RS1 Government Finance Professionals Week
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Okay. All right, so we'll close public comment there. Anyone else in the audience that want to speak to something other than other than Rangeland? Okay, we're gonna cold public comment and go to RS two uh RS one resolution government finance professionals.
Resolution number 26168, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring March 16th through the 20th, 2026, as Government Finance Professionals Week in Pasco County. Whereas founded in 1937, the Florida Government Finance Officers Association, FGFOA, serves more than 3,300. Professionals from state, county, and city governments, school districts, colleges and universities, special districts,
and private firms. And whereas government finance professionals play a critical role, crucial role, in ensuring the effective and transparent management of public funds, supporting physical health and sustainability of Florida's state and local governments. And whereas the Florida Government Finance Officers Association is dedicated to being a professional resource by providing opportunities through education, networking, leadership, and
information. And whereas Government Finance Professionals Week, sponsored by the FG FOA and all its member government organizations, is a Week-long series of activities aimed at recognizing government finance professionals and the vital services they provide to our state, local government, and community in which they serve. And whereas government finance professionals serve the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners, promoting prosperity
by ensuring sound physical management, fruitful investments, and diligent accounting among many other services. And whereas during this week, government finance professionals throughout the state of Florida will be acknowledged for their hard work, dedication, and leadership. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, the said board hereby declares March 16th to the 20th, 2026, as Government Finance Professionals
Week in Pasco County and encourages citizens to extend their appreciation to all government finance professionals throughout Florida and Pasco County. regular session with the quorum president voting this twenty-fourth day of March 2026. Move approved. Second. All
in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Okay. Commissioner Weightman.
Thank you. It's fitting I get to do this one. But all seriousness, thank you guys for your evolution over well since I've come on the board three years ago and and finding a way to take a complicated subject and simplify it for us, for me, and the public and Um, you know, it's a tough job you'll have. You have five different opinions and money moving around every which way on top of the directors.
You have to, you know, try to make sure that they're whole. But uh it's a tough job. We appreciate you. And um something while you're here it's it's it's it's pretty neat. I don't know if we've ever done it before, but the online survey, uh with the budget with the budget process that uh the county finance team is launched online and maybe Amy will speak to it a little bit um when she speaks. But I encourage anybody who's interested in our county budget and and and wants to add input on how your money is being spent managed by this board, I encourage y'all to
do so. But uh no budget team, thank y'all for coming here today. It's my honor to present this to you and know that you are appreciated no matter how frustrating or challenging the budget process may be every year. Know that uh we're very grateful that you choose to do this job and work for the citizens of Pasco County. Thank you, Chairman
Mariano.
Uh before Amy came aboard, uh we had budget Bob. So when Amy came above I had to come up with some name that would fit Amy to doing the job that Bob did very well. And so I came up with accurate aiming. And it fits. She's she's held up to that that point and done a great job in leadership and all of you are very much appreciated because your job's not easy. And it's always seemed like until it hits the end,
it's a moving target until we get in the right place. And it's hard work and I understand it. So I appreciate each and every one of you for all the part that you take in making our budget right for the citizens of Pasco County. Thank you. Mr. Stucky.
Um yeah, I wanna thank you uh for making I think uh the budget easier to see. I'm a visual person, all those numbers make my head spin. But when you do those wonderful graphs it really um I think helps make it so much easier to comprehend and Just I l I love the way you're presenting the budget now. It's just so so wonderful and I'm very grateful for all the hard work that you do. It's not a job I could never be in your department. But
I appreciate all the hard work
that you did. So congratulations.
Mr. Yeager.
Yes, you guys definitely deserve this. As soon as you're done with the budget You go to the next budget and it's never ending. And as Commissioner Starkey said, it's very complex. And I'm I'm just gonna say a joke that Amy will understand. But if I ever ask a question, her answer is, wait, there's a slide for that. So you guys truly think of everything and you break it down and you make it easy for our constituents and all of us and just Thank you for all your hard work you put in all year
round. So thank you.
Okay. Mr. Carbella.
Thank thank th I can hold it. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh listen, um Pursuant to what Commissioner Weightman said, that that budget survey is on our main page, on our main website. It'll probably open for about another two weeks while we take some. But I've always kept the money people close. I actually married one, so my wife is a government finance professional as well. But uh I thank you guys for all that you do. I mean, honest to goodness, you provide transparency, accountability, and always promoting the fiscal responsibility uh that that goes along with it. And trying to make sure that we keep our
finances right, in line, and in order and safe for generations to come. And so I've always said that you've really got to understand money in order to make things work. And it takes a team to manage that. So whether it's our staff and our fiscal teams, our budget office, or even our partners at the clerk's office, you guys do amazing work. So I thank you for that.
And I'll say as as Chairman Mariano. Uh the commission and Ben and Bellicad since 2004. Watching it the team evolve over time has been phenomenal. I just gets better and better and better. What you guys do makes it easy for us. We can ask a question if there's not a slide for it. We'll get the answer. We'll tweak things to to make it all work so we can communicate to our citizens. And that's led to, if you look at all these budget years. Very little people come in to complain about what we're doing. It's more accolades. Even the Sis Sitten's
Academy that Commissioner Starkey had brought forward, when they look at what we do, they kind of say, Well, how do you make this happen? Leadership Pasco, same thing. How do they how do they make these decisions to go through? And with your uh dedication behind the scenes getting it all for us, it makes it easy for us to think, I think, make a very good decision. So thank you for the great work you do. Yeah.
All right. So I figured we had a soccer team here and we were talking a whole bunch of stats. And if I were to do my due diligence, I should also provide some stats to demonstrate the hard work that happens from, and this is just a small representation of the Dan wrote it down for me so I wouldn't mess it up. 147 individuals between the board side and the clerk's office dedicated. Ту ensuring good fiscal stюршіp. I'm proud to stand amongst this group of folks here. Um,
but in the last year, here's what we've accomplished. Thirty-five thousand one hundred and twenty-three PCARD transactions, forty-eight thousand four hundred and seventy-five invoices processed, 2,843 requisitions, purchase orders, and contracts were processed. Two thousand three hundred and seventy Purchase order, contract change orders were processed. We had to change some stuff. It's okay. Four hundred and seventy six budget amendments processed. Oh, if Matt and Richard were here, they
wouldn't like this one. 2,562 account requests were processed. 132 funds were balanced. And then my personal favorite, um, so Dan wrote multiple millage rate scenarios calculated, but I'd like to rephrase that. I'd like to rephrase that to somewhere around Countless side quests we were sent on. Бен серіснес. When I come up here and I get to present to you guys, it's not
just my team, the budget office's body of work that I get to be the mouthpiece for. It's everyone standing here across all of the branches: public safety, development services, internal services, public infrastructure, public services. It's we all come together. Every year to make sure that we are getting the most accurate information in front of you guys in an easy to understand manner so you can make the hard decisions that you need to make to make sure our money is working for our citizens and our stakeholders. It's a group effort. So as honored as I am to
stand here and say thank you for honoring us, thanks for working with us on this.
All right.
Good morning. Heather Grimes, Chief Administrative Officer for the Clerk of the Court. Amy gave great stats. I have a couple too. So why Amy gets to help plan and her team, we get to work with a lot of your fiscal teams on the day-to-day. So we are responsible for $2.3 billion. That's a lot. This is like a massive corporation, right? And a lot of things could go wrong, but they don't because of all these people. And that equates to
2,700 transactions every single day in this county to run the business. So thank you for your recognition.
They are great stewards of the PAC the public's money and we appreciate their Work every day and thank you for recognizing them.
Mr. Chairman, if I could. Sure. Um, as many of you know, I've been around a while. And um I have watched the relationship between the clerk's office, having been on both sides of the equation at different times, cussing the clerk's office and uh uh about not being able to get things through and whatever I can. say though that I believe I cannot say that I've ever seen the cooperation and interaction as good as it is the nowadays and
it is truly a team and um I'm my hat's off to y'all because as was said before I wouldn't do it. Uh I I wouldn't sit in front of a tube doing that stuff all day. But uh congratulations to y'all. Yeah.
All right. Um Commissioner Weightman, you want to get on to the pitcher? We'll stand back up here. Come on up this way.
Yeah. Yeah.
Every group today's been been large.
Yeah, short people in front, I'm used to it.
Thank you. You knew what I was going to say.
You've
heard my window comment from earlier.
Three, two, one.