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PS-26-0003

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Heard once, at the Board of County Commissioners on Dec 9, 2025.

OutcomeApproved by the Board of County Commissioners on Dec 9, 2025
Approved Staff’s recommendation with Commissioner Yeager absent from the vote.

Official title

Confirmation of Animal Services Director – Gary Herrero – Annual Salary of $130,000.00

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TranscriptWhat was said at each appearance is below it. Machine transcription, with speaker names inferred from voice matching. 83% of 12 lines carry a name. It shows what was said, not what was decided, and both the words and the names can be wrong.

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    Board of County CommissionersR75Regular businessApproved
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    Approved Staff’s recommendation with Commissioner Yeager absent from the vote.

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    Jack MarianoVice Chair

    Now we'll go back to uh Mike, should we go back to R75 now? Please, sir. Okay. R 75. Confirmation of animal service director, Gary.

    Kathy Pearson

    Hi, Gary. I don't know. Poor Gary, he's heard all those acolyloids from Mike. He's like probably shivering. I'm glad he's still here.

    We did a nationwide search. We really did. And and we were very lucky to find Gary Herrero. He comes to us from Sumpner County. Um he's got a wealth of knowledge in animal uh services. He's been Been a K-9. He's with the Sheriff Department for many years in K-9. And a fun fact, in his earlier days, you know, Medieval Manor, the jousters, he was one of them. So he knows all about the horses, too. So I think he's gonna fit right into our culture. Um, Gary

    holds a um bachelor's degree in business administration for Columbia Southern University, and guess what? He just got his master's degree this week. So we're very proud of him on that. And um I'm just so excited. I I think he this is what he said in the interview. He said, you know, coming to Pasco County is my NFL. We are the NFL guys, right? So that sold me right there. So Gary, um Hopefully the Commissioner will respectfully I'm asking your permission to please confirm.

    Mr. Gary Herrera.

    Seth WeightmanSecond Vice Chair

    Okay. Well well Chairman's gotta move up from paintball. Just saying team, if you're sore from paintball Uh no I'm just

    Jack MarianoVice Chair

    Uh second for that

    Seth WeightmanSecond Vice Chair

    right here.

    Jack MarianoVice Chair

    Aye, I have a motion to a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Congratulations. Welcome.

    Unidentified speakerVoice A

    Thank you, and uh uh thank you for this opportunity. I'm looking forward to stepping into the role of Animal Services Director. I'm looking forward to serving this community and uh keep supporting the staff, volunteers, rescue partners, and all the residents that care about the animals for this county. My commitment is very simple and that's to keep on building to everything that this great man has built. and to keep progressing the animal services industry forward. And most of all is to run an

    animal services that you guys and the Pasco County is proud of. So thank you for your trust and I'm ready to get to work. All right. Thank you.

    Claude Logan

    That's my right.