[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road January 25, 2023 6:00 P.M. ]
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ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER NOW, WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE ASK THAT EVERYONE WILL STAND AND CONTINUE TO STAND UNTIL AFTER THE INVOCATION.
I'M PLEDGE JESUS TO THE FACT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
DEAR LORD, TODAY, IN ALL DAYS, WE CHOOSE TO HONOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS WORTHY MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES WHEN THEY WERE CALLED UPON TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
WE ASK FATHER THAT YOU BLESSED 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 TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION.
WE THANK THEM, WE ARE PROUD OF THEM, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER THEM, THESE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, HOLD OUR TROOPS IN YOUR LOVING HANDS.
PROTECT THEM AS THEY PROTECT US.
BLESS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE SELFLESS ACTS THEY PERFORM FOR US IN OUR TIME OF NEED.
LORD, PLEASE GUIDE US IN ALL THAT WE DO, AND BLESS ALL THE MILITARY AND VETERANS WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
THESE THINGS I HUMBLY ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
UH, WE'LL DO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UH, OUR LAST MEETING WAS OCTOBER 26TH, 2022.
DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? YES.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE MINUTES, SIR? NOT HEARING ANY? UH, EVERYBODY AGREED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? NOT HEARING ANY NAYS LINE APPROVED.
NEXT, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT, UH, WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP CARRY THE LOAD IN THIS GREAT HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS MEET ME RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE I'M, WHERE I'M AT.
DO YOU HAVE CAMERAS? UM, I'LL DO, UH, INDIVIDUALLY OR DO IT SEPARATELY.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO CONSTITUTION, STATE OF OHIO.
THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FEWER HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE, HONESTLY, IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE, OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
THE BEST OF MY, SO HELP YOU GOD, YOUNG BLOOD GENTLEMAN.
WANNA GET HIM REAL QUICK? GET A PICTURE.
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Y AND Y'ALL CAN DO, YEAH.CAN I GET A PICTURE? IF YOU CATCH ME BEFORE I LEAVE YOU, I'LL SEND YOU MINE TOO.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR OUR ELECTION.
UM, I, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH YOU GUYS AS, AS THE CHAIR.
UM, SO, UH,
UM, DO NOT NOMINATE ME FOR THE CHAIR.
UM, WITH THE LOSS OF OUR DAUGHTER BACK IN OCTOBER AND TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR GRANDDAUGHTER, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR GRANDSON, WHO'S 10 MONTHS OLD AND SHE'S THREE YEARS OLD.
I'M GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
HOWEVER, I STILL WILL SERVE AND HELP PARTICIPATE IN THIS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION AND SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY THAT I CAN.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WITH, WITH ALL THE STUFF GOING ON IN MY FAMILY, IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD TIME.
AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR PROPERLY TO THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS SEMI, UM, MILITARY AND VETERAN COMRADES SITTING HERE TODAY.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
CAN I MAKE TWO NOMINATIONS OR JUST ONE? OKAY, YOU DO HERE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. JEFFREY HELD, AND THEN I KNOW TONY, YOU PROBABLY GOT A LOT GOING ON WITH SCHOOL, OR YOU SHOULD HAVE GRADUATED BY NOW.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR MASTERS BY NOW.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, JEFFREY HILL.
UM, HE'S HAD A PASSION SINCE HE'S COME ON THIS COMMISSION.
UM, IF I DIDN'T HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, OBVIOUSLY I WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO SERVE.
BUT THAT IS JUST MY, UM, NOMINATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS, TOM? I SECOND THOSE TWO.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CHOICE.
BUT BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW YOU WERE INVOLUNTARILY PUT INTO THIS POSITION.
UM, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND SERVICE THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.
I'M BEING IN THE ARMY, YOU KNOW, UM, OR PREVIOUSLY BEING IN THE ARMY, BEING AN ARMY VETERAN, UM, WE'RE USED TO BEING THROWN INTO SITUATIONS, UH, WITHOUT A LOT OF INFORMATION OR HOW TO GUIDE, BUT AT LEAST WHOEVER I PASS THIS OFF TO, UM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AGENDAS, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I CREATED SO THAT, UM, YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS POSITION.
NOW YOU WOULD'VE NOMINATED THE TWO AIR FORCE PEOPLE
YOU MEAN CHAIR, CHAIR FORCE? REMEMBER THAT
I MEAN, I WOULD'VE NOMINATED THE TWO NEW GUYS.
I DON'T WANT TO THROW THEM IN THE, YOU KNOW, THROW THEM IN IN THE, IN THE FIRE LIKE THAT.
BUT NEXT YEAR, YEAH, NEXT YEAR.
LET 'EM SEE HOW WE OPERATE, UH, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE I DID AND JUMP INTO THE FRAY.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? JOHN RAY.
DANA, YOU GONNA THROW SOMEBODY UNDER THE BUS AGAIN LIKE YOU DID ME.
AND SHE SAID THAT CAUSE I WOULD'VE KEPT YOU.
SINCE YOU WERE, I WAS GONNA, YEAH.
WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO CAST YOUR VOTES? DO WE HAVE TO DO, SCOTT? WE DO IT AS A SINGLE NOTE FOR, ACTUALLY YOU NEED A SECOND FOR, FOR ONE OR
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THE OTHER.CAN I SECOND BOTH? THAT'S WHAT TOM DID.
CAN I SECOND? TOM SECOND? BOTH.
SO HOW DO WE VOTE BOTH? YOU BOTH
I MOTION UP THAT WE ELECT, UM, JEFF AS CHAIR AND TONY AS VICE CHAIR, CO-CHAIR.
THAT WAS TO SEPARATE THE LOAD.
ONE IS CHAIR AND ONE IS VICE CHAIR.
BUT YOU VOTE FOR EACH PERSON AS A GROUP.
YOU VOTE FOR THE GROUP? OR DO YOU VOTE FOR ONE PERSON AND THEN THE OTHER? WELL, ACTUALLY IS THERE DOES OBJECT? I KNOW WE DIDN'T.
DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO JEFF BEING THE CHAIR? AND TONY BEING THE VICE CHAIR SOUNDS GREAT TO ME.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL LOAD? I MEAN, YOUR SCHOOL LOAD'S BEEN AN IMPAIRMENT TO YOUR ATTENDANCE QUITE A BIT OVER THE PAST YEAR.
WHAT, WHAT QUITE I MISSED ON WEDNESDAY FOR MY SCHOOL LOAD, BUT I HAVE NO ON NOW.
SEE THE FUTURE AS BEING AVAILABLE FOR THE PA TIME.
SO THAT'S ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS, SO, OKAY.
MASON'S ON THE TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAY ARE OPEN.
SO AS THE VICE CHAIR, WELL, VICE, SIR.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE I SERVED AS THE CHAIR AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, MANY MEETINGS THE VICE CHAIR ATTENDED, BUT I'M SURE I CAN COUNT IT ON ONE HAND.
I'M JUST GOING BY THE BASIC RULE OF ANY DUTY AS TO SHOW US.
SO WE READY TO VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
DO I HAND THE GAVEL TO HIM NOW?
SO OUR NEXT SECTION IS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
UH, I KNOW JEFF HAS SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO US.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO LIKE IN DEPTH AS FAR AS YOU DID IN THE EMAIL, BUT IF YOU COULD, UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, CAUSE MY DAUGHTER'S FUNERAL WAS, UH, NOVEMBER 10TH.
SO, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST RECAP BRIEFLY AND SUCCINCTLY THE VETERANS DAY EVENT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WENT WELL, AND A FEW THINGS THAT WE NEED IMPROVEMENT ON.
UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I WROTE THE EMAIL.
UH, THE IDEA, UH, IT, THE, THE EVENT WENT REALLY WELL.
I THINK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DVS THAT WERE THERE AND, AND THOSE THAT WERE PARTICIPATING.
I THINK IT WENT PRETTY SMOOTH ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A HERDING CAT'S CLUSTER TO GET ALL THE FINAL DETAILS SQUARED AWAY.
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO KIND OF CAPTURE SOME OF THAT AND, AND SAVE IT FOR THE NEXT TIME WE RUN THIS EVENT SO THAT WE HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT OF A DETAILED CHECKLIST ON WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED.
WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT AND, AND WHEN, AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
SO THINGS RUN A LITTLE SMOOTHER.
AND, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I CAPTURED.
SO, UH, THE WREATH, WHO'S GETTING IT, WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, WHEN IT'S PROCURED, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UH, COINS AND LETTERS OF APPRECIATION FOR THE DV.
UM, THE SPEAKER WHO I GENERAL ANDS, I THOUGHT DID A GREAT JOB.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET HIM BACK AGAIN.
I DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA BE GONE NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THE USAP SAM COMMANDER WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON AS PART OF THEIR, THEIR THINGS.
UM, THE LOCATION OF THE SOUNDS AND THE PODIUM, UH, THINGS THAT THE MC HAS TO MAKE SURE HE HAS ON.
UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE'S A ANOTHER PERSON THAT HAS TO DO IT NEXT YEAR, THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED DOWNLOADED, READY TO GO.
AND THEN, UM, AND MAKING SURE WE GET, UM, GOOD POCS FOR EVERYBODY DOING THE, PRESENTING THE COLORS.
WE HAVE THE YOUNG MARINES, BUT WE, WE GOT THEM PRETTY MUCH LOCKED DOWN.
AND THEN, UH, DEDICATION, PARKING, SEATING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
JUST SIMPLE THINGS TO MAKE IT GO A LITTLE SMOOTHER SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND KNOW WHO'S DOING WHAT AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN CASE.
I MEAN, THAT PARTICULAR DAY WAS PRETTY CRAZY,
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UM, FOR MANY OF US JUST GIVEN LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE OF, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE EVENT.SO IF ONE OF US COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE, DID SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PICK UP THE BALL AND RUN WITH IT AND GET IT DONE? SO, UM, I HAVE MOST OF THAT CAPTURED.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAVE IT FOR NEXT YEAR AND MAYBE USE IT AS A TEMPLATE FOR FUTURE EVENTS, IF, IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE, OH, MR. RAY, GO AHEAD, SIR.
UH, PUT ON MY YOUNG MARINE HAT.
ARE YOU, UH, ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE MOMENTUM AND PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR? IT, FOR VETERANS DAY FOR A YEAH.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD BIT OFF.
UM, I, I THOUGHT, WELL, YEAH, I KNOW IT IS, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT THE YOUNG MARINE CALENDAR IS, I CAN'T SAY THAT ON THE MICROPHONE.
UH, IT'S, IT IS GETTING TERRIBLE.
WE, WE HAVE SO MANY REQUESTS THAT WE GET BOMBED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, AND I'D LIKE TO GET IT IN EARLY AS POSSIBLE ON THE SCHEDULE.
AND WHILE I'M SAYING THAT, I ALSO HAVE TO MENTION THE, UH, THE BELOVED MEMORIAL DAY AS WELL.
SO IF I CAN GET FORMAL APPLICATIONS FOR, UH, THE YOUNG MARINE PRESIDENTS AT THOSE EVENTS, IT, IT DEFINITELY HELPS IN TERMS OF, UH, THE COMMANDER'S DISCRETION, IF YOU WILL.
AND WITH YOU THERE, WE KIND OF HAVE THE INSIDE TRACK ON THAT, SO ABSOLUTELY.
GET US ON THE SCHEDULE IF WE CAN.
BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT, WELL, MY JOB IS PUBLIC RELATIONS, BUT I DON'T HAVE FULL AUTHORITY BECAUSE IT TURN TURNS OUT THAT PEOPLE GO AROUND ME DIRECTLY TO THE COMMANDER AND HE MAKES COMMITMENTS UNBEKNOWNST TO ME AT TIMES.
UH, LIKE, UH, I MEAN, WHERE YOU ARE MIAMI VALLEY, WE'RE NOT HUBER HEIGHTS, PER SE.
AND WE GOT, WE GOT SOME COMMITMENTS THAT, UH, INCLUDE THE MIAMI VALLEY.
SO IF, IF YOU ARE ON THAT PLANNING SCHEDULE OR BICYCLE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, UH, FORMAL REQUESTS EARLY ON WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL.
COULD I, HOW, HOW DO, I'M SORRY.
HOW, HOW DO WE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? SO WE CAN, I MEAN, THAT SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER ON AFTER, AFTER THIS, PLEASE.
I WILL PASS THAT INFORMATION TO YOU GUYS.
MATTER OF FACT, I CAN JUST SUBMIT IT AND COURTESY COPY BOTH OF YOU.
TO DAMANI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES, RAY IS, IS SPECIAL AND LOVING INDIVIDUAL AS HE IS.
I'M REALLY ABOUT SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I RAN IN A COUPLE SITUATIONS IN THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR WHERE VALUED SUPPORTERS WERE NOT ACCOMMODATED SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAD, COULDN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT THE SAME TIME.
WELL, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE ABOUT.
WE KNOW YOU'RE ABOUT THE RESULTS.
I WILL PASS THAT INFORMATION ALONG TO THEM AND, UM, SUBMIT THOSE FOR VETERANS DAY AND FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
THIS IS A QUESTION REAL QUICK.
SO WITH THE YOUNG MARINES, IS THAT PART JUST FOR THE COLOR GUARD? IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE USED FOR? THEY, THEY BASICALLY WILL DO ANYTHING THAT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND FROM MARINE CORPS ACTIVITY? MM-HMM.
UH, SO, UH, JUST IF YOU HAVE TIME SOMETIME, JUST GLANCE@YOUNGMARINES.COM.
IT PAINTS ALL PICTURE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
SO THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS I KNOW THAT, UH, WAYNE HAS A, UM, CTC OR NOT A CTC WITH AN RTC PROGRAM, UH, THEY COULD BE USED AS A SECONDARY IN CASE THEY AREN'T AVAILABLE.
ACTUALLY, YOU DON'T, DON'T DON'T DEMOTE YOURSELF.
YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE SECONDARY, BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE USE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, ARE FORMED LONG PARAMILITARY LINES LIKE THAT FOR, FOR JUST PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, SPLIT THE WORK OR THE IDEA FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION IS, YOU KNOW, TRY TO ENHANCE THE REPUTATION.
THE IDEA FOR OURS IS THE SAME, BUT WE'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN RECRUITING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE LIKE TO BE SEEN IN PUBLIC PLACES AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WHO DID THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS, UH, AT THIS VETERAN'S DAY? I DIDN'T KNOW THE WHO, THE POINT OF COLOR? NO, WE DID, ALL WE DID WAS RE IT WAS WAYNE JUNIOR.
THE WAYNE WAYNE DID THE PRESENTATION.
THEY, THEY, THEY DID EXCELLENT JOB.
SO WE HAD A BIT OF, HAD A BIT OF A MIX.
THEY USUALLY, MOSTLY, MOSTLY ALL OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE, THAT WE HOST AS THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY VETERAN COMMISSION.
WE ALSO INCLUDE WAYNE JER OTC.
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WORKS WITH, UM, WAYNE JER OTC.SO I, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOU JUST YET.
BUT CAN, CAN WE TALK AFTER, BECAUSE I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO ADDING TO THE, THE COLOR OF THE EVENT BY, YOU KNOW, I WIND UP HAVING TO SORT OF RUN IT AS ADJUVANT PRO TEM FOR THE, FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT GO ON, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE HAPPENS.
AND THE IDEA OF HAVING ADDITIONAL UNITS, YOU KNOW WHAT HA THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE PUBLIC COMES AND SEES IT.
AND IF THE PUBLIC SEES A, A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON, IT ADDS TO THE VALUE OF THE WHOLE THING.
I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE, THE, UM, VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY THAT SAYS JEFF SAID, GOT, GOT US TOGETHER.
THE GENERAL, THE GENTLEMAN, THE GENERAL SPOKE.
AND I WANT, WANT TO THANK JEFF OR YEAH, JEFF AGAIN FOR, FOR GETTING THAT, UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL.
CUZ HE, HE WAS OUTSTANDING AND I WAS IMPRESSED.
HE, HE SHOWED UP, HE PARKED HIS CAR AND HE WALKED OVER TO US LIKE HE, HE WAS LIKE, WE, HE WAS ONE OF US.
I MEAN, HE, HE HAD THE STAR ON, STAR ON, BUT, UH, AND, UH, HE, HE, HE, HE, HE DID NOT ACT LIKE A GENERAL, AND THEN I, I DON'T MEAN THAT AS AN INSULT, I MEANT THAT'S A COMPLIMENT TO HIM.
AND HE WAS, AND I SPOKE TO HIM AFTERWARDS AND AFTER TALKING TO THE MAN, UH, I HAD A, I HAD A, SHE IN MY EYE AFTER HE, HE'S TOLD ME SOME MORE ABOUT THAT STORY THAT HE TOLD.
SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, I, I WANNA THANK JEFF ONE MORE TIME.
HE WAS A, HE WAS A GREAT SPEAKER AND HE WAS A VERY HUMBLE SERVANT HERE.
SO, UH, RAY HAS A COUPLE AWARD NOMINATIONS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THAT OR ARE YOU PLANNING TO READ THAT WHOLE THING? OKAY.
THINK I JUST EXPLAIN THE ESSENCE.
UH, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE, UH, IN, IN THE HISTORY OF, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO CATCH YOU GUYS UP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMMISSION, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, UH, MAKE, MADE SOME AWARDS IN TERMS OF, IS SIMPLY COMMISSIONED RECOGNITION.
IT WINDS UP GIVING THEM A NICE PLAQUE.
UH, WE'RE DONE IT BEFORE THE TV AND BEFORE THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS ALIKE TO CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT SEEM WORTHY OF, UH, RECOGNITION BY THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.
SO, UH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HONOR FLIGHT.
DO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HONOR FLIGHT IS? OKAY, SO HONOR FLIGHT NOW IS RUN BY A GENTLEMAN NAMED AL BAILEY, AND HE, UH, STARTED WITH THE HONOR FLIGHT ORGANIZATION IN 2005 AND WOUND UP LEADING THE, LEADING THE PACK IN 2007.
SO HE IS BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME NOW, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE AND DEALING WITH 'EM WITH THE LITTLE KNITS AND GRITS ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT IT'S A VERY, VERY BUSY JOB.
BUT SOMEBODY MUST HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY NICE, A REALLY GOOD JOB BECAUSE IT, IN, UH, 2018 WHERE HE LIVES, HE WAS, UH, NOMINATED FOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AND THAT WAS VERY NICE.
BUT HE WAS JUST INDUCTED INTO THE OHIO VETERANS HALL OF FAME, SAME PLACE THAT THIS GUY'S IN.
AND, AND BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE TO HONOR FLIGHT, WHICH, UH, ACTUALLY I STARTED WITH HONOR FLIGHT AS THE HONOR COURT OF COMMANDER 2005.
AND WE HAD ABOUT TWO OR 300 PEOPLE IN THE ISLES GREETING THE RETURNING VETERANS WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSE TO 2000 NOW.
AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, INITIATIVES IN, IN, IN PRACTICES THAT ISLE BAILEY IS INTRODUCED.
SO I PROPOSED THAT THIS COMMISSION RECOGNIZE AL BAILEY.
UM, AND, AND THIS IS MORE FOR MY CLARIFICATION.
WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED THE AWARDS, I THINK I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO, UM, AND I KNOW THE LAST ONE WASN'T VERY WELL EARNED, UM, BUT IS THE INTENT NOT TO LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY TO DO THESE RECOGNITIONS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
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IT, IT TURNS OUT THAT THE PRIMARY PARTNER TO MAKE AN HONOR FLIGHT WORK IS THE MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES.AND, UH, BY VIRTUE OF OUR YOUNG MARINES AND BY MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS AND THE LIKE, UH, AND SEVERAL CIVILIAN PEOPLE THAT ARE FRIENDS OF MINE THAT ARE WORKING ON IT, AND SEVERAL INDUCTEES FROM TIME TO TIME LIKE THAT, IT, IT IS HONOR FLIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY COVERS THE ENTIRE AREA.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY RESTRICTION ON, UH, HOW DO I WANT TO SAY IT, LOOKING DOWNWARD, IF YOU WILL.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MY QUESTION IS NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM HONOR FLIGHT.
I THINK IT IS A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM.
I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THE HONOR FLIGHTS.
I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE, I'M FULLY INVESTED IN SAYING THAT THAT IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK I'M JUST, I LOOK AT THIS, IF WE CONTINUE TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND AWARD OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS YEAH.
BY LOGIC REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT.
MY LOGIC IN THERE, UH, DANA WAS BASICALLY THAT HIS WORK ENCOMPASSES ACTIVITY OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE OF EDEN.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S THE ENTIRE PROBABLY 16 OR 17 COUNTIES THAT HE'S COVERING.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES IS MONTGOMERY.
SO, AND ONE OF THOSE CITIES IS HUBER HEIGHTS, WHICH HAS A LARGE POPULATION OF ATTENDANCE.
SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS COMING FROM WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
WELL, I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION SINCE THIS INCEPTION.
AND THEN I KNOW THE AWARDS CAME LATER RECOGNIZING, UM, LIKE DANA SAID, THE LAST ONE WAS FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY THAT PROVIDES BREAKFAST AT LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE, MARY MCDERMOTT, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT A LOT OF HUBER HEIGHT VETERANS GO THERE AND EAT THAT FREE BREAKFAST ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH OF EVERY MONTH.
EXCEPT, SO, EXCEPT THIS MONTH.
BUT, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER AS FAR AS THAT.
I JUST WORRY THAT IT MAY SET THE PERCEPTION THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY CUZ NOT, AND AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M VERY HESITANT TO SAY THIS CAUSE I DON'T EVEN WANT TO IMPLY THAT THE HONOR FLIGHT IS NOT, UM, WORTH RECOGNITION.
THAT IS, IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT I'M SAYING.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I I I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A THOUGHT ON IT THAT I CAN LIKE CLOSE OUT WITH.
I JUST, I I KNOW I, I'VE GOT, CAN I SPEAK AGAIN REAL QUICK? SO I THINK THAT THE, UM, PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT, UM, THE NOMINATIONS AND DECIDE IF THIS IS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY ONLY OR IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA BE INVOLVED OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ONCE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION, JUST KIND OF GO FROM THERE AND MOVING ON FORWARD WITH, UM, NO NOMINATIONS AS A COMMISSION.
DO WE HAVE A LATITUDE TO EXPAND THAT CRITERIA? WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALREADY, ALREADY, UH, THE LONGHORN, UH, MARY MCDERMOTT THAT WORK WORKS AT LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE.
I, AND WE HONORED ASKING, WE HONORED THE UNIT COMMANDER FOR THE YOUNG MARINE.
SO THEY'RE ASKING, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK, WHAT, WHEN WE PUT THIS AWARD TOGETHER, WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE AWARD? IT WAS TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE MILITARY AND VETERANS AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, I GUESS, I GUESS WHAT HAPPENED WITH, LIKE YOU SAID, MARY MCDERMOTT, BUT WE ALSO HONORED, UH, THE UNIT COMMANDER YOUNG MARINES, WHICH WE, WE, THE YOUNG MARINES, WE COVERED THE ENTIRE MIAMI VALLEY.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS YOU'RE HERE, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS HERE.
THAT WAS A NATURAL KIND OF, YOU CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY THROUGH YOUR SUPPORTIVE EVENTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY IN ADDITION TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER CORPORATION.
THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY YOU DID CONTRIBUTE TO.
THE HUNTER FLOYD GETS A LOT OF PARTICIPATION AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO TO HONOR FLIGHT, I SAY, HI, JOE HYDE MYRIAD, AND THEY'RE ALL FROM HUBER HEIGHTS THERE.
SO, SO I WOULD SAY WE TABLE IT, WE TABLE IT UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE IDENTIFY THE WAY AHEAD WITH REGARD TO NOMINATIONS, WHAT THE AWARD IS FOR, WHAT, WHAT CROWD, IF, ARE WE JUST TRYING TO
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RECOGNIZE A HUBER HEIGHTS AUDIENCE, VETERANS OR CIVILIANS THAT ARE MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS AREA, IMPROVING THE LIVES OF VETERANS? OR ARE WE, YOU KNOW, DOING BOTH? ARE WE DOING THIS, LET'S SAY JUNE OR LET'S SAY JULY, WE HONOR A HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENT.AND THEN VETERANS DAY WE RECOGNIZE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UM, I THINK IF WE TABLE IT TODAY, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND, AND HAVE SOME FRESH IDEAS AND THE FRESH PERSPECTIVES.
CAN I JUST SEGUE ON ONE THING? SO YOU JUST NAMED OFF THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS AREA THAT WORK ON THE PROGRAM.
IF YOU HAD NAMED ONE OF THOSE THAT WOULD'VE MADE, I GUESS THAT WOULD'VE CONNECTED ME TO WHICH RIGHTS YOU JUST SAID.
NO, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT COME TO HUNTER FLIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WAS SAYING IS IS THERE WRITTEN CRITERIA FOR THE AWARD, LIKE ESTABLISHED, WRITTEN, DOCUMENTED CRITERIA? I THINK SO.
DON'T LOOK AT ME BECAUSE
I THINK THERE IS CREATION OF THE NOMINATION AND THE PLAQUE.
SO I, I DIDN'T LOOK THAT FAR BACK, TO BE HONEST.
THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN SEE IF WE WANT TO ADJUST THAT, EXPAND IT, REFINE IT IN ANY WAY BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON.
DID YOU HAVE, WAS THAT THE ONLY NOMINATION? OH, YEP.
OUR LOVELY CITIZENS THAT ARE PRESENT.
I'M SURE Y'ALL HERE FOR Y'ALL LOVED ONES, BUT, UM, WE ALWAYS OPEN IT UP IF, UM, CITIZENS WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS OR INPUT OR WHATEVER, UM, FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
SO ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT STATEMENT? I'M PROUD OF MY DADDY, ET CETERA.
HELLO? UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS HEATHER HANCOCK.
UM, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE AND THEN I MOVED TO SAN DIEGO WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND MARCUS HANCOCK.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIM.
UM, HE WILL DEFINITELY TELL YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM, BUT, UM, MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY JUST HAD A MINI STROKE THIS SUMMER, AND THAT'S WHAT LED US TO, UM, HUBER HEIGHTS.
HE'S ORIGINALLY FROM HERE AND WE HAVE TWO TEENAGERS AND HE BRAGGED ABOUT HOW WELL, UM, WAYNE WAS AND HOW HE WENT TO WAYNE
AND SO WE HAVE TWO KIDS THAT DO COMPETITIVE CHEER AND BASKETBALL.
AND, UM, SO I TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH AND MOVED HERE TO BE WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
AND, UM, MARCUS DID 11 YEARS IN THE MILITARY.
AND HIS HEART, IT WAS SO HARD FOR HIM TO LEAVE THE MILITARY AND HE JUST KEPT HOLDING ON.
SO FOR HIM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND STILL HAVE HIS PASSION THERE, UM, HE GOES FULL FORCE WITH IT.
AND I'M SO PROUD OF HIM AND THE PERSON HE IS.
AND HE BRINGS A LOT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND TO SEE THAT, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE BACK IN WASHINGTON IN SAN DIEGO, HE STILL HAD THAT TWINKLE AS I FOR HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND EVEN THOUGH LAST NIGHT HE SAID HE WANTED TO BE BACK IN WASHINGTON
AND, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF HIM AND HIS HEART.
ALWAYS LI HAS LIVED IN WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, SO I'M PROUD OF YOU BABE
MY NAME IS DEBBIE HANCOCK, AND I'M CHARLES HANCOCK'S MOTHER.
SO I KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM THAN ANYBODY UHOH.
EVEN WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, HE WAS A LEADER.
WHEN HE PLAYED WITH HIS FRIENDS, HE HAD TO, IT HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY HE SET IT UP.
UM, IN HIS 11 YEARS IN THE SERVICE, HE ALWAYS ASKED HOW THINGS WERE HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS, HOW WAS THE SCHOOLS, UH, WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO, UM, THE VETERANS IN, IN THIS CITY.
HE AND ME AND HIS FATHER BACK HERE, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM.
YEAH, WE DIDN'T ASK THEM ABOUT THEMSELVES.
UM, I GUESS WE COULD THROW THAT IN HERE REAL QUICK.
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A LITTLE SHORT, BRIEF, SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, MILITARY CAREER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SHARE ORDER.YOU GOT ANY MORE SYNONYMS FOR BRIEF SHORTS? SUCCINCT THAT YOU, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO.
SO WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? UH, I'LL GO.
ADAM IS, I'M NEW TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION.
I RETIRED IN 2007, AIR FORCE SECOND GUY, FIRST SERGEANT.
UH, I'VE BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE, BUT I'M CURRENT OVER CONTRACTOR STATIONED HERE ON THE BASE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO WANTING, WAITING TWO YEARS TO SERVE ON THE MILITARY VETERANS COMMISSION HERE IN HUBERT, I'M ALSO PLUGGED INTO THE HONOR FLAG TABLE.
I JUST TOOK PART AS A GUARDIAN FOR THE ONE IN AUGUST AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST, ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING THINGS I'VE EVER DONE AT MY LAST EMPLOYER.
UM, I'M ALSO A TRUSTEE ON THE, UH, FISHER NIGHT HOUSE.
SO I'M, UH, ALL THINGS MILITARY AND I JUST, I JUST LOVE GIVING BACK AND GONNA CONTINUE TO DO SO AND MOVE FORWARD HERE IN HUBER.
YOU ABOUT TO STAND UP AND, ALRIGHT.
UH, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, I WENT TO WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDED CTC FOR, UH, ORIGINALLY NURSING.
UH, MY IDEA COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WAS THAT I WAS GONNA GO INTO THE AIR FORCE, UH, BUT THEY HAD LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF WAIT ON THE TIME TO GET ME OUTTA THERE.
SO I, UH, ENDED UP GOING WITH THE BEST BRANCH OF ALL THE NAVY, UH,
I SERVED, UH, 11 YEARS IN THE NAVY.
UM, CAME IN AS AN UNDATED, UH, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A JOB.
SPENT, UH, ABOUT THREE YEARS DOING THAT BEFORE I SWITCHED OVER TO ENGINEERING.
UH, WORKED IN ENGINEERING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE BEFORE I FINALLY GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE JOB THAT I WANTED, WHICH WAS, UH, MASTER ARMS. UH, SO PICKED UP MASTER ARMS. MY FIRST DUTY STATION WAS OUT IN SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UH, WHERE I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, FORCE PROTECTION AND ANTI-TERRORISM.
UH, THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MY MILITARY CAREER, I SWITCHED OVER, UH, TO A, UH, MILITARY COUNSELOR, UM, FOR SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE SERVICE BACK INTO THE CIVILIAN WORLD, UH, WHICH IS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK, UH, FOR, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY ALL YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THAT.
UM, NOT ONLY IS IT DIFFICULT ON, ON THE SERVICE MEMBER, BUT IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT ON THE FAMILY.
SO, UH, I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF, UM, THE UPS AND DOWNS THAT, THAT WENT WITH THAT.
UM, BUT IT ALSO OPENED ME UP TO A LOT OF THE RESOURCES, UH, THAT MILITARY, UH, AND VETERANS HAVE.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO BRING THOSE RESOURCES, UH, THE TOOLS THAT I LEARNED IN, IN THOSE TWO YEARS AND BE ABLE TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, ANYBODY THAT NEEDS IT.
SO I HEARD JEFF TALK ABOUT VETERANS DAY.
I OPENED IT UP FOR THE COMMISSION TO TALK ABOUT VETERANS DAY.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE MENTION MEMORIAL PAVERS.
SO MIKE ON THE LIST IS BUSINESS COMING UP.
UM, WELL BASICALLY WITH THE VETERAN'S DAY MEMORIAL THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, THE, THE, UM, THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED AT THAT TIME, UM, SINCE THEN, UM, IT'S BEEN ON, UM, ON THE WEBSITE TO BE ANNOUNCED.
UM, AND, AND THE PROGRAM, THE APPLICATION TO FILL OUT FOR THAT.
WE'VE RECEIVED PROBABLY ABOUT, UM, HALF A DOZEN OR SO SO FAR.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, BASICALLY THE PLAN IS TO GET THE FIRST 50, UM, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS TO GET THEM INSTALLED AT THAT TIME.
SOUNDS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME.
I THINK SOME FUTURE EVENTS WILL, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THE, THE, THE ADDITIONAL FLYERS THAT WE DID LAST TIME.
UM, WE'LL ALSO START TO PROVIDE THOSE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET MOVING FORWARD TO GET THE, GET MORE WORD OUT ABOUT IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, WE'VE HAD SOME INQUIRIES, UM, FROM DIFFERENT RESIDENTS IN THAT, IN THAT TOO, SO.
AND I KNOW ONE THING, UM, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT HE'S OVER TO PARKS AND REC THAT HELP HOST THE FARMER'S MARKET AT THE, UM, UP BY THE BEHIND THE Y AT THE WATER PARK.
UM, EVERY SATURDAY WHEN THE WEATHER CHANGES OVER.
AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKING US TO HAVE A BOOTH, A TABLE SET UP, SO WHERE VETERANS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THAT MAY WANT A MEMORIAL PAVER OR A FAMILY MEMBER THAT MAY WANT A MEMORIAL PAVER TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THAT VETERAN AND THEIR FAMILY, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE THERE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE THAT AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
YOU FROM, I GET THE FLYER FROM Y'ALL GO AND BROOKLYN AT THE UH, UM, I TOOK THE VA TOO.
IF, IF NOT, I CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND ALSO
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PUT IT, I CAN ALSO PUT IT ON THE, UM, ACTUAL WEBSITE, THE VA WEBSITE.THEY'RE ALWAYS, THEY'RE ALWAYS, THEY'RE ALWAYS, THEY'RE ALWAYS THING TO PUT ON THERE.
SO WHO'S MAN NAMED THE TAPE? MONTGOMERY? WE, WE US.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY MAN, AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, HUGHES USED TO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WANTING TO BE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, SETTING UP A BOOTH.
WELL, TWO AND, AND, AND SOMEWHAT IN, IN SIMILAR TO THAT.
UM, SARAH WILLIAMS HERE, UM, SHE'S THE NEW, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, COORDINATOR PROGRAM, UM, SPECIALIST.
I, I'LL LET HER INTRODUCE THAT, THAT ASPECT OF HER TITLE.
UM, BUT SHE'LL BE THE ONE THAT'LL BE IN CONTACT AND HELP YOU WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THEN MOVING, MOVING FORWARD WITH FUTURE, UM, PROGRAM, UM, WHAT ADVERTISEMENT RIGHT THERE.
HELLO, I'M SARAH WILLIAMS. I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO I DO ALL OF THE DIGITAL AND PAPER MEDIA AND THEN CO-MANAGE THE FARMER'S MARKET.
SO I'LL BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT FOR THAT.
UM, BUT I'M HERE TO HELP FACILITATE WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO GET OUTWARD WISE.
UM, I KNOW THAT I HAVE SHARED, UH, SEVERAL THINGS THROUGH OUR MONTHLY THING THAT WE DO WITH THE DAYTON DAILY.
WE HAVE A MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER THAT IS GONNA BE, UH, REGULARLY GOING OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO, UM, ANY OF THOSE IMPORTANT DETAILS DEFINITELY ARE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, SPREADING THE WORD, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE ALSO, UM, PUBLISH A BROCHURE THAT HAS ALL OF THE CITY EVENTS.
SO IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT MOVIE NIGHTS AND OUR MUSIC SERIES THAT WE DO, BUT THEN IN THE CENTER ARE ALL OF THE CITY EVENTS.
SO IT'S A CALENDAR THAT PEOPLE CAN PUT UP ON THEIR FRIDGE AND THEY HAVE IT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
SO, UM, IT HAS NOT, CUZ DATES HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY FINALIZED.
EVERYBODY HAS TILL THE END OF THIS MONTH TO GET THAT TO ME.
UM, SO MOST OF THOSE DATES I DO HAVE THOUGH.
SO THERE'S JUST A FEW STRAGGLERS.
BUT I'M HERE TO, UH, ALSO BE MIKE'S BACKUP WHEN HE IS OUT OF POCKET.
THEN YOU'LL SEE ME IN HIS SPOT WHEN HE'S OUT OF POCKET.
YOU MEAN WRONG OR YOU MEAN OUT OF THE, OUT, OUT OF THE LOOP.
BECAUSE HE'S NEVER WRONG, HE'S NEVER TAKE A VACATION DAY.
AND THEN, WAIT, WHAT'S YOUR EXTENSIONS, SIR? 58.
SOMEBODY ELSE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? REPEAT THAT PHONE NUMBER AGAIN.
FIFTY EIGHT TWENTY IS MY EXTENSION HERE.
NOW I KNOW, UM, THE NEXT THING UNDER OLD BUSINESS WAS THE MEMORIAL DAY ROCK.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED TO THE CITY COMMISSION ABOUT THAT, AND I KNOW THAT MIKE, UM, MIKE AND JEFF WERE BRINGING UP INFORMATION.
SO IF Y'ALL COULD JUST REFRESH OUR MEMORY SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, IDENTIFIED, IF YOU WILL, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT OR DID WE BACK OFF OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE? UM, WELL ACTUALLY JUST SPEAKING TO JEFF HERE BEFORE THE MEETING A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF CATCHING BACK UP WITH THAT, UM, I SPOKE TO THE Y UM, CONCERNING, UM, KIND OF MAKING THAT A COHESIVE EVENT WITH THE WISE, UM, HALF MARATHON EVENT.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE NO LONGER DOING THAT EVENT.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE KIND OF, UM, ORGANIZED AND, AND GROUND FLOORED FROM THE COMMISSION ITSELF.
UM, AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG, HOW MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOGISTICAL THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO PLAY WITH GETTING THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T, UM, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO OR CAN'T PULL OFF AS A COMMISSION.
UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT SOME MORE DETAILS AND THINGS WOULD LIKE WHITNEY PROVIDED.
SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS 2024, UM, I WOULD VENTURE SAY YES.
IS THERE A, IS THERE AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE LOGISTICS CHALLENGES ARE? SO BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE WITH, LIKE I SPOKE TO YOU EARLIER ABOUT IS WITH THE HALF MARATHON, UM, DEPENDING UPON WHAT ROUTE YOU SET UP, BASICALLY WITH THE GROUP POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRST REQUIRES IS THE ROUTE.
SO THEY NEED TO KNOW THE ROUTE SO THEY THAT HAVE TO BE APPROVED FOR, FOR THEM.
SO LOGISTICALLY THEN THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD COME TO THE FIRE AND THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR TO DECIDE, OKAY, IS THIS A VIABLE OPTION? SO THAT BEING SAID, THEN THEY WOULD COME TO YOU AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WORK OUT WITH WHOMEVER.
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WOULD SAY, OKAY, WELL THIS IS, WE CAN'T DO THIS WITH THIS LOGISTICALLY.OR IT'S GONNA COST X AMOUNT OF MONEY LOGISTICALLY.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GROUND FLOOR OF THE EXPECTATION.
YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME THE HALF MARATHON, SINCE WHEN THE Y WAS DOING IT, UM, IT'S BEEN SET UP THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS MM-HMM.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T BE, IT'S NOT A VIABLE OPTION.
I'M JUST, WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS WE NEED TO KNOW THOSE OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT REQUIRED, WITH WHAT ROUTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO ROUTES, NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS EXPECTED, WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA HOW ANYBODY CALCULATES.
UM, AND ON THAT, THE HALF MARATHON OR THE MARATHON AT THE AIR FORCE, THEY KNOW, THEY CALCULATE THAT, THEY KNOW THOSE NUMBERS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU CORRELATE AN EVENT LIKE THIS, SOMETHING WITH THAT, OKAY, AS A HALF MARATHON, WHICH YOU WOULD GET FROM HOLDING A MARATHON OR A R EVENT LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD GET PEOPLE AS PARTICIPANTS THAT WOULD BE TRAINING FOR THAT EVENT.
SO YOU'D HOLD IT PRIOR TO THAT MM-HMM.
THE, THE AIR FORCE MARATHON PART OF A REGISTRATION.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT SO MUCH A REGISTRATION, IT'S, IT'S JUST LIKE LOGISTICALLY LIKE THIS, THIS IS THE ROUTE YOU'RE GONNA TAKE.
CAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN DIFFERENT STREETS.
LIKE AT ONE TIME, THE LAST TIME THE THE Y HAD THE THEIRS, IT WENT ALMOST, IT WENT UP INTO MIAMI COUNTY OUT OF CITY JURISDICTION.
SO THAT TOOK A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, COORDINATION WITH MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO, SO THOSE THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY YOU SHUT DOWN ROADS AND THEN THINGS LIKE THAT THEN IT'S, IT TAKES A COORDINATION WITH, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIRED PERSONNEL.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO FIRE HUNDRED
THE, UH, I TALKED TO CHRIS AT THE Y UM, JUST ANECDOTALLY WHAT I HAPPENED TO BE IN THERE.
AND, UH, I THINK IF THE Y WERE TO BE INVOLVED, THAT SHOULD BE A STARTER FINISH POINT FOR ONE OF IT.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE FOR IT TO END THAN THE, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL DOWN AT THOMAS CLOUD.
SO MAYBE A POINT TO POINT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER.
AND IT'S JUST ONE SINGLE ROAD STAY ON THE SIDEWALKS.
I THINK THERE'S SIDEWALKS THE ENTIRE ROUTE AND HAVE IT MORE OF A RUCK, WALKATHON KIND OF THING THAN SHUTTING DOWN THE STREETS AND HAVING TO HAVE THE COPS STOP THROUGH.
THOSE ARE THE DETAILS THAT, THAT ME AND, AND THE POLICE CHIEF BASICALLY WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS, IF YOU'RE NOT SHUT DOWN ANY ROADS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA MORE THAN LIKELY SAY, OKAY, WE GET IT.
DO WHAT, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START SHUTTING DOWN 2 0 1, 2 0 2 SHOW ROAD.
YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS LIKE IT USED TO BE THAT THEN YOU GET INTO LOGISTICS OF, OKAY, THIS LOGISTIC, THIS, THIS JURISDICTION OF POLICE NEEDS TO BE INFORMED AND, YOU KNOW, AND SO ON.
AND SO IT BECOMES WHAT BECOMES THIS BECOMES A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
I'M, I'M ALL ABOUT KEEPING IT SIMPLE SINCE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE, LOOK WHAT THE TURNOUT WOULD BE.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO EMT FIRST NOW.
THE VOLUME OF THE EVENT, WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD'VE TO ANTICIPATE HOW MANY YEARS IS, IS THAT ANYONE? ZERO.
HE'S TRYING TO STOP THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS GROUND FLOOR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
IS THERE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY BEHIND, UM, THOMAS CLOUD? LIKE CAN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIELD, GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND, THERE'S TWO ACCESS POINTS INTO THE COMMUNITIES ON KENRIDGE AND YOU GO THROUGH THE, SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO START AND STOP THERE AND JUST HAVE IT RUN THROUGH? CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THEY DO ON LEAP CREEK.
ONCE YOU GET TO THAT COMMUNITY BACK, THAT'S NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU GO TO THE PARK WHERE ACTUALLY PLAYGROUND AND THEY GO THROUGH THAT WAY THAT YOU TALKING ACROSS THE CREEK.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT COMING FROM THE BACK OF SOUTH, SOUTH PARK BACK? OKAY.
BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO THE MEMORIAL.
STARTING AT THE MEMORIAL, GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
COMING BACK, GOING BACK THROUGH THE FIELD.
RUN THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN COMING BACK THERE, THERE IS ACCESS TO POINTS AT KITCHENS ROAD AND LONG FOR YOU, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SO MUCH SHUTTING DOWN ROADS CUZ PEOPLE CORRECT.
AGAIN, I'VE DONE RUNS LIKE THAT IN BEAVER CREEK WHERE THEY DON'T SHUT DOWN THE ROADS.
YOU WATCH FOR THE CARS AND CORRECT.
UM, AND THEN YOU COULD DO A MINI, LIKE A QUICK ONE FOR THE KIDS AND KEEP THAT IN THE PARK MM-HMM.
LIKE I SAID, NOT KNOWING THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT'S EXPECTED OR WHAT'S WHAT'S PLANNED FOR.
I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, I CAN HELP YOU OUT.
I'M MORE THAN WILLING, YOU KNOW THAT, BUT IT'S JUST HAVING TO KNOW THOSE THINGS.
RECON DON'T TAKE A LOT OF RECON.
SIMILAR TO THERE, THERE IS STILL AN EVENT THAT, UM, I THINK THE WAYNE BAND HOLDS OUT OF THE Y THEY STARTED THAT LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE.
AND IT GOES FROM BASICALLY THE Y INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CONNECTS ADJOINING TO THE Y THERE AND GOES BACK INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
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YEAH.AND THEN GOES BACK INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE PARK THERE.
SO SIMILAR, SIMILAR, JUST DIFFERENT AREA.
ONTO NEW BUSINESS MEMORIAL DAY PLANNING.
UM, I KNOW RAY WAS TALKING ABOUT VETERANS DAY, UM, BUT THE FIRST ITEM FOR MEMORIAL DAY PLANNING I WILL TAKE IS TO PROVIDE THE MEMO REQUESTING MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINE'S PRESENCE.
AND I WILL COURTESY COPY, UM, JEFF AND TONY.
WELL ACTUALLY WOULDN'T PETER DECIDE WHAT TIME IT'S THAT DAY MEMO? WELL, CAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET BEFORE THE OF THE, IF WE CAN DECIDE THE DATE AND THE TIME FOR BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS, SHE CAN HAVE IT FOR HER.
YOU GOTTA, IT'S MAY 29TH IS THE MONDAY OF MEMORIAL DAY.
SEPTEMBER 4TH IS THE MONDAY OF SEP UH, LABOR DAY.
AND WHY DID YOU TELL ME ABOUT LABOR DAY? WE NOT DOING LABOR DAY.
SHE'S PUTTING THE CALENDAR TOGETHER.
YEAH, BUT WE'RE NOT, I I WAS THINKING NOT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
VETERANS DAY, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY.
UM, YEAH, YOU SAID LABOR DAY WE'RE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, I DON'T WANT
I PICKED THE WRONG DAY TO LOOK AT.
SO TIME FOR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
I KNOW WE USUALLY HAVE IT AT 16.
CAN, WHENEVER YOU PREPARE YOUR REQUEST, CAN YOU SHOW ME YOUR DRAFT FIRST, SIR? I'VE, I'VE DONE HELP YOU ASK MR. RAY PLEASE IN CASE WE RIGHT.
SORRY, I'VE SUBMITTED HOW MANY HAVE I I'VE SUBMITTED THEM.
I WILL SEND IT TO YOU FIRST, SIR.
AND I WILL COURTESY COPY JEFF AND TONY AND ANY CORRECTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY, JEFF AND TONY WILL BE ALL OVER.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET YOU KNOCKED OFF SIMPLY CUZ YOU ASKED FOR, UH, THREE ELEPHANTS AND A RIGHT.
IT'S NOT MY FIRST RODEO REAL DAY.
SO WHAT'S WHAT TIME? THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT TIME THAT HAS WORKED TRADITIONALLY AND EVERY TIME WE'VE MOVED IT, WE'VE ALWAYS GONE BACK TO 11.
I WOULD GO WE WHAT TIME DID YOU SAY? 11? IS THAT WHAT LAST GOOD.
IF NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA
SO WHAT TIME, OKAY, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA THINK THIS IS A, A STORY, BUT JUST THIS MORNING, NO JOKE.
I GOT A REQUEST FROM VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA FOR MEMORIAL DAY AT VIETNAM PARK FROM 10 O'CLOCK TO 1230.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT AT 1600 ON MEMORIAL DAY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD IT AT 1600 ON VETERANS DAY.
THE ONLY TRUMP THEY HAD WAS THEY CAME IN FIRST.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER JERRY.
SO, SO 1600 BOTH TIMES, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY.
SO THE 29TH OF MAY, MEMORIAL DAY, 1600.
YEAH, WE DID HAVE, AND SAME FOR VETERANS DAY.
AND THE SAME FOR VETERANS DAY ON NOVEMBER 11TH, WHICH IS THE SATURDAY.
WHEN WHAT, WHAT DAY IS VETERAN'S DAY? A SATURDAY.
WE HAD SOME PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WORKING THE LAST TIME.
IS THAT A MEETING FOR, IS THAT GOOD FOR THE CALENDAR? LOOK AT DANA THINKING AHEAD.
BUT AS FAR AS THE MEMORIAL DAY PLANNING, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'LL DO THE MEMO FOR, UM, MOMMY VALLEY YOUNG MARINES.
I'LL ALSO EMAIL, UH, THE COLONEL AT, UM, WAYNE GERALD TC AND MAKE SURE Y'ALL GET LINKED UP WITH HIM.
I'LL COURTESY COPY YOU GUYS ON THAT EMAIL AS WELL.
AND THEN USUALLY THE SPEAKER AND THE PASTOR FOR INVOCATION.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A COMMISSION KIND OF REACH OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, RAY MOSTLY DOES THE, HE'S DONE SPEAKERS TOO, BUT HE MOSTLY DOES THE PASTORS.
HE'S LINKED UP IN THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY, SO HE'S ALWAYS GIVEN US SOME FRESH, UH, CATHOLIC TO I ALSO TO DO IT.
I AM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CHURCH ALLIANCE MEETINGS THAT IS HELD ONCE A MONTH.
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YEAR BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF, UH, UH, CLERICS COME TO THAT MEETING.SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF ANYBODY BEEN TO CITY COUNCIL WELL AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, THE GENTLEMAN THAT DOES THE INVOCATION, UH, RANDY GRIFFITH.
WELL, HE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WOULD DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
MATTER OF FACT, I JUST HAD HIM DO SOMETHING FOR ME FOR, UH, READS ACROSS AMERICA AND HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
SO ARE YOU SAYING YOU HAVE IS WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, YOU HAVE SOMEONE FOR MEMORIAL DAY THAT YOU WILL CHECK WITH.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING I RAN INTO OKAY.
LET ME, LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU RAY WILL TAKE CARE OF SPEAKING WITH AND GETTING A PASTOR FOR THE INVOCATION? UHHER ROGER UHHER.
AND THEN, UM, USUALLY FOR THE SPEAKER, UM, WE'VE HAD DANA DO IT.
SO JUST START THINKING ABOUT, UM, SOMEONE, I THINK WE HAD AN E SIX THAT ONE TIME AND HE WAS, HE WAS GOOD TOO.
THAT E THAT STAFF SERGEANT WAS REALLY GOOD.
SO JUST THE QUESTION, IS THERE ANY POPULATION, DEMOGRAPHIC, ANY, LIKE, WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE BROUGHT TURTLE BARLOW OUT THAT ONE TIME.
CASSIE IS, IS THERE, IS THERE A SPECIFIC, IS THERE SOMEBODY, IS THERE SOMEBODY IN THE LARGE GROUP SENSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
UM, KIM, WE COULD LOOK AT KIM F FRISCO.
FEMALE OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
UM, I THINK MOSTLY WE'VE HAD AIR FORCE.
PHARMA SELECT, GENERAL SELECT.
LET'S JUST, JUST AS AN OPINION GROUP QUICKLY AS, AS A, YOU KNOW, WE MAY MAYBE WANT TO TABLE THIS FOR NOW.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME, SOME NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS.
MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME MORE YOUNGER PEOPLE HERE MAYBE.
WELL, ESPECIALLY LIKE, AND I DON'T, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME VETERANS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT BE WILLING TO SPEAK AS YEAH.
THAT VOCALLY SERVED MOST RECENTLY.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THAT E SIX.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THAT STAFF SERGEANT.
AND, UM, HE SAID YOUNGER PEOPLE QUESTION.
DO YOU GUYS EVER HAVE LIKE, UM, SPOUSES SPEAK IN LIKE THE DIFFICULTIES OF LIKE MARRIAGE AND DEPLOYMENT? WE HAVE NOT.
I MEAN, IT'S MEMORIAL DAY OF VETERANS DAY, BUT WE DID HAVE A DINNER WHO SPECIFICALLY SPOKE TO, HE TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE ONE THAT TALKED ABOUT, YEAH, HE TALKED ABOUT THE SACRIFICES THAT FAMILIES MAKE.
BUT HE WAS WEARING, YOU KNOW, COLONEL HAT, NOT WIFE HAT, CHILD HAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AS WELL.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE TODAY.
I'M JUST SAYING THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO INCLUDE.
UM, CAUSE THIS, THIS IS JANUARY.
NEXT TIME WE MEET IS THE END OF FEBRUARY, THEN WE HAVE APRIL.
THAT'LL BE RIGHT THERE, THEN IT'S RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE, THAT'S A 50 METER TARGET FOR AIR FORCE PEOPLE.
THAT MEANS A TARGET THAT'S 50 METERS IN FRONT OF.
SO THE SPEAKER ONE SPEAKER, THEY HAVE COMMUNITY OR CANADIAN OUTSIDE YOU? YES.
ME AND MARCUS WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE, THESE MARRIAGE RETREATS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE MILITARY.
AND, UM, THE SPOUSES WOULD GET UP AND TALK.
AND SO THE HUSBAND WOULD DO THEIR, THEIR POINT OF VIEW AND THEN THE SPOUSE WOULD DO THEIR POINT OF VIEW AND THERE WOULD BE A PASTOR THERE AS WELL AND EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCES THAT THEY SEE THROUGHOUT THE MARRIAGE.
AND IT, IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THEN THE SPOUSE SEES IT LIKE, OKAY, I'M NOT ABNORMAL.
AND THEN THE, THE JAILER WOULD SEE IT AS, YOU KNOW, I'M HER.
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, AND THEN ITEM TWO IS, UH, MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES OBVIOUSLY, UM, GOING TO DO A REQUEST FOR THAT.
AND, UM, WAYNE, BUT ONE THING THAT WE, WHERE WE DO LACK, AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON HERE HAVE THEIR OWN MEMORIAL DAY VETERANS DAY EVENTS LIKE VFW, AMERICAN LEGION, P V O A, OBVIOUSLY IN AMBITS.
BUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF OUR VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS
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HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF OUR EVENTS.AND LIKEWISE, WE ALREADY, SOME OF US ALREADY PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THEIR EVENTS AND THEN AT OUR MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY COULD BRING UP SOMETHING THAT THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR IT, RIGHT? LIKE THEY COULD, ONE OF THEIR VFW MEMBERS COULD BE IN NEED OF WHATEVER, AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE WE COULD HELP OUT AND FILL IN THE GAPS AS FAR AS RESOURCES, UM, FOR SOME OF Y'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW, I WAS WITH UNITED WAY AT GREATER DAYTON AREA VETS LINK TWO ON ONE PROGRAM FOR VETERANS.
NOW I'M THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WHERE WE HOUSE HOMELESS VETERANS.
AND, UM, THE DAYTON VA SENDS THEM TO US.
WE HOUSE 'EM THREE HOTS IN A COT, AS THEY SAY.
AND, UM, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT BEING THERE TO DO THAT.
SO SOME OF, AND SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, EVERY, I KNOW EVERYBODY ISN'T, UM, WELL TO DO AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS NEEDS.
VETERAN COMMUNITY SEEMS TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF NEEDS AS WELL.
SO IF THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT AS A COMMISSION IS TO TRY TO GET INVOLVED WITH SOME OF OUR, UM, GET MORE INVOLVED WITH STAR VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME GAPS THAT WE CAN HELP FILL WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THOSE VETERANS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY? I DO.
I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH, UH, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON A CHECKLIST FOR MEMORIAL DAY SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SAME PROBLEMS WE RAN INTO FOR VETERANS DAY.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A JEFF, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A JEFF ISSUE AS THE NEW CHAIR HE WAS, HE'S, HE'S WORKING ON ONE FOR VETERANS DAY, SO WORK WITH YOU ON IT.
UM, OH, SO THIS IS A REALLY SENSITIVE SUBJECT FOR ME AS A PARENT, BUT, UM, IN SAN DIEGO, THEY HAVE A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES FOR VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY IN, AS A MOTHER, I'M STRUGGLING FOR MY KIDS.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT HERE, UM, FOR THE KIDS AND, SORRY, THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING.
AND AS A MOM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S HELP FROM THE MILITARY IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
OH, I WAS GONNA SAY, IF YOU WANNA CONNECT WITH ME OFFLINE, UM, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS HERE AT WRIGHT PAT.
CUZ I'VE, I GOT CONNECTIONS FOR OUR VETERANS TOO, WORKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE PROGRAMS FOR THE FAMILY BECAUSE I'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND THEY TELL ME YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE ACTIVE DUTY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GO IS NOT, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
I'M NOT, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I, NO, NO, NO.
I'M, I'M A SOCIAL WORKER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, FOR VETERANS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THAT'S, I KNOW, BUT I KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.
AND I BASICALLY WANT THE PROGRAMS OR RUN PART OF THE OVER FOR THE AIR FORCE AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, I, I'VE HEARD YOU GUYS SPEAK A LOT ABOUT THE Y M C A, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING, BUT LIKE THE Y M C A COLLABORATES WITH, UM, THE MILITARY BACK IN SAN DIEGO.
SO LIKE, THEY HAVE BIG EVENTS FOR THE MILITARY AND VETERANS AND THEY PUT ON PROGRAMS AND, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS DO THAT OUT HERE, BUT THAT'S A BIG THING.
LIKE, THEY'LL HAVE LIKE MISS CALIFORNIA COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, JUMPY HOUSE AND FREE BARBECUE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS DO OUT HERE AS WELL.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE Y M C A.
I KNOW THE Y W C A DOES THEMSELVES, PORTLAND AND FAMILY.
UM, BUT THE SPECIFICALLY HAS THEIR MILITARY FAMILY READINESS CENTER TENDS TO BE THE FOCAL POINT AND CENTRAL POINT FOR THOSE KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
UM, I, I CAN EASILY STAY BY AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
AND I CAN CONNECT BACK WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ONCE I AM ABLE TO MAKE SURE I'M GIVING YOU THE RIGHT RESOURCES.
THE LAST, THE LAST TIDBIT OF INFORMATION I GOT ABOUT THE Y M C A IS THEY'RE SHORT STAFF AND THEY CAN'T GET ANYBODY TO WORK.
SO THAT, THAT, LIKE MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THE, UH, ECONOMY PROBLEM ABOUT PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO WORK IS, IS, IS AFFECTING THEM.
I HEARD THIS FROM SOMEBODY THAT WENT THERE QUITE REGULARLY.
SO, UM, BLUE STAR FAMILIES, UH, DR.
MAPLES, I CAN, UM, REACH OUT TO HER AND GET YOU CONNECTED WITH HER.
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THEY DO THINGS FOR ACTIVE AND RESERVE AND VETERANS.UM, BACK IN OCTOBER THEY HAD TO NOURISH THE FAMILY EVENT WHERE THEY GAVE OUT OVER 200 FOOD BOXES, PAMPERS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY E SIX AND BELOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW Y'ALL RANK STRUCTURE, BUT I DIDN'T QUALIFY SO I COULDN'T GO THERE.
UM, BUT BLUE STAR FAMILIES IS A RESOURCE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE HUBER HEIGHTS Y UM, SINCE WRIGHT PACK AIR FORCE BASE IS LOCATED IN FAIRBORNE, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME COLLABORATIONS AT THE Y IN FAIRBORNE THAT'S MORE MILITARY ORIENTED, SINCE IT'S THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN THAT LOCALE.
AND THERE'S A RIGHT OUTSIDE THE GO IN AND OUT AIRBORNE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU GUYS PUTTING YOUR HANDS TO THE PLOW, IF YOU WILL.
MEETING I'LL, I'LL ATTACK YOU.