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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road April 17, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
THE MILITARY INSPECTOR COMMISSION HUB, HIGHEST TO ORDER.IT IS NOW 1801 HOURS ON 17TH OF APRIL, WEDNESDAY.
YOU HONOR, CALL JUDGE, I'M SORRY, SORRY, EVERYBODY.
STANFORD FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC WHERE IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVIDUAL FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY CELEBRATING THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED US WITH.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
WE ASK THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK OVER OUR MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THAT YOU WILL LOOK OVER OUR VETERANS AND OUR RETIREES, AND THOSE THAT JUST SERVE A SHORT TIME.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL KEEP YOUR HANDS OVER THEM AND HANDS OVER OUR FAMILIES AS WE ALWAYS LIFT UP YOUR NAME.
GLORY AND I IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, PRAY.
ALL MEMBERS PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING? I THE, THE MOTION? OKAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? COULD I GET A MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR LAST MONTH AND ANY CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE MINUTES THAT THERE WILL BE ADDED? I SECOND.
ALL RIGHTS PROBABLY BEEN BROUGHT IN SECOND ALL.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THE MOTION? NO.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
YOU GET ANYTHING? I, I BELIEVE THERE'S NO ONE REGISTERED TO PRESENT OR SPEAK ON ANYTHING AT THIS TIME ANYWAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAS ANY, ANY COMMISSION THEMSELVES? NO, SIR.
I THINK MR. HANCOCK MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SPEAK ABOUT WITH THE, UH, PAPER PROGRAM AS FAR AS GETTING SOME THINGS OUT ABOUT THAT, THAT WE LEARNED LAST NIGHT.
I COULD GET THIS THING TO WORK.
UH, SO YEAH, WE JUST DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT A COUPLE WAYS, UH, THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THE PAPER PROGRAM, UH, SET UP OR NOT SET UP, BUT KIND OF MORE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
UM, ONE OF THE ONES WOULD BE FOR CITY COUNCIL TO, UM, INCORPORATE, UH, FLYER THROUGH THE WATER BILL.
UH, SOME OF THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS WERE TO LINK UP WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UH, MILITARY INVASIONS AND AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, POST THAT STUFF.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALREADY DONE THOUGH.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? UM, THE CLIENTELE, UH, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE COMMISSION AS FAR AS THOSE VETERANS.
BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR KIM BRISCO TO KNOW AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH OUR STAFF THAT ARE VETERANS.
EVERYONE HAS FEDERAL SERVICE COMMISSION AND SHE'S PLUGGED INTO THEM.
SO WE COULD, AND ALL OF THE COMMANDERS AT, UM, OF ALL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE CITY, THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL MEETING AND SHE COULD PUT THAT OUT AND THEY CAN TELL THEIR ANSWERS.
SO IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE HER BEING IN CONTACT RATHER THAN US TRYING TO, I JUST GOT WITH HER TODAY, SO ABOUT SOME OTHER STUFF.
SO IF YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN, I CAN GIVE IT TO HER.
YEAH, I, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS, UM, WHERE WE WERE PUTTING THE INFORMATION OUT, WASN'T GAINING THE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WE WERE TRYING TO, TRYING TO
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GAIN.SO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL DID COME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE WATERVILLE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT GOES IN THEIR WATER BILL, BUT IT'S A WAY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST TRY.
UM, AND THEN I FEEL LIKE IT ALSO COMES UP TO US TO GET OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND PROVIDE THOSE THINGS ON, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE TO, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
SO, UH, JUST SUGGEST THAT EVERYBODY TRY TO FIND THEIR NICHE ON A WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
UH, AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER, UM, IS PUTTING OUT THERE AS WELL.
TO REITERATE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE, I STILL DO HAVE AVAILABLE FLYERS.
UM, IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO ATTEND A FARMER'S MARKET EVENT OR ANY OTHER STATE EVENT FOR THAT MATTER, YOU'LL LET ME KNOW BEFOREHAND AND I CAN GET THOSE TO YOU.
SO YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM THROUGHOUT.
I MEAN, AS A, AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HAND THOSE OUT THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE CROWD DISTRIBUTED.
HEY, MIKE, DID WE GET RID OF THE OTHER ORIGINAL ONES OR WE HAVE SOME MORE UPDATED ONES? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, I HAVE THE SAME ONES.
SO THERE, THERE'S A STACK OF 'EM SITTING ON THE TABLE OUT THERE, AND I GOT A BOX, BUT I'M READY TO DISTRIBUTE AS WELL.
I'VE DISTRIBUTED THEM TWICE TO THE DIFFERENT VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND VFWS AMS. YES.
UM, TRYING TO GET THAT OUT THERE AS MORE JUST POINTED OUT.
UM, TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT AS THE BEST WE CAN.
UM, ALSO, I THINK TOO, UM, YOU AND I DISCUSSED, I THINK WITH THE, UM, I, RIGHT NOW I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT, I WANNA SAY 10 IN PLACE TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN THIS NEXT ROUND THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I THINK AS THEY BECOME MORE RELEVANT AND PRESENT AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, THROUGH RECOGNITION, THEY'LL BECOME, THEY'LL KIND OF, I GUESS THE, THE MAX WOULD BE LIT.
WILL BE LIT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT'S TWO OF THEM BEING BROUGHT TOO NEXT.
SO I DIDN'T PAY TWO YEAR SALE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, NONE ARE INSTALLED YET, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE DO HAVE SOMETHING INSTALLED.
YEAH, THERE'S ABOUT, UH, 15, 13.
BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ONCE THEY SEE THAT, YEAH.
BUT THAT'S WHAT, NOW, NOW THAT NUMBER WILL KIND OF DEVELOP INTO, DO THE DOUBLING NEXT, THE NEXT PHASE NEXT.
BECAUSE LIKE WHEN WE HAVE MEMORIAL DAY, WHICH WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, AND, UH, NU CENTER SEVEN OR WHOEVER MM-HMM.
WE USUALLY HAVE A MEDIA PRESENCE THERE.
WE CAN HAVE THEM HIGHLIGHT THE COMMAND.
UM, COMMANDER, THE, UH, CHAIRMAN COULD HAVE THEM HIGHLIGHT THAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AS WELL AND ACTUALLY SHOW 'EM.
AND I THINK TOO, WITH, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, I, I MEAN, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS TOO, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE, THE HONOR OF THE, OF THE BRICK AND THAT, UH, MAYBE TAKE A BRICK IN A INCONSPICUOUS AREA OR I DON'T WANNA PUT IT NEXT TO ANYBODY.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO THE BRICK ITSELF OR THE, THE PROGRAM.
SO I WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE.
BUT AS FAR AS SHOWING IT, WELL, HAVING IT INSTALLED THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THERE WHEN YOU WALK BY AND SAY YOU SEE JOHNNY JAMES AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE VETERANS MM-HMM.
AND THEN OVER HERE, YOU SEE, OKAY, YOU MIGHT NOTICE, OKAY, THIS IS HOW I GET A BRICK, WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THERE FOR INQUIRIES.
LIKE BRICK, YOU KNOW, BRICK INQUIRY OR, OR YOU KNOW, WE, WE COME UP, HOWEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
BUT I, ME PERSONALLY, THAT'S, I MEAN, I LEAVE THAT WALK AROUND OUT THERE.
THEY CAN SAY, I WONDER, I CAN GET ONE OF THESE, I MEAN, RIGHT THERE FOR US, BE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I GET YOU.
I THINK THAT'S, BUT I MEAN, TO ME THAT KIND OF TAKES A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM IT.
WELL, I KNOW LIKE AT VETERAN'S DAY, WE HAD 'EM SET UP TABLES AT THE END WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO BACK THERE AND GET 'EM.
BUT HOW ABOUT WE, FOR MEMORIAL DAY, HAND THEM OUT TO THE, TO THE PEOPLE, THE PAVER THERE WAS HAND 'EM OUT TO PEOPLE AS THEY'RE INTENT AS THEY'RE COMING AND SITTING THERE.
THAT THOSE, THOSE WERE THERE TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE BOX.
UH, YEAH, WE WERE WELCOME TO PICK THEM UP.
I CAN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE.
LIKE, I MEAN, IT'S A SMALL VICTORY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
MIKE HAS SOME BOXES TO GET RID OF, SO I'LL HELP WITH THAT.
HOW BIG ARE THESE BOXES THOUGH?
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OH, I GOT, I MEAN, ORIGINALLY WHAT ARE JUST HALF? I'LL TAKE HALF OF ABOUT 300 IN FRONT ME.BUT I, I DIDN'T MEAN TO NO, NO, NO, NO.
WHEN IS THE NEXT ITERATION? UM, IS IT GONNA BE BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY THAT YOU NO, NO.
WE STATED ON THE THERE, THERE'S THE, THE WHOLE PROGRAM DETAIL ARE IS ONLINE.
I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFIC DETAILS.
OR SOMETHING AROUND THERE AND, OR 34.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR YES.
CITIZENS COMMENTS? ANYBODY WANT COMMENT?
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE PAVER AS FAR AS OLD BUSINESS GOES.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, UM, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IF I CAN BRING UP SOME, BUT I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE PLAQUES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST MONTH.
I TALKED, I SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE PAVER.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO JUST JUMP INTO THIS RIGHT NOW.
UM, RATHER THAN WAIT TILL JUNE OR JULY.
UH, I FEEL LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE A PART OF.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN IT LAST YEAR.
WELL, WE, WE TRIED TO PARTICIPATE IN IT YEAR BEFORE.
WELL, LAST YEAR WE DID WITHIN, IT GOT RAINED OUT, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE THAT I THINK WILL BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO, UM, PASS 'EM OUT AND, YOU KNOW, SIMPLY BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, WE JUST NEED COMMISSIONERS THAT WILLING TO, TO BE THERE.
SO, FARMER'S MARKET TO FARMER'S MARKET? YEAH.
UM, VINCENT SAID THEY'LL, THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, THAT MEAN THEY'VE BEEN PASSING 'EM OUT FOR US, KIND OF.
BUT IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE BETTER, IN MY OPINION, IF A VETERAN WAS TELLING 'EM ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
NOT THAT THEY CAN'T, BUT JUST SO WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE HOME TO IT.
IF, IF I'M TELLING EM, UH, OR ONE OF US IS TELLING 'EM ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND HOW WE'RE HONORING THEIR LOVED ONE, YOU KNOW, REMAINS FOREVER, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, I THINK WE'LL BE BETTER COME THIS.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PASS 'EM OUT AND BE THERE.
FARMER'S MARKET, UM, 4TH OF JULY PARADE, UH, THE BASEBALL, UH, CEREMONY THAT'S COMING UP.
UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THERE AT THE MEMORIAL.
SO YEAH, THAT'S FOR THE, UH, THE OPENING DAY FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE.
UH, SO THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY BE USING THE MEMORIAL AS, AS PART OF THEIR OPENING DAY CEREMONY.
UH, SO JUST IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK LOOKING FOR EVENTS AROUND THE CITY THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF IS GONNA BE A, A BEST WAY TO PUSH IT FORWARD.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE PAPERS? WE MOVE ON TO THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT THAT'S COMING UP.
UM, I KNOW WE, ONE THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, THE PLAQUES THAT WE WANTED TO GET THE MEMBERS, UM, WHO RETIRED FROM THE, FROM THE COMMISSION AND, UM, AND PRESENTED TO 'EM AT ON MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT, UM, I FINALLY GOT AHOLD OF MR. BENOWITZ, MR. GERARD AND MR. VY.
AND, UH, MR. BENOWITZ HAS AN EVENT HE HAS TO DO, SO HE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THAT DAY.
THE OTHER TWO CAN'T MAKE IT THAT DAY.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, DID WE EVER TAKE CARE OF YOU AND, UH, MR. GRIGGS? THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WANTING TO KNOW.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE TOOK CARE, MR. GRIGG, OR I DON'T THINK WE DID.
BUT I HAD TO FIND, I GOTTA, I DON'T.
AND WHO ELSE? RIGG AND AL, UM, HUG BRENNER.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, BILL? BILL PROMAN? WE, WE, WE, WE, WE DID BILL.
I JUST, I THOUGHT IT'D BE A NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE PASS MEMBERS.
AND SO, UH, I GOT A HOLD OF, UH, MR. GERARD ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE PLAQUE STORY THAT HE USES.
RAY, COULD YOU YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING.
I GOT A HOLD OF RAY ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE PLAQUE STORY HE USES.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE'S GOT GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS IS HE KNOWS THE PLACE,
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THE BAD NEWS ANYMORE.SO, SO, SO HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED, UH, HIS NAME TJ AWARDS.
I HAD A GOOD CHUCKLE THAT I NEEDED THAT TODAY TOO.
HE TOLD ME THAT, UM, THE GENTLEMAN NAME IS TODD PHILLIPS.
AND I, I CONTACTED HIM TODAY AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT WE'D COME TO COME TO HIS SHOWROOM AND HE WOULD HAVE, HE HAS A BIG DISPLAY IN THERE, IF ANYTHING THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN PARTICULAR, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
SO, AND THEN I ALSO THOUGHT, AND THAT'S IN BEAVER CREEK, OHIO.
AND I ALSO THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I BOUGHT PLAQUES AND TROPHIES FROM RIGHT THE ROAD HERE AT WAYNE SPORTING GOODS.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, AND WE ARE A HUBER HEIGHTS ORGANIZATION, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THE CITY IF IT THAT MAKES SENSE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? GOOD FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, SO, OKAY, WELL THAT'S THE CASE THEN.
IF, UM, IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH IT, I'M GONNA GO TALK TO THEM AND SEE WHAT KIND OF PRICE THEY CAN OFFER US.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING PARTICULAR YOU GUYS WANNA PUT ON THE PLAQUES OR, I MEAN, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I MEAN, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT PRESENTING THE PLAQUES? YES.
AT THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT? YES.
WHY? WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD JUST BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? FOR, TO SHOW EVERYBODY HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE.
THE PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR COMMISSION.
SO DOING IT HERE WHERE THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE TO SEE IT, YOU CAN PRESENT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT A, IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WON'T BE, IT'LL BE US HERE, TO BE HONEST.
IF, IF WE'RE RECOGNIZING SOMEONE, IT'S PROBABLY MIKE, MAYBE THEIR WIFE.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL.
BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, I'M LIKE YOU, I WOULD PREFER TO GET THESE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT WHERE ARE WE GONNA HAVE THAT DISABILITY AT? YEAH.
I, I JUST LIKE ME AND CHARLES JUST SAYING, I JUST MEMORIAL DAY, I MEAN VETERANS DAY, I FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY, THAT SOMETHING SOLEMN.
AND I, I JUST, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO PRIOR MEMBERS, CURRENT MEMBERS, I DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO KIND OF TAKE AWAY FROM WHY WE'RE THERE, THE REASON WHY WE ARE THERE.
BUT IF WE CAN, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD, THAT WAS EVEN SOMETHING WE WERE DISCUSSING.
WE GONNA MAKE, SO, BUT I MEAN, IT IT IS, WE CAN PUT IT ON, PUT IT ON THE FLOOR, DO IT AFTER, I MEAN AFTER.
WE GONNA DO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THROUGHOUT DO, AFTER WE DID OUR PRESENTATION, DID ALL OUR STUFF.
THAT'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN AFTER OUR STUFF.
WE SAY, HEY, ONCE WE CONCLUDE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY, OKAY, I, I CAN BUY THAT BECAUSE IT'S, NO, I CAN BUY THAT.
WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE BETTER? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I PLAN ON.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO DO WHAT YOU THINK, MIKE.
BUT WHAT DO YOU, I MEAN, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I'M, I'M GONNA SAY THAT THINKING, I MEAN, THINKING ABOUT IT MORE, I WOULDN'T DO IT ON MEMORIAL DAY.
I PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO IT ON MEMORIAL DAY.
I THINK THAT IF WE LOOKED AT, I, I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO, LIKE DURING, DURING ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, OPEN UP TO THE FLOOR.
I FEEL LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A MORE APPROPRIATE TIME IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SQUEEZE IN THERE IF, OR WE COULD DO, WE COULD, WE COULD REQUEST AND HAVE THE MA YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW.
TOM, HOW DO YOU FEEL AS, AS, AS A LONGSTANDING FOUNDING MEMBER? AS FAR AS, UM, 'CAUSE IN MY OPINION, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH MARCUS IN A SENSE OF, I DON'T THINK IT'S A MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A MEMORIAL THING.
I'M THE ONE THAT THREW IT OUT THERE.
'CAUSE I THREW IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THESE PAST MEMBERS, WE'VE WAITED TOO LONG TO YES.
I FIGURED THEY FIGURED THEY, I'M NOT FROM MEMORIAL DAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US TO GET OUT WITH THIS EVENT.
BUT I LIKE, AGAIN, I'M WITH, WITH THE COMMISSION WITH WAS, WOULD BE DESIRING.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I GOT ME A BAD TIME HERE, BUT I, I GOTTA, I GOTTA AGREE.
IT'S A VERY, UH, IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT AND IT'S, IT'S NICE THAT, UH, US TOGETHER, WE WANT, WE WANT TO HONOR THAT PERSON.
AND SO IT IS, IT IS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUST PICK HER ONE DAY OR JUST, YOU KNOW, PICK A DAY A WEEK.
SO THAT'S, IT IS KIND OF ROUGH JUST TO DISCUSS BOTH.
AND IT, IT'S KIND OF A, I THINK IT'S KIND SAD THAT YOU BROUGHT BOTH OF IT UP, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALSO,
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I, I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.THAT'S WHY WE'RE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMMITTING
SO, UH, I THINK AT THE END OF THE CEREMONY WOULDN'T BE SO BAD.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE PEOPLE STICK AROUND FOR, FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK WHOEVER SEES IT, THAT WOULD BE UP THE DMC TO KIND OF LIKE GUIDE THAT EXACTLY.
TO FACILITATE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT YEAH.
THAT GOES BACK TO, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY WITH THIS IS, UM, MOVING FORWARD, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA AGREE WITH, WHAT'S GOING ON TO THE, TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AT THE END, AND WE'RE KIND OF AN IN IN WITH THAT BECAUSE WE BOTH KIND OF FEEL, I THINK WE ALL FEEL KINDA LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND THEN, SO LET'S FACILITATE THE NEXT ITEM AND MOVING US ALONG.
THAT'S WHAT I DO IS LET'S GET THE AGENDA, TIMELINE LIKE I TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYONE? YES.
SO, UM, I WORTH, WE'RE A COMMITTEE HERE.
I'M OKAY WITH HAVING IT AT THE END OF THE MEMORIAL DAY AFTER WE CONCLUDE THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, BECAUSE I DO WANT THEM TO BE PUBLICLY RIGHT.
UM, SOUNDS LIKE WE PUT IT UP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO, WHICH IS GONNA BE FAR MORE PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA BE HERE.
I MEAN, I, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I JUST, I JUST, I THINK WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME.
GET THESE INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY GOT COMING THROUGH.
I MEAN, THEY, THERE'S LONGER OVERDUE.
THEY, THEY, THEY MOST OF 'EM HERE FROM THE BEGINNING AND START.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TIME WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYBODY TOGETHER BE IN A PUBLIC EYE LIKE THAT, WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE, I UNDERSTAND.
AND I, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE OTHER SIDE OF COIN TOO.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I, I GET THAT.
I THINK AS LONG AS WE CON OFFICIALLY CONCLUDE, AND THIS IS JUST LARRY'S SPEAKING, WE OFFICIALLY CONCLUDE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY.
AND WE START THE PRESENTATION FOR, FOR THIS, BECAUSE THE ONLY OTHER TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS KIND OF A SHOWING IS VETERAN'S DAY.
WE'RE JUST PUTTING YOU OFF LONGER.
AND USUALLY THE WEATHER'S WORSE AND THE CROWD WILL BE LESS BE SOUNDS LIKE A CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO ME.
BUT IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONCLUDE AFTER CONCLUSION OF THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, THAT WE WILL RECOGNIZE OUR FORMER COMMISSIONERS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY.
SECOND MUST HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORTH, MUST HAVE BEEN MADE, AND PROPERLY SECOND.
DO OPPOSED HAVE THE SAME RIGHT.
SO, AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR 2024 MEMORIAL DAY EVENT, WE WILL PRESENT OUR PAST MEMBERS WITH PLAQUE, PLAQUE BLACK.
LET'S KEEP ON MOVING WITH THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A ITINERARY? I HAVE PREVIOUS ITINERARIES THAT I COULD OKAY.
A NICU LEG OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FLAG FOLDING CEREMONY THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE, MR. HANCOCK, IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM, UM, RIGHT.
SO I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM AGAIN TONIGHT.
AND THEN IF ANYTHING, UM, POSSIBLY TAKING THE TRIP DOWN THERE FRIDAY.
HAS ANYBODY WE GOT ANYTHING DONE WITH THE SPEAKERS? UM, I FIRST, I, UM, GOT A HOLD OF MS. RISCO AGAIN.
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE TRYING TO GET, SO I'M TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY FROM THE GOLD STAR FAMILY TO COME AND SPEAK.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
GOLD STAR MAKE GOLD STAR FAMILIES.
THE MOTHER STAR FAMILY, BUT YEAH.
SO, I MEAN, I MEAN, MR. WAYNE'S GOT, COULD DO A BLUE STAR.
HE SAID IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY FROM THE BLUE STAR MOTHERS, I CAN DO THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? PROBABLY THAT DWAYNE'S GOT, I GOT IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO JAY, UM, WORKS SOCIAL WORKING WITH ME.
UM, BUT I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY FROM THE GOLD STAR, GOLD STAR FAMILY TO, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE I SAID, WE COULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE SPEAKER.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE FOR 15 MINUTES.
WE CAN HAVE THREE SPEAKERS DO FIVE TO SIX MINUTES A PIECE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A SPEAKER? I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE THEY WERE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING.
I, YEAH, I, I TALKED TO CHRIS STANLEY AND HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN TOWN.
SO I TOLD HIM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER, UH, ISSUE WHERE, YOU KNOW, CONFLICT SCHEDULE AND
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HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.HAS ANYBODY ELSE FOUND ANYBODY THAT THEY WANTED TO SPEAK OR ANYBODY WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SPEAK? SO I HAVE A CONNECTION WITH, UH, THEY'RE OVER ON BASE.
UM, HIS NAME'S GIL AS REZA ESPINOZA.
SOMETHING LIKE, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT.
UH, HE HAS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HE RUNS.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE ON THIS TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET ONE OF THE COMMANDERS OR ONE OF THE CRIMINALS TO POSSIBLY COME OVER.
UM, HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET.
SO I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM AS WELL.
WELL, UM, TYLER'S IN THE ESSENCE RIGHT NOW, SO, I MEAN, I CAN REACH OUT TO, UH, OUR OLD LOVELY FAVORITE MS. COLONEL BARLOW.
SO SHE ACTUALLY HAS A, UH, YEAH, SHE HAS A, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT ABOUT COLONEL COLONEL JEFFREY JOHNSON.
CAN WE, Y'ALL MIND IF I REACH OUT TO COLONEL JEFFREY JOHNSON? HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER WHERE YOU MOVED TO VANDALIA.
HE WORKS WITH THE PATH, WHAT IS IT? THE PATH, SOME KIND OF PATHFINDER ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS VETERANS.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE EXACT NAME OF IT, BUT DRAW ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S LIKE I SAID, I WANTED TO GIVE ONLY ONE SPEAKER IF POSSIBLE.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY PUTTING IN THE WORK, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO TRY TO HELP US.
SO TO GET US TOGETHER, UM, AS FAR AS CEREMONY GOES.
SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE, THE ARE THE YOUNG RINGS BEFORE ME.
WE HAVE TO REQUEST ALL OF THEM.
'CAUSE RAY, RAY, WHEN I CALLED RAY AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE, THE SEARCH CALL, AND HE THOUGHT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE YOUNG MARINES.
AND SO THEN HE GOT ALL KIND OF UPSET AT ME FOR NOT REQUESTING TO DO, PUTTING THE RIGHT PAPERWORK IN IF WE NEED 'EM.
AND HE SAID THAT THEY'RE DOING AN EVENT FROM 10 TO 12, AND IF WE NEED 'EM LATER ON, THEN AIN'T NEED TO LET HIM KNOW NOW.
SO, SO I'M NOT GONNA SEND THAT.
BUT I BASICALLY, WE USUALLY, WE USUALLY REQUEST WAYNE JOTC.
UH, WE USUALLY SIGN IT, SEND IT TO THEM.
SO, UH, I CAN SEND YOU THOSE MEMOS.
UM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING WITH, ARE WE STILL INVITING WAYNE, GERALD, OTC OR, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT THE PLAN WAS.
I THOUGHT THE PLANT WAS THE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS YOU SAYING HE WAS REACHING EACH OTHER.
IT WOULD BE THREE, I GUESS THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
EITHER THERE, THE YOUNG MARINES, WAYNE, JOTC, AND THEN, UH, STATE STAY WITH, THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE ASKED OF THEM IS TO PERFORM THE PHONE IN THE PLEDGE OR LIKE THAT.
SO, SO I'LL SEND YOU THOSE TWO MEMOS.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE, UM, THE ITINERARY SET OUT SO WE CAN START PLUG IN PIECES.
NOW, THE AGENDA, UM, HAVE AN MC I MEAN, Y'ALL, SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW SAME THING, BUT WE HAVE AN AGENDA.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE THE MC AND, AND THE COMMISSIONER NORMALLY SPEAK.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE MAYOR, IF HE'S AVAILABLE TO MAKE IT, OR A REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE PRESENT AT THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY.
AND THEN WE JUST HAVE, UH, ONE THING HE DIDN'T MENTION, OR HE, MAYBE HE'S GOING TO GET TO IT.
WE'LL HAVE A REVEREND A MINISTER THERE TO DO THE INVOCATION AND THE BENEDICTION.
SO IF Y'ALL KNOW SOMEONE, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE, WILLING TO HELP US OUT ON MEMORIAL DAY TO DO THAT, THAT'S FINE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE GUEST SPEAKERS.
UM, THE CHAIR WILL SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UM, I'LL, I'LL SEND THAT AGENDA TO HIM IF HE WANTS TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR ANYTHING.
BUT NORMALLY THAT'S REALLY ALL WE'VE UH, DONE IS HAD THAT SPEAKER, HAD THE SPEAKER WITH SPEAKERS, UM, MEMORIALIZE OUR, OUR FALLEN ONES.
SO IT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRY TO THAT.
WE, WE, SOMETIMES WE'LL DO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND SOMETIMES WE'LL DO THE, UH, YEAH.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN HAVING OVER, AND WE DO THE 21
SOMETIMES WE'VE BEEN HAVING CHALLENGES WITH, UH, AMMO.
UM, THE WEAPONS, AND THEN A BUGGER PLAYER.
SO, BUT I'LL SEND THAT AGENDA TO, UM, BY TOMORROW.
EVERYBODY CAN SAY, UH, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE 10 MINUTES LONGER.
'CAUSE I DO HAVE A, LIKE, ESTIMATED TIME, 16, 10, 16, 15.
16, 17, THE YOUNG MARINES COME, BRING THE BREED, ET CETERA.
ET SO IT'S PRETTY DETAILED AND LAYS EVERYTHING OUT.
SO I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.
AND, UH, IT'LL BE THE MEMORANDUMS AS WELL.
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SEE THAT.AND THEN THE AGENDA, I'LL JUST SEND, UM, VETERANS DAY FROM LAST YEAR, MEMORIAL DAY, OBVIOUSLY FROM LAST YEAR.
SO ARE WE GOING TO ALSO KIND OF LIKE APPLY SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM LAST MEMORIAL DAY, LIKE, UH, WATER STATIONS? UH, YES.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GOTTA GET WITH MIKE ABOUT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY TYPE OF AWNINGS OR ANY TYPE OF, UH, CANOPIES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE JUST IN CASE IT IS SHELTERED AND HOT AT THAT TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I, I'M, WE GOT A POPUP AVAILABLE.
SO AT LEAST, AT LEAST OUR GUEST AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE SOME FORECAST.
AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE WATER GOES, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE OR, I MEAN, I CAN, I'LL BUY IT MYSELF.
IT'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ME.
I MEAN, WE COULD, WE CAN PROVIDE A BOTTLED WATER THERE.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT'S, UH, JUST A MATTER OF PUTTING INTO, I'LL PUT THAT INTO MY AGENDA FOR MY PEOPLE THAT I PUT OUT TO YOU GUYS THAT I'LL PUT OUT AGAIN.
UM, AS FAR AS MY TIMELINE, YOU GUYS THINK ANYTHING NEEDS INCLUDED IN THAT? UM, I'LL HAVE PEOPLE THERE.
THEY, THEY CAN SET THOSE THINGS UP.
THE BLUETOOTH SPEAKER, I THINK ONE THING.
I'LL PUT THAT TIMELINE OUT BY FRIDAY.
UH, MS.
UH, ONE THING I DO AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IS WE GET THIS TIMELINE TOGETHER, NOT SO MUCH THE AGENDA, BECAUSE WE WANT, WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE PLUGGED IN, BUT I NEED AN AGENDA OUT SO I CAN GET IT OUT PUBLICLY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH THE CITY'S PEOPLE TO SAY IT'S STARTING AT THIS TIME.
'CAUSE THAT'S BEEN SOME OF THE, THE COMPLAINT I'VE HAD IN THE PAST WAS WE'VE BEEN CAUGHT WITH OUR, OUR PANTS DOWN IN A SENSE OF, WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS THIS.
SO I THINK RIGHT NOW WE NEED THIS.
WE, WE VOTED ON IT AT 1600 HOURS.
WE, I NEED, BUT I NEED THAT FROM, FROM ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED.
SO I CAN GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT I NEED TO GET THAT OUT TO THAT, HEY, WE'RE STARTING AT THIS TIME AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THE 1600 HOURS THAT WE CAME UP WITH, WE'RE CUTTING OFF AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
SO I CAN GET, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IT FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE.
SO DO WE, 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA BRING THAT UP, BUT DO WE NEED, IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO PUSH A START AND END TIME? OR IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO PUSH A START TIME START TIME YOU BE THERE? WE COULD TRY TO, WE CAN TRY, WE COULD TRY TO END IT ON THE TIME WE WANT.
BUT A SPEAKER MIGHT GO TWO MINUTES.
WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, AS FAR AS, I MEAN AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT TO, OH YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA, IT, IT, IT, IT, THERE'S A TIME ON EACH, FOR EACH, UH, FOR EACH EVENT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? FOR EACH THING THAT'S GOING ON, YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA, THERE'S, THAT'S NOT TIME.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHEN WE PUSH IT OUT, RIGHT.
WHEN THIS GOES TO, OH, IT STARTS AT SIX O STARTS AT CITY.
ARE WE SAYING, HEY, THIS STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK, THIS ENDS, OR ARE WE SAYING, HEY, MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
IT START ACTUALLY AT AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A SPECIFIC END TIME.
I REALLY DON'T WANT, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING HAPPEN IN BETWEEN THAT TIME.
SO WE'RE JUST PUSHING THE STARTS.
SO THEN I, YOU KNOW THAT THAT SHOULD BE GOING OUT.
I MEAN, BUT SO LET ME TALK TO EVERYBODY.
I'M SAYING AS FAR AS AS HAVING THE ENDING TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IT ENDING TIME.
WE, WE, WE, WE ESTIMATE AN ENDING TIME.
NOBODY'S GOING TO USE, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY.
WE DO HAVE A STAFF, HOWEVER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE RECOGNITION CEREMONY RIGHT AFTER MM-HMM.
THERE'S WEATHER INVOLVED HERE.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO THEN? I HATE TO BE A DAMN, BUT YEAH, IT'S GONNA GET WET.
THAT'S WHAT WE, WE DON'T NEED.
SO WE PROCEED WITH THE, THE RECOGNITION CEREMONY WOULD HAPPEN RIGHT AFTER, OBVIOUSLY WE WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IF THE WEATHER IS, IS, IS, IS NOT RIGHT.
SO LY RIGHT NOW, WE'VE ALL AGREED THAT THAT'S WHEN WE'LL DO IT.
BUT IF THE WEATHER CHANGES, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ADJUST ON THE FLY WITH A, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL, I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE HELD TO A, YOU KNOW, NO.
AM I GOING DO THIS TODAY, RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, JUST ABOUT THE START, START TIME.
WELL, SINCE WE TALKING ABOUT START TIMES, HERE WE GO.
OUR START TIME HAS ALWAYS BEEN 1600.
AT ONE POINT, SOMEHOW IT GOT TO ME, I DON'T KNOW THROUGH WHO OR HOW, BUT THE CITY, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE CITY WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES, IT'S MEMORIAL DAY.
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WON'T SAY WE MAKE THEM.THEY ARE GETTING PAID TO WORK, BUT IT'S MEMORIAL DAY AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS PROGRAM AT 4:00 PM WHAT SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED WAS, WHY NOT HAVE IT EARLIER IN THE DAY BECAUSE IT'S MEMORIAL DAY, HAVE IT AT 12 OR ONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THIS EMPLOYEE, THIS STAFF MEMBER WON'T BE SITTING AROUND ALL DAY.
I CAN'T GO AND DO X 'CAUSE I GOTTA GO AND DO.
AND ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME AND MEMORIALIZE WHOEVER THEY WANT TO MEMORIALIZE ON MORE UPDATE, JUST LIKE WE ARE.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS KEPT THE TIME AT 4:00 PM IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOUR.
WE DID TRY TO CHANGE IT AT CERTAIN TIMES, LIKE ON THE WEEKENDS, WHEN THE HOLIDAY FALLS ON THE WEEKEND.
WHY ARE WE WAITING TILL 4:00 PM TO HAVE IT WHEN WE CAN HAVE IT EARLIER IN THE DAY AND PEOPLE HAVE VETERAN'S DAY AND, YOU KNOW.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT UP.
AT THE LAST MEETING AND THINKING ABOUT IT THOUGH, I MEAN, IT'S, IF WE HAD ONE O'CLOCK, TWO O'CLOCK, IT'S REALLY HOT FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
SO, I MEAN, IF WE WERE GONNA KIND OF ALTER THE TIMES, I WOULD SHOOT FOR LIKE 10, MAYBE EARLY IN THE MORNING VERSUS MIDAFTERNOON, IT'S NOT AS, IT'S NOT AS HOT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE, IT WAS THE SAME THING WITH VETERAN'S DAY.
I MEAN, I'M WAITING THE WHOLE DAY YES.
YOU SEE THAT A LOT OF, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THEIRS IN THE MORNING.
YOU HAVE THEIRS AT 10 TO TWO 12 OR SOMETHING AROUND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, SO I THINK 10, IT'S NOT, IT'S HIGH, BUT MY, MY THING ABOUT IT NOW IS DO WE WANNA CHANGE THE DATE NOW? NO, NOT NOW.
I MEAN, I MEAN, I GUESS THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, THE FUTURE, YES.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US RIGHT NOW.
BUT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I AGREE ON YOU.
FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY DO THINGS THAT DO EVENTS ON MEMORIAL DAY OR VETERAN DAY, HANG OUT WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMORIAL DAY OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, SO LOOKING FOR VETERANS DAY, DID SOMETHING THEY'VE EVER COME TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT IT? MY WORKERS, MY WORKERS WILL WORK LOGISTICALLY.
THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM SWITCHING IT.
AND MY WORKERS WERE PRETTY MUCH WERE THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY, UM, LOYAL AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT, WHAT IS NECESSARY TO DO.
SO I WOULD SAY IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT CHANGING RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME OF CHANGE.
BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US WAITING UNTIL NEXT YEAR IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT, SINCE WE HAVEN'T ALREADY PUT IT OUT.
AND I, I, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE IT.
I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS WANT TAKE A VOTE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S FINE, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE.
JUST THE, THE WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP RIGHT NOW.
CAN WE LOOK AT VETERAN'S DAY? YEAH.
COURSE WE WOULD OFFER A COMPROMISE FOR VETERANS.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
BUT FOR WHERE, RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, NEED TO GET OUR AGENDA SET.
OUR TERRY, I, WE, WE, WE, WE VOTED ON THE TIME.
WE ACTUALLY VOTED ON THE TIME AND WE MADE, WE MADE, YES, WE MADE 1600 HOURS.
SO WE LAST MEETING, I, YES, WE DID NOT.
WE CAN GET A CAMERA NOW, BUT
I, I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I THINK VETERANS DAY WOULD BE A, A DECENT COMPROMISE.
NOT THE 11TH HOUR AND GIVES US TIME.
ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS ABOUT VETERANS DAY IS THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL, SO WE WORK THAT PART AS FAR AS WAYNE AND THEY GO TO SCHOOL ON FEDERAL STATE.
THEY, THEY COME THERE AND IT DEPENDS.
IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK THAT IT FALLS ON.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS ON LAST WEEK, LAST YEAR FELL ON THE WEEKEND.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAKE LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET TO THAT.
WHEN LATER WHEN WE GET TO THAT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON MEMORIAL DAY.
WE'LL, WORRIED ABOUT VETERANS DAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LET, LET'S GET THIS DONE BEHIND, HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND MEMORIAL DAY.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST, OH YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO, I WOULD SUGGEST TWO MORE.
AND JUST, JUST INVOLVE MEMORIAL DAY.
SO YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE COMING AS REITERATE, YOU'RE GONNA BE SITTING OUT THAT REITERATE, I WILL BE SENDING OUT LAST YEAR'S VETERAN'S DAY AGENDA AND MEMORIAL MEMORIAL DAY.
AND THEN I WILL BE ALSO SENDING OUT THE MEMORANDUMS WHEN WE REQUEST
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ASSISTANCE FROM OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.AND WE ALREADY DESIGNATED, I MEAN, USUALLY WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS ON THE STAFF.
SO, BUT NO, WE HAVE, I HAVEN'T, I DON'T KNOW ANY MCS.
I, I, I THINK CHRIS, CHRIS, CHRIS ON END THERE.
I'M JUST, I'M NOT CHRIS, I'M JUST TRYING TO PULL.
SO WE GETTING, I MEAN, BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU WANT TO, YOU WANNA HOP IN, LET ME KNOW WHO, WHO DID VETERANS DAY DID MEMORIAL MEMORIAL DAY SWAP? Y'ALL COULD PROBABLY FLIP FLO.
BUT YEAH, WHEN I SEND OUT AGENDA, THE AGENDA WILL HAVE ALL THOSE SLOTS.
WHO THE MINISTER'S GOING TO BE, WHO THE GUEST SPEAKER'S GOING TO BE, WHO'S THE WHO THE, UM, MC IS ALL THAT STUFF.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PLUG THAT IN.
WHAT ELSE? UM, I TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE.
WE GOT THAT, WHAT ARE THE DEADLINES FOR, UH, FOR NAMING THESE LIKE THE MC AND THE DEADLINE? I MEAN, YOU SAY I WANTED TO RAISE MY HAND.
RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW
WE'RE WRITING YOU DOWN AS C YOU WANNA BE DMC? SURE.
I WANT TO BE CONTEST GIVE IS WRESTLING CONTEST.
NO, THE LAPPING, Y'ALL SLAPPING SPORTS WHERE THEY SLAP YOU.
SO IS THOSE OKAY? YEAH, WE'LL BE, THE BACKUP DOESN'T SHOW UP.
WE, WE ALWAYS GOT A CONTINGENCY PLAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, OKAY.
UM, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THE OTHER TIME WE DO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAY.
TAKE, WE'LL FIGURE ALL THAT OUT THERE.
BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S SMALL STUFF.
SO, BUT I DO, UH, IF I COULD INTERRUPT, I APOLOGIZE.
IF YOU COULD SEND THAT, UM, SEND RESEND THAT EMAIL THAT YOU SENT FROM, I THINK IT WAS VETERAN'S DAY, LIKE THE LESSONS LEARNED OR WHATEVER.
COULD YOU SEND THAT BACK OUT TO EVERYBODY SO WE CAN KIND OF MAKE SURE WE DON'T FALL IN SOME OF THOSE SAME FIFTH FALLS WERE PLANNED MEMORIAL DAY? I DON'T KNOW IF I ACTUALLY DRAFTED A LESSONS LEARNED.
I KNOW, I I DRAFTED THE YOU A BIG EMAIL.
I BASICALLY, IT WAS MY, MY SPEECH RIGHT.
THE WAY I, I KIND THAT'S YEAH.
I, WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON THINGS THAT WENT GREAT.
THINGS THAT I ACTUALLY REVIEW.
WHAT SEND IT TO ME THEN SINCE NO, I, YEAH, I'LL FIND IT.
CAN LEAVE ON, ON THAT NOTE, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, THE WREATH MM-HMM.
I MEAN, ARE WE, HOW DOES THAT PROCESS? ARE WE, DO WE NEED TO ORDER THAT ADVANCE? IS THAT YEAH.
ONLY TAKE CARE OF YEAH, THEY TAKE CARE.
SO THIS IS WHERE YOU HAD THE LAST TIME WE HAD WITH THE MAYOR.
KATE AND THE GUEST SPEAKER THAT BRING TO ME.
RIGHT NOW I GOTTA GET A, THE TIMELINE TO, TO, SO THEY CAN GET IT TO TONY ROGERS.
SO TONY ROGERS CAN CALL THE MAYOR AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING.
THEY WANT YOU HERE AT THIS TIME TO PRESENT, OR WHOMEVER REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT.
AND NOW THEN THE MAYOR SAYS HE'S, HE'S AVAILABLE OR WHOMEVER SAYS WE'RE STEPPING IN JUST LIKE WE WOULD HERE.
THEY, THEY MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE.
THEY'LL BE AT THE AVAILABLE, ANY OTHER CITY REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE THERE AT THAT TIME TO WORK, TO BE PRESENT DURING THAT TIMELINE.
SO THAT THAT STUFF IS TAKEN CARE OF.
I JUST, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
BY FRIDAY, WHEN I KEEP TALKING TIMELINE, WE GOTTA GET THIS TIMELINE.
SO I GET THAT TO THE CITY PEOPLE TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE'RE DOING THIS AT THIS TIME AND THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THAT AGENDA, THAT OTHER STUFF THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S, WHO'S THE MC? WE CAN FILL THOSE IN LATER.
THESE ARE THE THINGS I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE FROM THE COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD TO GET COUNSEL MORE INVOLVED IN INFORMED.
SO MEMORIAL DAY, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE, WE GOT A PLAN GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR PRIOR MEMBERS, ARE WE GONNA HAVE LIKE MINI BIOS THAT WE'RE GONNA READ BEFORE WE PRESENT THIS TO 'EM? BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO START HAMMERING OUT AS WELL.
IF, IF, IF I WOULD, IF I WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULD JUST BE THE TIME THEY SPENT HERE.
PART, THEY'RE A MEMBER OF OUR ORGANIZATION FROM THIS TIME TO THIS TIME.
THINK, I DON'T, IF YOU WANNA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE FULL BIO OF HAVING
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A FULL BIOI JUST THINK THEIR TIME AND SERVICES, BUT MORE IMPORTANT, THEIR TIME SERVICE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT LONG AND DRAWN OUT.
NORMALLY WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PRESENT PLATES LIKE THAT, YOU JUST, IT SAYS HANDSHAKE WITH THE PLATE.
IT SAYS, AND PEOPLE READ OUT THE PLATE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE PROBABLY.
AND IF THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING, WHICH WE KNOW THEY PROBABLY WILL.
WE'RE JUST GOING DOWN THE LINE.
I THINK SOME THINK NOT TO TAKE NOTHING AWAY FROM THE FORMER MEMBERS AT ALL, BUT ALSO IT'S A GOOD RECOGNITION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MOVING US FORWARD TO GET MORE INVOLVED.
AT AN EVENT TO MAKE IT, I MEAN, YOU COULD, YOU COULD DO IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA GO TO, YOU KNOW, OUR FIVE OR SIX COUNCIL MEETINGS A YEAR TO MAKE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE HERE AT THIS EVENT.
THERE'LL BE 30 SOME, THERE'LL BE 50.
SO THIS GIVES US THE BIGGEST CROWD, THE BIGGEST NOTORIETY TO PRESENT WHAT THE COMMISSION IS DOING, WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH TO GET US MORE INVOLVED.
THAT, THAT WAS MY, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS A RURAL DAY, BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD WE AGREED TO DO THIS AT THE END AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS MEMBERS LEAVE, WE COULD DO THAT IN DIFFERENT EVENTS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ANY NEW BUSINESS? UH, I HAVE ONE, BUT Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THE, UH, THE, UM, HONOR FLIGHT.
EVERYBODY KNOW? DID EVERYBODY DID, DID EVERYBODY SEE THE, THE EMAIL? I'M GONNA BE THERE ABOUT THE HONOR FLIGHT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT.
UM, IT'LL BE SATURDAY, APRIL THE 20TH, 2024.
UM, THEY'RE ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE AT 8:30 PM AT THE DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
SO THERE'LL BE WORLD WAR II, KOREAN, VIETNAM, AND COLD WAR VETERANS ARE RETURNING.
PLEASE COME AND WELCOME THE HONOR FLIGHT, UH, VETERANS.
SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, UM, IF YOU'VE EVER DONE IT BEFORE, IT'S, I'VE BEEN, IT'S AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TI THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE MANY WOMEN GET OFF THE AIRPLANE THE WAY THEY'RE, THE WAY THEY'RE RECEIVED ONCE THEY GET OFF OF THE BAND PLANE AND EVERYBODY HAVING SIGNS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
YOU GOT TWO GUARDIANS RIGHT HERE, I THINK.
BUT IT WAS A, THAT'S A VERY LONG DAY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES
OKAY, WELL THAT'S THE, THE, UM, GO AHEAD.
UH, COUNSEL DID APPROVE LAST NIGHT AT THE WORK SESSION.
UH, WE DID DO AN INTERVIEW FOR A NEW MEMBER.
UM, THAT WE WERE BE COMING ON BOARD.
SO THEY'LL BE APPROVED AT THE, THE MEETING ON MONDAY EVENING.
SO WE'LL BE GETTING A, UM, ANOTHER SLOT, CHRIS.
CHRIS, WE GOT ONE VACANCY FILLED.
BASED ON IF THAT ONE IS GOOD, BASED ON THIS ONE FILLED.
IS THAT, UH, BUSINESS? CAN ANYBODY STAND INSIDE HERE PLEASE? HAVING FATHER, ARE WE COMING FOR YOU? JUST TO SAY THANK YOU? THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO USE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO TRY TO MEMORIALIZE AND PLAN THIS EVENT FOR OUR FALLEN VETERANS.
JUST ASK THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO LEAD AND BE THE HEAD OF THIS COMMISSION AND THE HEAD OF THE CITY OF COOPER HEIGHTS AND THE HEAD OF THE STATE OF OHIO, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR HANDS OVER US AND KEEP US PROTECTED.
KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE AND OUR CHILDREN SAFE.
WE PRAY FOR OUR PRESIDENT, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR OUR PRESIDENT THAT YOU WOULD GIVE HIM KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING AND HELP OUR GOVERNMENT, FATHER, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO FATHER, WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD.
AND EVERY PERSON THAT'S CALLED ACCORDING TO YOUR PURPOSE, FATHER, THAT YOU LOVE HIM.
WE GIVE YOU GLORY ON AND PRAISE IN YOUR NAME.
WE PRAY, WE ASK THAT WE WILL HAVE SAFE TRAVELS HOME AND RETURN AGAIN.
WELL, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO FOR THE ADJOURNMENT.
IT IS NOW 1850 HOURS APRIL 17TH, ON THE WEDNESDAY, AND OUR HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY VISION COMMISSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.