A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Expressing Appreciation To Rosemary Syrakos, Deputy Clerk For The Office Of The Clerk & Comptroller, For Her Thirty-Two Years Of Outstanding Service To Pasco County

30:30Okay, so we are um gonna move on to the

30:35Oh that's right. R S two please.

30:37Can uh Rosemary Sarakis please come up to the podium?

30:44So another feel good. This is um Rosemary Sarrakis is a supervisor with my office and she has worked tirelessly for both of our offices and um basically she's responsible for making sure everyone has a paycheck. Oh well you can't leave.

31:03Very good. I will go ahead and and read your resolution. Resolution number twenty three dash zero two one, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, expressing appreciation to Rosemary Sarakis Uh deputy clerk for the Office of the Clerk and Controller for her thirty-two years of outstanding service to Pasco County. Whereas Rosemary Sarakis was hired on February 2nd, 1990, by the Pasco County Clerk of Circuit Court and County Controller as a data entry

31:33operator in the support services department. And Raz, during her career with the clerk and controller, Ms. Sarakis served as data entry operator, docket clerk, civil records clerk, probate clerk, exbarte clerk, probate specialist. Specialist, human resources technician, compensation benefit specialist, payroll supervisor, and operations supervisor. And REST, during her time with the clerk and controller's office, Ms. Sarakis initiated, processed, and approved over 45,000 financial records,

32:04mostly associated with critical journal entries. In the 13 years Rosemary has led the payroll team, she is estimated to have processed are approved over four hundred and twenty nine payrolls comprised of over nine hundred and eight thousand individual paychecks and almost forty seven million net payroll dollars paid to county and clerk teammates for their services to the citizens of Pasco County. Anne Raz, Ms. Sarakis's unmatched ability to resolve any and all FRS 941

32:34tax, W 2, and deferred compensation issues required her to dial those phone numbers now committed to memory for eternity and remain on hold for hours, hundreds of hours, while she corrected thousands of timesheet entries and answered inquiries made by teammates and supervisors alike. Anne Raz Miss Rex's deep desire to instill positive spirit and camaraderie within her divisions made her a leader in decorating her work areas for every holiday or occasion, dress up as any character

33:04and deliver one of the best hors d'oeuvres known to Pasco County, with crackers, of course, making her the queen of cheese balls. And Raz.

33:15As you can tell, it's written with love. Anne Raz Ms. Sarakis was always willing to take on extra tasks when needed, work through emergencies, storm situations, and a global pandemic, never forsaking her responsibilities as well as sharing her knowledge with her teammates and enduring endearing her to all. Anne Raz Ms. Racks' proficiency and knowledge in the performance of her duties had a positive impact on the success of her teammates and the operations of the Clerk and Controller's Office and the

33:46Board of County Commissioners. Anne Raz's dedication and dependability in the performance of her job duties made her an indispensable teammate to the Office of the Clerk and Controller and partner to the Board of County Commissioners' employees. And during her more than 32 years, Of service, Ms. Sarakis diligently and conscientiously served the citizens of Pasco County and customers of the clerk and controller in her position, ensuring integrity while providing outstanding service. And Raz, as of November 4th, 2022, Ms. Rakis retired from the Office of the Clerk

34:16and Controller, and the Board of County Commissioners and the Clerk of Controller deem it appropriate to recognize her contributions to both the customers of the Clerk and Controller's Office and the citizens of Pasco County. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, in session, duly assembled, that said board hereby expresses its deeply. This appreciation to Rosemary Sarakis for her more than thirty two years of service to the citizens of Pasco County. Done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting this still not do. Fifteenth

34:46day of November twenty twenty two.

34:49Who's this? Oh a move for approval. Second.

34:52All in favor. Aye.

34:54Wow, thirty-two years.

34:56Thank you. Thank you, Commissioners, um, for issuing this resolution. Um Rosemary is just not only an amazing leader, but she's an amazing human being. Um and we are going to miss her terribly in our office. Um she has been the leader to help train her team, so her team is going to be just fine um as she departs our organization because that's who she is. Um so don't worry, payroll is okay. For both the county and the clerk's office.

35:26But I just wanted to say, Rosemary, thank you so much for everything you have done. Um we have Um We have moved payroll east side, west side, east side, west side, and it didn't matter. She was just a trooper with that. Um and with all the changes with different shifts and the craziness with um newness coming on. It was it was an amazing feat and she led it with such grace and um and kindness. So Rosemary, we're gonna miss you. Um but thank you so much

35:56for all that you Yeah.

35:59Oh yes.

36:07That's that ex that excites everybody in this room, doesn't it? But all the best to you and all your future endeavors and thanks for all your excellent.

36:15Thank you for all that you do for the the clerk's office, have done for the clerk's office and it there's hues there as mighty big to fill with another persons hopefully they can find that person and you can train 'em before you get out of town.

36:30But it it'll be great, so that that you get a time for yourself. So that'd be good.

36:38Thank you for your years of service and commitment to Pasco County and thank you for proactively preparing the next incoming person. Thank you.

36:46Rosemary, good luck. Thirty two years of great accomplishment and now go have some fun. Yeah. She needs to speak.

36:53And and I I just want to say it's really amazing it how many thirty year employees they have over at the clerk's office, right? I mean once you're there you can't leave.

37:03Yeah, yeah.

37:12No,

37:13I didn't know Sword this is.

37:14Yes, would you like to say a few words for that? No. She's standing on the side of the microphone.

37:21She's standing on the side of the mic.

37:23So I'll I right I'll say I'll say a few things um because we already had a a a little get together for Rosemary and in her retirement she really wants to spend time with her great Grandson and be able to pick him up from school and take care of him. So I think that's an amazing retirement plan, and I think everyone should be just as lucky to as you to be able to do that. So I have

37:45to Mom and Dad will give date nights.

37:47Yes, exactly. What's

37:49great kids?

37:50Um I have um a book here that um your team has signed, so I will go ahead and present that to you along with With your resolution. I see your husband and the team your team in the back. How do you think we could bring everybody up, take a picture? Okay. How many people are here?

38:07All right, so we'll stand up behind. Okay. down. I'll go down here. Thank you. I'm trying to explain. Yeah. Oh really?

38:27You don't want to stand on it, you can be really high up. Oh my gosh, look how tall he is. Yeah.

38:35No, no, that's right. That's all. There's

38:38a lot of things about me that

38:39are

38:42yet

38:42to come.

38:44Move closer over

38:45here.

38:48Squeezing it.

38:49Close that in. Are

38:50we good? Yeah, everybody's in. Right here, everyone? You thought it was?

38:59Perfect. Thank you.

39:00Excellent.

39:29Did we get oh can we have to get in? I d I can't get on the side.

39:32Of course we'd be back in session now because they were all here.

39:38Whatever the side I need to know.

39:41Even judges won't know where their clerks are. Yeah.

39:46I need to be able to get the background of the

39:48license.

39:49Thank you.