WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.439 --> 00:00:03.680 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, Welcome's 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:05.799 time. Now, if the city matters, it matters to you, it 3 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:09.160 matters through the city. I'm Tom Davis, high aloft our perch here from 4 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:15.080 the second story of the K one building. I really, I hope everybody 5 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:20.239 can see you on camera. Think it's very disappointing. Somebody gave me a 6 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:23.839 barstowe. I said, oh, I'm used to this your perch. I'm 7 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:28.239 perched also, so if our listeners hear a sudden crash and clatter, we 8 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:30.839 know I'm a little on them one one because Thomas hurt. I'm a little 9 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.799 on the chubby side. So if you heard of the leaning Tower of Pizza, 10 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:38.159 this is the Leaning Tower of Pizza right there. All right, they're 11 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:40.799 all right, Well we got here, mister Bailey. We gotta we got 12 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:43.240 the crowd assembled here, we got a quorum, well, we gotta. 13 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:46.399 We got a lot of things going on. I beg you do the first 14 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:49.960 thing. I just wanted to make everybody aware. Let's see, what is 15 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.679 today's day, the fourteenth, so starting August eighteenth, and this is an 16 00:00:54.679 --> 00:01:00.439 important one, starting August eighteenth through the twenty second. Frank folks boulevard west 17 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:03.760 of Keeler Avenue will be closed. So this is actually the railroad they're coming 18 00:01:03.879 --> 00:01:07.799 to replace some some track and some ties and things of that nature. So 19 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.840 they will be in here and it will be August eighteenth through the twenty second. 20 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:18.439 And it's a pretty substantial upgrade that they're making in there, So obviously 21 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:25.319 we will be we will have detours in place for that and they will they'll 22 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:27.200 work as quickly as they can. But when the railroad comes in and tells 23 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:32.000 you they're closing the road, the railroad's closing the road, Well it's a 24 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.200 good thing is there's folks are taking at sixty train to get some air flight 25 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.799 over the tracks. Like I've seen it time. No no fun for you 26 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:42.480 this weekend. No no fun for you this weekend. So well, things 27 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:46.319 are starting to pick up. So during the summer it slows down a little 28 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.359 bit. It didn't really this year, but things are, things are stow. 29 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:51.599 It didn't slow down at all, No, it didn't. It was 30 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:55.439 it was straight on through. But the one thing I did want to make 31 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:59.599 sure everybody was aware of is that even though the swimming pools are closed, 32 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.480 a lash pads are still open and so now that we're out of our water 33 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:07.239 crisis, at least for now, the splash pads are open. They will 34 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.840 be open until really until it's too cool for them to be open, So 35 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:14.479 we don't have a set closing day. As long as the temperatures are accommodating, 36 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.000 we'll keep them open. So I understand the one down there Unity Park 37 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:22.639 getting good workout. It always is. It's not a bathing facility. It's 38 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:32.280 definitely not a bathing facility. Discourage yeah, oh so, But honestly that 39 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:37.400 that's about all that I have. And so I have brought with me a 40 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.599 cadre of individuals who all have really cool things to fuck about. So they're 41 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:46.159 gonna do a program today and we'll start off. I lied to him. 42 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:47.159 I told him I was gonna let the chief go first, and I'm gonna 43 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:52.840 make Jason go first, because we have we got a couple of things going 44 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:54.319 on. We've got. First off, we got our sales tax results, 45 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:58.919 which I don't think i've even heard. They are good. I've got my 46 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:04.479 fingers crossed. We're all gonna learned together. They are. You know, 47 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.960 we were up a little over four percent, about four point two percent over 48 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:12.199 last year. Last year. I mean, the last three years have been 49 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:15.280 really pretty high. If we go back to you know, twenty one twenty 50 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:17.560 two at a ten percent increase over the prior year, twenty twenty three was 51 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:23.479 about flat, and then this year about four point two percent, which is 52 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:27.199 about eighty thousand more than we budgeted for for this month. It's pretty great. 53 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.199 Yeah, in fact, we were we were over two million. Yeah, 54 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:31.599 I lied, I've already heard of this conversation with Jason, but you 55 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:35.439 just forgot I did. I know you're calling me out on radio. Thanks 56 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:38.120 for bat. We'll talk about that later. That's how good my memory is. 57 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:42.879 But I think what this is only probably only the fourth or fifth month 58 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.159 that we've ever had collections over two million dollars. So it is I'm looking 59 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:50.919 back here on two three. This is the fourth time yea, So this 60 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.520 is it really was a good month, and it's it's it's the first time 61 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:58.080 we've ever had it in the first quarter. Yeah yeah, normally those two 62 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:00.759 million dollars months or around there. It's in this town shopping time, which 63 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:04.599 is always our peak and sales tax episode. It's really good news. It 64 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.759 is good news. Started started out the year pretty well, so how I 65 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.479 know you don't have these numbers with you, but how has used tax been 66 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.719 fair? Number? Does have these numbers when you look at these taxes, 67 00:04:15.079 --> 00:04:18.199 it's staying there steady. We were at you know, three hundred sixty seven 68 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:23.639 thousand dollars, which is honestly the lowest out of our six month collection. 69 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:27.360 But it's all been in that well, not the little second lowest, yeah, 70 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.879 but it's all been in that you know, one hundred three fifty to 71 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:33.360 four hundred thousand dollars range. It's singing right in there steady. Having no 72 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:38.879 history on it. I'm certain what kind of cyclical patterns use tax is gonna 73 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:43.800 hold. I'm certain we'll see in the next month and the month following probably 74 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:47.600 people ordering back to school supply. So I imagine September and October are going 75 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:53.240 to be higher than these numbers we've seen from from the light in the ending 76 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:56.839 quarter of last year. So it's hard tell. It's uncharted territory for us. 77 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.040 So we're just gonna track it and see how it goes. Play it 78 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.399 every month, Yeah, month by month, we conservaily budget at two point 79 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:05.759 five million annually s breaks out to about two hundred and eight thousand dollars per 80 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:11.040 month, so we've we've exceeded those pretty substantially in each month so far. 81 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:13.560 So every time we're over that, we're I had a budget. Yeah, 82 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:17.279 so that's good news. This is this is something obviously very new for us. 83 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.879 We've only had it going on for six months. Yeah, and it's 84 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.879 we've got our fingers crossed it'll continue. Yeah. No, I mean I 85 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:27.439 can tell from looking at it doesn't. It doesn't track and follow the same 86 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:32.519 curve sales tax does so, which is interesting. Yeah. Part of that 87 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:36.279 could be a component of the traditional use tax piece of it, a couple 88 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.680 more of a business tax type coupled with the Internet sales type part of it. 89 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.399 But it just doesn't seem to have the our history so far, doesn't 90 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.360 have the fluctuations of sales tax of the growth in the same month. So 91 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:50.800 we'll see, we'll see what the future assholes see. Yeah, let's see 92 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:55.519 how it goes right, exactly, all right, Jason, and at city 93 00:05:55.519 --> 00:06:00.240 Hall we have we have pretty big transition going on, so we do you 94 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:03.920 know. In twenty sixteen, winn and engagement with Tyler Technologies for muncy RP 95 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:08.920 system, which is our accounting and financial software It really is pretty much every 96 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:13.279 software at the city utilize and if we don't utilize it now, we will 97 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.959 in the future at some point. But like I said, we started that 98 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:19.079 in twenty sixteen. I think we probably got our servers in twenty seventeen. 99 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:24.959 And the server it's change and an ARP upgrade, which this probably is great 100 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:30.560 because it's software for life. This is I think now our third installation of 101 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.319 the upgrade. Before we didn't have to have upgraded servers. For this time 102 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:38.000 we do. So the system has to actually be down for two days while 103 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:42.040 we do that converg migrating it over to the new servers. So and by 104 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:44.519 this system being down, what do you mean? It means we mean we 105 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:49.079 cannot take payments at the cashier's windows. So that's what the public it is. 106 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:54.800 There's going to be a brief disruption and service that can be handled down 107 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:59.759 the City Hall and that affects Larry's apartment, definitely affects our department. So 108 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.480 we should be back up online. Fingers cross barn no kinks in this in 109 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:10.040 this transition Wednesday to the business as usual, So this will cover utility building 110 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:15.759 business licenses permitted. I will say you still have the ability to go online 111 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:17.439 and pay your utility bills. You still have the ability to go online and 112 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.480 pay your court bills. I'm not certain later what this does for your department 113 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:26.040 permitting or business license. They said the building all because it's that's totally Tyler 114 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:30.800 on that side and ours our third party on those. Yeah, so I 115 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:34.360 think I think your side's gonna be down for that. So during this period 116 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:39.439 of time disconnections, Yeah, we're not. We're not. We're not going 117 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:42.079 to do any of that. We're actually gonna treat if we got your payment 118 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:46.360 over this break or we get it the next day, it's it's gonna go 119 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:48.000 in as if it was paid on time first day. Yeah, we're not. 120 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:51.959 We're going to make sure we've accumulated all receipts up to that point and 121 00:07:53.000 --> 00:08:00.839 then apply penalties post post receipt. If someone's concerned about payment, that to 122 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.639 do and they're concerned that if they don't pay it, they'll have a warrant 123 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:07.279 issued. I'm sure certain we're not going to be issuing warrants based on that. 124 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.480 But you do have the ability to pay for corner online. The court 125 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:16.079 side technically isn't on this server migration, but we can't accept payment of the 126 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:20.680 cashier's windows for it. So well, there's gonna be some grace geting during 127 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:22.839 this period time. No disconnects, no warrants issued, no late fees, 128 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.600 no penalties, nothing of that nature. So we'll have a couple of days 129 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:31.519 grace period here for somebody who's and even if you find if you slip through 130 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:33.840 those cracks, I mean a phone call, we can we can take care 131 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:39.919 of that as well. We're not We're not going to cause you know, 132 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:45.320 hard times for someone though this was an issue that that's our faults. Certain 133 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.519 I won't penalize somebody during this period sidely not. We do have a couple 134 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:50.399 of drop boxes. Can people still drop off their payments? They can drop 135 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:54.279 off We have a drop box located inside the doors of City Hall. We 136 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:56.120 also have a drop box in the City Hall parking lot of that's it's just 137 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:00.759 south of the City Hall building. Okay, Any of the way that people 138 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.039 can can make payments, well, like I said, they can make payments 139 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:07.240 online for utility bills, online for your court payments, and outside of that, 140 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:11.080 everything else will be down. This will probably also be a good time. 141 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.919 So our system, our court system in particular, it's still a little 142 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.600 bit older. It's scheduled to be updated, but we're not there yet, 143 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.679 and so our ability to pay online on that system is a little limited that 144 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:24.840 you only you can only pay for the current months. You can't set up 145 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:28.799 recurring payments. However, we do have an ability for people to set up 146 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:31.080 recurring payments if they're interested. So maybe this is a good time to mention 147 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.600 that to people as well. For I'm not certain on the court side, 148 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:39.559 because we have time not court. The utility utility building, Yeah, there's 149 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:41.559 going to be future progress. We're in the middle of that. You be 150 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:45.799 utility building upgrade and bring it on to Tyler as well. And there's it's 151 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.240 it's far more robust than the current system. We have to tell you, 152 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.360 I know all the ins and outage of what you're going to be able to 153 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:54.720 do. I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but for right now, 154 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:58.559 if somebody's interested in setting up recurring payments for their utility building automatic payments, 155 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.879 then we can do that through Ah. Yeah, well, you can 156 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:07.639 always sign up for ACIH, which means we're gonna hit your checking account or 157 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:13.679 credit whatever you have that set up to you every time your bills do so 158 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.759 right now, we don't have the ability to set you up as on recurring 159 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.159 payments for the credit card, but if that's something's interested in, we can 160 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:24.480 set you thank accounts. Okay, so we do have people do we'll have 161 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:26.559 some options. I know, I try to set up all of my stuff 162 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:31.000 onto min equations that I don't need you I don't forget. We've already discussed 163 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.360 that form. My memory is within the last five minutes, so we'll I 164 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:37.879 try to keep everything automatic. So all right, Jason, anything else, 165 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.399 anything that anybody needs to be aware of other than that, as far as 166 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:46.840 what's going on at city Hall. So we want account very exciting accounting, 167 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:50.879 and this is the first time. Most people generally don't care about acounting and 168 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.559 finance, but this is obviously something that has affected taking anything, interruption of 169 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.759 services. So I got you know, it needs to be it needs to 170 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:01.039 be talking about. So that that'll be we'll be back on line Wednesday, 171 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:09.639 back on fingers crossed. That's right. Nothing is ever certain, isn't all 172 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:13.720 right? Thank you, Jason, I appreciate that. So Chief, good 173 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.679 morning, good morning, he returns, returns, say, so, the 174 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.759 first off, have I had a chance to introduce you on the radio. 175 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.639 You know, I don't recall I think we have, but I think we 176 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:28.960 did. That's a perfect police I think we did this. I don't recall. 177 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:33.879 His also code for his memory isn't very good either. So between the 178 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.960 two of us, word sad shape. He just got the chair, but 179 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.360 it's worn in. That's right, that's right. So obviously, uh, 180 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:48.200 former Chief Tracy Rowels was promoted assistant city manager, and we have promoted. 181 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:54.600 I gotta make sure I always get your last name correct because you know that 182 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.720 for your entire career here, I've had a tendency to call you by a 183 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:03.600 nickname. So this is Chief I Coleberry, not Chief Tackleberry. Oh, 184 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:09.679 it's correct, and I appreciate that. Mister Bailey, You're very welcome. 185 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:11.759 See, I was very careful to make sure that I got Eichelberry and didn't 186 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:16.159 call you Tackleberry. You know ed Gordon started that along. He did, 187 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:20.279 he did, which also means that he watched police Academy, which somewhat surprises 188 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:37.279 me. Manbert and I go there, I'll punch recalled. So Chief, 189 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:41.799 Well, congratulations if I haven't congratulated you on air before. But we're very 190 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:46.399 excited to have you. You've obviously been with the City of Bartlesville for for 191 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:50.519 twenty plus years. I've been paid by the City of Bartlesville for going on 192 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.960 twenty eight years. Twenty eight years. I volunteered for about five and a 193 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:58.320 half. Mine started as a started as a volunteer police officer right right as 194 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.639 Borsville Police reserve officer. I became a deputy for almost a year and then 195 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:07.759 uh and uh Steve Brown actually hired me to work here, brought you on 196 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:13.960 and so you you have worked many positions through the years in the police department 197 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.399 and now you've you've had the opportunity for your turn at the wheel. So 198 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:22.679 yes, sir, appreciates that greatly. We're excited about it. We're excited 199 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:24.960 about keeping things moving forward. We've we've been on a good pace the last 200 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:30.200 almost five years and moving the department forward, and we want to keep that 201 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.519 movement going. And we want to just get out in the community and keep 202 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:39.080 building those relationships and get to know our community and uh and make sure that 203 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.759 they know we're serving them and not ourselves. Well, thank you. And 204 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:46.039 part of that, of course is we've we've got a forum coming up and 205 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.879 I know you talked about this earlier, but for some anybody who wasn't listening. 206 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.320 We have the Thunton Off Forum that is upcoming, So can you give 207 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:58.720 people an idea of exactly what that is? Sure? Sure, As most 208 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.360 people know, the hot topic in the drug world today is a finnel. 209 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:07.759 It's a very deadly drug and it's really infiltrated our communities throughout the country and 210 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:13.519 especially more specifically our community. And so last year we held our first Fennel 211 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:18.759 form. It was received overwhelmingly. We had probably three hundred people at it 212 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:24.679 and uh I bought a question and answer session, some experts on the panel, 213 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:30.159 and so, knowing this is a topic that everybody's concerned about, we 214 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.639 wanted to bring that back again this year. So August at twenty fifth, 215 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.240 at six pm, we'll hold that form. It'll be at the Community Center 216 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:45.600 or the Center I gotta getting used to say in the center there at Cherokee 217 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:50.080 and Adams, and we're excited about it. We have a good panel of 218 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.399 people to speak on the on the title, on the subject, and we'll 219 00:14:54.440 --> 00:15:01.039 have Oaklahom Viewer of Narcotics there. We'll have the Department of Drug Administration there, 220 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:07.159 Drug Enforcement Administration There, we'll have a CTI which is a local company. 221 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:13.200 We'll have our own community Impact Team which is our drug unit there as 222 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:18.240 well, and we encourage people to send any questions they may have to us 223 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:26.000 at bpd Q and a City of bartlest City of Bartlesville dot org. We 224 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:30.679 want to try to be prepared as best we can for that form and answer 225 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:35.559 the questions as full as possible, and we want to keep it to a 226 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:39.360 point that it's not overwhelming for people, but where they can enjoy listening to 227 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.720 the information and not have it drawn out anyone roun has to be. But 228 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:48.519 it's a very important topic and we encourage people come out and be part of 229 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:54.240 it. And it's the targeted audiences everybody, or specifically for parents who are 230 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:56.799 concerned about it or is it uh, yeah, well that's a good question. 231 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:02.480 The target it is anybody that has a concern about drugs, whether it's 232 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:07.120 in their family, whether it's in the community where it's school related. We 233 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:11.480 want to make sure we're answering people's questions and focused on the right right things 234 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:15.240 good And this obviously is a topic of concern. It's a topic of concern 235 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:18.639 in our department, in our community, in our schools. Absolutely, I 236 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.639 appreciate you all. You all hosting this is we've we've held this once before. 237 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:26.759 As you said, what can people expect as far as the length of 238 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.399 it, Well, last year it ran a little longer than we expected. 239 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.440 There were a lot of questions from the audience, and so therefore that's why 240 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:37.399 we're asking people to submit questions to us to maybe speed it up a little. 241 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.960 It went about three hours last time. We're trying to keep it around 242 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.559 two hours if possible. People start wearing down after a couple hours. So, 243 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:48.799 but it tells you how how intense the interest is that we had over 244 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.360 three hundred people show up and they sat there for three hours to get their 245 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:56.879 questions answer about this. Oh yes, absolutely, they sat there for three 246 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:00.480 hours and they participated for three hours. It was pretty pretty intense form, 247 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:03.359 honestly, and for people who aren't familiar or they don't know whether they should 248 00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:08.400 be concerned about this or not. Fentanyl is obviously it's an extremely powerful drug, 249 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:15.680 and it's being used to generate false narcotics. So they use fentinyl to 250 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:21.160 create pills that aren't what they say they are and then sell them illegally correct, 251 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:22.799 and there's a lot of other forms, but but that's one of them. 252 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:27.880 So sure, it's become a really large market on the street for for 253 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:33.880 those pills, and they come in many forms. More commonly they're they're around 254 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:37.359 pill with a big M on them, a capital MB on them. But 255 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:41.880 a lot of times those pills are pressed, are made in the same areas 256 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:47.480 as other drugs, and there's cross contamination and that can that can cause marijuana 257 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.359 or myth. They have some some fittnel in it, or they some some 258 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:56.160 people who have been known to place their drugs with that, So so it 259 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.480 becomes very potent, very deadly, and it's not uncommon for us to go 260 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:04.599 at least once a week on our unresponsive person in our community, which is 261 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:10.000 way way too many times. My understanding is the volume of it necessary for 262 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:15.480 an overdose is extremely tiny. It's very minew I believe I'd heard something about 263 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:19.119 grain salt or something of that nature is sufficient for an overdose on this that 264 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:23.799 it's it's very very potent and just touching it, getting getting it in your 265 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:29.279 skin pores can can cause an overdose. So it's very very dangerous, so 266 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:33.720 well appreciate it and we look forward to that, and it's unfortunate that we 267 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:36.400 have to have this, but I'm grateful that you are will and step up 268 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:40.200 and write information on it. Sure again, that's August the twenty fifth at 269 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:42.720 six pm at the Center Downtown. All right, thanks Chief. Anything else 270 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:45.119 going on we need to know about, Well, we're gonna follow up in 271 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:51.880 October with a homeless form hopefully it's so we'rek forward to that as well. 272 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:56.400 We're wanted to address our homeless issues in the city. I know Larry is 273 00:18:56.440 --> 00:19:02.720 aware of because it's neighborhood Serve and his crew are dealing with it on a 274 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:07.279 cost of basis basis, it seems. But we want to make sure people 275 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.720 understand that we are trying to address that issue as well as we'll bring people 276 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.799 on the panel that'll that are providing services for those folks as well, so 277 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.000 people can have an idea of what we actually are doing to try to not 278 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:26.559 just combat that issue, but to try to get people off the street and 279 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.720 into homes and back into community where they need to be well. And we've 280 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:33.960 we've already begun sort of a proactive approach to that. We have a coresponse 281 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:40.200 model with Grand mental Health and Barstow Police officers. We have two we have 282 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:44.920 two officers and two two social workers essentially, and they've made contact with I 283 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:48.839 believe all of the unsheltered individuals and Barslow that we can identify, and there 284 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:53.160 was a little there was a little over fifty. I believe we had some 285 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:56.440 statistics on it, so that we could begin to get a feeling for what 286 00:19:56.519 --> 00:20:00.920 was causing the homelessness, where with the coming from. And so that's the 287 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:07.799 first step in addressing a problem is understanding it. And one of the things 288 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:11.680 that we found was that most of these people were local or relatively local, 289 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:17.519 but there are some of them that were that came here by transportation, some 290 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:19.839 of them from out of state, some of them from surrounding regions in the 291 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:25.440 state. But the vast majority of them, unfortunately or they're pretty much homegrown. 292 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:29.920 That's correct. And you know, with the creation of the Park and 293 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:37.880 Pathfinder officers that was created starting July one, we're working to probably coordinate those 294 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:40.960 with the Mental Health Response Team as well, because they're going to be down 295 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:44.440 on the path a lot, so they'll be interacting. So so initially I 296 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:48.720 hope to have four officers that'll be viewing this issue and taking care of this 297 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:56.759 issue so it will at least be worth forefront of what we do every day 298 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:00.000 so we can take care of our our citizens. We've gathered the data and 299 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.680 now we'll begin working with our partners to try and find a solution on this. 300 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:08.119 So I appreciate your team being a big part of this. No problem, 301 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:12.279 all right. Chief passed that microphone over there to Larry, our community 302 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:17.160 development director. I would say, new community development director, but you're not 303 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:21.319 actually the newest director anymore. Believe Chief, that's true. That is true, 304 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:25.319 and he's the old community development director. I'm sure he likes that much 305 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:30.079 better. Keep introducing myself as Lisa Beaman so the news, Yeah, you 306 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:33.839 gotta be careful with that. That's a mixed bag, now right. I 307 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:38.880 knew for how long, eighteen eighteen, twenty twenty years, and so yes, 308 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.880 now I love Lisa, and I'm glad that you all have a good 309 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.400 relationship. And that's a great thing about you. Know. What Lisa did 310 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:48.039 was that she she really explained what a community development director is. So all 311 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:52.319 I have to say when I would introduce somebody's I'm the new Lisa Beaman, 312 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:53.799 They're like, oh, I know what you're doing now step having to go 313 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:56.680 I'm the community Development director and they're like, what does that mean? Wait, 314 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:00.839 do you do this and this and this? Yeah, So we since 315 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:04.440 you've been here, you've you've taken on some pretty major projects and we've got 316 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:07.480 a couple of them actually underway right now. I mean, all about the 317 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.960 strategic plan that the city had laid up before me joining, It has been 318 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:17.000 really beneficial to help get giving our department guidance on what projects to be working 319 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.799 on. And so the first you know, as you guys were talking about 320 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:25.039 data and understanding the problem is our sidewalk issue. You know, the city 321 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:30.599 and initiated an ordinance last year and we're really wanting to better understand what is 322 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:34.640 driving sidewalks within our community. And so we have a survey that's been out 323 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:37.440 for about a month and wraps up at the end of this month, and 324 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:41.640 we've had a little over four hundred respondents so far, which is great. 325 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:45.079 I mean, it really is wonderful. But we have until the end of 326 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:49.880 the end of the week for everyone to wrap up the other comments five more 327 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:53.200 days exactly. But the data that we're getting in is extremely beneficial and we'll 328 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:56.319 help guide us as we move forward with an update to that ordinance and also 329 00:22:56.359 --> 00:23:00.519 have a plan for you know, feeling on the gaps for our sidewalks and 330 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:06.599 also overall plan for sidewalks within the city as a whole, which is important 331 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:11.000 because it is a necessary part of our infrastructure. We have limited resources, 332 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:14.119 so how best can we direct those resources to meet the needs of the public. 333 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:18.559 Exactly, And you know, the first I think a TACH strategy that 334 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:21.920 you know be utilizing is is ensuring that we fill in those gaps where we 335 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:25.240 have you know, sidewalk over here and then you know, one hundred feet 336 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:27.400 this way we have the continuation of the sidewalk we got in between. Yeah, 337 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:30.720 so few of those around town have those abandoned sidewalk areas, so that 338 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:33.880 those are areas that you know, we'll be tackling. But you know, 339 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:37.319 this is an information gathering serve ban alone. I know a lot of people 340 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:41.519 wanted to say specific locations, they wanted to identify it. That'll leave the 341 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:44.880 next go around. It will help us take an even deeper dive into this 342 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:47.680 in the future. Exactly. Right now, it really was just a broad 343 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:52.000 look and how how much of a priority to our citizens, is it and 344 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.680 then what areas of concerned it? They? I am, and I really 345 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:57.839 look forward to, you know, diving down that data, providing reports to 346 00:23:57.880 --> 00:24:02.000 city Council into the public so everyone can see what everyone else is thinking. 347 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:07.839 I'm excited to see that. And that is part of a larger process than 348 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:14.319 we have going on. So probably the most significant plan of any scope for 349 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:18.559 a city. And it's comprehensive plan, right, it's corect because it is 350 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:21.480 exactly what it is, what it says it is. It is a comprehensive 351 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:25.880 plan. It's typically done in the Community Development Department, but it's much broader 352 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:30.160 than that. Oh yeah, and so but we have launched that and I 353 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:33.759 think you've got a committee in place and right, and so it's really exciting 354 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:36.920 is that we a couple of months or a month or so ago, we 355 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:42.240 put out a request for request for qualifications. We received fourteen responses. But 356 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:45.039 it's incredible, by the way, Yeah, it's a huge number. And 357 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:48.160 you know, coming from my previous community, we did not have that many 358 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:52.559 people that were interested in So it's for people that are responding. These are 359 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:56.720 professional firms from all over the country, so they know what's out there and 360 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.000 they know that they want to be a part of Bartlesville, which is fantast 361 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.519 sac and so that's a testament to the community one people they looked at Barrowsville 362 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.759 and they're like, I want to work with them exactly. So we're staff 363 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:14.319 is going to help narrow that down to about you know, sixty eight individuals 364 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:18.240 firms. And then we do have a committee now that was formed by the 365 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:22.319 Planning Commission and has two members of the Planning Commission, two members of the 366 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:26.400 City Council and a citizens sitting on it. That will help bring that all 367 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:30.880 the way down to one firm that will work on a contract with and then 368 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:33.759 bring that before council and that will be our consultant for about a year long 369 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.359 project. But the Conference of Plan, just that everyone knows is the plan. 370 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:41.160 It is the master plan for the city. It goes for everything, 371 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:45.160 for land use, development, for roads, infrastructure. Everything is in this 372 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:48.839 document and it will be available online to the public. It will be easily 373 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:55.480 accessible and usable for everyone to understand that what is the expectation for a city 374 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:59.279 and where it's going, And it's the city's it is the community's plan, 375 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:02.839 it is it my plan. This isn't your plan. This is the committee 376 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:06.319 of the consultant's plan erect. It is the community, the citizens of Bartlesfill 377 00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:08.400 what's their plan for what they want to be. So we asked this, 378 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:11.880 I mean, we always say this sort of tongue in cheek, but you 379 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.880 know, what do we want to be when we grow up? Exactly? 380 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:17.720 And we we asked that question as we went through our strategic plan. And 381 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:21.720 this is just a further extension of that much deeper dive, much much deeper 382 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:23.640 dive, and it certainly will have a ton of action items and to help 383 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:27.240 set the course for our community for for years to come. The last time 384 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:32.680 we had a comprehensive plan done nine nine so actually that was the last update. 385 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.319 That was the last update, so we haven't so it's been longer than 386 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:38.119 that since we've had a new plan. Yeah, and this will so you 387 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:41.279 have your ad hoc committee, which is the five members you mentioned before. 388 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:45.519 That'll be so they'll help to select it. But then they'll also be a 389 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:48.880 steering committee. But the reality is is there will be a lot of points 390 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:53.200 of input from the public. Yeah, they'll be surveys that'll be going off 391 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:56.119 to the public online, in person, will have a couple of meetings so 392 00:26:56.279 --> 00:27:02.119 people can get their input that way. Will be a steering committee associated with 393 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:07.359 that, and they'll be also we'll have people that are in the community, 394 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:11.519 about thirty to forty individuals that will probably survey as well and get their information, 395 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.640 you know, the ones, the movers and shakers. I guess you 396 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:17.839 should say. Yeah, So we'll have it's tons of opportunity for an input. 397 00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.920 So right now we're not there yet, but we'll select a consultant, 398 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:26.599 and we would ask our citizens to be aware of this and to participate every 399 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:30.279 opportunity they have. Absolutely, it's we We are very interested in what our 400 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:34.359 community has to say about itself and what all of our citizens have to say 401 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:38.160 about what they want from their community. So we certainly would encourage that. 402 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:42.000 And all right with that, Larry, was there anything else? You got? 403 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:49.799 Ten seconds? Business licenses? Get them in the gory