Remarks by Thomas F. Carney, Jr.
415 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 17
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“Projects may get delayed. No question. It's correct.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“not my call his call i'm not going to second guess i'm not going to become city manager part of the issues that i've had is that we we i am not the city manager okay why don't i take he gets instructions he figures out a way to make it work and that's the way it works and and the taxpayers who i work for”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, I mean, I don't know who you're talking to, but the ones I'm talking to certainly don't want to have a 11% tax increase this year.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“If you don't want any structural changes in your city, you may be right.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Would you like me to open up to the public?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Would the commission like to hear from the public now?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Lower, lower, then we went way low, then we had to make up. I don't have the numbers.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“And then I have a response for you. Go ahead.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I just want to make one quick comment. I understand that you addressed Commissioner Gasol's issue with respect to the fund balance.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“But I do recall that Commissioner Burns also said that if we're going to do any reductions, further reductions, she wants us to inure to the benefit of the taxpayers.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“That's not what that has done. And when someone says it only costs us $43 or $50 a person, a $3 million bad expenditure doesn't become a good expenditure because I can spread it out over 47,000 people. I know we're saying we have fat, that's fine, but you can't have this kind of growth And it's telling me that there's no structural changes that can't be made. And maybe they have to do with some restructuring some personnel. Maybe it has to do, I don't know. That's your job.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“And we have the money. We certainly are going to be making more money next year. We have more things coming online. I mean, there's already $77 million worth of property that's not reflected in this, that's going to be reflected in this on January 1st.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Automatically. COs have already been issued. They have not issued the COs yet on Sunday Village. So that increase in value we haven't even seen yet. They are operating, but they're operating under TCOs, which means the property appraiser hasn't gone in to reassess. They have on Atlantic Crossing to the tune of almost $300 million, which we get about $4 million of it or so, right? You know about $4 million of it. From that, thank you for taking a penny or two. Thereabouts. The other lot there, which is currently under construction, is not yet on the tax rolls. So we're pretending, and one of…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“It's a rate. If we have to deal with creating special taxing units down the road, if we have to deal with these things, we will deal with them as we are presented. You don't budget with the expectation there's going to be some legislation passed and you're going to be trapped.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“It was 6 o'clock in the morning we spoke. So I made a 9.30 instead. That's OK. Can I make a point of order, please? We're going to get an extra 15 minutes sleep.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, that's right. The $4 million bill, we get like 40%.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm just saying we have additional stuff coming on, which is why the millage rates, when you look at these things, it's all related to what their increase in taxable value. I understand, but then you have an increase in. Yes, sir. And then we'll go to the public.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“All of that is, I'm acknowledging, all of that is true. I still want to know why, you know, for example, this 10.2% tax increase is not what the taxpayers, I mean, we work for them. I work for them, too. Gentlemen, Mr. Mayor.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I know it's going to be hard. I never said it's going to be easy.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I said my piece. Great. Gentlemen. I'm going to open this up to the public. Are there any members of the public wishing to speak on this? non-controversial matter please come to the lectern you'll give your name and zip code for the record and you will each have three minutes unless I really like what you're saying then I'll give you more time just to keep going on Greg page 33444 thank you okay what I didn't mention earlier was the overvaluation of all of our properties”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Last call. Seeing none, public comment is closed.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I was going to answer Commissioner DeSalle's thing about some of the recommended, but go ahead.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“And that will help us get there. I'm going to say that you keep saying about this adding to the fund balance. I remember specifically in this chair saying at the meeting, we're not going to worry about the fund balance. Get us the lowest you can get on the millage. And what you've done is you've kept your 3.5 and the additional reports you could have applied against the millage reduction.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Everybody said, yeah. We were going to be able to, Commissioner Burns said, if you can find additional monies to save, We're not going to deal with the fund balance. We're going to add that back to the taxpayers. That was said.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“But at the time, any additional savings, we're going to go to reduce the millage.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026