Remarks by Kathleen Peters
83 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“I move to approve Chris Shearer to continue serving on PSTA.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Did we vote on that resolution? Oh, data centers.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Thank you. Well, one thing I'm really excited about is this Saturday, we're partnering with the extension and with Madeira Beach to host a vertical oyster garden on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Patriot Park in Madeira Beach. And this is a really great opportunity for any resident that lives on the water that owns a dock to help. preserve our water quality and maintain a good water quality. The amount of oysters that we have in Tampa Bay and Bogosiaga Bay have really declined. And by just hanging a string of oyster shells on your dock gives an opportunity for oysters and shrimp and other…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“And that will go to Forward Pinellas. I know they're working on their own. We can certainly get a copy to them. Please, thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“I would like to make a motion to adopt the 4.4989 millage rate. We have a motion and a second. I'd also like to thank the Feather Sound MSTU group. When they came and presented, we talked about maybe them considering rolling back their millage rate, and they went to a full millage rate, and that community was devastated by the storms. And I was really impressed with them really looking to after everything the residents have been through to lower their millage rate and make sure that those residents were paying more. So I'm really impressed with that. So I just want to thank them. Thank you,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“So you would like me to change that to include the general fund millage at 4.4989 and the aggregate millage rate of the Schedule A of- No, the health department, just the health department.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“And the county level for the health department. Thank you, so I don't make the wrong number. Thank you. Thank you. And that is my motion, and I'm certain my colleague will second that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Now it's the budget. So move approval. Second.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“I want to congratulate our staff. Can we just take time to congratulate our staff? You guys have done an outstanding, outstanding job. Really, all of you. You've just done such a great job. And I know that in every meeting you're going, oh God, I gotta go back to the, oh, I gotta do that. And I know we gave you a lot of uncertainty and a lot of, you know, last minute things to do, but you did an outstanding job. You always do, but I just think you all, I commend you all, you've done a great, great job. Chris, you've got an awesome team, and thank you. And thank you to my colleagues. This was…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“I know Jules is not leaving anytime soon, but I want to... Yeah, let's give him a clap. Applause I also want to thank Jewel. She's just done an outstanding job in her position, and you've done a great job mentoring him, so thank you. Yeah, thanks, Commissioner. What's that?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah, I did attend the Besties event, and I meant to bring the award that the best place to take your dog was Fort DeSoto. And I apologize I forgot to bring it with me, but I'll bring it to our next meeting. And so it was a great event. A lot of people got celebrated for all the great work they do in tourism. And so thrilled to see that Pinellas County won one. How great is that? And I've been meeting with the community, a bunch of mayors, and getting some updates and Kind of their thoughts on you know how the city is doing after the storms and and you know what they're thinking budgetarily…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“So I have a question about the box culverts. So if we were to go to that millage rate, remove that millage number three? So the box coverts, is that preventing flooding? Is that what that's about? Kelly, could you educate me on the box coverts?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“No, I understand all that, but I do know when Milton came, There's a lot of talk about the culverts weren't big enough. The culverts were clogged. And we were, I think, an F. Were we an F at one point? So we were an F. We're now a B. The potential on that is, am I talking about the right culverts?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“And many of them contributed to the funding in areas that have never been funded. contributed to the flooding in areas that have never flooded before. Is that correct?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“And same thing in that Seminole area where it flooded, where it's never flooded before, Alligator Creek, weren't a lot of those covert issues by Alligator Creek?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“So I was driving on Dumie today, and that road has decreased. It wasn't this bad six months ago, and now all of a sudden it's terrible. So I don't know what's happening. So when you look at core function of government, and this is my concern, because originally I was all for getting rid of this third millage. But then when I saw that it was going to be box culverts, But that's one of the number one reasons we're flooding in non-flood zones, right? And in not high flood zone risk areas, because Seminole, where they flooded, wasn't a real high flood zone risk area. And because of the age of…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“I think it's the additional. This additional, is that what I'm talking about where the culverts were going to get cut?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“the part of the millage down there down in the blue it's 651. yeah the the amount and that would be um well it's actually more it's more than that it would be the additional one and a half million of the millage okay so so i mean because it's core function i'm really i really have heartburn with this one and because it's something that contributes to flooding i really have heartburn with this one And I'm not comfortable eliminating something like that at this time. You know, next year, if Amendment 3 goes through, we're going to be losing core functions of government, I believe, by the time…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“So that is an interesting proposal. And I like the conversation. So I agree with our angel over there. Because if you look at the seven agencies that got funded, the first one is for veterans. And Florida's the most veteran friendly state in the country. I am not okay with putting our veterans out on the street and not giving them the mental health services that they're getting at their program. I haven't seen the measurable outcomes that we're getting in these that we didn't get the grant applications. We don't know what the measurable outcomes are. So we don't know how good they are. But…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“And I want to thank you for articulating what I was trying to say. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Can I, before we do that, I would make sure this conversation is done because I know Brian had some other thoughts out there and I don't know if you have more thoughts out there. So we might recess and then say, hey, we're not done yet. Sorry, Mr. Chair, but I was reading the room and going, I don't think we're done yet.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“I would like to make a motion. Don's saying wait, wait, wait, wait.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay, so I'd like to make the motion to accept the changes as proposed. Do I read the millage rate we're proposing?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“So I know what the changes were. So the changes were to take the 667,000 from social action, out that money, out of the millage rate, out of the general fund millage rate, and then put it into one time fund reserves. That we would spend that through reserves so it would effectively change the millage rate by 667,000. making the new changed recommended millage rate to 4.4989.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026