Pat Perno
About
Pat Perno's campaign platform focuses on community development and improving local amenities for families, specifically prioritizing the creation of parks for children.
Campaign promises (1)
- infrastructurePat Perno campaigned on providing children with parks in the community.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 13
- Total speaking time
- 47:33
- Avg per meeting
- 3:39
- Segments
- 647
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Top issues during term (20)
Citizens' Bill of Rights
No direct cost identified, though limiting which services the city could privatize or abolish could constrain future budget choices.
Charter Section 19 — Advisory Boards
FY 2026-27 millage rate and budget shortfall
A proposed 12%+ millage increase over the current 4.05 rate, with $2.8 million in annual debt payments and a $405,000 deficit even at 4.35 mills.
Flock camera contract termination
Removes $80,000 from the street budget; potential offset of $12,500 in higher county IT charges for cameras.
Nature Walk Subdivision land-use amendment
Estimated impacts include about 290 new residents, 36 students, 676 extra daily car trips, 39,150 gallons/day of water demand and 30,740 gallons/day of sewer demand; one speaker estimated neighboring homes could lose roughly 15% of their value if the golf course disappears.
City Clerk position structure
Mayor Lowery wants to promote an existing employee to avoid adding a whole new salary.
Loss of the only public golf course west of the bridge
Cuts to leagues yield modest net savings since registration fee revenue is lost too.
Compensation section removal (Section 22)
Removing this section gives the city manager more flexibility on pay, tied to whatever the annual budget allows.
City Clerk-Treasurer hiring process
Net cost of about $44,000-$45,000, already built into the FY 2027 budget.
East 37th Street Emergency Road Connection
Nothing is in the current fiscal year budget for design or construction.
Charter Section 15 — Resignations ballot language
Clearer rules could cut down on costly legal opinions and special elections when resignations get disputed.
Animal shelter funding
Roughly $1,000 per day to operate; the shelter budget is $373,314 in FY 2027.
Florida and Ohio Avenue corridor improvements
100% grant-funded — no cost to Lynn Haven taxpayers.
Employee salary and classification study
External salary studies run roughly $35,000, and updated pay grades feed into the fiscal year 2027 budget.
Charter rules for advisory boards
Resignation rules for boards and committees (Section 15)
Charter amendment ballot referendum for November 2026
No direct cost to taxpayers; the pay-cycle change keeps total compensation identical.
Transparency and Public Records Requests
Could surface what was and wasn't reimbursed from past hurricane spending — real taxpayer dollars at stake.
Mill Bayou Boulevard drainage
$197,269, already budgeted.
Sanitation rate increase
Proposed rates would turn the $487,000 FY 2026 deficit into a $463,000 surplus; a $2 second-can hike adds about $62,000 in revenue.
Decisions during term (148)
Recorded while Perno was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of September 1, 2026 meeting minutes
Nature Walk Subdivision Large Scale FLUM Amendment (Item E, taken first)
Community Bank Site Plan Development Order (Item A)
Dutch Bros Site Plan Development Order (Item B)
Chipotle Site Plan Development Order (Item C)
CBC Construction Site Plan Development Order (Item D)
Previous Minutes Approval
Excuse absent member Mr. Marler
Approval of minutes dated 10/14/26
Section 10 — Form of government (tabled)
Section 22 — Compensation language approved
Section 15 — Resignations ballot language approved and forwarded to commission
Consent Agenda (Items 4-13)
Final Reading of Ordinance 1192R — Rules of Conduct in City Parks
Resolution 2026-10-599 — Panhandle Task Order for Water Main Replacement Design
Added Item 17 — Ordinance 1191 (Rules of Decorum)
Agenda Modification — Add Rules of Decorum Discussion
Appove minutes of the 10/13/26 Commission meeting
Approve Amended Minutes 07/28/26 MEMO
Approve Resolution 2026-10-600 MOU between LHPD and Office of The State Attorney
Voting record (114)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
Final Reading of Ordinance 1192R — Rules of Conduct in City Parks
Approval of Consent Agenda (items 5-12)
Final Reading — Ordinance 1194 (Charter Review Process)
Final Reading — Ordinance 1195 (Commissioner Compensation Method)
Final Reading — Ordinance 1196 (Filling Commission Vacancies)
Resolution 2026-10-592 — Terminating Flock Agreement
Resolution 2026-10-588 — PropLogix Lien Search Services Contract
Resolution 2026-10-593 — Parcel Swap for Stormwater Easement
Approval of CRA meeting minutes from 9/22/26
Approval of new drive-through facility at 1615a Ohio Ave. Dutch Bros.
Approval of new drive-through facility at 1615b Ohio Ave. Chipotle
approve the Consent Agenda.
I move to Approve the Consent Agenda.
Approve adding the items.
Approve the budget.
I move to Approve Resolution 2026-09-17.
Table this agenda item pending workshop for further discussion.
Agenda additions (Charter Review appointments and special-event road closures)
Resolution 2026-09-584 — FY 2027 millage rate (4.25 mills)
Resolution 2026-09-585 — Final FY 2027 General Fund & Enterprise Funds Budget ($54,494,475)
Consent agenda (Resolution 2026-09-587, culvert and paving change orders, ITB 25.26-20 award, minutes, Charter Review appointments, road closures)
City Clerk-Treasurer hiring process — tabled pending workshop
Approve minutes dated 9/8/26
Resolution No. 2026-09-17 adopting final CRA budget for FY 2026/2027
approve Corey Langford to fill seat 4
Appointment of Corey Langford to fill Seat 4
He said the public backlash, including a boycott call against his restaurant, changed his heart and he favored giving Judy Tinder six more months.