Remarks by Thomas Good, Jr.
138 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So everything that you said was certainly in the conversation that I had with the manager, and I have the right to have a different opinion to that. And the only additional thing that I would add, other than what I've already said about why I believe that this position is very important, is that even if we do go into the Solid Waste Authority, we're still going to need a position that ensures that we continue to remain in compliance with the many rules and regulations that they're about ready to throw onto all the membership that's in the Solid Waste Authority. So, I…”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I actually have my next issue is going to talk about that, about compensation. But for right now, I can't. I can tell you, though, that certainly that the fair compensation for this is not going to be any kind of substantial impact to the budget in any way shape or form so Commissioner good.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“So I would, if you put me in that circumstances, I mean, I believe that I would leave that to the city manager to make the determination on that. If it had to be, it could be an increase in the reserve fund of a few dollars that probably would never be spent because, again, I believe that this position will create the additional revenue to support their own salary. If I may. Personally, honestly, and professionally, I've seen that.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Well, my motion is that we add the position using the surplus funds, whatever that would be.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So my next item was dealing with was employee compensations. And again, I have additional questions. I know that we voted on a collective bargaining agreement for our general employees. I know that when we took that up, there was a reference to it being a 5% increase to the employees. But there is another item that was added to that, which is some annual increase that gets added that I was not even aware of. So when we took that item up, I was only believing that we were giving And generous 5% to everybody, but it turned out to be a bit more. And then it's not…”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“He can make a note, but I'm going to bring it to you myself.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“This is an issue that I'd like to bring forward and talk a little bit more about how we can put policies and some guide rails and how some of these things are going so that, you know, there's not an unexpected, you know, compensation that we otherwise wouldn't expect.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, and the other thing was, again, was the FCS. I mean, I did get some information from the FCS, you know, you know, the staffing and things like that. And I will tell you that just brought more questions to me. FCS, again, of course, is the employment contractor that we use. And again, I just, you know, I got a single year. I didn't get the multiple years like I was looking for in regards to, you know, seeing how the positions are changing or, you know, the staffing levels, what the compensations are, you know, I don't even know what some of the job descriptions are on some of these…”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Sure. That's clearly on my agenda for things.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“OK. Again, it would be helpful for me to recognize if I'm making a decision on capital projects today, what capital projects have been left over in the past that still hasn't been completed yet. So I mean, it's very important for me to make a decision on that. But again, I'm just going to reemphasize the capital fund. We should be really thinking about putting one together. So Mr. Mayor, for right now, that's all I have. I appreciate it.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you so very much. MPO? Yes, Mr. Mayor, thank you. So we had a meeting, a lot of routine stuff that was taken care of, but probably the most important thing was The Broward MPO does annual federal and legislative priorities. One of the items that I did bring up, ask for an amendment, and it did get unanimous support, was to include in the legislative priorities for guidance on the development of uniform policies regarding those micro-ability devices. So at least we were able to get that on their priority list. So we're hopeful that at this next legislative session that they will also…”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I have comments, but I'm going to wait until we get to the item.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Commissioner Good. Yeah, I'd just like to, I mean, I have other comments about the budget itself. But like I said, I reserve that for the next item. However, on this side, it was a concern for me as well, too, the special events. For me, I think we all agree, these type of events, it's like the best connection that we could make with our residents. And I don't know why we even contemplate any removal of any event under any circumstances. The special events was reduced by about $100,000 from last year to this year. And in my opinion, I think that we should actually be doubling that special…”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“OK, good. And go to page 14. On the slides there. Next slide, please. Yes. So I just want to just get clarified on, it's a simple thing. I didn't pick this up until just, again, looking at the PowerPoint. But the fire rescue, it shows $1.2 million for a fire engine.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right. On page 336 of the budget. Hold on. And it would be object number 664450, which is within the fire budget.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Page 336. Yeah, I know. I'm trying to get there. And it's a 664450 fire engine on the right-hand page. Sorry.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“And the number here is $2.27 million, and the PowerPoint is $1.2 million. Just clarity, is it really supposed to be $1.2 million and it's incorrect in the budget?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“But it's in the budget right now that we're approving as 2.2. So is that a million dollars that we all of a sudden found to be able to put in our events?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Well, I don't need the explanation other than the fact of what's right.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“OK, can I have my floor back, please? Can I have my floor back, please? Yes, go right ahead. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right, so on page 340 of the budget, And it's a line item 546155. It's R&M land and building school major projects. So there's several billion dollars of school building projects that are being done under the general fund here. And I was of the understanding that maybe a school things are going to be done under school budgets, not under necessarily general fund. I'd like to get an explanation of why we're spending money for schools under general fund.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“OK, we'll have more conversation on that. So you're saying basically it's an authorized expense under general fund?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Using tax dollars for schools. OK. The second thing, the next thing is, you know, I'm looking at the vehicle replacements. Again, it looks like it's about a $4 or $5 million cost. Probably just like to have a general conversation on what is that replacement cycle for some of these vehicles because...”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026