Remarks by Veronica Amsler
16 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 46:51
“So it's great to see a lot of new faces and a lot of you hear me now hello there that's better. Oh, yeah, I can hear myself loud. All right. So thank you. Thank you for coming. A lot of new faces, a lot of usual faces. All of this is very welcome to to help us vote conscious of your thoughts. um especially to the senior community i don't think you need to be here again i agree with you the vote does that for you when you voted for us we're here to represent in the best opportunity that we have and on that note and some questions i got on this I found out about last meeting that happened on…”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 54:50
“Pedro, I have one. So do we have a comparison about what we currently had up to this point of what sort of impact is going to be there? I don't know why you can I can hear myself loud, but you guys don't know. So what's going to be the impact of this fee changing starting today versus what we had until yesterday, we're going to make it neutral. So be no change in effect for residents, they're going to come forward and pull permits on any of these items. For them, it will be”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 55:30
“Okay. Okay. So, and why is it, and maybe this is for John, why is it that it has to happen now?”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 56:21
“All right, so I don't feel comfortable approving stuff without seeing the impact that it reflects. There is no comparison of what this looks like versus prior. That would be my only comment. I'm going to take you on your word that this is no impact for residents moving forward. But then you and I can just sit down. I would like to see that comparison, especially if the idea is it's not going to come to the commission. It's just going to be updated on a CPI on an annual basis, right?”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 57:52
“That's a good point. And I think it's a good idea to do a check in maybe somewhere in the middle to see where that lands. And again, I wonder, you know, you made some examples of, you know, there's specific permitting fees and what's it going to look like for for everybody. So”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:14:25
“So, Paul, you touched on my main thing. I think I wanted to clarify with you is, and with staff, is what's the deadline? I don't know why.”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:14:41
“Thank you. I'm glad. So the question for you, Paul, was going to be about the FDOT money. So we have 60 grand. When's the deadline for that?”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:14:55
“I figure you didn't, but I just want to make sure. So that's a $60,000. I believe that there, Isa, you might be able to answer this one or someone from staff. What's our deadline for FDOT 60 grand attached? Currently we're paying freebie portion comes from this money, the $60,000. Yes.”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:16:10
“All right. So I know the deadline. I did call FDOT. I just wanted to confirm. I don't know what the process is, and that's why I need clearance from you guys. What's the next step is my question, because if we do decide this and we move forward, do we have the money? Do we have 60 grand to move forward? That's been paying half the bill.”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:16:51
“Yeah. But the difference is if we do move forward.”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:17:06
“Correct. So that's the impact I see, and that's the clarification between the deadlines you're referring to, what the process is, which I still have questions about, is how do we make sure that whatever we pass today, we are going to cover it the way we've been covering it So far, because that money, $60,000 came from FDOT for us. If we pass a deadline and that doesn't happen now, how much, Paul, are we subsidizing? So I'm guessing between the 60 plus the extra 22,000 or so then.”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:18:06
“Okay, so that's where I'm going. We are essentially telling FDOT, no, thank you for your grand money. We have a deadline that we told them we don't need it. That's what I'm trying to verify because we passed the deadline and we had a money coming in 60 grand that was coming from FDOT, not our general fund, not, right? So the question is- if we move forward which i think majority will agree tonight that we we want to do this i know my vote is a yes who pays what and you know how do we solve the issue of procedurally that starting the next contract um claudia were able to have the money from…”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:19:59
“Correct. And that's my concern. So for me, it's not so much like the percentages. To your point, I think that we've figured out Paul has a very good idea of the 80-20. We control that. The key point is if we don't have that money, which is what I understood in the meeting we all voted for, is that you had a deadline. And that was the reason why we needed to pass this resolution. And the deadline was attached to the fact that we're receiving free money. My question is, where is the money going to go? Because I am upset now that if we can provide the service for 60 grand out of our pocket,…”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:21:10
“So two things for me. The first one would be the CITT. The first call for FDOT for me was to understand, I didn't know the name of the grant itself. So I was trying to understand how this works. And the deadlines being for F, I mean, what it was told is that if we do apply, it will be like 2028, I think, because of the deadline on their fiscal. Again, I don't understand that. You know, that's what you guys do. So what's your problem, Judy? Okay.”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:24:17
“So it's on the resolution we have today or no.”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026
- Play at 1:33:25
“I'm going to finish my points, if I may. I'll take, and at any time, if you feel I'm talking too much, please utilize the five-minute rule we have in our procedures. And allow me to just direct some of the comments from the audience, please. My two points, $60,000 from FDOT. I'm hoping we can continue to fund it. That was my first point. And the second one, I do believe this service does not have a one-to-one evaluation on the money, okay? We are not talking how many seniors are actually using dividing by $120,000. The same way we're not doing that when we talk about kids playing in the park…”
Village Commission · Jun 18, 2026