Remarks by Steve Cody
54 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“I would move that we change the number from 2.69 to 2.75.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Okay, my follow-up is what happens if we get into a situation like we had during the Great Recession where property values in the village dropped and you have a situation where you're being assessed on actual property values, property values drop, And the amount we collect is less than what we have been collecting before. Are we then required, because we set up the special taxing district, to say, no, we then have to go and go outside of that taxing district to make up the difference for the decrease in the value of home values? Or could we say, you know, police department, you got what you…”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Let's say we have a situation where we have a village council like this, where at one end, we probably are not going to be raising taxes, and at the other end, we're also not going to be raising taxes. We have a shortfall. Would... we be required to make that up without the input of the village council? Would that just be overridden by whatever the people on either end of this council want, and we don't get unanimous to raise that millage rate for the taxing district?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“We just went through the experience this evening of setting the maximum millage rate. And then when we get to our actual budget, we're going to have to adopt the effective rate. Right? With me? Okay. Now, if we have a situation where the home values drop and we suddenly don't have enough coming in via property taxes to pay for the police department that we want, you know, it's like Rumsfeld once said, you don't necessarily go to war with the army you want or need. You go to war with the army you have so we we have a certain amount of money coming in with the millage rate that we have set it's…”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Okay. Sorry. Council Member Cody. Yes, Madam Mayor. I would move that we defer this item until the regular council meeting in September. And I know that our village clerk can give us that specific date. Because I think that we have a lot of unanswered questions. And I would feel better if... rather than going back and forth. We actually have an opportunity not only to run it through a COW, but to actually have Desmond give us the numbers. So that's my motion. I'll second that.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“The motion is to defer it, and if it's not my item, I can't put it on the cow. But if Mark wants to put it on the cow, then that would be fine. That would give him enough time. He already indicated he would. But that way we don't have to take a vote before we get the facts and figures that we need to make an intelligent decision.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“My motion is to move this to September 14th. Do we need to make a motion to put it on the Cal agenda? Was it submitted for the Cal agenda? I'm emailing the clerk right now to do that.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“All right. I would amend my motion to say to also add the item to our July 14th Cal agenda, and that way we've got both covered.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Thank you. This is a question for the attorney. Well, actually, two questions. One, we have had a law that was enacted by the legislature prohibiting any expression of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Would this ordinance be considered in derogation of that?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“And the second question is, the way it's written, would we also have to give recognition to atheists and agnostics?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“And so we might be including the satanic temples holidays in our greetings?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Now, does it make any difference if the religious group that's making the request is not located in Palmetto Bay?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“So if, for instance, I went to the Eid celebration at the mosque, which is located on the other side of US 1, the way this is written, could they make that request of us to include their holidays in this, even though their mosque is not located within the, not the barriers, the borders of Palmetto Bay?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Well, Madam Mayor, before he gets into the review, I would make a motion to divide the question. And under Robert's rules, what that does is when you have something that is easily divisible, Each item stands on its own and each item is voted on in its own. So we would be voting on proposed amendment one, then proposed amendment two, proposed amendment three, and that is my motion.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Well, can I make a first motion to divide the question? I'll second.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“What he's talking about is exhibit A, if I can jump in.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Oh, I see. We could look at either one, you know. And it may be easier just to look at the. Yeah, the charter language, excuse me, the ballot language itself.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“questions anything okay well I I've got a question I think the ballot language is a bit misleading because it speaks on line 109 about the lease of any such property exceeding five years and then at the bottom it says except for leases with a term of six months or less so which Which one is it?”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Any comment? I think that this is incredibly ridiculous because if we lease our property snack bar in the village Quarry Park. That has to go to a vote of the people if it has a term of six months or more. And we have to fund the cost of that election. We may not get back from the lease of something very small, what it costs us to put that election on. So I think that this is just a bad, dumb idea. And I would encourage you all to vote this one down.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“He's making a motion to reconsider. Don't we have to do it right now on the...”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“Yes. This is something that should not be in our charter. This is a policy question. You talk about leaving it to the next council. This may not happen for four or five more councils. But I don't see the sense in handcuffing those good future people to have to try to figure this out. If it's available, and the priority is it would first be offered to the state, and if the state said no, It would then be offered to the county, and if the county says no, then it would be offered to us. But I think it's, again, it was a dumb idea when they thought of it. It's a dumb idea now, and I'm going to…”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“I don't think it's needed. I think the people have the ability to decide that. I mean, you do have to have a little bit of a cooling off period. Presently, I don't think we need to have eight years of that. I mean, if that went into effect, Marsha Metzen might not be able to run again. Not to worry, Steve.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“All right, it's been moved. Is there a second? Madam Mayor, it is 11 o'clock. I move that we extend to, at least according to my watch, I move we extend to 1120.”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026
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“What say you? That's what they put in there. And that's one of the reasons why I'm opposing this is I think it's just from a policy standpoint as a former government major to hand off legislative authority from the legislative body to a group of appointees and having them have the final say as to what goes on the ballot. And frankly, this charter amendment answers the question of did they have the right to include everything on the ballot? Not if they adopted something that says we recognize we don't have the right to put it on the ballot, but we want to have that right in the future. So this…”
Village Council · Jul 6, 2026