[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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2022 REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER MORE. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOZER. YES COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH ? YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER HAND CHAIRMAN CAROL. YES, MA'AM.
IN T REFLECTS YOUR HEART AND A PLACE THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD TO CALL HOME. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. AND I WOULD SAY IT'S TO AMERICA. TO AGREE TO PUBLIC STANDS, ONE NATION 100 BUCKS. ISRAEL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION OF
[E. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA MOTION? ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH, COMMISSIONER HAM COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DR CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE PARTICIPATION. THIS IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING ANY ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ALRIGHT SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE UP. JUST PATIENT[H. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
WILL MOVE TO APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA, MR MICHAEL? YES, SIR. MR CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING UNDER THE CLERK'S OFFICE, ITEM ONE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.TGT COLLECTIONS. NOVEMBER 2021 IN DECEMBER. CHECK REGISTERS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE REPORTS UNDER HOUSING SERVICES ITEM TO HAGGERTY TASK ORDER AMENDMENTS. DASH RECOMMENDATIONS , THE BOARD APPROVED AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO TASK ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES AND PURCHASE ASSISTANCE CASE MANAGEMENT BY HAGGERTY. AND UTILITY SERVICES. ITEM. THREE NORTH BASED NORTH BAY REUSE FDP GRANT AMENDMENT FOR STASH RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED AMENDMENT FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GRANT AGREEMENT AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THAT IS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN OF STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION TO A PROGRESS HERE. SECOND WE HAVE EMOTIONAL SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER DOZER, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER HAM CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM, MOVING INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM. THIS IS THAT A NUMBER FOUR. WE SEND JUVENILE JUSTICE COURTHOUSE GMP AWARD. YES SIR. MR CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS REQUEST TODAY IS THAT YOU ASSUME THE AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, JSC CONTRACTORS AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO RETAIN 100% PLANS FROM THE DESIGN FIRM AS WELL AS AUTHORIZED STAFF TO ISSUE A FORMAL SOLICITATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW JUVENILE JUVENILE JUSTICE COURTHOUSE.
WOULD BE LOOKING FOR EMOTION AND FOR APPROVAL AND STAFF IS PRESIDENT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. TO HAVE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECONDS HAVE EMOTIONAL SECOND COMMEMORATE. CALL, PLEASE . COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH, COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER DOES YES, COMMISSIONER HAM CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON
[K. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (LIMITED TO ITEMS WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORITY)]
TO THE SECOND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THIS IS OPEN TO ANY ISSUE RELATED TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO BRING BEFORE SHE MORE TO WHAT CAN I COME UP FRONT? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WELCOME BACK.[00:05:02]
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARY BAILEY. I LIVE AT 12123 OLEANDER STREET IN FLORIDA. I WAS HERE EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT ANIMAL CONTROL. AND THE ROADS AND STUFF AND I'VE HEARD FROM THOSE PEOPLE AND KATHY GOT WITH ME WITH ANIMAL CONTROL. SHE WAS VERY NICE. SHE TOOK ME AROUND. SHOWED ME EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND I FOUND IT RATHER UNBELIEVABLE THAT SHE ONLY HAS TO ANIMAL CONTROL VEHICLES TO HANDLE ALL OF BAY COUNTY. WE'VE GROWN, SO THE NEEDS OF GROWN AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. TWO I HEARD ABOUT WORK HOURS THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING AND I REALIZED THAT THEY LOVE THEIR JOBS. BUT I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR JOB. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE DAYS OFF THANKS TO TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS AND IF ALL YOU CAN DO IS WORK BEEN THERE IS A PROBLEM. SO I FOUND THAT THERE UNDERSTAND AND UNDERFUNDED. THEY NEED AT LEAST TWO MORE TRUCKS. BECAUSE THIS IS BIG COUNTY. WE'VE GROWN. THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE. THEREFORE THERE ARE TONS OF ANIMALS AND PEOPLE DON'T TREAT ANIMALS VERY WELL. YOU KNOW, AND THEY? WHAT'S SAD IS THEY TREAT THEIR ANIMALS BETTER THAN THEY DO THEIR CHILDREN MOST TIME, SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE DISPERSED BETWEEN CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S FIGHTING PORTS SUCH AS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE HAVING AN INCREASE IN PROBLEMS. I KNOW WE DON'T SEE THEM VERY MUCH OUT THERE EITHER. BUT I REALIZED THAT Y'ALL ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TO DO WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THESE AREAS LIKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT. THEY COULD DEFINITELY USE IT. I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY'VE GOT, BUT THEY NEED MORE HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BAILEY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO BRING ANYTHING BEFORE US? PLEASE TAKE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.JOSEPH RILEY, 8 21 NORTH BAY, DR LYNN HAVEN, FLORIDA. AND I'LL JUST READ THE LETTER HERE. UM, BACON. ANY COMMISSIONERS? BAY COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES REGARDING ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS CAUSED BY DESTROYED CONCRETE. RAINWATER COLLECTION BOX AND UNDERGROUND PIPING. THE UNDERSIGNED RESIDENTS REQUEST THAT THEY COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES RECONSTRUCT. THE RING, WATER COLLECTION BOX AND DRAINAGE PIPING AT THE AT THE END OF WASHINGTON STREET THAT INTERSECTS WITH NORTH BAY DRIVE IN COLLEGE MORNING. A NEW AT THAT TIME. RAINWATER RUNOFF ELECTION MARKS CONSTRUCTED BY BAY COUNTY WAS DESTROYED BY RICHARD BISHOP, THE FORMER OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 8 29 NORTH BAY. IN 2017 AND ALSO HE DESTROYED. THE EXISTING PIPING THAT WAS THERE. IN. I THINK IT WAS 2000. 22,000. THE BISHOPS HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH BAY COUNTIES, INSPIRING THE WETLANDS PROPERTY IN 1994. AND I GOT A COUPLE OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT. IN A FIT OF RAGE AND UN NEIGHBORLY CONDUCT.
BISHOP DESTROYED THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED COLLECTION BOX. AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM. CAUSING THE RAINWATER FLOODING HAPPENING NOW. THE UNDERSIDE AND RESIDENTS HAVE HAD FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH THEIR HOMES AND PROPERTIES CELLS. FURTHERMORE THE DRAINAGE DITCH ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT DESTROYED COLLECTION BOX MUST SPEAK CONSISTENTLY DRAINED BY THE COUNTY'S BIG VACUUM TRUCK. AT WHAT CAUSED ONLY THE COUNTY KNOWS, HOWEVER, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A CHEAP EXPENDITURE OF TAXPAYER MONEY. ADDITIONALLY IN THE SEASON OF THE BITING MOSQUITO THE STAGNANT WATER IN THE DRAINAGE DITCH IS AN ACTIVE BREEDING GROUND FOR THE PISTE CREATURES. AND CLOSING WITH APPRECIATE ALL HELP BE COUNTY CAN DO TO ELIMINATE OUR RAINWATER RUNOFF AND MOSQUITO PROBLEMS BEFORE THE NEXT MAJOR STORM. AND BREEDING SEASON. AND THE NEW OWNER OF THE BISHOPS HOME. THE SECOND ONE DOWN ON THE LIST THERE. GEORGE CHRISTOPHER, AND HE WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO ANYTHING THE COUNTY WANTED TO REBUILD ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY?
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WE THANK YOU, SIR. WE WILL HAVE STAFF. LOOK AT THIS AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THE AUDITS? I'D LIKE TO BRING ANYTHING BEFORE US. SAYING NO, WE WILL CLOSE THE PARTICIPATION. COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT MANAGER[N. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AND COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS]
REPORT NOTHING FROM MY OFFICER. ALRIGHT UM LET'S SEE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, MR HAM.OH, NOTHING. JUST HOPE EVERYBODY IS OFF TO A GOOD YEAR. THIS YEAR, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR BEING BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. GET A LOT OF THESE NAGGING PROBLEMS BEHIND US. THANK YOU, SIR. COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN'S UHH YEAH. JUST SOON. WELL WISHES TO SENATOR GAYNOR, FORMER COMMISSIONER GAINER. YOU HAD BACK SURGERY THIS PAST WEEK AND HERE HE'S DOING WELL, SO WE WISH HIM WELL AND GET BACK ON HIS FEET AND THE LEGISLATURES IN FULL SESSION AND SO THEY ARE WORKING HARD UNTIL THEY DO DO EVERYTHING THAT CAN DETECT AWAY THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY. AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DO THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN. I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS ON. FIRST OFF. I WANTED. TO BRING UP THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS MADE HERE RECENTLY BY BECCA HARDING FROM THE JUST WANTED TO UNDER UNDERLINE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT CENTRAL MALONEY INCORPORATED, COMING TO BAKE COUNTY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING EXPANSION. IN DEBATE COUNTY AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY MANUFACTURED TRANSFORMERS FOR ELECTRIC COMPANIES. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING 200 NEW JOBS TO OUR AREA, PAYING BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE WAGE. SO MY HATS OFF TO THE IDEA FOR THAT EFFORT IN BEING ABLE TO TRACK THIS JOBS.
OF COURSE, THAT'S ON TOP OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE FEW WEEKS AGO, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO FOR FEDEX THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE BRINGING 200 NEW JOBS TO OUR AREAS, SO THINGS ARE REALLY LOOKING UP IN BAY COUNTY AS FAR AS THE NEW JOBS COMING TO OUR AREA. AND THESE JOBS ARE ARE PAIN, AN AVERAGE OF 115% MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PAY IN BAY COUNTY SO JUST JUST A GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND I WANTED TO JUST UNDERSCORE THE GOOD EFFORT THAT IN THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE HERE IN BAY COUNTY, UM, SPEARHEADED FROM OUR MEDIA. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. BECCA HARDING IS LEADING THAT GROUP. THE SECOND THING I HAVE IS I WANTED TO ASK BOB, UH, SKATEBOARD PARK THAT WE HAVE WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT FOR SO LONG AS IT'S BEEN IN THE PLANNING AND BEEN IN DESIGN AND HIS HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS. I WANTED TO ASK BOB IF HE COULD BRING US UP TO DATE ON THAT AND TELL US WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE WITH IT. SORT. THANK YOU, MR COMMISSIONER DESERT. UH SURE WHERE WE ADVISED THE BOARD SEVERAL WEEKS BACK THAT WE HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF US RECEIVING A GRANT TO FUND THAT PROJECT. WE ARE CURRENTLY READY TO BRING. THE BOARD ITEM. DO YOU GUYS ASKING US TO PROCEED TO GO AHEAD WITH CONSTRUCTION? IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT? WE NEED TO DO THAT. AT THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. HOWEVER IF IT'S THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE TO WAIT TO FIND OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THAT, GRANT, UM WE NEED DIRECTION ON THAT. UM I WOULD ANTICIPATE US NOT HAVING AN ANSWER ON WHETHER WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED THAT GRANT THAT GRANT TILL AUGUST. IF WE DO INDEED RECEIVED THAT GRANT IN AUGUST, WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO BID AGAIN. THE GRANT DOLLARS WILL BE FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THE GRANT WILL REQUIRE US TO GO BACK OUT ON THE STREET AT THAT TIME. SO THAT COULD POTENTIALLY DELAY US ACTUALLY EXECUTING ON THAT PROJECT TO PROBABLY AFTER THE FIRST OF JANUARY, 2023 SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, STAFFERS ARE SEEKING DIRECTION ON WHICH WAY THE BOARD WOULD LIKE US TO PROCEED. WE'VE GOT PARK IMPACT FEES AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS TDC FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT. NOW, IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD UM, HOWEVER , IF WE ARE AWARDED THIS GRANT THAT BRAMBLE FUND 100% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST 100. YES, SIR.
THAT DID YOU NOT TAKE TDC FUNDS AND JUST REPAY THE FUNDS WITH THE GRAND. I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A WOULD BE AN OPTION. WE CERTAINLY COULD. WE CERTAINLY COULD ASK THAT QUESTION. YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED BY THE FIRST MEETING OF FEBRUARY. WE NEED TO SIGN PROUD OF THAT. UM, NO. I MEAN WE WHAT WE WOULD DO IS PUT THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY, AND YOU KNOW WE COULD. WE WOULD HAVE AN ANSWER BY THEN. AND YOU CAN DECIDE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. CERTAINLY THE ISSUE WITH THE FEBRUARY TIMELINE IS THE GRANT OR THE BEDS WE RECEIVED. THE PRICING IS ONLY GOING TO BE GOOD UNTIL THAT TIME FRAME, AND THEN THAT'S GONNA EXPIRE SO WE'VE GOT TO DECIDE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT. WE CAN AGENDA THAT FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. GET THAT QUESTION. ANSWER TO THEM. I THINK THE RISK WE'RE RUNNING HERE IS ULTIMATELY WE GO TO AUGUST. WE DON'T GET THE GRANT SO SERIOUSLY. PRICING THAT'S THE BOARD'S DESIRE. THEN WE'LL AGENDA THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, AND WE'LL COME BACK AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
DEFINITELY THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DO THAT SCHEDULED FOR FED FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
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AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP TO. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE BOARD'S DESIRE WAS. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ESCAPE PART THOSE WE HAVE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE SKATE PARK FOR YEARS, LITERALLY YEARS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOUND FOUND, I THINK A GOOD LOCATION FOUND A GOOD FUNDING SOURCE. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GRANT TO COME UP. WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNOW IT'S JUST A GAMBLE IF WE GET IT OR NOT, AND IT WILL DELAY IT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPTION IS TO BRING IT BACK IN FEBRUARY AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. YES IT THANKS TO ME FIRST MORE. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. TO KIND OF READ IT. WHAT YOU SAID COMMISSION DOES YOU KNOW ANYTIME YOU GO BY THE SKATEPARK THAT PANAMA CITY HAS DOWNTOWN? I MEAN, YOU'RE ALWAYS SEEING KIDS OUT THERE THEIR OWN SCOOTERS, SKATEBOARDS BIKES, AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT COMING. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE. IF YOU'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU CAN DRIVE JINX AVENUE NOW FROM 15TH STREET TO 3 90. IT'S ALL FOUR LAND IT'S BEEN COMPLETED, SO WE WANT TO THANK J C FOR A GREAT JOB GETTING TWO COMPLETED, SO THAT'S EXCITING. AND ALSO I HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF PENALTY CITY BEACHES MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THEY HAVE APPROVED THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD TO CONSTRUCT A FIRE TOWER. WHICH WILL ALL THEM FIRE. UM DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FOR TRAINING, SO WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT AND BE A GREAT TRAINING M* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.