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[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 24, 2026 6:00 P.M. ]
1800 HOURS 6:00 PM ON JUNE THE 24TH IS WEDNESDAY.WE'RE GONNA CALL IMMEDIATE ORDER OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.
IF I CAN GET EVERYBODY TO RISE AND TAKE YOUR HATS OFF FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SENDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND FOR ALL.
STAY ON COVER PLEASE, FATHER GOD.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING HERE, FATHER GOD, TO HAVE THE PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
ALLOW US TO HELP OUR MILITARY AND VETERAN COMMUNITY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
ALLOW 'EM TO SEE THAT WE LOVE THEM.
THEY DESERVE EVERY BIT OF THE APPRECIATION THAT WE GIVE TO THEM.
THANK YOU TO OUR NEW MEMBERS AND OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE.
FATHER GOD, AS YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEIR TIME, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SEE IF I CAN GET THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO EXCUSE, UH, MR. WYMAN FROM TODAY'S MEETING? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
WE HAD A MOTION TO EXCUSE MR. WYMAN.
ALL IS IN FAVOR, BUT BY THE USUAL SIGN.
NEXT ON AGENDA WAS THE APPROVAL OF ME OF MINUTES.
DON'T WE HAVE TO DO OUR, DO WE HAVE DO OUR OCTOBER MINUTES AS WELL? IS THAT WHAT SHE WAS SAYING? MM-HMM
SO FOR THOSE THAT WERE HERE, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THE MINUTES? Y YEAH.
I, I, YEAH, I CAN, I CAN RECITE 'EM PERFECTLY.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT OUR, THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER AND FROM FEBRUARY WE'LL DO 'EM IN ONE MO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN.
LET'S GET DOWN TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SPECIAL, SPECIAL TRANSP.
IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU ALL HERE.
I'M SO APPRECIATIVE, SO, SO APPRECIATIVE.
YOU GUYS DECIDED TO TAKE TIME OUTTA YOUR DAILY LIVES TO COME SPEND SOME TIME WITH US AND TO, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO FURTHER THE ADVANCEMENT, OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS HERE IN OUR CITY.
UM, I GAVE EVERYBODY PAPERWORK TO FILL OUT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO THE OATH NOW.
UM, GOTTA GET YOUR PAPERWORK THERE.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN COME DOWN IN FRONT WITH ME.
SO,
OH, IT WASN'T WORKING TOO, BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE FOR NO GOOD DAY.
THIS IS THE BEST DAY, THIS CONDITION.
DOWN FIRST DAY I STATE YOUR NAME.
SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF OHIO CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES.
IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HEIGHTS.
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AND I WILL FAITHFULLY.AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPART, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES.
DISCHARGE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE, OF MY OFFICE.
MR. MORGAN, I STATE YOUR NAME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES, CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT, THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY HONESTLY.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE, OF MY OFFICE.
ALRIGHT, MR. FLETCHER, PLEASE STEP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, CONSTITUTION, OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES, CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND I'LL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY AND I, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.
UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES, CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY HONESTLY.
AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
SO HELP ME GOD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF I GET YOU GUYS ALL TOGETHER HERE, I CAN GET THE PICTURE SIDE ON THIS SIDE.
THIS SIDE IS TOO, ON THIS SIDE TO SIDE OVER HERE? YES.
UM, HE NEEDS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN AT THE END.
UH, I WAS MARRIED TO, I WAS THIS SPOUSE IN HERE.
SO, UM, BEFORE WE CAN YOU WANNA TALK? YES.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE, UH, WE'LL START DOWN ON THIS SIDE.
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TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.WHAT MADE YOU JOIN THE COMMISSION, UH, WHERE IT IS THAT YOU GREW UP AND WHAT SERVICE IT IS THAT, THAT YOU'RE, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH.
DO YOU HAVE A SPEAK? HE DOES HE HAVE A SPEAKER OF HIM? OH, THEY DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER.
CAN YOU, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? I'LL JUST STAND UP.
I AM, UH, RANDALL FLETCHER GREW UP IN, UH, I'M FROM DAYTON, OHIO.
UH, BEEN OUT IN HEBREW HEIGHTS.
I'VE SERVED, UM, 23 YEARS IN THE MILITARY.
SO I DID 16 IN THE NAVY AND ANOTHER SEVEN IN, UH, AIR FORCE.
SEE, UH, THE REASON I DECIDED TO JOIN THE COMMISSION, THE MILITARY IS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A PART OF MY STORY, PART OF MY LIFE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE WORK IS HELP WITH, UH, PUTTING, YOU KNOW, THE WORD OUT.
GETTING MORE, UH, VETERANS, UH, POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES.
I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S TWO ACT TWO MAIN ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, THEY DO A YEAR.
SO I'M JUST JOINING IN, PITCHING IN AND HELPING OUT WHERE I CAN.
DID I FORGET ANYTHING? HIT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.
THAT'S MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, ROBIN.
I DIDN'T WANT YOU GET IN TRIED WANT YOU GET IN TROUBLE.
I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GET IN TROUBLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHEN YOU GET IN THE CAR TO GO HOME, LIKE YOU COULDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT ME OR ANYTHING.
I WAS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OKAY.
MY HUSBAND TOM IS HERE, UM, THIS EVENING.
SO PROFESSIONALLY I'VE BEEN IN THE HR SPACE.
I DID NOT SERVE, BUT I'M MILITARY ADJACENT.
LOTS OF MY DAD, MY GRANDFATHER, UM, TONS OF UNCLES ON MY, UH, HUSBAND'S SIDE AS WELL.
UM, I HAD A PERSONAL INTEREST IN JOINING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T MATTER THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE NATION, I DON'T THINK WE DO ENOUGH FOR OUR MILITARY AND OUR VETERANS.
SO HERE, RIGHT IN MY BACK DOOR, UM, WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN OPENING, I THOUGHT, WHY NOT? SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND DEFINITELY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW I CAN CONTRIBUTE AND WE CAN MAKE HUBER HEIGHTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, MY NAME'S BEN MORGAN, UM, AIR FORCE, UH, 20 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE.
UM, JUST WANTED TO GET INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, HAVE POSITIVE NEGATIVE THINGS TO SAY, BUT A FEW PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE AND, AND DO SOMETHING.
SO AFTER BEING RETIRED, UH, I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF VETERAN ACTIVITY AND, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, MY OTHER PASSION IS, UH, EARLY EDUCATION.
SO I'M A SUBSTITUTE OUT AT BETHEL, UH, BETHEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YEAH, THAT'S HOW I FILL MY TIME.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, HUBERT.
NO, SORRY, I MISSED, MISSED THAT WHOLE THING.
SO I'M ORIGINALLY FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
UM, OUR LAST DUTY STATION WAS RIGHT PAT.
MY WIFE HAS A JOB ON BASE, SO WE DECIDED TO STAY HERE.
MY KIDS ARE KIND OF YOUNGER AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH EDUCATION, SO WE DIDN'T WANNA MOVE AROUND.
TIRED OF MOVING, HUH? I DECIDED TO SIT DOWN.
HUH? HUH? WE KNOW THAT FEELING.
UH, I ENDED UP MARRYING MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART AND WE DROPPED OUTTA SCHOOL AND JOINED THE ARMY FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
AND, UH, I SPENT ALL OF THOSE YEARS AS AN ARMY WIFE FEEDING A BUNCH OF SINGLE SOLDIERS WHO COULDN'T GO HOME OR GIVING THEM A PLACE TO STAY IF THEY DIDN'T WANNA GO TO THE BARRACKS.
SO, UM, NOT AS A LOT OF ACTIVE DUTY HERE, BUT I DO STILL WANNA HELP OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN.
I'M REALLY INVESTED IN THIS CITY AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR COMING.
WELL, I WILL SAY THAT I APPRECIATE, UM, ALL OF YOU STEPPING UP TO JOIN THE COMMISSION.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE LOOK TO PUSH THE COMMISSION TOWARDS, UH, AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, ALL THE TIME AND, AND WE APPRE WE'RE APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT.
SO, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR STEPPING UP AND, AND ANSWERING THE CALL.
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WHY, WHY? I SAID EARLIER TODAY.UM, I'M REALLY PROUD THAT YOU GUYS CAME AND INSIDE YOU WANTED TO HELP THE CITY OF PEOPLE HEIGHT OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR INPUTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HERE IS VOTED ON
WE DON'T ALL AGREE ALL THE TIME.
THERE AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL STAY, SEE YOU AROUND FOR A WHILE, SO, ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS.
SO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ANNOUNCING A SPECIAL PRESENTATION IS JEN DAVIS FROM HHCS WILL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE MILITARY WALL EARN.
DO YOU HAVE IT? YEAH, THERE IT IS.
UM, SO FIRST THANKS AND WELCOME, UM, TO YOUR NEW MEMBERS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS.
I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO GET TO WORK WITH, UH, CHARLES AND A FEW OTHER MEMBERS WHO ARE NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION, BUT IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND I THINK YOU GUYS WILL REALLY ENJOY WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO.
SO THE MILITARY SERVICE WALL OF HONOR IS A PROJECT THAT STARTED AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, IF YOU CAN, UM, IN, IT WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO IS WHEN WE ORIGINALLY MET.
AND, UM, MYSELF, AL, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF, UM, CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION, AND THEN LIEUTENANT COLONEL REDWOOD, WHO AT THE TIME WAS PART OF OUR ROTC PROGRAM, GOT TO MEET WITH CHARLES AND THEN RAY GERARD AND JOHN BANTZ.
AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS PLAN.
WE HAD SEEN ANOTHER DISTRICT IN THE AREA AND CORINNE AND I FOR A WHILE HAD BEEN KIND OF BATTING AROUND IDEAS OF HOW WE COULD DO A WALL OF HONOR AT WAYNE BECAUSE WE HAD THE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AND WE HAD THE ACADEMIC AND WE WENT, WE ARE DEFINITELY MISSING THE MARK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO BE HONORING THEM TOO.
SO WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO MAKE THIS PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH COMMUNITY, UM, DONATIONS AS WELL AS OUR BIGGEST DONATIONS WERE FROM YOUR COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
TO INSTALL OUR WALL OF HONOR IN MAY, 2024, WE DID THE INITIAL INSTALLATION AND WE INCLUDED 121, UM, NAMES ON OUR WALL.
AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 12TH WE DID THE DEDICATION CEREMONY.
AND AS OF YESTERDAY, I JUST TURNED IN THE NEW SET OF NAMES.
SO WE WILL DRASTICALLY BE TAKING A JUMP IN NUMBER OF NAMES THAT WILL BE ON THE WALL, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN A COUPLE SLIDES.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE WALL OF HONOR.
UM, AND THEN I KINDA DID A QUICK LITTLE BIGGER PICTURE SO YOU COULD SEE ACTUALLY WHAT THE PLATES HAVE.
SO IT'S GOT BRANCH OF SERVICE GRADUATION YEAR, AND THEN NAME NEXT SLIDE.
SO SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE WE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, UM, THE FIRST INSTALLATION UPDATE COST $725.
AND THAT HAPPENED IN MARCH OF 2025.
WE INCLUDED ABOUT ANOTHER 75 TO A HUNDRED NAMES ON IT.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE LEARNED WAS WHEN WE INITIALLY BOUGHT THE BOARDS, THE SLIDES FOR THE NAMES, THE FIRST TWO COLUMNS WERE CONNECTED.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM BY GRADUATION YEAR TO MAKE IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR SERVICE MEMBERS TO FIND THEIR NAME, WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO REPRINT EACH BOARD EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE DID AN INSTALLATION UPDATE.
SO OUR SOLUTION WAS, WE GOT VERY LUCKY AND A COUPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGH THE DISTRICT FOUND SOME MONEY IN THEIR FUNDS AND ARE WILLING TO REPLACE THE BOARDS.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE THREE COLUMN BOARD, THEY'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO A TWO COLUMN BOARD, BUT IT'LL HAVE 27 NAMES ON EACH COLUMN.
SO WE'LL HAVE A FEW MORE BOARDS THAN WHAT IT ORIGINALLY LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, AS SOON AS THEY SEND ME PROOFS, I CHECK 'EM AND UPDATE IT AND ALL THAT.
BUT WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF THE SUMMER TO BE ABLE TO DO THE NEW INSTALL THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY PAID FOR.
AND THEN EVERY UPDATE AFTER THAT, UM, WE'LL JUST BE ABLE TO PRINT THE STRIPS AND SO THEN I CAN ACTUALLY DO THE INSTALLATION UPDATE TO MAKE IT MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR LONG TERM.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING ON THE NEW BOARDS.
ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE WALL OF HONOR, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAS SERVED, WHO GRADUATED FROM WAYNE OR WENT TO WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, AS LONG AS THEY DID NOT HAVE DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE, I WILL GLADLY ADD THEM TO THE WALL.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SKIM THAT QR CODE.
UM, AND IT WILL TAKE 'EM RIGHT TO THE GOOGLE FORM THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT.
WE ALSO HAVE A VIRTUAL WALL OF HONOR NOW, SO ANYBODY WHO IS INCLUDED ON THE PHYSICAL WALL, I'VE TAKEN INFORMATION FROM THE FORM, THE GOOGLE FORM THAT THEY FILL OUT.
AND THEN ANYTHING IN ADDITION THAT THEY HAVE EMAILED ME AND WE'VE MADE AN ENTIRE GOOGLE SITE.
SO IF YOU CLICK TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT SHOULD SHOW THE VIRTUAL, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A WAY TO CLICK ON IT OR NOT, BUT THE LINK ACTUALLY WILL SHOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN.
OH, MAYBE WE CAN, THERE WE GO.
WHEN I SET IT UP, I DID IT TO WHERE IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY BRANCH
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AND THEN IT'S STILL LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF GRADUATION YEAR.SO EVERYONE THAT'S LISTED, UM, ON THE PHYSICAL WALL,
BUT, UM, WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS SEE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, OH, SO AND SO IS MISSING, OR I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF THIS PERSON I'D LOVE TO ADD.
IT CAN BE AS EXTENSIVE OR AS MINIMAL AS THEY'D LIKE.
BUT THE VIRTUAL GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MORE OF THE STORIES AND THE THINGS THAT THEY GAINED FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE SERVICE.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE GONE AND GIVEN LIKE FULL DISCHARGE BIOS WHERE IT'S GOT EVERY KIND OF AWARD AND SERVICE MEDAL THAT THEY RECEIVED TO EVERY DUTY STATION THEY WERE AT.
UM, SOME PEOPLE JUST DID A PICTURE, SOME PEOPLE JUST LEFT IT AS MY FINAL SERVICE RANK AND YEAR I LEFT SERVICE.
SO IT'S WHATEVER THE SERVICE MEMBER WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.
I CAN UPDATE THE VIRTUAL WALL INSTANTLY BECAUSE EVERYTHING COMES DIRECTLY TO MY EMAIL AND THEN IT'S ALL THROUGH A GOOGLE SITE.
SO IT'S VERY EASY FOR ME TO UPDATE AND I CAN DO IT VERY QUICKLY.
THE PHYSICAL WALL, WE'RE TRYING TO DO TWO UPDATES A YEAR, UM, AND NOW THAT WE'LL HAVE THE NEW BOARDS, IT WILL DEFINITELY MAKE IT A LOT MORE COST EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THE ENTIRE WALL OF HONOR, EXCEPT FOR THESE NEW BOARDS WAS COMMUNITY FUNDED.
SO WE ARE VERY LUCKY IN THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE A LOT OF VETERAN SUPPORT.
BUT I WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND GOT, UM, ALL THE DONATIONS AND LIKE I SAID, I WAS VERY LUCKY WITH YOUR COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS TO GET $13,000 TOWARD OUR PLAN.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS KIND OF OUR CALL TO ACTION.
SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE UPDATING IT.
LIKE I SAID, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT TWICE A YEAR SO THAT SERVICE MEMBERS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT VERY LONG OR THEIR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR FAMILY MEMBER'S NAME ON THE WALL.
UM, IF, AGAIN, IT'S ALL COMMUNITY DONATED.
SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING OR WANTS TO GIVE THEMSELVES TO HELP WITH THE COST OF THE UPKEEP OF THE WALL, UM, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ME.
I AM TECHNICALLY NOT CONTRACTED DURING THE SUMMER FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR THOUGH, BUT I DO CHECK MY EMAIL ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO DAYS DURING THE SUMMER.
SO IF YOU DON'T GET A RESPONSE RIGHT AWAY, I PROMISE WITHIN 48 HOURS, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, AND LIKE I SAID, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THE ORIGINAL PLANNING OF THE WALL AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION.
AND JUST FOR C CLARIFICATION, IT'S ON THE HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE.
UM, THE VIRTUAL WALL IS YES, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOL PAGE, YEAH, IT'S, THERE'S A SECTION THAT SAYS FAMILIES, STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES.
I THINK IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, THERE IS A MILITARY FAMILY INFORMATION TAB THAT AS SOON AS YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT'S ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE PAGE.
BOTH THE GOOGLE FORM TO ADD MEMBERS' NAMES TO THE PHYSICAL WALL IS THERE, AND THEN THE VIRTUAL WALL LINK IS RIGHT THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN MY INFORMATION'S RIGHT ON THERE LINKED TOO.
MY, MY SON'S CURRENTLY STATIONED OUT IN COLORADO SPRINGS AND HE'S GOT A HUBER HEIGHTS GRADUATE WITH HIM AND I, I SENT HIM ONE OF THE MILITARY SHIRTS, SO I THINK HE'D PROBABLY LIKE TO BE PART OF IT.
SEND ME HIS INFORMATION AND I'LL GLADLY GET HIM OUTED.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? I GOT QUITE A FEW FRIENDS THAT THAT ALREADY ASKED ME ABOUT IT.
I'M GONNA SEND THEM A CODE SO THEY HAVE IT.
I'VE BEEN TELLING 'EM ABOUT IT.
PEOPLE SAYS A LOT OF US GRADUATED FROM WAYNE HERE.
AM I CORRECT? SO IF YOU'RE ON ONE, YOU'RE ON BOTH.
I'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING THAT CAME IN ORIGINALLY WITH THE PHYSICAL WALL OF HONOR AND THEN PUT EVERYTHING INTO A VIRTUAL WALL AS WELL AS, LIKE I SAID, SOME PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN MORE INFORMATION OR PICTURES OR THINGS THEY'D LIKE.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT'S SET UP JUST LIKE A REGULAR, UM, SITE.
AND THEN IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY BRANCH.
SO AS SOON AS YOU CLICK ON THAT BRANCH, THERE'S A LINK.
AS SOON AS YOU CLICK ON THE LINK, IT WILL LITERALLY BE FROM THE VERY FIRST SERVICE MEMBER'S GRADUATION DATE ALL THE WAY UNTIL, I THINK OUR MOST RECENT ONE WHO WAS INCLUDED IS IN THE AIR FORCE.
AND I WANNA SAY HE'S A 2023 GRAD, RIGHT? I CAN THINK OF HIS NAME.
I JUST CAN'T THINK OF GRADUATION.
YOU'RE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT, UM, IT'S ALL BROKEN DOWN BY BRANCH, SO EACH TAB THAT YOU CLICK ON, IT'LL HAVE EVERYTHING IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BY GRADUATION YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING BY AND GETTING US THE INFORMATION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB YES.
UM, I KNOW THAT IT WAS A LONG TIME.
I MEAN, IT WAS GOING ON BEFORE EVEN I CAME ONTO THE COMMISSION AND THAT WAS ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO.
SO TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT'S WENT THROUGH IT AND THEN FOR IT TO REACH THE LEVEL THAT IT'S AT RIGHT NOW, I THINK
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THAT IT'S A, UH, AWESOME THING.AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO GO OVER TO WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL AND SEE IT, PLEASE DO.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU IN FUTURE EVENTS.
AND IF YOU GUYS EVER WANNA GO OVER AND SEE IT, LIKE AS A COMMISSION, JUST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND WE'LL PICK A TIME THAT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS.
THAT WAY I CAN KIND OF TAKE IN AFTER HOURS IF YOU NEED YEAH.
TO GET IN WITH WORK SCHEDULES AND THINGS.
SO JUST LET ME KNOW ANYTHING I CAN HELP WITH.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MS. DAVIDSON WHO'S GONNA BE SPEAKING IN REGARD OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
I'M, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CARES.
UM, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING SOME CLASSES WITH THE OHIO STATE HOUSE FOR AMERICA TWO 50.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CARES.
AND I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING SOME CLASSES AT THE STATE HOUSE FOR AMERICA TWO 50, AND OBVIOUSLY IN THE CITY THIS YEAR, EVERYTHING IS ABOUT AMERICA TWO 50.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR NONPROFIT DOES IS PUT ON THE HUBER HEIGHTS CHRISTMAS PARADE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE THINKING OF WHAT COULD WE DO FOR OUR MILITARY RETURNING HOME FROM IRAQ OR ANY OF YOU KNOW, OTHER LOCATION CURRENTLY THAT'S BEEN SERVING FOR A LONG TIME OVERSEAS.
UM, WITH THAT WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA, OUR BOARD, UM, THAT WE WOULD GET A HORSE AND CARRIAGE AND REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO FIND AT LEAST 12 SOLDIERS RETURNING HOME SOON, UM, TO BE ABLE TO RIDE IN THAT HORSE AND CARRIAGE.
AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THEM THROUGH THE PARADE THROUGH OUR CITY.
UM, ALL, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN BRENT PIKE, THE IDEA OF WHY I AM HERE TO SEE YOU ISN'T TO ASK YOU FOR MONEY.
WE ARE DOING A FUNDRAISER TO RAISE MONEY FOR THAT WAGON, BUT I CAME HERE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ENVISION WITH ME WHAT I'M THINKING,
AND CURRENTLY I ALREADY HAVE TWO.
I HAVE A MOTHER THAT, UM, HAS NOMINATED HER SON.
HE'S ACTUALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOME IN APRIL, BUT WITH THE WAR, HE ACTUALLY HAD TO STAY LONGER.
SO SHE'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANTS A, A WELCOME HOME FOR HIM.
I HAVE A HUSBAND WHO HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE MILITARY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
HE'S IN THE HEAVY BOMBING RIGHT NOW.
HE ALSO WAS DELAYED COMING HOME.
HIS WIFE HAS NOMINATED HIM AND HE TOO WILL BE COMING HOME IN OCTOBER.
IF YOU KNOW ANYONE COMING HOME BEFORE DECEMBER, OR IF ANYONE'S LISTENING TODAY AND THEY KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S COMING HOME, THAT'S BEEN SERVING FOR A WHILE AND DESERVES A HOMETOWN HERO WELCOME.
WE JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, LOVE THEM AND APPRECIATE THEM AND WE WANNA WELCOME 'EM HOME.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING OF YOU IS, ONE, HELP ME IDENTIFY THOSE PEOPLE.
PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU FIND THEM.
TWO, IT WOULD BE EPIC IF WE AS A CITY COULD STAND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MAYBE FLAGS A BANNER, SOMETHING, A HOORAH, AND WELCOME 'EM HOME AS THEY TRAVEL DOWN RAMP PIKE.
IF YOU COULD IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD FEEL LIKE.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SERVED.
SO IT WOULD BE EXCELLENT TO HAVE YOU DO THAT WITH US.
I AM REACHING OUT TO THE AMVETS, ALSO THE AMERICAN LEGION HALLS, UM, TRYING TO GET THEM INVOLVED.
I HAVE A LEGION, I BELIEVE IT'S 200.
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO STANDING AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HELPING, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE REALLY, REALLY COOL IF I COULD GET YOUR HELP IN, IN THESE TWO THINGS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL ALL I WANTED TONIGHT, SO THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE SHE, JUST A, JUST A NOTE? UH, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT JAMES WEEDMAN ON OUR COMMISSION LEFT IN APRIL AND I'M HOPING HE'S HOME BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
HE'S CURRENTLY OVER IN THE THEATER.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE HIM IN THE WAGON.
YEAH, TELL ME HE'S, THE LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED, HE SAID, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA PUT THAT OUT, BUT YEAH.
UH, HE WOULD BE HOME FOR BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
SO, SO YOU ALREADY, AND YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO, SO YOU GOT ROOM FOR 10 MORE FOR 12, FOR 10 MORE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN JUST THE LAST QUESTION.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU WOULD LOOK FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH A, UM, A BANNER, LIKE A WELCOME HOME BANNER.
WOULDN'T THAT BE AWESOME? YEAH.
I'M THINKING SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY, YES, WE PUT THAT DOWN.
IS IT, IS IT OPEN? AND SAILORS
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ANDORS.ANYBODY SERVICE, SERVICE MEMBERS, SERVICE MILITARY.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT APPROPRIATELY.
MY BROTHERS SERVED 38 YEARS AND HE WAS IN THE NAVY, SO I SHOULD KNOW THAT.
UM, ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS FROM ANYONE OUT THERE TODAY? NO.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO RECAP OF THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO, WHO HELPED WITH THE MEMORIAL DAY, UM, THE PLANNING AND THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED.
I KNOW WE ALL CAN'T BE THERE ALL THE TIME FOR ALL THESE EVENTS.
WE ARE LIVING OUR LIVES, BUT, UH, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE US, UM, BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER, UM, FOR THE GOAL OF HONORING OUR MILITARY MEMBERS FOR AT THAT MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
MIKE, ONCE AGAIN, YOUR CREW DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
UM, PLEASE, I KNOW I TOLD YOU MANY A TIMES ALREADY, BUT, UH, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT THEY DID FOR US.
UM, OUR YOUNG MARINES STOOD UP AND THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY DID THE THING, MAN.
THEY, THEY DID A AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME JOB.
SO THEY HAD 'EM OUT THERE FROM ALL AGE THIS TIME.
IT WASN'T JUST ALL THE OLDER KIDS, THERE WAS SOME OF THE YOUNGER KIDS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, UM, THEY DID A, THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
UM, I KNOW THAT I TALKED TO PEOPLE AFTERWARDS, UM, THAT THAT HUNG AROUND AND THEY WERE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE, OF THE CELEBRATION THAT WE DID.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, WHAT DID YOU THINK? COMMISSIONERS? WHAT DID YOU THINK? IT WAS FANTASTIC.
WELL, CHOREOGRAPHED TO ANOTHER.
UM, WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE, WITH THE REEFS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR REEFS, BUT IT CAME, CAME APART IN CERTAIN PLACES.
AND THEN MIKE'S CREW JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE, I SAID, YOU GUYS WOULD HAPPEN TO HAVE SOME ZIP TIES.
HE WAS LIKE, YEAH, I GOT A WHOLE BIG BAG FULL OF THEM.
I WAS LIKE, OH, THANK YOU, JESUS, YOU
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M PROUD THAT WE WAS ABLE TO, UH, UH, TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT? ANYTHING YOU THINK WE COULD HAVE DID, DID DIFFERENT OR? I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.
I LIKE THAT WE HAD OUR AWNINGS DID, WE HAD OUR, WE HAD OUR STUFF OUT THERE, OUR HU RIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS, UH, AWNINGS OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING.
OUR CANOPIES LOOKED, IT LOOKED NICE OUT THERE.
I WASN'T ABLE TO PARTAKE IN THIS ONE I WAS IN, UM, WHERE WAS YOU AT? SOUTHERN SOMEWHERE.
YOU PROBABLY OUT THERE WHERE YOU IN PUERTO RICO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WAS IN, WHERE WAS IN PUERTO RICO? RICO SOMETHING WHERE YOU GOT, WHERE WAS YOU AT? WE WAS IN PUERTO RICO ENJOYING THE, THE SUNSHINE, BUT
BUT I AM, UH, I'M, I'M SURE THAT IT WENT WELL.
I, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, BEING ABLE TO WORK ON THAT, UH, AS WE PREPARE FOR, FOR VETERANS DAY.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT, UH, ANYBODY THAT WE CAN BRING INTO, UH, THAT WHOLE ENTIRE PRODUCTION IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE ASKING YOU GUYS TO REACH INTO YOUR CONNECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, PULL UP OF WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, TO COME ALONG AND JOIN THAT TO MAKE IT A EVEN BETTER EVENT NEXT YEAR.
SO FOR OUR NEW BUSINESS, UM, OF COURSE, UM, WE HAVE OUR, CAN I GO, I'VE JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING FOR CINDY.
DO YOU KNOW SARAH FROM PARK STORE CREATIONS? SEE IF SHE'S PUTTING OUT ANYTHING.
UH, A FLYER BETWEEN NOW AND CHRISTMAS AND JUST SEE IF YOU CAN GET ADDED TO IT.
LIKE SHE, LIKE SHE DOES ALL THESE MAGNET THINGS AND THEY PUT OUT THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY MAILINGS.
SO SHE'LL, SHE'LL PUT, PUT STUFF IN THERE FOR YOU IF YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO HER.
WHAT'S THAT? YOU SAID THE PARADE'S ON THERE? THE PARADE'S ON THERE.
I'M LOOKING AT THE LITTLE CALENDAR.
I, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CEMENT 0.2 FONT
OKAY, MA, MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE WE GET OFF THE SUBJECT, THE REEFS THAT YOU DISPLAYED, MY MOM BROKE DOWN.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SHE'S SO MIL.
SHE'S WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT FOR SO MANY YEARS.
MY FATHER'S VIETNAM SPENT SO MANY YEARS IN THE MILITARY.
SO FOR YOU TO TAKE THAT WREATH AND PUT IT AT OUR CITY LIMITS LIKE THAT AND, AND DISPLAY IT THE WAY YOU DISPLAYED IT LIKE THAT, I REALLY WANNA THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND DOING IT WAS
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ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.THE DISPLAY YOU PUT OUT THERE FOR THAT.
UM, TO START, START WITH THE, WITH THE UPCOMING, WE GOT THE, WE GOT THE 4TH OF JULY.
OKAY, LET'S DO THIS IN, IN ORDER HERE.
FOURTH, WE GOT THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE COMING UP.
UM, UM, IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD A VEHICLE THAT WE DROVE WITH A, WITH KIDS HAVE A SIGN OUT THERE.
WE CAN'T GIVE OUT CANDY ANYMORE.
SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL SAY, UH, FOR AS FAR AS THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, HOW MANY, UH, PLAN ON INTENDING THAT 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
SO IT WON'T ACTUALLY BE ON THE FOURTH, I THINK SPLIT.
ON THAT SATURDAY, SATURDAY MORNING.
SO IT IS ON THE, THE FOURTH THIS YEAR.
UM, DO WE KNOW WHAT TIME? IT'S 9, 9, 6 AM LINEUP.
UH, THE QUESTION WILL BE IS HOW MANY, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UH, ATTENDING THAT PARADE AND PARTICIPATING IN IT? SO IS IT STARTING AT NINE THEN? MIKE? GREAT.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO, I'LL, I'LL KNOW HERE.
I'LL KNOW HERE THE NEXT, I THINK IT'S NINE O'CLOCK SET UP.
10 O'CLOCK AT, BUT I'LL TAKE YOU A SECOND HERE.
MIKE, I, I'M, I GOT MY ORDERS.
ARE YOU, YOU, THAT'S WHAT YOUR PUBLIC ORDERS MIGHT BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
PUB PUBLIC WORKS IS DIFFERENT.
YOU GUYS GOTTA GIVE IT A CRACK OF DOG AND GET THERE AND GET EVERYTHING.
I KNOW MY ORDERS ARE 6:00 AM WELL EITHER WAY, IF WHATEVER THE TIME IS, UM, AS LONG AS ONE OF US IS THERE FOR, FOR THAT PART, AND THEN THE REST CAN KIND OF TRICKLE IN AS AS THEY NEED.
UH, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW AS FAR AS HOW MANY COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT PARADE.
MAY I ASK, IS IT JUST SIMPLY PARTICIPATING? LIKE WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT? DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING? YEP.
SO IT IS, IT IS REALLY JUST, JUST A WALKIN IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE WE'LL HAVE, UH, BANNERS, UM, THAT THE COMMISSION ALREADY HAS.
UH, SO WHAT WE'LL DECIDE, WHAT WE'LL DECIDE IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE LOOKING FOR A VEHICLE TO RIDE IN? ARE WE LOOKING FOR, UH, ARE WE CAPABLE OF WALKING THE WHOLE PARADE? UM, DID WE JUST, SO ARE YOU GONNA, ARE YOU, ARE YOU, ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO BE THERE THIS YEAR? ARE YOU GONNA RIDE THE, YOU, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE THE TRUCK OUT AGAIN? UH, YEAH.
I KNOW IF WE HAVE THE TRUCK, WE MIGHT BE ON SOME BIKES THIS YEAR.
BUT, UM, YEAH, SO IT, IT WOULD RE IT WOULD BE A MIXTURE OF BOTH WALKING AND, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A VEHICLE WITH US.
I, I, I JUST TO REITERATE, IN, IN YEARS PAST SOMETIMES, UM, THE EVENT HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IT'S BEEN ALL IN ONE DAY.
IN A SENSE OF ALSO PREVIOUS, THIS KIND OF STARTS FRIDAY.
UM, AND US NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING, SOME OF THESE IDEAS AND EVENTS, UM, PARAMETERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE DISCUSSED.
SO WHAT I WOULD CONCENTRATE ON RIGHT NOW, AS, AS YOU, AS THE COMMISSION, IS JUST HAVING PEOPLE THERE FOR THAT DAY AND MAYBE HAVING A TENT SET UP FOR, UM, THE DAY OF EVENTS THERE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GET SOME FLYERS TOGETHER JUST TO MAKE THE PAVER PROGRAM AVAILABLE.
SO YOU CAN TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING, WHAT WE DO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S HARD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YOU ARE, HALF OF YOU ARE NEW, SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING JUST YET.
SO, BUT THAT'S BEING THAT WAY.
THIS IS THE EDUCATION THAT WE NEED TO PUT OUT AND IT'LL, IT'LL EDUCATE YOU AS WELL.
SO IF, IF SOME OF YOU ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE DURING THE DAY, WE, WE CAN SET UP A SPOT FOR YOU.
AND AT SOME POINT WITH OUR MILITARY TENT THAT WE HAVE, THEIR MILITARY VETERANS TENT AND, YOU KNOW, AND EDUCATE THE CITIZENS AND SAY HELLO AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO THE COMMISSION.
SO WHEN MIKE'S TALKING ABOUT THE, WE HAVE A PAVER PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT OUR P PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
SO, AND IT'S AT OUR, OUR AT THE MEMORIAL THAT WE HAVE AT THOMAS CLOUD PARK, AND WE HAVE OUR PAVERS AND PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE THOSE AND PUT THEIR LOVED ONE'S NAME ON THERE, THE MILITARY MEMBER'S NAME ON THERE.
SO, AND THEN WE INSTALL THOSE EVERY YEAR RIGHT BEFORE OUR VETERAN'S DAY.
IF YOU LOOK ONLINE, WE HAVE A BANNER'S PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW, AND ALSO THE PAVER PROGRAM.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE, SOME OF THE, THE TWO BIG THINGS AND ALSO THE TWO EVENTS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
I DON'T MEAN TO EDUCATE ALL THE NEW MEMBERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO KIND OF LIKE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS,
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GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM 'EM.AND, YOU KNOW, NOT TO STEAL ANYBODY'S THUNDER HERE OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, AS YOU USE NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, THAT'S KIND OF THE HEART OF IT SO FAR.
RIGHT NOW THE FOUNDATION IS LOOKING FOR OTHER IDEAS FOR THINGS TO DO AND, AND MAYBE GET MORE INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE MORE AWARENESS FOR THE VETERANS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY OR TO HELP VETERAN VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT MAKES HUNDRED PERCENT SENSE.
SO, UM, IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE OUR CONTACT INFORMATION, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GIVE IT TO YOU SO YOU BE ABLE TO GET UP HOLD OF MYSELF OR THE, OR THE, UH, VICE CHAIR.
THAT WAY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN LET US KNOW.
OR IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN LET US KNOW.
I JUST LIKE, JUST SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTACT INFORMATION.
DID EVERYONE RECEIVE THE EMAILS FOR THIS WEEK'S MEETING AND EVERYTHING? MM-HMM.
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
WELL, I KNOW IT'S PART, PART OF ME WHAT BE GOING ON AND ON, BUT MIKE'S OUR LIAISON BETWEEN THE ACTUAL CITY IN OUR ACTUAL COMMISSION.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT HIS ROLE IS AND WHAT HE FEELS.
I KNOW I MET RANDALL AND, AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE I THAT I MET.
I THINK YOU AND, AND DURING THE, THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
BUT TO EXPLAIN MY ROLE, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M ACTUALLY THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, MANAGER HERE FOR THE CITY OF U RIGHTS.
I'M ALSO THE STAFF LIAISON FOR, UM, THIS COMMISSION.
SO I'M KIND OF LIKE THE, THE, THE CONDUIT THAT, THAT HELPS YOU ALL TO GET WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION HERE WITH THE COMMISSION TO PIECE IT FORWARD TO THE CITY.
SO THAT'S KINDA HOW THE RELATIONSHIP WORKS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I KNOW HALF OF US ARE NEW AND HALF OF US AREN'T.
SO THAT'S HOW MIKE ALSO KEEPS US WILL BE VARY A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU'D LIKE TO PULL THE, PULL THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO THE CENTER.
SO, UM, CURRENT
UM, WHERE WE, WHERE WE BE AT, MIKE, WILL WE BE, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'D BE BEST FOR US TO SET UP AT THOUGH? GO AHEAD.
YEAH, SO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS WE'LL SET UP IN, UM, THE PARKING LOT OF NORMALLY FREAKERS OKAY.
AND I TRY TO PUT US, UM, IN LINE WITH THE ROTC.
SO WE'RE NORMALLY RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
UH, JUST, I MEAN, I, I FEEL LIKE IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR US TO BE CONNECTED WITH THEM IN SOME TYPE OF WAY.
SO, UH, WE'LL NORMALLY SET UP IN F FLICKERS, UM, AND THEN WHEREVER ROTC FALLS WILL NORMALLY BE BEHIND THEM.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD ON THE 4TH OF JULY? ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD? ADVICE? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? YES.
SO IF WE ARE ABLE, WE JUST MEET LIKE AT FRICKER AT NINE EIGHT.
SO ONCE WE SOLIDIFY THE TIME, I'LL, I'LL PUT IT OUT AS FAR AS THE TIME.
THAT'S WHAT, OKAY, THAT'S BETTER.
OH, 600 ON THE FOURTH OF, OF JULY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
MIKE, MIKE HAS TO BE, MIKE HAS TO BE THERE AT SIX, SIX O'CLOCK.
I GET EVERYBODY ELSE THERE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
IF HE I BE THERE, I'LL BE DOWN THERE.
YEAH, IF HE GOTTA BE THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FAIR.
I'LL COULD STILL BE COOKING BRISKET AT 6:00 AM MIKE MAN.
BUT KIND OF WHAT, WHAT MIKE WAS SAYING, UM, IT IS LIKE A TWO PART.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKING AT THE, UH, 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE FIREWORKS LATER ON IN THAT AFTERNOON, UH, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET UP A TENT THERE.
UH, SO IF YOU'RE WITH SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND, AND KIND OF SET UP THE TENT OR IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO DO THE PARADE OR IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO BE DEALING BOTH ONCE YOU WANTS TO SET UP THE TENT AND DO THE PARADE, UM, WE'LL PUSH OUT MORE INFORMATION, UH, LATER ON THIS WEEK AS FAR AS TONS, UH, LOCATIONS.
UH, I DON'T THINK, UH, IS IT SUPPOSED TO RAIN? I HOPE NOT.
AGAIN, IT RAINS LIKE EVERY SINGLE 4TH OF JULY, SO DON'T SCARE ANYBODY OFF.
SO YEAH, RING A UMBRELLA AND A PUNCHER
I'LL SAY, I KNOW I'M KIND OF NEW ON THE COMMISSION, BUT I'M FREE THAT MORNING, SO IF YOU BID TIMES AND STUFF OUT THERE, I'LL, I'LL VOLUNTEER FOR WHATEVER.
UH, BUT YEAH, I'M, I'M AVAILABLE THE MORNINGS.
YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE 4TH OF JULY UP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT SAYS 50% RAIN THE DAY BEFORE.
SO HOW LONG IS THE, UH, THE, THE FORAY? THE WHOLE SERVICE? HOW, HOW LONG IS IT JUST NORMAL BRAID TRADITIONALLY TAKES, WE LIKE TO TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR
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AND A HALF TAKES SOMETIMES TWO.UM, DEPENDS IT LIKE, IT MARCH AS FAST AS IT MARCHES.
IT DON'T, IT DON'T, IT DON'T GO AS FAR AS THEY USED TO.
IT GOES, IT GOES FROM HERE TO NEBRASKA, BASICALLY.
IT USED TO GO, IT USED TO GO, IT USED TO, WHEN WE WERE MARCHING WE HAD TO MARCH ALL THE WAY TO THOMAS CLOUD PARK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I REMEMBER THAT BACK IN THE DAY.
BUT YEAH, IT, IT GOES, IT'S ABOUT TWO HOUR EVENT BASICALLY.
BUT THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING TURNS INTO A THREE, FOUR HOUR.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL LET THE COMMISSION MEMBERS YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, COFFEE BREAKS AMONGST YOURSELVES AND TALK ABOUT DETAILS YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE WITH AND WHATEVER I CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH WITH YOUR PLANNING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN YOU GUYS WORK THAT OUT.
IT'S, 'CAUSE THIS IS COMPLETELY OFF THE CUFF 'CAUSE WE'VE NOT HAD A MEETING WITH THE WHOLE COMMISSION ITSELF.
SO LIKE I SAID, THAT'S JUST HOW IT'S SOMETIMES OUR PLANNING HAS BEEN EVEN FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT, IT WAS OFF THE CUFF 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE QUORUM TO HAVE HAVE A MEETING.
SO, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ALL MILITARY PEOPLE.
SO I'LL, I'LL PUSH OUT, UH, INFORMATION LATER ON THIS WEEK AND THEN, UH, I'LL PROBABLY, YEAH, WE'LL DO IT THROUGH EMAIL.
UM, FOR OUR VETERAN'S DAY EVENT, NO WAIT IN BETWEEN THAT WE HAVE MILITARY NIGHT AT THE, AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, WAYNE FOOTBALL GAME TOO.
SO IT'S FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
FIRST IT'S FIRST WEEKEND OF WHAT? SEPTEMBER.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAD ORDERED THE JERSEYS, ALL THAT STUFF WAS TAKEN.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN HAND NOW.
AND THEN ALSO I HAD TALKED TO THE, UM, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND I KNOW HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE AN EXTRA JERSEY FOR US TO SIGN FOR HIM TO PUT UP.
BUT I FEEL AS THOUGH IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT HERE.
UM, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN HAVE HERE FOR THE ACTUAL CITY.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANNA TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT TOO AS WELL.
SO WE GOT TIME FOR THAT THOUGH.
SO WHAT ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, SHOULD WE ALL SIGN THE ONE THAT'S GOING IN THE GROUND? I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA, THERE'S A SMALL JERSEY ONLY IN THE TIME CAPSULE.
YEAH, SHE PROVIDES US PUTTING A, FOR THE 200 HUNDRED 50TH WE'RE GOING TO DO A TIME CAPSULE.
I'M STILL, I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY DID WITH THE OLD ONE.
WE BURIED LONG YEARS GORGEOUS TIME CAPSULE.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU, IN 2025 THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO OPEN IT.
IF THAT CALL FOR A VOTE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TIME.
'CAUSE THE NEXT ONE'S COMING TO THE 18TH.
WELL, THE JERSEY'S GOING IN THERE.
SO IF IT GETS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I CAN'T DECIDE THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE TIME CAPSULE, UM, PLEASE, I'M, UH, IT WAS HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CARES.
WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING ON THE LONGEST TABLE THAT DAY AND THE TIME CAPSULE WILL BE AT 10:00 AM BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR JERSEY TURNED IN JULY 4TH.
SO NOW I CAN'T WAIT THAT TIME FOR THAT TO THE HISTORICAL CLOSEST.
WELL, WHERE, WHERE, THANK YOU.
I, I, I WANNA, I THINK SARAH WAS GIVEN IT THE JERSEY ALREADY BY, UH, THE AD.
YEAH, I THINK THEY ALREADY WORKED THAT OUT.
SO, SO THEY ALREADY HAVE, THEY ALREADY HAD THE JERSEY.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE IT'S THE, UM, OUR, OUR VETERAN'S DAY EVENT.
SO IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START PLANNING.
UM, I GOT IT BACK FROM THE AIR FORCE FOR OUR FLYOVER.
SO, UM, SO, SO THE COMMISSION KNOWS, UM, SOMEBODY TOLD US WE COULDN'T GET A FLYOVER, YOU CAN'T TELL A KID FROM PITTSBURGH, YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING.
SO
PUT THE TIME, PUT THE, I PUT THE TIME AND THE WORK IN WITH THE HELP OF SOME OF MY COMMITTEE COMMISSION MEMBERS AND UM, GOT IT THROUGH THE FAA, DID ALL THAT STUFF.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY OUR GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN, UM, AND THEY SENT ME A NICE LITTLE EMAIL THAT SAYS THAT KICK ROCK.
I, UM, GOT A FLYOVER FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND, UM, OUR ADMINISTRATION WENT TO WAR, SO THE RESOURCES WEREN'T THERE FOR US.
SO OF COURSE I SEE OTHER PEOPLE WITH FLYOVERS, WHICH KIND OF UPSET ME, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO LEAVE THAT ALONE, I DO HAVE A DRONE NOW.
SO, SO, SO I, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M PRAYING ON THAT THE THIRD TIME IS A CHAR AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET A FLYOVER, UH, HERE IN HERE IN HEBREW HEIGHTS, OHIO.
SO THAT WOULD REALLY MEAN A LOT IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M
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I KNOW.LIKE I WAS THE FIRST TIME I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WAS SO EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS ELATED.
I WAS IN MY OFFICE RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I GOT IT, YOU KNOW, BUT I, WE GOT THE FLYOVER FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME LAST YEAR.
I THINK YOU HELD, SO I KNOW ONE OF THE COMMANDERS, I KNOW FIGHTER PILOTS, THERE'S STILL FLYING.
SO IF I, IF THEY HAD TO COME TO THAT, THEY COULD PROBABLY DO THAT BECAUSE THEY COME DOWN HERE WITH A MUSEUM.
IF, IF THE PAPERWORK, I KNOW IT'S, THE PAPERWORK IS CRAZY.
IT'S, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE ACTUALLY.
CG
THEY, THEY ASK ALL THOSE CRAZY.
YES, THEY ASK ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
WHO'S GOING, YOU KNOW, ALL DIFFERENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE.
BUT NOW THAT I'VE DONE IT, UHHUH,
UM, WE NEED TO START DISCUSSING, UM, WHO WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOR A PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW IT'S EARLY, LIKE I SAID, BUT IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ALL KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, LIKE, SO OUR, OUR, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS REACHING OUT TO, UM, WHO IT IS THAT WE PLAN ON HAVING FOR, UH, OUR GUEST SPEAKER.
SO IF ANYONE KNOWS SOMEONE THAT THEY BELIEVE WOULD BE A POSITIVE GUEST SPEAKER, AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE TWO OF THEM, UH, AT LEAST.
UM, SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WILL BE A GOOD SPEAKER, NOW WILL BE THE GOOD TIME TO START REACHING OUT TO THEM.
I'VE, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO INDIVIDUAL THAT'S, UH, RETIRED FROM HERE, FROM RIGHT PAT, HE RAN, UM, I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT IT'S CALLED.
I'LL, I'LL GET HIS, I'LL GET, I GOT HIS INFORMATION.
SO I MET WITH HIM AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, UM, THE LAST NAME IS DEANDRO.
SO, UM, SO WE'LL WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR GUEST SPEAKERS.
UH, WE ALSO NEED A PASTOR, UH, FOR THE BENEDICTION.
UH, SO IF ANYONE KNOWS OF A PASTOR, UH, SO WE'LL START LOOKING FOR THAT AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL START REACHING BACK OUT TO OUR CONNECTIONS WITH WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY.
UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THEY NORMALLY LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SO WE'LL HAVE THEM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THEM THERE FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT THEY JUST GOT A NEW COMMANDER OVER THERE, SO I NEED TO MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAYS, UH, TO BE A THING.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST GETTING LAST YEAR'S TIMELINE MM-HMM
PUT OUT TO ALL NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT THERE'S EXPECTATION OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, FOLD OUT AND THEN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, THEY CAN FILL IN SOME BLANKS FOR THEMSELVES AS FAR AS FROM WHAT THAT'S CONCERNED.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY.
I'M JUST DRAG IT INTO THE EMAIL
THAT ALSO MEANS THAT WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN MC FOR THE EVENT.
BUT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ONE OF THE NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, WANTS TO TAKE ON FOR THIS NEXT EVENT, BY ALL MEANS, UH, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SET UP FOR SUCCESS.
UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR NEW VOICES YES.
WE COULD, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, MIKE.
SO WE ALWAYS, WE'RE ALWAYS TASKED WITH, WE CAN TASK SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE'RE NOT
GET SOMEBODY FAMOUS TO COME IN AND SEE YOU FOR.
WHAT IS ASKED OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO TALK ABOUT AT THESE EVENTS? UH, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR ONE, I WOULD JUST WANNA KNOW, LIKE FILL 'EM IN.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A DEDICATED TOPIC FOR A GUEST SPEAKER TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, IT IS PRIMARILY BUILT AROUND VETERANS DAY, UH, WHAT VETERANS DAY MEANS TO THEM, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, A LOT OF OUR PREVIOUS GUEST SPEAKERS HAVE, UM, STORIES THAT THEY TELL OR, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE.
UH, AS FAR AS WORKING WITH VETERANS AND, UH, DEALING WITH, WITH THOSE ISSUES.
A LOT OF THE TIMES, LIKE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, LIKE LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE DIRECTOR OF THE VA, UH, COME OUT AND SPEAK, UH, AND THEY KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE VA IS HELPING VETERANS AND WHAT IT IS THAT, THAT THEY DO, UH, IN THAT ROLE.
SO, UH, IT, THERE'S NOT REALLY A SPECIFIC DETAIL FOR THEM TO SPEAK ON, UM, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE CENTERED AROUND, UH, VETERANS DAY OR IN THE CASE OF MEMORIAL DAY OF MEMORIALS.
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AND THEN WE HAVE, SO WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE, UM, THAT WE GO THROUGH, UH, AS WE PROGRESS TOWARDS, UH, VETERANS DAY AND WE KIND OF HAVE OUR CHECKOFF LIST, UM, TO WHERE WE'RE AT, 120 DAYS, 90 DAYS, 60 DAYS, 30 DAYS, THAT, THAT NATURE.SO, ANYTHING ELSE ON VETERAN'S DAY AS OF, FOR RIGHT NOW? THE TIME'S GONNA BE THE SAME.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE THE SAME.
SO, UH, VETERAN'S DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY, UH, IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO GO DOWN TO THOMAS CLOUD PARK AT THE MEMORIAL, UM, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL DOWN THERE, THAT'S NORMALLY WHERE WE HOLD, UH, BOTH OF THOSE SERVICES AT, IS AT THOMAS CLOUD PARK.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY'VE TOLD ME THAT.
I'VE HAD GENTLEMEN COME AND LADIES COME AND THEY TELL ME THEY'VE BEEN TO DIFFERENT ONES IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND DIFFERENT STATES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT OURS IS, HUBER HEIGHTS IS ONE OF THE BEST ONES THEY'VE SEEN.
SO IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY PROUD TO HEAR THAT.
SO, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD ENJOY SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAKE SURE YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S THERE.
SO LIKE TO GET MANY VISITORS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND I I WILL SAY THE LAST THING, THE LAST THING THAT I'LL SAY, KEEP POINTING AT YOU.
I KNOW YOU GOT SOMETHING ELSE.
THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SAY, UH, IS LAST YEAR WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF, UH, PARTNERING WITH, UH, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, THE MOBILE VET CENTER COME OUT.
UH, WE HAD RED CROSS THAT WAS OUT THERE.
UH, SO JUST SO YOU GUYS COULD START THINKING ABOUT THAT, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER.
UH, AND WHETHER IT'S MEMORIAL DAY OR VETERANS DAY, IF YOU KNOW ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER, UH, AND COME ALONGSIDE US FOR THAT EVENT, UM, TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, UH, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
IF ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE VETERAN'S DAY, JUST THE THOUGHT THAT'S PRE PARADE.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE SOME PRESENCE THERE FOR, UH, THE PARADE.
THE, HE SAID YOU MIGHT WANT TO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UM, HAVE YOUR PRESENCE THERE AT FOR VETERANS ON VETERANS DAY BECAUSE IT'S PRE, IF BEFORE YOUR PARADE, IT'S YEAH.
YOU, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY PARADE.
JUST, JUST A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S THE CROWD YOU WANT.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT CROWD TO THAT'LL SHOW UP.
UM, AND FORGIVE ME, I'M BEING NEW SO I HAVE NO CONTEXT, BUT, UM, ARE THERE SUBCOMMITTEES, LIKE DO YOU HAVE, LIKE FOR THE VETERAN'S DAY, DO YOU EVER HAVE SOMEBODY THAT LIKE, IS IN CHARGE TO LIKE, HELP SUPPORT THIS COMMISSION OR IS THE COMMISSION JUST IN WHOLE THEY FIGURE THINGS OUT? I JUST WOULD LIKE SOME SO THE COMMISSION IS IN HOLD RESPONSIBLE FOR YES.
THE EVENT, UH, WE OBVIOUSLY GET THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY MM-HMM
UH, BUT AS FAR AS PUTTING THE EVENT ON, YES.
UM, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S LINED UP AND, AND GETTING TO THE MEDIA AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THE CITY WILL PUT OUT, UM, REMINDERS AND, AND ADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR IT.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, WE ALSO GET WITH THE, UM, INDIVIDUALS, UM, JOURNALISTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE CAN COME AND, AND FILM AS WELL.
SO, SO IS IT SEGREGATED? LIKE DO YOU NEED LIKE A JOURNALIST PERSON TO LIKE, HANDLE THAT? I, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK LIKE WHEN I'VE SERVED ON LIKE CHAMBER BOARDS, LIKE IF WE'RE HAVING SOMETHING AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T WORK HERE, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING FOR FURTHER GROWTH, WOULD IT HELP TAKE A LIFT OFF? LIKE IF IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY TO CHAIR AN EVENT, IF YOU WILL.
AGAIN, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
I DON'T, I WOULD SAY THAT IN, IN THE REGARDS OF HOW THAT OPERATES.
UH, THE COMMISSION IS, UH, WHOLE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE EVENT GOES ON.
AND THEN WE HAVE, LIKE WE SAID, CERTAIN ENTITIES THAT WE REACH OUT TO.
WITH MIKE BEING OUR LIAISON, HE MAKES SURE THAT THE CITY HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS OUT TO THE PRESS, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PUT ON THE CITY'S PAGE AND THAT IT'S ADVERTISED, UH, FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE FIND, UH, THE GUEST SPEAKER, THE, THE PASTOR, UH, ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THAT EVENT, UH, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL.
BUT NOT, NOT TO, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT WHERE YOU'RE SAYING LIKE, UH, IF WE HAD A
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GENTLEMAN THAT WAS ON OUR COMMISSION BEFORE THAT KNEW THE, HAD ACCESS TO THE BASE COMMANDER TO GO AND GET THAT GUY TO COME.SO WE, WE CHARTERED HIM, GO GET HIM AND BRING HIM HERE AND DO HIS BIO SO THAT, THAT HAPPENED.
WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT KNEW, SOMEBODY KNEW HOW TO PLAY THE BUGLE AND BRING A BUGLER IN.
THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF THE BUGLE.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN SING THE, UH, NATIONAL ANTHEM, GOOD.
JUST THERE'S THOSE SUGGESTIONS WE'LL TAKE.
SOMEWHAT TO ANSWER A LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOUR QUESTION IN, IN A SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING OF, OF CHAMBER AND ROTARY AND DIFFERENT OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK YOU HAVE IN MIND, UM, WOULD BE THAT ORGANIZATIONS, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE MORE FOUNDATIONALLY SOUND, WHEREAS THIS IS A NEW COMMISSION AND IT'S BEEN A NEW COMMISSION.
SO SOME OF THAT FOUNDATION, SOME OF THOSE SUB SUBCOMMITTEES, LIKE YOU'RE SPEAKING OF, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS AMOUNT OF TIME, X AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN THOSE THINGS COULD BE START TO BE DEVELOPED.
IF THAT MAKES IT'S THAT, THAT'S, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION WHAT I'M SAYING.
I THINK THAT'S, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE YES, I'M NOT, I WAS NOT TRYING TO LIKE TAKE ANYTHING AWAY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SETTLE IT IN MY MIND.
ANYTIME WE, ANYTIME IT CAN BE EASIER.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA, YOU, YOU, YOU SPEAK UP, YOU HAVE A DOLLAR.
THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR IDEA.
YOU, YOU RUN WITH IT, RIGHT? THAT'S KIND OF, KIND OF HOW IT'S OPERATED HERE.
SOME FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TURNOVER MM-HMM
UM, IN THE SENSE OF, AND JUST BUILDING THAT FOUNDATION.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS KEEP COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, THAT WANNA BE HERE FOR THEIR TERM AND WE'VE HAD 'CAUSE OF, OF THE, THE, THE, THE INFLUX OF OUT AND IN, YOU KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE PROCEED? ANYONE? OKAY.
UM, BEFORE WE LEAVE, UM, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED, WE WERE, I WANNA TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE, THE WELCOME HOME BANNER.
I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE LOOKING, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING A, SOME TYPE OF BANNER FOR THE, FOR THE WELCOME HOME PARADE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAYBE I'M BRING THAT TO THE, I'M, I'LL TABLE IT FOR NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT, UM, TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IN, UH, FUNDING A WELCOME HOME BANNER FOR, UM, FOR HER COMMITTEE.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING WE CAN HELP OUR VETERANS.
WE ARE THE HUMANIZED MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION, SO THAT'S, IT'S FITTING THAT WE DO, UH, SUPPORT THAT.
SO, SO WE'RE GONNA TABLE FOR IT DOWN, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL PRESENT PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO FOR ME IS I NEED YOU TO FIGURE OUT, UM, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF PARAMETERS THAT YOU WANT ON YOUR BANNER? LIKE SOMETHING, CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE, YOU HAD TO HAVE THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CARES THAT YOU DON'T MEAN YOU, IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THERE OR NOTHING IN PARTICULAR? WE, BUT WE JUST WANT IT TO WELCOME NICOLE.
YEAH, WE'LL TALK OFFLINE, SO, OKAY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ANY NEW BUSINESS? ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? NO.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO CAN STAND FOR CLOSING PRAYER, AND THEN FATHER GOD, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TOGETHER TODAY, UH, FOR LIKE-MINDED THINGS.
LORD, I SO THANK YOU FOR THE NEW MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY, FOR 'EM TO SPEND THE TIME A WAIT FOR THEIR FAMILIES TO FURTHER THE ADVANCEMENT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND OUR HUB HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS FATHER.
PLEASE WATCH OVER ALL THOSE THAT TRAVEL HOMES AND NO HER HARMED DANGER COMES TO ANY OF THEM.
TIME NOW IS 1904 HOURS, JUNE THE 24TH.
ON A WEDNESDAY THE COOPER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION IS NOW CLOSED.