* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] ALL [ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 22, 2024 6:00 P.M. ] RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VISION COMMISSION. TODAY IS THE 22ND OF MAY, WEDNESDAY, AND IT'S 1801 HOURS. WE GONNA STAND FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE, WHERE LIGI ARE, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY IN JUSTICE FOR ALL BELIEVE NOT COVER TO PRAYER. HEAVEN. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW JUST TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US, FOR OUR MILITARY, THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING, AND THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED AND THEIR FAMILIES. FATHER IN THIS TIME, FATHER, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR HANDS AND PROTECTION OVER THOSE SERVING OVERSEAS AND THOSE SERVING HERE IN CONUS AND THE FAMILIES KEEP YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION ON THEM. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD DELIVER US FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY, ANY PLANS THAT THE ENEMY HAS FOR US. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY FAIL AND THAT WE WOULD LIVE OUR DESIGN AND BEST AND PURPOSE THAT YOU HAVE POINTED FOR US, FOR US TO CARRY OUT YOUR PERSON'S NAME AND WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. ROLL CALL. UH, UNDER HERE. MR. ER. HERE. MR. HANCOCK. HERE. MR. ESTEBAN? HERE. MR. JOHNSON. HERE. MR. LASTLY PRESENT. MR. MCDONALD? HERE. MR. UNDERWOOD? HERE. MR. WINDSOR? HERE. OKAY. UH, WE'LL GO TO THE APPROVAL OF A MINUTES. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? ANYBODY? ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? COULD I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES. SORRY. MOTION HAS BEEN, UH, BROUGHT TO BY MR. MCDONALD, SECOND BY MR. LASLEY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION PASSED. NO. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SO SORRY. I'M SO SORRY. YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ACCEPTED THE MINUTES THE WAY THEY ARE AND PUT 'EM ON FILE NEXT TO CORRECTIONS. AYE. A AYE. NAYS HAVE THE SAME RIGHT NOW. FOLKS SHOULD PASS. SORRY. OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENT IS PRESENT. SPECIAL OR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. UM, WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSION MEMBER. I WONDER IF WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THE END INSTEAD, INSTEAD OF, IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU OR WANNA DO IT? IT'S UP TO YOU. WHAT'S IT? THE AGENDA? IT'S NOT HEARING THE AGENDA, BUT I WANT SIT I RATHER DO FOR US TO, TO, TO PUT THAT TOWARDS THE END. IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE, ON THE COMMISSION FOR NEW MEMBER? BECAUSE MCDONALD, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU OFF. I JUST IF WE, I THINK ONE POINT OF ORDER, IF WE NEED TO MAKE A VOTE OR SOMETHING AND THEY'RE NOT SWORN IN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK. SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO FOLLOW YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. THE AGENDA THAT PRINTED. BUT IF WE HAVE, BECAUSE WHEN, GO AHEAD. OKAY. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. HE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO VOTE BECAUSE HE'S NOT OFFICIALLY A MEMBER. I GOT, I AGREE. I ASKING. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, IT'S FOLLOW THE AGENDA. FOLLOW THE AGENDA. EXPLAIN. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHY SHE PUT IT IN THERE. THAT WAY SHE PUT IT IN THERE SO SHE KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING. , OBVIOUSLY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, YOU GOT THE PAPERWORK FOR HIM? YEP. OKAY. YEAH. YOU GONNA TAKE A PICTURE? OKAY. YOU, WE GONNA CHANGE INTO YOUR SUIT? HAVE YOU READ THE ACTUAL TRANSACTION? SO, [00:05:06] NAME, NAME, KEVIN MC, YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM SOLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF OHIO, A CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES. THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BE HEIGHTS. BE AND THAT FAITHFULLY HONESTLY. HONESTLY. AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPART DISCHARGE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE DUTIES. MY, MY, YES. SO, MR. MCDONALD, IT'S CUSTOMARY HERE THAT ONCE WE BECOME, BECOME A MEMBER HERE ON OUR COMMISSION, THEY JUST GIVE US A LITTLE, A LITTLE HISTORY OF YOURSELF AND HOW YOU GOT TO THE HUBBERT HEIGHTS COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING SIMPLE. YEAH. OKAY. I'M, I'M, UH, A NATIVE OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK. OKAY. SO I BELIEVE I, AFTER I GOT A NAVY, WENT TO COLLEGE, GOT GOT, UH, RECRUITED TO COME DOWN HERE IN THIS AREA. AND I'VE KIND OF STAYED IN THE OHIO AREA SINCE I'VE BEEN COLUMBUS AND OTHER AREAS. BUT I, I RAISED MY FAMILY IN INGLEWOOD, IN AND IN TIP CITY. AND THEN WHEN THEY ALL LEFT ME AND WENT ALL THROUGH THE COUNTRY, I SOME IN THE AIR FORCE. RIGHT NOW HE'S OVER IN HAWAII AND HE JUST GOT PROMOTED TO MASTER SERGEANT YESTERDAY. OH, THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME. AND, UH, THEN I'VE MOVED TO HUB HEIGHTS, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN VETERAN ACTIVITIES. UH, I WENT UP IN, UH, TIP CITY, STARTED A, A VETERAN GROUP AT BURG CHURCH, AND WE VOLUNTEERED TO THINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, HURRICANE HELP. WENT BACK IN 2019 AND JUST DID THINGS. WE TALKED, WE SAT THERE AND TALKED. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST NEED TO TALK. THEY NEED HELP. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I KIND OF FOUND OUT, I THINK I DISCUSSED SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT WE INTERVIEWED, IS THAT WHEN VETERANS GET TOGETHER, OUR INTENTION IS TO HELP OTHERS. A LOT OF TIMES WE NEED HELP TOO. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WE NEED HELP. AND WE NEED TO TALK. WE NEED TO TALK BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE A UNIQUE COMMUNITY THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH. SO, UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE BIG ONE DOWN. I'LL ANSWER ANOTHER QUESTION. I GET . NO, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. I JUST, I'M RECENTLY KIND OF HALF RETIRED. I WAS DOING SOMETHING AND I JUST, I'M NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE. AND, UH, I'M A PROFESSOR AT EDISON AND DID THAT KIND OF GIG WORK AND HELP OUT CONSULTING NOW. SO I LIKE TO STAY BUSY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. YES, SIR. YOU QUESTIONS ON THE FLOOR THERE? YEAH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. UH, ARE YOU A MICHIGAN OR A OHIO STATE FAN? I'M A I, FUNNY STORY. OH, UH, FROM BUFFALO. THERE'S NO ONE IN WESTERN NEW YORK IS A BIG, THEY'RE NOT COLLEGE FANS. YES, I WAS. I WAS KIND OF AN, AN THE, I CELEBRATED WAS OHIO STATE AND WERE 20 FOR, SO I DID, FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I WORE MICHIGAN GEAR JUST TO BE AN ANTAGONIST. OH, RIGHT. I DID. WELL, THAT'S TIME WE HAVE. NO, I'M CA COMMITTED PODCAST. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LONG AS YOU'RE AROUND. YEAH, MAN. DOWN . I HEARD THAT. . OKAY. UH, NEXT, UH, FOR, WE GOT THE CITIZENS' COMMENT. SO WE HAVE WITH US TODAY, CAPTAIN RABY, UM, FROM THE ROTC DETACHMENT, THE 643RD. EVERYONES THAT ARE GONNA BE DOING THE FOLDING OF THE FLAG CEREMONY FOR US. UM, HE'S HERE. UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, SIR? YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? OR, I KNOW WHO YOU'RE RECRUIT. WOULD YOU WANNA INTRODUCE THIS YOUNG MAN? IS IT ON? I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THE, THE BIGGEST THING IS WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO THINGS DECENTLY AND ORDERLY, UH, AND WITH HONOR AND RESPECT ON MEMORIAL DAY. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FROM US, ANY LAST MINUTE CHANGES, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT, UH, WHEN WE DO THE FLAG FOLDING PROCEDURE, AGAIN, IT'S DONE DECENTLY, ORDERLY. AND THEN, UH, WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. [00:10:01] THANK YOU, SIR. QUESTION AND MIKE, SIR, UM, ARE YOU REPLACING COLONEL REDWOOD? NO. NO. UH, COLONEL REDWOOD IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FROM YOU, FROM WRIGHT STATE? I'M FROM WRIGHT STATE. YES, SIR. TOTALLY DIFFERENT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. , I HAVE QUESTION. YES, SIR. UH, NO, NO, NO. YOU CAN SIT. YOU CAN SIT. I WAS MORE CURIOUS OF DURING THE FLAG HOLDING, UH, CEREMONY, ARE YOU GONNA, UH, DURING EACH FOLD, UH, TELL WHAT IT REPRESENTS? CAN YOU GO THAT? OKAY. SORRY. NOW THAT'S GO YOU STOP. WE CAN SPEAK ON IT NOW. THERE'S SOMETHING WE GONNA TALK ABOUT, BUT GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO DEFINITE SCRIPT FOR THE FLAG VOLTS, UH, PER THE, BASED ON OUR MANUAL, THERE'S ACTUALLY NO OFFICIAL MEANING FOR EACH ONE. IT'S KIND OF AT THEIR OWN PREROGATIVE OF THE MASTER CEREMONIES OR WHOEVER'S HOLDING IT, JUST DRAFTING THE SCRIPT THAT THEY WANT TO INCLUDE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD BE ME. YES, SIR. SO IT WOULD, THAT'S I ASK QUESTION. YES, SIR. SO IT WOULD BE AT YOUR OWN KIND OF PREROGATIVE. THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT YOU WANNA READ FROM. BY ALL MEANS, WE'LL SUPPORT THAT AND WE'LL FOLD TO IT. UM, THERE IS A FLAG FOLDING SCRIPT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THE HERITAGE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG. ITS SYMBOLISM AND WHAT IT MEANS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE FOLDED TO. UM, BUT THERE IS NO PLAN RIGHT NOW TO DO ANYTHING WITH AN ACTUAL SCRIPT. MORE CURIOUS THAN ANYTHING IF I NEEDED TO. UH, MUST YOU . OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. MM-HMM. TIME. UH, WE'RE GONNA GET DOWN TO, UH, OLD BUSINESS. UM, BEFORE WE START MEMORIAL DAY FINALIZATION, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANNA BRING UP OLD BUSINESS WISE? OKAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT FINALIZATION. UM, I KNOW THAT TOM HAD SOME THINGS THAT HE HAD, UM, FINALIZED FOR HIS SCRIPT THAT HE WAS GOING TO, WHY HE WAS GONNA SPEAK, WHY, WHY HE'S THERE FOR MC. I ALSO HAVE A, UM, ITINERARY TO PASS AROUND THAT WE CAN MERGE THE TWO. AND THAT WAY WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE THE ACTUAL, UH, YOU, WAIT, HOLD ON. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6. FIVE SIX. IF YOU WANNA PASS THESE DOWN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA GO ROUND OVER. UH, NO, NO, THAT'S IT. YOU HAD SOMETHING, TOM, DO YOU HAVE YOURS WITH YOU? WHAT YOU SENT OUT? I SENT IT OUT. YOU SENT, OKAY. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD BROUGHT A HOWARD COPY OR, OKAY. WELL, TOM ALSO HAS, UM, YEAH, WE'LL GIVE THEM, UM, HOLD ON. I WAS GONNA EMAIL THAT TO THEM, BUT TAKE A COPY. APPRECIATE IT. THERE'S NO BATHROOM BREAK, SIR. NOTHING ELSE. FOLLOW ALONG. YES. SO, UM, THIS PRETTY MUCH GOES WITH THE AGENDA THAT WE USED MANY, MANY TIMES BEFORE. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AGENDA. I KNOW THAT YOU, UM, SENT SOMETHING OUT AND I HAD TO LOOK OVER IT QUICKLY BEFORE I TRIED TO GET ON THE ROAD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ON THE THING. SO I WASN'T DROPPING. I SEE. YOU PUT, UM, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA SAY INSIDE THE ACTUAL, UH, ITINERARY THAT YOU HAD. SO, THE ONLY TO SPEAK, THE ONLY MAJOR DIFFERENCE REALLY IS I GOT THE MAYOR TALKING FIRST. YES. SO GUEST SPEAKERS. OKAY. ALSO, SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC, OKAY. UH, I'VE GOT THE TWO GUEST SPEAKERS, UH, DOING THE REESE CEREMONY. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO, BUT I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR WAS ALWAYS ACCUSTOMED FOR HIM TO DO THAT. BUT I, I WANTED TO, I WANTED BOTH THE SPEAKERS AND DO IT IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I UNDERSTAND. AND I, I THINK HE WOULD UNDERSTAND, UH, THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE YES. THEIR FAMILY HAS. YES. AND I'M THINKING THAT I THINK HE WOULD UNDERSTAND IF HE'S WATCHING ME RIGHT NOW ON THE CAMERA. YES. YES. SO, I, I DON'T WANNA MAKE THAT CALL. BUT, BUT SEE, THE THING WAS I HAD TO FLIP A COIN BETWEEN WHICH ONE OF THE TWO SPEAKERS, SO EXACTLY. AND I WOULD RATHER BOTH OF 'EM TO SPEAK, BUT I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE MAYOR OF THE DESERT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF, IF HE, IF HE'S THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OH, NO, NO, THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE TO ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BOTH THOSE, UH, BOTH THE GOLD STAR FRAMING AND THE GOLD STAR WIVES BE REPRESENTED, YOU KNOW, BY BRINGING THAT, THAT WREATH UP THERE. THAT WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD MEAN, AGAIN, I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE, THE MAYOR. YES. I KNOW THE COMPANY MEAN A LOT TO THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS READING THEIR BIOS YES. WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH YES. AS FAMILIES THAT DELAY THAT READING. YES. AND, AND MIKE, DO YOU THINK YOU, UM, I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN HERE QUITE SOME TIME TOO, MR. IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU GUYS, I THINK THE MAYOR WILL BE OPEN TO THAT. THAT'S JUMP IN. I I'LL REACH OUT AND GET A FEEL OF THAT. OKAY. OKAY. KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WE'LL KIND OF PLAY BY EAR. BUT I, I THINK HE'S FINE WITH IT THE WAY IT'S OKAY FOR MOVING THEM TO THE FIRST AND THEN THE TWO LAYING THE WREATH. OKAY. I CAN [00:15:01] IMPROVISE ON THE PLOT. OH YEAH. WE'LL SCRIPT. YEAH. I GOT THE TWO, UH, THE TWO GUEST SPEAKERS LAYING THE, AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL KEEP IT THAT WAY. WE'LL KEEP IT THAT WAY. DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A CONFIRMATION? I CAN'T HEAR YOU, SIR. DO WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WILL BE THERE? WHO'S THAT? THE MAYOR. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK. I MEAN, HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. THERE WILL, THERE'LL, THERE'S ALWAYS A REPRESENTATIVE THERE, REGARDLESS. YES. THERE WILL BE A CITY REPRESENTATIVE THERE, REGARDLESS. OKAY. WORKS VICE MAYOR OR AN APPOINTEE OF COUNSEL. I TALKED TO, UH, MR. GROVES AND, UH, UH, MR. LA, MR. PONTE, UH, LER ABOUT, I TOLD 'EM WE WERE GONNA SHORTEN THEIR BARRELS DOWN. UM, JUST SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I WENT THROUGH 'EM AND, AND SHORTENED 'EM DOWN AND READ IT BACK TO HIM AND MAKE SURE THEY WERE OKAY WITH WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING, UM, IN THEIR BIO. SO, UM, I SHORTENED IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS. I TOLD HER THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU CAN FIND ON THEIR WEBSITE. I REALLY SHORT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I JUST, I JUST, I WANTED, I WANTED TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH, I WANTED TO DO WHAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I, I JUST, I, THERE'S THINGS THAT I FELT THAT WAS IMPORTANT THAT, THAT, THAT WE, UM, THAT WE STILL SAY ABOUT 'EM. WE GOT, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, WE'RE GONNA LOSE A CROWD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T TAKE OUR TIMED IT HOW MUCH, HOW LONG IT TAKES TO SAY WHAT WE GOTTA SAY. SO IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE, IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS BEFORE, THAT'S FOR SURE. SO I, I TOOK OUT SOME THINGS THAT I FELT MAYBE DIDN'T PERTAIN TOO MUCH TO THE DAY. UM, I DON'T WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR SOME OTHER PROGRAM OR ADVERTISE, IF YOU WILL. AND I REALLY SHORTENED 'EM DOWN. UM, THAT'S WHY I WANTED YOU GUYS TO READ WHAT I'VE PUT. OKAY. I, I THINK I SPEAK, UH, I SPEAK KINDLY OF BOTH AND I CAPTURE ALL OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT, UM, THAT YOU HAD IN THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT. OKAY. YEAH. I, UM, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR OTHER THINGS THAT I DO. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW MUCH THEY DO FOR THE, THE ACTUAL MILITARY AND VETERAN COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHY I HAD TO, I'M HOPING THINGS IN THERE. I'M HOPING DURING THEIR CONVERSATIONS THEY CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS WELL. OKAY. VERSUS EATING UP ON ME EACH UP A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, THEY'RE BOTH HEAVILY INVOLVED IN, IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. UH, BUT I DIDN'T GO THROUGH EACH EVERY ONE OF THOSE. SO, OKAY. WELL, WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT YOU SAID AND WE'LL MERGE 'EM TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH, MAN. SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. UM, AS FAR AS THE AGENDA GOES, UM, YOU HAD THE WELCOMING, OF COURSE, UM, OPEN REMARKS WITH THE PRESENT COLORS. UH, THE, THE, THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE JUNIOR ROTC, THE HONOR GUARD IS GONNA PRESENT THE COLORS AT THE BEGINNING. I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. AND, UM, YOU GOTTA, YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE IT LAID OUT POINT BY POINT WHAT TO DO IF IT'S THIS WAY OR THAT WAY. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH SELF-EXPLANATORY. UM, OF COURSE WE GET THE, THE REVEREND COMING UP FOR THE INVOCATION. AND THEN, UH, AND IF YOU WANT TO, AND IF YOU WANNA INTRODUCE THE MAYOR FIRST, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE SCRIPT. YOU GUYS WANT, YOU GUYS WANT INTRODUCE THE MAYOR. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. WE CAN DOCE THE MAYOR FIRST AND AFTER THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND INDUCE INTRODUCE OUR FIRST, FIRST AND SECOND. UH, LEMME PUT THIS UP HERE THEN. BOOM. SPEAKER. UM, AFTER, UM, THE, UH, THE YOUNG RINGS ARE GONNA PRESENT THE, UH, THE TWO GUEST SPEAKERS WITH THE WREATH. UM, THEY'LL BRING THE WREATH FORWARD AND PLACE IT ON A MEMORIAL REESE STAND. UM, AT THAT TIME, UM, THE MC WILL ANNOUNCED THAT THE WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY AIR FORCE, UH, ROTC DETACHMENT IS 6 43, WILL BE PERFORMING THE FOLDING OF THE FLAG CEREMONY OF COMPLETION OF THE PLANNING OF THE TASK BY THE YOUNG MARINES. OF COURSE, UH, MC WILL GIVE THE COMMAND OF ASSEMBLY ATTENTION AND PRESENT ARM COMMAND, UM, SO THAT ALL REPRESENTATIVES CAN UNION, CAN LINE UP IN APPROPRIATE FORMATION, COME TO ATTENTION, AND RENDER A HAND SALUTE. AND FOR CIVILIANS PLACE HAND OVER THEIR HEARTS AT THIS TIME, THE YOUNG MARINE WILL PLAY TAPS. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME THAT W UM, S-U-A-F-R-R-T-C WILL BE UNFOLDING OF THE FLAG. IS THAT CORRECT? OR WOULD YOU RATHER DO SO SIR, WITH REGARDS TO THE PLAINTIFF TAPS AND UNFOLD AT THE SAME TIME? YES. IT'S MORE SO CUSTOMER OR TRADITIONAL, I'LL SAY, OUT OF ALL THE CEREMONIES THAT PERFORM THAT ALLOW THE FLAG TO BE FULLY UNFOLDED FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP SUCH AS THIS, WE CALL IT TABLETOP, THAT HORIZONTAL. AND AT THAT TIME, TAPS CAN BE PLAYED. OKAY. OKAY. WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT, WE DON'T WANT TO UNFOLD WHILE THAT'S OKAY. SO, SO WE WANT, SO WE WANNA MOVE THAT TO THE UNFOLDING OF THE FLAG TO THE, BEFORE THE TAPS IS PLAYED. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. I'M THROW THAT RIGHT IN THERE, THEN. BOOM. OKAY. AND THEN AFTER TAPS, UM, UM, THAT'S WHEN YOU GUYS WILL BE, BE GETTING YOUR, UH, FLAG FOLDING CEREMONY. WE'LL HAVE, EVERYBODY WON'T BE STILL AT IN A SLEW OR ORDER ARMS BECAUSE YOU HAVE ORDER ARMS. THAT WAY THEY CAN BRING IT DOWN. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AT ATTENTION WHENEVER THE FOLDING OF THE FLAG COMMENCES. OKAY. UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, UM, I HAVE THE, WHAT'S CALLED BRINGING ME A, UH, STAND FOR THE FLAG. UM, I HAD TO IMPROVISE. SO I GOT WHAT'S [00:20:01] ACTUALLY WANTED SOMETHING TO HIT THE FLAG ON. IS THAT CORRECT? 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO ACTUALLY GIVE IT TO. MM-HMM. . SO WOULD IT BE, WOULD IT BE OKAY FOR US TO, TO SIT TO DISPLAY THE FLAG NEXT TO THE OOP? I'M SORRY. UH, YES SIR. IT WOULD BE. OKAY. I'M ACTUALLY WORKING, I'M PRETTY SURE I HAVE A FLAG CASE STAND. THAT'LL WORK REALLY NICELY. OH, THAT'S PERFECT THEN. OKAY. UM, AND IT'LL PRESENT THE OUTWARD SCORE IN THE AUDIENCE. OKAY. SO IT'LL LOOK NICE FOR, FOR SARAH. PERFECT. PERFECT. OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW THAT AFTER THE, UM, THE FLAG IS PLACED AND RENDER OR PLACED, UM, NEXT TO THE STAND OF WHOEVER PRESENTED THE FLAG, THEY WILL RENDER A HAND SALUTE TO THE FLAG. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. I WILL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AFTER THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF, UM, THE MC, YOU'RE GONNA INDUCE, UH, MR. SMITH. AND I KNOW IN BETWEEN THERE, I'M SORRY. SORRY, I NEED TO BACK UP BECAUSE WE GOTTA DO THE BRICK. WE GOTTA PROMOTE OUR BRICKS. I'VE GOT THAT IN THERE. OKAY. I SEE. YES. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. DO YOU HAVE THAT UP RIGHT THERE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, MARK? YEAH. WHERE DO I, WHERE DO I ADVOCATE OR ADVERTISE? THE, UH, IT'S IN THERE. YEP. SO MC WILL PRESENT PAVER SCRIPT INFORMATION TO THOSE ATTENDING THE CEREMONY. THAT'S RIGHT AFTER, UH, THE CHAIR WILL PRESENT THE TWO SPEAKERS AND PASSERS WITH THE VETERAN MEMORIAL COIN. SO YOU'RE GOING FROM FOLDING THE FLAG TO PLACING THE FLAG. AND THEN AFTER THAT'S DONE, UH, NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT, THE CHAIR WILL PRESENT THE TWO SPEAKERS. SO I GUESS YOU'RE GONNA CALL THEM UP. SO WE'RE, YEAH. AND THEN ALSO DON'T FORGET, WE'RE NOT, WELL, THE CHAIR MIGHT CALL THE COINS AREN'T, AREN'T GONNA BE PART OF THE CEREMONY THIS YEAR. DON'T FORGET THAT. ARE THE TWO GOT SPEAKERS? YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY, FIRST OF ALL, , THEN WE ALL DECIDED THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA DO IT EVERY TIME WE DID SOMETHING. WE WEREN'T GONNA JUST, SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT DO THE FORMER PLAQUES TO THE FORMER YES. MEMBERS. YES. AND, AND THAT I'LL BE PICKING THE PLAQUES UP TOMORROW. I GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL. UM, I GOT CHEER COVERS FOR OUR DIGNITARIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE. UM, ALONG WITH THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES. WE'LL HAVE A GOLD STAR ON THEIR CHAIRS AND THE CHEER COVERS. SO THAT'S, THEY GOT SPEAKERS, ANYTHING? YEP. NOT, NOT AT THIS POINT. WE'RE NOT, NOT AT THIS POINT WE'RE NOT. SO, I MEAN, I MIGHT HAVE SOME COINS. I CAN LOOK IN MY DRAWER. WE YEAH. BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW TO, I MEAN, IF WE HAD SOME YES, THAT WOULD BE FINE DAY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY TOO. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO AT A LATER TIME IF YOU WANT TO OR SOMETHING. WE CAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I KNOW BOTH OF 'EM. HE, MR. UH, GROVE IS AT THE VA QUITE OFTEN 'CAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT RUNS THE ACTUAL, UH, HONOR GUARD FOR THE, FOR THE CEMETERY DUTY. SO, AND MISS THE, THE, THE POINTE, SHE, SHE'S, UM, SHE'S DOWN THERE ALSO WITH, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME. I MEAN, HER HUSBAND'S NAME'S ON THE BUILDING DOWN THERE. SO SHE'S OFTEN IN THREE BUILDING, 3 0 5, UM, DOING EVENTS THERE. SO, UM, WE NEED THIS INTO THE GROUND, BUT ISN'T IT APPROPRIATE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING? YEAH. YES, SIR. I, I, I, I FURTHER, I I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE POINT. YES, YES. OKAY. SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, WOULD YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT THEM NEXT? I DON'T KNOW. I I, I'M JUST CURIOUS. I MEAN, THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR DAY WITH US YES. AND SHARING YOUR STORIES. I JUST, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. AND THEY HAVE SHORT TERM. YEAH. THEY, YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING I SAID WE CAN, WE CAN ALWAYS GET TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE DON'T HAVE TO AT THAT POINT IN TIME. NO. SOMETHING WE CAN GIVE TO HIM AT A LATER POINT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I GOT 'EM. COME HERE. I CAN MEET THEM SOMEWHERE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU WANT, WE CAN HAVE THEM COME HERE ONE TIME FOR, FOR, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. WE CAN DO THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ONCE WE GET THINGS ORDERED AND EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF. SO, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, I KNOW THAT AFTER, UH, THE BENEDICTION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE HAVE THE, THE CONCLUSION. UM, THEN I'LL JUST GET SOME FINAL REMARKS AND THEN I'LL GET THE PRESENTATION OF THE PLAQUES TO OUR FORMER, UM, H HM MA VC MEMBERS. AND THEN YOU THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO MIKE, I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THE WATER FOR THEM, OR DO I NEED TO SUPPLY THE WATER FOR EVERYBODY? FOR THE, FOR THE DIGNITARIES AND WE'LL TAKE CARE. TAKE CARE OF THAT. OKAY. AND YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO GET THE AWNING FOR THEM? WE'LL HAVE THE TENTS POPPED UP. TENTS POPPED UP. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER, EVERYTHING IS YOURS AS EVERYTHING IS FROM, UM, YOUR PAST. I'LL SEND OUT THE SAME THING. OKAY. CHECKLIST. OKAY. I THOUGHT I DID THAT, BUT, OKAY. I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S THERE. UM, WE NEED, UH, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AGAIN ON THEIR PHONE. DO I NEED TO DO OKAY, I GOT FAN. FINE. I'LL DO IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW MEAN ? NO, IT'S, I MEAN, IF IT'S ALREADY ON THERE SINCE IT'S ALREADY ON THERE, JUST GO AHEAD AND I'VE GOT THAT IN RED. 'CAUSE I, I HAD A QUESTION MARK. YEAH. ARE YOU GOING TO YEAH, I'LL DO IT AGAIN. I MIGHT AS WELL. I MIGHT, [00:25:01] I MIGHT NOT, MIGHT BREAK TRADITION NOW. , UNLESS NO, WE'RE GOOD. . WE'RE GOOD. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UNLESS YOU WANTED TO, YOU'RE GOOD. I MEAN, I COULD HAVE SOMEBODY COME SAINT THE NEXT SHOW. NO. AT THIS POINT. NICE. THAT WOULD BE NICE. BUT I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN YOU, I MEAN, LET GETS A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I, THAT WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A REACH MICROPHONE, GET ME AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO I WOULD'VE HAVE TO REACH OUT TONIGHT AND SEE. WELL, I, THAT WOULD BE NICE. BUT I MEAN, I MEAN, WE, I MEAN, WE CAN TRY TO GET A HOLD OF BRANDON OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT. THAT'S FOUR DAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT I'D RATHER JUST, WELL, I, I GUESS I, I WOULD SUGGEST IF HE CAN DO IT, GET THE GUY TO COME. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. SHOW UP. YEAH. IT'S BETTER THAN THE RADIO. YES. OR PHONE. ALRIGHT. SO YOU WANT ME, DO I NEED, DO I NEED TO, DO I NEED TO, DO I NEED TO TEXT BRANDON OR ARE YOU GOING TO, YOU GONNA TEXT HIM? YEAH, LET TEXT HIM. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM? YES, SIR. WE CAN. WHAT CAN YOU SEE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM CAPTAIN? MY WIFE CAN, CAN SHE, WOULD SHE BE INTERESTED IN SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM? I, SIR. ALRIGHT. OKAY THEN I'LL GET WITH YOU AFTER THIS TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. I KNOW HE DOES, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE IT AS WELL. ALRIGHT, WELL I WANT, I WANNA ADD THAT TO THE SCRIPT AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. WE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE DO THAT. THAT'S PERFECT THEN. OKAY. LET MAKE SURE WE GET THE CORRECT. BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HERE, HERE, IF, IF BOTH DON'T COME THROUGH WITH THEM, WE, WE HAVE THE, I HAVE, I HAVE THE, WE HAVE COVERED, RIGHT? YES. WE GOT IT COVER REGARDLESS, EITHER WAY WE HAVE IT RECOVERED, SEAT COVERS, UM, YES. PLAQUES THE TRUTH. YEAH. OKAY. UM, I'VE TOLD THE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S COME IN FOR, UM, THAT I NEED AN IN BETWEEN THREE AND THREE 30. UM, AND I NEED 'EM THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA START AT FOUR AND THEY NEED TO BE IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, MADE BY THAT TIME. SO THEY'RE ALL SAID THEY WOULD BE THERE BECAUSE THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS, OUR EVENT IS NOT THE ONLY EVENT THAT THEY'RE DOING. THERE SO MUCH OF A DEMAND THAT THEY'RE DOING, MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THIS IS MR. GROVE IS A FOURTH OR FIFTH EVENT OF THE DAY THAT HE'LL BE DOING. SO HE'LL BE HERE A NUMBER OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, GOING TO NUMBER OF PLACES. SO ALONG WITH MS. LA APPOINT. SO, SO I MEAN, UM, I'M STILL JUST HONORED THEY DECIDE TO, I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT 'EM BOTH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? , I'M STILL, I'M STILL AMAZED IN FACT THAT THEIR BIOS, THEY, THEY WERE UNBELIEVABLE. THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY DO THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY MADE. THEY DO SO MUCH, MAN. I MEAN, THEY DO SO MUCH. THEY'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, BUSY TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF 'EM IS ALWAYS A TASK, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I USED TRY TO GET A HOLD OF 'EM AT NIGHTTIME EXACTLY. INVOLVED IN, IN MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS. OH YEAH. WOW. AND THEY TRAVEL AND THEY TRAVEL SOMEWHERE. AND THE THING ABOUT IT, THEY DO, THEY DON'T DO THINGS JUST HERE IN OUR LOCAL AREA OR OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER, THEY GO OUTSIDE OUR STATE AND DO THINGS. THEY DO THINGS NATIONALLY AT THE SAME TIME. SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TWO GREAT INDIVIDUALS, MAN. AND THEIR FAMILY. YOU SAID 13, 15, 15 30. 1530. YEAH. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES SIR. IF WE WANT HERE EARLY, LET ME KNOW. BUT I TOLD 'EM THAT I KNOW THEY'RE GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE. I DIDN'T WANT 'EM TO HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE TOO LONG. AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY ALREADY. I'M SURE IT'S THE SAME. DID WE DECIDE WHAT TIME THE, THE, THE REHEARSAL FOR EVERYTHING GOES DONE? YEAH. I WANT EVERYBODY ELSE HERE AT 1500 HOURS. IS SHE GOOD WITH IT? DONE. THERE IT IS. I'LL GET THE INFORMATION FROM ME WHEN WE GET DONE. THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. CAPTAIN , THERE WE GO. FOR EVERYBODY AS ESSAY PURPOSES, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW IS THE 70% CHANCE OF RAIN. YES. SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE OVERCAST. YES. SO IT WON'T BE SO HOT. YES. IT'S GONNA BE HUMID. LEADING UP TO, IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S IT ALWAYS HAPPENING. WHICH IS A GREAT SEGUE AND LEADS ME INTO MY NEXT QUESTION. YES, SIR. IF I WAS IN THE MILITARY STILL, I WOULD NEVER ASK THIS QUESTION. BUT HAVING TALKED TO ONE OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT WEARING THIS POLO AND SOME KHAKI, SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE HUMID IN THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR ACTUAL UNIFORM. ITS THE MILITARY. IT SIT RIGHT THERE. OKAY. YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER YOU MEAN. IT IS UNIFORM OF THE DAY. UTILITIES CLASS A OR OTHER SAYS RIGHT THERE ON THE TOP. SO IF YOU WANNA WEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, IT'S UP TO YOU. BECAUSE I WAS GONNA WEAR MY FULL VETERANS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AMERICAN LEGION. AND I'M NOT WEARING A WOOL, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WEARING, I, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR. WELL, AS THE MC, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE, YOU KNOW, THE ODDBALL THAT NO, WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, IT'S WHATEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU GUYS WANT, IF YOU, IF YOU GUYS WANNA WEAR ALL WEAR THE SAME, THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. USUALLY PEOPLE WEAR I TO WEAR THIS. YEAH. YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER. YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT. LONG AS THIS PART OF YOUR YES SIR. I'M SORRY. ON THE TOPIC OF RANGE, REAL QUICK, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. WHAT, HOW WILL WE FIND OUT IF IT'S CANCELED? IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON CANCEL AT ALL DUE TO ICLE WEATHER, I'LL HAVE YOUR CAPTAIN'S INFORMATION AND HE IN TURN WILL GET A CODE OF YOU GUYS. YES, SIR. IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE CAPTAIN? SO WHAT TIME ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO SHOW? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT 1500 HOURS. SO WE CAN GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. OKAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT YOUR TOM THAT TIME TOMORROW OR ON OR FRIDAY. YOU HAVE TIME ON FRIDAY OR THURSDAY? OR TOMORROW OR [00:30:01] FRIDAY. ONE OR TWO TO MEET WITH ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE. YEP. OKAY. OKAY. SO IF YOU HAVE TIME TOMORROW, UH, WHAT TIME WOULD BE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE OFF, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE OFFER HERE. WE'LL GET WITH THAT OFF AIR. YOU, ME, JUST SO WE CAN GO OVER EVERYTHING NOW. WE GO BACK AND FORTH ON THE, ON THE EMAIL. ON THE EMAIL TRANSMISSION. SO I ATE IN EARLY WORK, SO, OKAY. ALRIGHT. WORK TOWARDS YOUR SCHEDULE. OH, SH 'CAUSE YOU WERE JUST LEAVING WORK. YES. WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY VETERANS THEY GET COMING IN, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, I WORK INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY, SO IF IT'S , YOU MIGHT BE WORKING, YOU KNOW, MEAN? NO, I'M, I'LL LET, I'LL LET MY KIND OF HEART, MY COHORT KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MY NEEDED, I NEEDED TIME. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IT'LL COVER FOR ME EITHER DAY, I'LL IT WORK. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL GET WHOEVER WANTS TO BE. BUT, SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE, LET ME SEE, MAKE SURE WE GO OVER THIS. MR. SMITH, THE MAYOR, WHOEVER THE REPRESENTATIVE, BOTH THE GUEST SPEAKERS PRESENT, PRESENTING OF THE WREATH, PLAYING OF TAPS, UH, THE FOLDING OF THE FLAG, PRESENTATION OF THE FLAG AFTER THE FOLDING, THE BENEDICTION AND CONCLUDING OF THE CEREMONY. AND WE'VE GOTTEN CONFIRMATION FROM YOUNG MARINES AND WAYNE GERALD. TC YES. I SENT THAT TO Y'ALL. YES, YOU DID SEND IT TO US. OKAY. YES. OKAY. YEAH. THE, UH, YOUNG MARINES, A COURTESY COPIES Y'ALL ON THAT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD, UM, PARTICIPATE AND THEN MOUSE MIX HIM UP WITH COLONEL REDWOOD. YEAH. BECAUSE HE IS BEING REPLACED. YES. MS. GI. YES. THIS, I WONDER IF, I WONDER IF HE'S GONNA COME. IT'S HIS LAST. I THINK HE'S COMING STILL. LIKE I'M GONNA THANK HIM AT THE END, IF YOU DON'T MIND. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M GONNA THROW SOMETHING IN THERE FOR HIM AT THE END. SO JUST BECAUSE HE BEEN SO HELPFUL TOO. AND SO, OKAY. OKAY. UM, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS. ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS A STATEMENT MORE SO THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA COLLAB ON YOUR, ON THE AGENDA. YES, SIR. AND, UH, THE COMMERCIAL MAKE TOGETHER, THE BIOS. YES. SO, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE TAPS WON'T BE PLAYED. MAKE SURE THIS IS IN THERE. THE TAPS WON'T BE PLAYED UNTIL THE FLAG IS FULLY UNFOLD. YES. WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THERE. YEP. I, I GOT, I GOT THE LITTLE THINGS WRONG RIGHT THERE FOR THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, ARE WE INTRODUCING THE MAYOR? YES. OR TO GUEST OR THE MAYOR OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE THE YES. GUEST SPEAKERS? YES, BUT I PUT A LINE I DREW. ALRIGHT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE I ALIGNED TO THAT TOO. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THAT WAS IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. HOW LONG HAVE WE, HAS, HAS THE COMMITTEE BEEN DOING THESE TWO CEREMONIES? UH, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERAN DAY INCEPTION? YEAH. SINCE, YES, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE, I WOULD SAY SINCE THE, OKAY. WHY SEE, THE VETERANS, I WOULD SAY THE VETERANS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN THERE. I THINK THIS IS IN ITS THIRD, FOURTH, THIRD YEAR, YEAR. THIRD OR FOURTH, A YEAR BEFORE THAT WE DID THE FIRST ON VETERANS DAY. SO I GUESS MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS WHY ISN'T THIS A SMOOTHER PROCESS BY NOW? WELL, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WE GET TO ACTUALLY, UM, TO DO OUR GUEST SPEAKING AND TO DO OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR US, THEY HAVE MANY THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING. I UNDERSTAND THAT BY, SO BY THE TIME THAT WE GET AHOLD OF THEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO EMAIL THEM BACK AND FORTH WITH 10 OR 23 EMAILS AND CALL THEM BACK AND FORTH, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THEIR TIME. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER. I MEAN, WE SHOULD JUST HAVE AN INSERT GUEST SPEAKER HERE IN A PRESET ITINERARY FOR BOTH CEREMONIES. THAT THE MAYOR'S FIRST, THE REVEREND'S FIRST, THE MAYOR'S SECOND, AND THEN INSERT BIO HERE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND AT LEAST THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WE WANT TO ADAPT AND CHANGE, UM, THE WAY THAT WE DO THE CEREMONY SO THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME THING EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO LIKE US BRINGING ON WRIGHT STATE TO DO THE FOLDING OF THE FLAG CEREMONY, LIKE THAT CHANGES THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT. NORMALLY WE GO WITH ONE GUEST SPEAKER. THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO GUEST SPEAKERS. SO EVERYTHING AS FAR AS WHAT IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IS THE FLOW OF WHAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN. BUT NOW WE'RE JUST CHANGING THINGS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THE CEREMONY BETTER. AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE FOR THE LAST FOUR CEREMONIES, WE'VE HAD THE SAME ROADBLOCKS EVERY TIME. AND IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE SMOOTHER BY NOW. I CAN TELL YOU WHY. THE REASON WHY IS WE WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE. SO I AGREE. BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS BASICALLY BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS. WE ALL HAVE FAMILIES, [00:35:01] WE'RE ALL WORKING. NOBODY'S BEING PAID. SO IF, IF, I'LL JUST USE MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE. IF I SAY, HEY, I'M GONNA EMAIL THIS OUT TO YOU GUYS AND Y'ALL HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT, AND I DON'T HEAR ANY FEEDBACK, A WEEK GOES BY, THEN SOMEONE REMEMBERS AND SAYS, HEY, WHERE ARE WE AT ON THIS? THEN I'M GOING DUSTING OFF EMAILS. I'M JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. SURE. SO NOW WE'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. THE OTHER THING IS, UM, NOT HAVING A QUORUM. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING THAT SETS BACK THE PLANNING FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE FUTURE. SO NOVEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING. DECEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING. IF IN OCTOBER, WE HAVEN'T SET UP ANYTHING IN OCTOBER FOR MEMORIAL DAY, OCTOBER, WE'RE STILL PLANNING FOR VETERAN'S DAY, SIR. RIGHT. OCTOBER, WE'RE STILL PLANNING FOR VETERAN'S DAY. LIKE WHERE WE ARE NOW, THE WEEK BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS OCTOBER, THIS SEPTEMBER, WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY. I AGREE. COMPLETELY. SIX MONTHS, 180 DAYS, JUST LIKE WE DID IN THE MILITARY. I AGREE COMPLETELY. WE DID 30, 60, 90, A HUNDRED, 120 HOMES WHERE THESE ARE THE TARGETS WE NEED TO KNOCK DOWN. SO WHERE'S THE 50 METER TARGETS FIRST THEN ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THAT'S HOW WE, ME WHEN, LIKE, WHEN I WAS COMMITTING ME, THIS WAS WHAT ME AND MIKE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT. HAVING THESE TWO THINGS SET IN STONE, NOT TRYING TO DO ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. LET'S JUST GET THESE, DO THESE THINGS VERY WELL. I AGREE. AND THEN ONCE WE GET ESTABLISHED, THEN WE CAN FOCUS ON, UM, GETTING, GETTING BRICKS AND, AND, AND, AND GETTING THE SALES OF THOSE GENERATED AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. BUT THAT'S, IF WE SAYING WE'RE A MILITARY VETERANS COMMISSION, OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON MAKING SURE WE'RE, WE'RE CARING FOR AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. CORRECT. WHETHER THAT'S PUTTING ON MEMORIAL DAY EVENT SO THEY CAN SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT WE BUILT, THAT THEIR MONEY PAID FOR IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS. AND YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOOD TRUCKS LIKE WE DO ON THE 4TH OF JULY. MM-HMM. , THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. YOU KNOW, FOOD TRUCKS, WE PARTNER WITH OTHER VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS AND WE ALL COME TOGETHER. LIKE CASSIE BARLOW IS ABOUT TO DO WITH THE VETS MOVING FORWARD EVENT. I JUST LEFT HER. I THINK IT'S, YEAH. THE VETS MOVING IS TODAY. MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S WHERE I SEE US. AND THEN US BEING THERE, HAVING A BOOTH YES. PROMOTING THESE BRICKS THAT WE TRYING TO SELL. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A PERFECT PLACE. IT WOULD'VE BEEN TRUE FOR US TO BE, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS BEHIND. THAT'S THE MAIN REASON I WOULD SAY. AND I, AND I AGREE COMPLETELY AND I'M NOT, I'M JUST SAYING THAT SOME THINGS IN OUR ITINERARY WILL NEVER CHANGE. I MEAN, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE DOING CERTAIN THINGS. YES. WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE GUEST SPEAKER. LIKE A SKELETON. A SKELETON. EXACTLY. UM, I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED, AND THIS IS NOT THE, PROBABLY THE RIGHT TIME MEETING FOR THE VETERAN'S DAY, BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED POSSIBLY NOT DOING THE, THE WREATH MEMORIAL, THE RECLA FOR THAT. OKAY. THAT THAT'S AN EASY FIX, DELETE, BOOM, THAT SECTION. BUT THE MEETS AND THE BONES OF THIS SHOULD ALWAYS, I MEAN, WE SHOULD JUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER OR SPEAKERS. AND IN VOCATION THE REST IT USUALLY IS IT, IS IT? NO. JUST, BUT IT SEEMS, YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WE'RE TOSSING AROUND THE ORDER OF WHO WE'RE INTRODUCING AND THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER. THAT'S, THAT'S EASY. THAT'S EASY FIX THOUGH. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. BUT I MEAN THAT, AND THAT COMES OFF OF THE FLOW OF HOW IT'S GOING TO GO. RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE CHANGING THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR'S NOT GONNA BE THE ONE TO LAY THE REEF, THEN THAT CHANGES THE ORDER OF HOW PEOPLE SPEAK. SO, WELL, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A CITY REPRESENTATIVE THOUGH. RIGHT. WHETHER IT'S MAYOR, THE PURPOSE OF VICE MAYOR CHANGING THAT, WHETHER THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH IS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING, OKAY, WELL HERE GOES THE MAYOR, THEN YOU GET SPEAKER, OKAY, THEN THEY'RE GONNA LAY THE REEF. SO IT'S JUST TO TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE. SO IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT THE, THAT IT CLIPS FOR, FOR SPEAKERS. THIS, I MEAN, THAT'S IN FAVOR OF YEAH. AND I'M ALL ABOUT CALLING. AUTO FLEXIBILITY IS A KEY. OKAY. WE ALL KNOW THAT. I, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE MEATS OF THE BONES OF THIS SHOULD ALL FLOW THE SAME. HAVING TAKEN, I I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. HAVING TAKEN, UM, LARRY'S SCRIPT AND MASSAGING IT, IF YOU WILL, FROM VETERAN'S DAY, I TOOK SOME TIME TO REDO THESE BIOS. UM, I WANTED TO MASSAGE 'EM AND MAKE 'EM RIGHT. DO, DOES HUBER HEIGHTS HAVE A PR A PUBLIC RELATIONS, UH, THAT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THESE BIOS AND DETERMINING WHAT I SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T SAY? WHO AM I TO DETERMINE, WHO AM I TO DETERMINE? NO, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE TO TAKEN TO THAT TYPE OF LEVEL. IT'S JUST SOMEBODY'S BIO. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT. WELL TO LARRY'S POINT, THAT THAT WOULD BE AN EASY, ONCE IT'S DONE, IT WOULD BE AN EASY PLUG AND PLAY INTO A SCRIPT THAT'S ALREADY BUILT. ALL I'M GONNA DO IS CHANGE NAMES, MASSAGE THE, UH, THE BIO A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S DONE. YEAH. BUT I KNOW, BUT EVERYBODY'S [00:40:01] BIOLOGY THE SAME. NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, THE SAME, UH, UH, UH, LIFE STORY OR LIFE HISTORY OR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR SAYING I KNOW. EXACTLY. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, EXACTLY. BUT I I'M NOT GONNA READ OFF CERTAIN THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE, UM, WITH THE FLAVOR THAT IT SHOULD HAVE FOR THE DAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING AT THE SAME, AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT FEEL THAT WAY AND I MIGHT FEEL THAT THE SAME WAY YOU DO, BUT SOMETHING ELSE MIGHT NOT FEEL THAT WAY. THEY HONESTLY, CAN I ANSWER THIS QUESTION? YEAH, GO AHEAD. JUST SHORTLY. IS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS DESIRED BY THE COMMISSION. OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE REVIEWED SIX MONTHS AGO. OKAY. WELL, I AGAIN, WE'RE NEW. WE'RE NEW, WE'RE NEW, WE'RE NEW, WE'RE NEW TOM. WE'RE OLD. I'M OLD. VERY OLD. UM, SAY VERY OLD. SO YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING. SO SOME OF THESE THINGS IN THE PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURAL WISE IS, IS SIX MONTHS INTO THE EFFECT OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE JUST SPOKE OF 180 DAYS OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT FAR. OKAY. SO THAT'S SOME OF THAT STUFF THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. IT COULD BE REVIEWED. 'CAUSE THERE IS A PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSON FOR THE CITY. OKAY. BUT I CAN'T GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO SAY WHEN WE'RE GETTING IT TWO WEEKS. HEY, HAVE THIS DONE. WELL THAT, THAT'S, THAT WAS MY KIND OF, THAT'S MY KIND OF ISSUE TO, FOR ME TO DO, FOR ME TO DO A BIO THE RIGHT WAY. IT SHOULD BE A BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT GUEST SPEAKER TO ENSURE THAT I'M ARTICULATING THE RIGHT THINGS ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL. AND THEN IT SHOULDN'T BE ON ME TO REWRITE. I, I WOULD PUT THAT ON THE, THE COMMISSION ITSELF TO, TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE PEOPLE. RIGHT. AND MY OTHER THING WITH THIS WHOLE THING, IF I CAN, UM, AND TO EVERYBODY'S POINT HERE, I I THINK, I THINK AS A CHAIR, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AS A VICE CHAIR. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, BUT YOU'RE DOING ALL THE WORK. YES. WHY DON'T YOU DELEGATE SOME OF THAT? LET'S HAVE A PLAN. LET'S DELEGATE THE WORK OUT TO, WE ASKED, WE ASKED FOR ASKING TO COME UP WITH SPEAKERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. NOBODY ELSE DID THAT. WE ASKED SOMEBODY TO COME UP WITH A PASTOR. NOBODY ELSE DID THAT. WE ASKED EVERY PEOPLE TO DO OTHER THINGS AND NOBODY ELSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IT. WE ALL, WE ALL VOLUNTEERED. UH, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, WE'VE ALL VOLUNTEERED, UH, TO COME OUT HERE AND IT'S ONCE A MONTH. ARE WE JUST GONNA SIT HERE, UH, FOR AN HOUR AND TALK OR ARE WE ALL GONNA SOMEWHAT GET INVOLVED? AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS MY TIME TO SHINE A LITTLE BIT. BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE THAT. I PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO, INTO MASSAGING. YES. THAT SCRIPT. YES. UM, ONLY TO TALK, TALK TO YOU. I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO. I WOULD LOVE THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, THAT WE HAVE TO DO, GO OUT AND FIND ALL THE GUEST SPEAKERS AND GO OUT AND GET THE CHEER COVERS AND GO OUT AND DO THE, GET THE PLAQUES AND GO OUT AND GET ALL THAT STUFF THAT GETS GET DONE. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE NOBODY THAN WHAT TO DO. AND WE, WHEN WE ASK IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SIT THERE AT MEETINGS, WHEN WE WRITTEN DOWN BEFORE, WHO CAN GET THE GUEST SPEAKER? EVERYBODY GO OUT AND FIND A GUEST SPEAKER. IF WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY, LET US KNOW. WE COME BACK. NO, WE CAN FIND, I MEAN, JUST DELEGATING SOME OF THAT OUT WHERE YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK IS, IS REALLY MY WHOLE POINT. OKAY. I GET BIGGER IS OUT OF TOWN. YES. THAT'S, I KNOW. THAT'S, THAT'S IT. I GET IT. I GET IT. SO I, I THINK I, I THINK HONESTLY, YOU GUYS DONE A BANG UP JOB, BUT TRYING TO DO IT ALL YOURSELF AND YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE GOOD. I'M, I'M GOOD. GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, SO AT, AT THIS MOMENT, IT SHOULDN'T BE A DELEGATION, RIGHT? WE ALL COME TO THE SAME MEETING. WE ALL SIT HERE. YES. UM, THE INFORMATION'S PUT OUT THERE AND IT'S ASKED, HEY, WE NEED A GUEST SPEAKER. SO IF ANYBODY HAS A GUEST SPEAKER, LET'S BRING IT UP. YES. LIKE MR. LASLEY WAS SAYING, WHEN WE GO TWO, THREE MONTHS WITHOUT HAVING A MEETING, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT STUFF JUST STOPS AND IT DOESN'T GET DONE. LIKE STUFF STILL HAS TO GET DONE. YES, SIR. SO IF WE KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA NEED A GUEST SPEAKER, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA NEED A PASTOR. WE SHOULD BE WORKING AROUND IT. IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE TO SAY, OKAY, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD TO, TO VETERAN'S DAY. WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED A GUEST SPEAKER. WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED A PASTOR. OKAY. SO IT IT, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME FROM THE VICE CHAIR OR THE CHAIR TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS YOUR JOB. EVERYBODY UP HERE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO WHATEVER OUR CONNECTIONS ARE AND TRY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION. HAVE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE FOR THE MOST PART GUEST SPEAKER WHEN YOU COULD KIND OF DELEGATE. WELL, HOLD ON. THEY VOLUNTEERED. HOLD ON A SECOND. HOLD ON A SECOND. THE REASON, THE REASON THAT WE HAD, HOLD ON, HOLD ON A SECOND. A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS STEP WES OFF AIR TALK. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW OUR AGENDA AND GET DOWN TO WHAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT AT LATER TIME. WE CAN TALK WHEN WE LEAVE HERE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO LET'S, LET'S JUST STICK TO OUR AGENDA, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? QUESTION. WE AT THE END, WE CAN ALL SIT RIGHT HERE IN THESE CHAIRS RIGHT HERE AND DISCUSS THESE THINGS WE NEED TO DISCUSS. WE GOT INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT NEED TO, WE, WE GOT ATE THEIR TIME. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? PEOPLE OURSELVES YES. HAVE DISCUSSIONS. YES. SO, UM, SO WE, WE, WE GOT THE, WE GOT THE ORDER OF EVERYTHING AND HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO. WE GOTTA PLUG AND PLAY SOME THINGS, WHICH IS, THAT'S SIMPLE STUFF. THAT'S NOT [00:45:01] ANYTHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S GONNA BE A, THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE. SO, UM, AFTER WE GET DONE WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY TYPE OF NEW BUSINESS? I DO. YES SIR. UH, ME AND MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS SOMETHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT SINCE WE TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE GENERATE SALES FOR THESE BRICKS. SO ONE THING I WAS BRAINSTORMING ABOUT, I HAVEN'T DONE ANY LEGWORK I WANTED TO BRING YOU BEFORE YOU GUYS BEFORE I PROCEEDED, BUT WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS LIKE US PARTNERING WITH LIKE, LET'S SAY PLAYMORE BOWLING ALLEY, RIGHT? AND UM, I GO THERE AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO HOST AN EVENT HERE, OR WE WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THESE BRICKS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SELL IN OUR HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY FOR THE MEMORIAL. WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH Y'ALL AND LIKE HAVE A VETERAN'S NIGHT, BOWLING NIGHT OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT TO WHERE WE CAN BRING AWARENESS TO THOSE. AND THEN FROM THAT LEAPFROG TO OTHER HUBER HEIGHTS BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. SKYLINE NIGHT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. US COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, UM, TO HELP GENERATE THAT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE BRICKS. WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? PROS, CONS AND THE AM VS ALSO SAID THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING WITH US AS WELL. OKAY. JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO THE AM VS AS WELL. UM, AND THEN ALSO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET, EVERYBODY KEEPS ASKING ME THE SAME QUESTION. WHAT DO THE BRICKS LOOK LIKE THROUGH AT THE MEMORIAL? AND, AND, AND I TOLD THEM THAT, BUT THEY WANT TO SEE, LIKE WHEN I SHOWED 'EM THE THING, THEY'RE LIKE, DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF WHERE I CAN SEE IT? SO, SO WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT ONLINE, I DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT DOING THAT, OR I'M THINKING ABOUT ACTUALLY GOING AND TAKING A PICTURE OF THE BRICKS. HAVE IT WITH ME. WELL, I'LL, I'LL GET YOU SOMETHING TO PUT ONLINE. OKAY. I'LL BE GOOD WITH THAT. THAT'LL LINK TO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IT SHOWS A PICTURE OF IT. YOU HAVE PICTURES WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S PERFECT. YEAH. THEY, THEY, THEY'VE ASKED ME, THEY'VE ASKED ME A NUMBER OF TIMES. I HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE TO LET ME, I I I'LL DO IT. YEAH. I WAS GONNA KIND OF WAIT TO GET MORE THERE. SO LOOK. OH, YOU NEED PICTURE OF ONE? YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I NEED. A PICTURE OF ONE. THAT'S ALL WE NEED, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? JUST SO THEY CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS THEM VISUALIZE, YOU KNOW WHAT SURE. BRICK. SO YEAH, WE, WE, WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AN AWESOME IDEA, MR. LAS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? PARTNER PROCEED. YES, SIR. I THINK YOU SHOULD. WELL, WELL, NO, WELL LET'S BRING IT UP TO THE, OKAY. SO, UH, MR. LASLEY HAS BROUGHT UP AN IDEA AS FAR AS, UH, AS PARTNERING WITH INDIVIDUALS TO PROMOTE OUR BRICKS. UM, IS ANYBODY, UM, HAVE ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONS FOR MR. LASLEY OR ANYTHING THEY WANNA TALK TO HIM ABOUT? IT'S NOT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. SET STONE YET, BUT I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS TO START PURSUING. IS THAT OKAY? I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THINK MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH, SO WOULD IT BE LIKE A PROCEED THING OR, SO WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE PROCEEDS? WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THEM? RIGHT. I DUNNO. LIKE I WAS MORE SO, I WAS MORE SO NOT REALLY THE PROCEEDS AS FAR AS LIKE MAYBE JUST TO SELL BRICKS. JUST TO PROMOTE THE BRICKS. PROMOTE THE BRICKS, BUT ALSO BRING AWARENESS AND IT, AND IT BRINGS BUSINESS INTO THE PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO, THAT THEY'LL BE MORE APT LETTING ALLOWANCE TO PARTNER WITH THEM. IT BRICKS VETERAN NIGHT OR VETERAN BIKE NIGHT OR WHATEVER WE NAME IT, RIGHT? RIP WE WANT GET MORE PEOPLE THAN NORMALLY WOULD. A 10. WHAT'S THAT RESTAURANT ON, ON RIP PIT? ON WHERE? RIP R ROAD. OH, UH, THE SHAKE SHACK? OR YOU TALKING ABOUT THE OLD, UH, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE OH, I GOT OLD. I GOT THE OLD NAME FOR IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA CALL IT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA CALL IT? I'M GONNA CALL IT NAME. I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. DO WE HAVE A BUDGET TO DO THIS? I'M SAYING BURG AND, UH, MOTOR SIDE. I CAN'T, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUGH. YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ROADHOUSE? THE ROADHOUSE OVER THERE? YES, WE MIGHT, I MIGHT. YEAH, I, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE MIGHT LET SOMEBODY ELSE IN TIM CITY. I WAS PART OF 22 YEARS AGO, WE SOLD BRICKS FOR THE VETERANS AND WE SOLD 'EM OUT. OKAY. AND ONE THING, THE GUY THAT WAS PASSION, THEY USED MIKE JACKSON IN THE AIR FORCE GUY. I DUNNO IF HE PASSED OUT OR NOT, BUT HE WENT TO, HE SAID LIKE, YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. HE WENT TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. HE WENT TO TIP CITY HIGH SCHOOL EVERYWHERE WHERE PARENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT IT. AND HE'S, I'M NOT SAYING HE WAS FOLLOWING YOU, BUT HE DROVE THOSE SALAD AND IT WAS SOLD OUT IN, WITHIN SIX MONTHS. IT WAS BRICKS ALL THE WAY. JUST AN IDEA. IN OTHER WORDS, DO WE HAVE AN INSTAGRAM PAGE AT ALL? OR TWITTER? DO WE HAVE THING? WE HAD A PICTURE. YEAH, WE, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET THAT. LIKE HE SAID, WE'RE GONNA GET THAT ON ONLINE. EVERYBODY GETS A PICTURE OF IT. KNOW THAT FOR OUR OWN, NOT FOR OUR OWN, NOT FOR OUR OWN ORGANIZATION. IT GOES THROUGH HUBBERT HEIGHTS. DO WE HAVE A FACEBOOK? WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE CITY. THEY GO FOR THE CITY. WE DON'T HAVE ONE FOR OUR X-RAY. NO, I THINK WE DO. WE WILL HAVE TO ASK. YEAH, IT'S WHOLE DIFFERENT REALM. SO WE, WE'LL GET AND WE'LL GET TO THAT. GO UNTIL BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ME BE, BE THE FOOD TRUCK GUY, I WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S A FOOD TRUCK ANYWHERE YOU WANT IT TO BE. UH OH. ALRIGHT. WE DO DO THEY DO RESIDENTIAL? THEY DO RESIDENTIAL . WE DO HAVE A PULL UP AT THE HOUSE. HEBREW HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION COMMUNITY FACEBOOK PAGE. OH, WE DO? OKAY. YES, WE DO. ALRIGHT, [00:50:01] SO WE CAN POST IT ON THERE. OKAY. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? JIM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE. TELL YOUR WIFE, WE SAID AHEAD OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. I'M, I'M PRAYING THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE HOT FISH GREASE OUT THERE FOR US, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SHE'S VOLUNTEERING HER TIME AND SHE'S GONNA BE UPSET . SO, UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. MIKE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH ME. I KNOW I'VE BEEN BUGGING, BUGGING YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND MY VICE, I KNOW HE'S BEEN TRAVELING. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN UP WITH EACH OTHER TALKING TO EACH OTHER WITH EVERY DAY NOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER. SO, AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, WE'RE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING THIS TOGETHER AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA COME TO FRUITION FOR THE EMAILS THAT EVERYBODY SENT FOR TOM FOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? GOING THROUGH AND, AND REVAMPING EVERYTHING. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME. SO, UM, DON'T FORGET IF EVERYBODY, WE GOTTA BE HERE AT 1500 HOURS ON MONDAY. IS THE, FOR THOSE FOR, FOR THOSE WHO CAN MAKE IT AT THE CLARK. AT CLARK, YEAH. YEAH, OF COURSE. YES. NOW WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE AND DRIVE TOGETHER. WE GONNA BE, I GOT A 16 PASSENGER AT THE FIRST TIME. I'M GONNA READY FOR US TO GET ON UP THERE WITH . SO, UM, MR. L, CAN YOU DO A, CAN YOU DO A PRAYER FOR US BEFORE WE LEAVE? PLEASE, SIR? ABSOLUTELY. CAN WE ALL STAND AND BY OUR HEADS PLEASE? FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU JUST TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL KEEP YOUR ANGELS OF PROTECTION AROUND OUR MILITARY MEMBERS, THOSE THAT ARE SERVING ABROAD AND THOSE THAT ARE SERVING HERE LOCALLY. ALSO, THOSE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM IN YOUR HAND AND KEEP US FROM THE ENEMY STARTS SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE GLORY, THE HONOR AND PRAISE. IT'S IN YOUR NAME THAT WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. IT IS NOW. OOPS. OH MICROPHONE. IT'S NOW 1852 HOURS ON THE 22ND OF WEDNESDAY, 20,024. WE CALL THIS MEETING, UH, FOR HUBERT HEIGHTS, MILITARY AND VETERAN COMMISSION TO ADJOURN. GOOD. THANK BROTHER IATION. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.