Remarks by Dave Eggers
526 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 13 of 22
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“And you're presuming that we're paying for that meter install?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I understand. And the people that I've talked to said they're willing to pay. I'm not talking to the number that you're talking about, but not a representative sample either. But the ones that I've talked to said, oh, yeah, no, I'll pay for the meter install and everything else.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“And that's fair. And so when somebody comes in to inquire about that meter, it's also smart of them to look at that. And we should have, you know, I think of Mike Twitty and his, he creates a formula for everything in his department. So you can go on there and figure, you know, and maybe there's something we should put on there that shows what that savings really is and that it is a six-year payback and, you know, and maybe there is a rethinking from folks I mean, it just makes sense that we're trying to accommodate our customers. I mean, that's what we're supposed to do.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, I don't think you have a whole lot of people taking advantage of the program, but I think it's something that we ought to look at.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah. I think that's attractive, I think. I mean, I haven't run this by the folks that are experiencing the issue. I think some of it's philosophical and some of it's practical. So if you're addressing at least the practical side, philosophically, it may not be the freedom or whatever that they'd like to see, but at least practically, you're showing that it's not significant. If we're able to adjust those.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I like the idea of doing further investigation on here, but I also like the idea of thinking about what that rate adjustment would be and how that would make sense to a particular person. On the practical side, I said there's practical, there's philosophical, right? We may not be able to ever deal with the philosophical side, but at least on the practical side, we've narrowed that gap a little bit. I think that makes sense to me. I don't know. Anybody else want to weigh in on this? Want to do his recommendation, which is to do a little more study number one and maybe take a look at some rate…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Appreciate it. We're obviously going to take a break here. If we can hold for a second. I had about five or six things I needed to go over when we're done with the agenda briefing. Commissioners need to be here for some of that. Do you want me to just touch on those real quick? And then we could take a break for lunch and then make sure, just making sure. There was a PSTA letter that I received regarding a grant that they want to go after federal transit administration bus and bus facilities grant. They're requesting $2 million to expand where PSTA can construct bus bays. Locations…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“No, that's fine. I think that's fine, but I think it's good for us to have that discussion. I mean, if anybody listened to his session, he had a... Talk with the press I guess yesterday and so there was it was an hour long and it's probably be good for everybody to look at that before our meeting.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“So anyway, that conversation I think we'll have and then we can kind of kind of collectively decide if we want to do something on the cameras that are at our right of ways versus the state right of ways that. Does that make sense here?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I mean, it's such a... Well, anyway, it's an incredible conversation to have. I had one with a gentleman, one of our residents, and it was really a great conversation. There just didn't seem to be a... It's either, you know, the rights of the, you know, the bill of rights and the constitution on one side and public safety on the other side. And they're near the twain shall meet unless it's your kid that got kidnapped. And then you're like, I turn them all on. So I want to find them right away. So I think that conversation is going to be a good one to have after the sheriff weighs in. So if…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“So that's kind of where we're heading at this point. And then the county attorney, I've kind of come to the end of my negotiations with Don, and I think that's been sent out to everybody. Yes, so everybody should have gotten that package of information, and what I'll be bringing forward is submitted in that contract, but I wanted to bring other information that not only respected the 12-member board that said we wanted to show total compensation, but also the will that you guys said we want to show the details so that when we're comparing to other counties, we have a good comparison. So you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Great. Yeah, remind me of that when we get to it. We were going to get a presentation from them, from staff.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“And I think we probably will have a little bit more discussion during this first. Hopefully when he gets to the last one, we will have minimal discussion, but still some. So between that and our workshop, you know, we'll have another opportunity to bring this in for a landing, hopefully. Yeah.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Sounds good. Anything else from the commission before we adjourn? Yep, it was a good day. Good day. Commissioner Scheer, thank you for your inquiries. Commissioner Scott as well. Commissioner Flowers, you always bring good stuff to the table. So we have some work to do still, but we're getting there, slowly but surely. All right, thank you. We are adjourned.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Good rainy couple of days we've had, which is well received by the folks at Tampa Bay Water and all of us, of course. But anyway, welcome to our August 25th commission meeting. And glad to have you here today. If you're online, welcome as well. And we will get started with our invocation and our pledge. Commissioner Shearer, please.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“We have one proclamation today, and before I do that, I wanted to again welcome and thank Corporal Clyde Thornton, Deputy Mike Winnick, Deputy Kevin McSweeney, and Deputy Jeff Atkinson for being here and taking care of us as they do every meeting. So thank you, gentlemen. Absolutely. Thank you. All right, today I get to talk to, about a building department, Appreciation Day, probably one of the departments that I spend a lot of time with, with Kevin McAndrew and company, and always appreciate the work that they do on so many levels. As changes occur in technology, as changes occur in their…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'm gonna read this proclamation and then you all can decide amongst yourselves who would like to say a few words. You're chosen, huh? Okay, all right. And if somebody else wants to, you can join in as well. The safety of our homes, businesses, and public infrastructure relies on the dedicated professionals of the building department, including building officials, inspectors, plans examiners, and permit technicians. Florida's unique coastal environment and vulnerability to severe weather you've had that in the last couple of years, require rigorous construction standards, and our local…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right. Okay, we have a couple of citizens to be heard. We'll start with David Ballard Geddes Jr. Followed by Lisa McMurray.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, as Lisa McMurray comes up, I just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce her. She is the chair of our Employee Advisory Council, which she'll tell you. And I just wanted to give her a sense of appreciation from the commission for her being on that board for 25 years and chairman, I believe, for 20 of those years. So she is a trooper. So thank you for what you do for us. for our employees every single day. So thank you, and the mic is yours.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Lisa, could you pull that down so we can hear you? Thank you, Lisa. I'm short even with you. Yeah, that's perfect. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Thanks, Lisa. Okay. Greg Powell.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right. We are moving on to our consent and as we do that, I did want to draw attention to item four and five, which is division of inspector general. Two reports that came out. Just to reiterate to our residents that our inspector general has a report or two seemingly, maybe even more, on every single report that we do, every single meeting that we have, which means that they're looking over operations, they're looking over procedures, they're looking over all aspects of our county to make sure that we're abiding by the rules, that we have procedures in place, and when we don't, they call…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Motion by Commissioner Flowers, second by Commissioner Peters. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. We are on to a regular agenda. Item 14.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“We have a motion by Commissioner Peters, second by Commissioner Flowers. I noticed five vendors, three contracts. They're somewhat different, eight and a half, 9.4, 10.4 million each. What's the difference in the contracts themselves? Could somebody just speak? That sounds like a Mark question to me.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I was just thinking there might be one for all of them, but there's three separate ones. Thank you, Mark.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026