AFTERNOON.
HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING WELL.
LIKE TO CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS TO ADDRESS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELATED TO
COVID-19 AND THE LOWELL STATE OF
EMERGENCY -- LOCAL STATE OF
EMERGENCY MEETING TO ORDER.
BEFORE CALLING THE ROLL, I WANT
TO READ INTO THE RECORD FROM
COMMISSIONER WHITE.
IT SAYS I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND
TODAY'S SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OF
THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
DUE TO UNFORESEEN
CIRCUMSTANCES.
PLEASE READ THIS REASON OF MY
ABSENCE INTO H THE RECORD.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MILLER.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: HERE.
>> HAGAN.
COMMISSIONER HAGAN.
KEMP.
>> PAT KEMP: HERE.
>> MURMAN.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: HERE.
>> OVERMAN.
>> KIMBERLY OVERMAN: HERE.
>> SMITH.
>> MARIELLA SMITH: HERE.
>> WHITE IS ABSENT.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WISE.
>> HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU.
WE'RE NOW MOVING TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS WELCOMES COMMENTS
FROM CITIZENS ABOUT ANY ISSUE OR
CONCERN.
YOUR OPINIONS ARE VALUED IN
TERMS OF PROVIDING INPET TO THE
BOARD.
HOWEVER,T, IT IS EQUESTED AT
THE SAME TIME THAT THE COMMENTS
ARE NOT DIRECTED DIRECTLY AT A
BOARD MEMBER, STAFF MEMBER, OR
PRESENTER, BUT RATHER AT THE
ISSUES.
THE PROVIDES A MUTUAL RESPECT
BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE
PUBLIC.
EACH SPEAKER IS ALLOTTED TWO
MINUTES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JEFFREY
KANE.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF KANE, CALLING
TODAY TO RESPOND TO SOME BOCC
MEMBERS WHO HAVE ASKED WHEN WE
END THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY.
THE CDC QUIETLY PUBLISHED WHAT
MANY OF US NOWN OR SUSPECTED
ONLY 6% OF THE DEATHS WERE FROM
COVID.
94% DIED WITH 2.6 CAUSES DUE TO
HAVING COMPROMISED IMMUNE
SYSTEMS EXPLAINING THE MEDIAN
DEATH OF COVID DEATH WAS 78
YEARS OLD WHICH IS 70 IS ALSO
OUR AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY.
THUS AGAIN SAYING WE NEED TO
KEEP OUR SENIORS SAFE.
BUT AS THE DATA SHOWS THAT
FULLY RECOVER FROM COVID WHICHHY
IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE RATES
FOR THE FLU, PNEUMONIA AND F
COURSE CANCER.
THUS THE COVID-19 NUMBERS EING
RORPTED ARE CORRUPTED AS MY
BROTHER WHO IS THE HEAD OF A
DOCTOR OF A COVID CLINIC SAID
THAT HE AND OTHER DOCTORS ARE
AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THESE
CORRUPTED COVID NUMBERS THAT YOU
ARE BEING PRESENTED WITH FOR
FEAR THEY WILL BE FIRED.
THE CDC KEEPS CHANGING THEIR
PROTOCOLS WHICH HAVE INFLATED
DEATH NUMBERS AND POSITIVE CASE
NUMBERS.
THE FIRST WAVE BY FIRST CORRUPT
LABS LIKE -- HOLDING BACK CASES
AND REPORTING THEM.
THEN THE CDC THEN INSTRUCTED
CLINICS LIKE MY BROTHERS TO
PERFORM MULTIPLE TESTS ON
PATIENTS SAYING THE TESTS WERE,
QUOTE, NOT RELIABLE BUT EACH
TEST IS COUNTED AS SEPARATE NEW
CASES.
THEN PEOPLE TO BE CLEARED OF
COVID ARE TO BE TESTED TAILLIE
AND EACH OF THESE TESTS COUNTED
AT NEW CASES UNTIL THEY FINALLY
GET TWO NEGATIVE CASES.
NOW SINCE CASE NUMBERS ARE GOING
DOWN, NOW THEY ARE GOING TO TEST
DAY CARE CENTERS TO TRY TO FIND
ANOTHER NEW SOURCE OF POSITIVE
CASES.
WHEN WILL THE NONSENSE BE
BROUGHT TO AN END TO STOP THE
FEAR.
SO PLEASE, VOTE TO END THE
EMERGENCY PIN HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY AND END THE MANDATORY
MASKS AND JUST ALLOW PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO WEAR MASKS TO DO SO AS
THEY SEE FIT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: ANTHONY
DAVIS?
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
MY NAME IS ANTHONY DAVIS.
I'M A RESIDENT N HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY NOW FOR 21 YEARS.
MY WIFE AS WELL.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE --
CHILDREN IN THESE COMMENTS.
MY WIFE PRACTICES DERMATOLOGY,
HAS DONE SO FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN
BOTH HILLSBOROUGH AND PASCO
COUNTY.
JUST INSIGHT, YOU KNOW YOU ALL
OF WHAT SHE IS SEEING IN HER
PRACTICE ALONE, COMMENTS AND
COLLEAGUES SHE HAS THAT IS ALSO
SEEING A RISE IN CONTACT
DERMATITIS IN THE YOUNGER
GENERATION THAT ARE FORCED TO
WEAR MASKS.
NOW ESPECIALLY NOW THAT SCHOOL
IS STARTING EVEN THOUGH IT'S
BEEN A VERY SHORT TIME, SO IN A
VERY SHORT TIME SHE'S SEEING
INCREASED CASES IN BOTH CONTACT
DERMTITES AND ALTHOUGH SHE IS
NOT SEEING PERSONALLY CASES OF
IMPETIGO, SOME OF HER COLLEAGUES
CAN.
THIS IS DIRECTLY TIED TO FABRIC
MASKS BEING WORN ALL DAY LONG IN
SCHOOL, CREATING A MOIST
BARRIER.
AS YOU ALL MAY HAVE READ THERE
HAVE ALSO BEEN CASES OF REPORTS
IN THE LOCAL AREA OF ANTIBIOTIC
RESISTANT STA STAPH IN THE
LUNGS.
AGAIN ALL OF THIS RELATED TO THE
MASK MANDATE.
ECHOING WHAT THE PREVIOUS
COMMENTER SAID, I THINK THIS
REALLY IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL,
YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, THE
COMMISSIONERS, THE BOARD HERE
ARE NOT MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
YOU GUYS ARE MAKING DECISIONS
BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE
QUESTIONABLE DATA.
THINGS ARE COMING OUT EVERY DAY
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY TIME TO
END THIS EMERGENCY AND REALLY
PUT THIS INTO THE HANDS OF THE
CITIZENS WHO CHOOSE TO WEAR A
FACE MASK OR NOT.
>> DIANA KLEIN.
>> YES, THANK YOU, DIANA KLEIN.
I'M CALLING ON HILLSBOROUGH
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT RENEW THE
LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND ALLOW IT
TO EXPIRE TODAY AND LET OUR
COUNTY GET BACK TO BUSINESS
BECAUSE THE RECOVERY RATE OF
INFECTED INDIVIDUALS AS SHOWN ON
THE BOARD'S DASHBOARD IS OVER
98.5% WHICH REVEALS THE
CORONAVIRUS IS NO MORE DANGEROUS
THAN THE SEASONAL FLU.
THE STATS PROVE THERE S
ABSOLUTELY JEERO JUSTIFICATION
FOR KEEPING THE ORDER IN EFFECT
BEYOND THIS MEETING AND NO
REASON FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN
FEAR OF CORONAVIRUS OR ANY OTHER
VIRUS.
ONE OF THE KEYNOTE DOCTOR
SPEAKERS FROM YOUR MEETING LAST
WEEK STATED THAT IT TAKES A LOT
OF ENERGY TO FIGHT OFF A
CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.
HENCE, WEARING A MASK AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING DOES NOTHING TO HELP
PEOPLE FIGHT OFF A VIRUS
INFECTION.
SOLUTION TO A VIRUS INFECTION IS
TO EAT HEALTHY AND GET PLENTY OF
EXERCISE.
EXERCISING ALLOWS YOUR BODY TO
REMOVE TOXINS AND VIRUSES FROM
YOUR BODY THROUGH YOUR SWEAT.
ALSO, CORONAVIRUS AND ALL OTHER
VIRUSERIZE EASILY DISMANTLED AND
DESTROYED BY CONSUMING FOODS AND
DRINKS THAT ARE RICH IN VITAMIN
C, D, AND ZINC.
THESE MINER VITAMINS AND
MINERALS DISMANTLE ALL VIRUSES,
BAD BACTERIA, AND FUNGUS AND
PREVENT THEM FROM REPLICATING IN
A PERSON'S BODY.
FERMENTED FOODS AND DRINKS ARE
VERY RICH IN VITAMIN C.
FERMENTED FOODS AS WELL AS BONE
BROTH ARE VERY RICH IN
PREBIOTICS AND PROBIOTICS THAT
PROVIDE OUR BODY WITH A HEALTHY
GUT OF ENZYMES THAT DISMANTLE
BAD BACTERIAS AND FUNGUS.
SOME EXAMPLES OF FERMENTED FOODS
AND DRINK ARE PICKLES,
SAUERKRAUT.
FOODS HIGH IN VITAMIN D ARE
SALMON.
FLAX SEEDS, ALMONDS, COCOA, AND
MORE.
EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THEIR OWN PERSONAL HEALTH, NOT
THE GOVERNMENT.
DO MORE RESEARCH ONLINE, ASS
THIS INFORMATION ONTO ALL YOUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY SO EVERYONE
CAN REMAIN HEALTHY AND FREE FROM
THE CORONAVIRUS AND ALL OTHER
FOREIGN ORGANISMS IBHILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A
SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER AND
OF LOVE AND OF A SOUND MINE.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: MS. KLEIN,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOUR TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU.
HOPE KENNEDY.
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
TO SPEAK AGAIN.
MY NAME IS HOPE KENNEDY.
I'M WITH THE NORTH TAMPA
TIGHTENS WHICH IS A YOUTH --
TITANS WHICH IS A YOUTH FOOTBALL
AND CHEER ORGANIZATION IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
WE ARE TILL WAITING FOR THE
COMMISSIONERS TO DO SOMETHING TO
ALLOW OUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND
CHEERLEADERS TO OVE FORWARD
WHERE THEIR SEASONS AND WITH
THEIR CONTACTS.
WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK TO YOU
GUYS AND PARK AND REC AND
EVERYBODY KEEPS ACTING LIKE
THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING
AND YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
LACROSSE IS OUT THERE WEARING
THE SAME EQUIPMENT WE WEAR AND
THEY'RE ALLOWED FULL CONTACT.
WE SHOULD BE TOO.
OUR PARENTS WANT THE HOICE.
PLEASE, COMMISSIONERS, TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS AND ASK YOUR PARKS
AND REC TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
IT.
THEY KEEP SAYING THEY'RE GOING
TO ING WHERE IT YOU, BUT CLEARLY
THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE YOU GUYS
HAVEN'T ADDRESSED IT YET AT
ALL.
OUR KIDS DESERVE THE SAME
OPPORTUNITY THAT EVERYBODY ELSE,
SPORTS WISE, IN THE COUNTY HAS.
FROM CHOOLS TO YOUTH.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, AND
THANK YOU.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: OUR LAST
SPEAKER IS ANGELA ZADONODO.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS ANGELA AND I
REPRESENT THE BRANDON BRONCOS IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND I AM ON
THE SAME PAGE AS THE LAST
SPEAKER WITH THE TITANS.
ALL OF THESE CHILDREN INCLUDING
THE FIELDS ACROSS FROM US WHICH
HOST SOCCER AND LACROSSE ARE
MAKING FULL CONTACT.
LACROSSE COME IN JUST AS MUCH
CONTACT AS FOOTBALL DOES, EVEN
LESS THAN WHAT CHEER DOES, AND
OUR KIDS ARE STUCK NOT BEING
ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY LOVE TO
DO.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL PROCESSES
AND PROCEDURES IN ERMS OF EVEN
HAVING LIABILITY WAIVERS SIGNED
BY PARENTS SAYING THEY TAKE FULL
135UB89 AND NOT HOLDING THE
COUNTY LIABLE IF THEIR KID WAS
TO GET SICK AS A RESULT OF
PLAYING.
IN ADDITION WE HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO GET ANY DIRECTION OR
HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT BEING ABLE
TO BRING IN REVENUE FROM OUR
CONCESSION STANDS.
THERE ARE RESTAURANTS OPEN
SERVING HOT AND COLD FOOD, YET
WE CANNOT EVEN PROVIDE OR SELL
BOTTLED WATER OR CLOSED FOOD IN
ORDER TO BRING IN REVENUE.
HEAT EXHAUSTION IS A SERIOUS
CONDITION THAT CAN AFFECT EVERY
CHILD OUT THERE, BUT YET WE'RE
BEING TOLD WE CANNOT PROVIDE
WATER TO THEM.
I THINK IT'S UTTERLY RIDICULOUS
AND I THINK A CONVERSATION WITH
PARKS AND RECS NEEDS TO HAPPEN
BECAUSE THERE IS NO REASON WHY
THE HIGH SCHOOL ACROSS THE
STREET CAN HOST FOOTBALL AND
HAVE FULL CONTACT AND OUR
CHILDREN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE STREET CANNOT.
WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME COUNTY,
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND
WE ARE ALL DOING EVERYTHING WE
NEED TO DO FOR THE PROCEDURES TO
BE COMPLIANT AND TO ALLOW OUR
KIDS SAFELY TO BE ABLE TO PLAY,
AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE
BECAUSE IT IS JUST GETTING
RIDICULOUS AND JUST BEING PUSHED
ON THE BACK BURNER OVER AND OVER
AND OVER, AND THESE KIDS ARE
UPSET.
THEY ARE SAD.
AND THEY ARE LOSING SPACE IN THE
SPORT THAT THEY LOVE BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T DO WHAT THEY WANT TO
DO.
SO PLEASE HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION.
PLEASE LET US BRING IN REVENUE
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WHO IS OPEN
AND MOVING FORWARD WITH YOUTH
SPORTS.
THANK YOU.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: THAT WAS OUR
LAST SPEAKER.
SO WE'RE NOW MOVING TO EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT UPDATE.
MR. DUDLEY?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: GOOD
AFTERNOON.
>> CAN YOU SEE THE SLIDES?
>> LES MILLER, JR.: YES, SIR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DURING THIS OPERATIONAL PERIOD,
WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
COMMUNITY TESTING.
LAST WEEK HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
AVERAGED 510 DAILY TESTS
COLLECTED.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE A STEADY
DOWNWARD TREND IN EMAND FOR
TESTING.
APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE
TOMORROW.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO SCHEDULE ANY
TESTING FOR ANY OF OUR NINE
SITES.
TURNAROUND TIMES ARE LOOKING A
LOT BETTER.
SO I'M STILL AROUND THREE DAYS
OR SO.
WE ALSO, THE INITIAL TESTING
TRIAL FOR FARC WORKERS WAS
COMPLETED AUGUST 28th IN
DOVER.
THE TRIAL CONSIST SAID --
CONSISTED OF THE A POP-UP
TESTING SITE, STANDBY MOBILE
TESTING TEAM AND COMMUNITY
AGENCIES.
THE EOC IS CURRENTLY WORKING
WITH THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT,
STATE AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY
AGENCIES TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY
TO HANDLE MASS TESTING OF THIS
POPULATION.
THE STATE WILL BE PROVIDING TWO
TESTING TRAILERS AND SUPPLIES.
THE PROGRAM WILL RUN FROM
SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER.
ON SEPTEMBER 4th, THIS
FRIDAY, THE STATE INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT NURSING TEAMS ARE
DEMOBILIZING FROM THE MOBILE
LONGTERNAL CARE PREVENTION AND
INFECTION OPERATION IN OUR
REGION.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MOBILE
TESTING OPERATIONS AS LONG AS
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ON A
SMALLER SCALE, WHICH WILL
CONTINUE TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY
SOUR LOCAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
MOBILE TEAMS.
LOGISTICS.
WE HAVE NO PPE OR TESTING KIT
SHORTAGES AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE THREE GUEST IN THE
ISOLATION SITE.
AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
CONTINUE TO CARRY THE BULK
TESTING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE HOLDING AT ABOUT 28%.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADJUST
TESTING CAPACITY AND RESPONSE TO
INCREASE TESTING DEMAND, AND AS
PPE SUPPLIES AND STAFFING
PERMITS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU,
MR. DUDLEY.
I SEE NO QUESTIONS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: PUBLIC
HEALTH UPDATE.
DR. HOLT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER
MILLER, CHAIRMAN MILLER AND
COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS DR. DOUG HOLT, FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
TODAY WE WILL AGAIN REVIEW THE
EPI AND HOSPITAL DATA.
I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW
AND THEN MR. WAGNER WILL WALK US
THROUGH THE DASHBOARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN FIRST TO
JUST ADDRESS AN UNFINISHED
BUSINESS THAT WE HAD REGARDING
THE PEDIATRIC REPORT THAT WAS
REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER
OVERMAN.
I TOOK A LOOK INTO THIS.
WE SORT OF COME FULL CIRCLE.
THE INITIAL REPORT THAT WAS
RELEASED WAS A CUMULATIVE REPORT
OF TWO DAYS.
AND THAT YIELDED A VERY HIGH
PERCENT POSITIVITY ON THAT SMALL
SAMPLE.
THEN THEY MIGRATED IT AND
REPLACED IT WITH A, THIS IS WHAT
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST WEEK
WITH A ROLLING 14-DAY AVERAGE
AND THAT WAS AROUND 14%.
WE NOW HAVE RETURNED JUST
RECENTLY RELATED OR -- THAT HAS
BEEN REPORTED IS TO THE ORIGINAL
FORMAT WHICH IS NOW CUMULATIVE
DATA AGAIN, AND AS REPORTED,
IT'S 14.2%.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
AND WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE
ARE AS IT RELATES TO THE
PEDIATRIC REPORTS THAT ARE BEING
RELEASED.
MR. WAGNER, DO YOU HAVE THE
PRESENTATION?
>> GO AHEAD, SIR.
>> FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO LOOKING AT OUR STEP-DOWN, OUR
DESCENT DOWN THESE STEPS HAS
STALLED.
OUR RATE PER 100,000 AT NOW 104
PER 100,000 OVER SEVEN DAYS IS
ABOUT 210 CASES A DAY.
IT PUTS US AGAIN SQUARELY INTO
THIS MIDDLE OF THE ORANGE ZONE
OR AS THE CDC WOULD DESCRIBE IT
AS A SUSTAINED COMMUNITY-BASED
TRANSMISSION THAT IS
CONTROLLED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND AGAIN, OVER TIME YOU CAN EE
THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR
RIGHT SIDE, OUR LAST FOUR DAYS
WE'RE SEEING SOME SLIGHT
UPTICK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
LOOKING AT COMPARISONS TO OUR
TAMPA BAY COUNTIES, OUR
NEIGHBORS, THEY HAVE ONTINUED
TO DECLINE, AND SO ALL BUT POLK
COUNTY ARE IN THE ORANGE ZONE IF
YOU WILL, AND ACCOMPANYING THIS,
THEIR POSITIVITY RATE IS
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN OURS ON
A SEVEN-DAY BUT WE ARE ABOUT 7%,
THEY ARE AT 3.
NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY THERE IS
SUCH A DIFFERENCE THAT'S
HAPPENED.
OUR SCHOOLS HAVE JUST OPENED,
BUT AS WE MENTIONED LAST WEEK,
 ANY IMPACT WE EXPECT FROM
THAT IS NOT GOING TO OCCUR FOR
AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE WEEKS OR
SO.
SO WE'RE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY
AND BEGAN TO EXAMINE THE DATA.
GOING TO LOOK AT IT BY OUR AGE,
RACE, AND ZIP CODES AS WE'LL
LOOK AT ON THE DASHBOARD, WE'LL
NOTE AN NCREASE IS AN EARLY
INCREASE IN OUR OLDER CHILDREN,
AND I THINK UST ANECDOTALLY
THAT MAY BE EXTENDING UP TO THE,
INTO THE POST-CHILDHOOD YEARS.
BUT DON'T HAVE DATA ET TO
SUPPORT THAT THEORY, BUT WE ARE
LOOKING AT THAT CLOSELY.
TO THE BOTTOM LINE IS -- SO THE
BOTTOM LINE IS WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE COMMUNITY-BASED
TRANSMISSION THAT REQUIRES US OR
NEEDS US ALL TO CONTINUE TO
PERFORM THE BEHAVIORS
INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY
ONCE AGAIN AVOIDING THE THREE
Cs, CLOSE CONTACT, CROWDS,
CLOSED SPACE, INDOORS, WEARING
FACE MASKS.
AS WE OPENING OUR SCHOOLS, THESE
PRACTICES ARE ACTUALLY EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THEM NOW IS
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO
KEEP OUR SCHOOLS WITH AS LITTLE
VIRUS AS POSSIBLE TO PROTECT OUR
TEACHERS, KIDS, AND PARENTS.
SO WE MUST BE SUPER VIGILANT AT
THIS TIME.
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ALL OF US
MR. WAGNER, WOULD YOU NOW
CONTINUE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COMMISSIONERS.
KEVIN WAGNER, BUSINESS ANALYST,
HEALTH CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
I WILL BE PRESENTLY THE PUBLIC
AVAILABLE DASHBOARD THAT'S
AVAILABLE ON THE HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY WEB SITE.
AS INICT DEED WE HAVE A LITTLE
OVER 37,800 CONFIRMED TESTS,
POSITIVITY.
 IN THE COMMUNITY.
NEARLY 563 CONFIRMED DEATHS
RELATED TO OR CAUSE OF OR PART
OF COVID.
AND LITTLE OVER 30,000 HAVE
RECOVERED BASED UPON AN
ESTIMATED RATE.
THE SEVEN-DAY ROLLING AVERAGE OF
CASES AS DR. HOLT INDICATED IS
AROUND 211.
THAT IS UP IN OUR SALMON AREA
WHERE WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE
AS INDICATED BY DR. HOLT.
WITH REGARD TO TESTING, AS
DISCUSSED BEFORE, PREVIOUSLY,
THE TESTING HAS FLAT LINED OR
SLIGHTLY TRENDED DOWNWARD.
AND THE OVERALL POSITIVITY AS
INDICATED IS NEARLY 7%.
THAT'S 6.81%, AND THAT WAS
UPDATED ON SUNDAY/MONDAY, AND
THIS WILL UPDATE AGAIN NEXT
SUNDAY/MONDAY.
THE OVERALL HOSPITAL UTILIZATION
AND CAPACITY IS STILL LOOKING
AVAILABLE BASED UPON THE TGH
DATA EXCHANGE.
ALL THE ITEMS ARE IN GREEN,
SO -- TRENDING IN THE CORRECT
DIRECTION.
THE CASE DATA SUMMARY, THE I.T.
TEAM HAS UPDATED A LITTLE BIT OF
THE LOOK BUT IT IS STILL THE
SAME DATA AS PRESENTED BEFORE.
JUI WILL SPEAK TO THE CHART AT
THE BOTTOM.
WE IDENTIFIED THE EVENT DATES
PHASE 1, PHASE 2 REOPENING.
THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MASK
ORDER, AND STATE CLOSING THE BAR
CLOSURES.
AS WELL AS THE NEW ONE BECAUSE
OF THE QUEST DATA DUMP,
HIGHLIGHTED ON THE 8/31 DATA
DUMP FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, AS YOU
SEE INDICATED, THERE WERE 325
CASES, ONE OUT OF RED THE FDOH
REPORT, 4 -- OF THOSE WERE AS
A RESULT OF THE DATA DUMP.
SO OUR AVERAGE FOR THOSE DAYS IS
STILL 200, 210, 215 EVEN WHEN WE
BACK OUT THE QUEST DATA DUMP AND
EVEN INCLUDING IT RESPECTIVELY.
THE HOSPITALIZATION TREND.
FIRST ROW, MIDDLE BOX.
AGAIN, INDIVIDUALS THAT PRESENT
AT THE E.D. DEPARTMENT VISITS BY
WEEK, THIS HAS TRENDED DOWNWARD
AS REPORTED BY THE FDOH, SO
AGAIN THE WEEK STARTING ON
AUGUST 23rd.
THAT'S GOING DOWN.
THAT IS A POSITIVE THING FOR
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
ROW 2, BOX 1, THE HOSPITAL
CENSUS FOR INPATIENT, COVID, AND
ICU IS AGAIN TRENDING DOWNWARD
WHERE A SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE IS
ROUGHLY 217 CENSUS.
AGAIN, ON THE HOSPITAL
UTILIZATION DATA.
AS WELL AS THE ADMISSIONS ON THE
BOX TO AROUND 15 A DAY.
SO ON A SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE.
SO AGAIN, THOSE --
HOSPITALIZATION CAPACITY BASED
UPON THE DATA EXCHANGE SEEMS TO
BE AVAILABLE CAPACITY.
THIS IS THE SAME TESTING
INFORMATION AS DISCUSSED
BEFORE.
A SLIGHT TRENDWARD DOWN.
WITH REGARD TO ROW 2, THE LARGE
CAPACITY OF TESTING, WE CAN SEE
ON THE LAST THREE WEEKS THE
NUMBER OF TESTS THAT HAVE COME
IN HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGH
THE FDOH,.
NEARLY 21,000, 22,000, AND THIS
PAST CURRENT WEEK JUST UNDER
19,000.
SO THE TRENDING OF THE TEST OF
BEING REPORTED TO THE FD OH HAS
SLOWED DOWN ON THE LAST THREE
WEEKS AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.
THE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ONE,
THIS IS THE SAME CHART THAT WAS
PRESENTED I BELIEVE THE LAST TWO
WEEKS.
WE TOOK OUT THE SHADING JUST TO
MAKE IT LINES FOR EASIER
VIEWING.
THE TOP ROW IS THE DAILY CASES
BY AGE.
MYSELF FROM AN ANALYTICAL
STANDPOINT I'M LOOKING AT THE
FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE LOOKING AT
THE POST-AUGUST 23rd LOOKING
AT AUGUST 29th, REOPENED IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
SO [INAUDIBLE]
SO THIS PARTICULAR -- THAT WE
SEE AUGUST 31, LIKELY DUE TO
CASES THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE
PROCESS OF BEING REPORTED.
NOT RELATED TO SCHOOLS, BUT
CASES ALREADY BEING TESTED.
BUT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING GOING
FORWARD.
AND THEN THE CASES PER 100,000
BY AGE GROUP AGAIN THAT HAS FLAT
LINED AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE
FROM A TRENDING STANDPOINT ILL
THIS INCREASE BY SCHOOL AGE
CHILDREN AS WELL AS WHAT
DR. HOLT HAS SAID.
AND I'LL STOP THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU,
DR. HOLT.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME, SO COMMISSIONER
MURMAN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: COMMISSIONER
MURMAN?
YOU GOT TO UNMUTE YOURSELF,
COMMISSIONER MURMAN.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: GOT IT.
THANKS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION,
DR. HOLT.
GOING INTO THE FLU SEASON, WHICH
WILL PROBABLY BE OCTOBER
SOMETIME, I GUESS , I WANT TO
SEE HOW CAN WE GET AHEAD OF THE
SITUATION?
I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE COVID.
WE'RE GOING INTO FLU SEASON.
INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT
HAPPENED WITH US WHEN WE GOT
STARTED WAS COVID HIT, THEN WE
WERE CONSTANTLY IN A REACTIVE
MODE.
AND I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO SEE
HOW WE COULD GET IN FRONT OF
IT.
IS IT COMMUNICATIONS OR
MESSAGING?
OR WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST?
GOD BLESS YOU.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND AGAIN, YOU ARE LOOKING
FORWARD AND I MUCH APPRECIATE
THAT.
I WAS CONTACTED IN THE LAST FEW
DAYS BY SEVERAL OF THE HEALTH
CARE FACILITIES OR SYSTEMS, AND
IN FACT, THEY ASKED AND WE'RE
PREPARING A REPORT FOR THE BOARD
REGARDING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT, HOW WE ARE GOING
TO NEED TO LOOK FORWARD.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT TWO
WEEKS PER THEIR SCHEDULE.
ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW ADVISING
EVERYONE CERTAINLY TO GET A FLU
SHOT.
WE'RE HOPING THERE'LL BE
ADVANCES IN TESTING SO THAT THEY
CAN MORE RAPIDLY IDENTIFY PEOPLE
AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE
TWO.
AND AGAIN AS, AS I THINK WE ALL
KNOW THAT IF WE LIVE THROUGH THE
FLU SEASONS EACH YEAR, THE
HOSPITALS OFTEN GET STRESSED.
SO THEY'VE ASKED TO COME WITH
WORK WITH ME AND PRESENT ON
THEIR BEHALF SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY SEE AND ARE
CONSIDERING.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY, THAT'S
VERY GOOD.
SO YOU'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD
AT SOME POINT AND GIVE US A
REPORT?
>> YES, MA'AM.
AND ACTUALLY, COMMISSION, THE
HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVES
HOSPITAL SYSTEMS WILL ALSO DO
SO.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEIR
SCHEDULE, IT'LL PROBABLY BE
ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: AND OF COURSE
THE HOT NEWS TODAY IS MY SECOND
QUESTION, IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS
ON THE NEWS THIS ORNING, THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE A VACCINE
AVAILABLE, AND THE CDCs ARE
CONTACTING REGIONS TO HAVE THEM
GET READY.
HAVE WE BEEN CONTACTED OR HAVE
YOU HEARD ANYTHING?
>> OH, YES.
WE'VE DEFINITELY HEARD ABOUT
IT.
IT'S, AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN WIDELY
REPORTED FLORIDA, WE WERE TOLD
TO PREPARE TO RECEIVE AND
DISTRIBUTE VACCINES THAT COULD
BE AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER.
VERY SIMPLY, WE WERE TASKED SORT
OF TO HOPE AND PREPARE FOR THE
BEST POSSIBILITY.
WE'VE GOT MANY, MANY UNKNOWNS
RIGHT NOW.
THEY GAVE US THREE FAIRLY
DETAILED DOCUMENTS, SO WE ARE
WORKING TO BE PREPARED AND
RECEIVE AND STORE AND HANDLE A
VERY POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT
VACCINE, THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT
FROM ANY WE HAVE USED IN THE
PAST, AND BEGIN TO LOOK AT
POTENTIAL POPULATIONS, COMMUNITY
PARTNERS, AND PROVIDERS TO
CONNECT WITH.
SO IT'S ALL VERY APPROPRIATE
PREPLANNING FOR WHENEVER THATP
HAENS AND I'LL STOP THERE I.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY, SO
YOU'LL LET THE BOARD KNOW WHEN
THAT HAPPENS I I GUESS?
I'M SURE YOU WILL.
>> CERTAINLY.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU FOR
ALL THAT YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I KNOW OU'RE WORKING HARD.
TO KEEP US SAFE.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: DR. HOLT KI
ASK A QUESTION TO PIGGYBACK ON
WHAT COMMISSIONER MURMAN JUST
ASKED?
BECAUSE THE CDC IS SAYING THAT
THEY POSSIBLY HAVE A VACCINE BY
THE 1st OF NOVEMBER, BUT
THEN YOU HAVE OTHER HEALTH CARE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS
SAYING THAT IS NOT -- THE
VACCINE HEY'RE LOOKING AT IS
COMING OUT TOO SOON.
THERE'S NO PROVEN RECORD OF IT,
BUT YET THEY'RE SAYING WE SHOULD
BE LOOKING AT POPULATION TO GET
THIS VACCINE WHEN YOU HAVE HALF
OF THE OTHERS INFECTIOUS DISEASE
DOCTORS SAYING WE SHOULD NOT BE
DOING THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE
SPOT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S
KIND OF PUTTING ALL OF US IN A
BAD SITUATION IF THE CDC IS
SAYING YEAH WE WANT TO HAVE THIS
VACCINE OUT BY NOVEMBER 1st,
FLORIDA YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT,
WE WANT YOU TO GET A TARGET
POPULATION TO TAKE IT, THEN THAT
TARGET POPULATION IS HEARING
DR. FAUCI AND OTHER EXPERTS
SAYING, NUH-UH, DON'T DO THAT.
>> YES, AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS
A LOT OF -- THE WAY THIS PROCESS
HAS WORKED HAS BEEN
EXTRAORDINARILY ACCELERATED.
, AND WHAT WILL BE IMPORTANT IS
TO LOOK AT THE STUDIES AND DATA
THAT IS GOING TO COME BEFORE THE
FDA TO ACTUALLY ENDORSE IT IN
SOME MANNER, PROBABLY AN
EMERGENCY USE TYPE, AND REALLY
GOT TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS TO
DECIDE WHO'S APPROPRIATE, WHO'S
BEST, AND THOSE ARE NKNOWN
RIGHT NOW.
VACCINATIONS SHOULD BE A
DECISION THAT IS MADE IN
COORDINATION WITH YOUR
PROVIDERS, YOUR MEDICAL AND I
CERTAINLY WOULD ASK MINE, BUT
IT'S REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON
WHAT WE SEE, WHAT'S THE
PROBABILITY BY THAT DATE.
I DON'T HAVE A, AN IDEA, BUT
MORE TO COME.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: I BETCHA
THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME.
COMMISSIONER MURMAN, DID YOU
HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION?
>> SANDRA MURMAN: NO, SORRY.
I FORGOT TO PUT MY HAND DOWN.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: THAT WAS THE
LAST QUESTION WE HAD, DR. HOLT
AND MR. WAGNER.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
MS. BECK.
COUNTY ATTORNEY UPDATE.
>> YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN
MILLER AND, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
IN REVERSE ORDER I WILL MENTION
QUICKLY, WE PREVENTIOUSLY
PROVIDED THIS TO THE BOARD BUT
SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THE
GOVERNOR DESANTIS ISSUED
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 20-211
WHICH IS SIMPLY A LIMITED
EXTENSION OF THE MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE AND EVICTION RELIEF,
AND THAT NOW IS EXTENDED THROUGH
OCTOBER 1.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS HE
EXTENSION F OUR ORDER REGARDING
THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY
WHICH AS YOU KNOW CAN ONLY BE
EXTENDED AT SEVEN-DAY INCREMENTS
AND AT THIS TIME, MR. CHAIR, T
WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT
ORDER.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: IS THERE A
MOTION?
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER OVERMAN,
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SMITH.
 TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY ORDER.
ANY DISCUSSION?
SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> MILLER.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: YES.
>> HAGAN.
KEMP.
>> PAT KEMP: YES.
>> MURMAN.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: YES.
>> OVERMAN.
>> KIMBERLY OVERMAN: YES.
>> SMITH.
>> MARIELLA SMITH: YES.
>> MOTION CARRIED 5-0.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE, MS. BECK?
>> NO, SIR.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU,
MS. BECK.
ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE US
TODAY?
ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE US
TODAY?
SEEING NONE, OKAY, SO
COMMISSIONER MURMAN, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: I JUST HAVE
ONE QUESTION.
WE'RE GETTING TO, I MEAN
SEPTEMBER IS GOING TO GO BY
PRETTY QUICK, AND
OCTOBER 1st IS GOING TO BE
UPON US WHEN E'RE BACK TO, WE
WON'T HAVE VIRTUAL, BE ABLE TO
DO VIRTUAL MEETINGS ANY LONGER.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: WE DON'T
KNOW THAT YET.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: YEAH, I KNOW.
THAT'S TRUE.
OUR NUMBERS ARE STILL KIND OF
HIGH THOUGH, AND I WONDERED IF
IT'S PRI PRUDENT TO SEND
ANOTHER LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: WELL, YOU
KNOW, I'M IN FAVOR OF SENDING A
LETTER.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU FEEL.
>> KIMBERLY OVERMAN: I'LL
SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: SO.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: I MEAN WE CAN
WAIT FOR ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS I
GUESS, BUT I THINK WE'RE -- I
THINK WE NEED TO START THINKING
ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND
ON OCTOBER 1st.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE STILL HAVE 200
CASES OR MORE, YOU KNOW,  DAY,
I MEAN, I THINK WE, WE'RE STILL
IN KIND OF A WIDESPREAD
TRANSMISSION MODE, AND YOU KNOW,
CAREFUL.HAVE TO BE VERY
AND I KNOW YOU, ESPECIALLY
YOURSELF, MR. CHAIR, NEEDS TO BE
CAREFUL TOO.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: YOU BET YOUR
BOTTOM DOLLAR.
LET ME SAY THIS.
WE JUST HEARD DR. HOLT SAY THAT
HE ANTICIPATES, DR. HOLT IF
YOU'RE STILL THERE, I'M OT
SAYING YOU'RE GUARANTEEING
THIS.
I JUST HEARD HE SAID HE
ANTICIPATES WITH SCHOOL OPENING
AND THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND COMING
UP, THAT IN TWO TO THREE WEEKS
WE MIGHT LOOK AT ANOTHER SPIKE
THERE OF CASES COMING UP, ND
THAT'S JUST ABOUT THE TIME THE
MONTH ENDS.
I HAVE TALKED TO MS. WISE, AND
MS. WISE IS ON HERE.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE, SHE AND HER
STAFF ARE DILIGENTLY PREPARING
IN CASE THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT
EXTEND THE VIRTUAL MEETING
ORDER.
HOWEVER, WITH WHAT DR. HOLT JUST
SAID, AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE, I
WOULD FEEL BETTER, AND I KNOW
COMMISSIONER OVERMAN WOULD FEEL
BETTER AND SOME OF US WOULD FEEL
BETTER THAT WE SEND THIS LETTER
TO HIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
ASKING HIM TO EXTEND THE VIRTUAL
MEETING ORDER.
THEY OPEN UP SCHOOLS EVERY DAY
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THE
SCHOOLS OR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS
IN EVERY COUNTY HAS 10, 15, 20
CASES COMING OUT AND THEN TH
THEY'RE HAVING TO QUARANTINE ONE
CLASS, ONE SCHOOL, OR 100
PEOPLE, ONE SCHOOL, THE ENTIRE
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HAD TO BE
QUARANTINED, THEY HAD TO BRING
IN SUPERVISORS FROM THE COUNTY
TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO I WOULD BE INCLINED TO, TO DO
THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I SEE SOME HANDS.
COMMISSIONER MURMAN, DID YOU
WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE?
I SEE YOUR HAND.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: NO, I'M
SORRY.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: COMMISSIONER
SMITH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> MARIELLA SMITH: THANK YOU,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S BEEN SAID SO FAR AND THE
POINTS THAT COMMISSIONER MILLER
MADE ABOUT AND DR. HOLT MADE
ABOUT WAITING TO SEE, YOU NOW,
WE MIGHT EXPECT A SPIKE TWO OR
THREE WEEKS AFTER OPENING
SCHOOLS AND ALL I WOULD ADD TO
THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW
CRUISE SHIPS ARE DANGEROUS.
WE KNOW NURSING HOMES HAVE TO BE
PARTICULARLY CAREFUL.
WE KNOW CONCENTRATED CROWDS LIKE
BARS ARE PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS.
SCHOOLS WE CAN EXPECT TO HAVE A
SPIKE IN CASES AS WELL.
BUT OFFICE BUILDINGS AS WELL ARE
OFTEN LISTED AS ONE OF THE KINDS
OF PLACES WHERE YOU'VE GOT
PEOPLE GATHERING FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME IN MEETINGS
WHERE PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND
INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER IN
CONFINED SPACES OF OUR
ELEVATORS, OUR HALLWAYS, AS WELL
AS OUR MEETING ROOMS AND SMALL
OFFICES.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT WOULD BE
PRUDENT TO SEE IF THE GOVERNOR
WILL ALLOW US TO SEE HOW -- YOU
KNOW, LEARN FROM WHAT APPENS AT
SCHOOLS BEFORE WHERE OUR
COMMUNITY IS BEFORE WE BEGIN
OPENING AN OFFICE AS BUILDING AS
LARGE AS OUNTY CENTER AND
HAVING THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND
EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO ANY
FURTHER RISK, WHICH MIGHT BE
COMPOUNDING THE COMMUNITY SPREAD
THAT CAN COME OUT OF SCHOOLS.
SO I WOULD CERTAINLY BE
SUPPORTIVE OF A CAUTIOUS EFFORT
AND MAKING SURE WE CAN GET THE
APPROVAL FOR KEEPING THETATE
EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF TIME
WE'RE ALLOWED TO MEET
VIRTUALLY.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: COMMISSIONER
KEMP, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> PAT KEMP: THANK YOU.
I ALSO WOULD SUPPORT THAT
EFFORT.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW, WE
JUST HEARD TODAY, TO ME NOT
SURPRISING AT ALL, THAT EVEN I'M
VERY HAPPY THAT WE'VE HAD A
DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY FOR THE LAST
COUPLE MONTHS AND I THINK IT'S
DUE TO THE MASK ORDINANCE AND TO
PEOPLE GETTING A MESSAGE ABOUT
WHAT'S DANGEROUS AND HOW WE HAVE
TO REALLY THE COMMUNITY IS DOING
THIS BY WORKING TOGETHER TO
PROTECT ONE ANOTHER AND TO BE
CAREFUL AND SAFE.
SO WE HAVE STEADILY GONE DOWN
6.81 YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING
THERE, POSITIVITY RATE WERE
STALLED.
SCHOOLS IN OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE
LOOKED FOR A 5% OR LOWER
POSITIVITY RATE.
3%.
NEW YORK CITY WAS LOOKING FOR
1%.
SO WE'RE STALLED WAY ABOVE
THAT.
I EXPECT IT TO GO UP BECAUSE WE
HAVE OPENNENED OUR SCHOOLS AND
GIVEN A MESSAGE TO HE COMMUNITY
IN WAYS THAT IT'S OKAY TO DO
THIS, TO START OPENING UP AGAIN,
AND I THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO
TO TAMP THAT DOWN WILL BE
PREVENTATIVE, WILL HELP, WILL BE
A MESSAGE THAT WE SHOULD GIVE UP
STAYING SAFE AND CAREFUL.
AND I THINK NFORTUNATELY, I
THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU
KNOW, INCREASES IN COMING WEEKS
TO COME AND THAT'S REALLY TRAGIC
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NEED TO GO
THERE.
WE COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING TO
PREVENT IT.
I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF A
LETTER.
I WISH WE COULD BE AS PROTECTIVE
OF EVERYBODY AS WE ARE OF THE
COUNTY CENTER AND OF THE PU
PUBLIC COMING HERE.
BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO IS A
POSITIVE THING IN THAT
DIRECTION.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: COMMISSIONER
SMITH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING
ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY?
COMMISSIONER MURMAN S THERE
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO NOW?
>> LES MILLER, JR.: NO, I WILL
MAKE A MOTION TO SEND A LETTER,
PREPARE A LETTER.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: SECOND?
MOTION BY -- OKAY.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, A
SECOND BY THE REST OF THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
INCLUDING MYSELF.
[LAUGHTER]
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
NO DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> MILLER.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: YES.
>> KEMP.
>> PAT KEMP: YES.
>> MURMAN.
>> SANDRA MURMAN: YES.
>> OVERMAN.
>> KIMBERLY OVERMAN: YES.
>> SMITH.
>> MARIELLA SMITH: YES.
>> MOTION CARRIED 5-0.
>> LES MILLER, JR.: OKAY.
ANY OTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS?
ANY OTHERS?
SEEING NONE, EVERYONE, LOOK, WE
HAVE A THREE-DAY WEEKEND,
HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
STAY SAFE.
IF YOU MUST GO OUT, WEAR A MASK
AND SOCIAL DISTANCE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
ANYWHERE, STAY HOME, BARBECUE T
HOME OR WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO
DO THERE AND ENJOY YOUR
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT
THIS WEEK.
REPRESENTATIVE DIANE HART OST
HER SON TO A MASSIVE HEART
ATTACK.
HE WAS 44 YEARS OLD.
WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN
THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HOLD YOUR FAMILY TIGHT.
THEY'RE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
BE CAREFUL AND I CARE ABOUT EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
