WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:13.960 All right, good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, 2 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:17.399 welcome, welcome. It's time now for city manners. If it matters to 3 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:21.679 you, it matters to this city. Alrighty, it is a nine thirty 4 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:25.839 close enough, ish, I guess, And we do have our assistant to 5 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:29.199 a city manager, Teresy Rouhles, in the house here with us. And 6 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:32.280 you brought a cast of thousands, and I mean thousands. How are we 7 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.520 doing today? Good? You know, I always heard the best leaders are 8 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:39.679 those ones who surround themselves with people that are smarter than them, and today 9 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:44.359 I have been successful in doing that. You got a lot, that's right. 10 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:47.119 Listen. I don't know how many it's going to take, but I 11 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.200 know how many I brought, and we're still waiting on one more. That 12 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:55.320 just tells you how I feel and how comfortable I am about my abilities. 13 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:58.320 Well, good, good, good good. So yeah, we got a 14 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:02.240 lot going on, mostly the weather. The weather has been real good and 15 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:06.799 it's gonna get better. Uh that that's good and bad not so good. 16 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:08.280 We were just talking on the way in. That could be really really bad 17 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:14.799 for the fire chief and his staff. As the things are dry and the 18 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:18.879 wind is high. That could create some issues. Chief. So, uh, 19 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.959 if you would talk to talk to us about grass fire season, about 20 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.719 the new truck, about the time change, all that stuff, anything fire 21 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:32.439 related that you think we should know. All right, good morning. Yeah, 22 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.840 we're in store for some high winds, low humidity in the afternoon, 23 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:41.920 so that spells a really good opportunity to burn burn a lot of stuff. 24 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:46.959 So the wildland and the grass and the brush and all of that stuff is 25 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:52.200 uh, it has an opportunity to be very productive and be very wild over 26 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:57.359 the next several days. And so we just want to remind everybody to be 27 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:02.319 fire smart when you're out there, if you're doing anything outside that maybe could 28 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:07.400 cause a fire or start some sparks, because in the afternoons, when that 29 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:13.240 humidity goes gets really low, high winds, fires will start really easy and 30 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:17.360 they spread really fast. And so help me help my guys out by just 31 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:23.159 being real fire smart when you're outside in the next few afternoons. So you're 32 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:29.000 saying, low humidity, high wind equals fire, fire, fast, fast 33 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.120 fire, fast fire. I don't know about I don't know about fast fire. 34 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:34.719 But it does not sound like it would be too good. No, 35 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:38.800 it's it's uh, it makes it really tough on all of us, uh, 36 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:43.520 and we want to remind everybody some of the ways that you can help 37 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:49.039 protect your your house and your outbuildings and stuff like that. Is though you 38 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:53.159 will everybody's got those corners where the leaves blow up into those corners and collect 39 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.319 and everything. This is with the weather being good outside, this is a 40 00:02:55.319 --> 00:03:00.080 good time to grab your right spend just a few minutes clean all of those 41 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:05.400 places out right where those leaves have have have really got together up in the 42 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.120 corners and stuff. Get those out of there. You know. It's also 43 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:13.120 a good time everybody's wanting to get outside and start doing some yard work. 44 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:19.159 Start protecting your structures and getting that high grass and get that down, get 45 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:22.680 anything that can that can actually bring that flame up to the side of your 46 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:24.400 house where it could come up the side of your house. We want to 47 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:28.520 alleviate all of that stuff, and so this is going to be a really 48 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:32.120 good time to do that and hopefully we won't have any problems with that. 49 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:38.599 I want to go into We've got time change coming up really quick. March 50 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:40.960 the tenth is our time change, and so this is the time that we 51 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:44.400 always tell everybody, you know, you need to check the batteries and your 52 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:49.879 smoke detectors, your carbon monoxide detectors, change them. The other note is 53 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.800 if if that device, you look on the back of that device when you 54 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:59.719 change that battery, if the manufacturer date is older than ten years, this 55 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:01.439 is the time when you need to just throw that in the trash and go 56 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:05.800 get a new one. That's it's cheap insurance. And so if you've got 57 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:10.080 a good one that's just a few years old, change those batteries. Now 58 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.159 look at that date. If it's older than ten uh, it's time for 59 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:21.439 a new one. It's great advice. Update on the fire truck. Don't 60 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.519 you like keeping those notes on your phone. It's real convenient to your phone 61 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.920 goes off, then you've got gassword and all that stuff. That's exactly right. 62 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:36.920 Yeah. We uh, the city in our U c i P. 63 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:42.959 Last year, we got a new We they voted us to get us a 64 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.959 new fire truck or it was basically elected to the through the city staff, 65 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:51.319 and so we appropriated the monies for that. We ordered a new truck. 66 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:58.480 I'm trying to think it was about October, October November somewhere right around in 67 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:02.240 there. And so the truck that we're we're gonna be getting. It's gonna 68 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:06.399 be ready here in just the next few weeks, we'll be we'll be getting 69 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:11.319 it here in Bartlesville. And so we're we're in the process of ordering all 70 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:15.199 the news hose and hand tools and all the stuff that goes with that, 71 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.959 and so the total project is of just a little over nine hundred thousand. 72 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:23.800 We got a really good deal on a truck, and so, you know, 73 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:28.079 we we basically went with a stock truck, which it was one that 74 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:31.319 they already had in production. It is a custom truck, but not fully 75 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:35.480 customed to us because we didn't design every aspect of it, but it was 76 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:40.639 basically designed for us. Basically, that company looks at a lot of the 77 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:46.839 other fire departments in the area and kind of what they're using and what's working 78 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:49.519 for them, and so it really fit us, and so that's what we 79 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:55.360 went with. The main thing on that is it cut down the lead time 80 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:59.040 on building that truck by about two years, and so we're getting that in 81 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:01.600 just a few months of a few years, and so that's going to help 82 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:03.920 us out quite a bit. So a couple of things you talked about their 83 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:10.600 chief I don't think that the average citizen really understands. Number one, you 84 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:15.000 said we got a good deal nine hundred thousand dollars, Well, the truck 85 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:19.319 actually was about seven hundred and fifty eight thousand. Each one of those trucks 86 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:24.639 carries about one hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth of hose and tools and equipment 87 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.800 on that truck, radios, all of that stuff. Anytime you put fire 88 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.560 in front of anything, it makes the cost about three times higher than when 89 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:36.800 and so yeah, just the package of tools and the hose and all the 90 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:40.879 equipment that goes on that, it comes out to about one hundred and twenty 91 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:44.360 thousand. And then the other thing you said that I don't think that the 92 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:49.439 average citizen really understands. You said two years to produce a fire truck. 93 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:54.920 Talk a little bit about that. Well, and in times pasting years past, 94 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:59.480 before COVID, we could take and order a truck and we spec that 95 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:01.920 we respect that truck out from the lug nuts up. I mean, we 96 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:06.680 build that truck basically to our specifications. What's going to work for us. 97 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:12.279 Pump size, how big the water tank is, how big the cab is, 98 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:16.759 all of those things Before COVID, we could order a truck and have 99 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:21.759 it delivered in just that ten months. When COVID hit and the supply chains 100 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:27.759 crashed and all of that, it's really stacked stacked up and backed up all 101 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:31.920 the orders just because of the supply chain issues. That went from ten months 102 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:38.920 to over three years, just almost over nine and then we've backed that up 103 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:43.680 now to where we're in that two to two and a half year timeframe for 104 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:48.800 a regular engine. And so if you went to order one today and you 105 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:51.680 SpecEd it out from the lug nuts up, just like we usually do, 106 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.560 we're looking at two to two and a half years to get that truck delivered 107 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:01.160 to us. Each these truck companies, they will look at the fire departments 108 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:05.399 around and see what their everybody's building, and a lot of the fire departments, 109 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.800 as far as their first their first run engines, everybody uses just about 110 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:16.120 the same. They'll do little small intricacies that are a little bit different, 111 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.240 but for the most part, they're all about the same. And so they 112 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:22.360 had some trucks going on the line that they were going to order, and 113 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:26.519 so they threw a couple of extras on there that they're going to call stock 114 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.839 truck. They're actually they're really not a stock truck. There's still a custom 115 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:33.000 made truck, but they're just going to be in stock extra stock. We 116 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:37.200 looked at what they had available. It fit us. We could absolutely use 117 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.279 it. It's going to be a really good deal. So that's what we 118 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:43.320 went with and it cut our time down by about a year and a half. 119 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.679 Fire truck production, Tom is an interesting things. You can't just like 120 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:54.600 go to the go to the car dealership and buy fire truck. It takes 121 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.039 those things a long time and we have to be really strategic in our planning 122 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.440 due to how long they take and how much they cost. So we really 123 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:07.759 appreciate the citizens of our community supporting things like that to keep the public safe. 124 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:09.960 And thank you and your and your staff for everything that you guys do. 125 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:16.240 And hopefully the winds won't get like they are predicted and hopefully nothing will 126 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:20.639 be a burned fast. Don't want that. Yeah, we need all the 127 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:22.600 prayers that we can get over the next few days. Did you get that 128 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:26.639 truck from me? Nine? By the way, Uh, it's this new 129 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:31.759 truck is coming from Pierce, Okay. One is what one is. The 130 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.279 majority of our fleet is e one's okay. We've had really good luck with 131 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:39.639 those. They're good trucks, they last long. Just kind of a little 132 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:43.519 bit of the changes that's that's kind of coming in that truck manufacturing. We 133 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:48.879 got a little better deal. The the total package is a little bit better 134 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:54.120 because the parts availability. Pierce has put in a actually has put in a 135 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:58.960 shop in Tulsa. They've got one in Tulsa in Oklahoma City that we can 136 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:03.440 actually if we've got to do some extensive repairs to a full warehouse with parks 137 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.320 and everything right there in Tulsa. So that's going to help us out. 138 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:13.480 Conce I've been better, absolutely well. Thanks Chief, So Shelley, Happy 139 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.360 Monday to you, Thanks for joining us, Thank you. Sorry for my 140 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:20.080 late rival. No, it was perfect. We planned for you and we 141 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:24.600 were talking about the brain for us, so I'm glad that you're here to 142 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:28.120 really elevate that level of brain trudness. I'll try so if you were to 143 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.639 give us a little update about in the library, we would appreciate it absolutely 144 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.919 well. We have been busy at the library and we continue to do a 145 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.600 lot of things. One of the first things we're getting ready to have done 146 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.759 is the LED signboard. As you know, we worked on that project for 147 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:46.600 many, many months and the signboard guys were there this last week and measuring. 148 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:52.440 They are building the waterproof enclosure for our signboard. Now it has been 149 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.559 delivered to Tulsa and so sometime we're hoping in the next two weeks they'll be 150 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:00.600 here to install our new signboard and we're excited to offer for that to our 151 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.759 community again. As you know, it's been off for a couple months now. 152 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.919 Wow. Yeah, and so that's exciting. The next council meeting, 153 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:11.600 they're going to award the bid for our new skylights. They will be replacing 154 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:16.120 the skylights and I know we don't often look up, but those run the 155 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:20.840 whole range of the library from front to back and it's a huge operation. 156 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:24.960 We got a really good company to do it. But there's no way we 157 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:30.360 can install them without closing the library at least a little because they are over 158 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.960 our main entry and go clear to the back. So we can do some 159 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.000 detours, but we're going to have to close probably at least a little time 160 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:43.360 to get that done. That's out of safe concern for safety, Oh yes, 161 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.120 yes, because we don't want anything to drop on anybody. So just 162 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.519 know that that project they're looking at an August date, and that sounds like 163 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.919 a long way away. But by the time they do the contracts and order 164 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.000 the materials and get the company here, it's going to be July or August. 165 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.200 So that's it sounds like it's around the corner, bit it's not really. 166 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.440 So I goting to tell you guys about the hushrooms. We did install 167 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:09.159 those in mid December. Those have been really popular, used every day, 168 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.840 and everyone that uses them really appreciates the opportunity to go into a quiet space 169 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:18.639 to either be loud or to get away from the noise. And so we 170 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:24.399 are expanding our study caraws. We've always had our study crows at the back 171 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.200 where you could go into a room by yourself and study, but they've always 172 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:33.200 been open air at the top, and that is created some distractions for other 173 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:35.519 patrons. If someone's trying to have a zoom meeting in there and it's just 174 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:41.039 loud, or people are looking for a quiet place, maybe sometimes it's not 175 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:43.080 so quiet. So we're going to be building those all the way to the 176 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:48.240 ceiling now and make them actually private rooms. And we're doubling the size because 177 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:54.279 they were originally built to be smaller and they enlarged them gosh fifteen years ago, 178 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.960 and that we figured out that no one's using that extra space. So 179 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:03.759 we're gonna make them smart again and make them private, and so that construction 180 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:09.159 should start within the next month. We're also building two new meeting rooms in 181 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:13.600 the library because there's many times people call and ask for a meeting room and 182 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:18.799 they can't get in, so between public companies to help us and our own 183 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:24.440 building maintenance crew, we're going to get two new meeting rooms built and we're 184 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:28.720 working on that right now. Gosh. We're also having the chillers replaced at 185 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:33.240 the library, so those are the big air conditioner chillers. We have two 186 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:35.720 of them, so we're expecting the first of one the one to come in 187 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:39.120 the first of March, and the second one the end of March or the 188 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:43.759 first of April. So I don't know. I haven't been told whether it's 189 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.039 going to be a staggered installation, if they're going to do it at the 190 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:50.879 same time, but I'm sure there's going to be a little bit of here 191 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:54.320 cold issues during that time, and I apologize in advance, but we'll try 192 00:13:54.320 --> 00:14:01.679 to make it as easy as possible on staff and public. So that is 193 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:07.120 most of the construction projects, and we have a lot and we're blessed to 194 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:11.320 have them all done and we're excited to get everything renovated. But our biggest 195 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.639 thing, as you know, are two things. Our Summer Block Party is 196 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:18.240 coming up citywide and that's going to be April twentieth. We do that with 197 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:24.200 the Police Department and we are excited to have that coming up and we're planning 198 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.639 for that. And then our Summer Reading program, which is coming up in 199 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.720 all of June and July, and you'll see billboards for that going up in 200 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:37.240 the next month and a half. One of the fallacies that people don't understand 201 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:41.559 is it's just for children, and that's just not true. Summer Reading is 202 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:45.039 for all ages, and we have prizes for all ages, and we encourage 203 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:48.360 you, even if you're an adult, to sign up and kind of take 204 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:52.559 part. So that's mainly what's going on at the library. Anybody have any 205 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:56.320 questions about anything, always a lot of stuff going on the library. Tom 206 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:00.480 Oh, Yeah, you know, I don't think. I hope that people 207 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:05.960 within our community understand the good that the library provides for them and all the 208 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:11.720 things that Shelley talked about today are all positive things. I would like to 209 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:16.399 talk about one thing that's not necessarily positive that happens at the library from time 210 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:20.600 to time. You know, growing up, I always thought that when you 211 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.320 enter a library, you were supposed to be quiet. You were not supposed 212 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:28.279 to to disrupt people. The people were there to read or to study, 213 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:33.279 or to just be in a quiet space. Well, it seems like over 214 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:39.159 time, specifically for our library, I'll speak to that, that that culture 215 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:43.399 has changed a little bit. It seems like we have younger people who come 216 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:50.159 into our library and approach it like it's a park, be as loud as 217 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:54.559 they want, run around, and act inappropriately within the library. And I 218 00:15:54.559 --> 00:16:00.120 would just ask parents and encourage them to visit with your young people and talk 219 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:06.519 to them about etiquette when you are in public libraries and how to be respectful 220 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.679 of others who are also in the library, and tell them to be quiet 221 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:12.879 and if they don't want to be quiet, then go outside and be as 222 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:18.840 loud as you want to be. But that's something that we've seen increasingly getting 223 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:25.559 worse in our library, or people who are coming in and not being respectful 224 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:29.159 of others. So just ask parents to talk to your kiddos if they spend 225 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:32.000 time in the library, and we want them to spend time in our library, 226 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:34.039 and we encourage them to spend time in our library. But we also 227 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:38.399 want to be respectful of people. Absolutely, and if you see something that 228 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:41.559 is bothering you don't be afraid to approach a staff member and tell them, 229 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.279 because we can only address items we know about. And if we haven't seen 230 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:49.080 that, or if we don't know it's rising to the level of making someone 231 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:55.559 uncomfortable, then we don't know to address it. So please help us address 232 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:57.559 issues that bother you if you're in the library. Yeah, we're so fortunate 233 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:02.960 here here in Bartlesville have such a quality library and a quality staff. You 234 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:06.359 know, the people are what makes the organization go, and you've got great 235 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:10.920 people at the library and so blessed. I really appreciate all that you guys 236 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:15.599 do for our city. Thank you. So. Laura Sanders, the director 237 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.240 of HR, is here with this fresh off of vacation, and she is 238 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:22.920 so excited about being here. Yes, this is one of her favorite things 239 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.359 to do and so I love it. I think that she can take up 240 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:30.480 the next probably eleven minutes and Jody can close it out in a minute. 241 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:33.400 And Laura assured me that Tom that she would only talk for Lidia has more 242 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:38.720 to say than that, but she's going to talk about our citizens, our 243 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:45.880 city Citizens Academy, not to be mistaken with the police Citizens Academy. There 244 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:49.039 is a difference, and I'll let Laura talk about that. Yeah. So 245 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:56.519 this is our first ever citizens Academy and it's for city wide. And I 246 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:00.559 know we've taken part in leadership Myrtlesville and we have a city Day and so 247 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:06.359 this is much like that, but it's more invasive. So we're excited to 248 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:11.640 be able to offer this to citizens because we get the benefit of seeing what 249 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:17.400 our employees do every day and who we are and what we do and all 250 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.759 of those things. But to be able to share that with citizens, for 251 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.000 me, is going to be awesome, I think. So we are accepting 252 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:27.359 applications for that until March first. I think as of this morning, we 253 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:33.000 already had forty one applicants, So this is well received. We're only accepting 254 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:37.400 twenty participants this first time around. We think that it'll be a better experience 255 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.599 if we have a smaller group. It's more manageable. I don't know what 256 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:44.240 we'll do in the future, but this go around, it's going to be 257 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:49.880 twenty participants that we accept. The criteria for the applications or applicants are they 258 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:55.000 have to be eighteen and up. They have to either reside in Bartlesville, 259 00:18:55.079 --> 00:19:00.279 own a business in Bartlesville, or be employed full time in Bartlesville. The 260 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:03.559 application is very easy to complete. There's just you know, some demographic questions 261 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:07.920 that are on there, and then it'll ask why you want to be a 262 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:14.160 part of the Citizens Academy. And so the I think we've got six Where 263 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:19.000 can they find the application? So if they go to the City of Bartlesville 264 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:25.720 dot org, slash Bartlesville Dash, citizens slash Academy, or you can just 265 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:30.519 go to Cityofbartlesville dot org and there should be a spot on there and where 266 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:37.440 you can click on it. We've got let's see, seven sessions planned. 267 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:42.279 The seventh session would be graduation. So there's technically six sessions and this is 268 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:47.920 biweekly on Thursdays from one to four pm. And we've got a full schedule 269 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:52.279 each day of things for citizens to learn and things for them to do. 270 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:56.000 It'll be very hands on We're excited to be able to take them to each 271 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:00.599 department and kind of show them what we do. So what could a person 272 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:06.240 who who is reluctant to sign up? Maybe they don't maybe they don't trust 273 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:10.640 the city, or maybe they don't support the city. Should should those should 274 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:17.119 people in that category apply to this as well? Absolutely, this is very 275 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:22.000 educational. So the intent is to show show you what we do and to 276 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:27.240 you know, sometimes there's misinformation that gets spread around and this is an opportunity 277 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:32.720 for people to come and see for themselves what we do. So it's an 278 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:37.039 opportunity to hopefully enhance or raise the civic IQ of those that we serve every 279 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:42.480 day. Absolutely, Okay, very good, anything else because you still got 280 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:48.599 like, well, I will be remiss in my responsibilities as the HR director 281 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:52.079 if I didn't point out that we are always hiring. So we've got a 282 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:56.039 lot of jobs. If you go to Cityofbartlesville dot org, we have a 283 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:59.279 jobs tab that you can click on and there's a full listing of all the 284 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:03.880 positions that were hiring for. We're always accepting applications for police, fire and 285 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:10.640 dispatch, and currently we have an abatement officer position that we're hiring for. 286 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:14.880 We've got a water plant operator and some of those positions don't come around very 287 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:18.920 often. We have some that come around more often than others, but this 288 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:23.000 water plant operator, I think this will be a good opportunity for some people 289 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:30.160 because this one doesn't come around as often. We're still looking for an accountant 290 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:34.039 and that would specialize in grants. And then of course we've got maintenance worker 291 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:41.759 positions in street wastewater and water distribution, and that that list changes on a 292 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.319 daily basis. So if you want to see our full job listing again, 293 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:49.039 you can go to Cityoffartlesfel dot org and click on the jobs tab. Now, 294 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:55.240 wasn't that better than vacation? Oh? I didn't The beach was beautiful. 295 00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:03.920 Yes, I am enjoying. This is unbelievable. A fair question, 296 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:10.279 I agree, I would agree that. Well, thank you and and and 297 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:12.400 Laura. One thing that she did not mention is she will be one of 298 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:22.799 the chair people facilitators for this for the first ever City Citizens Academy. So 299 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:26.279 we're very excited about that and hope that others are as well. And it 300 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:30.359 appears that they are for over forty applicants and we have about a week to 301 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:33.839 go. So those who are interested, thank you and will be in touch. 302 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:37.079 Laura will be in touch soon to tell you the good news or the 303 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:45.759 got away. Till next time. News Jody Adam's golf course. It looks 304 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:48.000 totally different today than it did, say this time last year. Yes, 305 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:52.119 sir, a lot of trees are gone. For somebody who plays golf like 306 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:57.680 I do, less trees is always good unless they're those They are those trees 307 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:00.559 that are along the outside, out of the fair way that I could use 308 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:06.880 maybe as a springboard, a backboard to keep my ball somewhat in an area 309 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.599 that I can hit it again. But a lot of trees gone, a 310 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:11.960 lot of things changing, a lot of good, good things going on at 311 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:17.759 the golf course if you want to visit with the Sumid common So we most 312 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:21.039 people in town know, maybe some don't. We are on the verge of 313 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:26.960 a major renovation at the golf course. We are just wide about nine months 314 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:33.640 out from starting construction on on all eighteen of our greens, getting those rebuilt. 315 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:37.400 Part of that master plan that was put together was tree removal. We're 316 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:42.519 gonna be taking out almost two hundred trees on the golf course and that is 317 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:48.920 more about erosion and keeping good grass. You cannot grow grass under a very 318 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:55.240 big tree, and my job is to grow grass, not to grow trees. 319 00:23:55.759 --> 00:24:00.440 So of that two hundred, we've got about eighty of those trees taken 320 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:04.119 out. Sounds like a lot, but those are the small trees. We 321 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:10.000 have the big trees left to take out. So that's gonna be our focus 322 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:14.799 between now and you know kind of when we when contractors start rolling in here 323 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:18.599 at the end of this year. So that's that's kind of where we're at. 324 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:22.240 I mean, just lots and lots of trees to be taken down just 325 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:27.200 to overall improve the turf, improve the golf course, speed up play, 326 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:33.640 and just make it look a lot more manicured rather than it's kind of gotten 327 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:37.759 a little bit overgrown over the last few years. So we're going to try 328 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:40.720 to get it back to that nice manicured look that it used to have. 329 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:45.359 What is having fewer trees, What does that do, say maybe for those 330 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:48.960 new greens that we're putting in. Does it benefit the new greens at all? 331 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:52.799 Yes, it does, because what happens when you start getting trees growing 332 00:24:52.880 --> 00:25:00.200 very close to greens, those big trees will send out roots for a long 333 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:06.039 ways, and you start getting those roots underneath greens, you're gonna start plugging 334 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:10.680 up the drainage on them, and you're gonna start sucking water out of those 335 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:14.839 greens like nobody's business. I mean, one of the one of the big 336 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:18.519 bunch of trees that we took out are you know, western red cedars, 337 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:23.079 which are they're an invasive tree now and all they do is suck water out 338 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:27.079 of the ground. So that's been a big chunk of the trees that we've 339 00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:32.680 taken out. So yeah, and just shade. Shade's not good for greens. 340 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:37.319 And if we can keep air movement across those greens also, that's that's 341 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:41.039 huge. I Mean, some of the greens that we have the most problems 342 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:45.039 with right now do not get any air movement across them, and some of 343 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.319 them have fans and sold on them, you know, just for that simple 344 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:52.680 reason, Tracy, you see, you won't be fire putting anymore. Well, 345 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:55.839 I mean, if we'removing, a tree will prevent that, Tom, 346 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.000 I mean, let's take them all out. I'm in we'll have a tree 347 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:03.559 golf course. I'm not sure how it's going to prevent five pass, but 348 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:07.880 I'm I'm for it. You know, Tom said it. If Tom says 349 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:10.799 it, I believe I'm trying to get around the fight, but issue myself. 350 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:14.240 So, a lot going on at the golf course, a lot of 351 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:18.200 good stuff. There's gonna be some disruptions at the golf course coming up when 352 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:22.359 we start the greens project, but it's two point two million dollars worth of 353 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:27.319 money well spent for something that is so important to our community. It's interesting 354 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:34.200 to me how things like trees can really enhance the overall quality of golf course. 355 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:38.839 Yes, it's it's crazy. I mean, even the time I've spent 356 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.720 out there, and it's kind of one of those things. I've just got 357 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:45.119 blinders to it. I don't even notice them. You go out there and 358 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:48.440 you start taking them out, and it just completely changes the aesthetic of a 359 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:53.160 hole and changes how the whole plays. You know, that doesn't mean the 360 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:57.079 whole play is any easier by any means. It just changes how you have 361 00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:03.079 to play the hole. I'm I'm excited. We've got We've got so much 362 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:06.519 going on out there, and I tell you what, we with this weather, 363 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:12.519 we have been just ridiculous busy lately. So people are getting out enjoying 364 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:18.000 it and uh, you know when it's when it's new and improved, I 365 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.680 think it's going to be the play is. It's going to be more outstanding 366 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:23.359 than what it is now. Also have a new teaching pro Yes, we 367 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:29.920 do, Jason Dockney. Jason was actually out there when I first went to 368 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:33.079 work out there, which was late eighties, and so we have a class 369 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:38.359 A golf profession out there that's available for lessons. All you got to do 370 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:44.119 is call the pro shop three three one thirty nine hundred and get some lessons 371 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:48.519 set up. He's so he's a very good instructor. That's mainly what Jason 372 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:53.359 focuses on is lessons. Awesome. Well, thank you, uh, and 373 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:56.240 thank you all for being here and thank you for everything that you do for 374 00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:02.279 our city. Think I want to thank everybody tom for their involvement in the 375 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:07.839 Barlsville Next Strategic Plan. We had those public meetings about this comprehensive plan and 376 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:14.440 had great input from citizens and we're really excited about how that's going to progress, 377 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:18.400 and so I thank everybody for that. City staff also did an amazing 378 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:25.799 job taking part in adding information to complete that comprehensive plan. Other than that. 379 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:29.960 Tom, I hope everybody drives safely. Stop signs really mean stop and 380 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:37.160 don't mean go, so be mindful, slow down, respect each other, 381 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.759 and Tom, I hope you have a great week. I hope everybody has 382 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:41.240 a great week. One to thank you all for coming in and being a 383 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:45.640 part of city matters right here on came one to one and you try straight. 384 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:53.000 Now it is nine fifty seven degrees watch up fires. As the chief 385 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:57.720 said, it could be a real doozy here with the weather coming up here 386 00:28:57.759 --> 00:29:02.160 and just a bit a full look at your forecasts coming your way as well. 387 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:07.599 Stay tuned as CBS News comes your way next. It is ten o'clock