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<v Speaker 1>Alrighty, here we go here, k one one, you trust

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<v Speaker 1>we do have an early what we call a community

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<v Speaker 1>connection today and I'm having all kinds of fun with

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<v Speaker 1>our computer.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, how you doing that? Panell? Anyway, if you're trying

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<v Speaker 2>to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>This connections, you know, Facebook is something a little bit different.

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<v Speaker 1>So anyway, we have in here not one, but two

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<v Speaker 1>two city councilmen, well one who is retained his and

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<v Speaker 1>we also have a newcomer in here today too. So

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<v Speaker 1>my goodness sakes, how are we doing today, mister Dorsey.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing pretty good at uh uh. I'm glad we

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<v Speaker 3>we got that rain we ordered back in August finally,

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<v Speaker 3>and we're I mean, you know, now it's kind of

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<v Speaker 3>like can we turn off the tap and turn it

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<v Speaker 3>on it? But you know, we talk a lot about

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<v Speaker 3>water and and sometimes it seems like we need water,

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<v Speaker 3>and we were in about in one of those situations,

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<v Speaker 3>and the Good Lord delivered for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, we got it at the brim up there

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<v Speaker 1>at the lakes and at the river and everything. You

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<v Speaker 1>brought a friend with you here, mister Kirkpatrick, gonna be back.

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<v Speaker 4>Good to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>Good to you.

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<v Speaker 5>I did.

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<v Speaker 3>I brought Aaron and uh, unfortunately I also invited Larry

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<v Speaker 3>East and Tim Sherrick, who will also fill the positions

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<v Speaker 3>in new new seat positions.

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<v Speaker 5>I guess December the fourth.

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<v Speaker 4>Second, second second, Sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>Well when they show up, we'll bring him in.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Then that they had their schedule was already booked up,

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<v Speaker 3>so unfortunately they couldn't be here.

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<v Speaker 2>But I want to.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to make sure all these guys have the

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<v Speaker 3>opportunity to, uh see how this works. I'm I'm sure

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<v Speaker 3>they they've all been in a position where they've done

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<v Speaker 3>something like this before, but just kind of get them,

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<v Speaker 3>get them acclimated. I know, this is the mid month

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<v Speaker 3>meeting where we sit down with you. So when you

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<v Speaker 3>don't have a meeting it sometimes you're kind of like, well.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you got resourceful. He brought the new kids in town.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right, And I thought I would give them an

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<v Speaker 3>opportunity to where they, you know, people could.

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<v Speaker 5>Get to know them a little bit better.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, obviously people in their wards know them because

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<v Speaker 3>they elected them to serve in those positions, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe not everybody knows them. So it gives them opportunity

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<v Speaker 3>to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Able to speak Aaron, you're with the church right behind

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<v Speaker 1>the hot, warm and cold tanks.

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<v Speaker 2>You get Church of.

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<v Speaker 1>God, the Church Christ Church Christ there on Adams, I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>And you're also ran a pretty good campaign there and

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<v Speaker 1>you got across the Finnish Slange in good fashion, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're representing Ward for and.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us what you bring in to town.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I mean I was very honored. Is the first

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<v Speaker 6>time I've done any kind of election. It's an honor

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<v Speaker 6>as Trevor's done this several times that people say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>we believe in your vision and we support you and

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<v Speaker 6>we want, you know, we want to give you this

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<v Speaker 6>opportunity to serve. So I still kind of wake up

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<v Speaker 6>and pinch my stuff a little bit. And but also

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<v Speaker 6>it's a little bit like the dog that chased the

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<v Speaker 6>rabbit and caught it, you know, like now what do

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<v Speaker 6>I do now? The work starts, you know. But as

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<v Speaker 6>you said, I've been a minister here in town for

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<v Speaker 6>ten years. Love our community. You know, we're raising our

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<v Speaker 6>kids here. Our little ones were two when we moved here,

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<v Speaker 6>the twelve now my oldest is sixteen. So this is

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<v Speaker 6>just home and having the opportunity to serve in another way,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, service is just core to who we are.

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<v Speaker 6>So we've served in all kinds of different capacities and

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<v Speaker 6>this was just an opportunity to serve in a way

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<v Speaker 6>that I hope it's my gifts and will bless the

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<v Speaker 6>city around us.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we got a lot going on, and Trevor, I

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<v Speaker 1>imagine they've been asking a few questions. So what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think these these fine a gentleman who'll be joining

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<v Speaker 1>you on the council.

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<v Speaker 2>What should be looking for? What's big on the rise here?

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<v Speaker 1>I think water right now has kind of been taking

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<v Speaker 1>care of for right now, but it'll come back. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Well the water is all you know, it's a

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<v Speaker 3>it's an up and down topic, you know, as the

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<v Speaker 3>lakes go up and down. So you know, that is

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<v Speaker 3>a big topic and that is something that for many

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<v Speaker 3>years we've been working on and so that you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we got to figure out a lot of things. Number one,

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<v Speaker 3>I know, the water reuse is something that we've been

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<v Speaker 3>working on and that I think will probably come online.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's not even when when we're that would be

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<v Speaker 3>in the most dire or severe of drought situations. Long

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<v Speaker 3>term is working out additional water, which there is some

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<v Speaker 3>additional resources there at Copan and Hula, and then there's

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<v Speaker 3>simokrafers out I believe east of town, and there are

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<v Speaker 3>communities like Ena did a pipeline from the Kaw River.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, I think that came along with the price

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<v Speaker 3>tag about three hundred million when Enid did that pipeline.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't think any of us have that in

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<v Speaker 2>our pocket.

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<v Speaker 3>No, Well, and we want to limit you know, that's

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<v Speaker 3>that's always the you know, you want to try to

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<v Speaker 3>be a magician is figure out how to accomplish a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of things without any increases in water bills or

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<v Speaker 3>those type of things.

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<v Speaker 5>So we've got that task in front of us.

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<v Speaker 3>But I know whenever I came into the council and

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<v Speaker 3>I told these guys some of the new things. When

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<v Speaker 3>you go to the OMAG training and you learn about

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<v Speaker 3>you know, what you can do, what you can't do,

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<v Speaker 3>then you're kind of.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, that's that class where they keep you out of jail.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 6>That's Thursday. Larry East and I are carpooling down there.

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<v Speaker 6>We're hitting the first thing. We would like us to

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<v Speaker 6>stay out of jail as much as possible.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, well, it was good for a politician to do that.

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<v Speaker 3>That was one of the more educational for sure, but

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<v Speaker 3>entertaining because you know, you'd have different people in that training.

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<v Speaker 3>Whenever I went and I was I was down there myself,

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<v Speaker 3>but I think I was the only probably seat that No,

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<v Speaker 3>that's whenever I field the role. So whenever I got

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<v Speaker 3>kind of like Billy Rohan and whenever she filled the seat.

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<v Speaker 3>Same thing with Quinn. So they had a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>people asking questions and it's like, well, can I do this?

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<v Speaker 3>It's like no, you know, it's like that, what's the

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<v Speaker 3>Monopoly game?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, don't pass, go straight to jail.

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<v Speaker 3>And so, you know, you learn a lot of those

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<v Speaker 3>things like what you can and can't do, and I

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I think that a lot of the community

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't realize, you know sometimes whenever they ask questions, it's like, well,

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<v Speaker 3>I can't sit down with their three councilmen, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>before the meeting and try to figure out, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>how do we resolve this or how do we do

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<v Speaker 3>this or how do we do that. So I think

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<v Speaker 3>that'll be kind of eye opening but educational for him.

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<v Speaker 5>And then when we get into.

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<v Speaker 3>The budget process that's pretty tedious, and I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>eight or nine hundred pages in that budget book, so

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<v Speaker 3>it takes a lot strong.

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<v Speaker 2>I walked at that thing.

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<v Speaker 6>I walked out of city Hall with about well with

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<v Speaker 6>three binders this big the other day, and I started

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<v Speaker 6>reading the budget. I started reading the you know, the

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<v Speaker 6>long term, the comprehensive plan. I saved the rules.

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<v Speaker 4>You know what we're gonna learn at OMG. I've saved that.

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<v Speaker 6>Although I've created a bot where I can, like, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>it can read.

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<v Speaker 4>It to me. But yeah, I mean there's I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know I've read.

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<v Speaker 6>I've got about a thousand pages ahead of me to read,

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<v Speaker 6>and I mean it's it's interesting. I mean, you learn

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<v Speaker 6>a ton, right, but it's drinking from a fire ose,

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<v Speaker 6>so it's exciting. I want to say, talk about the

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<v Speaker 6>water thing for just a second, because I think that

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<v Speaker 6>everybody in Bartlesville needs to understand what we have in

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<v Speaker 6>those emergency situations that Trevor alluded to. We got to

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<v Speaker 6>sit through a presentation by the company that's been running

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<v Speaker 6>a pilot program here in Bartlesville for the water reuse.

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<v Speaker 6>So in times of dire drought like Stage four, where

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<v Speaker 6>things are just I mean about like they have been,

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<v Speaker 6>we will have the ability to turn on a system

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<v Speaker 6>that will take our wastewater, which is something like four

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<v Speaker 6>million gallons a day, pump it seven miles up river,

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<v Speaker 6>and put it back into the Caney. But in the

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<v Speaker 6>in between where the water comes back to the wastewater

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<v Speaker 6>plant and going into the river, it's going to go

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<v Speaker 6>through a system that is one of the coolest water

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<v Speaker 6>purification systems I've ever seen. I had a business where

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<v Speaker 6>we purified water straight out of the ground for several years,

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<v Speaker 6>so like I've seen a bunch of different systems, the

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<v Speaker 6>purity of the water that we will be putting back

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<v Speaker 6>into the river is significantly better than the water that

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<v Speaker 6>we originally pull out, So we will actually be improving

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<v Speaker 6>the quality of the water and the water we'll be

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<v Speaker 6>using it will be incredibly sustainable and incredibly safe for

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<v Speaker 6>people to drink. We'll be pulling out chemicals that aren't

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<v Speaker 6>even regulated yet, and all of this without adding chemicals

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<v Speaker 6>to the water. It's just putting it through an activated

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<v Speaker 6>charcoal process. So I know I'm geeking out a little

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<v Speaker 6>bit here, but what I would want everybody in Bartlesville

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<v Speaker 6>to know is this has been a long process that

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<v Speaker 6>people have been working on, and the initial tests that

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<v Speaker 6>they have done when they came and shared that, it

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<v Speaker 6>was fascinating. I mean, we're set up to be in

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<v Speaker 6>a really cool place, and because we got into it early,

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<v Speaker 6>we kind of have first mover advantage where we will

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<v Speaker 6>get this system cheaper than a lot of other municipalities

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<v Speaker 6>that are going to want to go to it over

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<v Speaker 6>the coming decades.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, it sounds like we're gonna have a

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<v Speaker 1>double cleaned water and break happy fish, you know, So

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, never mind me, but it's gonna be Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>What else is on the horizon that they need to

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<v Speaker 1>look at? I know the homeless problem is kind of.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and we we will tackle that. And I know

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<v Speaker 3>Aaron has a lot of passion for the you know,

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<v Speaker 3>and you've done a lot of work already on trying

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<v Speaker 3>to trying to figure that out. So I do think

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<v Speaker 3>that the task forcing group that gets to put together

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<v Speaker 3>can can really help with that. You know, we got

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<v Speaker 3>to make sure that we're not stressing all of our resources.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got a lot of really good nonprofits and you know, Tommy,

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<v Speaker 3>you and I have talked about the you know, our

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<v Speaker 3>amazing nonprofits.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know how many times in these.

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<v Speaker 3>Conversations, but I think they're probably I would assume, and

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<v Speaker 3>you've talked to him more than I have, probably recently

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<v Speaker 3>that they're they're they're a little stressed.

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<v Speaker 5>So it uh, we got to get that figured out.

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<v Speaker 4>Over to GOFE. So goafe feeds people every single day.

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<v Speaker 6>They're running right now, three hundred and fifty people a

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<v Speaker 6>day through there, just hungry people. It's not all homeless people, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>but it's just people who are hungry who don't have

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<v Speaker 4>At home for lunch.

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<v Speaker 6>So three hundred and fifty people a day and that's men, women,

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<v Speaker 6>and some children who are going through there every single day.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's just one organization. Really good news for the city.

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<v Speaker 6>Be the light past their environmental inspection last week, so

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<v Speaker 6>that that was like a big hurdle from them being

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<v Speaker 6>able to house more like to help people get off

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<v Speaker 4>So that just happened just in time for winter, just

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<v Speaker 6>So I don't know what their next step is, but

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<v Speaker 6>I know that was a big celebration they had last week.

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<v Speaker 6>It was really great news for the community that they've

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<v Speaker 6>got another twenty thirty beds opening up.

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<v Speaker 4>Over there, and there are more in the works.

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<v Speaker 6>So yes, certainly our organizations have been stressed, but they

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<v Speaker 6>say that stress makes you worse when you're unprepared and

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<v Speaker 6>better when you are prepared. And so we've got a

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<v Speaker 6>lot of really well prepared organizations that under the stress

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<v Speaker 4>I've been doing really really great work.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, we got the comprehensive plan and the the other thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It kind of all runs together for me.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know we uh strategic plan, Yeah, comprehensive plan,

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<v Speaker 3>then the strategy strategic plan.

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<v Speaker 3>The comprehensive plan. I think we spent about twelve months

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<v Speaker 3>on that. And we had a lot of people, various

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<v Speaker 3>uh leaders and business owners, uh and just citizens throughout

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<v Speaker 3>the community involved a lot. We had a ton of feedback.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, you were talking about reading through that. I

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<v Speaker 3>read through it again Sunday, Saturday night, uh, cover to cover,

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<v Speaker 3>which took me about two hours, but maybe more than

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<v Speaker 3>that because I read every single response. You know, we

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<v Speaker 3>whether you were just a citizen, a business owner, various

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<v Speaker 3>leaders throughout the community. So and and we did get

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of responses, and you know, they all the

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<v Speaker 3>responses were designated almost could take buckets and you know

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<v Speaker 3>what's what's most important to least important, you know, and

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<v Speaker 3>obviously water is very important. And I think when you

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<v Speaker 3>look at those buckets and pools, we have tried to

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<v Speaker 3>focus on those. And now that you're getting to go

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<v Speaker 3>through it sounds like three three budget books.

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<v Speaker 5>Then you'll be familiar with. You know, we have this.

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<v Speaker 3>Much dollar a pool of dollars, and so we've got

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<v Speaker 3>to make that go in all these places. And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>one of our biggest overhead expenses obviously is payroll. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I I.

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<v Speaker 3>Should know this off top my ed, but I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know the exact number of people that are employed by

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<v Speaker 3>the City of Barsville, but I'd say it's one of

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<v Speaker 3>our biggest employers.

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<v Speaker 6>And it's an average about it changes year to year. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>I just read this the other day. It's like three

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<v Speaker 6>hundred on average of about three hundred and fifty full

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<v Speaker 6>I mean these are men and women who go out

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<v Speaker 6>and you know, I mean they're they're working every single

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<v Speaker 1>We as we get ready to kind of wrap this up,

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<v Speaker 1>what is your best advice you can tell some of

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<v Speaker 1>the new guys on the on the council, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, I think the best advice what I did was

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<v Speaker 3>just really try to dig in and get the opportunity

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<v Speaker 3>to know each council person so that that way that

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<v Speaker 3>can have a lot of really good open communication and

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<v Speaker 3>dialogue and then really understand what their passions were. But

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<v Speaker 3>I think, I know you've done a good job of that,

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<v Speaker 3>and I feel like I've gotten to know the other

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<v Speaker 3>two candidates as well, and so I think that we're

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to be losing some folks that have put

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of time and energy and effort into it,

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<v Speaker 3>but we're going to be gaining some folks that I

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<v Speaker 3>think got a lot of energy, You got a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of good ideas.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's it's been neat to get to meet well.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, I've been doing like you, sitting down with

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<v Speaker 6>every single one of the you know, the other four

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<v Speaker 6>guys and as well as city staff.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know, people from all over the community.

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<v Speaker 6>And I'm excited for the opportunity that we have here,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, excitement tempered by work.

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<v Speaker 4>So that's that's where results come from, is energy and.

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<v Speaker 6>The willingness to put the you know, buckle down, put

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<v Speaker 1>Gentlemen, I want to thank you for coming in, Trevor,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for bringing in Aaron and in giving us kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a preview of what we're going to be seeing.

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<v Speaker 2>Here in the next few years.

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<v Speaker 5>It's always good to see it, Tom all right, thanks

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