RS4 Commending David J retirement

26:41All right. A resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, commending David J for thirty-six years of dedicated service to Pasco County. and congratulating him on his retirement. Whereas David J. began his career with the Pasco County Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources Department on May 9th, 1988. And whereas David started his career in the department as a groundskeeper and later as a crew leader, labor supervisor, and park supervisor. Overseeing

27:13the grounds and maintenance of up to six parks consecutively. And whereas David lived on site at Cruise Lake Park for 27 years and has in uh been involved in the development of the park, installation of various campground uh locations, the addition of a historic cabin, the implementation of miniature train operations, and the recent replacement of the observation tower. And whereas David was has displayed tremendous leadership throughout his career, he is always willing to

27:43pr to train and provide professional guidance to team members both within and outside his area of responsibility, which resulted in him working with over 33 years in supervisory positions at more than 35 parks within Pasco County. Whereas David worked closely with organizations such as the Florida Department of Transportation and the Concourse Council. and was involved in developing and operations of the Sun Coast Bike Trail. and the original

28:13environmental center at the concourse, helping develop standards and operational procedures to maintain these amenities and have them available for public use. Whereas David has always volunteered to work with organizations like Pasco County School Board, Central Pasco and Gulf Railroad Railroad. various co sponsored uh youth organizations, friends of the parks organizations, local school athletic teams, and outside user groups to host events such as

28:43Pasco County Staff Appreciation Days, Cross County Meets, holiday train rides, youth league play, tournaments, earth day events. Battle of the Bands, Weddings, Corporate Events, and Reservations, And where, as David took on numerous projects that has saved the county thousands of dollars in contracting work by using his carpentry and mechanic skills to build and repair county infrastructure, rebuild countless pieces of equipment, and preventing the department

29:13from spending additional maintenance funds and allowing his team to have minimum downtime without equipment that is vital to their. daily operations. and whereas David J has dedicated his career to serving the citizens of Pasco County and is a shining example of a parks, recreation, and natural resources department professional Mentor and leader. Now therefore be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said Board hereby commends David J. for thirty six

29:43years of dedicated service to the Pasco County Parks Recreation and natural resources department. and to the citizens of Pasco County.

29:54David? I apologize. That whippersnapper be behind you with only for thirty five years. You get to thirty six. One of your friends was correctly pointing out you. I think we

30:06started about the same time actually.

30:08I

30:08think Marty was closer to thirty six too.

30:11By the way, we greatly appreciate your uh resume, just like Marius, is absolutely phenomenal. Um Tell us uh how you feel about watching your experience going all the way through from the bond issue as Harold mentioned, all the way through to see the improvements and

30:25I came on board when the bond referendums came in for the first set of parks and gosh when I started I think we had eleven parks or twelve parks or something like that, so it's been a long time but I get emotional. It's been a long time. Yeah, uh spent half my life here. So I just turned sixty one and I've been here for thirty six years, so Been at Cruise Lake for twenty seven, it's been a long time. Really neat. Really neat. No regrets at all.

30:51Awesome. Well we greatly appreciate your service. Commissioner Weightman.

30:55Thank you. Well Keith, I don't know what you're what you're gonna do here.

31:01Losing such tenure, maybe some part-time big big uh institutional knowledge, no. Mr. Jack Mariano. I can't imagine I w what a wonderful work experience to live in Cruise Lake for what, twenty seven years? Yes, sir. And maintaining Just the beautiful grounds that's there. I mean what a fantastic career perk, I guess you could say. not many of us have that opportunity to live in such a beautiful place and get paid for it and and

31:32have fun every day. But um you know, like your colleague with institutional knowledge that that we're losing uh will certainly be missed. But uh well earned and congratulations on on your retirement and hope you Enjoy your years not working and uh I'm sure if there's ever an opportunity to come back to help us out, I'm sure there'll be some openings. So um congratulations. Thank you.

31:55Would everybody like to come up with a picture again?

32:20No.

32:36Do we have a right here, please? Thank you.

32:41Yeah, yeah.

32:50You don't think that's right.

32:54Much appreciation. Thank you so much. Thank you. Congratulations.

33:03Congratulations.

33:16I don't remember the commentation I was hoping to look better because it was true. Yeah.