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WE'LL[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road October 25, 2023 6:00 P.M. ]
CALL THE MEETING FOR THE RIGHT MILITARY COMMISSION TO ORDER.UH, I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE BLACK, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INVOCATION? LET US PRAY.
DEAR LORD, TODAY, IN ALL DAYS, WE CHOOSE TO HONOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS WORTHY MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE UP 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, AND OUR COUNTRY'S HERITAGE.
PLEASE, FATHER, BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY FOR THE HARDSHIPS THEY FACE, FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE, AND FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA'S VICTORIES OVER TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION.
WE THANK THEM, WE ARE PROUD OF THEM, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU'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 NEED.
LORD, PLEASE GUIDE US IN ALL THAT WE DO AND BLESS ALL THE MILITARY AND VETERANS WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
THESE THINGS I HUMBLY ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THE LORD AND SAVIOR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, MRS. VY WILL BE A LITTLE LATE.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF MR. LASLEY.
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO EXCUSE, UH, MR. LASLEY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A NAYS HAD THE SAME.
DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ OVER THE, UH, MINUTES OF FOR LAST MONTH? MM-HMM.
CAN I GET A, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, PLEASE? SO, OKAY.
MOTION TO PUT IN AND SECONDED BY MR. HANCOCK.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR A NAYS HAVE THE SAME, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
BEFORE MOVING ON, CAN WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THEIR MICS ON? YES, SIR.
THERE WAS SOME, SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE AUDIO LAST WEEK TO GET THE MEETING MINUTES.
UH, WE'RE DOWN TO, WE'RE WELCOME.
WE'RE DOWN TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
ANY SPECIAL PRESENTATION NOW? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ON HERE OR ANYBODY WANT TO GO AHEAD.
YEAH, SO I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, LET'S SEE, ON NOVEMBER 8TH, UH, I KNOW THEY, UH, MISS, UH, MONTGOMERY'S BEEN HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE, UH, INVITE VET FOUNDATION.
UM, SO THEY'RE HAVING A LUNCHEON.
IT'S GONNA BE ON NOVEMBER 8TH.
UH, THEN SHE ASKED ME TO GO AHEAD AND INVITE THE, UH, COMMITTEE TO, TO THE LUNCHEON.
SO IT'LL BE NOVEMBER 8TH FROM 1215 TO TWO.
UM, AND THEN YOU GUYS COULD JUST GET WITH ME, UH, AFTER THIS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD, UH, WANT TO ATTEND, I'LL BE THERE.
UM, SO IF YOU GUYS CAN, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU THERE.
AND IT'S, UH, YOU SAY, DID YOU SAY WHERE THE LOCATION'S AT BY CHANCE? THIS IS GOING TO BE UD, UH, FIT CENTER.
1 4 0 1, UH, SOUTH MAIN STREET, 1 4 0 1 SOUTH MAIN.
SO SHE DOES NEED THE R-R-S-V-P.
SO IF YOU DO PLAN ON GOING, JUST LEMME KNOW, AND THEN I'LL SEND OVER THE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. HANCOCK.
UM, I RECEIVED THIS IN THE EMAIL.
UH, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES ARE HAVING A WINTER COAT GIVEAWAY ALONG WITH A $200
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ALDI HOLIDAY GIFT CARD.AND THERE'S AN APPLICATION REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING IT.
BUT, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT, IT MIGHT BE A PRETTY GOOD PUBLICITY ITEM.
I WAS THINKING PERHAPS IT SHOULD GO OUT IN, IN THE MINUTES.
I'VE STILL GOT IT ELECTRONICALLY AT HOME.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO RECEIVE IT, THEY CAN LET ME KNOW AND I'LL, I'LL SEND IT.
BUT WHOEVER PREPARES THE MINUTES MIGHT LIKE TO HAVE THAT.
YEAH, THEY GOT, USUALLY THEY DON'T HAVE YOU FILL OUT THE WHOLE THING.
IT'S TIME TO HAVE YOU FILL OUT SOME STUFF OUT THAT THAT'S THE WHOLE PACKAGE.
EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE, THEY USUALLY HAVE THAT EVERY YEAR, SO IT'S NICE.
SEE, THEY WENT UP FROM A HUNDRED TO $200 THIS YEAR FOR THE GIFT CARD.
YOU KNOW THE CRITERIA, WHICH IS, IT SHOULD BE A MONETARY CRITERIA, BUT WHAT DO YOU MAKE A YEAR? YEAH, IT IS, SHOULD BE ANNUAL INCOME.
SO IT'S, IT'S REASONABLY GENEROUS.
IF YOU COULD HAVE THAT EMAILED TO ME, I WOULD GET THAT OUT IN THE ION.
DO YOU WANT ME TO EMAIL IT TO YOU? YEAH.
I'LL AND YOURS AS WELL, PLEASE.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT, THAT'S, UH, HELD AT THE, UM, AT THE ACTUAL VETERAN SERVICE COMMISSION DOWNLOAD EY MOTOR.
DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT? 6 27 THERE.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE UNDER SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALRIGHT, JOAN, UH, SAYS HIS COMMENTS.
I SEE WE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW, SO I'M GOING DOWN TO, UH, OLD BUSINESS.
UH, IT'S LIKE WE START OFF WITH THE REESE CEREMONY.
UM, AS FAR AS THE RE CEREMONY GOES, WE WE'RE TALKING VETERAN'S DAY, RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT.
UM, UM, THE RE CEREMONY AND BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND GET, YOU KNOW, UM, BASICALLY, UH, THE, THE WREATH HAS BEEN ORDERED.
UM, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME THE TIMELINE OKAY.
FINALIZED WITH, UM, THE FINAL SCHEDULE OF, UM, WHO WAS DOING ONCE OR WHAT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT OUT, UH, PERSONALLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
IF I MAY, I HAVE AN UPDATE DATE ON IT.
THE YOUNG, THE, UH, ALCI TRIP YOUNG MARINES, AND FINALLY AGREED TO PROVIDE TWO YOUNG MARINES FOR WREATH BEARER.
AND ONE YOUNG MARINE AS A BUGLER FOR TAPS.
SO WE GOT, WE GOT TWO, UM, YOUNG MARINES FOR WREATH BEARERS.
AND ONE FOR TAPS, ONE FOR TAPS AND BUGLES GOLD LIT TAPS.
MATTER OF FACT, THE BUGLES IN MY LIVING ROOM CHAIR,
IF I NEEDED TO WAKE HIM UP, I CAN
YOU SAID YOU WANTED THE, UM, THE FINAL ATION FOR THAT.
YOU SAID BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, SIR, IF WE COULD PLEASE YES, SIR.
THAT WOULD BE BY THE THIRD, THIRD OF THIRD NOVEMBER, CORRECT.
JUST SO WE CAN GET SOME, A FINALIZED ADDITION OUT TO PARTICIPANTS IF NEED BE.
UM, MIKE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR, FOR THE PAPER UPDATE? WELL, UM, ACTUALLY THE PAPER UPDATE IN THE, IN THE NEXT, UM, NEW BUSINESS ITEM KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND A BIT.
UM, BASICALLY UP TO THIS DATE, UM, AS I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, UM, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 14 OR 15, UH, PAVERS PURCHASED.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, THOSE WILL BE INSTALLED.
UM, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ETCHED AND ENGRAVED.
UM, I MADE SOME, SOME CALL IT TO A FRIEND KIND OF THING.
AND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE INSTALLED, UH, NEXT MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
SO THEY'LL BE IN BY THE VETERAN'S DAY WREATH CEREMONY.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT, UH, TWO TO THREE WEEKS, I WILL BE PUTTING OUT SOME NEW GUIDELINES AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM AS FAR AS AN ANNUAL INSTALLATION OF CERTAIN DATES AND TIMES.
UM, AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, IT WAS, IF SOME OF YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, REMEMBER CORRECTLY THAT IT WAS IN THE AIR OF HOW THE FIRST, UM, 50, WE WERE WAITING FOR THE FIRST 50 TO BE SOLD.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GAIN SOME INTEREST WITH GETTING THEM INSTALLED AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UM, GET MORE AT THE NEXT ANNUAL DATE.
BUT I KIND OF WANT TO CREATE AN ANNUAL DEADLINE FOR, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY HAVING THE PAVERS IN THAT YOU'RE GONNA PURCHASE.
SO I HAVE TIME TO GET THEM ETCHED.
SO, YOU KNOW, PUT THOSE GUIDELINES IN PLACE SO BY A CERTAIN DATE OF NEXT YEAR.
SO MAYBE WE'LL MAKE IT LIKE VETERAN'S DAY OF EVERY YEAR, BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO BE IN BY JULY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I HAVE TIME TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, INSTALLED AND NEXT.
SO I'LL PUT THAT OUT THIS WEEK OR IN THE NEXT, UM, QUESTION FOR YOU.
HYPOTHETICALLY, IF, UH, SOMEBODY WANTED TO PURCHASE TWO TO TRY AND MAKE THIS ROUND.
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WHAT DID THEY SAY? PLEASE? I, I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T.BASICALLY LIKE HOW IT, HOW IT'S BECOME TOO IS, UH, IT, IT BECOMES A, A FINANCIAL ASPECT FOR THE CITY.
UM, AND, AND, AND MY JOB DOING DUE DILIGENCE OF HAVING TO DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN YOU ETCH 50 PAVER, THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU, YOU KNOW, $50 PER PAPER OR $25 PER PAPER.
THIS TIME THEY, YOU DID 14, YOU PAID A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, IT MAKES THAT PRICE AND THEN FOR THEM TO BE INSTALLED, THE PRICE OF 150 EVER.
I KNOW YOU AREN'T HERE TIME AT TIME, BUT LIKE THE, THE PRICE OF THESE WERE, WAS KIND OF MISUNDERSTOOD IN A SENSE OF IT BEING SO HIGH, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT THE MARKET IS.
YOU KNOW, SO I HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE TO CITY FUNDS AND THEN I UNDERSTAND STUFF.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE REASON OF LIKE, I JUST HAVE TO SAY NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE DOING YOU A FAVOR AS YOU KIND OF, WELL, KIND OF YEAH.
BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND.
CAN I BACK SPACE IN A SECOND? SURE.
YOU CAN I MAKE A, UH, RECOMMENDATION? SURE.
I, I'VE GOT MY AUNT MARIE'S COMING TO 1500 MM-HMM.
AND ASK THEM IF THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
YEAH, I MEAN LIKE, JUST LIKE A, UH, FIRST SERGEANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FLOW WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
IF, IF I, I OBJECT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE, WE, WE DECIDED WE WERE GONNA HAVE PRACTICE AT 1500, I WALKED THROUGH AT 1500 IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
IS THAT THAT CORRECT? EVERYBODY REMEMBER THAT? I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY AGENDA ON ANYTHING.
THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE HE'S GONNA GET UP WITH THE MIC AND ANNOUNCE THINGS AND IF THOSE THINGS AREN'T READY TO GO WHEN HE SAYS IT, THAT'S NOT, THERE WAS A TIMELINE PUT UP ALREADY.
BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT WE WERE GETTING GOOD 1500 AND GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING.
SO IT JUST STARTED AT 1400, PRACTICED AT 1300 OR 1500.
SO DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE THE AGENDA WITH YOU? NO, I DON'T HAVE IT.
I GOT ALL KIND OF STUFF, DIFFERENT MONTHS AND ALL KIND OF OTHER STUFF HERE, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THAT, THE AGENDA PRINTED OUT, BUT I JUST, I JUST MISSED MY NOTES FROM LAST.
IF WE COULD GET THAT OUT TOMORROW, THEN JUST THE TIMELINE, THE PRELIMINARY TIMELINE.
THEN WE, WE'LL HAVE IT SIT BY SOME BY, LIKE I SAID NEXT WEEK, IF THAT WORKS.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WITH IT, WE CAN, I MEAN, WE WON'T MEET UP FORWARD, BUT WE CAN CONTACT EACH OTHER ONCE EMAIL THERE.
AND THERE, THERE'S NO OBJECTION ON OUR PART MARINE, YOUNG MARINE PART FOR, YOU KNOW, A RUN THROUGH OF ANY KIND IF YOU DESIRE IT.
I, I'M BEEN TO SEE BEFORE, SO I'M GONNA HAVE ONE ANYWAY, BUT IF YOU WANTED FOR YOU TO YEAH, NOT A PROBLEM.
AND, UM, IN, IN LIEU OF THAT TIMELINE TOO, UM, BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE PAPER AND BACKING UP TO RAISE 0.2, UM, I'M GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN THE TIMELINE AS WELL ADDED FOR, FOR TODAY.
YOU'LL AWARE OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GUIDELINES FOR THE PAVERS, UM, TO, TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE, HEY, LIKE THEY'RE INSTALLED HERE.
YOU KNOW, SO, SO WE, WE MAKE A POINT OF SHOWING YOU THERE AND IF, AND IF WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS TOO, IF ONE OF US OR YOU PREFERABLY CAN LIKE BE THERE WITH THE FLYERS AND COME BY MY SHOP AT ANY TIME, CHARLES HAS ASKED FOR SOME MORE FLYERS TO DISTRIBUTE TO MM-HMM.
I'VE TAKEN THEM EVERY VETERAN'S ORGANIZATION THAT I'M AWARE OF AND CAN GET THEM OUT.
I HAVE SEVERAL MORE THAT IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BY, I CAN D 'EM TO YOUR HOUSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTACT EACH OTHER OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO GET MORE OF THEM OUT TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANT TO GET THIS OUT AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PUNCH IT, PUNCH IT IN, IN A COMMUNITY'S MOUTH SO THEY, THEY'RE AWARE OF THESE THINGS.
SPEAKING, SPEAKING OF GETTING THINGS OUT WHEN WE BE OUT OF BLIND, IF WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE THOSE SP FLAGS THAT WE'VE MADE FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE LIBBIES, YOU KNOW, THOSE, YOU'VE SEEN THEM, HAVEN'T YOU? THE NEW THAT'S A PAC ISSUE, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR THE VETERANS COMMISSION.
I KNOW IT'S NOT, BUT I MEAN IT'S NOT, I I MEAN CHAMBER HEIGHTS VETERANS COMMISSION.
IT'S, THAT'S A, I THINK YOU, YOU SHOULD, YOU WOULD ADJUST SOMEONE FROM THE PAC FOR THAT.
I, I COULDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THE PACK.
WELL, DID YOU JUST SAY ANYTHING YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE ALRIGHT IF WE GO? I, I, I, AGAIN, I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THE PACK.
YOU'D HAVE TO ASK, ASK THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
WHAT IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT BELLY BUTTON IS PER SE?
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DID YOU WORK WITH THEM? THE CHIEF, THE HIMSELF? I DIDN'T SAY THAT.THIS IS, YOU'RE THERE EVERY DAY.
WELL, I WAS THERE THE OTHER DAY SAYING THAT'S WHEN I FIRST SHOWED THE THINGS I THOUGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT I, I MEAN REALLY NICELY DONE.
YEAH, THAT'S, I CAN'T, IF IT'S OKAY, THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, NO OBJECTION FROM ME.
YEAH, WELL I, I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE CHAPTER 9 97 TO BE KNOW VETS TO, YOU KNOW, GET IT BY, BY A BRICK.
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL OLD AND STUBBORN.
SO, UH, ONE I'M ASKING WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO TO? WHAT, UM, ACTUALLY THE INSTALLATION AND THE ETCHING, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW, THE, THE $150 THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE BEING CHARGED FOR DOES NOT EVEN PAY FOR THE, I MEAN, DO THE MATH.
IT'S NOT, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S BEING, IT'S A GIFT ALMOST.
YOU KNOW, TRUTHFULLY, IN, IN A SENSE OF MAKES SENSE.
YOU AS TAXPAYERS HAVE ALREADY, THEY'RE THEIRS.
THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, COME PUT YOUR NAME ON THEM AND HAVE THEM INSTALLED BASICALLY.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE INSTALLATION COSTS TOO.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I HATE WHEN I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FACE SO MUCH IS, YOU KNOW, THE ETCHING COSTS WERE AT ONE TIME, 50, IT BECAME A HUNDRED.
I'VE NEGOTIATED WITH SOME, A COMPANY THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DOING IT FOR A VERY VETERAN PRICE.
ARE THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS WE DEVELOPED THE PROGRAM AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE PUT 50 IN A YEAR, THAT'S, THAT PRICE MIGHT BECOME SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN EBB AND FLOW PROCESS.
SO IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE MULTIPLE, UM, IF YOU HAD 50 BRICKS, YOU'RE GONNA BE BETTER OFF GETTING THE MATCHED DEBT.
YOU KNOWS YOU GOING TO COSTCO
WHAT DO YOU GET? YOU GET A CHEAPER PRICE.
ARE YOU GETTING THAT DONE? UH, LOCALLY OR I MEAN THROUGH HUBER OR COULD IT BE DONE SOMEWHERE ELSE? I DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY MYSELF AS A PUBLIC WORKS PERSON.
UM, IT'S DONE BY A LANDSCAPE ARTSCAPE CONTRACTOR.
HE SAID HE'D DO IT FOR THREE, BUT I HAD THAT COMPENSATION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE COMPENSATE FIRST TIME.
UM, ONE MORE, GO BACK ON THE REESE CEREMONY.
I KNOW I HAVE SEEN THE, THE ROUGH DRAFT, BUT HAVE WE NARROWED DOWN THE NUMBER OF GUEST SPEAKERS TO ONE OR TWO OR DO WE KNOW THAT OFF HAND? WE, RIGHT NOW I KNOW THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE GUEST SPEAKER.
AND THAT'S NOT CINDY, RIGHT? SHE'S JUST DOING NO, IT WAS, UH, GARY WASHINGTON.
I TALKED TO, UH, LIEUTENANT COLONEL REDWOOD, BUT HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN BEING THE SPEAKER.
I THINK HE WAS THE OTHER ONE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN CINDY'S DAN WAS HANDLING THE SPEAKER.
DANA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HER, HER, UH, JOB WAS TO HANDLE THE SPEAKER.
SO, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER, SO I'LL GET WITH HER, UM, IF SHE DOESN'T MAKE IT HERE BY THE TIME WE END AND IF NOT, I'LL GET WITH HER IMMEDIATELY.
DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH LAST MINUTE YOU WANT TO DO.
WELL, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, AND I'M SURE TOM WILL BACK ME UP ON THIS.
GARY WASHINGTON IS SUCH AN ELOQUENT SPEAKER.
HE WILL DEFINITELY CAPTURE THE CROWD.
HE IS BECAUSE HE, HE, HE SPENT SOME OF HIS TIME ON IN THE MILITARY AT WHERE SOME YEARS WERE IN THE AIR FORCE.
OTHER YEARS WERE IN THE MARINES.
IF THERE'S NOT, IF THERE'S NOT, IF SOMETHING US THROUGH, CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT? SHOT'S FIRED.
I, I'LL SAY THIS, IF THE GUEST SPEAKER DOES NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT OR, OR THERE'S SOMETHING THAT FALLS THROUGH, I, I'LL DO IT MYSELF.
SO YOUR CONCERN IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR THE RE CEREMONY.
GET THE TIMELINE TOGETHER FOR YOU.
YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
YEAH, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE FINAL, THE FINAL AGENDA IS THERE, SIR.
AND I'M GONNA ADMIT THIS SOUNDS HORRIBLE, BUT I'M VOLUNTEERING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD BE VOLUNTEERING FOR OR WHERE YOU WOULD NEED HELP.
UM, YOU CAN, MY MICROPHONE, YOU CAN UP ON YOUR PHONE.
THERE'S NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET TO HAVE DONE.
JUST SOME, SOME ORGANIZATIONAL THINGS THAT'LL BE THERE, YOU'LL
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BE INVOLVED WITH DURING THE DAY THAT YOU'LL BE ASKED TO SAY, HEY, DIRECT PEOPLE ARE THERE AS A, AS A PERSON.ONCE YOU READ THE TIMELINE, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO ON THAT NOTE, YEAH, A COUPLE MORE.
GO BACK SOME THAT, UM, UNLIKE THE MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL DAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
ARE WE, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S GOOD CHANCE FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE LIKE A STATIONARY TENT FOR, FOR FOLKS? UH, UM, SOME TYPE OF HONOR OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY, HINDSIGHT ONE OF THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED.
WE'D BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO, I CAN PROVIDE SOME POPUPS.
I, I HAVE, IF YOU CAN'T NOT I HAVE BUT MYSELF AND WE CAN PROVIDE A COUPLE POPUPS FOR THAT.
I'LL HAVE PEOPLE THERE TO SUPPORT AS WELL.
CHECK THE LOWER RANGE, THE MEMORIAL.
AND WHAT ABOUT A MICROPHONE HOLDER? I, I CHECK THE LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE I CAME HERE.
IS THAT, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S SCHEDULED FOR 55 WITH SOME.
SO LET'S, YOU KNOW, WEATHER PEOPLE ARE NOT THE MOST RELIABLE GUYS OF THE WORLD, BUT LET'S JUST KEEP CHECKING RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, SO THE MICROPHONE HOLDER, I KNOW THAT WAS, UH, SOMETHING WE COULD'VE USED LAST MEMORIAL DAY TOO.
I GOT, YEAH, WE DIDN'T HAVE, IT WASN'T A MICROPHONE HOLDER.
I MEAN IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS LIKE A LESSON LEARNED THAT WE KIND OF TOOK FROM MEMORIAL DAY THAT WE MIGHT PHONE ORDER.
IT'S NOT ON, IT'S NOT ON THE ACTUAL THE STAND.
I THINK CHARLES HAD TO HOLD IT, DIDN'T YOU? A STEAM? YEAH.
YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS ON A PODIUM, BUT I GUESS MAYBE, MAYBE IT WASN'T.
I NO, I WASN'T, I THINK HE WAS HOLDING IT.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE, AGAIN, I'LL TAKE INTO THAT.
I MIGHT JUST DONE A BREAK INTO A SONG AND DANCE AND
I MEAN IN PAST INSTANCE WOULD WE'VE HAD OTHER, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
UM, UM, I GUESS HE SEEM TO BE OKAY.
HE SEEM TO WORK EVERYTHING OUT.
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SITUATION.
I GUESS BEING MILITARY TYPE FELLOWS MAY WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.
SO I KNOW MIKE, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THERE.
HE HAS THE STAFF MEMBERS THERE THAT ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED.
WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH CHAINS ON FLAGPOLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN THE OVERCOME GOING ON.
SO YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, ADAPT ALWAYS HAVING THIS, IT PROVIDES ADAPT, OVERCOME.
SO, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MOST TIMES, TIMES TEAM, THE CROWD HAS NO IDEA THAT IT IS OFF LOW.
WELL THEY'RE NOT THERE FOR US.
ANYTHING ELSE GENTLEMEN? NO, SIR.
UH, IT'S LIKE NEXT ORDER BUSINESSES, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP.
UM, THERE ARE THREE COMMISSIONED MEMBERSHIP, UH, MEMBERS THAT'S, UH, TERM RUNS OUT.
UH, IT EXPIRES UH, DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE.
UM, ONE HAS, UM, MADE STATEMENT THAT HE WILL BE BACK AND RETURNING.
UM, THERE ARE TWO OTHERS THAT ARE NOT.
UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS RETURNING IS CHARLES AND, UM, THE OTHER TWO THAT WILL NOT BE RETURNING.
AND IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SPEAK TO ABOUT THAT, WE WILL HAVE THEM BACK.
UM, AS COURSE SAYS WE HAVE OTHERS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE THINGS TO THEIR, UM, SERVICE HERE WITH THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, MR. RAY, GERARD, AND JOHN T? YES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM BOTH FOR THEIR SERVICE DURING THEIR TIME HERE WITH THE COMMISSION.
UM, NOT MORE SO, OR ANY MORE THAN, THAN MR. BANQUETS.
BUT RAY IS, UM, A, UH, A FOUNDING COMMISSION MEMBER, I GUESS YOU'D SAY? YES.
WHICH IS, UM, PRETTY, PRETTY COOL.
SO I THINK, JOHN, ARE YOU A FOUNDING MEMBER? I WAS.
AND THEN YOU BROKE FOR LITTLE RIGHT? THE FIRST YEAR.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING TWO BIG FOUNDING MEMBERS.
I APOLOGIZED, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
IT, YOU KNOW, YOU FELT BUILT, BUILT THE COMMISSION AND THEN, AND WHAT IT IS MOVING FORWARD.
UH, TOM, NOW YOU'RE THE, NOW YOU'RE THE FOUNDATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF WALL OF RECOGNITION OR, OR ANY TYPE OF RECOGNITION THAT
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WE WOULD GIVE TO IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD A, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOME PLAQUE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT.I THINK THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED BY COMMISSION PEOPLE AMONGST THEMSELVES AND SEA.
I, I KNOW I WANNA TELL YOU GUYS, THANK YOU.
I'M ALL ABOUT ME MILITARY SO MUCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OH YEAH.
MEANS BREAK ME ALONG AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, PUT ME WHERE I NEED TO BE AT.
MAN, I JUST, I, SO ON THAT NOTE, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU BRING A, BOTH OF YOU BRING A WELCOME EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THIS, UH, COMMISSION.
ARE WE STILL GONNA HAVE THAT OUTREACH TO THEM IF YOU'RE NOT HERE? ABSOLUTELY.
MY, MY JOB WITH THE YOUNG MARINES IS PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS AND YOU'RE THE PUBLIC
LITTLE CONSULTATION SERVICES FROM THE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT ARE LEAVING
WE SHOOT YOU EMAIL OR SOMETHING.
ANYTHING THAT WE DO FOR THE COMMISSION, FOR ANYBODY.
UH, THE YOUNG MARINES HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE 50 HOURS A YEAR OR THEY WON'T GET PROMOTED.
SO, UM, ONE OF MY SECTIONS OF MY JOB IS TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO IF YOU HAND ME AN OPPORTUNITY, I'M SURE WE'LL BE DOING UNLESS WE ALL GOT COVID OR SOMETHING.
WELL THAT'S 'CAUSE THE AIR FORCE KNOWS IT, RIGHT? HOORAH.
BUT THAT'S A MISDEMEANOR MARINE THING.
THE NAVY IS
AIR FORCE SPILLS IT, RIGHT? MORE SHOTS.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, IF ANYBODY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR TODAY, WE GOT A LIFT FOR I, SO I'M GONNA GO OVER EVERYTHING REAL QUICK FOR EVERYBODY PLEASE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, SO WE GO DOWN HERE, UM, WE GOT THE WINTER COAT GIVEAWAY THAT HE'S SHOULD GONNA SEND TO MIKE TO MAKE SURE HE HAS IT ELECTRONICALLY CORRECT? OH YEAH.
MR. HANCOCK TOUCHED ON THE, UM, UM, THE INVITE EVENT AT UD.
THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH FOR THE RE CEREMONY.
WE GOTTA LOCK DOWN A TIMELINE, UH, FOR THE FINAL SCHEDULE NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 4TH BY THE END OF BUSINESS DATE ON NOVEMBER 4TH.
IS THAT CORRECT? MIKE 30TH? YEAH.
WHICH MAKES ABOUT THE FOURTH ORDER TO HAVE A WREATH BEARING.
AND HE HAS THAT, GOT THAT COVERED.
UM, WE, WE HAVE THE YOUNG RINGS.
WE HAVE UM, TWO OF 'EM FROM THE WREATH BEARING CEREMONY AND ONE FOR TESTING AND HE ALSO HAS HIS OWN BE CORRECT CONCUR.
UH, THE PAPER'S BEEN ORDERED ETCHED ALREADY.
YOU CAN PUT IN PLACE ON VETERAN'S DAY AND MIGHT GIVE US A DATE FOR FUTURE BREAK IN INSERTIONS.
THE DATE WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT, WE'RE GONNA DO IT ON.
THEN OUR PRELIMINARY TIMELINE, UH, NEEDS TO BE SENT OUT HERE, UH, BY THE 26TH AT TWO O'CLOCK, WHICH IS TOMORROW.
UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AT PRELIMINARY TIME, NOW WE CAN GET ADJUSTED FROM THERE.
'CAUSE I SAW THAT ON THE ROUGH DRAFT.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PAST FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER? I, I BROUGHT UP THE INCLEMENT WEATHER.
AND THE REASON I IDEA IS BECAUSE EVERY DAMN TIME WE HAD THE EVENT, IT WAS EITHER RAINING LIKE CAL AND ONE TIME IT WAS SLEETING LIKE CAL, AND ONE TIME IT WAS FREEZING AND FOR SOME REASON IT PICKED ON VETERAN'S DAY.
BUT THE WEATHER FORECAST AT THIS TIME, BASED ON MY CHECK, THEY JUST BEFORE I CAME TO THE MEETING IS 55 DEGREES IN SUN.
SO LET'S ALL, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
LOOK AT THE MOTHER NATURE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET THINGS LIKE LIGHTNING OR SOMETHING THAT ALL BETTS ARE OFF, YOU GOTTA GET, YOU GOTTA GET PEOPLE OUT THERE.
OTHERWISE THEY BRING UMBRELLAS.
IT'S ONLY THE, THE ACTUAL, I'LL SAY PERFORMERS THAT SUFFER, THEY STAND AROUND.
SO, SO WE NOW HAVE A JOB FOR MR. UNDERWOOD.
ACTUALLY I'VE GOT CARPAL TUNNEL.
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT A RUNNER, RUNNER NEGATIVE MUST BE FOR THE NEW GUY HE'S GOT.
TROUBLE ION, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A SENSE YOUR,
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UH, YOU MIND GIVE A FAVOR, INVOICE OR SURE NOT.BUT YOU MIND, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
KNOW IF YOU WANNA GIVE ONE JUST IN CASE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S EVERYTHING.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL IT AT SIX 30 THEN.
AND MAKING A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE, YOU MIND ATE REGISTER COMMISSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE, UH, A SAME, RIGHT, SORRY.
ALRIGHT, IT'S, UH, 1830 HOURS.