WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:13.759 It is a time now for our city matters right here on K one, 2 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.160 the one he trust. If it happens in the city, it matters to 3 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:18.640 us. It should matter to you too. How are you doing there, 4 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:20.879 mister be In a long time, No almost forgot what you look like. 5 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:23.879 It's it has been a little while. I was enjoying some time off, 6 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.559 yea, And so since I have no idea what's going on, I've brought 7 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:31.000 pretty much all the city staff with me. Everybody but Waterboy. That's it, 8 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:35.679 and he's on vacation. So everybody that's everybody's working his ear. We're 9 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:40.240 not doing anything other than this. You're our number one priority. Good so 10 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.679 well, unfortunately Waterboys not here, But I don't have any better news than 11 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:47.280 he normally did. So what we got cooking here with the city here on 12 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:51.960 our city matters well? Well, thought we would start out with a quick 13 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:56.600 update on the water supply, which is not unfortunately, not a whole lot 14 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:00.759 better than it has been. So quick up date on lake levels. Heula 15 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:06.879 is forty seven percent, copan is fifty two percent. So that is about 16 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:08.920 where these two have been hovering. They've been up and down around that a 17 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:15.959 little bit. For the last. I'm gonna say four weeks. I wanted 18 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:19.719 to take a moment because we've had a lot of small rainfalls, and so 19 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.359 people tend to think that that is sufficient to fill the lakes, or they 20 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:29.079 don't understand why we're still on these restrictions or why there isn't water getting in 21 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.799 the lake. Well, and I don't have I do. We actually do 22 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:34.920 have video here, so we could show it, but that would only be 23 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.000 for the people who were watched on Facebook. But for everybody who's listening, 24 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:45.200 just a quick rundown of what's happening in southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma. So 25 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.840 have no doubt we are absolutely in a drought. Just because we've had some 26 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:53.200 little rainfalls that seem to break that and it kept things green, that doesn't 27 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:56.959 mean that we're not in a drought. It takes significant rainfall to actually produce 28 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:02.760 runoff to get into the lakes. And so both Southeast Kansas and our area 29 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:07.120 Bartlesville, we normally get about forty inches of rain a year. Where are 30 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:12.479 we Well, over the last three hundred and sixty five days here, we 31 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.879 have had about twenty three inches of rain. Oh, that's significantly lesson what 32 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:20.400 we used to. Yeah, so there we're down seventeen inches, which is 33 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:24.159 almost half, and Southeast Kansas is even worse. And of course that's where 34 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:29.879 the actual that's where the actual drainage basin is for the two lakes in Southeast 35 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.199 Kansas. You were showing me the pictures, which folks really can't see here 36 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:35.639 on the cameras, right, but it looked like the black hole of cow 37 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.120 Cut. It did right. Everything it was red and it also black right 38 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:42.400 there though unfortunately, right where we need it to be green, it's red. 39 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.400 So Southeast Kansas is down about twenty three inches over the last twelve months. 40 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.919 And again they only get forty inches of rain of year, so they've 41 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.240 had less than half of what they normally would. So that's what's led to 42 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:57.280 the water shortage in the lakes. We know that it'll rain again and the 43 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:01.840 lakes will fill up. But what we are attempting to do. If anybody 44 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:07.479 is hasn't, it doesn't understand what we've been trying to do with our restrictions 45 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:13.360 is we're trying to extend that and save that supply for as long as possible. 46 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:15.879 We do not plan to run out of water. I know that that 47 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:20.120 is that's that's the question now, is what happens when we run out. 48 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:22.439 Well, we're not going to run out one way or the other. We're 49 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:24.120 not going to run out. But in order to buy time so that you 50 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:29.800 can develop plans in these emergencies, that's why you use restrictions. So the 51 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:34.120 restrictions are not intended as a punishment for anyone. The restrictions are intended to 52 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.439 reduce the amount of water that we're using so that we can preserve the amount 53 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.479 of water that's in the lake. And that's really where we are right now. 54 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:45.319 So we are developing contingency plans and there we've got several of them that 55 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.120 are that are in the works. None of them are far enough along for 56 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:51.479 us to talk about publicly, because as soon as we talk about something and 57 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.080 then it falls apart from that, everybody wondered why we didn't do it. 58 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:58.280 So, but we've got several things in the work. We've done this before. 59 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.240 You're right, you're right. So, but we do have several things 60 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:05.080 in the works. We're not going to run out of water, it's' that's 61 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:08.759 not in the cards. Bartlesville, Oklahoma is not going to run out of 62 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:14.680 water. However, we need time to develop a contingency plan to ensure that 63 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:17.199 we don't and so these restrictions are here to stay until we get enough water 64 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:20.639 to lift them. I've had a couple of questions about the swimming pools. 65 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:27.639 I would love to open them, and I understand that that is that sucks. 66 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:30.240 That sucks for the kids in Bartlesville and for the people that use our 67 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.120 swimming pools, But it doesn't suck quite as much as us actually running out 68 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:36.240 of water, and so that not filling the pool is just part of this 69 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:42.920 strategy to extend the water as long as possible. So the next major threshold 70 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.720 is once we dip below fifty percent. Good news is is we haven't gotten 71 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.639 down there. We've been up in that fifty eight to sixty percent for the 72 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:54.160 last four weeks. We hope that continues because at fifty percent and the council 73 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:58.160 will have to consider additional restrictions to preserve what water supply we have left. 74 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:01.079 So but again, I don't want anybody getting scared and thinking they got to 75 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.639 move out of Bartlesville. We're not gonna rune out of water. One way 76 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:08.920 or another. We will provide water to the citizens of Bartlesville, I assure 77 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:11.680 you, I don't. We don't know exactly what that will look like, 78 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:14.120 but there are there are a lot of ideas and a lot of plans that 79 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:17.639 we're developing right now. So we'll we'll want everybody to be confident that, 80 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:21.680 yes, we'll be fine. But at the same time, that does not 81 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:26.480 mean that you can go back to using as much water as you did last 82 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:30.720 year. No. Part of part of being fine is all of us doing 83 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.839 our part. So I just want to encourage everybody and thank them for the 84 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:39.680 for the for curbing their use as much as they have, and to hopefully 85 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:43.079 that they will continue that bear with us. We don't control the weather. 86 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:46.680 I think the Chamber does, but apparently they haven't been much help for us. 87 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:49.560 So and call Sherry. Well it should be on Wednesday. I'll ask, 88 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:51.839 Okay, you call Sherry. That's what's going on with the weather. 89 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:57.519 I don't have anything to Larry Glass seems to think we do it. We 90 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:01.639 do not, I promise you. So and a couple of announcements here while 91 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:06.600 we well, we've got everybody listening for businesses who have a business license with 92 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:10.480 the City of Bartlesville, or who need to get a business license with the 93 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.439 City of Bartlesville. There you go. Tom May has one. Let's right 94 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:16.199 you and you have your own. You're a business owner. So for business 95 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:20.480 licenses, those all expire on June thirty, and so you will need to 96 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:25.040 renew those. Renewal notices will go out, I believe, Larry, we 97 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:29.920 still do those electronically, so people should not expect to get invoices or anything 98 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:34.480 in the mail. We will send renewal notices electronically. However, if you 99 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:38.000 don't get one, you still need to renew your business life. Sure, 100 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:41.560 they expire on June thirtieth, and you renew in July. So we'll look 101 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:45.639 forward to getting that started. It is. It is busy time in July 102 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:48.519 when all of those come due. Also, speaking of July, this is 103 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:54.680 let's see next week will be Independence Day on the fourth of July horse which 104 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:59.000 is Tuesday. So the city all of our offices and operations are open on 105 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.399 the third as an however, on the fourth we will be closed. And 106 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:05.720 so if you normally would put your trash out on the fourth, your day 107 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:09.920 will actually be the fifth, so it'll be the day after. So that's 108 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:13.040 the good news, is is I always hate it when the holidays fall on 109 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.240 a Thursday or a Friday, because your trash day came earlier. It's one 110 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:19.199 thing. It's a lot easier when it comes later. So, and we 111 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:26.920 have one road closure to announce, and this is twentieth Street between Johnstone Avenue 112 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:30.839 and Dewey Avenue. It will be closed June twenty sixth, today the thirtieth, 113 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:33.839 which would be today, And Mica, are we still still on for 114 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:40.439 this? Okay? So we will. We'll have that closed down. This 115 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:44.040 is our guys doing the work, and so it'll be closed and detours will 116 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.600 be in place, and it will be closed from seven thirty am to four 117 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:50.720 o'clock pm each day until the repairs are made. So hopefully they'll be done 118 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:54.399 by the thirtieth. If not, we'll keep the detours in place until we 119 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:56.519 can get that rafft up. You know. And we I knew that brood 120 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:01.000 even existed was when I was covering the fires out there, trick them out 121 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:05.000 and found it. Uh, they told me, get going gone, get 122 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:09.839 gone, go ahead, get gone gone. Yeah, I taught you, 123 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:11.800 and I had a similar experience. I also drove out that way and I 124 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:16.319 was kind of told going get yeah, Yes, sir A while ago, 125 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:20.160 I don't believe I'm helping here, So all right, So that's that's pretty 126 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.000 much all the announcements we had. As I said, I've been out of 127 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:28.279 town, so we've got a crew full of folk here to to to actually 128 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.240 handle the news and what's going on around here. But two of them are 129 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:35.480 actually new to their current positions, I say new. I haven't had a 130 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.399 chance to introduce them on the radio yet. I promised them I would make 131 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.480 up really cool stories about them, and it turns out I didn't. I'm 132 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:48.320 gonna disappoint everybody. I don't have any cool stories because frankly, they're both 133 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:54.440 cool enough. So but the first one we have Troy, and Troy has 134 00:08:54.480 --> 00:09:01.240 been with Parson Police Department year seventeen years, and Troy is our newest deputy 135 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:07.240 chief. And you actually were promoted to that position after our new chief was 136 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:11.919 promoted, so we Tracy Rowells was promoted to assistant city manager, Kevin Eackleberry, 137 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:16.759 who was a deputy chief, was promoted to chief, and now Troy 138 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.360 has been promoted phil Kevin Aiackleberry's old position at deputy chief. So welcome, 139 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:24.200 congratulations, Troy. I've known you for a long time, think a lot 140 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:28.000 of you. Yeah, I think you are. Your appointment that was a 141 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:31.919 great one. I look forward to to seeing your the rest of your career 142 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:33.200 at the City of Bartlesviol, which is gonna be long. Right, you 143 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:37.120 know I'm not going anywhere. Okay, you heard it? You record this, 144 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:41.000 right? I did? Okay, Okay, it was actually hurt on 145 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.480 the radio. We could play it back, so we've got him on a 146 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:46.919 record. So well, Troy, thank you for joining us, and again, 147 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.159 congratulations on your new appointment. You were you were captain before this, 148 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:52.879 so it was just it was just one step up. But seventeen years and 149 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.799 you're now the deputy chief of the bart City of Barstool Police Department. It's 150 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:01.039 quite accomplishment. So absolutely, congratulations, Thank you. I'm thankful for the 151 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:05.200 opportunity. I also just want to say thank you to Chief Roles for how 152 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:09.639 he moved us forward, and he sure did, and it put us in 153 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:13.600 a great position. We hated to lose him, but I think moving forward 154 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:18.080 we're in a great position to be where we need to be and I look 155 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.879 forward to serving under Chief Bickleberry. Yep, and Tracy, you didn't lose 156 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:24.679 him, You just got to share him, right, we spread him a 157 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:30.000 little thing, or now it's he's got the fire department, so we've we've 158 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.679 kind of spread him around. But anyway, so well, congratulations, and 159 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.960 I'm glad you where you are, and I'm glad you're sitting right here so 160 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.960 you can talk about a couple of things. So one of the things we 161 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:41.679 were going to talk a little bit about was the union agreement. And I 162 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:45.720 know that Kevin Eickleberry was actually going to be here, so you might not 163 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:48.799 be as familiar with with the agreement as he was going to be. But 164 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:54.120 we just came to an agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police that represents our 165 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:58.840 local policeman and it's it was a good agreement. It's actually for two years, 166 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:03.759 and we like two year agreements because negotiations are they could be difficult at 167 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.519 times, so this was a good agreement. One of the things that we 168 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:13.120 did and is always our goal, is to ensure that we pay our officers 169 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.440 or firefighters, or our street workers or our office workers. We try to 170 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:22.480 pay them a competitive wage, which of course means something different in every position. 171 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.960 For the police department, a competitive wage means that we try to pay 172 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:30.840 you all in accordance with our peers. And so we establish our peers by 173 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:33.840 looking at five larger cities, five smaller cities, averaging that out and then 174 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.279 trying to make sure that we pay you in the average of that. And 175 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:41.200 we were able to accomplish that with this contract. It required a little bit 176 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:43.720 of work to get there, and I think the most of the I think 177 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:50.639 most of the ranks received about a twelve percent twelve percent pay increase with some 178 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:52.679 of them, I think the captain did they receive six percents of what that 179 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.720 was? Yes, so, yeah, so we some pretty significant pay increases. 180 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:00.720 But it puts us in a great position where we can continue to recruit 181 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.559 and retain the best and we want to be one of the best departments. 182 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.159 We've got. We got to hire some of the best officers, so I 183 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.919 feel like we do a good job of that. Was there anything else in 184 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:16.879 the contract that was noteworthy that you can think of? Not right off any 185 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:20.200 and I think it was a great contract. Contracts probably the best one I've 186 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:22.600 seen since I've been here. I thought it was a really great one in 187 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:28.600 everything the city offered, and it was it was kind of interesting because most 188 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:35.159 of what was in the contract that we did was frankly, it was almost 189 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.759 agreed upon when we came to the table, and so that really helped things. 190 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.519 I know that Tracy and Kevin worked closely with union management and were able 191 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:46.159 to establish there were a lot of changes that were made to the contract. 192 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:50.360 There were some changes made that actually were suggested by the FOP as far as 193 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:54.519 our fitness standards and rewarding people for fitness standards, but establishing them and requiring 194 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.440 them. So I think that was that was important for looking forward at what 195 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:03.279 you want to be is a department and trying to ensure the health and longevity 196 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:05.879 of our officers. But yeah, there was there, There were a lot 197 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.279 of little things and it was Frankly, it was an easy negotiation, and 198 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.799 I was grateful to the FOP for the way that they handle it. And 199 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.840 I'm glad that we have glad that we have the agreement that we have. 200 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:20.480 So now now we just have one more and we're close, I believe with 201 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.720 with fire department as well. So we're we're looking to close these out for 202 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:28.159 the next year. But we I specifically brought you on because of course we 203 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.720 have fourth of July coming next Tuesday or a week from tomorrow. So, 204 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:37.360 uh, the fireworks laws. I know not everybody abides by the fireworks laws, 205 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:45.200 but Detroy, what what are our fireworks? Neighbor got shot firework? 206 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:52.480 That this game you play every now? It is so even though that fireworks 207 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:56.080 are legal in the state of Oklahoma, they're prohibited in the in the Bardsville 208 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.840 city limits. And if if you violate that, then you could be so 209 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:03.080 object to a citation, which is about two hundred dollars, so they can 210 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:07.240 be issued to you. And so usually we try to first talk to people 211 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:11.240 and give them a warning if that is the necessary or the way that we 212 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:16.240 need to go. But you could be fine for that if you violate that, 213 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.480 and generally speaking, it would be generated by a complaint by the neighbors 214 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:24.600 or perhaps damage or something of that nature. So people need to be aware 215 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:28.720 that it's just because there are other people doing it, it doesn't make it 216 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.360 legal, and you could still suffer consequences if you do it correct. And 217 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:35.360 some of the novelty items like your sparklers, your snakes, you know, 218 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:39.240 smoke balls, some things like that or are still legal to have in here. 219 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:43.320 Just be courteous of your fellow citizen. Dispose of them properly and pick 220 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:50.120 up your trash. Yep. So that's we'll find out exactly how affected the 221 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:54.240 speech was. We've given it previous years, I think I know, but 222 00:14:54.320 --> 00:15:01.399 nothing worth stepping on a US sparkler. Wow, that's still high. Yeah, 223 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:03.639 they stayed hot for a while, all right, Troy, Well, 224 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:07.440 I appreciate anything else you want to let everybody know about the laws. We've 225 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:11.480 also got Brady here who's going to talk about firework safety specifically, so I 226 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:15.080 think i'll let him have it. All right. Well, for the second 227 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:18.519 of my introductions today, we have Brady Watson here with us, and Brady 228 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:24.279 is the uh is the fire marshal for the city of Bartlesville. And Brady, 229 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.039 how long you've been fire marshal? A little over a year now, 230 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:30.720 over a year now, so still finding your way into that position? Absolutely? 231 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:33.559 Yes, correct. It was a new position that was created a little 232 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:39.039 over a year ago, and it was prior to that the deputy chief was 233 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.240 the fire marshal and the deputy chief right, yes, So it was it 234 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:45.840 was a little much for one person, so we split that into two and 235 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.960 and Brady, how long have you been at the fire seventeen? Years. 236 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:58.639 That's the magic number. Well, Brady, you you're also I don't know 237 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:03.399 if you still are. But we established an honor guard, correct, yes, 238 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.320 and I am the commander of the Honor Guard, Craik. Yes, 239 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:08.159 I knew that you were prior to and I suspected you first. Yep. 240 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:11.840 You actually helped to build that and to establish it, and we started that 241 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.960 in twenty seventeen. Yes, correct, And I don't I don't. I 242 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.279 don't believe we'd had one at firepart. No, we have not, I 243 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:21.720 know. Yes, So that was that was quite an accomplishment and we appreciate 244 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:26.799 that. Thank you all are able to do to provide services for for a 245 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.080 lot of people who weren't able to get it before. So thank you appreciate 246 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.720 that. And you guys look pretty dart and sharp, and they looked pretty 247 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.759 good. That's a long walk, isn't it is? Yes? It is? 248 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.720 Yeah, The parades are a long walk, that's right. Yeah, 249 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:42.080 but I bet the coats are more appreciated at Christmas than that. And absolutely, 250 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:47.679 yes, yes, absolutely, that stopped for water breaks and that this 251 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:52.559 time. Yea. So well, Troy talked a little bit about the firework 252 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.720 laws and so but let's talk just a little bit about firework safety. Okay, 253 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.240 today I'm gonna talk about fire safety. You brought a couple of notes 254 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:02.159 with me here. What we're gonna talk about is, first and foremost, 255 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:06.640 alcohol and fireworks do not mix. You need a designated shooter, somebody who 256 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:08.079 is not going to partake an alcohol. First and foremost, we want to 257 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:11.519 put that out of That's where a lot of accidents happens. If you are 258 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.680 going to go outside the sibling on it's to shoot fireworks. We ask for 259 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:18.440 a good, clean, flat surface, something that won't catch fire very easily. 260 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:21.839 We want you to have a garden hose, a fire extinguisher, something 261 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:26.480 available to snuff out any little small pop up fires or mishaps. We talked 262 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:30.559 about sprinklers sparklers earlier. Those burn at two thousand degrees. Oh, they 263 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:33.960 hold heat for a long time. You know, we think they're kid friendly, 264 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.319 but they may not be. So if you do have those fire, 265 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:40.920 kids, exactly, put those in a bucket of water, let them cool 266 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:42.799 off, disclose them correctly. A lot of times trash can fires can spark 267 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.359 from that, so make sure you extinguish them, DAWs them in water. 268 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:48.920 When you do fireworks do one at a time. Do not put your body 269 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:53.039 over the top of the device. Light it and get back. Space and 270 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:56.720 area is going to be your biggest safety value there. Get back, get 271 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:59.839 away, keep family away, keep young kids away, keep pets, the 272 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.519 dogs, especially away from that um. Do not try to manufacture your own 273 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:11.519 Sometimes people them beyond I have a manufacturer that's going bad. I've seen that. 274 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:14.480 Yes, yes, we all handed back right right, We asked that 275 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:18.160 you do not do that. The other thing is bottle rockets. They said 276 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:22.720 to look at Michael on that one. Do not shoot bottle rockets o each 277 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.440 other. They will put an eye out. You can't lose fingers, So 278 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:36.359 be safe with all those points, right, No, please please now listen, 279 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:41.519 listen, listen to the expert. But we do have two shows going 280 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:45.359 on July first at Dunga Stadium around nine thirty they're gonna shoot them off. 281 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.799 And then on July fourth, by Sooner part Freedom Fest, they're gonna shoot 282 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.160 them off too. We recommend you go watch those professionally done. They're gonna 283 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:55.240 be a great show. So we highly recommend you go watch those. When 284 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:57.039 you say design need a shooter, that doesn't mean hey, hold my beer, 285 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:03.400 right no, no, please, don't not that guy that when you're 286 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:11.359 drunk past the punk. Yes, I don't think you step out of it, 287 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:15.359 was ad hear me. No, I don't know whether that good or 288 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:19.160 not. Keim got any slogan for for fourth July. If you're drunk past 289 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:26.960 the punk, don't stick somebody with the punk as well? All right, 290 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:32.079 Well, thank you, Brady. I appreciate that. Speaking from experience, 291 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:37.039 I think I have literally experienced every one of those errors at some point, 292 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:41.119 every one of them, I think every one of them. Yes, there 293 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:45.039 were there were memories flashing as he was talking. So yes, and we 294 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:51.119 kid and fireworks are a great time and I have always enjoyed putting on fireworks 295 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:55.559 shows and since I was a kid, and I Brady is entirely correct. 296 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:59.160 They are extremely dangerous. And the older I have gotten, the more I 297 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.359 have realized because act like how dangerous they were. And so now I actually 298 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:06.759 do most of the things that he said, or I don't. I don't 299 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:08.599 do most of the things that he said not to do. There we go 300 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:15.960 take most, most, most sometimes. But thank you, Brady, I 301 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:18.680 appreciate that. Thank you. All right, and with us we have Larry 302 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:25.279 Curtis who actually normally is the newest person in the booth. Now look at 303 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:32.359 him. Have you been here seventeen munch yet he's seen He's been in his 304 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:37.240 position longer than almost to anybody in this room. Now, time's changed fast, 305 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.680 don't they. Larry, Yeah, but I still introduced myself as the 306 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:44.839 new LEAs. Yeah that way everyone. Oh yeah, I could go both 307 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:48.599 ways, by the way, I have discovered that as well. So Larry 308 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.799 is our community Development director, and he's gonna give us a quick update on 309 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:56.480 sidewalks, quick quick. He's gonna give us an update on starving guns. 310 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:03.279 And Michael would be Michael would be perfectly content to sit there and not have 311 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:07.240 to say anything. But you've already, you already kind of did the mic 312 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:14.279 drop with the past the punk very very quick on its feed. So yeah. 313 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:19.079 Council a couple of months ago allowed for a temporary moratorium on ordinance that 314 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:25.759 was passed last year, Ordinance number three five five five, which was a 315 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:30.720 new ordinance that went in place for sidewalks and putting new ones in um So. 316 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:36.240 It specifically stated that for any new development that would be happening on in 317 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:41.000 the city is that sidewalks would have to be installed. It also incorporated anytime 318 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:44.799 that there was a change of land like love splits, loot combinations, h 319 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:48.519 lot transfers, things like that that would require new sidewalks to go in. 320 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:52.640 And so taking a quick glance of what was going on with that, I 321 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:56.200 know there was some concerns with some citizens and things along those lines that we 322 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:00.240 were wanting to have a more in depth analyzation of that. And so the 323 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:06.920 ordinance also said that the Community Development Director, at his all knowing behess could 324 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.440 waive those requirements. And I was like, oh, yeah, put that 325 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:11.200 pressure on me. Yeah, that's where it all came down to, really, 326 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:15.359 like I didn't want it. Yeah, yeah, yeah exactly exactly because 327 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:22.400 do guy, Yeah, I can be their best friend that yeah. Anyway, 328 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:27.200 so looking at all, so council allowed us, but that moratoriument plays 329 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:32.920 to do more in depth analysis and potentially updates to that ordinance. And so 330 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:36.920 staff has discovered, with the help of Mica and his team, that we 331 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:41.200 have about one hundred and forty miles of sidewalks within the City of Bartlesville. 332 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.720 But it is, it really is. But unfortunately, the average age is 333 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:48.240 about fifty eight years old. We've got a lot of them that are in 334 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:51.519 for repair. We do, we do. But the other thing is that 335 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:55.200 about only half the city of sidewalks, so and that can be by design 336 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.400 or development. You know, back in the nineteen fifties, sixties, you 337 00:22:57.480 --> 00:23:00.359 know my subdivision, we don't how many sidewalks in it, because that was 338 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:04.240 the trend at the time, and so you know, the city's had big 339 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:07.759 booms and with that, there were some sidewalks that were put in, some 340 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:11.960 sidewalks up or not. But I think the biggest thing that a lot of 341 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:17.480 citizens see within our community are those missing sidewalks, aka the orphan sidewalks or 342 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:19.640 sidewalks to nowhere. And so a lot of people are like, why is 343 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:25.119 this out in the middle of nowhere exactly exactly, And so you know, 344 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:29.480 the curtain ordinance kind of pushes that and as you know, with the expectation 345 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:33.240 that eventually other things will connect. But you know, staff has been really 346 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:37.920 looking at this as an opportunity for us to kind of reach out and find 347 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:41.079 out more information and see what our citizens really think about that. And so 348 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:44.640 we're going to be looking to come up with a new game plan, but 349 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:47.880 first and foremost with our citizens inputs. So it'll be a survey that'll be 350 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:52.440 going out hopefully within the next month, that'll go out digitally to everybody. 351 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:55.000 You know, we'll give k one. We'll really push it out so that 352 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:59.200 way we get some good responses back. But the goal is to you know, 353 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:03.960 get new game plan in place, help really analyze the sidewalks to nowhere, 354 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:11.440 see what we can review and our access points so that way where we 355 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:15.720 have higher traffic along our materials, we could be focusing on ada accessibility look 356 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:18.799 at you know, like I said, public engagement, but more importantly has 357 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:25.480 to come up with a maintenance plan. You know, we the state law 358 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:30.359 currently stays and so it was our ordinance that when you a butt a sidewalk, 359 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:33.720 you the property owner, are responsible for the maintenance of that. But 360 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:36.519 we want to come up with a game plan to where we can work to 361 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:40.359 you know, hopefully update those fifty eight year old average sidewalks. Some of 362 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:42.240 them are one hundred and four just letting you know some of them are completely 363 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:47.200 under dirt at that too, that too, exactly, So we want to 364 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:49.200 make sure that we get a good game game plan in place. And so 365 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:53.599 now that we're past kind of data analysis move mode, like I said, 366 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:57.480 we're going to be pushing that public input portion and you really get some insight 367 00:24:57.559 --> 00:25:00.119 from the public on what their thoughts will be. This does not include our 368 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:03.799 trails, by the way, so that one hundred and forty miles is not 369 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:08.279 include the fantastic pathfinders. So anyways, that's kind of what we're going on 370 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:11.960 there. I will do one more plug if I can go right ahead. 371 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:15.839 Please control the grass population. Please have your ones clean and trimmed. We 372 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:21.240 need it more than ever. It's that time of the year again for your 373 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:25.519 property up to snuff well, and it's it can be a safety issue as 374 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:27.680 well. We've been talking about fireworks and so if you have tall, dry 375 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:32.880 grass and weeds or trash in your yard at this time of year in particular, 376 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:36.720 could be at risk. Yeah, exactly. I've seen a few places 377 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:40.039 where it looks like they're ready for the helicopter to land in order to cut 378 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:44.039 the grass. It doesn't work that way. There's there's a couple of them, 379 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:47.680 unfortunately, and of course the city does go out and debate some of 380 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:51.480 those, and we're probably the most expensive lawn service in town. We are. 381 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:53.279 We do file that lead against your property. There's better ways to do 382 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:56.839 it, I promise. Yeah. Now I will say the new policy is 383 00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.799 in place that we enacted. You know, we pushed down on a city 384 00:25:57.799 --> 00:26:02.160 beat about how um you know, instead of waiting for the grass to grow 385 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.839 six feet tall, you know, we're notifying everyone ten days that they can 386 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.880 that they need to take care of their property or we'll be out to take 387 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:12.200 care of it for them. So well, and it's it is unfortunate. 388 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:15.400 And there are people who are in circumstances where they can't mow their yard. 389 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:19.920 And so I would also ask that if your neighbor, if you know that 390 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:23.200 they may have some limitations, rather than calling us, perhaps call them. 391 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:26.839 Yeah, So start neighbor, Start be neighborly, try to help your neighbors 392 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:30.519 out. I had an elderly neighbor that I mowed his grass for years and 393 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:33.799 he was he was very grateful. I thought my son that when we shovel 394 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:37.920 our driveway, we also shovel some of the neighbors. So I, you 395 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:40.759 know, I hope that people will do that. But yes, if you 396 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.519 have a neighbor that is just determined not to mow the grass, and they're 397 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:47.160 perfectly capable, and we will address it. Yeah, and as always, 398 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.640 you know, we do realize that those situations are out there, so we 399 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:52.960 encourage those people that may get that notice but may not be able to physically 400 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.039 handle it, please let us know we can. We can try to connect 401 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:59.400 them with a nonprofit that may be able to assist them. So we'll be 402 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.240 glad to have help and try to resolve it one way or the other. 403 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:07.720 Exactly prefer that to resolve it amicably. Always amicably, believe it or not, 404 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:11.400 cities would much rather do things amicably. Yeah, so, hey, 405 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:14.759 look, two minutes to go. Two minutes. That's it. Two minutes. 406 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:18.079 What's the biggest I didn't have much to say that this is a good 407 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:22.359 thing. Now you gotta loop back in. I'm filling in for water Boy, 408 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:26.839 but I'm not talking about Now. We got the Civitan Park shelter. 409 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:33.319 I think that's number two on everybody's concerns, Civitan Park. So we did 410 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:37.359 get a contract awarded to lead construction last Friday and a special city council meeting 411 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:42.240 at three third, four o'clock, four o'clock, and we got that done. 412 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:48.079 And so they essentially have committed to trying to have that structure down taken 413 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.319 down. Removed UM by the fourteenth of July, so that gives them a 414 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.640 couple of weeks to get their ducks in a row and get that done. 415 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:56.640 UM. Once we get that taken down, we will start addressing the footings. 416 00:27:57.160 --> 00:28:00.599 UM. So the ideas we can remove that structure get the park open 417 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:04.359 back up those because right now it's currently closed down. So so we'll get 418 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:07.200 that removed and we'll get the park open back up. We'll do some work 419 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:11.559 on the footings. It'll either be with city staff or we'll contract that workout 420 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:15.480 as well. Essentially, we're going to extend the footings up, get them 421 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:18.279 level, UM, get the reinforcings and get the reinforcing and the bolts right. 422 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:22.079 Yeah, address the installation errors and then UH Lead Construction is also on 423 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:26.799 contract then to reinstall the structure. So that was the basis of the contract. 424 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:30.079 We awarded them that contract for seventy six hundred dollars seven thousand and six 425 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:33.799 hundred dollars and UH local contract with where they do good work. We're looking 426 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.680 forward to it then UH and want to get that park open back up and 427 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:40.400 so kids can can use it. To get it open as soon as we 428 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:44.720 can. That is the fact it'll probably be without a shade structure for most 429 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:47.319 if not all. It's it should be, Yeah, it should be. 430 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.799 So I'm not sure how quick we can get the footings turned around on that. 431 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:52.039 But there's also some repairs that have to be made to the structure itself 432 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:55.440 true while it's on the ground, and makes some fairs the structure as well, 433 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:57.400 so there'll be there'll be more to do, but we look forward to 434 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:00.599 at least getting the park back open. It's most popular one it is, 435 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:03.440 Yeah, and it's eighty a accessiful that is our one that was a truly 436 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:07.640 designed to accessiful park. So it'll get done. You get to have that 437 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:10.759 open, back it up, So thank you, Mica, I appreciate that. 438 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:14.160 And Tom thanks for usness as always. All right, thank you very 439 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:17.799 much. Ladies and gentlemen, you've been listening and watching City Matters right here 440 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:21.640 on K one the one you tried stay tuned. CBS News comes your way 441 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:27.359 next. Thanks for listening to one on one with a professional. A paid 442 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:37.519 presentation in fourteen hundred K one Dignity Compassion Excellence Stuff Funeral Home in Crematory, 443 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:41.559 Bartlesville, Nowada, Barnstall, ky Wn Bartlesville K two twenty seventy Q Bartlesville 444 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:44.160 KY two thirty six ct POSCA