[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall — Council Chambers 6151 Brandt Pike February 25, 2026 6:00 P.M. ]
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IT'S, UH, FEBRUARY THE 25TH, 2026.
AND CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER HUMAN RIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.
UH, MIKE, CAN YOU GO ROLL CALL PLEASE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE FOR MR. GREG MCDONALD? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
BEEN MOTION TO EXCUSE MR. MCDONALD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? USUAL SIGN? AYE.
IF EVERYBODY COULD STAND UP AND UNCOVER FOR ME, PLEASE.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
JUSTICE, IF YOU COULD REMAIN STANDING.
FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME HERE TODAY TOGETHER ON ONE ACCORD.
FATHER GOD, MAY WE COME TOGETHER, FATHER GOD, AND HELP OUR VETERANS, OUR MILITARY MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
FATHER GOD, LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE THEM, FATHER ABROAD AT HOME, SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HOPE THEY MAKE A HOME SAFE.
OKAY, DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING? YES.
MR. WHITE, DO YOU HAVE COPY? YES, SIR.
IF YOU WANNA GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE MINUTES IF YOU WANNA READ THROUGH 'EM, SO NO, NO, NO.
I JUST WANNA KNOW IF YOU GOT A CHANCE TO GO OVER 'EM, THAT'S ALL.
CAN I GET AN APPROVAL OF THE, OF OCTOBER MINUTES? CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? PLACE 'EM ON FINAL.
WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM HER LAST MEETING IN OCTOBER.
BEEN PROPERLY SECOND BY MR. MCDONALD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I'M SORRY.
ANY QUESTION ON THE MOTION? ANY QUESTION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CITIZENS HERE.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE RECAP OF OUR VETERAN'S DAY EVENT.
VICE, WOULD YOU'D LIKE TO START? YEAH.
SO I THINK OUR EVENT WENT PRETTY WELL.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE OUR PILLARS OF THE COMMISSION.
OBVIOUSLY MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PARTNER WITH, UH, THE VSOS, UH, HAVE THEM BRING THE TRUCK OUT AND DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS NOW OR LATER, UM, BUT POSSIBLY LOOKING AT, UH, CHANGE IN THE VENUE FOR, UH, VETERANS DAY DUE TO THE WEATHER.
YOU MEAN DUE TO THE WEATHER ROGER DAY? UM, SO I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT NOW OR TABLE IT AND THEN TALK ABOUT IT AT A LATER TIME.
TABLE THAT AND TALK ABOUT THAT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
WE GOT MORE, WE GOT SOME PRESSING MATTERS ABOUT YEAH.
SO THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE ELSE THERE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT OUT THERE.
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AND THEN, YEAH, I THINK OVERALL IT WAS, WAS A PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.ESPECIALLY FOR MAYBE WE SAY HOW THE WEATHER WAS, BUT I AGREE.
I, I THINK THAT, UM, DUE TO, UM, WE HAD SOME BIG THINGS PLANNED AND FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE THOSE THINGS SUCH AS THE FLYOVER AND THE VICE COMMANDER TO COME.
AND I KNOW MR. WE WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND AS WELL, YOU KNOW, SO IN THE CAPACITY THAT HE WANTED TO.
SO, UM, I THINK WE DID A, I THINK WE DID A, A GOOD JOB.
I, I, UH, ADAPTING, OVERCOMING, UM, TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ALL THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, CAME AND, AND I, I JUST, IT WAS SO BITTERLY COLD,
SO, UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY COMMENTS? IF YOU NEED A FLYOVER, LET ME KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
'CAUSE THEY, THEY PULLED OVER TO THE MUSEUM TWICE THAT THE, UH, YEAH.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE PILOTS FROM DAYTON THAT WORK UP THERE NOW.
SO THEY, UM, SO THE PAPERWORK IS, UM, BEING PROCESSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
SO I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW THE STEPS NOW, SO NOW I KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I KNOW I GOT TALK TO, AND I'M STILL PUBLIC BY FAA FOR UPDATING THIS IN CINCINNATI, BUT I, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONSIDERING THIS COMING FROM THERE, BUT IT'S, SO, BUT YEAH.
WE'LL GET, WE'LL, WE'LL SIDEBAR, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK AFTER SURE, SURE.
SO WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO BETTER FOR VETERANS DAY? I MEAN, FOR THE, FOR OUR, FOR OUR DAY PROGRAM? MIKE, I KNOW YOU JUST THE LIAISON, BUT I LOVE YOUR INPUT, BROTHER.
I KNOW YOU AIN'T SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
I, I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD KICK AROUND SOME IDEAS ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UM, AS FAR AS CHANGING AN EVENT, I, I CAN'T PERSONALLY, I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THE DAY 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE DAY.
IT'S JUST A PERSONAL DAY IN, IN MY OPINION.
MY BIRTHDAY'S TWO DAYS LATER, BUT I, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY.
UM, AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK YOUR PEOPLE.
I KNOW I TOLD YOU ALREADY WHILE WE WERE THERE AND AFTERWARDS, BUT, UM, I, THEY ALWAYS DO SUCH AN AWESOME JOB FOR US, MAN, SETTING UP AND TEARING DOWN AND THERE FOR SUPPORT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS BEING ON TOP OF THAT AND FOR THEM TO ALWAYS BE IN THERE REGARDLESS.
GOT SOME, I GUESS SOME IDEAS TO KICK AROUND BEHIND THE BUSH.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT.
WE GOT SOME THINGS COMING UP HERE, UM, HERE REAL SOON THAT WE NEED TO START WORKING ON AND YEAH.
UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, BELIEVE ME, WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT THOUGH.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
UM, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE MILITARY GAME AND THE FOOTBALL JERSEYS.
UM, I TALKED WITH, UM, UH, THE AD, UM, AT THE COUPLE, COUPLE BASKETBALL GAMES AGO.
HE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD A MOCKUP OF A JERSEY THAT MR. MCDONALD HAD THAT HE WANTED TO SHOW US.
MR. MCDONALD, DO YOU HAVE THAT MOCKUP? MOLLY FROM MOLLY FROM PARKS AND RECREATION ISSUED AN EMERGENCY PO THIS WEEK? IT'LL BE PAID NEXT WEEK.
SO DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE JERSEYS THEMSELVES? I, I, I DO.
IT'S A PDF, BUT I, I, IT'S A, TO ME IT'S A FEMALE CUT PICTURE UNLESS I DO HAVE IT.
SO, SO, SO, MY, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS IT JERSEY TYPE COLOR, ET CETERA, SOMETHING THAT IT'S CAMO AS A COMMISSION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT AND MADE SURE THAT IT WAS, IT'S A CAMEL.
IT'S A CAMEL JERSEY WITH THE WAYNE THING.
I MEAN, I, I MEAN, THEY TOLD ME TO LOOK NICE.
THEY TOLD ME TO BE LIKE, OKAY, I DO.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS A LITTLE FEMININE WHEN I SENT IT TO YOU.
IT, IT, IT'S THE, YOU'LL SEE THE THING AND IT'S GOT THE HUBER HEIGHTS TWO 50 COMMISSION LOGO ON IT.
SO IT SAYS HUBER HEIGHTS TWO 50 OHIO.
I KNOW THE AD WAS VERY PLEASED, AND HE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO WHERE I HAD TO BE LIKE, OH, IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A, UM, MOCKUP JERSEY BEFORE WE GET THE EXTRA ORDER? NO.
THEIR ORDER'S BEING PLACED WITH A PO AND WE, UH, EVERYBODY, UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY WANT, WE JUST, ALL WE WERE REQUIRED IT, WE WANTED IT TO LOOK MILITARY.
AND IT WANTED THE TWO 50 PATCH ON IT BECAUSE THE TWO 50 GRANTS PAYING FOR IT.
SO THE QUESTION IS, I THINK IF WE WANTED TO ORDER ONE FOR THE COMMISSION, JUST TO HAVE, PERHAPS MAYBE TO PUT UP, WELL, I WAS THINKING, OR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
WE COULD HAVE TO TAKE PLAYERS SIGN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'D BE, WE COULD TAILGATE ON AND AS ADDITIONAL COST AS YES.
I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE CITY I SOMETHING HAVE TO
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TALK TO MIKE ABOUT IT.WE COULD TALK TO, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF PERHAPS A TEAM COULD SIGN ONE AND WE CAN HANG IT, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE OR SOMEWHERE TO KEEP, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, KIND OF SOMEWHERE WE CAN PUT SOMEWHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEWHERE HERE OR, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
ONE'S GOING IN THE TIME CAPSULE.
BUT I'M SAYING IT'S ONE THAT WE CAN HAVE, THAT WE CAN HAVE THE COACHES AND THE PLAYERS SIGN.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE THAT WE CAN, UH, PUT IN FRAME.
THE ONLY REASON, THE ONLY REASON THAT I, I ASKED THAT IS BECAUSE I, I'VE DEALT WITH JERSEY SIZINGS AND FITTINGS, AND I JUST DON'T WANT THE JERSEYS TO COME IN AND THEM NOT FIT HOW THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA FIT, OR HIS SIZES BE NOT HE, HE, HE ORDERED 'EM FOR ALL HIS PLAYERS AND HE BASICALLY PUT EXTRA LARGE TRIPLE X SMALL, WHATEVER HIS TEAM GOT, HE HAD, HE KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED.
SO, AND THEN THERE'S, WE GOT ONE SMALL JERSEY FOR THE TIME CAPSULE.
SO I, I'M JUST TO MARCUS' POINT A LITTLE BIT, 'CAUSE FOOTBALL IN MY LIFE MAYBE, BUT, UM, TO THAT RESPECT, ARE, ARE THESE JERSEYS COMING FROM SOMEONE THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE ATHLETIC? YEAH, THEY BASICALLY QUOTED IT AND THEN THE, IT BE THEY BASICALLY SAME SIZE IF YOU'RE, SO LIKE THEY'VE ORDERED FROM THEM THAT TEAM NOW, PREVIOUSLY THEY, YEAH.
SOMEBODY WHO THE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL USERS.
I THINK THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE'RE GETTING TO.
WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU EVER ORDER A JERSEY BEFORE, A MEDIUM MIGHT NOT BE A MEDIUM.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING IS LIKE, IS THIS SOMEBODY THAT THEY'VE ORDERED BEFORE? LIKE THEY KNOW, LIKE, OKAY, IF WE ORDER A MEDIUM, A MEDIUM'S GOING TO BE A MEDIUM.
THAT'S JUST, SEE, THIS IS ONE OF THEIR VENDORS X OKAY.
AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA FIT.
SO THAT'S SOMEBODY, SO THAT'S SOMEBODY THEY'VE WORKED WITH BEFORE.
THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING FROM WHAT THE COMMISSION IS ASKING.
RIGHT NOW, UM, FROM THE DIRECTIVE, FROM, FROM, FROM THE CITY THAT I'M GATHERING IS IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE PRICE IS, IT COMES OUT TO BE, AND THE COMMISSION VOTES FOR IT.
IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IN MAKING HAPPEN.
BUT I NEED THE FINAL, LIKE, OKAY.
I CAN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE MINUTIA OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE UNIFORM LATER OF THIS PERSON NOT HAVING THAT OR, YOU KNOW, SO BECAUSE I GUESS THEIR POINT OF, IF YOU ALL AGREE UPON IT AND TAKE IT FROM BASICALLY THE COMMISSION'S BUDGET, THEN IT'S, THEN IT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD IF YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
IS IT IS ALREADY BEING PAID FOR THROUGH THE PARKS TWO 50 BUDGET.
SO, SO THAT'S, I THOUGHT WE WERE SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GONNA COME UP WITH.
NO, WE WILL, I, I WAS HOPING WE WOULD PAY FOR IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, AND I WENT WITH THE QUICK, SO NOT TO BE, I WAS TRYING TO, I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO WORK SINCE NOVEMBER TO TRY TO GET IT PAID FOR, AND FINALLY HE WAS GOING, HEY, THEY'RE GONNA RAISE THE PRICES AND PARKS REGISTRATION SAID, WE'LL PAY FOR 'EM RIGHT NOW.
SO HE GOT SOME, OKAY, WELL, HEY, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
SAVE SOMETHING FOR US AND, OKAY, WELL THAT'S THAT THEN THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO VOTE ON
BUT SO, SO WE'RE SPONSORING JERSEYS FOR WAYNE, BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THEM.
BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT I, I GOT, YEAH, I GOTTA, I GOTTA, LET ME GET WITH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
WE NEED TO TALK TO PARKS AND YES.
EVEN IF IT'S, EVEN IF I, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, YOU WROTE ON IT, BUT EVEN IF IT'S, WE, I MEAN, YEAH, WE'LL TALK.
MR. MCDONALD, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN THE WORK.
SO, UM, SO WHO WAS YOUR, DO YOU HAVE A CONTACT WITH PARKER? ER, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD GET THE AD ABOUT THE, WHOEVER, I FORGET THE GIRL THAT'S IN CHARGE.
SO I HAVE, SO, SO WHICH, WHICH ONE'S ON MATERNITY LEAVE? MOLLY? YOU KNOW, MOLLY IS SARAH.
BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE SARAH'S NUMBER, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
I HAVE MOLLY'S NUMBER, SO I'LL LOOK AND SEE.
I, I'VE CONTACTED BOTH OF 'EM BEFORE THOUGH, SO I'M HOPING I LOCKED THEM IN.
UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE MILITARY JERSEYS FROM, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE MEET AND TALK TO THE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY WITH ALL THAT.
SO, AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO GOTTA SEE ABOUT, I REALLY WOULD LIKE THE FIRST THERE WORD ONE.
FIRST, LIKE I SAID SOMETHING, WE CAN HAVE THEM SIGNED, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN IF, SO NEXT MONTH WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL BRING THAT UP.
I'LL BRING THAT UP TO YOU GUYS.
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NOT SOMETHING I HAVE RIGHT NOW.I CAN TELL YOU IT'S GONNA COST AS MUCH MONEY.
AND IF EVERYBODY WANTED, AND I NEED THE PARTICULARS FIRST, I'M NOT GONNA BRING THAT TO THE COMMISSION SO I HAVE EVERYTHING SETTLED.
UM, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR, THERE ARE HALF STAFF FLAG VOLUNTEERS.
UM, SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHENEVER, I GUESS AN ORDER COMES DOWN FOR THE FLAGS TO BE MOVED TO HALF STAFF, THE HUBER HEIGHTS ENCOURAGES AN EXPENSE IN MOST CASES FOR THE ITS EMPLOYEES IN OVERTIME TO MOVE THE FLAGS WHENEVER THEY'RE NECESSARY.
ESPECIALLY IT'S ON A SATURDAY OR ON A WEEKEND, THEM TYPE OF THING.
SO, UM, WHAT I PROPOSED WAS, UM, PERHAPS SOMETIMES WE CAN VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT OURSELVES.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BUT I KNOW EVERYBODY CAN'T BE THERE.
I GET THAT PART OF IT, BUT I WAS JUST SAYING IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE CAN VOLUNTEER TO TAKE SOME OF THAT EXPENSE OFF THE, OFF THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK GOOD IN OUR FAVOR.
I'M TRYING TO HELP THEM SAVE, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR BUDGET.
SO, UM, SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING TO THE COMMISSION AND SEE WHAT EVERYBODY THOUGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS, PLEASE.
I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS IS, COULD I GO TO THE PARK RIGHT NOW AND LOWER A FLAG AND TAKE IT? NO.
I MEAN, NO, I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S NO LOCKS ON 'EM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE, OKAY.
SO SOMEONE HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A KEY AND DO ALL THAT STUFF.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD GET FROM MIKE.
WE WOULD LEARN HOW TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT TYPE OF THING.
AM I, AM I CORRECT IN THAT MIKE? MM-HMM
IT WOULD JUST BE, LIKE I SAID, THERE WOULD BE ACCESS TO IT IN, IN, IN A MANNER.
HOWEVER, THAT MANNER IS, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA SET THIS UP AND THERE'S NO CONTRIBUTION.
IT'S SOMETHING THE COMMISSION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, THEN WE CAN PURSUE IT.
IS IT, IS IT JUST, IS IT CLOUD PARK ONLY OR EVERYWHERE? EVERY CITY.
BUT IF, IF, IF ON SUNDAY THEY DECIDE, HEY, ORDER FLAGS TO HAMAS, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S INCIDENTS.
THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW IT'S, YEAH.
SO IF YOU, IF WE CALLED THE COMMISSION.
SO THEN THEY WOULD SAY, OKAY, YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE COME IN.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M SOMETIMES HAVING PEOPLE COME IN ON OVERTIME, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS SOMETHING THAT A VETERAN SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY.
IF YOU DON'T FEEL THAT WAY, THEN, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE THE WAY WE'RE GOING WITH SOME OF THOSE MATTERS.
BUT I THINK WOULD BE, WE COULD WEAR OUR MILITARY, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER OF THE VFW OR VETERANS ORGANIZATION YES.
BUT THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR FLAGS.
SO IT WAS A VETERANS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF HUMAN HEIGHTS.
I THINK THE VETERANS COMMISSION SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF CITY PROPERTIES WITH THEIR FLAGS AND HOW THEY'RE BEING FLOWN AS WELL.
IF THAT MAKES, IT MIGHT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, HOW MANY? THERE'S FOUR.
WAIT, ONE FLAGS, THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, IS THERE FIVE? IS THERE FOUR? THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDINGS.
HOW MANY BUILDINGS DID WE THAT WE HAD THAT WE HAVE FLAGS THERE.
DO WE HAVE THAT? WELL, YOU HAVE, YOU, YOU, IF, IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AGREED UPON, YOU WOULD HAVE BASICALLY THE PARKS.
SO THE PARKS THAT HAVE DISTRIBUTED FLAGS, OKAY.
YES, I THINK SO THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE CITY BUILDINGS.
OUT HERE, UM, THERE'S JUST FOUR OF THOSE ADMINISTRATIVELY, UM, FIRE POLICE, NINE 10 USUALLY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
SO YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF BUILDINGS.
BUT, BUT LOWERING THE FLAG TO HAVE STAFF DOESN'T TAKE
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? PROPER SALUTE AND WELL, IT'S PUTTING, IT'S HAVING A RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT 'EM BACK UP THOUGH.
AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ON THE SIDEBAR.
SO, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS, WILL WE HAVE TO ALSO RAISE THOSE BACK UP TO FULL STAFF WAS NO, NOT DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME TIMES WHERE IT SAYS THAT SUNDAY AT NOON.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ORDER BECOMES EFFECTIVE OR NOT EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY, IT'S BECOMES VERY, YES.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ANYWAY.
SO I, I MEAN, I JUST, IT'S BECOME VERY FLUENT.
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OKAY.SO, SO WHAT, WHAT I, THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
SO, SO WHAT I WANT TO, SO WHAT I WANT TO ASK EVERYONE HERE AS A COMMISSION, FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FEASIBLE? AND SECOND OF ALL, I GUESS IT WOULD BE FOLLOW, WOULD BE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE PARTICIPATE IN? LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE HIT THAT ROUTE, MIKE.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS FOR US TO GET A CITY VEHICLE? OR WILL WE HAVE TO USE OUR OWN VEHICLE? MAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHOLE NOTHER, THAT'S A, THAT'S A R OF INSURANCE THAT I HAVE TO DIVE INTO SOMETHING THREE 50
YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT'S COMING.
I MEAN, I, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I, I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU, BUT IT, IT IS JUST, YEAH.
I GUESS I WOULD USE IT THE SAME SCENARIO AS IF SUSIE AND JOHNNY'S PARENTS ARE GOING DOWN AND, AND TAKING CARE OF A BALL FIELD, USING THEIR OWN WHATEVER, BREAKS AND STUFF.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
SO VICE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU, I MEAN, LET'S START, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S PUT IT ON THE TABLE.
WE NEED TO, I MEAN, IT'S NOTHING THAT YOU GUYS, I MEAN, I MEAN, NOTHING WE, NOTHING WE HAVE TO DO.
IT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANNA TAKE ON.
SO WOULD IT SAY, WHO'S INTERESTED? OH, I KNOW, I'M INTERESTED.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF? YOU SAID 1215 DIFFERENT.
SO REALLY ALL IT'S GONNA TAKE IS, I MEAN, AND THEORETICALLY YOU COULD DO IT WITH TWO PEOPLE.
THEORETICALLY YOU COULD HAVE ONE PERSON THAT, THAT TAKES THIS AND, AND BY THE RANKS MAKES IT THEIR OWN.
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMISSION.
YOU'VE BEEN ON ROTARY OR ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE.
AND THEN YOU CAN GET OTHER COMMISSIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED AS WELL.
THERE'D BE PLENTY OF, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
THOSE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, HEY, WE GOTTA GO DO THIS.
AND THEN IF IT FALLS BACK UPON, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE PUBLIC WORKS, THAT'S FINE TOO.
BUT I, I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT WAS A SIDEBAR DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD HAD AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT BEING SOMETHING THAT THE VETERANS COMMISSION COULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING.
BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, EVERY VETERAN'S ORGANIZATION TAKES CARE OF THEIR OWN BUILDINGS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, SO VETERANS COMMISSION SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS SOMEWHAT WITH THE FLAG.
'CAUSE I DON'T, ME AND MY, YOU KNOW, IN MY, I'M NOT, I'M JUST WONDERING, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, I MEAN, WE, SOME OF US BELONG TO DIFFERENT ONES THAT ARE OUT HERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S SO WE CAN TALK TO MUCH, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE, THE SUN, THE SUNS, AS LONG AS THERE'S, AS LONG AS THERE'S COMMISSION PERSON INVOLVED IN THE ASPECT OF YES SIR.
THEY HAVE THIS FLAG AND THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED TO THAT FLAG.
THESE ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, HERE, HERE'S THE ACCESS TO THESE.
'CAUSE SOME OF THE FLAG POLES ALL HAVE, HAVE LOCKS AND THERE'S, THERE'S COMPLICATIONS TO THEM.
LONG AS THE COMMISSION MEMBER IS RESPONSIBLE AND WILLING TO TAKE ON THOSE REIGNS.
THAT'S, SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS THING IS LOUD.
I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE KEEP BETWEEN THE COMMISSION RATHER THAN REACHING OUT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
STUFF AS YOU, I'M JUST SAYING AS FAR AS RESOURCES GO, WE NEED OTHER PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE TO HELP ME.
THAT IF WE CAN GET SIX PEOPLE TO DO TWO FLAGS A PIECE, IT'D BE BETTER THAN HAVING TWO PEOPLE DO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR, YOU KNOW,
SO, SO I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE IMPROVE OUR NUMBERS.
IT'D BE SOMETHING WE, WE'D BE ABLE TO MAYBE TAKE CARE OF, BUT WE CAN SAY IT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WHO, WHO'S UP FOR IT? WHO'S NOT, I MEAN, I'M UP FOR IT.
IF YOU UP FOR IT, I'M UP FOR IT.
I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN VOTE ON, BUT I MEAN, I'M JUST, IF WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS OR WE HAVE MORE, IF YOU, YOU WANNA INVOLVE OTHER PEOPLE? I MEAN, THERE'S, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, WELL, A COUPLE THINGS.
LIKE, HE'S BEING DEPLOYED IN APRIL.
GREG'S PROBABLY NOT A DEPENDABLE PERSON.
I THOUGHT HE ACTUALLY OH, YEAH, WE KNOW THIS.
I, I I THINK HE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED HIS LETTER OF RESIGNATION.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST DOWN A FEW HANDS.
THAT'S, AND I VOLUNTEER, BUT THERE'S, I KNOW, FOUR MONTHS OF THIS, THIS YEAR IN THE SUMMER, I'M GONE.
I'M JUST, I'M LE I'LL BE OUT OF THE AREA.
SO I, I WOULD, I DON'T, WE JUST, WE NEED, BUT BACK, BACK TO WHAT MIKE WAS SAYING, IT'S NOT A ONE,
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ONE OFF SHOP.IF, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT TIME, WE KNOW THAT, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
BUT I THINK THE, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF IT IS FOR US TO AT LEAST GET INVOLVED IN SOME TYPE OF WAY.
SO IF WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION SAYING, HEY, WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH ON VOTING IF WE HAVE TO, OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS TO GET IT DONE.
AND ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE A ROTATIVE PROCESS AS WELL.
KEVIN, TO YOUR POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT SPECIFICALLY.
SO I'M UNAVAILABLE FOR THESE THREE, THREE MONTHS.
SO I CAN'T DO THE FLAG DUTY THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AT THIS TIME.
SO, OR HEY, I GOT THIS GOING ON, MAN, THIS, THIS CAME UP.
I'M, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLAG DUTY.
YOU CALL THAT COMMISSION MEMBER AND YOU SAY, I MEAN, IT'S A BUDDY SYSTEM.
IT'S HOW WE WORK, RIGHT? YEAH.
I COUNT ON YOU, YOU COUNT ON ME, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU SPREAD IT OUT AND YOU, YOU COMMUNICATE AND SHOOT, MOVE AND DESTROY.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S, UM, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS GOTTA VOTE ON.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANNA TAKE ON AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PUT A MOTION IN, YOU KNOW, OUR MOTION FOR THE MILITARY IN VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO BE PART OF THE RAISING AND LOWERING FLAGS WHEN NECESSARY.
SO IF THEY GO OUT AND DO IT, THEN IT'S OVERTIME FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I, I'M A RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT APPARENTLY YOU CAN HERE
IF NOT, THEY DO MORE THAN ONE.
YOU GOT A ONE CREW GOING OUT AND DOING ALL THE FLAGS, IT TAKES TIME.
YOU KNOW? SO I'M, YEAH, I, I WOULD SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I WOULD SAY AT LEAST AN HOUR TO, TO DO IT.
YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA JUST, AND IT'S, IT IS MORE THAN JUST LOWERING THE FLAG, TAKING, I MEAN, MAYBE SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE FLAG.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEN MACHIN MACHIN ALREADY ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A BIG COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, BUT IF IT IS, THESE ARE ONLY IN, IN UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES OF YES.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT, OH, THIS FALLS SOLELY ON THE COMMISSION NOW.
WE STILL HAVE MIKE AND HIS TEAM.
IF NEEDS, IF SOMEBODY'S NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE A WEEKEND WHERE EVERYBODY HAPPENS TO BE, YOU KNOW, BE GONE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD RELAY TO HIM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS TIME.
PLUS THERE MUST BE, HERE'S THE, THE THING ABOUT IT, THE, THE FEED OF IT TOO.
AND I WOULD JUST, I'M NOT PROMOTING IT OR AGAINST IT.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THE FEED OF IT TOO IS AS A VETERAN'S COMMISSION, WE ARE, WE, WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CITY FLAGS AND THOSE TYPE OF VETERAN YES.
ISSUES THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR SERVICE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, YOU OR ANYONE HERE AS A VETERAN COMMISSION SHOULDN'T BE CALLING SOMEONE ELSE TO KNOW HOW THIS FLAG WORKS.
OR DOESN'T GO DOWN, OR DOESN'T GO DOWN, OR, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE LIKE THAT'S WHAT WAS OUR FIRST DUTY OF SERVICE.
WE, WE ALL, WE ALL, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW HOW TO RAISE AND LOWER THE FLAG, BUT GET WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH.
LIKE, EVERYONE OF 'EM IS DIFFERENT NOW.
SO THAT'D BE A TRAINING PROCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING YOU ALL OUT AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS HOW THIS GOES.
BECAUSE AIR FORCE PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT TOO MUCH.
I MEAN, THAT'S, SO, BUT THAT GIVES A RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY, HEY, WELL, I CAN GO DO THAT.
YES, I CAN GET THIS PERSON TO GO DO THAT.
WELL, I DID IT ENOUGH BEING AN HONOR GUARD FOR SO LONG, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ESPECIALLY IN SERVICE AS WELL.
I'M, I MEAN, THAT'S MY WHOLE YES.
I'M NOT PUSHING FOR AGAINST, ALL RIGHT.
SO AS THE
I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO, I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO, YOU, NOT ME INTERRUPT THE MOTIONS, BUT GO AHEAD.
SO, NO, I DO PUT A MOTION FOR, FOR THE MILITARY AND VETERANS FAIR EXCUSE.
I, I, I, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING.
I I THINK IT'S WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
LET US, LET US SEE IF WE GET A SECOND FIRST.
THEN I'LL ASK YOU, THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION.
SO LET'S DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY.
DO WE GIVE A SECOND? WE CAN SECOND THE MOTION.
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE I'M THE, SO AGAIN, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WE, WE GOING, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON IT.
IF WE CAN GET A SECOND ON THE MOTION.
AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, BEFORE WE VOTE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE QUESTIONS IN.
IS EVERYBODY WILLING TO SECOND THE MOTION?
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ALL RIGHT.WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, WE CAN BREAK IT UP NEXT MONTH.
I JUST DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH.
EITHER WE'RE GONNA DO IT OR WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.
AND IF WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, THAT'S FINE.
WELL, WE COULDN'T GET A MOTION FOR, UH, A PROPER MOTION AND A PROPER SECOND FOR THE MOTION FOR THE, UH, THE HALF STAFF, UH, FLAG VOLUNTEER.
SO, UM, UM, I'M STILL GONNA BRING IT UP AGAIN NEXT MONTH,
THINK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, I STILL THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD BE DOING.
EVEN IF YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE, IT'S OKAY.
I STILL THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD ON.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HEY, UM, IS THERE ANY MORE NEW BUSINESS BEFORE WE ADJOURN ANY NEW BUSINESS? UM, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, OH, MEMORIAL.
I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE MY, HAD IT COME STRAIGHT FROM WORK.
WE'RE WITHIN OUR WINDOW, NINE DAY WINDOW NOW, SO WE HAVE TO WELL, WE KNOW WHAT WE GOTTA DO THOUGH.
SO, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND BREAK THIS DOWN.
WE KNOW WE NEED TWO SPEAKERS OF CHRIS, OF COURSE.
WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO, UM, VOA, OUR VSOS WELL THEN TOO.
BUT, UM, FOR THE ACTUAL, UM, CEREMONY, WE NEED TO COLORGUARD REACH OUT TO CALL THE GUARD.
SO WAYNE, UH, IF WE ARE GONNA BRING BACK RIGHT.
STATE, I'D LIKE TO FIND THAT BUGLER AGAIN, THAT WE HAD.
WHO BROUGHT, WHO BROUGHT ON THE BUGLER? I CAN.
I HAVE TO REMEMBER HIS, I THINK I WROTE DOWN HIS NAME AND HIS NUMBER.
SO LEMME LOOK THROUGH MY OLD NOTES AND SEE IF I HAVE IT.
AND SO AS FAR AS THE COLOR GUARD GOES, YOU SAID WAYNE? WAYNE, YEP.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO, WELL, I GOTTA GET THE NEW CONTACT INFORMATION.
WHAT ABOUT, UM, YOUNG MARINES OR ANYTHING OF THAT TYPE? NO.
YEAH, WE NEED TO START, WE NEED TO START HAVING THEM BACK IN.
IS, IS THAT I BROUGHT, IS WILLING TO HELP OUT WHENEVER HE CAN.
THE CLERGY THAT I BROUGHT LAST TIME IS WILLING TO, TO HELP US OUT.
PUT YOUR NAME DOWN FOR CONTACTING THE CLERGY.
I GOT YOU DOWN HERE IN BLACK AND WHITE.
I SEE HIM EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
SO, YEAH, SO WE WANNA WORK ON A COUPLE SPEAKERS.
JUST TRY TO WORK ON SOME PEOPLE THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN BEFORE.
LIKE TO TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY FROM THIS AREA IF POSSIBLE.
THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS HERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE, THAT ABLE TO SPEAK.
BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT INCLUDES WHITE PATTERSON.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT, AND WE CAN DISCUSS LATER ON HOW TO DO IT, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF INCORPORATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
SO THE CITY CELEBRATED THEIR BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE THE COUNTRY CELEBRATING THIS BIRTHDAY, 250 MM-HMM
UM, SO MAYBE WE COULD BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR, UM, CEREMONY.
WE GOTTA GET AHOLD OF WHO, GET AHOLD OF WHAT'S THE MIKE, WHAT'S THE CITY WE GOTTA GET A HOLD OF? UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK.
I WOULD, AND WITH THE, I I WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CHARLES, JUST TO KIND REITERATE THAT A LITTLE BIT, IS KIND WITH THE CEREMONY, UM, OR VETERAN'S DAY, I DON'T MEAN TO BE DARK, BUT MEMORIAL DAY THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S MEMORIAL DAY IS WHAT IT IS.
UM, MAYBE LIKE THE 45TH 'CAUSE OF THE CITY AND STUFF.
WELL, PROBABLY THAT IS WOULD BE WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
UM, AND REITERATING VETERAN MEMORIALS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED, THAT ARE FROM HERE.
HOW DO WE FIND THOSE THINGS OUT? I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
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A GREAT GUY.IT'LL, ONE THING, IT'LL BE WELL, AND IT'S GONNA BE ADVERTISED IN THE BY PARKS AND RECREATION.
IT'LL, IT'LL BE, SO WE'LL GET A LOT OF PUBLICITY FOR THEIR MAILINGS AND STUFF.
BUT AS, AS FAR AS INCORPORATING THAT, I THINK IT'S ALONG THAT LINE.
LIKE HOW DO WE PAY HOMAGE TO HISTORY OF WHETHER IT IS VETERANS IN OUR AREA OR, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PAY HOMAGE TO EACH BRANCH IN THE MILITARY? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
WE COULD BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS AND SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH.
IT'S LEGAL TO BLOW OFF FIREWORKS THAT DAY.
LITTLE, LITTLE ARRAY OF FIREWORKS OR SOMETHING.
UH, THAT'S, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASK HIM FOR.
BUT WHAT'S UP FIREWORKS ON MEMORIAL DAY FOR IT? NO,
WELL, WE HAD MISSED OUR LAST MEETING, SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE UNDER TIME CONSTRAINTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA START, WE GOTTA START MOVING ON NOW WHEN WE HAVE OUR BASIC, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR IN STONE, WHAT WE DO FOR MEMORIAL DAY, WE HAVE THAT.
SO WE WANNA ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET WITH AND GET ON, IS, IS THIS CAPSULE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING AROUND THE CITY? IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT? NO, I'M, I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY RIGHT NOW.
SO KEVIN, ARE YOU WANNA TRY TO, YOU TRYING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE MEMORIAL DAY TYPE THING? THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING BECAUSE IF IT'S, IS IT GOING AROUND THE CITY TO LIKE CERTAIN EVENTS OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE THERE, DO WE INCORPORATE IT BY MAYBE PUTTING NAMES IN THERE OR SOME ARTICLES IN THERE? NAMES THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FROM US.
I'M NOT GONNA START, I'M BACK.
I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SORRY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WELL, LET'S, LET'S LOOK THAT UP AS WELL.
YEAH, I, I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TIME CAPSULE ITSELF.
WE DID THAT LONG TIME AGO AT WAYNE.
THAT WAS BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, SO I'M NOT SURE THEY EVEN DUG THAT ONE BACK UP.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND IT.
EIGHT TRACKS OF CASSETTE TAPES ARE IN THERE.
UM, SO WE KNOW WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR SPEAKERS.
UM, MR. WHITE SAID TAKE CARE OF OUR CLERGY FOR US.
IF WE CAN GET IT DONE IN TIME.
UM, WE WANNA SEE, WE WANNA GET IN ED WITH THE VSO, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, GET SOMEBODY GET IN CONTACT WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
PUT EVERYTHING OUT THAT POSSIBLE.
VICE YOU'RE GONNA GET AHOLD OF, UM, YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO GET AHOLD OF THE COLOR GUARD.
YOU WANNA DO BOTH OF 'EM OR ONE OF THEM? OR WHO DO YOU WANNA GET AHOLD OF? BOTH OF 'EM OR ONE OF THEM? I, I CAN DO BOTH.
I'LL SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO RAY STATE AND THEN I'LL PROBABLY GO TALK WITH, UM, WAYNE, UM, FRIDAY.
AND THEN, SO MORE TO FIND THE BUGLER.
SO WHO DID WE HAVE, WHO GOT THE BUGLER LAST TIME FOR US? WHAT'D YOU SAY? MR. MCDONALD? UH, CHRIS.
I SEE WE STILL HAVE HIS INFORMATION.
WHO WILL ANSWER IN THE EMAIL? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
AND JUST TO FOLLOW BACK THROUGH KIND OF A, UM, WITH THE CHAMBER, UM, I KNOW THEY WERE DOING A FLYER FOR THE NEW PAVER.
I'M NOT, WHERE DID THAT GO? DID WE NEED TO GET THAT PRINTED OR YES.
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT? WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET THAT PRINTED.
SO IS IT, IS IT FINALIZED? NO, NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I, I SENT IT TO EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU SENT IS THE FINAL, THE FINAL, NOT THOUGHT.
WE ALL ALL VOTED AND APPROVED IT.
I THOUGHT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, SO WE'LL TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE THEN WE CAN PUT THAT ON OUR NEXT, BUT WHAT, WHAT WAS SENT WAS THE, THE FINAL.
SO THEN IF WE CAN, WELL WE WERE, WE WERE SO DISTANT FROM MEETINGS, SO NEVER HAD A, I NEVER HEARD OF A FINAL APPROVAL FOR, FOR IT TO BE PRINTED TO AUTHORIZE THE FUNDS.
SO THEN CAN WE, CAN WE LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEXT MONTH WE CAN HAVE THAT ON THERE? YES.
I, I PUT, I PUT, AND WE CAN VOTE ON IT.
I GOT IT ON HERE FOR NEXT MONTH.
BUT THAT, BUT THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME, MIKE, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA DO IMMEDIATELY.
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WHAT? A MONTH AND A HALF.IT'D BE BETTER IF, IF WE, IF YOU GUYS JUST LOOK AT THE EMAIL AND SAY YEAH.
SO WE GOT THE PAVERS ON HERE, SO LEMME SEE.
SO WE KNOW ABOUT THE, LET'S WE RECAP REAL QUICK AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS OUTTA HERE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BRING UP THE HALF FLAG, HALF STAFF FLAG VOLUNTEER THING.
WE'RE GONNA, I'M STILL GONNA BRING UP AGAIN.
YOU GUYS CAN TURN ME DOWN AGAIN.
UM, WE GOTTA GET A HOLD OF, WELL WE GOT THAT.
WE GOT THE WORK ON THE TWO SPEAKERS.
I'M WORKING ON FLY OVER VSO, UH, THE COLOR GUARD WORKING ON THE BUGLE.
SO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE TO OUR ANNIVERSARY INTO OUR CEREMONY, GUYS.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK ABOUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
PLEASE, UH, UH, GET AHOLD OF US.
UM, MIKE, ARE YOU GONNA GET A HOLD OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FIRST? THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO.
ANY MORE? NEW, NEW BUSINESS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ANY MORE NEW BUSINESS.
THE LAST THING, UM, THAT I WILL SAY IS, UH, WE HAVE SOME EMPTY SEATS ON THE BOARD.
UM, SO AS YOU GUYS ARE GOING OUT THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY, UH, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT YOU THINK AND, AND LISTEN, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA BE STRAIGHT UP ABOUT IT.
IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT YOU THINK WILL BENEFIT THE BOARD, UH, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOARD, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UM, WE NEED TO FIND SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE LONG TERM.
WHETHER THAT'S FOUR YEARS, TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TRACTION ON THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO OUTSIDE OF MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A QUORUM.
SO GOING FORWARD, UM, THAT PUTS US BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL WHEN WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A COIN BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN START THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE, UM, THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT THEY MAY WANNA SIT ON THE BOARD, UH, PLEASE BRING THEM FORWARD, LET US KNOW.
UH, AS FAR AS REGULATIONS GO, THEY HAVE TO BE, UM, WHAT IS IT? THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY FOR A YEAR.
UM, ONE THING THAT WAS SAID IS THAT EVEN IF WE, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT'S SHOWING INTEREST, BUT THEY HAVEN'T LIVED HERE FOR A YEAR, UH, THEY CAN STILL BE ADDED TO THE BOARD.
THEY JUST CAN'T BE A VOTING MEMBER.
SO, BUT THEY CAN STILL COUNT TOWARDS OUR QUORUM.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT MAYBE THEY JUST MOVED TO THE AREA, UM, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO BEFORE THIS BOARD THAT WE FIND IS A PRESSING OPTION THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON.
I THINK TODAY WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST DAY THAT WE HAD SOMETHING, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, UM, THAT WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN'T BRING TO A VOTE.
SO YEAH, IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANYBODY IN YOUR CIRCLE OR SOMEBODY THAT YOU COME ACROSS.
UM, HE'S ACTUALLY, HE'S BRINGING HIS PART, HIS BUDDY TOO, WHO'S IN BOTH ARMY GUYS.
SO HE WENT TO ROGERS, HE WENT TO, UH, MR. ROGERS.
AND I HAVE, UM, I HAVE A TRACY TOVER, UM, UH, LADY I MET, UM, EVENTUALLY BEEN, SHE DOES DIFFERENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS.
SHE'S A RETIRED E NINE FIRST SHIRT.
SO SHE SAID THAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO, SOMETHING TO JUMP IN WITH BOTH FEET.
SO I TOLD HER I GOT, I GOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.
SO, SO YEAH, LET'S TRY TO GET THAT IN PLACE AND, AND THE BALL ROLLING.
SO MAYBE BY NEXT MEETING WE COULD HAVE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE NEW PEOPLE TO ADD TO ADD TO THE ABSOLUTELY.
UH, ANY MORE NEW BUSINESS BEFORE WE ADJOURN?
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SOI THANK YOU FOR JUST GIVING US THIS DAY.
FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TOGETHER, FATHER GOD, TO FURTHER THIS COMMUNITY FOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS.
FATHER GOD, PLEASE PROTECT THOSE.
SO WE'RE TRAVELING HOME TO SAFE.
FATHER GOD, ALLOW US TO GO OUT AND FIND NEW MEMBERS FOR THIS COMMISSION THAT ARE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR ALL FATHER GOD TO BE ON ONE ACCORD WITH US AND TO BE ABLE TO STRIVE TO MAKE A BETTER PLACE FOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS HERE AND SERVICE THEM.
IT IS THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY, 2026 IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.