WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:14.119 And good morning here on K one and fourteen hundred 2 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.000 FM ninety three point three ninety five. We won few 3 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:21.399 technical issues here behind the scenes, but welcome to this 4 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:24.399 City Matters program. I got a motley crew in here 5 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:30.600 today exactly exactly City of Barnellsville officials in Terry Lawrenson 6 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:33.920 over a water wastewater. We have Jason Mounager who's over 7 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:37.560 all the finances and taking care of all the legal business, 8 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:42.039 and of course fire Chief HC. Call and Andrew Ward, 9 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:43.200 our deputy police chief. 10 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:44.079 Good morning, gentlemen. 11 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:47.200 How are we morning? Yes, we have an eclectic group here, 12 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:50.159 I guess to say the least an accurate description. So 13 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:53.320 and just as a little note, this is Andrew's first 14 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:56.520 radio program, so he is making a maiden voych here, 15 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:57.560 so we will. 16 00:00:57.399 --> 00:00:59.039 Does that mean I can abuse him? Yes? 17 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:01.399 Absolutely, yeah, yeah, absolutely absolutely. 18 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:03.359 We've had a little bit of practice with that. When 19 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.959 we actually hired HC. Call, we were on the teamage. 20 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:07.680 Oh there I go. 21 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:10.519 I know now we could talk about that anyway, Cherry. 22 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:12.400 What do we have going on in the city, Well. 23 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.159 We want to go through a few announcements just to 24 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:18.719 remind citizens what's going on and just to kind of 25 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:20.840 keep everybody in the loop. But we do still have 26 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:24.439 the disposal site for the tree and brush damage from 27 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:28.239 last week's storm, so that is open through next week 28 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:31.879 through July second. The press release says that it's on 29 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:35.439 Highway six eat just west of town. It's open from 30 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:39.599 seven to three thirty Monday through Saturday, with the exception 31 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:42.359 of this Saturday, so it will not be open this Saturday, 32 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.439 but it will be open Monday through or Monday through Friday, 33 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:48.560 and then Monday Tuesday next week. So if you still 34 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:51.280 have any tree brush damage that you need to haul off, 35 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:54.840 that site is still available for you, just as a reminder, 36 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:58.239 that is for tree debris, brush and vegetation only, so 37 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:02.519 no sheds, no fences, know anything of that of that 38 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:05.840 contact there with it. So if you haven't taken advantage 39 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.719 of that and you still need to dispose of some 40 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:09.680 tree debris, that's a great sight to do. 41 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:11.879 So you can just take your sheds and your trees 42 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:13.879 and I mean your your sheds and your your fence 43 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:15.039 is over to Terry's place. 44 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:22.439 That's rights in the county as everybody else does. But joking, 45 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:24.159 don't do that. Take it to the landfield. Take We're 46 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:28.400 supposed to go. So as the weather has finally cleared 47 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:31.240 and summer seems to be upon us. Uh Now, construction 48 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.840 begins on several projects. Uh So, we have a road 49 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:39.159 project starting on North Madison between Minnesota and Tuxedo. So 50 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:43.280 city crews will be doing a resurfacing job really starting 51 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:45.639 from the water tank if you're familiar with that area 52 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:48.960 north to Minnesota. So that will be all of this week, 53 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:53.240 so that will facilitate if they're not closing the road, 54 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.560 but they're really requesting that if you don't live on 55 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:59.159 that street to avoid that that particular section. Work's going 56 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.000 to be from seven am to seven pm on those dates. 57 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:05.360 Only local traffic is permitted through that work area. So 58 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:08.759 if you can avoid that, if possible, we encourage you 59 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:11.879 to do so. So again, that's this week Monday through Friday. 60 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:15.199 Hopefully it will be Friday, whether permitting, of course, with 61 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:17.240 the rains and whatnot that's forecast. 62 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:19.599 Later this week we have another big one as well. 63 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:21.439 I think you're about to talk about. This has nothing 64 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.000 to do with the City of Barlowso, by the way, 65 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:27.000 that's right, Yes, this is o DOT finally doing something. 66 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.319 Yes wild So last week O Dott did announce that 67 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:33.879 they are doing some preventive maintenance work on Adams or 68 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:37.639 Highway sixty really starting at Quawpaw to Highway one to 69 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:41.039 twenty three, so really through the downtown area. We're not 70 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:44.120 exactly sure the extent of what they are looking to do, 71 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:48.520 except that it's going to be an asphalt maintenance type project, 72 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:50.360 So we're not sure if it's a millan overlay or 73 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.840 if it's just an overlay, but they do they are 74 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:56.599 going to have lane closures throughout that project. It will 75 00:03:56.639 --> 00:04:01.240 start this week, it will go all the way till August. First, 76 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.599 their plan for some of the minor intersections is to 77 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:09.240 close those intersections while that work progresses through that intersection. 78 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:13.639 On the major intersections, like on Cherokee and possibly Johnstone, 79 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:18.240 they will have flagged people there to help facilitate traffic 80 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:22.680 north south through those intersections. So if you can avoid 81 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:25.759 Adams Boulevard for the next month, I guess that's kind 82 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.399 of what they're talking about. They would encourage you to 83 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:32.600 do so, but it will be certainly one lane of travel, 84 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.240 likely both directions, so there will be delays if that's 85 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.920 your primary route or if you happen to go down 86 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:41.480 that route during construction, but that begins today and it 87 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:45.160 will go all the way through August first. But this 88 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.839 isn't the final solution for OTAs Boulevard, so this is 89 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:51.920 just kind of as a stop gap. They are planning 90 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:56.040 to completely remove and replace the road in twenty twenty 91 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:58.279 seven to twenty eight, so we're still a few years away. 92 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:01.199 I guess they've heard us all the times that. 93 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:03.439 I guess so because we talked about it, I don't 94 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.879 know how many times. And I mean, it's better than 95 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:09.560 nothing than nothing. I know a lot of people have 96 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.639 been avoiding Adams anyway because of the state of especially 97 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:16.120 as you're going down the hill they're from near Lee 98 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:20.160 Lake and Silver Lake and then avoiding the right hand 99 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:24.439 lane as you're coming into downtown. Yeah, several alightnments I'm 100 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:25.600 sure have had to be done. 101 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:29.240 That it is. Unfortunately, they are not doing anything on 102 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.959 that particular stretch, so it's really from the River West 103 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:34.000 is really what they're looking to do. 104 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:34.959 Interesting. 105 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:37.040 Yeah, Okay, so thanks for that update, because we were 106 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:38.560 told it was going to be from the seventy five 107 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:39.720 overpass all the way down. 108 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:42.399 Yeah. The press release that they told us is that 109 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:47.920 it's going to be from Quawpaw Okay West Okay. Well, no, 110 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:51.560 I stand corrected. They did say between US and five 111 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.279 and Highway went twenty three. So but I guess they're 112 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.199 starting in Quawpaw Okay So okay, they're starting downtown. But 113 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.439 I guess the maintenance project will go all the way 114 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:02.399 to Highway seventy five. So you are correct, Nathan. 115 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:06.920 It happens a while there you go, not very often. 116 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:10.480 So that's that is ongoing and much needed. But again 117 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.759 these are in essence temporary repairs to kind of buy 118 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.800 time to get to the final replacement, which is a 119 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:22.519 few years away. Fire hydrant testing continue, so we as 120 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:24.839 part of our annual maintenance of fire hydrants and just 121 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.560 checking make sure everything is operating operational, we test all 122 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:31.519 the fire hydrants within the city limits and in the 123 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:35.480 surrounding area. So that's roughly sixteen hundred hydrants that we 124 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.399 test and we are almost complete. So currently we are 125 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:41.560 in what we call Zone ten, so that's at Price 126 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:44.720 Roads south the Rice Creek Road and Hampton Road to 127 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:48.720 Highway seventy five, so kind of that south eastern quadrant 128 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:52.920 of the city that we are doing those hydrant tests there. 129 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:56.199 So if you're in that area, just keep in mind 130 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:58.839 that you may have times where the pressure is reduced 131 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:02.240 while we conduct that flow test, and if there is 132 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:06.879 any issues that's over an hour, call us that should 133 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.120 be corrected when it finished, since it typically takes about 134 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:13.040 twenty minutes to an hour to do the testing in 135 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:14.120 the particular areas. 136 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:19.480 So that's like a Colonial and Kenelworth and Starve View. 137 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:21.839 Am I saying that right? Yeah, one right there by 138 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:23.680 the old Price barn. 139 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:28.800 It is yep, yep, Starvial, Colonial, Kenilworth And then in 140 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.079 kind of that whole section there, so south Price, west 141 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:33.680 of High with seventy five, So if you're in that 142 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.000 area and east of the river, if you're in that area, 143 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:38.800 that's we're coming towards you here at Prive within the 144 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:39.360 next week. 145 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:40.199 Very good. 146 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:42.120 And the last one is that we are doing a 147 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.920 wastewater rehab on a sewer line on Denver Road just 148 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:50.240 west of Cherokee between Cherokee and Shawnee. Unless you live 149 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:52.199 on that street, you will never notice it, but we 150 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:55.360 will have some lane closures to facilitate that work. That 151 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:57.519 is starting today. It will last for the next couple 152 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:00.319 of weeks. So pairly short hit type of thing. If 153 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.560 if you happen to drive by and see work going 154 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:06.439 on there, that's what's going on. Uh. And of course 155 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:08.800 if you live on Denver, then that's gonna be something 156 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:10.160 that you will know very intimately. 157 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:13.480 Got a couple of friends who live on Denver, So 158 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:14.959 there you go. Sure we'll hear about that. 159 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:17.439 Yes, yes, So it's one of the you know, it's 160 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:19.560 just to make it better, you have to you have 161 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:21.399 to kind of close things and make it a little 162 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.199 bit of challenge to navigate. And that's, uh, that's just 163 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:27.720 where we're at. And so I guess Jim Bonzac said, 164 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.959 the you know, the the quickest point between two destinations 165 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.039 is usually under construction. 166 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:36.120 Of course, that's that. So multiple construction areas going on 167 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:36.679 right now. 168 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:39.240 Multiple multiple improvements by that's making it better. And so 169 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.039 we can we can live through the temporary things so 170 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:45.799 that the improvements are there in the roads or whatever 171 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:47.360 facility is much better in the long run. 172 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:47.960 That's right. 173 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.519 All right, So we're gonna jump into our group here, 174 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.480 so HC We're gonna start with you to talk a 175 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:56.759 little bit about some some fun facts and different things 176 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:59.360 to keep in mind here in the next big holiday. 177 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:03.360 Sure, as we approach in July fourth holiday, we just 178 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.120 want to remind everyone that fireworks are prohibited within the 179 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:11.559 city limits of Barnesville, So if you get get caught 180 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:14.240 shooting off fireworks, that could come with a fine and 181 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:19.039 get your fireworks confiscated. That's on public and private property, 182 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:21.039 So anything inside the city limits you can't shoot your 183 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:25.559 fireworks off. We would like to encourage people to report 184 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:28.440 that on the non emergency number instead of calling nine 185 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:30.919 one one so it doesn't tie up the nine one 186 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:35.639 one emergency number. Yes, yeah, PD's non emergency number is 187 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:39.799 nine one eight three three eight four zero zero one, 188 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:42.159 So if where. 189 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.120 You could call Chief Hall on his personal cell phone. 190 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:54.440 Yes, there are public displays on July third, fourth, and 191 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:59.480 the fifth, so you've have Hillcrest Sooner Park and then 192 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:04.200 also the Dungeons Stadium will have a show on the fifth, 193 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:07.200 so we just want to remind everyone on that. And 194 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:10.080 as the temperatures start increasing, we just want to encourage 195 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:14.000 everyone to be mindful of the hotter temperatures and the 196 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:16.759 higher humidities and just be careful if you're outside doing 197 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:19.559 yard work or anything outside with the family. On that 198 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.320 that side of things, and then one other thing we 199 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:28.840 had going on. We had an annual softball game between 200 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:32.159 us and the fire department and the police department. 201 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.080 So since he's leading with this, I kind of have 202 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:38.919 an idea where this might have gone. 203 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:48.559 So this has been ongoing since probably the seventies, we've 204 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:52.600 played a charity softball game fire versus police. It hadn't 205 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:55.399 happened every year, but we try to try to do 206 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.759 it as often as possible. This year it was headed 207 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:02.799 up by the fire rider Ryan Winter and Officer Sierrah 208 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:09.519 Compton were the ones that spearheaded this year's This year's 209 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.960 game raised a little over nine hundred dollars and the 210 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:20.840 charity was Special Olympics this year. So out of that, 211 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.600 I think the score was I want to go back 212 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.200 and I think it was twenty. 213 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:29.000 It was close. 214 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:29.600 I think it was. 215 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:34.120 Twenty three to eleven. Fire Department won again. This was 216 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:38.039 closer this year than it has been the past, twenty 217 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:38.840 three to eleven. 218 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:43.960 I heard there was some bias on the you know, 219 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:49.480 the umpire, you know as well, different strike zones there, 220 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:49.799 you know. 221 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.159 Oh, I'm sorry, it's twenty five to eleven. I was 222 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:59.159 off on the score. He forgot that eleven. But it's 223 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:03.320 all in fun. We tried to raise money for a 224 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:06.600 good cause, and it's I don't know exactly what the 225 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.840 record is, but you know, from the seventies to now, 226 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:13.039 we've played quite a few games. I think p D's 227 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:14.519 won one or two along the way. 228 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:15.159 That's good. 229 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:21.360 By the way, well, that's where they held a little carrot, 230 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:22.960 you know that the stick on the carrot with the 231 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:24.799 carrot on the stick, it's actually a doughnut. 232 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:26.840 I'm just kidding with you guys. 233 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:29.279 So there's a there's a traveling trophy and it has 234 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:31.120 a permanent residence at Central fire Stake. 235 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:31.960 Permanent. 236 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:37.919 But yeah, usually we'll try to get some some one 237 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.159 usually volunteers to get tased or something along those lines. 238 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:44.200 So we didn't have that this year, but we had 239 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:46.440 a couple of other things that went on. So we 240 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:47.960 tried to do it every year and raise some money 241 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.279 for a good cause around the around the area. But 242 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.399 I just wanted to say thanks to Officer Compton and 243 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:57.360 Firefighter Winter for spear hitting this year's game and it's 244 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:01.120 a lot of fun. Hopefully to do it again next year. 245 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:04.320 Give the cops another chance. 246 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:08.639 That's why they need some practice. 247 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.440 Yeah, I don't know, talk to Chief Mickaelberry about that. 248 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:18.799 See if you can get you guys and in the Yeah, yeah, yeah, 249 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:19.320 I don't know. 250 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:24.279 Well that's we did this perfectly, Nathan to let Hi 251 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.919 go first and then Andrew can provide his rebuttal you 252 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:32.039 know in there. That's the way democratic forum there. So Andrew. 253 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:36.720 Going to start off with the borders with the police department. 254 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:40.600 Did win the boots and Badges blood drive ah over 255 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:42.159 this last weekend, so we're winners in that. 256 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:45.120 Maybe you shouldn't have donated blood before playing, so I 257 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:47.679 don't know that was what the problem was. 258 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:50.360 Yeah, what's going on with the police department. We're getting 259 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:53.960 ready to wrap up our second annual Basic Peace Officer 260 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:57.080 Certification Academy. We have two officers graduating that they'll go 261 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:00.480 directly into field training. There'll be about sixteen weeks in 262 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:02.600 that before they hit the streets, so we're definitely excited 263 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:05.039 to have them. Shortly after that, we'll be starting the 264 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:07.559 new academy August eighteenth. I think we have one in 265 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:10.879 that along with several other cities, are conjunction with Tri 266 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:13.799 County Tech. And the most important thing is our police 267 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:17.360 department annual block party. It's going to be September twenty seventh. 268 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.679 It's gonna be from eleven am to two pm. We'll 269 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:21.720 be putting a lot more information out on that here shortly, 270 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:25.080 and lastly, like to give a shout out to Arvest Bank. 271 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.759 They're gonna be at the police apartment today. They're cooking 272 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:28.600 everybody lunch. So we're definitely appreciated. 273 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:32.799 There you go, there you go, great, fantastic. Well, yeah, 274 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.840 so maybe there's a change in the softball format where 275 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:38.679 it's the blood drive first, chasing first, and then you 276 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:41.840 do the softball there. Yeah, we'll see. Yeah, you can 277 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:43.840 chase all the firefighters and play first. 278 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:44.399 That works. 279 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:49.679 Yeah, there you go, even the playing field there. So 280 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:53.679 all right, Andrew, So, has there been any word about 281 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:56.720 the Citizen Police Academy or they talked about that for 282 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:58.240 the next session here. 283 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:00.480 It's been in the works. Were gonna have a final day, Yeah, okay, 284 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.240 next week coming up. 285 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.279 Okay, tell us a little bit about the Citizen Police 286 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:06.279 Academy as far as what what is there qualifications? You 287 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:08.519 have to live in a certain area or anybody who. 288 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:10.960 Yeah, yeah, be within the city limits of Artistsville. Then 289 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:13.480 you'll apply. Then we'll reach back out to you with 290 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.000 the dates we do this. Last time we did a 291 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:19.440 shortened version which seemed to work out really well. I 292 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:21.799 think we'll probably do that again. Well, we try to 293 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.360 have under twenty participants in it, because that's a really 294 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.399 good number. Everybody gets good conversation with that. But you'll 295 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.200 go through and learn what it is to be a 296 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:30.960 police officer and how we do things and why we 297 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.320 do things, and we want them to ask the tough questions, 298 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:35.000 you know, to us and all that. So that's how 299 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:37.919 it's how we come together as community and be better. 300 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:40.159 All right, So stay tuned if you have an interest 301 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:43.200 in the police department. There is a Citizen Police Academy 302 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:45.840 that is upcoming soon. So I'm sure there will be 303 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:49.519 some announcements online and I bet they will talk about 304 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:53.840 it on the radiote further as well. So all right, Jason, 305 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:58.440 you're our cleanup heitter. So talking about citizen academies academy, 306 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:01.039 we're going to talk about other citizen academy. 307 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:06.080 Well, we put on our first Citizens Academy last June. 308 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:09.240 It was an ad June time frame, my memory serving 309 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:14.000 me correct. Originally, let's have Tracy Rolls as one of 310 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:17.799 the one of the kind of leads on this and 311 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:23.320 he took another job shortly. Yes, so I got thrust 312 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:24.919 in the film is role. So I was part of 313 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:29.279 this last year. Similar to the Police Academy, we take 314 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.639 twenty twenty people. They do have to be a resident 315 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.159 of the City of Bartlesville, work in the City of Bartlesville, 316 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:39.240 or let's say I got some notes here, or full 317 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:41.840 time employed or a business owner. You must be eighteen 318 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:44.879 or older. You must have a transportation to get yourself 319 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.679 to and from. You have to be able to make 320 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:50.840 all the commitments on the dates that are given. I 321 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:53.399 think it's kind of tentative right now because this is 322 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:55.720 just a draft format of what we're going through. But 323 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.159 it'll be in September October time frame. It's a six 324 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.840 I would say six week but it's it's bi weekly, 325 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:06.599 but there will be six sessions and it's kind of 326 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.480 similar to Police Apartment, just kind of shows you the 327 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:13.960 different departments, different responsibilities of the city. You know, we'll 328 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:18.400 we'll go from the legal side, city management side, water wastewater, 329 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:21.440 get to the water plant, the wastewater plan. 330 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:23.119 It's pretty informant that. 331 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:28.640 Honestly, till we did this last year was the first 332 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:31.400 time I'd ever been out to the wastewater plan, so. 333 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.640 Wow, you got to get out of. 334 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:36.680 So even even as an employee that's worked there a 335 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.920 long time, there's still pieces of the city that I'm 336 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:42.240 we kind of know what everybody does from the surface level, 337 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:44.519 but kind of get to see the ins and outs 338 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.720 of what they do on a daily is uh, you know, 339 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:48.680 something even I don't get to experience. So I think 340 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:51.960 it's very informational to the to the citizens and if 341 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:54.519 they really you want to know, and I assume people 342 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:56.119 that are going to apply to to be honestcom you 343 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:58.480 really do want to take a deep dive into their 344 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:02.759 city government. So I know we got some time here, 345 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:05.559 so let's try to tell you questions for filler. 346 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:08.119 Dive in some details. So what's the cost? So is 347 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:10.720 there any costs? No costs, okay, free to. 348 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.799 The free. 349 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:18.319 Applications will be accepted through July thirty. First, I apologize, 350 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:20.079 I don't know. I'm assuming that's probably out on our 351 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:21.759 website as a form for that. 352 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:23.839 I don't know that to be one, I don't think 353 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.519 they've posted it yet, but I think they'll do the 354 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:29.920 application through the website when that opens up. 355 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:32.880 I think I think Laura said assistancy major Laura Summer 356 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.240 Sanders Summers, listen to me, that's Martha's task. I think 357 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.440 she said the applications will become available July first. 358 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.559 First sound. 359 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.079 Yeah, I was not at the meeting where all this 360 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:50.039 uh pride, and I found myself being another part of again. 361 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:51.920 I kind of thought when I volunteered last year for it, 362 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:54.079 it got me out of the loop, but they got 363 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:55.880 me wrapped in for two more years. 364 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:59.240 So I think, yeah, when you're so good and you 365 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:02.079 get volunteered for opportunities. 366 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:03.319 So give kind of a quick overview. You're gonna get 367 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:05.119 to meet city council members. You'll get to meet all 368 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:07.839 department heads, a lot of our staff. You'll learn how 369 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.759 the decisions are made, how city funds are allocated, how 370 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:15.519 our departments operate. You'll get a comprehensive overview of departments programs, 371 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:19.440 the services in which they provide, discover current status and 372 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:23.839 future plans for marginalous development, their service operations, and other 373 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:27.640 various topics. You're gonna participate in lively discussions and fun 374 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:30.880 interactive activities, some more fun than others. 375 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:33.359 There you go, Well, I think the encouragement is for 376 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.640 hands on participation. 377 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:38.519 So there's definitely some hands on experience. I know, we 378 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:40.680 take them out of the yard city are and they 379 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.799 get to mess around some of our large equipment. 380 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:46.559 Run some equipment. They get to actually physically view the 381 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.440 various plants to see exactly what happens. We don't get 382 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:51.079 them to do anything. 383 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:54.200 Oh, you can see stations and wastewater. You know the 384 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:59.279 wastewater treatment plan, which is you know, kind of a 385 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:04.240 gross well, it's a process where we start at and 386 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.000 where it finishes. 387 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:07.319 Yeah, yeah, I mean that the a lot of folks 388 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.000 don't know that. 389 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:12.359 You know, obviously you have two different plants, and you 390 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:14.519 know it doesn't all come from one plant. But the 391 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:19.359 ted Locking Unicipal Water Facility out there on Lake Hudson Road, 392 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:22.279 it's absolutely incredible. When what's that built? 393 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.160 Built in two thousand and six. 394 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:28.200 Okay, so it's coming up on it's a twenty years. Yeah, 395 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:32.559 And how many millions of gallons of water can that 396 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:34.200 plant process each day? 397 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:38.400 It can process twenty six million. So our current averages 398 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:41.759 roughly five and a half is what our annual average is. 399 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.720 Summertime is much higher due to you know, just outdoor 400 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:48.480 water use of such we'll get up in the eight, nine, ten, 401 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:52.039