Resolution 24-014 recognizing Kevin Gallagher's retirement
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Does anybody in the audience wish to speak this time? Seeing no one, we'll close public comment. Um We'll move on to uh resolutions. Madam Clerk, please read the first resolution.
Okay. Can Kevin Gallagher please um come to the podium?
Oh, there he is.
You're you too young to retire.
Well, thanks. I'll take the compliment. We all feel that. You shouldn't be retiring.
All right. I'll go ahead and read the resolution first. Resolution number 24-014, resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, recognizing Kevin Gallagher for his 30 years of dedicated service to Pasco County and congratulating him on his retirement. Whereas Kevin Gallagher was hired on May 10th, 1993, as a paratransit operator for PATS and STARS. The only public transportation service that was offered at the time. NRAS during the year of 1993, the service name
was changed from Patsen Stars to Pasco County Public Transportation, PCPT, and Mr. Gallagher continued as a paratransit operator. And RAS in 1996, Mr. Gallagher assisted the launching of the PCPT limited fixed route service and began his Career with PCPT as one of the first fixed route bus operators. And Ras over the span of his thirty year career, Mr. Gallagher assisted the PCPT growth and the system's name change, several logo and design changes, the launch of
the limited fixed route service in nineteen ninety-six contributed to the US nineteen. Corridor extension between State Road 52 and Huey Avenue in Tarpon Springs, the launch of the cross-country connector on State Road 54, the implementation of several new routes and electronic fare boxes on all buses, and the rollout of Saturday transportation service. NRES, during his career, Mr. Gallagher was promoted to Transportation Services Supervisor in 2013, overseeing
bus operators for the fixed route service. Enres, Mr. Gallagher diligently and conscientiously provided services to the citizens of Pasco County and the customers of Pasco County Public Transportation. And res on October 27, 2023, Kevin Gallagher will retire from the Pasco County Public Transportation after 30 years of loyal and dedicated service. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby expresses its sincere and grateful appreciation for Kevin Gallagher
and congratulates him on his retirement. Done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting. this twenty fourth day of October twenty twenty three.
Hmm. Motion.
Move to approve.
Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Uh motion passed.
You've got one on the line, so you so it should be a roll call vote, but this is sorta ceremonial. So I don't know
We can still do that. We'll do roll call vote.
Okay. District one, Commissioner Oakley.
Aye.
District two, Commissioner Weightman. Aye. District three, Commissioner Starkey. Aye. District four, Commissioner Bradford.
District five, Chairman Mariano. Okay.
Motion passes. Or Mr. Goward or You're too young to retire, so we go ahead and sign you up for a few more years. So
I I guess uh I have another thirty years left. Uh I just want to say um it's been uh Truly an honor and a blessing uh to uh be an ambassador t for this uh wonderful and great county that uh everyone uh And I've truly have worked with a l a lot of amazing and wonderful people over the past thirty years and it just gets better.
Yeah. Well we certainly thank you for your service and uh Really appreciate everything that you've done and uh this past thirty years you've helped us become premier. So
My honor and pleasure. It really has. Yeah. It's our honor. Yeah.
And in looking at this, it says that when you came here and and everyone heard it, Art. Right. Transportation program was called Pats and Stars.
Yeah.
What is I don't understand that one.
Well they did uh paratransit door to door service uh where they just went to doctors offices. And uh they took people to the mall. Uh
Well,
so I
get the so Pat was for paratransit. What was the star representing?
Uh the star was basically the same thing, uh but just a different name.
It was just the it was just the name of the um our agency at that time. That's how they call it. But either started with paratransit. So
strange name. Yeah. Does it really
If you
I don't think anyone would know what that meant when you heard that name, right? That's right. But congratulations on your retirement.
Thank you. And if I may, um I just wanted to say that um congratulate Kevin for his retirement. It's thirty years that uh he served our community. Um I work with him very closely so I hate to see him going but I understand that you know it gets a point that something better coming up. Um I just wanna say also that Kevin has been working the early shift, the supervisory early shift and his main function was always uh Take care of the our bus operators to be able to go out on the road every day as well as the vehicle
rollout every morning. Four o'clock in the morning he was there. You know, helping out. So um I appreciate his help. He always willing to to help out and walk the extra mile and and do it for all of us. So thank you and congratulations.
And ma'am, can you say your name and title for the record?
Sorry, I'm Mina Elkin Copasco director. Thank you. Thank you.
Mr Waiton, you wanna say anything?
Yeah, thank you, Chair. Okay. Well congratulations. Thirty years is hard to come by. as uh you know, you started this job when I was seven. So
So congrat so yeah, we c come a long way. But uh no, congratulations. I hope you have a a fantastic retirement and whatever your your future endeavors uh you have, I hope they're just as successful as your last thirty years. So thank you service to our county. and uh being a part of, you know, making Pasco a great place to live, work and play.
Well I couldn't have done it without uh everybody. So Like I said, I've worked with a lot of amazing people over the thirty years and um it's people like yourselves that makes uh this great uh county the way it is today.
Yeah. Thank you. Would y'all like to join me down below and take a picture? Yeah.
All right.
I will.
So thank you. Maybe it's maybe it's in the red lines here.
It's very called.
I know right.
I got
my man
club.
Thanks so much for those questions.
Congratulations. You wore the right color before.
Yeah. Everybody good? Ready here, please?
Okay.
Really?
Perfect. Thank you all.
I like that you enjoyed it.
Thank you so
Yeah.