Remarks by Thomas F. Carney, Jr.
415 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 17
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“All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? It is approved. OK. We are now going to item 7AA, which is former 6F1. Commissioner Casale, you had this pulled from the agenda to be discussed. Yes.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“So you would like to have a de novo item on this to be brought to the commission?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I think we should. OK. That's fine. Then we are. Do we have three? I need a motion. I need a motion to what? We're going to think that this is going to be appealed by the commission? Yes. OK. Would you make a motion to please appeal it? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? No. Fine.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“We need to approve the 1231 South Congress. So moved.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“There's a bona fide point here, which is that we are relying on the settlement agreement to derive these benefits from the counter foundation. And that's as a result of their ownership of one particular property in the city. Right. Should that property be sold for some reason, and I don't know that it is going to be sold, but should that property be sold for some reason, this money dries up. Meanwhile, we will have committed, I'm sorry, did you have something to add? We have committed.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Excuse me, Mayor. Thank you for accelerating my thought. Because in the opioids, we have the same issue. In both of these categories, we have the issue of funding that is not assured. Certainly the amounts are not assured. Yes. But not assured for a period of really greater than one or two years, maybe.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“And we're getting into financial commitments with the hope and a prayer that all this money always comes in the way we want it to come in, but we'll still be short. And I have argued up here about doing programs where I can't fund them, and then I've got to rely on going to the trough to get paid. I just think that is not...”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, yeah, the $251,000 in the budget is going to get half the money from the opioid fund and half the money from the general fund. Understood.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I mean, when the board appeared in front of us, they did make a rather compelling argument, and using the word death was repeatedly used. Right, that's true. So I acknowledge what you're saying with respect to the others that are doing this. My whole concern is that we are creating an infrastructure that we may not be able to pay for in year two and three, but meanwhile the employees will be in their jobs, and I won't have the money to pay for them. So that's kind of what my concern is. Putting together an infrastructure and a structure that I can be reasonably assured that I can pay for. And…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, so... You're just giving, Cindy, you're not asking for a direction here today, right?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Perhaps we should look at making that a one-year grant I think we should push it doing well that I agree with yet. We shouldn't make it for three I think it's or what because I don't know what's gonna happen to the Karen.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“not sure we can use it i'm not sure if you could use it for these programs why couldn't you use it but i will say that if he sharpened his pencil and it's not the four hundred thousand dollars education and training i'm sorry i'm sorry too many people are talking i'm sorry i was trying to hear what the city attorney was saying hi”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, that was my point. We're building an infrastructure that we're going to have to live with. Exactly. You know, down the road, year two, three, four, five, and –”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Commissioner Casale, you wish to be recognized?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Junior achievement is a pretty well-established... Yeah, I'm very happy with it. I mean, many of the criteria that they...”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I would vote for I just think that I do think we don't want to ignore the procedure because if you ignore the procedure for when you got ignore for everybody So I mean I but in the case of juniors you I think the them filling out that application would be enough This is a suggested procedure.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Now we're talking about the opioid money. Okay.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Why couldn't those positions be contractual, like a one-year contract? So then we're assured that we don't have to deal with that personnel issue after year two. Unless we want to. If it's year two, if we don't have the money in year two.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“what we're going to do come back with the funding for the for the karen foundation dr spencer's thing for junior achievement those and those things and we have agreed to come back with something we're going to be doing this money on a con on a contract basis it's a some certain that we have and and assuming we can do it on the contract basis on whatever the scope of services that they have to provide in order to comply with the use of the funds then”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“The people seeking the grant would be under a one-year contract. It would be a contract for a year.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“So are we all in agreement on that? Everybody? Yes? I am.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Obviously, it's contingent upon you coming back saying we can do what we just said we would like to do. Correct. Okay, I'm done. Thank you. I hope you are, too.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026