WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:08.599 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:13.119 It is the time now for city matters and pinch hitting today for a 3 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:18.519 councilor Dorsey Advice, James Kurt, how you doing, Jimmy Hood, glad 4 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:20.800 to be here. Tom, thank you, oh man, it's great to 5 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:24.559 have you on board. Trevor's a traveling man today, so he's uh asked 6 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:28.160 me to fill in and be happy to fill in for him. Great. 7 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:32.200 Well, I'll tell you what city council has been been busy, water and 8 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:36.679 other things and changing of roles. I didn't mean to pun there with Tracy, 9 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.520 but yes, but da it's been. There's been a lot perking in 10 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.479 the summertime. Yes, we've had I mean with our budget and our bond 11 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:47.600 issue and uh, we've got a new assistant city manager, We've got a 12 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:53.000 new uh police chief. Um, we've got water restrictions, wedn't have our 13 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.759 pools open. We've got Civitam Park kind of in a in a state of 14 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:00.240 flux trying to get repaired. So there's a there's a lot of activities the 15 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.280 city today. Where do we start. Well, I've just on my way 16 00:01:03.319 --> 00:01:06.760 here this morning. I did texts to try to get the latest update on 17 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:11.560 Civitan, our our dinosaur park or our covered park that a lot of people 18 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:12.920 call it, and uh, you know, the latest has been that the 19 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:19.159 structure is going to have to come down, prepares made to the footings that 20 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:23.280 the structure sitting on, and then reassembled. So it's not the end of 21 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.560 the world, but it is going to be a major undertaking. And I 22 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.640 know currently that we've been looking for our contractor to get that done. We've 23 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.040 been taking bids for that, So I think at this point that's the best 24 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:37.079 update I can give is that it's a repairs are in progress. We're just 25 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:41.560 looking for a contractor we get started and get that date on the books and 26 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:44.400 get going. On the plus side, the rest of our parks are looking 27 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:47.719 great. The parks have been due. We've we have been getting adequate rain 28 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:51.519 for the city and within the city limits and around the city. But so 29 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:55.200 the parks are growing, the grass is growing. City Cruiser out mowing every 30 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:57.879 day, and we've had a great summer of a baseball and soccer so far 31 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.560 spring and are so far so Yes, the parks look great, They're in 32 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:06.840 good shape. It had a lot of activities between SunFest and uh some things 33 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:08.919 here in town. So it's been a it's been a good summer season so 34 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.479 far. You know, the signage on the parks, I really like that. 35 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:16.159 That looks major well things that those are, those are those have been 36 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:20.120 some of the best highlights we've had. In fact, in our bond issue, 37 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.560 we included some additional money for some neighborhood parks that we didn't get in 38 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:28.080 our first phase. And so we're gonna have park signed, another sign out 39 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.919 at Douglas Park, another signed at Civitan Park, I mean at at at 40 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:37.879 Civitan Park, and a sign at um Um the Veterans Park, So we're 41 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:40.800 gonna have some new signage going in there. And uh, Billy run our 42 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:45.800 councilor has been working on a new display of flags for our Veterans Park, 43 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:51.199 So that whole area right there by a frontier pool that's going to change dramatically 44 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:54.199 with some signage and a better display of our veterans for our Veterans Park. 45 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:59.319 One of the things that came out of the last City council meaning of course, 46 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:04.599 was talking about the continuation of the geo bine and the was it the 47 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.759 cip I guess, yeah, yeah, I got it right. We got 48 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:12.560 in a row. Yeah, but with the continuation, I understand that one 49 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.560 your taxes don't go up, but two our roads are going to get fixed. 50 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:22.120 This was a roads issue primarily. We've got about twelve million dollars that 51 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.280 we're putting into our roads. We normally put about eight to nine million dollars 52 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:28.120 in, so we put another three or four million dollars in this year. 53 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:31.120 Parks was caught up significantly in the last bond issue. We did get some 54 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:36.159 good Parks project. But yes, we're going to do more than we typically 55 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.800 do on our roads to try to even even the curve a little bit. 56 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:43.639 We're that our roads are in generally good shape as opposed to generally poor shape. 57 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:46.240 So we've we've been fighting that for years and years because of the needs 58 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:50.879 of the community. We balance roads with all the other needs within our bond 59 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:55.319 issues, and roads are getting done and getting and this time we'll hopefully we'll 60 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:58.680 take a nice little bite out of what we need to get caught up on. 61 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:01.240 Sure, and I know what happens on this too. You know you're 62 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:04.360 here too, Well, what about mine? Yes, it's always but but 63 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:08.919 there's only enough to go around. So this time around. We're going to 64 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.560 get the ones that are better traveled, right, and get those taken care 65 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.599 of first, right, and we'll get around some maybe later. They're all 66 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.560 rated. We have a rating system, so we have good, better, 67 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:23.560 best kind of rating. Okay. Machine goes over them and basically tells you 68 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:27.360 which roads are in the worst shape. And that's how we categorizem and categorize 69 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:30.560 them and then and then we approach it in that in that way. So 70 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:34.279 there are special needs. Sometimes we can move roads a few projects around, 71 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:40.480 but typically we stick right to that process of trying to do the roads that 72 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:43.160 need it the most, no matter where they're at, and we try to 73 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.279 distribute them on throughout the whole town in the community. And I think our 74 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.959 map that we put up each year shows that we're fixing roads throughout the city 75 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:56.399 that is that is outstanding. Now. The water situation seems to improve a 76 00:04:56.399 --> 00:05:00.480 little bit with each rainfall, but not significant enough to get us all off 77 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.360 the restrictions. No, no, We've we've been holding at that fifty eight 78 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:10.720 percent level at Hula now for about four or five six weeks. So the 79 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:14.560 good news going right, The good news is that our usage that's spiked up 80 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.279 to about five million gallons a day now normally it's around four million in the 81 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:21.920 winter. But we're sustaining our water level, which is good. But yet 82 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:26.120 we're as we do get rains up north, and we have gotten rains up 83 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.120 north, we're just not getting the significant flows that will increase the storage to 84 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:34.000 get it above that sixty percent or over that seventy percent. So we could 85 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:38.759 do some other things, relax the restrictions, open pools, things like that. 86 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:42.199 We're just we're just not getting there with the rainfall at this point. 87 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.480 Well, Charles Lewis from Sunfast even offered to hold sun Past up at Heula 88 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:48.519 Lake as you know what happens dreams. Yeah, that's right, that's right. 89 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:54.600 Well, and I will tell the citizens if they'll get on our city 90 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:59.720 website and look on our city beak. Terry Lawrences has got three or four 91 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:05.319 wonderful articles about our water situation. The questions we've had about why we've done 92 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:09.759 build a pipeline to call lake, or build sand Lake, or do some 93 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:13.120 other things in the past. And I think those are great questions and need 94 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.600 to be asked. But I think Terry's answered really well. So on that 95 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:20.519 city beat, there is several good articles that really say where all our water 96 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:27.879 comes from between Hula Copan, the Hudson, and the River. It shows 97 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:32.079 what percentage we get from those and what percentage of a storage capacity they're at 98 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:35.720 now. So there's a lot of great questions that can be answered if they'll 99 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:40.759 read that. And great things are on that city beat, especially related to 100 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:45.000 water and current affairs. Now I haven't been here but four years almost to 101 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:49.600 the day, but I can't remember the pools not being opened, you know, 102 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:54.720 other than for repairs right there close. Is this something that's not happened 103 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:57.759 in a long time, you know, I think it happened back. I 104 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:01.879 think it's happened once before. But it's you know, it's a very troubling 105 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.839 issue. It would we would do anything to get the pools open. I 106 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:11.279 just think in the air or prudence that we're we'd think of the costs of 107 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.720 opening them, and then if the water level continued to go down, and 108 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.319 then we'd have to shut them. And so those are things that they consider 109 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:20.319 at the city level, and uh, you know, I think the council 110 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:23.439 for the most part, agrees it's the right thing to do. Yeah, 111 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:26.040 I think a lot of people deep and they're hard to know that it's the 112 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:30.680 right thing for you, but it And we've got local pools between a down 113 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.480 in a waso and up and call Independence. We've got places that people can 114 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:38.360 go. And we've got wonderful lakes and they're down here locally either are pretty 115 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:42.040 in pretty good shape. So there are places that people can cool off in 116 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.439 the pool and what lake. But it is it's a shame we don't have 117 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.319 our pools open. You know the budget? How big of a forklift did 118 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:51.439 you guys have to have to haul that thing in? I still got it 119 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:55.000 in my car and I'm going to use it for the winter weight around the 120 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:58.120 streets around here. So it's you know, that was right down to the 121 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:01.839 penny, wasn't it? And we did it. Budgets always been great. 122 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.399 And I'll tell you our city council, city for a volunteer council, we 123 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:09.360 have more information available to our fingertips, I think than anybody. Uh, 124 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:11.920 we've got a great plan. I've been This is my sixth budget, so 125 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.720 um uh it's we've got a framework that they come out with and they virtually 126 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:20.879 start on it the very next month after the budget starts. Because things start 127 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.319 to happen and money rolls in and uh, but they do a wonderful job 128 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.800 and we can ask questions, we can see if things can be moved around. 129 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.399 Um, it's a very open process. But it happens in a you 130 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.799 know, it happens pretty quickly. In June and May and June we get 131 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.440 ready for it. And then this year we had we had the bond issue 132 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:41.840 on top of that, so we had a we were kind of drinking from 133 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.039 a fire hose for a couple of days. Oh yeah, but it was 134 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.759 it was a good it was a it was a great experience. And uh, 135 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.240 I think all the councilmen did a great job and trying to get their 136 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:56.519 projects that were important to them and getting things done. We're talking with Weisman 137 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:00.559 or James Gourd right here on City Matters on K one one. You trust. 138 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:07.120 It's eight forty two, sir. We've always got some boards and committees 139 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:11.600 that kind of need some attention because sometimes folks either you know, retire or 140 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:16.000 they move away, and we always seem to have just a couple of openings. 141 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.240 We do, we do, and I'll tell you, I mean, 142 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:24.759 I've served on boards for twenty and twenty five years and still marvel today at 143 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.200 the willingness of public in this town to serve on our committee. So we 144 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.759 do have some openings. I don't have them here with me, but I 145 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:33.320 know there's a gambulance committee. I know there's some on the park board. 146 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.159 And I'll tell you the city is hiring for some positions too around town, 147 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:43.519 so for parks and maintenance work and maybe streets. There are some applications available 148 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:48.240 on our city website for jobs available in the city too. So yes, 149 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.399 well, if you're interested in the city, you can go down to the 150 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:56.480 city or can get online and fill out an application and see what positions are 151 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.679 available on what boards. If there's an interest there too, you filled it 152 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:01.480 out, send it in and the council will consider it. All right. 153 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:05.799 That is a City of Barnsville dot org. City of Barnsville, Dartowler. 154 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.919 Did you can find anything on there? I mean stuff that I wouldn't even 155 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.960 think about. It's on there. I don't know who your your web baster 156 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:15.320 is, but boy, they thought it's about everything. Well, I'll tell 157 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:16.720 you they do a great job. And Kelly Williams, of course on the 158 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:20.440 city beat, does a great job. So I mean, it's good for 159 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.799 people to know that's out there because there is information. There are still questions 160 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:26.480 that people want to ask, and there I was an always answer for it. 161 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:31.279 But the city website and the city beat gets can answer a lot of 162 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.240 questions for people. And then if it hasn't answered the question they want, 163 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:37.480 they can call in and they call me or call it a city councilman or 164 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.399 called Mike Bailey, our city manager, and ask those questions and we can 165 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:43.200 get them answered. For now, all right, I'll tell you what. 166 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.480 City Hall is kind of a neat little place. I've only had the opportunity 167 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:50.240 to go upstairs like once, and that was to to get a business. 168 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:52.679 By the way, we got to get those ticket business licenses or due. 169 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.559 Yeah, I got to remind myself of that. Actually I'm usually tardy a 170 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:01.039 few days and I get no special free. But I just walk in. 171 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:05.480 I'd have to plead innocent. So yeah, they are due, but business 172 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:07.720 licenses are due. I want to tell you that's a very pleasant experience. 173 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.480 You go upstairs. Yeah, what is the third or fourth floor or something 174 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.600 like four second floor? Well it looked like it was up higher than but 175 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:18.720 anyway, they treat you like gold up there, and it's a very very 176 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.679 very nicely taken care of. So if you do have a business in town, 177 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:24.559 make sure you get to don't get in there too early because then the 178 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.360 mess things up. Right, But wait till July first and then get filing 179 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.200 in a quartering, get in and get your license and get set and uh, 180 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.639 you know, business has been really good in barrels and we've had a 181 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:37.639 lot of new things opening up here. Uh been a great article on the 182 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.200 old Panic hooking house and now going to be a lot of burger and uh. 183 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:43.720 So you know, the town seems to be really doing well. It's 184 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:48.360 come out of COVID well and uh excited about to We've got an increase in 185 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.799 sales tax for the first time in many many years. And uh, I 186 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.679 think with that sales tax increase, we've tried to hold some money back for 187 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:01.519 special things and special needs, and uh they get we're able to continue to 188 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:05.360 supply the services that the community had demands and know we're wanting to bring to 189 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:09.519 them. Well, one thing that's kind of interesting about that talking with mister 190 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:16.120 Munninger and mister Bailey and mister Rolls, was that not so much Tracy over 191 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:18.720 this, but over the years mister Munninger and mister Bailey trying to figure out 192 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:24.399 where did all this sales tax increase come from. Well, first we thought, 193 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:26.919 okay, well people were spending COVID money. Well maybe they were. 194 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:30.919 And then we figured, well, that movie's in town, and geez, 195 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:33.879 we've got full hotels and full restaurants. Must be that. And then after 196 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.720 they left town, it just kept continuing. People. If people are just 197 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:43.320 buying and staying home here because we've got just about everything you could ever want, 198 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.039 You're exactly right. We've We've done a good job and trying to bring 199 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:50.279 services and things here that people wanted, choices that people wanted, and I 200 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:52.480 think it's kept people here and spending their money here more. We've still got 201 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.559 a ways to go. There's still more we can do, but it's exciting 202 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.039 to see the sales tax increase with population on the census was a minimal increase, 203 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:05.879 but it's people are staying here local more locally, and people are visiting 204 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:09.120 more. I tell you with Pahuska and the things going on there and some 205 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.399 new things happening at the Price Tower and here locally, Uh, you know, 206 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:15.519 we do have people come through town spend the night. We've got had 207 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:20.360 some baseball tournaments recently with our new manager of our baseball and softball program, 208 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:24.039 that's really helped. The engines are planning now so people do come to town, 209 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.840 and that tourism money goes in our city coffers and helps us a great 210 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.320 deal too. You know, that Price Tower has always been a draw, 211 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:35.799 but they're adding to some many more new interesting features to it, and it's 212 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.600 gonna be with with the marketing that I understand they're coming out with, it's 213 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:43.200 really gonna be busy. It real busy. It's gonna be exciting to see. 214 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:46.639 And with the FCC project, but the building right just to the east 215 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:50.799 of that, we're gonna be hopefully having a great economic development kind of our 216 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:56.039 project going on there with the movie company put in a kind of a movie 217 00:13:56.080 --> 00:14:00.759 studio and even somewhat of an academy of training academy for some film institute. 218 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.480 So there's a lot of positive things happening in downtown and throughout the community. 219 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:07.840 We might want to thank our neighbors over an No Sage Nation because they're picking 220 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:11.120 up a real huge hotel just across our city level. It certainly did. 221 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:15.919 And you know darn well that you can probably do a lot one of those 222 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:18.840 big hotels, but you're gonna have to get gas, you're gonna have to 223 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:20.639 maybe get a munch ye or two, and you might want to see the 224 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:24.840 site. So hey cheap, Jeff, No by the ATM. That little 225 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.679 extra cash for the casino, Yeah, there's plenty to do. Spend it 226 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.600 here. Yeah, it's gonna be great, too, great to see those 227 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:35.919 things just even around the community doing well. So those all led to our 228 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:39.879 economic development and we're doing a great job down at the BDA where we've just 229 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:43.080 had a lot of great projects come our way. The airport is expanding, 230 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:48.000 a lot of great things happening out that way. So it's a positive outlook 231 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:52.559 coming ahead. That airport thing might be the best kept secret going because I 232 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.080 know that piece by piece is adding up, it's really coming together, and 233 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:01.000 you know that just selling our lap and we knew it was always a possibility, 234 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:03.320 and I don't think we were quite expecting it when it happened, and 235 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:07.759 it was kind of a shock to the economic system to have to take that 236 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:13.440 under our wing, but were retaining the management was there previously. We've done 237 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.039 a great job, and then we've just opened it up to a whole lot 238 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:22.120 of expansion and things to improve the area, improve that and then also make 239 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:26.360 it part of our economic expansion tools so that we've got an industrial park out 240 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:30.159 there. You can locate out there near the park. We're gonna have some 241 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:33.399 road work done out there. So it's really really coming together in the next 242 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:37.240 couple of years. It's going to really change itself. One I forgot, 243 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:41.679 we've got that big new business that's they've already got an office right now, 244 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:46.799 they guess at Roger State University building. But they're going to be going big 245 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:50.200 time with about eighty five workers. And we understand and this is going to 246 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.039 be kind of cool. This is a company that deals with the rare earth 247 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.480 materials, so we don't have to go overseas to deal with it's the only 248 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:02.039 one in the United States. And their home base is going to be right 249 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.039 here in Bartlesville, America. Yeah, they're going to have their manufacturing somewhere 250 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:08.720 south in Tulsa and Watton, and then we'll have their headquarters here. That's 251 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:12.559 the plan, and I hope it comes together because, yes, those rarest 252 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:15.960 materials that we're having to mind and get out of foreign countries. If we 253 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:21.360 could recycle products here to make those available to us here for the first time 254 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:25.799 for something it seems to be kind of groundbreaking. So it's going to be 255 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:27.960 really interesting to see how that project comes together. Looking forward to seeing how 256 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:32.120 that does. See folks Willever, you say, well, nothing happens in 257 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:36.720 Bartlesville. This Remember Philip sixty six and the research facility. They're been adding 258 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:40.759 things to your life all your lifelong, like even plastic milk, Judge, 259 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:44.000 would we take for granted? And now we've got something that's going to run 260 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.360 your car and probably a lot of other things with the rare earth materials. 261 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:49.759 So yeah, I'd like to have to work ground zero for a whole lot 262 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:53.799 of good things here. Yeah. Having those two companies kind of our flagship 263 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:59.639 companies here in town is nothing but adds great value to our community. And 264 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.840 I know they represent as well when they're out in the business market. So 265 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:06.799 uh, it's great to have them here, and I think they are. 266 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:10.200 They play a large role in how we develop and grow every year. How 267 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:14.920 about missed anything? I get the feeling I'm thinking a half just just to 268 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.720 continue to ask people to conserve water, Um, you know, the outlook 269 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:22.279 for the summer is not very good for heavy rains. So I think the 270 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:26.039 thing we can do is follow those watering restrictions as one of today watering restrictions 271 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:29.920 and um to conserve water and every I'm tired of shaving with cold water, 272 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.279 but I don't wait for my hot water every morning I shave with cold water. 273 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.640 Uh. You know, it's these things we can do on small side 274 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:41.240 that will continue that usage below five million and and help stretch out so we 275 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:45.200 can get to the fall and get some fall rains and get us into spring 276 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.200 next year hopefully and get those lakes replenished. You know, there've never been 277 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:52.519 more people praying for a blizzard come December, Jay, Well, I'll tell 278 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:55.359 you, and a real wet one too. We need we'll need that, 279 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:59.319 and we'll lead some good fall rains too. But we'll just keep praying and 280 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:02.319 hoping that we get some rains. And so far, like I said, 281 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:06.920 at least we've been sustaining our levels and using kind of what we've been getting 282 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:08.880 and that's been helping. So we would be further down if we had gotten 283 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:14.720 nothing. So we're at least sustaining our laker levels. To some level right 284 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:15.960 now, Vice Mayor, thanks for being with us. I'm glad to be 285 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.880 here today. All right, folks, you've been listening matters. How does