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1. 1Oct 21, 2025
   Board of County CommissionersRS6ProclamationAdopted

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   Approved to adopt with Commissioner Yeager absent from the vote.

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   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:01:03coming. Okay, they're coming. Okay, thank you. Yeah, mics are Resolution number 26-020, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, recognizing the week of November 2 through 8, 2025 as National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week in Pasco County. Whereas National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week is celebrated each year to recognize the invaluable contributions animal shelters make to

   1:01:33the health, safety, care, and welfare of animals in our communities, and whereas animal shelters in our community provide invaluable programs and services such as adoption services, rescue, and rehabilitation, veterinary. Services, education and outreach, volunteer services, foster programs, animal control services, and much more. And whereas there are currently four animal shelters in Pasco County, including Pasco County Administrator, Runaways, Animal Rescue,

   1:02:03SPCA, Science. Coast and the Humane Society of Pasco County, and whereas in 2024, these shelters work closely with the community and each other to rescue and save over 7,000 dogs, cats, and other small mammals in Pasco County and on the are on the track to save even more in 2025. Whereas these four animal shelters work with many incredible members of our community, such as animal advocates, volunteers, rescue partners, veterinarians,

   1:02:34community leaders, and more to save lives and keep people and pets safe in Pasco County. And whereas National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week provides an opportunity. Opportunity for the for the citizens of Pasco County to recognize and thank these compassionate professionals for their deep commitment in to animal welfare welfare and their lasting impact in the community, as well as spotlighting the need for more incredible life-saving individuals in this profession. Now therefore Be it resolved by the Board of County

   1:03:04Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby proclaims November 2nd through 8th, 2025, as National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week in Pasco County and encourages residents to honor and celebrate the exemplary service and dedication. Of the animal shelters and Pasco County, done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting on this twenty-first day of October 2025.

   Jack MarianoVice Chair

   1:03:29Move approval. Second.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:03:31All in favor?

   Jack MarianoVice Chair

   1:03:32Aye.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:03:33Um before before we get on to this, there were a bunch of planners here wearing green for RS. Three and um I just was gonna move that to the end 'cause I have to change to green so I hope they can come back. I think Terry's going to get 'em. I'm I feel bad they left. Okay, this is Commissioner Mariano.

   Jack MarianoVice Chair

   1:03:51Yes. Well I want to thank you all. Mike, you do a great job with our shelter and for our private providers as well. The phenomenal job you guys do to help save pets is is is greatly appreciated. Um can be a big problem and it's a great opportunity for families to actually get get pets as well. So what you do is Greatly appreciate I know it's uh It's just a it's a tough job but it's gotta be pretty satisfying too.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:04:15Commissioner Oakley.

   Jack MarianoVice Chair

   1:04:16Yeah.

   Ron Oakley

   1:04:17Well Mike, you keep showing up here in front of us, so Things must be going great in your world. But uh certainly appreciate all that you do for the animals here in Pasco County and uh you've really done an outstanding job throughout the years that I've been here that I've been able to see and watch it grow and And do the right things for the for Pasco County. So thank you.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:04:43Commissioner Weightman.

   Seth WeightmanSecond Vice Chair

   1:04:44Thank you. Yeah, two two meetings in a row? row.

   1:04:50thank you thank you for your service to people and animals of our county, all of you all. You know, it's uh public public health and safety matter first and foremost, right? And um, you know, especially during storm season and out of all the things we have to manage, we're sure glad you're there to help manage that piece of the puzzle for us and for for the rest of the residents and giving them calm that you know parts of their family have a place to go if they need to and they can they can receive help so they can Help think clearly. So, you know, you guys are all your whole team an

   1:05:20integral part of our great county. So good to see you again today.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:05:25Yes, and uh again, thank you so much. Um actually I was at a community meeting last night in holiday at Tat. And um we talked about you all and um Uh they need some at a little attention. Apparently they can't walk outside in their neighborhood. We have some Dogs that are not a good thing. People are letting out. My dog gets out, so I I I was Have a little sympathy. If you open the door and you don't block it, sometimes he just shoots out between your legs. But um Um grateful

   1:05:56for all you do. Uh are all of you county employees or do some of you have your own shelters? What do we who do we have here today? Yes, that's what I th I thought might be going on here today. So Um so we're grateful to all of you because you all you all uh Feel need in the county.

   Mike Carballa

   1:06:13And if I could just tack on to that, you know, obviously the public safety that that uh Commissioner Weightman brought up. We have people that would not evacuate quite literally if if we did not take their pets. And and I've visited those those portions of the shelters, and that's a lot of work. And so so my thanks to that. And you know, you guys, as Commissioner Mariano mentioned, it's not all, you know, obviously we're in it and we love the animals. animals but the people aspect of that. I mean my niece and nephew just paid an adoption fee to adopt a dog. That dog's living his best life now. But my my niece and nephew are are tickled and happy

   1:06:43to have another member of the family too. And so animals, we have that special bond as people with them and just appreciate you guys dedicating your careers to do that and to take care of that in our community. Thank you.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:06:55Um do any of you want to speak to us?

   Mike Carballa

   1:06:57Okay, so Okay.

   1:07:01Well

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:07:02I I think the ladies should um tell us the name of your shelters.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:07:06Uh so I'm Danny and I run the Runaways Animal Rescue in Port Ritchie. So we are one of only four shelters in Pasco County.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:07:13Yeah.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:07:13Um we do have a clinic and we provide T and V R services to the community as well. So that's we do about a thousand cats a year. Yeah. So uh and we save about a thousand animals annually. Dogs, cats, but we also do small animals like Rabbits and guinea pigs and anything else that needs a safe place until it finds its forever home.

   Jack MarianoVice Chair

   1:07:31Wonderful. Thank you. Yeah, she runs a great shelter.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:07:33Yeah. All

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:07:34right. Who else is you could if you just want to say you the name of your shelter, that's fine.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   1:07:38Hi, I'm Candy. I'm from the Humane Society of Pasco County. Okay. Thank you very much.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:07:47Hi, I'm Ro. I'm with SPCX Hunt Coast in Newport Regie. Thank you.

   1:07:54Anyone else?

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   1:07:56So I'll just finish up here. Mike Schuma, Director of Pasco County Animal Services. And these folks run these nonprofit rescues. They struggle every day and they give heart and soul to what they do. And we take in at our shelter all the strays of the county. We take in all those animals that we that are abandoned, that maybe they're too aggressive, they're bite dogs, things like that. We get 'em in our shelter. But in

   1:08:26order to maintain a save rate of ninety percent, we rely on them as rescue organizations. to take those animals and get them adopted as quickly as they can. And not only them, but we have other rescues as well. But these are our brick and mortar shelters. This is where people come to surrender their own pets sometimes because We're quite frankly full. right now and full a lot of the time with strays so we don't take owner surrenders too often. So we really appreciate the work that they do and we couldn't do what we do without 'em.

   1:08:56We wouldn't make ninety percent every month without them. So I'm very grateful to them. And I'm certainly grateful for this board for the recognition. I know I've been here a couple of times and

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:09:07I

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   1:09:07receive a lot of praise, but trust me it's the people that work for me and it's this team behind me that that do a lot of the work. And I'm very grateful to them but for your appreciation. And your willingness to recognize departments in the county, people, individuals, businesses that do great work for people. Thank you so much for your time.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:09:25Okay. Um we're gonna take a quick photo.

   Jack MarianoVice Chair

   1:09:30Uh thank you for the great work you've done that Save Ninety was a big program for us many years ago. Uh you've made it happen, which is some people didn't think it would get done, but you you've you've made it happen. Your partnerships with the private sector is phenomenal, the nonprofit. and also the team you built uh to make all this happen. So thank you for all you great service for the appreciate.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   1:09:49All

   1:09:49right,

   1:09:50let's go.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:10:08Let's get him in a minute.

   1:10:12We have not second.

   Mike

   1:10:14I should bring it

   1:10:14up.

   1:10:14Shuffle that way.

   1:10:17Yeah, you can think of it. telling you again. Can I get one of you can I get one of you to come to this section? And then if you could feel it that way. Hopefully they're listening to the right-of-way.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:10:40Yes, Cooper is um and it it's so cute Cooper has his own name tag. I don't know if it opens the door though. Does it open the door? It might open no?

   Mike

   1:10:56All right. I think we're gonna have to like the huge.

   1:11:06We'll do it this way so he's in the photo.

   Lisa Yeager

   1:11:11Right.

   Carrie

   1:11:14Did

   Paula Baracaldo

   1:11:14you get one? Thank you.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:11:25Thank you.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   1:11:28Thank you all again.

   Lisa Yeager

   1:11:29What's his name tag on? No, his name tag was not on. Oh thank you. Technically he was not working. Okay. Thank you, Mike.

   Kathryn StarkeyChair

   1:11:39All right. Next we have um RS4. Then we're gonna do RS3, because I have to change my jacket.

   1:11:47Is Jonas here? Yes he is. And I hope the folks back uh Starkey Market are online now watching.