Invocation, pledge, and roll call

0:00Good morning. How are you? Good.

0:02How are you?

0:09T minus thirty.

0:35Just on the phone over there.

0:57Good morning everybody. Welcome to the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners for 1208 2020. We could please rise for the invocation and the pledge.

1:09O merciful Creator, your hand is opened wide to satisfy the needs of every living creature. Make us thankful for your loving providence, and grant that we, remembering the account that we must one day give, may be faithful stewards of your good gifts. Amen.

1:23Well the legend.

1:25I mean I see it's a

1:31Oh my god. individual with liberty and justice

1:35for all. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

1:38Is Jack on um District One, Commissioner Oakley. District 2, Commissioner Moore.

1:45Here.

1:46District 3, Commissioner Starkey. Here. District 4, Commissioner Fitzpatrick. Here. District 5, Commissioner Mariano.

1:55We're all here. Mr Steinsteiner, will you go over to today's proceedings with the BCC please?

2:05Be happy to, Mr. Chairman. Sir.

2:10On March twelfth, twenty twenty, the Board of County Commissioners declared a local state of emergency after the governor issued executive order twenty-fifty one and twenty-fifty two, public health emergency and state of emergency related to COVID nineteen. The Board has chosen to hold its meeting with a quorum physically present utilizing communications media technology for the public and team members to participate. The detail a detailed advertisement was run in the Tampa Bay Times indicating the board's

2:40intent to conduct a hybrid virtual meeting. On September 25th, 2020, the governor executed Executive Order 20-244, moving the state into phase three of the governor's Safe, Smart, Step-by-Step Order, which was extended by Executive Order 20-297, issued on November 24, 2020. Large gatherings of over fifty people are still not recommended to c congregate in any public space that does not readily allow for

3:10appropriate social distancing. State Attor Surgeon Generals. public health advisory is still in place with regard to maintaining social distancing and avoiding gatherings of ten or more people. public is afforded an opportunity to make public comments either in writing or by the use of communications technology that has been provided. The Board adopted resolution twenty one eighty two On June 30th, 2020, establishing the procedural rules for hybrid virtual meetings, such as the one being held

3:40today. As with any meeting that you take action, you are required to take public comment on any proposition pursuant to section 286.0114 Florida statutes. I'm available for any questions.

3:53Thank you, Mr. Steinsteiner. Well folks, we're in the same situation we were last. Last time.

3:57Oh.

3:58So I guess I'll need a motion again like you did last time, Starkey, to I guess continue our reorg Two I don't know. When's our next meeting? January eighth.

4:12January what? January twelfth

4:14is

4:14your

4:14next one.

4:14You're liable to m have somebody go on the next board meeting too.

4:17I I don't know. I just keep doing that boarding.

4:22I'm okay if we go ahead and try it and do our reorganization today if other people I just think we're I don't have a problem with that is. I think

4:28we have to because it's gonna keep I'm sorry to say but there's a possibility of one of us being absent. Other meetings coming up. So there'll be delay in the reorganization. I mean

4:38I'll I'll leave it up to you guys. I mean I don't

4:42Yeah. We're

4:43good.

4:43Okay. And we'll do it. Let me Okay, hold on one sec.

4:51You have uh Just uh.

4:53I do. I do.

4:55Right. Let's do it.

4:57Okay.