resolution 26 109 honoring life of Lauren Stefanik
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Now for resolutions. Madam Clerk, will you plead the first resolution?
Yes. Um if you are here for uh Lauren Stefanik, please step up to the podium.
I will go ahead and read the resolution.
Resolution number 26 109, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, honoring the life of employee Lauren Stefanick and recognizing her invaluable service to the citizens of Pasco County. Res Lauren Stefanik began her employment with Pasco County on May 11, 2020, and during her tenure worked with numerous county departments, including parks, recreation, and natural resources, solid waste, public works, and planning, development, and economic growth. And Res, Mrs. Stefanick was
a board member of the Keep Pasco Beautiful nonprofit organization, where she was captain of yearly cleanup initiatives. Mrs. Stefanic worked. on the acquisition of property through Elamp and Elast and spearheaded Pasco County's first gopher tour to stay. And Ras, Mrs. Stefanix significantly championed community resilience and sustainability through extensive research, tracking, and stakeholder engagement, which led to the successful completion of the Resilient Pasco project and peril of food. compliance.
And whereas Mrs. Stefanic's Mrs. Stefanic displayed outstanding customer service, skillful project management and notable planning knowledge Through the completion of several comprehensive plan amendments. Anwaraz, Mrs. Stefanix valued community engagement, and diligently volunteered at Pasco County's annual Earth Day celebrations, community education events for recycling awareness, and participated in community workshops for the Resilient PASCO project and for the Pasco 2050 Comprehensive
Plan Update. And Raz, Mrs. Stefanix, efforts on reviewing and updating the chapters of the Pasco twenty fifty Comprehensive Plan update will continue to benefit the community for generations. And whereas Mrs. Stefanix Com promising tenure. left a meaningful impact on her colleagues and the community and Pasco County will deep will deeply miss Lauren's energetic and warm personality, her thoughtfulness and kindness, her positive attitude and teamwork, and her passion for planning and the environment.
Now therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, That said board hereby expresses its gratitude for Lauren Stefanic's dedicated service to the residents of Pasco County and expresses its deepest sympathy to her family and loved ones, done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting this third day of February 2026. Second.
All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Sorry?
Thank you, Mr. Chairman Mariano. I had the uh I'll speak a little bit. I had the privilege to hire Lauren into the planning department a few years ago. And uh and be a leader with her. I came to know her the way many of her colleagues in other departments c came to know her before she worked for planning. When I met her, I thought here was a woman of integrity, capability, intelligence, and I can say ma so many other things about her. Um but what struck me the most as time went on was their endearing
kindness. and her thoughtfulness to care about her work and her friends, And her consistent smile, which she met every challenge with no matter the complications. And there are many complications in the planning field, as we all know. Um it was a joy to see her each day. as it is a joy to see all of our staff, but it is a it was a joy to see her particularly each day and work with her because she shared her joy with us. It was Uh she accomplished much, but I think her happiness and her kindness in bringing it to bear on her dedication to public service. Uh
is what she impressed on me and her team the most. I told our staff a few days ago that um We should remember Loren always. Wherever our careers may take us. And to do good in her memory. In the end I said, a good life is one full of kindness, care, and doing good deeds, small ones and great ones, for our families, friends, Colleagues and fellow people, just like Lauren did. I pray that um we may all follow Lauren's
example. In Meeting our challenges with a joyful smile. And a kind demeanor. To live a blessed life. On the screen we have a couple of pictures and I have a plaque here of some of the examples that I just talked about. And we also have two of our badges of the planning department to give to her family, the Service Excellence badge and the Pasco Premier Badge. So with that, I wanted to say thank you to her family. And um
God
bless you.
Thank you, Terry. To this Phoenix family we're very very sorry for you. It's a terrible loss. Uh I'm gonna come down with the with the frames. You guys wanna stay up behind?
You can see how much she was loved by the uh
I thought we're staying up here. Stay
up here.
I'm gonna go down there for six.
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