A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Proclaiming The Month Of March To Be Designated National Procurement Month

52:24Now we're going to do RS3, but we didn't get the PO done in time, so we're gonna continue that two weeks. Just kidding, just kidding. All right, RS three. RS three those for the procurement, please come forward.

52:35Yes. No, we did do grass.

52:37Mike Carbella put me up to that just so you know.

52:52That's pretty funny.

52:59All right, I'll go ahead and I'll read the resolution first, okay Resolution number twenty-three dash zero eight five, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, proclaiming the month of March to be designated National Procurement Month. Whereas the public procurement profession plays a significant role in the efficiency and effectiveness of both government and business, and whereas in the addition In addition to the purchase of goods and services, procurement adds value to the organization by performing such functions such as executing, implementing, administering

53:29contracts, developing strategic procurement strategies. And cultivating work relationships with suppliers and other departments within the county. ANRES public procurement professionals at the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners and in other public and private organizations have tremendous influence on the economic conditions in the United States with billions of dollars of cumulative. Purchasing power. And whereas the purchasing department of the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners is committed to provide Ha

54:00uh committed to providing high caliber strategic logistical And operational support to all departments within the county, and whereas the purchasing department at the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners recognizes, supports, and and practices the public procurement values and guiding principles of accountability, ethics, impartiality, professionalism, service, and transparency established by the Institute of Public Procurement. as fundamental tenants of the public purchasing profession. ANRAS, the Institute for Public Procurement,

54:30was proclaimed the was proclaimed the month of March as National Procurement Month to further expand awareness of the procurement professionals role in governmental officials and the public, the business and corporate leaders. Now therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby designates the month of March as National Procurement Month, done to resolve in regular session with a quorum present and voting this twenty-first day of March 2023. Second.

55:01Yeah, a roll call vote.

55:03District one, Commissioner Oakley.

55:05Aye.

55:05District two, Commissioner Weightman.

55:08Aye.

55:09District three, Commissioner Starkey. Aye. District four, Commissioner Bradford. Aye. District five, Chairman Mariano. Aye.

55:15Okay. Well we're we're very happy to have you all here. Um I want to say the the job you have done for the county has been phenomenal. Um The The agendas we have seem to turn over real quick. The importance of what you do is can't be highly stated enough. When we turn paperwork into you guys to go through the procurement process, the turnover is critical for so many projects to get done over and over again. But with the efficiency you guys are doing the job and the effectiveness, uh the accuracy has been phenomenal. And even when we have

55:46tough situations, your uh team has done a phenomenal job with us. So we greatly appreciate you.

55:52Commissioner Oakley. Yeah, I certainly appreciate what you do and And the way you do it, because I think it was last year or something that something came up and it wasn't quite right or it didn't seem right. So but after questioning and actually talking to y'all about those issues And you're explaining what you have to go through and itemize each and every step that you have to go through to get a project. For the procurement. I mean It's fantastic. It's you're

56:23very much deserving of war and having this time represent what y'all do because it's a very, very important part of Pasco County and what we do. And the better you are, the better we are. So makes us be a Premier County. A little bit closer because of your efforts. Thank you. Mr. Bradford.

56:46I've been in office for a few months. I have to admit that uh um I was frustrated because I didn't know what you did. Uh so first of all, thank you for the education. I'm no longer frustrated. I understand the system. There's always a system in place. I can't look at uh my legislative aid and go Well I can, but I'm not sure. don't want to. Here's a hundred bucks, go buy me a chair or something like that. Usually for So anyway,

57:17I I do appreciate everything that you do. I finally got some smiles out of the back. So if you don't smiles Toastmasters is coming back and put you up front so you can talk. There we go. So anyway, thank you so much and uh If I can ever be a service, don't hesitate to call. Thank you.

57:35Mr.

57:36Starkey.

57:36And I would I would just echo my commissioners. It's I don't think people realize how important your office is. So um we're very appreciative of of the work that you do and um Um to have it running so efficiently. Um is great for the county. So thank you very much.

57:54Mr. Carbella, our local comedian, did

57:56you want to add anything to that? No, thank you, Mr. Chairman Mariano the the work that the purchasing department does, we always like to say you help us color within the lines. And and while sometimes the act of government procurement may seem um a little more difficult than just picking up your credit card to go do things, there is there are laws that we have to comply with with for using public funds in a responsible manner. So thank you for the hard work that you do. It's time Being the regulator out there, I know, but uh we we do appreciate you and

58:26the team and everything that you do for us. Thank you.

58:29We'd like to add a few things?

58:30Um yes, we would just like to say oh Carrie Roberts, purchasing director. We'd just like to say thank you for your support and um just recognize the team. They work tirelessly, they work late, they work early, they work through the storms and they make sure everything gets done, and we can't do it without them. So thank you to them and thank you for us for you all to rec for recognizing us.

58:47All right, thank you. Because there's so many, I'm just gonna go down and maybe ever stand behind and take a picture. Okay. Mm.

59:03Oh yeah, do you saw that? The battle. I'm drinking it through the top.

59:14We

59:14need a like a face thing up Commissioner Weightman. We'll have to make like those face things for each of us when we're on here.

59:21We need that a poster, a full life poster. Okay, but that did that earlier.

59:28Oh my

59:28god.

59:33Here we go.

59:37Yeah.

59:38Okay. Everyone's gonna look at me.

59:43Thank you.

59:47Thank you very much, Mr. Congratulations.

59:54You gotta look that up. That was pretty crazy. Okay, so it doesn't even show up.