Post-meeting Pasco County public service announcements

1:06:24Pasco County waterways and wildlife depend on you to keep them healthy. Excess fertilizer, grass clippings, trash, oils, and pet waste wash into gutters and storm drains when it rains. Stormwater carries these pollutants directly into our lakes and rivers, creating an unhealthy environment for fish, waterfowl, and other aquatic animals. Storm drains are meant for clean rainwater. Most other discharges are illegal. If you suspect an illicit discharge, please contact Pasco County Department of Public Works at seven two seven eight three four three six one one.

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1:08:22Go Pasco and Pasco County Libraries are perfect partners. Perfect place to buy your bus pass.

1:08:30I'm very excited to introduce our newest library where you could buy bus passes. We listened to your request and you can now buy your bus passes at the downtown Newport Ritchie Library.

1:08:44It's very convenient. To come from where I live to the library to pick up a bus pass. Before I would have to use two buses, and now I can use one.

1:08:55The Newport Ritchie Public Library acts as an information hub to the entire West Pasco community. We are thrilled to be able to offer the GoPasco bus passes as an additional service for. Our community.

1:09:11The bus passes that you could buy at the downtown Newport Ritchie Library are 31-day, regular and reduced, and the 20-ride. And don't forget, you can get your day passes on the bus. The partnership between GoPasco and the Newport Ritchie Library downtown is a great, great partnership. We've wanted this for many years. I just love Both past though.

1:09:39Find your way to Pasco County Libraries with Gopasco at gopasco.com.

1:09:49This is a message to anyone who is pimping, selling, or sexually exploiting someone in Pasco County.

1:09:55If you are forcing someone to sell their body for drugs or money, or if you are giving them drugs in exchange for sexual favors,

1:10:04if you're allowing a minor to stay in your house in return for sexual favors, or if you're setting up sexual dates with a child, if

1:10:10you are pimping, providing a ride, or security. security for someone selling their bodies for sex. or acting as a manager.

1:10:19The law considers you a human trafficker. And human trafficking is a felony. You could be sentenced to 30 years to life.

1:10:28Every law enforcement agency in Pasco County, including the Pasco Sheriff's Office, the New Port Richey Department, the

1:10:33Zephyrhills Police Department, the Dade City Police Department, and the Port Ritchie Police

1:10:37Department. Are working to arrest and help prosecute human traffickers. Pasco County has zero tolerance for human trafficking.

1:10:45If you take advantage of others, forcing them to work, Or engage in commercial sex acts. We have a special place for you to live. The Pasco County Jail.

1:10:55If you exploit or traffic other people, you are participating in modern day slavery.

1:11:00Would you want someone to sell a member of your family for sex?

1:11:03Is a life in prison worth it? Because eventually you will get caught.

1:11:07We use state-of-the-art technology. We have highly trained, experienced officers.

1:11:12We've leveraged detailed intelligence. and monitor all of the online and social media platforms that traffickers use.

1:11:20All law enforcement is working together. If you are a trafficker in Pasco

1:11:24County, we're looking for you and we will find you. Pasco doesn't buy it. Don't traffic or sell another person or you will be arrested.

1:11:38Hey, I'm Kevin Jenkins, Water Quality Supervisor for Pasco County. What you see behind me tends to create a lot of questions for our department. People ask all the time, why are you wasting all that water or why is that thing still running? The answer is simple. We're not.

1:11:59What you see happening right here is a state-regulated process called water quality flushing. It happens every day to keep your drinking water safe. Our team is responsible for checking more than 122,000 connections all over Pasco County. As you can imagine, it's a daunting task, but it's work we do proudly and take seriously. We service both residential and commercial connections and flush water management. Periodically for preventative maintenance. It helps get rid of impurities, sediment, and biologic growth.

1:12:30This work can be done by a team member or by an automatic flushing device known as an A of D. AFDs can flush pipes remotely. So there you have it and now you know. That's our flushing process in a nutshell. Pasco County works hard to maintain the best water quality. This is just one way we get to that point. To learn more about this and other Pasco County utilities information, please visit our website at mypasco.net.

1:13:13Are you one of the nearly 50,000 veterans who live, work, and play in Pasco County? Our team at Pasco County Veterans Services is here to help you and your family, making sure you receive the benefits you deserve, from filing compensation and pension claims to crisis and aid and assistance. We're here to serve you.

1:13:31So all of the Veterans Service officers here in Pasco County are retired from the military. We all come from different backgrounds, different branches of the military, but we all bring forth the experience and our expertise just through things that we have gained from our own personal military services.

1:13:51You should come in and talk to a veteran service officer if you're trying to put together any type of claim that involves the VA.

1:13:59I just think the team is great. Here, very uh caring, that's for sure, and um they put their all to help you. You get total.