Remarks by Chris Boles
19 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Good morning, everyone. How are you all today? Wet day today. One of the things that is a little different that we don't normally do is provide something to our staff, but this is the only appropriate person to provide this to and department. So can I have Chief Daugherty and any of your staff that you want to come up here with you to accept this? I'll give you just a moment. Don't be shy. We all love you. Come on.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you all so much. You know, for many of you, you do know, but for those that don't, I've spent most of my working career in the fire service. And I know some of the most important work that is done happens before the call ever comes into the dispatch center. Fire prevention is about education. It's about awareness and helping people recognize risks before they become emergencies. This year, the focus for Fire Prevention Week on a national level is on the growing risk of lithium ion battery fires. It's an issue we've also been working to address here in Hillsborough County through our…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you. First, I want to say, at least I'm not sure if our Public speaker is still here, but sometimes what we put in writing doesn't always come across what the intent per se is. That happens a lot with texts. In this society that we live in, you can start mean tweeting everybody. But I wanna be clear about what this item does. I'm speaking directly to my colleagues here at the dais. This proposal does not designate Lithia for additional growth. This proposal does not change zoning, land use, density, or the urban service area. Does not approve a development project or create a new…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“to the best of this structure fits within our current policy and standards. This would basically group things together and prioritize funding that would be collected in those zones and maybe create a. a Chinese menu list if you want to of embosses that could come in that area as well. So if it's not directly related to a development right in front, maybe you move an intersection down a quarter mile or a half mile away. Traffic, transportation influences from these neighborhoods and these areas are all affecting this currently today. So as we know, a development, whether it's commercial or…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“My question is for the county attorney. Would this change our, or the other attorney, any one of the attorneys in the room, as far as it wouldn't affect our standing with either the current lawsuit or... to the degree that you're able to say.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“So if we could postulate that we may vote not to support that, in that scenario, would that change?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Commissioner Bowles. Quickly, just for clarification, Commissioner Wistel, are we talking about both issues or can we bifurcate those today?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“I'd like to actually bifurcate them, so.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Bolz, for saying that. It's come to my attention that our, I don't know, call it sister county, but one of our local counties, within the last few years, was able to identify over $300 million, and I was able to verify this, $300 million in outstanding liens put forth by code enforcement in that county, and they were able to collect a percentage of that. But that just goes to kind of highlight how maybe some dollars are available. I'd like to ask that the county administrator, and I know that we maintain and collect code enforcement liens, but I have not been…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Real quickly, on item A8 that was brought up before us, and we got all this documentation here, I'm assuming that our directors are doing all the things they need to do to ensure that the nonprofits are meeting the requirements that are put before them. And this is on a reimbursement basis, correct?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, because we got a lot of information.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“The revenue that we collected, that went towards the sheriff's office, or does that go towards general fund? Do you know? I do.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“That's just Hillsborough County, generally speaking? Yes, sir, not the sheriff's office. Okay, and Bonnie, would that kind of, where does that money go to? Ultimately to the sheriff's budget. Big kind of rolls back. Yes, sir. So is that through the countywide or county, it's not unincorporated, it's countywide funds then, right?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Oh, it's unincorporated. Okay, thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Commissioner Bowles. Thank you. This is really just a follow-up. And is Attorney Hatemoder here? Just in case there's a question I want to come up to the item that was brought up earlier this during this year that we had a few months ago regarding this well and water conservation district. We had some discussion on that and some things came to light that I thought were kind of interesting. There was a motion made by Commissioner Myers, I believe, that kind of wanted to align our processes that would kind of go along with the nonprofit policies that we have. However, I kind of had some…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“I'll end on this. I think that, and I share the same concerns across the board that both Commissioner Miller and Commissioner Wistel just pointed out. But I think that certainly from what we heard from the executive director that was here a few months ago, that the liberals have been pretty weak and nonexistent for our farmers here, that we have five visits over a year and 10 phone calls and we're giving them the $650,000, I think is pretty sad state of affairs. Beyond that though, what I'd like to see, and I think if we go back in history, even beyond the current board that exists today, we…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. So to... I want to say that Krishna Wustl took some of my talking points, but he did actually. Some of the things that I brought up with certainly staff and on this was about people coming after the fact. And to some degree, you alluded to it, like with the bucks coming, saying, hey, what about us in a way? Totally get it. There's only limited amount of funds that are coming in. We have to kind of allocate those as we see fit. We've found a way to make it work You guys did a fantastic job of making lemonade out of lemons, I guess, from the money that we have allocated…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you. I presumed since you made the previous motion to change this. In my short time on the board here so far, at least I'm just going to use numbers from 2025. We've had roughly 452 procurement items under the procurement tab. Out of the 452 items from 2025 to this agenda, I think at least that I can recall, we've had less than a handful of items that are being referred to that we've had to come before the board and make an adjustment to or make a change that may be different than what happened during the process. And with that kind of mindset, I think that this is kind of a solution…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026