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Vince Nowicki
Commissioner
District 3
Pinellas County, FL
August 11, 2026
Last heard
Statements in public meetings
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at 1:37:40What we're trying to do is align all of our contracted services to align with the fiscal year.
at 1:56:04the, this two-year contract, I mean, I'm supportive of, you know, going it out for bid, nothing
at 1:31:15This is a grant application and resolution requesting inclusion of the County Beach Erosion Control Projects into the Florida Beach Management Funding Assistance Program for their long-range budget plan.
at 1:51:35You're going to see reductions in the number of employees in certain areas that we have as we realign in kind of preparing not only for that, but in the way that the change in the budget for future years is going to occur because we've capped now how that growth is going to occur on the non-homesteaded side.
at 2:00:07you. Okay. Thank you. And then is there a scent that's going out in the airport, like a scent diffuser?
at 2:00:16Because I saw that as a reduction if you had to cut by like 3%. So are we still putting a scent out in
at 1:31:43You know, but when you have nearly $8 million being transferred to municipal libraries funded by, uh, taxes paid only by unincorporated residents, I think it's reasonable to periodically reevaluate whether the allocation model still reflects the original voter approved purpose.
at 1:32:52So, I mean, I would like to see, you know, maybe, you know, something different happening because, I mean, the budgets are getting bigger, you know, staffs are getting bigger, um, and the burden is getting bigger on unincorporated residents.
at 1:06:12activity center, residential low medium, residential medium, retail and services, office, employment,
at 1:11:40Under item 19, I'm requesting, uh, the board approve staff's recommendation in the confidential
at 1:24:39And, you know, I appreciate staff and, uh, Barry, um, you know, kind of the thing coming to the compromise on the escalator because, you know, the Phillies were a great partner for so many years, not having to pay part of the marketing or give us those advertising dollars, but they still gave us those advertising dollars for several years.
at 1:25:12I stopped in one restaurant, Middle Child, and, uh, there's somebody wearing a Philly shirt and I, and everywhere I went in Philly that someone was wearing a hat or shirt, I asked every single person, do you know where their spring training is?
at 22:18Public safety telecommunicators are the single vital link for the law enforcement officers, firefighters, and paramedics by monitoring their activities by radio, providing them information, and ensuring their safety.
at 22:53And now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners that the week of April 12th through April 18th, 2026, be recognized as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
at 3:50:44meeting those requirements and it's just a shuffling game back and forth and a waste of time and money so
at 3:56:45would be opposed to our social media team posting a good friday and an easter post um tomorrow and sunday