County administrator opioid funds fire alarm Big Brothers
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Um Jack's nod here. We'll go to Mr. Kabala.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman Mariano. Just uh a couple of quick items here. Um I've spoken to uh board members about some of the opioid task force uh dollars and making some allocations uh to some of our um um public safety needs. needs of that and so I I've uh my team has uh worked with uh County Attorney's Office and I'd like uh I'd like the board to to adopt this motion if possible to um allocate uh some some of the uh some of
the monies off the top to use for our public safety needs. So I will read this uh since it was uh crafted for me here. Motion would be to uh recommend that the opioid task force allocate seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars Per year of the opioid settlement funds for years two, three, and four for public safety needs as determined by the Board of County Commissioners related to opioid use disorder, substance abuse disorder, and co-occurring mental health conditions consistent with the uses specifically authorized
under the community abatement plan and the Florida opioid allocation and statewide responsibility. Yeah.
Did you need a motion? Uh I'll make that motion.
Okay, I got a motion.
I'll second.
All those in favor say aye. Motion passed 4-0.
Thank you. The other item I have is actually a bit of a urgent, uh, urgent matter with respect to a fire alarm system at the West Pasco Judicial Center. Um so subject to County Attorney review of the task order, I'd like to uh have the board delegate the authority to me to award a contract or task order in the amount. not to exceed $300,000 to replace the fire alarm system at the West Pasco Judicial Center. Facilities does have the funding to replace the
system in their working capital budget and is working with a vendor on a cooperative contract to have a replacement quote. But we really want to make sure that we don't end up with fire watch or any other items out there at the West Pasco Judicial Center.
Okay.
How does a fire alarm system go bad? I'll let Mr. Breitenbach answer that.
Can I say I I went through that security system the other day. That's a pretty crazy security system over there. It's worse than the airport.
Yeah. Your key card lets you in all sorts of doors.
Oh, thank you. Just FYI. I remember that.
He needs a motion on that, but I think he wants a his a question answered first.
Okay. The typical um component failures that occur are circuit boards will overheat and go bad, and there are also uh sensing devices will W will um fail over time and this particular system is so old the team cannot find replacement parts to to repair it.
Makes sense. Alright, move approval.
Second.
Motion second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passed four zero.
Thank you. Thank you. And uh the other thing I wanted to mention is actually it's been a couple meetings. I wanted to I wanted to hit this in time with graduation, but uh we've had some truncated uh comment time. But uh Uh Pasco County Board of County Commissioners uh has participated in the Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Tampa Bay school to work program for the past two years. Um and so a lot of these uh really the the the The idea behind this program is that a lot of young folks uh leave high school without really having a clear plan, whether that's college, whether
it's going into vocational studies or or schools. And so what the school to work program does is it takes folks, uh takes students. And gives them exposure to workplace environments. So matches them with mentors who can encourage them to reach their full potential. And so it basically helps them prepare for life. And so we were, I think, Joanna, we were the first agency here in Pasco County to embrace this program. So it's a little bit beyond your the Big Brothers, Big Sisters program where you adopt a little through
throughout. you know uh different different types of youth but uh this partnership was was fantastic so uh I started in it actually uh my my little Jacob uh is is actually graduating and and I think actually maybe pursuing a career in public safety JJ if I'm not if I'm not mistaken as a as a result of this. But we had uh many, many folks and we exposed them to county government uh and and a lot of the things that we do for our community so it was uh actually a huge success. I think we're gonna try to do it again. Um my thanks to the volunteers
within the county. These are all busy folks that that volunteered to uh to work in a and assist these uh assist these folks um as as they moved on. So I don't know, Joanna did I miss anything with the rest of the program? I I don't know if we have any Bigs here that are polar, right? So it's got to be
jaws of life right there?
Yeah, they're battery powered now.
Wow.
Yeah, those are very heavy.
That's a wake bucket.
Is that it? Uh I think that's it for Nelsor, yes sir.
Okay, I remembered mine.
What? I got one right here.
Well I I can go before or after
what's your pleasure.