Remarks by Dave Eggers
526 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 22
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“I'm sorry, I just wanted to get that context. Maybe you talk about that first one. That was a stabilization effort because of the gas tax.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, that was during the COVID when we were all doing things and I was out reporting on every nook and cranny that we had.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“And so the second mill for $24.6 million is primarily roads. Roads and sidewalks, it's all combined. Okay, and the last one, separate, is just additional roads, bridges, and sidewalks, just additional funds.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“All of the penny dollars are going for more of our collector roads and our main roads projects.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“would imagine ongoing every year additional roads come on to the we need to get them fixed so we're always kind of going through this the the loop every”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. Thanks. Commissioner Scott, do you have a question? Hold on.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“So if you were just repaving the road, that's maintenance, and that's why we have this additional fund. If the roads get so bad that you're having to redo the roads, reconstruct the roads, is that capital? yes that's i'm looking at kelly nodding yes okay so those roads those those those roads would probably be eligible for penny the reconstructing the ones that are so bad that we have to reconstruct Oh, she's saying resurfacing is capital.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“But then that means something drops off the penny list.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Just for context, again, his budget went up a certain amount this year in his first proposed budget, and then he's brought it back down.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“All of these reductions that we're talking about, they're all ongoing monies for ongoing relief, as opposed to looking at that last page real quick. And I apologize for being late, and thank you, Commissioner, for standing in. So I may be saying something you guys have already talked about. but I'm seeing things like a reserve change. That's just really a one time.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“It is. So, yeah. It's the challenge, right? I mean, it makes such logical sense because everybody is paying for their share of infrastructure improvements through the gas tax, except certain areas. Right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Oh, I understand you're not recommending, but if there are people that want a full rollback, those will have to be discussed. Correct. At least those and maybe something else that somebody has out there. Correct. Okay. So I would like to have that brief discussion about those areas. So we're clear. And that doesn't mean we're supporting or not supporting it. We just need to understand it. Hold on one second, Barry. Okay. Hold on. Before we jump into that, Brian, did you have anything else? I did, but if Rene wants to finish her thoughts, I'm fine. Okay. Did you want to go down and below? Yeah.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'd rather have him kind of talk to each of those. Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay. But I know we're going to come back.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“And I believe that Commissioner Scott, didn't he ask? Did you ask for a list of those? Yeah, and I'm looking through my notes here to see if I could find them. Can you briefly have it?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“And before you leave, and I don't forget, I wanted to hear what the update is from the hospitals on the Sunco services. See what kind of headway we're getting on that. Thank you. Appreciate that, Karen. Oh yeah, right on top Jesus.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay. And current funding, current budget has funding for Suncoast through December?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“So we have a little time. All right. Go ahead, Commissioner.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Can you speak to that? These are seven independent groups.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Do they all have the same access to state grants and are they all equally taken care of or do some of them struggle getting the grants because they're not viewed the same way as others i mean i specifically look at st pete free clinic who provides food for a lot of different groups who distribute to our residents”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, I think there's certainly, and again, I wrestle with this, the things that we criticize the state about doing things spontaneously, and we're left holding the bag, so to speak. And so I want to make sure that we are respectful of a of an incremental process. But I too would like to at least have, in maybe the first quarter of next fiscal year, kind of a discussion about all the different things that we do and maybe where there is overlap. Because I'm certainly not at the level of understanding of the complexities of each of these and how they either overlap or they complement. I just…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“That's the one we're talking to. The second piece. Yes. Yeah. Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I mean, even the same thing with our food banks that we have. Correct. I mean, you don't have a card that says you've got some food for the month, so you can't go down the street to the next one and the next one. There's no way to even govern that, really.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“So that to your point, there's I don't know, some of that would be, I'm sure, very needed, you know, but some of it may not be. I wouldn't care to speak to that at all.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“And I, again, Karen's been in the business for a while and knows the different players out there. I think that conversation would be really a good one to have. I know that you keep as close an eye on it as you can in a system that, as you just said, it's hard to manage between different groups that are involved. um in some ways and i just you know you have to be careful how we say it but it's almost air on the side of caution just a little bit i mean i know there may be a little bit of overlap the potential for some but again there is something about taking care of our own our own families…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026