[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 24, 2023 6:00 P.M. ]
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HUB RIGHTS, MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.
IT IS 6:00 PM ON 5 24 WEDNESDAY, AND I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE WILL DO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND THEN RAY, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WHILE RAY DOES OUR INVOCATION.
I PLEDGE FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
DEAR LORD, TODAY, IN ALL DAYS, WE CHOOSE TO HONOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS WORTHY MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE IT THEMSELVES WHEN THEY WERE CALLED UPON THE SERVANT 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, BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY FOR THE HARDSHIPS THEY FACE, FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE, AND FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA'S VICTORIES OVER CHARITY AND OPPRESSION.
WE THANK THEM, WE ARE PROUD OF THEM, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER THEM.
THESE ARE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, HOLD YOUR TROOPS, HOLD OUR TROOPS AND YOUR LOVING HANDS.
PROTECT THEM AS THEY PROTECT US.
BLESS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE SELFLESS ACTS THEY PERFORM FOR US.
LORD, PLEASE GUIDE US IN ALL THAT WE DO AND BLESS ALL THE MILITARY AND VETERANS WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
THESE THINGS ARE HUMBLY AS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
NOW WE WILL CONDUCT ROLL CALL.
I WOULD ASK THAT WE MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF MR. BANQUETS AND MR. ESTEVAN.
IT'S BEEN, UH, A MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED.
THOSE OPPOSED HAVE THE SAME, RIGHT? AYE.
DID EVERYONE GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE MINUTES? YES.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN A MOTIONS BEEN MADE.
AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 26.
CARRIE, MOTION APPROVED ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? THERE ARE NONE.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HERE, THIS JUST CAME OUT OKAY.
UH, MR. THOMAS UNDERWOOD, UH, HE HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE MILITARY AND S COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING ON 31 DECEMBER, 2024.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR TALENTS AND EXPERTISE WORKING TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, PLEASE REVIEW THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS BOARD AND COMMISSION HANDBOOK AND ITS ENTIRE ENTIRETY.
UM, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO COMPLETE THE EXCEPTIONS AND OATH OF OFFICE FORM, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT.
ARE WE DOING THAT TODAY OR WE'LL DO IT.
UM, SO, UH, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, PROBABLY OUR NEXT MEETING YOU'LL BE, WE'LL DO A OATH OF OFFICE AND THEN YOU KNOW, MR. MIKE GRAY AND YOU SEE HIS INFORMATION THERE.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, YOU CAN CONTACT OUR CLERK OF COUNSEL, MR. ANTHONY ROGERS.
SO LET'S GIVE MR. UNDERWOOD A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY MR. UNDERWOOD? NO.
WELL, HE'S, UH, PLEASED TO BE HERE.
AND YOU, AND YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF HUBER HEIGHTS? CORRECT.
WELL, WE'LL GET YOU, UM, WHEN YOU DO
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YOUR OATH OF OFFENSE, WE WILL EXPECT SOME FEEDBACK OF SOME TYPE.WHAT IS HE GONNA DO IF HE SAYS NO? WELL, WHEN YOU DO BECOME A CITIZEN OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT TODAY OTHER THAN US.
UM, I SENT OUT, AT LEAST I THOUGHT I SENT OUT A NEWER AGENDA THAN THIS ONE WHERE I LIST, UH, REVEREND ETT BELLOWS AND COLONEL, WHAT'S HIS NAME? DANA MOR.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SITTING HERE TRYING TO DO IS SEND YOU HIS BIO.
UM, YEAH, SHE, UM, SHE SAID SHE GONNA GET ME HERS ALSO.
SO I, I CALLED HER YESTERDAY JUST TO MAKE SURE, AND SHE SAID, I'M, I'M GETTING IT, ANTHONY.
SO FOR HER, WE JUST NEED A SHORT BIO.
SHE SERVED IN THIS BRANCH FROM THIS TIME TO THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, NOTHING MAJOR.
SHE'S WAS A, YOU KNOW, CHAPLAIN, AMERICAN LEGION, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE KNOW SOME OF HER STUFF.
AND FOR THE COLONEL THOUGH, WILL WON A MORE, YOU KNOW, HE'S A COLONEL, SO OBVIOUSLY HE WENT IN IN 1972 YEAH.
BUT HE DID NOT GO IN, IN 1972, IT WOULD'VE BEEN FOUR.
I HOPE HE WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE CUB SCOUTS TO I WOULD HOPE HOME.
NO, HE WAS A, WE BLOW WHEN HE, BUT YES, CHARLES TOLD ME HE WAS GRADUATED 11, MAN, I'M LIKE, THE COLONEL GRADUATED IN 11? NO.
AND HE DID GIMME A SENSE OF WHAT HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT JUST AS A SITUATION.
HE WAS, UM, ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS OVERSEAS, LOST A GUY, HIS NAME, A GUY NAMED GENE, ACTUALLY ANNIVERSARY JUST PASSED.
SO HE'S 20 TO ACTUALLY REFERENCE HIS EXPERIENCE IN WINE MEMORIAL DAY.
SO IT'S NOT, IT SHOULD BE A TEAR JERKER ALMOST.
IT'S MAYBE HE DOESN'T REALLY JERK TEARS, BUT WHAT I MEAN, IT SOUND LIKE IT SHOULD BE MEANINGFUL.
SO I WAS TALKING TO, UH, I'M SORRY, KIND FLOOR A SECOND.
I WAS TALKING TO, UH, MS. BELLOWS, AND I WAS JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS THAT SHE WANTED TO SAY, BUT I FIGURED SHE WOULD KNOW WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I DIDN'T GIVE HER MUCH DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU SUPPOSED TO TELL 'EM, SAY EXACTLY THIS OR SAY EXACTLY THAT, BUT SHE SERVED HUSBAND SERVED Y'ALL ABOUT TO
SHE'S CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, DOING STUFF FOR VETERANS, SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ALL, ALL TYPE OF AFFILIATIONS.
I FIGURED SHE KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING, MAN.
AND YOU KNOW, I, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, I KNOW WE ALL WENT TO THAT, SO, YES.
I'M SURE SHE'S, UH, WELL EQUIPPED TO TALK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY FOR VETERANS AND, YOU KNOW, LOVED ONES.
UM, SO FOR THE, UH, AGENDA THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE ENGAGED HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, WAYNE JTC THIS TIME AROUND.
THAT'S WHAT I'M, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
COMMISSIONER HANCOCK AND I BOTH ATTENDED TWO, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS.
ONE WAS THE PREPARATORY EVENT MM-HMM.
AND THAT WAS, UH, ACCEPTED VERY WELL.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY WE WERE INVITED TO PRESENT THE WHOLE CONCEPT TO THE, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH, UH, THEY RESOUNDINGLY ACCEPTED, UH, THE CONCEPT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO GO.
UH, AT THIS POINT WE ARE, UH, I DON'T LIKE TO SAY IT THIS WAY, BUT WE ARE OUT OF IT.
BUT WE WILL STILL ADVISE AND ASSIST IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.
THEY GOT OUR PHONE NUMBERS AND WHEN THEY CAN CALL.
UH, DO YOU WANT HIT THE OTHER ONE, SIR? GO AHEAD.
UH, LAST, LAST TIME WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE AWARD CRITERIA, UH, SOMEBODY MADE THE SUGGESTION, WE GOTTA PUT ANNE CIVILIANS OF NOTE THAT, THAT, UH, I, THAT, UH, CHANGE WAS MADE TO THE LANGUAGE IN A COPY WAS SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
IF, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, LET ME KNOW.
UM, BUT YEAH, I WAS, I WAS, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, RAY, BUT I WAS MAINLY REFERRING TO THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE ENGAGED, HAVE YOU TALKED, TALKED TO THE COLONEL AT WAYNE
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GERALD TC.WELL, I, I DID TALK TO THE COLONEL AND I TALKED, ARE THEY PARTICIPATED AGAIN? MEMORIAL DAY? WE ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S, NO, I, NO, I DID NOT TALK.
I DON'T THINK, I DIDN'T SEND THEM A LETTER THIS YEAR NAMED.
YEAH, SO I DON'T, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU GOT THIS PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS.
DON'T YOU HAVE THEM DOWN ON THE AGENDA? MM-HMM.
I CAN, I THEY CAN DO IT IF THEY SHOW UP.
I'M JUST SAYING I DIDN'T FORMALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, WAYNE J OTC HAS ALWAYS LOST US TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR EVENTS AND NORMALLY WE ENGAGE THEM, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THIS TIME, WHAT, CAN I ASK AN EMBARRASSING QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL TAKE WELL, YEAH, I'LL TAKE, IT WAS ON ME.
IS THIS THE AGENDA YOU THAT I SENT YOU? YES, SIR.
WELL, IF, IF WE'RE GOING OVER THAT ITEMS JUST FOR INFORMATION, I DID CHECK WITH ALL THE MILITARY VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ENTIRE CITY, AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM SAID, WE DON'T HAVE RIFLES, WE DON'T HAVE A COLOR GUARD.
AND ONE ORGANIZATION SAID, WE DO HAVE RIFLES, BUT WE NEVER USE 'EM.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE KNOW HOW TO CLEAN 'EM.
SO, BUT THEY WOULD LOAN 'EM TO US, TO YOUNG MARINES.
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THEY JUST LOAN THE RIFLES.
YOU GOTTA BUY THE BLACK AMMUNITION, YOU GOTTA BUY THE ADAPTERS.
SO THE BLOAT, THE BOLT WILL ACTUATE WHEN YOU FIRE THE BLACK ROUNDS AND YEP.
SO THAT GOT KIND OF FROWNED UPON BY OUR COMMANDERS.
THAT IF, IF THEY'VE NOT BEEN USED TO, I'D ALSO WORRY JUST ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE.
UM, YEAH, I, I DID UPDATE THE AGENDA.
I'LL, I'LL FIND THAT AND SEND THAT OUT AGAIN TO EVERYBODY.
UM, WHERE I TOOK THAT OUT AND I ADDED IS PAUL, ISN'T THERE A, CAN WE DO A RECORDING OF IT JUST TO HAVE IT GO OFF IN THE BACKGROUND? I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THAT THE LAST MEETING AND IT WAS FROWNED UPON.
THEY WAS LIKE, MM, NAH, LET'S, IF WE DON'T HAVE A REAL THING, THEY WERE LIKE, YEAH, ALL YOU'RE GONNA GET IS THE GUNFIRE.
THE FACT IS THAT THE CEREMONY, UH, IS, IT'S GOTTA BE THE, ESSENTIALLY THE WHOLE CEREMONY WHERE THE SOLDIERS ACTUALLY PRESENTING, MAKE, MAKE THE, THE DRILL MOVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PULLING THE TRIGGER IS JUST, JUST PART OF THE, THE PLAY, IF YOU WILL.
SO, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAY AGAIN.
NO, I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA DO TAPS.
WE'LL DO TAPS AND, YOU KNOW, SO MR. HANCOCK, UH, AFTER THE, AFTER, AFTER THE COLONEL AND THE MAYOR, THE YOUNG MARINES ARE BRINGING ARETHA UP TO, UM, THE MAYOR AND, AND THAT COLONEL, AND THEY'LL PLACE IT ON THE STAND.
THEN, UH, YOU'LL SAY ASSEMBLY ATTENTION AND SAY HAND SALUTE.
WE'LL ALL DO THE HAND SALUTE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THE VETERANS AND EVERYBODY IN THE, IN THE CROWD TO DO A HAND SALUTE.
AND THEN WE WOULD JUST PLAY TAPS.
IS THAT GONNA BE PLAYED THROUGH THE SPEAKER, THROUGH THE SPEAKERS? YEAH.
AND THEN, UH, MR. MR. WINDSOR IS GOING TO PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WHEN THEY, UH, WHEN THEY DO THE, WHEN THEY DO THE FLAGS.
YOU GOT M V Y M TRUMPET PLAYER WILL PEG TAPS.
THAT'S, DO Y'ALL HAVE A TRUMPET PLAYER OR ANYTHING? WELL, WHEN YOU SAID THROUGH THE SPEAKER, THAT'S NOT, NOT THE WAY IT, OKAY.
BUT WILL IT BE AUDIBLE FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR? I'M SORRY.
CAN I, I SEEM TO RECALL SOMETHING ABOUT COMMISSIONER ANTHONY FINDING US A BUGLE PLAYER.
IS, IS, AM I DREAMING THAT OR WHAT? NO, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW A BUGLE PLAYER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I DO Y'ALL HAVE A, DO Y'ALL HAVE A, A BUGLER TO PLAY OR NO? WELL, I'LL CHECK.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ONE, IT'LL BE AUDIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.
IF WE DON'T, WE'LL JUST PLAY IT ON THROUGH THE AUDIO.
AND WHO'S GONNA BE IN CHARGE OF THE AUDIO AS FAR AS SOURCES? ME AND MR. WINDSOR WILL BE CLOSE TO THE PODIUM.
SO IT COULD BE A TRUMPET RING.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE A VEHICLE? CAN IT BE A TRUMPET? WHAT WE DO IS A TRUMPET HAS GOT A LITTLE BING ON THE END ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN IT.
AND THE TRUMPET SOUNDS JUST LIKE IT'S LIVE.
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DON'T, WE THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY PLAYING YET.LIKE IT'S, IT'S AT, AT OUR LEVEL AND AT OUR AGE OF THE YOU WOULDN'T WANT THEM PLAYING? NO, I WAS JUST ASKING BECAUSE I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ASK WAYNE'S BAND IF THEY CAN ON IT? I'D BE A LITTLE SHORT ENOUGH.
TALKING ABOUT MONDAY THEY'RE IN SCHOOL.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO IT OVER THE SPEAKER SYSTEM.
SOMEONE'S, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR NEXT YEAR WE CAN LOOK INTO.
BUT THIS IS SHORT NOTE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNDER THE GUN, WELL, NOT UNDER THE GUN, BUT SHORT, SHORT TIMEFRAME.
IF YOU RECALL, OUR YOUNG MARINE GOT UP THERE LAST TIME TO PLAY TAPS AND HE PLAYED REVEL LEAGUE.
SO I KNOW CONFIDENCE IS LOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
SO DO WE ALREADY HAVE THE RECORDING FOR IT THEN? WE'LL FIND IT.
I'LL BE WITH THIS IN CASE, JUST IN CASE IT DOESN'T WORK OUT.
YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE I PUT INTO A FILE.
I PUT A FILE WITH THE STAR SPAN BAND AND THEN ONE WITH THE PERFECT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE, WE USUALLY ARRIVE A HOUR, 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE EVENT SO WE CAN TEST THAT KIND OF STUFF, UM, THROUGH THE SPEAKER.
AND SO THE CITY STAFF WILL ALSO TAKE THE REEF BACK AFTERWARDS, CORRECT? YES.
ARE WE LEAVING IT UP OVER? WELL, IT'LL STAY THERE UNTIL IT USUALLY STAYS THERE.
MAY MAYBE, UM, MAYBE THIS IS WHERE I'M THINKING OF ANTHONY, ABOUT THE PLAYING THE RECORDING THE PASTOR.
REVEREND VENETTA BE, I GOT MIXED UP.
I THOUGHT I DIDN'T BRING WITH ME.
YEAH, BUT DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET? YES.
SO WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, WELL, LET ME REPHRASE.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A BUDGET TILL MAYBE EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
IT IS TO HELP LIKE PURCHASE SOME OF THAT.
I KNOW RAY HAS BEEN GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND GET THE PLAQUES PURCHASE AND UM, THOSE KIND OF THINGS WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THOSE VETERANS OR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING VETERANS OR CIVILIANS.
UM, BUT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A BUDGET.
UM, SO IF Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO LOOK OVER THAT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T GO WILLY-NILLY WITH IT.
IF YOU SAW THE BUDGET, UM, THOSE FLAGS THAT ARE SITTING UP AT TOM CLOUD PARK, THEY GET TATTERED THROUGH THE WEATHER.
SO THE BUDGET HELPS PAY FOR THOSE FLAGS.
REPLENISHING THOSE, I MEAN THERE'S EIGHT FLAGS, THOSE EIGHT FLAGS THAT ARE UP THERE, ALL THE BRANCHES OF SERVICE AND P O W AND THE AMERICAN FLAG.
SO, UM, OUR COINS, WHICH I NEED TO TALK TO, UH, MIKE ABOUT MY CUP.
SOMEBODY PUT IT IN A DISHWASHER AND SAY MAYBE CHINA.
THE WHITE ON ONE SIDE IS LIKE COMING OFF AND ALL THAT.
BUT DON'T PUT YOUR CUPS IN THE DISHWASHER.
JUST WASH THEM BY, HAMS THEM OUT.
AND THEN THE COINS, WE DO NEED SOME MORE COINS.
WHICH ONES DO YOU NEED? I GAVE OUT, WE HAVE THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
WHICH ONE DO YOU NEED THE ONE FOR? THE ONE FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
I NEED, IS THAT THE BED ONE? I'M NOT SURE.
I DON'T HAVE THE SCRIPT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UM, I GAVE OUT, I GAVE OUT, UH, ONE LAST YEAR.
AND THEN THIS YEAR SINCE REVEREND VENETTA, BELLOWS AND THE COLONEL ARE BOTH VETERANS OR CURRENTLY SERVING, HOWEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT, I'LL NEED TWO.
SO, UM, IF Y'ALL HAVE THOSE ONES FOR VETERANS, I THINK WE NEED SOMEWHAT OFF RECORD.
MAYBE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
WHAT IS IN WHAT, IN WHAT, IN WHAT MANNER.
WE NEED MORE, BUT YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THAT'S THE AGENDA FOR, UM, MEMORIAL DAY AND NEW BUSINESS AND THE BUDGET.
CAN I TOUCH ON THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT TOO? SOMEWHAT.
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THAT BUDGET TOO WILL GO TO PAY FOR BRICKS.IF WE HAD THE BRICKS, 50 BRICKS RIGHT NOW THAT, I MEAN, RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW THE, THE BUDGET TO, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE BRICKS IS BASICALLY UNDER BRICK.
SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR'S FIGURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT STUFF WILL GO TOWARDS THAT KIND OF THING.
SO IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY'S THERE, BUT IT'S RIGHT.
IT'S ALSO KIND OF SOMEWHAT ACCOUNTED FOR OR, YOU KNOW, TO BE DECIDED UPON BY THE BOARD.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WAS THE MEMORIAL DAY AGENDA, WAS THAT MAILED OUT PREVIOUSLY? CAUSE I DIDN'T, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU STILL YEAH, I EMAILED IT OUT.
I SENT OUT ON EMAIL MAYBE TWO, MAYBE A WEEK AND SOME CHANGE AGO.
AND I RESENT IT WITH, UM, OTHER TASKS THAT PUBLIC WORKS WAS, WAS GOING TO BE DOING AS WELL.
WHAT PUBLIC, WHAT THE CITY'S GONNA BE DOING TO SUPPORT A MM-HMM.
BUT I'M GONNA SEND IT OUT AGAIN CUZ I DON'T KNOW WHAT MIKE DID TO, TO MY AGENDA.
I HAD NAMES AND IT WAS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S GOT THE THINGS UP HERE TWICE.
THE, UM, I DUNNO WHAT HAPPENED.
THE BRANCHES OF SERVICE UP HERE TWICE.
WHAT, WHAT THE YEAH, BUT I'LL, I'LL SEND IT OUT.
WE, UH, ARE WE WEARING OUR SHIRT MEMORIAL DAY OR, UH, USUALLY WEARING, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE'S USUALLY, OR USUALLY, USUALLY WE HAVE A HODGEPODGE.
UM, I'VE SEEN PREVIOUS CHAIRS WEAR SUITS.
UM, RAY WILL BE ALL IN HIS M V Y M GEAR, MIAMI VAL YOUNG MARINES GEAR.
UM, I WENT IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE CAMOUFLAGES PAN, ALL KIND OF STUFF.
SO, UM, I KNOW I HAD MY LEGION, UH, UNIFORM ON IT.
UM, YEAH, WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S COME AS YOU ARE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRITTEN DOWN NOWHERE.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE IN A CERTAIN DRESS CODE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WELL THE COMMISSIONERS COULD WEAR SHIRTS.
THEY COULD, COMMISSIONERS COULD WEAR THEIR COMMISSION SHIRT.
SAID I'LL SET THE STANDARD UP.
OH, YOU GONNA BE IN A SUIT? OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
IT PHYSICALLY YOU AIN'T HEARING ME.
YEAH, THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER AL HE USED TO WEAR, HE USED TO WEAR HIS, HIS SPORT COAT AND WHATNOT, BUT YEAH.
I HAVE TWO BLUE COINS AT HOME.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I FIGURED THIS WOULD BE A SHORT MEETING.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO COVER, BRING UP? IF NOT, WE WILL ADJOURNED AND YOU GUYS GET SOME TIME BACK.
WE ARE NOT DOING A FLYER BRUSHER ANY PROGRAM FOR THIS, RIGHT? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND THEN, UM, NOW I KNOW THIS CAME UP LAST YEAR AND THERE WAS SOME HEARTBURN, IF YOU WILL, REGARDING THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER PARADE SLASH WHAT IS IT CALLED? IT'S CALLED.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE LAST YEAR.
UM, PREVIOUS YEARS WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE.
WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THAT HAD A TRUCK, WHICH WE, NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, MEMBER THAT HAS A TRUCK.
BUT WE SAT ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WAVED.
WE HAD OUR LITTLE HUMAN RIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION STUFF.
UM, ONLY REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP NOW IS CAUSE I DON'T WANT, UM, ISSUES.
THERE WERE ASSUMPTIONS MADE THE LAST TIME.
OH, WELL Y'ALL DID IT LAST YEAR.
AREN'T Y'ALL GONNA DO IT THIS YEAR? WELL, NO.
LIKE WE, THE, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON GETTING MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERAN'S DAY.
THOSE ARE OUR TWO DAYS NOW PARTICIPATING IN THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FUN AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT LIKE I SAID, LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
I HEARD ONE YEAR THEY RODE ON THE BACK OF, UH, SOME KIND OF DUMP TRUCK OR I DON'T KNOW.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
WELL I WAS THE GRAND MARSHALL.
THAT'S WHY I NO, I KNOW YOU WERE THE GRAND MARSHALL LAST YEAR.
I'M WHAT WAS THE ONE THAT ONE YEAR THEY WERE, WHAT WERE YOU THEY WERE IN A DUMP TRUCK OR SOMETHING AND YEAH.
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BUT ANYWAY, THERE HAVE BEEN NO REQUESTS MADE.AND THEN AFTER, AFTER THE PARADE, THE MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES WERE RUSHED DOWN TO TOM CLOUD PARK WHERE THE FLAG IS IN THE FRONT BECAUSE THE FIREWORKS ARE SET UP WHERE THE, OUR FLAGS ARE.
SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO BACK THERE.
SO WE'RE UP FRONT THESE POOR KIDS ABOUT TO PASS OUT FROM ALREADY WALKING IN THE PARADE AND TRYING TO ORCHESTRATE THAT.
SO NO ONE HAS REQUESTED OUR PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR.
SO WHEN WE COME IN JUNE, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT'S JUNE AND IT'S THE END OF THE MONTH AND THEN THE FOURTH IS RIGHT THERE.
I'M JUST SAYING NOW LIKE NO, LIKE YOU HAVEN'T REQUESTED US.
SOMETHING OUT THERE, BUT SOMEBODY HAS A TRUCK.
IF THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR A BANNER THAT WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE PAPER PROGRAM.
AND THE MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIR, NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO DO IT.
WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO LET THE BANNER OR HANG OFF THE BACK.
LIKE THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON WHO COULD MANAGE TO BE THERE FROM STARTUP LINEUP TO FINISH NOTHING.
YOU'RE JUST SITTING NEXT TO ME.
UM, SO I, I WOULD SAY DON'T RULE IT OUT, BUT I'M WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH YOU NOT TO HAVE THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE TRY TO COMMIT TO THAT CAUSE.
BUT IF WE GOT THE BANNER THAT SAID MEMORIAL PAVERS MM-HMM.
WE ALSO USE IT AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND I AM WILLING TO DO A LOT OF THE FARMER'S MARKET AT A TABLE.
UM, AS LONG AS THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING, LIKE IF YOU GIVE ME THE VERBIAGE OF WHAT YOU WANT THE BANER TO SAY OR BE EASY WITH IT.
CAN IT JUST BE THE CARD BEAT TOGETHER? YEAH.
WELL HE'S SAYING COULD IT BE WHAT THE CARD STAND? YEAH.
LIKE MAKE THE, YOU'RE ASKING ME TO REMEMBER WHAT THE CARD LOOKS LIKE IN THE MOMENT? YEAH.
JUST MAKE THE, HAVE THE CARD AS A BANNER AND BA YEAH, IT ABSOLUTELY GOOD.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I MEAN THAT, THIS MAKE SENSE, RIGHT? I'M JUST THINKING WE COULD USE IT AS AND HAVE OUR LITTLE FESTIVAL.
AND HAVE OUR, UM, THE LOGO, HAVE OUR LOGO WITH THE MILITARY BETTER THAN, AND I WOULD SAY HONESTLY, I MEAN, I'M DOWN FOR, SO, AND I'M WAITING FOR THEM TO REACH OUT TO US.
WELL, I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY EXPECTING SOMETHING AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
THAT WOULD BE EVEN MORE, I, I'M NOT NATURALLY CHARGES, BUT FEE.
SO THEY'LL JUST BE WILLING SOMEBODY TO BE THERE OUT OF 10.
TABLE THOSE THINGS COMING PROVIDED YOU JUST YEAH.
AND WHEN THE FARMER'S MARKET OPENS AT NINE OR 10, I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK IT OPENS EARLIER, BUT IT'S EVERY SATURDAY THOUGH.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE BANNER BASICALLY IN A SENSE.
UM, SO DO YOU MIND IF I MAKE IT FEW GOOD FOR THAT BECAUSE I'M WRITE THAT DOWN.
BUT IF IT'S GOING SLOW, PEOPLE CAN SCAN UP WITH THEIR PHONES REALLY QUICK.
KNOW THAT YOU THIS YES, YOU DO.
RESTAURANT NOW HAVING A MENU, YOU CAN SIT AND LOOK AT YOU.
YOU SCAN A LITTLE SQUARE, IT'S EVEN TINY.
ISN'T IT? YOU'RE SEEING LIKE ONE LINE.
SO YOU SURE? MY DAUGHTER? SHE READY? ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CONCERNS, GRIPES ISSUES, WE WILL ADJOURN.
ONE LAST, UH, JUST KINDA LIKE RECORD THIS.
WHO IS GONNA BE AT THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AT THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE? OR WHO ISN'T AT THIS? WHO ISN'T? YEAH.
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ME THERE.WHO YOU SAID WHO ISN'T, WHO'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE? NOT IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP.
I'M STANDING UP AND I'M SAYING I'M KEITHING.
AND I'M PROBABLY GONNA OH, IF I DON'T SHOW UP, OH, WE'LL, GO AHEAD.
I GOTTA LEAVE AND GO TO DC THE NEXT DAY.
SO I KNOW THAT SHOW TIME IS, AT LEAST ON THIS AGENDA IS, UM, FOUR O'CLOCK.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION NO, NO, NO.
NAH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN COME LIKE, UM, 4 15, 4 30 BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S PLENTY OF PARKING.
WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY YEAR BEFORE THAT? THREE.
I'M USUALLY THERE EARLY IN THE DAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST THIS, SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT, UH, WHAT ROLE WE WERE PLAYING, SO I WAS CONCERNED WHAT WE MADE.
I DON'T, I KNOW WHEN WE WENT TO THE MEETING, THE MAYOR MAY OR MAY NOT BE THERE LAST YEAR.
HE WASN'T THERE MOST YEARS HE'S THERE, BUT THE MAYOR OR ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE PRESENT TO, TO ASSIST US, YOU KNOW, NO BIGGIE.
YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENS, YOU KNOW? YEP.
I GUESS THE REST OF OUR ISSUES, GRIPES AND CONCERNS, CAN BE OFFLINE, MEETING ADJOURNED.