Remarks by Steve Calle
169 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 7
- Play at 41:55
“I have a lot of questions. So what I'll do is I'll reserve my time, and maybe we can set up a time afterwards to go over this. I just want to understand it better.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 42:57
“Okay? How many tons of garbage do we process a day in South Miami? Do you have a rough understanding?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 43:04
“The optimal amount? No, what do we do right now?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 43:09
“And then you think that we can process up to 800 to 1,200 tons a day is what you were saying in your presentation? Yeah, tons a day. So you can expand to that level?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 43:22
“So are you dependent on getting more municipalities to get that type of garbage? Yeah, that's the intention.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 43:32
“The product that you're developing, the outcome, the actual product. The final product, okay. Can you walk me again through how the sale of that, who buys that?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 44:32
“And so can you tell me, like, what the efficiency rate is? If we're doing 1,000 tons a day, how much of this are you producing?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 44:43
“Yeah. And what is, I mean, how do you sell this, by the ton? By ton, yeah. And what is the growing rate for this per ton?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 45:12
“So this is very similar to Omalo where we do plastic pellets and we put them in and create plastic.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 45:55
“mean it in in theory it sounds like it's gonna work um i think there's a lot of factors that we need to discuss one is 55 million dollars for an infrastructure cost we need to understand how that's going to work uh whether you have partners you know where is that money coming from who are your partners because we're not going to lease you the land if we're not we don't understand where the money's coming from right like that's one of the things that are very important in any development opportunity yeah um and then secondly i would love to see i mean if you guys can show me i don't know if…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 47:04
“What's the name of the one in Durham? What is the name of the facility in Durham?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:03:14
“I think a lot of the questions that we ask is if you can provide the business case model. It's a whole process. A lot of us have backgrounds in startups and big companies like this, and we just really want to understand all the details, especially if you're going to be our partner moving over for the next 20 years. It's really important that we understand the whole business model. Yeah, I'm going to do it.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:12:40
“Can you talk a little bit about your transfer stations up in Tennessee? What waste, just name one of them, roughly what the cost is per ton on acquiring and transporting and then dumping it on the site in Alabama?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:13:10
“So the municipals are picking it up and putting it into a transfer station, right?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:13:44
“No, what you're charging is fine. I don't need to know your secret sauce. It's fine.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:14:06
“I mean, we've seen this before. And a lot of the questions, we know what to ask. I don't have too many questions. I think, to me, is, again, on the building of the transfer station, what does the investment look like? You know, we've been through this road a little bit already, so we're pretty well-versed. I mean, this is your first one, but...”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:14:39
“And that'll be subsidized with you guys through our lease?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:14:46
“And the split again was revenue split that you're proposing?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:19:50
“I agree with Commissioner Bonnich. Okay. I would ask that we can maybe get like a sample understanding of what the terms would be. A quick one-sheeter, just so we're all on the same page. And then from...”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:20:27
“Yeah, Mayor, I think it's really important that from Insoftel, right? Did I say it right? Insoftel, yeah. Insoftel? Yeah. That we really get a business like, you know, give me a really a deck a business model so i can fully understand it i mean i would really love to see that i don't know if you're giving that to the city manager or the clerk but just get our information just send it out to us i think let's do it through the manager and then he can distribute it okay okay thank you all for your time we appreciate it let's move on then um”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:23:03
“Manager. From the Grey Ghost and the cheerleaders, are we marketing that in our social media and content, blasting that on their behalf to get a little bit more people understanding about our program in Palmer Park?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:23:17
“All right, thank you. Secondly, are we changing the grass model on the south side of South Miami Park? I know it's done, but what did we do differently?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:23:40
“And lastly, you did a taste of some. Anyone you recommend? Any good ones that you've been to? So we can let everybody know?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:26:43
“Brandy, I know I always talk to you. You've done a phenomenal job. It's really like a startup, right? Getting a product straight from zero, what you've done with our Facebook organizations, our marketing, and what you've learned to start doing from a digital perspective, from video, from photography. you've done a great job thank you for everything that you've done for the city um i'm glad that you got the position and i think that the next person that's coming in has a very good setting and understanding of what they can do so thank you for that i really do appreciate you and i appreciate…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 1:27:21
“I know Wendy, we usually do a thing, but Marcus Lightfoot is 20 years with the city of South Miami. That's something to be special about. And by the way, 20 years is 20 years. So thank you for a lot of things that you do. And I really appreciate it.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026