Confirm Joanna Cheshire Assistant County Administrator of Public Safety

1:42:18Well, Commissioners, it is uh it is my pleasure today to uh present to you for confirmation to the position of Assistant County Administrator of Public Safety, uh Ms. Ms. Joanna Cheshire. Before I really get into that, I I want to talk about the process that we we use to sort of vet senior leaders and especially executive leaders here here in the county. You know, there's there's you know a lot of people can slam slam Duncan interview, but it's tough to do a grueling day of interviews as well as looking at uh meeting with folks, breaking bread together. You learn a lot about, you

1:42:48learn a lot about people through that through that process. And you know, I I also seek a lot of input during during the process of making these collections. So this particular process involved a number of folks, not only senior leaders within the public safety branch, but union representation from the fire unions and the police benevolence association were there. Senior department heads across our organization, and that's important too because an assistant county administrator doesn't just work in a silo. They work, they're bridge

1:43:18builders, and they work across our organization. public and so it's interesting you got to have that perspective from other senior leaders uh in the organization as well to make sure are we sharing our culture are we sharing our values uh as well as the assistant county administrators as well that that peer group that everyone are uh that that they will that what they will work with you know and i i i met with all of these folks uh individually debriefed with them personally and and took took their input prior to to making uh making a final final decision So after consulting with these trusted advisors, you know, I am

1:43:48confident that uh Ms. Cheshire uh best embodies the uh leadership competencies and needs for for this post. And she is a thoughtful and attentive leader with just a natural presence uh and an authenticity capable of building trust and collaboration, which I think is is uh is a prerequisite here within within the public safety uh space. safety community. So I just want to thank you, just as as administrator, again, for your continued support as as we journey uh journey through uh through things. Um, you know, we are strengthening our

1:44:18leadership team and uh really kind of doubling down on our strategic commitments to our citizens of Pasco County. And so um I just thank you for that.

1:44:26Okay.

1:44:29All right. We have a motion.

1:44:31Someone move? Then I'll second.

1:44:33I'll second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Joe Matthew, congratulations. Like to say a few words.

1:44:47Thank you so much. Joanna Cheshire, Assistant County Administrator of Public Safety. Public safety is really a foundational, is foundational to a vibrant community that we all strive for. Because without the safety of the community, we can't do the other things that we we look to do. I understand that this role carries a lot of responsibility and trust. That's from you all, from the community, and from the branch. I'm committed to being a steady accountable partner. Aligning

1:45:18our teams, being a good steward of resources, and delivering results that the community can actually see and feel. Thank you for your support and for this opportunity to grow and continue the good work in an organization and a community that I love. I'm very honored. Thank you.

1:45:35Okay, congratulations. I think you're gonna do a phenomenal job. I know the job is very important. We've we found in the past years with J when J J was here how important it was to bring our first responders together to the table and build those relationships, work together to go into DC, trying to bring money back for the Safer grants, et cetera, and the other things we're working on. So that cooperation is is critical for everything. So So I'm glad you're up for the role and congratulations. All right. Let's do a picture. I I think with all this crowd here we gotta

1:46:05do a picture. So uh would everyone like to come up the uh Siphulter as well?

1:47:01Yeah,

1:47:01okay.

1:47:40Yeah, girl steaming here.