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[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road October 22, 2025 6:00 P.M. ]
IS 1801 HOURS, OR 1802 HOURS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, HU RIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.CAN I GET THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? LADIES, GENTLEMEN, STAND.
BELIEVE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR SANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE, TO BE TOGETHER, FATHER TO ONE ACCORD.
GOD, PLEASE WATCH OVER US TODAY AS WE FINALIZE OUR PLAN.
AND SEE, WE ALWAYS WORK TOGETHER.
AND SECOND TO EXCUSE MR. UH, EXCUSE MR. LASLEY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY THE USUAL SIGN? A.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAYS HAVE THE SAME, RIGHT? EXCUSED.
DID ANYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO READ OVER THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? YES.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? NO.
COULD WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
THAT MOTION BEEN BROUGHT FORTH BY MR. MCDONALD AND PROPERLY SECONDED BY THE VICE.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS RIGHT ALONG.
WE DON'T HAVE NO CITIZENS COMMENTS, ANYTHING FOR THE OLD BUSINESS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE MEAT OF THE SANDWICH.
SO I GOT HER, UM, HER BIO BIO, I GOTTA PUT, I GOTTA PUT DOWN ON, UH, ON THE LITTLE SHEET I HAVE.
SO, UM, I SEEN THE BIO FOR THE, FOR THE DEPUTY.
UH, WITH THE SHUTDOWN, THE MILITARY SAYING THEY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE.
SO I'M MIGHT TO BRING THIS UP BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, GENTLEMEN, I CAN RECEIVE THE EMAIL FROM THE AIR FORCE LETTING US KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN, OUR FLYOVER HAS BEEN CANCELED, EVERYTHING'S BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
THEY ACTUALLY SHUT THAT WHOLE WEBSITE DOWN.
THE WHOLE WEBSITE'S ACTUALLY DOWN.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN COME OUT WITH SOMETHING.
MAYBE WE CAN STILL SALVAGE IT, BUT AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE CANCELED RIGHT NOW.
MY HEART'S SAYING, I ASK A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.
LET'S JUST SAY THE, WE ADJOURN THE MEETING TODAY AND THEN IN A WEEK AND A HALF THEY OPEN UP.
CAN YOU GO BACK ON? I DON'T KNOW.
I I, I I CAN'T EVEN EMAIL 'EM TO ASK THEM THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I CAN, I CAN'T EVEN EMAIL 'EM TO ASK HIM.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, SO I, I THINK THAT MIGHT PROVE DIFFICULT.
'CAUSE NOW ALL THE CIVILIANS WHO ARE CONTROLLING THAT WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET IN A BIG HURRY TO GET IT DONE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND, AND I PUT A LOT OF WORK IN AND, UM, IT WAS A LOT OF LATE WORK, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? FOR IT TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I JUST, UM, I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE GOT THAT CLOSE.
SO NOW WE KNOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.
NOW WE KNOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.
SO WE KNOW A ROUTE TO TAKE FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
YES, WE CAN DO THAT NOW ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING OPEN AGAIN, WE CAN DO IT NOW THAT WAY.
I MEAN, IF YOU GET, IF YOU GET IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME, YOU CAN GET BETTER.
GET BLUE ANGELS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU, IF YOU CAN GIVE 'EM SIX MONTHS, YOU CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I, YOU'VE BEEN TASK, SO, SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHICH ONE? THE BLUEISH, THE THUNDERBIRDS.
I KNOW WHAT YOU, I KNOW WHAT YOU WANTED.
I NAVY GUY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, BUT UH, SO I, I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE CAN GO, UM, GET THE RIGHT FLYER.
MAYBE WE CAN JUST FLY THAT OVER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, FELLAS? WE'LL HOP IN THERE AND
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YOU GONNA DO IT?UM, SO THE MILITARY SAID THEY CANNOT PARTICIPATE AT THIS POINT DURING A SHUTDOWN.
SO IT WAS ABSOLUTE, SO, SO DO I NEED TO GO FIND ANOTHER SPEAKER, OBVIOUSLY, YES.
I THINK WE'RE FINE WITH JUST ONE SPEAKER.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT IF THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA PARTICIPATE, THEN WE JUST COMPLETELY REMOVE THEM.
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW, UM, HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE OR HOW LONG IT'S GONNA GO ON.
SO I'D RATHER US JUST NOT HAVE IT THERE INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT OUT.
IT IS GONNA BE, OR THAT IT POSSIBLY COULD BE.
I MEAN, I DON'T FORESEE THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN LASTING A WHOLE NOTHER MONTH, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, THAT, THAT'S, IT'S FEASIBLE TO ME.
I MEAN THAT'S SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN GO WITH ONE PERSON LIKE WE USED TO DO.
YOU KNOW? SO, UM, AS FAR AS EVERYTHING ELSE GOES, I KNOW THAT THE, THE JUNIOR ROTC IS EXCITED.
HE CAN'T WAIT TO BREAK THEM FLAGS OUT.
THAT'S ALL HE IS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
HE'S, HE
SO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WE GOT COLORS.
UM, SO, UM, I, I TRIED TO GET A HOLD OF, UM, UM, COLONEL RE ABOUT HIS WIFE AND I IF HE GOT BACK WITH YOU.
I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO HIM.
YOU KNOW WHAT, MATTER OF FACT, I'LL BE THERE ON FRIDAY, BUT HE'S NOT, HE'S ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PERSONALLY? YEAH.
OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THROUGH HIS, THROUGH HIS, THROUGH HIS EMAIL? WELL, HE'S NOT, I DON'T THINK THAT EMAIL'S ACTIVE ANYMORE.
BECAUSE REMEMBER HE, THE OTHER GUY TOOK OVER FOR HIM.
SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK HIS EMAIL'S ACTIVE.
I THINK I HAVE HIS PERSONAL CELL.
AND THEN I CAN YEAH, YOU CAN CALL HIM.
YOU WANTED TO SEE WHICHEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I WAS GONNA BE OUT THERE ON FRIDAY.
I DID, I HAVE A MEETING OUT THERE ON FRIDAY, SO I WAS GONNA GO AND JUST SWING BY AND TALK TO 'EM, SO.
I KNOW YOU PUT IN TO GET A CHAPLAIN.
IS THAT DAD TOO? I WAS WAITING FOR AN OPENING TO BRING THAT UP.
BUT SO I, I ACTUALLY HAD REACHED OUT ABOUT, UM, THE GUEST SPEAKER.
I, I, I SPOKE WITH THEIR EXECUTIVE TO FIND OUT IF COLONEL MAZA WAS GONNA MAKE IT OR NOT.
AND THEY SAID WHAT YOU JUST SAID DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN THAT, UM, SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
AND I SPOKE WITH OUR WING CHAPLAIN AND HE SAID THE SAME THING.
SAME THING UNTIL WE KNOW FURTHER ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T SUPPORT.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO IT IN A CIVILIAN ROLE? MYSELF,
LIKE, I'M NOT, I'M NOT CREDENTIALED AS A CHAPLAIN.
I GOT, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD I GOT YOU.
I MEAN, THAT'S ALL I WEAPONS QUALIFIED.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
WELL THEN YOU CAN LIB SOMETHING.
I MEAN, I, I, WELL WHAT'S THE STEP BEFORE A CHAPLAIN? JUNIOR CHAPLAIN OR IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT MAN UP.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE A CHAPLAIN IN TRAINING.
I I WOULD BE CURIOUS, UM, IF YOU WOULD BE EVEN ALLOWED TO DO IT.
I I I MEAN YOU'RE NOT, IT IS NOT OPERATING IN A CAPACITY TO GIVE A YEAH.
BUT IF HE'S THERE IN UNIFORM, NO, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN UNIFORM.
THAT'S, THAT WOULD, COULD NOT BE, HE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO THAT, THAT, THAT, I MEAN, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE IF HE SHOWS UP, HE'S, HE'S ORDERED FOR SOMETHING.
DOA AND YOU KNOW, DOD OPERATIONS IF YOU ORDER TO DO SOMETHING AND, AND IF YOU DEFINE AN ORDER THAT'S IMPORTANT, YOU DEFINE THAT.
SO THAT, THAT'S PAST ARTICLE 15.
I MEAN, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT.
WELL THAT WHY WE'RE HERE SOMEWHAT LET START WORKING.
I MEAN, WE GET WHAT I'M SAYING.
WHAT I'LL MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS IMMEDIATELY.
IT'S ABOUT, UH, SO IF, IF THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE ROUTE THAT WE TAKE, THERE ARE CHAPLAINS THAT WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO.
SO IF, IF THAT'S THE, IF THAT'S THE CASE, I HAVE TWO OF THEM THAT I COULD REACH OUT TO.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE COLORS.
SO WE KNOW, WE KNEW THAT WE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF WORST COMES TO WORST, IF WE CAN'T GET DONE OR SEE NATURAL AS WE CAN ALWAYS PLAY IT LIKE WE USED TO.
SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM EITHER.
UH, WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER FOR SURE.
UM, WE CAN WORK ON GETTING THE CHAPLAIN WHO BROUGHT UP THE, UM, THE TRAILER.
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I WAS IN EMAIL TRUCK.THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO COME NOW BECAUSE I BROUGHT THAT UP.
I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM, BUT I THINK I HAVE HIS CELL PHONE.
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S PART OF THE SHUTDOWN OR NOT, BECAUSE I'M WAITING.
IF I GOT FIND OUT, I THINK RECRUITING PROBABLY IS PART OF THE SHUTDOWN.
I WOULD THINK THE RECRUITER, 'CAUSE THE RECRUITER'S SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP TOO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, SO THEY WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED.
LET ME GET WITH, UM, LET ME GET WITH THE PEOPLE AT THE VA WHEN I GET THERE TOMORROW AND SEE IF THEY CAN SET SOMETHING UP THERE WHILE WE'RE THERE IN PLACE.
HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT WE DO THIS? HOW ABOUT WE PLAN ANOTHER MEETING? OH, WE HAVE TO FOR THE FIFTH.
'CAUSE MONDAY DAY'S THE FOURTH.
SO WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT MONDAY THE THIRD? IS THAT TOO, MIKE? YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE? UM, I'D RATHER HAVE AT LEAST A WEEK.
I THINK IT'S BOOKED FOR THE THIRD IS THE THIRD.
BECAUSE AREN'T THEY USUALLY ALWAYS THE FIRST MONDAY? WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET AHOLD OF CITY COUNCIL.
I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THE FIFTH.
I JUST WANNA SOLIDIFY THE THINGS WE GOTTA DO.
I MEAN, IF WE GOTTA HAVE A FEW PEOPLE HERE, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT.
IF WE CAN'T GET EVERYBODY HERE FOR OFFICIAL MEETING, WE CAN AT LEAST GET TOGETHER SOMEWHERE SO WE CAN GO OVER THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
SO, BECAUSE WITH THE, WITH THE SHUTDOWN, I JUST THREW A MONKEY WRENCHING EVERYBODY, BUT ADAPTING AND OVERCOME.
YOU ALREADY KNOW I SAID EARLIER.
WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT THEN.
SO, UM, MIKE, DO WE HAVE THE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE CHEERS AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT WE NEED.
I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT CORRECTLY.
SO I AIN'T WORRIED ABOUT THAT SPEAKERS AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE THE, UM, ON TOP OF THAT, I HAVE A, I HAVE A, A POPUP TAPE COMING FOR, FOR LIKE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT OKAY.
FOR PERSONNEL TO HAND OUT ANY, TO STAND THERE AND GIVE OUT INFORMATION OR WHATNOT NEEDS TO OKAY.
WE'LL HAVE SOME MERGE TO GIVE OUT TO THERE TOO.
UM, AS LONG AS WE GOT THE COLOR, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
SO, AND, UH, AND, UM, WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO HIM AGAIN.
TO WHO? TO THE ROTC COMMUNITY.
FOR, FOR, UM, FOR THE JUNIOR RTC.
BUT I'LL TALK TO HIM ONE MORE TIME.
I'LL TALKED TO HIM AGAIN, BUT I'LL TALK TO HIM ONE MORE TIME.
I JUST MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CO AESTHETIC.
SO, BECAUSE I DON'T, DOES THAT AFFECT IT? OH, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
I'LL BE CALLING HIM AS SOON AS I LEAVE HERE.
THE
WAS THAT A MILITARY SCHOLARSHIP? WHAT'S THAT? I'M SORRY.
FOR ROTC? NO, NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
RETIRES THE WAY TO GO PROBABLY.
SO FIFTH IS OUTTA THE QUESTION.
CAN YOU ASK HIM IF, UH, WILL ANYBODY BE OPEN TO COME IN ON THE THIRD? IT'S ONLY A MONDAY.
I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
WE CAN HAVE LOT TO, WE CAN'T HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER.
MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
WHERE ARE WE GONNA MEET? I THOUGHT THIS, IT DOES DEPEND ON THIS OPEN SCHEDULE SCHEDULE.
I MEAN, WE CAN JUST GO, WE CAN FIND A ROOM AND I MEAN WE CAN GO TO
OR GO JUMPS HAS A GOOD BACK ROOM.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT WHAT WE PLANNED ON HAVING, HOWEVER, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT WORK.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE OLD SCHOOL.
WE GOT ONE ORGANIZATION DOING THE COLORS.
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FIND A CHAPLAIN, WHO'S OUR MC.I'LL MC IT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO THAT ANYWAYS.
SO WE DON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
JUST BE THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE'LL BE THERE AS, AS USUAL.
UM, JAMES, IF WE HAVE A SCRIPT, I DON'T MIND.
WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ONLY SCRIPT.
I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT THEN.
I WANNA, I, I KNOW IT'S NOT MY FAULT, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE BIG FOR US, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG DEAL.
SO I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT MAYBE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS THEY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY SEND ME EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, WE, EVERYTHING'S BACK ON AGAIN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO ALL WE WERE WAITING FOR WAS THE TYPE OF, UH, WE WERE JUST WAITING FOR THE TYPE OF, UH, AIRCRAFT WE WERE GONNA GET.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I HAD TO CHECK BACK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT KIND OF AIRCRAFT WE'RE, THAT'S THE LAST STEP WAS, YOU KNOW, THEM TELLING ME WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
AND NOW IT'S CHUCK CHU AND MIKE JOHNSON
TELL QUIT ALL THAT SILLINESS I GOT.
I GOT SOME POOL AT DC WITH ALL, WITH ALL THAT SAID, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS? JUST THINK ABOUT THE WEATHER TOO.
I MEAN THIS, LOOK, TODAY'S, UH, WARNING COULD BE PRETTY.
WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD IT COLD AND RAINY BEFORE ON VETERAN'S DAY
SO, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET, IT'S NOT, I KNOW IT'S LATE NOTICE, LIKE MORE THAN ONE POP UP.
JUST IN CASE FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A POPUP, IT'S GONNA COVER.
SO, OH, I ASKED, THE GENTLEMAN APPROACHED ME YESTERDAY ABOUT THE, UH, THE PAPER PROGRAM TOO.
HAD TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
I'LL LET THEM KNOW IMMEDIATELY.
SEPTEMBER THE THIRD IS THE LAST DAY.
AND THEY, THEY WENT, I JUST ACTUALLY TOOK THEM TO ETCHING TODAY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE INSTALL IT IS THEN FOR THE PAVERS? I GET THE ETCHINGS DONE TODAY.
SO THEY'RE STILL BEING PRODUCED.
IT'LL BE DONE BY BETTER'S DAY.
WELL WE KNOW WE STAND AT THEN.
SO YEAH, LET ME, MY HOPES AND PRAYERS AND DREAMS ARE THERE, WILL BE THERE BY THEN.
UNLESS THAT COMES UP SOMETHING ELSE DAY.
THAT'S ALWAYS, THAT'S THE PROGRAM KIND OF IS THE HOPE OF, WE TRY TO DO IT ONCE A YEAR TO CUT OFF DATE WAS BACK FROM MEMORIAL DAY OR LABOR DAY THAT WEEK.
AND THEN IT, THEN IT BECOMES, OKAY.
SO WE HAVE THIS MANY, SO YOU GET 'EM ALL.
I TRY TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME STRAGGLING, BUT I LIKE THIS.
I MEANT I LAST, I GOTTA GET IN THERE NOW.
IT, IT JUST HAPPENED ACTUALLY YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
MY MASON BROTHERS LIKE COME ON MIND ON MAN.
IS THAT OKAY? SO YOU'RE CALL ABOUT GETTING MR. CHAPLAIN? YEAH, I'LL REACH OUT.
IF NOT, LET ME KNOW AND I CAN GO AHEAD AND START.
ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, I'LL SEE HIM.
SEND MAY FORWARD ME, UM, COLONEL RABS, UM, NUMBER PLEASE SO I CAN TRY TO GET AHOLD OF HIM.
UM, SEE IF HIS WIFE'S ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE FELLAS? WE'LL BE DOING ANYTHING.
OH, WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, NEW BUSINESS.
UH, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A, A QUICK STORYLINE ABOUT, UH, NEXT YEAR'S MILITARY GAME.
AND, UH, THERE'S A REQUEST BY THE AD THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, GET JERSEYS FOR THE TEAM SPECIAL JERSEYS WITH MAYBE IT'S THE 2 50, 200 50TH ANNIVERSARY EMBLEM ON THE JERSEY.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR THAT.
AND IT WOULD PROBABLY, I'M GUESSING IT'S GONNA BE BETWEEN, AND NOW DOING THE MATH OVER HERE A LITTLE BETTER.
IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 2,500 TO 3,500 BUCKS FOR JERSEYS FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
FOR, FOR JUST FOR WAYNE OR FOR BOTH TEAMS? FOR WAYNE.
SO, SO WAYNE WAS TO WEAR A MILITARY CHILD JERSEY FOR MILITARY IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
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THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAD TO BRING TO, TO CITY COUNCIL FIRST.BUT WE WANNA MAKE IT, WE GOTTA, I MEAN BASICALLY, BASICALLY BE A RECOMMENDATION BY THE COMMISSION NOW.
SO, SO I MEAN, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO BRING IT, PUT THAT, DAMN, I COULDN'T DO IT YESTERDAY, BUT I WAS THERE, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WELL IT'S, IT'S IF THE COMMISSION CAN VOTE TO, TO, TO APPROVE IT OR NOT.
UM, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 200 ANNIVERSARY? 200 ANNIVERSARY OF THE US THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DO YOU KNOW THE MARINES WAS JUST 250? NOBODY, NOBODY CARES ABOUT MARINES.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY NO, I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE 250 THING.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT AND THAT, THAT'S COOL.
SO, OKAY, SO, SO I WANNA MAKE THEN I'M, I AM MAKING A MOTION THAT WE, WE SAY WE GO FORWARD WITH ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR, UH, A BUDGET, A BUDGETARY FIGURE OF $3,500.
AND HOW DO YOU DRIVE TO THAT FIGURE? CAN YOU KEEP, CAN YOU, I'VE JUST LOOKED, I'VE JUST SAID THERE, THERE'S 60 KIDS ON THE TEAM.
A JERSEY'S GONNA PROBABLY COST ABOUT 40 TO $60 A PIECE.
MAYBE HE'S GOT SOMETHING, HE'S GONNA GET A QUOTE AND WE'LL HAVE A FIRM NUMBER.
AND, AND I'VE JUST WAGGING IT UNTIL WE GET A HARD QUOTE.
BUT I JUST WANNA GET THE APPROVAL SO THAT I CAN SEND MIKE THE QUOTE.
AND WE GOT THE, WE MADE THE APPROVAL THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT EXPENSE.
NOW, WILL, WILL, WILL WE BE, UM, IN ANY PART OF THEIR DESIGN OF THE JERSEY OR WHAT WE WANT ON IT? OR IF THAT'S GONNA BE LEFT UP JUST PRIMARILY TO THEM AND THEN WE JUST HELP SPONSOR HIM? WE COULD PROBABLY, WE COULD HAVE SOME INPUTS.
WE COULD MAYBE HAVE SOME INPUTS ON IT.
UH, HE'S GONNA, HE'S GONNA GET A QUOTE FOR A JERSEY.
AND THEN WE'LL, UM, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
AT LEAST WE HAVE A BASELINE COST.
THEN WE GOT, THEN WE, ONCE WE GET THE APPROVAL, WE GOT A LITTLE TIME TO DO SOME DESIGN WORK.
I MEAN, WE GOT A WHOLE ANOTHER YEAR, SO.
SO I'M GETTING A MOTION FOR US TO GO FORWARD WITH AN APPROVAL.
SOMEBODY GOTTA, YOU GOTTA BRING YOUR, OKAY.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, SO LET ME MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT DOWN BEFORE WE PULL THE MOTION.
THIS POINT IS WE JUST WANNA GO FORWARD WITH SPONSORING WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL OR A MILITARY NIGHT WITH JERSEYS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE GONNA SAY 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA COST MONEY TO WELL, RIGHT NOW PUT THE MONEY FIGURE IN.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND DO IT.
DOES THAT WORK? THAT WORKS THEN UNLESS WE GET THE QUOTE THAT THEN WE, WE WILL VOTE ON HOW MUCH MONEY YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE TOWARDS, YEAH.
SO TRY TO SPONSOR THE WHOLE THING.
FIND SOMEONE ELSE HALF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? GO HALFWAY, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THAT NATURE.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA, UH, WE NEED, WE NEED A MOTION FOR, UM, THE APPROVAL OF GOING FORWARD WITH, UM, WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THE NEXT, NEXT YEAR FOR MILITARY NIGHT GAME.
I MEAN FOR, YEAH, FOR THE MILITARY NIGHT GAME.
AND, UM, APPROVAL OF, UH, I GUESS I WOULD SAY SPONSOR SPONSORING THEIR TEAM WITH, WITH, UM, BY WAY OF JERSEY.
SO IF I CAN GET A MOTION, UM, IF I CAN GET, I MAKE THE MOTION.
YOU CAN'T BE THE PERSON THAT DID IT.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T LET YOU DO THAT.
I MAKE THE MOTION AND MOTION FOR THE, UH, JERSEYS FOR MILITARY KNIGHT FOR WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND? ALRIGHT.
MOTION BEEN PUT FORTH AND PROPERLY SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN? AYE.
UM, I GET WITH THE AG WHEN I SEE HIM AT THE GAME ON FRIDAY TO TALK TO HIM.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE NEW BUSINESS? SO YOU FELLAS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY, THE WAY IT FALLS, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE YEAR.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GET TOGETHER SOMETIME DURING THE HOLIDAYS, EVEN IF IT'S JUST TO THROW A BOWLING BALL DOWN THE ALLEY OR SOMETHING.
UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UM, WE GOTTA STARTED THINKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR PLANS, WHAT WE WANNA PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT.
SO I KNOW IT'S GETTING TO BE THE HOLIDAY TIME AND EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HUSTLING THE BUSTLES COMING, BUT IF YOU THINK OF SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR US TO BRING FORWARD FOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW.
AND THE, THE 250TH YEAR, THERE'LL BE SOMETHING HAPPENING EVERY MONTH NEXT YEAR BY SOME UBER.
SO WE CAN HAVE A PRESENCE EVERY MONTH AS WHAT? AS MUCH AS WE DESIRE IF WE WANNA DO SOMETHING TO SHOW MORE OF A PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT HAVING
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SOMETHING OF OUR OWN FOR THAT.BUT I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GOOD TO TALK ABOUT.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOME, ESPECIALLY, I'D RATHER HAVE SOMETHING OF OUR OWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S JUST ALLY FOR OUR CITY, YOU KNOW? SO, UH, ESPECIALLY IF WE CONNECT WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? DID DID WE, DID WE DECIDE ON A PLAN TO GET TOGETHER BEFORE? OH, OH, HE'S GONNA CHECK ON, HE'S GONNA, WHAT, WHAT DAY IS YOU GONNA CHECK ON THE THIRD MIKE? YOU SAID CHECK ON.
HE'S GONNA CHECK ON THE THIRD AND SEND IT OUT TO US.
ALRIGHT, SO WE KNOW WHAT OUR MARCHING ORDERS ARE RIGHT NOW.
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF CURVE BALL, BUT ABOUT TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.
QUICK PRAYER TO CLOSE US OUT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR, ALLOW US TO COME TOGETHER TODAY, FATHER GOD, UNDER ONE ACCORD TO HELP OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FATHER GOD, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT HOW MUCH THEY'RE LOVED AND APPRECIATED.
FATHER GOD, PLEASE WRAP 11 ARMS AROUND ALL THOSE FAMILIES OUT THERE THAT SERVE AND HAVE SERVED.
FATHER GOD, LET YOU KNOW, KNOW HOW SPECIAL THEY ARE TO US FATHER GOD.
LORD, WATCH OVER AS WE TRAVEL, WE MAKE IT HOME.
KNOW HARM OR DANGER COMES TO US, FATHER GOD.
THOSE TRAVELING THE ROSE TO JESUS NAME WE PRAY.
TIME NOW IS 1828 HOURS, OCTOBER THE 22ND ON A WEDNESDAY, HUMAN RIGHTS MILITARY VETERANS COMMISSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.