Remarks by Ken Hagan
133 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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“Next three speakers, Dawn Shimmer, virtual, followed by Ilan Giovanni, virtual, and then Catherine Vickers. Is Dawn on the line?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Anne Malone, and then followed by Amy Summers.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you, ma'am. Are there closed public comment? Can we have a motion to approve the consent? Move to approve. Motion, Commissioner Myers. Do we have a second? Second. Second, Commissioner Cohen. Commissioner Bowles, do you want to make a comment?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Okay, we got a motion and a second. Please record your vote.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“All right, thank you, Kevin. We got one individual that signed up to speak, Tom Covert.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. All right, that closes public comment. Board members, I brought the USF Fletcher District partnership to the board back in March, I believe it was, where we UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED $24 MILLION FOR KEY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLETCHER DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. LAST WEEK COMMISSIONER BOWLES, COMMISSIONER COHEN AND I ATTENDED USF'S OUTSTANDING GROUNDBREAKING EVENT THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND YOU COULD REALLY FEEL THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND regarding USF's overall transformation. Well, that's where Uptown Landing USF…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“And I wanna give, Julia and the County Attorney's Office, a lot of thanks and a lot of credit for working on this over the last several months and a lot of work went into it. And we certainly benefited once again from our County Attorney's experience working with USF and her relationships with the legal team over there. So good work, Julia, very much appreciated. We have a motion. Move approval. Second. Motion, Commissioner Willestoll. Second, Commissioner Myers. Please record your vote on B1.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Do you want to receive the report? Do we need a motion on that? Okay. I don't think so. Okay. Bonnie?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“All right. I don't see in the queue if we have a motion. Move to approve. Second. Motion to approve the audit plan by Commissioner Meyer, second Commissioner Cohen. Please record your vote on B2.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, Commissioner, motion to waive the rules. Motion to waive the rules. Motion, Commissioner Walsh. Second, Commissioner Bowles. Please record your vote.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“And can we just have your name for the record?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Motion, Commissioner Wohlstolz. Second, Commissioner Bowles. Please record your vote on B3.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Move to approve. Second. Commissioner Meyer, second Commissioner Wohlstuhl, please record your vote on B4.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Second. Okay, we got a motion, Commissioner Bowles, second, Commissioner Miller. Don't see anyone else in the queue, so please record your vote on F1.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Second. I got a motion by Commissioner Wohlstuhl, second. Commissioner Bowles and Miller, don't see anyone in the queue. Please record your vote.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. I don't see any queues. I'll say from my perspective, and Greg was essentially asking for it, there needs to be a process. And I think I made similar comments during the last discussion that I felt that we needed to review all of the cultural institutions collectively and have some type of, Greg said minimum standards, I would say metrics, and then just collectively review all of them. I don't think we should cherry pick one over the other or essentially have a first come first serve basis plus really one and a half times the amount that we set aside for the entire, all the…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Well, I would, before making a motion, I would ask Greg or John for their suggestions as far as is it simply to come back with a process or what would you recommend?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“All right, so essentially... We can present options. Yeah. An appropriate motion would be to request a process to come back to the board for us to consider with options on the best way to provide funding to the cultural institutions. Is that a fair characterization?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“All right, so we have a substantive motion to receive staff's report. Second by Commissioner Cameron Cepeda. Commissioner Bowles.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“um discussing the final contract right afterwards thank you okay uh final comments and then we'll vote on the substitute motion um i want to be very clear i fully support zoo tampa as i said last meeting and i went back and found the minutes i think in 05 i championed 3.76 million and then in 08 3.8 million this isn't about the zoo this is about not cherry picking one institution over another I mean, it's pretty simple, really. We've always had the, I'll call it county-city rub on what's the city's commitment or what's their level of funding on our partnerships, particularly when the…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026