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[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 28, 2023 6:00 P.M. ]
IT IS NOW 6:00 PM THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING.WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN WE'LL REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO ROLL CALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
DEAR LORD, TODAY AND 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 BLESS THEM FOR THEIR UNSELFISH SERVICE AND FOR THE DEDICATION THEY HAVE SHOWN TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS, OUR 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'LL 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 THIS OUR TIME OF DEED, 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.
I'D ASK THE MOTION TO BE MADE TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF MRS. PLEBE.
PUT A MOTION IN TO EXCUSE MS. PLEBE FROM TODAY'S, UH, PROCEEDINGS.
MR. PLEBES ABSENCE HAS BEEN EXCUSED.
DID EVERYONE GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE MINUTES? NO.
SO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
I SECOND THAT IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER THAT I JUST DISCOVERED.
WELL, I DIDN'T DISCOVER 'EM, BUT JUST FOUND OUT TODAY WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
SO, MR. UNDERWOOD, WE'LL GO DOWN FRONT AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE ONE OF OUR, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS TAKE PHOTOS OKAY.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL DO YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.
DO I RAISE MY RIGHT HAND TOO? UM, I STATE YOUR NAME.
I, TOM SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION, STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HEIGHTS, THE CHARTER, AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OFS.
AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGED THE DUTIES, IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGED THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
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SO HELP YOU.AND THEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT THERE.
TELL US WHAT YOU CAN DO OUT THERE.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, UM, HOW YOU FOUND US AND CAME TO THE GREAT CITY,
SO, AGAIN, MY NAME IS TO UNDERWOOD.
UH, I'VE BEEN IN HUBER FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
AND THEN IN 2008, I ACTUALLY RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE AFTER 20 YEARS AND CAME BACK TO HUBER HEIGHTS.
THE REASON IS MY, THE MAIN REASON IS MY WIFE, MY, MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER.
SO WE GOT MARRIED IN 94 HERE IN JUER, AND, UH, SHE FOLLOWED ME FOR THE NEXT 14 YEARS OF MY 20 YEAR CAREER.
SO, WHETHER IT'S A PCS AND ALL THAT GOES WITH THAT, I THINK ALL OF YOU KINDA UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHALLENGES, UM, NOT TO MENTION THE PERFORMANCE.
WHERE SHE SACRIFICED A TON WAS BOTH PARENTS FOR TWO WEEKS TO SOMETIMES A YEAR.
SO, UH, I FELT THAT I SHOULD GIVE BACK AFTER I RETIRED.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I'M BACK.
UM, A LOT OF CHANGE FROM 94 TO NOW.
UM, UH, ALSO, I, I, GOD, I'M GONNA SAY THANK YOU ALL, HONORED TO BE PART OF THE COMMISSION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I HAVE QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU CURRENTLY, DO YOU, WHERE DO YOU WORK CURRENTLY? UH, I'M ON THE BASE.
YOU'RE A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE? I'M A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR.
SO THAT SINCE 2008, I'VE BEEN A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR.
I WORKED FOR 20 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE.
SO I COULD TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DEAL, YOU'D HAVE TO KILL US.
AND THEN IT WAS, UH, IT WAS REALLY AN EASY TRANSITION HERE AT RED PACK.
I'VE BEEN WITH, UH, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT CONTRACTING COMPANIES FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
USUALLY IT'S BECAUSE THE CONTRACT RUNS OUT AND IT'S BEEN REDID.
I DON'T SEE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT OLD BUSINESS.
JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SHORT AND SWEET, UH, DO A MEMORIAL DAY REVIEW, UH, UPS DOWNS, THINGS WE CAN WORK ON.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AROUND THE HORN.
YOU COULD JUST SAY, I THOUGHT THIS WENT WELL.
OR, HEY, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IMPROVEMENT ON THIS, ET CETERA.
WELL, I, UM, IF I CAN, I THOUGHT IT WENT WELL.
UM, IF WE WANNA DO ANYTHING TO IMPROVE, I THINK THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST WOULD BE IF WE COULD FIND SOMEBODY TO DONATE, BUT I THINK, UM, WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF MAYBE WATER OUT THERE FOR SOME OF THE, FOR AT LEAST FOR THE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE SPEAKING, AT LEAST FOR THEM.
CAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN HOT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S HOT DURING THAT TIME.
AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS HOT ONCE AGAIN.
UM, SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE, UM, I MEAN, I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT SOME TYPE OF, NOT, NOT A 10, BUT A, WHAT'S THAT AWNING, I GUESS THEY, THEY CALL 'EM, OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
MAYBE OVER JUST WHERE THEY'RE SITTING AT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT AREA RIGHT THERE.
BUT I KNOW THAT MIGHT BE A LOT THEY ASK FOR TOO AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT INSTRUCT ANYBODY TO VIEW WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRONT.
WELL, NOT IF WE PUT IT OFF, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEHIND WHERE THE STONES ARE.
AND WHERE THE SHADE, AND WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE AREA LIKE WHERE THEY GET READY, LIKE FOR A CONCERT, YOU KNOW? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
ALMOST LIKE A GREEN ROOM, I GUESS, IF THEY CALL IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, I MEAN, I, I, THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN.
I'M, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SPIT BALLING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
UH, I THINK THE ONE THING, UM, THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT IS HOW THE INFORMATION GETS PUT OUT.
UH, CUZ I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD WAS THE DATE AND DAILY NEWS PUT OUT AT A DIFFERENT TIME THAN WHAT OUR START DATE WAS, OUR START TIME.
UM, WHERE THEY GOT THAT INFORMATION FROM.
BUT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN DO OR BE MORE PRODUCTIVE AS FAR AS LIKE
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PUTTING UP FLYERS OR SIGNS OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.AND THEN JUST KIND OF CHECKING ON THE INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT INFORMATION'S BEING PUT OUT.
ANYBODY ELSE? YES, THERE WAS, I MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN, AND I'M, I'M TALKING NOW FROM A YOUNGER MARINE POINT OF VIEW.
CAUSE THAT WAS WHAT I WAS WORKING ON MM-HMM.
BUT, UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE AGENDA ABOUT THE MAYOR AND SOMEBODY ELSE WAS GONNA MARCH THE WREATH FORWARD, AND YET THE WREATH WAS ALREADY PLACED IN FRONT.
SO THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO MARCH THE WREATH FORWARD, NOR BE ESCORTED BY THE YOUNG MARINES AS THEY DID IT, BECAUSE THE WREATH WAS ALREADY UP THERE.
IT WAS SO, SO ANYWAY, THE AGENDA, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE THE IDEA OF GETTING THERE EARLY, I MEAN MM-HMM.
WELL, THE WAY I REMEMBER SEEING IT IS THE, OBVIOUSLY THE REEF NOT BEING ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT I REMEMBER THE YOUNG MARINES WOULD BRING THE REEF TO THE MAYOR AND THE SPEAKER, THEY DO A ABOUT FACE.
AND THEN NO, THE YOUNG MARINES WENT FORWARD TO RAISE THE FLAGS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE REATH, I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE PAST, SIR.
OH, THE YOUNG MARINES WOULD BRING THE REEF UP.
THE MAYOR AND OR THE, BUT I RECALL IT SAID ON THE AGENDA SPECIFICALLY THAT THE MAYOR, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR TO HAPPEN.
SO THAT, BUT THE BRIEF WAS ALREADY IN PLACE.
SO WE, SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S ON US NOT HAVING THE BRIEF.
I MEAN, THEN WHEN WE TRIED TO GET DOWN FROM THERE, IT WAS ALREADY TIED TO THE, ALREADY TIED TO THE FIXTURE.
SAYING THE FIXTURE, WE COULDN'T, WE TRIED TO TAKE IT UP THERE.
SO JUST A WALKTHROUGH PRIOR TO, TO THE EVENT SHOULD CLEAR ON IN.
WELL, AT LEAST, AT LEAST HAVE THE KEY PLAYERS WALK IT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE KEY PLAYERS THAT ARE GONNA GIVE ORDERS TO OTHERS TO DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
I DO HAVE ONE OTHER THING AS WELL, AND, AND I DON'T THINK THE COST WOULD INCUR MUCH, BUT, UH, A MICROPHONE HOLDER.
FOR THE MC AND THE ON THE PODIUM GUEST SPEAKER.
THAT'S JUST, I, FROM WHAT WE'VE TALKED TO THE GUY WHO WAS SETTING UP, HE'S JUST SAID THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE REQUESTED.
WELL, I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE A PROBLEM.
HE SAID IT'S UP TO US TO REQUEST IT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WHAT'S THAT? HE SAID IT'S UP TO US TO REQUEST IT.
WELL, I GUESS IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST NORMALLY BRING OUT.
SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT, THEN IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REQUESTED.
UM, I DID AS WELL MAKE SURE IF, UH, MIKE DOESN'T HAVE IT, I'LL MAKE SURE HE HAS IT.
I, I WOULD JUST COMMENT, UH, SOME, SOME FEEDBACK FROM WHAT WAS HAS BEEN SAID IS, UM, I, I THINK THAT MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THIS YEAR.
AND AS FAR AS, UM, US NOT HAVING SOME EARLIER MEETINGS DUE TO ABSENCES AND THAT, SO, UM, THE AGENDA MAY HAVE BEEN NOT SO POLISHED AS IT WAS IN THE PAST IN THE SENSE OF BEING SET.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM, FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED IT WAS, IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND, AND OTHER THAN THE INFORMATION THAT DIDN'T GET PUT OUT OR PUT OUT WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK ABS BEING MORE PREPARED.
UM, AND I WOULD SAY THAT LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE VETERAN'S DAY, BUT ALSO WE SHOULD BE PREPARING FOR THE VETERAN'S DAY, BUT WE ALSO PREPARE EM FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY NEXT YEAR.
SO WE START THESE THINGS AND TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS NOW TO GET THAT AGENDA, TO GET THOSE THINGS PUT TOGETHER.
UM, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW MEMBERS, AND I DON'T WANNA KEEP REESTABLISHING THIS, WHAT I SAID IS, WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON TWO EVENTS.
LET'S DO THEM THE BEST WE CAN.
AND SO THOSE AGENDAS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED NOW OR NEXT YEAR.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL MILITARY PEOPLE AND WE DISCUSS THINGS.
IT WINS BATTLES, IT WINS EVERYTHING.
SO THOSE ARE MY THINGS THAT I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST AS RATHER, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, LAST YEAR THERE WAS SOME ABSENCES.
AND I'M NOT MAKING, YOU KNOW, BLAMING ANYTHING ON ANYONE.
IT'S JUST, WE SHOULD HAVE PLANS FOR THOSE.
IT SHOULD BE A PLAYBOOK BY NOW.
SPEAK, YOU KNOW, BACK UP, MC, WE'VE DONE THIS NOW FOR TWO YEARS.
WE SHOULD IRON SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT AND, AND CREATE A PLAYBOOK THAT HERE'S WHERE IT IS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, TO WORK ON.
UH, NEXT IS THE PARADE UPDATE.
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SO I KNOW THAT, UM, CHARLES SIGNED UP FOR THE PARADE TO HAVE HIS TRUCK DISPLAY A BANNER.SO MIKE, WHERE ARE WE WITH THE BANNER? UM, I, I, AFTER, I APOLOGIZE LAST WEEK, I WAS REALLY BUSY.
THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD GET IT TO ME BY TODAY.
I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TODAY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.
I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH THEM TOMORROW AS FAR AS THE BANNERS ARE CONCERNED.
HE GUARANTEED ME THAT IT WOULD BE HERE BY WEDNESDAY.
BUT AGAIN, I'VE NOT A CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.
UM, I WILL, I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW BY EMAIL TOMORROW THAT THEY'RE IN PLACE AND, AND I WILL GET THEM TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, LET'S, YOU KNOW THERE, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS, UM, I, THE QUESTION.
OH, NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WHAT DID WE GO WITH THE, WHAT WAS IT, THREE FEET BY FIVE FEET? THEY, THEY REC, I DID WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED IT IS THREE FEET BY SIX.
SO THAT, THAT'S LIKE THE STANDARD SIZE.
SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT PROMISES.
UM, THE OTHER THING WAS, I KNOW THAT, UM, TONY HAD, WAS ASKING ABOUT WHO ELSE WAS PARTICIPATING.
BUT, UM, WHO ELSE PLANS TO ATTEND IN A PARADE? Y'ALL COULD RIDE IN THIS NICE BIG 25 OR 3,500 RAM TRUCK.
UM, WE HAVE THE WEAR, WE HAVE THE WEAR SUIT CODE TO RIDE IN IT.
UM, SOME OF Y'ALL HAD DONE IT BEFORE, BUT IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED, REACH OUT TO CHARLES AND, UM, SAY HEY.
OR YOU COULD SAY NOW IF, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT HIM JUST RIDING WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN BY HIMSELF WITH BANNERS ON.
I, I'LL, I'LL GO WITH IT SINCE THEY'RE OFF THE WINDOW.
SO WE GOT, WE GOT CHARLES, WE GOT TOM.
ANYBODY ELSE KNOW RIGHT NOW IF THEY, UM, PLAN TO ATTEND THIS SATURDAY? THIS SATURDAY? BRA 10? IT'S 10.
IT STARTS, IT STARTS AT, I KNOW I GOTTA BE THERE SIX.
SO THAT STUFF, THE BREAK, I BELIEVE IT STARTS AT NINE OR 10.
USUALLY WHAT TIME DO WE USUALLY GET THERE? I GET THERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
IT, BUT YOU'RE WITH THE YOUNG YEAH.
THEY STAGE YOU AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, OH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GONNA BRING UP.
THERE'S, UH, JERRY HOSKINS RUNS THE LINEUP AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LINEUP POSITION YEAH.
DO YOU, HAVE THEY SENT THAT IN THE EMAIL? THEY, THEY SAID, UH, WELL, THERE'S REAL NO LINEUP POSITIONS ANYMORE.
IT'S, WELL, THEY JUST COME TO THE SIGN AS YOU GET HERE.
I THINK THEY, LET ME, LET ME START AGAIN.
JERRY HOSKINS IS, IS RUNNING THAT IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A POSITION ALLOCATED, WHICH THE YOUNG MARINES DO, YOU GET, THE TIME YOU GET THERE IS WHAT YOU GET.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD POSITION AND, YOU KNOW, FINISH THE PARADE EARLY AS YOU, YOU WILL, CUZ YOU GOT THE WAITING TIME.
AND THEN YOU GET, SO IF YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD POSITION, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER ARRIVING EARLY.
UH, WHAT TIME ARE, WHAT TIME IS THE YOUNG MARINES GONNA GET THERE? EIGHT.
I AM LOCKING THE POSITION DOWN AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY BEF WHEN THE OFFICIALS ARRIVE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, MY CONES WILL BE DELIVERED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
I'LL, THE ROADS WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN AT EIGHT.
SO IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE TIMELINE OF WHERE IS THE RALLY? POINT SEVEN TO EIGHT.
YEAH, IT'S RIGHT IN, GO AHEAD.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF, UH, YOUR BRIGHT SHOP AND CENTER STARTS THERE RIGHT AT BRA AND CHAMBERSBURG.
HEADS BACK TOWARD THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE IDEAL SPOT WOULD BE TO SHOOT FOR A PLACE IN FRONT OF ST.
BREAK COMES THE BREAK UP, DOWN THE BREAK COMES FROM CHAMBERSBURG ROAD SOUTH ON, ON BRANT TO NEBRASKA.
IT'S NOT THIS, IT IS, I MEAN, USED TO START EXPRESSION.
NO, IT STARTED AT WAYNE AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THOMAS CLOUD PARK.
YEAH, THAT WAS ONE THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL.
THAT'S, I MEAN, REMEMBER WE WALKED IN MANY A TIME, MANY, MANY A TIMES.
I'VE BEEN IN THERE WITH THE R O TC WITH ALL THAT MAN, MANY TIMES I'VE WALKED IN MUG.
SECOND THING IS THE, THE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 82 TO 85 DEGREES.
THERE'S A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE AFTERNOON, THAT'S OCCURRED.
BUT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE JUST IN A TRUCK, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU HAVE SOME WATER WITH YOU BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE HAVE A BIG PILE
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OF, THERE MAY NOT BE NO DUMB, DUMB SUCKERS IT BE SOME GOOD CANDY TOO.YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NO ALLOTMENT OF CANDY BE ALLOTMENT.
I I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T SUGGEST YOU GET CHOCOLATE.
OBVIOUSLY IT WAS 85 DEGREES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S A PARADE RULE, I BELIEVE.
THERE'S NO OH, THEY CHANGED IT.
THAT'S CUZ THE MAYOR WANTS TO BE THE ONLY OH, I SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
I I MEAN THEY, THEY TALK ABOUT IT ALL, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S LOT.
I THOUGHT THEY SAID THAT YOU CAN'T THROW IT FROM THE CARDS, BUT YOU CAN HAND IT OUT STILL.
BUT IF I GET NINE YEAH, NO THROWING CANDY FROM THE COURT.
SO TELL, ARE YOU PARTICIPATING? NO, I I YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO SO.
Y'ALL CAN REACH OUT TO CHARLES, UM, I GUESS THROUGH EMAIL OR HE CAN GIVE Y'ALL HIS CELL PHONE NUMBER.
CAUSE FOR ONE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO REACH OUT TO HIM.
IF YOU PLAN A 10 AND TWO, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO KNOW WHERE HE'S AT TO LINK UP WITH HIM TO GET IN THE PARADE AND RIDE IN THAT BIG 3,500.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THAT, THE ONLY NEW BUSINESS WE HAVE MIKE WAS TRYING TO ADD ON, UM, WAS US GETTING INTO MY STATE OF OUR TASK FOR VETERANS DAY.
I KNOW I NEED TO DO BETTER WITH REGARD TO WAYNE GERALD TC, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THIS EVENT IN SOME CAPACITY, WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.
BUT I STILL NEED THE REST OF THE TEAM TO, UM, STILL NEED A REQUEST FOR MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES, OF COURSE.
AND THEN ALSO OUR SPEAKER AND OUR PASTOR FOR INVOCATION.
SO WE CAN KIND OF START WORKING ON THAT NOW VERSUS HOW WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST AND JUST KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AS WE GO ALONG.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT WAS ALL I HAD.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON, UM, TASK FOR VETERANS DAY? I'M GONNA WORK ON THE MEMO REQUESTING M V Y M AND W J R O T C.
DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT TIME IT WOULD BE? I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE EARLY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE THE SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
YEAH, IT'S USUALLY SIX SHOWTIME.
I I CAN TRY TO GET YOU A SPEAKER.
WITH, WITH, UH, AND I COULD TRY AND GET YOU A, A PASTOR.
AND BRING YOUR UMBRELLAS AND YOUR RAINCOATS BECAUSE, AND YOUR FIELD JACKET AND YOUR GORETEX EVERY YEAR.
NOW, WILL, WILL YOU BE ATTENDING GORETEX? YEAH.
WILL YOU BE ATTENDING THIS YEAR? I, I AS AT THIS TIME? YES.
FOR, FOR SOME OF OUR NEWER COMMISSION MEMBERS OR BUDDY MIKE HERE.
HE, ON THESE HOLIDAYS, HE GOES AND EXPLORES, HE WAS IN THE ARMY, WELL FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, HE GOES AND LOOKS AT NAVY VESSELS ON HOLIDAYS.
THAT'S WHY HE WASN'T THERE FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
SO YEAH, I, MEMORIAL DAY I TAKE PICTURES AROUND, I GET THEIR FOOD FOR HIM.
YOU KNOW, IMAGINE FOOD DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
I TAKE THEM TO GO TO GO GET FOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GET SOME FREE MEALS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M USUALLY AT, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE OH, ON VETERANS' DAY.
I'LL MAKE SURE WE HAD TO WRAP IT UP EARLY THEN, SO.
SO THAT WAS REALLY ALL, EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS REALLY ALL I HAD.
UM, LOOKS LIKE RAY'S OVER HERE SHUFFLING.
YOU GOT SOMETHING RAY? NO, I WAS JUST ORDERING MY SELF.
NOW WE DO, WE DO NEED TO REVISIT.
MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL SO WE CAN GO OVER THE PAPER THAT'S UNDER THERE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEP.
SO BY VETERAN'S DAY, WE HAVE ALL OF THE CRITERIA US A, A, UH, A NOMINEE THAT WE VOTED ON PRIOR TO VETERAN'S DAY.
LET'S GET THAT ON AUGUST'S AGENDA SO WE CAN GET THAT ALL BUTTONED UP.
SO LET'S GET THAT ON THERE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE NOMINATED.
WHETHER YOU HAVE TO BE A HUB HEIGHTS CITIZEN, WHETHER YOU JUST HELP VETERANS OR WE GONNA DO BOTH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I KNOW WE KIND OF TABLED THAT FOR A FEW MEETINGS.
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SO WE, IT IS TIME, UM, THAT WE REVISIT THAT IN OUR, ON OUR JULY AGENDA, ALONG WITH UPDATES FOR, UM, VETERAN'S DAY.OH, OH, YOU TRYING TO GET RID OF ME.
AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I WAS JUST FILLING IN FOR THE CHAIR.
UM, BUT YEAH, THEY WANTED ME TO BRING IT UP ABOUT, UM, GETTING THE, WHAT'S THE PROPER TERM, PROPERLY RELIEVED THE ACTUAL YEAH.
ME BEING PROPERLY RELIEVED AND THE ACTUAL CHAIR STEPPING IN TO TAKE ON THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE.
CUZ I'M JUST TENTATIVE, I GUESS I WOULD SAY BASICALLY FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOT HERE DURING THIS TIME, UM, KEAN HAS HAD, UM, THERE WAS NO TRUE VOTE FOR A CHAIR AT THAT TIME DUE TO SOME ABSENCES AND SOME, SOME LEAVING OF THE, THE COMMISSION.
UM, HE, HE STEPPED UPON HIMSELF TO TAKE THE CHAIR AT AN INTERIM BASIS.
SO BASICALLY FOR THE NEXT MEETING, I WOULD SUGGEST, UM, AS AN AGENDA ITEM, WE MAKE THAT A SUBJECT OF A VOTE FOR A NEW CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
AND I WOULD, I'D CALL FOR Y'ALL TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT THAT ON A, ON AN AGENDA ITEM, THEN YEAH, I WOULD AS A MOTION.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO A MOTION.
FEBRUARY 23RD, 27 IN THE MORNING.
PEOPLE BEFORE THEY GET UP IN THE MORNING.
NO, NO, I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
YES, I KNOW WHAT IT'S, WE DO MORE BEFORE 5:00 AM YES.
I KNOW WHAT, ALL RIGHT, WELL, ANYBODY HAVE, UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING CONCERNS, GRIPES COMPLAINTS? I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MR. UNDERWOOD.
UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE MINUTES, SO I DID RECEIVE A COUPLE EMAILS, BUT NOT THE MINUTES.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO GET ON THE CORRESPONDENCE.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL, AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, LINDA WILL SEND, IT'LL COME FROM ME, LINDA GARRETT, AND YOU'LL RECEIVE THAT.
UM, YOU'LL RECEIVE THAT FOR REVIEW BEFORE THE MEETING.
I DID WANT TO SAY, UM, FOR SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, MS. MONTGOMERY, SHE CAME IN HERE AND SPOKE TO US A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ABOUT INVITED VE UH, SO THEY HAD THEIR FIRST, UM, CAR SHOW HERE.
I WANNA SAY IT'S THE FIRST CAR SHOW.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD TO YES, BE OUT THERE AND SEE THAT, UH, AND JUST SEE THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK IF ANY OF US EVER SEE OR ATTEND ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GIVE 'EM A SHOUT OUT.
THE ONLY THING I KNEW ABOUT WAS THAT DINNER SHE WAS PUTTING ON.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE CAR SHOW DINNER ONCE A MONTH.
AND THEN I THINK THE CAR SHOW IS, I WANNA SAY SHE'S, NEXT YEAR.
SHE SAYS SHE'S TRYING TO GET IT SET UP AT, UH, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT.
YEAH, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT.
UM, WAS IT, WHERE WAS IT AT? WHERE WAS IT LOCATED? IT WAS ON THERE AND EVERYTHING.
THAT PART'S CALLED ME MORE FROM THAT.
ABOUT 16 NAMES END UP AT TURNER, LIKE WHAT I GET, BUT YEAH.
ANYBODY ELSE? ONE FINAL QUESTION.
SO YOU GAVE ME A, SOMEBODY GAVE ME A HANDBOOK FOR THE CITY OF HUMOR.
IS THERE A MILITARY AND VETERAN TYPE HANDBOOK OR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE OR SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT? NO, THE AIR FORCE BALL IS SEPTEMBER 9TH.
WE'LL TAKE YOUR MONEY ONE, WE'RE THERE.
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GO TO THE ONE.NO, WE JUST GOT THE BIG GUNS DOING THE NEWSLETTER FOR OKAY.
UM, SO IF Y'ALL DO HAVE SOME UM, KNOW OF SOME EVENTS LIKE THAT, YOU COULD DEFINITELY, UM, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL TRY TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS.
OBVIOUSLY BEFORE THE EVENT, UM, I KNOW I'M, WELL, TONY SHOULD BE PUTTING THIS OUT.
UH, I'LL GIVE THE EXACT DATE FOR YOU.
UM, AS WELL WHERE THEY GIVE VETERANS, ANY VETERAN THAT SERVE, THEY'LL GIVE THEM A LITTLE GOODIE BAG.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE GOT SLEEPING BAGS.
NOT THE WHOLE SLEEPING BAG, BUT WE GOT LIKE ONE OF THE LINERS CUZ NOW WE HAVE LIKE A FOUR PART SLEEPING BAG, BUT THEY GAVE US LIKE ONE OF 'EM.
AND LAST YEAR, PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY, THAT TYPE STUFF.
PLUS THEY HAVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS ON SITE THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH, UM, IF YOU TRYING TYPE OF SERVICE CONNECTION.
MAN, THEY, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO GET BACK TO WHERE THEY USED TO DO IT.
THEY USED TO HAVE AN ACTUAL TENT WHERE THEY USED TO DO LIKE, THEY WOULD, THEY TAKE YOUR BLOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO LIKE THEY SMALL, LIKE YOU GOT DIABETES, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
BUT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW.
NOW THAT NOW, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COVID, UM, I HAD TALKED TO DIANE AT THE VA AND SHE SAID IN 2024 IT'LL BE OPENED BACK UP.
MY ORGANIZATION, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, WE'LL HAVE OUR LITTLE BOOTH AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES COMMISSION HAVE THEIR BOOTH AND VIETNAM VETERANS FOR AMERICA HAVE THEIR BOOTH.
LIKE IT WAS PRE COVID A LONG, IT WAS A WHOLE LONG, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE THAT, SOMEBODY COMES AND COOKS FOR 'EM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MEAL AND ALL THAT TYPE STUFF.
SO THEY DO THAT AT THE, AT THE VA, VA CAMPUS.
I BE HERE EVERY YEAR VOLUNTEERING, MAN.
I TO GIVE ABOUT BOOTS AND EVERYTHING.
JACKETS, CLOTHES, SOCKS, SHOES, ALL THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO YEAH.
I'LL PUT A SPOT FOR, UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO, IF WE DON'T DRILL DOWN, I'LL JUST PUT A SPOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UPCOMING EVENTS.
THAT WAY WE CAN GO AROUND THE HORN AND PEOPLE WOULD JUST PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT FOR OUR VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO NEED TO GO BACK TO, WELL NOT GO BACK TO, CAUSE WE DID JUST HAVE A SPEAKER, UM, THE YOUNG LADY FROM INVITE A VET.
BUT IF YOU KNOW OF A VETERAN ORGANIZATION, A MOVER SHAKER IN THE AREA OR THAT CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR VETERANS IN OUR HUBER HEIGHTS AREA OR THE MIAMI VALLEY, WE WANT TO INVITE THEM.
SO LIKE THIS TIME THAT WE HAVE NOW, THEY COULD BE SPEAKING, PRESENTED TO US, GIVING US INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEIR COMPANY DOES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THEN ALSO OUR ORGANIZATIONS IN HUBER.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DRAFT A LETTER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHARLES, ME AND YOU CAN WORK ON THAT.
MAYBE DRAFT A LETTER TO SEND OUT AND RAY SEND OUT TO OUR HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AND MAKE THEM AWARE JUST SO THEY KNOW WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE AND THEY MAY WANT TO ATTEND, THEY MAY HAVE SOME INPUT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE PEOPLE HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE THAT'S ALSO, UH, AT THE VEST.
THEY HAVE A, IN HERE IN HUBBERT, THEY HAVE, UH, I SOMEBODY THAT HELPS VETERANS WITH DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAIN, UH, ISSUES LIKE THE SERVICE CONNECTION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THEY HAVE THAT COMES ON CERTAIN DAYS OR THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE THEM COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO, TO VETERANS IN OUR AREA.
I'M SURE SOMEBODY AT THE VA YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WITH THAT, WITH, WITH, I MEAN, I WENT OUT AROUND PHYSICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE FLYERS AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, IF YOU NEED MORE FLIERS TO ENCOURAGE THE PAVER PROGRAM, UM, TO KIND OF, LET'S TRY TO GET THAT OFF THE, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
UM, NOW SPEAKING OF THAT, I DID GO ON THE WAY, LIKE IT DID, IT WASN'T VERY USER-FRIENDLY TRYING TO, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AT, AT THIS TIME.
BECAUSE I, I WAS TRYING TO GET A PAVER AND THEN I'M LIKE, OKAY, DO I UPLOAD MY DD TWO 14? DO I BRING IT HERE? SOME, SOME
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THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CHANGED FOR THE SHORT TERM OF THAT.I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THERE.
BUT YET WE'RE, WE'RE THE CITY'S IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING ITS WEBPAGE AS WELL.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WILL LOOK DIFFERENTLY HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
CAUSE I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT, YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU.
IF I CAN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW, OUR SENIOR, OUR, OUR ELDERS PROBABLY WOULD'VE STRUGGLING WITH, HEY, HEY MIKE.
CAN YOU HAVE THE YOUNG LADY THAT DOES THE, THE PAPERWORK FOR THIS MM-HMM.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER WITH, WITH, IN RELATION TO, UH, MR. UNDERWOOD'S COMMENT OF HIM NOT BEING CONTACTED.
AND SO I'LL BASICALLY HAVE HER HAVE HER SEND OUT THE CONTACT LIST.
YOU KNOW, AS, AS THIS WEEK OR NEXT.
I PUT THAT EXTRA MY TO-DO, TO-DO LIST RIGHT HERE.
MY, MY HEAD, MY, MY PAPER HERE.
ANYBODY ELSE SIRS? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.