A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Expressing Appreciation To Donalee Schmidt, Deputy Clerk For The Office Of The Clerk & Comptroller, For Her Thirty-Five Years of Outstanding Service To Pasco County

1:06:36All right, now it's time for the consent agenda. I have two pulled items. I have uh first one is C4, pull and discuss, and then the second item is and that's by Nikki Alvarez Soles. And then the second item I have is C14 pulled by Ms. Starkey. Uh to poll and discuss. So Ms. Chairman?

1:07:01Yes. I'd like to also pull C thirty seven for a quick discussion.

1:07:04Which one?

1:07:05C thirty seven.

1:07:06C thirty seven. Okay, pull C37. Is there any other items to pull?

1:07:15If not, I'll entertain a motion for the balance of the items on consent for approval. Second. Okay, got a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passed 5-0. Now we'll move on to C four. Mickey?

1:07:33Yes. Um will Miss Donnelly Schmidt please come up to the podium?

1:07:38Ha ha

1:07:47Be careful what you say, you're being taped.

1:07:50I'm not gonna

1:07:53I'm not gonna look at you 'cause I'm already gonna start to cry, so I'm gonna go ahead and read your resolution. Resolution number twenty-four-one three eight, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, expressing appreciation to Donnelly Schmidt, Deputy Clerk for the Office of the Clerk and Controller for her 35 years of outstanding service to Pasco County. Whereas Donnelly Schmidt was hired on July 21, 1989, by the Pasco County Clerk of Circuit Court

1:08:23and County Controller as a secretary in the Support Services Department. And during her career with the Clerk and Controller, Ms. Schmidt served under three clerk and controllers as secretary, lead support secretary. Board records lead clerk, records clerk Uh I'm sorry, Board Records Operations Lead and Board Records Operations Supervisor. Anne Raz, Miss Schmidt's proficiency and knowledge in the performance of her duties demonstrated exceptional professionalism, leadership and exemplary

1:08:53work ethic while leading the Board Records team and had a positive impact on the success, growth, and positive reputation of our organization. ANRAS Ms. Schmidt has been instrumental in ensuring seamless integration of multiple information technology applications. Ms. Schmidt led the board records team through the successful implementation of For the Record, FTR, Gold Digital Recording Software, BIS Digital Recording Software, and Board Records Management System, Brooms. Electronic

1:09:24Contact Management, ECM, SIRE Technologies, and the Civic Clerk Management System, resulting in improved efficiencies, productivity, and effectiveness in managing the board records. And whereas, in recognition for an extraordinary commitment to public service, we extend our sincerest appreciation to Ms. Schmidt, who attended over 1,500 Board of County Commissioners and Associated Committees as an excellent liaison to county

1:09:55staff and other constitutional offices. Ms. Schmidt's positive disposition, effective collaboration, and outstanding attention to detail ensured all agenda items were properly recorded for the Board of County Commissioners. And Raz, Ms. Schmidt was always willing to take on extra tasks when needed, as well as sharing her knowledge with her teammates. Her dedication to excellence, innovative thinking, and commitment to continuous. improvement have set a high standard of professionalism and inspired

1:10:25her teammates and peers, enduring her to all. Anne Rasmus Schmidt demonstrated outstanding enthusiasm, creativity, and team spirit by encouraging her teammates to dress up for Halloween. Fostering a sense of camaraderie and fun. contributing to a vibrant and engaging workplace culture. Some of her favorites were JP Hoggs, Biker Chicks, R. V. Parks, Nuns, Clowns, Under the Sea, The

1:10:55Oompa Loompas from Willy Wonka, and The Holidays of Nicky. And RAS, Ms. Schmidt, has exhibited unwavering commitment to her duties, responsibilities, and deadlines, consistently delivering high quality work with precision and professionalism, and her dedication and dependability in the performance of her job duties made her a valuable asset to the office of the clerk and controller. And res during her 35 years of service, Ms. Schmidt diligently And conscientiously serve

1:11:25the citizens of Pasco County and customers of the clerk and controller in her positions, ensuring integrity while providing outstanding service. And res as of July 1st, 2024, Ms. Schmidt retires from the office of clerk and controller and has plans to travel around the country alongside her husband, who is retiring from the Pasco County School School Board. in June and the Board of County Commissioners and the Clerk and Controller deem it appropriate to recognize her contributions to both the customers

1:11:55of the Clerk and Controller's Office and the citizens of Pasco County. Now therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners in Pasco County, Florida, in session duly assembled, that said board hereby expresses its deepest appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to Donnelly Schmidt for her thirty-five years of dedicated service. Commitment and invaluable contributions to the citizens of Pasco County, done and resolved in regular session with the quorum president and voting this fourth day of June 2024.

1:12:21Madam Clerk, are you sure you want a motion?

1:12:23I do not. Want a motion?

1:12:26Approval. Do I have a second?

1:12:29You got a second.

1:12:30Well the both of them said move approvals. Okay. I got a motion and second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passed five zero. Thought you was gonna get away without talking to us, didn't you?

1:12:42I tried. She went. Um thank you to everyone, especially Mickey and my team.

1:12:51That's it?

1:12:53I'm used to sitting over there and hiding. So this is difficult. I am grateful for the office. My husband.

1:13:02Come up. Come up with

1:13:05my

1:13:05president.

1:13:07My directors and everyone in the office. My team is here. Yeah. And Nikki, thank you for keeping it.

1:13:15Oh. I want to keep you more but you won't stay. We got things to do. I think so. I think so. Yeah. Mr. Chairman Mariano. Well I'm gonna try to speak and not cry because um I wanted to honor you. But um I um

1:13:35Donnelly is one of those special people. Um, you're just a wonderful human being and such a kind soul and a great leader and she is fun and funny. Um, I'm gonna miss um working with you so closely. I'm gonna miss us going to lunch. Um maybe we can still do that. That would be nice. Um I I wish you all the wonderful happiness you and and your husband um hope you enjoy wonderful travels and get to see grandbabies and

1:14:05enjoy enjoy retirement like you so well deserve. Thirty-five years of service is absolutely incredible and to do it in our office. I feel like our office is blessed, Pasco County is blessed because of what you've done and um I have I have no worries about your area because you have she's created wonderful knowledge sharing in her department. The board will be taken care of for years to come because of Donnelly's leadership and making sure that her team is prepared for when she

1:14:35was going to retire. So you've done an amazing job. I am honored to have worked with you and get to know you. I wish you all the best but um I still get to see you 'cause you're not done just yet. Congratulations, Donnelly.

1:14:50Mr. Wayman. Thank you, Chair.

1:14:58You know, th thank you both for your service to Pasco County. It uh you know, being a a government employee is sometimes thankless and um you know your your dedication, thirty five years and to not just this board but to the clerk's office and you with the school system, you know. Fantastic professions. Thank you for taking time and and investing in Pasco like you have. And you know, signing parchments just won't be the same. Just won't be the same.

1:15:29Thirty five years. I just that just amazes me. Um I I'm just so grateful that you gave all that time to your county and and you as well. I I envy you on your next um opportunities and my brothers out traveling the country with my sister in law and their R V having a great time. Sounds nice. I so I uh hope you have a wonderful retirement and I'm sure We'll see you around.

1:15:54Okay. Ms. Jagger?

1:15:57I'm gonna echo that. Thirty-five years. Wow. Um just thank you for your service to your county and everything you did um for us and your support um of your husband, because you can't do what you do without that love and support. So thank you and I hope you enjoy your vacationing and this next chapter. Well deserved.

1:16:19Donnelly, congratulations on thirty five years. You've been phenomenal. Um anytime we're doing resolutions, any time we're a chairman as far as even signing plots, whatever, you always made sure we Do has sign what we had to sign to get it done before uh lunch breaks or whatever. But uh greatly greatly appreciate all your great service and congratulations on traveling. Thanks. Enjoy. Have a great time.

1:16:38Mr. Kabala.

1:16:42I tried. But I didn't talk to Nikki before, so you know it got pulled, Donnelly. So um but but at at the end of the day, thank you. You know, the the work that is done just to put on this meeting alone is is it's awe-inspiring to me. And then the work that goes on on the back end, and on top of that, you make sure it's right, it's accurate, it it's it is you truly are uh you do yeoman's work. and are an unsung hero. So just thank you for that. Thank you for passing that along to the to

1:17:13the next uh to the next group because I know you got things to do. But uh we are happy and blessed to have had you. So thank you.

1:17:20Mr. Towns down?

1:17:23You don't normally give me an opportunity to speak. Um Well that's kinda keep you at bay a little bit. Board Records is historically one of those unsung hero departments and and our office Couldn't live without you. Um, it seems like Anytime we're asked a question on historical documents, if we can't find it, you'll turn it up. Um and it's been great working

1:17:53with you for the sixteen years I've been here. Thank you.

1:17:56It's been great. You tried to slip through the cracks, but

1:18:01That's all right.

1:18:03Yeah. He showed that to me. But actually I I really wasn't gonna let you get away with just sit back. They said, Oh well she's bashful I said, Well she's never been bashful here in a meeting before she over here. That's okay, we all see you. So

1:18:20that's a lot of times to keep your mouth closed during these meetings.

1:18:24But I'm gonna tell you you make when you're chair, when we see you the most, because we're working on things we have to sign and do everything right, you make it happen for us. And each and each commissioner that wants something from the clerk's office, you see to it that that it happens. I'm not concerned about the future of what's going to happen in OS because you've trained them well. The staff is a very good staff that we have there behind you that you help lead the way

1:18:54for them to carry on in your absence. even though we don't necessarily care for your absence. So But we wish you the very best 'cause thirty five years is a long time. I spent fifty one years in And my job. And before I came and was elected. I'm on my eighth year now, but I don't think I'm gonna make thirty-five years. I don't think I'm gonna make thirty-five years at all. But uh but I'm in my eighth year and and it's I can if

1:19:25you feel the way I do about working for the citizens of Pasco County, I know that that you were caring for what's important for the citizens of Pasco County and I I truly agree with you and and want to make sure that all those records are kept just the right for our citizens. So thank you for all your service and um I don't know what else to tell you.

1:19:51There's just it's not enough words to say. So of thanking you for what you've done. Thank you both. So because uh you've done a great job. Thank you. Um We'll all come down and we'll get a picture.

1:20:05And then if you don't mind uh getting a picture with the team as well.

1:20:08So we'll do a picture of commissioners and then we'll do the commissioners and then we'll do the team. Okay. Okay.

1:20:41Yeah, that is. Where are you going for?

1:22:25Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I don't know if we're gonna get too much.

1:22:31Oh. Yoga there.

1:22:44But the

1:22:45wounds are.

1:22:47I wanna I just wanna talk about them before after

1:22:50we do five. I'll

1:22:50tell

1:22:50you. Yeah.

1:22:53Say one other thing. Uh it's a one other thing.

1:23:00Yes, we can.

1:23:02Okay. All right, thank you. Mr. Chair, um I just wanted to say that um Um we are in good hands. Um Donnelly, we do have a replacement and it's Miss Shannon Egbert. She's sitting there. She has been trained by Ms. Schmidt for quite a few years now, and she's ready to take the reins. So that we are in good hands. But I also want to mention her husband Russell. Um he is also a wonderful public serv servant in Pasco. County school's thirty nine years.

1:23:34And yes.

1:23:40So his retirement or his replacement for his retirement is his son. Oh which one? Michael. So they have three sons. All three sons are also um teachers in Pasco County Schools. So his replacement will be his son Michael. Isn't that nice? All right, thank you. I appreciate it.

1:24:00Okay.

1:24:06Now I have pulled uh 14 C fourteen, C thirty-seven and also we've already voted on it, but Ms. Starkey wants to speak to the C thirty four. What's the number?

1:24:19C thirty

1:24:19four.

1:24:20Through thirty-four. Thank you. I'll let you go ahead and do C thirty-four. We've already voted on it.

1:24:25Um thank you, Mr. Chairman, for do for doing C fourteen. W um you know we we had someone speak this morning. Um about Uh villages of Pasadena Hills and there was incorrect information given. I I I find it frustrating sometimes that people can come up here and Say things that aren't correct and just a shout out there, that's why one of the reasons why we have the Citizens Academy so you can really learn about factual information about this county

1:24:55and the things that we do and why we do the things that we do. Um, because I think it can be dangerous to to stand up and say uh information that's not correct. So I just wanted David to come up and correct the Record for some of the things that Ms. Moretti said. Thank you.

1:25:10Good morning, David Engel, Planning and Economic Growth Director. There

1:25:15was

1:25:15a discussion today regarding the entitlements over at BOPH and the potential of overwhelming our street systems. I would just indicate to you first off that the special planning district is designed to mitigate traffic impacts in the future because the infrastructure is Staged and phased with the entitled development. Number two, we are running behind on uptake of the entitlement density. Right now, our current uptake is 66% of the entitlements. The

1:25:45Galvin projects in particular are a reapproval of already existing MPUDs, and in each village that Galvin is coming in, they're leaving over well over a thousand dollars a thousand units on the table and uh it is below their actual entitlements. So in sum, uh the road system is designed for full build out. Our uptake is 66% currently of the full build out and the Galvin project is less than they could have come

1:26:15in for.

1:26:16Thank you. And and you know we see things in the paper about numbers and um rarely does a developer use all the numbers they're entitled to. Rarely, rarely, rarely. So um we just really need to get that information out there. And so thank you very much. And with that, I move for approval of C 14. Second.

1:26:34So further discussion?

1:26:36Yeah.

1:26:36And I just want to say that, you know, we we've got this particular developer coming forward to talk about that project is actually putting at least sixteen million dollars extra of his own money into the road project. And I know that uh Mr. Carbella's hiring Tyndale Oliver are looking at doing that uh to actually do a study in there to make sure that their money they're charging for their fees is enough to support all the infrastructure. So I I think I'm glad you pulled it. I I I pulled C thirty seven for the same type of reason, so thanks for doing that.

1:27:03Oh I've got C thirty Four.

1:27:04No, no, I know. I'll C

1:27:06thirty something for the same reason for you. Now this

1:27:08one we're talking about right now is C fourteen.

1:27:09C fourteen. And I and I did make a motion for approval.

1:27:12Second it is. I got a motion and second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion pass five people five zero on C fourteen, now C thirty seven. You have something to add to that, Jack?

1:27:24Yeah, I j I just wanted David Allen to come up and kind of put the citizens at ease as as far as the chemicals we're buying and How long they've been used and how safe they are.

1:27:33Good morning, Chairman

1:27:34Mariano

1:27:35Board members. David Allen, Pasco County Utilities Director. And yeah, the item here on the consent agenda is to purchase treatment chemicals that we utilize in our treatment process for our drinking water systems. And all of our water meets or exceeds both the state and federal standards for drinking water. The use of this particular chemical Helps to eliminate the growth of virus, pathogens, and bacteria within the water systems, and we're actually required to

1:28:05maintain a certain level of chlorine residual within our drinking water systems. And so the concentrations that we're purchasing are significantly higher than what is delivered to the customers. I would say probably on the order of 100,000 times stronger than what we're actually. delivering to the customers. And so our staff are trained in the use and handling of of all those chemicals.

1:28:27Okay. And I appreciate you coming to fold with it. I just wanted to again same reason, just get get the the actual facts out there. So thank you.

1:28:36No wait, I have a question. Which I was gonna bring up at Commissioner Oakley, but I just since he's up here, I'd like to go ahead and um so I've been contacted by um I think it was Starkey Rant C D. Um but there's or our story, there's been a few about using um uh reclaimed water and um I think that we went and swelled Which did so that the reclaimed water rules are gonna follow the Swok Mud Rules, is that correct?

1:29:04What we're talking about. Right now, just very briefly, um because of the increased or because of the lack of rainfall that we've been having regionally in the hot weather, our demands on the the reclaim system have increased significantly. So it's really it's not necessarily a supply issue, it's a demand issue where folks are just using significantly more than they typically have. We have asked those that are on the reclaim system to voluntarily step back to the one day per week which

1:29:34all of the other customers within Pasco County are required to follow.

1:29:38And but if we're following the Swift Mutt rules, if you put in new landscaping you can water it.

1:29:42Yes.

1:29:43Yeah, I just want to make that 'cause Starkey Rant C D just landscaped the heck out of Rangeland Boulevard and so they're allowed to water that. Oh following the SWIPMUD rule. So I just I just don't know how we're getting that word out, but I just want to make that point here.

1:29:58Well I can tell you, uh the word when it goes out going from two days water in a week to one day, the difference is and it's har you can't hardly see it, but at Tampay Water we see it because there's actually a savings of thirty million gallons of use. Take it away when you go to the one day, you take that one day off and just left for one day. You're saving thirty million gallons a day that's not being used for irrigation during that time.

1:30:28I c I always just water one day a week. I've done that uh in the thirty years I've lived in my house. Um but I do have a question. Who is uh but I do see people watering on the weekends, which is not I don't think you're supposed to be.

1:30:43That's correct. Huh? Depends on the address and and the use and the

1:30:48Okay, what okay, I'm not gonna rat on any of my neighbors. Um but who is um enforcing the one day a week watering rule?

1:30:57That would be our code enforcement officers in in the T Peace Department.

1:31:01Okay.

1:31:01Yeah.

1:31:03You

1:31:03said it.

1:31:04All right, thank you.

1:31:05Okay. I got a motion. Move approval three C thirty seven.

1:31:09Second.

1:31:10Yeah, motion second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passed 5-0. And then you also wanted to pull C 34 for discussion? Yeah. And we've already voted on, but we're we

1:31:21have already voted on it, but I was, you

1:31:22know,

1:31:23digging into it here like I do. And um I just wanted to note that when I started looking at the dates on this, and this is a a bid that we approved this morning, but it first said that It was going out on the street August twenty third. Then it moved to October and here we are in June approving it. So it's it's not as bad as what I've seen in the past, but I I think my fellow commissioners are with me that we are really hopeful that this bid

1:31:53and contract timeline is streamlined a lot. It costs us money. when um when it takes so long to get some of these done. So I just want to draw that to your attention and and say I I know I'm hoping to see it, you know In in months. Not Like under six months, not nine months, a year, three

1:32:21years. So

1:32:23I'll be watching.

1:32:24All right. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you.

1:32:28Thank you. And that's the end of the consent items. We will now move to my sheet here.

1:32:38Run.