Remarks by Tommy Ruzzano
10 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 46:26
“Thank you. Just a couple things here. To the two speakers that came up, the gentleman from, you've been here since 1974, thank you. Originally, I was against the building out there, and actually, when we got into a developer's agreement, I saw that I was on the losing side, so I asked that we try to get the building. Time went on, and then the state actually had us handcuffed, and we can't really do nothing at this point. So we tried, all of us up here tried, and I'll talk to you after the meeting. But no, they're in control of all that property. We tried to get a portion of it, and the…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 48:10
“And I know Ant and I have a lot of Jets fans, but the Jets and Giants are undefeated. So we're going to cherish this for another five days or six days or whatever. Guys, online there was a thing about Ascend Academy, the school, the power went out a couple weeks ago and people were trying to blame the city, blah, blah, blah, this and that. I could tell you from what I had been told that a power went out, got hit by lightning. They applied for a permit to get the power restored. The permit was approved that day by the city. There was no hold up by the city. I went out there that evening. They…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 50:13
“All in all, it went well, Richard. You and your group over there do a great job, which is going to lead me to my next thing Joanne had already mentioned. Andrew Valentino. Guys, if you didn't know him, one of the greatest guys, man. You might not agree with him all the time, but he knew what he was talking about. And that was the best thing. And he would show me, because I work a lot with the building department, videos of him running marathons with a flag, riding his bicycle. The guy was absolutely incredible. And there's an item coming up tonight, and I'll touch on a little bit later. But…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“Do you know of any projects that we have on the horizon that we've talked about with the MPO? I know that we talked about a year, and this is probably going back when Joanne and I first got here. We talked about Winfield Boulevard. We talked about 441. 31st Street, is there anything in there that you know of that the city is pushing?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, if you can. I'm probably sure you're going to get this vote. So if you can go to the first meeting, come back and let us know. Because the MPO guys, they figure out ways to move people throughout the city conveniently and smartly. Um, but they flat years ago, they were pushing bicycles on main roads, which I wasn't a big fan of. Um, but and if you could talk to them, possibly maybe utilizing our waterways to, uh, to move people around, you know, clearing out our waterways are doing something. Um, but just anything you just let us know and just keep us informed. That's all. So good luck…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“video in korean you know it's uh you mentioned doc marino call him doc reyno i mean every time but it's uh you know every month the city has an event under the cover sports field which i think is awesome and moving forward you know i hope to continue that but who knows what's going to happen with the taxes so if you're going to have an event i i would support it i have no problem with it i like having different events in our city and people can come check it out um And, Tony, you said policy. We do have the forms you can fill out. So I think it's great. And I think the more people that we can…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“So in case you guys didn't know, every year we do the 9-1-1 memorial at Firefighters Park. And this year, Maggie did a great speech, too. You know, this year, like every year, I was sitting there talking to Cal about our city manager, and I said, you know, why don't we have off on this day? You know, it's a day in history where Almost 3,000 people were killed, and there's still people being killed. And the motto is for that day is never forget. So it made me wonder. It would be pretty cool if we can get the city off on that day so people can never forget. Come to find out when I made the post…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, so I thought it would be really great. You know, again, it's something that affected every American out there. 3,000 lives were lost that day, and lives continue to be lost, and families, you know, you never forget it. And that's what it is. It's just all about never forgetting, and hopefully we can have a day where We could sit and remember this day. That's it. So the cost of it, I think, would be the same, city manager, correct me if I'm wrong, approximately the same cost at the last holiday we approved, last meeting. Correct, yeah. Which was $60,000. $70,000. About $70,000. So that's…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“If I can make a motion then. I'm going to make a motion that we... David, what's the best way to word this? A motion to approve the resolution. A motion to approve the resolution and still continue to show everybody that Margate is the most patriotic city out there.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 3:03
“I just want to say this because they're all here. Most of them are all here. You guys did a great job and appreciate everything you guys do and we run a tight budget. Cale, you do a great job. And the board? Good job. That's it.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026