Resolution 25312 Building Construction Services accreditation

29:02Okay, so there you go. Thank you very much. And now we're gonna move on to resolutions. We are on to R S one.

29:12Resolution number 25312, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, recognizing the Pasco County Building Construction Services Department for achieving accreditation from the International Accreditation Service. Whereas the Pasco County Building Construction Services Department has demonstrated a commitment to excellence in service delivery. Quality management and customer satisfaction. And whereas the International Accreditation

29:42Service is a nationally recognized accreditation body and subsidiary of the International Code Council, which provides accreditation based on rigorous criteria including the International Building Code and related industry standards. And whereas the building construction Services Department has successfully met the IAS accreditation criteria, which covers areas such as service goals, emergency response plans, quality management systems, management

30:12reviews, documents and records, complaints and appeals, personnel, permitting, budget, plan reviews, and inspections, and whereas the accreditation process has Helped the Pasco County Building Construction Services Department identify and implement opportunities for improvement, drive high performance, encourage professional growth, and raise awareness of building codes and safe building practices. And whereas the Pasco County Building

30:42Construction Services Department is the 13th department of credit. Yeah. Tenth in Florida and the only accredited department in Florida serving a population greater than 500,000 population. And whereas the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners recognizes the significant efforts and dedication of the Pasco County Building Construction Services Department in achieving this prestigious accreditation. Now,

31:13therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said Board hereby commends the Pasco County Building Construction Services Department for its outstanding achievement in obtaining IAS accreditation. Down resolved in regular session with the quorum president voting this nineteenth day of August 2025.

31:35Move approval?

31:36Second.

31:37All in favor? Aye. Wow. Commissioner Oakley.

31:40Yeah, sir. I tell you what, ever s I've been in office now, I'm in my ninth year. And I've worked very close with building construction services for all this time.

31:54to provide the right service for our citizens. And I commend you on receiving this achievement. And thank you each and every one of you for what you do to make this happen. But this is only the start. You've gotten this far, you gotta continue. You give the best service you can for our citizens because they deserve it. And I know if you're out there trying to get a permit or do some work. you want the same kind of service. So we gotta

32:24listen to our customers and do the best we can to provide the very, very best. And y'all have been doing that. It's changed. But it's taken about eight years to get here. So but the fact of it is it couldn't happen without each and every one of you putting your efforts in to do the very best for our citizens. And I thank you for that. Who's the spokesman? JP? P? Yeah. Well Well I think Commissioner Weightman?

32:52Yeah. Oh J P, which one of y'all set for the exam? What's that? Which one of y'all set for set for the exam?

32:59Everybody sitting behind me or standing behind me. In fact, Anthony couldn't be here today because he's out in Colorado sitting for an exam.

33:05Fantastic, you know. As uh there's probably some some Navy vets in the room. I mean, you guys have really rogered up over the last over the last year and uh really proved and and showed the community what service is all about. Selfless service. You know, you all went out into the our our world and in in good and bad times and and and help with compliance and getting folks back in their homes, businesses back open. And then

33:35the businesses that weren't impact impacted, just regular everyday commerce that's coming here to Pasco County and the service that you all provide to those folks who are choosing to make an investment in our county where they could have chose to make their investment anywhere else, but they chose here. And one of the first faces they see when they want to put a project in is your group. So thank you for all the hard work and dedication and the service you provide to all of our stakeholders in this county. And uh very proud of everyone here and uh congratulations on your accomplishment.

34:06Commissioner Mariano.

34:08Thank you. I want to say uh Commissioner Oakley, I've been there for twenty-one years and watching the evolution's been phenomenal, and especially the past few years, what you guys have accomplished. The I think one of the one of the key things that really I think meant a lot to the public and I didn't really understand the significance of it as it was happening, but I was really appreciative of it was when you went to Shady Hills to see how you could work in a remote location. Little did we know the storm's coming in afterward. would prove that what to be a tremendous exercise where you had people coming in, stuck in the permitting, how to get through it,

34:38and could see the whole scene and the whole team got to work together, I think, for the first time in a cohesive unit too, to kind of see what everybody else does and how it all plays in together, how it worked together. And what you've done with that has been phenomenal. Uh during the storm with C R just at Sea Runch, I didn't get down to Gulf Harbor 'cause I had a enough going on as we all know. But what you did there by coming out on site and going with people and even so on. And JP and I had some hard customers out there one time where we were kind of working out there and just watched what was going on, listened to the people, uh, and

35:08found a way to get things done. And that's what you guys have been doing, is getting things done. Um my assist my aide Sonia for a l longest time that whiteboard was full all the time. It's not so full anymore. I mean what you guys do is just tremendous. And all we try to do is like try to guide them, help them. Uh Son Sonia's learned how to kind of get them through the FEMA process, which has been another big struggle that you guys have mastered. Um so with all that dedication I will tell you when I had my interview the the accreditation with with JP, it was very

35:38easy for me to promote What a phenomenal job you guys have done. You're using technology to help our people. Uh so I just wanna say phenomenal job and keep up the great work. Thank you. Congratulations.

35:50So as a person who was helped greatly by many of you guys in my efforts to rebuild my flooded home. I still haven't been able to close that permit out, but I'm getting very close. I think one more week and I'll be all done. Um I just appreciate what you do and you know the the Gulf Harbors community, the way you guys came and helped everybody there, I saw it firsthand repeatedly and repeatedly how patient you all Yeah. How helpful And um I

36:20agree. Uh years ago there was a different feeling in our department and now it's just a plus. So I'm just really proud of all of you. I know the hard work. that uh has gone on gone into this and um were just hey, I had no idea that the gravity of this award. So I'm really glad we're doing it today. And J P you have the floor.

36:44Thank you. Um I will spare you the page of comments since the board has spoken. Um it is important, however, to Um Yeah. It is important, uh, however, to not only thank the team behind us, but just I want to briefly in three bullet points talk about why this is important to the community. One, you have an independent analysis that we are adhering to the Florida building codes and other life uh relevant life safety codes. Two, that we have a dedicated commitment to quality. Uh and that means that we are looking and fixing our own errors

37:15and and and And finding ways every day to do process improvements and improvements for our customers, and then ultimately having a review of how we do code enforcement, Florida building code enforcement overall, adhering to the standards set by the ICC, the International Code Council, because what that really means is for the insurance underwriters of the world who look at Pasco County's risk profile, that should mean lower insurance premiums for our residents. So those are the kind of three huge mi uh important points I think when it comes to why accreditation

37:45was important. It's pushing ourselves and it's saving money for our our customers. And again, as regulators, we have a choice in how we want to do business with our customers. So we put customer success first. Life safety always, but customer success first. Now I I do have to take one second. Um I want to say specific thanks to a couple people. Um where's Susan at? Susan's story over here to my right. This would not have been possible without her consistent vision and insight and keeping us accountable to the schedule. Um Susan

38:15was there the whole time. Uh her and the IAS team with Marie Fear. Uh Marie Fishburne, Mike Glazebrook, Glenn Wardell, Jamal Azam, Jonathan White, all of our deputy building officials. I think Justin Kerr is standing over here. Um, and of course Anthony, whose hand is probably still cramped from all of the policy memos he had to sign in order to get this done. But this team did an amazing amount of work, even amidst the frenzy of uh hurricane recovery, keeping focus on Making sure that we're always improving

38:45even when we're busy kind of doing the work. But Susan, you d you and Marie deserve special special thanks to getting this across the the finish line and I'm just so proud to ha be one more department helping Pasco become premier. And I know you're gonna have a couple more departments be accredited real soon. So thank you for your support. Thank you to Mike Carbala and thank you to to um David Allen as well.

39:06Well I we'll let Mike say a few words.

39:09No, j I think all all very, very well said. And JP, thank you for your leadership uh with BCS. I I have seen uh the transformation since I've been in this seat, certainly uh over the years, similar to what what what Jack has said. So I I thank you for for your dedication to this and and to the team. I just thank you for your dedication to Customer service, because you really do put customers first. Uh and and I've I've witnessed that firsthand. Uh you're you're you're uh you're innovative, you're collaborative, and you guys always work to solutions. And so I just thank you

39:39for that. This accreditation is simply is just a a formal notice of what we've already known. Uh but uh I'm I'm so happy that this is uh that this mark has been made.

39:49And Madam Chairman Mariano. Yes. Could I just add one more thing? Uh and JP, I I really appreciate all the conversation we had about sometimes is it a Florida building code, is it a Pasco code? What are we dealing with? How do we get it through? Can something be changed? So just for the team. Anytime that you see something that you think we can make an improvement on that we can control locally, uh please always feed the feed that the JP. Let us know because we're we want to make this better. And sometimes there's a thing that was written years ago that made sense then, but doesn't make sense now, and just for that one-off thing, we

40:19need to look at. So those type of improvements we can go. And uh, Madam Chair, I was appointed to the um vice chair for technology for uh Florida Society.

40:28I've actually invited David Engel and Pet Patrick Dutter. If any of you folks is got a strong interest with the AI part of doing technology, I invite you to come up here and kind of listen and see some experts that are going to f from around the state, never mind the nation, that will be there to put a good presentation on. But again, thank you all.

40:46Okay. Uh I'm over down front. Yes. We'll stay right here because there's so many of you. Congratulations, guys. Thank you all for.

40:57Sarah? Yeah.

41:01I should talk about

41:02it. I'm not.

41:05Yeah.

41:07Yeah.

41:09Look at their little IAS patches on their shirt. I shouldn't say little, I should say big.

41:16And then if everybody could find a window too.

41:29If you two could come up from

41:31like right over here. She's hiding back there for some reason.

41:42There you go.

41:43Alright, everybody have a window? Perfect.

41:47And look at me.

41:53You

41:53tell me when you're good. Okay,

41:56thank you.

42:02I think I think I can close my permit Friday.

42:09Saturday?