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I LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, BUT YOU WERE HEIST, MILITARY
[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road February 23, 2022 6:00 P.M. ]
AND VETERANS COMMISSION.UH, SO FIRST WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN WE'LL DO THE INVOCATION STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL LET'S BOW.
TODAY IN ALL DAYS, WE CHOOSE TO HONOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS WORTHY MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES WHEN THEY WERE BLESSED UPON WHEN THEY WERE CALLED UPON TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
WE ASK FATHER THAT YOU BLESS THEM FOR THEIR UNSELFISH SERVICE AND FOR THE DEDICATION THEY HAVE SHOWN TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS, OUR SAFETY AND OUR COUNTRY'S HERITAGE.
PLEASE FATHER BLESSED HIM ABUNDANTLY FOR THE HARDSHIPS THEY FACED FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE AND FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA'S VICTORIES, OVER TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION.
WE ARE PROUD OF THEM AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER THEM.
THESE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE, HEAVENLY FATHER HOLD HER TROOPS IN YOUR LOVING HANDS, PROTECT THEM AS THEY PROTECT US, BLESS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE SELFLESS ACTS.
THEY PERFORM FOR US IN OUR TIME OF DEED.
LORD, PLEASE GUIDE US IN OUR ENDEAVORS TODAY AND BLESS ALL THOSE MILITARY AND VETERANS WHOM WE HONOR WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
THESE THINGS I HUMBLY ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
YOU BRENNER GOT SOME RED GERARD AIR AL GREG'S HERE.
KEYSON LASTLY, PRESENT DAN EMPLOUEE ANTHONY WINDSOR HERE.
I'D ASK THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, EXCUSE THE ABSENCE CURRENTLY OF HUGH BRENNER AND DANA FLUEY EXCUSE.
YEAH, HE WAS A SNOWBIRD AND HE'S CHILLING ON, UH, FEBRUARY, MARCH.
SO, UM, DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? YES.
TO ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS EDITS TO THE MINUTES? NOPE.
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, MAKE A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS READ.
THIS IS WHERE I BANG THE GAVEL MOTION'S CARRIED AND APPROVED.
AND DO WE VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES BEING PLACED ON FILE.
SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED HAVE THE SAME RIGHT.
SO WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 26TH, 2022 ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, UH, HAD, UH, AT THE AMERICAN LEGION, WE HAD OUR FOUR CHAPLAIN SERVICE AND I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST GO OVER THAT, UH, THERE'S A HANDOUT THAT WAS AT THE, YOU CAME IN.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GOT A TIS TO GET IT.
SO BASICALLY, UM, THERE WERE FOUR CHAPLAINS ON THE DORCHESTER, WHICH IS A US ARMY TRANSPORT SHIP, WHICH WAS TRAGIC.
WE SAW IT ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 1943 WHILE CROSSING THE NORTH ATLANTIC TRANSPORTING TROOPS TO AN AMERICAN BASE IN GREENLAND, A GERMAN U-BOAT FIRED AT THE TORPEDO THAT STRUCK THE DORCHESTER KILLING 672 OF NINE TO TWO OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN.
SO THE FOUR, AS THE SOLDIERS RUSHED THE LIFEBOATS, REVEREND GEORGE FOX, JEWISH RABBI ALEXANDER GOODE, REVEREND CLARK POLING, WHO HAPPENS TO BE FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND FATHER, JOHN WASHINGTON COMFORTED THE WOUNDED AND DIRECTED OTHERS TO SAFETY.
AND THEN ONE SURVIVOR WATCHED THE CHAPLAINS PASS OUT THEIR LIFE JACKETS AND GAVE THEM TO, UH, TO FOUR YOUNG MEN.
AND AS THE DORCHESTER SANK, THE CHAPLAINS WERE SEEING LINCOLN ARM AND ARM PRAYING.
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SO ONE THING THAT'S BEEN LEFT OUT OF THIS STORY IS A YOUNG MAN NAMED CHARLES DAVID AND CHARLES DAVID.UH, THERE'S AN AUTHOR THAT WROTE A BOOK, STEVEN COLLIS, IT'S CALLED THE IMMORTALS.
AND IN THIS BOOK, HE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS THE ANSWER TO THEIR PRAYERS.
WHAT WE ASKED, HOW WAS HE THE ANSWER TO THEIR PRAYERS WHILE HE DISPLAYED SELFLESS SERVICE, LOYALTY AND PERSONAL COURAGE, HE VOLUNTEERED TO RESCUE SAILORS FROM THE DOOM.
YOU SAID, DORCHESTER AND ALSO SAVED THE LIVES OF TWO WAS HIS TWO OF HIS OWN SHIPMATES AND THE SIDE GREAT AMERICAN MILITARY DAVID WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MENIAL WORK AND SHIP KITCHENS.
NEVERTHELESS, HE LABORED DILIGENTLY AND WAS PROMOTED TO MESS ATTENDED.
FIRST CLASS AFTER THE UNITED STATES ENTERED WORLD WAR TWO, DAVID WAS ASSIGNED TO THE COAST GUARD, CUTTER US COAST GUARD, COMANCHE ABOARD THE COMMAND COMANCHE.
HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING OFFICER'S QUARTERS, BUT IN HIS OFF DUTIES, HE ENTERTAINED THE CREW PLAYING THE HARMONICA.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND THE 2021 BOOK THAT HIS STORY HAS REALLY BEEN TOLD.
AND THIS YOUNG BLACK COAST GUARD PETTY OFFICER WITH HIS SHIPMATES ON THE ESCORT CUTTER COMMAND, SHE HELPED RESCUE 93 OF THE 222 SURVIVORS.
NOW HE WAS A LOWER RANKING, UH, COAST GUARD MEMBER.
IT SHOULD THE OWN, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THOSE OLDER OUTRANKING OFFICERS THAT WERE PRESENT WITH HIM, BUT INSTEAD HE ON HIS OWN CHOSE TO GET INVOLVED.
UH, LIKE I JUST SAID, EVERYONE ABOVE HIM SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FREEZE TO DEATH.
SO HE JUMPED IN AND HE HELPED RESCUE 93 OF THEM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY HE DIED FROM PNEUMONIA A MONTH LATER AND HE WAS PAUSED POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE NAVY MARINE CORPS METAL FOR EGOISM AND IN 2013 AND US COBRA COAST GUARD NAMED A SENTINEL CLASS CUTTER FOR CHARLES DAVID.
AND THEN THAT PICTURE, THAT'S A PICTURE OF HIS WIFE AND SON BEING AWARDED THOSE METALS AFTER THAT, AFTER HE PASSED.
SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT ABOUT THE FOUR CHAPLAINS AND THE ANSWER TO THE PRAYERS, CHARLES DAVID THAT'S WONDERFUL THING THAT IS HARRY WAS IN FACT RECOGNIZED.
EVENTUALLY I HATE TO HAVE SUCH NOBLE BEHAVIOR BURIED FOR LIFE.
SO YEAH, 2013, THEY NAMED IT A CUTTER AFTER HIM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
I DON'T SEE ANY CITIZENS HERE.
NOW I KNOW THAT, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MOBILE FEE AT NOM WALL, VISITOR HUBER HEIGHTS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHOSE LAYING I WAS IN, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, ET CETERA, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
AND, UM, I, LAST YEAR I LOOKED INTO, UH, THERE'S THREE WALLS THAT ARE MOVING AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND ONE WAS, UM, THE WALL IT'S CALLED THE WALTON HEALS.
IT'S OPERATED BY THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND.
IT'S A THREE FOURTH SCALE REPLICA OF THE, UH, THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC.
THE OTHER ONE WAS CALLED THE MOVING WALL.
UH, THE, UH, ONE OF THE WALTERS IS THE SCENE.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS CALLED THE AMERICAN VETERANS TRAVELING TRIBUTES.
THIS IS A 80% REPLICA OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL AND IS THE CITY, UM, LET'S SEE, UH, IT, THE AMERICAN VETERANS TRAVELING TRIBUTE, THAT WALL WAS GOING TO BE AT WELL, IT'S SCHEDULED TO BE AT THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM ON NUH STARTING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17TH.
IT'S A SUNDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2022.
UM, I HAVEN'T, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST WALL, IF WE COULD TRY TO GET ONE THAT COMES TO UBERIZE WOULD BE THE, UH, THE WALL THAT HEALS THAT SWITCHES AT THREE FOURTH SCALE RECORD OUT.
AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK RECENTLY, MANY OF THESE GUYS, SO, UH, I WILL, UH, BE A TYPICAL VIETNAM TO BE A PAIN, A
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PAIN IN THE ASS POSTERIOR, AND REALLY TRY TO, IF THEY GET SOME INFORMATION IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE TO HAVE, UH, ONE OF THESE WALLS HERE AND HUBER HEIGHTS IS 2022, BUT POSSIBLY 20 TO 23 IS PROBABLY A GOOD CHANCE.SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
NO, THAT WOULD YOU, TOM, UNTIL YOU GET AN ANSWER, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T GET AN ANSWER, YOU MIGHT BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR PLANS TO BE A PAIN IN THE IS A GOOD PLAN.
AND UM, NOW DO WE, EXCUSE ME, DO WE PLAN TO HAVE ANY, UM, WHAT ROLE WILL WE HAVE IN THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM, IF ANY, I WAS JUST VISITING AND NOTHING.
I HEARD THE NEXT ONE IS MEMORIAL BREAKS.
AND I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF WENT OVER THIS SEVERAL TIMES.
ONE OF OUR HUGEST SUPPORTERS IS NOT HERE.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS, UM, THE VENDOR.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? THE SPACING, ALL THAT STUFF.
WELL, I THINK THE SPACING IS, IS IF YOU'RE, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MEMORIAL ITSELF IS I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING FROM, UM, ORIGINAL PERSPECTIVE OR NOT, BUT WHILE YOU'RE WALKING UP TO THE MAIN CORRIDOR THERE OF THE MEMORIAL, THERE ARE BRICKS AND THEY'RE FACED ALMOST IN A FULL CIRCLE AF MOON TO THE RIGHT AND HALF ONE TO THE LEFT ROOM.
THAT'S WHERE THE, THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS WHERE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED.
SO WITH UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, THEY'RE ALREADY BRICKS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED WITH MEMORIAL PROJECT ITSELF, WHICH ARE DONE.
SO I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OF LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE BRICKS VERSUS THE BRICKS ALREADY.
THEY'RE THERE WITH THE REPORT OF THE PROJECT.
UM, NOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AS FAR AS, UM, UH, PRICING, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION IS WHAT THE RE THE, THE SPECIFICATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, DO WE LET, WHAT ARE THE BRICKS FOR, HOW ARE THEY FOR MEMORIAL, OR ARE THEY FOR WAR VETERANS, OR ARE THEY FOR CHOSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S BODY SHOP, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? NEXT AMOUNT.
SO, I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE SPECIFICATIONS I NEED TO FIND OUT BEFORE YOU EVEN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, BECAUSE I'M, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LONGTERM OUTLOOK AS FAR AS WHAT WAS BACK DECIDED BACK THEN.
SO, AND I'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE CONFUSION FROM, YOU KNOW, JOHNNY WANTS A BRICK DOWN THERE THAT SAYS NO, THIS OR THAT.
AND SO CLIMBING FORWARD WITH GETTING, UM, SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, AS FAR AS THE ENGRAVINGS IN THAT AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE, CAUSE LIKE I SAID, THESE BRICKS ARE ALREADY PURCHASED, BUT I THINK ONE THING WE HAD TO LOOK FORWARD TO IS, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S BEEN PLAYED OUT TO ME IS LIKE, THERE, THERE ARE SO MANY PURCHASE, BUT THEN THE LONG-TERM OF HOW DO WE EXTEND THAT AS WELL? SO COMING UP WITH THE PLAN, I THINK IT'S A SHORT TERM PUT US, BUT ALSO IT'S A LONG-TERM POLICY OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WHOLE PURCHASE OF, AND THE PLAN OF WHAT WE EXPECT.
SO BASICALLY I HEARD YOU SAY A LOT ABOUT, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE CONTENT OF OUR BRICKS EARLY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BREAK THAT SAYS EAT AT JOE'S OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION.
I WOULDN'T WANT THAT AS A, AS, AS THERE MYSELF.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE A NAME, YOU'RE IT, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT A MORIAL AND YOU TALK ABOUT VETERANS.
IF YOU, IF YOU KIND OF UMBRELLA THAT WITH THE WORD REMEMBRANCE, IF, IF IT IS FOR THOSE, UH, MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN ANY WAY AND RE IN YOU'RE REMEMBERING THEM, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE OVERALL, UH, THEME OF WHAT THE BRICKS SHOULD BE.
I THINK IF I MAY, GENTLEMEN, UM, I, UM, FOR THE LAST, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING I'VE BEEN RESEARCHING, UM, THE BRIGGS I'VE TALKED TO, UH, SEVERAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, I TALKED TO ACTUALLY POST 10 AND WE'RE IN WEST VIRGINIA.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING THEIR BRICKS RIGHT NOW FOR THEIR MEMORIAL.
UM, THEY THEY'RE THAT WAY THEY DO TO OTHERS.
I TOLD HIM, I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON HOW THEY'RE DOING THEIRS IS, UM, THEY HAVE A FORM HERE AND I CAN GET TO EVERYBODY TO GET THE FORM.
AND IT HAS ON THERE THAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW A, A VALID DD, TWO 14 FOR EACH PERSON THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BRICK FOR IT.
THERE ARE THREE LINES, 15 CHARACTERS LINE, A SPACE AS A CHARACTER.
AND THEY'RE STILL ON THEIR BREAKS FOR $55.
HE SAID, THE REASON WHY THEY'RE SELLING FOR $55 IS THAT WAY THEY MAKE $13 OFF EACH BREAK, WHICH THEY PUT BACK INTO KEEPING UP THE MEMORIAL, THE MEMORIAL SITE.
UM, THEY, THEY ORDER AS HE J HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER AND THE PEOPLE THEY ORDERED IT FROM, OF COURSE THEIR RETAILER IS CLOSER TO THEM.
UM, HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT, UM, NO MATTER IF THEY ORDER
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ONE BRICK OR 50 BRICKS, THE CHARGE TO SEND THEM AT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.SO THEY ALWAYS DO BELIEVE THAT FIVE AT A TIME.
SO THEY DON'T GET CHARGED WITH ONE BRICK AT A TIME LIKE THAT FOR THE SHIPPING.
UM, AND HE TOLD ME, THAT'S HOW THEY DO THEIRS.
AND HE SAID, HEY, THEY'VE, HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS HE SAID, BUT THEY ONLY DO THEM JUST FOR MILITARY MEMBERS.
AND HE SAID THAT, LIKE I SAID, YOU GOT TO HAVE A VALID DD, TWO 14.
HE SAID, WHAT THE FORM LOOKS LIKE AND EVERYTHING.
SO YOU GOT TO FEEL FREE TO USE THE SAME FORM AND CHANGE THE NAME ON IT, IF YOU LIKE.
UM, AND HE HAS, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN PUT ON THERE IF HE WANTS TO PUT IT IN HONOR OF WE'RE A MEMORANDUM OF, OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.
SO, UM, I HAD THAT GENTLEMAN'S NAME OF THE GYM, LIKE I SAID, HE'S FROM THE POST NUMBER 10 AT, UH, AND WE'RE IN WEST VIRGINIA AT THE LEGIONNAIRE.
SO, UM, YEAH, HE WOULD GET A LOT OF WORK ON BRICKS ALSO BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT HERE.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT HOW TO GET HIM AND WHAT TO PUT ON, ON SPACEY AND ALL THAT, UM, THE INTEREST IN IF HE WAS HERE, BECAUSE AGAIN, I WANT TO KIND OF LIKE, REITERIZE THE BRICKS THAT ARE THERE IN PLACE THAT ARE BLANK.
THOSE ARE THE BRICKS THAT WERE THERE.
THEY'VE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO USE QUALITY BRICKS THAT YOU CAN ETCH ON AND IT'LL STAY THERE.
THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE BASICALLY THE VERY HIGH QUALITY OF THE GRANITE TYPE LOOKING.
UM, SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE BRICKS ARE HERE.
AND BASICALLY THERE WAS THE WAY MY UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE ORIGINAL IDEAL OF IT WAS SOME OF YOU MAYBE REITERATE ON THAT, BUT IS THOSE WERE TO BE PURCHASED AND USED WITH PARTICULAR ENGRAVINGS OF PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS OF THAT.
NOW I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK WITH THAT.
AND ACTUALLY THE COMPANY THAT DOES THEIR BREAKS OR WHATEVER, THEY, THEY, THE PEOPLE THEY ORDER THEM FROM, THEY ACTUALLY DO THE ENGRAVING, THEIR SALES, THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT FOR IT'S ALL DONE AT ONE TIME.
SO, WELL, I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY WEIRD SUBJECT OR CAUSE BASICALLY WE HAVE A PALLET OF BRICKS HERE THAT ARE ALREADY, THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS LIKE, THOSE, THOSE ARE PAID FOR, SO TO MOVE, WE HAVE TO DECIDE, OKAY, THOSE ARE THEIR EAR.
AND NOW WE HAVE TO DECIDE, OKAY, W WHAT ARE MOVING FORWARD? RIGHT.
AND I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS DECIDING WHAT, NUMBER ONE WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW, NOT ALLOW WITH THE DD TWO 14, THAT, THAT KIND OF THING.
YOU KNOW? SO AS, AS THE COMMISSION, I THINK WE NEED TO DECIDE AS, AS THOSE, THOSE, THOSE SPECIFICATIONS OF POLICY OF UBER, NOT, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW ON THESE, OKAY.
NOW HOW MANY BRICKS ARE THERE? I'LL HAVE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU, AND I CAN EMAIL THOSE TO YOU.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, THAT, THAT WILL FALL TO AGAIN OUT IS IF YOU SEE IF WE'RE WALKING UP THERE, THE CORNER TO YOUR LEFT IS GRASS RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S LANDSCAPE, WELL, IT'S KIND OF LEFT THERE AS HALF MOON BECAUSE LET'S SAY IN THE FUTURE, THAT SITE CAN BE THAT, THAT WAY, THE SAME, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, TOO.
WHAT SIZE WERE THE BRICK? ARE THEY NORMAL? JUST, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT KIND OF CONFIGURATIONS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT LIKE, IT'S SO MANY THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE PLACED WITHIN THAT GRANTED DIFFERENT SIZES.
NOW THE LITTLE WILL BE LIKE, UNIFORMLY OF MY QUESTION WAS, WHAT SIZE ARE THEY A SIZE, LIKE A NORMAL ROOF.
YOU GO DOWN, YOU SEE THE BRAKES RIGHT NOW.
IT'S JUST WHATEVER, LIKE, YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS PERSON THAT HAVE A BRANDING OF THIS.
SO IF WE HAVE, LIKE, IF THERE'S A HUNDRED BREAKS HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO, AND WE SELL 25.
IF WE SELL 75, THEY'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONFIGURE THEM INTO THAT CONFIGURATION.
IF THAT MAKES YEAH, I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING, LIKE WE WERE REMOVING BRICKS.
LIKE THE BRICKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE, LIKE IF WE HAVE SOME BRICKS ALREADY THOSE GETTING GRAVE.
AND THEN THEY WOULD GO PULL UP, BASICALLY, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED HERE, 50 OR BOUGHT THESE 50 GET REMOVED THE 50.
IT'S A CONCEPT ONCE IT STARTED, I THINK IT WILL TAKE OFF.
AND THEN, UH, TH THEN THE CAPACITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW WILL EVENTUALLY BE OVERWHELMED AND WILL SPREAD OUT BEYOND THE, BEYOND THE CLINIC.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THE HALF MOON IS RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S OUR GOAL TO GET THAT FIELD.
UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE UNREALISTIC IN THAT WE WERE SHOOTING FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE UNREALISTIC NOW, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO PUT THIS REALLY GETTING A GOOD PLANNING PROCESS OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, MAKING A POLICY OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT.
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR, UH, DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
I MEAN, INSTEAD OF SAYING, LIKE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO THE FORTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THOUGH, THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS WITH OTHER THINGS AND LIKE I SAID, MOVING FORWARD, UM, UH, UNFORTUNATELY I, I DON'T, I'M NOT ONE TO LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD REAL QUICKLY
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AND I'M MORE LIKE TO BE A PLANNER AND MOVE FORWARD AND GET THINGS.IT HAS TO BE ROOM FOR A WAIVER ON THE TWO 14 TILL I THINK.
AND WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT IS MY FATHER-IN-LAW.
I MEAN, IF HE HAD PAPERWORK, YOU CAN NEVER COULD FIND IT, BUT HE WASN'T A SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, WE KNEW WHEN HE WAS IN THE SERVICE, EVERYBODY KNEW IT, BUT HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET IT, YOU KNOW? AND SO THERE HE IS, EASILY, THOSE CAVEATS WHO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO, UH, I BELIEVE THIS, MY, MY HEART IS, YOU KNOW, RURAL VETERANS HERE IN, IN A SENSE OF, IT MIGHT BE OPENED UP TO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE ALL, WE'RE ALL HERE, A VETERAN, THERE'S ALSO A PART OF A VETERANS FAMILY MEMBER.
SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE COUNT AS WELL, BUT THOSE ARE, I MEAN, I LIVED THAT, LEAVE THAT UP TO THE COMMISSION.
LOUIS TO DO ENOUGH RESEARCH TO VALIDATE? I DIDN'T THINK SO.
IT'S JUST GOTTA BE SOME TYPE OF, UM, REGISTRY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M PRETTY, IT'D PROBABLY TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME HERE AND TRY TO KNOW IT ALL OVER SOMETHING.
I THINK WE GO THROUGH THE SAME KIND OF CRITERIA MAYBE WE DO WITH THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BANNERS, THAT KIND OF THING.
WE DON'T LIKE NOT, LET'S NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL.
BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP TO MAKE THE DECISIONS OF THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, THE DD TWO 14, YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE COPIES OF THE FORM MIRROR.
IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO, I CAN GO AHEAD AND PRINT THEM OUT FOR YOU GUYS.
SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THEM AND PUT THE BROOKLYN FLAG.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE HAS A NAME.
IT JUST SAYS JOHN C. FOSTER AT THE TOP, THE MIDDLE LINES THAT US ARMY WITH A DASH IS AT FOURTH INFANTRY, FOURTH, 40 ASIAN INF, AND THEN VIETNAM DASH 68 OR 68 DASH 69 WITH A SPACE IN BETWEEN.
LIKE THAT, SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE THAT.
SO I WAS GOING TO SAY THE DUDES WHO FOURTEENS THEIR BACKLOG.
SO EVEN LIKE, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY NOW THERE, IF THEY WANT TO REACH OUT TO ST.
LOUIS, THEY'RE LIKE A YEAR OR SO BEHIND BECAUSE OF COVID AND WORKING REMOTELY AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DETERMINE IS, YOU KNOW, AN AWARD, LIKE IF THEY HAVE AN AAM ART, YOU KNOW WHAT, I AM ANY ACHIEVEMENT MEADOW IN ANY OF THE BRANCHES, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT COPY OF, OR, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WE WANT TO GO, BUT 82 14 SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THE ONLY PROOF EXCEPT THERE'S OTHER BREAKS IN ORDER TO BE READABLE BY THE VISITORS.
I MEAN, THERE CAN'T BE THE WHOLE WORLD ON THERE.
I MEAN, BASICALLY THE NAME SERVICE AND DATES PRETTY MUCH FILLS UP OR BRICK, THE 45 CHARACTERS.
THAT'S WHEN I'M PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE.
BUT, UM, W ONCE WE DECIDE THOSE THINGS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE, OKAY, CHARACTERS, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SAY, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH ARE THESE GOING TO COST WITHIN THE BRICKS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE? BECAUSE, UM, I, UM, I'VE GOTTEN SOME BIGGER NUMBERS THAT WE ARE DISSIPATED, RIGHT? SO I NEED TO KNOW THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, LIKE HOW MANY CHARACTERS, YOU KNOW? SO SOME OF THESE THINGS, LIKE WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR CHARACTERS, SO I CAN START NO, IS IT JOHN DOE YOU KNOW, THE US ARMY, RIGHT? WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATION, IS IT LIKE, YOU JUST SENT JOHN JOEL, YOU KNOW, 82ND AIRBORNE, UM, YOU KNOW, 1960 TWOS, 88, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, RIGHT.
THAT PRETTY MUCH FILLS UP THE BIRD.
BUT THAT'S ALSO GOING TO COST MORE FOR THAT MANY IN THAT BRICK.
SO HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE CHARACTER, THE CHARACTERS WE GET WITHIN THAT BREAK? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, THERE'S GOTTA BE AN EVEN PRICE WHERE IT'S EVEN FOR.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS LIKE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO'VE DESIGN FOR THE MEMORIAL, THE PRICE IS RIGHT NOW, WHAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING, I THINK ARE MORE THAN WE HAD EVER THOUGHT OF.
AND I WANNA, I WANNA KIND OF WEATHER THAT DOWN TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT TO SEE WHAT CHARACTERS WE'RE EXPECTING SO I CAN GET SOME GOOD PRICING, MAKE SENSE.
YOU WANT IT, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING WAY MORE FOR A BREAK.
THEN WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE DEPENDING UPON I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME NUMBER OF CHARACTERS, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE OR ALLOWED TO.
W WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT THE BRICK, THE COMPANY DOESN'T WANT TO DO WITH ABILITY TO DELIVER? WE GOT THE BRICKS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THEM IN GRAVE NOW.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE DETERMINATION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY CAN FIT ON THERE, WHAT THEY CAN FIGURE AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU TO FIT SAID.
IF I WANT TO BREAK, THIS SAYS, RAY, GERARD, WORLD WAR ONE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T PAY FOR IT.
ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO A PERSON REQUESTING TO BREAKFAST, CORRECT? YEAH.
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THAT'S WHAT HE SAID THAT THEY, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
BUT TH THAT GOES BACK TO A MARKETING ASPECT OF, IS THIS $50 BRICK WHEN THIS IS A HUNDRED DOLLAR BREAK.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M RUNNING INTO, LIKE FINANCES OR FINANCES, ESPECIALLY TODAY.
SO DOES THE CITY HAVE A SOURCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO, TO DO THE NOT RIGHT NOW? NO.
I GOT TO SEARCH AND GRANTED, YOU KNOW, GO TO DODD'S MONUMENTS, THE CITY, HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO RUN THIS, OR IS THAT UP TO US AS RECOMMENDATIONS? I DIDN'T KNOW HOW FAR THE CITY HAS GONE OUT.
WELL, IF YOU NEED SOME HELP, MAN, LET ME KNOW.
I MEAN, WANTING WILLING TO HELP YOU OUT AND WE CAN MAKE IT TAKE A TRIP.
WE CAN TAKE A TRIP SOMEWHERE, OR YOU WANT ME TO GO SEE SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE DO SOME COMPETITIVE SHOPPING AND YEAH.
THE ANSWERS, THE ANSWERS TO THAT, THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS IS YOUR PAULSON WILL ACTUALLY COME FROM ACTUAL CONTRACTOR CONTACT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE, I JUST NEED TO DON'T ALREADY KNEW THOUGH, LIKE OUR DIRECTION FOR ME TO MOVE FORWARD AS FAR AS IT MAKES SENSE.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT I HEAR EVERYBODY SAYING.
SO FIRST WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHO IS ELIGIBLE AND HOW I E D D TWO 14 ACHIEVEMENT METAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO ONCE WE DO THAT PART OF IT, OR WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT PART OF IT, UM, HE CAN BE CHECKING ON, UH, THE BRICK, ENGRAVERS, RIGHT PRICE AND GETTING PRICES FROM THIS.
LIKE YOU SAID, DODDS, MONUMENT THIS PLACE OVER HERE, THEY'LL CHARGE US 75 TO DO IT WITH 15 CHARACTERS PER LINE, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
THIS COMPANY OVER HERE WOULD CHARGE $50 TO DO IT.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING IS WE DON'T WANT TO TRY.
AND THAT COST HAS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BUYING IT.
BUT IF THE BREAK, IF IT COSTS A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO DO THE BREAK, WE DON'T WANT TO CHARGE THEM 50 FOR SODA BREAKS FOR 30.
WE DON'T WANT TO HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH THE BRICK EITHER.
SO WE WANT TO FIND A GOOD VENDOR AT A REASONABLE PRICE TO TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT NOT NEED THREE LINES.
WE MIGHT JUST BE ABLE TO DO NAME BRANCH OF SERVICE TIME SERVE.
THAT MIGHT BE IT, BUT, BUT THE FIRST STEP IS TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S ELIGIBLE AND WHAT DOCUMENTATION DO WE NEED? SO I WOULD SAY WE TABLE THIS, BUT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE COME BACK WITH THOSE IDEAS, ESPECIALLY SOLVING WHO IS ELIGIBLE AND WHAT DOCUMENTATION WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE.
ALSO TAKEN A LOOK AT THE, UM, BANNER PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
I AGREE WITH, YOU MENTIONED THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT TOO, RIGHT? WELL, NO.
I MEAN, LOOK DOWN, LOOK AT THOSE GUYS FOR THE BANNER PROGRAM.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, LOOK AT IT AS WELL.
DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE BRICK BRICK ISSUE TONIGHT.
UM, I, I, AND I'M, I'M, I'LL TELL, I'LL DROP ON A SWORD HERE, WHAT THAT ONE IS.
I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THE ANTICIPATION OR THE EXPECTATION WAS SOME OF THIS BRICK PROGRAM WAS MEANT TO HELP FUND WITH THE VETERANS, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL.
THIS IS A PROJECT FOR THE COMMISSIONER THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO AND TAKE HOLD OF AND MOVE FORWARD WITH.
THE FUNDS MADE FROM THE BRICKS WOULD JUST BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE MEMORIAL.
WE'LL HOPE THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AND JANE ANY FUNDS.
WE STILL UTILIZE THAT WITH, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE.
AND THAT WILL HELP TO FIND A PRICE POINT.
IF WE DO, WE DO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING FROM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT WOULD HELP US DECIDE OR PRICE POINT.
I FEEL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THIS, YOU UNDERSTAND, LIKE IN STORES IT MIGHT COST YOU MORE ANTICIPATION WAS $150 OR $50 FOR A BRICK THAT BRICK NIGHT MIGHT NOW BE COSTING YOU $300.
SO YOU CAME OUT, YOU COULD COME OUT IN THE BLACK, RIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, UH, YOU PAY FOR THE BRICK, THAT'S IT? NO RESIDUAL FUNDS OR ANYTHING.
SO FOR, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING IN MARCH, WE NEED TO COME IDEAS ON QUALIFICATIONS IS THAT EVERYBODY THINKS THAT'S DOABLE, BUT, UM, I CAN COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN, UM, AND WHAT FORMS, WHAT ARE THOSE FORMS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO QUALIFY ASIDE FROM THE DD TWO 14,
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IF THAT'S THE ROUTE WE WANT TO GO, AND THEN OUR NEWEST MEMBER IS GOING TO SEND OUT THAT EMAIL.I, THAT I HAVE EVERYBODY, THEY SEND ME A THING, BUT EVERYBODY'S EMAIL ADDRESS ON IT.
SO, AND THEN I DON'T HELP US WHEN WE COME FOR A MEETING NEXT MONTH.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THAT WE ARE IN NEW BUSINESS AND MY BUDDY HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE CONCISE, KNOWLEDGEABLE.
WELL, IT IS NOW FEBRUARY 23RD, THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IS PUBLISHED ON THE 31ST OF MARCH.
AND, UH, LET ME RECITE TO YOU ALL THE INPUT I HAVE FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE NEWSLETTER.
THAT'S THE END OF MY RECITATION HAVE NOTHING.
SO THEREFORE I'M TRYING TO URGE SOME SUBMISSION BY PUTTING OUT A SLIGHTLY REVISED RULES.
AND IT'S EASY TO READ BECAUSE IT'S A NICE PIECE OF PAPER.
TWO-SIDED I BESEECH YOU TO READ IT.
AND, UH, WHENEVER YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING GOOD, UH, PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES FOR SUBMISSION.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS AT ANY TIME, WHETHER IT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT, OR YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, ARE PLEASE CALL ME AT ANY TIME.
AND THAT'S THE END OF THAT QUESTION FOUR.
SO WE HAVE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS TO PUT IN A NEWSLETTER, ARE WE ALSO TALKING ABOUT VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA'S HAVING A BREAKFAST TO SUPPORT VETERANS OR AMERICAN BEACH IN IS HAVING A FISH FRY THAT'S ADDRESSED IN THIS? YOU HAVE TO FISH FRY IS AFTER 31 MARCH.
YOU COULD PUT IT IN, BUT THERE'S NO GOOD SAYING IT'S ON THE 1ST OF MARCH WHEN THE LETTER DOESN'T COME OUT TO THE 31ST, WHY WASN'T SO MUCH TALKING ABOUT THE DAY.
SO I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT TYPE OF NO, BUT THE EVENT.
ANY OTHER THING BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY.
ARE YOU CONTROLLING HIS MIC? YES, SIR.
COULD YOU PUT IT ON SLIDES PLEASE? MEL, PUT IT ON, PUT IT ON SLIDE, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? THE SLIDESHOW.
LET'S GO TO THE SLIDE, SEE WHERE IT SAYS SLIDESHOW AND THE TOP SAYS IT RIGHT THERE TOO, SIR.
AND, UH, WHEN I SAY, UH, WHEN I SAY STOP, OKAY.
WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, TODAY IS, UH, UH, MOST OF YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, NANCY BERG CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF, UH, A WALL OF HEROES IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SHE DID IT BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT THAT OCCURRED IN NORTH MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER BACKWOODS AND I UNDERTOOK TO DO SOME INITIAL RESEARCH ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION.
UH, IT'S A, IF YOU'RE INTO A TREE STRUCTURE, IT'S REALLY JUST THE TRUNK AND IT SAYS LARGE-SCALE THOUGHTS.
AND ALL I'M GONNA ASK AT THE END OF IT IS ONE, UH, INPUT, ONE INPUT FROM THE COMMISSIONER, SO THAT, SO WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU, UH, OBVIOUSLY WHAT IT SAYS HERE.
FIRST, THE FIRST IDEA WAS TO LOOK AT THE NORTH POND PROJECT AND FIND OUT IF THERE IS, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF UNDERTAKING OUR OWN PROJECT AND PUTTING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT IT.
UH, NORTHBOUND DID THE, DID THE, UH, INITIAL WORK, UH, FOR IT AROUND HERE.
AND, UH, IT CAME UP WITH A PURPOSE TO SALUTE ALL THE ALUMNI OF THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT SERVED IN THE MILITARY IN ANY WAY.
IT WAS DEDICATED ON THE 25TH OF JANUARY.
AND THERE WAS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE VETERANS.
SO IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE, UH, SUPPORTED, UH, THE BAR, THE WALL OF HONOR CONTAINED INITIALLY CONTAIN 30 ENLISTED 34 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND 10 SERVICE ACADEMY GRADUATES, SERVICE ACADEMY BEING LIKE WEST POINT AND THE NAVAL ACADEMY AND SO FORTH.
THE NUMBER OF NAMES GREW RAPIDLY INTENT.
OKAY, NOW THESE ARE THE KEY PERSONNEL SO FAR, BUT, UH, I WANT TO QUALIFY THAT BY SAYING THE KEY PERSONNEL AREN'T NECESSARILY THE WORKER BEES, ONCE A PROCESS IS
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ENACTED, BUT THE FIRST GENTLEMAN, THEIR PRINCIPAL IN RIGHT FROM NORTHLAND HIGH SCHOOL WAS HIMSELF NOT A VETERAN.AND I THINK COMMISSIONER BACKWOODS WILL AGREE WITH ME.
IT SURE WAS VERY PLEASANT TO FIND A PERSON SOUL, UH, SUPPORTIVE, UH, ENTHUSIASTIC.
UH, AND I, UH, BROUGHT A PILE OF PAPER WITH ME.
I'M NOT GOING TO BRING OUT, BUT IT'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY DID AT NORTHMONT ONCE THE PROJECT WAS IN, IN PLACE LIKE INVITATIONS AND LETTERS TO VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THE FORMS. AND I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE DID ALL THE TACTICAL WORK HIMSELF AND PREPARATION JUST TO TALK TO US.
HE WAS, HE WAS RUNNING BACK TO THE PORT TO THE PRINTER WHILE WE WERE THERE AND HANDING US STUFF.
AND HE'S, HE'S ALSO OFFERED THAT IF WE GET INTO A BIND OF ANY KIND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, SO THAT'S KINDA NICE.
UM, NEXT, UH, THE FUNDING ITSELF WAS NOT, WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT.
AND THE COST IS WE, WE HAD BEEN THAT HAD BEEN TOSSED AROUND OUR DIRECTOR IN 2020 5,000.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY FILLED BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM, FROM THE MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THAT COMMUNITY AND VETS AND VFW AND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTED TO SUPPORT IT.
SO THERE WAS NO COST TO THE SCHOOL BUDGET, AND THERE WAS NO COST TO THE CITY BUDGET.
THERE WAS NO COST TO THE BOARD BUDGET.
IT WAS ALL CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH WAS NICE.
WE DISCOVERED THAT THE FIRMS THAT ERECTED THE WALL WAS AN OUTFIT CALLED IDEAL IMAGE IN INGLEWOOD.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A, UH, A MEETING WITH THOSE FOLKS.
AND, UH, WE ASKED TO MEET WITH THE CHIEF GUY AND HE, HE WAS THERE AND HE BROUGHT IN WHAT, FOR FOUR OF HIS OWN PEOPLE.
SO AGAIN, WHAT I TOLD YOU BEFORE ABOUT THE NAMES, UH, THEY DID INCLUDE THE ACTIVE DUTY RESERVE, FORMER LISTED ALL THAT ALL THE WAY.
SO, BUT THEY HAD TO BE GRADUATES OF NORTH NORTHMONT.
THEY COULDN'T BE LIKE, IF WE HAD ONE FOR WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY COULDN'T BE JUST A UBUR HEIGHTS VETERAN.
THEY HAD TO BE A GRADUATE OF WEARING HIGH SCHOOL.
AND TO REPHRASE THAT THE SCHOOL OWNS THE PROJECT, ONCE IT'S ALL OVER.
YOU KNOW, THEY WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE BOARD, SO TO SPEAK.
NOW THERE'S A APPLICATION FORM AT THE HEAD MUCH, UH, SIMILAR TO THE TYPE OF, UH, FOR MATURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
AND IT HAS THE KIND OF DETAILS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO VALIDATE ENTRY INTO THE BOARD.
AND THEY DID SPEND, UM, SOMETIME VALIDATING AS WELL.
WE, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT PERHAPS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DIDN'T PUT ON, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A DESIGNATOR FOR RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE COULD LOSE A CROSS OR A JEWISH STAR OR SOMETHING RIGHT ON THE END OF THE THING TO DO THAT, IF THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.
THE WALL WAS 16 FEET BY 19 FEET.
AND GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE AFRAID, IT'S OVERFLOWING THAT FACT ONCE SIGNIFICANT FACT ABOUT THAT OUT OF HER OVERFLOW WAS, AND IT PROBABLY WILL ENGENDER A NEED FOR A CONTINUING CONTRACT MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DOESN'T DO THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE WALL.
THE ACTUAL CONTRACTOR COMES IN AND DOES THE LITTLE BRASS FITTINGS AND ALL THAT, THAT YOU SAW IN THE FRONT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.
UH, IT TURNS OUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN DATA FROM PAST ALUMNI.
UH, IF, IF, IF THE SCHOOL WAS BEING PROACTIVE AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO PUT ON SOMETHING ONTO THE WALL, BECAUSE, UH, THE SCHOOL ALUMNI ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, MIKE REACH OUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU, DID YOU REALLY, YOU DIDN'T KNOW A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF HE, IF HE WAS DISCHARGED HONORABLY OR DISHONORABLY OR WHAT'D, HE JUST QUIT, OR IF HE'S STILL SERVING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, IF YOU WANT TO GET SUPER DATA, BUT THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE, I DON'T THINK.
AND, UH, WHEN WE TALKED BEFORE EARLIER ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY DESERVED THE BRIT, BUT JUST HAPPENED TO PUT HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT A STOLEN VALOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY WANTS THEIR NAME UP THERE, SO THEY CAN BE SOMEBODY.
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AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT SOMEBODY, UH, THERE ARE SOME DEFINITE BENEFITS TO THIS AND, UH, BOTH THE PRINCIPAL KNOTS AND, UH, UH, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, I'M SORRY, COLONEL KNIGHTS AND PRINT AND PRINCIPLE THREE WITH, I CAN'T SAY HIS NAME ANYMORE.ANYWAY, IT ACTUALLY, THEY FOUND OUT BY EXIT INTERVIEWS AND BY OBSERVATION THAT THESE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED HERE ACTUALLY DID HAPPEN.
IT DIDN'T HA NOW NOTICE THE NOTE BEFORE THAT, THROUGH THE MECHANISM OF PUTTING THE BOARD UP, THEY FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF THE STUDENTS NEVER EVEN KNEW THAT THE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE MILITARY WERE EVEN AVAILABLE TO THEM AND B WHAT KIND OF BENT OUT AND WANT TO KIND OF GOOD OUTCOME HE COULD HAVE ON THEIR LIVES.
SO IT PROVIDED ENHANCED STUDENT MOTIVATION TO SUCCEED.
IF THEY WERE ABLE TO FOCUS ON FUTURE PATHWAYS, THERE WAS INCREASED STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN MILITARY ACADEMIES, UH, INCREASED STUDENT ENROLLMENT OF INSTITUTES, OF HIGHER LEARNING, IMPROVED COMMUNITY INTEREST IN SUPPORT ON VETERANS AGAIN, WHICH IS, IS OUR MAIN GOAL AND INCREASED RECOGNITION OF OUR MILITARY HEROES.
SO CHALLENGES HERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS MUCH MORE THAN I, I SHOWED IN THE KEY PERSONNEL.
AND THAT REALLY IS SUMMED UP BY THE LAST BULLET.
THERE, THERE ARE HIDDEN IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR TO THIS.
IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO PROCEED, BUT WE DID NOT OBTAIN UNILATERAL AGREEMENT FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.
KEEP THAT ONE PARTICULARLY IN MIND, BECAUSE WHEN I END THIS UP, THAT'S THE ONE I'M GOING TO THROW ON THE TABLE.
UH, WE NEED TO MARKET TO HAVE PUBLICITY FIGURE OUT HOW TO GATHER REVENUE FOR IT, IDENTIFY THE AD MEN AND LOGISTICAL AND POINTS OF CONTACT AND SUPPORT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY ERECT THE WALL AND THEN HAVE AN UNVEILING CEREMONY TO REALLY HAVE ATTENTION DRAWN TO IT.
SO THE PROJECT PLAN IS THE ONE SHOW WITH DATES IS ALREADY COMPLETED, AND THAT'S BECAUSE JOHN AND I GOT IN THE CAR AND WENT OUT AND TOOK CARE OF THIS.
NOW WE HALTED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I MEAN, THERE WAS REALLY NO PENALTY OF US DOING RESEARCH.
I MEAN, NOBODY'S NERVOUS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT ONCE WE GO OVER TO WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL AND START PITCHING IT TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL REDWOOD, THE RNTC DIRECTOR, AND ONCE WE BEGAN CONFERRING WITH THE PRINCIPAL, AND THEN THE QUESTION ARISES, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CONFIRM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO THAT, AND THEN IF IT ALL GETS APPROVED AND THE IDEA OF GATHERING MONEY FROM THE VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNS, THEN WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND TALK TO ALL THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE BETS, YOU KNOW, VIETNAM BETS, THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, ALL THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR KINDS OF PLACES.
SO WHILE YOU, WHILE I STIR YOUR PATRIOTISM WITH THE LAST SLIDE, THE QUESTION IS, HAVE WE PROGRESSED FAR ENOUGH WITH ENOUGH DETAIL AT THE MOMENT TO GO FORTH, TO ACTUALLY CONTACT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL? AND I WAS HOPING SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL IS ALWAYS HAS VARIOUS COMPLICATED PATHWAYS.
AGAIN, I THINK, UM, TO MOVE WITH, UM, GETTING APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONTACTING THE SCHOOLS FROM THE COMMISSION, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HAD TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BEFORE WE, NO, IT'S ALL I SHOULD GET ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA, JOHN.
AND I SURE WE'LL DO THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE UPON MOVING FORWARD WITH, AS FAR AS THIS, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS WHERE IS NORTH MONTHS LOCATED? IS IT ANGEL INGLEWOOD, OHIO? NO, I KNOW THAT,
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BUT WHERE'S THE MEMORIAL FOR THE HONOR WALL.IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? I'M SURE.
THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL, RIGHT.
HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT BY THE GYM AND CAFETERIA.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT HERE TO REALIZE THAT THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
SO ALL FUNDS RECEIVED, WENT TO NORTH MONT CITY SCHOOLS.
THEY GOT THE CONTRACT WITH IDEAL IMAGE.
SO, I MEAN, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD HAD REAL, NO APPROVAL PROCESS IN IT.
AGAIN, PLAN, I UNDERSTAND RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY AS BEING REPRESENTED BY THE CITY, OR I AGREE REPRESENTING THE CITY CITIES.
SO WE'D HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT ASPECT OF HER.
WHOEVER WE CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT, THAT IF WE'D NEVER WOULD HAVE STARTED AS A PASSIVITY COUNCIL WOMAN DIDN'T WELL, I MEAN, I WOULD TAKE THIS FURTHER.
I MEAN, I SENT YOU GUYS SOME PICTURES LAST VETERAN'S DAY WHEN I WAS, UM, ON A VACATION DOWN IN, UM, FOR THE USS KID, THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THE WOOL OF WARS KIND OF SIMILAR TO SOMEWHAT WHAT WE HAVE AT OUR MEMORIAL DOWN THERE.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE ONE FOR THE LOCAL BATON ROUGE CITY RESIDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THE WAY UP ALL THE WAY UP, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S IT'S SO IT'S JUST A FUTURE IDEA, KIND OF COUNTERING ON THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR THE MEMORIAL WE HAVEN'T AT CLOUD.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO PUT THINGS INTO PEOPLE'S HEADS AND IDEAS, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT.
I THINK THIS IS AWESOME IDEA MOVING FROM, WELL, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION THEN THAT WE PRESENT THIS TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.
I SECOND THAT MOTION MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY.
SECOND QUESTION, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, BE AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICALLY, WE'RE LOCATED AT THAT DETAIL MEMORABLE.
THIS IS BROAD STROKES, KIND OF DETAILED, NOT YET AVAILABLE.
SOMETHING IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC COULD, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE.
THAT'S TRUE THAT WE DID COME UP WITH THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT UNLESS THEY WENT INTO THE SCHOOL.
WE WILL GIVE THAT TO STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
AND IT THOUGHT THAT'S WHY THOSE BENEFITS.
AND I POINTED OUT EARLIER, IF IT'S LOCATED BY THE GYM, THEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL SEE IT WHEN THEY COME INTO WATCH BASKETBALL, ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ANY EVENTS MEETINGS.
SO THEY WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE SCHOOL WHERE THEY PUT THAT OFF.
SO YOU CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION AND THEN SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE.
I MEAN, THOSE THAT WANT TO HAVE THE SAME, RIGHT? I HAVE IT.
SO IT'S UP TO THE TWO OF US TO US TO FIGURE IT OUT WHO ELSE WANTS TO BE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THAT? AND HE WON'T CONTACT TONY AND LET HIM KNOW THAT SHE'LL BE IN CONTACT WITH THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR ANDRE.
UM, MEMORIAL DAY NEXT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS MEMORIAL DAY.
OUR PLAN FOR MEMORIAL DAY, I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE PAST ABOUT OUR REACTIVENESS INSTEAD OF BEING PROACTIVE WITH EVENTS AND WE'VE HAD, SO, UM, DANA, ONE OF OUR MAIN, UH, GO GETTERS, IF YOU WILL, WITH THESE TYPES OF THINGS, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, ANOTHER THING WE COULD PROBABLY TABLE, BUT FOR NEXT, OUR NEXT MEETING HAVE SOME IDEAS.
WE WANT TO JUST DO THE SAME THING WE'VE BEEN DOING.
GO TO, UM, GO TO OUR MEMORIAL, A TOM CROWL PART, HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER AND DO OUR NORMAL THING.
OR DO WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? IF WE WANT TO DO OUR NORMAL THING, THEN WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT WHO WE WANT TO INVITE.
UH, I THINK USUALLY WE JUST INVITE, UH, A COLONEL OR SOMEBODY FROM RIGHT PAT, OR WE, WE GO WITH SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AVAILABLE BASICALLY.
BUT, UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND THEN TO, UM, TO DOVETAIL AGAINST THAT ALSO IS ABOUT, UM, STARTING BACK TO HAVING OUR LEADERS,
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UH, VETERANS GROUPS, VETERANS, ORGANIZATIONS COME AND DO THE 15 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS LIKE THEY WERE DOING WITH OUR, LIKE, I THINK JERRY MAPLES, BLUE STAR FAMILIES WAS LIKE OUR LAST ONE.SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD TOO, THAT WE GET THAT, UM, RELATIONSHIP REESTABLISHED WITH OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS MONTGOMERY? WHAT DOES KIM FRISCO UP TO NOW? OR DAN, WHAT ARE THEY TO NOW AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOR VETERANS? ARE THERE NEW PROGRAMS? I KNOW THEY'RE DOING THINGS WITH WHEELS AND THEY HAVE A LAWYER ON THEIR STAFF.
THAT'S HELPING VETERANS NON-CRIMINAL OF COURSE, BUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER THING IS OUR VETERANS IN HUBER HEIGHTS, WHERE ARE THEY? LIKE, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE MEMBERS OF LIKE, I'M, UM, I'M THE CHAPLAIN AT THE AMERICAN LEGION.
Y'ALL VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA.
LIKE IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO HELP VETERANS IN HUBER HEIGHTS AND THE, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND WE WANT TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION OTHER THAN OUTSIDE OF THAT NEWSLETTER, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD BE INVITING THEM TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY MAY WANT TO PITCH IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S JUST ME THINKING OUT LOUD.
BUT I WOULD THINK IF WE'RE, YOU WERE HIGHEST MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION THAT OUR VETERANS, ESPECIALLY IN HUBER HEIGHTS WOULD BE IN THE, AND THE SIGN SAM, WE GOT HAVE A WHOLE PLACE FILLED UP, BUT I'M JUST SAYING LIKE AT MY AMERICAN LEGION, I CAN INVITE FIVE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IN HEBREW HIKES IF THEY CAN'T, IF THEY DON'T SHOW THAT'S FINE.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE, WE, WE SHOULD START GETTING BACK TO THOSE THINGS.
UM, I KNOW, I REMEMBER VIETNAM VETERANS SITTING HERE, FIG UM, I THINK SOMEBODY GOT AN AWARD OR SOMETHING.
AND I MEAN, IT W IT WAS, IT WAS PACKED, BUT IT SHOULD BE LIKE, NOT LIKE THAT, BUT IT SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS.
THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I SAY ABOUT THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR, OH, I GOT A QUESTION, MIKE BABY, YOU KNOW, DO WE, BY ANY CHANCE HAVE A LIST OF EVERY MILITARY ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY, LIKE EVERY HAND VETS OR A VFW? SURE.
IT GOES BACK TO, I MEAN, ONE THING, I MEAN, I'M GLAD YOU PUT THAT ON IS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS.
I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BEHIND THE SCENES AND GETTING SUPPORT FOR IS GOING TO HAVE TO COUNT ON SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE ALL INVOLVED WITH, OR, YOU KNOW, THE VFWS, YOU KNOW, W WE, WE SHOULD START INCLUDING THESE PEOPLE TO INCLUSION AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE SHOULD START REACHING OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS FOR US FINANCIALLY, HOPEFULLY, AND, YOU KNOW, HELP US WITH, OR, YOU KNOW, VICE VERSA.
SOME, SOME THINGS WILL BE, I AGREE WITH YOUR POINT.
AND FRANKLY, I'M KIND OF BACKSPACING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, WE WERE WORRIED THAT WE MIGHT MISS SOMEBODY BY MISTAKE, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A VALIDATED LIST, THAT'D BE SUPER IMPORTANT.
I HAVE A LIST THAT CAME FOR SCHOOL, HAS OF ALL OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALL OF THE AM AM, AM LA UH, ALL THEM.
AND, UM, I CAN EMAIL THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.
IT LISTS THE COMMANDER AS ACCURATE AS IT CAN BE WHEN IT LISTS THE COMMANDER OF ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IT HAS A POINT OF CONTACT DAV EVERYBODY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE ON THE, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERANS COMMISSION BOARD ADVISORY BOARD.
SO I CAN, I CAN PUSH THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, VIETNAM VET, WE GOT HAVE THE COMMANDER OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA COME HERE AND SPEAK.
THERE'S SOME STUFF THAT, THAT, THAT ORGANIZATION MAY DO THAT I MAY NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
AND SOME VETERAN I MAY RUN INTO MAY HAVE A NEED AND MAYBE A MEMBER OF VIETNAM, VETERANS OF AMERICA.
I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER? BUT ANYWAY, I MAY RUN INTO HIM AND LIKE, WELL, YEAH, I'M A MEMBER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEVER WENT THERE OR ANYTHING.
AND WE ALL MIGHT HAVE RESOURCES READY TO HELP AND JUMP IN AND GOT A FOOD PANTRY ON SITE.
AND Y'ALL COULD JUST GRAB THESE CANNED GOODS AND GO HELP.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE DOING THAT UP UNTIL COVID KNOCKED US OUT AND THEN IT STOPPED.
YOU JUST CAN GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAY, SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THEIR ELIGIBILITY OF THIS VETERANS ORDINATION OR NOT, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM MORE INFORMED OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE WORDS OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE MEMBERSHIP INCREASING MEMBERSHIP, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU, VIETNAM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE A MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION, RIGHT? OH, NO, I DIDN'T KNOW.
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I KIND OF THINK THAT APPROACHING THE ORGANIZATIONS IS ACTUALLY A FORCE MULTIPLIER BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN THE VETERAN A DECIDES TO HELP VETERANS, A WIFE WILL ALSO HELP TO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN'T A VETERAN, SO THAT'S TRUE.IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO VIETNAM, VETS, ALL THAT GOOD FOOD ON THE, ON THE SIDE TABLE IS NOT MADE BY THE VETERANS.
YOU KNOW, TELL YOU WHAT THOSE ARE.
SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE THERE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP OUT.
SO FOR THE SMALL DETAILS, THE UNHEARD OF OUTCOMES, I WANT TO BACKSPACE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, THIS'LL BE A BIG SURPRISE TO EVERYBODY.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO INVITE TO MIAMI VALLEY, YOUNG READS.
WE DID EVERY MEMORIAL DAY HAVE TO HAVE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A FORMAL ONE.
WE'RE PUTTING OUR CALENDAR OUT THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY OUR CALENDAR IS FILLING UP LIKE A SON OF A GUN WE'RE ALREADY SCHEDULING IN DECEMBER ALREADY.
LAST TIME, GET ON THE CALENDAR.
YOU HAVE TO TALK TO WHAT'S HIS FACE.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE THAT I KNOW.
SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, UM, JUST A SIDE, UM, I GOT THE NOTE THAT YOU GOT FROM TONY ABOUT BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL HAVING, DID YOU WANT TO, UH, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT ABOUT BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL, HAVING A ARMED GUARD.
MAYBE THEY HAVE A JRTC FOR NAVY.
THEY MAY MARINE CORPS AND THEY, THEY DO ALL KINDS OF CEREMONIES.
THEY'VE BEEN ALL AROUND, BUT I TOLD TONY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO KEEP IN OUR BACK POCKET, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WAYNE AND YOUNG MARINES TAKE CARE OF OUR NEEDS FOR THE MOST PART.
BUT, UM, THAT'S A FALLBACK IF IT'D BE DUMPS NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY SWELLED ME PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN AT THE VA AND GAIN, DID YOU D AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S JUST THE YARN AVAILABLE, BUT THEY ALWAYS, SO WHOSE HEADQUARTERS IN HUBER HEIGHTS WILL BE HIGHLY MOTIVATED, PROVIDE SUPPORT.
AND WAYNE IS GENERALLY IF WE GIVE ENOUGH TIME GIVEN THE LEEWAY AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MEMBER.
UH, WE INTERVIEWED A GUY, UH, ON THE 16TH OF, UH, FEBRUARY, UH, WAS IT 67? UM, HE'S UM, A SUPERINTENDENT AT THE RIGHT LABS LEAD.
HE'S A MASTER SERGEANT, UM, AND HE'S ACTIVE DUTY AND HE, HE CONTACTED TONY AND WANTED TO BE PART OF THE COMMISSION.
HE HAS SOME GREAT IDEAS AND HIS BACKGROUND IS SCIENTIFIC SCIENTIFIC, AND HE'S GOING TO BE DOING SOME THINGS AWAY IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S SOME KIND OF SOMETHING COMING UP HERE PRETTY SOON ON SCIENCE.
AND HE HAS A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS AND HE'S, UM, HE'S GOOD WITH ELECTRONICS, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, UH, UH, WITH, UH, WEBSITES AND HE'S JUST ELECTRONIC WHIZ AND HE HAS SOME GREAT IDEAS.
AND, UM, SO WE LIKED HIM AND WE WANTED TO BRING HIM ON, BUT THEN HE'S ACTIVE DUTY AND THERE'S A STATE OF RESIDENCE ON FORMED THIS TEXAS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE HE'S NOT A REGISTERED VOTER IN OHIO OR HEBREW HEIGHTS.
UM, BUT HE SAID THAT HE WOULD COME ON AS A XO FACTO MEMBER UNTIL HE RETIRED, WHICH HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, OR DOES HE ACTUALLY LIVE WHILE HE'S HERE? HE LIVES RIGHT HERE.
AND HE WRITES, HE'S A RESIDENT.
AND ENOUGH THING WAS, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, NO, THE LAW DIRECTOR REGISTERED TO VOTE REALLY.
AND, WELL, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.
THE LAW DIRECTOR SAID THAT, UM, HE, HE CAN'T, HE'S NOT REGISTERED VOTER IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
SO, UM, BUT HE SAID THAT HE WOULD WORK AS THE ECTO FACTO MEMBER UNTIL HE RETIRED SEVERAL MONTHS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS AGO, BUT HE'S PLANNING TO LIVE IN OHIO WHEN HE RETIRED.
UH, SO, BUT HE'S OUTSTANDING AND HE'S DUTY IS THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ONE THING WE MISSED IT ON THIS COMMISSION AS AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER AND HE'S ACTIVE DUTY.
SO, UH, HE SOLD THE MORE COMPLEX THESE PROJECTS BECOME AS CLEAR THAT WE NEED CONSULTING EXPERTS IN IT.
AND SO YOU ARE YOU BRINGING THAT UP? MAKES ME THINK ABOUT, WE OUGHT TO THINK LONG RANGE ABOUT DEVELOPING A MECHANISM TO ABSORB PEOPLE LIKE THAT INTO OUR WORKFORCE.
SO TO SPEAK, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BECOME A COMMISSIONER.
SO WE HAVE TO, RIGHT NOW HE AND A YOUNG LADY, ALL HALL, ALL HOUSE, AND IT WOULDN'T BE SUBCOMMITTEES,
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VOLUNTEER POOL OF VOLUNTEER POOL, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH.SO ANYWAY, UM, HE, HE, UM, SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN MARCH, UM, TO COME TO THE MEETING AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
BUT, UM, I THINK TONY'S GONNA HAVE HIM ON THE DOCKET FOR CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THEY HAVE TO POINT HIM FOR XL FACTO TOO.
DON'T THEY? I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.
EVEN THOUGH HE'S NON-VOTING MEMBER, WELL, THAT'S NOT THE OFFICIAL TERM FOR IT.
ISN'T IT? AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT, I MEAN, WOW.
VOTING NON-VOTING MEMBER, VOTING MEMBER, THEY'LL STILL BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
HE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE KIND OF LIKE HOW CURRENT THE CURRENT WAS.
BEFORE WE MOVED TO VANDALIA AND ALL THAT STUFF.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN READY ON THE LEFT RADIO ON THE RIGHT, RIGHT.
HEY, THE 7 0 2, WE WILL NOW DISMISS YOU BY SOME MILITARY VETERANS COMMISSIONING.