* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. TIME NOW IS [00:00:01] 1801 HOURS ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY, NOW CALLED THE HU HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION ORDER. CAN WE ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? ALLEGIANCE, FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. REMAIN STANDING. FATHER GOD, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TOGETHER. WE BE ON ONE OF ACCORD. FATHER GOD, MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR VETERAN DAYS. EVERYONE WE HAVE COMING UP, LORD, IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE, SIR? CARLA K SIR. PRESENT AMANDA FITCH. HERE. RANDALL FLETCHER. PRESENT. OKAY. SHE COMES. . CHARLES HANCOCK. NOT HERE. KEVIN MCDONALD? HERE. BENJAMIN MORGAN. HERE. JAMES WHEDON. KEVIN WHITE. HERE. ANTHONY WINDOR. PRESENT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO, UM, WE GOT TWO MISSING, CORRECT? CAN I GET A MOTION TO EXCUSE OUR TWO COMMISSIONERS? LET USS KNOW THEY WEREN'T GONNA BE HERE. I SECOND. CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL MAKE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU . IT'S YOUR PROPERTY MOTION. AND SECOND IT THAT WE EXCUSE THE COMMISSIONERS. EXCUSE ABSENCE FOR TODAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN. AYE. NAYS HAVE THE SAME RIGHT. MOTION PASSED. MOVING ALONG. ALRIGHT, DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? OKAY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? ANY QUESTIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF LAST MONTH? CAN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF LAST MONTH? CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED PROPERLY. SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM, UH, AUGUST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE BY THE USUAL SIGN. AYE. NAYS HAD THE SAME RIGHT. MOTION PASSED. RIGHT? ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. I I, I JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY AND EVERYBODY DID THE WORK FOR THE TWO 50. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A GREAT YEAR FROM START TO END. SO I JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY AND, UH, FOR ALL THEIR WORK AND EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED. IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD, IT'S BEEN A GOOD RUN. YES, SIR. AGREE WITH THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CITIZENS FOR COMMENTS, UM, ONTO OLD BUSINESS. UM, OF COURSE WE GOT THE VETERANS DAY EVENT COMING UP. BEFORE WE START THAT IS ANYBODY ELSE, ANYTHING THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE START? WE DIVE INTO OUR VETERANS DAY. IT'S OKAY. YOU SPEAK UP, ASK QUESTIONS AND SAY SOMETHING. ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT SOMETHING? OH NO. OH NO. OKAY. SO, UH, FOR A VETERAN'S DAY EVENT, UM, I KNOW I HAVE A SPEAKER. I WAS GOING DOWN THE LIST TODAY. UM, I GOT A, WHERE I EMAILED THE YOUNG MARINES WHEN HE, ABOUT THEM COMING, BUT INSTEAD HE THOUGHT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STUFF WITH HIM WITH THE MONEY. SO OBVIOUSLY HE GOT AHOLD OF MIKE BUT DIDN'T GET AHOLD OF ME. SO I'LL LET HIM KNOW THAT IT WAS FOR ME TOO, . AND THEN AS FAR AS, UM, UM, THE ROTC, JUNIOR, ROTC, I TALKED TO HIM AT THE FOOTBALL GAME AND HE SAID, LIKE HE SAID, THAT WAS SOMETHING HE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO. BUT I TOLD HIM I NEEDED THAT. I NEEDED EMAIL CONFIRMATION FROM HIM TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY I COULD SEND IT BACK THAT WAY I GOT, I, HEY, I GOT THIS COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, I'M WAITING FOR HIM TO GET BACK WITH ME. I'VE CALLED HIM SEVERAL TIMES, LEFT MESSAGES, SO I GUESS I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO GO UP TO THE SCHOOL. SO I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO CHASE HIM DOWN TO TRY TO GET HIM TO COME PARTICIPATE IN OUR CITY'S VETERAN'S DAY FUNCTION. BUT I KNOW THAT HE TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM AND IT, HE'S TRYING TO GET IT ON HIS FEET AGAIN. SO HE'S HAVING A TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW. HE IS HONEST WITH ME AND TOLD ME. SO I TOLD HIM I, UM, I'LL GIVE HIM SOME TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN SOME TIME NOW. SO HOPEFULLY HE GETS AHOLD OF ME AND I'LL GET OFF EARLY TOMORROW. SO WHEN I DO, I GO, I GOTTA TAKE A TROPHY BACK AND THEN I GOTTA GO SIT AND TALK TO THE, UH, UH, TALK TO HIM. SO, SO WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER? YEAH, I HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, CHIEF MATTHEW, SERGEANT [00:05:01] DEANDRO IS GONNA BE COMING ON MY BEHALF. I KNOW THEY WERE TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME FROM THE BASE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HEARD ANYTHING ELSE BACK ABOUT THAT OR NOT, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE AT LEAST SOMEBODY THERE, YOU KNOW, SO, OKAY. SO WE WE'RE SOLID ON THE SPEAKER? YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. WE, WE TRY TO SWITCHING. WE TRY TO GET, WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO GET TWO. OKAY. OH, OKAY. SO A BACKUP. YEAH. BUT THAT THEY'RE BOTH SPEAK. OKAY, GOT IT. NO, THEY'RE BOTH SPEAK TWO SPEAKERS. YES. OKAY. NOW I UNDERSTAND, BUT I DON'T, I, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THE BASE YET. OKAY. SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. . SO I, FIVE YEARS. YEAH, I KNOW. I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW IT GOES, BUT I, I CAN'T WAIT. WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER. WE'RE, WE'RE AT A POINT NOW. SO, UM, WE GET, WE HAVE UM, WE HAVE CLERGY FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE BENEDICTION. IT SAYS HE'S YOUR PERMANENT CLERGY. HUH? YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM. HE'LL, HE'LL DO IT ANYTIME WE NEED HIM. AND I HAVE HIS BIO. I HAVE IT ALREADY. YEAH. YEP. I STILL HAVE IT. SO YEAH, I TOLD HIM. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD. SO THAT, THAT, THAT WORKS OUT THERE. SO, OKAY. PRESENTED COLORS AND FAR AS THE WREATH GOES, REEF TAKEN CARE, IT'S TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY. SO, SO WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR THE JUNIOR ROTC TO PRESENT THE COLORS AND THEN THE YOUNG RINGS BE THE ONES TO PRESENT THE BRIEF AS WE ALWAYS DO. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT COMES TOGETHER LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO. SO, LIKE I SAID, I GOTTA HAVE EVERYTHING DONE BY TOMORROW, FRIDAY AT THE LATEST. I GOTTA HAVE EVERYTHING, THE NAMES, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF PUT IN. SO WE'LL GO WITH, WE HAVE, UM, I KNOW YOUR CREW WILL DO A HECK OF A JOB GETTING EVERYTHING PUT UP FOR US AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER, SO I KNOW, I ALREADY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THE BALL FOR THAT. SO, UM, I'LL SEND OUT THE TIMELINE FOR THAT. YES, SIR. FOR THEM THIS, THIS NEXT WEEK OR SO. AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GET THE WREATHS FROM, BUT WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE, WE STRAP IT DOWN FROM WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE COULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR, I'M NOT SURE. SO, BUT THAT YOU GUYS HANDLE THAT. SO THAT'S ONE LESS THING WE GOTTA WORRY ABOUT. UM, THEY'RE GONNA PUT THE, SHE SAID THEY'RE GONNA PUT THAT, PUT THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. YEP. YEP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO, UM, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, UM, IS ANYBODY WANT, IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN BEING THE MC? I MEAN, I'LL DO IT. 'CAUSE I USUALLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO, I DON'T MIND GOING ONCE GOING TWICE. CRICKET. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ANTHONY. YES, YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU AFTERNOON THEN. . YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE GOT, YEAH, WE'LL GET YOU A CUP OF COFFEE OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? . SO WE HAVE, UM, SO WE HAVE OUR SPEAKER AND I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON. SO IF THE ROTC DOES FALL THROUGH, THEN THE YOUNG MARINES, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT, BUT HE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE HE SAYS IT BEING EMAILED, SO I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE FOR SURE. SO, AND IF SO, WE CAN HAVE THEM DO THE COLORS AND PRESENT. THEY, THEY'VE DONE BOTH OF 'EM BEFORE, SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. AND WE HAVE OUR, WE HAVE OUR CLERGY AND WE HAVE A SPEAKER AS OF RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. SO, UM, NOW WE WERE TRYING TO GET, I WAS TRYING TO GET, UM, THE VSO BUS TO COME BACK AGAIN. SO I'M GONNA CALL, TALK TO, UH, MY VICE AND SEE IF HE'S ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THEM TO GET THE VSO BUS HERE. AGAIN, VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE. SO THAT, THAT WAY IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET SOME PAPERWORK OR WANTS TO START WORKING ON THEIR, THEIR SERVICE CONNECTION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S COMING UP. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? UM, WE START AT PROMPTLY AT 1600 HOURS. WE ASK THAT ANYBODY THAT'S COMING THAT YOU, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S HAVING SOMEBODY COME AND SPEAK OR, OR CLERGY OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, WE ASK THAT THEY'RE THERE BY 1515, NO LATER THAN 1530. 'CAUSE WE, WE, WE, WE RUN THROUGH EVERYTHING. WE HAVE A DRY RUN, EVEN WITH THE, UM, COLOR GUARDS THAT ARE THERE. WE, WE KNOW, WE GO THROUGH A FEW TIMES JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. SO. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. UM, WHERE IS THIS GOING TO BE AT? OH, UH, IT'S, IT'S AT THE, UM, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AT AT CLOUD PARK. WELL, THEY GET AHOLD OF ME. WHAT TIME ARE YOU NORMALLY THERE? I USUALLY GET THERE, WE USUALLY GET THERE BY THREE, THREE O'CLOCK, THREE 15, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MICHAEL AND THEM WOULD BE THERE LIKE AT NOON EVERY TIME I GET THERE. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOREVER ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SO RIGHT. SITTING EVERYTHING UP. UM, THE, THE REASON THAT I ASK IS, UM, I WANNA COME EARLY ENOUGH TO OBSERVE EVERYTHING THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, UM, NEXT YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO STEP IN AND, AND FILL IN FOR YOU. SO I WANT TO SEE [00:10:01] THE FLOW OF EVERYTHING, HOW IT, YOU KNOW, WORKS AND GOES AND, YES. YEAH. AND THEN WE HAD THIS, WE HAVE A SEAT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS SET UP HERE. WE HAVE A PODIUM AND WHAT WE THE PER WE'LL BE FACING THIS WAY, OF COURSE, AND YOU'LL HAVE, UM, THE FLAG BEHIND US AND THE EVERLASTING FLAMES IS GONNA BE THERE ALSO, WITH ALL THE MONUMENTS WE HAVE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT ARMED FORCES. THE SPEAKERS ARE COME. SO THE SPEAKER, THE MYSELF, AND ANYBODY THAT'S, UM, PART OF THE ACTUAL WILL, WILL BE SITTING BEHIND THE PODIUM AND CHEERS BACK THERE. SO WITHOUT, ARE YOU GUYS GONNA DO, TRY TO DO AWNINGS AGAIN THIS YEAR? THREE CLOCK'S PLENTY EARLY THREE 15. WE'LL HAVE THE POP 10. THE POP 10. OKAY. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. FAIR. AND SO JUST, WILL EVERYBODY KNOW NOW IT'S, IT'S OHIO, SOMETIMES VETERANS' DAY. I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I RESPECT IT. SOMETIMES VETERANS' DAY, I'VE BEEN THERE AND THERE'S, IT'S BEEN SNOWING. OKAY. THE EVENT GOES ON. YES. IT'S, IT IS NOVEMBER. YEP. WE LIVE IN OHIO. WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S COMING. WHAT'S GONNA GIVE US, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT LAST YEAR, MIKE? WAS IT 20, 22 MINUTES? WAS IT 22 DEGREES? YEAH, NO YEAR WAS, YEAH. AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND THE WIND CHILL WAS, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS PEAKING LIKE THEY WERE ON SPEED . YES. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT TURNED OUT, IT TURNED OUT. WAIT, PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR IT. BUT, AND, AND, BUT THE BEST PART WAS NOBODY WANTED TO BE ON THE MICROPHONE TOO LONG. RIGHT. . AND I'M NOT A SO FLOWED ROAD. YES. QUICK AND SMOOTH FROM THE, FROM THE VA WAS THERE. I KNOW HER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SHE SAID, ANTHONY, I'M TELLING YOU NOW I'M CUTTING THIS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I SAID, MA'AM, HEY, YOU DO WHAT YOU DO. AS LONG AS YOU GET YOUR POINT ACROSS, I'M FINE. YOU KNOW, SO. YEAH. YEAH. THAT WAS THE BEST THING. WE HAD OVERCOATS ON AND HAT PULLED DOWN AND GLOVES ON . SO YES. I'M HOPING IT'S GONNA BE NICE. WELL, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST DECENT WEATHER, BUT WE'LL SEE. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO JUST BE READY FOR THAT. I WANT EVERYBODY KNOW, PLEASE COME PREPARED. THIS IS WHAT I HEAR. COME PREPARED. WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, MADE MILITARY ASSOCIATES, WE KNOW, YOU KNOW. OKAY. UM, THE NEW VISIT, HE HAD THE THING FOR THE INVITE A VET CAR SHOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WASN'T UNTIL NEXT, NEXT YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, 27. IT'S IN 27, RIGHT? IT'S IN JUNE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO FOR THE PURPOSES, SINCE HE, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT WAS VICE THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WASN'T IT? OR WAS THAT YOU? NO, I, I I DON'T, I SAW THE EMAIL. IT WAS VICE. OKAY. I WANNA MAKE SURE IT WAS VICE. OKAY. IT WAS VICE. SO SINCE HE'S NOT HERE, I'M GONNA TABLE THAT IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT. ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH TABLING THAT UNTIL WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED? YEAH, WE, I THINK WE GOT TIME ENOUGH. TABLE IT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, I WANNA REMIND, UM, THE COMMISSION, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S A VETERAN IN NEED ON OCTOBER 2ND AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AT BUILDING 3 0 5 AT THE DAYTON VA, WE'RE HAVING OUR ANNUAL STAND DOWN. LEMME PULL THIS BACK SO I'M ALRIGHT LOUD. SO , SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT A STAND DOWN IS, UM, VETERANS CAN COME, UM, SHOW ANY FORM OF VETERAN ID OR THE DD TWO 14. UM, THEY HAVE CLOTHES THAT THEY GIVE AWAY. THEY HAVE PERSONAL ITEMS, THEY HAVE HYGIENE ITEMS, THEY ALSO HAVE MEDICAL STAFF THERE. AND SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THEY'LL HAVE, AND I'LL HAVE ALL KIND OF VENDORS THERE FIRST. OR RED CROSS WILL BE THERE. THE VSOS WILL BE THERE. THERE'LL BE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. UM, HOMELESS AND ALL DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY'LL ALL BE THERE HELPING OUT. SO, UM, AND THEN AFTER THEY, UM, AFTER THEY GET THEIR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE STATIONS FOR THEM TO GO TO, THEY GOT BACKPACKS THEY GET, AND THEN SOMETIMES LIKE, UM, NOT LAST YEAR, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, WE HAD, UM, SLEEPING BAGS, MILITARY BOOTS, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WE, WE GIVE OUT AS WELL. SO, UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO GET TWO BAGS OF GROCERIES. YES. AND IT COMES IN A BOX. WE PUT THE BOX IN THE TRUNK AND THEY DRIVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN GET DONE. WE, WE DO ALL THAT. AND THEN ALSO WHILE THEY'RE THERE, WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF SOMEBODY THAT COMES THERE TO CARE THAT HAS FOOD. SO SOMEBODY MIGHT BE BARBECUING BURGERS AND HOT DOGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT THEY EAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE. WHAT, WHAT BUILDING NUMBER IS THAT THROUGH? IT'S 3 0 5. 3 0 5. IT'S THE POINT BUILDING. YOU KNOW, CINDY, THE POINT, UM, SHE DID OUR THING ONE YEAR. SHE'S THE YELLOW STARS OR? YEAH. FOR, FOR, UM, YEAH, FOR GO. I MEAN, YELLOW STAR, STAR IS THERE, IS THERE, IS IT AN ALL DAY? IS IT HER TIME? YES. IT'LL, IT'LL BE FROM, IT'LL BE FROM EIGHT TO ONE. EIGHT TO ONE. YES SIR. IS THERE LIKE A, UM, A FLYER OR DO YOU HAVE LIKE A LANDING PAGE? WHEN I GET TO WORK TO, I CAN SHARE WHEN I, WHEN I GET TO WORK TOMORROW, I'M GONNA SCAN IT AND SEND IT TO EVERYBODY. AH, PERFECT. THAT'LL WORK. I'M IT TOMORROW BECAUSE I GOT THE LITTLE THING THEY I PRINTED OUT TODAY AND PUT IT ON MY LITTLE THINGS THAT TOLD THE OTHER VETERANS THAT WERE AROUND THERE. BUT YEAH, IT'S A, I MEAN, AND IF ANYBODY JUST DOESN'T HAVE, I MEAN, IF YOU FEEL LIKE JUST GETTING OUT AND JUST GOING OUT, JUST COME OUT AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT IT IS. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, MAN. IT'S, AND IT'S SO REWARDING, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I, I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, IF YOU HAVE TIME JUST TO COME OUT THERE AND SEE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO, THEY MIGHT, MIGHT NEED SOME HELP HERE AND THERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN GRAB HOP IN THERE AND I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM WAVING PEOPLE IN TO PUTTING THE FOOD IN THE CAR AT THE END. SO I MAKE SURE I DO IT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S ONCE UPON A TIME WHERE I WAS THERE, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, UM, I, I, I LOVE IT. AND THEY HAVE ONE AND THEY ALSO HAVE ONE. THEY USED TO HAVE ONE FOR WOMEN AND THEN ONE FOR MEN. BUT THEY STARTED PUTTING 'EM TOGETHER NOW, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT. I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE [00:15:01] KEPT IT NOT, 'CAUSE I JUST THINK THAT ITEMS THAT THEY NEEDED WERE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDED AND IT WAS SPECIFIC TO THEM, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, GETTING LESS MONEY NOW AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS HAPPEN. SO, UM, BESIDES FOR THAT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY MORE BUSINESS? I HAVE ONE THING. UH, I HAVE ONE THING. YES, SIR. UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO TOUCH ON THE PAVER, UM, OR THE V VETERANS MEMORIAL. UM, EACH COMMISSION MEMBER IS, IS, UM, THEY WERE DUE BY THE 30, I BELIEVE, THE 31ST. YES. UM, TO BE REGISTERED FOR THIS YEAR'S WE HAD ZERO. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TRIED TO PROMOTE THIS IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND ASPECTS. SO WHAT, UM, YOU, MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS IN A SENSE OF, IF ANYONE HERE ON THE BOARD IS WE, WE'VE OFFERED THIS BEFORE, IS INTERESTED IN, IN HAVING A FAVOR AND CAN QUALIFY FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS AS A VETERAN THAT CAN, THAT IS ABLE TO HAVE ONE, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU REGISTER AND WE'LL GET IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MAY NOT BE THIS YEAR, MAYBE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S BATCH. BUT WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TOO IS MAYBE, UM, AND THIS IS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, IS GETTING AT LEAST ONE, I CAN GET IT MAYBE ETCHED BETWEEN NOW AND THAT TIME, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS GETTING THEM ETCHED IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THEN GETTING THEM INSTALLED BY THAT TIME, WHICH I, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE PRETTY WELL AT IN THE PAST. BUT HOW PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES ARE, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY WITH THE, THE PEOPLE CONTRACTORS WE USE FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS SOMEONE HAVE ONE WE THE COMMISSION PRESENTED TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE DONATION FROM YOU FROM READ THE QUALIFICATIONS ONLINE. AND SO WE COULD START, THE COMMISSION CAN START PROMOTING THAT. SO THEY MEANT MORE UNDERSTANDING OF, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW LIKE WHAT THIS IS. SO THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN TO THE MEMORIAL. YES. WHICH I WOULD SUGGEST YOU GO TO. YES. SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, NUMBER ONE. I MEAN, WE'RE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT. UM, AND, AND THE CITY, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT. SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AND THOSE ASPECTS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S COMMITMENT TO BENCHES THAT CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH. LOOK AT ALL THIS. IT'S ONLINE, IT'S ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION AS A COMMISSION. I THINK WHEN YOU START GETTING THOSE THINGS OUT AS MORE BE AS FORMATIVE, UM, AS POSSIBLE. I'M, I'M GONNA PUT THAT IN, I'M GONNA PUT THAT IN OUR, UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND THE, AND THE VARE ALWAYS ASKING YOU TO PUT INTO LIKE THEIR, OUR LITTLE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER A MONTHLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING FOR THINGS TO PUT IT IN THERE. I THINK THAT'S A PERFECT THING FOR US TO DO. . WELL, AND THAT'S ANOTHER, THE CITY NEWSLETTER IS COMING OUT. IF YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THAT BY SUCH AND SUCH DATE, WE'LL GET THAT OUT. AND SARAH WILLIAMS, WHO'S THE YEAH. UM, CITY MEDIA PERSON. YEP. SHE CAN GET THAT AND PUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THERE. OR THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING OKAY. THE UPCOMING NEWSLETTERS FOR NEXT YEAR, THE, YOU KNOW, UPCOMING EVENTS. YEAH. OKAY. JUST TRYING TO BE AS, AS INFORMATIVE AS WE CAN BE. AND THEN FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YET, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU WALK UP TO THE ACTUAL, UH, MONUMENT ITSELF, YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE THE STONES, THE COBBLESTONE TYPE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? GOING UP TO, AND YOU'LL SEE THE PEOPLE'S NAMES ON THERE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY'RE BE, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL MAN. SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT IS NOT BREAD BRICK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S LIKE GRAY OR LIKE A WHITE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE THAT. SO IT'S REALLY, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL GRANITE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU THINK YEAH. IF YOU'RE NOT SEEN THAT. I WAS JUST GO, YES. AND IF, YEAH, AND I, AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OUR, OUR VETERAN MEMORIAL HERE IS, I'VE TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN AROUND IT, THEY DO THAT. THEY TRAVEL FROM PLACE TO PLACE, GO TO AIRPORT MUSEUM. THEY GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES LIKE THAT AND THEY, THEY'VE ALL SAID THE SAME THING THAT THEY WOULD, THEY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS, THEY THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY WERE LIKE, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, AND IT IS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL THERE. IT, IT, IT, IT IS. I LOVE IT EVERY TIME WE'RE THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND JUST EVERY TIME, LIKE EVERY TIME I WALK, I WATCH YOU. I GO BY THERE, SIT DOWN FOR A SECOND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TAKE IT IN AND KEEP IT MOVING. SO YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW WE MOVE KIND OF FAST TODAY, BUT WE ALL GOT LIVE, SO I'M SURE NOBODY'S MAD EVERYBODY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I CAN SAY AS A QUICK PRAYER, GET UP OUTTA HERE. WELL ADJOURNED. SO I DID HAVE ONE, ONE QUICK QUESTION. I'M SORRY. EVERYBODY'S GETTING READY TO LEAVE. THAT'S OKAY. BUT, UH, DID I READ IN THE EMAIL THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PAUSE THROUGH NOVEMBER? YES. YES. DECEMBER, IS THAT RIGHT? THIS ISN'T THE LAST ONE OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? NEXT THAT ONE ON OCTOBER? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. UM, BUT BASICALLY THE MEETINGS FALL THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, BASICALLY THE NIGHT BEFORE UHHUH , UH, AND THEN I THINK CHRISTMAS EVE IS, UM, THURSDAY IN THE MEETING, OR DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT I THINK IT'S, I IT'S TUESDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT, IT FALLS RIGHT IN, IN A TIME YOU'D WANNA BE WITH YOUR FAMILY. SO THEY, THE, THE LAST TWO MEETINGS OF THE YEAR BEING EITHER THE WEDNESDAY ALWAYS KIND OF [00:20:01] COINCIDE WITH NEXT TO CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS. YEAH. UM, SO THE COMMISSION HAS ALWAYS MADE THE KIND OF DECISION TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S JUST KIND OF MAKES SENSE. I I I'VE READ IT. I JUST MAKING SURE I WANNA THAT TOO, TO, TO FAMILIARIZE YOU WITH THE EMAIL IS YES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE THOSE, I WOULD GET ONLINE. MM-HMM . LOOK AT THE AGENDAS, WHAT DATES ARE OPEN AND, AND YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN YOURSELVES DECIDE, HEY, LIKE WE NEED ANOTHER MEETING. IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OF BETWEEN NOW AND THEN FOR VETERAN'S DAY, IF THERE'S AN EXTRA MEETING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED THROUGH THIS FORUM, THEN I WOULD LOOK AT THOSE DATES BEFORE THAT DATE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, BEFORE THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT, THERE'S ONLY ONE MEETING. SO NEXT MONTH WHEN WE MEET, THAT'S IT. YEAH. THEN IT'S GAME TIME. OKAY. SO IF YOU WANNA MEET BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TH NOW AND THEN IN THIS FORM, THAT'S THE, THAT'S BASICALLY THE, THE ROUTE YOU HAVE TO TAKE TO PICK SOME OF THOSE DATES. AND YOU, YOU CAN SEE 'EM ONLINE WHERE THE AGENDAS ARE AND YOU HAVE PLENTY, THERE'S PLENTY OF COMMISSIONS THAT THEY'RE HERE EVERY NIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA FIND A DATE THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT GONNA BE HERE. LET THEM KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. SO WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE WHERE WE'VE HAD TO MOVE A MEETING UP OR BACK OR, YOU KNOW, YEAH. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, OR WE GOTTA SOMETHING COMING UP AND WE NEED TO MEET, DO SOMETHING FAST, BUT JUST MAKE SURE WE, EVERYBODY GOT OUR DUCKS IN A ROW. SO, ALRIGHT. ONE OTHER THING. HOW'S CLEANING? UM, YOU NOTICE THERE'S NO NAME TAGS. UM, FUTURE REFERENCE, IF WE WANT NAME TAGS, YOU CAN GRAB IT. 'CAUSE THERE'S D DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO SIT IN DIFFERENT PLACES ALL THE TIME. SO WE'LL HAVE THE NAME TAGS OVER THERE. YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM UPON WHAT POSITION YOU WANNA SIT IN. UM, AT THE END OF THE MEETING, I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT YOU TAKE THE MICROPHONES TO THAT END OF THE DAIS OVER THERE SO WE CAN PUT THEM AWAY AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEXT PEOPLE. THEY'RE HAVING THE MEETINGS. ROGER THAT, THAT USUALLY WE PICK 'EM UP OURSELVES. I WAS LIKE, IT'S A DIFFERENT BUILDING THAN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DIFFERENT BUILDING THAT WE USED TO MEET IN. SO THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT ASPECTS, YOU KNOW, OF, OF, LIKE I SAID, JUST HOUSE CLEANING, THINGS THAT WE USED TO DO THAT THAT THEY'RE NOT KIND OF HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. . GOOD. ALRIGHT, FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR PRODUCTIVE MEETING TODAY. FATHER GOD, PLEASE, UH, WATCH ALL WE TRAVEL SO NO HEART HARM OR DANGER COMES TO ANY OF US. WE MAKE IT BACK TO OUR FAMILIES. FATHER GOD, PLEASE CONTINUE TO BLESS THOSE OUT THERE THAT ARE SERVING OUR S AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND THEIR FAMILIES, FATHER GOD, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING A WAY FOR THEM WHEN WE CAN. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. IT'S 1824 HOURS ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER. THE HUMAN RIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERAN COMMISSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.