Remarks by Tom Markert
46 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 1:40:43
“I'm going to ask the idiot question here, which I'm good at. If we make these things you're requesting, these domineous changes, and all of a sudden, aren't we thereby just telling everybody the code's changed, and now instead of being 11 inches from X, you can now be 8 inches from X? Is that not what happens when you do that?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:52:03
“Ladies and gentlemen, I haven't had my turn yet, so before you make the... when it's my turn.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:52:19
“So I've been to this meeting before in the corporate world, and I did my preparation before the meeting. I met with a lot of the developers. A number of them yelled at me over the weekend. It was fine. I've also had a chance to meet with Anthea's team and listen. It was good education for me. And without a doubt, what's missing for me here is we do not have good information flow back and forth just yet. I think that's apparent. We just saw Anthea present a lot of data. I think a lot of the folks that I met with last week and over the weekend weren't aware of some of that data. And I'll be…”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:58:07
“I know a lot about that. There's people that have a specific skill set. She's right. And they can come to bear on almost any kind of issue. They have a skill set and they can do it. And it would be helpful. I agree.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 14:36
“Can I just ask a question on the data? So you showed the number of tourist visits. Does that also take into account people that are coming here on business and are doing business in Delray? They're not here to have fun. They're here to conduct business, and they're staying in a hotel. Is that counted in that number?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 48:36
“Yeah, just real quick. First of all, thank you for all the work that you did. I'm very appreciative of it. And I view this, where we are right now, as you set the table for us. I think it was really valuable to get all the facts in a concise deck, and I appreciate that. And it sounds like we've got pretty good agreement on the baseline of facts, and that's where you have to start. And now, for me, the tough part is the next step, which I am in favor of you continuing the work, because we need to then see what our options are and what your recommendations would be. It is a complex campus.…”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I want you to come back with what the viable models are. And maybe there's two. Maybe there's one. I don't know. But that's what I think we need next is what are the viable options and what do they each look like? And they potentially could be very different. Then I think we can move.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:18:13
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:31:32
“Can I just ask a clarification question? On a leash or not on a leash?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:01:12
“You're Deputy Vice Mayor? I mean, you should pick up. I would help, absolutely. Okay, so we got consent? Yeah, that's fine with me.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:08:39
“And it's two years with that out. So to me, that's fine.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:45:49
“I'd like to ask that Angela and I be heard. We're sitting here. We've not put our opinions on the table. I don't think that's fair. And I think we should all try to be more respectful about this.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:49:47
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City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 4:04:39
“I'm not talking about reimbursables. I'm talking about getting our city reopened, getting our restaurants reopened.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 4:40:07
“We're not going to the historic part. But we also just came off a massively horrible budget session where we don't have any money. So we have no money to fix that part, but if we declare it historic, then we are eligible for grants that we can get from the state and the feds.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 4:40:22
“And all I care about is I think we should, I've heard it from a lot of people, I think we should look at it. We've got a consensus already to start the process.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 4:40:32
“If it's good, great. If it's not, then we say no.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Motion to approve his agenda as amended.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 23:08
“Any other comments? Just a big thank you for what you do. Oh, absolutely.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:39:01
“I think given, we certainly heard in public comment today, a desire to try to keep our expenditures and our costs as low as possible. And I think we've been all trying to do that. And that's been a lot of work up here. And we're making progress. Probably not where we need to be, but we're getting there. I think we have to be very short term in our thinking here, given the uncertainty. around the money. And I would hate us to build an infrastructure that is very hard to disassemble if the grant winds up going away. And infrastructure can be hiring a couple of people or a person. That's an…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:59:07
“Is that legal under the terms of the contract, Lynn? Are we allowed to use these funds for contractors?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:59:29
“No question about it. My inclination would be the contract's not going to allow us to do that.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:59:35
“But assuming it does, I would be more comfortable with doing it on a one-year contract. That's why they exist. They're looking at these things longer term than we are. Right now we're playing a short game, which we've all been talking about. I don't know. I'll read the contract. Lynn can read the contract. But there's a part of me that says they're not going to want that. No, I'll put your cookie.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:00:00
“I hope I'm wrong. I could offer you a free one.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026