Withlacoochee River Electric refund check presentation

4:36Here. And I have a uh ten ten times certain, but uh I know with Licucci is here so With Licuchi River Electric, would you please come forward?

4:51I like to say Merry Christmas to you gentlemen. You uh do a phenomenal job with the county as you always have. And uh this is a special time of year where you take care of your customers as well as the county. Being one of the customers.

5:02Merrick Christmas, thank you very much. Uh good morning, Commissioners, Administrator Karbala, Clerk Soles, and Attorney Stein Snyder. Appreciate you allowing us to be here this morning. And with me I have uh who does not need to be introduced, but uh Mr. David Lambert, our executive vice president and general manager, David?

5:24Commissioner Weight Merry Christmas and thank you for the great partnership that Whip Lacucci has had for decades. Uh we are all committed to our members and the citizens of Pasco County together to do great things for this county. So thank you all so much for everything you do. We appreciate it. Thank you. And it's good to see our Commissioner Bradford back on the diet. Back at you, brother.

5:46Yes, sir. Nice to see you this morning. Nice to see you guys. And Merry Christmas, by the way. Merry Christmas. As you know, Wiltlikuchi uh is proud to be based in Pasco County. We're a member owned not for profit electric utility. We had another uh year of growth averaging over 700 accounts a month, and we've been successful with that despite supply chain constraints, as you all experience yourselves. Some of the things we do, uh educational foundation, we donated $152,000

6:17to Pasco Hernando State College for their ball field lighting. We awarded $110,000 scholarships valued at over $1.3 million. Of those, sixty-two are in Pasco County, those were worth about seven hundred and forty-four thousand. So since that program's inception, we have awarded two thousand four hundred and fourteen scholarships valued at eighteen and a half million dollars.

6:53Our charitable foundation, WREC CARES, helped 12 families this year. Since that program's inception, we've awarded $2.45 million, helping 673 families through catastrophic events that were no fault of their own. We've also partnered this past year with the Boy Scout. Habitat for Humanity, Mid-Florida Community Services, Special Olympics, United Way, and many other agencies helping to better the communities that we serve. And

7:24we all experienced the hurricane this past year. Uh we did have some flooding and damage but obviously there was thank God there was no uh loss of life. Our employees right now are busy finishing up with the Coochie's Angel Tree program, which we're very proud of. Very proud of our employees, all they do in the community as well. We will soon be providing toys, clothing, and necessities for children so they can also experience the joy of Christmas. Once again, thank you for

7:54our excellent working relationship with the Board Administration and your and your great staff. They do a great job. This year we have a record refund. Of twenty three point two million. Of that, Pasco County Board of County Commissioners. We have the big fake check

8:13here.

8:14If you can fold us, uh Am Scott's right down the

8:17road. Uh

8:18$352,760.31.

8:24Well thank you.

8:31Yeah. I just wanted to say, uh, Joe and David, both have you Um The working relationship that the county has with WREC has been a great relationship for many, many years. And um we've got a lot more to do but we know that y'all are prepared and when the growth comes you're ready. for power when we need it and the utilities, so very important and I hope we continue this right on. So Yes

8:58sir, we will. We appreciate that. Thank you.

9:02And I'd like to say for all the years with Lacucci has been just the best partner the county's ever had. For as far as utility go, you are the number one. Uh what you do for the community, what you do as far as keeping rates low, uh the effectiveness of everything and your community involvement is unparalleled, unbeaten. So I thank you guys.

9:22We're gonna come down for picture? Yes, we're

9:30Thank you.

9:34That's always on the right. Yeah.

9:39Oh, I'm in just in time for the

9:44most important time.

9:48My dog

9:49got out. What

9:50traveling

9:51down? Yeah.

9:52Mike coming up?

9:53Oh, sorry.

9:55And

9:55Commissioner Braft, it's coming down.

10:03What is it?

10:09We already found the four.

10:17You gotta realize that saves taxpayers a lot of money. What is it?

10:22Oh,

10:22okay. Very good. We are the most price elevator

10:26to trade with the tax.

10:28I've never seen an open garage for a while. I sat on her and

10:34up for a while. It's in a neighbor's garage, but I don't know.

10:41We got everybody right here first.

10:45Yeah, let's take a

10:51Right?

10:59Thank you.

11:10Yeah, that's a question. Frank Bay's got now.

12:03Where'd you go?

12:17There she is.