Tourist Development Council reappointment and committee assignments
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The county’s agenda for Board of County Commissioners, Jan 14, 2025
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And I hope that we can um send uh people again next year uh to to this event. Um Also, uh, we volunteered at the Metropolitan Ministries. We always we always liked doing this and I my staff uh went out and bought a whole bunch of Christmas presents for me and we also delivered those to Metmin Tent um earlier but It's um It's an amazing well oiled machine the way they they uh work this tent during the holidays
and we always love participating in it. And actually, Commissioner Yeager, through your influence, um when we were doing food out in the holiday area on Mile Stretch, um, you know, um I can't remember his name now, but he was doing his barbecue uh joiner, Gary Joiner. we weren't getting a good good amount of people coming up to it it 'cause it was behind us in the back of the Saint Paul de Vista Church. So I actually loaded up my car. And Jenny and I went door to door. um
on those streets there in the mile stretch and I and I found uh Um a gentleman who had no car, no food. No food stamps, no nothing. We have my we have to get with him. Wanna make sure our county goes and visits him. And um I've been bringing him food ever since. Uh but um Yeah, so um you've set a great example for all of us to follow. Um I would like to reappoint Bobby D. Philippe I don't know what that was. What was that?
Oh sorry, it was the parts requirement.
Oh, so we have a date. Okay. Um, I hadn't seen this. So this is our first county initiated uh community food distribution. And um we are putting this on ourselves. And as you see it's down at Mile Stretch, so I'm gonna guess that's again at the Saint Vincent de Paul Church. Um Everyone will be contacted and your staff and it's you know, volunteer county volunteers and we hope that we will uh um have a
very productive distribution for the for the area.
Okay, um 'cause that's not on my notes, sorry. Um So I wanna reappoint Bobby De Felipe to the Tourist Development Council. So moved.
Second.
All in favor? Aye. Um and you all should have got your list I th there's very few changes. I believe in continuity. Commissioner Oakley, I don't know why you think thought Commissioner Mariano was not on Tampa Bay Water, but he is. You know, it's they my staff did it a little differently. I don't know where it is. It was on
one, but not the other
list. Okay. Um but um I don't need to read this out. Do you all got this down? N and okay with everything? Um We took off the the one that was on here, which was the With Lacucci State Trail, because there is no With With Lacucci State Trail Council. Um But I am going to ask you for updates, important updates from the committees that you serve on. And I always say this when
I'm on my committees. Uh I don't represent me, I represent us. And so Jack and I gave ours today this morning. Yeah. Great job. Yeah. Okay. So we don't need another Tampa Bay Water update. Um but I would ask that if something important's going on, you know, it's like a m a a minute for committees and let us know what's going on. I I am very curious what's going on in the Springs, the Springs Council because that's there's money there and that affects our northwestern part of the county. So um
and you know I think Commissioner Weightman is on that one.
That's that's how that works is is the the committee it's CF CFI funding essentially what little bit of money comes down CFI. So the Springs committee's made up of Myself, Kelly Rice, it's on the Swift Mud, uh Mayor of City of Crystal River and you know conglomerate, and then that board vets uh the CFI funds that the Swift Mud Governing Board come down and then we voted that way. So it's not when you guys discussed it
last meeting the The funding I think what you think is available is misinterpreted. So I thought
we're septic to sewer conversion.
Uh but again that's dictated by the Swift Flood Governing Board and then they hand it like we we go through it and vet it and bless it and then ultimately the Swift Flood governing board goes. But anything important, there's interesting, like we learn all sorts of different things like where uh bull shark uh one of the leading areas of Bull Shark mating grounds are so I won't say it into this mic 'cause it might impact some tourism that's close to us. Uh but there's some interesting fun facts for trivia that come out of that group. I talked to Karbala about that
last year. Uh uh so yes, I'm happy to share
those aren't the happy smiley
records. Those are the just those are just the the garbage disposals of uh They'll just bite you toe for second of it. Yeah, but I hear you guess maybe any kind of funding opportunity I'll bring it for.
Because I I thought they had something to sewer money um in a certain shed area. Okay, so if there's I guess I think that's it. I think then you got your committee assignments. Um I'll see some of you on Friday. Big meeting Friday. That'll be the shortest meeting
you've ever had.