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[00:02] Call it over the record schedule made in my city council for Tuesday January 16th, 2024, to
[00:09] Buck and put up scheduled personal experiences. We have none. Three claims last.
[00:24] For the need to approval of the minutes for October 28 special meeting December 6th special meeting.
[00:31] Both those in 23 and January 2nd and 24.
[00:37] You said you said that. No. You're here in 20. Wow. I already stated November 28th,
[00:46] join 23 special meeting. December 6th, 23 special meeting.
[00:51] January 2nd, 24, regular meeting.
[01:00] Hi. Hi. Hi.
[01:02] By the needy crisis center outside organization update and discussion.
[01:06] My name is Kelsey Samuels and the Executive Director of the Community Crisis Center.
[01:14] I'm here because we get a utility waiver from you guys every year.
[01:17] So I'm just going to give you a little bit of an update of who we are and what we do and answer any questions that you guys have.
[01:22] So we're a local nonprofit. We serve victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
[01:27] And we are actually regional. We're auto-adelleware and credit counties, but we're headquartered here in Ottawa County.
[01:32] We have our only shelter for the region and then walk in office.
[01:36] So our shelter house last year, 219 people.
[01:40] Just to kind of give you guys a scope that domestic violence shelters in Tulsa, Noctoma City house about 400 people a year.
[01:45] So here in Miami, we are more than doubled that.
[01:48] We have one of the most high revolving domestic violence shelters in a rural area in the state.
[01:52] We also have our office. So last year we had our highest service year to date.
[01:56] We serve 784 total clients.
[01:59] We have almost doubled the amount of clients that we've served over the last four years.
[02:03] So the need for services is great. I'm sure you guys have heard of Oklahoma's currently number one in the nation for rates of domestic violence.
[02:09] We're also number two in the nation for the rate that women are murdered by an intimate partner.
[02:13] So it's a huge problem in our state. Our agency provides no cost services to any victim in need.
[02:18] Our shelter which is where we get the waiver.
[02:21] 77 of our clients were children. So we have a lot of kids that come through. We have a child advocacy program that focuses specifically on their needs.
[02:28] We do counseling, support groups. We have two embedded legal aid attorneys.
[02:33] So they can provide pro bono legal assistance, completely no cost to any of our clients in need.
[02:38] We do safety planning, advocacy, we can help people.
[02:41] Presumers get them in a housing.
[02:43] But I always sell people the emergency shelter component, not everybody wants to go there.
[02:47] Nobody really wakes up and says I want to leave all my stuff and go stay in a shelter.
[02:51] So people that come to us, they are usually in crisis.
[02:54] There are need a lot of times law enforcement or bring people to us.
[02:58] We have an agreement with all of the people.
[03:00] departments that even if we're full, if they go to a situation and they have a victim and
[03:03] they're needing to split people up or get someone somewhere we will always take them.
[03:07] When I came on seven years ago, we had 18 beds, we now have 24 beds, we have three sleeper
[03:12] sofas, we're always full, there's never a night that we don't have somebody on a couch.
[03:16] So we provide our critical service to the community and I'd be happy to answer any other
[03:21] questions you guys have.
[03:22] I've never been turned down one time, to bring somebody there, to bring somebody there.
[03:30] And that class you all had last week, I learned that we need more of that.
[03:35] Yeah, that's we do provide training as well to law enforcement.
[03:39] So the way where we give you, is that for all of your buildings here now?
[03:44] No, it's just for our shelter and it is for a portion of our utilities there.
[03:48] A lot of people assume that agencies like ours are completely granted and we're not, we have
[03:52] to raise a lot of money locally.
[03:54] And then as you guys know, cost of everything has gone up significantly, but we get a $10,000 utility
[03:59] credit every year which is very helpful.
[04:01] So we're 24, seven, our shelter is always open, our hotlines always open, we run our hotline out
[04:06] of there.
[04:07] We had over 1600 crisis calls in chat last year, so those are people calling us at 2am on the weekend,
[04:14] a lot of people present at shelter not during business hours, so we always have staffing there
[04:18] and we'll always take clients, it doesn't matter when it happens.
[04:22] Does anybody know what the total utility bill is for the year?
[04:27] I know, but they have to do that, they just need to do that.
[04:37] So from July 1st?
[04:41] It depends on the year, but we're usually over 20,000 here.
[05:14] So we're kind of chatting our friends there about the race.
[05:17] Is that something we can do?
[05:20] We would have to review the budget, obviously since all of our funds were budgeted, we'd have to go
[05:24] to identify the projects that are not completed or that could be bumped this fiscal year
[05:29] and basically doing a mid-ment to the budget.
[05:32] Do you agree with that, Joe?
[05:36] Is there an alternate path?
[05:40] So it's a credit.
[05:42] Okay.
[05:43] So we're going to be in the contract.
[05:47] I mean, Ben and Walzworth, I see what these people do, and they do a phenomenal job.
[05:53] I mean, we need to try to do whatever we can to help them.
[05:56] So Jim, I've really just amount to what I've reduced.
[06:00] revenue. So that would be able to give us you any side. You'd see reduced revenue
[06:07] as far as the industry. So another question that I'm with the latter. I know
[06:15] myself and each councilman has a little fund that they can use for community stuff. Would
[06:22] this be one of those thoughts? Yeah, I mean theoretically because to Jill's point, it's
[06:33] really just a waiver of the utility bill and it's on two different sides. One general fund.
[06:39] Once of issue A, but I mean, ultimately we could net it out.
[06:52] Well, I mean, I just wrote down we need to do more.
[07:03] That's what I'm interested in, where I come from, I'm not so much interested in
[07:12] because it's going to be put to good use. So I guess we're looking for you for
[07:18] a recommendation then on where it comes from, but I guess.
[07:24] Now we sell back the historical utilization and come up with a recommendation
[07:31] recommend using some of the councils. Well, I don't want to speak for these guys on that.
[07:39] Well, I'll just make a recommendation. I don't really care. I mean, you're half over and
[07:43] way you do yes. We can bring a recommendation for that.
[07:54] So what do you want for us tonight? We're going to take a look. We're going to try to get you some more.
[08:03] We appreciate it. We're very grateful for this sport. And the only thing I wanted to add
[08:07] I forgot earlier is we are currently in process the training we have last week to get certified
[08:12] to provide services also to human trafficking victims. It's currently only three programs
[08:16] in the state of Oklahoma that provide that. So we're really excited to be able to
[08:20] bring that regionally. We've had four survivors of trafficking present to our agency in the last six weeks.
[08:25] So that's something that will be moving towards a later in 2024, but we're working with the attorney
[08:30] general's office on that right now.
[08:32] And it's only going to get worse.
[08:34] I want to grow houses sometimes like that. It's only getting worse.
[08:38] And I don't know if you guys have been out to New York City or not, but we're lucky to have her.
[08:44] She's a rock star in our community. She really is she runs a tight ship out there
[08:49] and she gives those the victims what they need and I really applaud her for her efforts.
[08:55] We're lucky to have her a promise. So we're going to table this right.
[09:01] So we'll table this and we'll somebody we'll get back with you.
[09:04] Thank you guys so much.
[09:05] All right.
[09:06] Thank you.
[09:09] Six minus senior center outside organization.
[09:11] That big discussion.
[09:13] Sagmar Walther.
[09:14] But I don't see.
[09:15] Dagmar has requested to change to the February 5th.
[09:20] Great.
[09:21] We will table that one.
[09:24] So appointment.
[09:26] Bo Reese and Tyler Collin has the 2024 representatives
[09:29] to the Graham Gateway Board of Directors for a one year turn.
[09:32] We'll be meeting February 20, 2024.
[09:36] Motion.
[09:37] Second.
[09:40] Open.
[09:41] Hi.
[09:42] He's that.
[09:43] He's that.
[09:45] Sorry.
[09:48] All right.
[09:49] Eight mayors and automations to point itself to the by the CVB.
[09:54] Board is expissive.
[09:56] You want to make a motion too?
[10:01] I don't think I can do that.
[10:06] I'll make a motion to approve.
[10:08] I'll second.
[10:11] I don't call.
[10:12] All right.
[10:13] That's.
[10:14] Nine.
[10:15] Award C. 23.
[10:16] That's.
[10:17] Six.
[10:18] Nine.
[10:19] For my original airport.
[10:20] New turn.
[10:21] All construction across the construction.
[10:22] Not to exceed.
[10:23] To that two million.
[10:24] $619.
[10:25] And the.
[10:26] The contract.
[10:27] Continue to upon the submission of.
[10:29] All required contract document.
[10:31] Documents and authorize.
[10:32] The city manager has designated the sign.
[10:34] Those to proceed.
[10:36] Two millions.
[10:37] Two millions.
[10:38] That's a question.
[10:39] $619.
[10:40] $619.
[10:41] I would even want to say anything.
[10:42] Because I heard from earlier.
[10:43] So.
[10:44] Two million.
[10:45] Six hundred.
[10:46] And nineteen thousand.
[10:47] Sorry.
[10:48] So who had to bid our most.
[10:51] The bid.
[10:52] Mine was.
[10:53] Two million.
[10:54] Six hundred and ninety thousand.
[10:56] The other two were two.
[10:58] Nine and.
[10:59] And three.
[11:00] A frequent one.
[11:01] Our projected.
[11:03] Budget.
[11:04] Was said.
[11:06] For bid estimates.
[11:07] About 2.1.
[11:10] Two point one change.
[11:12] Total.
[11:13] For.
[11:14] $137,000.
[11:15] A bit of.
[11:16] A budget.
[11:17] We have.
[11:18] Going to the.
[11:20] Contract.
[11:21] Cross one.
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[12:02] And.
[12:00] to take a chunk of that narrow down, we're going tomorrow, probably cross one, and have a
[12:07] discussion with that on some value engineering and see where we can trim that down a little bit.
[12:13] We're doing the best to be brutal, but this is just working and I was a close project that
[12:20] was presented. We are asking to approve the cross and contract to the city manager of the
[12:27] person to decide to permit for, permit for, permit for saying that it's for noticing a
[12:36] certain that the council agrees to.
[12:38] Do you think we should wait until that we have a meeting with Crosswind to see where you can
[12:45] trim more priciness or cross-hent?
[12:48] We have our time on, we'd like to get a kind of approval to take them to the city manager
[12:54] of the person to do that, and we can get that number instead of having to come back.
[13:01] Just because our timeline for the better answer was, we're excited.
[13:05] We got a meeting next week, right?
[13:07] Yes.
[13:08] We have a work study.
[13:12] I'd be interested to see where they can cut more costs at 2.1 budget, and then 2.6 bid.
[13:31] Could we approve the not to exceed tonight, like 2.2?
[13:48] Two crosswind?
[13:49] I mean, two.
[13:50] Well, I don't think you'd be able to get there.
[13:52] All right.
[13:53] I said I'll think you'd be able to buy else this evening.
[13:55] No.
[13:56] I was worried.
[13:57] There are 300,000 cheaper than the next one.
[14:00] And I said what?
[14:02] You know, close one.
[14:04] My thoughts are that if we approve a 2.2 not to exceed, then I think crossing is more likely to
[14:10] meet us there.
[14:11] Just my thoughts.
[14:12] And because it's already approved.
[14:14] Yeah.
[14:15] That's that.
[14:16] Yep.
[14:17] I think the city is going on for their assistance and probably get it down anyway.
[14:23] So I'm not comfortable approving it at 2.6.
[14:26] Right.
[14:27] That's what I say.
[14:28] That's what I say.
[14:29] It's at 2.1 something.
[14:30] So we do a 2.2 not to exceed.
[14:35] So if they say no on the 2.2, we revend.
[14:43] We can do it.
[14:44] We do it.
[14:47] I think this point starts with the arms off the building.
[14:50] We're saving parts of the project.
[14:53] And you did that number.
[14:56] There were some options there that we did to remove.
[15:03] There's not a lot left, we pretty extensive meetings with the engineers going through.
[15:09] We already reduced the overall footprint and officers.
[15:12] Things like that had to remove some security frames.
[15:19] All of our officers out of work files, the parking lot.
[15:26] There was some experience.
[15:28] That's why we're really wanting to go through this point.
[15:31] We're going to go to the negotiations with the Crossland.
[15:33] To see where we can get just because of the last thing we want to do is start cutting even more.
[15:38] We're getting up with just a 10 bucks.
[15:42] But I think we can get the other.
[15:44] Yeah, I think we can get the other.
[15:46] What do you think in terms of?
[15:50] I know, my health is where I need to cross the Marrow and honor be.
[15:56] It's like a lot of them did.
[15:58] A lot of health be.
[15:59] So do I have the border and I guess?
[16:00] What do you want to thought it's on the Snaps or exceed number?
[16:21] I don't know.
[16:22] I don't know.
[16:24] That was our national number.
[16:26] I think it was too.
[16:27] Yeah, it was too.
[16:28] Because it was one from the stake and one from us.
[16:31] That was our national number.
[16:32] And we did.
[16:33] The Council when we came in the other room and in the big presentation.
[16:37] It was 2.1.
[16:38] There was 2.1.
[16:39] There was 2.1.
[16:40] We agreed on 2.1.
[16:41] Whatever was anyone.
[16:43] And that was just.
[16:44] Did we know that exact number?
[16:47] Anybody?
[16:49] 2.1.
[16:50] Ninety two.
[16:51] Yes, he knows.
[16:56] Approximately.
[16:57] Two.
[16:58] Seven.
[16:59] One.
[17:00] Eight.
[17:01] One.
[17:02] Ninety two.
[17:09] So if we just do it not to exceed 2.2, we're pretty much about it.
[17:13] I'll just make motion.
[17:19] We vote not to exceed 2.2.
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[18:00] It's a thankless job and you know everybody is going to complain when their lights are on or their water is not running and that's how it is
[18:07] But I just want to make sure we recognize him and
[18:11] Maybe if I have any more money left over and have a hot dog feed form or something when all the cold weather passes
[18:22] We'll just have to do something
[18:24] Maybe we'll need to get together and power money and I want to say thank you to the city for opening up the
[18:31] Civic Center for shelter and
[18:33] And for all the people's help this help with that
[18:36] That's been awesome. I know there was a guy behind the college the other day that had a fire go in
[18:41] Yeah, absolutely refused to come to shelter
[18:44] I mean, and it was one of the cold snacks like Sunday
[18:46] Nothing just reviewed you would on the
[18:49] I had a conversation with somebody who volunteered for that and some of the comments that were being shared with her
[18:55] Where is too close to the police station?
[19:00] What they're gonna bother you? I mean
[19:03] I'm just saying what was said. I'm not saying it's right wrong or indifferent
[19:06] I'm just saying that was the comments that the person who was volunteering working there said that they had very few people even
[19:12] Stay there and
[19:14] And the comments were coming across that because it was so close to the police station people were to about
[19:22] cops coming in and checking to see who was there. I mean, I don't think they would have ever happened, but
[19:28] But I mean
[19:30] That's just the truth of what was being said
[19:34] I'll pile on to what both of these guys said
[19:37] You know watch our water crew yesterday
[19:40] We're gonna water like those blown water everywhere
[19:44] Unbelievable that they were out there for that many hours and stuck with it. I got that done
[19:50] And the same thing with you know, we're other crews that helped set up for the shelter and stuff
[19:55] What your people do is amazing really is and I gave Kudos to all the city employees because
[20:02] Whether it be our water crew or electric crew or fire department or police department
[20:07] They show up every day and get the job done and it makes our jobs easier. I know the community doesn't tell you thank you enough
[20:15] And I wish they didn't tell you more because of that you guys nothing would run
[20:20] So I appreciate each one of you guys. I appreciate your employees. Please pass that along for me
[20:25] Thank you because
[20:27] It's important what they do and I don't always recognize for the hard work and it is appreciate so I do want to throw one more shout out out there
[20:39] So the Tyler and his group Derek. I had made a comment that was brought to my attention about the park in the area over there in Rockdale
[20:48] It was a really dark
[20:50] The week after I said it to things would have like a Christmas tree and I've got nothing but positive feedback from the neighborhood
[20:56] That was awesome. I appreciate that and that's the I want to pop on that too
[21:00] because when we do send stuff to you guys for a week here,
[21:02] you guys are right on it, and it's much appreciated.
[21:05] I know I had a lady that I did not send you guys a message,
[21:08] but she guys were a place to lie in front of her house,
[21:10] and she sent me a message with her post-treat lit up,
[21:13] thanking me for the light, which I had nothing to do with.
[21:17] But she said at the first time, she could walk her dog
[21:19] and bite and feel safe and her own neighborhood.
[21:21] So those little things matter, and I think people are trying
[21:25] to pick up a little bit more that they just need to say,
[21:27] thank you, and once we're on, I hope that's the case.
[21:29] But you guys just keep up the good work.
[21:33] So, and I'm telling you that water didn't yesterday.
[21:37] I was blown away, and I stopped, because I was going
[21:40] to get those got some coffee, and Molly was already on it,
[21:42] and getting them coffee, so I didn't have to.
[21:43] But that's another thing I want to say is,
[21:47] that was the water crew there, fixing that.
[21:49] That electric crew guys are helping.
[21:51] Yeah, electric crew guys get wet in the water too.
[21:55] So, that's teamwork.
[21:57] I appreciate it for all of you.
[22:00] And city manager communications.
[22:02] Well, I would say thank you to you all as well.
[22:04] All your support matters.
[22:06] It helps bring in the community together, communicating, helping us
[22:11] find groups to come together, and help the facility up,
[22:15] because this was not necessarily a city deal.
[22:18] Having that shelter, we had the facility.
[22:22] Kevin and his team came in, made it available, got the tarps down.
[22:25] They put the heat, you could only keep that old gymnasium, so warm.
[22:30] And they do a great job, but having a rick at his folks, step up,
[22:34] and I mean, there were so much food here, and people working,
[22:38] and they did a great job coming in and training people,
[22:42] we couldn't do this without that group.
[22:44] So, it's really a blessing that in this community,
[22:47] we have the team to come together and do that, because again,
[22:50] they were a team without facility, and we were a facility without a team,
[22:53] and it was a great opportunity to show what we can do.
[22:56] We're going to be having a follow up meeting with them to kind of see what worked well,
[23:00] and what we can do better, because we want to be able to repeat something like that.
[23:04] If we've got a good opportunity to do a good thing, and it works well,
[23:08] we'll figure out how to do it again when it's needed, but we need their help.
[23:13] You know, when the show up today was telling me that one of the things we got to consider
[23:18] is if the National Guard ever comes in,
[23:21] they might be able to flood in O7, they took over the Civic Center.
[23:25] That's where they housed, and so we might have to really kind of play ahead and think about,
[23:29] in the event that we have a larger scope event, we'd have to rethink it,
[23:35] but that being said, I think we've got a great interim opportunity here and what we can offer.
[23:41] So, thanks to everybody that made that happen, and thanks to a great team,
[23:45] everybody out there, Kevin, and your team.
[23:49] They're all running around even today, as we were firing back up, the officer's opening up,
[23:53] and we've got water coming in windows that are iced over,
[23:56] and we should try to pop that stuff up and keep these...
[24:00] building running and all my equipment running and it takes a village, but they all do it a great job.
[24:06] Can't imagine doing this without everyone I'm 14 adjourned motion, 2, 2,