State checks for Lindrick Ackerman and Betch Paul

1:38:11Okay. Um have a time certain so the commissioner is a very good thing.

1:38:17here. Time certain is here.

1:38:19If you're okay with it, I'll do my my commissioner items because it probably won't get to it this afternoon. And then we'll do Amber and then I'll leave.

1:38:26No, No, the time certain here.

1:38:30I w I'll do this next time.

1:38:33Not a ball.

1:38:35All right.

1:38:36Yeah. Uh no I'm gonna make

1:38:38eleven. R R sixty seven.

1:38:43Mm.

1:38:43Except

1:38:43for a butter on. Oh I think Commissioner Mariano wants to say something.

1:38:47Well I do, it's my d my district and my deal.

1:38:56Um if you don't mind, um we welcome um Representative Mariano uh to the chamber. Uh do you want to say a few words about the Lindrik? Um uh gift that we got from the state.

1:39:09Yeah, so good morning everyone. Happy to be here with you today. It's actually been a very long time since I've been in the chamber with you guys. So I'm happy to be bearing good news. As you guys are aware, we got two projects done this year in Tallahassee that are going through the county. One is Lindrick. This board has been very pivotal in getting the improvement of water quality for these people and the improvement in the rate. Um and so just

1:39:39want to thank you for all that you've done and You know, whenever we can partner, it's great to partner and happy to bring home three point eight million dollars to keep moving this in the in the right direction. And a lot of that is thanked to you thanks to you, Commissioner Starkey, for your advocacy. Uh and of course Commissioner Mariano. I'm a little biased there. He may be my favorite, so

1:40:03Um better be. So members, um With this money, I think I'd have um Mr. Karbala very briefly, like in one minute, explain what we're gonna do with this money because I promised the legislators it's going to capital uh improvements. So

1:40:19Okay.

1:40:20Mike's not on. Have you hit the button?

1:40:23He did.

1:40:25The

1:40:25button in the back.

1:40:28No, that's that's their button.

1:40:30Probably uh Mike Carbal, assistant county administrator of public infrastructure. Yes, uh we're we're taking that money and actually putting it to use now, as a matter of fact. Uh coming before you in a in a few few board meetings, we'll have an agreement with the FGUA where we're actually taking this money to get ahead of the game, start lining these sewer projects uh that are that are leaking already in into this system and make badly needed improvements as well as I think some discrete water improvements too with that to improve water quality of the area. It's not enough to meet all the capital needs of the system, but every dollar counts

1:41:00and we really appreciate it.

1:41:02So being a as as a resident of Gulf Harbors when we have a water break, which is frequent They have to pretty much shut the whole community down and this will help alleviate that uh from people not having any water or having to do the boil water, right? That's what I understand. So um very grateful. Shall we take a photo?

1:41:21Yes. Good.

1:41:34Mm-hmm.

1:41:45Yeah, we do that.

1:41:46All right, folks right here, please.

1:41:51Oh okay.

1:41:52Yeah.

1:41:56Thank you.

1:41:59You're gonna do a second photo after this one too.

1:42:03Most walk down. Yeah.

1:42:05Why?

1:42:06What's What's this one? I got more. Oh, we're one. I have to mind.

1:42:11Oh yeah. Someone think about it if they want to have

1:42:17great.

1:42:27Is there one more?

1:42:28No, we have a plan build eventually.

1:42:41Oh, she's doing another? Well I'll just explain the one we just took a picture with. Uh so I know uh uh Commissioner Fitzpatrick worked on this one as well. Um and this one's for two hundred thousand dollars for Ackerman Street for flooding. You know, I was first elected. Flooding was the number one issue in the area. Slowly, you know, with your work primarily a lot of these issues has been have been curbed, um, but there's still plenty of work to be done. So happy to get two hundred thousand dollars to help the flooding in that area.

1:43:11So just thank you guys for all that you do and hopefully next session we can do this again.

1:43:17And last night last night we celebrated uh with Amber the check for Betch Paul and Ministries. What was that? How much five million? Five million. Five million dollars as going to their new facility and holiday. So thank you so much.

1:43:30Thank you guys. I Mr. Chairman, I I I would like to say thank you. Um because Uh w I had worked for the two hundred thousand dollars for the floodwater mitigation project on Ackerman and Trouble Creek in downtown Newport Ritchie in my district. So thank you.

1:43:47Thank you for all your help.

1:43:49Sure.

1:43:55Just time do you want to do your um

1:43:58Micromash real quick?

1:44:00Yeah, we can.

1:44:01All right, throw those questions. We have a little time, we'll skip

1:44:03that over with.