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SIR.[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road September 27, 2023 6:00 P.M. ]
ALL RIGHT.WE'RE GONNA CALL THE, UH, SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE MILITARY VETERANS COMMISSION TO ORDER.
IT STARTED OFF BY HAVING OUR PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, MRS. CALLED HERE FOR INVOCATION, SO WE MIGHT GIVE AN INVOCATION THAT GREAT FATHER COMING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, JUST TO THANK YOU FOR THOSE MILITARY MEMBERS THAT ARE SERVING OUR GREAT COUNTRY ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLACE A COVERING OVER THEIR FAMILIES, A COVERING OVER THEM AND, AND UNITS, AND ANYONE THAT'S SUPPORTING THEM, MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORTED THEM.
WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN THAT TIME OF NEED.
ALSO, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR ALL OF THE VETERANS, ALL OF THE MILITARY MEMBERS, ALL OF THE RETIREES, ALL THE MEDICALLY DISCHARGED FATHER.
WE ASK THAT YOU WILL LOOK IN ON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH THE DIFFERENT GOING ON IN SOCIETY, MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL, ET CETERA.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP US ALL LIFTED UP AND LET US KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON YOU SO THAT YOU GET THE GLORY, THE HONOR AND PRAISE JUST IN YOUR NAME.
AND FIRST, IN YOUR FIRST NAME AND PRAYER AND AMEN.
A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF COMMISSION MEMBERS, MR. GERARD, MR. JOHNSON AND MR. ESTEBAN, I SECOND.
UH, FIRST AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM FROM LAST MONTH? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? SOMEBODY LIKE TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I'LL APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND HAS BEEN, UH, MOTION HAS BEEN, UM, BROUGHT TO THE BOARD BY MS. PLEBE AND SECONDED BY MR. BERKOWITZ.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR A SAY THE SAME.
WE HAVE NOBODY SCHEDULED TODAY, UH, OLD BUSINESS.
WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE DEADLINE FOR THE PAVERS.
AND CAN PEOPLE GIVE US AN UPDATE, PLEASE, SIR? YEAH, SURE.
UM, BASICALLY, UM, AS PRESENT DAY, WE BASICALLY HAVE, UH, ABOUT 15 OR SO APPLICANTS AND LIKE I I STATED AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, THEY'RE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SEEN AS BELIEVING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROGRAM'S NOT KICKING OFF, AND I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT SEEING IT THERE.
SO WHAT I WANNA DO NOW IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUT IT OUT THERE IN MANY OUTLETS, MEDIA, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FLYERS AND THAT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT I WANNA DO IS, UM, KIND OF GET IT OUT THERE, HOPEFULLY FOR, UM, I MEAN, I CAN'T GUARANTEE I'D LOVE TO GET IT DONE BEFORE VETERAN'S DAY.
BUT BASICALLY FOR, FOR THIS FOLLOWING COMING SEASON NEXT YEAR, I WANNA SET A DATE OF LET'S SAY LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, JULY 31ST.
SO THEN EVERY VETERAN'S DAY, THERE'S, THERE'S A YEARLY ANNUAL ADDED EDITION FOR HOWEVER MANY THAT ARE BOUGHT MM-HMM.
AND WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE'LL MOVE IT FORWARD WITH THOSE KIND OF GUIDELINES.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, YOU KNOW, GET SOME GUIDELINES TOGETHER, SEND 'EM OUT VIA EMAIL AND, UM, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT KIND OF, UM, PROCESS.
I FUNCTION TO APPROVE THE ACTIONS AS STATED BY MR. SECOND.
IT, UH, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO, UH, EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION HERE FOR A MOTION TO ALLOW, UH, MR. MIKE OVER HERE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON HIS PAPER PROG PROGRESS.
AND, UH, WE, HE WANTS TO GET DONE BY BEACH VETERAN'S DAY.
UH, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? I'M SORRY.
IT'S BEEN BROUGHT BY, UH, UH, MS. PLEBE AND SECONDED BY THE FORMER CHAIR.
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YES.I FORGOT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I FORGOT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE MOTION WAS APPROVED, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PAPERS.
UM, YOU SAID YOU WERE ADVERTISING, UM, IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
IS IT ALLOWED TO, UH, GO TO THE HUBER SCHOOLS AND, AND TRY TO PROMOTE THAT? THERE'S, I I CAN GET YOU A HANDFUL OF FLYERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY PEOPLE I, IN DIFFERENT OUTLETS.
UM, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN PUT OUT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT OUTLETS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FROWNED UPON OR, UH, I DON'T SEE HOW SOMETHING FROM A VETERAN'S ORGANIZATION WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN BE FOUND UPON.
IF, IF YOU ARE SAYING, CAN YOU PUT THE POSTCARDS OUT IN A COMMON AREA TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO VOLUNTARILY PICK THEM UP, YOU'RE FINE.
YOU ARE SAYING, CAN YOU PUT IT INTO SOMEBODY'S MAILBOX? NO.
THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TO BUY IT.
YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, CALL THE MAIN OFFICE JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO OTHER REQUIREMENTS BEFORE YOU TAKE, YOU'RE TAKEN TO THE SCHOOL.
DO WE, DO WE, UM, DO WE HAVE A TIME FOR THE LOCAL, UH, VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, VETS? I'VE, I'VE, I'VE DROPPED OFF.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS I THINK HE'S RIGHT.
MAYBE, MAYBE YOUR QUESTION REALLY WOULD LEAD TO, OKAY, GO TO A FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME.
IF YOU HAVE A HANDFUL OF FLYERS.
I WOULD ASK THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, HEY, DO YOU CARE IF I HAND THESE OUT? YEAH.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AS YOU COMMISSIONED RIGHT.
YOU'RE ABLE TO ASK THOSE THINGS AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN I WOULD SAY, EVEN SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE
THOSE ARE, I, I'VE PROVIDED MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMISSION TO GET THE, THE PROGRAM OUT AND PROCESS.
I THINK IT IS PARTLY THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THEM GO BACK.
I HAVE PEOPLE NOW REQUESTING, HEY, WHERE'S MY, WHERE, WHERE'S MY PAVER? WHERE'S IT COMING? YES.
SO NOW I HAVE, AND, AND IT'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR INDIVIDUALS.
SO NOW I THINK, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I'M HOPING TO GET THEM UP BY VETERAN'S DAY.
I'M GONNA START THAT PROCESS NOW.
IF NOT, THEN I WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO HAVE THEM IN BY OUR NEXT, UM, CEREMONIAL EVENT, WHICH IS MEMORIAL DAY.
AND THEN PEOPLE WILL BE THERE TO SEE THEM.
AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY SEE THEM TOO, I'M GONNA GET THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SCENES BELIEVING THAT'LL CREATE AN INTEREST.
NOW, MY HOPE, MY HOPE WAS, WAS THAT WE, WE'D GET THIS OUT, YOU KNOW, AS A FLYER BASIS AND WE'D GET 50 BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER BRICK TO INSTALL.
SO MY HOPE WAS TO GET 50 AND BE GET IT DONE, AND THEN START THAT PROCESS THE NEXT 50.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING WITH THAT, TO GIVE YOU SOME BACK, BACK OF, YOU KNOW, LEARNING PROCESS OF IT, IS WE WERE HOPING, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, TO GET THE FIRST 50 AND THEN DO ANOTHER 50 AND, YOU KNOW, SURE.
PROGRESSIVELY BUILD THIS PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
SO WE GET SO MANY WE CAN NOW, AND THEN MAYBE IT'LL TAKE OFF EVEN MORE FROM NOW AND THEN, BUT RIGHT NOW THEN WE'LL HAVE AN ANNUAL PROCESS.
BUT MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ANNUAL PROCESS START JULY 4TH, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE, SO POST PICTURE WISE YEAH.
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD HELP TOO.
ONCE PEOPLE SEE, THEY SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I WANT MY FATHER WHAT MY GRANDFATHER.
WHAT I'M THINKING OF DOING IS, IS HAVING KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ABOUT 30 13 OR 14.
I DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE ONE OF THEM TO HAVE IT IN GREG AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER NOT, BUT, SO GET SOMEBODY IN THERE AND THEN, THEN WE KIND OF PUT THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE BUYING.
SO, ABOUT TO BEAT IT INTO THE GROUND.
UH, SO THE FLYER ACTUALLY HAS A LITTLE PICTURE OF THAT? NO.
THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S THE, THE POINT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IF WE GET 10 IN THERE, LET'S IN THE FIRST 15 AND YOU GOT SOMETHING TO GO UP.
IT'S THE GROUND FLOOR OF THEN MAYBE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE CAN TAKE THOSE PICTURES AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE BUYING, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.
AND THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ON OUR WEBSITE INSURED? YES.
UH, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE, UH, THE VETERAN'S DAY TASK AS FAR AS GETTING A SPEAKER AND A PASTOR.
I KNOW THAT, UH, MR. GERARD WAS WORKING ON GETTING, SOMEONE ALSO SEEN AN EMAIL WHERE WE FOUND SOMEBODY FOR THE BENEDICTION, I BELIEVE.
WHAT'S HER LAST NAME AGAIN? DAVIDSON.
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SO I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO GET WITH, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, RAY SAID HE, HE DID HAVE SOMEONE AND WE HAD DISCUSSED ONE BEFORE WE SPEAKING YEAH.SOMETHING THAT WE HAD FROM BEFORE.
HE SAID THAT, BUT, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO FIND TWO PEOPLE WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER PERSON TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE FIGURED IF WE COULD HAVE TWO, IT'D BE BETTER THAN HAVE 'EM.
JUST ONE IS WHAT THE, WHAT THE THOUGHT WAS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS THAT, DOES THAT SOUND CORRECT EVERYBODY? YES, IT WAS.
WELL, SO AS A BACKUP, IT WAS THE, NO, IT WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS BROUGHT, ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE KEY SPEAKERS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND SO THE IDEA WAS TO GIVE HIM A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, LIKE A FIVE MINUTE UV, THE INTRO, AND THEN HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SPEAKER THAT KIND OF BRINGS THAT, THAT KIND OF KEY SPEAKING IDEA TO THE PERSPECTIVE.
THIS, THIS IS, I HAVE NOT FOLLOWED UP ON THE EMAIL I SENT BECAUSE, AND I DIDN'T FOLLOW UP TODAY AND IT DID NOT GET TO MY RADAR HARD TODAY.
UM, 'CAUSE WE WERE GONNA LOOK AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY OVER ON THE BASE THAT SAID, I DO THINK IT WAS NICE TO HAVE AN ARMY GUY AT THE LAST EVENT.
'CAUSE WE HAD TO FOCUS ON OUR AIR FORCE.
UM, AND WE ARE VERY MUCH A JOINT FORCES COMMUNITY.
SO IF SOMEBODY KNOWS A MARINE OR MAYBE PERSON WHO COULD POTENTIALLY HELP SPEAK PEOPLE WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS, SERGEANT MAJOR SNYDER IS IN THE COUSIN.
HE'S ALWAYS DOING STUFF DOWN THERE.
NOT SURE HOW ACCESSIBLE HE IS ANYMORE, BUT I CAN CHECK AND SEE IF HE HAS THE ABILITY TO COME BACK AND STAY IS BUSY FOR HIM.
BUT I ALSO, HOW MANY, I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE AREAS THAT HAVE STORIES THAT THEY COULD SHARE.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT, TRYING TO FIND THAT.
NO, MIKE, DOES ANYBODY COME TO YOUR MIND? I, I, I MEAN, WITHOUT, I COULD CALL 'EM THROUGH THE VFW.
I'M A LIFE MEMBER THERE, SO, NO, I ACTUALLY GOT ONE OF THE, AND I UNFORTUNATELY NOT UNFORTUNATELY, CANNOT REMEMBER ANY OF THESE TODAY.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING FOR A GRAND MARSHALL FROM ONE OF THE PARADES AND WE ENDED UP FINDING OUT THAT HERE IN COOPER HEIGHTS, THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO HAD SERVED IN THREE DIFFERENT ACTIVE COMPACT COMPLEX.
SO WAS KOREA, VIETNAM, AND WORLD WAR II.
LIKE, IT WAS LITERALLY, I WALKED IN, HAD A CONVERSATION, WERE LIKE, OH, WE KNOW SOMEBODY.
AND I, AGAIN, I CANNOT REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT I, HE, IT'S BEEN PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS.
BUT I CAN DO SOME LITTLE DIG IT A LITTLE BIT.
I JUST, I THINK IT'S NICE WHEN WE HAVE ONE OF OUR SENIOR LEADERS COME FROM ON MILITARY BASES.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT THE PARK THAT WE HAVE IS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN, AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY PEOPLE, SORRY, THE COMMUNITY WITH OKAY.
SO, UM, SOMEBODY WANNA TAKE THE LEAD ON ME? I KNOW WE HAD SOMEBODY LOOKING FOR, WE, WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WE, THAT WE CAN GET FOR SURE.
UM, AND I HAVE THE CALL OUT ON THE BASE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF, OKAY.
AND THEN IF MIKE WILL ASK THE QUESTION, I, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO TAKE HER BACK AS UH, AND A, A SECOND IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TWO, LIKE WE RECENTLY DISCUSSED.
THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET TWO, WE WERE GOING TO, YOU USE TWO IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET TWO PEOPLE.
I SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON, ON BASIS.
SO IF OTHER PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN RESEARCHING THAT AS WELL, I WOULD BE THANKFUL.
ANYBODY THAT'S YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, HURT TO ASK.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WORK ON THIS.
WE'LL JUST DISCUSS IT NEXT TIME.
UM, THE WRITTEN REQUEST FOR A SUPPORT MEMO FOR THE M V Y M AND THE WAYNE R O T C.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN HELP ME WITH? YES, SIR.
I HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO BOTH, UH, LIEUTENANT COLONEL REDWOOD RESPONDED TO ASSIST US WITH THE, UM, VETERANS DAY.
AND THEN, UM, I HAD NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM VALLEY YOUNG MARINES, SO I CAN SHOOT GREG TEXT, LET HIM DO IT FROM WITHIN AND THEN, UH, ON THE SPEAKER SINCE I BROUGHT UP.
OH, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
YOU STILL WITH GERALD? WE CAN CATCH HIM.
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ANYWAY.SO WE CAN GIVE HIM ENOUGH LITTLE LEAD TIME AND SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, OKAY.
WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVEN'T EVER, YOU KNOW, SPOKEN.
HE HAS A STORY THAT YOU CAN SHARE MM-HMM.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN WHAT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT SOME OF OUR BEST SPEAKERS IS THEY COME IN AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST KIND OF A CAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S VETERANS DAY AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE STANDING THERE.
THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
COLONEL, UH, COLONEL BARLOW, DR.
BARLOW DID A GREAT JOB OF DOING THAT AND TYING IT IN.
UH, BASE COMMANDER, WAS IT COLONEL MILLER ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT FAMILIES, AND FAMILIES DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I REMEMBER I WAS THINKING ABOUT JEFFREY LIEUTENANT, I THINK, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGH, HE DOESN'T, YOU PROBABLY HAVE EVEN MORE APPRECIATION FOR THIS.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT HIM IS HE ACTUALLY BRINGS IT ALL BACK HOME.
LIKE HE IS THE FIRST ONE VERY OFTEN THAT IF I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A VETERAN OR I'M GETTING SOMETHING BEHIND THE SCENES TO HELP, I'LL GO TO JOSH BECAUSE JACK KNOWS SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP OR HE'LL GO AND DO IT HIMSELF.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT HIM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF A HORSE, BUT, UM, IT JUST USED TO ALWAYS BE FRESH, YOU KNOW, COLONEL HAVING THAT ACCESS TO HIM AND HIM HELPING OUT MISSION.
I KNOW HE'S DONE LIKE THE, UM, INVOCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT HE HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN Y ALONG WITH COLONEL REDWOOD.
UH, NEXT ORDER BUSINESS THERE.
IS THERE A CONSENSUS ON THAT? UH, COIN SELECTION, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS I KNOW LAST, WE HAD MENTIONED ABOUT, I, I, I DO HAVE SOME AVAILABLE STILL, BUT I'LL DISTRIBUTE TO THE GROUP NEXT, UM, NEXT MONTH FOR DISTRIBUTING FOR OUR, OUR COMING EVENT.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, MOVING FORWARD FOR FUTURE USE OR DISTRIBUTION, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSENSUALLY.
UM, AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KEEP THIS AS COFFEE CON CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOURSELVES, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I THINK IT'S THE KEEPS THE, THE HONOR AND THE COIN.
BUT, UM, SO GET THAT KIND OF BEHIND US AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
WE DO OPEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE GROUND FLOOR, ANOTHER ONE, OR, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I THINK THE ONE THAT, THE ONE THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS JUST FOR THE KIND OF THE OPENING OF THE MEMORIAL ITSELF.
UM, THERE'S STILL SOME OUT THERE.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT RECEIVED COINS AT THAT TIME, THAT, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTE THEM AS, AND I'LL SEND THE, THE PROTOCOL BACK OUT AS FAR AS BETWEEN THE COMMISSION HERE OF WHAT AND HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS WELL.
SO, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYONE PROVEN MOVING FORWARD.
WELL, AND IT'LL STILL WORK NO MATTER WHAT.
IT IS A GREAT, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT THING NO MATTER, BUT YES.
JUST THINK MOVING FORWARD, IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE THIS UP, WE NEED TO DECIDE.
AND I THINK THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, MAYBE BETWEEN A COUPLE OF YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, OR, YEAH.
SO, SO DO WE STILL HAVE, I KNOW AT ONE TIME WE HAD MORE THAN ONE.
WE GOT, I SAID I GOTTA, I GOT A LITTLE COLLECTION, BUT IT'S OKAY.
SO UNTIL WE GET THE NEW COINS IN, DO YOU DO, DO WE NEED TO MAYBE DO IT AS MORE OF A SELECTIVE PAD? IT MIGHT END A COIN YEAH.
AS OPPOSED TO HANDING THEM OUT.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD JUST, WHEN YOU THE COINS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SACRED.
I, SOMETHING DOESN'T JUST HAND OUT TO ANYBODY.
EVERYBODY, IF YOU EVER, IF YOU EVER, IF YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED ONE.
I I'M SAYING BEFORE, HE GAVE EACH OF US FIVE POINTS TO DISTRIBUTED OUR DISCRETION.
SINCE WE'RE LIMITED ON COINS, INSTEAD OF JUST HANDING OUT TO EVERYBODY TO CARRY WITH YOU UNTIL SUCH TIME YOU NEED IT.
WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT THE NEXT MEETING.
THAT'S, THAT'S, DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
I MEAN, I GET IT, BUT I'M JUST, YEAH.
WE DONE, I I'M GONNA TABLE THAT.
THIS I, MY MENTAL BANDWIDTH IS I GOT IT.
SO YOU PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE THERE.
MO JUST A MOTION TO DISCUSS IT NEXT MEETING.
I HAVE MOTION TO DISMISS UNTIL, OR TO, TO TABLE TO HOLD THE TABLE UNTIL NEXT MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
MOTION CARRIED TO, UH, TABLE, UH, THE DISCUSSION ON COINS, UH, TO NEXT MEETING.
NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, NEW BUSINESS.
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NEW BUSINESS.THE, UH, VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DINNER, UM, WAS HAD, I CAN'T REMEMBER, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO OR SO.
AND, UM, IT'S WHERE THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT I'LL GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE SYNOPSIS.
THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS TAKES TIME.
OUT OF THEIR SCHEDULE TO RECOGNIZE THE VOLUNTEERS OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT.
'CAUSE THEY MAY WATCH THIS ON, UH,
BUT, UM, IT WAS THREE, UH, IT WAS FOUR OF US THERE, ME, TONY, RAY, AND MIKE.
UM, SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD HOW THEY RECOGNIZED THE, UM, ORGANIZATION, EACH COMMISSION.
SO Y'ALL ARE INVITED AS WELL, AS LONG AS Y'ALL ARE ON THE COMMISSION AND VOLUNTEERING AND DOING GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL KNEW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE ALSO INVITED.
IT'S, IT'S A NICE EVENT TO SIT THERE AND SEE THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE, YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE ALSO STEPPING FORWARD IN DOING THINGS.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT THEY'RE HERE PERSON OF THE YEAR.
AND INDIVIDUALLY, THEY, THEY HONORED, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE YEAR AWARD TYPE THING, I WOULD SAY THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT WAS NICE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE.
AND SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU ACTUALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK.
SO, AND I GOTTA SAY THAT I WAS, UM, I WAS TAKEN BACK.
I KNOW IT WAS A DINNER AWARD FOR, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LIKE, FOR EACH COMMISSION THEY HAD YOU COME THERE.
I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY CALLING US UP? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT, AND HE WAS LIKE, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE GET IN THE WORLD WHILE WE'RE HERE.
AND I'M LIKE, HE LIKE, WE'RE FALLING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I LITTLE BIT EMBARRASS ON MY PART, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BLAZER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I WAS ALL RIGHT.
AND I HAD A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU YEAH, YEAH, I DID.
WIFE, WIFE HAD A BLEND AND EVERYTHING ON, YOU KNOW, WIFEY GOT ON ME.
IT WAS, IT WAS COMEDY RELIEF WHEN I GOT IN HERE.
YOU KNOW, BUT THEY WAS ON ME
SO THE REST OF US DIDN'T NEED TO SHOW UP.
ALL OF US TOGETHER SPLIT BEEN A PARTY.
MATTER OF FACT WAS TABLE OUR TABLE WAS, YOU KNOW.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING.
I THANK YOU GUYS FOR OFFER FOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS.
I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO THIS TYPE OF THING THAT WE DO.
MIKE IS OUR LIAISON HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NOT ONLY DEALS WITH US, BUT HE DEALS WITH THE BOARD ITSELF, WITH THE DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TASK IN ITSELF.
PLUS WHAT HE DOES FOR THE CITY OF HUBERT HEIGHTS, AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HIS JOB ALSO AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I WANNA THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE.
YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE MEMBERS ALL AREN'T HERE THAT WANTED TO BE HERE AND COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, MADE THE SAME TIME TO TELL THANK YOU GUYS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE, FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY OUT THERE OF VETERANS AND MILITARY MEMBERS.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE, UH, NEW BUSINESS? SO I WILL SAY THERE WAS, UM, A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS, SO YOU KNOW, HOW WE BROUGHT IN, UH, INVITED VET A COUPLE MONTHS AGO TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY HELPED THE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THAT KIND OF WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO I'M PROBABLY GONNA SET THAT UP AND HAVE THEM COME IN JUST LIKE, UH, INVITED.
WE DID TALK AND TELL WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK I MIGHT ALSO REACH OUT WITH, UM, MONTGOMERY'S, UM,
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY PROVIDE STUFF WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, I FORGET WHAT WAS THE, UM, THE EVENT THAT I WAS AT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING TO THEM ABOUT IT.
BUT, SO PROBABLY FOR NEXT MONTH I'LL HAVE AT LEAST TWO UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S GONNA COME IN.
AND ALSO, WHILE, UM, WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, THANK YOU FOR COMING WITH ME FOR THE MILITARY APPRECIATE UNITED AT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, LAST YEAR THERE WAS, OH MY GOSH, THERE HAD TO BE FOUR OR FIVE AT LEAST DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM VETERANS OF AMERICA, OR APART FROM, UM, VIETNAM, VETERANS OF AMERICA.
THERE WAS ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM AM VS.
AND FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME LAST YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR, THE, THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION WAS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION TO SHOW UP FOR MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT.
SO IT, IT, IT DISTURBED ME AT FIRST.
'CAUSE I TOLD 'EM, I SAID, I CAN'T FIND A GROUP.
BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING UNIFORM.
WE HAD, UH, A, A A A A MARINE THAT WAS HERE, FULL DRESS NAVY GUY OR, OR ARMY GENTLEMAN THAT WAS THERE IN FULL DRESS, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, THIS YEAR FOR THE TURNOUT, I WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS PROUD OF US FOR, FOR REPRESENTING, UM, OUR COMMISSION THERE.
SO, LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR JOINING MY NOSE.
IT WAS A LITTLE WARM OUT THERE.
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WARM OUT THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, UM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD TIME.SO, UM, AND THEY TOLD US THANK YOU.
OF COURSE, UH, UH, COLONEL REDWOOD WAS THERE AND, UH, HE WAS THANKFUL THAT WE WERE THERE, UM, UM, UM, TO REPRESENT.
SO HE TOLD US NEXT, FOR NOW WANTED, WHEN WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING AROUND, HE'S GONNA TRY TO DO THE SAME THING.
BUT IF WE CAN, IF WE SEE ANY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION WE'RE PART OF ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION, VETERAN OR MILITARY WISE, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT AND THEY REALLY DO WANT TO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS OUT THERE.
SO TO LET OTHER ORGANIZATIONS KNOW WHEN IT COMES THAT TIME.
SO, UH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE, ANY, ANY
UM, THIS IS WITH BLUE STAR FAMILIES ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH.
THEY'RE HAVING A NOURISH TO SERVICE EVENT.
AND THIS IS WHERE THEY JUST, UM, PROVIDE FOOD, TOILETRIES, ITEMS LIKE THAT TO MILITARY FAMILIES OR VETERANS.
SO, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE AT THE HOPE HOTEL AT, UM, GATE 12 A, THE HOLBROOK HOLBROOK CONFERENCE CENTER ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM USUALLY, UH, IT'LL JUST BE A BUNCH OF DI DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SET UP, HAVE THEIR TABLES UP, AND THEN THEY'LL BE PASSING OUT, UM, THESE ITEMS TO FAMILIES.
LIKE SOMETIMES THEY HAVE BABY FORMULA, PAMPERS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
FOOD AND OTHER TOILETRIES AND ITEMS FOR, UM, I THINK THE LAST TIME IT WAS E SIX AND BELOW, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU ARE A LIEUTENANT COLONEL, WHERE THIS EVENT ISN'T FOR YOU TO GET GOODS.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT WAS LIKE E SIX AND BELOW.
UM, BUT THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED.
BUT ANYWAY, IF YOU WANT TO HELP OR IF YOU WANTED TO, UM, GRAB SOMETHING IF YOU NEEDED IT, OR FOR A VETERAN THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH.
I THINK LAST YEAR THEY HAD IT AT THE GREEN.
MAKE SURE I GOT THIS STRAIGHT.
UH, IT IS, IT'S SPONSORED BY THE BLUE STAR FAMILIES.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'LL BE THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE FIFTH AT, WHAT'S THE TIME AGAIN? UH, 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM OKAY.
MAPLES, REMEMBER JERRY MAPLES THAT CAME HERE? YES, YES.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S, AND IT IS FOR, UM, THEY HAVE TYPE OF, YOU SAID TOILETRIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND SOMETHING LIKE SUPPLY.
AND IT'S FOR, ANYWAY, IS IT KEPT CURRENTLY ACTIVE DUTY E SIX AND BELOW AND, AND VETERANS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS CHANGED, BUT THE LAST TIME THEY HAD A THRESHOLD OF, YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T FEEDING CAPTAINS AND COLONELS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT MAY ACTUALLY CHANGE WHAT THAT HAS BE GOING ON.
THAT'S WHY I SAID I, YEAH, I DON'T, YEAH.
DO WE HAVE A CONTACT NUMBER BY CHANCE NOW? UM, EMAIL.
I CAN SEND YOU ONE IF YOU WANNA REACH OUT TO HER.
AND IT AT THE HOPE HOTEL, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS PASS THAT ALONG TOO AS WELL.
ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, NEEDS HELP OUT THERE.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT, THAT NEED IT, THAT ONE-ON-ONE COME GET IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE THERE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED HELP AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER.
SO, AND IT'S, IT'S OUT THERE FOR THEM.
ONE OF THE SADT THINGS I HEARD WHEN WE WERE IN, UM, THE FURLOUGH IN 13.
13 IS UM, WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS ACTUALLY SHOW UP OUTSIDE SPRINGFIELD.
UH, WE WORKED WITH MICHELLE RILEY, THEY ALL CAME OUT.
THERE WERE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START, WENT INTO THE EVERY FRIDAY.
WATCH YOUR PEOPLE THAT PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT GRADE THEY'RE, AND SO YOU HAD GS THIRTEENS THAT WERE WANTING TO GO OUT AND STAND IN LINE.
THEY'D GET OUT AND STAND IN LINE AND NO EYES.
THE PERSON BEHIND THEM WASN'T WORKING AT ALL.
AND SO THEY STEP OUT OF LINE, EVEN THOUGH NOW THEY WERE GOING HOME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT BILL THEY WEREN'T GONNA PAY SO THEY COULD GET GROCERIES FOR THEIR KIDS.
BUT THERE'S A HUGE KIND OF CHALLENGE WITH ASKING FOR HOME.
SO HAVING AT THE HOPE HOTEL, HAVING CAN WALK IN AND IT'S KIND OF AMBIGUOUS.
AND IF WE DO END UP HAVING SOME LEAD IMPACTS NEXT WEEK, LIKE WE MAY, AND THOSE YOUNG AIRMEN INTENTIONALLY, SOME OF THOSE YOUNG CIVILIANS ARE ALL GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS. THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT WAS BECAUSE OF COVID THOUGH, LIKE OUTDOOR, NOT LIKE STAND OUT.
ANY MORE NEW BUSINESS? I JUST HAVE ONE THING REAL QUICKLY.
UM, I JUST LIKE TO BE ALL YOU BE COGNITIVE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
YOU KNOW, IT'S MY JOB TO KIND OF KEEP YOU GUYS IN BALANCE AND IN LINE, UM, TENTATIVELY WE, AFTER THIS MEETING, WE ONLY HAVE TWO MEETINGS LEFT.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES DUE TO THE HOLIDAY, THE DECEMBER MEETING GETS CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY.
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HOLA ONE IN NOVEMBER DOES TOO, DOESN'T IT? UM, DEPENDING ON HOW FALL YEAH, THAT'S GONNA FALL ON THE 22ND, WHICH IS LIKELY THE DAY MAY THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.BUT YEAH, SO TENTATIVELY WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING LEFT.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALWAYS TO GET YOUR IDEAS IN ORDER AND FOR DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO DO AND MAYBE START SOME, YOU KNOW, EMAIL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NOW AND THAT TIME.
SO JUST KIND OF WANNA PUT THAT, THAT BUG IN YOUR EYES HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I WAS HOPING I I HAD ONE QUESTION.
CIRCLING BACK TO THE, UH, THE VETERAN'S DAY.
UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, EMAILING EVERYBODY THE SCRIPT MAYBE, OR YES, WE DID.
WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE, I GOT READY TO LEAVE COPIES OF THE PAST VETERAN DAY CEREMONIES, SO I NO PROBLEM.
WE EMAILED, WE SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO YOU.
MR. UNDERWOOD, THANK YOU FOR START THAT DIALOGUE, THAT COMMUNICATION.
SIR, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING COPIES OF THE, THE PAST VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONIES THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF TEMPLATE, RIGHT? THAT WE YES, YES.
WE USE, I THINK WE, IF WE GIVE IT OUT AND IT'S JUST THERE WITHOUT FILLING IN SOME NAMES THAT WE ARE NOT SURE OF RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'LL MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE IF THEY GOT ANY QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING.
I'LL, I'LL DO THE UPDATES WE DID TODAY AND FERENCE CINDY DAVIDSON AS THE INVOCATION AND, UM, BENEDICTION.
AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE SPEAKER WILL BE QUESTION MARKS FIRST UP IS NOT KNOWN.
AND YOU HAD THE TIME SCHEDULES ON THERE TOO AT THE SAME TIME.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S NOW IT'S, I NEED CLARIFICATION.
IS IT FOUR OR FIVE ON, BECAUSE S DAY IS ON A SATURDAY THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE.
SO I WAS THINKING IT WAS FOUR.
I THOUGHT 1600 AND, AND 1500 WAS THE PRACTICE TIME PRACTICE.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECT, SAY THAT RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GO WITH, RIGHT? YES.
SO YEAH, YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT.
HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE SCRIPT AND SEE IF I CAN, WHERE I CAN HELP.
WE ALL NEED PEOPLE TO DO DIFFERENT STUFF.
HUH? DO ALL KIND MC ALL THEY WE CAN SOMEBODY WILL PROB YOU UP THERE TO SEE YOU ANYWAY.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UH, ANYTHING OTHER FOR NEW BUSINESS? NO.
ASK WHAT'D YOU SAY? A MOTION TO ADJOURN? NO.
WELL, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOT BANK.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO, UH, TO ADJOURN MS. S PREMATURELY?
WHO, WHO, WHO SECONDED? MR. LASLEY.
IT'S BEEN, UH, MOTION BEEN BROUGHT TO ADJOURN, UH, BY MS. PLEBE.
WAIT, WHAT? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE NEW CHAIR.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN HE DOES WITH THAT G PERFECT.
HE'S GOT PERFECT WITH THAT G
I'M GONNA BREAK NOTHING OVER HERE.
WELL THANK YOU GUYS FOR INTERESTING IN ME.
UM, UM, THE POSITION TOO AT THE SAME TIME.
AND, UM, FOR MATURE LASTLY FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, ENCOURAGING ME AND, AND, AND MENTORING ME ALONG THE WAY TOO.
CAN WE GET A, A PRAYER BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE CLOSE, I'M SORRY.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GET A PRAYER BEFORE WE LEAVE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE MR. LESLIE? IT'S A QUICK ONE.
ANYBODY STAND ABOUT YOUR HIP, PLEASE? SO FATHER, ONCE AGAIN, WE COME BEFORE YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS AND TOUCH EVERYONE THAT'S HERE AND EVERYONE THAT PLANS TO BE HERE TODAY AND THEIR FAMILIES.
FATHER, GIVE 'EM YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY.
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR ANGELS ENC CAPTIVE ABOUT US AND OUR DAILY TRAVELS UNTIL WE SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.
AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD KEEP US ALL COVERED BY THE BLOOD IN YOUR
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PRECIOUS NAME AND PRAY JESUS.