[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD. MORNING LIKE TO CALL HER OCTOBER 4TH 2022 REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS NINE. A.M.
ROLL CALL PLACE COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER DOZER COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH COMMISSIONER HAM CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM. TODAY'S INDICATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR KYLE SHOES FROM CALVARY PANAMA CITY, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COMMISSIONER HAM IF YOU ALL PLEASE STAND. THIS MORNING FOLLOWING. THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY BY COUNTY. GRACIOUS TO US. HELP US THROUGH SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN GOOD. THIS MEETING ALL THE LEADERS HERE ASSEMBLED. HELP US TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. JESUS' NAME. THE FOLLOWING THE PLEDGE TO FIRE UNITED STATES. WHAT DID YOU SAY? NATION. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE MEETING? LOVE FROM STAFF. CAN I GET A MOTION APPROVAL? THE AGENDA
[E. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
SECOND MOTION. SECOND ROLL CALL , PLEASE. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER MORE COMMISSIONER DOZER COMMISSIONER. HAM CHAIR MCCARROLL. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT IT IS ALMOST OUR FOUR YEAR[• Hurricane Michael Update]
ANNIVERSARY. HARD TO BELIEVE OF HURRICANE MICHAEL AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION DAY THAT JOEL SCHUBERT'S GOING TO LEAD US FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. SO AS WE APPROACH FOUR YEARS SINCE HURRICANE MICHAEL, WE PREPARED A SHORT UPDATE ON RECOVERY EFFORTS AND ARE INTRODUCING A NEW INTERACTIVE ONLINE PROJECT MAP. HOWEVER FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE A STATUS OF BAY COUNTY ASSISTANCE WITH HURRICANE IN RESPONSE. WHETHER IT BE LAW ENFORCEMENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UTILITIES, BAY COUNTY HAD ABSOLUTE SUPERSTARS IN THE FIELD AND R E O. C BY THE HUNDREDS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. IN TURN. WE CONTINUE TO SEND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE IAN, BUT ALSO OUR STAFF AND RESOURCES. TO THAT END, I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON BAY COUNTY ASSETS RESOURCES AND, UM STAFF THAT'S DOWN IN THE AFFECTED AREA OR IN THE TALLAHASSEE USC. FIRST. THE SHERIFF AND APPROXIMATELY 20 BCS, SO OFFICERS AND STAFF ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN MISSIONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. SHARE FORWARD PERSONALLY CHAIRS THE FLORIDA SHERIFF'S TASK FORCE AND IS LEADING THE COORDINATED STATEWIDE RESPONSE AMONG THE 67 SHERIFF'S OFFICES IN FLORIDA. HE AND HIS STAFF CONTINUE TO PUT IN LONG HOURS AT TALLAHASSEE, O C AND IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. IN ADDITION TO BCS, OVER A COUNTY SINCE SEVERAL EXPERIENCE IN KEY STAFF AND ASSETS TO THE STADIO. SEE AND THE AFFECTED AREAS, INCLUDING AN 8 TO 10 MEMBER HAZMAT TEAM CURRENTLY AWAITING THEIR MISSION. 2 TO 4 UTILITY STAFF MEMBERS ARE WAITING FLOW WORN MISSION. FLOWER HORN IS A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION COMPRISED OF ALL THE UTILITIES. UH ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THEY LITERALLY JUST LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY SAID. HUNDREDS OF STAFF THAT HELPED US RESTORE OUR COUNTY UTILITIES AND ALSO WERE A GREAT ASSET TO ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND RESTORING SERVICES. TWO FIREFIGHTERS STAFF CAPTAIN AND A FIREFIGHTER ENGINEER. WITH THE TANKER FOR STRIKE TEAM. THREE EMERGENCY MANAGERS OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CHIEF OR LOGISTICS CHIEF, AND ALSO OUR PLANNER, OUR DOCS AND BOTH THE SOTO AND LEE COUNTY RIGHT NOW. THREE I T AND G. I S STAFF TO THE STADIO. SEE, THOSE FOLKS ARE INTEGRAL TO ALL OPERATIONS, LOGISTICS PLANNING.IN OUR GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER. IS ALSO ON HIS WAY TO LEE COUNTY TO ASSIST WITH OPERATIONS DOWN THERE AS WELL AS WE SPEAK. SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THE RESOURCES AND ASSETS WE HAVE IN THE AREA AND CURRENTLY ON STANDBY TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS AS WELL AND CERTAINLY UH, WE'VE GOT A VERY EXPERIENCED STAFF AND RESOURCES AND ASSETS HERE. NOW THAT WILL PROVIDE A GREAT DEAL OF HELP TO IAN. WE KNOW MORE THAN ANYBODY WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, SO I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT SO SHIFTING FROM IN RESPONSE TO MICHAEL RECOVERY. I JUST WANT TO DO AN OVERVIEW.
THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AS AS WELL AS OUR NEW INTERACTIVE PROJECTS LIST THAT CONCENTRATES ON HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY 47 A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THERE'S 17 PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER FINISHED OR UNDERWAY. THE FIRST DIVISION OR AREA WANTED TO COVER WITH HOUSING. AND FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, 2022. WE WILL EXPAND UP TO $18 MILLION IN HOUSING PROGRAM. THE MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE PURCHASE ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS. WE COVERED THIS IN THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE 200 FAMILIES IN A HOME THAT BUT FOR THIS PROGRAM LIKELY WOULD BE HABITUAL RENTERS . SO THAT'S A HUGE SUCCESS, AND
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THIS MONEY ALSO GETS CYCLED BACK IF THEY SELL THE PROPERTY OR IF THEY RENTED OUT AT SOME POINT, UM SO THAT WE CAN HELP OTHER FAMILIES STARTING OUT. DERELICT VESSEL REMOVAL. WE'VE ALL SEEN THE PICTURES DOWN SOUTH. WE LOOK NO DIFFERENT. WE'VE REMOVED OVER £3.4 MILLION OF STRUCTURAL DEBRIS, INCLUDING 55. VESSELS ALREADY OUT OF OUR WATERWAYS. THERE'S ANOTHER SEVEN ON THE LIST THAT WILL GET TO SHORTLY, BUT WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE OUR STAFFS EFFORT IN OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND PROVIDING THE GRANT AND THE MEANS TO DO THAT. CODE ENFORCEMENT. IT'S VERY POPULAR OR UNPOPULAR, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU TALK TO. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY, DEGREE GIS NOUS OF HURRICANE MICHAEL. WE WAITED A FULL YEAR UNLESS IT WAS TRUE SAFETY OR HEALTH HAZARD. WE WAITED A FULL YEAR TO WRITE UP ANY DAMAGE OR TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST ANY PROPERTIES THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THE STORM. UM HAVING SAID THAT WE'VE OPENED OVER 2200 CASES AND WE'VE CLOSED THE MAJORITY OF AMONGST 1800 OF THEM, BUT THE VOLUME STARTING SLOWED DOWN. THE VELOCITY IS NOT AS GREAT AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THAT TUNNEL. BUILDER SERVICES. AFTER THE STORM EVERYTHING EVERYTHING WAS OBVIOUSLY DAMAGED. UM GOVERNOR HAD SOME EXECUTIVE ORDERS. WE HAD SOME LENIENCY ON ROOFING PERMITS, ETCETERA, BUT WE PROCESSED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 70,000 PERMITS. UM WHICH ALSO EQUATED TO OVER 114,000 INSPECTIONS, SO THAT'S A HUGE WORK LOAD. AND IT'S WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A SLOWDOWN IN THAT, BUT GOVERNMENT. SKIPPED AHEAD HERE. SO UM, ON THE RECOVERY AND TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS AND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROJECTS, COSTS ARE REIMBURSED BY FEMA CATEGORIZED. IT'S ANYTHING FROM DEBRIS, IT'S MORE OF THE RESPONSE MECHANISM. UM BUT IT'S DEBRIS, EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE MEASURES, REPAIRS TO ROADS, BRIDGES, ETCETERA. OF THE 3RD $337 MILLION THAT WE'VE EXPENDED SO FAR. UM ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN OBLIGATED BY FAMOUS. THE FIRST FEMA HAS TO OBLIGATED, AND THEY HAVE 100% AND THEN THOSE PROJECTS PASSED THROUGH THE STATE. THEY DO A REVIEW OF IT, AND THEN THEY ADD THEIR COST SHARE. UM SO OF THE 337 MILLION WE'VE GOT 217 MILLION REIMBURSED, WHICH IS QUITE GOOD RELATIVE TO OTHER EVENTS. WE ARE STILL ON A FIVE YEAR SCHEDULE TO GET ALL OF OUR REIMBURSABLE COSTS BACK. UM AND SEE NO REASON. IF WE DON'T COMPLETE OUR PRODUCTS THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE ALL THOSE FUNDS THE ONE COST THAT'S NOT REIMBURSABLE I SHOULD MENTION IS THE INTEREST SO WE BORROWED $300 MILLION. WE'VE GOT 100 AND 50 OF THAT PAID BACK. CONGRESSMAN DON IS WORKING CLOSE WITH US TO GET LEGISLATION THROUGH SO THAT INTEREST WOULD BE A REIMBURSABLE COST. UM WE'RE STILL HE IS STILL PUSHING THAT EFFORT FOR US, AND WE HOPE TO SEE SOME ACTION ON THAT. HERE'S OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE EITHER REPAIRED OR REPLACED. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE COUNTY. MOST OF OUR BUILDINGS HAD DAMAGE EVERY ONE OF THEM. UM A LOT OF THAT ARE STAFFED IN HOUSE. AT LEAST I DON'T QUICK FIX AND SOME OF THEM WE ACTUALLY FIXED OUR OWN BUILDINGS. BUT A LOT OF THESE WERE P A PROJECTS WHERE WE WERE EITHER REPLACE THE BUILDING.RAISED IT OR WE FIXED IT. MOST OF THEM WE FIXED, BUT THERE'S A DETAILED LIST ON THE WEBSITE, BUT ESSENTIALLY, IT'S JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN ACCOUNTING MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTIES HAD DAMAGED OKAY, SO C, D B G, D, R AND H M G P. THE ALPHABET SOUP FOR THE COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK PROGRAM DISASTER RECOVERY. 17.5 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THINGS SUCH AS SHELTERING LOCATION, STORMWATER AND HARDENING PROJECTS. THAT'S A BLOCK GRANT. THAT'S UM SPECIFIC OR CATERED TO DISASTER RECOVERY. UM SO WE'VE GOT THREE PROJECTS THERE. BUT IT'S ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN FACT, ON THE HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IT ALSO PROVIDES 25% MATCH. AND THEN ALSO SO THAT WOULD LEADS INTO THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. SO 47 A HALF MILLION IN HURRICANE MICHAEL ON H M G P. THAT WAS A COORDINATED EFFORT LED BY OUR STAFF WITH OTHER MUNICIPAL ENTITIES IN THE IN THE COUNTY. BUT THIS THESE ARE GEARED AND THIS IS WHAT OUR NEW WEBSITE SCARED TOWARDS MULTIPLE ROADWAY DRAINAGE PROJECTS. AH ESSENTIALLY HARDENING OF ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND UTILITIES. SO WHEN THE NEXT EVENT DOES COME, THERE'S LESS DAMAGE. UM, CERTAINLY GENERATORS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UM AND
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WE'VE COMPLETED QUITE A FEW OF THOSE, AND AGAIN THEY WERE PUSHING $50 MILLION IN PROJECTS THERE. AND IT'S BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN WHICH LEADS TO THE INTERACTIVE PROJECTS. MAC SPEAKING ABOUT SO THOSE CHRIS, IF YOU JUST TOOK THE OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT. SO THIS IS WHAT THE WEBSITE LOOKS LIKE. ON OUR SPLASH PAGE. THERE'S A HURRICANE MICHAEL ICON. IF YOU CLICK ON IT, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE BAY COUNTY DISASTER RECOVERY PROJECTS. YOU'VE GOT THE TABS ACROSS THE TOP. BUT WHEN I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THESE 17 PROJECTS AND UPWARDS OF $50 MILLION IF YOU CLICK ON EACH EACH ONE, IT WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT'S LOCATED. WHAT THE STATUS OF IT IS, AND WE I THINK WE LITERALLY LIFTED OUR SCOPE AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT OFF THE ACTUAL PROJECTS THAT WE SUBMITTED THROUGH FEMA, BUT THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF RECOVERY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I THINK AGAIN, RELATIVE. I'M CERTAINLY PROUD OF WHAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE. THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. BUT OUR STAFF HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO FACILITATE THE RECOVERY PLAN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. WHILE WE'RE DOING OUR WHILE THEY ARE DOING THEIR FORMER JOBS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAD A JOB FOR THE STORM HIT AND UM, BASICALLY, WE HAVE TWO JOBS. NOW ALL OF OUR STAFF DOES AND THINLY STAFFED. UM CERTAINLY THE PANDEMIC AND WILDFIRES DIDN'T HELP MUCH, BUT I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE EFFORTS PUT FORTH BY OUR STAFF AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE UM, ALL OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND, UM THEN PARTNERING WITH US AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US AND ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS DURING THIS RECOVERY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR JOUBERT . THAT WAS GREAT UPDATE. UM AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE STAFF THAT WE DO AS SOON AS THE STORM WAS ROLLING IN HURRICANE E. AND THAT IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY COUNTIES DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA THAT PERSONALLY CALLED AND REQUESTED OUR PERSONNEL BY NAME BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAD ESTABLISHED DURING HURRICANE MICHAEL. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY HAD GONE THROUGH. THEY KNEW THEIR LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES, SO WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THAT USED TO WORK AND REPRESENT BY A COUNTY. OUR PRAYERS. GO TO THEM AS THEY'RE DOWN THERE, HELPING THEM RECOVER. WE KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO RECOVER. WE'RE ALL HERE FOR THEM. UM BUT WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. UM WE'VE GOT[H. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (LIMITED ONLY TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA)]
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WE HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WE'VE GOT FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY. THOSE ARE ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO ANY OF THOSE THAT YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IF YOU REFRAIN AND WHITE ON YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL THOSE ITEMS BUT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING REGARDING ON TODAY'S AGENDA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT, YOU WANT TO COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TO THE RECORD. THIS IS ONLY FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR ANY ITEM, BUT THIS IS STRICTLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. MISS CAPTAIN GARY WAYNE BACK 11 26 OH, ONE BEACH STREET. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS WHAT HE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH HURRICANE MICHAEL. WITH HURRICANE MICHAEL. YOU'RE SITTING THERE AND SAY WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU GAVE HIM A YEAR, BUT YOU GOT TO REALIZE THERE'S CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN TARGETED INDIVIDUALLY AND YOU SLOWLY BUT SURELY DRUG IT OUT LIKE YOU DID ME. WHENEVER I FILLED OUT ALL MY HURRICANE MICHAEL FEMA PAPERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? YES STRATEGICALLY TOOK IT. AND THEN YOU PROCEEDED TO TAKE AND GIVE LIES TO THE NEW FEMA PEOPLE TELLING THEM THAT I WAS MENTALLY JUST DISTURBED AND I WAS TRYING TO GET PAID FOR A VACANT LIGHT. DURING THE MEANTIME, YOU'LL SIT THERE AND TAKE THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT AND YOU'RE SLOWLY BUT SURELY DOMINATED THE PEOPLE AND TAKING THE PROPERTIES. I'VE GOT TIME AND AGAIN EVIDENCE OF WHERE THE COUNTERFORCE MINT COMES UP TAKES THE MAN'S TOOLS, AND THE MAN FINDS HIS TOOLS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN SOLD TO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THAT WAS A WELDER AND I HAVE VIDEOTAPED EVIDENCE OF THIS. YOU KNOW, SO WHAT YOU HAVE CREATED IS AS CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN FEEDING UPON THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE THE BLESSINGS OF THE MEDIA AND EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE THAT'S DOING GOOD THAT YOU'LL HIDE BEHIND TO CARRY OUT YOURS. CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS . YOU KNOW, THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS TO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IS SQUARE TO IT NO LONGER EXISTS IN THIS TOWN. I WENT IN FRONT OF THE COURT THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT WITNESSES AND ALL THIS STUFF. THEY TOOK MY WITNESSES OUT. I NEVER GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT WITNESSES. I NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR WHAT HAD BEEN DONE TO ME SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S SURROUNDED IN A COURTROOM ABOUT PEOPLE THAT DOMINATE ME AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS, AND THEN WE'RE SET HERE AND WE GOT THE NEEDY MEDIA BACK THERE AND WE GOT THE MEDIA KEEPER. YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WENT AND TRIED TO ASK THE MEDIA. HEY, WHAT ABOUT MY ENERGY INVENTION OF THE WHOLE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT ENERGY AND GREEN ENERGY AND ALL THIS STUFF AND I'VE BEEN SETTING THIS DOWN. AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? YOU HAVE KEPT YOUR THUMB ON ME. BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS TRACKING THE PEDOPHILES. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I SO MUCH CROW IS BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO WAS MOLESTING HIS CHILDREN IN THIS TOWN, AND IT'S[00:15:05]
A DISGRACE. YOU KNOW THAT THE CORPORATE CHANCE AND OFFICER DATHAN AND ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, ALL THEY CAN DO IS RUN AROUND IN CIRCLES AND TELL ME I NEED TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FBI. HURRICANE MICHAEL HAS NOTHING GETTING OFF TOPIC. I'M SORRY. I'LL SWITCH IT BACK ON TOPIC. WELL IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC, BUT STILL IT'S THE SAME CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. BUT AS I WAS SAYING THERE IS NO YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO CONSTITUTION IN THIS TOWN, AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT COMES DIRECTLY AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS.AND LIKE I SAID, BEFORE, YOU'RE GONNA START DESTROYING PEOPLE'S SONGS, YOU KNOW. HERE WE ARE.
Y'ALL ARE SERVANTS WERE HERE TO DESTROY YOUR HOUSE. YOU'RE ON THE STREET. NOW Y'ALL ARE SERVANTS WERE HERE TO TAKE YOUR CHILDREN. YOU HAVE NO LONGER HAVE ANY CHILDREN. YOUR WHERE YOUR SERVANTS YOU'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE TO DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WORKED FOR BECAUSE YOUR MUSIC IS TOO LOUD. YOU KNOW , YOU SEE WHERE IT'S GETTING OUT OF HAND. YOU KNOW, I WENT TO A STATE PARK THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR ME TO RELAX AT A STATE PARK.
THAT'S HOW STUPID THIS GOVERNMENT'S GETTING, BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR COMMENT. IS THERE
[I. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA? AREN'T SEEN NOW. CLOSE APPROPRIATORS. PATIENT MOVED TO CONSENT AGENDA, MR SCHUBERT? YES SIR. THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN COMMISSION ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING UNDER CLERK'S REPORT, ITEM ONE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, AUGUST FINANCIAL REPORTS AND INVENTORY DELETION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TECHNOLOGY RECEIVABLE THE REPORTS AND APPROVED THE INVENTORY DELETIONS. UNDER BUDGET ITEM NUMBER TO FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022 BUDGET. I AM THREE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 BUDGET. UNDER THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ITEM NUMBER FOUR DISASTER CONSULTANT TASK ORDER 16, 17 AND 18 FOR CDR MCGUIRE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT ONE TO TASK ORDER 16, 17 AND 18 WITH CDR MCGUIRE TO PROVIDE DISASTER CONSULTING SERVICES AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE SAME I DON'T FIVE RATIFIED DECLARATION OF LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR HURRICANE IAN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO RATIFY THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR HURRICANE IAN. UNDER EMERGENCY SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER SIX E. M S STRIKER LEASE AGREEMENT TO 11016887 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BORDER APPROVE AN AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH STRIKER SALES LLC FOR CARDIAC MONITORS AND DEFIBRILLATORS, STRETCHERS AND POWER LOAD SYSTEMS UNDER PUBLIC WORST, I HAVE NUMBER SEVEN RATIFY LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO RATIFY THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL SS FOR A FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATIONS SEEKING FUNDING FOR A COUNTYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN. ITEM EIGHT REDWOOD AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, OR FQ STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH THE TOP RIGHT FIRM MADRID ENGINEERING GROUP DEBA MADRID SEE PWG TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE REDWOOD AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT AND DESIGN PROJECT IN THE EVENT AND AGREEMENT CANNOT BE MADE. COUNTY STAFF WILL BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NEXT RANK FIRM UNTIL A SUITABLE AGREEMENT CAN BE ESTABLISHED. ON THE UTILITY SERVICES ITEM NUMBER NINE WATER TREATMENT PLANT 22 72 LIQUID SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO A APPROVAL, ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THREE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH ODYSSEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOR THE SUPPLY OF LIQUID SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE. FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND BE AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS, AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ITEM NUMBER 10 DESIGN SERVICES OF AQUARIUS WATER MAIN DUPONT BREAD STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TODAY AWARD CONTRACT. DEWBERRY ENGINEERS AIN'T FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES OF A QUIZ WATER MAIN DUPONT BRIDGE AND THE AMOUNT OF $475,000 475,500 DOLLARS AND BE AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THAT IS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS MORNING STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL. MUCH TO APPROVED SECOND MOST MULTIPLE SECONDS FROM COMPLEX COMMISSIONER DOES. YES MR GRIFFITH. COMMISSIONER MORE YES , MA'AM COMMISSIONER HAM CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT WE'VE GOT FOUR PUBLIC[11. Amerimed Emergency Medical Services, LLC COPCN Application]
HEARINGS TODAY. THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM 11. THIS IS A MIRROR MID EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES LLC CEO P. C N APPLICATION MR HAMMARBERG. QUITE AS AS JUDICIAL MIRROR. MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN.COMMISSIONERS WERE HERE. YOU'RE GONNA ACTION TODAY ON THE APPLICATION OF A PYRAMID EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR A CERTIFICATE OF BUT CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. THE APPLICATION APPEARS COMPLETE NOTICE HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL THE REQUIRED PARTIES BY CERTIFIED MAIL OR BY PUBLICATION. WHICH IS A FOUL. YOU WILL BE SITTING IN YOUR KWANZAA JUDICIAL CAPACITY TO EVALUATE THEIR APPLICATION, WHICH MEANS YOU'LL BE HEARING A PRESENTATION FROM THEM. BEAR THE
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BURDEN OF PROOF OF SHOWING THEIR QUALIFICATION. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE ARE PLENTY TO HEAR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. BUT THEN THE APPLICANT WILL GET A LAST CHANCE TO COME IN AND REBUTTAL PRIOR TO GETTING TO THAT POINT. I THINK WE HAVE TO SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES TESTIFYING AND ALSO BEFORE WE LET BRING THE APPLICANT END TO PRESENT THEIR PRESENTATION. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING CHIEF MONROE IN EVALUATED THE APPLICATION AND DID SOME BACKGROUND CHECK. ON THE QUALIFICATIONS AND THE NEED FOR THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE NEXT, WILL BE SWEARING IN WITNESSES AND BRINGING ON CHIEF MONROE. THOSE WISHING TO TESTIFY AND OFFER EVIDENCE. PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN PLEASED. ANYBODY WHO PLANS TO SPEAK AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH? NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. THE EXPORT. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM AMERICA. RECEIVED EMAIL, LETTER AND OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN.COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE ACTIVITIES. UH OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT EMERGENCY SERVICES HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH. WITH THE I F T SITUATION. WE UH, OF COURSE, LOST OUR VENDOR THAT WAS OPERATING IN THE COUNTY, FIRST TO AID UH, WENT OUT OF BUSINESS HAD SOME BUSINESS PROBLEMS. BUT WE BELIEVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND LEFT US UNEXPECTEDLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL VENDORS AND THEY ASKED FOR MEETINGS WITH US, AND WE MET WITH 10 PROPOSED VENDORS. OF THOSE VENDORS THAT WE TALKED WITH. WE DETERMINED THAT SEVEN OF THOSE VENDORS PRESENTED DOCUMENTATION THAT INDICATED THEY WERE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING INTER FACILITY TRANSFERS IN BAY COUNTY. WE REVIEWED THEIR EQUIPMENT. AND THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE FURNISHED OH, NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AND TOPS AND NUMBER OF EQUIPMENT OF IN THIS IS THIS ARENA AMBULANCES. BOTH OF THE VENDORS THAT WE TALKED TO OR SPOKE WITH BOTH LIFEGUARDING ACADIAN AMBULANCE SERVICES INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY PREFERRED AN EXCLUSIVE SORT OF AGREEMENT VERSUS MULTIPLE VENDORS. CONTACTED BOTH VENDORS AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY MANAGER. BOTH HOSPITALS. I'M SORRY. TO GET THEIR INPUT ON THE SITUATION. THE INTER FACILITY TRANSFER PROBLEMS. BOTH OF THE HOSPITALS INDICATED THEY SUPPORTED MORE VENDORS IN THE COUNTY AND SAID WE NEEDED MORE AMBULANCE SERVICES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THESE INTER FACILITY TRANSFERS. IN MY RESEARCH. I FOUND OUT THAT IN THE MONTH OF JUNE ALONE, UH, GULF COAST FURNISHED TO US THEIR NUMBERS OF INTER FACILITY TRANSFERS. IN JUNE ALONE. THERE WERE 434 TRANSFERS FROM GULF COAST HOSPITAL. TO AREA HOSPITALS, MOSTLY FOR CONTINUED TREATMENT OF SERIOUS INJURIES OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS. PRIOR TO FIRST TO AIDS DEPARTURE. FROM BAY COUNTY.
WE HAD PUT TOGETHER A CONTINGENCY. PROGRAM. OR PROCEDURE IN CASE WE HAD TO DO THESE INTER FACILITY TRANSFERS OURSELVES. AND WHEN WE GOT NEWS THAT FIRST YOU ATE HAD LEFT THE COUNTY. WE IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENTED THAT AND MADE TRANSFERS TO OTHER AREA HOSPITALS SUCH AS TALLAHASSEE AND PENSACOLA AND GAINESVILLE. WE ALSO WERE JOINED BY AREA.
COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICES SUCH AS CALHOUN COUNTY AND IN JACKSON COUNTY WHO ASSISTED ASSISTED US AND GETTING THOSE PATIENTS TO THE PROPER MEDICAL CENTER. THE COUNTY HAS MORE SATELLITE ERS.
NOW THERE'S TO OPEN ANOTHER ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AH A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I MET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM TM H MEDICAL OUT OF TALLAHASSEE. ALRIGHT THEY INTEND TO BUILD A HOSPITAL. I THINK IT'S NOW IN PROGRESS. CONSTRUCTION ON THE BEACH. THIS HOSPITAL WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE 500 BEDS AND WE'LL PROVIDE MORE SERVICES TO A COUNTY AS WE GROW. I FEEL THERE IS A NEED FOR THESE SERVICES AND I HAVE REVIEWED THE VENDOR'S APPLICATION. AND I FIND THEM CAPABLE OF DOING THE SERVICES FOR BAY COUNTY. WHAT'S THE POINT? THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? CHIEF REAL QUICK. HOW MANY? HOW MANY TRANSFERS? DID YOU SAY THERE WERE? I DON'T HAVE
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THE TOTAL NUMBERS. I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. UM I KNOW THE GULF COAST OF FURNISHED THAT TO US IN JUNE, WHEN WE WERE FIRST LOOKING AT THE DATA TO SUPPORT MORE VENDORS FOR INTER FACILITY TRANSFERS. THAT WAS 434. IN THE MONTH OF JUNE ALONE, JUST FROM ONE HOSPITAL WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM A MEDICAL. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY HAD SIMILAR NUMBERS. AND THEY ALSO SUPPORTED HAVING MORE VENDORS AMBULANCE SERVICES TO HANDLE THOSE THOSE VENDORS.THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, SIR. THE APPLICANT HERE, LIKE DO A PRESENTATION FOR US, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S REGISTER JAMES ON THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA, AHMAD.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA GO VERY BRIEFLY THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY AND WHAT OUR MISSION IS AND OUR CAPABILITIES. QUICK AGENDA LIST HERE IS THE QUICK, FACTUALLY COMPANY OR ADMINISTRATION SERVICES ARE LOCATIONS AROUND THE REGIONS. UM, SOME OPERATIONAL INFORMATION, SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE COUNTY. AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN AMERICA, WHICH I'M GOING TO INVITE TIM BEDFORD TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT THAT. HE'S THE CEO OF EMERALD COAST BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL. AND THEN TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BAY COUNTY SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND THEN A QUICK SUMMARY. MED IT WAS STARTED IN 2011, WHERE REGIONAL PROVIDER OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BOTH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. BASIC LIFE SUPPORT . OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS OVER 250 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE IN M S, AND THAT INCLUDES 911 AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND E M A SERVICES. AND SINCE 2008 PRIOR TO FORMING AMERICA, MOD WE FORMED, UM. ACCOMPANIED TO PROVIDE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE, WHICH IS USING NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PARAMEDICS IN THE HOME TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND TRY TO KEEP THEM FROM BEING REALLY ADMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS, WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM EVEN TO THIS DAY, AND SINCE OUR FOUNDING OF THAT ORGANIZATION, MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE AND COMMUNITY CARE MEDICINE HAS BECOME AN INDUSTRY OF ITS OWN.
OUR MISSIONS PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE PROFESSIONAL QUALITY AND RESPONSIVE MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR FOCUS FOR BAY COUNTY IS THE TREATMENT TRANSPORT FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PATIENTS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WE'RE ALSO OBVIOUSLY LICENSED ANGLERS PROVIDER AND CAN PROVIDE ALL KINDS OF ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TRANSFERS AS WELL. EXECUTIVES ARE MYSELF I HAVE OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE M S, UM I'M ALSO THE CO FOUNDER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. I SIT ON THE STATE'S M S ADVISORY COUNCIL AS THE VICE CHAIR AND I LEAD OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WORK GROUP FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. TOMORROW IS THE CEO OF THE COMPANY HAS GOT A MASTER'S HE'S GOT 30 YEARS PLUS OF VMS EXPERIENCE AS WELL. HE'S ALSO A PIONEERING IN MY OH, FOUNDER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH ME, AND HE'S THE CHAIR OF THE GEORGIA REGION TO AMS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. OUR OUR CFO HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND UM, PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES AND JOHN HULL, OUR CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, ALSO COMES FROM THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INDUSTRY. UM IT WAS A LICENSED CERTIFIED ADDICTION COUNSELOR, AND HE HAS HAD ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES AND NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. SO WE UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY VERY WELL. RICK HUSKY OR THE WAY WE'RE ORGANIZED. WE HAVE VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS. RICK HUSKIES, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REGION THAT FLORIDA RESIDES IN ALSO OVER 40 YEARS OF VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE IN PRIVATE AMBULANCE AND INDUSTRY, ADMINISTRATION AND OWNERSHIP. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER BP FOR MIDWEST REGION. OUR SERVICES ARE CAPABILITIES ARE ALL THE WHOLE GAMBIT OF ANY AMBULANCE PROVIDER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER. WE FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
IT'S AN AREA THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A LONG TIME. UH UM, OUR CAPABILITIES WERE MULTISTATE CALL CENTER AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. WE HAVE INTEGRATED CAT GPS SYSTEM AND ALL OUR VEHICLES. WE HAVE REAL TIME IN VEHICLE CAMERA SAFETY ALERT SYSTEM FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PATIENTS AS WELL AS OUR PROVIDERS. AND OF COURSE WE'RE 24 73 65 ORGANIZATION. THIS IS A SIMPLE MAP OF OUR FOOTPRINT WHERE WE HAVE STATEWIDE OPERATIONS IN MOST OF THESE FLORIDA IS NEW TO US. WE'VE JUST BEEN HERE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS IN THE ULI COUNTY AREA. BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW OUR FOOTPRINT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE OTHER STATES. QUICK FACTS ABOUT A COMPANY 560 EMPLOYEES, 200 AMBULANCES AND SUPPORT VEHICLES IN SIX STATES. WE HAVE 38 DEPLOYMENT HUBS, 65,000 TRANSPORTS ANNUALLY IN 7000 MORE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE HOUSE CALLS. SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THE COUNTY. WE HAVE OTHER OPERATIONS IN FLORIDA. WE CAN MIGRATE SERVICES TO, UH DISASTERS HIT OR THERE IS A NEED. WE HAVE GEORGIA OPERATIONS . BOTH M I A AND E. M S THAT WE CAN MIGRATE UNITS AND STAFF DOWN SOUTH CAROLINA. WE CAN ALSO DRAW FROM TENNESSEE OPERATIONS ARE THE CLOSEST OPERATIONS WE CAN DRAW FROM. THAT HELPS WITH YOUR SYSTEM. 911 OVERLOAD. EVENT
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OVERLOAD FOR SPRING BREAKS OR ANY OTHER SORT OF DISASTER. EPISODIC PRICES. PEAK TIME DEPLOYMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS AND WEATHER INCIDENTS. WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.AMERICA ASKED HIM TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE. HE'S THE EXPERT ON THE HEALTH AS HE RUNS THEM OFF AS POSSIBLE. GOOD MORNING. I'M TIM BEDFORD. FROM EMERALD COAST, BEHAVIORAL. UM I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CHIEF FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. UM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 100 MED HOSPITAL. IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO 500 BEDS. OKAY MYSELF. WE'RE GOING TO PUT AN OUTPATIENT CENTER OUT THERE, TOO. OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE NEED THAN EVER WE'VE EVER HAD. THE OTHER THING I THINK YOU ALL KNOW I NEED TO KNOW IS CAPACITY WISE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE NOT RUNNING AT CAPACITY WITH ANY OF OUR HOSPITALS. OKAY AND IT'S REALLY HAS TO DO WITH STAFFING CRISIS. ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE. I THINK 63% OF OUR BETS FILLED. THAT WAS AS OF YESTERDAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THIS PROBLEM, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX AND IT HAS TO DO WITH NURSES TEXT THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN'T STAFF ARE HOSPITALS UNTIL WE HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. OKAY SO RIGHT NOW I'M RUNNING AT ABOUT 87% GULF COAST ABOUT 85. MEDICAL 33.
OKAY THEY HAVE 300 BEDS ARE RUNNING AT A CAP OF 100. SO WHEN THAT BREAKS LOOSE, AND WE STARTED TO GET THESE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE NEED, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS A GROUP. AND DISCUSS IT. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF SNIPPETS ABOUT BIG COUNTY SPECIFIC ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. THAT'S RECENTLY IN THE NEWS. AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR, DEPRESSION ANXIETY HIGHER THAN EVER IN BAY COUNTY SCHOOLS 17.6% OF ADULTS WITH FREQUENT MENTAL DISTRESS AS THE U. S NEWS WORLD REPORT AND THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH. THEY COUNTIES MOBILE CRISIS TEAM IS PROVIDING ALTERNATIVES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, SO IT IS AN ISSUE THAT DOES AFFECT THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY RESIDENTS. TIM DID SEND US A LETTER ASKING FOR OUR HELP, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE STARTED LOOKING TO COME INTO THIS MARKET AND SERVE OUR CUSTOMER HERE. SO AS THE SUMMARY EMERALD COAST BEHAVIORAL HOSPITALS REQUESTED OUR SERVICES SYSTEM CHALLENGES IN THE PAST DUE TO HIGH VOLUME LIMITED PROVIDERS IN THE AREA OF COST HIM ISSUES. WE CAN RELIEVE STRESS ON THE 91 SYSTEM SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO ON THESE KINDS OF TRANSPORTS. LARGE REGIONAL PROVIDER WITH RESOURCES, AND WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT A COUNTY DURING LARGE SCALE DECLARED EMERGENCIES. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY ANY QUESTIONS FOR AFRICA. MORE QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM IF YOU WERE CALLED ON TO HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THE PRESSURE FROM 911 UM IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE AGREED THAT THE FINANCIAL PACKAGE WOULD BE THE SAME AS WHAT MAY COUNTY OPERATES UNDER CORRECT, OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I THINK THE PRESENTATION JUST JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW ON THE COUNTY SIDE OF VMS ARE ATTRITION RATE IS PRETTY HIGH. HOW ABOUT WE YOU GUYS ON THE PRIVATE SIDE? YES. SAME IT'S A STAFFING CRISIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, E. M. T S AND PARAMEDICS NURSING AS YOU ALL KNOW. AND FREE MARKET. WORKS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. AND SO WE STRIVE VERY HARD TO WE PAY AT THE TOP OF THE RANGE. WE PROVIDE AS MANY BENEFITS AS WE CAN POSSIBLY DO. WE HAVE WHO ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE LIFE AND WELLNESS , MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS FOR OUR STAFF. THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FIRST RESPONSE. MENTAL HEALTH THAT IS THE OUTREACH PROGRAM TO HELP WITH MENTAL FIRST RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. INTERVENTION IN ANTICIPATION OF THEM HAVING PROBLEMS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE INDUSTRY IS COVID REVEALED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LEFT THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF THE STRESS AND BURNOUT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIFFICULTIES. SO UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE FREE MARKET, WE COMPETE ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND THE MIDWEST FOR EMPLOYEES AND ALL OF OUR MARKETS, AND WE DO QUITE WELL BECAUSE WE DO PROVIDE QUALITY WORK ENVIRONMENTS. GOOD EQUIPMENT, GOOD TRAINING AND WE PAY VERY WELL. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE HAPPY TO COMPETE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT WAY. YOU READY? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU, SIR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ANIME MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YES, SIR. DWIGHT, TELL THIS I'M REGIONAL DIRECTOR WITH GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE AND ALRIGHT ADDRESS HERE IS 14 30 HARRISON AVENUE. LIFEGUARD AMBULANCE SERVICE. I WOULD WANT TO TALK JUST A MINUTE ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, I HEARD THEM SPEAKING AND CORRECTLY ABOUT THE STAFFING CRISIS THAT
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WE HAVE. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO PUT TO YOU TO CONSIDER. IS AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE PROCESSES OF THE C O. P. C N REQUEST. THERE'S ONLY A LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF PARAMEDICS AND E. M. T S AND JUST HEALTHCARE FOLKS. IN GENERAL, WE HEARD A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE HOSPITALS ARE HAVING STAFF AND STRUGGLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A STAFFING PLAN, YOU KNOW, ARE IS SOMEBODY GONNA GET A C O. P C. N APPROVED AND COME INTO BAY COUNTY AND PULL FROM THE LOCAL STAFF OR THEY BRING HIS DEATH IN WITH THEM. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF ALL THE M.T S AND PARAMEDICS THAT ARE IN BAY COUNTY ARE ALREADY EMPLOYED. YES SO IF WE JUST IF WE GRANT ANOTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE SEOP CN TO COME INTO BAY COUNTY IN THEY'RE NOT BRINGING ANYBODY WITH THEM. THEN THEY HAVE TO PULL FROM THAT LOCAL POOL, WHICH JUST DILUTE THE EMPLOYEE BASE AMONGST THREE PROVIDERS. NOW VERSUS TOO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. AS YOU WALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND, UH THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS, YOU KNOW THE SALE PCM PROCESSES IN PLACE TO ENSURE NEED EXIST. WHICH IS WHY THERE'S AN APPLICATION THAT HAS TO BE FILLED OUT AND REVIEWED. AND I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION OF HAS A FORMAL STUDY BEEN DONE TO SHOW ARE BEING PROVIDED TO YOU ALL TO SHOW WHAT THE TRUE NEED IS. ARE YOU ABLE TO ANSWER THAT? WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GREAT THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS MARVIN MCCLELLAND.
I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF AMERICA PRO AMS, YOUR NEW PROVIDER IN THE AREA THAT WAS CHOSEN THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT PROCESS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FIRST AID, WHICH LEFT YOUR MARKET IN AUGUST. WE WENT THROUGH A EVALUATION PROCESS WITH NINE ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TRANSPORT PROVIDERS THROUGH YOUR FIRE EMS AGENCY. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE WERE CHOSEN TO REPLACE THROUGH THAT SELECTION PROCESS. THE VACANCY LEFT BY FIRST TO AID AND IMMEDIATELY SUBSEQUENT TO THAT WE INITIALLY MADE MAJOR INVESTMENTS BOTH IN REAL ESTATE PERSONNEL. UM OVER $200,000 IN AMBULANCES, WHICH ARE NOW HERE AND READY TO PUT INTO OPERATION AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT THAT ADDS UP TO UNDER TWO MILLION A LITTLE UNDER $2 MILLION IMMEDIATELY, AND THAT'S WITHIN SEVERAL WEEKS. GENTLEMEN AMERICA E M S EVIDENT BY OUR IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE NEW AMBULANCES, THE HIGHEST TECHNOLOGY IN PATIENT CARE. AND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE TEAMS IMMEDIATELY WHEN FIRST AID NOTIFIED AT LAST MINUTE THEY WERE LEAVING THE MARKET. WE HAVE TEAMS IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR AMS AGENCY WITH A BACKUP OF SIX AMBULANCES WITHIN 24 HOURS, FULLY STABBED WITH PARAMEDIC CREWS THAT WAS NOT NEEDED, BUT THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY. DURING THE LAST COMMISSIONERS MEETING, LIFEGUARD E. M S ELOQUENTLY STATED THAT THERE IS A THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC IMPACT OF OVERSATURATION OF MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, NOT ONE PROVIDER SUFFERS. BUT THE ENTIRE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE OF THE COUNTY SUFFER. BECAUSE IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE FOR MULTIPLE PROVIDERS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE A VERY DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT AND A VERY DEFINED POPULATION. SO THAT WE ASKED.
THERE'S BEEN THAT THAT IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND HEAVILY CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSIONERS . IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF MENTAL HEALTH MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. WE PROVIDE SERVICES FROM FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER IN JACKSONVILLE. WE PROVIDE OVER 150, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRANSPORTS. PER MONTH FOR THESE PATIENT POPULATIONS. THIS ISN'T A SPECIALTY TRANSPORT.
THIS IS AVAILABLE RESOURCES. THESE ARE RESOURCES THAT WERE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AS WE HAVE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST FLORIDA, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE. BUT WE ASK, PLEASE, THAT YOU CAREFULLY EVALUATE THE NEEDS OF YOUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT. AND YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE A SITUATION THAT YOU DID IN THE PAST WHERE YOU'VE HAD MULTIPLE PROVIDERS HERE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COME AND GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. MR CHAIRMAN. SO YOU'RE SIR. SIR YOU'RE A MAYOR, PRO PREMIUM PRO AMERICAN PROVIDER THAT WAS SELECTED AT YOUR LAST COUNTY.
OKAY I'VE READ A LETTER THAT CAME FROM YOUR HOME OFFICE, I GUESS. YES, SIR. THAT CAME FROM MYSELF. OKAY THERE ARE WE'RE GOOD. GOOD. UM THERE WAS ME FIND IT. BASICALLY JUST WAS THAT. THE
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OFFICIALS WERE EXPRESSING TO YOU THAT THE NEED FOR THREE UH AND WE WOULD NOT APPROVE. ANY MORE THAN THREE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO OUR OUR INTENT APPRECIATING YOUR POPULATION AND THE NEEDS FOR THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WITH THE CHIEF'S OFFICE AND THE M S. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION WHEN WE INITIALLY CAME THAT THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE AN EXISTING PROVIDER THAT YOU WERE SATISFIED WITH LIFEGUARD THAT YOU HAD YOUR COUNTY E. M S AGENCY THAT WAS PROVIDING HIGH CLASS SERVICES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER. COMPANY THAT HAD THE DEPTH AND SCOPE OF RESOURCES TO SUPPLEMENT NOT ONLY FIRST AID BUT ALSO HELPED ALONG WITH YOUR EXISTING PROVIDERS TO GROW THE MARKET AS YOU'RE GROWING, OKAY, BUT THEY DID. I MEAN, DID YOU HAVE I MEAN, YOU'RE UNDER THAT IMPRESSION, BUT I MEAN WERE YOU LITERALLY TOLD THAT FROM READING THE LETTER IT WHEN I READ THE LETTER. IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE ONE OF OUR OFFICIALS TOLD YOU THAT THREE IS OUR LIMIT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO FOR FOUR YEARS. YOU HAVE THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF THE BOARD. WE WERE SURPRISED WHEN WE RECEIVED THE REGISTERED RETURN RECEIPT LETTER LAST WEEK THAT OTHER PROVIDERS WERE REPLYING FOR SEO PCS, AND THAT YOU KNOW, AFTER OUR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ALSO APPRECIATE FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE DON'T WANT TO WHAT TO HAPPEN HAPPENED BEFORE. WE DON'T WANT TO COME INTO A MARKET AND HAVE AN UNSUSTAINABLE FOR THREE OF YOUR PROVIDERS. RIGHT SO WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON WITH APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM NEEDS ARE THAT YOU KNOW ONCE THE MARKET IS DELUDED TO A LEVEL WHERE IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL FOR ANYONE ACTUALLY COMMUNITY LOSES. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET STRAIGHT BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE READ THE LETTER. IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE WE HAD SOME OF OUR FOLKS TELL YOU THAT THREE WAS GOING TO BE OUR LIMIT. THERE WERE NO GUARANTEES, BUT OUR PERCEPTION THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS WHEN WE WERE CHOSEN AS THE REPLACEMENT THAT WE WERE CHOSEN AS THE AS THE REPLACEMENT. GREAT, GREAT. YEAH. YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES. AND AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS THAT I HAD BEEN WORKING ON WITH THIS. IT'S REALLY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE 480 BEDS THAT ARE FILLED IN OUR COUNTY. OKAY? WITH A CAP OF 4 95. EVERY HOSPITAL HAS A CAP RIGHT NOW. OKAY? HOWEVER WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO ADD 500 BEDS. OKAY WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH 1232 BEDS IN OUR COUNTY. OKAY? YOU GOT TO HAVE THE SERVICES THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. OKAY. THE OTHER THING IS THIS. THE BUILDING THAT'S GOING ON IN BAY COUNTY IS BEYOND NONE. I MEAN, IF YOU GO OUT TO THE TO THE WEST SIDE, YOU GOT MARGARITAVILLE. YOU GET YOU GOT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THERE. AND I'VE SEEN THE MAP OF ST JOE OF WHAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I ASK YOU JUST BE READY. BECAUSE IT'S GOTTEN THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? THE APPLICANT LIKE TO YES, SIR. MY NAME IS CAPTAIN GARY WAYNE BACK. I LIVE AT 26.OH, ONE BEACH STREET. WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH WITH THIS MENTAL HEALTH STUFF. I'VE WITNESSED TIME AND AGAIN HOW THIS COUNTY USES MENTAL ILLNESS AS A MEANS OF JUST STRIPPING THE PEOPLE OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. ONE HAS TO PUT HEART BACK TO WHAT THEY DID TO ME IN ORDER TO STEAL MY OLD SCHOOL INVENTIONS DURING THE 2000. WE ARE GOING TO STICK TO THE TOPIC TOPIC IS HERE'S THE OPC EN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE MENTAL INSTITUTE. MR BECK, I'M SPEAKING. PLEASE LISTEN TO ME LISTENING. WHAT I SAID, IS WE HAVE A C O P C. N WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE C O P. C AND THAT'S FINE. BUT DO NOT START TALKING ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL ISSUES AND YOUR PERSONAL MATTERS. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE ER. USE IT AGAINST THE PEOPLE TO STRIP THEM OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. SIR IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CLP SEEN, YOU MAY HAVE A SLIGHT ABOUT YOGA SAY THAT THEY'VE GOT MORE BEDS. THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TARGET THE PEOPLE WITH MORE MEDICATIONS AND STUFF SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL THIS BEDS TO INCREASE YOUR PROFIT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW THESE THESE MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN HERE, YOU KNOW? ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY THAT HAS GOT PROOF OF WHAT THEY SAY AND TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE DELUSIONAL WHEN I AM TELLING THEM WHAT THE ROOM SOMEBODY HAD TO GO THROUGH A SECURITY BACKGROUND CHECK TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH LIKE THEY DID ME. UH HUH. AND IMPRISON THEM OR YOU GUYS GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE IN FEET OF RIBBONS AND A PROZACS IN A ZEN ACCESS TO THE CHILDREN ANYMORE.
COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION, MR BACK. I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT ABOUT THIS APPLICATION? JUST CURIOUS. ARE YOU GUYS GOING IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE OR YOU'RE GOING TO TARGET THE PEOPLE WITH THE RIDINGS? PROZAC XANAX LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DOING OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TOBACCO. ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. ANY COMMENTS. WELL.
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UM. THE CPS CEO PCM PROCESSES IT CERTAIN LEVELS OF THE STATE LEVEL. UM WITH CERTAIN INDUSTRIES. IT'S FUNNY HOW THEY PUT US IN THE JUDGMENT SEAT TO PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS. I WOULD APPLAUD THE FACT THAT I WAS IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME THAT IF I COULD SIT UP HERE AND EXCLUDE HOTELS FROM BEING BUILT BY COUNTY THE FREE MARKET DOES TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THESE ISSUES. UM THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR EMPLOYEES DOES NOT JUST AFFECT UM S I CAN TELL YOU. I CAN TAKE YOU TO 100 INDUSTRIES IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WOULD TELL YOU THE SAME, THE SAME PROBLEMS. UM YOU KNOW, I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD DENY THIS IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE SEE IN GROWTH PATTERNS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT MHM. THERE ARE WAYS AWAY FROM 500 BEDS. I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. UM, BUT MARGARITAVILLE IS BUILDING AT A PACE THAT IS NOT SLOWING DOWN.THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE POPPING UP. 50 STARTS A MONTH. 50 STARTED TWO MONTHS. 600 HOMES A YEAR. UM TIMES TWO. SO THAT'S A LOT OF FOLKS MOVING ARE PART OF THE WORLD SO YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S A IT'S UM IT'S DISAPPOINTING. THEY PUT US IN A POSITION TO TRY TO PICK WINNERS AND LURES LOSERS IN THIS IN THIS INDUSTRY. APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO. I REALLY DO, BECAUSE IT ISN'T IT IS A DESPERATE NEED AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I JUST DON'T I DON'T LIKE US BEING THE ONES THAT ARE TRYING TO DECIDE ON CONTROLLING THE FREE MARKET. ESSENTIALLY WHEN YOU PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE YOU HAVE A GOOD WORK EXPERIENCE. ALL THOSE THINGS MAKE YOU A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS? UM I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH WHAT WAS JUST SAID, UH I'M A BIG FREE MARKET GUY. LET THE MARKET DETERMINE DIFFERENT FACTORS, BUT WHO OPERATES WHO DOESN'T. I DO KNOW THAT AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUING TO GROW. THE WHOLE PANHANDLE IS GROWING. AND CERTAINLY BY COUNTY SITTING IN THE MIDDLE. WHERE WERE THE GROSS SPOT OF THE WHOLE PANHANDLE. I BELIEVE UM GOVERNMENT IS TYPICALLY. SAID, AND I'M ONE THAT SAYS IT. I'M ONE OF THE ONES WHO SAYS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT. WE'RE ALWAYS RUNNING TO TRY TO CATCH UP WITH THINGS WELL. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY DOWN THE ROAD AND SAY, WELL, WE WOULDN'T ALLOW THIS COMPANY TO COME IN BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT WAS SHORT. AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW A COMPANY TO COME IN AND OPERATE HERE. AND HELP US TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE WHO NEEDED TO BE TRANSPORTED. UM SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW THE MARKET TO WORK. AND TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY BY HAVING MORE TRANSPORT OPERATIONS. I JUST AGREE WITH APPRECIATE THE ONES THAT ARE HERE. WE APPRECIATE THE OPERATION THAT YOU RUN. AH! NOW THAT YOU'RE ESTABLISHED IN MY COUNTY BUT ONE OF ANOTHER COMPANY WANTS TO COME IN. AND DO THE SAME THING. I BELIEVE IN THE FREE MARKET. WE SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO COME IN HERE. WHAT ELSE? JUST GET SOME OF MY SAME SAME SENTIMENTS. UM WE DO AS WE KNOW , AS I MENTIONED THE ATTRITION RATE IS, UM IS HIGH BURNOUT AS HIGH IN THIS THIS FIELD BECAUSE IT DOES RUN AT A RAPID PACE, AND IT'S 24 7. UM WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, HELP FUND SCHOLARSHIPS OUT OF GOVERNMENT COAST. AND WE KIND OF SWEETEN THE PART FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO ENTER THE FIRST RESPONDER. FIELD SO HOPEFULLY THE IDEA WAS TO BRING IN NEW FOLKS AS THESE BURNOUT. PEOPLE LEAVE, AND SO THERE UM SO WE HAVE. WE HAVE THOUGHT AHEAD. UM IN THAT ASPECT, AS ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN ASKED. UM SO YES, WE'RE STARTING OUT AT THE SCHOOL. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS WITH THE TRAINING TO TRY TO BRING TO BRING THESE NEW PEOPLE IN YES, WE ARE GROWING. UM, AT OF, UM. AT THE LARGEST PACE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. CHOKE. PRODUCE GAVE ME SOME DRIVERS LICENSE NUMBERS FROM THINK. APRIL OF 22. APRIL 22. WE HAVE 14,000 PEOPLE.
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CHANGE YOUR LICENSE TO OBEY COUNTY DRIVER'S LICENSE FROM OUT OF STATE. THERE'S 14,000 PEOPLE PROBABLY BOUGHT AT LEAST ONE WITH HIM. PROBABLY MORE AND CHILDREN, SO I MEAN, IT COULD. I MEAN IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING INTO A LOT OF FOLKS. SO THE. THE NEED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR THE NEED IS THERE AND I KIND OF AGREE WITH YOU, BILL. IF YOU KNOW IF WE'RE NOT READY FOR WORK. YOU KNOW, I HATE FOR SOMEBODY GET CAUGHT SHORT. YEAH. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I THINK WAS WHAT YOUR WE'RE GETTING OUT, SO I'M TO YOU KNOW, I'M FREE MARKET. UM I BELIEVE IN THAT.THAT WAS ACTUALLY. MY BACKGROUND SCHOOL WAS AN ECONOMICS DEGREE. SO UM, UNDERSTAND MARKETS THANKS TO SOME EXTENT, ANYWAY. LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF MY TAKE ON IT. YES, MA'AM. YES, SIR. LASTLY FOR ME, IT'S IN TALKING WITH OUR STAFF CHIEF MONROE. I KNOW THAT ARE CURRENTLY M S STAFF IS OVERTAXED. I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING A LOT OVER SHIFTS. THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF OVERTIME. UM THERE IS MARKET AVAILABLE, UM AND BY ALLOWING THIS IN, UM Y'ALL TALK ABOUT THERE'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH. I MEAN, IN JUNE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON AVERAGE, 809 100 TRIPS . AND IN A MONTH UM AND OUR STAFF IS GETTING BURNT OUT BECAUSE OF HOW LONG THEY HAVE TO STAY ON. Y'ALL ADDING THE CAPACITY IS BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY IN THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE OVERTAXED AT THAT POINT, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON OUR THINGS AND THERE SHOULD BE MORE TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD AROUND TO THE OTHERS. UM AGAIN, IT IS FREE MARKET. YOU KNOW MY BUSINESS. YOU HAVE TO PASS THE BAR EXAM, BUT I MEAN THE PASSED THE BAR EXAM AND YOU GET TO PRACTICE LAW. IT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND YOU KNOW TO YOU, GENTLEMEN. Y'ALL CAME TWO WEEKS AGO AND LIFEGUARD ASKED FOR US TO DO AN ASSESSMENT AND I LOOKED AND VERY POLITELY SAID TO THEM. AH NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT A BREAK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT OUR CITIZENS IN A POSITION. I'VE GOT REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS THAT ARE DOWN IN LAKE COUNTY RIGHT NOW DEALING WITH THAT. I WAS LIAISON DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE HURRICANE AND HAVING TO RUN AMBULANCES EVERYWHERE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND HAVE AN EIGHT STRIKE TEAMS IN THIS COUNTY. I'M NOT GONNA BE AS POLITE AND SAYING THAT TO Y'ALL BUT FREE MARKET.
UM I UNDERSTAND YOU MADE YOUR INVESTMENT. SORRY. YOU MADE AN ASSUMPTION. THERE'S A THERE'S A LITTLE SAYING THAT GOES WITH THAT. UM BUT FROM THIS STANDPOINT, I'M CHAIRMAN UNLESS YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY, I'M OKAY. WELL, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT HERE, BUT I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IT. ALL RIGHT, UM SO TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY HERE. BEFORE US TO GET YOUR LICENSE. UM. IN THE YEARS OF THE OPPORTUNITY. MOST OF US UP HERE WE OWN OUR OWN BUSINESSES, UH, AND IN LIFE ALWAYS ASKED FOR IS OPPORTUNITIES. UM HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE FIRST UP AND RUNNING. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF EVERYONE ELSE, AND WE WOULD GO DOOR TO DOOR TRYING TO GET IT. WELL YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. THEREFORE WE JUST WON'T GIVE YOU THAT CHANCE. ALL WE ASK FOR IS THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE GRANTED YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE NOT HERE TO PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS. WE'RE HERE TO PICK WINNERS, WINNERS AND WINNERS BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO BE IN BAY COUNTY, WE ARE GOING TO BE OPEN ARMS. WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM THIS TIME THING WE TOLD YOU GUYS AND LIFEGUARD. WE WANT ALL YOUR TO SUCCEED. I'M GONNA 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ABOUT TO BE 14 AND DAILY. SHE TALKS ABOUT WANTING TO BE AN E. M S AND BE PROUD FOR HER TO WORK FOR BAY COUNTY OR FOR ANY OF YOU THREE GUYS, UH, THAT IS WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO TO HAVE THAT PASSIONATE 13. I'M PROUD OF IT. UM, SO THAT DAY WILL COME. WE'VE GOT A DEAR FRIEND OF OURS THAT HER DAUGHTER RECENTLY HAD A STROKE. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THAT LOCAL HOSPITAL SHE NEEDED MORE URGENT CARE. THERE WAS NOT A PILOT AVAILABLE. THERE WAS NOT AN AMBULANCE THAT WAS AVAILABLE . COUNTY WASN'T NOTIFIED. BUT TIME LAPSED. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. I JUST ASSUME WE SEE LIKE UBER DRIVERS. IF THERE'S 10 OF Y'ALL SITTING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT, WHITEN, THAT'S OKAY. BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF EVERY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS IN BAY COUNTY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON DESERVES THE SAME AMOUNT OF CARE. YOU GUYS. IT'S YOUR JOB. NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE LICENSE TO GO OUT AND GET THAT BUSINESS CREATE THAT ESTABLISHMENT WITH WHATEVER IT'S WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE LOCAL HOSPITALS, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. OR YOU'LL ASK, WHERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY? WE'RE HERE TO GRANT THAT OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT A COMMOTION. I HAVE ONE SMALL THING TO ADD ONE OF ONE OF YOUR GENTLEMEN ACT ABOUT STAFFING AND BRINGING IN PEOPLE FROM OUT OF.
OH, ALICE BALANCED THE COUNTY OR OUT OF STATE THAT YOU JUST BASICALLY ROBIN EMPLOYEES FROM EACH OTHER. UM AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT ARE I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING FOLKS WITH YOU. UM WE HAVE AN E D A THING COMING UP NEXT ON OUR AGENDA. UM FROM AN ECONOMIC
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OUTPUT. IT IS MUCH MORE. BANG FOR YOUR BUCK FOR YOU TO BRING NEW PEOPLE INTO TOWN, THEN TRY TO STEAL ONE FROM YOUR COMPETITORS. UM SO YOU KNOW, JUST ME SPEAKING, YOU KNOW? YES, I WOULD MARKET OTHER AREAS AS WELL AS THE COUNTY. BUT I WOULD REACH OUT TO WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PLACE HERE. UM THAT SELLS ITSELF SOMETIMES, TOO, SO WE HAVE A GREAT PLACE HERE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO REACH OUT BEYOND THE COUNTY LINE AND BRING PEOPLE HERE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE. THANK YOU. SECOND THE MOTION. IN THE SECOND WORLD CUP, PLEASE COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. MR GRIFFITH, COMMISSIONER HAM CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM.[12. HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital COPCN Application]
MOVING ON ITEM 12 H C O FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL CLP CN APPLICATION STROMBERG. YES SIR.MR CHAIRMAN OVER HERE FOR ACTION TODAY ON THE APPLICATION OF HC, A GULF COAST HOSPITAL APPLICATION OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY AGAIN, YOU WILL BE SERVING UNDER QUASI JUDICIAL CAPACITY TO HEAR THEM MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION. BRING THE PROOF.
THE APPLICATION APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE. OH REQUIRED NOTICES HAPPENED. SEVERAL CERTIFIED MAIL. NEWSPAPER SERVICE. IN THE FILE. AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING. THEY WILL GO FIRST THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REBUTTAL CASE THEY CAN COME IN AND SPEAK LAST.
ALSO TO MAKE THIS RECORD COMPLETE. ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT REDUNDANT FROM THE WHAT WE JUST HAVE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JUDGE ME OUT CHEAPER. THEM AND GIVE US A LITTLE PRESENTATION ON THE VALUATION OF THE APPLICATION. CREDENTIALS OF THE ISLAND. DO WE GO AHEAD AND SWEAR? YES, PLEASE.
ALL THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS MATTER. PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN. THE SQUARE OF THE YOU SWEAR, AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IT THIS HEARING WOULD BE TRUTH. TRUTH NOTHING BUT TRUTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXPORT 10. I HAVE NONE. I HAVE NONE. I HAVE NONE.
NONE. THANK YOU, CHIEF. UM, IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE VENDORS. UM WE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE HOSPITALS HC, A GULF COAST LOCALLY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN OBTAINING THEIR OWN AMBULANCES, UH, TO ASSIST WITH THE INTER FACILITY TRANSFERS. AND A PARTNER. THE REQUEST. I CONSULTED SOME OF THE OTHER AREA. HOSPITALS AND THAT'S A COMMON PRACTICE TO YOU MAKE FOR IN TALLAHASSEE, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A FLEET OF AMBULANCES THEY USED SPECIFICALLY FOR INTER FACILITY TRANSFERS TO OTHER. NURSING HOMES OR WHEREVER THEY NEED TO MOVE. PATIENTS FROM THEIR MAIN HOSPITAL. A C A S. PRESENTED A APPLICATION TO DO THE SAME THING. HAVING REVIEWED THEIR CAPABILITIES GMT PARAMEDICS THEY HAVE ON STAFF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR BRINGING IN MORE AMBULANCES IN THE DISTRICT TO THE NEONATAL UNIT THAT THEY PRESENTLY OPERATE. I FOUND HIM CAPABLE OF COMPLETING THE PROCESS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE GENERAL FACILITY TRANSFER. RING. SPEAK TO JUST ONE MORE OTHER THINGS, TOO. THERE WAS DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSIONER HAM. YOU'RE CORRECT. WE ARE HAVE SUPPORTED COAST IN THE PROGRAM. PARAMEDIC.
AND FIRE PROGRAMS. UM THIS PAST AUGUST. WE GRADUATED 10 FROM OUS THROUGH THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAM.
OF THOSE 10 5 HAVE ALREADY PASSED THEIR STATE NATIONAL EXAMINER. CERTIFIED PARAMEDICS.
WE ARE FIELD ALMOST ALL OF OUR OPEN POSITIONS. THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECRUIT AND FIELD POSITIONS. WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO.
EVENTUALLY ASKED TO SO HAVE THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE UNFUNDED. TO BE FUNDED SO WE CAN HIRE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, SO THE MARKET IS LOOKING BETTER, AT LEAST FOR THE COUNT. GOOD DEAL.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. WITH THE AFRICAN LIKE TO DO A PRESENTATION. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLACE. LATE MORNING. MY NAME IS DR BRIGHTER, AND THE CHIEF NURSING OFFICER FOR HD, A FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. AND SPEAK ON OUR APPLICATION FOR THIS YEAR PC AND, UM AS STATED PREVIOUSLY
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WHERE YOU ARE 281 BED FACILITY HERE IN THE COUNTY. WE ALSO HAVE A FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM THAT IS ON 2 31. AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER WE ARE BUILDING A SECOND FREE STANDING ON THE BEACH SIDE AND MOYLAN ROAD, SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW. SOME MEMBERS HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT AROUND OCCUPANCY. I THINK THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THAT IS WE CAN SEE. WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PERCENTAGE GROW AT A AT OUR ORGANIZATION, SPECIFICALLY, THE KEYNOTE WITH THAT, TOO, IS PART OF THE 15% THAT WE'RE NOT FIELD HAVEN'T EBBS AND FLOWS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES, SO OUR INPATIENT SIDE CONTINUES TO BE FOR AND WE SEE EFFECTS FROM THAT AND ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE. WE CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASING NUMBERS THAT ARE FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM OUT ONTO 31. FOR INSTANCE, YESTERDAY WE SAW 100 AND 10 PATIENTS AT THAT FREE STANDING ALONE WE AVERAGE ABOUT 80 TRANSPORTS REQUEST TO OUR MAIN FACILITY ALONE FROM OUR FREESTANDING FOR ADMISSION FOR A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. SO WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND INTER FACILITY TRANSPORT WITHIN OUR OWN FACILITY HERE IN THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 911 SERVICES BACK TO, UH, THE COUNTY AND TO SERVE UM, ON THAT CAPACITY AND NOT HAVE TO COVER OUR TRANSPORTS INTERNALLY TO SEEK THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE.UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE HAVE ADMISSIONS TO OUR HOSPITAL FROM OUR FREESTANDING, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SEE DELAY IN TRANSPORT. UM AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH OPTIONS TO GET OUR PATIENTS OVER. WE ALSO SEE THAT ON THE BACK END AS WELL, SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOR THE OTHER. SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT OUT OF THE COUNTY. ON THE BACK END WHEN WE HAVE PATIENTS THAT NEED TO EXIT OUR FACILITY AND SEEK CARE ELSEWHERE OR TRANSFER HOME OR TO ANOTHER PROVIDER IN THE COMMUNITY, SO AS A RESULT OF THAT WE SEE BACKUPS IN OUR OWN FACILITY, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. MOVE OUR THROUGHPUT FOUR AND PROVIDE MORE CARE TO OUR PATIENTS. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR AFRICA? JUST LIKE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION, AND I'VE ASKED THE REST OF IF YOU'RE CALLED UPON TO DO A NUMBER ONE CALL FOUR BACK COUNTY IF WE IF WE NEED THAT SERVICE THE FINANCIAL PACKAGE THAT THE THAT IS STRUCTURED FROM A COUNTY USE THE SAME ONE. AS FAR AS CHARGING THE CUSTOMERS WHEN YOU PICK THEM UP. YES, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. MUCH. WE THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WERE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HERE. TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD APPROVED. ACTUALLY EMOTIONAL SECONDS PAST SECOND, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH COMMISSIONER DOZER COMMISSIONER
[13. Mocama Marine, LLC Property Tax Exemption]
MORE YES, MA'AM COMMISSIONER HAN CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM, MOVING ON AN ITEM AND 13 COMMON MARINE LLC PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION WHO HAVE MISBEGOTTEN. MORNING MR CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS BECCA HARDEN ON THE PRESIDENT OF A COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE, AND WE'RE LOCATED AT 50 TO 30 WEST HIGHWAY. 98 JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF COMMON MARINE. WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT THIS COMPANY TO A COUNTY THEY WILL BE BUYING THE FORMER CENTURY BOAT BUILDINGS ON HIGHWAY 2 31. THAT IS IN THE ORIGINAL BAY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK. THOSE BUILDINGS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE MICHAEL AND WE HAVE LOCAL REAL ESTATE GROUP PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY AND TOTALLY RENOVATED THAT PROPERTY IN THE BUILDING'S COMMON MARINE WILL BE MANUFACTURING ACTION CRAFT BOATS AND ALSO, SOUTH WIND DECK BOATS WILL BRING BOTH LINES HERE. AND THEY'LL BE HIRING 105 EMPLOYEES AND INVESTING $10.5 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT IN THE BAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ALWAYS WORKING WITH US TO BRING GOOD JOBS TO OUR COUNTY SPECIAL. THANKS GO TO BUILD OZER COUNTY MANAGER BOB MICHAEL AND LEGAL COUNSEL DON BANKS AND BRIAN LEE BRICK. WHO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH US TO GET THIS PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING FORTH THE DDR 4 18 FORUM FOR THE PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT SCHEDULE. FANTASTIC. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WE'RE EXCITED. WE'VE GOT THE SUZUKI. WE'VE GOT MERCURY TESTING FACILITY HERE NOW THE BOAT. SO, UM GLAD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT EXCITED, TOO. ALRIGHT. THIS IS APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROJECT AND MANY OTHERS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE COMING TO MAKE COUNTY LATELY, BUT UM THIS[01:05:02]
PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. GREAT TEAM HAS THE HONOR TO WORK WITH YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BACK. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO KIND OF THE PODIUM STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SEEING THAT WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TRYING TO BOARD TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND SECOND COM PLEASE COMMISSIONER DOES COMMISSIONER HAM COMMISSIONER MORE? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT LAST PUBLIC HEARING WE[14. Procurement Code Amendments]
HAVE IS ITEM 14 PROCUREMENT CODE AND RELATED AMENDMENTS. MISS KAREN GRENDEL. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING STAFF HAS REQUESTED THE BOARD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT CHANGES TO OUR PROCUREMENT CODE. THE SUMMARY OF THOSE CHANGES TO THE CODE INCLUDE OBTAINING POSITIONS TO OUR CURRENT ORGANIZATION CHART. ALIGNING OUR CODE IN OUR MANUAL AND RCP I M S MANUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT MANUALS TO ALL COINCIDE WITH EACH OTHER. REMOVING EXEMPTIONS FOR THE WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY. WITH THE DECOMMISSIONING FACILITY. THOSE EXEMPTIONS ARE NOT NO LONGER APPLY. UM THERE WAS A $200,000 WAS LISTED IN THE CODE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. BUT THAT LIMIT IS ACTUALLY 2 50 . SO WE HAVE $250,000. SO WE'VE UPDATED THAT TO COINCIDE WITH THOSE MANUALS AS WELL. WE'VE ADDED SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTESTED SOLICITATIONS AND AWARDS TO THOSE WE'VE ADDED SOME REQUIREMENTS WHEN A VENDOR DOES PROTEST, GIVING US THEIR SPECIFIC REASONING. FOR WHAT THEY ARE PROTESTING WITH THE SOLICITATION. IF IT IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SPECIFIC SCOPE OF WORK. ALLOWING AN EXEMPTION TO THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN PROTESTED DURING THE AXLE ACTUAL SOLICITATION PROCESS. REQUIREMENT FOR BOND. OUR CURRENT PROTEST POLICY DID NOT ALLOW FOR A POND, BUT WE HAVE PUT A BOND A PROTEST BOND REQUIREMENT IN THERE. AND IT WOULD BE 1% NOT LESS THAN $500, BUT NO MORE THAN $5000. AND WE HAVE ADDED SOME LITTLE GATE LITIGATION LANGUAGE FROM THAT WAS IN OUR MANUAL BUT WAS NOT IN OUR CODE. IT WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS ALLOWING, DOES NOT ALLOW STAFF TO AWARD CONTRACTS OR PURCHASE ORDERS. TO THOSE BINDERS THAT ARE IN A PROTEST, BUT THE BOARD CAN SO WE HAVE PUT THAT IN THE CODE, SO IT IS MORE TRANSPARENT AND IN THE CODE VERSUS JUST BEING IN THE STAFF'S PROCUREMENT MANUAL. AND WE'VE ADDED, UM C C I P PROJECTS BELOW $250,000 IF THEY ARE RUN THROUGH A FORMAL SOLICITATION. OR. A UM SOME TYPE OF COMMITMENT COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION. OR ARE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS OR STATE CONTRACT. THE COUNTY MANAGER CAN IMPROVE THOSE IF THEY ARE IN THE BUDGET AS A BUDGET LINE ITEM. WE WILL NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE PROJECTS. STAFF IS ASKING THE COMMISSION TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND IMPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. FROM HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, MISS GRENDEL NO, NO, JUST LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO. SOME STUFF THAT WE DON'T USE ANYMORE. CORRECT YES, AND JUST MAKE EVERYTHING MORE IN LINE AND CLEAR WITH EACH OTHER. UM AS WE WERE RUNNING THROUGH THE PROTEST THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DID FIND SOME DISCREPANCIES THERE. AND IN REVIEWING THAT THESE OTHER DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN, UM IT WAS NOT ANYTHING THAT CONFLICTED WITH EACH OTHER, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR IN ALL THREE MANUAL, THE CODE AND THE TWO MANUALS. HAVING THE CONSISTENCY THERE BETWEEN THOSE THREE ITEMS FOR THE PROCUREMENT.AND NOT ONLY FOR PROCUREMENT STAFF, BUT OUR STAFF OUTSIDE IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT FOLLOWS THE PROCUREMENT MANUAL. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE PROCUREMENT CODE AND RELATED AMENDMENTS. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO KIND OF THE PODIUM STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. SAYING THAT WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. MOTION TO APPROVE 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH, COMMISSIONER HAM COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. MR. DOZER CHAIRMAN CAROL. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT MOVING ON A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THIS IS OPEN TO ANY ISSUE RELATED TO COUNTY COMMISSION AUTHORITY, WHETHER WE HAVE IT OR NOT, YOUR MARCH LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK COME TO THE PODIUM STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS DANIEL FRAT 261 VILLA BAY DRIVE. UM I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS CALLED PANAMA CITY. COFFEE MY WIFE AND FOUR KIDS. COLD BAY COUNTY HOME MOVE LIKE SO MANY AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL, TO BE A LIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY, A CHANNELED MY LOVE FOR COFFEE IN THIS COMMUNITY
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INTO A FUN BUSINESS CONCEPT. THE COLD VERY CYCLE. I SERVE COFFEE AND LATTES ON A THREE WHEELED BICYCLE. UNSURE STARTING IN THE 2020 PANDEMIC. I KNEW I WANTED TO MAKE THIS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE. THE RESULT UNPRECEDENTED. I NEVER EXPECTED THAT MY COFFEE BIKE WOULD BE SO LOVED BY SO MANY WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAYS, CHURCH EVENTS, SCHOOL EVENTS. I'VE BEEN ALL OVER BY BIG COUNTY AND MET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE. AND IN 2.5 YEARS WE HAVE GROWN. OUR BEAUTIFULLY REDONE FOOD TRUCK IS BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED BY LOCAL ARTISTS WITH A MARQUEE LIGHT UP SIGN ON TOP. WE ARE NOW A FULL BLOWN COFFEE SHOP AGAIN. A BUSINESS PARTNER, JOE THOMAS AND NAVY ENGINEER WITH A PASSION FOR ROASTING COFFEE. AND WE JUST HIRED THREE NEW BAY COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO KEEP UP WITH THE BAY COUNTIES ADDICTION TO CAFFEINE. UM WE OPENED A MONTH AGO AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN AGAIN UNPARALLELED, UH, ARE SPOT ON THOMAS DRIVE BECAME THE EPICENTER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GREAT TASTING COFFEE. UNTIL LAST WEEK. I SHOULD MENTION THAT PANAMA CITY COFFEE IS ROASTED PACKAGE BOTTLED BREWED, SOLD AND DISTRIBUTED ALL IN BAY COUNTY. WE WERE MADE AWARE WE GOT AHEAD OF OURSELVES, I ADMIT, AND WE WERE MADE AWARE THAT THE COUNTY ORDINANCES DO NOT ALLOW FOR FOOD TRUCK TO STAY IN A LOCATION MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS. OUR PLAN WAS TO BEAUTIFY THE PROPERTY. AND TO TURN IT INTO A FOOD TRUCK PARK. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDER CANNOT BE APPROVED BECAUSE THE CITY THE COUNTY ORDINANCES, FOOD TRUCKS HAVE TO MOVE EVERY SEVEN DAYS.SO I'M HERE TO APPEAL TO BAY COUNTY AND ASKED THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE LOOKED AT AND RECONSIDERED. PERMANENT FOOD TRUCKS ARE A STAPLE TO SO MANY CITIES BEEN SURF TRACK OF SURF SHACK IS AN EXAMPLE THAT LOCALS LOVE STAYING IN ONE PLACE WOULD GIVE MANY BUSINESSES THE CHANCE
[L. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (LIMITED TO ITEMS WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORITY)]
TO BUILD A CONSISTENT CUSTOMER BASE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT CITY ORDINANCES DENY PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF CAPITAL TO HAVE A SHOT AT COMPETING WITH THE BRICK AND MORTARS FREE MARKET LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER HAVING TO MOVE EVERY SEVEN DAYS SIMPLY BREAKS PEOPLE'S RHYTHM. I'M HERE TODAY TO HUMBLY REQUEST THE BAY COUNTY SEE THE BENEFIT IN ALLOWING FOOD TRUCKS TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. TO STAY IN ONE PERMANENT LOCATION. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL HELP MORE YOUNG BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE MYSELF THE LOVER COMMUNITY AND WANT TO SEE IT THRIVE. AND HAVE A CHANCE IN THE TOUGH TIMES WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL STAY AFTER WE'LL BE GLAD TO MEET WITH YOU.THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? MR BECK. MONEY MUST CAPTAIN GARY WAYNE BACK ALL OF ITS 2026? OH, ONE BEACH STREET, GENTLEMEN. ON AUGUST 31ST. I WENT IN FRONT OF THE BAY COUNTY 14TH JUDICIAL PUT CLEAR EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL ACTS BEING CARRIED OUT AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT COME DIRECTLY AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS , WHICH IS CAPITAL FELONIES TO NO AVAIL. ONCE AGAIN, THEY STRIPPED. MY WITNESS FROM THE COURTROOM WOULD NOT LET ME PRESENT WITNESSES IN MY DEFENSE AND TOOK MY EVIDENCE AND WOULD NOT LET ME PRESENT. AND THE EVIDENCE TO THE COURTS, WHICH IS A ONGOING SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS RUN BY THE JUDGES RUN BY THE LAWYERS RUN BY THE COMMISSIONERS AND RUN BY BILL KAIZAR OVER THERE, BUT, UH, COMPLETELY MESSING UP ALL THE COURT RECORDS AND FOLLOWING FALSE DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE MORE THAN PROVEN IN THIS TOWN. YOU GET PUT INTO JAIL AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED A SPEEDY TRIAL. INSTEAD THEY MAKE YOU SIT AND THEY FORCE YOU TO TAKE A PLEA. NO MATTER WHAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT YOU'RE DOING TO THE PEOPLE IS RIPPING THEM OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT OF THE COUNTERFORCE MINT. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU STOLEN THEIR PROPERTIES? HOW MANY PEOPLE IS ON THE STREET NOW BECAUSE OF Y'ALL, AND THEN WE GOT THE NEW NEWS MEDIA BACK THERE. WE GOT TO GIVE THEM HATS OFF, YOU KNOW, GOT THE KEEPER OF THE NEWS METER SITTING BACK THERE. SHE WON'T LET ME SPEAK TO THE NEWS MEDIA WHATSOEVER. WHEN DID SHE GET WHEN I TRY, YOU KNOW, THEY SEEK THE COPS ON ME LIKE THAT ALWAYS DO. YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? GREEN ENERGY. THE WHOLE PLANET IS TALKING ABOUT GREEN ENERGY. YOU KNOW, HERE I AM SAYING GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE ME LOOK CRAZY, AND MUCH MORE CRAZIER, COULD IT BE IF I COULDN'T DO WHAT I SAY? BUT WE'VE ALREADY DID THAT RIGHT? YOU GUYS ALREADY ESTABLISHED IT.
THAT'S HOW COME Y'ALL STOLE MY MONEY WITH THE BPO SPILL INVENTIONS THAT CAME TO MY HOUSE WITH CLAUDIA. GIVE ME YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT STARTED SEX SHOP AND GOT ME INTO THE SADOMASOCHISM. AND THE CHILD MOLESTATION IN THIS TOWN. YOU KNOW LYNN EDWARDS CENTIPEDE EDWARDS INTO THE POLITICIANS YOU KNOW, AND OUR CONSTITUTION IS THE SUPREME LAW OF LAND. JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A SUIT JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT VOTED IN. DON'T PUT YOU ABOVE THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL FELONIES AGAINST THE PEOPLE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DESTROY PEOPLE'S LIVES AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MOLEST
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CHILDREN AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MOLEST ANIMALS AND ALL THE OTHER SADOMASOCHIST STUFF THAT I'VE BEEN FORCED. IT ENDURE. AND THEN YOU KNOW, AND THEN EVERYBODY GETS THE PRIVILEGE OF RUNNING EVERY LIE THAT EVER IN BRICK AND TOWED ABOUT ME. I WAS UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE RESPONDED PROPERTY, AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND I FOUND MYSELF IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST CESSPOOLS ON THE PLANET, WHICH IS MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND IT SADDENS ME BECAUSE I LOVE THIS PLACE AND I GREW UP WITH THE ORIGINAL GOOD OLD BOYS. YOU ARE DISGRACE TO THE ORIGINAL GOOD OLD BOYS.Y'ALL ARE ENTITLED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST BECAUSE YOU YOU KNOW YOUR PILOT, YOUR MY FAMILY WAS POLITICIANS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO TAKE AND DO THE STUFF YOU DO. I DON'T THINK SO. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC IS STILL SOUND STILL STRONG AND YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR REPUBLICS. IF YOUR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MR BECK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK START SAYING NO, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUB PARTICIPATION MOVED TO COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. COUNTY
[O. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AND COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS]
MANAGER REPORT NOTHING FURTHER FROM STAFF. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS. WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER HAM LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO AROUND GABBY FOR HER NEW BABY BOY JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK, SO I'M SURE SHE'S A PROUD, PROUD BROTHER NOW AND I KNOW HER HANDS ARE FULL, UM, TAKING CARE OF HER BRAND NEW BABY, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER , AND WE WISH HER ALL THE BEST FOR HER AND HER NEW SON. I BELIEVE IT'S LUKE LUKE. YEAH SO THAT'S THAT WAS AWESOME. UM AND TO JUST ENJOY THE GOOD WEATHER. WE'VE HAD FINALLY HAVE GOT A NICE STRETCH OF GOOD WEATHER. GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANKS SIR. MR. GRIFFITHS. YEAH CONGRATULATIONS TO GABBY. UM, NO, SHE WAS OVERDUE AND READY. YEAH UM AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, BEST WISHES TO THOSE FOLKS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES THEY'RE GOING TO FACE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND YEARS. AND WE WISH OUR FOLKS THAT ARE DOWN THERE WORKING WITH SHERIFF SETH, FRANKIE AND ALL THE OTHER GUYS THAT MADE THE TRIP. FROM PANAMA CITY BEACH AND WHEREVER WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED HELP, AND I'M GLAD THAT OUR FOLKS HAVE STOOD UP AND READY TO GO DOWN THERE AND HELP THEM BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEIR HELP. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REPAY THAT FAVOR. SO GODSPEED TO THEM AND BE SAFE WHEN YOU'RE THERE. SO COMMISSIONER MARTIN UH, YES. ONE THING, UM, WITH US MISSING IN WE ARE A LITTLE BIT DRIER THAN NORMAL, SO I WOULD JUST ASK EVERYBODY TO BE CAREFUL RIGHT NOW. UM WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OUR LEAD RESPONDERS DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA, SO WE ARE STRETCHED THIN SO ON BURNING. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. UM IF YOU'RE DOING THAT, IF IT'S WINDY OR ANYTHING, PLEASE, JUST DON'T DO IT. JUST PUT IT OFF WEIGHT. UM LET'S NOT ADD TO ANY OF THIS. AND THEN ALSO AGAIN. CONGRATS GABBY AND LUCAS, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO SEE HIM AROUND THE OFFICE WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GET UP HERE. AND THEN HAPPY, SWEET 16 TO OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER, SYDNEY. SHE WE HAD OUR CELEBRATION OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND. I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW INSURANCE BILL. MR JIM? YES. ALSO HAPPY TO, UH CONGRATULATIONS TO GABBY. IT'S JUST ANOTHER MEMBER. OF THE FAMILY AROUND HERE, AND I WISH AND I PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE HURRICANE. WELL, CERTAINLY WISH YOU THE BEST, AND THAT'S ALL THAT. ALRIGHT THANKS, SIR. WELCOME COMPARES THE NEW CITY KELLAWAY COMMISSIONER.WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. HOPEFULLY IT WAS ENTERTAINING ENOUGH FOR YOU, UM, ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. GABBY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE HER THIS WEEKEND, AND I THINK I GET TO SEE HER BEFORE SHERRI DID SO , UH, BEAUTIFUL YOUNG BOY, SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM. UM, WE DO WANT TO SAY ARE PRAYERS FOR THE EVERYONE THAT'S DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH. WE'VE ALL LIVED IT . UM AND FORTUNATELY, OUR STAFF THEY WERE HAND PICKED TO GO DOWN THERE AND HELP THEM. THEY WILL GET THEM THROUGH THIS. WE'LL ALL GET THEM THROUGH IT. WE ALL HAVE TO GO DOWN THERE. WE'LL DO THE SAME THING. SO WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF OUR
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