued any findings related to procurement, lack of document bids, sole source justifications, contract…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“They've done some outside of your purview.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Right. So also, too, when we back up to the BTR, and I'll be my last question, chair, back to the BTR. Now, thinking about it, it doesn't necessarily have to be transferred to your department, but you should have some type of automation where you automatically know that this is a new small business in the city. There should be something shared with the BTR with you, given that you are the ones that pay them. You're the ones that work with them. um the developmental services just actually collect the money and the data for them so there should be some type of shared programming however that…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay. And then also, too, I think you guys should have them. with your own budget now, a vendor outreach and education fund so that you guys, that's specific to vendor outreach.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I wanted to ask, this is probably too for the chief that they were requesting $750,000 for five years for the drone project. And I want to know what was IT's role in supporting this?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“So are there any costs that are not reflected in the police budget that you're picking up?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“So it wouldn't be any other cost other than what the police is paying for?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay. Tell me about the ratio that you guys have. I would like to know the ratio you have because the city is like 550 individuals and you guys have like 10 employees. How does that match up to other cities?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“So tell me about the... THERE WAS AN INTERNAL AUDIT THAT WAS DONE THAT SAVED YOU GUYS A LOT OF MONEY. TELL ME ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO, AND THE BOARD SHOULD ALSO BE PRIVATE TO, A LIST OF ALL THE CURRENT SOFTWARE CONTRACTS IN THIS DEPARTMENT. so that we have an idea. And I know that the internal auditor did a report and save you guys a lot of money because there was some duplications here and there. But I also know too that your department is sorely underfunded in terms of staff, given the amount of city employees that the city has. So I definitely want that to come to us, a list…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And then the last question is, is the cloud versus premise, meaning that have you guys evaluated moving more to the cloud versus hardware maintenance costs?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay. But yeah, that's what I wanted to hear in terms of not looking for other places that it stays with the city itself. And also too, the city's cyber policy that luckily we did have it because a lot of the Ransom, so to speak, was paid by the student policy. But thank you so much for that information, because it gives me much comfort to know that the city is taking care of its own data.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And I certainly want that information about the security, I mean, the contracts from the software contracts.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And also, too, you're correct, because I was wanting to add another 150 to their budget, but okay, I get you. I get it.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026