Remarks by Vince Nowicki
60 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“And then our... Is bond debt? A bond is still debt though, right? It is. We'd still have debt.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“I guess my concern and I don't know if I could articulate it enough and I'll just maybe try to articulate it one more time and then maybe they had enough time for the numbers or recess but he's not working on the numbers yet i guess my concern is you know what i was talking about the downtown clearwater is that if we get no bids hypothetically you know just to put on everybody's radar i mean the whole point was selling this land to put down a significant amount of payment for the new county campus so i mean what would you know i think we'd have like budget”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Well, that's what I wanted to give some more clarification on that color. I didn't know about a short-term note and stuff. I didn't.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. These three millages are obviously a lot of money and the county's done a really great job, it sounds like, of getting from 1,200 miles to 200 miles worth of roads and hundreds of miles of sidewalk down to just a few sidewalks. I mean, can we get like a report showing like when we started, you know, halfway through and where we're at now? I mean, cause I just don't understand how we have to be collecting the same amount of money, but we're not.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“The $20,000 is just the right of entry. The $20,000 is just the right for you to attend. No, that's not it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Oh, well, thank you for allowing me to participate virtually. I was going to wait to bring all the hard cuts so I didn't have to be there in person and get tomatoes thrown at me. So I figured I would just leave and then present all the hard cuts virtually. We can't even see your face. Well, I'm driving, so I don't want the sheriff to pull me over in a flock camera. But I'll save that for another day. So I appreciate Barry and Chris, you know, all of the hard work to get us halfway there. I still think we can do a little bit more work and I support you chair by saying, looking at that 3rd…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay, and then I brought it up last year and I'll bring it up again this year. I don't think we should be paying for subscriptions. I know Barry, you adamantly disagree with that, but they're still promoting. As their core values and to train government employees, how to promote in government. So, if someone's getting 150,000, 180,000, 200,000 dollars a year salary. There's no reason why they can't pay for that on subscription on their own. So, maybe we don't need to eliminate it for everybody, but. I think if you're making a significant income. That you should be able to pay for that on your…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Vince, go ahead. Thank you chair. Um, you know, I do support commissioner shares. Uh, I don't know if he's withdrawn his proposal, but. I would be supportive of that. Um, and then.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Correct unless he's already went through it. Yeah, he did. Okay. Well. Good job, I guess. And then I don't have more. But but but the reserves that we're setting aside for the building to. You know, Barry and I, we talked about this in our one on one. It's really hard to accept how we're setting aside money, but we don't have, like, an exact cost. So, I just, I mean, if we're a few 1M dollars away from a full rollback. You know, I think we should really look at that. You really dial in on how much we're setting aside. Maybe we only set aside 2Million this year instead of 4Million. So, I mean,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“like 0.6%, maybe 0.7%. So, you know, 0.4. Okay. I was being more conservative, I guess. So, I mean, I support law enforcement. I'm the first person to say, you know, law enforcement should have more leisures of going after criminals and taking out the bad guys. Do we have any numbers on The sheriff's, like, taken positions or their lapse employment management. I mean. You know, we're not defunding the police if we don't approve a 2Million dollar budget increase, because the budget for the sheriff is still a 22Million dollar increase. Barry, go ahead.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Well, to be clear, it's not a reduction. It's he's still getting an increase.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes. Right. So semantics, I guess. But yeah, I mean, I would just be curious if there's a way that a lot of other departments, I guess, are going down. A few percentages that it's just. Hard to believe you can't find a point. 4% efficiency somewhere. But I haven't seen the sheriff's budget, but I know he's doing a great job and. I support our sheriff, so if he says he, it's physically impossible. Then, I guess it's physically impossible. But with that, I'm sure Barry and I will go over more stuff in our 1 on 1 and.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you chair. Um, first, uh, for new business, um, you know, I, I was wondering maybe, you know, I could connect, you know, Barry could help me maybe connect somebody with staff with Sunstar, um, to, you know, I've been hearing a lot of things about priority dispatch. Um, and I guess that was kind of relatively implemented in 2019, you know, before my time. And so I've just been hearing kind of some complaints about it that, um, Sunstar may not have the resources that there's like 20 minute call wait times and then it's elevated to like emergency 911 response, kind of defeating the whole…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, great, thank you. And then I wanted to bring up, I didn't know the proper format on the administrator review. I guess I didn't understand why we set a date and then the date was pushed back. And I guess I also didn't understand on why it's not televised, but last year the administrator review was televised. So I just didn't know if there was any clarity because those are only my, you know, I did one last year, it was televised, and then I saw this year it's not televised, so I guess I was just.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. And then I just wanted to also thank Julie and Jewel, you know, for the canvassing board, you know, I know they had a really close election. So they had to, you know, Jewel and her staff was working really hard along with the supervisor of election staff working really hard. And I thought, you know, they had a clean election. and Jewel working hard on the canvassing board. So I appreciate that. And then lastly, there was the good Florida tax watch article that was sent out. And it was interesting to see how Pinellas County ranked number six as the most highest millage rate out of 67…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Yes, much better designs. I think we're all really grateful and appreciative of that. I mean, just over like the life cycle, I mean, 1C kind of, or I guess 1C and 2C, I mean, obviously is a pitched roof, right? I mean, is that metal on top? Yeah, it'd be a metal standing seam roof. And do any of the other roofs metal or? No. So, I mean, in terms of like a life cycle of like cost savings, I mean, you're going to have to appraise a flat roof, I mean, on what, a 30-year, maybe? Maybe you could get 30 years on a flat roof versus a metal roof. I mean, it would last us forever,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“we don't have that information at the moment we know the initial kind of upfront cost difference but not a life cycle yeah i mean i think that would be important like when we're making you know that determination if you know one c or two c cost four million dollars more now because maybe it's a metal roof you know versus you know a majority flat roof but you know when we have to redo a whole flat roof in 30 years it would be 40 million dollars then i mean versus maybe you just have to replace a smaller part of a flat roof on one C or two C may only cost $10 million. So I don't, I think that's…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Okay, yeah, I'm definitely looking forward, you know, because I think that will definitely make or break, you know, what's going to be the real details is really going to drive this.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you, Chair. So in terms of that, for like the rain screen, I mean, would it catch the water and then run off? Or we're just not there yet in terms of, and then, I mean, I guess, and then you brought up another thing, like the mechanicals, if all of these are flat roofs, we're putting the mechanicals on top. i mean are they all going to be exposed so like you drive up to the building you see big you know 50 ton ac unit you know they'll be inset and i think the mechanical footprint is minimal on this particular wing of the building there'll still be some equipment up there um so…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Just one more question, I guess, on the site plans of option one and option two for the drop off. If putting it option two in the corner, I mean, obviously the site plans aren't to scale and there's no numbers on there. Would it be a little bit further? Like if someone gets dropped off in a wheelchair on site plan two in the corner for them to go from the drop off to the entrance versus like site option one in the center, it seems like it's a little bit shorter.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, I would, I would just be, you know, to echo commissioner sheer, uh, you know, points, you know, I'd be in, in favor of the, the center. Um, you know, I think it's just universally done. Um, you know, I don't see like a corner entrance, I think in terms of way finding and just, you know, the everyday person coming up to the building, they're looking for a center entrance and it would be less signage, maybe a little less walkway. Cause it looked like there's a walkway from the garage, which is next to the building instead of far away. which makes sense so it looks like there's a cover you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, I think the mechanicals are important. I mean, you know, if there is a way to look at, you know, a metal roof, you know, besides a rain screen, I mean, I know we haven't got into that, but, you know, you know, long-term that would be a lot better in terms of maintenance and cycle. So I just don't know if we're at that but uh well you know but yeah so i would be in favor of 1a um you know obviously there still needs a little more detail done it's not you know complete complete um but uh if there's a way to trim the the cost down a little bit on 1c maybe make the glass windows at…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you so much for the feedback. Do we have a total cost of the building yet? Not yet.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Commissioner? Plus additional money to save Wheaton Island.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, I'm probably really not in favor of increasing these fees. I don't think I mean, if it's like an eight hour visit at the park, I mean, that's like a 300. and 50 plus percent increase in parking for an eight hour visit um and the low income increase is 49 i mean it's you know i mean i think we can you know maybe dial it back a little bit um but as the current recommended rate increases i i wouldn't be in you're talking about on all of the discounted passes or you talk about that top line which yeah i mean like per an hour if someone's there for you know uh know eight hours you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026