Remarks by Chris Scherer
75 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“But we're not, and we're voting on what we're gonna charge these funds in the future. But we don't see a list of what we're charging these funds in the future, and we're voting to approve a budget based on that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“The contra charges are not. I don't see those. I don't know what we're charging these funds.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“It's hard for me to approve a budget when I don't know what I'm approving.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Who decided what we are allowed to charge you these different funds? Is it us staff? Is it state statute?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I would just be happy with a close to total number, and this is what this department was, and we back these contra numbers out, and a total.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. I just got a big vote coming up, and I want to understand what I'm voting on.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes, thank you, Chair. First of all, wow, great job. I really appreciate the work because this is vastly superior to what we saw before. Second, I prefer the option one. The cost is good, but I think it's a cleaner look than the option two, which is... You haven't presented an elevation for the other building, and I'm worried about the conflict between the entryway and the second building, and obscure that elevation. I think you could get a cleaner look on the second building and the elevation if we go with the central entrance for option one. So I'm leaning toward option one. I haven't…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Right. The one in the corner for the second option, option two, if you put it in the corner, I don't know. I can't visualize what the other building would look like with that out there, and we don't have an option to look at, but I think it would be a cleaner option.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“And I'm just assuming that we're going to eliminate the colony that was on the backside of the facing the, uh, Olmerton road.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Right, I like the focus that it's on the interior where people come, and so I like that. Anyway, I like option one. I really like the 1A. 1C is nice as well, but I don't care for the center, the option two. That's where I am. Thank you. The center being the corner, the one in the corner.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“okay well chair i just oh sorry just for the record i like option one and i i like option the outside option yes i like option one the best i think it's functional i i just think it's the best way to go and from a elevation standpoint all the way around uh 1a or 1c i'd be happy with either one of those But if there's any chance that the mechanical equipment could be viewed from the ground, I would go with option 1C, which would obscure that we won't have to look at any mechanical equipment. I don't know what kind of, if that's where I am, so.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“I love option one. Okay. And the elevations in particular, I'd be happy with 1A or 1C, but if the mechanical equipment that's sitting on the roof can be visible from the ground, then we should go with option one. which would completely obscure that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Go ahead. Barry, I was looking for the total dollar number on the building in the future for the campus bond payment that we're paying in advance. What's that going to be?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, I mean, how much are we putting aside on this budget for the future bond payments?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“In this budget, we're putting that aside?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Can we cut that by $500,000 and save Wheaton Island?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, that was quick. I didn't have the total numbers, so I couldn't figure out where.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“I'd like to just get that done. Commissioner Flowers.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“The Wheaton Island proposal was very sudden and caught a lot of people by surprise. And I... We haven't even figured out when we're going to sell the properties here, so I don't see that way. We couldn't at least have that as an option for our next workshop to see what that, make sure we can get it done. Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“chair just to piggyback on commissioner wiki i i agree with him that it's too much to be putting aside and i don't see why we can't use 500 000 for whedon island and and and pull hold a little back on that reserve uh to give us a little millage rate reduction at least start picking away at that millage rate because right now we're not talking about any millage rate reduction i'd like to start talking about millage rate reduction so i see that as a a place where we can make some effort”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“I'll take that for now until we find some better-hanging fruit.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, I'm really interested in seeing this list of... programs that we're funding. There's a lot of things that we're funding that would not affect our level of employment and things like that. How much money are we spending supporting chamber of commerce's around the county? We spend about $300,000 a year supporting the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. Do we really need to be doing that? There's a lot of those. programs that we're supporting that I'm not sure we need to.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yes, Chair, I want to remind you that we also talked about, we were going to look at programs.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“And specifically for me, I want to know about this Tampa Bay planning council because we spend a lot on that and I just don't see a big fruit.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Just one other thing. Barry, I was trading emails back and forth with Blaine before he got his surgery about the use of drop employees. I'm just confused on drop employees. If you have a full-time person at their They retire, but they choose to be in the drop program. Does that save us money every year? It's exactly the same cost.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026