24-092 Christopher Lowe retirement

51:35Okay, your next resolution.

51:37Okay, resolution number four. Uh Christopher Lowe Are you here? Come on up to the podium. Did I s pronounce your last name correct? Okay. Just wanna make sure. It's your time.

51:57I'll go ahead and uh read the resolution first, thank. Resolution number 24-092, a resolution by the board of county commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, recognizing Christopher Lowe for 34 years of service to Pasco County and congratulating him on his retirement. Whereas Christopher Lowe began his career with Pasco County in nineteen ninety working for Road and Bridge for nine years until he landed with ambulance billing during a stint on light duty and found his forever home

52:27as an ambulance billing clerk. NRAS, the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners, is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all those living in and visiting Pasco County, and Christopher Lowe has been an integral part of building the successful ambulance billing division of the Pasco County Fire Rescue Department. NRES Christopher was instrumental in developing the process and procedures while the ambulance billing division grew and digitized. Ensuring Pasco County residents get the quality they deserve. Anras Christopher

52:57provided stellar assistance to each ambulance billing supervisor throughout the years with commitment and loyalty. And Raz Christopher was selflessly has selflessly assisted in training each new hire and the next generation of certified ambulance billers. Anras Christopher has come to a time in his life and career to pass the baton onto the rising generation of dedicated individuals serving Pasco County and its residents as he embarks on great adventures in his favorite pastime, cruising

53:27the ocean. Anne Raz Christopher's daily presence and knowledge will be immensely missed, not only with his immediate colleagues in the ambulance billing division, but also by the Pasco County Fire Rescue family as a whole. Anres, the ambulance billing division, Pasco County Fire Rescue Department, and everyone who knows Christopher would like to express their best wishes for the cruising of a happy and healthy retirement. Now therefore bait resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida. That said board

53:58hereby expresses its sincere gratitude to Christopher Lowe for his thirty-four years of dedicated service to Pasco County, done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting this tenth day of April, 2024.

54:11Move approval. Second. And a motion and second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passed. Welcome.

54:18Thank you. I'd just like to say it's been a honor and a privilege, uh, serving these last uh past thirty four years working for Pasco County and especially for fire rescue. They have made uh And come like a second fan, wait to me. And I'll give it a we miss them. No.

54:38Yeah.

54:41Thank you. Mr. Mayor?

54:55Sorry.

54:58Uh Uh I came to Fire Rescue five years ago as a an assistant ambulance billing supervisor and I'm another the ambulance billing manager. Christopher has been a big part of my career here at the county and has guided us all for 34 years, going from the Stone Ages to where we are now. So we can't thank him enough for all that he's done.

55:21Yeah. Of course, like I say, thirty four years, what a great career. Um We're getting a sense that you were passionate about what you were doing. Um and that that passion radiates with your whole team as it seems. Uh Fire EMS has been very important to the county and it's it's such a a great burden for our Fire EMS responders to go out and do it. But we need people as well in the back making sure the collections happen, the ideas about how do we charge the insurance companies, how do we make the collections happen, because if you don't have the funding coming

55:51in, it's hard to give them the resources they need every step of the way as well. So what you did for over these past thirty four years has been phenomenal. We greatly appreciate it. We're happy to give you this resolution to honor you.

56:03Mr. Weightman.

56:04Thank you, Chairman Mr. Lowe, we just I went to my Chief's first graduating fire class and sitting next to County Administrator and uh all the fired EMS class was coming up and receiving their graduation certificate and then came the next class of of building clerks. And you know, tone kind of changing the room a little bit, not and tears what have you, but I told Mike. I said these folks right here don't know how interpol and important they

56:35are to our organization in making sure Uh fees are collected to ensure that our fire department, our ES and EMS services are are able to have the funding to run efficiently and and and get what we need to to get the job done. So thanks for all your work. I recognize your team, the generation that's coming after you. Congratulations on thirty four years and I hope you get all the sunburns capture from From now to your retirement, so congrats.

57:05Ms. Starkey.

57:06So um you started the county in nineteen ninety and that's when I started dating my husband actually. And so my gosh you've seen a lot of change. Um just congratulations and I think they're still your family and I'm sure um that you can hang out with them anytime you want. So don't think it's the end. It's Just beginning something different.

57:30I'll be visiting.

57:31Yeah. So congratulations. Thank you.

57:34CRISPR, thirty-four years is a long time. I spent fifty-one years in my business before I walked away, but I didn't cry. I guess I didn't have the same feeling there at the time.

57:53away from this job working with the people on the staff we have like you have that worked with you for 34 years. The short period of time that I'm here when I walk away I believe I'll cry too. So I uh certainly appreciate all the staff. I certainly appreciate all that staff that helped you go through that 34 years without having too many heart attacks or issues of that nature, but to help you get through what you had to get And in the process, I know that we've trained someone to maybe step in and hopefully

58:24do as good a job as you do. And for the staff, that's what we're here. We're not everybody's a supervisor, not everybody's the leader, but That's why those people behind us are learning every day to be able to do the job that you've done for that thirty-four years and we gotta be thankful for them learning and willing to step up when it's their time. to come into that type of leadership and do that kind of job. So we certainly appreciate all the work you've done in thirty four years and um I

58:54just applaud you for for being here and and doing what you did. Uh it makes a lot of difference. And the Brotherhood of the firemen there's none better. None better than the EMS and the firemen. I've I've seen it and it It's just amazing what you see, the brotherhood that you have. And when Ms. Starkey said that you come back and visit with them, they'll they'll welcome you back any time to visit with them, I'm sure. So would you all like to join me down below? Want to take a picture.

59:24Yeah, Mr Chairman Mariano.

59:27JJ wants to speak. I just want to say something real quick. Um you know I really appreciate his time. Uh we treated him so well, we kicked him out of his office last month. After all these years, we're doing a rehab of the facility. But let's not forget it is one team, the chief says one team, one scene. But the Amland's billing clerks brought in over three million dollars. over projective budget last year. So these people work hard for the county and that allows us to do

59:57all of our work. Right. So I just want to say thank you on behalf of public city. Wonderful.

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1:00:03great.

1:00:06Yeah, no.

1:00:07Mr Mr. Chairman Mari Mr. Chairman

1:00:11Mariano Please come up. You're always welcome.

1:00:17I was gonna say Mr. Chairman M let's let's get all our uh fire executives here as well. Let's get them in the picture. Congratulations. All the white shirts.

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1:00:52Yeah.

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1:01:03Talk to JJ Sandbag and the revenue projections.

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1:01:20yeah.

1:01:20Okay,

1:01:20everybody

1:01:21right here, please.

1:01:22Thank

1:01:44I still have another mortar.

1:01:48Go ahead and get started on that.

1:01:53Wonderful. Yes, how about you?

1:01:57To see you again.

1:02:02Everyone alright? Have a great

1:02:04question.

1:02:10It's fixing in the school road.

1:02:25Stuff coming up this morning, so we gotta get going.

1:02:30I can't have the DOT gotta come back again to lose things. Let's go.

1:02:38Okay.