Remarks by Thomas F. Carney, Jr.
415 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 17
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“Thank you very much. We have the agenda approval. Is there any items on the agenda you wish to pull? Yes, go ahead.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“So you want 6F1 to be the appealable, which will become 7AA. And which is the other?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“OK. Are there any other changes? Then I need a motion to approve the agenda as amended.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? That's it. That's adopted. All right. We're into the proclamations at the moment. So the first is the proclamation of Constitution Week. Marjorie Ferrer is here somewhere.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“So there we go. Okay. Whereas, in this 250th anniversary year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed to the world the revolutionary self-evident truths that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, And whereas in this 239th anniversary year of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, which created the enduring governmental foundation of we the people securing these self-evident truths, and whereas…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Why don't we do the photograph and then I'll give you two. We're just going to go right to the front with the American flag right behind us.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“We now have the recognition of the beach keepers. Commissioner Casale will present this item.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“You know, what people don't understand is that the kids at reading level by the third grade, their chances of success or doing anything and not ending up in jail or worse is just multiplied by exponentially, and it's just unbelievable. So keep up the, you know, I love your initiatives.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“thank you very much and the report is part of the record so if you haven't had everyone you have a chance to read it and they're out there with this part of the record and it really articulates all the different things that the city is doing including the major projects and it's it's where it's a good read it's it's good to see what we're doing um to get things done thank you mr moore our approximation national forensic science week Whereas forensic science is a critical component of the criminal justice system, providing crucial tools for the investigation of crimes and the identification of…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Great. Thank you very much. All right. We are now to the comments and inquiries on agenda and non-agenda items from the public. And I'm going to read the rules as it relates to public comment, and then I'll be turning it over to the city manager for any responses. The meeting is now open to the public. Any members of the public wishing to comment on any topic or agenda item other than a quasi-judicial item or public hearing item should come forward. Members of the public have an opportunity to speak on quasi-judicial and public hearing items later in the meeting as those items are called. For…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“One of the issues is I think that's extremely important, but I also, you know, some of the criticism has been about the day-to-day maintenance.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“well yeah i agree but it seems to me that the maintenance component is something that should be ongoing and current as opposed to just seeing how it's going to you know end up on summer and that's the case as well okay all right you're finished now i am thank you we are now opening it up to the public i've given you all the instructions mr rich wagon albert rich wagon 33483 two years on subculture coffee no sidewalk still a bob's barricade sign for two years”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I will say that the water plant is not complete. It's going to be complete in a couple of years. And the water rates had not gone up for almost 10 years or so plus. 15. 15 years. And we're finally raising the rates in order to pay for the new water plant so that hopefully in two years from now, when you turn it on, you're going to get a nice, clean, great experience in your water with no, you know, little floating around plastic pieces.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“By the way, for the record, what I was trying to say is that we have all this PFAS, the PFAS things, they're all going to be cleaned out in the new water, in this water treatment. We're going to be a state-of-the-art. With the new system. We are going to be a state-of-the-art thing. With the new system.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, I don't mean that. Or anything else. I wasn't referring to, I was exaggerating. Obviously, there's no plastic in the water. Yeah, the mayor said, yeah.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm talking about the PFAS filtration system, ladies and gentlemen.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Two weeks. Excuse me, two weeks.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm sorry, the name was what? Billy Roach. Oh, yeah, Billy Roach.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you very much. By the way, we did not give ourselves a raise.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Employees had a contractual raise. Yes, they did.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. We don't get anything for inflation. Noted.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026