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ARRESTED.[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road March 22, 2023 6:00 P.M. ]
OKAY, Y'ALL.WE ARE HERE TODAY TO, UM, THE MILITARY VETERANS COMMISSION FOR MARCH 22ND, 2023.
MEETING STARTS AT 6:00 PM UM, CALLED MEETING TO ORDER.
THAT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE CHAIR'S, UM, POSITION.
UM, THE CHAIR HAS RECENTLY RESIGNED, SO THEREFORE, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO INTO THE MEETING WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LIKE WE WOULD PLEASE STAND AND ME PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GODD, AN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
DEAR LORD, TODAY AND ALL DAYS, WE CHOOSE TO HONOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS WORTHY AMEN.
AND WOMEN WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES WHEN THEY WERE CALLED UPON THE SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
WE ASKED FATHER THAT YOU BLESSED THEM FOR THEIR UNSELFISH SERVICE AND FOR THE DEDICATION THEY HAVE SHOWN TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS OR SAFETY IN 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 ACT THEY PERFORM FOR US.
AND THIS OUR TIME OF THE 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 ARE LORD AND SAVIOR.
OKAY, WITH THIS, WE'LL, UH, CALL ROLL.
LASTLY, SORRY, MR. WINDSOR HERE.
WITH THAT ALL ARE IN PRESENCE.
UM, THE FIRST MEETING, UM, ITEM ON THE AGENDA HERE IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UM, MEANS THERE WAS NO MEETING LAST MONTH.
WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED MINUTES FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
SO, UM, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, NEXT, UM, TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WOULD BE, UM, THE ELECTION OF A NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, WITH THIS I WOULD OPEN UP ANY, UH, MOTIONS TO ELECT A CHAIR.
MR. GERMAN, I THINK, I THINK IT'S WORTH TALKING ABOUT, BUT THE COMMISSION IS MADE UP WITH A BUNCH OF BUSY PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT ANYBODY WHO THROWS THEIR HAT IN THE RING SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHAIR, UH, POSITION IS NOT JUST A ONE MEETING A MONTH JOB BECAUSE, UH, IF CERTAIN ISSUES ARE, UH, BROUGHT FORTH THAT NEED ACTION, UH, THEY REALLY NEED TO, UH, MOTIVATE THE TRUTH DURING THAT TIME, MR. ROTH, TO GET THINGS DONE, TO HOLD ANY SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
AND WHAT I'M GETTING TO IS THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING UNLESS THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM AND THE WILLINGNESS TO, UH, BEHAVE IN THAT MANNER.
BUT THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ELECT ANYONE AS CHAIR? WELL, WHO, WHO WOULD LIKE THAT THERE ANY CONSIDERATION? YES, SURE.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? IS, UH, WELL, LET ME, LET ME SEE.
MR. WINDSOR, ARE YOU, DO YOU PREFER TO STAY AS THE VICE CHAIR OR ARE YOU OKAY WITH BEING THAT CHAIR? I MEAN, I WOULD RATHER STAY AT THE VICE CHAIR POSITION RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE OF SCHOOL WITH LIKE MY COMMANDS I HAVE.
I MEAN, IT'S WHATEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OKAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR RIGHT NOW, I, I JUST DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE SAID, I DON'T WANT TO BE ABLE TO, I DON'T WANNA HALF-ASSED AS THEY SAY.
I KNOW WE BEING RECORDED
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HAT IN THE RING TO BE THE CHAIR? I KNOW Y'ALL JUST JOINED US,I, I ABSOLUTELY WOULD LOVE TO SERVE, BUT I, I HAVE A LOT GOING ON WITH THE FISHER HOUSE.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON I UNDERSTAND.
SO RIGHT NOW PROBABLY WOULD NOT.
WELL, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH, UH, THIS KIND OF SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT JOIN, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH GIVERS AND THEY GIVE A LOT OF TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M RESTRAINING FOR THAT VERY REASON.
UH, I, I JUST DON'T HAVE A SINGLE MINUTE LEFT.
BUT, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED SOMEBODY TO BE CHAIR.
UH, WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES? WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIR? BASICALLY RESPONSIBLE, THE CHAIRS WOULD BE TO, UM, ORGANIZE THE MEETINGS, UM, BE THE FOREFRONT OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN IN THE MILITARY.
SOME, UH, A ROLE OF LEADERSHIP AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.
UM, I, I'M, I ANSWER THAT QUESTION BY TOM.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN ON LONG ENOUGH.
YOU'VE SEEN SOME OTHER PAST CHAIRS, UH, AND THEIR LEADERSHIP, WHAT THEY'VE DONE AS FAR AS JUST KIND OF GUIDING AND, UM, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP OR GUIDANCE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET THE CITY COUNCIL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, DO YOU? UH, THERE IS AN UPDATE A QUARTERLY.
UM, JOHN, WERE THEY ON THIS THING BEFORE? I'M ORIGINALLY, YES.
SO THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE HISTORY WITH THE IGNITION AND, AND, AND I MEAN, I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS CAUSE I'M, I'M OLD AND RETIRED AND I'M NOT WORKING, AND I JUST DO THE THINGS MY WIFE TELLS ME TO DO.
SO BETA SOUNDS LIKE EVERY OTHER MAN.
I WORK, THEN I GO HOME WORK TOO.
SO DID DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE TO SAY AFTER YOU, WERE YOU STARTING TO SAY SOMETHING? NO, NO.
I'M, I'M, WELL, I, IF I CAN INTERJECT REAL QUICK.
SO THE, THE MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE, TO, UM, DOVETAIL NEXT TO WHAT MIKE SAID, YOU PREPARE THE AGENDA.
THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT THAT FRIDAY, OR NO LATER THAN THAT MONDAY OF OUR MEETING WHERE WE, UM, PREPARE THE AGENDA, SEND THE AGENDA OUT TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
SO, UM, LIKE RAY OR JOHN, SOME OF THE GUYS, THEY, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS, THEY HAVE A WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE AGENDA.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
UM, SOMETIMES WE REACH OUT TO SPEAKERS TO COME AND SPEAK.
JERRY MAPLES, THE BLUE STAR FAMILY, SHE CAME AND PRESENTED, UH, KIM FRISCO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE COMMISSION HAS PRESENTED.
SO WE KIND OF WANT TO START GETTING BACK TO THAT NOW THAT COVID IS KIND OF DYING DOWN.
UM, WE RECOGNIZE, WE NOMINATE AND RECOGNIZE MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP VETERANS.
UM, SO SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE BRIEF THE CITY COUNCIL ON UPCOMING THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON, THINGS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, THINGS WE'VE DONE LIKE A RECAP.
UH, WE PLAN MEMORIAL DAY VETERAN'S DAY, AND WE PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, STAR SPANGLED.
WE, WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT A COUPLE TIMES.
WELL, MORE THAN THAT I PARTICIPATED A COUPLE TIMES.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD A, A VEHICLE LAST YEAR.
BUT, UM, SO, AND THEN YOU REQUEST, YOU REQUEST ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT OUR ARGUMENTS.
I E MONTE VALLEY YOUNG MARINES, WAYNE JER, OTC COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
BUT IT COULD GO OUTSIDE OF THAT.
UM, SOMETIMES WE DID HAVE LITTLE TWO OR THREE MEETING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE ACTUAL MEETING.
SO LIKE, SINCE WE MAY HAVE A MEETING IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO MEMORIAL DAY, DESPITE SOME THINGS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE MEETING AT PANERA OR SOMETHING THAT WAS OUR SPOT, OR TJ CHUMPS, UM, JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHO'S GOING TO DO WHAT, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
I'LL CONTACT THE PASTOR FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE BENEDICTION AND I'LL CONTACT THIS ORGANIZATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
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UM, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, YOU JUST, UH, THE HUB BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS COMMUNITY, UM, VETERAN AGENCIES AND OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO TAKE CARE OF VETERANS IN THE HUB HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY, BUT ALSO OTHER VETERANS AS WELL.AND, UM, JUST TRY TO PUT YOUR INFORMATION OUT.
RAY WAS DOING A NEWSLETTER, SO HE OFTEN ASKED THE CHAIRS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PUT IN THAT NEWSLETTER THAT THEY WANTED TO GET OUT, UM, TO OUR VETERANS IN UTILIZE MILITARY.
I'VE NEVER HEARD SUCH A KNOWLEDGEABLE DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAIR POSITION IN MY LIFE FROM ANY ORGANIZATION AT ANY TIME.
I'LL YOU BE BECOME THE CONTINUITY BUDDY.
UM, IS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEBODY MAYBE WOULD WANT TO DO IT THROUGH JUNE UNTIL SOMEONE'S SCHEDULE OPENS UP? BECAUSE THEY'RE A DEGREE AGAIN FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT QUESTION.
I WOULDN'T FEEL WITH YOU CAN PAY FOR IT.
UM, I GUESS EVEN THOUGH I DO HAVE A LOT GOING ON VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.
I WAS GONNA SAY NO, IF NO ONE, I'LL SAY IT THIS WAY, NO ONE WILL TAKE IT UNTIL JUNE.
UM, EVEN THOUGH I DO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, UM, I CAN DO THAT.
NOT WITH MY EYES CLOSED, BUT, BUT IF THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO, I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON YOUR TOES.
YOU A GREATS AMONG OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
I KNEW THAT MR. LESLIE'S OFFER, UH, PRO TOWN CHAIR BE ACCEPTED.
I STATE DID YOU, DID YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN NO.
SO I GUESS WITH THAT, I'M HEARING THERE'S A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER RAKI TO, UH, TAKE AN INTERIM CHAIR POSITIONED UNTIL OLD MONTH OF JUNE AND WE REVISIT IT AT THAT TIME.
AND I THINK I'VE HEARD A SECOND OF THAT.
SO I GUESS I, UM, WE NEED A FIRST MOTION.
UM, MOTIONS ARE, YES, MR. LASHLEY, YOU ARE NEW CHAIR.
A TRYING TO GET BACK DOWN HERE.
YOU WORK, YOU WORK AT THE VA? YES.
SO WE CAN PROBABLY DO LUNCH OR SOMETHING.
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WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE, THE MEETING OVER TO THE CHAIR, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PROCEED, THAT'S FINE AS WELL.THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOR HAVING THE FAITH IN ME TO CONTINUE JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.
UM, JUST HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE.
SO NOW THAT THE ELECTION IS OUT OF THE WAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS COMMENTS.
SO WE DO SEE SOME CITIZENS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, ISSUES, CONCERNS THAT, UH, Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP? IF SO, YOU COULD, UM, STEP TO THAT PODIUM AND TURN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TURNED ON OR NOT, BUT YOU COULD PRESS THAT RED BUTTON.
WHY IS IT SO DARK? GO AHEAD, MAAM.
I DON'T HAVE REALLY A, A COMMENT.
I WAS HERE, UH, LAST MONTH AND, UM, I'M JUST, UM, AGAIN, INTRODUCING MYSELF AS MARIAN IN MONTGOMERY WITH A FOUNDER OF INVITED FOUNDATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS? I DO.
I WAS JUST ASKING I THINK TWO DAYS AFTER I MET YOU.
I HAD, YOU HAD GIVEN ME YOUR CARD AND I ACTUALLY ENDED UP MEETING A VET AT A GAS STATION WHO JUST WANDERED OVER AND STARTED TALKING TO ME.
IT WAS REALLY COLD, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
BUT HAD EXPRESSED THAT HE DOESN'T GET OUTSIDE.
SHE'S WIFE HAS PASSED FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS REALLY EXCITED TO GET YOUR CARD TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE WEBSITE AND NOT TEXT SAVVY.
BUT I I, IT WAS NICE TO SEE HIS RESPONSE TO SAYING LIKE, GO JUST HAVE DINNER WITH HIM.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE, JUST SHOW UP.
I BROUGHT MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH ME TODAY, UM, RICHARD MONTGOMERY.
AND, UM, SO THE, UH, INVITED VET FOUNDATION IS A FOUNDATION THAT CELEBRATES VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
OUR MISSION IS TO HELP VETERANS TELL THEIR STORY.
UM, INVITED THAT, UM, WAS ESTABLISHED AS A TRIBUTE TO MY DAD WHO SERVED 20 YEARS IN THE, UM, AIR FORCE.
AND WHEN HE PASSED IN 2014, UM, OUR FIRST CELEBRATION WAS IN 2015.
UH, SO OUR CELEBRATION LAST YEAR WAS AT THE PACKARD MUSEUM, AND WE WERE HONORED TO SERVE 220 VETERANS.
SO WE HAVE A QUARTERLY, UM, EACH ONE TEACH ONE TALK THAT IS AT PJ CHUMPS.
UM, MAY 1ST IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT, UM, EACH ONE TEACH ONE AND, UM, RETIRED COLONEL KATHY, DR.
CASSIE BARLOW WILL BE OUR GUEST SPEAKER.
SO, UH, RAY'S ALREADY SIGNED UP AND, UM, HOPEFULLY HE'LL BRING SOME WATER
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE A CAR SHOW COMING UP ON JUNE 10TH, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE AT THE POLISH CLUB, UM, PICNIC GROUNDS ON MEADOR ROAD.
WE HAVE ABOUT, UM, EIGHT VANS THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE.
WE HAVE VENDORS THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE, BRING YOUR CAR AND INTO YOUR CAR, INTO THE CAR SHOW, UM, FOOD TRUCKS.
IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EVENT.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, ON MY BROCHURE, THERE IS A, UM, QR CODE.
YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, CLICK ON A QR CODE AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE WEBSITE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, LOVE TO HAVE YOU AT THE TJ CHUMPS MEETING WITH DR.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE BRING YOU A FREE DINNER, YOU KNOW, TO YES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK
CAN YOU, UM, THE, UM, THE DATE AND THE TIME AGAIN FOR ME, PLEASE? MAY 1ST YES.
UM, AT TJ CHUS IN HUBER HEIGHTS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
SO, UM, REG, PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE SO I KNOW WHO COME IN NEED TO, UH, RESERVE FOR DINNER.
AND, AND IF WE HAVE OTHERS? YES, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, MA'AM, WHAT I, I READ OBVIOUSLY THE INVITATION SIGNED UP FOR IT.
UH, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES I SAW BY ATTENDING THAT, IF IT, IF YOU DON'T LIMIT IT JUST FOR ROTC CADETS, UH, THE FACT IS IT'S PROVIDING TIPS AND HINTS WHEREBY YOU CAN PROVIDE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY KNOW OF.
RIGHT NOW, MANY KNOW THAT I'M WITH THE MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES, SO THERE'S A BATCH OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR ME, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, UH, A LOT OF US DO ENCOUNTER YOUNG PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY MM-HMM.
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OR TO BETTER CAREER SEEKING OR THE BETTER MOTOR BEHAVIOR, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, UH, GOING TO A SESSION LIKE THAT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL.SO I DID CHANGE THE, UM, NARRATIVE ABOUT, UM, JUST INVITING THE CADETS.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN, BECAUSE, UM, SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SOCI AND, UM, WHERE FOR HIGHER LEARNING.
SO DEFINITELY IF YOU BRING YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE ROTC.
I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL, UM, REDWOOD, UM, SO THE OTHER DAY, AND HE KIND OF ENLIGHTENED ME
AND I WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTED, BUT HOWEVER I UNDER, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WELL, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT I ALREADY SENT OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION ON IT, BUT I'LL PROBABLY SEND OUT SOME MORE OKAY.
HEARING WHAT YOU SAID THIS, SO THANK YOU.
JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UM, CAPACITY OF 40.
SO, UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY SIGN UP ONLINE SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TO RESERVE DINNER? FOUR.
INVITE VET, RIGHT? OLD BUSINESS.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, I GOT ANOTHER CITIZENS COMMENT.
UM, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS WILL KIND OF COVER TWO TOPICS WITH SOME CITIZENS COMMENTS.
AND, UM, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL THIS WEEK FROM, UM, MIKE COYLE.
UM, HE'S INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS AND, UH, VFW ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, UM, HE, HE HAD INQUIRED ABOUT, UM, OUR PAV SITUATION DOWN AT THE, UM, VETERAN'S MEMORIAL.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO RE READ YOU ALL AN EXPERT FROM A LITTLE BIT FROM HIS EMAIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN OBSERVATION.
I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THE PROGRAM WHEN SOMEBODY AT THE VFW PASSED ME A CARD WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE EFFORT AGAIN AND AGAIN LATER WHEN I GOT NOTIFICATION IN THIS MAIL.
I KNOW FROM THIS THAT I HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF ADVERTISING AND A LOT OF GUYS ARE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM CUZ OF YOUR EFFORTS.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT NOW WOULD BE A TIME FOR YOU TO LET OUTFITS LIKE THE LEGION, THE VFW, AND OTHER VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, THAT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN A LITTLE UNDERWHELMING IN CALLING FOR THE LEADERSHIP OUT OF THERE TO HIT YOU GUYS WITH A LITTLE SHAMING.
I ALSO THINK YOU MAY EMPHASIZE TO THOSE SAME LEADERS THAT AN OPTION IS, IS FOR EACH GROUP TO ORDER A FAVOR FOR ALL THE MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO DO THIS FOR MY COUNSEL, WHICH THOSE INPUTS AND INDIVIDUAL'S INPUTS WOULD, MIGHT REACH YOUR GOALS OF 50 PAVERS OR MORE QUICKLY TO WORTH THE SHOT.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANNA SHARE THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, WITH HIS PERMISSION, UM, AS I SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY, HE, HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BUT HE HAS SOME FAMILY EFFORTS THAT HE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, US GETTING SOME OF THESE, UM, YOU'LL WILL SEE OVER THERE WHEN I CAME IN, I, I LEFT YOU.
I'LL, UH, TAKE SOME OF THOSE WITH YOU, PASS 'EM OUT TO YOUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH, WHERE YOU MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH SOME VETERANS OR SOME VETERAN FAMILIES THAT YOU CAN BE INVOLVED WITH TO GET THIS WORD OUT SO WE CAN GET THE FIRST 50 GOING AND, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE THAT THE ST.
UH, IS HE A LOCAL PERSON? YEAH.
SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I, I PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, A COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M PART OF THE COMMISSION HERE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I FOUND I THINK WORST HEARING FOR THE COMMISSION HERE IS, UM, SOMETHING I FOUND IN MY VW MAGAZINE, UM, LAST MONTH, AND I THINK IT'S QUITE INTERESTING.
UH, MARCH 29TH THIS YEAR, MARCH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE US COMBAT TROOPS RETURNING HOME.
VIETNAM WAR TODAY IS KNOWN AS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY.
THE RE THE DAY WAS PROCLAIMED BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN 2012.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SUBSEQUENTLY SIGNED IT INTO LAW IN 2017 IS THE DAY TO THANK AND HONOR ALL VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR.
THE LEGISLATION OF VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITION OF ACT 2017 ANNUALLY RECOGNIZES MARCH 29TH AS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY.
IT'S ALSO AMENDED THE TITLE FOUR OF THE CODE TO ENCOURAGE THE DISPLAY OF US FLAG ON MARCH 29TH.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS COURT TO TALK ABOUT AND MAKE A POINT OTHER THAN THE, THE, THE BUSINESS.
I JUST THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT CITIZENS COMMENTS.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? TALKING THE PAY THIS MONEY, THE PRICE AGAIN FOR, UM, IT'S ALL ON THAT WEBSITE PAGE AND INFORMATION THERE FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND, OKAY.
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ALL RIGHT.SO I KNOW I SUBMITTED THE REQUEST FOR THE MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES.
I DON'T RECALL IF I SUBMITTED ONE FOR WAYNE GERALD TC TO COLONEL REDWOOD, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I CAN LOOK INTO.
BUT I, UH, I'M REALLY OUT OF THE LOOP ON WHERE WE WERE FROM, WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
DID, DID YOU GET AN ANSWER FOR ME FROM I'M NOT SURE.
BUT WE CAN'T PROVIDE THE FIRING DETAIL BECAUSE WE HAD OKAY.
THE USED TO GIVE TO, UH, HAD AND REQUIRED TO SEND HIM BACK TO AM HEADQUARTERS.
AND THEN I DO RECALL THE SPEAKER, DID WE DECIDE, WELL, I WANNA SAY THE LAST TIME I HEARD FROM JEFF WASN'T THERE.
HIS, HIS SPEAKER WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, OH, I'LL TALK TO ONE ANOTHER.
WELL, I MIGHT AS WELL FINISH THE STATEMENT.
SO WE DO TWO, UH, WE AND YOUNG MARINES, WE DO TWO A DAY AND I WAS ASKED TO GET A SPEAKER FOR THE VIETNAM ONE DOWN VIETNAM PARK, WHICH IS IN THE MORNING.
AND WE'RE USING THE GUY NAMED, UH, GARY, I FORGET HIS LAST NAME.
BUT HE GAVE THE SPEECH LAST YEAR AT THE, AT OR DAY SIX THAT CAME.
AND SO, UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE GUY FROM VIETNAM MM-HMM.
SO I WAS THINKING JUST THE OTHER DAY TO BE A SHORT STEP FOR HIM TO JUST CONTINUE THE DAY AND DO IT AGAIN.
SO I I BET IF I ASK HIM, HE WOULD DO IT IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYBODY ELSE TO OFFER.
HE, HE SAID, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR HERE, BUD.
HE THE SAME ONE THAT DAY FOR US LAST YEAR.
I'M ASKING, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT DID SLASHING? MM-HMM.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE AN ARMY RESERVE COLONEL WHO HAS SPECIAL OPERATIONS BACKGROUND, UM, HAS LOST A MEMBER OF HIS TEAM DOWN RANGE WHEN THEY WERE IN ACTIVE COMBAT THAT LIVES IN FAIRBORN.
AND YOU USUALLY HAVE AIR FORCE.
SO MY THOUGHT WAS HAVING SOMEBODY FROM ONE OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICE BRANCHES WOULD BE NICE TO SHOW UP IN UNIFORM.
HE'S MY BEST FRIEND'S HUSBAND.
IF, IF I TELL HER I WANT HIM, SHE'LL TELL HIM.
WHICH JUST MORTIFIES THE FACT THAT A MAN ARE TOLD BY OTHER.
SO NO, BUT I WILL POINT ORDER
I I, I SEE HIM LATER ON TONIGHT.
SO IF I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT HIM IN A POSITION TO REARRANGE HIS CALENDAR AND EVERYTHING, HIS, UM, COMMAND IS ACTUALLY UP IN CALIFORNIA.
BUT I WANTED TO GET YOU YOUR BUY-IN THAT HE WAS AN ACCEPTABLE OPTION BEFORE I PURSUED IT.
I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU HILL AGO YET, SIR.
YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER SOME NEW BLOOD.
NOT LIKE I SAID THAT E SIX WAS GREAT LAST YEAR, BUT, UM, Y'ALL PREFER TO HAVE SOMEONE DIFFERENT.
I ALSO POTENTIALLY HAVE A NAVY CHIEF, UM, WHO WAS ON THE FIRST, SO GO AHEAD.
WELL, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, SO DANA, SPEAKER, YOU'RE TAKING THAT ON? YEAH, I JUST WRITE, WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE? YOU ALREADY KNOW, HAVE AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.
I THINK I'M SITTING ON THE WRONG END OF THE, THE, THE
MAYBE ALL, ALL I CARE, ALL I CARE ABOUT IS SPEAKER DANA GOT.
AND IF EITHER OF THOSE DON'T WORK OUT, I HAVE SOME OTHER AVENUES ON JASON.
WHEN WILL WE, SO THIS IS MARK, APRIL.
SO APRIL'S MEETING, WE WOULD KNOW BEFORE THEN? ABSOLUTELY.
SO IF YOU CAN, AS SOON AS I FIND OUT, I LET YOU KNOW.
AND THEN THE, THE PASTOR FOR INVOCATION AND BENEDICTION, DO YOU MEAN HAVE A MILITARY PASTOR OR DO YOU WANT TO THINK? A CHAPLAIN.
YOU WANT TO TRY TO FIND A CHAPLAIN IF WE CAN.
I DON'T THINK WE EVER HAD A CHAPLAIN FOR THE MILITARY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? FATHER HA
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DID CHAPLAIN.HE WAS A CHAPLAIN IN THE MILITARY.
OH, WAS HE CHAPLAIN IN THE MILITARY? YES.
I'M WONDER IF I CAN, I SEE THE CHAPLAIN EVERY DAY UP AT SEVEN SOUTH.
HE COMES IN, PRAY FOR THE, I'M WONDERING IF I, I'M THINKING I'M APPROACH HIM.
SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT FOR THE RECORD.
PUT DOWN FOR, I'M TRYING TO GET HOLD OF MEAN SOMEBODY, I'D LIKE TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S IN, I'M GONNA TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S ACTUALLY MILITARY IF I CAN.
I'M GONNA FIND OUT BIRTH CREDENTIALS ARE, WHEN I TALK TO HIM, IT'S NOT, I'M SURE HE CAN PUT ME TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WELL, KIND OF ON THAT NOTE, I, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND I KEEP FORGETTING TO SAY SOMETHING.
UM, DOESN'T THE VA HAVE IT ON HONOR GUARD AS WELL? YES, THEY DO, BUT IT'S FOR FUNERAL USUALLY.
AND THEN AGAIN, IT'S FOR EVERYTHING.
AND THEY USUALLY DO FUNERAL, BUT I CAN FIND THAT I SEE THEM TOO.
AND, AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A NICE NEW ADDITION AND, AND TO INCLUDE THE, OUR YOUNG MARINES AND OUR WAYNE.
SO WE CAN'T HAVE 200, WE DON'T ONLY HAVE ONE.
SO I I I JUST, MY NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY IS PART OF IT.
THAT'S THE REASON IT KIND OF CAME UP.
I'M JUST SAYING IT'S NOT, I UNDERSTAND NOT CEREMONIALLY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE TWO.
IT'S BEEN DONE IN LARGE PARADES OR SOMETHING.
AND THEY CALL IT CITIES, BUT THEY'RE SPACED OUT, YOU KNOW, BY TROOPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I MEAN IF YOU, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IF, IF IT WOULD BE A NICE CHANGE OF PACE AND IF YOU CAN GET THE VA, WHICH BE PRICE WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO BE INTERESTED.
BUT I THINK WE COULD FORM THE YOUNG MARINE, MARINE TO A JUST KIND OF LIKE A RECOGNITION FORMATION, SOME KIND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE, UH, DEGREE OF PREPARATION FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
IT'S QUITE LENGTHY AND I ONLY KNOW MY NEIGHBOR IS ON IT.
SO HE'S THE ONLY FIRST TIME SINCE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE VA.
WHEN, WHEN AND WELL, AND IN CASE TIMELINES OF THE INFORMATION OF FILE, GETTING IT DONE.
SO WE HAVE TO ASK MORE THAN ONE.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT ON BASE, LIKE THE CHAPTER ON BASE? DO THEY HAVE MEMORIAL? I'M SURE YOU HAVE MEMORIAL BAY PROGRAM.
I I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE WORKLOAD IS.
UM, BOTH OF THEM AT, AT THE COMMAND LEVEL AND AT THE AND WHAT ELSE DID WE NEED TO, WHO'S UH, I THINK I HAD VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE MC, BUT I'LL GIVE THE CHAIR.
SO WHO WANTS TO BE THE MC? I KNOW JOHN.
USUALLY JOHN WAS SO, WE'LL LET JOHN CONTINUE THE MAGIC PASS THAT YOU'RE GONNA PASS IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL BE THE MC ALL WHAT YOU DO.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE UP.
AND UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE REALLY HAS IT IN THEIR HEART TO DO IT.
YEAH, THEY BASICALLY MC AND YOU DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO LOOKS PHENOMENAL IN A SUIT.
UM, THAT'S WHY YOU WORE IT TONIGHT.
YOU GONNA BE A WORLD HURT? LAST TIME I WAS HAD WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THE, MY UNIFORM ONLY WITH, UH, I SWEAT THESE GUYS.
UM, SO YEAH, EMC JUST GOES OVER TO EVENTS, INTRODUCES THE SPEAKERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THE PROGRAM, I'LL DUST OFF FLASHERS, I'LL PRESENT IT, I'LL EMAIL IT OUT TO EVERYONE SO Y'ALL CAN REVIEW IT.
SO WHEN WE COME TO THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN LOCK IN AND BE LIKE, OKAY, BOOM.
YOU GOT SPEAKER, HERE'S THE PASTOR.
OH, WE DIDN'T GET THIS PASTOR.
SO WE AT LEAST HAVE IT TIED UP BY THE END OF THE APRIL.
CAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING PRIOR TO MEMORIAL DAY.
ARE YOU GONNA HAND OUT COINS? LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE COINS.
WELL THAT, THAT'S BEEN A SORE SUBJECT DUE THE PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES, NOT YOURS, BUT BACK.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE COINS WERE OMITTED, WELL ACCIDENTALLY AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD
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LAST YEAR.I READ THE ORIGIN OF IT, WHAT IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE, THE TYPES.
AND THEN I PRESENTED THAT STAFF SERGEANT WITH ONE AND I PRESENTED FATHER SCH, SNIFFLE, SNIFFLE.
I PRESENTED FATHER HAROLD WITH ONE.
UM, I DO WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK IN TIME FOR, I COULD GET DR.
CASSIE BARLOW HIT HER WITH WARRANT AND SHE'S BEEN A, UM, GUEST SPEAKER.
AND SHE'LL BE AT THAT MEETING.
SO WE CAN, UH, WE PROVIDE FOR I'M GOING TO THAT MEETING.
I GOTTA CHECK MY SCHEDULE, SIR.
CAN UH, CAN WE CIRCLE BACK REAL QUICK? UH, PAPERS? YEAH, I HAVE QUESTION.
CAUSE YOU WERE BROUGHT UP, UM, LIKE ORGANIZATIONS DOING IT RATHER THAN IT JUST BEING, BEING INDIVIDUALS.
IS THAT NUMBER GOING LOOK AT OR WE JUST KEEP MILITARY ORIENTED? I THINK WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAY WAS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT INSTEAD OF PEOPLE BUYING A WHOLE BUNCH OF INDIVIDUAL ONES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE KIND, IT'D BE EASY FOR THEM TO BUY ONE BRICK JUST FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.
SO THE STIPULATIONS FOR AND THE GUIDELINES ARE WRONG, HUH? RIGHT.
SO I'M SAYING THAT IS, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY I DON'T, AS THE COMMISSION, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM.
32 83 BY, OR I MEAN THOSE, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, AND IN THE STIPULATION IT DOES STIPULATE THE CITY HAS THE ULTIMATE, UM, DISCRETIONARY OF WHAT'S PLACED ON THEM.
WE'RE NOT WHAT THE OTHER ORGANIZATION IS.
BECAUSE I WAS JUST THINK I WAS THINKING LIKE, LIKE A COMPANY LIKE LOW, LIKE WHO HIRES VETERANS AND IS, IS A BIG ONE THAT LIKE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT INTERESTED BEFORE? OKAY.
IT BASICALLY HAS TO BE A VETERANS AGREED UPON ORGANIZATION BY THE COMMISSION ITSELF OR A SPECIFIC ITSELF.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE PREVENTING, WE DON'T WANNA DO, I MEAN THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
THAT'S YEAH, I KNOW AT ONE TIME WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THEM DOING NOT THE PAVERS, BUT LIKE A BENCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL, UH, JOE'S SHOP GOT A BENCH UP THE AREA, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE ONE FOR NANCY'S, UM, HER HUSBAND THAT WAS A VETERAN.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT? SO YEAH, I'LL DUST OFF THE, UH, THE PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND UH, SEND THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND, AND COME BACK WITH COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND THEN WHERE WE AT? WE ARE AT NEW BUSINESS, SO I KNOW, I THINK WE TABLED, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE COMING BACK WITH SOME CLARIFICATION.
I DIDN'T DO ANY RESEARCH ON IT.
THIS KINDA SLIPPED OFF MINE AS WELL.
DID ANYBODY, WAS ANYONE ABLE TO LOOK AT ON OUR, LIKE, WELL, WAS ANYONE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE HUBER HEIGHTS HEROES PROGRAM? WHAT IS OUR PROGRAM CALLED WHERE WE PUT THE BAND, THE BANDAGE PROGRAM, MILITARY HONOR, MILITARY HONORS, BANNER.
UM, WHAT IS THIS? NO, NOT THAT WE SEARCHED.
WE COVERED, WE COVERED WE'RE THAT'S WHAT THAT RIGHT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE, WE WENT OVER THIS.
YOU READ ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEN WE WENT INTO HUBER HEIGHTS VERSUS OUTSIDE OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF LISTENING TO THAT IF WE ARE SAYING WE ONLY RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS VETERANS, THE POINT IS TO GET RID OF THAT CONTENTION.
WHAT I'M SAYING, IF WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR RESEARCH TO DECIDE, HOWARD, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO BY YOU READING THAT ISN'T ADDING ANY THAT SUGGESTION ON HOW TO DO THAT.
IT'S, IT'S, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, SIR.
UM, WHAT DID YOU COME UP WITH? NO, I THINK, I, I THINK
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MY COMP MY, MY THOUGHTS ON IT, AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS PERSON AND THE WONDERFUL JOB THEY DO FOR THE HONOR FLIGHTS MORE.UM, WE ARE IN A CITY COMMISSION AND MINIMUM, I THINK WE SHOULD ALTERNATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE DO PROVIDE THEM, YOU KNOW, THE RECOGNITION OUTSIDE THE CITY, WE ALSO PROVIDE THE RECOGNITION INSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE HU HEIGHTS, COMMUNITY TO DINNER, DOING GREAT THINGS AS WELL.
SO I I, IT, IT, IT IS IN NO WAY A REFLECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
IT WAS MORE JUST DO WE HAVE PEOPLE? SO I, SO I, SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WITH THE VETERAN POPULATION, WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE HAD TO HELP VETERANS IN OUR POPULATION, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LEAST NOMINATE SOMETHING FOR SOME, FOR OUR VERSUS TRYING TO GOING TO THE OUTSIDE, LIKE YOU SAID, NOT SAYING THAT PERSON'S NOT WORTHY OF RECOGNITION.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING LIKE, IN AND OUT, LIKE ONE FOR ONE, UM, IF WE FOUND SOMEONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE RECOGNIZE AND THEN THE NEXT CYCLE WE HONOR MR. BAILEY, IT AT LEAST PROVIDES BALANCE.
UM, I I GUESS BECAUSE I, I KNOW IF I WAS SITTING AND I WAS DOING IT, THE THINGS IN THE CITY, BUT THE, THE RECOGNITION ALWAYS WENT OUTSIDE THE CITY.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, SO WHY? UM, AND I THINK ALSO RECOGNIZING INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY ENCOURAGES MORE PARTICIPATION OF OUR CITY MEMBERS TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS.
SO SHOULD WE PUT SOMETHING, UM, SHOULD WE PUT SOMETHING OUT? THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO THE, I I, WE CAN PUT IT OUT THERE.
I WILL SAY, MR. LASLEY, GIVE HIM WHAT HE DOES FOR LIVING.
UM, AND, AND SOME OF THE SIDE PROJECTS HE DOES, HE'S PROBABLY COME IN CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT STEP FORWARD EVERY TIME HE PUTS OUT A CALL FOR HELP.
UM, THERE'S COMMUNITY AGENCIES.
IT EVEN COULD BE SOME OF OUR, UH, THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THERE THAT IS DOING OUTREACH.
DIDN'T WE USED TO HAVE A, A VETERAN'S FOOD COUNTRY THAT WAS RUN BY SOMEONE BANK EXAMPLE OF LIKE THAT THAT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
MIND THIS DISCUSSION WHEN SHE FINISHES, SIR? OH, SHE, YEP.
ALL STUFF IN, WELL, YOU'RE NOT ABOUT, WE DON'T NEED TO READ THAT, SIR.
YOU'RE OUTTA ORDER OUTTA ORDER.
WHAT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU DON'T NEED TO READ THAT.
YOU DID THAT AT THE JANUARY MEETING.
DID YOU READ OVER HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND WHY WE SHOULD NOT READ? THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH READING ABOUT DISQUALIFICATIONS.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY ONE TIME HIS NAME IS MENTIONED AT THIS.
CONTINUE, SIR, PER THE AGENDA, I INTEND TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION FOR HONOR.
MR. BAILEY, DIRECTOR DON, THERE.
BEFORE I SUBMIT THE, UH, NOMINATION, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS PREVIOUS COMMENTS REGARDING WHO'S QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE HONORS FROM THE COMMISSION.
IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, THE COMMISSION, MS. BLUE QUESTIONS WHETHER OR NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT COULD BE HONORED BY THE COMMISSION HAD TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF HUBER ISLANDS.
I TAKE GREAT EXCEPTIONS OF THAT.
WHEN THE COMMISSION WAS FORMED, A STATEMENT OF NEED WAS SET FORTH FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THE CITY OF FAIRBORNE HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THE ONLY MILITARY FRIENDLY CITY IN THE AREA.
AS SUCH, THE MOMENTUM OF THAT REPUTATION THROUGH MANY VETERAN FRIENDLY PERSONNEL TO RESIDE IN FAIRBORNE OR SUPPORT ITS ACTIVITIES, THE PRINCIPLE PURPOSE OF FORMING THE COMMISSION WAS BIRTHED ON THE IDEA THAT HUBER HEIGHTS COULD ALSO GAIN THE REPUTATION OF BEING A MILITARY FRIENDLY CITY.
THE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED AND HIS FUNCTIONS WERE SET FORTH IN A GENERAL WAY, BUT ESPECIALLY IT WAS SET FORTH IN ADVERTISED AS A FOREIGN FOR VETERANS ASSISTANCE.
AND THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN COMMISSION ACTIVITIES OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES WERE COURTLY INVITED TO ATTEND.
AFTER THE COMMISSION BEGAN, THE PRACTICE OF HONORING VETERANS WAS UNDERTAKEN.
ALMOST ALL OF THOSE HONORED BY THE COMMISSIONS WERE DIGNIFIED BY GREAT SERVICE TO VETERANS OF THE ENTIRE MIAMI VALLEY, WHICH INCLUDED BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AS WELL.
I HAVE PROVIDED A HISTORICAL LIST OF HONORS AS FAR AS I
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COULD ASCERTAIN, WHICH IF YOU'LL PASS THEM OUT GOING DOWN THE ROAD THERE,PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL LISTED, PROVIDED SERVICE TO THE ENTIRE MIAMI VALLEY, AGAIN, INCLUDING THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
THIS LIST SUPPORTS THE FACT THAT WE CUSTOMARILY RENDER HONORS TO THOSE WHO PROMINENTLY DESERVE IT, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE OFFICIALLY RESIDENTS OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
THEIR LAUDED ACTIVITY PROVIDES BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND THE PUBLICITY OF DOING THAT.
CAST POSITIVE EVIDENCE THAT HUBER HEIGHTS IS A VETERAN-FRIENDLY CITY.
I INTENDED TO SUBMIT TWO NOMINATIONS THAT NUMBER ONE WILL, I'M SURE WILL BE QUESTIONED.
I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REAFFIRM THAT NOMINATIONS CAN BE MADE FROM BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT.
AND, UH, I WILL NOTE THAT ANY COMMISSIONER COULD PUT IN A NOMINATION OF ANY TIME, BUT RARELY WERE THEY ANYONE SUBMITTED FROM THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
I REMEMBER ONE WERE A GENTLEMAN SAID, I DON'T WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
SO THE SECOND ONE, OF COURSE SAYS MY NOMINATION FOUR, UH, SUBMISSION FOR MR. BAILEY, WHICH I WROTE, WILL BE HERE SOMEWHERE.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT WILL BE, UH, TO RIGHT TO, UH, SUBMIT HIS NOMINATION.
ALL RIGHT, SO RESPECTFULLY, YOU ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF MADE MY POINT FOR ME.
THE ONLY AGENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE RECOGNIZED, THE ONLY ONE THAT IS A HUBER HEIGHTS CENTRIC AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION, IS THE, UM, MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINE OBJECTIONS.
I PURPOSELY HIGHLIGHTED THE LETTERS AND WE TO SHOW THAT, THAT THAT WAS ON THE LIST WERE THOSE WHO GAVE SERVICE TO MIAMI VALLEY, WHICH IS IN THE PRESENCE OF, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT HONORED THAT ORGANIZATION WAS HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND THAT PUBLICITY CERTAINLY DISPLAYS US AS A MILITARY FRIENDLY CITY, WHICH I THINK IS A MAJOR GOAL OF THIS COMMISSION.
HOW OFTEN DO WE NOMINATE A PERSON OR ORGANIZATION IN ORLEANS? I SEE FOUR IN JANUARY OF 2021 ALONE.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT, HOW MANY, HOW OFTEN DO WE NOMINATE? ONCE, QUARTER, ONCE A MONTH.
ACTUALLY, IN MY EXPERIENCE, NOMINATIONS BECOME, BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS GETS THE INITIATIVE TO SUBMIT THE ONE.
THERE HAS BEEN NO OTHER TRIGGER THAT I KNOW OF.
THE REASON, I KNOW THAT, BECAUSE THEY ALSO ALWAYS ASK ME TO PREPARE THE PLAQUE IS SEMI THE PLAN WAS TO DO IT ON MEMORIAL DAY AND TO DO IT ON VETERAN'S DAY.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD DECIDED ON YEAH.
AND WE WOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE VIETNAM, VETERANS OF AMERICAN OR AMERICAN REGION DOWN THE ROAD.
SO WE WOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL.
AND WE WILL RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO I THINK WHERE WE'RE NOW IS BACK TO THE TABLE BECAUSE WE, WE WE'RE AT AN IMPASSE, LIKE WE'RE NOT ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TABLE AGAIN.
I REMEMBER WHEN, UH, WHEN YOU SAID, YEAH, IT WAS GONNA BE JUST LIKE, LIKE TWICE A YEAR.
BETTER UNDERSTAND DAY, RIGHT? YES, DEFINITELY.
SO I MEAN, IF WE'RE DOING TWICE A YEAR, RIGHT? WOULD IT BE AN ISSUE TO HAVE ONE OR AN ORGANIZATION PERSON INSIDE HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEN OPEN UP THE SECOND ONE IF AVAILABLE.
IF THERE'S SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, WILL WE LOOK AT THAT? THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT DANA SAID.
BUT THIS, WE'RE NOT MAKE SUGGESTION.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL MILITARY PEOPLE.
WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE IS THAT? WE'RE IN THE STATE OPERAT PROCEDURE FOR THIS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I, OTHER THAN US JUST TALKING ABOUT, SPEAKING OF NEEDS, IT NEEDS TO BE DEALT, DEVELOPED AND PROGRAMMED AND AGREED.
AND I WILL JUST MAKE THAT SUGGESTION THAT SOMEONE COMES UP WITH THOSE THINGS I DON'T WANT PUT ON THE CHAIR.
I WOULD, I WOULD ADDRESS IT TOO.
YOU, THE GROUP TO DO IT COLLECTIVELY AND SOMETHING COME UP AND, AND THOSE, THOSE, THOSE GUIDELINES AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES,
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HE MOVED FORWARD WITH AND AGREED UPON WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH NOMINATING THESE INDIVIDUALS.THAT'S SUGGESTION A COMMENT ON MR. BAILEY AT ALL.
IT HAS A PHENOMENAL HUMAN, THAT'S PHENOMENAL THING.
I DON'T HAVE ANY REFLECTION ON THAT.
I JUST, MY REFLECTION RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO KIND OF KEEP, KEEP YOU GUYS HERE AND MOVING FORWARD.
AND OF COURSE I CAN'T, I THINK WITH THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, I'LL LET YOU MAKE THAT GO AHEAD.
WELL, I KIND OF SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, TABLE IT FOR NOW WE COME BACK.
LET'S HAVE THE, UM, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE ON HOW THE DENOMINATIONS ARE MADE, THE FREQUENCY, SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAD TO AGREED UPON.
JUST, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT WRITTEN DOWN, IT DOESN'T EXIST.
BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, NOW SOMEBODY SCRIBBLED, SOMEBODY SCRIBBLED ON HERE.
WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, WALL OF HONOR.
WILL THAT BE NEW BUSINESS OR OLD BUSINESS? THAT'S ALL ESTABLISHED.
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL WALL HONOR.
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, UH, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER CITY COMMISSIONERS BROUGHT FORTH AN IDEA THAT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL COULD HAVE A WALL DEDICATED TO BETTER VETERANS, VETERANS OF, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS THAT GRADUATED FROM WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN, RAY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL REDWOOD ABOUT IT, AND WE WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW WITH, UH, WITH SOME PEOPLE AT THE DISTRICT TO DISCUSS THIS POSSIBILITY TO MAKE IT REAL.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU NEXT MONTH ON THAT.
IS JUST YOU TWO GOING THE MEETING? WHAT'S THAT? IS IT JUST YOU TWO GOING TO THE MEETING TOMORROW? YOU WANT COME WHAT TIME SAID STU BAKER? NO, AT NOON.
WELL THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
YOU GONNA WEAR THAT FANCY SUIT? SURE AM.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? I MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ARE WE GOOD? I SECOND IT, SIR.