Remarks by Steven Meiner
128 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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“Yes, understood. Commissioner, Vice Mayor Dominguez.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Okay. And Eric and Frank, I met recently, you described to me a lot of the efforts that have been made to incorporate AI throughout our city, and that is continuing? Yes, sir. Full steam ahead? Do I have a second? With the safeguards. Motion?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“I know, but it's 526 now. I don't know if we've all abided by that till now, but... I appreciate that. I'm trying to go as fast as I can, but thank you. Since we're on the topic C7AS, I think it's similar, but thank you, Commissioner Fernandez. I agree, and let's try to get through these as quickly as we can.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“780 direct administration to repurpose and deploy retired police vehicles as decoys Thanks for being up here, I'll tee it up So essentially this would and I know we have and I'll let you give all the numbers we do have decoy cars out there in the past year or so starting to put solar-powered battery packs in them so they have the lights and they with the, it's hard to tell if they're decoy cars or not, which is great because they're newer models. The older decoy cars are kind of obvious. This would, and I guess what's on the table is there's 27 police, older police cars, retired vehicles that…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“I'm being told is about thirty six thousand dollars give or take so thirty six hundred thirty six hundred dollars per vehicle Give or take I think I think Commissioner Fernandez you had a separate item to put Strategically at the entrance points of our city police cars and police vehicles this I think could be a nice supplement to that item I don't know whether you had in mind I did but I'm not sure that made it through the enhancements mr.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Well, what I'm saying is I think this is a nice supplement. We obviously have our police, and I think we made it pretty clear that we're going to keep our staffing levels at police. And I've noticed the decoys, and they're pretty, again, the newer vehicles, the newer models. So it's not as obvious. It's a decoy. The solar power is a game changer. I'd say it really got me thinking because a general manager at a retail store, I don't want to say which one because I don't know if any bad guys are listening. I don't want to know where's the decoy. But he called me and he said, I want you to know…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“I would propose, I can't move the item, but I would propose that we not auction off these 27 vehicles. And again, it's just a supplement to our already good police visibility. Do any of these police vehicles have a video footage?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“It might be worth considering what the expense to that would be. Do you have any sense? I know we're catching.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Agreement with Savino and Miller developed master plan for entirety of West lots r7 th Commissioner bought Co-sponsored by Commissioner Suarez co-primed co-prime Thank you ladies first Yeah Great”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Let's call the budget items R7D and R7E.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Commissioner Fernandez, co-sponsored by Commissioner Mateo Salinas.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Fernandez and Commissioner Mateo Salinas.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“So sponsored by myself, Vice Mayor Dominguez, Commissioner Bott, this has been an effort, and I know you spent a lot of time on this as well, Vice Mayor Dominguez, so take it away.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“One question. Thank you for citing those numbers. Is it broken down by how many are given during nighttime hours?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Is that something that could be broken down and provided to us?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah. No, thank you. Thank you collectively working on this. It's a complaint we get a lot, certainly as the late night hours when those modified mufflers come rumbling down the street.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“I got to suggest from the description, it's not the best pitch. Yeah.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Fernandez. We have a motion and a second. What's the, just to clarify, what's the motion?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“So I got to tell you, I have a lot of hesitancy on this, but you made A pretty compelling argument, Eric. And I just, at some level, even though I don't love it, I have to trust your judgment if this is necessary. It's less than 1% of the total project. I do share a lot of the sentiment, though, that we heard from Commissioner Magazine and Commissioner Suarez. Understood?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Yeah, let's call the vote. I am mindful that we have Neighborhood Affairs Division people in the audience as well, so I'm sure they are working hard, so thank you for your efforts. This is part of the legislative way it goes.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Okay, let's let's call the vote On C7 say on this one Eric you you you switched you switched probably got me I was leaning against I'm for I did get some messages from residents who said in real time today actually they had an issue and the the the neighborhood affairs division team was able to step in and”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Commissioner Fernandez, let's call the vote.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Second. It's a donation of a generator that is not being utilized by the city anymore. In lieu of auctioning it off, its approximate value is $22,000. THE CITY WOULD DONATE IT TO THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE. THEY HAVE 30 VOLUNTEERS IN MIAMI BEACH, TWO AMBULANCES, 330 VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA. IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM IN ACTION, THEY ARE AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION. ALL VOLUNTEER. At least from the people on the streets.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“A couple of other referrals that I guess have either been pulled or were addendum items. Let's just do those. C4M.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Second. So moved by Commissioner Mateo Salinas, seconded by Commissioner Fernandez.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026