Remarks by Dave Eggers
526 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 22
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“Motion by Commissioner Scott, second by Commissioner Flowers. Any questions or comments? Okay, then I would say all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, motion carries unanimously. And is the sick county attorney to be still here? There you go. Come on up. Come on up. I just want to, again... The larger board, which is made up of county commissioners and our constitutionals unanimously selected Don to be our next county attorney. Very proud of that action that we took. And we spent a few weeks. I've dragged a little bit, but sorry about that. But we are we are negotiated, I think, a very…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“and thank you to jewel white for her mentorship and friendship over so many years yeah well uh we're glad to have you um and um all of the things that you've brought in general to your position but also the dogged um work that you did on the on the raise uh contract negotiations i couldn't thank you more for that close tough scrutinizing work that you did. I'm very proud of that work. It didn't come to pass, but it was no fault of this board nor of you. Thank you for protecting the residents of Pinellas County, which is what your job is. Thank you. Again, congratulations. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“That's a good thing. Okay. She keeps us all out of jail. All right, we're going to go ahead and go around the room, and we'll start with Commissioner Scott.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“I'm sure that the sheriff stands ready to have that dialogue. I'm sure he has a pretty good handle on the tools that he has available to him, whether they're”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah, I don't know how robust that is, that list, but I'm sure that there's a general category of things that he could bring to us that give a sense of the scope of his tools that he has at his disposal.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay, for a general category of assets, you know, so you don't have to get into the details about the number of revolvers he has or the number of, you know, but that we have every sheriff has every deputy has a revolver, you know, every deputy has, you know, that kind of thing, but.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“so we can just say that he has forensic tools he doesn't have to tell us all of the forensic tools okay i think that otherwise we might be here for a couple of hours before we start talking about it but i do think the idea of the scope of the of the what he has at his disposal is that is certainly at his he knows it pretty good thank you and will and i think does anybody else have any comments on that uh... sure uh...”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“That's why I don't want to get into all the details. He can say generally what he has at his disposal, which is significant.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Again, I think the primary thing is to talk about the technology that referred to often as flock, but there's two or three manufacturers of that technology and how it's used. Again, if you listen to his press conference, I think I listened to it. Most people listen to it. There'll probably be some of that and maybe a little bit more interaction that we can have with having the sheriff here. So I look forward to that dialogue.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay. Commissioner Scott, did you have something?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Well, that'll be less than a page. I've got a lot of stuff. Anybody else have a comment on this? So we're going to go ahead and move and have that workshop topic and get into that technology and how it's used and the truth and what some people might not understand about it. We'll see. We'll have that conversation. So. All right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Well, and the commissioners that were at MPO and PSTA, thank you yesterday. That is a long day. So anyway, appreciate that. Commissioner Flowers?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner. So yeah, I too attended the Besties. Brian Lowack and his team pulled it up, beautiful event off, and it was just a lot of fun seeing, and I think Commissioner Flowers commented on, just the folks that had gotten their businesses going again and were being considered for it, whether they won it or not. It was an exciting evening to recognize those folks, but they had a Besties in so many different categories, it was wonderful. But anyway, it was a great evening, a lot of fun. I kind of sat in the back and listened to the MPO work session yesterday, and I think it was…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Well, yeah, maybe the bar component might be looked at a little differently than the food component. Yeah, Commissioner Scott.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Relax, Blaine. We're okay. All right. Anything else before we take what looks like about an hour and a half break before we come back for budget tonight? We're adjourned.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“We're going to go ahead and get started with the public hearing portion of the commission meeting. And we will start with item 29.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Oh, okay. That's why I have Jayden Rivera, but...”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay, so we'll get to that in just a minute. Commissioners, any comments, questions? Move approval from Commissioner Nowicki. Second from Commissioner Scott. And we do have a couple of speakers, so we'll go to the person that's preregistered online. I have Jayden Rivera, so...”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“This is your opportunity to express your thoughts and comments on the issue.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“I just wanted to see your guys. Hold on. Hold on just a minute. Uh, commissioner flowers, young man.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you for calling in. All right. Okay. We do have Laura McDonald who is available for questions, but she doesn't need to speak. So if we have questions, she's available. Mary Summers from representing Bay Care Hospitals is here. She's welcome to come up. You have three minutes. And then Anna Rivas is next.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Mary. Appreciate it. Um, Anna Rivas. Good evening.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Anna. Appreciate your comments. Okay, I don't have any other cards. We've got a motion and a second. Any other comments, questions? Bring up the voting card, please. Motion passes unanimously. Item 30. Oh. Now, everybody be patient with me tonight because there's a script and you've got different paths to go down depending on where we're heading. So this is agenda item 30. Can the clerk please read the title of this item?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Has any correspondence been received regarding the tentative millages and tentative budgets?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay, and good evening. Tonight's public hearing is the first of two public hearings for the consideration and adoption of the fiscal year 27 millages and budgets. Before we get started, I'll walk through the sequence of events for tonight. The county administrator will present changes to the proposed budget since it was originally presented to the board on August 11th. The county administrator will provide a budget overview presentation that incorporates these changes. We will accept public comment on the following property tax levies and budgets by the following tax authority…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026