Update from Pasco County Commissioner Seth Weightman

Hi, I’m Seth Weightman and I am your new Pasco County Commissioner. I was sworn-in to office on November 22nd and hit the ground running. It is a great honor to have been elected to this role to represent our community. I greatly appreciate the Avalon Park Sun for allowing me to provide these updates to you on what is happening around Pasco County each month.

behind to support our local economy. Last July, I attended the groundbreaking for downtown Avalon Park Wesley Chapel, including more highquality jobs to our area and co-working space for entrepreneurs and small businesses to grow.

-Public safety: quality of life for our residents begins with feeling safe. We will work to make sure our Fire Rescue and our partners at the Sheriff’s Office to make sure they have what they need to keep people safe.

-Parks: Pasco has a great parks system that provides opportunities for families to relax in a safe environment outside. I want to make sure Pasco Parks system continues to encourage uplift our children.

My first regular County Commission meeting was on December 6th, I was honored to sponsor my first resolution recognizing members of Pasco Fire Rescue for helping our neighbors in southwest Florida with Hurricane Ian relief. I’m looking forward to working with my colleagues on the County Commission to do great things for Pasco County!

A little more about me: I’m a fifth generation Pasco native, my family and I love our community and proud to be part of it. Before I was elected to the County Commission, I was an appointee of Governor DeSantis on the Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board for three years, infrastructure around flood mitigation and water supply will be a major priority of mine during the next four years on the County Commission.

I want to outline some of my other priorities:

-Fiscal discipline, we will watch every dollar to make sure our citizens are getting most out of every tax dollar that comes to the County.

-Infrastructure and road projects, this includes County roads like Old Pasco Road and Wesley Chapel Boulevard and making sure our partners at Florida Department of Transportation have any information they need on projects like State Road 54 widening near Avalon Park Wesley Chapel.

-Supporting our small business: we will make sure that we do not leave our small businesses

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season and are ready to tackle the New Year!

About: Commissioner Seth Weightman represents District 2 on the Pasco County Commission.