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County commissioners, and an election day as well. Please to have you all here with us this morning, quite a crowd.

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We're going to open up this morning with an indication. We'll follow that up by the pledge of allegiance.

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And we're going to ask Commissioner Alec Paul Nixon, also a pastor at Central Baptist Church, if he would come and lead us.

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This will probably be your first opportunity and want to make it come whenever we need somebody to stand in with Graham Fountain head now.

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So you and Carolyn be able to switch off

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pinch it and for us.

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But if you'll open this up this morning,

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we would appreciate it.

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Wendy, please pray with me.

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Grace, this God, thank you for the time you give us.

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God, thank you for the opportunity to come together

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and take part in local government.

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God, thank you that we get the opportunity

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to honor four men who trust you and love you.

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And God, we thank you so much for their work,

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for their ministry and for the work you've given them in our county.

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Lord, bless this commission as the handle of your business today.

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God bless our county as we move in such a direction to honor you more.

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Be with us in Jesus name, amen.

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Thank you.

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Join us in the pledge.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

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One issue under God, and a visible, with liberty and justice for all.

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All right.

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We will start our business with the county administrators update.

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Mr. Hofsted.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, commissioners.

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I have three items and I'll try and be brief this morning.

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I just wanted to update the board.

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I've talked to you all individually about the medical examiner's contract for district 1.

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I believe we have reached terms with Dr. Diana Aleski.

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That will go before the medical examiner's commission, I believe, on the 7th of this month for confirmation and we should be sitting in a new medical examiner very soon.

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Also, I just wanted to let the board know that we closed on the first beach access property with Destin this week, so that is taking care of.

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And lastly, we received guidance from Gulf Islands National Seasure regarding Crab Island and a commercial use activity type of permitting program that will take place out there.

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We've sent that to you individually by email so you have that, but it looks like they are taking a position on the commercial activity crab on it.

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And with that Mr. Chairman, that's all I have for now. Reserve my final comments for the meeting, please.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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And the Sir Shahar County Attorney's Office.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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We have one agenda item today, and we are seeking approval to authorize the County

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Attorney's Office to institute legal action necessary to enforce the terms of an

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lease agreement with MD Hanger LLC.

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There are current Hanger lease tenant.

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They've been conducting unauthorized suppleasing activities without seeking board approval.

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We've put them on notice, back in July, we've coordinated a few meetings, phone calls, correspondence with them, but they are currently still

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have failed to cure their breach. And so we are asking for authority to institute legal action as a third and fourth in terms of the lease agreement.

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No. Anything further on that, are you ready for questions?

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No, I'm available for questions.

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Okay, commissioners, any questions or discussion on that item?

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I'd just like to hear from Mr. stage, and he's joined us on a video.

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Mr. stage, if you have anything you'd like to add to that, please do so.

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I appreciate that. Thank you. Good morning, Chairman Commissioners.

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Mrs. Hustler, just like that, we're trying to hold the requirements within the lease agreement.

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and the tenant has not been helpful through the process.

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So unfortunately this is the next step requesting board action.

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Do you have any other questions?

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I need a motion or how do you want to proceed?

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Well, unless there's any other questions we can certainly entertain action on this.

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Let's see, it's in Commissioner Wein's district.

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I don't know if he or you would be more inclined.

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I was actually emotionally towards him since it's a district so.

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So, she was nudging you.

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Okay, I'll take the nudge.

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I'll move that the board authorize the county attorney to institute legal action as in that

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necessary to enforce the terms of the lease agreement.

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All right.

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All right.

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So we have a motion in a second.

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Any further discussion on that item?

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Commissioners.

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All right.

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Those in favor please signal by saying aye.

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Aye.

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And those opposed.

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That passes unanimously.

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So, Mr. Shah, you've got the authority to move forward, and as always I'm sure you'll keep the board well informed of status.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Mr. Peacock, anything from the clerk's office this morning?

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Nothing, Mr. Chairman.

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Other than just to recognize all the great friends and public safety there here today.

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Great.

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Glad to see you, but here today.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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That'll bring us to our first public comment portion of the meeting.

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We will allow a public comment portion or continue public comments at the end as well.

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So I'd ask for during this period of time, if you're here and want to speak, please

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try to limit your comments now to three minutes or less.

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We'll give you additional time at the end if you need more.

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I have one speaker card.

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If you have not filled one out but wish to speak, we can recognize you simply by a you raise

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in your hand letting me know you'll be called on a lot to speak.

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But we'll start with our speaker cards.

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The first is Mr. Ted Corkerin, here from the Fort Wombie Chamber.

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Thank you.

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I want Ted Corkerin to have the four Wombie Chamber Congress.

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We have a church in Runsom.

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They have the nice little mouth, whereas Oachamor is coming.

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They shall submit every time they're ready to have a conference.

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And then Shane, who you phone call me up.

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The desk there, you share the conference.

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You're here today.

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Hey Ted. You're microphone.

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We know you're loud, but everybody in TV land needs to hear you.

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Could you introduce me again then so I could do it correctly?

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Hello, everyone.

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Ted Corcoran, I would be happy to have the four-wall main chamber of commerce.

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With me as Trisha Brunson, I would be happy to have the National Valparaiso Chamber

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of Commerce, Megan Schultz.

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I would be happy to have the Crescerary Chamber of Commerce, and Shane Moody from the

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Descererary Chamber of Commerce who could not be here today.

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All four of the Oakland City Chamber of Commerceers are in full support of item number eight

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department, Business A, Craig Coffee Administrator Services, the request for the consideration

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of Business COVID Designation Program, which we will call Oklahoma County COVID Compliant Business

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Partner Certification Program, and I share that with you as during the discussion of that.

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If you need any additional questions, we're available to pop up, push the button accordingly

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to speak, and answer appropriate questions. Thank you.

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Thank you, sir. Any other members of the public wishing to address the board this morning? Just raise your hand. You'll be called on. All right, I don't see anyone indicating they want to speak. So we will close the first public comment. Oh, I got some hands. Yes, sir. Come on forward.

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And if you'll do as a favor and just state your name and address for the record.

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My name is John Perry, I'm with Rockin' Tacos on Oklahoma's Island at the boardwalk, and we're trying to get a ordinance passed to allow that the public will no longer be able to feed any type of predatory birds on Oklahoma's county property.

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We'd like to see that and we've got a couple of folks that hang out on the beach feed birds all day every day.

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become a very big nuisance to my business, we've got birds attacking people on the deck while

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they're eating, stealing food, that becomes my job to replace the food that they've

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lived.

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Well, that's a capital offense.

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Stay on that food.

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That's correct.

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It costs me a million.

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You know, I know they stole my one time.

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That's right.

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He's been there once.

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One French fry.

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Don't forget in the man in between a man is French fry, right?

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So we'd like to see this thing move forward.

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It's just like I said, it's become a real big nuisance for us.

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And we'd like to have your vote for that today.

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All right.

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I appreciate that.

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And I don't know, Mr. Shari, you may be able to speak to it.

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There may be some things in place that already prohibit that.

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I'm sure from the, you know, the state perspective,

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you're, you know, at least for protected species.

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You're probably not supposed to do being engaging in that activity.

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I don't know.

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You said predatory birds, but is it more of a position?

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Seagulls.

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Pigeons and Seagulls.

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So, December, really.

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Yeah, I mean, you know, even the little baby ventures

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are sometimes a problem, but the problems are,

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you know, scaring customers off,

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and I'm, you know, starting to lose business

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because of because people have, you know, fear of birds.

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It's right.

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You can't really match your place.

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Right. Yeah, and it's just become a big time problem.

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This is my district, I'm aware of this problem.

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This is up to date me and maybe others in this room.

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Remember Alfred Hitchcock's, the birds.

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It's that bad.

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It's really bad and this happened before an uptown station many years ago before we renovated it

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There was a woman and she's probably deceased now that fed the birds and I mean it made a terrible mess all over cars and everything

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So I think this is very warranted. I appreciate y'all bringing this to my attention

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And I'm very much in favour of it

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Your correct FWC has some provisions under their regulations, but on consent agenda item 24

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Or we have a request to schedule a public hearing for the November 17th meeting for the board

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to consider a wildlife feeding ordinance that prohibits feeding wildlife in all county parks,

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county properties.

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Oh, so it goes broader than this concern.

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Okay.

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That's something we can talk about later than, but at least it would cover this.

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All right, so, you know, it sounds like that's in the work certainly of valid concern.

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Um, you know, it's always surprising when you see people feeding chips to seagulls on the

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on the beach and then they get upset when the seagulls give it back to them.

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Absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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They say that's good luck, but I don't believe it.

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Somebody else can have that luck correct.

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I don't believe it.

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Right.

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All right.

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Very good.

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Well, we appreciate you coming forward on this one.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Any other member of the public?

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Yes, sir.

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a friskass fee for $3,000 in the boardwalk as well.

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I just want to reaffirm what he said though.

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It's not just that, it's what I paid to have my restaurant clean.

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I have two restaurants on the boardwalk.

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It's anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 a month just to make sure that my restaurants

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are sanitary for customers and guests alike.

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So I just want to reaffirm.

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It is definitely something that needs to be addressed.

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It is that bad, so I just want to make sure

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That's it?

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All right, very good.

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Appreciate that.

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We'll have to during the public hearing.

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I'm sure we'll design this ordinance to be a fact.

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We don't mind of some young boy throws a chip or something.

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This is not just feeding turtles.

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This is much more than that.

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I mean, because it's almost like a hazard.

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It is a hazard.

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No doubt, Commissioner.

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And I think you make a very good point.

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Of course, this is just to set the public hearing.

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And all of this will have the opportunity, except for Graham and Kelly, I guess, to work with staff on this before it comes back.

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We can always call them and give a work with you to make sure you get it right in there, not Kelly.

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You mean we could still anticipate hearing your opinion?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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No doubt.

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But yeah, I think Commissioner Kachel may have brought up a good point, and, you know, some all certainly reach out to staff about that,

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you know, maybe we need to look at focus on this property in this area where we know there's restaurant.

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and vendors and this isn't, you know, I think her point, you know, if somebody goes down to one of

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the parks and throws a bright chrome to a duck, who wants to, we're not looking to find five-year-old kids for that.

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I think it's her point, so maybe we can just make sure we get there.

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what I think would be helpful because this is a real problem, we'll present video of what's going on.

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and you guys will get the credit on your level.

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No, certainly, certainly, what you're describing

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needs to be stopped, it's an issue that's not fair

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to the citizens or your businesses.

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See, Sheriff Ashley already knew it was illegal.

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But, unfortunately we have people that break the rules

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only,

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it's all right.

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So anyway, we'll take a look at that as we go forward.

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Any other member of the public wishing

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to address the board this morning.

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All right, I don't see any hands this time,

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so we will close this first public comment

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portion of the meeting.

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And we will move to our consent agenda.

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I believe Commissioner Fountain has requested

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that items 14 and 15 be pulled from the consent agenda

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for separate discussion.

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Is there any other item from the consent agenda

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than any of them?

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I'd like to pull 16, please.

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All right.

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So, Commissioner Ketchel would also like to remove 16 for separate discussion, any other

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item that any commissioner would like to remove from the consent agenda as well.

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If not, I will entertain a motion regarding the consent agenda, the last items, 14, 15, and

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16.

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All right.

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We have a motion to approve by Commissioner Boyles, is there a second?

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Second?

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Any second by Commissioner Ketchel.

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For the discussion, all right, those in favor please single by saying aye, and those opposed.

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All right, the consent agenda passes unanimously less 14, 15, and 16.

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Mr. Fountain will recognize you with regard to.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman and commissioners, and good morning to everybody. Again, welcome to all of our public safety and loan

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enforcement people are here. We appreciate y'all coming today. I want to begin by just saying that I think

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fix and to leave the board, the thing I will probably miss the most, even though there would be a lot of things.

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I miss primarily the people that work here at the county, but one of the things that I will

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probably miss the most is being able to take a snapshot or a point in time and look back

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and recognize people that have impacted our county and our history in a great way.

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We joke back and forth sometimes with my distinguished friend on the left that sometimes

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we honor people before they die, and I guess there's always a risk at that, and sometimes

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we try not to do that, but there are certain times in certain people that come across

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our path that influence greatly how we live and the quality of life that we have, the

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safe environment that we live in and the safe schools that the kids go to and recognize

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and then why there's still with us is something that I have enjoyed and I will miss and I hope

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that I feel certain that this board will continue to do that when it's warranted and it's

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something of a great scale that is important to our community. First I just want to recognize

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in addition I won't call all the sheriff's department. People here I think everybody knows them,

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We're very honored to have our superintendent of schools,

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Marcus Chambers with us here this morning and also the mayor.

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J. B. Widdner here and they wanted to come and be here today

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for this and we thank y'all for coming.

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So it's just an honor for me to present two resolutions,

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honoring two men that it goes without saying they're both very,

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dear pretty much lifetime now as long as we know each other, friends, but more importantly

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men that certainly shake my career and a lot of the careers of some of the people in this

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room, both of them. One of them will certainly my balls in my friend. The other one has been a

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dear friend and a coworker and at one time I was his balls. I enjoyed promoting him and seeing him

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move up through the ranks when I was at the Sheriff's Office before the Sheriff Gilbert and I left.

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And that's of course our current Sheriff.

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Sheriff Gilbert got a lot of us in this room, our starts.

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But more importantly, having control of an agency for 16 years, during a time of unprecedented growth,

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where we went from, I think when I started under Frankie Meals, we had something like 39 deputies.

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and it grew very quickly under Sheriff Gilbert and then you all know what's happened

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under Sheriff Ashley. It is really grown but I'm I'm honored to present this

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resolution today. I'm going and also let me introduce Sheriff Ashley has got

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Laney. Laney is his better half and she even though she doesn't appear to do it

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she does wear the bridges and the family. They're very tall bridges and Laney

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You've done very well with Larry since you put that hook into him way back when, and you've

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done very well.

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And we're very honored to have Jennifer and Polly, Sheriff, Larry Gilbert and Connie's

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daughters here with us today.

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And Sheriff Gilbert is, Sheriff, are you on the Zoom?

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I don't see you face, but Dan, if you got them, were you can pull them in or,

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okay.

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Good morning, Sheriff Gilbert.

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How are you doing today?

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Good.

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A little chilly up here in the mountains.

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Yes, they're up in North Georgia in the Helen.

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Beautiful place.

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Well, we're glad you could be with us today.

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So I'm going to begin.

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And I will read and move the first resolution.

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If you all would bear with me because I want to read this into the record.

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Resolution number 20-165.

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Resolution of the Oakland Board of County Commission's recognizing the contributions of Sheriff Larry Gilbert,

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the Oakland County, the State of Florida, and the Public Safety Community,

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Designating the Oakland County Emergency Operations Center,

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and joint 911 Communications Center at the Northwest Florida,

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Northwest Florida State College as the Sheriff Larry Gilbert Emergency Operations Center in providing an effective date.

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Whereas retired Oakley's the County Sheriff, Larry Gilbert graduated from Florida State University

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with his bachelor's degree in criminal justice and is a graduate of the State of Florida Police Academy,

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the State Fire College, Florida Banking School, and the Florida Sheriff's School.

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And whereas he served four years as an investigator with the State Farm Arts was office in Oakley's

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the County of Northwest Florida investigating fires,

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Arson's explosive bomb violations, various frauds involving insurance and organized fraud,

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working hand in hand with a local fire community emergency management officials and

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worked as a bank executive for over nine years in the local financial community.

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And we're going to share what was elected at Oakwood County Sheriff in 1980, and we'll continue

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to serve for 16 years in the post, bringing the agency from a small organization to a medium

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size agency embracing new technologies, investigative techniques, and law enforcement operations,

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adding new units such as Beats Petro, K9 units, aviation, joint narcotics, task force

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and school resource officers in the countywide high schools, innovative jail facilities,

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a county work farm, and a state of art, computer-ated dispatch, CAD.

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And we're as dear in his first term of office, he served on the board of directors of the Florida

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chair association and help create and manage the FSA self-insurance fund, providing risk services

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and insurance payments for property and casualty claims throughout the state, as well as

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organizing the FSA mutual aid task force that provided chair step to use the respond over

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the state of Florida dear and declared emergencies.

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And whereas he led the efforts in managing countywide emergencies dear in his first term of office,

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or during his term of office, including hurricanes, floods, forest fires, aircraft, crashes,

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chemical, toxic spills, and established the first post-Turkane Andrew consolidated on-site

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ESF-16 Joint Operations Center during Hurricane Opal in 1995, providing a central law enforcement

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in public safety command and control center, professional state, county, and city leaders

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to manage emergency operations in Oakland City County.

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And in this one, some of y'all in this room will remember,

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and he procured his family's road construction company

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to repair the lost roadway on how we 98 on Oakland Island

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even before the state and federal government were able

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to mobilize their assets.

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And that was a, that was a game changer for us, and we thank the neighbors, family for that.

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And we're asked, Sheriff Gilbert, create the first joint dispatch center in the Shalom Mark County,

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a courthouse annex, merging Sheriff dispatch centers, EMS, and civil defense function, and implemented a state-of-the-art computer data dispatch and records management system.

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And, again, the testing of an experimental vehicle tracking system designed and built by

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eggplant air force base engineers way before ABL technology was even on the market for law enforcement.

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And, allowing dispatchers to see each deputy's vehicle while I don't patrol, thereby enhancing

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officer safety and increasing response times due to efficiency.

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And, whereas, Sheriff Gilbert's tenure in state and county law enforcement, contribute greatly

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to the advancement of the field of public safety and law enforcement management in the state.

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And he was instrumental in bringing the overall operations of Oakland County Sheriff's Office

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into the new century by providing cutting-edge technology and operations and at a reasonable

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cost of the county taxpayers.

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He founded many programs and processes that have been expanded and built upon over the last 25

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years by his successors.

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And his innovations are celebrated as foundational in protecting lives and property.

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We're as the U.S. County Board of County Commissioners, Desires now to honor

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Sheriff Leary Gilbert, for his honorable and historical service to the County State and

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public safety community by designating the U.S. County Emergency Operations and 911

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Center located on the campus of Northwest Florida State College in Knoxville as the

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Sheriff Leary Gilbert Emergency Operations Center.

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Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commission of U.S.

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County

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and the Oakley's County Board of County Commission,

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she might recognize Sheriff Gilbert's historical community service

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in public safety contributions.

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And our staff is directed to place appropriate external building

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markers and internal plaques, and portrait, et cetera.

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Today's the next designation, which we'll be done in a later time,

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of course, and make such public ceremonies as appropriate.

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Do we adopted this third day of November 2020

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and Mr. Chairman with that, I would move approval of this resolution.

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I'll take it, Mr. Chair.

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All right, very good.

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So there's a motion by Commissioner Powell with a second by Commissioner Wines to approve this resolution honoring Sheriff Gilbert for his services to Oklahoma's Accounting and its citizens.

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Further discussion.

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Commissioner Chairman, Mr. Chairman, this is going to come with a surprise to all y'all,

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but Commissioner Powell actually writes those resolutions himself.

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And

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there's no word or page on it.

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I'm fortunate.

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Sure, I don't know.

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I don't know that we've ever had the chance to really talk much.

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I was a bit young.

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I think when you wrapped up your law enforcement career here in Oklahoma's Accounting,

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but certainly appreciate your service.

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You've, I think, had the benefit of not having to see some of the back and forth of this board

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in the last year or so over the naming and dedication of various county facilities.

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There's been some spirited debate.

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I had convinced this board to put a rule in place that restricted our naming of facilities for folks who were still living, and then we have

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soundly ignored that rule ever since, and so I give up by as I quite quit. I don't know.

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We're just going to go with it, because we've got another one following on the heels of this one, as I can see from Sheriff Ashley, he is still very much alive today.

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I think these are good things in the appropriate circumstance and given the two circumstances

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today, I will throw my vote in to make sure that these supermajority as is required by our role

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is available for adoption.

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Thank you, sir.

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All right.

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Commissioners, anything further?

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Mr. Wise.

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Yes.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Sheriff, I want to invite you next time you're down here on a nice warm day, let's go

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fishing like we used to do years ago, and thank you for all your service

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locally scanning. Good to see you. Thank you.

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Anything further? All right, those

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in favor, please signal by saying aye. Aye. Aye. And those opposed. That passes

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unanimously.

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And Mr. Chairman, if there's no objections before I ask

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Pauli and Jennifer to come up and receive this and make pictures on behalf of the sheriff.

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Sheriff Gilbert will let you have them out for just a minute if you'd like to say a few words from the great city of Helen George.

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I would love to, I'd really overwhelmed at this, but I might say thank you deeply honored.

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Mossic says has been attributed to the people that I've had around me, and as you've

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already mentioned, many of you are there, and I could not be who I am today without all

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people that I had. And of course, you Graham, share of Ashley, JDP Car, very all for Joe

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Hunter, many, many people attributed to our success. And without them, we would not have

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been able to manage it. I'd also like to thank my wife, Connie, and our children. They kind

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made me really who I am. And again, thank you for this honor and God bless. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Mr. Chairman, you all want to walk down or you all want us to get in front of you,

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how do you want to do the picture? Depending on how many people are here. We just have to

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for Sheriff Gilbert's two dollars. Okay. Chris, did you get a picture of his better if we come

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down or up on the dies.

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Again, Sheriff Gilbert, thank you for your service and we sure appreciate you. Enjoy your time up there in Georgia.

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Thank you very much. Wish I could be there, would you?

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Mr. Fallon?

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I believe, Chairman.

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I'm 15 as yours as well.

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As I said earlier, I'm very honored to do this.

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It brings back old memories when I have Sheriff Gilbert and Sheriff Ashley in the same room,

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because I recall very vividly the day

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that we were sitting around in the office

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and the sheriff says, I'm meeting or playing golf

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with this guy who is dating Laney Lee.

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We may want to hire him, of course.

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And I said, well, if he's married into the Lee family,

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you know we go hiring.

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So that's all, that's all family.

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But we had a big discussion about, and he said,

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Yeah, he's a big old guy too, you know, and Mr.

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Ashley, you have, you have been a great, great person to hire here, and being raised in South Alabama didn't hurt your bed either, and you were definitely fit in well, and we're very honored to do this for you today.

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Even though you didn't want it. Sheriff Ashley is well both the sheriff said, we're not you know, we're not we're not we're not we're not good enough for this

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And I I said when I totally disagree I said y'all have impacted us greatly so I want to read through resolution a 20-166

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Is a resolution by board of county commissioners to recognize the contributions of Sheriff Lair Ashley Douglas of county or state and the enhancements to education and training in the public safety community

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by designating the sheriff's firing range and crests to you as the Sheriff Larry Ashley

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Public Safety Training Complex and providing for an effective date.

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Whereas Oakley's County Sheriff Larry Ashley began his career at Oakley's County Sheriff's

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office at 1990 under Sheriff Larry Gilbert administration and we go on to serve in various

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roles in the agency through through 2009 including the Deputy Sheriff K9 Street Crimes Officer

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investigator, Lieutenant Captain Major and Chief Deputy, and have

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been served in every area of operation and administration,

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Darren, three administrations, Gilbert Morris, and Spooner,

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prior to being elected Chair for Vocalist Accounting on November 2, 2010,

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where he served over 30 years with distinction and will be retiring out of the

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Sheriff's Office in January of 2021.

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And whereas Sheriff of Larry Ashley received his bachelor's degree in

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Emerald Justice from University of Southern Mississippi is Master's degree in Public Administration

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from Troy University and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Florida State Law

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and Force Academy, Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute and has been a stalwart

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00:33:28,830 --> 00:33:34,570
proponent of police professionalism, education and training during his entire career.

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00:33:35,230 --> 00:33:39,530
And we're as an elected chair if he began upgrading the training function at the Sheriff's

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00:33:39,530 --> 00:33:45,530
office to include increasing internal in-service training programs, command staff leadership training,

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00:33:46,150 --> 00:33:51,090
and making national schools like the FBI National Academy, Florida Criminal Justice Executive

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00:33:51,090 --> 00:33:56,510
Institute, senior leadership school, chief executive program, and supervisor of your academy

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00:33:56,510 --> 00:33:58,830
top priorities for his agency.

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00:33:59,770 --> 00:34:05,130
And we're as sheriff Ashley's recognized as a state leader in education, training policy,

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and

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to include a member of the Governor's Stanger Ground and Citizen Safety Committees, the

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00:34:15,550 --> 00:34:20,130
Commissioner on the Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission, board member of the Florida

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00:34:20,130 --> 00:34:25,530
Sheriff's Association and Commissioner to the Governor's Marjorie Stomman Douglas School Safety

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00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:30,930
Commission and was awarded the highest honor from the Florida Senate for weeding out criminal

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00:34:30,930 --> 00:34:38,190
activities orchestrated by a corrupt former sheriff. And whereas he has made his goal as sheriff

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00:34:38,190 --> 00:34:43,290
to protect our school children by adding school resource officers to all schools, including

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00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:48,710
elementary and private schools, increasing the number of SROs at larger schools.

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00:34:49,350 --> 00:34:53,570
He has worked with the Board of County Commission to fund safety and security enhancements

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00:34:53,570 --> 00:34:57,010
in county schools to provide a safe and wholesome learning environment.

484
00:34:58,050 --> 00:35:01,570
And we're as Sheriff Larry Ashley took over the old fraternal over police fire and range

485
00:35:01,570 --> 00:35:06,390
in crisis view at a time of needed repairs and capital projects and over a team year period

486
00:35:06,390 --> 00:35:13,450
added firing range capacity. Portable classrooms were providing additional training courses

487
00:35:13,450 --> 00:35:17,850
for local state and federal law enforcement officers and citizen-based training courses,

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00:35:18,270 --> 00:35:23,190
such as unarmed self-defense, concealed farms, permits, and citizen police academies.

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00:35:23,530 --> 00:35:28,010
And whereas he partnered with the Oakland County and the Fort Walmeets Chamber of Commerce

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00:35:28,010 --> 00:35:32,970
to provide public outreach about the capital needs for public safety training and became

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00:35:32,970 --> 00:35:36,910
And one of the most visible faces in the pro-local option,

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00:35:37,530 --> 00:35:42,050
certax, ballot initiative, and assisted greatly in the passage of the measure that would provide

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00:35:42,050 --> 00:35:44,390
millions of dollars to public safety projects,

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like upgrading the sheriff's range.

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00:35:47,170 --> 00:35:50,710
And whereas the Eclipse County Board of County Commissioner's desires to honor sheriff

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00:35:50,710 --> 00:35:55,330
Lair Ashley, for his honorable and historical service to the County State and Public

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00:35:55,330 --> 00:35:59,710
Safety community, by designation of Sheriff's Fire and Range and Grace of the Sheriff Lairy,

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00:35:59,710 --> 00:36:03,650
public safety training complex. And we wish

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Sheriff Lair Ashley, great help and

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00:36:05,970 --> 00:36:08,210
happiness in his retirement. He's

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sheriff. Therefore, be it resolved that

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the board finds all the results

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true and correct, and the board will

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recognize a Sheriff Ashley's community

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00:36:15,110 --> 00:36:18,830
service by designating the sheriff's

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00:36:18,830 --> 00:36:20,570
firing range and Chris V. is a sheriff

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00:36:20,570 --> 00:36:22,070
Ashley public safety training

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00:36:22,070 --> 00:36:24,250
complex. And county staff is here

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00:36:24,250 --> 00:36:28,290
about directed to fix external

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00:36:28,290 --> 00:36:31,190
building markers and plaques and photographs, et cetera,

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00:36:31,870 --> 00:36:33,890
during a public dedication ceremony.

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A duly adopted about board of County Commission

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is on the third day.

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00:36:37,950 --> 00:36:40,510
And Mr. Chairman and Commissioners, it's a great honor

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that I move this resolution also for approval.

516
00:36:44,110 --> 00:36:47,030
All right, Commissioner Fountain has an emotion

517
00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:47,890
to approve the resolution.

518
00:36:48,050 --> 00:36:48,870
Do we have a second?

519
00:36:49,010 --> 00:36:50,210
It'll be my honor to second.

520
00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:52,530
Good, Mr. Keshell, with a second.

521
00:36:52,730 --> 00:36:53,950
I'd like to say a few words.

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00:36:55,170 --> 00:36:57,790
We've honored two great men here this morning, Larry Gilbert,

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and his family that I think the world of his daughter and I've worked together for years and social work.

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00:37:03,310 --> 00:37:06,630
We have many, very strong social work strong.

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00:37:07,470 --> 00:37:09,630
And now we come to Larry Ashley.

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00:37:10,070 --> 00:37:14,850
The admiration I have for this mighty man of God is I can hardly put it into words.

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00:37:14,890 --> 00:37:18,770
There's nobody else in this county that I probably admire as much as you, honestly.

528
00:37:19,850 --> 00:37:22,770
You're a wonderful husband, you're an exemplary father.

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00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:29,970
You came to this position and you brought so much, you brought Steve Undershare.

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00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:38,980
The whole team of men that surround us and take care of us and have always felt so safe since you've been at Oakley's

531
00:37:38,980 --> 00:37:48,000
Accounting as the sheriff. We don't thank our men and women enough for all that you do to keep our community the way it is.

532
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:57,620
The school resource office that you brought into the schools, what are different sets made for the children, because they can see that you all are good friends of them,

533
00:37:57,620 --> 00:38:02,260
and you help them in so many ways, the physical fitness that you ask your men and women

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00:38:02,260 --> 00:38:09,800
to be a part of that change the culture within the Sheriff's Office, and it's such

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00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,700
a personal loss for me that you're not going to be there, but I know we'll Chris Cross

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00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:18,700
in other ways, many of you don't know, but we did radio together for many years, you

537
00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:22,600
know, Christian radio, and so that's how we got to know each other. And when he encouraged

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00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,300
me to run for this office, I was like, no, I don't want to part to this, I like the

539
00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:31,960
social worker, but thank you for encouraging me to do this. I've enjoyed these six years here.

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00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:37,640
Anyway, it's my honor to recognize you in this way today. I wish we could do more. Thank you for

541
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:42,620
all that you've given to our community. All these years of service 31 years from my heart to your heart.

542
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:50,540
Missors, further comments or discussion? All right, pressure wants?

543
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:53,360
It's my last who brought you. I'm going to give me a chance.

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00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:59,980
Larry, in my view, you've been a pillar of strike for Oklahoma's accounting and more ways

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00:38:59,980 --> 00:39:06,200
than just been recognized today. We appreciate you. You've made and kept Oklahoma's accounting

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00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:11,000
a place where we want to live and are proud to live. You've had a big hand in at a heavy

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00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,260
hand. And so thank you for all you've been for the accounting and appreciate your friendship.

548
00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:24,260
Goodmishers. Well, Sheriff, I'll just say certainly it's with a great honor that we get to do

549
00:39:24,260 --> 00:39:30,620
today certainly appreciate the opportunity of I've had to work with you. It's been really,

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00:39:30,620 --> 00:39:35,380
you know, just a real, real blessing. And so I appreciate that, appreciate your family,

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00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:40,460
I know that, you know, in service such as yours and all your officers, the families are contributing

552
00:39:40,460 --> 00:39:46,700
just as much as the officer. So we do appreciate that. With that, commissioners, those in favor,

553
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,260
please sit with us saying aye. Aye. Aye. And those opposed. That passes unanimously.

554
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:13,560
Mr. Chairman, if there's no objections, let's do one with Laney and Larry, and then if y'all

555
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:18,020
give us just a moment and let the sheriff's department people come and let's do one with them

556
00:40:18,020 --> 00:40:21,600
as well so they can have that. Sounds good playing.

557
00:42:40,020 --> 00:42:40,900
Order two.

558
00:42:43,940 --> 00:42:47,580
Well, first let me say thank you for not doing this posthumously.

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00:42:47,580 --> 00:42:59,650
But I was here and able to just be so moved by the comments and it's always tough when

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00:42:59,650 --> 00:43:04,590
you're leaving a business and having so much history here at the Sheriff's Office,

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00:43:05,490 --> 00:43:09,170
it's other than my wife and children, it's the best thing that God's ever bluffing with

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00:43:09,170 --> 00:43:14,790
the ability to do is to be in this community and be in this Sheriff's Office and the men and women

563
00:43:14,790 --> 00:43:19,690
over the last 30 years that I've had to honor working with Sheriff Gilbert.

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00:43:19,830 --> 00:43:26,270
Thank you for believing in me and hiring me, even though you were a better golfer at the time.

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00:43:27,030 --> 00:43:29,850
Graham, your guidance or friendship.

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00:43:30,470 --> 00:43:36,010
This board has done so much in the time that I've been here for this community.

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00:43:36,010 --> 00:43:46,130
And I'm just overwhelmed with what has happened in just the last ten years, the things that

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00:43:46,130 --> 00:43:50,890
we've been able to accomplish with the courthouses and training centers and for our community

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for the next 50, 60 years, and it's for the community.

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00:43:56,070 --> 00:44:05,990
And if you think about training, we've lost four officers in the last ten years to be in

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00:44:05,990 --> 00:44:10,870
scenarios around the country and in Florida, where our schoolchildren are the target of violence

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00:44:10,870 --> 00:44:20,370
and terrorist, and we as as many women and law enforcement are asked to do a lot to combat

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00:44:20,370 --> 00:44:26,350
that, to give ourselves better chances, and I think even then this day in ages civil discourse

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00:44:26,350 --> 00:44:33,810
trying to get people young people to come in this business is difficult. But they also want

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00:44:33,810 --> 00:44:48,330
But when you hire somebody, they don't want to spend the next 20, 30 years sitting on a milk crate at a 2 by 4 desk, they want to have the technology and the professionalism that comes along with a career.

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And I think that's what we've provided for our troops and for our citizens, because that's who benefits from everything we do.

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00:44:57,470 --> 00:44:59,970
And that is a great credit to the minimum of the sheriff's.

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00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:07,600
Office in the past and in now in a great credit to you for your vision on what the future holds.

579
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:13,980
And I'm just proud for my children that, one day, both my sons learned how to shoot at range.

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00:45:14,380 --> 00:45:18,860
Learn how to shoot on the move, learn how to defend themselves and a lot of other things.

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00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:26,060
And I'm just proud one day that they'll be able to see that they're up there and know that we have a small part in this history.

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00:45:26,540 --> 00:45:29,000
We love this county, we love you, and thank you so much.

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00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:29,900
All

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00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:50,580
right, Commissioner Ketrol, you asked to have an un-16er for further discussion, so I'll recognize you.

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00:45:50,900 --> 00:46:00,020
Congressman Gates asked me to bring forward the resolution for appreciation of the administration's extension of the oil and gas moratorium.

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Many of you may not realize that in 2006, then President George W. Bush signed into law, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006,

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00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:17,940
which, among other things, vans, oil and gas exploration within 125 miles off the floor

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00:46:17,940 --> 00:46:26,600
at a coastline. This is essential for our mission. And we were very blessed to be able to

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00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:31,260
to get an extension from our President. And there's a few people I need to thank that are in

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00:46:31,260 --> 00:46:36,700
this room, even. Of course, Congressman Gates for his work on it, Gordy for now, General for

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00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:42,320
Now, former Commander at England and the Defense Support Initiative group, and also the

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00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:46,760
EDC Director Nathan Sparks and his team for all the work they did to make this happen.

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00:46:47,180 --> 00:46:52,860
And the four chambers, each of you went to Washington and worked to get this extension.

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00:46:53,140 --> 00:46:55,480
So I'm going to take a few minutes and read this resolution.

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00:46:55,720 --> 00:47:03,020
I did not write it, but so, but I really want to thank, whereas Donald Trump, who

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00:47:03,020 --> 00:47:09,020
becoming the 45th President of the United States of America has consistently championed

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00:47:09,020 --> 00:47:14,800
our brave service members and the noble cause they defend keeping us safe. And whereas

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00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:21,780
President Trump has re-oriented American foreign policy towards a brighter and more American

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00:47:21,780 --> 00:47:28,220
future. And whereas President Trump has reinvestered, revitalized, and rebuilt the American

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00:47:28,220 --> 00:47:31,420
military to be the most lethal in our nation's history.

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00:47:31,940 --> 00:47:36,540
And whereas Florida's first congressional district recognizes the lengths, the President

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00:47:36,540 --> 00:47:42,340
Trump has gone to safeguard America's future, despite daily and unfair attacks from

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00:47:42,340 --> 00:47:43,060
adversaries.

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00:47:43,500 --> 00:47:49,640
And whereas President Trump recognizes the outside role, the state of Florida, and its first

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00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:52,180
congressional district play in our national defense.

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00:47:52,620 --> 00:47:57,840
And whereas President Trump recognizes the urgency of extending the moratorium on oil and

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00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:04,320
asset activity in the Eastern Gulf, which is essential for continued development of the American

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00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:10,220
military's combat mission and thus safeguarding our military readiness, both now and the

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00:48:10,220 --> 00:48:16,200
future, and whereas these vital military activities must be conducted without interference

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00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:20,680
as they are crucial to building a more robust national defense.

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00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:26,060
Now therefore be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Ogilisa County, Florida,

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The Board hereby extends our genuine appreciation for President Donald Trump, who has ensured

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the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, remains free from oil and gas drilling and exploration, and

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00:48:39,740 --> 00:48:44,980
thereby guarantees that it will remain a vital asset for the testing, training and

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00:48:44,980 --> 00:48:48,720
evaluation and readiness of the United States Armed Forces.

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00:48:48,980 --> 00:48:51,380
God bless President Trump for this.

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00:48:51,380 --> 00:48:58,020
This is duly adopted, hopefully today I bring it forward for a vote for this resolution to pass.

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00:48:58,340 --> 00:49:00,120
Chairman, I'll give that a second.

619
00:49:00,580 --> 00:49:00,960
All right.

620
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:03,860
We have a motion to approve the Resolution by Commission.

621
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:05,180
I'll just second by Commission.

622
00:49:06,220 --> 00:49:07,020
Further discussion?

623
00:49:08,540 --> 00:49:09,720
I know.

624
00:49:10,540 --> 00:49:18,800
A lot of people think that sometimes these resolutions, especially in issues like this, are useless,

625
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:25,280
or maybe their superfluous to the job we do, but I think they're very, very important.

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00:49:26,460 --> 00:49:32,100
If y'all recall just in this last election, this drilling offshore was an issue with one

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00:49:32,100 --> 00:49:38,100
of our commissioners, and one of our races with an opponent that used to be against it,

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00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:44,140
and was trying to get the drilling back in the Gulf Coast, and I think you all saw how that

629
00:49:44,140 --> 00:49:51,520
down. I think people in our community and Northwest Florida appreciate our natural resources

630
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:57,340
to the extent and they appreciate the fact that the military needs to keep a good presence.

631
00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:03,100
Commissioner Cachol, as you said before, in the Gulf for their testing operations and

632
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:09,180
making a strong point to constantly remind people that we don't need to let our guard down

633
00:50:09,180 --> 00:50:18,140
because Congress and the Executive Office of the President and the State Legislature, this thing comes up every six or seven months.

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00:50:18,340 --> 00:50:20,280
Somebody's back up trying to drill again.

635
00:50:21,180 --> 00:50:25,140
So we definitely need to thank the President and everybody else in Congressman Gates.

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00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:29,660
You know, we've done resolutions here, what I think two or three times, it's not been here.

637
00:50:30,620 --> 00:50:38,220
So we need to keep state diligent because we need to protect our tourism industry, we need to protect this place that we call home

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00:50:38,220 --> 00:50:42,960
where we enjoy the gun from the bay and the birds and not the ones that are attacking us

639
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:48,740
like in birds, but the other birds, we enjoy everything about the place that we live

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00:50:48,740 --> 00:50:55,100
and we very much enjoy having, you know, the largest military installation in the world here

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00:50:55,100 --> 00:50:59,740
in this county which thrives on the use of the gun. So I think it's very important.

642
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:05,440
Well, and I have to agree with you if I could have a moment here. This is an executive order.

643
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:07,020
this is not a legislative order.

644
00:51:07,260 --> 00:51:10,260
We still have a Congress that needs to enact this.

645
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,900
If the military mission ever left here

646
00:51:12,900 --> 00:51:15,360
and went to say China Lake, this place would look

647
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:17,860
like Potter'sville, and it's a wonderful life.

648
00:51:18,020 --> 00:51:21,280
I mean, we have to fight to keep this mission here.

649
00:51:21,460 --> 00:51:23,860
It is crucial for Eggland Air Force Base.

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00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:25,520
I can't say it enough.

651
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,200
And the Commander, the Command staff, all agree.

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00:51:28,820 --> 00:51:31,320
So we need to thank our Congressman when we see him.

653
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:35,140
We need to make sure that we encourage anybody

654
00:51:35,140 --> 00:51:40,840
that we can to vote for this. I certainly will continue to support this legislatively, but that's

655
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:45,720
how crucial the vote is today, because if this goes differently today than we hope it goes,

656
00:51:45,740 --> 00:51:50,520
at least I hope it'll make a huge difference in eggland air force base.

657
00:51:50,820 --> 00:51:53,300
We're going to be victorious. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

658
00:51:53,660 --> 00:52:00,380
Thank you. Commissioners, any further on this? All right. Those in favor please signal

659
00:52:00,380 --> 00:52:03,700
by saying aye, those opposed.

660
00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:05,620
That passes unanimously.

661
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:09,760
All right, that concludes the consent agenda.

662
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:16,160
As we're passed on a clock, we can begin our public hearing, which has been scheduled to

663
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:20,540
start at 9 a.m. or soon thereafter, as we can get to it.

664
00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:21,900
It's Dr. Autry.

665
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:22,660
Good morning.

666
00:52:23,300 --> 00:52:25,280
Good morning, Jason Autry Public Works.

667
00:52:25,420 --> 00:52:27,640
There's one public hearing for your consideration today.

668
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:29,960
It's a request from JRW Investments.

669
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:38,300
So, LLC, to vacate a portions of rights of way that are in the whole area. This is a plat that was approved in January

670
00:52:38,300 --> 00:52:46,680
1 of 1927. Needless to say, as 93 years has passed by, there has been some change in the area, and they're looking to revitalize the location.

671
00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:58,240
This is generally located around the school, over in the whole area, is where these rights of way are in general. There has not been a clarification or a statement from the applicant in terms of what they intend to do with the property long term.

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00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:03,900
However, the rights of way to pose impediments to future development of the partial

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00:53:03,900 --> 00:53:08,460
save request that we've received no complaints or calls from citizens regarding their

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00:53:08,460 --> 00:53:14,360
request and are available for any questions should you have them?

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00:53:14,700 --> 00:53:19,760
Commissioner, is any questions in the strategy before we open up the public comment portion

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00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:20,200
of hearing?

677
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:29,260
All right, as this is a scheduled public hearing, any citizen wishing to speak on this matter

678
00:53:29,260 --> 00:53:33,020
will be recognized just raise your hand and I'll call on you.

679
00:53:33,300 --> 00:53:38,200
Does there any member of the public wishing to address this matter of product before public

680
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:38,520
hearing?

681
00:53:40,460 --> 00:53:40,660
All right.

682
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:46,460
I see no one indicating a desire to speak, so we'll close the public comment portion of

683
00:53:46,460 --> 00:53:47,520
the public hearing.

684
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:52,520
We'll bring it back to the board for further action and Mr. Boyle looks like this is

685
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:53,060
in your district.

686
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:53,620
Yes, sir.

687
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:58,320
Chairman, I did as you would call from the public to explain to him what was happening

688
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:00,020
and they were absolutely fine with it.

689
00:54:00,020 --> 00:54:02,920
I'm always a fan of if we have right away

690
00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:04,340
that we're not making use of,

691
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:06,300
we don't have any future potential use of

692
00:54:06,300 --> 00:54:08,620
and the county can avoid the responsibility

693
00:54:08,620 --> 00:54:11,520
of having to maintain a roadway that's not needed

694
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:14,240
and I'm certainly for supporting that effort.

695
00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:16,520
And I think that's what we have in this situation.

696
00:54:16,980 --> 00:54:21,220
And so with that, I will make the motion to approve.

697
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:25,020
All right, we have a motion by Commissioner Boyles to approve.

698
00:54:25,260 --> 00:54:27,320
And Mr. Chairman, I will give a second to that motion.

699
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,940
All right, the second-by-commissioner found further discussion commissioners on this item.

700
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:32,120
All right.

701
00:54:32,260 --> 00:54:33,880
Those in favor please signal by saying aye.

702
00:54:33,900 --> 00:54:34,320
Aye.

703
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:35,660
And those opposed.

704
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:37,100
That passes unanimously.

705
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:37,800
Thank you.

706
00:54:38,020 --> 00:54:39,260
All right.

707
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:44,280
We'll turn now to the Department of Business.

708
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:49,700
Looks like we have our first item with Mr. Coffee administrative services.

709
00:54:50,860 --> 00:54:52,860
With an item sponsored by Commissioner Boyle.

710
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:56,080
So I don't know if you or Commissioner Boyle is one of the two if you want to.

711
00:54:56,300 --> 00:54:57,120
Lead off with it.

712
00:54:57,120 --> 00:55:03,900
Yes, sir, if I can, I'll go over briefly a few points about the program and what it's designed to do.

713
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:09,780
It is modeled after the Florida Restaurant and Logging Association program and similar programs throughout Florida,

714
00:55:10,500 --> 00:55:12,280
specifically we looked at Clay County.

715
00:55:13,300 --> 00:55:19,360
As you heard earlier, all four chambers are looking to participate, and this is funded with CARES funding.

716
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:27,120
This is a voluntary program, and what does, is, encourages businesses to continue to be built.

717
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:30,480
Village it.

718
00:55:30,540 --> 00:55:31,040
Thank you.

719
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:33,180
Village it in the fight against COVID.

720
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:37,180
We know this is going to still be around even after the vaccines available.

721
00:55:38,720 --> 00:55:44,180
And what it basically entails is that they meet the checklist and follow certain protocols

722
00:55:44,180 --> 00:55:49,660
that they'll be recognized as making an effort to protect public and their employees against

723
00:55:49,660 --> 00:55:50,000
COVID.

724
00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:54,580
It's just a way to recognize a positive behavior out there, it's another way that county

725
00:55:54,580 --> 00:56:00,900
can encourage good behavior without mandating or creating rules or ordinances, and it's

726
00:56:00,900 --> 00:56:02,740
a completely voluntary program again.

727
00:56:06,570 --> 00:56:08,790
Commissioner Boyle, did you have anything you want to add?

728
00:56:09,090 --> 00:56:11,650
Well, I'll just, yes, sir, I did a great response to this item.

729
00:56:11,830 --> 00:56:17,430
It was brought to my attention, seemed like a great way to both support our businesses as

730
00:56:17,430 --> 00:56:23,530
they're, you know, we are a tourism-based economy here, a substantial portion of our economy is and

731
00:56:23,530 --> 00:56:28,770
so anything that we can do to distribute best practices to the businesses that are in our community

732
00:56:28,770 --> 00:56:34,550
to keep both our visitors and our residents safer. I think is a good thing and then certainly

733
00:56:34,550 --> 00:56:39,750
very mindful of supporting our chambers. Our chambers have been, you know, advocates for

734
00:56:40,510 --> 00:56:45,870
policies of this board and really continue to serve as a great conduit between us and the business

735
00:56:45,870 --> 00:56:51,490
community and I think that makes a stronger community because of it and so I'm fully in support

736
00:56:51,490 --> 00:56:56,670
of this program using, you know, CARES Act dollars so these are dollars that are obviously

737
00:56:56,670 --> 00:57:01,050
not coming out of the counties general revenue and so with that Mr. Chairman I'll make a motion

738
00:57:01,050 --> 00:57:06,050
to approve. All right, commissioners, is there a second?

739
00:57:06,090 --> 00:57:10,990
Oh, second. Okay, a second by Commissioner Fountain. Further discussion, commissioners on this

740
00:57:10,990 --> 00:57:16,650
Chairman, if I'm not, I guess it's Kelly and I are on our last, as he called it,

741
00:57:16,810 --> 00:57:20,530
her arms, one song or whatever while I go, I just want to thank the Chamber's team since

742
00:57:20,530 --> 00:57:29,210
we have all here today for taking the role that you have taken the last few years in the community.

743
00:57:29,610 --> 00:57:36,050
It's definitely on the rise, it's been a lot more than it has been in most of my life,

744
00:57:36,310 --> 00:57:39,690
as far as getting involved with the communities, because when you have the community, you have

745
00:57:39,690 --> 00:57:45,630
your businesses that are your members, and y'all have been great ambassadors, and I hope

746
00:57:45,630 --> 00:57:53,530
this program will also let you be great ambassadors to people and do some good as we go

747
00:57:53,530 --> 00:57:57,370
through this whole COVID thing, and let's hope one day we won't need this kind of program,

748
00:57:57,990 --> 00:57:59,170
but thank you very much.

749
00:58:00,890 --> 00:58:02,250
commissioners for the discussion?

750
00:58:04,150 --> 00:58:05,250
I just have a question.

751
00:58:07,190 --> 00:58:10,350
Is this design, because I couldn't tell from the background

752
00:58:10,350 --> 00:58:13,270
board, is this design where the program protocol

753
00:58:13,270 --> 00:58:15,130
would be brought back for approval by the board?

754
00:58:15,470 --> 00:58:16,830
Or is this just an agreement to find it?

755
00:58:17,070 --> 00:58:20,410
And once we want to vote today if we approve it,

756
00:58:20,930 --> 00:58:23,210
then we are out of that process.

757
00:58:23,830 --> 00:58:26,230
Once you approve it today, we're out of that process.

758
00:58:26,230 --> 00:58:32,370
The, I will tell you the criteria is being modeled after the restaurant lodging association protocols.

759
00:58:33,470 --> 00:58:41,190
I didn't want to get us in the, in the middle of that and there is guidance and stuff out there between, again, the other counties in the state and the restaurant lodging association.

760
00:58:41,850 --> 00:58:43,630
So there is, there is models to follow.

761
00:58:44,450 --> 00:58:51,850
And we have passed as part of the request, chambers to lead that and to teach that and to handle whole program.

762
00:58:51,870 --> 00:58:53,250
So we don't have any burden on the staff.

763
00:58:54,250 --> 00:58:58,170
And then a follow-up question on that, and then will the ultimate certification

764
00:58:58,170 --> 00:59:04,910
documentation in any way indicate that the business has been approved by the county

765
00:59:04,910 --> 00:59:05,470
government?

766
00:59:07,030 --> 00:59:11,650
No, I think the documentation is going to demonstrate that they met some kind of best

767
00:59:11,650 --> 00:59:18,390
practices checklist, and that they'll be named on their website, that's the extent of it.

768
00:59:18,390 --> 00:59:26,070
but it'll be a best practices of whom is my question. Will it be just the chambers or

769
00:59:27,490 --> 00:59:32,410
some other organization or I guess I'm getting at it or people are going to look and see

770
00:59:32,410 --> 00:59:38,550
this business has a little sticker that has the Oculus Accounting seal on it and says it's got best practices

771
00:59:38,550 --> 00:59:44,370
but the neighbor next door doesn't or is it going to be just the chamber designations

772
00:59:44,370 --> 00:59:48,050
and our emblem in Sydney will not be on that.

773
00:59:48,250 --> 00:59:50,730
I'm not anticipating use of our emblem or seal.

774
00:59:51,050 --> 00:59:53,850
I'm a program, I'm anticipating them coming up.

775
00:59:53,970 --> 00:59:59,430
We specifically will acquire them to come up with a sticker or seal that they use for the program.

776
01:00:00,500 --> 01:00:03,840
And when you say, will require it, who's going to approve that? Staff?

777
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:08,340
I wasn't going to get into the weeds, and we're approval of the sticker.

778
01:00:08,580 --> 01:00:13,240
They'll come up with something that's a COVID-avass practices certified or something like that.

779
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:19,020
And I'm not trying to be point on my questions, but I think sometimes, you know, the details matter,

780
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:24,460
and the matter for me, because I'll be honest with you, I actually had some angst and putting this on the agenda,

781
01:00:25,340 --> 01:00:28,120
but certainly with Commissioner Boyle's sponsoring, I agree to do that.

782
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:38,040
And I'll start by saying that if we were going to task anybody to do this, I think our chambers are well situated to do that.

783
01:00:38,640 --> 01:00:42,160
We worked with our chambers for many, many things I support our chambers.

784
01:00:42,660 --> 01:00:46,220
I'm privately, I'm a member of two of them.

785
01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:53,160
And so, not with my official public position, but in my private business life.

786
01:00:53,160 --> 01:00:58,160
And so I recognize the value the chambers bring back to our systems and our local businesses.

787
01:00:58,860 --> 01:01:03,260
Dealing with this COVID issue is actually one that I find to be very,

788
01:01:04,940 --> 01:01:10,680
if there's a device of issue, that's probably one in our nation and our community.

789
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:20,780
It divides families, it divides neighbors, it divides parents and children, sometimes it divides husbands and wives.

790
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:29,300
For many things I've observed, and I'm by no means a doctor, COVID has done more damage

791
01:01:29,300 --> 01:01:33,560
socially than it has done medically in our nation.

792
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:46,160
And so I am highly reluctant to fuel this ongoing COVID paranoia that is starting to develop.

793
01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:49,200
It's certainly something that we have to be recognized

794
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:51,660
that are most vulnerable, must be protected from.

795
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:58,280
And we certainly need to be supporting the implementation

796
01:01:58,280 --> 01:02:01,820
of vaccines, therapeutics, and things like that.

797
01:02:02,940 --> 01:02:06,520
But I guess my biggest concern is, if I don't know what this looks

798
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:11,720
like, from a perspective, it will go on the door.

799
01:02:12,740 --> 01:02:15,060
And so this company has gone through a process.

800
01:02:15,060 --> 01:02:19,960
Maybe the company next door says, well, I really don't exactly believe everything I see on ABC News.

801
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:21,860
I don't think I need to do that.

802
01:02:22,340 --> 01:02:29,060
And so, do we disproportionately advantage on businesses of another using dollars that flow through

803
01:02:29,060 --> 01:02:30,000
a close to county?

804
01:02:31,260 --> 01:02:32,580
That's the biggest concern I have.

805
01:02:32,660 --> 01:02:34,820
I'm not saying that there's necessarily right or wrong.

806
01:02:34,820 --> 01:02:39,960
Certainly we've gone to the extent of putting out documentation or requiring businesses to put out

807
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:40,700
documentation.

808
01:02:40,700 --> 01:02:41,160
Yes.

809
01:02:41,160 --> 01:02:47,420
The designate what their practices are and I supported that and I think you know, it was a good compromise

810
01:02:48,460 --> 01:02:54,100
That I think in a ship will actually kind of spearheaded that compromise position to say let let our citizens know

811
01:02:54,100 --> 01:02:58,560
What's going on? I guess the difference here is that program that we previously

812
01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:00,720
Passed didn't didn't say

813
01:03:01,500 --> 01:03:06,200
That you know somebody was approved with their protocol or not approved with it called they just asked

814
01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:10,260
We just asked them to host it here. I guess we're getting into a different position

815
01:03:10,260 --> 01:03:13,200
we're saying, what is appropriate protocol and what is not?

816
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:18,140
Well, if I don't know what the protocol is, how do I know whether or not it's something

817
01:03:18,140 --> 01:03:18,980
we would want to submit?

818
01:03:19,140 --> 01:03:26,320
It's just part of why I asked why, you know, how the, how the, the emblem and the signal

819
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:30,800
would look because it's certainly one thing to get a private organization approval versus

820
01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:32,200
government approval.

821
01:03:33,220 --> 01:03:37,720
So, that's what we were trying to walk that fine line between, you know, being conservative,

822
01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:44,060
of not mandating and make it voluntary and still addressing COVID, but not going being overzealous

823
01:03:44,060 --> 01:03:45,280
of any enforcement.

824
01:03:45,620 --> 01:03:51,460
So we're trying to keep with that same thing, realizing we're caught between both sides of

825
01:03:51,460 --> 01:03:51,980
that issue.

826
01:03:53,080 --> 01:03:54,460
So Mr. Chairman, that's from me.

827
01:03:55,740 --> 01:03:59,120
I appreciate, I think, valic concerns, Mr. Chairman, I'm frankly, I don't know if I thought

828
01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:02,280
about it exactly in that lens, but I think there are legitimate concerns.

829
01:04:03,180 --> 01:04:07,560
So I would offer a couple of kind of modifications to the pitting motions on the floor

830
01:04:07,560 --> 01:04:12,620
or maybe to satisfy some, if not all, I would offer an amendment that specifically says

831
01:04:12,620 --> 01:04:19,000
that the counties, low bill or insignia will not be used, and that to clarify that it

832
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:26,780
is the chambers collectively will be responsible for arriving at what the agreed upon protocols

833
01:04:26,780 --> 01:04:33,080
for certification R, and that the chambers are clarifying the chambers are in fact responsible

834
01:04:33,080 --> 01:04:38,900
than for making that designation and handing out those stickers, and that it will be without any

835
01:04:38,900 --> 01:04:43,660
statement as to Oakley's Accounting Government's approval or certification.

836
01:04:44,300 --> 01:04:50,120
I really looked at us as being a funding role, supporting all using those COVID dollars,

837
01:04:50,180 --> 01:04:55,620
and did not intend to create a process for the county would be in any way viewed as the one

838
01:04:55,620 --> 01:05:02,720
who was certifying or declaring or in any other way kind of putting our seal behind any business

839
01:05:02,720 --> 01:05:08,000
practices or any businesses choice not to follow those practices to to your point.

840
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:12,200
So if there's no objection, I'll offer those amendments to the motion, Mr. Chairman.

841
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:21,920
I think I did the second. I'll second those amendments or the amended motion.

842
01:05:22,200 --> 01:05:23,780
And then, Mr. Christopher Ketchel.

843
01:05:24,260 --> 01:05:30,380
Well, so I was looking on the website for the Florida Restron Association.

844
01:05:30,380 --> 01:05:34,200
and they have a emblem that would be the perfect emblem.

845
01:05:34,500 --> 01:05:37,560
If the restaurant association wants to get behind this,

846
01:05:37,880 --> 01:05:39,740
you know, I've come to the place my own life

847
01:05:39,740 --> 01:05:41,080
where it's personal responsibility.

848
01:05:41,700 --> 01:05:44,680
I don't frequent restaurants that I don't see people wearing masks

849
01:05:44,680 --> 01:05:46,860
and washing hands and taking care of things.

850
01:05:47,660 --> 01:05:50,220
And where I can't sit outside, that's my personal choice.

851
01:05:50,320 --> 01:05:53,100
I wear a mask, many people in this room are not wearing a mask.

852
01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:55,860
I mean, yes, what you have to do in this COVID thing,

853
01:05:55,860 --> 01:05:57,600
because you can't police the world.

854
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:03,940
And I think that's what you're trying to say as well, that, you know, it's not really, the

855
01:06:03,940 --> 01:06:06,020
last thing I want to do is put government in the middle of this.

856
01:06:06,740 --> 01:06:11,640
So I like where you're going with this, and I would ask that if the chambers decide they

857
01:06:11,640 --> 01:06:14,800
want to take this on, you're kind of on the spot, we could table it and bring it back.

858
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:16,320
That's another thought.

859
01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:20,820
And then find out if the Florida Association wants to come up with an emblem or if they have

860
01:06:20,820 --> 01:06:22,800
come up with an emblem, I don't know the answer to that.

861
01:06:22,800 --> 01:06:28,260
Well, would you be comfortable with the amendment as proposed by Commissioner Boyles to keep moving today?

862
01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:30,060
So.

863
01:06:30,660 --> 01:06:32,920
I think that's accepted as a friendly amendment.

864
01:06:34,560 --> 01:06:35,320
And Commissioner Wines.

865
01:06:35,860 --> 01:06:39,800
I would just say that even before the amendment, which I'll support,

866
01:06:41,180 --> 01:06:44,200
I have most confidence in the four chambers there.

867
01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:46,000
They're all in the best interest of everybody.

868
01:06:46,500 --> 01:06:48,460
And I can't see them putting the board in a bad light.

869
01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:51,220
So I would be against table and let's move on.

870
01:06:51,220 --> 01:06:57,380
Yeah, commissioner's anything further. All right. So what I'll say then is I appreciate the

871
01:06:58,920 --> 01:06:59,080
So

872
01:07:00,900 --> 01:07:02,200
Yes, Mr. Clerk.

873
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:03,400
Real briefly Mr. Chair.

874
01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:04,580
I'll show you vote.

875
01:07:06,060 --> 01:07:08,220
I don't vote but I didn't want to tell you that

876
01:07:09,580 --> 01:07:16,360
The IGN of the finance farmers been on the calls with the county staff as they built this

877
01:07:16,820 --> 01:07:17,840
This is one of these components

878
01:07:18,780 --> 01:07:29,600
And we have every confidence in the leadership of the chambers to implement the program because obviously it is government dollars going into this program that we are responsible for.

879
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:42,440
And so I just want to make sure that you understand we are engaged in watching, and I've got constant. So long as I think that I'm sure the chambers don't want to get in the middle of that little political issue that you're talking about as well.

880
01:07:42,940 --> 01:07:58,180
So I think so long as it is an objective kind of measurement, and anybody's eligible to acquire that certification, I think that we certainly will be fine, and certainly the people who need to be watching the system are doing that this time.

881
01:07:58,180 --> 01:08:06,340
So good point just because the action we're taking is going to have to, your, your office is going to be responsible for looking at how the checks get written.

882
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:17,240
So the way that this has been reformulated and you're comfortable that you'll be able to, to look at what we're passing and be able to do your, your,

883
01:08:17,240 --> 01:08:18,920
in a sterile function?

884
01:08:19,020 --> 01:08:23,420
Absolutely. We've got every confidence in the staff of the chambers to be open and forthcoming

885
01:08:23,420 --> 01:08:27,780
about that as we're looking through spot checking processes as well as the staff.

886
01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:32,280
We've been involved from day one and it has been reviewed very close.

887
01:08:32,860 --> 01:08:32,980
Excellent.

888
01:08:34,740 --> 01:08:39,040
So, and that kind of goes to my point, maybe we're reinventing a wheel that's already

889
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:39,520
being invented.

890
01:08:39,900 --> 01:08:44,580
If the Florida Association of Restaurants put this forward, they may already have their

891
01:08:44,580 --> 01:08:50,300
housekeeping seal of approval and we don't have to easy. I'm sure that the chambers will work with

892
01:08:50,300 --> 01:08:54,720
them to figure that out. Well, so that's another, that's another special interest group that

893
01:08:54,720 --> 01:08:59,540
probably sometimes line with the chambers and sometimes maybe not be. I've been, I've been on

894
01:08:59,540 --> 01:09:04,300
both sides. I've been friends with that association and I've been on the opposite side of them. They're

895
01:09:04,300 --> 01:09:08,960
just, I mean they're like anybody, I mean they've got their group in them, but I think our chambers

896
01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:15,860
could probably best understand the aptitude and where our community stands on this.

897
01:09:15,860 --> 01:09:18,860
If you're okay, I think is the motion was stated.

898
01:09:19,460 --> 01:09:25,960
We'd probably be delegating them that discretion, at least that's how I understood it.

899
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:32,440
So I'll say then, I appreciate the offer to compromise.

900
01:09:33,140 --> 01:09:38,740
I can go along with that because while I might not have wanted to even get into this at all,

901
01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:45,300
necessarily. I certainly recognize there's benefit to making your points, having some

902
01:09:45,300 --> 01:09:48,540
concessions on the other side, and meeting somewhere in the middle, which I think this

903
01:09:48,540 --> 01:09:53,900
is what this does. As I said before, if we were going to turn it over to anybody, I trust

904
01:09:53,900 --> 01:09:58,320
our four chambers, they do a lot for our community, you know, they do a lot for our small

905
01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:03,120
business owners, and they do a lot for our citizens, and so I think they're well situated

906
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:10,740
to handle that. And I think going forward that that'll be good. As long as it's crystal clear,

907
01:10:10,760 --> 01:10:15,680
this is an agreement that says your business is okay, this is not. Which that's not going to be

908
01:10:15,680 --> 01:10:22,100
what this is. I can certainly live with it and support it. And I think it's a Commissioner

909
01:10:22,100 --> 01:10:27,620
Ketchels Point. In a lot of ways, it seems like the path forward is one where we allow people

910
01:10:27,620 --> 01:10:34,240
make their choices, and to determine the level of safety protocols that they feel personally

911
01:10:34,240 --> 01:10:40,340
are appropriate for them, and to take them, you know, versus, you know, I've heard

912
01:10:40,340 --> 01:10:44,220
lots of incidents as where people get kind of accustomed by somebody at the grocery store

913
01:10:44,220 --> 01:10:49,880
or something, and you know, and some sort of quasi, you know, militant fashion about, you

914
01:10:49,880 --> 01:10:55,080
know, you don't have to mask on, or you didn't, you got to close to somebody else, and,

915
01:10:55,080 --> 01:10:57,580
you know, of course, those things are bad for our community, but when people

916
01:10:57,580 --> 01:11:04,500
simply evaluate their own responsibility, which this should help do. I think you can maybe get

917
01:11:04,500 --> 01:11:09,580
to the right place. So all the long way to say, and that with the compromise on the table,

918
01:11:10,340 --> 01:11:15,320
I can support this. So, permission is anything further, or if we beat this around enough.

919
01:11:16,460 --> 01:11:19,720
All right. Those in favor please signal by saying aye. Aye.

920
01:11:20,260 --> 01:11:25,480
Aye. And those opposed. That passes unanimously. So, thank you.

921
01:11:34,350 --> 01:11:35,550
All right. Mr. Parker.

922
01:11:40,030 --> 01:11:42,250
Good morning. Good morning, Chairman.

923
01:11:42,610 --> 01:11:45,350
I'm counting commissioners to our own parker transit division.

924
01:11:46,310 --> 01:11:50,930
For your consideration this morning, the transit division requests the solar source

925
01:11:50,930 --> 01:11:58,430
purchase would SPX corporation do a business as a gym fair in the amount of $634,716.

926
01:11:59,170 --> 01:12:03,230
The county's current fair box system for transit is almost 11 years old.

927
01:12:03,510 --> 01:12:06,490
In fair condition, it cannot be updated with the latest technology.

928
01:12:06,490 --> 01:12:11,570
As part of the eight million dollars care spending transit received, it was identified and

929
01:12:11,570 --> 01:12:16,530
opportunity to move our system from a stand-of-fair system to a modern electronic system.

930
01:12:16,890 --> 01:12:22,330
Oguz County purchased it and acquired the current Fairbox system in data system in 2010.

931
01:12:23,110 --> 01:12:28,170
The current system has reached its minimal asset useful life of 10 years as defined by FTA.

932
01:12:29,010 --> 01:12:34,050
The Odyssey Fairbox and data system currently operated by the county's transit system does not allow

933
01:12:34,050 --> 01:12:40,110
for new technology to be added for accessible functionality features for customers and the

934
01:12:40,110 --> 01:12:40,970
transit system.

935
01:12:41,750 --> 01:12:47,190
The proposed fast-fair revolutionary Fairbox and data system has new technology and use

936
01:12:47,190 --> 01:12:52,290
friendly features, customers, excuse me, use a feature for customers and patrons.

937
01:12:52,950 --> 01:12:58,950
These features include faster boarding processing, various corn and currency fairbox acceptance,

938
01:12:58,950 --> 01:13:04,250
smart card, capability, smart card, dispenser, and transit fair program acceptance.

939
01:13:05,090 --> 01:13:10,250
The Capital Investment and Acquisition of a new GenFair electronic fair box collection system

940
01:13:10,250 --> 01:13:16,570
will include vehicle electronic fair boxes, stationary vault, facility data system, training,

941
01:13:16,830 --> 01:13:19,110
extended warranty, and technical supports.

942
01:13:20,070 --> 01:13:24,270
GenFair serves as the sole source supplier of this requested equipment and their related

943
01:13:24,270 --> 01:13:30,730
Portsonservice are compatible and interchangeable with existing fanbox and data system operated by EC writer.

944
01:13:31,070 --> 01:13:40,590
Upon BCC approval, roll out the system is forecasted for approximately under 20 days with an estimated start of date of April 21, 2021.

945
01:13:41,150 --> 01:13:42,470
That's for your consideration this morning.

946
01:13:44,070 --> 01:13:45,330
All right.

947
01:13:45,910 --> 01:13:51,250
Commissioners, for the questions, Commissioner Kachel, I think you're well engaged in the transit issues.

948
01:13:51,970 --> 01:13:55,370
Mr. Parker, you continue to do a great job on move for approval on this.

949
01:13:55,650 --> 01:14:00,910
Thank you, you've expressed it very well, it's exactly outdated and we need to update it and

950
01:14:00,910 --> 01:14:05,990
thanks for all that you've done to, it's just been a delayed, it's not to have all the complaints

951
01:14:05,990 --> 01:14:06,730
that we used to have.

952
01:14:06,950 --> 01:14:07,450
Just about that.

953
01:14:07,450 --> 01:14:07,710
All right.

954
01:14:07,910 --> 01:14:09,950
There's a motion to approve by Commissioner Cattellon.

955
01:14:10,430 --> 01:14:16,150
Mr. Chairman, I'm very happy to second it and did I wrong for all the good work you're

956
01:14:16,150 --> 01:14:17,510
doing, isn't it?

957
01:14:17,510 --> 01:14:18,150
I'll second the motion.

958
01:14:18,450 --> 01:14:18,790
Thank you.

959
01:14:18,950 --> 01:14:19,250
All right.

960
01:14:19,250 --> 01:14:23,170
So, it's a motion in a second on the floor to approve.

961
01:14:24,330 --> 01:14:25,630
Commissioner's further discussion.

962
01:14:27,590 --> 01:14:29,310
All right, those in favor, please sign up by saying aye.

963
01:14:30,530 --> 01:14:31,310
Those opposed.

964
01:14:31,930 --> 01:14:32,810
That passage unanimously.

965
01:14:33,110 --> 01:14:33,550
Thank you, sir.

966
01:14:33,790 --> 01:14:34,110
Thank you, sir.

967
01:14:36,600 --> 01:14:38,660
Mr. Latrell, water and sewer.

968
01:14:38,980 --> 01:14:40,540
Are you in the background?

969
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:41,840
All right.

970
01:14:54,530 --> 01:14:55,930
Jeff Latrell, water and sewer director.

971
01:14:56,390 --> 01:14:57,450
Good morning, Mr. Chairman.

972
01:14:58,010 --> 01:14:58,230
Morning.

973
01:14:59,150 --> 01:14:59,970
Your water and sewer.

974
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:05,980
Senator Parkman is one item for your consideration this morning. Although I would like to briefly make

975
01:15:05,980 --> 01:15:12,100
that contact with Commissioner Boos and speak about there was an item on the consent agenda for

976
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:13,600
Polymer.

977
01:15:16,810 --> 01:15:22,270
Oh, I saw it. I just figured this board was no longer willing to tolerate further discussion

978
01:15:22,270 --> 01:15:26,410
about things such as Poup Oliver. I felt like I'd got all the play out of that one. I could

979
01:15:26,410 --> 01:15:30,170
Mr. Literal, but thanks for the opportunity to slide it in there.

980
01:15:31,230 --> 01:15:35,670
Anyway, we are requesting approval to authorize the Chairman to execute task of where

981
01:15:35,670 --> 01:15:43,250
six with Gulf Coast underground, not to exceed 966,690 dollars in 75 cents for the rehabilitation

982
01:15:43,250 --> 01:15:47,950
of gravity sewer lines and manholes throughout the OCW service area.

983
01:15:48,350 --> 01:15:53,230
This is where we are proactively addressing aging infrastructure issues.

984
01:15:53,230 --> 01:15:59,350
we have a lot of vitrified clay lines. Those are obsolete. They're old, they're leaky.

985
01:16:00,130 --> 01:16:06,690
And this cured in place, lining. It's what we call trenchless construction. You don't have

986
01:16:06,690 --> 01:16:14,750
to dig up the street. You don't have to dig up stuff. The liners are placed inside the

987
01:16:14,750 --> 01:16:20,770
lines. And you wind up with basically a brand new line without having to dig up half the

988
01:16:24,750 --> 01:16:27,770
The commissioners, a question to Mr. O'Trail on this?

989
01:16:28,510 --> 01:16:33,110
Mr. Chairman, no, no questions. I will know super cool technology. You know, they literally

990
01:16:33,110 --> 01:16:38,130
enroll this sock inside these lines and then they, you, you, you air it up and I think

991
01:16:38,130 --> 01:16:43,310
it's something, if there's something to akin to like a, I guess, my, my, like, fiberglass

992
01:16:43,310 --> 01:16:44,610
almost the way it sets up.

993
01:16:45,110 --> 01:16:50,570
Yeah, anyhow, super, super cool technology that no one except works like us would care

994
01:16:50,570 --> 01:17:01,670
But it's a much more cost effective way to kind of get some additional life out of that existing infrastructure, and I think it's a worth allowing staff to continue on this annual program that they have created to

995
01:17:02,450 --> 01:17:13,970
Trying to keep costs low, and yet still have good reliable service that doesn't leak sewage into our into our groundwater, which is also a side benefit obviously, so motion to approve.

996
01:17:13,970 --> 01:17:18,310
I'll be glad to second it and I think it's I think it's pretty neat and I'm not a doork

997
01:17:18,310 --> 01:17:19,830
But at least I'm on this stuff

998
01:17:20,330 --> 01:17:24,230
But I think it's I think it's interesting because it buys us another 50 years

999
01:17:25,670 --> 01:17:27,510
Is that right about 50 years?

1000
01:17:28,730 --> 01:17:33,350
Between commissioner boils and commissioner occasionally sounds like we're talking about a stint for your sewer system

1001
01:17:33,350 --> 01:17:35,890
I was thinking I thought I thought it was fascinating

1002
01:17:35,890 --> 01:17:41,690
I read about this and Mr. Haft at school and open it up and get you more time. So good to know

1003
01:17:42,510 --> 01:17:43,190
All right

1004
01:17:43,890 --> 01:17:49,250
So we have a motion to approve by Commissioner Boyles and a second by Commissioner

1005
01:17:49,250 --> 01:17:49,710
Catcher.

1006
01:17:50,270 --> 01:17:51,310
Do we have further discussion?

1007
01:17:52,870 --> 01:17:52,930
All right.

1008
01:17:53,070 --> 01:17:54,850
Doesn't favorably signal by saying aye.

1009
01:17:55,490 --> 01:17:55,590
Aye.

1010
01:17:55,590 --> 01:17:56,590
And those opposed.

1011
01:17:57,370 --> 01:17:57,670
All right.

1012
01:17:57,870 --> 01:17:58,650
That passage unanimously.

1013
01:17:59,090 --> 01:18:00,130
Thank you.

1014
01:18:02,930 --> 01:18:03,490
All right.

1015
01:18:03,750 --> 01:18:04,590
Mr. Autry.

1016
01:18:05,210 --> 01:18:07,350
You are item one of six.

1017
01:18:07,430 --> 01:18:09,690
It will appear to be a very spending director today.

1018
01:18:12,050 --> 01:18:15,250
I'm trying to be in competition with the consent agenda in terms of

1019
01:18:15,250 --> 01:18:17,730
but unfortunately I have a lot, so that's right.

1020
01:18:18,450 --> 01:18:21,790
Yeah, public works, those have six items for consideration to be able to get through them as

1021
01:18:21,790 --> 01:18:22,750
efficiently as I can.

1022
01:18:23,130 --> 01:18:28,970
The first one is a request from staff to look at some potential modifications to the policy

1023
01:18:28,970 --> 01:18:31,070
for the MSB using MSB to use.

1024
01:18:31,430 --> 01:18:34,810
During the budget process, Commissioner Wolves are brought up the need to see if we could

1025
01:18:34,810 --> 01:18:38,510
find a way to become a little bit more nimble with this, and we've got some ideas that are

1026
01:18:38,510 --> 01:18:39,110
out there.

1027
01:18:39,630 --> 01:18:42,950
The biggest one that we would like to move forward with in this conversation is focused

1028
01:18:42,950 --> 01:18:44,490
on roadway improvements.

1029
01:18:44,490 --> 01:18:55,930
If you recall, the current policy allows us to use paving, as our hot mix asphalt, as our improved method from a dirt road to a paved road, there is a substantial cost that's associated with that.

1030
01:18:55,970 --> 01:19:07,650
Recently, we've made a shift in our own maintenance program, where instead of paving dirt roads, we will do a limerock base with a chip seal cap on it, and we've seen great success with that move so far.

1031
01:19:07,650 --> 01:19:12,850
In fact, through Hurricane Sally, the roads that we had performed that method of treatment

1032
01:19:12,850 --> 01:19:16,790
on, we received very minimal damage, meanwhile our clay roads were just torn to pieces.

1033
01:19:17,430 --> 01:19:20,850
So we feel it is a very positive opportunity that's there.

1034
01:19:21,190 --> 01:19:25,230
We do have some concerns because where we have done lime rock with chip seals in a more

1035
01:19:25,230 --> 01:19:28,750
rural setting, where it's more linear driving as opposed to turn off.

1036
01:19:28,950 --> 01:19:31,690
So we're curious to see how it can function in neighborhood setting.

1037
01:19:32,010 --> 01:19:36,570
What we've done is we've identified a small segment that has got existing houses and a cold

1038
01:19:36,570 --> 01:19:40,110
on it that we are going to do a test program to see how this fairs.

1039
01:19:40,150 --> 01:19:45,030
If it is successful, we see it as an opportunity to dramatically reduce the cost of the citizens

1040
01:19:45,030 --> 01:19:49,190
to get an improved structure and then long-term reduce the maintenance cost that the county

1041
01:19:49,190 --> 01:19:49,950
has as well.

1042
01:19:50,430 --> 01:19:55,330
So, we see it as a very positive opportunity, but we want to make sure that we put this as a

1043
01:19:55,330 --> 01:19:59,070
viable option inside of our policy and we want to be completely transparent with your approach

1044
01:19:59,070 --> 01:19:59,650
on that.

1045
01:19:59,990 --> 01:20:03,110
That is why we're up here seeking some direction day and I'm sure Commissioner Boyz will have

1046
01:20:03,110 --> 01:20:04,210
more to add to this.

1047
01:20:05,870 --> 01:20:06,970
Mr. Chairman, thank you.

1048
01:20:07,830 --> 01:20:11,510
Yes, a couple of additional thoughts building on what Jason just talked about.

1049
01:20:13,210 --> 01:20:17,930
The request today is merely to authorize staff to bring back a set of changes.

1050
01:20:18,190 --> 01:20:21,730
There's nothing officially gets done today if I'm understanding the process correctly.

1051
01:20:21,770 --> 01:20:24,430
That's an ordinance of require, I think, that process.

1052
01:20:26,430 --> 01:20:29,310
There's a process that Jason has focused on, which is,

1053
01:20:29,310 --> 01:20:31,290
you know, the line rock with the chip seal stabilization.

1054
01:20:32,050 --> 01:20:37,490
We have encountered a number of places where even a more basic level of stabilization

1055
01:20:37,490 --> 01:20:45,670
may be necessary, and so what I'm working with staff, I help to make some suggested changes

1056
01:20:45,670 --> 01:20:51,050
to this initial agenda item, which actually will allow them to kind of put a compliment or

1057
01:20:51,050 --> 01:20:56,650
a range of additional tools in the toolbox when we go into an area and we're trying to

1058
01:20:56,650 --> 01:21:01,690
that was an MSTU and MSTU and so today, one of them that I wanted to highlight, we've actually

1059
01:21:01,690 --> 01:21:07,990
got some folks in the back of the room today, that are here from the Sundance Way part of

1060
01:21:07,990 --> 01:21:12,550
the world for commissioners who haven't had the privilege of benefiting Sundance Way, that's

1061
01:21:12,550 --> 01:21:21,010
over in the whole area, kind of immediately north of Yellow River, and it is, I think it would

1062
01:21:21,010 --> 01:21:25,650
not be unfair to say literally one of the worst roads in Oklahoma,

1063
01:21:25,650 --> 01:21:28,350
to County, and Ms. McNough, who's standing in the back of the room,

1064
01:21:28,370 --> 01:21:30,090
actually had brought some pictures with her today.

1065
01:21:30,370 --> 01:21:34,110
So I've got those and I'll just pass those down, let the commission take a look.

1066
01:21:34,250 --> 01:21:40,110
This is not a county maintained road, it never has been, and it is one that is,

1067
01:21:40,410 --> 01:21:44,310
it's never even really been a road, I think that's probably an unfair characterization.

1068
01:21:44,530 --> 01:21:49,030
It's more of a trail, and yet through the years, because there were a bunch of,

1069
01:21:49,030 --> 01:21:51,470
there was an unplated subdivision that was built

1070
01:21:51,470 --> 01:21:54,010
in my area back in the 70s and simply by virtually the fact

1071
01:21:54,010 --> 01:21:55,850
that they carved it up and they sold a bunch of lots.

1072
01:21:56,290 --> 01:21:58,550
Over the years, there's a surprising number of houses

1073
01:21:58,550 --> 01:21:59,350
that have been built.

1074
01:21:59,850 --> 01:22:01,610
The huge primary access is now down this road.

1075
01:22:01,730 --> 01:22:04,510
This road is so bad that the post office

1076
01:22:04,510 --> 01:22:06,490
will not provide mail service down this road.

1077
01:22:06,730 --> 01:22:09,490
And so they actually built a set of boxes out

1078
01:22:09,490 --> 01:22:12,730
at Log Lake Road or the post office will deliver mail.

1079
01:22:12,750 --> 01:22:16,110
These folks can get a service as basic as mail service

1080
01:22:16,110 --> 01:22:16,950
down that road.

1081
01:22:16,950 --> 01:22:20,890
side note, they do get trash purists, though I hear the trucks get stuck frequently.

1082
01:22:22,970 --> 01:22:29,970
And so, in talking with these citizens, we, you know, they're looking for, again, a potential.

1083
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:59,980
Officially, a very basic level of improvement that would just allow for emergency access. And so, I've got, we didn't put it all on the agenda item today, but I've got information specifically about Sundance from the fire department from our EMS, from the sheriff's office, indicating challenges and inability at times to get emergency response vehicles into houses that are in that neighborhood, in the event of emergency, and the information we get back in the sheriff's office was literally, you know, the first response vehicle getting stopped.

1084
01:23:00,520 --> 01:23:05,820
trying to get in there to make an emergency call, and that creates a second-level problem

1085
01:23:05,820 --> 01:23:10,160
where the follow-on vehicles have to get around the vehicle that's stuck in this very

1086
01:23:10,160 --> 01:23:14,980
narrow and trectorous roadways that's trying to get in there to provide service.

1087
01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:20,960
And so what the effort that we're, if this board will agree today, to start the process of

1088
01:23:20,960 --> 01:23:27,000
amending this MSB, you simply to broaden out the range of tools that are available will potentially give

1089
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:32,380
folks that like the folks from the back of the room today, the opportunity to get some basic level

1090
01:23:32,380 --> 01:23:35,220
of stabilization that would allow for emergency access.

1091
01:23:35,800 --> 01:23:41,240
And I want to kind of remind us that under this policy, it's the folks that live on the road

1092
01:23:41,240 --> 01:23:45,060
that will be assessed in order to pay for these level of improvements.

1093
01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:50,660
And there's an expectation that if we are not putting in two lanes of hot mix asphalt,

1094
01:23:50,820 --> 01:23:55,260
that these roads are not going to then become a continuing county maintenance obligation.

1095
01:23:55,260 --> 01:24:12,800
So, the citizens will have to understand that in exchange for an agreement to do a level of service or improvement that is less than a fully engineered hot mix roadway that the cost of continuing maintenance will be borne by that MSBU.

1096
01:24:13,100 --> 01:24:23,260
And so, I think it's a very akin to a street light MSB at that point where the continuing cost of operation will be paid by the residents.

1097
01:24:23,260 --> 01:24:29,680
really what the county becomes in that instance then is not a funder, but a facilitator of helping

1098
01:24:29,680 --> 01:24:35,480
these citizens help themselves. And this is not going to work everywhere, but it will work in places

1099
01:24:35,480 --> 01:24:40,260
like Sundance where you have an engaged community and you've got a few champions that are willing

1100
01:24:40,260 --> 01:24:45,700
to willing to push. And so, you know, Mr. Chairman with that, I'll ask for approval. The only thing

1101
01:24:45,700 --> 01:24:48,900
I would ask for, maybe out of order is if Mr. McKenna wanted to speak to that, I don't know if she

1102
01:24:48,900 --> 01:24:52,460
does or not, or if they just want to wave and support. But if so, if Mr. Chairman would allow that

1103
01:24:52,460 --> 01:24:57,860
of order just a few words about that community and they're efforts to organize and get a safe

1104
01:24:57,860 --> 01:25:04,940
passable roadway. Thank you, sir. All right. So we have a motion to approve and this is just on the

1105
01:25:04,940 --> 01:25:10,220
movement board with these policy revisions. Correct. We'll come back to this board all right in the form of

1106
01:25:10,220 --> 01:25:15,220
and I don't even know that I need a motion. We just need the consensus to before with this and then we

1107
01:25:15,220 --> 01:25:19,240
can come back with any objections, commission. Either way, it doesn't matter. I don't have an objection

1108
01:25:19,240 --> 01:25:21,160
But I have a question of legal.

1109
01:25:21,720 --> 01:25:22,200
Okay.

1110
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:23,940
I think we got to have a vote on this.

1111
01:25:24,600 --> 01:25:24,720
I do.

1112
01:25:24,860 --> 01:25:25,640
I have to do.

1113
01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:26,880
Well, I think it's good.

1114
01:25:27,260 --> 01:25:29,740
I'm assuming the commissioner bowls is moving it.

1115
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:32,340
I'll second it and I'm going to do have a question.

1116
01:25:35,300 --> 01:25:36,740
For Miss Hotshihara.

1117
01:25:37,700 --> 01:25:46,900
Is there any liability that would attach if we have the second tier program?

1118
01:25:46,900 --> 01:25:51,720
because it's not going to be adopted and taken into regular county use and maintenance.

1119
01:25:52,300 --> 01:25:57,260
So it really won't ever, I think what Nathan St. is, it's never going to be really a county road.

1120
01:25:57,820 --> 01:26:01,800
There's going to be a second tier that you just get it fixed well enough for emergency vehicles.

1121
01:26:02,380 --> 01:26:04,600
Is that correct? Do my understanding that correctly?

1122
01:26:05,280 --> 01:26:11,160
Initially, the only thing I would add to that, Mr. Fountain, is that what this would do over time

1123
01:26:11,160 --> 01:26:13,540
as additional improvements are made,

1124
01:26:13,920 --> 01:26:16,180
the neighborhood may be able to then get in striking distance

1125
01:26:16,180 --> 01:26:19,760
so that actually getting to a full hot mix,

1126
01:26:19,880 --> 01:26:22,740
two line road, then could be meet standard and be accepted.

1127
01:26:23,720 --> 01:26:25,280
And as you're putting down base,

1128
01:26:25,720 --> 01:26:27,880
you're chipping away at that cost over time.

1129
01:26:28,260 --> 01:26:30,540
The problem is that if you take a road like Sundance

1130
01:26:30,540 --> 01:26:32,580
and you say, okay, the cost to bring it

1131
01:26:32,580 --> 01:26:36,780
to two line hot mix roadway is so enormous

1132
01:26:36,780 --> 01:26:38,340
that it's kind of overwhelming

1133
01:26:38,340 --> 01:26:39,940
and everyone just steps away from it.

1134
01:26:39,940 --> 01:26:44,120
So short-term yes, long-term if it's done right, I think there is the potential that

1135
01:26:44,120 --> 01:26:48,100
in five to 15 years they could get to that point where they actually could get it accepted.

1136
01:26:48,120 --> 01:26:49,980
Right, it's helping prepping for the future.

1137
01:26:50,440 --> 01:26:55,320
I guess my only concern is because this is getting into some new matter of law as you know

1138
01:26:55,320 --> 01:27:00,940
when we take it as a county road or even use and maintenance, there does come some live

1139
01:27:00,940 --> 01:27:04,460
buildings of certain things that happen on the road and whether it was fixed right and all

1140
01:27:04,460 --> 01:27:11,280
that even if it's just dirt and temporary stuff that if we do this, does that give us

1141
01:27:11,280 --> 01:27:16,480
a same liability or will it not be a liability, even though we went fixed it?

1142
01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:17,700
Thank you for that question.

1143
01:27:17,880 --> 01:27:23,940
We have worked closely with just a notary in evaluating this new alternate paving process.

1144
01:27:24,260 --> 01:27:28,240
We feel comfortable that it does not expose the county to any further liability.

1145
01:27:28,800 --> 01:27:34,080
We'll make sure it's a completely voluntary program, all of the documents or agreements

1146
01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:40,840
ordinances in place will make sure that the county is not, the county, as Commissioner

1147
01:27:40,840 --> 01:27:45,660
Bullis said, is facilitating the process, but it's not taking any ownership of the roads

1148
01:27:45,660 --> 01:27:48,020
and so that'll be made clear in all of the documents.

1149
01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:48,980
Okay.

1150
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:49,580
Thank you, Lance.

1151
01:27:49,660 --> 01:27:50,320
I'm all supported.

1152
01:27:51,100 --> 01:27:51,280
All right.

1153
01:27:51,580 --> 01:27:54,980
So, commissioners, is it preference to move forward with a motion?

1154
01:27:55,940 --> 01:27:56,100
All right.

1155
01:27:56,100 --> 01:28:00,200
I think my constituents know that we're taking action and we're moving forward.

1156
01:28:00,500 --> 01:28:00,680
All right.

1157
01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:03,400
So we have a motion and a second on the floor.

1158
01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:05,560
I just like to say that I like this.

1159
01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:06,420
It's very creative.

1160
01:28:07,180 --> 01:28:08,020
I like where it's going.

1161
01:28:08,540 --> 01:28:09,840
It's a way to help.

1162
01:28:10,380 --> 01:28:12,600
There's very, you know, country roads.

1163
01:28:13,640 --> 01:28:16,200
Or it's not even a road really as I look at the pictures.

1164
01:28:16,440 --> 01:28:18,920
But I like where this is going because it helps the county.

1165
01:28:19,240 --> 01:28:22,120
Get to a place where we can eventually pay these roads.

1166
01:28:22,120 --> 01:28:26,880
So, good solution to Mr. Entry and to you.

1167
01:28:27,080 --> 01:28:29,600
And Commissioner Nixon for your Commissioner

1168
01:28:29,600 --> 01:28:31,600
Elect Nixon for the sake of you, you know,

1169
01:28:31,700 --> 01:28:33,600
there's two or three of them in the east side

1170
01:28:33,600 --> 01:28:37,140
at an east county that might be rare for this as well.

1171
01:28:37,460 --> 01:28:40,580
So if this works out good, they won't use it.

1172
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:42,460
All right, very good.

1173
01:28:42,520 --> 01:28:44,500
Further discussion commissioners.

1174
01:28:44,760 --> 01:28:46,800
All right, those in favor, oh, Mr. Wands?

1175
01:28:47,000 --> 01:28:48,140
No, I'm getting ready to go.

1176
01:28:48,440 --> 01:28:51,160
All right, those in favor please send them by saying aye.

1177
01:28:51,280 --> 01:28:51,720
All right.

1178
01:28:51,720 --> 01:28:54,540
And those opposed, that passes unanimously.

1179
01:28:55,540 --> 01:28:56,200
Thank you.

1180
01:28:56,540 --> 01:29:00,180
Second out of consideration is a task order with HDR ink.

1181
01:29:00,420 --> 01:29:04,240
This is for a partnership project that we have with Eggland Air Force Base.

1182
01:29:04,440 --> 01:29:05,940
It's the West Area Development Plan.

1183
01:29:06,420 --> 01:29:11,620
This is a contract that we had advertised through a selection process that involved County

1184
01:29:11,620 --> 01:29:14,040
staff, Eggland staff, and the EDC.

1185
01:29:14,280 --> 01:29:16,120
Selected HDR perform this study.

1186
01:29:17,160 --> 01:29:20,380
Eggland is working on their next-gen program and they're looking for the

1187
01:29:20,380 --> 01:29:26,080
simplified. This weighs that they can look forward to grow in the future. This is funded through

1188
01:29:26,080 --> 01:29:30,060
the escrow account that is based off of Air Force lease fees. So this is not out of county

1189
01:29:30,060 --> 01:29:34,260
coffers. This is one of those that Eglon is going to fund to move forward with this study.

1190
01:29:35,520 --> 01:29:40,440
And the bad pun intended here is to create a roadmap for the development of the Western area

1191
01:29:40,440 --> 01:29:45,100
of Eglon Air Force Base, which includes a likely potential, if not likely, realignment of state

1192
01:29:45,100 --> 01:29:50,680
85 to improve traffic flow, access into the base potential development or growth inside

1193
01:29:50,680 --> 01:29:52,160
and outside the fence.

1194
01:29:52,660 --> 01:29:58,240
Eglon is very excited on this partnership and to see this move forward, so it is with

1195
01:29:58,240 --> 01:29:59,980
great honor that I request approval of this.

1196
01:30:08,080 --> 01:30:12,920
All right, Commissioner Kittles, move to approve is there a second.

1197
01:30:15,840 --> 01:30:21,360
So this is a very much needed, I wish we could do it in five years.

1198
01:30:21,940 --> 01:30:30,180
We need to really, there's some problems with the exit out of Keto Bayou onto Lewis Turner.

1199
01:30:31,480 --> 01:30:39,140
This will also allow for smoother flow of traffic, but probably Jason and I will be retired before we see this happen

1200
01:30:39,140 --> 01:30:46,880
because I've never seen anything move as slow as DOD, but that said, at some point I'd

1201
01:30:46,880 --> 01:30:52,620
like to just say to the commission that I'd like to bring Brooke McLean up here too,

1202
01:30:53,240 --> 01:30:57,220
he's looking at developing a whole parcel over there, victory village. There's a lot

1203
01:30:57,220 --> 01:31:03,110
happening in the Piquito Bayu area, and these roadways are much needed, and hopefully we can

1204
01:31:03,780 --> 01:31:07,880
begin to see some progress however slow. I mean, the base looks, I don't know if you've all

1205
01:31:07,880 --> 01:31:13,020
on the base lately but those buildings are like 1940s. I mean they're just so old and the

1206
01:31:13,020 --> 01:31:16,860
only reason tendels get anything news because they were blown away by Hurricane 5 and I don't

1207
01:31:16,860 --> 01:31:21,460
see that happening here and I don't want it to but I honestly don't know where this next gen

1208
01:31:21,460 --> 01:31:26,200
it's moving so slow. It's frustrating to Jason and I've been in so many meetings.

1209
01:31:26,500 --> 01:31:28,300
Anybody know? Still I want to move forward.

1210
01:31:28,820 --> 01:31:34,040
All right commissioners further discussion on on this item. All right.

1211
01:31:35,440 --> 01:31:41,020
Those in favor, we have a motion a second, like Mr. Cachel and Commissioner Fountain.

1212
01:31:41,220 --> 01:31:46,280
I believe, I don't know it's right. All right. So those in favor please signal by saying aye.

1213
01:31:46,480 --> 01:31:50,380
Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. And those opposed. All right. That passes unanimously.

1214
01:31:51,620 --> 01:31:56,600
Next time for consideration is post design engineering services for the Southwest Presby Pass.

1215
01:31:58,400 --> 01:32:02,780
Next meeting, we will be bringing to you the contract for the award of the contract.

1216
01:32:02,780 --> 01:32:05,240
the construction for the Southwest District bypass.

1217
01:32:05,860 --> 01:32:07,540
This project has some pretty unique facets.

1218
01:32:08,360 --> 01:32:09,660
It's a joint city county.

1219
01:32:09,900 --> 01:32:12,040
We touch state roads, county roads, city roads.

1220
01:32:12,120 --> 01:32:14,000
We touch an interchange, it's yet to be built.

1221
01:32:14,700 --> 01:32:17,740
And so it is, it is undoubted that we are going to run into some needs for some

1222
01:32:17,740 --> 01:32:18,460
design services.

1223
01:32:18,640 --> 01:32:21,800
Once we get into construction, this is to address those needs.

1224
01:32:22,220 --> 01:32:25,900
It is with the firm that has helped us as the program manager HDR Inc.

1225
01:32:26,280 --> 01:32:28,580
And we are in support of this tasking request.

1226
01:32:28,580 --> 01:32:30,640
All right.

1227
01:32:30,780 --> 01:32:30,820
Second.

1228
01:32:31,460 --> 01:32:33,220
Motion by Commissioner Boyle's

1229
01:32:33,220 --> 01:32:33,480
approved.

1230
01:32:33,680 --> 01:32:35,480
Second by Commissioner Fountain for their discussion.

1231
01:32:36,960 --> 01:32:37,020
All right.

1232
01:32:37,140 --> 01:32:38,900
Doesn't favorably signal by saying aye.

1233
01:32:39,480 --> 01:32:40,220
Those opposed.

1234
01:32:40,900 --> 01:32:42,160
Item three passes unanimously.

1235
01:32:42,880 --> 01:32:43,020
All right.

1236
01:32:43,200 --> 01:32:43,940
Thank you.

1237
01:32:44,140 --> 01:32:46,560
The next items are related to surtext projects.

1238
01:32:46,560 --> 01:32:47,980
We moved into the new fiscal year.

1239
01:32:48,080 --> 01:32:49,940
We had a meeting with the surtext advisory committee.

1240
01:32:50,080 --> 01:32:52,140
And there are several projects that we are looking to move forward.

1241
01:32:52,500 --> 01:32:56,240
These were all unanimously supported for recommendation for funding.

1242
01:32:56,240 --> 01:33:04,180
The first is for the Highway 2 bridge and roadway improvement design project we actually had to break it up into phases because the length of the roadway is so long

1243
01:33:04,180 --> 01:33:13,320
This is to do the design work before the basically the western portion of it up and up to and including the bridge to state road of 189 to the yellow river bridge

1244
01:33:13,320 --> 01:33:23,380
We have identified that a million dollars of need will get us going on the design probably cover the design whatever is not spent will be back into the coffers and be available for the construction element of this project

1245
01:33:23,380 --> 01:33:31,560
Again, this was presented to the advisory committee on October 14th with the Union Espresso support for allocating $1 million towards this project.

1246
01:33:35,610 --> 01:33:37,030
It looks like this spans two districts.

1247
01:33:37,870 --> 01:33:39,570
Yeah, but he's distracted.

1248
01:33:39,810 --> 01:33:41,490
I'll take it Mr. Chairman motion to approve.

1249
01:33:41,790 --> 01:33:44,610
We should call it like friendship, bridge or something when it's done.

1250
01:33:44,690 --> 01:33:49,090
You know, joining in the two territories where you think Paul will work on that.

1251
01:33:49,210 --> 01:33:52,290
I'm looking at Graham like it matters, but I should have been looking back there at Paul.

1252
01:33:53,970 --> 01:33:57,130
All right, so it's a motion you approve by Commissioner Wolves.

1253
01:33:57,270 --> 01:33:57,810
We have a second.

1254
01:33:58,430 --> 01:34:00,310
Second by Commissioner Founding.

1255
01:34:00,430 --> 01:34:01,130
Further discussion.

1256
01:34:02,150 --> 01:34:04,070
All right, those are favorably signal by saying aye.

1257
01:34:04,790 --> 01:34:05,510
Those opposed.

1258
01:34:05,850 --> 01:34:06,830
That passes unanimously.

1259
01:34:07,850 --> 01:34:08,550
Item number five.

1260
01:34:08,830 --> 01:34:13,450
Next one, also a certax project is funding for the construction element of the Lake

1261
01:34:13,450 --> 01:34:15,090
terrain stormwater improvement project.

1262
01:34:15,150 --> 01:34:16,910
This is one that we've been working on for many years.

1263
01:34:16,930 --> 01:34:20,450
If you recall, we had done phase one, which was a pipe replacement project

1264
01:34:20,450 --> 01:34:22,410
without the Lake Marine subdivision.

1265
01:34:22,570 --> 01:34:24,950
This is an effort to mitigate or

1266
01:34:24,950 --> 01:34:26,850
attenuate the flow that goes into that system.

1267
01:34:27,090 --> 01:34:28,490
It's a further improved stormwater

1268
01:34:28,490 --> 01:34:29,730
situations out there.

1269
01:34:30,790 --> 01:34:32,730
It's not only for the Lake Marine subdivision,

1270
01:34:32,910 --> 01:34:34,130
but it's also for the golf course,

1271
01:34:34,210 --> 01:34:35,550
the shallow point subdivision in

1272
01:34:35,550 --> 01:34:37,470
for the houses that are a long country

1273
01:34:37,470 --> 01:34:39,550
cliff drive on the north side of this.

1274
01:34:39,690 --> 01:34:40,770
A lot of runoff comes from

1275
01:34:40,770 --> 01:34:42,650
England. This will improve that process.

1276
01:34:42,990 --> 01:34:44,690
Again, we did receive unanimous

1277
01:34:44,690 --> 01:34:48,450
support to allocate the million dollars from

1278
01:34:48,450 --> 01:34:53,250
We are just for the quick update. We are wrapping up the design documents.

1279
01:34:53,790 --> 01:34:57,950
We'll hang up that we've got to work with some property owners on some acquisitions and easements.

1280
01:34:58,590 --> 01:35:03,010
But we fully expect to be in construction with this by late spring of 2021.

1281
01:35:03,390 --> 01:35:05,570
So we see this going into construction very soon.

1282
01:35:05,870 --> 01:35:06,410
All right. Thank you.

1283
01:35:07,150 --> 01:35:11,430
Yeah, so I'll make a motion for approval and just add that my predecessor worked on this.

1284
01:35:11,430 --> 01:35:14,530
So this has been in the works for 10 years because of certax.

1285
01:35:14,630 --> 01:35:15,890
We now have the money can be forward.

1286
01:35:16,990 --> 01:35:17,710
All right.

1287
01:35:17,710 --> 01:35:19,710
Is there a second?

1288
01:35:20,730 --> 01:35:24,990
All right, so emotional approval by commissioner casual second of commissioner boils further discussion

1289
01:35:25,690 --> 01:35:27,910
All right, those in favor please signal by saying aye

1290
01:35:28,370 --> 01:35:29,950
Those are posed

1291
01:35:29,950 --> 01:35:31,690
All right, that passage unanimously

1292
01:35:31,690 --> 01:35:33,550
All right, you're final item.

1293
01:35:33,690 --> 01:35:44,710
Last one year, sir text project if you read through the context of this, you'll see that it was one that we moved up and that was only because as we allocated out the sir text project list over the ten years

1294
01:35:44,710 --> 01:35:46,770
This is one that was identified in the future year.

1295
01:35:46,970 --> 01:35:52,410
However, we've seen favorable revenues from the sales tax, the surtext, and the

1296
01:35:54,070 --> 01:35:59,150
school has decided to update the YMCA facility to their new location if you drive past

1297
01:35:59,150 --> 01:36:01,830
or you'll see there's intense construction going on.

1298
01:36:02,070 --> 01:36:04,250
And what they have asked was, hey, we're putting this work in here.

1299
01:36:04,330 --> 01:36:06,910
Can we improve this intersection which we planned on doing any

1300
01:36:06,910 --> 01:36:10,190
how and our answer was, we certainly believe that that is a worthwhile

1301
01:36:10,190 --> 01:36:13,050
expenditure of surtext dollars to move this up for something.

1302
01:36:13,050 --> 01:36:16,730
We knew we needed plus it will enhance the effort the school was putting in.

1303
01:36:16,990 --> 01:36:19,790
It's for improvements at the intersection of hospital road and the most turner boulevard

1304
01:36:19,790 --> 01:36:22,550
that intersection has always been a little clunky to say the least.

1305
01:36:23,630 --> 01:36:25,110
And we would like to move this forward.

1306
01:36:25,210 --> 01:36:26,530
We've allocated a half million dollars.

1307
01:36:26,630 --> 01:36:29,210
This is for all of the work to be done at that location.

1308
01:36:29,870 --> 01:36:32,990
Again, it was unanimously supported by the Sir Tax Advisory Committee.

1309
01:36:33,410 --> 01:36:36,910
I do want to point out that in consent there was a budget transfer that talked about

1310
01:36:36,910 --> 01:36:37,750
the Sir Tax Dollars.

1311
01:36:37,930 --> 01:36:40,890
These three projects represent those dollar total.

1312
01:36:40,890 --> 01:36:43,190
So this is moving, I mean, to the different categories

1313
01:36:43,190 --> 01:36:45,410
so that we can keep track of where funding is put

1314
01:36:45,410 --> 01:36:46,150
for the certat.

1315
01:36:47,070 --> 01:36:48,850
All right, very good.

1316
01:36:49,350 --> 01:36:51,090
I should boil this in your district.

1317
01:36:51,370 --> 01:36:51,930
Yes, sir.

1318
01:36:52,170 --> 01:36:53,770
It sure is.

1319
01:36:53,830 --> 01:36:56,090
The question really is, what is not in my district?

1320
01:36:57,710 --> 01:36:58,330
Of whose island?

1321
01:37:00,030 --> 01:37:01,130
No, no, no, no, no, no.

1322
01:37:01,130 --> 01:37:04,190
I don't know where county, but I kind of think it is.

1323
01:37:04,470 --> 01:37:05,290
But it could be.

1324
01:37:06,150 --> 01:37:08,330
I think we Gerry Manders soon don't.

1325
01:37:12,590 --> 01:37:14,010
Now we're all going to be in trouble.

1326
01:37:14,370 --> 01:37:14,910
I'm going to be going.

1327
01:37:15,890 --> 01:37:19,670
No, so I didn't want to know actually what I like about this is, you know,

1328
01:37:19,810 --> 01:37:22,810
because of the school's request, as I understood the agenda,

1329
01:37:22,950 --> 01:37:25,670
and they're actually going to manage the construction project,

1330
01:37:25,910 --> 01:37:29,830
and it'll be under warranty, and then ultimately we'll just take it.

1331
01:37:31,440 --> 01:37:56,420
And what that means to me is, you know, notice we've got a lot going on with these sales tax dollars, lots of projects to run, lots of things to build. That's great. This is one we get to get done sooner. And frankly, with less effort from the county, it gets the benefit to the public as a whole that much faster. And because of the way that partnership is coming together, I think it ultimately less expense to the taxpayers. So I would consider that a win, and I'll make the motion to approve.

1332
01:37:56,420 --> 01:38:01,580
All right. Motion to approve by Commissioner Boyles. Do we have a second?

1333
01:38:02,600 --> 01:38:09,960
Second. All right. Second by Commissioner Katchel. Further discussion. All right. Those are favorably single by say aye.

1334
01:38:10,460 --> 01:38:12,900
Aye. Those opposed. That's as unanimously.

1335
01:38:13,240 --> 01:38:21,000
Mr. Chairman, can I go back and ask Jason a follow-up question on item number four on how way to?

1336
01:38:21,000 --> 01:38:25,980
And we still get in the indicators from F.D. that they may

1337
01:38:25,980 --> 01:38:30,400
do some matching funds or assist us in that reconstruction of the bridge.

1338
01:38:30,760 --> 01:38:33,260
That has a support from DOT for

1339
01:38:33,260 --> 01:38:37,340
Office of Surprojects has certainly cooled in the past six to nine months,

1340
01:38:38,000 --> 01:38:41,480
but we are in constant contact with them and let them know that that is the one that we would

1341
01:38:41,480 --> 01:38:46,260
certainly like to move forward with if funds are available that got a funding issue.

1342
01:38:46,900 --> 01:38:50,540
Right. We certainly are top priority is to make sure that we keep the interchange

1343
01:38:50,540 --> 01:38:55,380
on, it looks breached on, and this is one of those for office and dollars.

1344
01:38:55,980 --> 01:38:58,760
Absolutely. Thank you.

1345
01:39:02,100 --> 01:39:03,420
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Schraucher.

1346
01:39:04,740 --> 01:39:07,840
All right. That brings us to old business.

1347
01:39:09,900 --> 01:39:11,720
Our first item regarding the

1348
01:39:11,720 --> 01:39:16,720
purchase and sale of the Shoal River, Mr. Hofsted, we introduced that.

1349
01:39:16,820 --> 01:39:23,560
I'll lead it out. Mr. Chairman, commissioners, these two items are specific to the

1350
01:39:23,560 --> 01:39:29,200
we've been discussing with us more for the past year in the acquisition of up to 623 acres.

1351
01:39:29,820 --> 01:39:35,020
We have Mr. Stewart on the line with Neighbors Giddling, also Alex Fisher from Neighbors

1352
01:39:35,020 --> 01:39:39,540
Giddling, and our financial advisor, Mark Galvin, from Hilltop Securities.

1353
01:39:40,140 --> 01:39:45,260
So I will give the hand off to Greg Stewart and he will run the board through the explanation

1354
01:39:45,260 --> 01:39:51,060
of these two items in the ultimate acquisition of up to 623 acres for development.

1355
01:39:58,800 --> 01:39:59,500
Greg, you're muted.

1356
01:40:00,360 --> 01:40:00,920
You're muted.

1357
01:40:01,300 --> 01:40:01,760
I'm mute.

1358
01:40:07,100 --> 01:40:08,520
I won't have a target break.

1359
01:40:09,840 --> 01:40:16,000
Before you was a proposed purchase and sale agreement for property of the Scholar River

1360
01:40:16,000 --> 01:40:23,120
Ranch, just a board recalls that in December 2017, an option agreement was entered into,

1361
01:40:23,600 --> 01:40:29,540
with the owners of the Scholar River Ranch property, which is the Hall of Man, where a charitable foundation.

1362
01:40:29,540 --> 01:40:35,740
At that time, the total amount of property under the option was approximately 1600 acres.

1363
01:40:36,760 --> 01:40:43,660
In June of this year, the board directed staff to exercise the option on two parcels

1364
01:40:43,660 --> 01:40:48,340
of about approximately 628 acres.

1365
01:40:48,940 --> 01:40:55,600
We did our due diligence, we had the environmental search, we did the survey, we did the title

1366
01:40:55,600 --> 01:41:05,100
review and a October, we exercise the option on those two portions of the subject property.

1367
01:41:06,520 --> 01:41:13,260
Subsequently, we had discussions with the seller that they had requested if we could

1368
01:41:13,260 --> 01:41:18,740
make some adjustments to some of the properties that we were acquiring, so it would not

1369
01:41:18,740 --> 01:41:22,680
cut off access to other property that they have.

1370
01:41:22,680 --> 01:41:26,120
We were able to work through those issues with the seller.

1371
01:41:26,700 --> 01:41:29,340
So the purchase agreement that is before the board,

1372
01:41:29,980 --> 01:41:34,520
it will be for a total of just under,

1373
01:41:34,520 --> 01:41:36,200
I believe, 600 acres.

1374
01:41:37,400 --> 01:41:41,960
The total price that will be paid under the methodology

1375
01:41:41,960 --> 01:41:44,240
that was contained within the option of agreement

1376
01:41:44,240 --> 01:41:51,260
will be $2,218,521 in 78 cents.

1377
01:41:51,260 --> 01:42:08,400
We did, when we did the adjustments, we were closely with the economic development council and public works and determined that the adjustments that we made would not impact on the economic development potential of these properties.

1378
01:42:09,200 --> 01:42:15,660
So at this point in time, we would, and, and the seller has executed the purchase and sale agreement.

1379
01:42:15,780 --> 01:42:17,640
We received that, I believe, on Friday.

1380
01:42:18,660 --> 01:42:23,740
So at this point, we would ask the board to consider the approval of the purchase and sale agreement,

1381
01:42:24,180 --> 01:42:32,260
and also to authorize the chairman to sign any documents necessary to close on the property.

1382
01:42:32,880 --> 01:42:47,100
Our current intent, the next item, which Mr. Fisher and Mr. Galvin can talk a little more detail, would be the approval of the financing, approximately November 12th or 13th.

1383
01:42:47,680 --> 01:42:54,380
We would look to close on the property of the Shoal River, probably the day after we close on the loan.

1384
01:42:55,220 --> 01:42:59,300
And at that point, any questions I can answer will be more than happy to.

1385
01:43:03,460 --> 01:43:31,580
I don't have any questions but Mr. Chairman, I'm very very happy to make a motion that we approve of this agreement and authorize the Chairman to sign the appropriate documents and I just want to say to Nathan Sparks and certainly our legal team and Greg and everybody that's worked on this. This has been going on for a long while and we're finally bringing it in for a landing that hasn't been the easiest thing to deal with folks and out of state.

1386
01:43:31,580 --> 01:43:38,260
people in what not, but I have full faith that as I leave that Nathan

1387
01:43:38,260 --> 01:43:43,120
Mr. Sparks that y'all are really doing a lot of good things and we hopefully

1388
01:43:43,120 --> 01:43:49,160
we're going to be landing some great industry at that location and that this is

1389
01:43:49,160 --> 01:43:54,560
something that our children and our children's children and this county down

1390
01:43:54,560 --> 01:44:00,460
the pack will benefit from as far as jobs and economic improvements to our

1391
01:44:00,460 --> 01:44:04,560
community, so Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion that we approve of the agreement and all

1392
01:44:04,560 --> 01:44:05,860
the rise you decide on the documents.

1393
01:44:06,460 --> 01:44:06,820
All right.

1394
01:44:07,140 --> 01:44:08,460
Do we have a second?

1395
01:44:09,360 --> 01:44:10,020
Mr. Chairman, I'll second.

1396
01:44:11,040 --> 01:44:15,440
The only thing I'll note, this is, you know, well done by everybody, a lot of work.

1397
01:44:16,080 --> 01:44:19,240
You know, this is basically, this was our backstop alternative.

1398
01:44:19,820 --> 01:44:25,160
The great preference would have been that we had found that entity that was going to come in and

1399
01:44:25,160 --> 01:44:29,360
create, you know, good, clean, high wage jobs and assigned this option to them.

1400
01:44:29,360 --> 01:44:34,000
So let's not lose side of the fact that this is not, you know, this is not mission accomplished.

1401
01:44:34,240 --> 01:44:35,980
So let's not see any banners to that effect.

1402
01:44:36,740 --> 01:44:43,260
This is, now we've got it, let's find a way to make use of it for the benefit of the taxpayers who are paying for it at this point in time.

1403
01:44:43,300 --> 01:44:48,440
Because that's what will ultimately define success or fail your on on this little adventure.

1404
01:44:51,700 --> 01:44:56,080
So we have a motion to approve by Commissioner Fowell, the second by Commissioner Boyle's.

1405
01:44:56,080 --> 01:44:59,980
Commissioner, for the discussion, all right, those favor-pleasional buses.

1406
01:45:01,500 --> 01:45:05,280
All right. Those opposed. All right. That passes unanimously.

1407
01:45:07,380 --> 01:45:10,800
All right. Mr. Chairman, you need a separate motion now for the bank.

1408
01:45:10,840 --> 01:45:16,320
Yeah, we're going to have to address, I think, the bank loan second. That was just for the, uh, purchase and sale agreement.

1409
01:45:18,200 --> 01:45:27,020
And Mr. Chairman, if I turn it over to Mr. Galvin to kind of do the introduction of the loan and set up the agenda item. That'd be okay.

1410
01:45:27,020 --> 01:45:34,100
All right, let's get out then. Good morning. Just wanted to say that I'm looking

1411
01:45:34,100 --> 01:45:39,400
I haven't enjoyed working with the county and allowed the commissioners on the board.

1412
01:45:39,960 --> 01:45:43,100
And it's going to be sad not that they're not going to be there but I've been

1413
01:45:43,100 --> 01:45:48,180
enjoyed working with them over the years and we shouldn't have left. What we have in front of

1414
01:45:48,180 --> 01:45:53,980
you right now is two documents. One is the resolution that authorized the issuance

1415
01:45:53,980 --> 01:46:03,800
up to 265. As you recall, back in October 6th, we ended up presenting a presentation to you, showing

1416
01:46:03,800 --> 01:46:11,080
the different options that were available. We had selected the Bank Trueest Bank, and we're

1417
01:46:11,080 --> 01:46:23,540
looking at a 15-year amputation at 2.49%. The loan goes out to 12.1.25. So at this point,

1418
01:46:23,540 --> 01:46:30,600
with the approval of the commission, about the loan agreement and the resolution, then

1419
01:46:30,600 --> 01:46:33,540
we'll move forward to a closing either on the 12th or 13th.

1420
01:46:38,630 --> 01:46:41,390
Commissioner, is any questions or action on that?

1421
01:46:41,870 --> 01:46:44,150
Mr. Trevor, I'll make a motion that we approve.

1422
01:46:44,330 --> 01:46:46,850
All right, that's an motion to approve by Commissioner Fountain.

1423
01:46:46,890 --> 01:46:47,610
Do we have a second?

1424
01:46:50,220 --> 01:46:56,120
And the second by Commissioner Boyles, Commissioner's further discussion regarding this

1425
01:46:56,120 --> 01:47:00,420
long associated with the purchase onshore river.

1426
01:47:00,960 --> 01:47:01,260
All right.

1427
01:47:01,920 --> 01:47:07,620
Seeing anybody indicating that, those in favor please sign up by saying aye.

1428
01:47:08,580 --> 01:47:12,460
And those opposed, that will pass unanimously as well.

1429
01:47:14,680 --> 01:47:15,020
All right.

1430
01:47:15,260 --> 01:47:15,980
Thank you.

1431
01:47:16,120 --> 01:47:17,160
Mr. Storm, Mr. Galvin.

1432
01:47:17,900 --> 01:47:20,640
Appreciate you all being here with us by Zoom.

1433
01:47:21,860 --> 01:47:22,040
Okay.

1434
01:47:22,120 --> 01:47:23,160
Thank you.

1435
01:47:24,060 --> 01:47:24,400
All right.

1436
01:47:24,400 --> 01:47:32,280
That brings us to the conclusion of regular business into our commissioners, and then at commissioner boils.

1437
01:47:35,680 --> 01:47:37,880
As always, I'm proud to be here.

1438
01:47:39,040 --> 01:47:48,260
I think we have one more meeting at least a brief beginning of the meeting with our two commissioners that are leaving the dias here soon.

1439
01:47:48,440 --> 01:47:53,980
And so I'm sure we'll have opportunities for you know, flowers and goodbyes and all of that.

1440
01:47:53,980 --> 01:47:58,740
But I did want to just, you know, take a moment here last full meeting, last meeting and

1441
01:47:58,740 --> 01:48:04,000
press few and again say, say thanks fellas, it's been a heck of a lot of fun.

1442
01:48:04,100 --> 01:48:08,960
I've enjoyed working with you, you know, Commissioner Fowl for the last four years, Commissioner

1443
01:48:08,960 --> 01:48:14,000
Wines for the last eight years and really grinded through some of the tough stuff there

1444
01:48:14,000 --> 01:48:16,880
for that first couple of years on our first term.

1445
01:48:17,820 --> 01:48:22,820
You know, we certainly come from different places and yet I feel like it was a good mix.

1446
01:48:22,820 --> 01:48:29,020
And we got a lot of good stuff done, and most of that wouldn't happen without your steady hand.

1447
01:48:29,260 --> 01:48:31,720
So anyhow fellas, I've really, really enjoyed it.

1448
01:48:31,800 --> 01:48:33,040
We're going to miss you up here.

1449
01:48:34,490 --> 01:48:35,310
Commissioner Wines.

1450
01:48:36,610 --> 01:48:37,410
Thank you for that.

1451
01:48:37,730 --> 01:48:38,330
Commissioner Bulls.

1452
01:48:38,490 --> 01:48:44,570
I'd like to thank my colleagues for being cooperative and having many of y'all knew what a damn

1453
01:48:44,570 --> 01:48:46,150
fad was when I came up here.

1454
01:48:47,890 --> 01:48:52,170
So they've given me the y'all to give me the benefit at times, and I've tried to reciprocate.

1455
01:48:52,170 --> 01:49:05,470
I think we may some progress. Most of all, I want to thank the people of Oakley's County for allowing me to be a small part of this team Oakley's for the past eight years. Thank you. That's all. Very good. Commissioner Fountain.

1456
01:49:06,130 --> 01:49:15,790
Well, thank you commissioner Bowlson to commissioner Wines and it's been, it's been an honor serving in this position.

1457
01:49:15,790 --> 01:49:20,710
citizens, I've served over 40 years, the citizens of the state and

1458
01:49:20,710 --> 01:49:26,970
county and different places, but I'll say that this has been a very

1459
01:49:26,970 --> 01:49:32,990
interesting and rewarding experience. I do very much appreciate each and

1460
01:49:32,990 --> 01:49:38,790
every one of you on this board because I'll reiterate what Commissioner

1461
01:49:38,790 --> 01:49:42,910
Bull said, you know, we all bring different pieces and different

1462
01:49:42,910 --> 01:49:47,770
experiences to the table and no commissioner.

1463
01:49:48,850 --> 01:49:52,190
Wines until you and Alex explained it to me, I didn't know a

1464
01:49:52,190 --> 01:49:55,110
fad from a cad. I knew what a cad was, but I didn't know what a

1465
01:49:55,110 --> 01:49:58,610
fad was. I seen him, but I didn't know what to call them.

1466
01:49:59,490 --> 01:50:05,890
So I've learned a lot in that regard, but an unocommissioned

1467
01:50:05,890 --> 01:50:08,210
Wines can speak to this even more because he's been here

1468
01:50:08,210 --> 01:50:11,870
and longer, but we've got more done since I've been here than I

1469
01:50:11,870 --> 01:50:18,210
really ever planned. I always had it planned, but that I imagined we could get done. A lot

1470
01:50:18,210 --> 01:50:26,270
of things lined up. I can't take credit myself. I have to give credit to us having a great

1471
01:50:26,270 --> 01:50:32,930
great staff for all of y'all sitting out there here and all of the staff members and employees

1472
01:50:32,930 --> 01:50:39,090
that might see this later on the video or whatever. I just want to thank y'all for work and

1473
01:50:39,090 --> 01:50:46,290
very, very hard, you know, there's always a perception in the public that whether you work

1474
01:50:46,290 --> 01:50:50,370
for the state or the county, there's city that most everybody doesn't work that hard,

1475
01:50:51,190 --> 01:50:57,690
and I found that to be in my career, to be not true, that just like probably any product

1476
01:50:57,690 --> 01:51:03,350
business, you may have 5 or 10 percent that may don't work as hard as the rest of them,

1477
01:51:03,350 --> 01:51:08,170
but our employees have worked very, very hard

1478
01:51:08,170 --> 01:51:10,330
and been very attentive to me

1479
01:51:10,330 --> 01:51:14,170
and even more importantly, my constituents.

1480
01:51:15,990 --> 01:51:20,110
And as Mr. Nixon and Mr. Ponder will find out,

1481
01:51:20,190 --> 01:51:23,210
very shortly, constituency services

1482
01:51:23,210 --> 01:51:26,770
are not just a legislative term terminology.

1483
01:51:27,610 --> 01:51:29,230
We have a lot of that ourselves.

1484
01:51:29,310 --> 01:51:31,890
The only difference is we don't have anybody working for

1485
01:51:31,890 --> 01:51:33,930
that actually gets to do that force.

1486
01:51:35,250 --> 01:51:43,710
We depend directly on our administrative assistant and John and his staff to basically do it.

1487
01:51:43,830 --> 01:51:49,370
Whereas a lot of counties on either side of us have a legislative evade that gets to do a lot

1488
01:51:49,370 --> 01:51:50,730
of the constituency services.

1489
01:51:51,130 --> 01:51:55,570
But that's one of the things I've enjoyed, is actually getting the phone calls and having

1490
01:51:55,570 --> 01:52:01,130
the meetings at the coffee shops and listening to people, complying sometimes.

1491
01:52:02,450 --> 01:52:07,470
sometimes just propose solutions or problems that we need to work on.

1492
01:52:08,090 --> 01:52:10,470
So it's been very, it's been very, very good.

1493
01:52:11,230 --> 01:52:15,030
I'd be honest with you, until about a week ago,

1494
01:52:16,150 --> 01:52:18,690
felt like that I was going to breathe through this,

1495
01:52:18,810 --> 01:52:21,610
and it just, it just be a lot of stress off of me.

1496
01:52:21,690 --> 01:52:23,710
And it is giving to be a lot of stress off of me.

1497
01:52:23,830 --> 01:52:27,910
But as I started packing things up all the walls and working on my desk,

1498
01:52:28,030 --> 01:52:29,970
which I'm not totally through Nathan, but I'm almost through.

1499
01:52:31,380 --> 01:52:59,860
So he can play out musical chairs and whatnot. I'm starting to realize the fact that I'm leaving and it's a little bit emotional, not because I'm missing the calls at night in the bad emails that we get in this job, but because of the people that I've been, I had the pleasure to work with both here on this board and our staff and our employees here, but I'm not going very, very far.

1500
01:53:00,460 --> 01:53:07,160
So I'll be here and all I'll say is if I ever can still be of assistance in any of these things,

1501
01:53:07,400 --> 01:53:13,260
y'all know I'm a phone call away and I just do have a few folks around that I can call on from

1502
01:53:13,260 --> 01:53:27,180
time to time and I will never stop working for the people or this organization in the future until they

1503
01:53:27,180 --> 01:53:30,580
and I send off a fun way to make it fun.

1504
01:53:30,720 --> 01:53:32,140
But name something after you?

1505
01:53:32,260 --> 01:53:34,840
That's right, name something after me, but whatever.

1506
01:53:35,500 --> 01:53:37,620
But thank you all very much, Dean.

1507
01:53:38,300 --> 01:53:39,460
It's been great.

1508
01:53:40,100 --> 01:53:40,580
It's been great.

1509
01:53:42,040 --> 01:53:42,840
Thank you.

1510
01:53:44,160 --> 01:53:44,940
Commissioner Kachel.

1511
01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:49,820
Well, I have to agree that this has been the most progressive board.

1512
01:53:50,280 --> 01:53:52,700
I've never dreamed we would get so much done

1513
01:53:52,700 --> 01:53:56,220
and starting with the courthouse that we were sitting in.

1514
01:53:56,220 --> 01:54:04,180
It's been just so much fun working with all of you men and I'm just I've been very it's really been one of the highlights of my life

1515
01:54:04,180 --> 01:54:05,380
I'm just really enjoying it

1516
01:54:05,380 --> 01:54:10,220
I'm going to miss the heck out of Graham you're bigger than life your personality is something else and

1517
01:54:10,880 --> 01:54:21,900
I'll be calling Kelly and both of you but Kelly brought so much wisdom and steady hand to this board and with one sentence you say what the rest of us just a couple of little equations

1518
01:54:21,900 --> 01:54:23,080
This one's up here.

1519
01:54:23,420 --> 01:54:27,460
Let's say, in paragraphs and paragraphs, so thank you for all that you both have given

1520
01:54:27,460 --> 01:54:28,680
to a police account.

1521
01:54:30,280 --> 01:54:30,540
Yeah.

1522
01:54:30,700 --> 01:54:34,360
Were they, you know, he knows, he knows that we're in the question.

1523
01:54:35,340 --> 01:54:41,380
Yes, I just want to mention we had the Lazarus Berry, or I can't thank Judy, Lorenz, and

1524
01:54:41,940 --> 01:54:42,240
Kimberly,

1525
01:54:44,720 --> 01:54:48,600
Sam Vettadetto, for the work that they do behind the scenes to all your

1526
01:54:48,600 --> 01:54:53,540
take care of the cremation of these individuals, and it was a huge turnout.

1527
01:54:53,880 --> 01:54:59,220
We had 23 faith communities involved this year, and I expect it to continue to grow.

1528
01:54:59,400 --> 01:55:04,540
I think all the staff that attended almost Commissioner Paul Nixon was there,

1529
01:55:04,640 --> 01:55:07,240
almost Commissioner Mel Ponder was there.

1530
01:55:07,340 --> 01:55:10,020
Thank you both for being there. It was just amazing.

1531
01:55:11,120 --> 01:55:16,620
The last thing I want to say is that a hundred years ago today, not today, but this year,

1532
01:55:16,620 --> 01:55:18,880
women got the right to vote.

1533
01:55:21,460 --> 01:55:24,880
Women have, in the most recent elections,

1534
01:55:25,220 --> 01:55:28,040
shown up in greater, or much greater numbers than men,

1535
01:55:28,140 --> 01:55:30,580
and I predict that that will be the case this year,

1536
01:55:30,880 --> 01:55:32,500
that women will decide this election.

1537
01:55:33,380 --> 01:55:35,580
Did two issues that women care most about

1538
01:55:35,580 --> 01:55:37,100
or on a collision course this year?

1539
01:55:37,100 --> 01:55:38,620
That's what's made this so controversial,

1540
01:55:38,860 --> 01:55:40,700
and that's health and the economy.

1541
01:55:41,540 --> 01:55:43,900
Women care the most about money and budget

1542
01:55:43,900 --> 01:55:45,720
and how they pay for their families.

1543
01:55:45,720 --> 01:55:57,720
They also care very much about the health of their families, and that's been a real tension in our society as we deal with this pandemic and try to figure out how to continue to have the economy move forward.

1544
01:55:58,500 --> 01:56:02,940
So I guess all of us will be glued tonight to our TVs, and hopefully it will be decided tonight.

1545
01:56:03,780 --> 01:56:11,000
Someone said recently that when we vote, I wish they gave us a chip that we could put it in our TVs, our phones, and everything's saying I voted leave me alone.

1546
01:56:11,000 --> 01:56:16,220
It's been horrible, this has been a horrible election year, but this country will continue

1547
01:56:16,220 --> 01:56:18,900
no matter what and we got less America tonight.

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01:56:23,640 --> 01:56:32,340
I want to use my commissioner minute to take a few moments to recognize commissioner wines

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01:56:32,340 --> 01:56:39,700
and commissioner fountain for their service, Douglas Accounting, Commissioner wines having served

1550
01:56:39,700 --> 01:56:53,140
Now, eight years in this public service office and Commissioner Fountain, four years as a commissioner and many, many more as a public servant and law enforcement and state employee.

1551
01:56:54,460 --> 01:56:59,300
But I'm going to ask you two gentlemen, if you'll come around front and join me, we have a little

1552
01:57:00,180 --> 01:57:06,700
Momento of our appreciation and then we'll have an opportunity for a photo off as well.

1553
01:57:38,190 --> 01:57:44,470
We'll start with Commissioner Wines, you have the seniority here from years of service.

1554
01:57:44,470 --> 01:57:45,570
Oh, come on up.

1555
01:57:45,570 --> 01:57:46,150
Yeah, come on up.

1556
01:57:46,150 --> 01:57:47,750
I forgot to introduce my wife.

1557
01:57:48,350 --> 01:57:49,170
You shouldn't do that.

1558
01:57:52,580 --> 01:57:55,280
You have to take him with you after this, you know.

1559
01:57:56,800 --> 01:57:56,820
Yeah.

1560
01:57:59,700 --> 01:58:01,460
You're like he didn't run you.

1561
01:58:04,260 --> 01:58:09,620
But Commissioner Wines, we have a token of our appreciation

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01:58:09,620 --> 01:58:16,480
from your county staff and your fellow commissioners. I'll let you open it. It's a compass.

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01:58:17,040 --> 01:58:24,680
It's inscribed, fair winds and following seas, wishing you the very best as you move on.

1564
01:58:24,920 --> 01:58:29,260
No doubt you're not going to be sitting home retire. I'm sure you've got plenty of things to do,

1565
01:58:29,660 --> 01:58:34,740
but certainly putting this chapter behind you as your from your service here in Oklahoma City County.

1566
01:58:35,260 --> 01:58:36,700
So I want to present that to you, sir.

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01:58:40,320 --> 01:58:50,320
And I believe you've got your framed photographs of the various boards that you've served with.

1568
01:58:51,080 --> 01:58:56,520
And just a reminder of all those who you've had to do battle with on behalf of the citizens of Oklahoma's accounting.

1569
01:58:59,160 --> 01:59:00,200
So, absolutely.

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01:59:00,820 --> 01:59:03,040
Board members, and thank you to the general public.

1571
01:59:03,600 --> 01:59:04,300
It's been a privilege.

1572
01:59:04,660 --> 01:59:06,320
Commissioner, you can certainly have the microphone.

1573
01:59:06,780 --> 01:59:07,580
I've said it though.

1574
01:59:07,720 --> 01:59:08,080
Thank you.

1575
01:59:08,420 --> 01:59:08,920
That's right.

1576
01:59:12,840 --> 01:59:20,580
And Commissioner Fountain, for you, we have a framed O'Close Accounting flag.

1577
01:59:21,920 --> 01:59:28,440
This flag actually flew over the Crestview Gord House on October 29, 2020.

1578
01:59:28,500 --> 01:59:31,500
So it's fresh off the flagpole for you.

1579
01:59:31,500 --> 01:59:35,180
And this is an honor and recognition of your service.

1580
01:59:35,420 --> 01:59:38,840
So we'll present that to you on behalf of the staff and your fellow commissioners.

1581
01:59:38,860 --> 01:59:39,360
Thank you.

1582
01:59:39,360 --> 01:59:42,360
I'm going to put some of your stuff in there.

1583
01:59:46,260 --> 01:59:46,860
Thank you.

1584
01:59:46,860 --> 01:59:47,280
That's double sided.

1585
01:59:47,480 --> 01:59:48,240
That's double sided.

1586
01:59:48,260 --> 01:59:49,560
Oh, that's interesting.

1587
01:59:51,840 --> 01:59:54,700
And there's all the victims of your lies.

1588
01:59:55,220 --> 01:59:55,500
I see that.

1589
01:59:57,560 --> 01:59:59,880
Thank you all again for this and also.

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02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,000
I forgot when I was given my salilic where I want to go to mention Felicia, and there's a saying that behind every successful man is a good woman and without my wife, we've been together actually, we've been together probably what about 40 years or closed 41, because we dated off through school, high school, and then got married and she's not run me off yet.

1591
02:00:29,000 --> 02:00:35,980
and I think she's going to keep me, but my whole career both in public safety and law enforcement

1592
02:00:35,980 --> 02:00:41,480
and state government and county government, you've been the one that kept me going all the time.

1593
02:00:41,780 --> 02:00:48,940
So I appreciate that and I love you and to all y'all I love y'all too and I appreciate this

1594
02:00:48,940 --> 02:00:58,980
and this is a great gift because I've got many of U.S. and state flags, but I did not have an

1595
02:01:01,320 --> 02:01:08,820
You know, wait right here. We'll get together and do a photo walk Christopher. But again, I just want to reiterate, Commissioner Wines, Commissioner Fountain.

1596
02:01:09,300 --> 02:01:13,780
It's been an honor to serve with both of you. We do appreciate what you've done for Oklahoma's county.

1597
02:02:00,380 --> 02:02:04,900
And Mr. Chair, my commissioner is while you're walking back to your seats. I just want to say,

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On behalf of your over 900 full-time and part-time employees and localists accounting, we thank

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02:02:11,160 --> 02:02:14,880
you very much for your service, localists accounting.

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It's been said many times today what has been accomplished in the last six or eight years

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02:02:19,540 --> 02:02:25,500
and I will tell you this board has done some significant heavy living on behalf, heavy lifting

1602
02:02:25,500 --> 02:02:28,500
on behalf of the Citizens of Oakland, the county.

1603
02:02:29,460 --> 02:02:32,520
You have built this beautiful courthouse that we're in today.

1604
02:02:32,520 --> 02:02:35,620
you've completed the county administration building,

1605
02:02:35,640 --> 02:02:39,360
you've added on to the Sheriff's Complex with his investigative building.

1606
02:02:39,680 --> 02:02:41,440
You've started PG Adams project.

1607
02:02:41,680 --> 02:02:44,200
We didn't think we'd get underway for another 15 years.

1608
02:02:44,720 --> 02:02:46,960
The acquisitions that show River Ranch,

1609
02:02:47,620 --> 02:02:50,500
just significant accomplishments by this board

1610
02:02:50,500 --> 02:02:54,360
and what you've done in YouTube Commissioners specifically.

1611
02:02:55,100 --> 02:02:58,220
And you know, Commissioner Wein said to me several years ago,

1612
02:02:58,360 --> 02:03:00,160
the truth will stay in the world's own fire.

1613
02:03:00,160 --> 02:03:07,340
And those are definitely worse live by a commissioner fountain, your ability to build relationships and alliances

1614
02:03:07,340 --> 02:03:13,160
has helped this board out tremendously help me out and in my capacities, your county administrator.

1615
02:03:13,500 --> 02:03:17,780
So we thank you again on behalf of your Oakland County employees.

1616
02:03:18,480 --> 02:03:22,340
And after this meeting today, we have some refreshments in the back if you'd like to stick around.

1617
02:03:22,820 --> 02:03:24,500
So that's all I have, Mr. Chairman.

1618
02:03:24,900 --> 02:03:25,720
Thank you.

1619
02:03:26,220 --> 02:03:31,960
And that will bring us now to our final public comment portion of the meeting before we close.

1620
02:03:32,640 --> 02:03:36,960
Is there anyone from the public that would like to address the board?

1621
02:03:37,820 --> 02:03:38,760
Ah, Mr. Sparks.

1622
02:03:39,840 --> 02:03:41,260
One last shot of these two guys.

1623
02:03:46,930 --> 02:03:47,890
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1624
02:03:47,950 --> 02:03:50,630
Nathan Sparks with the Economic Development Council of Vocal, Mr. County.

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02:03:51,590 --> 02:03:56,610
I hadn't planned to say anything today and I realized that I am standing between you and some refreshments.

1626
02:03:56,610 --> 02:04:01,310
So I will be brief, but certainly you said it well, one last shot at these guys, and I think

1627
02:04:01,310 --> 02:04:05,530
the world of both Commissioner Wines and Commissioner Falton, we've done some good

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02:04:05,530 --> 02:04:11,410
things together, and I was jotting some notes down just a second ago, thinking about the

1629
02:04:11,410 --> 02:04:15,430
past eight years in Commissioner Wines case, and the past four years in Commissioner Falton's

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02:04:15,430 --> 02:04:15,690
case.

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02:04:16,190 --> 02:04:21,290
And I totaled up 17 companies that have grown in Oakland's county that you've been directly

1632
02:04:21,290 --> 02:04:26,190
involved in that growth with, and I'm sure there are many more 17 companies in a variety

1633
02:04:26,190 --> 02:04:29,430
of sectors, and I'm going to read through them just very quickly, bit wizards, American

1634
02:04:29,430 --> 02:04:35,090
elite molding Fort Walton, machining, G.S. Delato, on point defense technologies, props,

1635
02:04:35,250 --> 02:04:38,670
craft brewery, American elite PPE, which we recently did.

1636
02:04:39,110 --> 02:04:44,490
Beast code, a legent, of course, Tracy led that effort, race chip, suncoats, converters,

1637
02:04:44,730 --> 02:04:49,490
HBI, Vertex, aerospace, and aerospace, Boeing, Lockheed, Martin, the shoe foundation, integrity

1638
02:04:49,490 --> 02:04:50,530
laundry services.

1639
02:04:51,290 --> 02:05:00,870
These are companies that would not have invested in this community, or are chosen to locate in this community where it not for good leadership at the front line.

1640
02:05:01,190 --> 02:05:04,430
And you all have been that, and I couldn't thank you enough for that leadership.

1641
02:05:04,970 --> 02:05:09,650
You know, while we're the organization that has economic development in our name, it really is you all who make that happen.

1642
02:05:10,010 --> 02:05:11,650
With poor leadership, it doesn't happen.

1643
02:05:11,650 --> 02:05:16,070
And so, today is a perfect example with a decision to move forward with Shower River Ranch.

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02:05:16,170 --> 02:05:26,410
I know that as a Haiti decision and a lot of effort has gone into that and I've got to take my tip my cap to all those who have lent their expertise to getting that deal done and Commissioner Boyle said it well.

1645
02:05:26,910 --> 02:05:27,850
That's the starting point.

1646
02:05:28,270 --> 02:05:31,030
We're now at a point where we need to go and execute and we intend to do that.

1647
02:05:31,050 --> 02:05:36,210
We're only going to do that with you all with the leadership up here and I have every conference that we're going to get that done.

1648
02:05:36,290 --> 02:05:38,270
But again, gentlemen, thank you.

1649
02:05:38,590 --> 02:05:41,630
Commissioner, why don't you may not know it but you paid me one of the best compliments that I've ever gotten.

1650
02:05:41,630 --> 02:05:48,330
my life you said Nathan you draw a lot of water and coming from you you know for a slightly

1651
02:05:48,330 --> 02:05:53,010
built fellow like me being told I draw a lot of water I took that to heart so thank you so

1652
02:05:53,010 --> 02:05:56,450
much and thank you commissioner found for your leadership that means a lot to the people in

1653
02:05:56,450 --> 02:06:00,230
the South and the county but the people in the North and may not quite understand it as well

1654
02:06:00,770 --> 02:06:07,410
thank you both thank you all right any other member of the public wishing to address the board

1655
02:06:07,410 --> 02:06:11,970
So before we close, all right, see you now, we are adjourned.