##VIDEO ID:V6mUcOvE268## e e e e e commissioner Coler J all right well hi good morning it is 9 o' October 17 2024 scy County Board of County  Commissioners installation organization meeting this meeting of the scam County bard of County Commissioners will come  to order we will now begin the swearing in ceremony for appointed commissioner Ashley  hoffberger District 4 the honorable Judge Jennifer federovich First Judicial Circuit will administer  the oath of office and loyalty oath to appointed commissioner Ashley hoffberger District for judge  federovich will be followed by The Honorable Pam shers Clerk of the circuit court and comp  troller with the reading of Mrs hoffberger commission to the public judge federovich  would you please join appointed commissioner Ashley hoffberger District 4 and Mr hoffberger  along with their children parents at the podium followed by Miss Childers in a moment please all right I state your name I Ashley hoffberger do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I  will support that I will support protect and defend protect and defend the Constitution and  government the Constitution and government of the United States of the United States  and of the State of Florida and of the State of Florida that I am duly qualified that I am duly  qualified to hold office to hold office under the Constitution under the Constitution of the  United States of the United States and that I will well and Faithfully perform and that  I will well and Faithfully perform the duties of county commissioner the duties of county  commissioner District 4 District Four on which I am now about to enter of which I am now about  to enter so help me God so help me God one more I state your name I Ashley hoffberger a citizen  of the State of Florida a citizen of the State of Florida and of the United States of America  and of the United States of America and being an officer of a scam County and being an officer of  Escambia County and the recipient of public funds and the recipient of public funds as such officer  as such officer do hereby solemnly swear do hereby solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that I will  support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the  United States and of the State of Florida and of the State of Florida congratulations you congratulations stand we met right yeah okay I Pam shers the elected Clerk and com controller present your  commission on behalf of the executive department of the State of Florida on  behalf of Rona santis governor of Florida by virtue of the authority vested in Me by the  Constitution and laws of this state du hereby commission Ashley hoffberger Who was appointed  on the fourth day October 2024 to be a member of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners  District 4 for a term beginning on October 4th 2024 until the 18th day of November 2024  according to the Constitution and the laws of the state and in the name of the people  of the State of Florida to to have hold and exercise the set office and all the powers  and responsibilities appertaining thereto and to receive the Privileges and emoluments thereof in  accordance with the law signed Ronda santis governor of Florida congratulations thank we will get thank you judge federovich and Madam clerk congratulations commissioner hoffberger as you  make your way back uh back to the dice next item of business to be considered  by the board in this meeting is approval of the newly installed commissioner hoffberger  nominees to the Escambia County disability awareness committee and Escambia Marine  advisory committee additional appointments will be brought before the board at a future  meeting the board had entertain a motion on uh commissioner hofer's appointments make a  motion thank you second all right please vote item passes four to zero all right  Commissioners thank you guests thank you and uh we'll now move on to the regular scheduled board meeting board of County Commissioners regular meeting October 17 990 9:05 a.m. please turn  your cell phone to the vibrate silence or offsetting boorder of County Commissioners  allows any person to speak regarding an item on the agenda this speaker will be limited to  3 minutes unless otherwise determined by the chairperson to allow sufficient time  for all speakers speakers please refrain from abusive or profane remarks disruptive Outburst  protest or any other conduct interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting  upon completion of the public comment period discussion will be limited to board members and  questions raised by the board commissioner may you have a guest for invocation this morning thank you Mr chairman we do have Pastor Sabrina Williams Hopkins of the of the  6th Avenue Baptist Church uh Pastor Williams thank you for being here please stand thank you let us pray Heavenly Father we come to you this morning to say thank you God we honor you  this morning we first give reverence to you before we even open this meeting for business  God we humbly ask you Lord for your grace and your mercy during this meeting God right now we  humble before you oh god father God we ask you oh God to be with everyone here in this room be  with each County Commissioner and their families be with our city and county officials oh God as  they conduct business oh God in your kingdom building Lord we pray that each position that  serve on this board is here to do your will and we pray that your will be done father Reign on  us the joys of Jesus and the happiness of the Holy Spirit be with us Lord as we lean on you  each and every day thank you for this moment thank you for this time thank you God as we  hold on to your unchanging hand Lord we love you and ask all these blessings in your son  Jesus name we pray and say amen amen commiss hoffberger would you like to lead us in the pledge Al to the flag of the United States of America and to theic  for it stands Nation indivisible andice for all M chairman thank you and yes sir um Pastor Hopkins thank you and Pastor Johnson men a lot  and the work that you're doing at 6th Avenue is commendable uh in our district although  in the city uh it's making District three better and thank you for your Outreach and  your commitment to service thank you for being here thank you commissioner any items to be added to the agenda um Madam attorney no thank you m No Sir Mr  chairman Mr foros nothing for me Mr CER no sir all right uh board I do have one that's  a discretionary add-on for on bikes is being distributed right now it has been um it has  been added to the agenda I believe for the administrator um i' entertain a motion to  adopt the agenda so move Mr chairman a second thank you please vote agenda passes 5 to Z  commissioner SW commissioner May uh I don't have anything today Mr chairman all right commissioner  Vos I just want to congratulate Ashley hoffberger it's a tough it's a tough thing that you've done  and getting the appointment before the election is uh is very good so congratulations to you  and Grant your family um I also want to discuss a couple quick things uh at from the last meeting um  we had several speakers that were asking about the Bula master plan as you as many people know we've  worked on that for years and years and uh I did after that meeting check was staff and so there's  still some revisions being made we've asked them to come back with some design standards some more  robust information so um it will be coming at a later meeting more than likely it will be after  my time on this board but I'm very proud of the work that's been put in that all the residents  who gave their time coming to the charettes um and the team from um you know the team that we've put  together to put uh the master plan together but it's just there's still more work to be done so  I wanted to make sure that was publicly announced and today on today's agenda I just want to make  this point as well we've got got a couple of important projects in district one we're still  moving forward with all projects even as my time on this board winds down uh one of which is on  Klondike Road a bridge there we're moving toward the replacement of that we worked hard to get  that done and then also inity Point Road we're doing some safety improvements on that road so  just want to point out those two things will be more than likely approved on today's uh agenda  so thank you Mr chairman absolutely commission CER yes thank you Mr chairman well commissioner  hoffberger welcome that chair has been empty for a long time I thought there was going to be a go  hting it for Halloween but um I'm glad you're here and welcome aboard um want to thank a couple of  the staff Robert McCracken and met Skipper this week we had a meeting out at bog Grande they did  a great brief on the uh storm water drainage plan out there um the that community's um mobile home  Community um has needed some help for a long time and they did a great job with that um if we got a  lot of neat things going on in the county the next three weeks we won't be back before the election  but this weekend we got JazzFest next weekend if you got a pet that you want to dress up or  can do tricks bring him to barktober Fest I know the judge maybe looking at him but there has to  be a pet that looks cool for Halloween that'll be next Sunday and then the following week um  we got the Blue Angel home homecoming with the Thunderbird so that'll be a huge event they're  expected between 150 and 200,000 people out the base um so that'll be fun if you can get out there  um again welcome commissioner Mr hofberger and that's all I have today commission Mr chairman thank you so much I am excited to be here and thrilled to hit the ground running thank you  to my family and friends that came out to support me and I just appreciate you being here fantastic  as uh as my colleague say congratulations look forward to uh uh working with you ideally for  more than uh more than a meeting or two depending on what happens in a few weeks but hopefully so um  the tickets for the SEC women's soccer tournament are on sale now and uh want to want to highlight  that um it's an item that'll be later in the later later in the County's attorney's report  but there's an extension to that agreement with the SEC which is fantastic I want to thank Mike  rhods and Ray Palmer and all the other folks that uh that have been involved in that extension as  well as an extension for the Sun Belt which I know is uh you know important to uh important  to a number of us and been a lot of work done to complete those um want to thank Scott Lansford  he's got his tax collector and other uh services that are available in Sentry today he's got the  mobile the big mobile work uh uh vehicle up there that's uh it's always nice there's a tremendous  lack of uh lack of resources to the extension of Mobility resources in centry and uh taking  the County Services to them is uh is always a good thing and I want to thank Christian  Danley who's principal at lipsum elementary for having me out a week or so ago and uh cutting a  ribbon on a on a book vening machine which is a really neat uh really neat concept our board  uh our board paired with uh uh paired with the PTA at lipsum to purchase the book vending machine  and they give away tokens for uh you know for achievements and Advan and accelerated readers  and uh achievements in school and honor uh honor role those kind of things and the  kids get tokens and it's really neat I don't know if uh any my colleagues have seen those  but they're really neat things I want to thank uh Kristen and the lipskin PTA for partnering  with us on that Mr administrator thank you Mr chairman I want to welcome commissioner Hoff  as well congratulations and I want to say thanks to all the folks in engineering and Liz Kell and  facilities and everybody who's had anything to do with the arer funding we've been driving hard  uh Travis Tomkins emergency management team been deployed for almost a months they've been doing  a fantastic job running em for other counties throughout the State of Florida I was contacted  at the end of last week by an old friend of mine with the American public works Association that  I met when I was managing the County's pavement Management program some years years ago and he  says hey I need some help I said what do you need help with he says well we have two truckloads of  food down here around Sarasota Pasco County but we don't have anywhere to cook it I said well I can't  come down and cook I mean I like to cook I mean I bought a Big Green Egg a couple years ago so but  through buy that Big Green Egg I got to know Kevin green who own the owner of the butcher shop here  in princa if you know him was fantastic guy very philanthropic here in the community and I called  Kevin I said listen these guys need some help and so he put the word out because the ships meet to  everybody in the country country and then I had it called another buddy of mine and Coral Gables that  I met through Big Green Egg and he put the word out and then Sunday I got a phone call from from  Chris ERS he goes man you ain't going to believe this he goes we got all these barbecue teams  coming we're going to be serving a th meals a day so you never know just from buying a Big Green  Egg just four or five years ago what opens up to you so I want to say thanks to Kevin green here  if you know him if you don't know him go by and meet him uh when we had the pandemic he made sure  he kept plenty of hamburger meat on on stock for everybody so great Kai great business and I just  want to mention that this morning thank you thank you board entertain a motion for the proclamations  so move Mr chairman thank you second all right please vote the proclamation pass Five to zero Mr  chairman yes sir uh I didn't get an opportunity to represent the deputy mayor and my favorite other  Republicans sitting in the back uh representative so good to see you oh absolutely yeah she's hiding  behind Alex I see that absolutely he couldn't show his face until DC left it's it's a tough  a tough shop around there um adopt the first is adopting the proclamation declaring October  2024 as a peanut butter challenge in esami County Nick Simmons and your folks if you might make your way good morning Commissioners glad to be here again um recognizing one of our highlight programs  that we really look forward to each year uh that is the peanut butter challenge uh this has been  going on Dorothy I think more than 10 years uh I think it originated here in Escambia County it was  an idea that started here and now it extends well East uh probably over to Jacksonville or better uh  with extension offices and counties throughout North Florida who are involved in production  agriculture uh doing this as well and it you know it's really one of those great things to uh you  know connect agriculture you know a lot of people think of the scambia is of the beach and and and  the city and all the things that go with that but agriculture is certainly one of the key drivers  of of Enterprise and and really a highlight especially on the north end of our County and  so uh this is a great way to connect agriculture to other parts of our community and to tackle one  of the the things that we unfortunately deal with and that's hunger and U uh with me today I have uh  Dorothy Lee she is our family and consumer science agent she's been with our office for for many  years and and does a wonderful programs that that reaches all parts of our community I also have our  our newest uh member of our faculty and team is Millo marata he is our agriculture agent and uh  after I read the proclamation they'll they'll mention some some other things too uh as well  regarding the program uh I also wanted to welcome commissioner hoffberger uh we uh certainly extend  an invitation for you to come up to our office on Stefani and check out all the great things  that we're doing so uh I'll go ahead and read the proclamation and then uh Dorothy and Maro if y'all  want to speak to to some other things whereas the health and well-being of our community are  of utmost importance and access to nutritious food is a fundamental right for all and whereas  peanuts are a major crop grown in our community with roughly 10,000 acres of agricultural land in  Escambia County planted in peanuts and nearly 33 million pounds of peanuts were produced in  Escambia County in 2019 and whereas communities in Escambia County have been participating in the  peanut butter challenge since 2012 and in 2023 collected 1,3 jars of peanut butter amounting to  more than 1,410 lbs of peanut butter and whereas peanut butter is a shelf stable rich source of  protein with healthy fats and essential nutrients nut making it an ideal food item for families in  need and whereas the peanut butter challenge encourages our community to come together in  support of local food banks and organizations that provide for those facing hunger and whereas by  participating in in this challenge we not only support our neighbors but also Foster a spirit  of collaboration and generosity throughout our County and whereas it is it is vital to educate  our residents about the importance of community engagement and the impacts of small acts of  kindness on those in need be it further proclaimed that the board of County Commissioners declares  the month of October 2024 as the peanut butter challenge in Escambia County Florida and urges  all residents to participate by donating unopen jars of peanut butter to local drop off points  and spreading awareness about the importance of nutrition and food Security Board of County  commissioners of scambia County Florida Steven Barry chair District 5 Ashley hoffberger Vice  chairwoman District 4 Jeff BOS District 1 Michael Coler District 2 Lumen J May District 3 thank you good morning Commissioners good morning everyone it's a pleasure to be here my name is  maril Morada I'm the agriculture extension agent um here in scambia County as Nick mentioned uh we  have almost like 10,000 uh Acres of peanut here and with cotton makes our main crop  rotation here in the area so the the peanut but challenge is not only to promote agricultureal  uh agriculture awareness and uh uh for our products that go directly uh from the fields  to the customer hands but also to um Foster um the community engagement and help the local farmers here good morning I'm Dorothy leading faming consumer science AG agent for Escambia County  and um please help us Stamp Out Hunger in our community one 12 O jar of peanut butter  yelds 12 peanut butter sandwiches so please contribute to our worthy cause there are drop  off boxes actually there's one located here in this building and throughout our community  for more information uh you can contact us at Escambia County Extension 850- 475 523 zero thank you and just just a little bit of a note uh it it is a challenge there is a bit of a competition  and uh we we have won the competition multiple years uh unfortunately our friends to the East  Santa Rosa one last year so we're trying to uh get one up on them so um like Dorothy said uh  you can visit our website uh SC scambia County extension services and it has the full list of  all the drop sites I know we have libraries and and our office as well but thank you [Applause] all next I'm honored to uh to recognize disabil disability employment awareness  month if uh Debbie try and our friends from uh Global Connections and Tech young your  Tech professionals high at place if and of course scami County HR Nikki if uh everybody  might come up so we have four entities that are going to be receiving uh the award today  certainly appreciate everybody's partnership and I appreciate uh my friend Debbie Troy for kind  of coordinating with our office to try to help get the uh get the proclamations put together  and help get the guests all here and thank you for your attendance on a on a Thursday morning  that's uh very appreciated so whereas the purpose of national disability employment awareness month  is to educate the public about the employment concerns of persons with disabilities and to  celebrate the many and varied contributions of America's workers with disabilities this year  marks the 79th anniversary of national disability employment month as Congress in 1945 enacted a law  declaring the first week of October each year as National employ the physically handicapped  week later it expanded to a full month and its name and scope evolved to acknowledge  the importance of increasing the workforce Community with people of all types of disabilities  workplaces welcoming the talents of all people including people with disabilities are critical  part of our efforts to build a community with a strong economy and activities during this month  will reinforce the value and talent that people with disabilities add to our workplaces and to  our communities and especially affirm Escambia County's commitment to increasing access to good  jobs for all workers including those disabled now there are four partners that are recognized  um if uh I see GCE behind me Global Connections oops thank you very much and let's see your Tech professionals okay Debbie you can you can hold that if you don't mind and  let's see high at place thank you very much I recognize you from last year I appreciate  you I appreciate you coming and then the HR department from es gambi County Nikki  there you go and if um maybe we can come down and have a picture and want to give  Debbie an opportunity to recognize the four uh the four entities that received and then  each of them would have an opportunity to speak Andy let's I move in for a picture and Debbie you have the floor and then each of our each of our four entities uh you  certainly have a minute to speak but thank you all for your contribution to uh to all persons thank you commissioner Barry um I'm Debbie Troy with Vocational Rehabilitation and I I don't  know if you can understand how much it means when an individual gets a job that has a disability and  they can go home to their family and say I got the job it is so exciting and so we have four  great companies that have a really kind of shine in doing this we have the Hyatt for Hospitality  Services they uh train people to be um I think they've had six this year that they have had on  on the job training and they hired five of them I mean that is like incredible really incredible  and then your Tech professionals is a small tech company um off up right by smokies and um they  have had 12 ojts in the in the last 5 years that come through and I'm sorry that Miguel isn't here  uh because he's a a great example uh he started um at the front desk he was working at Dollar  Tree and said I really want to do something more and now he's their web designer and he's still  there five years and they've had 12 ojts over the years um that they've helped train in in high-tech  professional job and then we have a scambia county you do not understand how tremendous that your HR  department is I mean TR is wonderful she's done a wonderful job the last two years you've had nine  ojts here that have just just really shined and that you're able to you you're the model  for the whole state for VR for doing ojts and to bring people in I think if you get a job in  government it is just the luckiest job you can get cuz probably it's the only place you get a  pension anymore and then of course we have GCE I mean they are one of our largest providers and  they not only have I guess Nas they have the Whitefield they have the federal uh building  they also uh do lake view for custodial and for also Food Services and they do a great job when  we have individuals that come into VR that are looking to try to find a job and something the  impediment is there they're able to interview the client give them the skills they need for a  resume give them the opportunity to practice to be able to be interviewed well and then be able  to do the job if they need job coaches they take care of that and all kinds of other activity but  I want to give each of these wonderful companies opportunity to say some words about how great VR is well the Hyatt and inis free are always Delight Ed to work with VR  and all of the communities that we serve um being a critical piece of disability  employment in our communities is humbling and something we are honored to be a part  of so thank you Deb and GCE and everyone else that we work with thank you all thank [Applause] you yeah Deb um in addition to VR we also do project search which  is kind of a a high school version of that but what I'm really proud about  GC is one of the largest employers with uh disab persons with disabilities in the State  of Florida uh just in Escambia County alone we have nearly 400 employees across 10 lines  of business and that includes everything from food custodial to Information Technology work  and administrative support services and so having this month recognized to celebrate our  persons with disabilities like Raymond and Keon that are here with me today um it it really is  important we we thank you for that Mr chairman absolutely thank you please thank you uh we're  honored to continue to partner with VR and if if it wasn't for tr's passion for this program  it would not be successful here at Escambia County she just takes this and runs with it  and as Deb said we are the model for the rest of the state so thank you well that's perfect thank you and Debbie you didn't get an award today but I I want to thank you publicly for your  advocacy for this uh for this demographic of folks it's uh uh you know as commissioner  May has often mentioned over the years it takes uh you know it takes advocacy  from people that have you know that have relationships that that are in certain  positions to uh uh to affect the changes of uh the changes in the lives of others and you've  certainly done that so thank you and thank you for all the folks that were here thank you all right written communication Madam Council yes chairman thank you um there  may or may not be a speaker here there's a we do have a speaker  okay would you like to hear from the speaker Larry DS Oh I thought it was representative Hello Larry DS Jor Plumbing LLC because FAL matters uh this in written  communication all right yeah I I I just wanted to speak on this issue because I think uh you know  y'all should Grant relief anytime you can to we the people you know because this is already a huge  overreach to begin with so you know if y'all can find in here it says to review review all requests  for forgiveness so if y'all could just find it in your hearts to forgive the people you know  for you know I mean it would be don't wouldn't it be better for y'all to work for the people with  the people instead of against the people it just seems like it's a much better way I mean because  I would have been done I would have been out of here I was just checking one more time just to  see if you know if we could get some forgiveness for you know occasional slippage I forgive you  Larry well but but it but it's but it's in the actions it's not in the words you know we're not  children that y'all are governing over we actually pay for this this same way here you know we're  uh we're it it just seems like it's the other way around it's like that y'all are the parent  giving us like this says forgiveness you know what I mean forgiveness are you this this is  just sad it's sad where we are and it could have been over but now it's not and you putting you  you've been put on notice for violating my rights Barry okay we could have been just just over it  just with one little point but couldn't let it happen Okay super all right B that's our only  speaker uh Mike this is in District 2 I still got just a second oh yes you do and also if y'all I'd  like the other Commissioners to vote on this to Grant this forgiveness and also if Barry needs any  attorney fees in the future don't vote to give him on the case that I may be bringing forward  thank you okay super all right board Mike this is IND distri yeah Mr D you may want to stick around  for this one because I'm going to tell you why I can't support it um this this property there's no  other speakers right no sir that's it so this property obviously after talking with code as  well as um legal um this property is still not in compliance so without being in compliance I  don't think we should be moved forward with the given the relief um if you looked at the pictures  that are on file it's a complete disaster to the people that live on Lynch as of today so I'm not  recommending moving forward with this all right is that a motion to drop it or motion to deny  it what would you like motion to deny okay is there a second second all right in discussion  hearing none please vote all this please all vote sorry item passes 5 Z to deny the  request I don't know no forgiveness I still I I forgave you for earlier but perhaps not  on this item uh Madame clerk I'm sorry did the clerk's office receive proof of  publication Mr chairman the clerk's office has received all proof thank you Dela entertain a  motion to wave the reading so moved thank you is there a second second please vote item passes 5 to Zer to wave the reading Madam clerk thank you we have three items on the  consent agenda the first one is acceptance of the tdt collection data for September and you  will look in your backup this would represent August with a 5% increase in revenue for that  month the second is documents for filing the third is minutes and reports that we  have prepared thank you thank you m clerk Bo we do have a speaker before we take action Larry Downs Larry Downs Jr Plumbing LLC because feal matters uh man y'all could have been done with  me I'll be out of here I got first amendment Auditors at my house right now they're going to be shocked uh y'all know I don't agree with us TDC uh you know double taxation I've already spoke  even at the TDC board it's double tax you you taxing people to come here it's just so corrupt  it's so bad so you know recommendation concerning the acceptance of the TDC collection data and of  course we're talking about lots of money so uh you know and I'm speaking on this agenda item um  I know y'all are going to accept it and I know that this is probably going to never end it's  probably going to go up I mean there's no way to reverse it I mean I don't think but  I just want y'all to keep in mind that every time y'all accept to to keep going with this  collection plate which is not voluntary it's Force government force and coercion to double  tax even us cuz we live here so when I go out and get a hotel room on the beach I got to pay  it I'm not a tourist I live here maybe y'all could grant us an exemption from this taxation  double taxation so anyways my my don't accept it just let it pile up all right thank you all right  Bo entertain a motion for Clerk's Report with the clerk's report thank you a second is there  a second sure thank you please vote item pass is 5 Z thank you madam clerk growth management  horse so uh for today we have uh recommendation concerning Lai uh c16 Town Homes final plat all  right board we have no speakers I'll move the item in the affirmative thank you right  please vote item passes 5 to zero thank you Horus Mr administrator thank you Mr chairman  there are 10 items on the technical Public Service consent agenda there are no changes  hold for speaker car 1-6 all right I'd entertain a motion for the balance move the balance thank you  please vote balance of the administrator technical Public Service consent passes Keith Bo for item six so recommen sorry recommendation concerning State of Florida D agreement for Beach Haven  phase two I just want to thank everybody that's uh been involved with getting the Beach Haven  drainage project going I'm sure you're going to go forward on these next two items I just want to  tell you how important it is as a flood Defender uh Chris cerb couldn't be here this morning but  he asked me to uh say something on it in a very positive manner and uh we absolutely do appreciate  it I personally live across the street from the uh drainage project and it is one gorgeous place  to go out walk enjoy take pictures whatever we're going to do but more important than that we need  the drainage to function in this County and this is an example of where it works where  it makes it more beautiful uh and uh I'm proud to be wearing this shirt today for Warrington  revitalization committee where I stay involved among other places thank you commissioner ker we  appreciate your support and we look forward to uh the work being done on South Navy Boulevard  so thank you Keith Mr chairman Keith you all look good in those new shirts I know Miss Birdwell got  and my hopefully we won't have 20 people here I saw she hading it out a bunch the other night but  I'd like to move car 1-6 and and um and support is there a second I'll second all right please  vote item pass is 5 to zero Mr administrator thank you Mr chairman there are 47 items on the Budget  Finance consent agenda including commissioner Barry's discretionary to add-on uh as car 2- 47  please hold CAR 2-36 contract award for divine Farms Bridge replacement for commissioner Barry  to abstain hold for speakers car 2-23 and car 2-42 Mr chairman yes sir I also need to hold  item 2-15 so that I can read my abstention form and abstain from the vote all right and  commissioner do you have your form you do okay all right all right entertain  a motion for the balance so moved all right all right please vote balance passes 5 to Z 2-15 commissioner bgos thank you Mr chairman um I need to abstain from this vote I've filled out the  appropriate paperwork I Jeff bgos hereby disclosed that on October 17th 2024 a measure came before  the board on which I sit which ures which has the appearance that it endures to the special gain  or loss to my relative Sally bgos um the measure before my agency and the nature of my conflicting  interest in the measure is as follows es scami County Board count Commission comm's meeting  October 17 2024 County administrators report item 2115 recommendation concerning the fiscal year  2425 miscellaneous Appropriations agreements for outside agencies presents a conf conflict  of interests pursuant to um floor statutes 112. 3143 or an appearance of a conflict of interest  pursuant to uh Florida Statutes 28612 because my wife Sally bgos is the executive director of the  health and Hope Clinic so therefore I'll be abstaining from this vote thank you Mr  yes sir i' entertain a motion second sorry who moved it so I'll okay all right and  second from commissioner may all right all those in favor please vote all those  in favor please vote any any descent any exstension item passes four to zero with  commissioner bgos abstaining all right item 2-23 uh speaker is Carolyn grow sorry for a little bit of those Antics I thought it was going through already and I was concerned  um Commissioners I am very concerned about uh 223 going through and about a vote that you  all already had on 103 uh because um cuts to Transit disadvantage and even this uh little  bit that you're going forward with and some of the changes that you made for Transit disadvantage are  problematic for the the disability Community you just did a uh wonderful presentation for um the  October National disability employment Awareness Month however do you realize that those 400  employees that you were just talking about are the very people that you're cutting rides for you are  now making it such that only 74 people are able to take transit disadvantage rides and there's  400 people that you were just talking about that need rides rides every day and though only 74 of  those people are going to be able to get some of those rides that some of those very people are the  ones who are stocking the shelves at the grocery stores where you get your orange juice that some  of those very people are the ones who are helping the persons to be able to get their uh services on  the base so that the people who help us to all have our freedoms to get their count Comm the  commission's stock so they can get their services that while we are all are all maybe out at the  base or excuse me at the hotels watching the air shows and you're on your lazy river getting your  um uh rafts or your towels and maybe your drinks or whatever and you're getting clean glasses and  food and everything out there that those are the bars and the food and everything that's getting  prepped those are the people who are working they don't have rides now I'm one of those Transit  dependent Riders last night when I took a ride ride home after 8:00 it cost $45 to come back from  PR do Kei to get back to the City of Pensacola those are the rides that you're cutting from  people that's the $3 million Delta that you're talking about those rides that are needed are for  people who actually work who need to get back and forth that's the services that are going away that  $442,000 that's going to be continued by having that service that's only a little bit of the fra  of what it cost to get people tuned from their jobs that's not enough of the services that are  needed commissioner bgos you've been in the services for people with disabilities you've  got access to the beaches you got services to Bula commissioner Barry you've been about having access  for Education you've been about having services that have been going a long time for Cil and  other people with disabilities commissioner Lumen you've been about having services for  32501 and 32503 to continue commissioner Coler you've been a nurse you've been in doing rehab  you were out at the Cil and I saw hundreds of people at that services that we were providing  commissioner Ashley I know you just got here and you're going to be doing disability services with  the with with that Community but we've got to do more not less transit for people with  disabilities and for people who are lowi Income trying to get to and from Services it's economic  development that's going to impact everybody not just the people with disabilities or the  people who are lowincome in our community we cannot afford to cut services to the people who  need it most by giving less Services it's going to affect everybody not just the people who are  needing that service most thank you Carolyn thank you for your time and please do not cut  services please do not make the people who need it most get less it's critical thank you Carolyn  yes sir Carolyn thank you for your advocacy and I serve on the transportation disadvantage board  uh I talked at length with the administrator last night uh and there's going to have to be  a resolution and a solution he's told me that that's not going to be you know the proposed  idea you know would take to June to implement but I think that you know from my position it's going  to have to be a pause because the least of them and you don't have to reply you just know that  I'm supporting uh and I'm going to work with the administrator to bring back something uh  you know that doesn't take away the opportunity for people with disadvantages to go to work and  to get their healthare we need to look at the local option sales tax we have public Community  forums to we'll figure something out yeah thanks yeah Mr chairman I would say that we are we it is  a work in progress there's no final decision been made on anything we've not cut anything  at the moment we will continue to move forward we continue to work for res time already people can't  if you're going from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. you can't get people to work who have to be there at  3:45 Carolyn thank you thank you thanks Carolyn and and I Mr chairman yes sir can and and we're  working with um um administrator Marino when I was brought to my attention this week uh and I  do think that we're going to have to address the times uh particularly with those people  who are going on the base and getting off at 8:00 uh we have to do an analysis I mean because those  people uh will become unemployed if they can't get to work you and GC as Carolyn said I mean I  can't be hypocritical in give them a proclamation an award today and then cut off the services that  provide for those people to go to work I mean that's you know I've heard for years that you  know west of West of Leon County in the Panhandle you know we've had a lot to be proud of about the  Transportation uh Transportation opportunities for disadvantaged folks that we've have you know  we're one top in the state yeah many of the counties in the Panhandle don't have uh you  know don't have uh programs at all in place or or very very very limited programs and uh  uh I I don't think that that's the I don't think reducing those uh reducing those rides  and reducing those opportunities is the intent of this board so I think we'll we'll we we'll  work and we'll figure something out and and Steve to the credit of our staff and our Administration  if you go to our friends to the east of us probably even Beyond Leon we probably have one  of the most reust and efficient uh Transportation disadvantage boards and and I serve on that board  but even with that uh people have become dependent on those services and it's going to be a challenge  to not try and reallocate or find S resources to make sure that those people are able to get  to work I mean they are the citizens uh with disadvantages and so um they don't have the  ability uh to get a ride so I don't know what the solution is but uh Wes was very open and and told  me you know it was not a direct impact as I've been told um and it certainly the plan wouldn't  go into place to June but I think that we would get an opportunity once we were seated with you  know we have one new colleague today and we'll have another new colleague soon uh to revisit  that uh to make sure that I we can't make we can't increase gas taxes the revenue is the revenue but  I think we can look at how do we reallocate right um board we have another speaker Larry DS Larry D Jr uh this the ccat yall know I've talked against against public uh I mean against  the uh government getting bigger and bigger and bigger just like uh commissioner may just  said you know the people have become dependent so you're going to have to there's going to be  more dependency on Big Daddy gov that's what's happened so maybe we could take some of that  double taxation money from the tourist because technically she's saying that people are using  these ecat rides to work while the tourists need the workers out at the restaurants and the hotels  and all that so maybe we could take that double taxation for the TDC and pay for more free rides  wouldn't that make sense best idea yet do what best idea yet to that lar perfect because if  we're going to go ahead and do this at least let's do it let's let's take the the over government the  over the over Taxation and let use it in a place to where we're creating more dependency I think  that would be the best what do y'all think good idea all right thank you thank you all right board  that's all our speakers i' entertain the item I'll move the item in the affirmative thank you there  a second all right please vote item passes 5 to zero next item is going to be my item uh 40 46 I'm sorry 36 I'm sorry recommendation concerning contract award for divine Farms  Bridge replacement I Steven Berry hereby disclose on October 17 2024 a measure came  before my agency which Aur to the special gain or loss of Ryan Shavers by whom I'm retained  the measure before my agency and the nature of my conflicting interest in the measure is as follows  schemy County Board of County Commissioners meeting October 17 2024 County administrative  report item 2-36 concerning contract award for divine Farms Bridge replacement and Road Alliance  American Rescue plan act project PD 23- 24125 presents a conflict of interest pursuant to  statute 112. 31 Florida 3 3143 Florida Statutes with the appearance of a conflict of interest  pursuant to statute 28612 Florida statute because Ryan Shavers principal of RA of Shavers  construction is my client I'd entertain a motion for the item I'll move 36 in the affirmative all  right thank you please vote all those in favor any descent any extensions myself item passes  four to zero with with commissioner Barry abstaining next item is going to be item 42  which is recommendation concerning the purchase of software for live meeting management speaker Eric sharplan good even evening good morning my question is will this here be compatible with  the new windows 11 I think as of October 2025 you know Microsoft's Dro in support for 10 and  so it's going to affect a lot of people because they've got these crazy outrageous requirements  that most computers today cannot upgrade to it and I mean I mean the staff here going to have  to make a big upgrade here to Windows 11 as well or is that going to be no a good question I'm not  qualified to answer we won't no we're good okay is he says we're good okay all right thank you  Mr chair all thank you all right board that's all the speakers that entertain the item thank  you all right please vote please all vote item pass is 5 to zero oh that's that's all right so I  don't want have to reconvene a special meeting uh to uh to to have you take action buddy all  right uh thank you Mr administrator Madam Council thank you chairman there are five action items on  the county of attorney's report I can answer any questions board um no no sir I'll move all  five of thank you all right please vote items pass Five to zero anything else Madam councel  thank you thank you all right board if there's uh if there's nothing further we're adjourned  congratulations Ashley at 40 or 45 minutes it's not bad it will it will probably be the best  meeting that you sit in that you sit through so it's all it's all downhill from here so