CAO 26-179 Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
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And we'll we'll move to RS3.
Alrighty, if we can the public safety telecommunicators come to the podium please.
Okay, resolution RS3, resolution number CAO26-179, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring the week of April 12th through the 18th, 2026 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Pasco County. Whereas in 1991, the U.S. Congress designated the second week of April as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to recognize public safety telecommunicators
personnel and their crucial role in the protection of life and property. And whereas, dedicated emergency services, telecommunications, Telecommunicators serve the citizens of Pasco County 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by answering their requests for services and dispatching the appropriate assistance as quickly as possible. And whereas emergency service telecommunicators work to improve the emergency response capabilities of these communication systems. Through their leadership and participation
in training programs offered to advance these systems. And whereas emergency services telecommunicators are the first and most critical contact our citizens have with emergency services and are a vital link between those who seek emergency assistance and the emergency. emergency personnel who are dispatched to the location to administer the required aid. And whereas the work of the emergency services telecommunicators perform goes far beyond simply relaying information between
the public and first responders. And whereas emergency Emergency services telecommunicators have contributed substantially to the apprehension of criminals, suppression of fires, and the treatment of patients. And whereas each emergency services telecommunicator has exhibited compassion, understanding, and professionalism during the performance of their job. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby declares
the week of April 12th through the 18th, 2026, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Pasco County in honor of the men and women whose diligence and professionalism keep our County, first responders and citizens safe, done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present in voting this seventh day of April 2026.
Move to approve.
All in favor say aye.
Aye.
Commissioner Starkey?
Um I'm gonna speak for the board this morning because we're trying we have a lot of resolutions and we're going quickly. Um I just wanna thank all of you. for what I think is a very tough job. And really when you think about it, you guys are the front line. You're the first person that someone talks to when they're in a crisis. So we thank you for your professionalism and your dedication to to our citizens and um we're just grateful for everything that you do. And we'd love to have you speak.
Thank you. Um Mr. Chairman Mariano thank you very much for taking the time to recognize our people. These are the true behind the set heroes, headset heroes. Um they're often forgotten because they're out of public view.
Yeah.
Um behind the scenes and most and I didn't either until I came in there really How much actually goes on in there and what they do every day and what they go through. So taking the time to recognize them is huge. I'd also like to just take a moment and talk about this past year, some of the successes we've had as a result of our Mr. Kabbalah. The board, everybody supporting our efforts this past year. We are one of very few counties nationwide
to become 100% consolidated. That means every police, fire, and emergency system within our county is all unified under one system. That's very rare. Any major incident if you look at nationwide, the number one failure is always communication, right? We we've bridged that gap here in Pasco County. We're leading the way in that. Um also to ensure the safety of our citizens and our first responders, we also opened up a second. Second Dispatch Center full time 24-7
here in Dade City. Opened up January 12th. Um it's fully operational. I invite you guys to come by, take a tour whenever you wish. Um that provides redundancy. And if uh one set one center goes down, the other center is fully operational running, we shouldn't have any interruptions. So uh we continue Pasco County to lead the way. as as you know, we put forward. So um again, thank you to my crew and everybody and thank you for everybody recognizing us. Um I would like to point out we have one special guest here, Pennya.
She's been a telecommunicator for us in Pasco County for twenty nine years. Wow.
Most don't make it that long, you know, it's a tough job. So I s she was here today and I figured I'd mention that. So thank you all.
Okay. I'll come down and you can take a photo.
Right.