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OKAY,

[00:00:01]

THE TIME NOW IS

[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION Governance Center — Council Chambers 6151 Brandt Pike August 26, 2026 6:00 P.M.  ]

1802 HOURS.

WE'RE GONNA CALL THE HUBER HEIGHT MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION TO ORDER.

THAT'S COOL.

CAN WE START BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? OKAY.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HUMANE STANDING.

FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TOGETHER TODAY AS VETERANS MILITARY MEMBERS.

FATHER GOD, MAY WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHERE ABOUT FATHER GOD WITH GOOD WORK? IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

ROLL, ROLL CALL.

DARLA KAY.

EXCUSE AMANDA FITCH.

HERE.

RANDALL FLETCHER.

PRESENT CHARLES HANCOCK.

HERE.

KEVIN MCDONALD? YES MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

BENJAMIN MORGAN.

HERE.

JAMES.

WE KEVIN WHITE HERE.

ANTHONY WINDOR.

PRESENT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENT MEMBERS.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO EXCUSE OUR, UH, ABSENT MEMBERS TODAY? A MOTION TO EXCUSE THEM.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

GOT A MOTION TO EXCUSE AND WE HAVE PROPERLY BEEN SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN.

NAYS HAD THE SAME RIGHT? NAY MAKE YOU MARK THAT DOWN.

HE SAID NAY.

PASS.

ALL RIGHT.

DID EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE MINUTES? EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE MINUTES.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? MM-HMM.

NO.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? NO.

OKAY.

COULD I GET A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES? JULY MOTION.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOTION AND PROPERLY SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JULY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN.

AYE.

NAYS HAVE THE SAME, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CITIZENS COMMENTS? I SEE WE HAVE SO MANY.

THE CROWD TODAY.

OKAY, SIR, YOU LIKE TO NOPE.

JUST HERE TO VISIT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

GIVE HIM THE CHANCE TO SAY HIS NAME AND WHO HE IS AND, OKAY.

SO ARE YOU A MILITARY MEMBER OR A VETERAN? YES, HE IS.

, HE'S ONE OF THE FINEST JET ENGINE MECHANICS ON THE F 16 THERE EVER WAS.

SERIOUSLY.

OKAY.

JET MAC, HUH? I WORKED WITH DEVIN.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN THE HOUSE, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING.

WE CAN MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.

UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT.

SO WE ARE STILL, UH, DO WE HAVE THE TIMEFRAME? WE HAVE THE TIMEFRAME, YEAH.

UM, BUT SO WHERE WE AT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, WE GOT WHAT? 80? I FORGOT TO LOOK AT THE OTHER DAY HOW MANY DAYS WE HAD LEFT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF SEPTEMBER AND ALL OF OCTOBER.

OKAY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD BE LOCKING IN 72, 33 DAYS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH.

SO RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD BE LOCKING IN, UM, OR AT LEAST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING LINED UP.

AS FAR AS I KNOW KEVIN HAD SAID HE TALKED WITH THE PASTOR, SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD ON THAT.

YEAH, HE'S, HE'S GOOD.

HE'S YOUR PERMANENT PASTOR.

NOW WE HAVE A REQUESTING TO WRITE PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE FOR THE WING COMMANDER TO BE THE GUEST SPEAKER.

OKAY.

WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THAT.

THAT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.

YES.

I HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER AS WELL.

SO WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO IF THEY DON'T, IF HE CAN'T, I THINK WHAT THEIR POLICY IS, IS IF HE CAN'T, THEN THEY ROLL IT DOWN TO THE NEXT HIGHEST THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR, UM, THAT DAY LIKE WE DID BEFORE.

SO I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

SO THE, UM, THE REQUEST IS IN FOR THAT, JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK.

AND, UM, THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH WHOEVER YOU HAVE FOR LINED UP AS A GUEST SPEAKER AS WELL.

OR IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS REACHED OUT TO A GUEST SPEAKER AND HAD SOMEONE LINED UP RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO LET US KNOW

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SO WE CAN PLUG THAT IN.

SO NOW I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THREE INVOCATION AND BENEDICTION, SO THAT'S GOOD.

WE HAVE AT LEAST AT LEAST TWO SPEAKERS AS OF RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN THE GOAL WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UH, WAYNE'S ROTC TO HAVE THEM A PART OF IT.

YES.

UH, AS WELL AS THE YOUNG MARINES.

YES.

WE'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO YOUNG MARINES AND I'LL, I'LL GET A CONFIRMATION EMAIL FIRST THOUGH.

THAT MAKE, MAKE SURE IT'S IN, IT'S IN, ITS IN STONE.

SO, AND THEN I JUST NEED TO KNOW, UM, I KNOW WE HAD WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE EVER HAD LIKE, CLEAR CLARIFICATION ON IT.

IF WE WERE GOING TO REACH OUT TO WRITE PAT, OR NOT WRITE PAT, BUT, UM, WRITE STATE TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE, OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO KEEP WRIGHT STATE AS FAR AS THE PARTICIPATION FOR MEMORIAL DAY? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE HAD RAN INTO IN THE PAST IS MEMORIAL DAY IS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE THEY HAVE TIME OFF.

SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, I KNOW IT'S BEEN OUR FAVORITE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY PLAN ON DOING? SO IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT AS WHETHER DO WE WANT TO SWITCH THAT AND HAVE THEM FOR VETERANS DAY RATHER THAN MEMORIAL DAY? OR DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT AS IT IS.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN COME TO, UM, AS A COMMISSION.

I, I, MYSELF PERSONALLY, I LIKED IT WHEN THEY WERE THERE.

I THOUGHT IT, I THINK THEY, I THOUGHT THEY DID A, THEY DID AN AWESOME JOB, ESPECIALLY THEY DID THEIR FLAG FOLDING CEREMONY.

UM, WE DID ONE FOR ONE AND ONE FOR THE OTHER TWO.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LITTLE, WHAT'S IT CALLED? I GOT WHAT YOU CALL HERE.

BUT, SO SPEAKING OF THAT, I HAVE THE ACTUAL ITINERARY FROM LAST YEAR'S VETERAN'S DAY.

SO YOU GUYS CAN GET A JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT IT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, AT LEAST ON PAPER.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE.

SO I KNOW YOU ALREADY HAVE A COPY UNLESS YOU WANT A COPY.

HOW ABOUT YOU? SINCE YOU'D LIKE A COPY.

OKAY.

? I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST GETTING THAT OUT TO, FOR ALL THE MEMBERS SO I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

YES.

DIGITALLY.

OH, DIGITALLY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND THEN THAT ALSO SHOULD PROBABLY BE GOING OUT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH SO MIKE CAN PUSH IT OUT TO COMMS. UH, SO THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION TO PUT OUT.

OKAY.

BUT I WANT TO, I GUESS WE KIND OF HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT RIGHT PAT SAYS.

YES.

WELL, I MEAN WE, THAT DOESN'T, WHETHER THEY'RE THERE OR NOT, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR TIME SCHEDULE.

YES.

SO AT LEAST THAT PART CAN BE PUSHED OUT IN THE EVENT CAN BE PUSHED AS FAR AS TIMELINE.

YES.

THAT BE OKAY.

THAT BE ACCEPTABLE, MIKE? ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SOONER THE BETTER.

OKAY.

DETAILS CAN BE PROVIDED I WOULD SAY NEXT MONTH.

OKAY.

SO, SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE GOTTA GET IN CONTACT WITH THE ROTC.

YEAH.

SO, SORRY, THAT'S CLOSED.

UH, UH, OPEN HOUSE FOR WAYNE IS ON TUESDAY AND I HAVE TWO STUDENTS THAT ARE IN JRTC THIS YEAR.

SO I WILL HAVE FRONT TO FRONT CONVERSATION WITH THE JRTC COMMANDER ON THE SECOND, SO I CAN BRING IT UP THEN.

OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE ALSO, WE NEED TO START A, UM, EITHER GO UP THERE IN PERSON OR START AN EMAIL THREAD BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'VE MET THE NEW YEAH.

COMMANDER YET.

IT'S LIKE WITH THE AD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? , BUT I THINK IF I, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE GUY THAT WE HAD THE LAST MEETING WITH IS NO LONGER THERE, SO WE NEED TO SET UP A YEAH, BUT DI DIDN'T WE? NO, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AT THE PARADE.

REMEMBER WE WERE LOOKING FOR THEM.

THEY WEREN'T AT THE PARADE, BUT I, THE, THE MEETING THAT WE HAD, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF HE WAS THE INCOMING OR IF HE WAS THE OUTGOING.

SO EITHER WAY WE CAN START A EMAIL THREAD WITH OKAY.

WITH THEM.

SO, YEAH, BECAUSE HE HAD JUST CAME IN BECAUSE WE CALLED THE PREVIOUS YEAH.

COMMANDER AND HE WAS IN FLORIDA.

HE HAD RETIRED AND WENT TO FLORIDA.

SO, YEAH.

SO I THINK THE, I THINK THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD WAS WITH HIM, THE, I THINK HE WAS THE INCOME.

YES, HE WAS, YES.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS EVER A COMMUNICATION THAT WAS OPENED UP OTHER THAN JUST THAT FIRST MEETING.

SO IF, IF, UM, YEAH, LET'S REACH OUT AND THEN, UH, ESTABLISH THAT, SORRY, THAT, THAT COMMANDER FOR THE, UH, FOR WAYNE JUNIOR, ROTC.

OKAY.

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SO IF, IF YOU CAN, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS GIVE HIM, UH, MR. WINDSOR'S INFORMATION WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE HIM.

AND THEN THAT WAY THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPENS UP AND WE CAN, UM, MR. MENZO, DO YOU HAVE A CARD? NOT, UH, I'M IN MY CARD, DUDE.

I GIVE YOU ONE.

SO, OKAY.

THEN WE CAN, UH, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN LIKE PHYSICALLY GIVE HIM.

YES.

AND SAY IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO US, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

AND, AND WHAT AND WHAT DAY AGAIN, IS, IS IT, IS THE OPEN HOUSE? YOU SAID IT.

YEAH, IT'S SEPTEMBER 2ND.

SEPTEMBER 2ND, OKAY.

MM-HMM .

YEAH.

I'VE GOT A, A FRESHMAN AND A SOPHOMORE THIS YEAR.

.

SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT IS? IS THAT MONDAY? IT'S WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY, YEAH.

UM, WEDNESDAY.

SO WAYNE IS FOUR TO 5:00 PM OKAY.

YEAH.

I WOULD SAY JUST SHOW UP IF THAT'LL BE KIND OF WEIRD.

.

YEAH, I KNOW.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO YOU SHOW UP TO OPEN HOUSE.

YEAH.

YOU GOT A CHILD TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE.

LIKE, NO, JUST, JUST LOOKING AROUND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YEAH.

THAT WON'T GO OVER TOO WELL.

SO YEAH.

I, I CAN'T EVEN GUARANTEE THAT I'LL GET MUCH TIME TO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SPEAK WITH THE COMMANDER, BUT I WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SEE HIM AND SHAKE HIS HAND.

'CAUSE HE IS GONNA WANNA MEET ALL THE PARENTS THAT ARE PUTTING THEIR KIDS THROUGH JRTC AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

OKAY.

ESPECIALLY THE FRESHMEN.

YES.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

UH, I'M TRYING TO THINK.

JUST A SPEAKERS, I KNOW WE HAVE, DO WE STILL, UM, IS IT, IS UM, MR. PLUMMER STILL WANTING TO SPEAK? I KNOW HE HAD MADE A POINT TO TRY TO HOP IN THERE.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, YES.

BUT FROM WHERE WE STAND IN ON THE COMMISSION, I THINK THAT IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A VETERAN, UM, UM, SPEAK AT THE VETERANS DAY SERVICE.

I, I AGREE WITH THAT AND I, I DON'T DISAGREE, THAT'S FOR SURE.

BUT, UH, WE NEED TO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL.

SO I KNOW THAT SOMEBODY THERE FROM WITHIN, I KNOW ONE TO, TO SEE IF HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK.

SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AM I, AM I MISUNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT SOMEBODY FROM CITY? I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY.

THAT CAME FROM, SO THAT INQUIRY OF HIM SPEAKING CAME FROM, UM, MS. DAVIS.

MS. DAVIS, YEAH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS PUT OUT AS A, IF YOU GUYS ARE IN, IF YOU GUYS NEED A SPEAKER, UH, HE WOULD BE WILLING TO STEP IN AND, AND SPEAK.

OKAY.

BUT THERE WAS ALSO A, UM, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE JUDGE'S NAME, BUT THERE WAS ALSO HIM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS WELL.

OKAY.

BUT I, AS FAR AS I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION IS OUR GOAL IS TO BRING IN, UM, A VETERAN OR SOMEONE WHO'S IT TIED TO THE VETERAN COMMUNITY.

YES SIR.

BEFORE WE REACH OUTSIDE OF THAT TO BRING IN OTHER SPEAKERS.

YES.

AT LEAST SOMEBODY INSIDE OUR, INSIDE OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO, OKAY.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING NOW.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT.

SO, GOT ANYTHING YOU WANNA I WOULD, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STRESS THAT, UM, THIS IS, UM, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.

YOU HAVE TWO MEETINGS LEFT.

YES.

UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE SOME SIDE MEETINGS, MAYBE AMONGST YOURSELVES.

UM, YOU KNOW, NOT THE THE FULL QUORUM OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, BECAUSE LIKE, IT DOESN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW HOW THESE MEETINGS GO, LITTLE THINGS GET DISCUSSED, THE TIMELINES GET PUT OUT, THINGS GET TALKED ABOUT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH GETTING THINGS LINED UP.

THAT'S ALL.

ROGER, THAT I SENT THIS TO ELDER HAWKINS ALREADY WHILE I WAS HERE, TOOK PICTURES.

AND SO I CAN GET HIM THE PAPERWORK AND I HAVE HIS, UH, BIO STILL.

OKAY, GOOD.

AS WELL.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

GOOD.

THANKS.

I MEAN, JUST WITH, WITH THE COMMUNICATION THING, I THINK IT COMES TIMELESS, BUT IT'S 'CAUSE OUR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PRETTY TIGHT TIMELINE.

BUT YES SIR.

GETTING THESE THINGS AS FAR AS LAND AS QUICK, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO BETTER ORGANIZE.

THEY BECOME, 'CAUSE I MEAN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS MAKE DO WITH WHATEVER HAPPENS, BUT LET'S TRY TO KIND OF AVOID THAT.

WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME THINGS IN THE PAST.

YEAH.

YES.

WE HAVE .

YES, WE HAVE .

ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW BOARD, BECAUSE THEY DON'T, YES.

SO THAT'S ALL I'M, THAT'S ALL I WOULD STRESS TOO OFF.

I ALSO WANNA BRING UP THE FACT THAT FOR THE THIRD TIME, UM, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS, UM, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DIDN'T GET BACK WITH ME ABOUT OUR FLYOVER UNTIL I TALKED TO INDIVIDUALS FROM WAYNE WHO ALSO GOT THE SAME EMAIL.

UM, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE CURRENT CONFLICT IN IRAN.

UM, THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN PUT ON,

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BEEN PUT ON HOLD AGAIN.

SO THAT'S TWO VETERANS DAY AND THE MEMORIAL DAY.

NOW THEY, I'VE GOT THE PAPERWORK DONE AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, UH, DUE TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OR NOW THE CONFLICT, THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, FACILITATE THAT.

SO WHAT I WANNA BRING TO THE BOARD OR TO THE COMMISSION IS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE MILITARY, UM, TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN PERFORMING A FLYOVER.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE KIND OF COST THEY WOULD ENCOURAGE TO US OR IF IT WOULD COST ANYTHING TO US.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL DO ON MY OWN.

AND BUT THE HELP OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER DOWN THERE, IF HE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HOP ON LIKE NOW, BESIDES PAPER AIRPLANES.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SO IF NOT, IT'S OKAY.

I MEAN, I, SO I, I DO KNOW THIS, A LOT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, AND STEVE CAN TELL YOU THIS TOO, THEY GET FURLOUGHED OR NOT FURLOUGHED, BUT THEY STOP THE GOVERNMENT.

AND THIS IS, IT'S DISRUPTIVE.

I I I'VE BEEN THROUGH THOSE BEFORE, SO, ALRIGHT.

YEAH.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, KIA WOULD'VE OPENED A DREAM.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

YES SIR.

IF WE, LET'S SAY YOU COULDN'T, UH, DO A FLYOVER, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY THINK ABOUT THAT IS ON THE GROUND? ELABORATE? WOULD YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE? NO, I'M, THE ARMY ALWAYS HAS STUFF, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, SO I'M JUST SAYING, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULDN'T GET A FLYOVER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE AIR FORCE, UH, THAT WOULD BE OPTIMAL.

THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

'CAUSE EVERYBODY COULD SEE IT.

IS THERE LIKE A, A, CAN WE, DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALS IN ANOTHER BRANCH THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO STILL ACCOMMODATE US? AND YOU MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT EVENTFUL? I MEAN, WE HAVE, WE HAVE COLOR GUARDS THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE.

BUT I'M TRYING TO THINK OF, I MEAN, I'M NOT, GUESS I'M NOT THINKING TOO MUCH OUTSIDE THE BOX OR LIKE WHAT I MEAN, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU, SO I WILL TELL YOU THIS, LIKE MIKE SAID, WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH, RIGHT? SO TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING NOW MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TEDIOUS.

HOWEVER, IF YOU COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND SOMETHING YOU THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LET ME, UM, LET, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, NOW THAT IT'S A, A POSSIBILITY, YES, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE ON THE TIME CRUNCH, SO, YOU KNOW.

OKAY, ALRIGHT.

YEAH.

SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FAIRLY QUICK.

YES, YES.

IT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA, IT'S SOMETHING WE HAD TO BRING TO THE COMMISSION WE HAD TO VOTE ON.

IT'D BE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT YES, PLEASE.

I, I ALWAYS INTERESTED IN MY COMMISSION MEMBERS ALWAYS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAY COME UP WITH THINGS AND THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE DON'T DO.

SAME THING ALL THE TIME.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES US FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE.

BUT, UM, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A DIVERSE, UH, COMMUNITY HERE ON THIS COMMISSION.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANT THOSE DIFFERENT IDEAS COMING IN.

SO I ALWAYS WELCOME ALWAYS, UM, UM, MYSELF ALONG WITH, UH, VICE.

AND WHO WAS, WHO WAS WITH THAT? MS. MCDONALD.

WE WENT AND TALKED TO, UH, THE AD AT, AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, VERY INFORMATIVE.

UM, THE STRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, SHE SENT ME DO YOU HAVE THE TIMELINE SHE SENT IT TO? YEAH, SO FOR THE, SO JUST, SO FOR THOSE THAT KNOW, FOR, FOR THOSE THAT KNOW, UM, WE HAVE, OR FOR, I'M SORRY.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE A, A VETERANS, UH, GAME, MILITARY AND VETERANS GAME THAT THEY HAVE AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL HERE.

UM, LAST YEAR, MR. MCDONALD CAME UP WITH A TROPHY.

IT'S A SOLDIER'S BOOT THAT'S BEEN CAST AND BROUGHT.

IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS WONDERFUL.

I GOT TO, UH, AND THEN LAST YEAR WHAT WE DID WAS, UM, THEY HAD A SERVICE FLAG FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES.

AND THEY HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO, WHO WERE AHEAD OF TIME.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY ASKED THE FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME THAT VOLUNTEERED TO COME, AND THEY, AND THEY SAT BY OR STOOD BY THEIR FLAG, THEIR, THEIR, UM, UH, MILITARY MEMBERS FLAG.

UM, AND THEY PRESENTED THEM.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, GAVE OUT SHIRTS.

WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL FOOT, UH, SHIRTS.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE GREEN.

I'D SAY.

I I ALWAYS SAY MILITARY GREEN WITH A W ON 'EM.

AND UM, SO WE HELPED TO GIVE THOSE OUT TOO.

SO THAT WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY BE DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA HELP BUT GIVING OUT SHIRTS AT THE FRONT GATES.

UM, THEY HAVE BOUGHT A FLAG AT WAYNE THAT'S GONNA BE UNFURLED BEFORE THE GAME.

IT'S NOT JUST THE AVERAGE FLAG.

THIS FLAG, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, GOES FROM THE 20 TO THE 20, WHICH IS, I MEAN, I, I ASKED HIM, I ASKED HIM AGAIN, IS HE SURE? HE GOES FROM THE 20 TO 20.

HE SAID, WELL, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

IT'S PRETTY BIG.

SO

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WAYNE'S GONNA HAVE, UM, CHEERLEADERS ALONG WITH BAND MEMBERS, ALONG WITH THE FAMILIES THAT COME, THAT ARE COMING.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE 14 FAMILIES SO FAR.

IS THAT RIGHT? VICE? SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALONG WITH SOME OF US THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT THOUGH.

SO I'M HOPING THEY GET SOME MORE PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THEY'RE GONNA COME UP WITH ON THEIR SIDE? THAT'S PART THAT'S PART OF THEIR DOING.

THAT'S NOT US.

SO THAT'S THE SCHOOLS.

THAT'S THE SCHOOLS.

YES SIR.

IT IS.

THAT'S NICE.

YES, IT IS.

AND THEN WITH THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF HAVING INDIVIDUAL FLAGS AND PEOPLE STANDING BY THE FLAGS THIS YEAR, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WAS THEY PLAYED THE, THE, THE MIL THE SONG FOR EACH MILITARY BRANCH.

AND THEN SOME PEOPLE, JUST SOME PEOPLE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME.

SOME PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TIME IT TOOK TO ANNOUNCE EVERYBODY, PLAY MUSIC, ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

SO YEAH, I KNOW YOU'RE HONORING THE MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES, BUT YOU GET UPSET ABOUT THE TIMES CONSTRAINTS .

I I GET IT.

SO, BUT UM, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA, THEY BESIDE THIS YEAR IS THEY'RE GONNA GET THE FAMILY NAMES AND THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE JUMBO TRON ON THE BIG SCREEN AND THEN JUST PUT THE AIR FORCE AND THEN PUT THE FAMILY'S NAMES AND LIKE THAT.

SO WE, SO WE CAN DO IT LIKE THAT JUST TO KEEP FOR TALKING STRAIGHT PURPOSES.

UM, UH, I KNOW THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A, A LIGHT SHOW THAT THE LIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE NOW, UM, THEY'RE AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

I GUESS THEY HAVE NEW LIGHTS THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE A LIGHT SHOW, UH, UH, WITH THE LIKES THAT THEY HAVE THERE.

BUT IF THEY'RE HAVING SOMETHING WITH A DRONE, WHAT ELSE THEY WERE DOING THERE? THAT'S ONLY THING THAT I REMEMBER THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING SOMEBODY TO, TO PARACHUTE DOWN.

REMEMBER THEY WERE COMING UP WITH ALL THIS DIFFERENT STUFF.

SO, UM, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

UM, , I KNOW, LEMME SEE.

I DON'T HAVE, WAS SHE, DID SHE SEND YOU A PICTURE? NO, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

WE ASKED FOR A PICTURE OF THE JERSEYS.

UM, WE AC ACTUALLY WE WENT OUT TO THE LOCKER ROOM, BUT IT LOCKED JUST SO WE COULD TAKE A PEEK AT 'EM.

BUT KEVIN, I THINK WE PUT A PICTURE ON THEM A YEAR OR SO AGO.

OKAY.

KEVIN PUT OUT A, A RENDERING YES.

OF THEM.

YES, BUT I, BUT THEY ACTUALLY GOT THE JERSEY, THE JERSEYS ARE ACTUALLY IN NOW.

THEY'RE IN.

AND SO, AND WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE THE ONE IN THERE THAT'S, THAT'S THE SMALL THAT WE HAVE.

'CAUSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED INTO THE TIME CAPSULE, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

SO, BUT I KNOW, BUT I, BUT I WANT TO, BUT, SO I WANNA TAKE THAT AND PUT IT IN THE SHADOW BOX SO THEY HAVE THAT THERE.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PUT NEXT TO THE, UM, TO THE VETERAN'S WALL THAT'S THERE.

YEAH.

SO GOING INTO MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT, IF YOU DO PLAN ON BEING THERE, AND IF YOU DO PLAN ON BRINGING YOUR FAMILY, UH, I NEED TO KNOW THAT BY TONIGHT SO THAT I CAN PASS THAT INFORMATION ON TO MS. DAVIS AND THEN, UM, YOUR NAME AND THEN HOWEVER MANY YOU'LL BE BRINGING WITH YOU, SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET YOU FREE TICKETS.

YEAH.

YES.

AND THE FOURTH, FOURTH, THE FOURTH WHEN WE PLAY, UH, WHEN WE PLAY ST.

S CLEVELAND.

ST.

ED'S .

UHOH.

YEAH.

UHOH.

I, AND I KIND OF ASKED HIM WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE THAT GAME WITH ANOTHER TEAM.

NOT SAYING THAT I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR HOME SCHOOL.

ST.

ED'S ST.

THAT HAS BEEN THE STATE THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN A ROW AND THEY WON THREE.

BUT I'M, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, BUT I KNOW ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

SO, UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GIVE THAT TROPHY OUT AGAIN TO OUR HOME TEAM AS WE DID LAST YEAR.

SO, UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, THE WAYNE WILL BE TAKING CARE OF, UM, OF, UM, GETTING THE DATE AND THE FOOTBALL, THE LAST YEAR'S FOOTBALL GAME AND THE SCORE ON, ON THE TROPHY ITSELF.

SO THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO.

SO THANK GOODNESS.

UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, MIKE, THINK OF ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH THAT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW YOU GUYS MUTE.

I KNOW YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? OH, IT'S OKAY.

I, I, I ENJOYED THE GAME.

UM, I THINK IT'S NICE THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE HONOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS, OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO IF YOU, AT ALL POSSIBLE, EVEN YOU CAN JUST COME FOR A LITTLE WHILE JUST TO EITHER PARTICIPATE OR JUST TO HAND OUT SHIRTS OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU KNOW, LET, LET, LET KNOW PLEASE SO THAT WE CAN LET THEM KNOW AND GET THE NAMES AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THEIR TICKETS AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

SO THEY'LL BE AT THE WILL CALLS FOR YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? GOING BACK TO, UM, I THINK IT WAS LAST MONTH WHERE WE HAD THE TWO YOUNG MARINES THAT CAME IN HERE.

YES.

I'M ABOUT TO GET TO THAT NEXT, BUT OH NO, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

NO, GO AHEAD.

SO, SO YES.

SO I TALKED TO NICOLE AGAIN.

THE TWO YOUNG MARINES THAT CAME IN.

UM, THE YOUNG MARINES ARE, ARE GOING TO, UH, PEARL HARBOR, UM, IN DECEMBER TO DO, UH, UM, THEY HAVE YOUNG MARINES

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COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THIS, UH, CEREMONY.

THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM WHILE THEY'RE THERE.

THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE PARADE AND THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

UM, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS, UM, TO ASSIST THEM IN GETTING THERE.

UM, MYSELF BEING THIS, UM, ON THE COMMISSION FOR A WHILE NOW, ANYTIME WE'VE EVER ASKED THEM TO COME TO PARTICIPATE, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND THEY'VE ALWAYS DID A GREAT JOB.

THEY'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE HUMAN PRICE MILITARY IN VETERANS COMMISSION.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PERHAPS GET A MOTION THAT WE DONATE SOME FUNDS TO THEIR, UM, TO THEIR TRIP.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW, UM, SUPPORT FOR THEM AS WELL.

IT SHOULD GO BOTH WAYS.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET LEFT FROM THE EMAIL THAT I READ.

UM, I WANNA KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OF HOW MUCH MONEY AND THEN, UM, MIKE, I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH YOU TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW WE WOULD APPROPRIATE THOSE TYPE OF FUNDS.

SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KNOWLEDGE.

EVERYBODY KNOWS.

I KNOW WE HAD $4,000 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? I'D HAVE TO LOOK.

I'M SURE SOMETHING.

OKAY.

AND I KNOW THAT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, I HAD DISCUSSION WITH, WITH ADMINISTRATION AND OKAY.

COUNCIL, WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR? THEY, THE ONLY, WHICH, IF YOU'RE UNDER THE APPROVAL OF GIVING THEM A DONATION, THEN I WILL MAKE THE PROPER STEPS TO ASSURE OR SEE IF THAT IS ABLE TO HAPPEN WITH, BECAUSE THAT'S HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, DEPENDENT UPON LEGISLATIVELY WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.

OKAY.

I MEAN, I THINK, OH, SORRY.

I STILL HAVE THE FLYER FROM IT FOR THE DONATIONS AMOUNTS IF YOU GUYS NEED IT.

YEAH.

UM, TWO 50 WAS BRONZE, UM, 500 SILVER, A THOUSAND GOLD, AND 2,500 WAS PLATINUM.

UH, SO I THINK 2,500 SPONSORS ONE MARINE FOR THE FULL TRIP.

I THINK THAT TO BE ABLE TO SPONSOR, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THEIR MONEY IN BY THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, OR LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE WERE, THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET A DONATION.

SO THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, UM, THEY WOULD STILL ACCEPT THE MONEY OF COURSE.

UM, SO, UM, IF, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT OUT THERE AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DONATE SOME MONEY WE DON'T HAVE, BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT AS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY NOW.

I MEAN, IF WE PUT OUT THERE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE VOTE ON.

I I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO GET THAT TYPE, THAT, THAT, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FIRST THAT WE, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, UM, COME TO AGREEMENT ON, ON GIVING THEM A MONETARY GIFT.

SO I THINK THE MOTION WOULD BE TO MAKE, UH, THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE YOUNG MARINES YES.

AT WHATEVER TIER WE DECIDE, DEPENDING ON THE REMAINING BUDGET FOR YES.

THE CHAIR COMMISSION.

SO, DO I HEAR THAT MOTION? REPEAT THAT AGAIN.

A LITTLE LOUDER, SIR.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION.

UH, SORRY.

AND IT'S JUST KIND OF NEW TO THE COUNCIL, BUT, UM, DO WE DO ANY KIND OF FUNDRAISING OR ANYTHING? EVEN IF IT'S AS, AS SIMPLE AS, YOU KNOW, HOW TEXAS ROADHOUSE DOES THE, THE DINE OUT NIGHT WHERE YOU GET A PORTION OF THOSE PROCEEDS, EVEN IF IT WOULD JUST COVER SO THAT AFTER A QUARTER OF THE, OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DONATE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE CANNOT DO.

YES.

RIGHT.

WE'VE ALWAYS STAYED WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

SO, UM, BUT YES, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

YEAH, IT WOULD JUST HAVE TO, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE TOO LATE FOR, FOR THIS SPECIFIC, PARTICULAR EVENT.

BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE, IT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

OKAY.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FUNDRAISING EVENTS BEFORE.

OKAY.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION? SO THE MOTION WOULD BE, UH, TO ADOPT, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE TIER? I'LL BE GETTING TIERS HERE.

OKAY.

SO THE PLATINUM TIER IS 2,500 THAT WOULD DONATE ONE MARINE.

YEP.

SO OUR MOTION WILL BE TO ADOPT, UH, THE PLATINUM TIER FOR THE PEARL HARBOR'S REMEMBRANCE FOR THE YOUNG MARINES, UH, TO SPONSOR ONE YOUNG MARINE ON A FULL TRIP.

UH, AND THE CONTINGENT WILL BE THAT AS LONG AS THAT FALLS WITHIN, UH, THE MILITARY INVENTIONS AND AFFAIRS COMMISSION'S BUDGET.

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CAN I GET A SECOND, THIRD? ? I GET A SECOND.

OH, SORRY.

SECOND.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

ALRIGHT.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING SECOND.

OH NO, I CAN'T.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THE MOTION'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT, BUT UH, WITH THE APPROVAL FROM THE HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, CITY THAT WE MEET THE, WHAT'S THAT PLATINUM TIER FOR A DONATION TO THE YOUNG MARINES FOR THEIR TRIP TO, UH, PEARL HARBOR.

AND IT'S BEEN PROPERLY SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN.

NAYS HAVE THE SAME RIGHT.

MOTION PASSED.

UM, I WANNA TELL YOU TO EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THEY'VE, UM, THEY'VE REALLY, THEY'VE REALLY HELPED US AND THEY'VE REALLY STEPPED UP AND TO SEE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE INTERESTED.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, ESPECIALLY THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED MORE MONEY.

YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE DISCIPLINED AND, UM, INVOLVED IN MILITARY ACTIVITIES.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR VETERANS AND OUR MILITARY MEMBERS.

SO I'M PROUD THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM MATTER WHAT THE MONETARY VALUE IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY.

IS EVERYTHING, ANYBODY EVER HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FOOTBALL GAME THAT'S COMING UP? OKAY.

UM, FOR THOSE WHO THAT DECIDED THEY DO WANT TO COME OR WANNA BE PART OF IT OR HELP, WHICHEVER.

UH, WE TRY TO GET EVERYBODY THERE BY SIX O'CLOCK.

THE GAME STARTS AT SEVEN.

WE JUST GET THERE EARLY.

THAT WAY WE CAN GO OVER THINGS AND, UH, GET EVERYTHING IN, IN LINED UP AND IN PLACE, UH, DURING ANY NEW BUSINESS.

I WOULD, OR, AND GOING BACK TO THAT REAL QUICK, I WOULD SAY, UM, YOU SAID BE THERE BY SIX O'CLOCK, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YES, SIR.

WE TRY TO GET THERE BY SIX BECAUSE IT STARTS AT SEVEN.

YEAH.

NEVERMIND.

TICKETING GATES OPEN AT FIVE 30, BUT SIX.

YEAH, SIX IS FINE.

YES.

WELL, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S, IT IS RATHER HOT THAT DAY.

YEAH.

AND, UH, HAVE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE SINCE YOU STAND THERE SOMETIMES IS, UH, TRYING TO FIND, UM, WHAT'S THAT? WHICH ONE? I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FLYER.

I GOTTA FIND A FLYER FOR THE STAND DOWN.

UM, OR SENDING THEM TO THE, UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE TALK ON IT.

I THINK IT'S ON THAT RIGHT THERE AT MY JAW AT MY DESK.

OKAY.

THIS IS, IT STARTS AT SIX.

OKAY.

UM, I'LL PUT THAT OUT.

I'LL PUT THAT ELECTRONICALLY ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT THE STAND DOWN AT THE VA.

THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE BRING THAT UP.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR NEW BUSINESS? NO.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE YES, SIR.

UH, GAME.

DO, IS THERE LIKE DESIGNATED PARKING OR NO, SIR.

I'M, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NOT.

OKAY.

THERE'S NOT.

SO THERE AT DWAYNE'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

OKAY.

BE, BUT WE'LL BE THERE HOUR EARLY.

YEAH.

BUT GETTING THERE EARLY, YOU, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD PARKING SPACE SO IT WON'T BE TOO FAR OUT.

SO I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM.

ARE, ARE WE ACTUALLY, ARE WE PASSING OUT STUFF THIS YEAR? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? YEAH.

WELL IF THAT'S WHAT YOU, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU CHOOSE TO HELP WITH THAT.

YES.

SO THE WAY IT WENT LAST YEAR, UM, WHEN THEY COME THROUGH THE GATE, WE WERE THERE WITH LONG TABLES AND BOXES AND WE HAD THE SHIRTS AND WE WERE JUST HANDING OUT SHIRTS LIKE THAT.

AND THERE'S TWO ENTRANCES.

AND THEN WE HAD ONE, ONE ENTRANCE, ONE ANOTHER PERSON AT THE OTHER ENTRANCE.

AND THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THERE ALSO FOR THE CITY THAT'S THERE AS WELL TO HELP US.

OKAY.

AND THEN, AND THEN, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE WHOLE SHIFT, YOU CAN TAKE A, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE TURNS OR HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT.

THERES, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THERE, SO.

OKAY.

AND, AND AS I UNDERSTAND, WE WANT TO KIND OF BE THERE AS PEOPLE FIRST START SHOWING UP.

SO LIKE, IF IT OPENS AT FIVE 30, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BE THERE AT FIVE TO START HANDING THINGS OUT, THAT'S OKAY, RIGHT? YEAH.

WELL, WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET THERE BEF WELL, WE CAN GET THERE BEFORE THE HELP SET UP, BUT WE DON'T HAND OUT SHIRTS UNTIL EVERYBODY STARTS COMING THROUGH THE GATES.

MM-HMM.

SO, I MEAN, YEAH.

I MEAN, YOU CAN GET THERE THAT EARLY IF YOU WANT TO, BUT IT, I, WHEN I GOT THERE LAST TIME, I GOT THERE AT SIX, IT STARTED THE END AND WE WERE STILL JUST NOW STARTING TO HAND OUT.

'CAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE AT FIVE 30.

THEY'RE STILL PUTTING DOWN THE MARKERS IN LINE.

THE FIELD SHOW UP SOMETIMES.

YOU'VE GOT THE BAND MEMBERS' PARENTS AND THE OH, THE BAND MEMBER.

I'M SORRY.

THE BAND MEMBERS GET THEIRS BEFORE MM-HMM .

SO, SO, SO CHEERLEADERS, CHEERLEADERS, BAND MEMBERS, AND I FORGOT WHO ELSE IT WAS, BUT THEY GET THEIR, THEY GET THEIR, THEY, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GET OUT THEIR T-SHIRTS PRIOR TO THEM PERFORMING GOING OUT THERE.

SO THEY'LL HAVE THEIR, WHEN THEY GET IN THE, IN THE BAND ROOM, THEY'LL HAND THOSE OUT PRIOR TO THAT.

OKAY.

SO THEY GET THERE EARLY, RIGHT? YES.

SO WHEN I PROVIDE MS. DAVIS WITH THE NAMES TONIGHT, I'LL JUST ASK HER WHAT TIME.

OKAY.

SHE WANTS US THERE.

OKAY.

AND THEN I WOULD, I'LL PUT THAT OUT.

I'VE BEEN FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

I'VE BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THOSE T-SHIRTS.

IT'S BEEN NICE.

SO YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONE, YOU SAID? I'VE GOTTEN TWO.

OH, OKAY.

ONE FROM EACH YEAR.

OKAY.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID

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YOU HAVEN'T.

I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE NOW.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'D LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.

OKAY.

I, WELL, I'LL PROBABLY BE WEARING ONE OF 'EM.

.

YES.

YES.

OR AT LEAST MAKE MY HUSBAND WEAR ONE.

YES.

YEP.

SO I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION FROM HER TONIGHT AND THEN I'LL PUT IT OUT IN GROUP TEXT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? YES, SIR.

NOT NEW BUSINESS, BUT THEY LOST 63 TO 27 LAST YEAR.

IT'S SAY THAT.

YES.

YES, YES.

I WAS AT THE GAME.

I WAS AT THE GAME UP IN CLEVELAND.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT .

I, I REMEMBER THAT DAY.

.

THANKS FOR REMINDING ME.

THAT'S A POWERHOUSE SCHOOL.

YES.

YES IT IS.

YES.

THANK YOU.

.

ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? SO I'LL END THIS OFF ON A NOTE OF JUST SAYING THAT, UH, THE COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS LONG AS WE POUR IDEAS INTO IT.

SO, UH, IF YOU EVER SEE A WAY FOR US TO MAKE ANYTHING BETTER, IF YOU EVER SEE A WAY FOR US TO ADD THINGS TO THE COMMISSION THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING, WHETHER THAT BE WITH ORGANIZATIONS OR THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, UH, ALWAYS BRING THAT UP.

SO IT IS SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT FORTH INTO HELPING THE COMMUNITY EARN, HELPING THE COMMISSION GROW AND MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AND ALSO FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YES.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO THE COMMISSION.

YOU'RE OLD SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T COUNT ANYMORE .

I'M OLD EVERYWHERE.

BUT THE IDEA IS TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE COMMISSION AND TO, UM, REALLY TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE CITIZENS OF U RIGHTS CAN BENEFIT FROM.

UH, AND THAT WE'VE FULFILLED THAT ROLE AS BEING THAT LIAISON TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE MAYOR ON, UH, INFORMATION AS FAR AS OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS GO.

YES.

WE'VE GROWN.

I MEAN, I CAN, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH OUR, IF I CAN WITH OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, IF I COULD JUST CIRCLE BACK MM-HMM .

REAL FAST.

DO YOU? UM, SO I'M, I ASKED MY 16-YEAR-OLD, THE NEW COMMANDER'S NAME AND I'VE GOT RAYMOND MIMS. YEP.

AND, UH, I HAVE HIS EMAIL RIGHT HERE ON PROGRESS.

I'LL, I'LL GET, I'LL GET YOU, I'LL GET IT FROM YOU AS SOON AS WE GET DONE THEN.

OKAY.

COOL.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

PERFECT.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? HAVE ONE THING.

COME ON.

.

WE COULD TRY TO FIND OUT IF THEY COULD GET A FLIGHT FOR FREE FROM WRIGHT PATTERSON AT THE TIME FOR THAT TIME.

ON A C 17.

SOMETIMES THEY DO STUFF LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO THOUGH.

ANY IDEAS? UH, I, I DO KNOW THEY DO THAT KIND OF STUFF ON OCCASION, SO, YES.

MM-HMM .

UH, FLYING LAB.

I DUNNO.

THEY GOT FLYING BE ABLE TO, OKAY.

YEAH.

YEAH.

GIMME THAT INFORMATION.

HUH? AND IN GENERAL, COLUMBUS.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

I DUNNO.

YEAH.

YEP.

YEAH, I'VE BEEN ON, UH, C SEVENTEENS WITH OTHER PEOPLE ON 'EM GOING DIFFERENT PLACES.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.

UM, WITH THE A TA CONFERENCE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ALWAYS THE RESERVES THAT WOULD BUILD IT IN AND GET IN, UH, TRAINING TIME TO FLOSS DOWN AND BACK.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA GO TO HAWAII? YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT WOULD BE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL, LET'S SEE HOW THAT, THAT COULD WORK.

THURSDAY NIGHT.

NINE O'CLOCK.

YEAH.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER NEW BUSINESS.

OKAY, WELL IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND STANDING AND GONNA COVER IT.

I'M GONNA PRAY THIS OUT REAL QUICK AND ADJOURNED.

FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME HERE TODAY, UM, TO DO GOOD WORK FOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS.

UM, SERVE THOSE WHO SO MUCH DESERVE IT, FATHER GOD.

WELL, WE ALL MAKE IT HOME SAFELY.

NO.

OR HARM OR DANGER COMING TO ANY OF US, FATHER GOD.

AND FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO BE HERE BUT COULD NOT LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT THEM, FATHER GOD.

AND WE APPRECIATE THEM'S IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

TIME NOW IS 1841 HOURS.

I CALL THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY INDIGENOUS COMMISSION CLOSED.