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Santiago Avila, Jr.
Mayor
Deltona, FL
August 24, 2026
Last heard
Voting record
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YEA
We have a motion by Commissioner Dorey Howington and a second by Commissioner Chris Nobick.
— 6-1.
YEA
There's a motion by Vice Mayor Harriet. Is there a second? Second by Commissioner Avila-Vasquez.
— Motion passes.
Statements in public meetings
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at 24:35Just for clarification, Zach, the food, the growing of the food is going to go under 8B because that does fall under ordinance, not action items.
at 25:09If I can please have the city commission meet me at the floor and we will be receiving a check from them regarding $1.25 million funding that was secured with assistance from both Senator Wright and Representative Barnaby for a water main replacement.
at 6:15His experiences as a line medic instilled the values of selfless service, resilience, integrity,
at 6:28Mr. Bellingham, in recognition of your dedicated service, sacrifice, and commitment, deep gratitude
at 35:37I'll have the city attorney read the ordinance, and then we will allow Commissioner Harriet to be the first to see if he wants to do, along with everything else, to do a motion.
at 1:45:02No, all right, go ahead, Commissioner – or sorry, Courtney Crossburgos for your public comment, and then I'll – and for the record, Mr. Borgos is here as well, so – all right, go ahead, Courtney, can you – there you go.
at 42:39I move to approve Resolution No. 2026-28 for the Budgeted Capital Improvement Project for Replacement of the Kubota Membranes at the Eastern Water Reclamation Facility.
at 2:17:09And the other one is for the Deltona Fire Department, Station 65, our transport unit transported mom, my mother, to the hospital this morning.
at 33:55John, I just really quickly, I just want to say thank you very much for that, for just the overview of the budget process of the new budget year.
at 34:14I didn't realize this is one of the highest recognition that a government can receive in the area of government accounting and financial reporting.
at 18:16Um, I'm not being represented here, but the fact that you guys canceled public forum for that meeting and then we're not having it again tonight.
at 18:41I know you probably will anyhow, but when you guys don't things, do things correctly, and then you wonder why we react to how we do, there it is.
at 15:43need from us to help you? Now, you have toys from what age to what age? What? Well, our biggest problem
at 1:07:15The closest available unit to respond to that emergency was on High Banks in DeBerry, and it was Volusia County.