Remarks by Kathleen Peters
83 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“So if we were to pause this, I don't think it's a pause where you just decide that maybe that one isn't right and we go with the second one. If you got a problem with it being undone two years ago, then you scrap it and you start over. So where does that lead us? That's what I want to know.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Because if it has something to do with the FAA, then to me, then the whole process is tainted. So it doesn't go to the second scored person. That means the whole process would be tainted. So how long would this process be if we have to start over? How far back does this push the project?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“um and the other thing that worries me is if this was delayed already are they going to have over costs and overruns because we know inflation has already been really bad so already because it's delayed i anticipate overruns cost overruns if we delay this six more months how much more is it going to cost us as a result of the delay I don't mind a female business owner winning a contract. I don't know that that was the criteria that made her win. I have no idea, all that kind of stuff. But if you're comfortable with the process, I'm definitely comfortable with the process. My concern is if we…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“So on that, they're going to go to annually instead of five years. Is the lease annually then as well?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“So I have... Commissioner Peters. And I don't see the full list on here. So I asked for... No, the full list isn't in here. So I apologize, because the list that they gave to me in that workshop is different than what you're seeing in Granicus. I looked at all the funding that we've gotten since 2016 for MSTUs and clearly it's obvious that the communities that receive an additional MSTU are tied into this and so like East Lake and Palm Harbor, every single year, the library, the recreation, their little leagues, they are tuned into this and they get funding every single year since 2016. What…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“I don't have what you have in front of me. I don't know why I don't have it in front of me.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“But I know the shade was like seven. Audrey's coming up. She knows exactly what I'm talking about.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yeah, there were three total for Seminole that got declined because they have an MSTU now. But it's not, you're comparing apples and oranges when you compare it to Eastlake.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“They haven't known about it, but it hasn't been utilized. It's not like it's been promoted and and encourage to use it like it has been in other parts of the county.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“And I have been out there, and shade is so critically important. These kids are getting sunburned, and the babies, the siblings are getting sunburned. I get it. Give them a chance to get built up and strong. Like the other ones have, and I don't see them doing it, but just for correction, Palm Harbor Little League got funding in 24 and 25, so that's not all necessarily true. So and I'm, you know, distinctly different groups. I'm I'm but again, I'm very passionate about these guys. They only just got started.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“I would love for you to consider letting these kids have shade. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“I'll second it. That was supposed to be my motion. Well, you were.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“The motion is to amend the recommendations to include the two shade structures and the two seminal sport complexes for reimbursement purposes for those two.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Thank you for that. I did have a question. I know Karen's not here, and I don't know if she got with Matt with the answer. My question was, it is an unfunded mandate, and we have to take care of the body if someone passes away. And my question was, what do we do with the body after cremation? I didn't know if we spread it, if we bury it. Well, we do.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay. All right. That's what I was curious about.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay. And I appreciate the recognition of yet another unfunded mandate. And how much is that usually annually?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay, so it's about half a million dollars unfunded mandate.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Right. Move approval, but I also have a, again, I'm sorry, Karen's not here.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“But she knew these were coming, so I wasn't surprising her. So what I ask about this and anything else we do with opioid abatement, which is coming up again, is that, and this more some statement, probably not a comment, so thanks, Jennifer. Just like the BP oil spill and many other things that we've done, we always have a dashboard. And we're very transparent on how we spend this money. And we haven't done that yet. And so I'm gonna request that staff put up a dashboard and some kind of transparency online where anyone can look. There's an article just recently on about how we're spending…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“We are partners with the school. I just don't know how deep it is, but we are partnering with the schools because when I spoke at a school event, the parents or the teachers that were there already knew about it. Because I brought it up.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“So they know about it. So it's just how many teachers are actively using it, encouraging it, and talking about it as another conversation. But I do know that we're making some headway there. We're making headways in the school. And, you know, I've talked at not all the Rotaries, but a whole lot of Rotaries. But when I spoke at the St. Pete Chamber of Commerce, they never heard of it. So the Chamber of Commerce's don't know about it. So I'm probably, I know I'm going back to that one during the holidays because holidays can be troubling. And it's just a lot of business people don't realize how…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yeah. I got a comment. Oh, commissioner Peters. So, um, I, I, I haven't given updates on this process like I probably should have, but we originally had a bunch bigger contract and I had apprehensive about that bigger contract because it was going to bring in residential. And I just felt that it was going to be extremely expensive and maybe not the best. Not the best process. So anyways, we did move the contract to be smaller just for an urgent care. And I think that urgent care is going to be just fabulous for our county. And if you're going to take a tour of this, if you want to see the…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“There's only one that has two, and the one that has two is one of the 12 votes.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“So I move to approve the slate of those that qualify. And the one that did not qualify, I'm sorry, I had it up and I closed it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“She did, she did. Here it is. So the one that didn't qualify was Jacob Knighton. He's the only one on here that did not qualify. So therefore, there's one person for each category. So there's really no point in doing a ballot.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026