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[00:00] some medical services association, there was in there with a nice plaque from the organization that
[00:05] they're annual conference in Squalli State Park. She received it for recognition of her dedication,
[00:11] passion, and focused to ensuring the safety of citizens that has been with us for about 25 years
[00:18] and was made the dispatch supervisor and August. I know one of the media outlets came to
[00:25] interview me, they wanted to talk to Diana Kerva's story, and they said on the aspect of this,
[00:30] what makes Diana great dispatcher? I see, you know, when people call 911, they are generally
[00:36] having a really bad day, someone knows the worst time of their life. And to get her on the phone,
[00:42] and that calming tone, she can calm the situation, and takes care of people through the phone.
[00:50] Let's know that they're going to get help, she can take care of them, and she just has an amazing
[00:55] way about her. And from now on, for as perspective, and EMS, she takes very good care of her people. She knows
[01:04] why I said I think she's psychic. When as a controller on the street, you know, she's going to give you
[01:12] everything you need, everything you didn't know you need, and get all the information for you to the point
[01:19] where before you get on the radio, she's going to answer me. Now, this, this, this, this is a check
[01:23] more, she does, absolutely everything, just her ears of dedication, service, and expertise is very well
[01:30] deserve this award, and we're very proud of her. Thank you for your excellent service. Congratulations.
[01:59] Okay, I remember three, as public input and unscheduled personal appearances,
[02:03] on the audits, it wishes to address the council on any via gender items. You're being known,
[02:10] item four is considered gender, but then I'm just going to ask you an advantage.
[02:20] Then staff recommends items five through eight for the consenting, and if there are no questions,
[02:25] then entertain a motion. May I like the motion, provide a spot through right in the consent agenda.
[02:29] And a second, second roll call please. All right. All right. All right. All right.
[02:37] All right. I don't remember nine updates from Abel County Boys and Girls Club. Hi, ladies. How are y'all tonight?
[02:45] Thank you for having us. Thank you for being here. Yes, thank you very much for having us.
[02:50] I just wanted to come and give you all an update on our new facility. We have been working since 2013 to
[02:57] get into the old armory facility down at room.
[03:00] review park. We have replaced the roof on the flat part of the roof and then we have put
[03:07] in new heating and air. We're working on the electric right now. We're also working on
[03:11] painting and taking up the flooring and putting down new flooring and all of that good stuff
[03:18] that goes along with renovating and building. We also have had a lot of volunteer nights where we've
[03:24] had a lot of community support come out and help us paint. My eyes racing came out and got the
[03:31] tile up off the floor. We've had a great community support on this project and so I just want to
[03:38] say thank you guys once again for allowing us to use that facility as our new home. It's going to be
[03:44] fabulous. We're going to hopefully be in there in December or January. It's the new date.
[03:52] And how's your summer program going? It's over. School starts next week. It went great. We had a very good
[04:00] summer program. They went swimming. They went to the clay station. They went borrowing. They had a lot of
[04:08] guest speakers come in and talk about various things such as dental hygiene and different careers. It was
[04:16] a good program. We kept them busy. We had 113 in rolled and then the average was between 65
[04:27] and 75 depending on if we were swimming or what the fun activity was. Any questions from Melissa?
[04:38] Thank you, ladies. Thank you. Thank you for the update. I don't think Steve always should do
[04:44] it sign. Neil? Thank you, Mayor. Mike, would you put, there you go. You read my mind. Actually,
[04:51] that was the first design that we got back from Kobe a couple of weeks ago. We reached out to Steve and
[04:59] he actually sent us in pictures that he may like and that was one of them and I think
[05:05] me and Dean is highly recommending that one. It does two things. It only, it also tributes
[05:14] to Steve and also Ted Watts. The artist, I think, Ted Watts is probably one of the greatest sports artists
[05:22] ever. He does get some great work. Unfortunately, he passed away last year. But Ben and Krista
[05:31] were glad to know that we got permission to use that picture. Steve has all seen all three of
[05:37] these pictures and he picked that one out. He really likes that one. The only thing that we're going to do
[05:44] is that University of Oklahoma, we want to enlarge that if I already talked to Kobe about that, that would
[05:50] be the only change. I think that was the only change one that Dean and we talked about. We also talked
[05:59] about maybe a little bit.
[06:00] largely in the lettering for Ted wants to, because the family, we sent this to the family
[06:05] and they just said that Ted would be thrilled that we're using this.
[06:09] So they not only granted us permission, but they're just so honored that we're doing that.
[06:14] So just want to make sure that when people drive by, they see it's not only one great
[06:17] my, my high school graduate, but too, that we're all in the office building.
[06:22] This was kind of a rushed deal, and I'll let Dean explain that to a little bit, but I'm
[06:27] really hard on this, and I apologize to Alicia for getting everything in.
[06:31] It's the last minute yesterday, I apologize.
[06:33] But if you all want to look at the other two pictures, we can do that.
[06:38] Mike, you want to.
[06:40] Good.
[06:42] I like that.
[06:54] I'll make the effect of his color.
[06:55] I like the first one also.
[07:05] So what's next?
[07:11] Good.
[07:12] Okay.
[07:13] Well, first off, this is, I think, Colby's talking about just refacing the sign.
[07:19] It's somewhere in the neighborhood of about $800, so that's something that we can do.
[07:23] Imagine I'm going to take care of it.
[07:25] A couple of people were just wondering when this project started.
[07:28] Well, is this really the city's responsibility in an answer to the question?
[07:31] Yeah, it's a city sign.
[07:32] City put that up a few years ago.
[07:35] Did we refacing about 2006, 2007, somewhere in that neighborhood?
[07:40] The sign is just worn out.
[07:43] I mean, that's what it is.
[07:44] And this goes along the lines of what we're trying to do in Miami to kind of spruce things up.
[07:48] And I think the artwork is just going to stand out when people come into town now.
[07:52] It's really going to be a nice improvement of that.
[07:56] The other thing to point out is that this is the 50th classroom in a CS class in 1966.
[08:03] And their class reunion is over Labor Day and about a month.
[08:08] And we've been in touch with Judy Snorley, because Judy's also in that class.
[08:12] She's helping to put that together.
[08:14] And what we're hoping is that as part of their classroom union, we can unveil this during that time as part of their class efforts.
[08:22] And also when we do the unveiling, we want to be sure to invite the Watts family to it.
[08:27] So Ted's family can be there and be part of that.
[08:30] And we hope that Steve will be up here for that as well.
[08:33] So not only to get the sign up, but also just kind of a nice unveiling and showing the community who are kind of renewing our spirit of both what Steve and Ted stand for.
[08:44] So it's kind of it.
[08:45] And it's so much fun because this wasn't a grand plan, but one step just left to another and let do another.
[08:51] And we would step back and say this is just so nice.
[08:54] So we're pretty happy about this.
[08:56] Kobe didn't get these pictures till late Friday.
[09:00] and you don't know if this work in, about a day, day, and a half, so I don't want to thank
[09:04] Colby.
[09:05] He, you don't know a lot of great work, initial, mayor, about time.
[09:09] So I think at this point, I think our plan is that if you give us the bill ahead, we're
[09:14] going to move full speed ahead, and the next time we'll be talking about it, it's during
[09:18] the unveiling.
[09:19] He, Colby, did it so he could have time for everybody, so that's right.
[09:23] So, do we have an agenda item to vote on or just know that the next meeting you'll bring
[09:29] a budget item?
[09:30] Probably it'll be a budget event, but it's really all I need to do, because I think the
[09:35] expenditure and everything is well-fimmed, what I have of the ability to do.
[09:38] Question is, Dean, in the packet, and his quote says seven hundred, you want to, well,
[09:45] it'll be in the budget.
[09:46] Yeah.
[09:47] Yeah.
[09:48] Yeah.
[09:49] Yeah.
[09:50] Because I think when Colby gets into it, it'll probably fine-tune his estimate.
[09:52] Probably.
[09:53] Yeah.
[09:54] Do we want to approve this design tonight or...
[09:59] That's what I'm hoping is that I have a consensus that this is going to be our design and
[10:03] we move ahead.
[10:04] We don't need a motion.
[10:05] It can't hurt.
[10:06] I make a motion.
[10:07] We accept the first picture.
[10:09] The first.
[10:10] The first.
[10:11] The first.
[10:12] Take a look.
[10:13] Take a look.
[10:14] We're kind of calling this the third.
[10:15] Yeah.
[10:17] My second that.
[10:18] That's my favorite too.
[10:19] There's going to be a little bit of change in the size of the university of Oklahoma.
[10:23] The same thing is.
[10:24] That's the picture.
[10:25] Yes.
[10:26] Right.
[10:27] Right.
[10:28] All right.
[10:29] Good afternoon.
[10:30] Welcome.
[10:31] Hello.
[10:32] Hello.
[10:33] Hello.
[10:34] Hi.
[10:35] Thank you.
[10:36] Thank you, Dean.
[10:37] I'm an 11-ordance providing delegation authority to wave all our portion of admin fees by written
[10:42] Resolution Imending Code Section 27-5.
[10:45] Your honor.
[10:46] This one is an action item.
[10:48] Next two are discussion items.
[10:51] But they really have all three of them relate to items that we've talked about as part of our budget and part of our Comprehensive Plan.
[10:58] This first one is the waving of fees for this building.
[11:03] We've talked about that this originally was built.
[11:06] The building itself was built in 55.
[11:08] The civic center that we had called the banquet room in 1967.
[11:14] And this is a civic center.
[11:16] And part of what our budget intended is that we need to get it back to being a civic center.
[11:21] Something that the community knows that they're welcome to use that it's available to people.
[11:27] And really from a financial standpoint for us, our key concern is that we don't have a lot of money on clean up after
[11:35] Word or a lot of money that we have to put into any type of repair.
[11:40] But as we're getting some type of rent, what this ordinance does is basically not for profit organizations,
[11:47] other governmental units, civic clubs like Rotary, Berther Handcakes, Red Cross when they're doing blood drives,
[11:55] that they know that they can use this facility.
[11:57] It costs us the same weather we have people.
[12:00] and if they're not, we would probably set up a structure in which there would be a refundable deposit.
[12:05] And if everything afterwards cleaned up, we'll give that deposit back immediately.
[12:10] And just get this building back.
[12:12] The problem we've had over a number of months that I've been here, and I think before I arrived,
[12:17] is any time anybody wanted a fee waiver, they had to come to the council.
[12:20] They had to request permission.
[12:22] A lot of times where I was worried about it, if we're being consistent in that, this will eliminate that.
[12:27] Because the code identifies the organizations that are eligible to do that,
[12:32] I'll have the ability there to get them in, and we can move very a lot quicker.
[12:37] A couple of things coming up, for example, that are create seminar, the annual seminar.
[12:41] That's coming up in about a month.
[12:43] I believe we'll probably have a few things with FERC when they start taking a look at their,
[12:48] the new flood maps that are coming in, they'll probably want to be using this facility for community meetings.
[12:54] I've had discussions with some members of our local tribes in which they've referred to me,
[12:59] and they said, you know, we have to travel events that we'd love to have there,
[13:03] but we thought we weren't welcome.
[13:05] And I think we need to make clear now, you're very welcome to come here for those events.
[13:09] And then ultimately, we could even foresee more events in the gymnasium once we continue to fix this building up
[13:15] that there could be some elements there.
[13:17] So that's what this ordinance does, and we recommend we approve it, so we can open the doors to more people.
[13:23] And it's only this building that we'll talk about.
[13:25] Correct.
[13:26] Correct.
[13:27] Correct.
[13:28] Yes.
[13:29] Because, you know, getting back to this facility versus, for example, the Coleman Ballroom.
[13:32] You know, the folks that raised the money for the Coleman Ballroom, the concern there is to be able to raise revenue to continue to support that.
[13:39] We've kind of struggled with that, and that we really shouldn't be waving the fees for the Coleman for that design.
[13:44] But we do have an alternative.
[13:46] And I'll tell you with Jill and her operations and Kevin Browning are doing just step by step.
[13:52] You can see this building getting refreshed.
[13:55] And I really enjoying that.
[13:57] Really appreciate it.
[13:58] We're just being done.
[13:59] I'm hoping that next week, if our next council meeting of all goes well, we'll have the 311 Center, the customer service center open.
[14:07] And I'm hoping it's part of the agenda.
[14:09] We can take a tour of that.
[14:10] Not only to see what work has been done, but also just what can be done in this building.
[14:16] Questions?
[14:19] Questions?
[14:20] Concerns?
[14:21] Comments?
[14:22] I think these paid waivers have been a long time ago.
[14:27] I know that.
[14:28] Well, I think Dean's point is valid.
[14:31] This is a civic center.
[14:32] It's the citizens building.
[14:34] Yeah.
[14:35] And I just think perhaps from some of the other facilities.
[14:38] My concern and I think, at least with the deposit, you're addressing that.
[14:43] My concern is always, man, things like clean up.
[14:46] And then if we're incurring an order in a amount of overtime on behalf of a particular organization,
[14:54] then I think that becomes a concern.
[14:56] But if we're here to make our business hours.
[15:00] or regular work hours, not eight to five, but that the staff is here that I'm not personally
[15:05] as concerned about it.
[15:06] I have a question.
[15:08] Will we provide security?
[15:10] No.
[15:11] Other than the fact that we have close proximity to police, are there here where our plan is that when
[15:18] an event takes place here, it's up to the event organizers.
[15:21] We're making the space available.
[15:23] Now, we do have a policy, for example, with our police department that people can have officers
[15:29] there either in a security role or a police department role.
[15:33] But that's not something that we would be providing, well we're just basically doing this
[15:36] providing a roof and a good facility for people to use.
[15:42] Do you have a limitation on the hours that it's going to be available for me?
[15:48] We really haven't talked about that limitation.
[15:50] I think to a great degree, we'll be working with Kevin and Jill and her staff on those hours
[15:56] that come in.
[15:57] We probably anticipate a lot of them will be during the day.
[16:00] There may be some weekend items, but with that we even believe that some of the items
[16:05] we probably will be able to just basically open the door of the facility take place because
[16:11] the other parts of this facility will lock down and of course we have the police there.
[16:15] So we don't think it's going to be a burden on staff that it is.
[16:18] We'll deal with it.
[16:19] Right now our feeling is that we don't think this will be a big burden on our staff at all.
[16:24] We're basically telling people, you come in, you take care of it, you clean up, you leave it
[16:29] the way you found it.
[16:30] And it's yours.
[16:31] So we don't want our staff to have to be doing the cleanup or the fix up or anything like that.
[16:38] Is there a meaning in class for you and your question for there?
[16:41] Well, I don't think we've had any in a long time that I know.
[16:46] We started really having this discussion last year when we were doing the Miami 125 or actually
[16:52] it's earlier this year and getting ready for that and having the F-good rich reunion is when
[16:58] a lot of us were talking about how, I mean our senior problems were here for you.
[17:02] Yes, there were some, some of the other events used to be here, the Miami little theater used
[17:07] to do a place in that room.
[17:10] So it's just trying to get back to letting those types of organizations know they're welcome.
[17:18] Well, suppose we can try it for a while and have problems or congenital issues or you visit
[17:23] the issue.
[17:24] Mary, I'd like a motion to approve.
[17:26] Okay.
[17:28] I'll second.
[17:29] I'm 12.
[17:30] I'm 12.
[17:31] I'm 12.
[17:32] Discuss the meaning previous ordinances, which established a $1.50 assessment on municipal utility bills
[17:42] to fund parks and rent.
[17:44] Actually, as I was saying, 11, 12 and 13 kind of tie-ins, so I'd probably my comments are
[17:50] going to be both about 12 and 13, but these are both discussion items.
[17:54] With an ordinance like this, we thought that you might like to go ahead and look at it and discuss it.
[18:00] and be able to think about and get me back before we bring you an actual ordinance to take action on,
[18:05] especially when it's some dealing with a fee that we charge our customers and also one of our
[18:10] public bodies. But, and again, getting back to our comprehensive planning, getting back to the budget
[18:16] goals. These are two critical issues that we're discussing. More and more, we're seeing
[18:21] for a tourism standpoint that sports tourism, especially youth sports tourism, is becoming a very big issue.
[18:32] And with Amanda's out of town right now, but with Amanda's guidance, we're seeing more and more
[18:37] events that are taking place in town that relate to our kids, that relate to other teams that want
[18:43] to come in and play at our facilities. We're talking about our baseball program, softball,
[18:47] soccer, things such as that. And we spent a great deal of time talking to those entities because
[18:53] there's always been a concern about the coordination of the programs, which are done by volunteers
[18:59] and city facilities, which are done by our staff. And the consensus was, they would like to see as a
[19:06] establish some type of a sports authority with the person that helps with that coordination. And some
[19:13] programs, for example, the basketball program with the Boys and Girls Club, we keep hearing
[19:19] every now and then that it might go through a transition when we lost San Wells, not that long ago,
[19:24] the soccer association ran through some changes. So, this would provide some continuity and it would
[19:31] also provide a person that would be able to contact and make sure that we can work with these sports
[19:37] groups to make sure that our facilities are up to speed for. In order to do that, under limited
[19:46] resources, what we're recommending is that the dollar fifty charge that we had that went to the big
[19:50] pool, went to the summer program, would be basically broadened to use four parks type programs. And we would
[19:57] be using those funds to be able to support the coordinator facility for about a three-year period of time.
[20:03] And it would also, I believe it brings in about 111, 120,000 dollars a year somewhere in that
[20:09] neighborhood. And we think that will also provide some additional funding just for our parks to keep
[20:15] our ball fields up to speed. And some things that we've been behind and some preventative maintenance that
[20:21] will help us catch up. The summer youth program that we've had will continue to go on during this
[20:27] period of time. But over time, we have about a $160,000 reserve for that program. And we'll just be
[20:36] basically drawing from that reserve for about a three-year period of time. Now a lot of people are saying
[20:41] well what happens after the third year with the rep program that we're developing. We believe that will be
[20:47] able to bring in another source of revenue. Many of these events, many of these tournaments,
[20:52] there are tournament fees. Some of those fees come into the city and we can turn that around and go back
[20:58] into this program. So we're being very...
[21:00] entrepreneurial with that with that item. So that's what we're wanting to do with the dollar
[21:05] 50. We talked about this during the budget that we really need to get started. We need to
[21:09] make sure that we can get a person on board and start getting the programs up to speed and work
[21:14] with the council. The other thing that we're suggesting is that and this would be item number 13
[21:21] is that we enlarge the CBB and disband the parks board. We have a parks board and they basically look
[21:28] at the parks function. But the proposal that we have right now with the CBB by enlarging it
[21:35] is that it would become, as we were talking about, recreation programs start tying into convention
[21:41] and visitors and it becomes a very large source of revenue and it helps our hotels, it helps our
[21:48] restros, which is the mission of the CBB. To give you a contrasting example of you all
[21:53] that I came from Branson and you probably seen some of the headlines about how the red roof
[21:58] mall was being converted into bold items. And it's for exactly that same reason Branson has been
[22:02] fabulously successful in having these tournaments at the red and blacks and on another company came in
[22:09] and recognized that they could also have a business model and they took a derelict shopping mall and
[22:14] are turning it into wallfaces. At a smaller scale we're talking about doing something very similar here,
[22:20] but it would be nice to have one body like the CBB that not only looks at the recreation
[22:25] programs, but looks at the broader picture of tourism and visitation in Miami. So oftentimes we talked
[22:33] about maybe trying to reduce the number of boards we have and this is also an opportunity to do that as
[22:38] well. So that in essence is what these two items are and we're again only providing them to you tonight
[22:44] as a discussion on. Something we talked about in budget, but we sleep a few times, we forget about it,
[22:50] but we've got a lot of work to do if we're going to make this happen and having these ordinances in place
[22:55] first, gives us that foundation to start working on the program, start working on personnel,
[23:01] and start making decisions to make this happen. Dean, you may want to find a gel on this but
[23:07] can you refresh our memory on the purpose of the original $50 funding? My understanding was part of
[23:14] that went to the renovation of the big pool and the amenities that are there and some restoration that
[23:21] had to be taken place and that was over a period of time that was some borrowing and paying off. That's been paid off.
[23:28] And then the other part is the summer record, which we currently have a surplus at and you'll leave the
[23:34] summer record room, operates on about $50,000 a year, $53,54, and we have a surplus of about 160.
[23:42] So we've estimated that we have in the bank enough money to be able to run that program for three years.
[23:48] And we can't use that money for anything else, that's what that money was collected for.
[23:52] And that's the same program. I mean, we do that collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club, right? Correct.
[23:57] And it's the college she'll involve.
[24:00] Yes, they do our harders, our lunches, that.
[24:05] Okay.
[24:06] So we want to make it crystal clear, we're not doing anything to affect this program.
[24:13] Even though we're shifting the funds, we still, this is a very popular program every year.
[24:18] But we want to, if we can have that three-year window and get this other program, the Recreation Authority program up,
[24:26] we help the world develop another source of revenue, another channel of revenue by participants, that will help support that,
[24:33] and then we can channel that dollar fifty back to the summer Recreation Program in about three years.
[24:38] So we have to perform, there's no two ways about this, and I think Amanda's well aware of that.
[24:43] But I've also seen a lot of, a lot of very good work done, and I think we can pull that off.
[24:48] There's so many people that we're talking about trying to do things for our chip for the next generation.
[24:55] We kind of back away from this, and this is a way to get involved.
[24:59] One final point is we're not trying to take over the programs.
[25:04] The programs are run.
[25:05] We do not have enough resources or time.
[25:07] This is coordination, but he's talking about the baseball.
[25:10] The baseball, the soccer, the basketball.
[25:13] We are not trying to run those programs.
[25:15] We want to make that crystal clear.
[25:16] We just want to make sure that we have somebody that can help the signups, have somebody that can coordinate with Jamie,
[25:21] to make sure that the facilities are in shape, be able to develop some plans to keep the facilities up to speed.
[25:27] We're already talking to some of the volunteers about some actual capital programs that they've raised funds for,
[25:33] that we would cooperate with them to improve some of the work facilities.
[25:37] But also along that line, then it's starting to develop programs like the potential of having tournaments and things such as that.
[25:45] We're just like the CDB, bringing money from outside the community, inside the community for restaurants.
[25:53] Our hotels, that's why I was using the boards.
[25:58] A lot of people travel with their kids to take part in these programs.
[26:03] I think it's a good idea, but is it in effect the pool at all?
[26:08] Our pool is not a money maker.
[26:10] Are we going to be okay there?
[26:12] The biggest concern I have right now with the pool, the pools and the good shape except for the liner.
[26:17] That's something that Jamie is telling me that we are releasing some water in the pool every year.
[26:22] The liner is going to be a big ticket item.
[26:25] We're really going to have to work through that program.
[26:28] I think we're losing somewhere in the neighborhood of about 60,000 gallons a day, which sounds like a lot.
[26:35] But in a pool that day, it's relatively speaking, it's not a week in replace it.
[26:39] So that's probably one of the risks that we have is that there are going to be some fairly large ticket items on the day pool.
[26:46] I know that when I got here there were a lot of rumors that we were going to close the day pool.
[26:50] I've made it crystal clear.
[26:51] I have some of my favorite memories of the day pool.
[26:53] So we're going to do our best for that.
[26:55] Right now we're kind of trying to concentrate on some of the other.
[27:00] goals and objectives of the comp plan, and that is getting a program like the start itself.
[27:05] With limited resources, we're trying to channel them into where we can get our best funds.
[27:11] All right, I agree with Biggie's comments from her.
[27:13] I mean, the summer-away act program is an awesome program.
[27:16] It's a great collaboration between the college, the school, the boys, the girls club, and the
[27:21] city. And I wouldn't want to do anything to harm that. We do have some surplus funds there.
[27:26] Well, that's correct. You'll comfortable that for a while. And the sports leagues,
[27:33] they need some admin support on sort of a favor of trying to help them also.
[27:41] And you'll have a sure board that currently doesn't really have that sports responsibility.
[27:46] Even picking up two new members. How did they feel about that?
[27:49] Well, we haven't had that discussion. That's going to be on next 20s.
[27:53] Okay, Linda. We'll discuss it. This ordinance, I have one concern in one suggestion.
[28:02] I asked Banyan to look at it in this ordinance. It says you have to be in the city limits.
[28:09] I have a little bit of concern about that on this board. For an example, and I'm not sure we have one hotel
[28:17] representative. I think it's very important that we have that on our board.
[28:24] I think he currently lives outside the city limits. Vimith, things I've been certain about.
[28:32] The one of the suggestions I made to Ben and I'd like your all-zampot on this. Let me see what number
[28:38] did. Section 1, 1d. It says the mayor shall nominate subject confirmation about council,
[28:48] council member to serve at Confucius. I was a voting member of the Advisory Board and it served as a chairperson.
[28:55] There also can be another city council person. My suggestion or my opinion is that if there is two council
[29:03] when the other one serves as vice chairman for the purpose of continuity, example,
[29:10] Brian's on there. When I leave, he can step up and that's just my personal opinion.
[29:17] But I'll welcome me in my opinion. Other than that, I'm okay with it, I mean.
[29:23] In your division with your board more. I know there's incident formal conversation.
[29:30] Right. We have friend new topic form, but you'll discuss it formally at your next meeting.
[29:36] That would be August. Who's that? Tent?
[29:39] I believe so. We have the discussion with the CPB when we're put in good intelligence as well.
[29:46] Your eye is not new, Tent. And you're going to go from salmon to nine.
[29:52] That's the recommendation. Really, real a thundish. You never really want to board a go beyond nine.
[30:00] comes in really, but when you look at the breadth of this board, and what we're going to try to accomplish,
[30:07] nine people, you can have a number of people that have specialties, like Neil was just saying.
[30:13] People representing hotels, people representing wellness.
[30:17] A number of things that you could have to tie in and use those resources to put together this branding program.
[30:25] So it really will help Amanda quite a bit when she starts pulling things together.
[30:29] And frankly, the CVB, they're a great board to work with right now.
[30:33] It's got a good bit more people there.
[30:37] So there's really no action tonight.
[30:41] They're just in general discussion, and we encourage all of you to read the post-ordinates very closely.
[30:49] And think about Neil's suggestion that that person, whoever that second council member,
[30:55] there's a council member that ends up being one there that may be the highest chair in front of New York tonight.
[31:00] Really helps.
[31:02] That's a crucial thing.
[31:03] I am hoping I can bring the formal items to you with next week's board action.
[31:08] And will you be taking the people off the park board and recording them to?
[31:15] That's up to you.
[31:16] That's up to the mayor of the council.
[31:20] They got suggested to all board members to thank the people who might be interested in serving.
[31:26] And that's why we won't also discuss next Wednesday.
[31:29] And we'll make a recommendation to the mayor.
[31:31] I mean, that's that's the mayor's call.
[31:33] And we're just going to make a recommendation.
[31:36] Another part for the struggle is to have a form of a basis.
[31:42] So at this time, we'll help with that.
[31:44] It's really pretty exciting to think about how this might look towards the year down the road.
[31:57] Yeah.
[31:58] Okay.
[31:59] It's gotten a lot of measures.
[32:00] A lot of a couple years I've been on.
[32:02] Yeah.
[32:03] Okay.
[32:06] I had an 14 outside of the organization.
[32:09] I'm the area economic development service has over the major agreement.
[32:12] Dean, that's got your name by.
[32:14] But if you don't mind, I will.
[32:16] But it's been for probably time for me, but I know.
[32:19] So gosh, for about two and a half years now, pretty large group of different members of the community have been talking about.
[32:30] The major organization, the Chamber organization and our community and just how we can keep moving forward and just do a better job.
[32:39] And concurrent with Judy, it's not really who's been a long time director of the major organization and form that board that she desired to retire in a very near future.
[32:52] And actually, we kind of pass that deadline, but Judy is stayed around and continue to work.
[32:58] And she is now.
[33:00] officially retired, but it's insisting on a part-time basis. But as part of that effort,
[33:07] what we really figured out are decided that we just need to have better collaboration
[33:12] between the organization. Just the more what, one group knew about what the other was doing,
[33:17] the more we could work together, the better. So about a year ago, we started looking for the new
[33:26] person to lead that organization. We really started the efforts formally about six months ago,
[33:33] went through, we hired an organization, SGR to assist us in organization that assisted us
[33:41] when we hired Dean hired then to assist us in that search. And we went through a whole
[33:48] slew of probably 40 candidates the first time around. We just didn't feel like we found the right
[33:53] person. So SGR's deal is we'll keep looking till we find the person that you think is the right fit.
[34:00] So we cast them that again if you will and started with probably 25 people. We narrowed that down
[34:06] to 8 or 9. We narrowed that down a second time around to about five people and brought those people into
[34:13] interview. And one of those people is here tonight. Steve Gilbert was hired formally on Monday and I'm
[34:20] excited about Steve being here. I look forward to all of you getting to know him better. Steve has just
[34:26] a wealth of experience. It's been a city manager. It was raised in Australia. It was a city manager there
[34:30] for a while. Had chamber responsibilities in Tulsa, you know significant size organizations.
[34:38] It's just an economic development experience in Perus checks and some other areas. And so I'm really
[34:47] excited about him being here tonight or being here in this community here tonight. Steve I'm going to ask
[34:53] if you would just come up for it to the mic for just a minute. If you want to make a couple of brief comments
[34:57] and then we will address the agenda item and invite being to make any comments. He might want to.
[35:02] Thank you Mayor. So I put my hand in my palms. I'm about that. That's it. And I've got poison
[35:10] ivy on my face. So I'm having trouble. Thank you for having me. And I'm so excited to be here and my family
[35:20] is I've met several of you and told you about my family. I was like to open the bag box on my kids and my wife.
[35:26] But we're looking forward to becoming a relocating here. And I've a daughter who'll be in high school
[35:34] sophomore and talking about youth sports. We've excited about that. So I look forward to continuing
[35:41] to talk with people and listen and meet folks and and put together the detailed plans to merge
[35:50] maids and the chamber. And I think as the mayor said, the vision of that is that we can be better
[35:58] together than we ever were.
[36:00] separately. I've driven around, I was out at the industrial park today and they're
[36:05] hanging steel. So I'm excited to be here, look forward to working with you all,
[36:10] look forward to keeping the city council informed of what's going on, what's
[36:16] underway, and that's really important that we all stay on the same page and
[36:20] pull them up in the same direction. So I hope to be here often and have good
[36:26] things to report and look forward to working with everyone. So thanks for having me.
[36:31] All right Steve. Thank you.
[36:32] It was not me to stay in the middle of just pick up to visit with him briefly and I'm
[36:39] looking forward to some more time with things sitting down visiting with him some more.
[36:42] Okay.
[36:44] There's...
[36:47] Oh, I think just Steve is kind of filling the part of the Jake's salt puzzle we've
[36:55] been missing in the city. If you go back just maybe three or four days you might have
[37:00] seen something in the local media about, I believe it was the old junk bakery being
[37:05] refurbished and reopening. Mayor Nick, or excuse me, Governor Nixon, was in
[37:10] Joplin and doing ribbon cutting. That was a project that was done through the
[37:15] Joplin Regional Chamber of Commerce and Rob O'Brien who we've got to be very close to
[37:20] but accompanying like that will come into a community and they'll have an idea and
[37:25] you need a person that could put all of the parts together to make that work. Now we
[37:29] at the city are in very good shape with what Christy McLean has done and heard
[37:34] part of it in both inspection and economic development. But you also need that
[37:39] person that is basically coming into the state knowing the state officials, getting
[37:44] those people that have that idea to come into our community to make that
[37:48] investment to make it happen. And that's exactly what Steve will be doing. It's
[37:55] not a situation where Steve will do it and none of us at the city have to. We all have to
[37:59] be part of it. The other good part of it is too that I think it's going to strengthen the
[38:03] chain. Michelle Bolton has done a great job but I think a lot of times she needs to have
[38:09] some help to be able to do things that help our concurrent businesses and help our
[38:13] current businesses grow. So to have the two formed together I think it's going to make
[38:18] that a much stronger organization. One that we can work with when the county can work with
[38:23] and you're talking about the spec building having the iron go up. I like that but I'm really
[38:28] going to like it when people working in it and that's going to be our goal and objective and then once
[38:33] that's done we're going to build one right next to it and right next to it. When you look at our
[38:38] budgets when you look at what we have to deal with we have to grow. We have to create more economic
[38:44] opportunity in my amma for our future and this is what this is a very positive step in that direction.
[38:50] Can you, Dean, can you address where it is off to be working? What the plan is going to be off far?
[38:56] Eventually we're going to figure that out.
[39:00] I think that's why we're working on that.
[39:02] So I believe right now you're in the main office
[39:05] and the first national market we're on the fourth floor
[39:07] and the chamber is staying where they're at.
[39:10] But what we hope eventually is as we have some ideas
[39:14] that we're working on that we'll put everything under one roof
[39:17] with them once that happens, Amanda is basically
[39:20] wanting to move to CVB offices to where the chamber is.
[39:24] And then that will free up two storefronts in the cold
[39:27] which I know the Shannon makes it very clear.
[39:30] He's got a waiting list.
[39:31] So if all these elements come together
[39:34] which I think they're going to come together very well
[39:37] we'll have them very close to where we're operating our CVB
[39:40] our operations and as I said, it'll be seamless.
[39:45] Okay.
[39:46] So we have a force, an agreement with Mays
[39:50] for the coming year
[39:53] and the amount of $50,000 to provide support for their efforts
[39:57] do we have a motion to approve that agreement?
[39:59] I'm like a motion to pre-maring
[40:01] and that was actually a budget.
[40:03] Is that correct?
[40:04] Correct.
[40:05] Correct.
[40:06] Okay.
[40:07] And do we have a second?
[40:08] Oh, second.
[40:09] We'll call.
[40:10] Before you vote, I should want to point out
[40:12] that I'm not sure what copy you have in front of.
[40:16] Okay?
[40:17] You gave me four boxes.
[40:18] Okay.
[40:19] So just for your information,
[40:21] if you've read the previous draft
[40:23] there are a few minor changes from this draft
[40:26] that were requested by Mr. Watson,
[40:28] who's the attorney who were made.
[40:31] Basically, while it's implicit in this agreement
[40:34] that that $50,000
[40:36] was to be a non-refundable sum.
[40:39] He asked that that be specifically put in there
[40:42] so that was added in under paragraph two
[40:45] on the first page.
[40:47] Okay.
[40:49] Then he also requested that we remove
[40:54] what was paragraph seven
[40:57] and that provision dealt with
[40:59] if the city ends up hiring one of their employees
[41:03] or they end up hiring one of the city employees.
[41:06] There's a penalty clause for doing that.
[41:09] He didn't see the need for it.
[41:11] I just guess that with the need and not.
[41:13] That's what I know.
[41:14] And he's seen what's seen the need for that either.
[41:16] And so those were the substantive changes
[41:19] there are a couple of other type of graphical changes made.
[41:26] So this is going to be the agreement
[41:39] for the fiscal year.
[41:41] This fiscal year.
[41:43] Yes, fiscal year.
[41:45] I fully intend to budget 94 minutes fiscal year
[41:48] but that determination will be the council
[41:50] so it's just like all of its beneficiaries.
[41:52] But I think the organization like this
[41:55] and this is part of our complaint
[41:57] and that is to continue this.
[42:00] support it, we've got to break home the back and we've got to create those jobs, but this is the way you're going to do it.
[42:05] I'm going to let my wife stay in.
[42:11] Okay.
[42:12] Can you do it?
[42:13] We have a second roll, please.
[42:14] Jordan.
[42:15] Hi.
[42:16] Hi.
[42:17] Nice to meet you.
[42:18] Hi.
[42:19] Hi.
[42:21] Thank you.
[42:22] And item 15 is new business.
[42:24] Do you need new business?
[42:25] Not on this agenda then.
[42:27] Item 16 staff reports.
[42:30] Nothing there.
[42:32] Item 17, mayor and council announcements.
[42:34] Any announcements?
[42:35] Well, welcome.
[42:36] Stave to my.
[42:38] What forward to working with you, Steve?
[42:41] Item 18 city manager communication.
[42:44] Just three very quick items.
[42:45] We have a letter dated July 11.
[42:48] Thanking us for the guns and houses blood drive.
[42:51] We were able to get 61 points.
[42:54] And also get our place chief to kiss a pig.
[42:57] Which was just wonderful.
[42:59] So very, very good there.
[43:02] I think you have a picture of that.
[43:03] Oh, yeah.
[43:04] They're several.
[43:05] Several going around.
[43:06] Yeah.
[43:07] Really cute pig too.
[43:10] He was really pretty.
[43:12] That's a little lipstick.
[43:14] That's exactly what the pig was wearing.
[43:17] The other thing is the striping contractor is now taking care of the arterials and they
[43:23] run fantastic.
[43:24] Because Mike is taking, or he came back from vacation today, but we're getting that taking care of him.
[43:30] Had a lot of good comments about that.
[43:32] And I think with Olson and socials, we're going to be able to do a lot more of that in town too.
[43:37] But even some people that Neil and Doug and I know that we're kind of wondering what's going on going
[43:42] out of the way to thank us.
[43:44] But it's just what you do.
[43:45] So I'm happy to see that happen.
[43:47] Last and non-least is tomorrow is the meeting between furt and the inner tribal council.
[43:54] That is that the Miami complex on Newman Road.
[43:58] And it starts, I believe, at nine o'clock.
[44:01] It's kind of slated to end about five.
[44:04] Not sure how long it actually will take, but I anticipate it's going to be some time.
[44:09] It's an open meeting.
[44:11] Everybody is welcome to be at this meeting.
[44:13] Although the city of Miami will not be a participant, either.
[44:16] We'll see RDA.
[44:17] This is strictly between furt and the tribes.
[44:21] We did do a call and notice.
[44:23] So if all of you want to attend and you're sitting in the same row,
[44:26] we have covered our, you know, your participation under the open meetings law.
[44:31] So you're welcome to be there if you want either for all of it or part of it.
[44:37] Thank you.
[44:38] I'm excited about that also.
[44:41] Okay.
[44:42] Any other, well, communications?
[44:44] If not, item 19 is adjourned.
[44:46] Do we have a most structured chart?
[44:48] Let's adjourn.
[44:49] And roll properly.
[44:50] Second.
[44:51] Second.
[44:52] Second.
[44:53] Second.
[44:54] Second.
[44:55] Second.
[44:56] Second.
[44:57] Second.