San Antonio Lumber centennial and human trafficking resolutions
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Okay. Is that all we have on WebEx? Is there anyone else in the public we would like to address that didn't sign up already? Okay, that will close public comment. Uh now it's time for the resolutions. Madam Clerk, would you please read the first resolution and with the recipient please approach the podium? Just for the San Antonio Lumbers.
Yes. Mr. Thomas Schrader? San Antonio Lumber.
All right, I'll go ahead and read the resolution first. Resolution number twenty-three dash zero four nine, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, congratulating Thomas Schrader. On San Antonio Lumber Company's 100th anniversary with many years of support and dedication to the Pasco County community. Whereas San Antonio Lumber Company is one of the few businesses in East Pasco County that was started in the 1920s that is still in existence
today in San Antonio, Florida. And Raz, the Schrader family, has run the business since nineteen twenty-three and And in nineteen twenty nine Hermann Schrader bought out JP Lynch and ran the business himself until nineteen thirty seven, when he turned the business over to his son, Arthur Schrader, who remained at the helm for twenty years. And whereas in nineteen fifty seven the San Antonio Lumber Company was passed to Arthur Schrader Junior, who expanded the store and grew the business. Arthur
Schrader Junior headed regional agricultural pilot programs and forged an alliance with the Purina Chow Company. After his death in nineteen ninety four, his son Thomas Schrader succeeded him as the current own owner. And whereas, with over 40 years of experience at San Antonio Lumber Company, Thomas Schrader picked up where his father left off and has been dedicated to the employees' community and towards the business's transformation. Thomas has adopted his father's conservative approach to
operating the business while looking to the future for new opportunities and advancements to place the business more competitively. in the market. Anne Raz Thomas's daughter, Sarah Schrader, joined the family business in 2012 after graduating from Stetson University and spending several years in other industries. Sarah currently serves as president of San Antonio Lumber Company and is looking to the future through innovation and change while keeping their fundamental values that have served them well. Anras San Antonio
Lumber Company's multi-generational Family business is still humbly serving the community and construction trade and continues to play a vital role in interesting. R a vital and interesting role while forging unique and remarkable relationships to become the people's choice. Now therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby congratulates Thomas Schrader of San Antonio Lumber Company's 100th anniversary with many years of support and dedication to the Pasco
County community. Dunan resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting this 10th day of January 2023.
Second.
All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you. Stay right there. Stay right around.
This is your day in court. Commissioner Oakley. We congratulate you on on a hundred years in this business. Um I know your grandfather probably ran it before your dad and on and on, but uh it's been a good business and continues to do good business. I built my first home buying material from Santa Lumber back in the 70s. I'm building my last home right now, finished up
buying my materials from Santa Lumber. And have done other homes and other projects with my company and my family over the years. So many different ways that we've been able to use your company and and get what we need for building construction needs. So I uh congratulate you on today. Not many companies last a hundred years so I mean they uh don't have anybody to take over or whatever they're sold or or gone. But Um thank
you for all y'all done for our community in uh East Pasco County and working with us. So we certainly appreciate you. Um and I would like for you to speak to Your business over the hundred years. Time you may want to start and some work and finish or
I only talk about the last fifty 'cause I've been there. But we are the uh the largest independent lumber company in East Pasco County. And the only one, by the way. Anyways, at the moment, there's other, but we've been there a long time. A lot of great customers over the years. A lot of good employees that's been there. Some have been there 40, 50 years. All the family's been involved with the business. at one time or another. Uh my grandfather over
on the wall, Teddy over on the wall, uh they were both county commissioners and they were involved in the business at some time or another. My brother Terry and his wife will be here. They're Laura and We all been in the in the That business somewhat always helped out one way or the other, whether it was unloading the car lumber. We used to get lumber in there on cars, unloaded by hand, or by sand, we get cars and unloaded with a shovel. Those days are all gone, you know. But thank God. But
uh no, we're and and then uh uh we're just we're just glad to to be able still be here and uh we have about twenty-two employees now and uh they've all been there for many, many years. Yeah that's that's a tribute to me to our good things to
Sarah? Sure.
Oh you want me to speak?
Absolutely.
Um
We just want to thank you for acknowledging our business and we appreciate it and
Well I appreciate I I personally I I appreciate your family and and I've used San Antonio Lumber for uh ever for fifty years, so basically about the time Tom's been there that whole time. So but uh but it's been a joy to do business with y'all and uh your family and uh you've been a great asset for the community. So Thank you very much. Any other commissioners like to say anything or Yeah.
Good. Commissioner Starkey?
I've never shopped there, sorry. Well you should come in. We got a new storeroom. But uh any any business that any business that can survive that long, that's fantastic. So congratulations.
Commissioner Breffit.
I just want to say congratulations to you. I'm I'm only uh thirty-four. So I uh I uh can appreciate the longevity in your business, but well done. Thank you.
Commissioner Weightman?
Thank you. Uh something unique about Stan Lumber, you come in with a large enough project, you'll receive a handwritten thank you note from Mr. Schrader. So um that's something unique to the business and I thought was pretty special that you don't get from from anywhere else.
Well, congratulations on a hundred years, a tremendous accomplishment. Your family's done a great service for this county, made it better and better, so we greatly appreciate you and congratulations.
If the other commissioners would come down with me and take a picture and I'll present the certificate.
Okay, folks, this guy was Yeah.
And we have next resolution, R S two.
Thank you. Is um someone here for the National Sl Save National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. You could please come to the podium.
Very good. I will go ahead and read the resolution. Resolution number 23-048, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring the month of January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in January 11th, 2023, as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Pasco County. Whereas human trafficking is a crime against a person whereby through exploitation an individual is compelled to work or engage in a commercial sex act th through
force, fraud, or coercion, thereby being stripped of his or her rights and humanity. Traffickers typically use multiple means to control their victims, including beatings, rape, isolation, forced drugs, alcohol dependency, Withholding of documentation and psychological and emotional abuse. And RARAS, the International Labor Organization, conservatively estimates that there are over 49.6 million victims of human trafficking worldwide, and that this crime is second only to the illegal
drug trade in terms of the speed of its growth and the profits that it generates as human beings can be sold repeatedly. Mm-hmm. ANRAS Human Trafficking has been reported in all 50 states. Florida consistently ranks third in the nation in the number of calls made to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Three. 3,587 cases of human trafficking are reported to the NHTH from from Florida between 2016
and 2020. And whereas human trafficking is occurring in Pasco County, through the Pasco County Commission on Human Trafficking, our community has united To combat this horrific crime. And restore dignity to survivors by bringing together the sectors deemed critical to effectively combating human trafficking, such as law enforcement, schools, child welfare, nonprofits, businesses, faith-based organizations, survivors, etc. And RAS, despite these dedicated
local efforts, more awareness, education, and advocacy are needed to eradicate human trafficking. Every resident of Pasco County is called upon to declare that the exploitation of people for profit has no place in our world and that we need to work together to restore freedom, dignity, and justice to all. ANRAS, January is annually declared as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and January eleventh as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Now, therefore, be it
resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby declares January 2023 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Pasco County, Florida, and that all citizens be encouraged to participate in education, awareness, and advocacy and prevention efforts to combat human trafficking. Dun and resolved in regular session with a quorum president. and voting this tenth day of January twenty twenty three.
Move to
approve.
Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Okay. Commissioner Starkey.
Yes, welcome. Um here this morning. I don't. Uh, you know, it's just unbelievable that we're talking about slavery. Slavery and human trafficking i in this day and age. And to know that it's occurring here in Pasco County. It's just heartbreaking. So I'm really glad that we're bringing attention to this um im important um issue and uh everyone needs to be vi vigilant and um And keep your eyes open for someone who's being
trafficked. So um would someone from your group like to speak?
Good morning members of the board. Brian Hoban, Director of Community Services. I want to first take a minute and thank the board for the continued support for the Pasco County Commission on Human Trafficking. This board is comprised of community members and subject matter experts that do a phenomenal job of combating human trafficking and educating our community. I also want to just take a second to um acknowledge and thank Tracy Toner, our misdemeanor probation manager. She is our county liaison for this board. And lastly, just let the board know that we are very excited to have a uh commissioner uh as the new board member very
soon. So thank you.
Um okay so take a photo. Any last more things?
Before yeah before we go I know Commissioner Oakley's served with us for quite a while.
I've served with the board uh probably Probably four, not the last two, but for the first four years I was on board and y'all've done a great job. Um if eye opener to me to all that goes on in our community that I can tell you without your group and our Pasco County and community and surrounding area. it would be worse than it is, even though it's still something we gotta keep tugging at and working at to get done. Y'all done a great job and making a lot of headway
on doing away with human trafficking in Pasco County. So I certainly appreciate that. And all those uh I think it's sometimes made national. uh history basically out reaching out as far as he did with the with the things y'all carried on in your organization and been able to do against human trafficking. So job well done.
And Commissioner Bradford, who I will be appointing later on to this committee, what would you like to say?
Good morning. There is no more vile crime than human trafficking. It's a vile, hideous disease that our that our society Can't seem to fix until now. We have to make a difference in Pasco County. In a previous life, in a previous career, I was out there fighting that fight, one victim at a time, one situation at a time. God bless me
with a different role. Hopefully I can make a difference here in that exact same fight. Proud to know Kelly. She's uh brought a new perspective to uh my life and career in this particular area, re-emphasize why I got into this job. So well done. Looking forward to being part of uh your team and uh let's go get it done. Thank you. Okay.
Commissioner Weightman.
Chairman Mari Commissioner Starkey for recognizing the efforts of of this group as a as a dad to a young old girl, a one-year-old boy. Times are parenting has changed and times have changed. What parents need to look out for. and uh what we need to what we need to be aware of. So appreciate you all doing what you do for our community and uh being there for those folks to to help in a pretty awful situation.
Thank you. And like I say I I appreciate all your efforts, your work, uh you're wanted to serve and your enthusiasm to serve on the on this committee as well. Um the board members as well as you you board members. Um you know for someone who raised two girls, my most important thing was protecting those girls every step of the way. So the ones that uh are struggling, the boys as well, it's it's something that uh we're glad you're focusing on and we'll we all give all the support we can. So thank you.
All right, let's take our photo.
Thank you.
Seth Seth looks like I did on December twenty-sixth.
Seth, do you have that cold and cough that's going around?
As well as a lot.
I have it. I'm still copic, but I'm not contagious.
She's sitting next to me too. I'm not gonna
take this no longer have a feedback.
I'm glad you're glad you're in with us though.
Thanks, Seth.
Well, Richard Job becoming I didn't feel like coming in special little paper and... No taking your words.
No, it's the right thing to do and uh we're glad we accommodated first sickness to make to make this happen. But if you
don't feel good, you don't please don't stay on. We have a very light agenda.