WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:03.640 Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:07.200 welcome, welcome in his time now for city matters. If it matters to 3 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:11.000 you, it matters to our beloved city. And my goodness six we have 4 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:16.480 a cast of thousands today as we rearrange the chairs on the deck end we 5 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:21.440 have. Let me get this right, Assistant City Manager Tracy rolls in with 6 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:24.000 us today with a cast of thousands. How are you doing, sir? 7 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:27.440 I'm doing well. First of all, I just want to thank Mike Bailey 8 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:32.880 for throwing this on me this morning. My script was very easy to learn 9 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.119 before today. I was going to come in and set where Shelley is setting 10 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:40.679 and say thank you and I appreciate it, and that's all I was gonna 11 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:43.719 say. And then I got the call this morning that I was gonna say 12 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:46.439 more. So I brought a lot of people, so I had to say 13 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.399 less because they're the experts, not me, and we're happy to be here. 14 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:54.679 All right, Well, you've got the new position. I tell us 15 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:57.200 a little bit about what it entails here. How are you going to be 16 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.520 helping Mike Bailey the hardest working man city government? So I think I think 17 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:06.840 the job description for me is anything that Mike does not want to do become 18 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.239 something that I have to do. That's usually how assistant roles. You know, 19 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:12.519 We've been doing it for a week and that's exactly what it seems like. 20 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:18.159 But in all seriousness, I really appreciate the opportunity that Mike has given 21 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:23.000 me, and he's also set me up for success because he's given me directors 22 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.120 within the city that report to me that are by far the very best at 23 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:30.400 what they do, and so it really will make my job easy because they 24 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.400 are the experts and I just need to stay out of their way and help 25 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:36.879 them get whatever it is they need for their their departments to be successful. 26 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:38.920 And I think I have the ability to stay out of the way. So 27 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:42.719 excellent rule number one. Well, look who's coming in the door? Come 28 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.879 on in, water man. See, like I said, I was bringing 29 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:51.480 everyone who knew something about what we do here. Jerry was really not wanting 30 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:57.400 to be on that first hot seat there. Feld Pro's gonna get it anyway, 31 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.280 all right, So we'll be going on today. Okay, So first 32 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:06.120 of all, we'll talk to Jerry benedict Our our golf pro, and he'll 33 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:09.039 give us an update about the golf course. Alright, all right, thank 34 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:15.159 you nice, good to be here. We're going strong out there. It's 35 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:19.919 real busy and everything. But the main thing that I wanted to bring up 36 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:23.879 was the junior program is getting started. All the ladies and men's programs are 37 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:30.879 well under way. We have been very busy, and the junior program it 38 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.199 starts on June sixth, seventh, and eighth. That's a Tuesday, Wednesday 39 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:39.360 and Thursday, nine o'clock to eleven o'clock. So your parents get your kids 40 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:45.120 ready. You don't have to have any equipment. We have equipment for you. 41 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.240 If you don't have equipment, you just need a pair of tennis shoes 42 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:54.400 on and shorts routines. Bring your kids out seven to seventeen and we'll try 43 00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:00.879 to help them with their golf swing's. It's a great sport for you to 44 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:07.719 get your kids in. It's a lifetime of of help. When you get 45 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.879 in business and everything else, you need that kind of thing, so we 46 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:17.479 encourage them to come on out. The program then is a free clinic on 47 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:23.080 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and then the week after that is a junior 48 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:28.960 camp on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and then every Wednesday after 49 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.280 that is a play day where they can come out and play, and we 50 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:36.800 encourage the parents to come with them and kind of follow them around. We'll 51 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.439 give you golf carts and stuff. We'll close We're going to close nine holes 52 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:46.960 so they can learn how to play a little bit. And then on July 53 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:53.199 twenty six will be a Junior Club Championship and July thirtieth will be Parent Junior 54 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:58.840 where the parents play with their sons or daughters. So anyways, it's a 55 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:02.520 great program where we're looking forward to it and we want you to be ready 56 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:13.919 for that. Also, the watering out there Harry's talking about, We've been 57 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:21.240 getting some criticism about watering our greens. We're very minimal watering right now, 58 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:25.759 but we have to keep those alive. We lose the golf course if we 59 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:29.240 don't. We're just minimal watering on the greens. We want the citizens to 60 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.759 know that and it would be very costly to the city if we didn't keep 61 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:39.240 those alive. We're not watering anything else. Which your ball goes further when 62 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:43.079 you when you hit the ball, so that's a good mount to get going. 63 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:46.839 Yeah, we're digging out a pond right now and getting ready to water 64 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:51.000 the greens out of out of the ponds instead of the city water, so 65 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:59.079 that will help too. On another subject, the tournaments for the year, 66 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:05.600 we are packed with tournaments for fund raisers for the City of Bartlesville. And 67 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:13.439 this year is the twentieth anniversary for the United Way tournament, so it's going 68 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.800 to be a big one. We're going to remodel a bunch of stuff and 69 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:21.319 do some stuff there and we're looking forward to that. Lisa Carry runs a 70 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:30.639 United Way. They all do such a good job. And so one other, 71 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:34.639 one other subject that we've got next year in the summer, we're going 72 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:41.000 to start re constructing our greens. It's going to be a very difficult time 73 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:46.680 those next couple of years because we will only have nine holes and it's gonna 74 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:50.240 it's gonna be very painstaking, but it'll be worth it in the end, 75 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:56.000 we hope, We hope two years in a row will reconstruct nine holes and 76 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:59.720 then another hunt nine holes. So that's kind of what's going on at the 77 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:03.519 golf course. And come on out and play with us, all right, 78 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:11.079 So I like a lot of fun. And back to assistant to city Manager 79 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:13.519 Tracy Rolls, I gotta get used to seeing it. So I'm gonna say 80 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:16.319 that a lot, and that's one of the nicer things people say about me. 81 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:21.040 Come on now, so we'll so I appreciate the nice things. I'm 82 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:25.199 glad Terry got here. He was a little bit late, but you know 83 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.000 he's it's okay. He was. He's kind of like me. He was 84 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:30.879 a bench player. Today. They got thrown into the mix without really, 85 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:33.360 you know, being ready to get thrown into the mix. So so we'll 86 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.480 hear from him a little bit since he's a late arrival. Arrival, he 87 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:41.800 got kicked down the lineup. Okay, So we'll keep the good going. 88 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:43.879 Got a lot of good stuff going on the golf course, and we also 89 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.759 have a lot of good stuff going on at the library and the history museum. 90 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.519 So we'll let Shelley talk to us about that. Awesome thank you. 91 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:56.000 Um. We have our summer reading program that starts taking in role ease today 92 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:00.879 actually, and we were having that summer reading program from June fifth to July 93 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:03.160 twenty eighth. It's kind of a misconception that it's only for kids, and 94 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:08.680 that's just not true. You can put your babies in there and you get 95 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:15.120 to read to them and score some time there, and you can also participate 96 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.600 as an adult. We have prizes for all age levels, So whether you're 97 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.839 reading to your kids or reading on your own, please sign up for Summer 98 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:27.879 Reading in and just score some prizes. We have fun and it's a lot 99 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:32.560 of fun with the kids because every week we have an activity for the children 100 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:36.279 and then we have an activity for teens, and so free stuff all summer 101 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:40.240 long, and we're spending a lot of you know, our friends group spends 102 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:43.240 a lot of money to make sure we're bringing in really great performers, So 103 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.839 make sure that you look at that schedule and participate where you can. Wanted 104 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:51.199 to do just two more quick announcements. We've started our new three D printer 105 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:56.079 now and so you can come in and you can bring your print job and 106 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:59.600 we'll print it for you for free, and you get to pick your pigment 107 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:03.560 color. You get to do a lot of things like that. So please 108 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:09.160 utilize our three D printer. We got a grant for that from Chronico Phillips 109 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:13.519 and we were very lucky to have that as a service now, so please 110 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:18.000 utilize this for your three D printing needs. And lastly, I wanted to 111 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:24.040 congratulate a staff member at the library, Kayla Ashley. She is getting her 112 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.399 Masters in Library and Information Services in just a couple of weeks, and so 113 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:33.799 that's a couple of years study. And I love it when the staff trains 114 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:39.000 and brings us even more professionalism and knowledge. So one quick announcement for the 115 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:43.799 History Museum, they have just got up their ranching exhibit, so I encourage 116 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:48.039 you to go and see their ranching exhibit. We have a lot of great 117 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.720 ranges around here and a lot of history in that area. We're having several 118 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:56.200 programs and camps for your kids, so please check our website or Facebook and 119 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:00.399 make sure that you're participating with our ranching stuff. That's come up, right, 120 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.320 And Shelley, you have a couple of job openings, Oh I do, 121 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:09.279 yes, yes, um one. Denise Scoff, one of our long 122 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.960 term thirty plus your employees, I think she's at thirty five, is retiring 123 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.399 in August first, and so we have upgraded her position to an assistant city 124 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:24.799 manager sorry in city manager, no assist a library director. Okay, yeah, 125 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:28.120 yeah, one of those things. I'm gonna get two weeks in and 126 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.720 then we're gonna over there. Good. Yeah, So we are hiring an 127 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.600 assistant library director, and of course that's an assistant for the history musim director 128 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:41.320 too, And then we're also hiring the collection senior librarian who buys all her 129 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.399 books and both vigilie and physical books, and she also takes care of our 130 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.919 collection and removes things when they need to be so it's the person that curates 131 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:54.240 our collection. And so she's a thirty year employee too, so we really 132 00:09:54.279 --> 00:10:00.120 got some big boots to fill there. And then um coming right behind them 133 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:05.679 one month is our literacy coordinator, so we're losing her as well. Everyone 134 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:09.279 is old enough to retire, so go figure, you gotta let them go. 135 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:13.159 So we are hiring a lot of positions at the library, and in 136 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:16.559 just a few months of the history he's into. So if you've ever wanted 137 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:20.519 to work at either place, start looking because there's going to be a job 138 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.559 for you. Nice and what a great place to work. The city doesn't 139 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:28.600 outstanding job of taking care of its people and a lot of good stuff going 140 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:31.200 on at the library, like the golf course. So we're very excited to 141 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.600 thank you for what you do and for how you do it, and thank 142 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:37.240 you. How cool is it to be in a position to retire. Oh 143 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:41.080 way cool one year for me, Well, thank you, thank you. 144 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:45.960 We'll talk to another guy who's in a position that could retire. And people 145 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.840 like that have all the power tom they do it. On any given day, 146 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:52.759 they could come in and say, you know, that's enough, I'm 147 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:56.720 out. But it's because of their dedication to the city that's put them in 148 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:00.759 that position. So when I left the police department, we named an interim 149 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:05.000 police chief and that's Captain j. Hastings. He too, is a thirty 150 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.879 plus year veteran of the City of Bartlesville and the police department. So we're 151 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:11.960 very fortunate to have Captain Hastings in place, and he's taken over the police 152 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:16.360 department. It's already gotten better than it was, so I don't know if 153 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:20.000 that's a sign or what that means, but I'm glad it's gotten better, 154 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.159 and thank you Jay for stepping up and taking on the interim police chief role. 155 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:30.600 We've posted the police chief position internally, so it is I am certain 156 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.399 that we will be able to hire a police chief from within the police department 157 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:39.360 because there are great people there, very deserving people, and Jay is one 158 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.840 of those. So thank you for being here. And thanks for taking on 159 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:46.399 the role of interim police chief. And you're another person who got a call 160 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:52.559 late this morning about being here today, so so thanks and welcome to the 161 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.600 circus here. So what about policing talk to us about that. Well, 162 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:01.639 first of all, thank you for the opportunity to let me step in. 163 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.600 Um. Yeah, we've got a lot of things going on this month. 164 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:13.000 It's a busy month. We have I believe the police Officer Memorial is the 165 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:18.039 seventeenth, and that's at noon on a Wednesday, and we want to invite 166 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:22.000 everybody to come out and help us honor the officers who have given their lives. 167 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:28.799 Also to tomorrow, Tuesday evening at seven pm at city Hall, we're 168 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:33.559 having a town town meeting and we invite all citizens to come out if they 169 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:39.360 have any concerns about their neighborhood policing stuff like that. We'll have officers on 170 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.759 hand to talk just kind of one on one in a group setting about what 171 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:46.480 we do, where, where the state of the department is, and also 172 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:54.840 any questions or concerns about crime in your neighborhood. But that's it. See, 173 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:00.320 he's not been a police chief long enough. He needs to know that 174 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:01.440 when we give it to him, he has to take up at least ten 175 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:09.519 ish minutes of time. Okay, we're good. But so so we opened 176 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:15.399 up that process on Monday, looking last Monday, and it'll close this Friday. 177 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:18.840 Uh, and then we'll move We'll move quickly forward to try to get 178 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:24.879 a permanent police chief to give some stability to the police department because chain sometimes 179 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:28.720 is a little bit scary. I know, change for Shelley and in the 180 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:35.399 library has to be scary because she's losing several years of talent um and and 181 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.960 that that's a little bit scary. But I haven't. I have full faith 182 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.559 and confidence in Jay and his leading of the police department until we can name 183 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:46.519 a permanent police chief. And that could be Jay. Uh if he's interested, 184 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.600 that very well could be him as well. But I thank him for 185 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.240 for stepping up and taking on on that role. Again, thank you for 186 00:13:54.279 --> 00:14:01.759 the opportunity. So before we bring up the water guy to talk about water 187 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:05.200 or lack thereof, or however you want to look at it, I do 188 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:09.720 want to remind people about the yard debris pickup day. It's this week. 189 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:16.799 It's on your normal trash day. It is free. We asked that you 190 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:22.360 place the bags near your polycard at the curb. And if you if you 191 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.639 have limbs, we asked they'd be no longer than four foot in weigh less 192 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:31.799 than fifty pounds. And please remember that that debris is picked up by a 193 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:37.600 separate truck. So if the first truck who picks up your trash does not 194 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.120 pick up the debris, please don't freak out. It's okay. There will 195 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:46.000 be another truck that comes along and we'll pick that stuff up. That's this 196 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:50.320 week, starting today, on your normal trash day. So it's a great 197 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:54.000 service that the city provides. And again it's free, so take advantage of 198 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.399 that. The other thing we mentioned some jobs, a couple of the library 199 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:03.720 at also UH like to mention that we have there's a property and evidence clerk 200 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.759 position that's opened at the police department, maintenance tech position of building inspector, 201 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:13.440 sanitation collector. The parks are looking for some summer help. So there's a 202 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.120 lot of opportunities to join what I think is the greatest team there is, 203 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:20.960 and that's the City of Bartlesville. People care about each other, they care 204 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.679 about the city, they care about the good of the city. Great benefits. 205 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:28.240 So if anyone is interested in a job with the city, go to 206 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:33.480 the city website and apply or contact our human resources department with any questions. 207 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:41.279 So that's the good. Now we have to talk about this guy. We'll 208 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:43.320 see. I was just going to go with the ugly. I didn't talk 209 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:46.320 about what I wanted to talk about the bad. Okay, good, mister 210 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.960 Lawrence said, I'll give you a little something. Alan Croner meteorologists to be 211 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.679 partner with it k TV News on six. He said, there's a chance 212 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:58.720 for rain and it could be substantial north of Bartlesville. Now, if we 213 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.559 have everybody to stand out during the rain and yell, go to the lake, 214 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:07.000 go to the lake, that's right, Maybe maybe we can get these 215 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:10.480 storms to just hang in there in the watershed. Yeah, you know, 216 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:15.440 Tracy had a great idea that maybe we could organize a tent camping weekend at 217 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:18.080 the at the lake because that's usually when it rains, it's when you go 218 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:21.759 camping of some sorts. So you know, that's that's another option that maybe 219 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:25.279 we'll keep in our pocket and hold for a little bit. Well, somebody 220 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:27.960 asked what they could dump an unpopular beer these days into the lake and see 221 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:30.679 if that would do anything, but I think it might mess up the fish, 222 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:33.440 you know. Yeah, yeah, I probably wouldn't encourage that. I 223 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:38.000 do think it's a liquid, but probably not the liquid. Yeah, the 224 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:41.960 liquid that we need there. But well, we did get some rain last 225 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:48.200 week. Um it was some better than none. It didn't really appreciably change 226 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:52.879 lake levels to there. So as of today, we're at fifty six percent 227 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.519 as far as our overall water supply remaining, and then our average consumption last 228 00:16:56.519 --> 00:17:00.600 week was four point six nine million gallons per day, so it's a little 229 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:06.720 bit below what we traditionally are because outdoor water use is really a large consumer 230 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:11.319 of water. So for all of those who are conserving and doing everything you 231 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.000 can, we appreciate it. And if you're not, or if you're maybe 232 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:18.119 kind of late to the game, it's it's not too late to conserve and 233 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:22.680 to do what you can. We do have restrictions in place now that limit 234 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.960 water outdoor water used to one day a week, So if you're an even 235 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:30.759 number property, that's a Thursday, if you're an odd number property, that's 236 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.880 a Friday. We do post updates and information on city beats, so if 237 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:38.799 you're not a subscriber, to city Beat please do so you can do that 238 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:44.000 through the city's website of City of Barcel dot org and there's some links that 239 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:45.839 you can follow to become a subscriber to city Beat, or you can look 240 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:52.960 at some archived editions of city Beat through there. So with that, Tracy, 241 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.839 I thought I'd cover some hot button topics for water. So obviously Kelly 242 00:17:57.079 --> 00:18:02.200 Williams, who does a fantastic job, is our information person, and with 243 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:06.880 the newsletter and the websites and social media and such, we do have some 244 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:10.559 uh, some hot button items that come up on social media that we just 245 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:17.799 to venture an answer to, so for regarding water consumption and used to there. 246 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:21.759 So one of the hot bit items now or has been lately is why 247 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.960 are we allowing car washes to remain in business? Why are they still operating 248 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:33.119 and not shutdown? And so when the water restrictions and the ordinance was put 249 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.279 in place little over a month ago, council did that kind of on an 250 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:42.839 impartial basis, and so we wanted to provide the most equitable way to conserve 251 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:51.039 water, to enact restrictions and to not penalize unduly different businesses or people's occupation 252 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:56.119 and so that was done through the right structure that was implemented with the Stage 253 00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:03.079 two and potentially Stage three, Stage four. So we are looking at trying 254 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:08.559 to curtail water use by higher rates water rates during those those higher blocks of 255 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:14.279 usage, with the thought that the more that it costs, the more potentially 256 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:18.000 a business has a charge, which and then would likely lead to less consumption, 257 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:22.720 less demand for that type of service to there. So that was the 258 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:29.720 thought with it, and we're still evaluating how effective those measures are. We 259 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:33.680 have not this is the first time we have enacted these water restrictions and the 260 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:38.039 Water Shortage Ordinance since two thousand and two, and that's when the ordinance and 261 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:42.039 the provisions were adopted. So we're kind of learning as we go and adjusting 262 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:45.519 on the fly a little bit. But I do suspect that here in the 263 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:52.079 near future will have to have an adjustment to help ensure that everybody is conserving 264 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.960 water and doing so in kind of an efficient manner there. So that's the 265 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:02.000 reasons that we have not shut down any kind of businesses, that we haven't 266 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:04.920 targeted different types of businesses with the restrictions. We've done it through the race 267 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:11.319 structure to help make that as equable as we can across the board to ensure 268 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:15.839 people's water use remains just as minimal as we can, and as well as 269 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:19.200 maintaining their business or their operation that they rely on, as well as several 270 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:26.519 people who rely on for you know, their income through there. So with 271 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:33.119 that, the pools, the city pools, we're still looking at whether we're 272 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:36.200 going to open that. I think that traditionally opens in the last part of 273 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:40.359 May. We're right at fifty six percent, so if we drop down below 274 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:45.839 fifty it really shuts down all the pools what's all together. And so one 275 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:48.160 of the things that we're trying to weigh is if we open the pool and 276 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:52.559 we go below fifty percent in June, which is where we're projected to be 277 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:56.799 without any significant rain to change it, then we would open it for a 278 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.799 couple weeks and then close it right away. And so that would be somewhat 279 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:06.440 disastrous from an operational perspective as well, so all the kids that are employed 280 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.960 for the time to do it. So we're we're kind of evaluating that and 281 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:15.119 holding for the for the interim to see how the weather goes and hopefully the 282 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.920 year all just is spot on as far as the rainfall predictions up there, 283 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:23.920 and we'll we'll get enough rain to change our water situations sientifically enough that we 284 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:29.599 can start opening things back up. Very good. So Jerry, could you 285 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:32.279 talk about, I know, the pro hit on this a little bit about 286 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:36.200 why we water the greens at the golf course. Yeah, so the greens, 287 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:40.119 as as Jerry mentioned, are a significant investment I think as well over 288 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:44.920 two million dollars as far as what the city has invested within just the greens 289 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:48.920 itself. And so that's really kind of our line in the sand is that 290 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:52.279 we want to maintain the greens, keep the greens alive. So um, 291 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:56.880 they're doing that in a very kind of prudent manner with the watering. So 292 00:21:56.920 --> 00:22:00.799 I know Jody Shahan at the golf course, Uh, he has rain gages 293 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:06.160 and everything else, moisture sense sensors, so he's only adding water when it 294 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:10.720 needs it, not just to just to water. So they are currently getting 295 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:15.759 rigged up where they can water excuse me, off of the ponds, so 296 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:19.319 they would stop using city water for water in the greens. And so um 297 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:22.599 kind of the intent is f if we near fifty percent, they're going to 298 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:26.480 make that conversion over to watering with the ponds. Uh, and then try 299 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:32.759 to operate that way until hopefully rains replenish the water supplier until water runs out 300 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:37.440 one of the two. So okay, so come on rain, Come on 301 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:42.839 rain. Yes, Yes, Terry talked about doing a rain dance, but 302 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:48.559 Jay kind of shut him down because of it may have bordered on some violations 303 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:51.359 of the law or something, so I don't I don't know what he had 304 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:53.000 in mind, but Jay said no. When he's the police chief, so 305 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:56.200 he could say no. Yeah, he didn't even let me finish the thought, 306 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:59.960 you know, he kind of shut it down, roths off the bat 307 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:03.000 well. He said, you can, but you're probably gonna be able to 308 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:07.559 spend a night somewhere that you're not used to being. So well, he 309 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:10.920 said a little bit, a little bit more direct than just that. Yeah, 310 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:14.359 I figured I didn't want to stay at a hotel for a EID or 311 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:18.559 two or however long. I'd rather stay my own home for for the time 312 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:21.680 being. So I would imagine the bed would be a lot a lot better. 313 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:25.079 I think so, I think so, I think so. So. 314 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:27.319 So we have a few minutes we can make fun of Mike Bailey I think 315 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:33.480 that would be that that's what ass Yeah, since he's not here, No, 316 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:37.640 I won't we'll do that. But I really appreciate everyone here, all 317 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:41.799 the directors in the city. They do an outstanding job in the city staff 318 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:45.359 does amazing as well. And we're lucky to live here. We're lucky to 319 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:49.000 be in a city like Bartlesville and have the things that we have, and 320 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:52.559 we face it. We have our challenges. I mean, Terry can't make 321 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:55.720 it rain, so then we have water problems. But I think we're going 322 00:23:55.759 --> 00:24:02.160 to get through that because we're prepared for the care to move forward. If 323 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:06.079 we don't have golf greens, I mean, we're gonna We've got so many 324 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:14.759 fundraising tournaments and this United Way tournament. It brings a thousand players in plus 325 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:22.400 another three hundred volunteers from outside the city and they stay here and they go 326 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:27.079 to the restaurants and they spend money, and it's gonna be a it's going 327 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:30.640 to be a big tournament this year. Every year they raised right out a 328 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:36.880 million dollars or a United Way, which is that money stays here, it's 329 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:41.319 not spread out over the United States. So and so many other fundraisers that 330 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:47.799 we've got at the golf course that helped so many different things, over a 331 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:53.720 million dollars from other fundraisers stuff. So this watering we have to do. 332 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:59.200 We have to figure it out somehow, but I know it's really really gotten 333 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:02.960 difficult. Well, you know, you you made that comment about the people 334 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:07.759 to come in just for the use of our course. That's a that's that's 335 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:11.519 hundreds of thousands of dollars maybe into the millions of economic impact to the benefit 336 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:18.440 of our city and surrounding community. Absolutely, So we're fortunate to have a 337 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:22.119 lot of the amenities that we have to make people want to come here. 338 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:25.920 Sure, and so it's because of the hard work and dedication of the staff, 339 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:29.160 and we really appreciate them, and we appreciate you for allowing us to 340 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:32.599 be here and talk about what we do and some of the struggles that we 341 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:36.359 have and really educate those that we serve. Well, very good. You 342 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:38.799 know, our city is a great place to be. I tell this to 343 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:44.119 people all the time. Four years ago, I didn't know anything about Bartlesville, 344 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:47.960 and then all of a sudden kind of popped up on the little map 345 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:52.039 here is well, this might be a darnking place to live, saw a 346 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:56.519 couple of pictures and said, okay, we came here, and mister Potter, 347 00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:59.519 by the way, he didn't even have to, you know, tell 348 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:02.400 me anything about this, that or the other. My mind, pretty meet 349 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:06.359 up. This looks like a pretty good place, and so far it has 350 00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:10.200 been probably the best place I've lived. And I've lived a long time, 351 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:15.799 so you know, I've never lived in a community. We're more people rallied 352 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:21.400 for your success. People you don't even know. You go to other places, 353 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:25.119 there's a little bit north. They're not necessarily rallying for your success. 354 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:27.400 They're kind of hoping for your demise, you know. So it's a little 355 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:33.160 different mindset down here. So we're pretty fortunate. We are. We are 356 00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:41.000 very very fortunate. I know what you're talking about. Well, once again, 357 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:45.279 I want to thank everybody for being here today. On our City Matters 358 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:48.119 program, we will have a little bit of a post broadcast on here with 359 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:55.799 our podcast. Also, we will have the uh the video to last along 360 00:26:55.839 --> 00:27:00.200 with the stories today right here on K one, the one you trust and 361 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:07.880 you've been listening to City Matters on K one. 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