* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road October 23, 2024 6:00 P.M. ] [00:00:03] TIME NOW IS 1800 HOURS. UH, OCTOBER 23RD, WE'RE GONNA CALL HUBBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND PREJUDICE COMMISSION TO ORDER. EVERYBODY STAND FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STATE AS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO LIVE THIS DAY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THIS MEETING TO TIE UP ANY LOOSE ENDS THAT WE NEED TO TIE UP SO THAT WE CAN HONOR THE VETERANS THAT MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ON NOVEMBER 11TH, SO WE CAN HONOR THEM AND HONOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR LEGACIES, SO THAT YOU GET THE GLORY. HONOR THEM IN AN HONORABLE FASHION, FATHER, SO THAT YOU GET THE GLORY, HONOR, AND PRAISE. WE ASK ALL THESE BLESSINGS FOR THOSE THAT ARE DEPLOYED, THOSE THAT MAY BE ABOUT TO BE DEPLOYED, AND WE PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR SAFE RETURN AND YOUR PRECIOUS FAMILY, PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. MR. LER HERE. MR. HANCOCK. HERE. MR. VAN? HERE. MR. BRUCE JOHNSON. HERE. MR. LARRY JOHNSON. HERE. MR. LASLEY. PRESENT. MR. MCDONALD? HERE. MR. UNDERWOOD PRESENT. MR. WINS PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. DID ALL MEMBERS GET A CHANCE TO BRIEF THE MINUTES? YES. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES PLEASE? MOTION. SECOND. WE GOT A MOTION AND WE GOT A SECOND? YES. ALL ALL IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY THE USUAL SIGN? AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED HAD THE SAME RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. ANYONE FOR THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE GET TO, UH, THE CITIZENS? YOU WANT DO THE ANNOUNCEMENT? OH, YEAH. OH YEAH. OH YEAH. YEAH. YES. UH, YES. UM, SO WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER FOR EVERYBODY, I GUESS AS COURSE EVERYBODY CAN SEE. MR. JOHNSON, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET, GET UP AND JUST GIVE US A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT YOURSELF? I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA REMAIN SEATING YOU CAN, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND. OH, EITHER WAY. YES, SIR. SURE. SO, UH, UM, I'M BRUCE JOHNSON AND I'VE LIVED IN HUBBERT FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW. ALL RIGHT. BUT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE LIVED HERE, . SO BEFORE I LIVED HERE IN THE EIGHTIES AND EARLY NINETIES. SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY IN MY AREA. UH, MY WIFE IS ALSO A LOCAL GIRL. OH, OKAY. NICE. AND I MARRIED HERE WHILE I WAS STATIONED AT RIGHT PATH. OKAY. SHE SAID, ONCE YOU RETIRE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE ME ONE PROMISE. WE'RE GOING BACK TO HUMOR HEIGHTS, , I FOLLOWED THROUGH ON. SO HERE WE'RE, UH, A LITTLE ABOUT ME. I MEAN, DO YOU NEED TO, UH, YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO, JUST REALLY, REALLY BRIEFLY. SO I ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE BACK IN 1982. I, I, THAT'S HOW WE DID IT. THAT'S IT. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. SO, UH, I HAD SOME FUN JOBS. I WAS A WEATHER GUY. I DID, UH, WEATHER OBSERVING, WEATHER FORECASTING, THINGS LIKE THAT. SOME NICE, PRETTY, PRETTY AWFUL PLACES THAT YOU REALLY WANTED, WOULDN'T WANNA VISIT. UH, I GOT MY DEGREE, UH, THE AIR FORCE SAID, HEY, YOUR DEGREE IS IN FINANCE. YOU CAN'T BE A WEATHER OFFICER, YOU'RE GONNA BE A FINANCE OFFICER. SO I SPENT, UH, 20 ODD YEARS, UH, DOING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE AIR FORCE. OH, NICE. DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AGENCIES, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. BUT, UH, UH, THE BEST JOB I PROBABLY EVER HAD WAS WORKING OVER IN THE DEEP DOWN IN KETTERING WHEN THERE WAS A DEEP YEAH, YEAH. DOWN THERE. COLUMBUS. YEAH. THAT'S, MY SON WORKS THERE, . BUT, UH, BUT IT WAS A PLEASURE. I WAS THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, MILITARY ELEMENT COMMANDER. YES. AND ALSO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COUNTY. SO THAT WAS PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST JOB, OR THE BEST JOB I EVER HAD. SO, UH, AND THEN FOR THE LEFT, FOR THE LAST, HONESTLY, ABOUT 15 YEARS OF MY WORKING CAREER, I, I WAS AT THE AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. OKAY. AND I, I INSTRUCTED THERE IN, IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [00:05:01] STATISTICS, THINGS LIKE THAT. COST ESTIMATING WAS MY, WAS WAS THE THING I BEEN DOING FOR THE AIR FORCE BEFORE I GOT THERE. SO I DID A LOT OF COST ESTIMATING COURSES. OKAY. SO, YEAH. AND, UH, AND I RETIRED FROM THERE, UH, IN THE, UH, THIS JUNE, THIS PAST JUNE. SO I RETIRED FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. AND WELCOME ABOARD. YEAH. SO THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO AND I SAW THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION, SO, ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. GLAD TO HAVE YOU. GLAD TO HAVE YOU. YEAH. UM, DO, I WAS GONNA DO IT AT THE END. CAN YOU DO IT? DO IT NOW. YOU DO. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE GO. OKAY. SO, UH, MR. JOHNSON, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN. NOW, IT'S GONNA DO AT THE END, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET, GET IT DONE NOW. SO I GOT TO, IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN FRONT WITH ME, OKAY. YOU A AYE, STATE YOUR NAME. I BRUCE JOHNSON. SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, SOLEMNLY SWEAR, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES, THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PEOPLE HEIGHTS. OF THE CITY OF HEIGHTS. AND THAT I FAITHFULLY HONESTY, HONESTLY, AND PARTIALLY AND IMPART THE DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES OF MY, OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY, THE BEST OF MY. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. MR. JOHNSON. WALK YOU IN. UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS. I SEE THE MYTH, DEMAND, THE LEGEND OVER HERE, THERE SOMETHING YOU WANNA TALK TO US ABOUT TONIGHT. WELL, IT'S, UH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING A POST 200 AMERICAN REGION, THE COMMANDER. I'M ALSO HERE REPRESENTING A SIDE ISSUE, UH, CHAPTER 97, VIETNAM. OKAY. SECOND VICE, UH, GET UP HERE. I, I REALLY WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON FOR VETERANS DAY. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. NORMALLY AT THE POST, WE HAVE A CEREMONY AT THE POST, BUT THIS YEAR I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I, I, AND I JUST FINISHED DOING THE NEWSLETTER TODAY. IN FACT, UM, I'M ASKING THE MEMBERS TO GO TO CLOUD PARK THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE POST. SO I'M HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO AT CLOUD PARK. I'M ALSO HERE TO FIND OUT IF THE BRICK THAT WE BOUGHT A YEAR AGO PLUS IS GONNA BE IN PLACE. AND THAT GOES FOR THE VIETNAM VETS AND, AND THE, AND, UH, POST 200, WE, WE BOTH, UH, PURCHASED THE BRICK. SO I'M HERE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT, BUT MORE INTERESTED IN AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AT CLOUD PARK ON VETERANS DAY. OKAY. AND I'LL HAVE, UH, AND, AND MIKE IS THE PERSON THAT RUNS THAT. HE'S, HE HAPPENS TO BE ON VACATION RIGHT NOW, BUT FAR AS THE BRICKS GO. BUT I CAN GET A CAN TALK THAT WITH HIM, AND THEN I CAN COME UP THERE AND SEE YOU DURING THIS WEEK. I SAID MIKE, IT USUALLY DOES THE BRICKS FOREST THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT. UM, YOU KNOW THAT ENTITY? HE'S ON VACATION RIGHT NOW. YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS I CAN'T, I CAN, AND TEXT HIM, YOU KNOW, MEAN ASK HIM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, GIMME A STATUS AND I CAN ALWAYS COME UP THERE TO THE, TO THE COME SEE YOU AFTER LEGION. SO BRICK, HE, HE SAID, HE SAID THEY WERE BEING DONE THOUGH. THEY ARE BEING MADE. Y THEY'RE, YEAH. I, I TOLD, ACTUALLY, I TALKED TO HIM LAST WEEK. OKAY. THEY ARE, THEY'RE UP THERE. IT'S LIKE POST EIGHT 20. I TOLD ENG GETTING, GETTING IS GETTING ENGRAVED. OKAY. SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S FINE. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN. UH, THIS, THIS YEAR. YES, SIR. TO BE INSTALLED THERE. THE PLAN IS FOR THEM TO BE INSTALLED. YEAH. PRIOR TO THAT? YES. I, I'M DOING, [00:10:01] I'M DOING, I'M DOING A BRICK MEMORIAL AT THE LEGION, AND I'M JUST FINISHING UP ONE. REALLY? THE BRICK? YEAH. MASONRY. HUH? MASONRY WORK, HUH? HERE'S THE THING. MASONRY WORK. YEAH. YES. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE. OKAY. OH, YOU CAN TELL. SO WERE YOU GONNA TELL HIM THAT WE'RE ABOUT, WE'RE ABOUT TO GO OVER THAT. WE'RE ABOUT TO GO OVER THAT. CARRY ON. OKAY. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? CARRY ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE KNOW THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR OUS DAY EVENT. AND OUR VETERANS DAY EVENT IS ON NOVEMBER 11TH. CORRECT? GENTLEMEN? YES, SIR. 1600 HOURS. YES, SIR. THOMAS CLOUD PARK. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU REPEAT THE TIME AGAIN, PLEASE? YES. IT'LL BE 1600 HOURS OR 4:00 PM 4:00 PM YES, SIR. START THERE. YES. WE'RE NOT. YES. YES. THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO. OKAY. UM, THOSE WHO WERE ASSIGNED TASK FOR VETERAN'S DAY, I NEED A STATUS UPDATE. WHO WANTS TO START FIRST? I'LL GO. OKAY, GO AHEAD. ALRIGHT, SO I CAN CHECK ON MY LIST. . YEAH. WE HAD, I HAD SPOKE WITH, UH, DR. FD FRANCISCO YES. AND HER TEAM AND EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK FOR THEM. UH, I DID GET THEIR, HER BIO THAT HAS BEEN PASSED ON TO MR. JOHNSON. OKAY. UM, THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH HER STILL ABOUT, UH, IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE TIME, TIME, UM, TIME PLACE. WELL, I'LL GO, I, I SEE HER EVERY DAY PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY. SO I'LL TALK TO HER. SHE TOLD ME, SHE, SHE TOLD ME SHE'D, YOU'D BE IN CONTACT WITH HER AND STUFF, SO. OKAY. UH, AND THEN THERE WAS A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO, UH, PROVIDE HER WITH A TIMEFRAME FOR HER, UH, SPEECH OR HER WORDS. WELL, I, I SAID WE'VE, THAT'S, THAT HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST ON ANY OF THE OTHER EVENTS. I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO START IT NOW, BUT AS THE COMMISSION, IF, IF YOU WANNA VOTE ON IT, THEN WE, I MEAN, I JUST TOLD PEOPLE BEFORE THEY'VE ASKED ME. I JUST TOLD 'EM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT A HALF AN HOUR ONE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT IF I CAN GET AT LEAST 10, 15 MINUTES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I MEAN 10 MINUTES USUALLY AT THE, AT THE MOST. WE DON'T, WE DON'T LET, WE NEVER HAD A TIME CONSTRAINT. BUT I MEAN, I THINK 10 MINUTES IS ACCEPTABLE, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THAT'S SET IN STONE. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE, AND NOBODY, THAT WE ALL, ALL THE PEOPLE WE'VE HAD COME AND SPEAK BEFORE, NOBODY WENT 30 MINUTES LONG. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHERE WE HAD TO PULL OUT THE BOX AND TELL 'EM TO WRAP IT UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OR PLAY THEM SOFT MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND AND TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S TIME. WELL, MY ONLY POINT WAS IF SHE'S GONNA WRITE A SPEECH OR FUTURE GUEST SPEAKERS, IF THEY'RE GONNA WRITE A SPEECH. I MEAN, THEY KIND OF LIKE, IT'D BE NICE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAY IT IN A WAY THAT'S LIKE, NORMALLY WE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS SPEAKERS TALK FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST SAY YOU GOT 10 MINUTES AND THAT'S IT. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S FINE. AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THEY PROFESSIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NATURE, THEY KNOW NOT TO CARRY ON. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, UM, SO I DON'T THINK YOU HAD TO GIVE HER EXACTLY A TIMEFRAME. I THINK SHE WOULD BE FINE WITH, YOU KNOW. YEAH. GIVE A SUGGESTION. UH, I, AT LEAST BY FRIDAY, IF WE COULD HAVE A FINAL ROUGH DRAFT FOR ME TO SEND HER KIND OF THE FLOW OF THE EVENT. OKAY. AND WHAT TO EXPECT. THAT'S A LIFE. ALRIGHT. SO YOU GOT YOUR FRANCISCO. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ON GUEST SPEAKERS? YES. COME ON. UH, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE, UH, I PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT WRIGHT PAT SINCE JUNE. AND I FINALLY GOT SOME HEADWAY WITH THEM A FEW DAYS AGO. THEY SENT ME AN EMAIL AND THEY'VE APPROVED, UH, COLONEL DUSTIN RICHARDS. HE'S THE 88TH AIR BASE WING COMMANDER. I THINK HE WOULD BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO THIS, UH, VERY HIGH PROFILE AT THE BASE. UH, YOU KNOW, YOU LET THE MEDIA KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE ALL OVER THIS. UM, 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN IN THE NEWS, UH, WHEN HE TOOK COMMAND, UM, YOU KNOW, LET THE MAYOR KNOW, LET EVERY OFFICIAL KNOW. I THINK PEOPLE WOULD START SHOWING UP JUST FOR THE FACT OF WHO HE IS. UH, WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME? UH, RICHARDS. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? R-I-C-H-A-R-D-S-S. YEAH. YOU CAN LOOK HIM UP ONLINE. HE HAS A PRESENCE. WELL, THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING BE UP TO THE, UH, UP TO THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT [00:15:01] NOT THROWING ANYTHING IN, IN THE LAST MINUTE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS SOMEBODY SPEAK THAT HE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I JUST GOT NOTIFIED A FEW DAYS AGO, AND I KNOW IT'S LAST MINUTE. BUT CONSIDERING WHO HE IS, I THINK HE'S A HARD ONE TO PASS UP. IS THE NOTIFICATION THAT IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIM AS A SPEAKER, THAT HE WOULD ATTEND THE EVENT. YEAH. I'VE GOT AN APPROVAL RIGHT HERE. YOUR SPEAKER REQUEST HAS BEEN APPROVED. AND OUR COMMANDER, COLONEL DUSTIN RICHARDS, WILL BE DELIVERING REMARKS IF WE WANT TO ACCEPT THIS. THIS IS, I, IN MY, THIS IS A MARKETING THING, IN MY OPINION. YOU KNOW, YOU OH, THIS IS HUGE. THIS IS HUGE. WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE COMMISSIONED. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS A VOICE HERE. RIGHT? SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BRING UP A MOTION. YEP. I, I MAKE A MOTION TO LET THEM TO GENERAL SPEAK SECOND. I SECOND IT. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT MOTION, PLEASE? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO LET THE GENERAL SPEAK AT OUR EVENT. COLONEL, COLONEL, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION FOR COLONEL DUSTIN RICHARDS TO, UH, BE A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE 2024 VETERANS DAY? UH, CELEBRATION? YES. OKAY. A SECOND, SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, UH, PUT A MOTION FOR COLONEL DUSTIN RICHARDS TO, UH, BE THE SECOND GUEST SPEAKER, UM, AT OUR EVENT FOR VETERAN'S DAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN. AYE. AYE. AYE. THE NAYS HAVE THE SAME. RIGHT? I OPPOSED. OKAY. MOTION CARRIED. NOW WE GOTTA WORK ON THE LOGISTICS OF IT. THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE CRUNCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? USUALLY WHAT WE DO. SO, SO IF YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF ALL THE DETAILS, CORRECT. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE TIME, MAKE SURE HE IS THERE ON TIME. ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, CORRECT? YEP. OKAY. GOT HIS BY. OKAY. ALRIGHT THEN THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO PASS ON TO THE MC AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LYRIC'S, THE MCN. RIGHT? OKAY. OKAY. MAKE YOU GET ALL THE, GET EVERYTHING TO HIM. LARRY, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING THAT IN? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UM, I BELIEVE SINCE CHARLES WAS THE FIRST TO GET A GUEST SPEAKER, UH, THE DOCTOR SHOULD GO FIRST. YES. AS A GOOD SPEAKER. YES. LADIES FIRST. SO, UH, CHRIS, I JUST NEED A BIO ON HIM, LIKE ASAP, NOTHING, NOTHING HUGE. YEAH, WE CAN JUST, YOU, YOU GOTTA SHRINK IT DOWN PROBABLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR, OR LARRY, YOU JUST TAKE THE HIGHLIGHTS OUT OF THERE, IF THAT'S UP TO, TO YOU, THAT'S IF YOU WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU. UM, YEAH. AND WHILE WE'RE ON THAT, THAT'S, I'LL WORK THAT IN, INTEGRATE THAT OUT AND GET THAT TO EVERYONE. UM, I'VE GOT THE REEF LAYING HONOR GUARD AND, UH, MS. JESSICA IS GONNA SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. YES, I SEE THAT SAME SETUP AS MEMORIAL DAY. OKAY. SO, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S GOT SOMETHING OUT THERE. HOLD ON. JUST A QUESTION ON THE FLOOR. YEAH. FOR, SO, SO BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, I KNOW, EXCUSE ME. I KNOW WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE TIME LIMITS OR TIMEFRAMES, BUT NOW I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT NOW WITH THIS INFORMATION, THAT WAS A GOOD TALK. JUST, UH, AGAIN, NO TIME LIMIT, BUT JUST LETTING THE SPEAKERS KNOW, NORMALLY IN THE PAST, THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME OUR SPEAKERS SPOKE. 10 MINUTES AND LEAVE THEM THAT DISCRETION TO MOVE. 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE WILL TURN ON THE MUSIC OR JUST CUT THE MICS IF NECESSARY. . WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DO IT, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE, WELL THAT WAS ONE OF MY, MY MAJOR POINTS. YEAH. BECAUSE THIS IS, THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF SET THE CADENCE FOR THE REST OF THE, THE CEREMONY. I MEAN, I DON'T MIND JUST GOING NOW OR THAT'S, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, ESPECIALLY IF WE GET COVERAGE OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE THAT THE SAME, WELL IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SAME INDIVIDUALS, BUT THE SAME, UH, GROUP CAPTAIN RADY. YES. UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE FOR ORAL. THEY HAVE KEPT YOU AND CHARLES IN THAT YES. THREAD, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. UM, AND I SPOKE TO ONE OF HIS CADETS THE OTHER DAY, JUST TO CONFIRM. SO THEY WILL BE THERE. UM, THEY'RE PREPARED TO DO THE FLAG FOLDING AND, UM, THE WREATH LAYING PRESENTATION. AND, UH, JESSICA, HIS WIFE WILL BE SINGING, AND THAT'S THE BEGINNING AGAIN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ONE NUMBER ALIBI. SAY IT AGAIN. GOT ANOTHER ALIBI. GO AHEAD. SO ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE SPEAKERS, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS CHANGED, BUT LAST WE SPOKE THE, THE CEREMONY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AFTER THAT OF, OF THE ACTUAL CEREMONIAL BRICKS BEING IN THE GROUND. IS THAT STILL [00:20:01] PART OF THE AGENDA OR DID THAT CHANGE? WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD. YOU MEAN AS FAR, AS FAR AS, EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE BETTER. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SO AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT 2024, OUR GOAL, I KNOW WE WERE PLANNING, I MISSED THE MEETING OR TWO, MAYBE THAT'S WHY I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION. I'M NOT SAYING THIS WAS SET IN STONE. I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION. IS THAT STILL THE PLAN OR DID IT CHANGE? WE DEVIATED FROM THAT? NO, AT THE, AT THE, DURING THE, AT THE END. WE ALWAYS SAY SOMETHING AT THE, DURING, DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT, WHEN I, I, UH, I WAS THE MC OF THAT. UM, YEAH, I DID MENTION THAT TOWARDS THE END. SO IT IS A PLUG IN THAT, SO YES, IT IS PART OF IT. YES. THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE, IN MY SCRIPT ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE BRICKS, THE PAVERS. YES, YES, YES. IT'S IN FACT, IT'S THE VERY LAST THING BEFORE THE CONCLUSION. YEP. UM, IT'S BEFORE THE CONCLUSION. AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE, YOU'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING LAST. YES. YES. OKAY. MR. LAST. YEAH. THE, UH, YEAH. OKAY. SO WHERE WE AT ON THE INVOCATION IN BENEDICTION? YOU GOT 'EM BOTH, SIR. YOU NEED KNOW YOU TIME. YOU NEED TO BE THERE. I DO. OKAY. DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO WRITE A BIBLE FOR YOU? NO. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. JUST SAY ONE OF THE HOMIES FROM THE HOOD. NO, . LET'S GO. OKAY. OKAY. SO, UM, MR. GIRA CALLED ME AGAIN ABOUT, AND I MEAN ABOUT THE YOUNG MARINES. I TOLD HIM THAT WE HAD, WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE ROTC FROM WRIGHT STATE AGAIN, BUT HE SAID THAT IF NEED BE, IF YOU GUYS WANT 'EM TO, THEY CAN JUST BE THERE CEREMONIOUSLY, WHERE THEY WOULD JUST BE OFF TO THE SIDE, JUST NOT PARTY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT, BUT WE HAVE A PRESENCE THERE. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SOME YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE CAN MAKE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO BRING HIM THERE. AND HE TOLD ME TO GET BACK WITH HIM SOMETIME AFTER THE MEETING. LET HIM KNOW. UM, I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH IT WOULD HURT ANYTHING. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING ANYTHING HARMONIOUSLY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IT WOULDN'T CHANGE OUR PLANS OR ANYTHING. I MEAN, UNLESS THEY JUST FEEL COMPELLED TO BE THERE. I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THEY WANTED TO, THAT'S UP TO, YOU KNOW. BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN VOTE ON IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BRING UP A MOTION. BUT WHY, WHY WOULDN'T, WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE ABLE JUST TO ATTEND? THEY, I'M JUST SAYING. WELL, I MEAN THAT'S A REGULAR VETERANS ORGANIZATION GROUP. YES. THEY, THEY CAN ATTEND, BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE. UM, HOW WOULD I SAY IT? WE VOTE ON SOMETHING ALREADY DO LEGALLY WELL, AND WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON WHETHER, BECAUSE TO ME IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE PART OF OUR CEREMONY. BUT YOU JUST SAID THEY'RE NOT. CAN I, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? YES. OKAY, GO AHEAD. WHAT DID RAY GERARD, WHAT DOES HE EXPECT US TO DO? HE DIDN'T EXPECT US TO DO ANYTHING. HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WANTED THEM TO ATTEND OUR, THEIR, OUR EVENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, JUST AS LIKE A NECESSARY MONEY PIECE. CAN YOU FIND THEM PLEASE? THE, THE, I'M SORRY. THE YOUNG MARINES, MIAMI VALLEY. MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES. I HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THEM FOR FOUR MONTHS. WITH THIS CLOSE MONTH OF THIS EVENT? YES. OKAY. HE SAID HE, HE, HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW. HE HAD NO IDEA. AND I SAID, SOMEBODY'S SUPPOSED TO, I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT. AND HE SAID, NO, THAT, THAT, THAT KIND OF BOTHERS ME, BUT I'LL TAKE CARE OF RAY MYSELF. OKAY. I I I, I I KNOW YOU WILL TOO, MR. BUT I DO, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU WILL TOO. SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE ARE PRESENCE. THEY'RE IN UNIFORM AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE A GOOD LOOK. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. SO DID WE REQUEST THEM OR NOT? IT SOUNDS I'M, I'M CONFUSED NOW. 'CAUSE THIS SOUNDS LIKE HE SAID HE'S BEEN WORKING FOR THEM TO ATTEND TO BE A PART OF IT. YES. AND THEN RAY CALLED ME SAYING, BUT I'M SAYING RAY CALLED ME AND SAID THAT HE WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE OR NOT, BECAUSE HE HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING. WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS YOU SAID WE'RE GOING WITH WRIGHT STATE, SO THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING YOUR MIND ME ABOUT NO, NO. I MEAN, AS FAR AS DURING OUR CEREMONY PART, THAT WHAT I'M TALKING YES, YES. THAT WE ARE, WE ARE GOING WITH WRIGHT STATE. SO THEY'RE NOT A PART OF IT, RIGHT? NO, THEY'RE NOT A PART OF THE OFFICIAL BRINGING UP THE REEF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. SO IF YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON HAVING THEM TO BE A PART, THEN I HAVE, THEY'RE NOT A PART THAT'S, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S A MISCOMMUNICATION THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WHAT I WILL SAY IS, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE WRIGHT STATE WAS GOING TO DO THE FOLDING OF THE FLAG CEREMONY, CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED UPON. YES. BUT I WAS ALSO UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WEREN'T DOING A LANE CEREMONY. YES. BECAUSE WE, WAIT A MINUTE, WE WE VOTED ON, HOLD ON. YEAH. WAIT, WE VOTED ON THAT. YEAH, WE DO THAT. WAIT A MINUTE. HOLD ON. BECAUSE OF THE MEMORIAL DAY THING. YES. YES. AND WE VOTE YES, WE VOTED. NO, NO, NO. YEAH. NO REEF. SO IF WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE YOUNG MARINES, WHAT ARE WE IN CONTACT FOR THEM [00:25:01] TO DO? WOULD BE THE QUESTION? WELL, WHEN I TALKED TO RES, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE GONNA DO IS, UM, HELP, HELP THE FIGHT. I, I GUESS WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING SOMEBODY THAT THE UHS UH, SHE, SHE'S THE SAME, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. YES, WE DO THAT. YES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THE YOUNG MARINES ABOUT POSSIBILITY, IT SOUNDS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD MAYBE FIND OUT WHERE SHE'S SITTING AND MAYBE JUST SO THEY COULD DO SOMETHING, THEY COULD ESCORT HER TO WHERE THE POINT IS WHERE SHE'S GONNA BE SINGING FROM. WELL, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO IT JUST, SO IT SOUNDS, IT SOUNDS LIKE INSTEAD OF HAVING, I MEAN 'CAUSE WE'RE TAKING THE RELAYING CEREMONY OUT, WE STILL WANT THEM TO BE A PART OF THE, THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM. WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM DIFFERENT TASKS TO DO IN, IN THIS INSTANCE. SO IT WOULD BE TO HAVE THEM YEAH. ESCORT HER TO HER SEAT OR FROM HER SEAT OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS. RIGHT. BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET THEM INVOLVED. AND THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, IS FOR GG GONE FOUR MONTHS, GONE. BUT, UH, I'LL SEE RAY IN CHURCH ON SATURDAY. OKAY, THAT'S RAY. HEY, RAY'S HERE FOR IT. , THEY WAS SAYING THEY, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY SHOULD BE PARTICIPATING. WHAT'S GOING ON? RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. THAT'S WHAT RAY IS SAYING. YEAH. SO HE'S ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU. OKAY. SO YOU DON'T NEED TO HE CAN BE OFF MY PAGE. UH, OH, YEAH, I DO HAVE, OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. SO NOW I'M CONFUSED. YES. THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, AND I DO BELIEVE THE LAST MEETING MINUTES, I KNOW CHARLES AND I BROUGHT THIS UP WITH THE SEPARATION OF MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY WITH NOT HAVING THE RE RELAYING. AND WE AGREED THAT THAT WOULD START NEXT YEAR. AND I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. I'M THINKING I LOOKED ORDER, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD UP. WAIT A MINUTE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, IT WAS TABLED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IT NEXT YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS CONFUSED. AND THEN I SAW IT ON THE MEETING MINUTES THAT IT WAS APPROVED HERE. IT'S RIGHT THERE. HERE. IT'S RIGHT HERE. YOUR DISCUSSION ON THE RESIDENT WE GOING, WHETHER WE GONNA REPEAT THE READ OR YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOUNG MARINES. THERE IT IS. OKAY. OKAY. SO, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP EVERYTHING, SO NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S PROBABLY MY FAULT TOO. THAT'S, THAT'S IT. IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MEETING MINUTES. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, SO CAPTAIN RAB, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. THAT'S WRIGHT STATE, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO THEY ARE PREPARED. AND AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY ARE DOING THE WRE LAYING CEREMONY. SO YES, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THE FOLDING, FOLDING THE FLAG AND THE REEF LAYING CEREMONY. AND THEY'RE ALSO, THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING A PERSON, THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING THE PERSON, THEY'RE NOT DOING THE REFL. THEY'RE NOT DOING THE REPLAN. I THOUGHT THE, I THOUGHT THE EMAIL SAID THEY WERE, THEY ARE. BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE YOUNG MARINE. THAT'S WHAT THE EMAIL SAID. THE EMAIL SAID THAT HERE THEY WERE DOING BOTH. BOTH. UH, AND THEY ARE PREPARED TO, THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO BOTH. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE YOUNG MARINES BEING THERE. NEED TO. I DIDN'T. YEAH. IT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MEETINGS YOU MISSED. SO, BUT I I, I, I SAID IT RIGHT HERE. SO, BUT THAT, THAT'S OKAY. WE, IT'S A SIMPLE FIX, YOU GUYS. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT WILL BE THAT WE GO BACK WITH HAVING ANY YOUNG MARINES DO THE RELINK. LIKE THEY, LIKE THEY'VE DONE IT EVERY TIME AND THEN JUST STICK WITH YES. YES. BECAUSE IT, IT, THAT'S FINE. AND THEN THE GAME PLAY, THE GAMEPLAY STILL BE THE SAME THING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME. THEY'VE DONE IT EVERY TIME. SO I GOT YOU. I HAD NO PROBLEM. AND I LIKE YOUR IDEA. I LOVE THAT. HAVING THEM ESCORT HER TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. I THINK WE SHOULD INTEGRATE THAT IN THERE. YEP. THEY GOT ENOUGH OF 'EM. YEAH, THEY GOT ENOUGH OF 'EM. THEY CAN DO ALL, YEAH, THEY, WE BELIEVE THAT. SO WHEN I REACH OUT TO THE CADET, THEY'RE DOING THE FLAGS FOLDING CEREMONY IN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THAT'S IT. YES. CORRECT. YES. YOUNG MARINES ARE DOING THE WREATH LINK CEREMONY. YES. WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME AS WE DID BEFORE IN THE ESCORT. YES. OKAY. WELL THEN THE SCRIPT DIDN'T CHECK. IT DIDN'T, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE SAME, THE, THE, I SENT YOU MY FINAL VERSION. YOU CAN JUST USE THAT. NO, I'M, SAME THING. YEAH, I SAME THING. YEAH. I'VE GOT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON? OKAY, I, OH, RIGHT. SO THE SCRIPT WILL BE THE SAME, OBVIOUSLY. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE, THE SCRIPT THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. CORRECT. YOU GONNA SEND IT TO LARRY? I'VE ALREADY GOT IT. YOU ALREADY GOT IT. IT'S MY SCRIPT. HE'S ALREADY SENT IT TO YOU. OKAY, WELL THAT'S FINE THEN. I JUST EDITED HIS SCRIPT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PLUG IN THE BIOS THEN, LIKE, LIKE WE DISCUSSED BEFORE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. THAT'S ALL I NEED IS THE BIOS. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD THEN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO BE THE, IT'LL BE THE, IT'LL BE THE SAME THING THEN. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET THAT. UM, HOW LONG YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO PREPARE THAT TO PREPARE WHAT? MY SCRIPT TO FINISH, LIKE [00:30:01] GIVE US A ROUGH DRAFT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? A FINISHED DRAFT OR FINISHED 30 MINUTES. OKAY. I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, A DAY. LIKE WOULD IT BE DONE BY FRIDAY, DO YOU THINK? PERHAPS, YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'M, I'M JUST GONNA SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY. I MEAN, IT'S ALRIGHT. YAY, RENEE. I'M GONNA PRINT IT OUT AND PUT IT IN PLASTIC IN CASE IT GETS WET OUT THERE AND OH, DON'T PUT THAT ON THIS. DON'T SAY THAT DAD. DON'T SAY THAT. LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE SO BEFORE BUT IT RAINED LIKE THAT. IT WAS GORGEOUS LAST YEAR. SO I, I'M JUST, JUST, JUST FOR PRECAUTIONS. YEAH. IT WAS A LITTLE WINDY THOUGH. YEAH. BUT WE TALKED TO MIKE ALREADY ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT. UM, THAT'S ON OUR, ON OUR LIST HERE, THE WEATHER FORECAST THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE EQUIPMENT BASED ON WHETHER, AND MIKE'S GOT THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IN PLACE FOR IT. SO, OKAY. SO WITH, WITH THE, THE SCRIPT, CAN WE HAVE THAT BY FRIDAY SO THAT WE CAN PUSH THAT OUT TO GUEST SPEAKERS OR WHOEVER? YOU SHOULD HAVE IT BY FRIDAY. YEAH. YES. UM, I WILL SEND IT TO YOU AND MR. WINDSOR. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANYTHING. YES, I GOT YOU. SO YES, WE WE'RE GONNA, AND THAT'S YES. YES. WE'LL START THAT FOR NEW BUSINESS. SO, SO DO WE HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT OF THE ITINERARY? YES. WE, IT, IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME. AND WE, WE, ALL WE DO IS PLUG IN THE BOTTLES FOR THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE. WE, WE TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE JUST IN CASE LIKE SOMEBODY CAN'T COME OR THE MAYOR CAN'T MAKE IT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THAT OUT. BUT IF NOT JUST IT GOES IN THE SAME ORDER. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE SAME WAY THAT'S WAY HE'S GOING TO SENSE IT THEM TO FRIDAY. OKAY. YEAH. 'CAUSE THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS IS WANTING A COPY OF THAT. OKAY. THEY SAID IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. JUST YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY WE SAID ABOUT HOPEFULLY FRIDAY MORNING, SO THAT WAY WE CAN PUSH IT OUT TO THEM BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY CAN SEE IT. OKAY. ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR REQUESTS IS ALSO THEY WANNA KNOW IF THERE'S ANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS GONNA BE THERE AND IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE MEDIA COVERAGE, WELL WE'RE GONNA HAVE MEDIA COVERAGE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT LADY FROM 45? YEAH, I GOT HER. YOU STILL GOT HER THING? OKAY, GOOD. GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN THE CHAMBER DOT COMMERCE SAID THEY'RE GONNA TAKE PUT, PUT IT OUT AS WELL, SO, OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THEY SAID THAT THEY, HE HAD THE MAYOR. THE MAYOR OR REP, THE MAYOR OR YEAH. OR THE VICE MAYOR. CITY REP. YEAH. DO WE KNOW WHICH? NO, NO, THEY HAVEN'T GOT, THEY HAVEN'T GOT BACK WITH US YET. WELL, I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD SHARE WITH THEM THAT THE COLONEL'S GONNA BE THERE. OH, OF COURSE. I THINK PEOPLE WILL JUMP ON THAT. ANYTHING GET EXPOSURE? YES. ANYBODY THAT HAS A DEFENSE CONTRACT LOCALLY WILL PROBABLY WANNA POKE THEIR EYES. . YEAH. ALRIGHT, SO WE ALREADY GOT THAT SILVER TEAM. COLOR GUARDS. GOOD. WHAT NEEDED? COLONEL RICHARDS, UH, WE GOT, UH, D FRANCISCO AND YOU SAID WE TALKED TO MIKE ABOUT POSSIBLE WEATHER. YES, IT, AND IT IS, AND IT IS ALSO LISTED IN OUR, IN OUR PLAN HERE, WEATHER FORECAST THAT WE GET EQUIPMENT BASED ON WEATHER. THAT'S IT. THAT'S, THAT'S AT OUR, AND THAT'S AT OUR FIVE DAY MARK BECAUSE HE CAN, HE CAN GET THOSE, THAT'S ALL DAYS THAT HE NEEDS. NEEDS A WEEK. YOU'RE SO WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST, THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST AS THE CASE AND PUT THAT IN PLAY. FARMERS. FARMERS ALMANAC. YEAH. YEAH. THEY'RE OLD SCHOOL. WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? YES. OKAY. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK TO ALL OUR, UH, GUEST SPEAKERS AND LET THEM KNOW THE DATE AND THE TIME AND WHAT TIME THEY NEED TO BE THERE. PLEASE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SENDS OUT THE MESSAGES AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, SEND 'EM DOWN AND THEN YOU TALK TO 'EM. NOW TALK TO 'EM AGAIN ANOTHER WEEK. TALK TO 'EM AGAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UP UNTIL THE DATE, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S JUST SEND 'EM A QUICK EMAIL. HEY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE CORRECT DATE AND TIME. WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A, A SLIP UP BEFORE AND I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, SO I MIGHT BE OVERCAUTIOUS, BUT I'D RATHER BE THAT THAN 4:00 PM YES. YES. I'LL QUIT SAYING 16. THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE . IT'S ON THE CORRECT TIMERS ON THE WEBSITE, CORRECT? YES, SIR. GOT US IN TROUBLE. WE 1600 HOURS. YEAH, I THINK WE HAD, UH, MOST OF THE, UH, FOLKS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THAT THERE AT BETWEEN THREE AND THREE 30. YES SIR. WE DO. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. YES. THEY'RE THERE EARLY. YES. OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT GOT MESSED UP. WE HAD THE EARLY TIME PEOPLE WERE REPORTING AT THE EARLY TIME SINCE STARTING NO, NO, NO, NO PEOPLE, NO, THERE WAS SIX O'CLOCK. YES. THOSE WERE JUST YES, WE KNOW, BUT IT'S, BUT STILL, STILL PROBABLY AIR FORCE. WHAT, HOW DARE YOU SIR? NOT KNOWING THE TIME DEVIL TO . WE HAVE SMART WATCHES THAT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE, SO MR. HANCOCK, YOU'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO YOUR GUEST SPEAKER AND MR. ELLER, YOU'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO YOURS, CORRECT? CORRECT. ALRIGHT. OKAY SIR. ALRIGHT. NEW BUSINESS. WELL, WAIT, DID, DID WE ANSWER? YEAH, AND I'LL GET YOU AND I'LL, AS SOON AS I GET THE FINALIZED COPY, I'LL, I'LL BRING IT UP TO YOU [00:35:01] SO YOU HAVE IT. UH, WHY DON'T JUST, YOU CAN EMAIL, EMAIL IT TO ME. OKAY. I'LL GET YOU EMAIL ADDRESS WITH, I'LL GIVE YOU MY COPY AFTER. YES. OKAY. IT'LL BE A WONDERFUL AND RESPECTFUL EVENT. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING LAST TIME TOO. I KNOW I TALKED TO YOU FOR A WHILE AFTERWARDS RIGHT. EVEN WHEN YOU WERE THERE, SO, OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. COLD. IT'S, IT'S OHIO. IT'S OHIO. IT COULD BE 95 DEGREES, THERE COULD BE THE NEGATIVE TWO. WE DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST HOW IT GOES. ARE Y'ALL STILL HAVING Y'ALL, ARE Y'ALL STILL HAVING Y'ALL EVENT EARLIER IN THE DAY? LIKE I KNOW Y'ALL USED TO HAVE IT LIKE AT 12. WELL, WITH THE, WITH THE TIME SLIP AND DID YOU SAY THREE O'CLOCK? NO. ARE Y'ALL HAVING YOUR EVENT FOR VFW FOR UM, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA AT 12? NO, THE VIETNAM. DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWN. OKAY. AND HE SAID, HE SAID, WHAT TIME ARE YOU GUYS, Y'ALL HAVE, ARE YOU GUYS DOING YOURS ON 11 O'CLOCK? OKAY. IS THAT THE, UH, PATTERSON AND STEWART? YES SIR. YES SIR. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. LEMME PUT THIS DOWN HERE THOUGH, JUST IN CASE YOU MIGHT WANNA SEE. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID. THAT'S PUT IT DOWN HERE. ALRIGHT. WHAT? NO, PICK ME UP IN THE TANK. OKAY, BOB, EVAN, DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? JUST, JUST BASED ON OUR CONTROLLED CAST? WOULD IT BE WORTHWHILE, LIKE IF 60 DAYS PRIOR TO AN EVENT DID, EVEN IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE SOME MOTION TO HAVE A WORKING MEETING TO GO VET SOME OF THE STUFF OUT. SO WE WEREN'T LIKE BLINDSIDED AS SOME PEOPLE WERE TODAY AS FAR AS, I'M SORRY. SAY SAY IT AGAIN. I'M SORRY. LIKE, LIKE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH AND IF THERE WAS A OH YEAH, IF THERE WAS A FEW PEOPLE HERE, WE WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE A WORKING SESSION YES. AND SOMEONE WAS GOING, OKAY, WHO'S HERE? AND THEN WE COULD COMMUNICATE SAYING, OKAY, WE GOT THINGS UNDER CONTROL. WHERE TONIGHT EVERYBODY'S MORE AWARE. YES. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF LIKE, AT LEAST, YEAH. I DO HAVE ONE MORE THING, AND THIS IS MORE SO TO LET MR. GRAY PUT HIM IN, IN THE ESSAY. ARE WE GONNA HAVE CHAIRS BEHIND THE PODIUM AS WE DID FOR MEMORIAL DAY? THIS VETERAN'S DAY? YEAH. WE CAN DO THE SAME THING WE DID LAST TIME. OKAY. 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T LAST VETERANS SAID, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN DO I THINK THAT WOULD AND WE DECIDED, AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE DECIDED ON MEMORIAL DAY THAT WE WANTED CHAIRS, SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I, AND I'LL PUT THAT ON HERE TOO FOR, FOR MINE TOO. I'LL PUT THAT ON THERE AS WELL. SO, AND GIVEN THAT IT IS VETERAN'S DAY AND THE WEATHER COULD BE POTENTIALLY ADVERSE, UH, POTENTIALLY, UM, WAS IT YOU THAT BROUGHT THE, UH, CHAIR COVERINGS? YES. THOSE WOULD BE NICE. ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE DIGNITARIES LIKE WE HAVE SPEAKING. OKAY. THAT MIGHT BE NICE. COULD WE GET MORE CHAIRS? I THINK THERE WAS 50 THAT WERE THERE, UH, DURING MEMORIAL DAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE STANDING. WAS IT, IS IT, IS IT A, IS IT A CAPACITY THING TO WHERE WE CAN'T FIT, BUT SO MANY CHAIRS THERE? I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE IT WITH MIKE AND MIKE WAS HANDLING THAT. YEAH. SO SO I THINK IT WAS HIS FOLKS THAT WERE . YES. I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A STANDARD THAT THEY PUT OUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CHAIRS. OKAY. HOLD ON. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE QUESTION. I THINK HE HAD, I THINK WE HAD 50 CHAIRS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. I THINK IT WAS MORE OF AN ISSUE OF JUST NOT HAVING SPACE. YEAH. YES. OKAY. UM, YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TALK TO 'EM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE'LL TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THE, UM, UM, THE EQUIPMENT BASED ON WEATHER PLAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OUR PLAN WE HAVE FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER. I'LL BRING THAT UP TO 'EM AS WELL. OKAY. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ON NEW BUSINESS AGAIN BEFORE WE, SO I'LL SAY, UM, I THINK THE COMMISSION HAS DONE SOME GOOD THINGS OVER THE LAST YEAR. UH, I THINK WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE, UH, IT'S SPARKING NEW IDEAS, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD. UH, I KNOW THIS WILL BE OUR, BASICALLY OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR. UM, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT EVERYONE WHO WAS A PART OF THE COMMISSION, UH, COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, UH, AND NEW THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE US DOING IN THE FUTURE FOR NEXT YEAR. UH, I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT TIE-INS WITH, UM, THE DIGNITARIES AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, COME TO OUR EVENTS, WHICH LEADS US DOWN THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. UM, SO YEAH, IN THE TIME THAT BETWEEN NOW AND, UH, VETERANS DAY, UH, IF YOU GUYS COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, UH, FOSTER NEW, UH, CONNECTIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WE GET READY TO MOVE INTO 2025. SO YES, SIR. AND I HAVE FROM THE NEW BUSINESS TOO. UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING [00:40:01] TO PEOPLE AT THE VETS AND A COUPLE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THAT'S NOT UNTIL THE SUMMER. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BRING UP THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO, UM, I WANT US TO WORK, I WANNA START INTEGRATING OURSELF WITH MORE, UM, UH, MILITARY AFFILIATED GROUPS AND START, WE NEED TO START GETTING TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS AROUND HERE AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, AND, AND HAVING FUNCTIONS TOGETHER SO WE CAN PROMOTE EACH OTHER AT THE SAME TIME. RIGHT. AND IT, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ALWAYS, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ALWAYS BE OUR EVENTS. YES. RIGHT THERE, THERE IS PLENTY OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR US TO GET INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S US BUILDING ON THE, THE FOUNDATION OF WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE AT THE DAYTON VA OR THE WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND PROMOTE THE, UM, COMMITTEE, UH, BY BEING PART OF, UH, OTHER EVENTS. OKAY. HEY, GO AHEAD. HEY. HEY, ANTHONY. ANTHONY, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL MY FELLOW COMMISSION MEMBERS. UH, THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEETING. OKAY. UM, MY, MY TIME IS UP ON 31 DECEMBER AND I FIGURE WITH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOT GOING ON AT HOME AND, UH, I KNOW WE ALL HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN OUR LIFE, BUT YEAH. UM, I, I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT I'D RATHER STEP DOWN AND LET SOME NEW MEMBER, UM, TAKE PART IN THIS. SO, SO THANK YOU ALL. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN, ESPECIALLY MCN AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT I MEAN ALWAYS, UM, WILLING TO ADAPT AND OVERCOME IN CERTAIN OUR SITUATIONS WE'VE HAD BEFORE. SO, SO GREAT JOB. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE WELCOME BACK IF YOU RUNNING BEHIND SOMEBODY'S TRUCK. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. TOSSING CANDY AT KIDS TOSSING CAR. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. EVER WHERE YOU GET. OKAY. NO MORE. SO, SO THANK YOU GUYS, I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU. UM, THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT, UH, SINCE AIR FORCE, UNLIKE THE OTHER SERVICES, ALWAYS HAVE CONTINGENCIES IN MIND, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A CONTINGENCY FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM JUST IN CASE. YES, WE ALWAYS DO. I GOT IT ON MY PHONE. I KEEP IT. OKAY. YEP. I ALWAYS AIR FORCE. YEP. I GOT, I GOTTA DOWNLOADED TO A FILE ON THERE THAT IS, AND I KEEP IT THERE JUST FOR THAT ARMY ARMY'S LOOKING UP THE WORDS FOR THE, FOR THE PHONE, SO, OH. WOO-HOO. MAN. THAT'S, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, NOW YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? NA NAVY'S JUST LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ? YOU, YOU WAS JUST SINGING, HUH? MM-HMM, . OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT, JOSEPH. SO, UM, PASS YOU GOING, YOU GONNA PASS ON IT? ON WHAT? OKAY. ALRIGHT. I MAY, UM, YOU, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. I FORGOT. I'LL PASS A LOT OF, LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. YES. YOU WANNA GIVE THE PRAYER GUYS HERE WITH WE'LL BE BACK. EVERYBODY STAND PLEASE IN THIS COVER FOR THE PRAYER. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GET THINGS SORTED OUT FOR THIS GREAT EVENT THAT WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THOSE THAT MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. ALSO, LIKE WE SAID, FATHER, THOSE THAT MAY BE PENDING DEPLOYMENT ALREADY DEPLOYED. WE PRAY FOR THEM. WE PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD KEEP YOUR ARMS OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM, ARMS OF PROTECTION AROUND US AND OUR COMINGS AND OUR GOINGS SAID, UM, WE'RE SAFE IN THE CITY, WE'RE SAFE IN THE FIELD. SO WE JUST THANK YOU FATHER. WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY, THE HONOR AND PRAISE. AMEN. AMEN. OKAY, TIME NOW IS 1843 HOURS THE 23RD OF OCTOBER, 2024. THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION IS HEREBY ADJOURNS. OKAY. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.