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And as you know, I'm fairly new to the commission, and I come out of the private sector, so I don't have some of the government experience that others have.
And let's educate those that are coming in that we can't anger our neighbors and having them parking illegally.
And part of our issues related to the seawall contract and the contract we're having with Pompeii and others are because we really have not had someone at the helm who has subject matter expertise.
But these kinds of things took an inordinate amount of time, I believe, partially, not solely, but partially because we didn't have a purchasing department to kind of really work their way through all these contracts.
I think in the RFP, if you want to include in the RFP preferences for a project which would include a commercial component.
And – but, I mean, I understand we do – we should – you know, having a commercial component here should get a preference.
And I've, like everybody else probably in this room, have been reading, you know, what we're hearing from some of the places that are a little bit ahead of us.
Have we been able to take a good look at all the feedback that the other communities are getting that are ahead of us and incorporate it into our thinking?
I feel badly for the folks that submitted, in particular the one agency that did a lot of extra work, and their work looked great.
And then to the mayor's point, you know, then we have to sit down and have the hard conversation about finances and what we can afford to do as a city.
Good evening, everyone. We're calling the meeting to order the regular city commission meeting this November 18th, if the clerk would kindly call the roll.
So what I'd like to do is to see if I can move 7G, because it's not a resolution. We would discuss and consider ways to appropriate to recognize a long-time resident.