[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 26, 2021 6:00 P.M. ]
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SIX O'CLOCK TIME FOR US TO START THIS, UH, TODAY'S UM, MEETING OF THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS TO RELEASE
WE ASK FATHER THAT YOU BLESSED THEM FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH SERVICE AND FOR THE DEDICATION THEY HAVE SHOWN TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS, OUR SAFETY AND OUR COUNTRY'S HERITAGE.
PLEASE FATHER BLESS THEM A BUDGET LATE FOR THE HARDSHIPS.
THEY FISH FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE.
AND FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA'S VICTORIES, OVER TO CHARITY AND OPPRESSION, WE RESPECT THEM.
WHEREAS THE FACT THAT WE ARE PROUD OF THAT, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER THEM, THESE FARISH, SPECIAL PEOPLE.
LORD, PLEASE GUIDE US IN OUR COMMISSIONS ENDEAVORS TODAY AND BLESS ALL THOSE MILITARY AND VETERANS HOMEAWAY HONOR WITH PACE AND APP.
AND YOU CAN SEE ROLL CALL MR. BRENNER.
MR. LYONS, MR. ESTEBAN HERE, MR. LASTLY HERE MRS. BLUE, MRS. SOLOMON.
LOOKING AT THE MINUTES FROM THE 28TH OF APRIL, IT WAS SENT OUT ON THE TIME MEANS.
SO EVERYONE HAD TO COPY YOU ON THE DYES, ANY COMMENTS OR THE ADS THERE IS, THERE IS ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE MINUTES.
UH, IF YOU RECALL, I MENTIONED THAT LAST SUNDAY, YOUNG MARINES, WE'RE GOING TO DRILL HERE RULES, UH, EVENT IN SUPPORT OF THE MIAMI VALLEY GUTTERS MUSEUM IN TROY, UH, BASED ON YOUR MOVE FROM THE INNER CITY THROUGH, OUTSIDE ON COUNTY ROAD, 25 AG.
UH, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT WITH PEOPLE FROM MICHIGAN AND CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI, AND, UH, QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE THERE A LITTLE MORE THAN WE EXPECTED AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR $2,000 FOR THE VETERANS
SO YOU MUST ADD THAT TO THE MINUTES OR JUST A, UH, JUST A COMPLETION OF THE THOUGHT.
UH, I WOULD SAY A COMMENT WOULD PROBABLY BE METRICS.
THAT WAS A COMMENT TO THE MINUTES.
TODAY WE HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO AWARD A COUPLE OF AWARDS TODAY, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THESE AWARDS AND WE DON'T DO THEM OUT OF HASTILY.
THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO GIVE THEM TO ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY EARNED THEM IN OUR OPINION.
SO WE ARE VERY PROUD TO DO THAT.
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER, RIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TONIGHT, WE CONTINUE WITH OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF VETERANS AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS.
THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS HAS A SIGNIFICANT VETERAN, ACTIVE DUTY AND MILITARY FAMILY POPULATION, CITY LAYERS, DESIRE, HOOPER HEIGHTS, TO BE A DEVELOPER AND PROVIDER OF SERVICES, EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY.
WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF UNSUNG HERO ROLE, A PERSON OR GROUP THAT ACHIEVES GREAT THINGS AND CONSISTENTLY PERSIST IN SERVICE TO THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
YET THEY ARE NOT CELEBRATED OR RECOGNIZED
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TONIGHT'S AWARD ASPIRES TO PROVIDE AT LEAST SOME OF THAT RECOGNITION TO MANY IN OUR CITY THAT DESERVE THIS AWARD IS ALSO SPONSORED BY THE HUBER HEIGHTS, MASONIC LODGE SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN FOR ESSENTIALLY THE SAME REASONS.MASONS ARE A PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY OF BROTHERHOOD, BANNON WHO BELIEVE IN BROTHERLY LOVE AND CARING FOR EACH OTHER.
THEY COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY LIVE IN.
ONE OF THE, MY SAD, ONE OF THE MASONIC PRIMARY GOALS IS TO MAKE BETTER, MAN, BY ALERTING THAT SERVICE IS THE GREATEST GIFT TO BALL TO BEGIN TONIGHT'S CEREMONY.
MR. GREGS, PLEASE STEP FORWARD UNDER THE PODIUM.
MR. RADCLIFFE, WE HAVE JOINED MR. BURNS.
I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SAY BEING, TO HAVE THE HONOR OF COMMANDING MR. STEVE RADCLIFFE FOR THE YEAR BRIDES, MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING VETERANS SERVICE TO COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IF ANY MEMBER CAUSE LIKE HIM VBA 97 MUST BE A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
LET ME START UP BY SAYING THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT BRAG ABOUT THEMSELVES NO MATTER HOW WORTHY THEY MAKE THE OBTAINING ANY INFORMATION FOR THIS AWARD TRULY REQUIRED A COMBAT ACTION REQUIRED WITH DENTAL EXTRACTION TOOLS SO THAT WE COULD ALL KNOW WHY STEVE IS RECEIVING JUST SOME WARRANTS.
FINALLY, THE GOAL WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND SO MUCH INFORMATION ILLUSTRATING STEVE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS DERIVED.
AND I COULD NOT POSSIBLY DESCRIBE THEM TO YOU WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THIS SPEED, BY THE WAY, STEVE, MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS HERE TATTLED ON YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY SOLDIER, A DOOR GUNNER.
AND HERE WE HELICOPTERS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, HE SERVED FROM 1968 TO 1971 AND WON MANY MILITARY AWARDS, INCLUDING THE PURPLE HEART.
AFTER LEAVING THE ARMY, HE SERVED IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OCCUPATION AT WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, AND ALSO AT THE TATE VA MEDICAL CENTER.
MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THOSE WHO WORK IN THESE CIVILIAN SERVICE JOBS ARE STILL EVERY DAY, VERY MUCH SUPPORTING THE MILITARY SERVICES.
STEVE HAS SUPPORTED A LARGE NUMBER OF VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THIS COMMISSION.
I OFTEN OPEN MY DAILY EMAIL TO FIND VERY VALUABLE ITEMS OF VETERAN SUPPORT THAT CAN BE PASSED ON.
HE IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF DVA 97 AND HAS HELD MANY, MANY LEADERSHIPS POSITIONS IN THAT ORGANIZATIONS.
STEVE RECEIVED MANY DISTINGUISHED BBA HONORS, SUCH AS THE VBA NATIONAL AWARD COMPENSATION BELL, THE VBA BUCKEYE STATE COUNCIL VETERANS OF THE YEAR AND THE VBA VALLEY AND VALLEY CHAPTER 97 VETERANS OF THE YEAR.
STEVE IS BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY FOR HIS, THE VOLVO SERVICE FOR OVER 38 YEARS TO THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA ORGANIZATION.
YOU DEMONSTRATES A STRONG SENSE OF DEDICATION AND PATRIOTISM.
HE IS NEVER SATISFIED WITH THE STATUS QUO AND IS ALWAYS SEEKING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF PDA PERFORMANCE, RACE, INDEED BONDS AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR VETERANS THROUGH HIS STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENTS FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES.
MR. RADCLIFFE HAS SERVED AS A MODEL IN THIS OPERATION FOR A YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE BBA ORGANIZATION AND THE SUPPORT OF MILITARY VETERANS OF ALL SERVICES AND ALL WARS.
ALL OF HIS EFFORTS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DURING HIS QUOTE FREE TIME AND WITHOUT ANY REMUNERATION WHATSOEVER, EXCEPT FOR THE WELLNESS OR FEELING OF PRIDE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF A VERY NOBLE MISSION.
THE SUPPORT OF OUR MILITARY VETERANS IN 1983,
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THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL CONVENTION.STEVE HAS ATTENDED EVERY SINGLE CONVENTION AS THE CHAPTER 97 CHOICE, INCLUDING THIS YEAR.
HE IS ONE OF ONLY THREE VIETNAM VETERANS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES WHO CAN CLAIM THIS DEDICATION.
IT IS MY VERY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU, MR. STEVEN RATCLIFF FOR THE OUTSTANDING VETERANS SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARD FOR A LIFETIME OF DEDICATION AND COMMITTED TO THE HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE UNITED STATES, GULEN TERRI, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE LIVES OF US VETERANS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. STEVE BRACKLEY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BEFORE SELF CONTINUATION.
THE ORGANIZATION YOU HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STEVE DVA IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1978 IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HAS COMMITTED TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF ALL VETERANS.
THE VBA GOALS ARE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE FULL RANGE OF ISSUES.
IMPORTANT TO BE A TON OF VETERANS, TO PROGRESS AND DO AN IDENTITY FOR THIS GENERATION OF VETERANS AND TO CHANGE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF VIETNAM.
VETERANS WHO ASKED YOU AND GO WERE OFTEN SHUNNED ON THEIR RETURN HOME TO THE UNITED STATES.
DBA PROMOTES EDUCATIONAL ECONOMIC HEALTH, CULTURAL, AND EMOTIONAL READJUSTMENT OF THE VIETNAM ERA VETERAN TO CIVILIAN LIFE.
VVA PROMOTES LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION SUFFERED BY PNF VETERANS.
IT IS FUNDED WITHOUT ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM ANY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
SINCE BBA 97 WAS FOUNDED IN 1983, AND SPAMMERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN REACHING OUT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM VETERANS AND OTHER VETERANS IN ALL MILITARY BRANCHES WHO HAVE SERVED IN PEACE TIME IN ANOTHER WARS AND CONFLICTS, DVA CHAPTER 97 SERVES EIGHT COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST OHIO BUTLER, CLARK, DARK BRI, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, PREVALENT AND WARRANT.
CURRENT ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP OF VVA CHAPTER 97 IS OVER 200 MEMBERS.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY EXAMPLES OF GOOD WORKS ACCOMPLISHED BY PVA 97, WHICH WERE DISCOVERED WHILE DOCUMENTING THIS DOMINATION.
BUT AGAIN, THE LIST IS FAR TOO LONG TO RECITE WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF TIME, SUFFICE IT TO SAY THE VBA 97 VETERANS ARE GREAT BUNCH OF OUR NATION'S HEROES TO BUDGET TO HELP THEIR FELLOW VETERANS AND TO SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY.
IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO RESENT TO YOU, MR.
I SAY WITH ALL SINCERITY AND TOLL OF VIETNAM VETERANS,
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YOU ALL WERE.I MEAN, THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE RIGHT NOW THAT MAKES, MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A VERY GOOD BRISK.
A LOT OF THESE GUYS DO ALL THE WORK.
IT'S ALWAYS THE PEOPLE I'M JUST HERE TO GET THE RECOGNITION.
WE REALLY RESEARCH AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ORGANIZATION THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO.
UH, AND WE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU RETIRE, GARVEY'S LIKE YOU'RE OUR GOLDEN CHILDREN.
AND TO US, THE OCCUPANT, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT EARN THEM IS THERE.
AND OF COURSE, VETERANS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE SPECIAL, VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO GIVE YOU A SERVICE BEFORE THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE PRIDE AND THE COUNTRY AND THEIR SELF AND THEIR UNITS, AND THEY DO ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY AS STRONG LEADERS TO KEEP OUR NATION, UH, OUR CITY, OUR NATION SAFE AND MOVING FORWARD, WE DO APPRECIATE THEM.
UM, I WANT, I WANT TO SAY EMBELLISH TO PUT FORWARD OUR VETERANS AND HEIGHTS AND MAKE SURE THEY GET WHAT PAGES THAT ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA TO DOWN THE STREET HERE IS BANNER THINGS.
CHAPTER 97, I CALLED THE CITY.
I TOLD HIM I WASN'T A BAD HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO I COULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
I SAID, BEN, OUR CHAPTER'S BEEN HERE 25 YEARS, 20 YEARS.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK IF WE CAN GET A BANNER PUT UP WITH OUR LOGO ON IT.
AND HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, HOME EVENTS.
CITY MANAGER PAID FOR THAT BANNER AS A DONATION.
WE HOPE TO SHOW THAT WE REALLY MEAN THAT.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS COMING OUT OF THIS COMMISSION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
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WE'VE DISCUSSED LAST TIME I WAS HERE, UM, UH, THE ORDER FOR THIS ONE WENT OUT, UH, BASICALLY 15 WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN SOMETIME IN JULY, UM, WITH A PROJECTED FINISH IN OCTOBER.THAT'S THE DEAL I GOT FROM HIM FROM TODAY.
WELL, A QUESTION I HAVE, UM, NOT FOR YOU, BUT FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WE HAVE TO, UH, HAD A MEETING SINCE, UM, UH, BEFORE, UM, SCOTT TOOK OVER AND, UM, WE HAD SCHEDULED ONE THAT WE HAD BECAUSE OF TIME CONFLICTS AND THINGS WE HAD TO CHANGE.
SO NOW WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO, OR, OR WHAT DO YOU THINK IS A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING? WE HAD A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE WRITTEN ABOUT YOU ON DEALS.
AND, UM, WELL REMEMBER, UM, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I THOUGHT WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE.
WELL, THAT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE THERE ARE VISITORS
SO IT SAYS, BILL MYSELF, TOM IS MAN DANIEL.
AND THEN YOU OFFER IT UP YOURSELF.
AND LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST, UM, I GIVE HIM THAT MONEY HERE.
SO, UM, UH, BACK WHEN OUR SEATS WERE FOR RENEWAL, I SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION THAT I WOULDN'T BE MOVING OUT OF TOWN SOON.
SO NEXT MONTH WILL BE MY LAST MONTH ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THE ANSWER STEPS AWAY, YOU CAN ONLY GET A VISITOR TO THAT ONE.
BUT THEN ONCE DAN SETS WEIGHT, YOU BECOME AN ACTIVE MEMBER.
AND ALSO AT THAT TIME, WE CAN ENTERTAIN HAVING JOHN COME BACK ON THE COMMISSION.
GOOD TO SEE YOU GO, BUT TIME MOVES IT ON WATERS FURTHER SOUTH.
SO, SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SEND OUT A NOTE TO EVERYBODY AND LOOK AT HAVING A MEETING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO.
AND IF WE GET, WE CAN NEGOTIATE WHEN IT ACTUALLY IS, AND THEN MAYBE INVITE MY AT THE SMN SOME NEW INFORMATION AND THEY WOULD GO FROM THERE.
UH, THE OTHER THING I HAVE IS WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE SITE, WE HAD THAT BITCH OUT THERE.
YOU GUYS SALUTING MY QUESTION, ME, I SAW A PICTURE IN THE PAPER WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SITE, WHY CAN'T WE GET THAT PICTURE BLOWN UP AND PUT UP THERE? IT'S NOT THE OBVIOUS RECOGNITION.
WHAT WE GOING TO HAVE THERE? IS THAT POSSIBLE? I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S UP.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, FOR, FOR THIS ONE, WHERE ARE THEY TALKING? THE VETERAN SITE? THERE'S A, THERE'S A BOARD THERE WITH A PICTURE OF A SOLDIER SALUTE AND I BELIEVE KIND OF THE LOCAL BEHIND.
WE COULD CHANGE THAT TO BE THAT, BUT NOT, I MEAN, AS A PERMANENT THING, IF WE WAIT FOR THE SHIRT, WE CAN ENTERTAIN THAT TO WHETHER WE NEED TO BUILD TO THAT, THE SUCCEEDING COUNSEL FOR THAT, OR JUST TALKING TO YOU AND JUST TALK, YOU KNOW, DECIDED TO LAUNCH YOURSELF.
SO, YOU KNOW, RELATED INFORMATION TO ME,
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WE COULD GET ANY TYPE OF ARTWORK CAN BE CHANGED, YOU KNOW, AS, AS AN EVENTS PROGRESS.SO THEN WHAT I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO YOU IS THAT WE PULL THAT PICTURE OF OURS.
IN ADDITION, ASK MIKE TO CITY TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THAT BOY THAT NOW HAS THAT PICTURE OF THE BEST SOLUTION.
CAUSE I THINK PEOPLE DRIVING BY WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THAT OBVIOUSLY CONDITION OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE THEN THE GUYS, WHICH WAS NICE AT TIME, BUT NOW I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
SECOND, WE DID, WE DID GET SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.
UH, DURING OUR, UH, SCREEN, UH, DEDICATION, I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT CAME UP TO ME AND SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN DOWN TO THE SITE AND THAT WOULD BE NICE.
WE COULD HAVE AN ARTIST RENDERING.
SO THAT GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH WHAT THEY HAD RECOMMENDED.
SO FIRST AND SECOND, UM, JUST A QUICK VOTE VOICE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE ARTIST'S RENDERING ON THE OUT-FRONT.
SO BILLBOARD
I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO HER, NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S YOU HAVE, CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE LANDSCAPE ASPECT TO IT? A WOMAN BECAUSE OF THE ARTISTS KIND OF MORE LANDSCAPED WATER DON'T REMEMBER THAT THIS STUFF WORKS AS FAR AS
LIKE I SAID, I CAN, NO, I CAN CHECK AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
WE'LL PUT BACK TO THIS NEXT MEETING, SEEK LOOKING FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
AND I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH YOU THROUGH EMAIL, BUT YOU DON'T LIFT THE BONE STONE, SO YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THAT.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON THE VETERAN'S SITE, UM, AS WE'VE SPOKEN BEFORE, I'M INTERESTED IN AND TRYING TO GET OFF THE GROUND AND START SOMEONE ON A BRIDGE FOR THE, UH, WHAT WERE YOU GOING IN OR WHAT ARE THE AREAS WE'RE GOING TO COVER WITH BRICKS? UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO SET UP SOMEBODY DOWN AT, GO TO HER WHEN THEY HAVE THE APARTMENT MARKET AND ANYWHERE ELSE IN HERE WHERE WE CAN GET A DRIVER TO, OR WHILE WE'RE AWAY IN JUNE WHERE WE COULD, BUT WE NEED EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BRICKS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE, WHAT THEIR SIZE ARE GOING TO BE, HOW MANY LETTERS CAN BE PUT ON THE RECORD.
I THINK WE NEED TO REFORM, UH, ENGINEERED THE WEAKER PEOPLE TO USE, TO FILL THE FORM OUT, TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THEY WANT ON THEIR BRICK.
UH, OH, I THINK SCOTT MOSTLY GET BACK WITH US AND THEN YOU'RE NOT SORT OF WAITING ON THAT.
LET ME, MIKE, IF YOU CAN TOUCH BASE WITH HIM ABOUT THAT.
AND WE'LL GET SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN I'LL GIVE IT YOU AND WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I ALSO, THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION TO ME.
IF THE CITY PUT IN ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE SITE TO BE DEVELOPED, PUT UP, UM, WE GET DONATIONS FOR BRICKS.
I MEAN, WE NEED THE PEOPLE TO PAY THEY FOR THEIR OWN RICH SO THAT ALL THE MONEY THE CITY GIVES US GOES IN THE MONUMENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ITSELF FOR LANDSCAPING OR WHATEVER.
UH, THE LAST I KNEW, UH, BRICKS FROM A SITE THAT I GO THROUGH DOWN IN FLORIDA, COST $60 A BRICK.
AND YOU CAN HAVE LIKE, UH, 14 LETTERS ON IT A LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL GET BACK BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON.
SO WE NEEDED, IF WE'RE GOING TO SET UP A DISPLAY SOMEPLACE, WE NEED ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DIAGRAMS ARE WHAT THEY ALREADY DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU TO PUT IN THE DISPLAY.
WE'RE SELLING THE BRICKS OUT WHO HER
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WITH SCOTT.WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW IT WORKS.
I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE HERE THAT KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I, BUT AS I READ THE ARTICLE, THE CITY WAS GOING TO GET A BOND OR HAVE, UH, SOME KIND OF BOND TO PAY FOR IT.
WE GET IT PASSED THE LEGISLATION YOU APPROVE UP TO UP TO ONE POINT.
WELL, IF, IF WE GOT DONATIONS FOR THE BRICKS, ISN'T THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN KIND OF CONTRIBUTE THAT MONEY THAT CAME IN ON THE BRICKS TO HELP BRING THAT DOWN.
SO THAT'S THAT, YOU KNOW THAT, WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT THE LOGICAL WAY TO HELP BRING THE MONEY THERE.
WELL, I BELIEVE THERE'S OTHER, OTHER ASPECTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RAISING FUNDS FOR THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
SO ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN PLAY BY OTHER CITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING SOME THINGS, AS FAR AS, UM, THE ROTARY CLUB, I KNOW THEY DO SOMETHING COME ACROSS MY DESK TODAY.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS, THINGS ARE DEVELOPING, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO FOR CITY ORGANIZATIONS TOO.
THEY, THEY COULD PURCHASE A LARGER PLAQUE TYPE, UH, THING WITH WHATEVER THEY WANT OR WHATEVER ORGANIZATION THAT IS, THAT CAN HAVE THEIR NAME ON, ON THERE.
BUT THEIR PLAQUE WOULD PROBABLY COST A HUNDRED DOLLARS BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO BE FAIR, PROBABLY THE MORE PERFECT.
LIKE YOU WERE LIKE THE STONE BASES ALONG THE PATHWAY STUFF.
TALKING ABOUT THOSE BLACKS ARE ABOUT THIS SIZE.
I KNOW ONE ORGANIZATION THAT'S INTERESTED IN ONE OVER.
I WOULD GET IN THE HEAD OF SALES.
LET'S JUST CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHAT SCOTT SAID.
AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU SOME, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS JUST COMING INTO PLAY.
LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST ONE ORGANIZATION I KNOW IS JUST SHARE A LITTLE OF INFORMATION FOR YOU OR WITH YOU IS, UM, THEY'RE DOING FOR, FOR, UM, BASICALLY ASKING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO PURCHASE A FLAT LIFE OR X AMOUNT FOR HOLIDAYS THAT THEY'LL COME OUT AND SET THESE UP FOR X AMOUNT OF MONEY AS TO GO TOWARDS WHATEVER DONATIONS THEY MAKE TOWARDS PLAY THIS FLAG.
WE'LL GO BACK TOWARDS THEIR MEMORIAL VILLAGE.
SO THERE'S JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT I'M AWARE OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT SO LIKE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING BREAKS, BUT AS THESE THINGS DEVELOP THERE AND THERE'S THIS KIND OF, UM, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT THAT MAKES SENSE.
WHAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING ITEMS, IS THERE BY ANY CHANCE TO GO AND BE LIKE, SLATE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED OR NOT.
I FELT ROBIN MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT SECURITY.
I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S THE PARK.
THERE IS CAMERAS IN OTHER AREAS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING BY BEING PROBLEMS WITH NOT HAVE THAT SET UP AS WELL? I MEAN, IT'S JUST A PERFECT SET UP FOR SOME, IT IS TOO STUPID.
BUT ANYWAY, LIKE TOP SIDE, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S KIND OF TO SEE WHERE OKAY.
BARRING FATHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE ON.
UM, SO MORAL DAY CEREMONY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND, UM, UH, UH, THE, UH,
IT SHOWS
AND, UM, SO WHAT FINAL, UM, UH, PROGRAM FOR, UM, MEMORIAL DAY? UM, THE ONE THING JUST FIND CHANGE ON THERE
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IS A MASSIVE CEREMONY.UH, BILL IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
UM, HE HAS OTHER ISSUES HE NEEDS TO DEAL WITH.
SO, UM, I'LL PROBABLY JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THE MASTER OF CEREMONY IN DEEP.
I DIDN'T CUSS HIM RIGHT AFTER HERE ANYWAY.
AND, UM, UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER, I NEVER TURNED OUT TO VOLUNTEER, BUT IF I'M NOT, THEN I CAN JUST DO THE MASTER CEREMONIES ALONG WITH MY KICKOFF PART OF IT.
IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
I'VE HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES COME UP AND, UH, THE DOCTORS GOT ME SCHEDULED TO GO IN FOR SOME TESTS AND IT'S GOING TO CONFLICT WITH, UH, MY AVAILABILITY.
IS THAT TELLING YOU, YOU COME FIRST? UH, WE CAN MAKE IT AND, UM, BUT MOST YOU'D BE AROUND.
OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING ON HERE IS, IS THE WAY IT SHOULD HAPPEN, UM, ON THE 31ST.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAD A COPY AND, UH, MIKE TELLS ME YOU'RE, THE FLAGS WILL BE THERE, UH, JUST BEFORE, UM, FOUR OR FIVE 31ST.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM DOWN AFTER THE CEREMONY IS OVER AND EVERYBODY'S OKAY.
AS SOON AS THERE WAS TRAFFIC ABOUT IT TODAY, CONFIRMATION AND THE FOREIGN PARTY IN THE PUPIL IS CONFIRMED AGAIN.
AND SO FAR, MR. PLUMBER, I'LL STATE REPRESENT PLUMBER STEEL? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE FROM RIGHT PASS WHEN I COME OUT, WE, UM, HAD TALKED TO THEM, BUT WE HAD A GUEST SPEAKER ALREADY WENT TALK WITH THEM.
SO, UM, THEY MAY HAVE SOMEONE OUT.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET DONE, UH, AT ONE POINT IN TIME.
NO, NO, I WENT, THEY CAN'T WALK IN LIKE, OH NO, THEY WALK IN, BUT THEY'D BE STANDING AROUND LIKE, HERE, LIKE THIS IS IT.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE SAW THE PROGRAM QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON, ON A PROGRAM, HEARING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO A FANTASTIC OUTCOME.
AS WE ALWAYS HAVE HAD AN ARTIST'S RENDITION WAS OUT BETWEEN OUR HOME, UM, SYSTEM.
UM, I KEEP BRINGING STUFF IN PROBABLY THE LAST TIME.
UM, BUT, UM, WE NOW HAVE THE THREE SUBCOMMITTEES, TWO OF THEM, UH, FUNCTIONAL.
THE THIRD ONE IS KIND OF STILL UP IN THE AIR AND IN A SENSE THAT WE'VE HAD LUCY STREET DEDICATION AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
WELL, THAT DIDN'T REALLY ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
IT REALLY WAS DONE BY ONE PERSON.
AND HOW WAS, UH, MS. PUGH? AND, UM, SO WHEN A WHOLE LOT OF COORDINATION WITH IT, UH, OTHER THAN MS. FUNES WHO STUDIED LEADERSHIP INDIVIDUALS AND SHE PULLED TOGETHER AND WE HAD A PRETTY NICE, UH, PRETTY NICE CEREMONY, UM, SHE PICKED A GREAT DAY
AND, UH, UM, UH, MIKE'S TEAM CAME OUT AND WAS THERE AND HAD THE AUDIO EQUIPMENT UP, UH, WAITING FOR TIME.
AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC THOUGH.
SO I THINK WE DID A GREAT THING FOR LOOP, AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE OVER THERE REALLY ENJOY IT.
I KNOW IT WAS LIKE THE CAUSE SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND THAT MADE HER FEEL REAL GOOD AT THE CITY, CARED ENOUGH ABOUT LOOP TO DO THAT.
SHE SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW, A LITTLE DID ALL THESE THINGS.
HE SAY HE CHATTED WITH ME, BUT THAT'S, I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND I THINK THAT'S NICE AND HIM DOWN.
SO EVERYBODY HERE THAT DIDN'T SELL, LIKE PAT ON THE BACK AND REALLY THANKS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING US AND APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, SO, UM, SO ANYWAYS, MY, MY MIND IS SOMEWHAT THE EVENTS STUFF COMMITTEE BECAUSE OFFICER LYE AND MIKE WANTS BE HERE THE SECOND AND THE GRADE THINGS ECONOMY, AND WE NEED SOME PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW? ONE YEAR WE PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE.
WE HAD THE GRAND MARSHALL, BUT THEY HAD, THEY OWN GRAND MARSHALL THIS YEAR.
SO, BUT NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.
UM, BUT WE WROTE IN A CITY PROVIDED VEHICLE WITH A BIG COMMISSION, SAM
AND I HAD TOLD, UM, THE FORMER SEAT, UH, ADMINISTRATORS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IT.
I THINK THAT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE
UM, BUT WE HAD A LITTLE DIFFERENT VEHICLE THAT WAS
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A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET AN IDEA.UM, WE HAD A TRUCK WITH A BOOM ON IT, A LITTLE HARD FOR US OLD PEOPLE TO GET UP OR DUCK A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE
UM, BUT AGAIN, LET ME SEE IF WE CAN GET BAD EVENTS COMMITTEE TOGETHER, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO SCHEDULE THEM AGAIN.
AND THOSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THINK IS, UM, MS. PUGH, MS. SOLOMON, UH, AND YEAH.
UM, SO SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU GUYS TOGETHER AND ONCE IDEAS FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
CAUSE I HAD NO DATE, W WE, WE START ON THE 29TH OF JUNE, THE SUNLIGHT HIT AND HAD CELEBRATIONS, BUT MIKE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ISSUE, BUT THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT PLAYS OUT IN OTHER YEARS, BUT, UM, I'LL LET MIKE TALK TO IT THREE THERE.
I MEAN, UM, I KNOW BASICALLY IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO ME IN A SENSE OF WHAT THE VEHICLES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
CAUSE I HAVE PRETTY MUCH AVAILABLE VEHICLES FIRE, RIGHT.
SO I GUESS WITHOUT ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO DECIDE KIND OF WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT'S EASIEST THING THAT YOU CAN GO WITH.
THINGS WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR YOU TO BE IN A, I CAN'T
SO MY STUFF IS, IS IT IS FLIPPED FOR WORK, SO IT'S KIND OF NOT VERY COMFORTABLY FEASIBLY FOR A BREAK, SO RIGHT.
BUT MAKE ANY COMBINATION SO I CAN PROVIDE.
SO, UH, ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE COMFORT OF IT?
HOPEFULLY NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'RE REALLY GETTING CLOSE TO THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
I HAVE AN IDEA WHILE I WAS AT THE VETERANS, WE WERE SEEING HIM, I GOT HIM TO GIVE US THE OFF.
YOU KNOW, YOU REMEMBER YOU REMEMBER YOU AND I WENT TO ST.
YOU BACK IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
I GOT THE OFFER OF TWO REPLICA, MILITARY UNIFORMS OF THAT ERA FROM THE VETERANS MUSEUM TO BORROW.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WEAR THEM TO THE BRAID WHO MAY
BUT WE'LL PUT THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
ALSO WHEN WE TALKED TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM,
I WAS WONDERING IF THEY HAD A FLATBED TRAILER THAT WE COULD PUT CHAIRS ON IT, EASY TO GET ALONG, BUT HE SAID HE DIDN'T, LET'S SEE WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER, A REAL, UM, THIS THEMES THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU AND SEE I'M TRYING TO BE AS SAFE AS I CAN.
AND, UM, SO LIKE, SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
WHAT I NOTICE IS THAT AS SOON AS YOU FINISH ONE THING STANFORD FOR THE NEXT DAY, IT'S NOT LIKE BETWEEN EVENTS ONCE THE WAR IS OVER VETERAN DAY IS PUSHING DOWN ON THEM.
SO, UM, SO WE HAVE TO GET OUR ACT TOGETHER AND START BEING A LITTLE BIT PROACTIVE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
I KNOW WE ARE, AND I WOULD JUST SUGGEST SOME OF THAT TOO, WOULD BE, I KNOW SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE COVER BROTHER.
I MEAN, ARE YOU STILL IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 20 YEARS, 25 YEARS IN A SENSE, A LOT BETTER TO PLAN FOR JULY NEXT YEAR, THIS LAST YEAR.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S AND ROLL A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR SOMEONE AGAIN, MORE IN LINE
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FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.NOT TO TRY TO PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON SOME OTHER THINGS AND MAKE THEM BETTER POSSIBLY LATER.
THAT MAKES IT A LONG WAY TO GET.
YES, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND I AGREE, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS HIGH, LONG RANGE MANAGER AND THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROBABLY EVEN MORE ACTIVITIES THAT WE WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT WE DON'T PUSH, PULL UP VETERANS.
DO WE GOTTA TO DO THINGS THAT PUSH FOR VETERANS? UM, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, UH, HAVE A UP, IF SOMEBODY IS FUNCTIONED AS GONE AND YOU'LL HAVE TO SHOW HER THE COMMISSIONS HERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE FLOODED VETERANS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF CROSS FEED, UM, AS THE CITY GROWS, WE GET MORE VETERANS, NOT ONLY VETERANS, BUT THOSE ACTIVE, UH, MILITARY PEOPLE WHO WORK OUT OF RIGHT.
NUMBER OF THEM THAT'LL BE DONE.
CAUSE HE TOLD US IT WAS A MILITARY AND VETERANS THAT JUST ONE ON THE OTHER.
SO WE'LL DO THAT AND I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
SO WE WENT TO YOURS AND WE DID THAT.
IT PRETTY MUCH, EXCEPT FOR, I KNOW THAT DEAL HAS A NOMINATION THAT HE WANTS TO PUT FORTH.
UM, I FEEL THAT NOAH AND I MENTIONED TO YOU, HOW DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ON THAT? PROBABLY DIDN'T I SENT YOU AN EMAIL, UM, TO, UM, GREAT.
INTRODUCE IT TONIGHT, BUT UH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN DO WE GET THIS AWARD OUT? UM, I THINK WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING BACK IN THE STATE.
UM, I'M LIFTING HIM UP A NOMINATION FOR RECOGNITION ABOUT STAYING BACK BEDROOM SERVICE.
IF YOU GAVE ME A CONCRETE, UH, TO MR. BRANDON MCLEAN, HE WAS IN LIKE ARMY COUNTY WORK.
UM, REASON I'M DOING THIS IS BECAUSE, UH, HE HAD A GREAT EFFORT IN, UM, TAKING OUR TWO, UH, TWO DD, TWO FOURTEENS, UM, AND ISSUING, UH, THE BEDROOMS CARD.
SO WE COULD USE SEVERAL BUSINESSES, HONOR THOSE.
AND UH, SO I'VE GOT HIS NAME AND I'VE FOUND THAT WHILE YOU'RE DOWN WITH A BOTTLE OF THIS, RIGHT.
IT SAYS TO THIS, TO JAMIE FRY.
BUT NOW WHAT, UM, YEAH, EVENTUALLY JAMIE GETS IT, BUT, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS THAT, UM, YEAH, THAT I PUT DOWN THERE INITIALLY, BECAUSE AT THE TIME I WAS THOUGHT THAT THE POWERS THAT BE DEMANDED THAT IT WENT THROUGH THE CITY FIRST, BUT THAT'S NO HARD AND FAST RULE.
IT JUST GOES FIRST TO THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO DO THE BEST JOB OF TAKING A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IT'S ADEQUATE FOR THEM.
AND I'D SAY PROBABLY THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UM, UM, OVER THE YEARS I'VE DONE NOMINATIONS AWARDS, ALL THAT, BUT I WAS, UM, I'D LIKE TO GET, UM, GIVE YOU A FEW MORE WORDS HERE.
UM, THIS IS THE BIO, BUT DOES IT EXPAND IT SITUATION? I KNOW BEN, I CAN DO IT.
AND KIDS, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DID IN THE MILITARY AND SOME OF THE THINGS HE DID BEFORE HE GOT PICKED UP, HE GET, UH, UM, POINTED TO THAT JOB.
I MEAN, I JUST WAS TRYING TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND OF HIM AND I DIDN'T KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING ME BECAUSE I'VE HAD CONVERSATION WITH HIM TOO, AND HE'S VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY CONGENIAL, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF SURPRISED OR, OR WHATEVER.
AND IF I CALLED HIM AND ASKED HIM ALL THIS INFORMATION, WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ONCE HE ASKED ME ALL THESE QUESTIONS, WELL, I THINK NOW IS THE BEST TIME FOR ME TO BRING SOMETHING UP.
BUT I, UH, I THINK I CAN MOTIVATE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE BEFORE I CAME HERE, I GOT A CALL FROM SHARON 22, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT THEY ALSO WANTED ME TO PROVIDE SCRIPT, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND ALL THAT.
OF COURSE THEY BUILT AND THEY WERE TAKING, THEY TOOK THE WHOLE THING AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO GET A FULL BODY SCRIPT.
SO IF WE CAN GIVE THEM ANOTHER FULL BODY SCRIPT AND MORE OF THE BARRIER, UM, I'LL TAKE IT LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, IT'S, THAT'D BE A GREAT DEAL TO ANYWAY.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT AS, UM, IF WE GET THEM INTERESTED.
I THINK I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE NEWS TONIGHT OR DID I MENTION IT WHEN I DID MY LITTLE SPEECH? OKAY.
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TO BE ON THE EVENING NEWS AT 2,245 TONIGHT.IT'S GOING TO BE THE PICTURES PLUS ALL THE STUFF I GAVE THEM FROM THE SCRIPT.
NOW I KNOW WHEN I MAKE PROCLAMATIONS LIKE THAT, AS A NEWS, PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY CONDENSE IT DOWN TO THREE SECONDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF THEY DON'T, UH, IF IT GETS TO BE A LITTLE MORE, AT LEAST THEY'LL HAVE A THOROUGH, UH, DESCRIPTION OF BOTH THE WARRANTS WE GAVE IT, MAYBE, UH, INTERESTED IN DOING SOME MORE BECAUSE THE REASON THEY CALLED ME IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE I SENT THE NOMINATIONS TO THEM TO START THIS JUST WITHOUT ASKING.
AND, UH, SO AS A RESULT, THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED ME TODAY.
CAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO COVER WITH, UH, TV AND ALL THAT.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE GET TO EXPANDED, UH, BIO FROM YOUNG WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH TO IT AND THE SIZE OF THIS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
BUT IF YOU, IF YOU CAN HELP, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF RATIO WOULD BE GREAT.
ALSO, CAN I ADD, UH, BRANDON AND THAT IS FIRSTHAND HOW MUCH THE GUYS CAN CHECK FOR 97, JUST THREE YEARS AGO.
A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF JACK KNIGHTS AND WIDOWED RECORDERS
AND SO, UH, MOST OF OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS THE, UH, THE CARD THAT WAS FILLED OUT BY THEIR PEOPLE.
AND, UH, WE HAD A
AND THEY ALSO, WHEN I GOT MY CARD, THEY ALSO GAVE US ABOUT THREE PAGES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT, UH, THAT WERE HONORING THE CAR THAT WE WERE GETTING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF THING TO DO IS TO GO TO THE ONE IS NOT ONLY THE BILE WHAT'S, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE JOHN SMITH FROM THE FIFTH STREET OVER, TALKED ABOUT, UH, BRANDON AND TOLD HIM THAT ON THIS TIME OF DAY HE DID THIS AND MARY SMITH SAYS HE'S A GREAT GUY.
WHEN I, WHEN I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN INTERESTS, LIKE EXTRA LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE YOU JUST A CARD FOR WHEN YOU GO TO LOWE'S.
RIGHT? SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE WAS THAT ADVENTURE SITTING THERE READING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE, NOT TO, NO, I DO REMEMBER MY VETERANS CARD AND THEY'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP ON THE LIST.
IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, WHY THAT OKAY, SO YOUR NOMINATION IS IN, UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE.
WE JUST, IF SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN AND WE'D HAVE TO EVALUATE THEM TO SEE WHICH ONE IS BEST, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, THE IS MUSEUM FOR IT.
ALWAYS TAKE A LITTLE MINUTE TO FEATURE COMMISSIONER TO SAY, SAY, WELL, UM, WELL THEN IN THE SUMMER, WELL OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, WELL BASICALLY THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THAT, UM, BEANS WHERE, UM, WE'RE USED TO HAVING THE MEMORIAL CEREMONIES LIKE MEMORIAL DAY AND THE PAST THE TWO PAST VETERANS DAY MINTS.
UM, THIS MEMORIAL DAY WILL BE OUR FIRST MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, BUT THEN THE NEXT PLANNED EVENT, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED WILL BE JULY 4TH.
UM, THAT BEING SAID THE ACTUAL MEMORIAL, UM, AREA THERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY MEANS HOW THE 4TH OF JULY FALLS UPON, UM, SUNDAY, I BELIEVE IT IS.
UM, TRADITIONALLY HOW THE FIREWORKS ARE HELD IS THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE DAY OF 4TH OF JULY.
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UM, THAT BEING SAID US TO PROVIDE A CEREMONY FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE DAY BEFORE MAY OR MAY NOT BE DEPENDENT UPON ONE AVAILABLE TO SAY RIGHT NOW THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW MEANS THAT THERE'S EXPLOSIVES AND THAT'S THE BLAST ZONE BASICALLY.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE MEMORIAL AREA.
SO, UM, I KNOW WHAT THE WORRISOME WAS FROM ALAN I'S DISCUSSION WAS, WELL, IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE ALL LIKELIHOOD IN SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW SIX, SIX YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN THE DATE COMES BACK TO WHERE IT'S ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY? YES.
WE'LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
THEN THAT AREA WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY BECAUSE OF THE LAST I'LL BE IN THERE.
IS IT STILL THERE? WE'RE HAVING FIREWORKS AT THAT TIME? UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE REALLY RUNNING THROUGH THIS YEAR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FLAG CEREMONY, RAISING THE PARTICULAR AREA WHERE WE SHOULD BE HAVING IT'LL HAVE TO BE UP FRONT OR A DIFFERENT AREA WHERE YOU'RE CHOOSING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT CURVE RIGHT NOW TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE WE'LL DO IT UP FRONT BECAUSE BASICALLY THE AREA WHERE THE MEMORIAL IS WHERE WE'RE USED TO HAVING IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE TEMPORARY
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE OKAY, BUT THE WORRISOME WAS LIKE, OKAY, IS THIS GOING TO BE NOT AVAILABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATE LIFE IN THE FUTURE? SOMETIMES IT MAY OR MAY NOT LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIBERS AND YOU CAN'T BE IN THAT RESTRICTED AREA.
BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
LIKE, CAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR DIDN'T WANT ANY MISCOMMUNICATION OF LIKE, OH, WHY ARE WE HERE NOW? YOU GUYS, I KNOW THAT CINDY CINDY HAD OFFERED UP A DEAD AREA THERE A FRONT, IT WAS SO WE COULD DO IT.
SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, I TALKED TO THE COMMITTEE AND WE'LL SEE, UM, WE'LL PROBABLY DO IT THERE, WHAT WE DID AT THE FIRST-HAND.
AND UH, AND WE KNOW IF SOMEBODY IS NOW MAYBE, OR MAYBE NOT MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, BUT SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THE BILLS LAST THINGS HAPPENED.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE RIGHT HAND BRACE EXACTLY TODAY? MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS TIME IT'S SATURDAY, THE THIRD YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT?
I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME.
I NEED TO TALK TO CINDY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THIS OUT AND WE CAN TALK WITH STUFF, I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN STUFF TO ME AND I NEED TO TALK TO SYDNEY ABOUT HOW WE INTEGRATE WITH THEM.
THAT'S WHY I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A SMART AS HER.
I JUST HAVE HEARD SO MANY OPINIONS ON WHAT DAY IT WAS TRADITIONALLY.
THE FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN, SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING FIREWORKS, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY OR THE FOURTH FALLS ON FOLKS' LIFE.
IT HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN THAT PAST HIS BOOK.
SO NEXT YEAR, FIREWORKS, I THINK UNTIL THAT I'LL HAVE A CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME, DON'T PULL ME ON THIS, BUT THE FOURTH, MAYBE ON A MONDAY.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN? IT WILL BE FOR YOUR SON SATURDAY TO THAT.
AND THEN SOMETIMES IT'LL FALL WHERE IT'S ON A THURSDAY.
WELL, IT WOULD BE THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY TO THAT TRADITIONALLY.
THAT'S HOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN NEGOTIATED.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO HAVING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE VENDOR WHO PROVIDES THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY BASICALLY.
SO THAT'S A ASIDE FROM A SCHEDULED TWO YEARS AGO, I THINK PROBABLY WOULD A KICKING OFF TRUMPS AT 10.
FOLLOWING THE PARADE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS.
YOU JUST ON, I THINK HE KIND OF VEERED OFF AND THEN WE ENDED UP VEERED OFF ON NEBRASKA
I THINK, I THINK IMMEDIATELY ON PARADE, WAS THAT THE BEST UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MARCH DOWN THE TOP CLOUD? LIKE IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
THAT'S I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENING IN NEBRASKA, RIGHT? YEAH.
BRACE HOPS IN NEBRASKA WAS 40 YEARS AGO SINCE INCEPTION, YOU KNOW, WONDER MAN, DON'T DO A SU THAT MAYBE SOME OF THEM, NO WORRIES ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN PART OF THE CEREMONIAL PORTION.
SO I'M GOING TO DUMP THEM ALL ON NEBRASKA.
AND USUALLY I DO THAT, SO THAT
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CONVICTED BY THEIR PARENTS AND BOOKING, BUT THEN THEY GOT A FIGHT.ALL I GOT TO FIGHT THE INCOMING PARADE OR GO AROUND OR SOMETHING.
THEY GET ART, I GUESS SOME YOUNG MAN THERE, A NEIGHBOR FAMILY, AND YOU'RE WEARING UNIFORM, VERY UNIFORM, DIFFERENT ERA.
SO THEREFORE THEY'LL BE JUMPING OFF IN NEBRASKA AS WELL.
BUT THEY GOT UP THERE THE LAST TIME.
NOT THAT I'M SAYING THAT AGAIN.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A, HERE'S THE MOVING FROM POINT A TO POINT B IS ALL UPSET.
UM, I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL THE DAYS.
I HAD ONE MINUTE, UH, SAY, UH, PKD TO HAVE THEM, UH, TO SAY TO US THE PERMISSION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU, I THINK HE'S GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING, NOTHING DAN.
UM, I'LL JUST TRY TO MOVE JUST, UH, TWO QUICK TIDBITS HERE.
UM, SO I NOTICED, UH, UM, TODAY THAT THERE IS A POSTING ON USA JOBS.GOV, UM, THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO, UM, UM, THE VETERAN COMMUNITY, THAT THERE IS A POSITION FOR A WOUNDED WARRIOR FELLOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UM, THAT OPENING IS, UM, AVAILABLE ONLY TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY SEPARATED.
UM, YOU RANKED MUST HAVE BEEN THREE I'M SORRY, E FIVE OR BELOW, OR THE RANK OF BOTH THREE OR BELOW.
UM, THE SOURCE OF THE OFFICER RANK GOES AND ALSO GETS A 20% SERVICE RATING SEVEN RECENTLY DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY, UM, VETERANS, UM, UH, RANK OF E FIVE WERE BELOW OR IN THE RARE CASE, THOSE THREE AND BELOW.
SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, KIND OF SIMILAR TO THAT VEIN, UM, OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE EARLIER, AS FAR AS OUR, I'LL SAY, ANY VETERAN SERVICE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICES, UM, IS STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE VETERANS HALL OF FAME NOTIFICATION PERIOD CLOSEST ON JUNE 15TH, JUNE 15TH.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, KIND OF, AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, UM, I WILL BE, UM, SEVEN DOWN FROM THE COMMISSION, UH, AFTER OUR MEETING NEXT MONTH.
UH, AS WE REVIEW MOVING, UH, TEMPORARILY TO COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, UH, WHEN WE LOOK FOR A PERMANENT HOME, UM, SOMEWHERE, SUMMER LOVING AREA.
SO, UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WITH WORKING WITH EVERYONE.
UM, AND I STILL, AND I CAN CALL IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL DEFINITELY BE BACK UP FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW MINE MEMORIAL.
WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY MAKING MATURE PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON COMMISSION AND COMMITTEES.
THERE'S GUYS FROM CHAPTER 97, I'VE KNOWN HIM 20 YEARS.
THEY WERE REALLY TOUCHED TONIGHT.
THEY APPRECIATED WITH THIS COMMISSION'S IN ALL OF YOU GUYS, NOT ME.
I WAS MR.
IT'S ABLE TO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND ALSO THEY FORGOT TO MENTION ON JUNE 9TH, SATURDAY, JUNE COMING UP CHAPTER SEVEN, SEVEN OPEN HOUSE IN PIC IT'S THAT IT'S 10 O'CLOCK SATURDAY MORNINGS.
SO FEEL FREE TO JUST GO DOWN IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, YOU OPEN DOWN THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE THAT ARE COPING, JUST BEING GOOFY.
LIKE WE LOVE MEXICO HEART AND MARINES AND IT'S DIFFICULT.
SO JUST THE MANAGEMENT HAS TO PICK ME.
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AND THEN AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.WELL, LIKE I SAY, WE DON'T GET THOSE, UM, EASILY.
WE RESEARCHED AND WE REALLY GET TO THE PEOPLE WE KNOW DESERVE IT, LIKE, UH, EVEN, UH, AND GRANTED THE FIRST PERSON DOES IT USED TO BE
BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO, SO ALL HAS BEEN QUALITY PEOPLE, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS ONE THING, I SAW SOMETHING WHERE SOMEONE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE BANNERS THAT THEY WERE ASKING ON FACEBOOK, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO START THAT BACK UP? BUT THEN SOMEBODY ASKED HIM TO TALK TO THE CITY.
SO DO YOU KNOW, IS IT PUSHING A BANNER THING ON A DONE? ACTUALLY THE BANNERS ARE NOW, UM, IT'S FUNNY, YOU MENTIONED THIS, UM, THE BANNER PROGRAM NOW IS AS ONE POLE LEFT, UH, AS FAR AS, UM, THE THERE'S FOUR MORE THAT WENT UP IN THIS PAST WEEK THAT WE'VE INSTALLED, UM, THERE'S ONE LEFT.
SO TO SPEAK THAT OF THE PROGRAM THAT'S ORIGINAL FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, WE WERE BEING DISCUSSION OF HOW TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM WITH THE INCLUSION OF HOPEFULLY MORE THAN BREAKOUT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF TRYING TO DECIDE, DECIDE UPON MISERY.
NOW, IS THERE SOME WAY WE COULD GET SOMETHING OUT? SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AND THEY WON'T BE, UM, QUESTIONING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY IS IT SOMETHING WE PUT SOMEBODY ON FACEBOOK OR THE CITY FACEBOOK.
AS SOON AS THAT'S DECIDED, WE'LL GET INTO, LIKE I SAID, URGENT WORK THAT HAS BEEN IN STONE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE CAN GO OVER A DISCUSSION ABOUT LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE ONE SPOT LEFT WHERE WE'RE GOING NOW AND WRITE THIS IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SADLY, OKAY.
THE REASON I ASK BECAUSE THEY COME TO US, THE COMMISSION AND WE KIND OF CLUELESS.
SO I'M SURE I WILL, IF YOU'RE PRESSED UPON IT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT AND X SOME OF THE DECISIONS AS WELL ABOUT THAT.
I THINK, AND LESS IS A QUESTION OF TIME.
I HAVE A MOTION TO A MATERNITY MOVE.
SECOND, SECOND, THEN MOTION TO SECOND.