WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:04.000 Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:07.639 time now for our City Matters program. It matters to you, 3 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:09.839 it matters to the city, of course it does. And 4 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.439 right now we have miss Laura here. How are you doing, 5 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:13.039 young lady. 6 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:15.759 I'm doing great, Thank you, well, super We got a 7 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:16.359 house full. 8 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:16.960 Today, we do. 9 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:17.519 Yep. 10 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:19.399 We've got lots going on at the city and so 11 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:20.559 lots to share today. 12 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:23.280 On with it all right, So the first thing. 13 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.879 I wanted to talk about this morning was our Citizens Academy. 14 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:29.239 So this is the final week of accepting applications for 15 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.719 our second annual Citizens Academy. And so this is not 16 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:36.079 to be confused with our Police Department Citizens Academy. This 17 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:41.159 is the city wide Citizens Academy. So participants can expect 18 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:43.719 to go to all the different departments within the city 19 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:46.719 and meet city staff and really see where their tax 20 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:52.439 dollars are being spent and how daily operations are going 21 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.600 each day. And so we do tours of all the 22 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:59.280 different facilities, including the wastewater treatment plant, the water plant, 23 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.280 the police department, fire department. We go to all of 24 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:05.319 the different departments and so it's a really great deep 25 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.000 dive into city government and so. 26 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:09.959 We encourage people to apply. And so if you are. 27 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:13.319 Interested, you must be at least eighteen years of age 28 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.040 or older. You have to meet one of the following criteria. 29 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:19.079 You either have to be a resident of Bartlesville, employed 30 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.879 full time in Bartlesville, or own a business in Bartlesville. 31 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.280 And if you meet that criteria, we encourage you to 32 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:28.680 apply at our website at Cityobartlesville dot org and you'll 33 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:30.159 apply for the Citizens Academy. 34 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:31.680 And it's a very short application. 35 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:36.519 So the selection process or i'm sorry not the selection process, 36 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:39.480 but the application process will end on the thirty first, 37 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:41.920 so they have until Thursday to put in their applications 38 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.239 and then the sessions will start on September fourth, so 39 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.920 it's every other Thursday from one to five and it 40 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:52.159 will last until November thirteenth, so we'll finish kind of 41 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:57.040 wrap it up right before the Thanksgiving holiday, and then 42 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.959 we will have a December council meeting graduation and so 43 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.840 it's an exciting time and I encourage anybody that's interested 44 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:08.240 to apply. We will select twenty participants this year. We 45 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:11.400 try to keep the class smaller, a little more intimate. 46 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.039 That way, it's easier to go through all the different 47 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:18.039 departments and it's very informal. They have questions, they can 48 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:20.120 ask those questions, and it's easier to do that when 49 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:21.280 there's just twenty as. 50 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:22.479 Opposed to a larger group. 51 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:24.520 And then of course I do have to give a 52 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:26.680 shout out to Tri County Tech because we partner with 53 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:29.639 them on the transportation, so they provide all of the 54 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.840 bus and the bus driver to take everybody on the 55 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:34.680 tours into. 56 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:35.639 All the different facilities. 57 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:41.080 So yeah, that's what we've got going for the Citizens Academy, 58 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:42.639 and again I encourage people to apply. 59 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:44.319 You have them till July thirty. 60 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:48.560 First, next up we have a golf course update. So 61 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:49.919 I've got d Roadman here. 62 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:50.759 He's our. 63 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:57.759 Sorry working out our mics. He is our golf director. 64 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.919 And so what's going up golf course do Well, a lot. 65 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:04.479 Of things, a lot in a short amount of time 66 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:05.000 to get open. 67 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.759 Yeah, we're just trying to get ready, trying to kind 68 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:11.479 of going through our punch list, final detail stuff, you know, 69 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:16.400 about three and a half weeks from our community day 70 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:20.280 and then we're going to do a grand opening shotgun 71 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:23.479 the following day, that Saturday. 72 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:25.599 So we've got a lot coming up here. 73 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:27.919 Pretty quickly, so we're trying to scramble to get as 74 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.800 much done as we can before we get get the 75 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:32.319 course back open again. 76 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:33.439 Very good. 77 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:37.240 Yeah, So the community Day, everybody's invited to that. That 78 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:39.759 will be from ten am to one pm. And what 79 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:41.479 can they expect that community Day? 80 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:44.879 We just want people to come out and we encourage 81 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.319 them to do. They can come out and walk the 82 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.759 course if they like, or just bring their putters and 83 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.439 but on the few of the greens that are near 84 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.360 the clubhouse, they want to walk out too far on 85 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:58.400 the golf course, but they're more welcome just kind of 86 00:03:58.759 --> 00:03:59.439 check things out. 87 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:00.560 Meet the new staff. 88 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:03.599 Obviously, we have a lot of new faces including myself 89 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:06.560 out there that people probably haven't met us before in 90 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:09.719 our new staff as well, So give give an opportunity 91 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.240 to meet some of the some of the golfers that'll be. 92 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:13.560 Coming out and also meet us. 93 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:18.399 And then we'll have food truck and drink and just 94 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:21.680 let people kind of meal around and we'll have I 95 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:25.600 believe the opening ribbon cutting ceremony as well that day 96 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:28.759 as well to commenced the opening of the golf course. 97 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:33.199 Yep. So again that is on August twenty second, so 98 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:35.160 that is on a Friday, and it's from ten am 99 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:38.839 to one pm, and everybody's invited to attend that. Come 100 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:41.240 out and get you some food, bring your putters, put around, 101 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:45.439 meet the staff, and we'll also have a live radio 102 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:49.680 broadcast that day from the course, and so it'll be 103 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:51.639 an exciting time for everybody to kind of see what 104 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.639 the course looks like and to meet d and all 105 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:55.439 of his staff. 106 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:56.480 I do. 107 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:59.920 I'd seen some emails bouncing around that are new carts 108 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.079 are coming in this week? 109 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.240 Is that the Yeah, they're arriving today. In fact, they 110 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:07.000 dropped off before I got here. So there, we'll have 111 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:08.560 all the carts here by the end of the day. 112 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:10.360 Then we got a uh, you know. 113 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:12.839 We have GPS on the carts as well, so we'll 114 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:14.879 take us a few weeks to get all that set 115 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.279 up for the enjoyment of the golfers. 116 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.519 So I have GPS available to put on my ball 117 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:21.639 because I lose. 118 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:29.000 Yeah, maybe out of luck on that unfortunately, I ask me. 119 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:35.399 So with these I know that there is there's some 120 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:38.120 benefit to having these GPS cards. Can you explain to 121 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:42.639 us what what the GPS does for the cards or 122 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:44.920 for the course and for the golfer as well. 123 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.959 As far as the golfer just gives them a gives 124 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:51.279 them pretty accurate gardage from where they are to the 125 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:53.600 location of the pen and the center of the greens. 126 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:56.160 And also for the golfers haven't played out there before, 127 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:58.560 it'll give them a layout of the hole when they 128 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:02.040 get into the t box somewhere, how far out the 129 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.399 bunk their way bunkers are, and you know, so they 130 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.240 can have a good club selection they've never played there before. 131 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:10.000 As far as the golf course, it gives us the 132 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:14.319 benefit of being able to communicate with the golfers each 133 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:17.680 individual card or a Pacific cart. If we can get 134 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.439 old somebody or there's implement whether coming, we can pull 135 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.600 them in off the course. And also the main benefit 136 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.720 it helps us control where the carts go as well. 137 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:27.959 That way of say its car pass only that day 138 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.519 we can control and keep the carts on the pass 139 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.720 so the golf course doesn't get redded up from people 140 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:37.120 driving off the pass very much. So that's one of 141 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:39.959 the main benefits of having GPS is having the control of. 142 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:41.079 The golf cart good. 143 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:44.439 And then these are going to be the easy go 144 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:46.600 electric or lithium. 145 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.240 Yeah, lithium ion, which is kind of the latest and greatest. 146 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:53.040 The old Avil battery days are pretty much becoming extinct, 147 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.399 so the lithium ions will last up to fight over 148 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:59.600 five years. So they go you can go over about 149 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:02.040 twenty eight over twenty eight miles on a single charge, 150 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.439 so they hold their charge for a very long time, 151 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.079 so they're real nice and efficient. 152 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:10.439 So again, community Day is August twenty second. 153 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.519 The day after which is August twenty third, on a Saturday, 154 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:16.959 we'll have our grand reopening shotgun that will start at 155 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:20.519 nine am. It is limited to one hundred players and 156 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:22.519 so these would be the players that we'll get to 157 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:24.040 be the first to play. 158 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:26.040 On these new greens, and. 159 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:29.360 So we will have when can they expect to be 160 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:31.160 able to register for that event. 161 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:34.079 We'll have some information posted later this week as far 162 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:38.920 as how they can sign up and get registered for that, 163 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:43.120 So we'll get that here next few days and get 164 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:44.639 that out to everybody. 165 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.639 So then from the twenty fourth through the first of September, 166 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:51.360 we will have limited tea time. So for those that 167 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:54.240 want to play the course and maybe don't get an 168 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:58.439 opportunity to do the shotgun reopening, they can maybe sign 169 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:02.000 up for one of these limited time spots after August 170 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:05.040 twenty fourth, and then we'll have a full reopening of 171 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:09.639 the course on September second. So lots of cool things 172 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.879 happening at the golf course and so we hope to 173 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.519 see everybody there at the August twenty second event. 174 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:16.160 And do you have anything else that you want to. 175 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.079 Add or Yeah, we just look forward to having people 176 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:20.360 come out and see all the changes. 177 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:23.920 The staff and Jones. 178 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.720 Plan, who was our contractor, did all the heavy lifting 179 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.759 of all the stuff that's been done out there. 180 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:34.120 They've worked really hard over these last several months or opening. 181 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:37.399 Everybody won't come out and really enjoy all the changes 182 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.039 at the golf coursing if it's a chance to meet 183 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:40.159 everybody as well. 184 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:44.519 All right, thanks Duve. So next up, I wanted to 185 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:45.480 talk about the airport. 186 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:47.759 And it's funny because these are kind of some they've 187 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:50.600 got some really cool things going on at the golf 188 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:53.080 course and the airport, and I get the benefit of 189 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:56.480 overseeing both of those departments. So it's been kind of 190 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:00.320 a cool experience to be able to see all the 191 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.200 the changes and all the new things going on out there. 192 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.200 So we've got Mike Richardson here, he's our airport director 193 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:07.960 to give us an airport update. 194 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:13.519 Thanks, Laura, appreciate it. It feels like a Monday man. 195 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:15.320 It's it's a roaster out there again. 196 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:16.480 Today it does. 197 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:17.799 Yeah. 198 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:23.879 Yeah, we're really excited about a new hangar bill. It's 199 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:27.679 been made possible by the BDA, the Bartlesbell Development Authority 200 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.799 and a grant from the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics. 201 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:36.559 They're funding forty percent of this project. No cab, so 202 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:41.039 we're looking at about two point three eight million for 203 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:45.240 the grant and about three million on the BDA side 204 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:46.000 of it. 205 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:47.240 This was. 206 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:52.799 A project to develop on the new taxi lane and 207 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:57.360 it's developing on the east side of the airport. It's 208 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:01.120 going to be a one thirty large box with a 209 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:05.480 thirty eight foot door opening. Could probably house an aircraft 210 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:08.080 up to the size of about a Nimbryer one seventy, 211 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:11.519 which was a pretty good sized aircraft. 212 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:15.120 The uh. 213 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:19.159 I wanted to talk to also a. 214 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:21.919 Little bit about I got a question the other day, 215 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.519 did you have any questions about the hanger? 216 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:26.360 I don't think so. 217 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:29.759 What do we have do re envision what we're going 218 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:30.759 to use that hanger? 219 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:35.759 For what Yes, So I was primarily designed as an 220 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.759 m RO hangar, which is maintenance, repair and overhaul, So 221 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:43.919 that was kind of the envisioning. Re envisioning of the 222 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:49.799 east side development for hanger development would be support maintenance, 223 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:52.919 repair and overhaul activities. We currently have an m RO 224 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:57.840 on the field Phoenix Rising Aviation, and they're looking to expand. 225 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.960 We might attract an outside business that it looks like 226 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:05.000 they have some interest in the new hangar, so we'll 227 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:10.000 see where that goes. There's it's this taxi lane that 228 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.559 was built into the east side of the airport was 229 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.960 a fifty foot wide and a thirty five foot wide. 230 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:18.639 The thirty five foot wide south was built mainly to 231 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:23.840 support private hangar development. So we've got some interest from 232 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:26.919 a few individuals already about building private hangar development. So 233 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:31.919 we'll be developing ground leases to support those type of builds, 234 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:37.399 projects and operations. I got an interesting call the other 235 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.720 day from it was actually an email, not a call, 236 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:48.799 but somebody asked about what is the benefit of the 237 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:53.440 airport to the average martins Martinsville citizen, and I thought, 238 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:56.879 you know, that's probably something that we should probably talk about. 239 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:03.879 The airport is an economic driver connects to the national 240 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.559 and global market as well through the ease of travel. 241 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:12.879 The airport supports upwards of probably fifty to sixty employees 242 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:21.799 pilot's mechanics line service, there's pipeline patrol. There's a numerous 243 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:25.919 activities from different various groups supply in and out of 244 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:31.360 the airport. The USDA actually flies up here and hunts 245 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:36.240 coyotes and wild pigs during the ranching caving season to 246 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:41.399 protect the ranchers animals. We have two ag sprayers on 247 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:45.759 the field. The spray a lot of the local ranches, 248 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:49.120 crops and things of that nature. Like I mentioned the 249 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:59.960 pipeline patrol. Yeah, Conoco Phillips has resumed their shuttle operation 250 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:03.759 and they're they're in UH two or three times a 251 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:11.120 week every week. Aerial surveyors. The UH texture on Aviation 252 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:16.840 is used utilized our airfield for hangar storage. Air EBAC 253 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:20.720 is another big big user of the field. Vance Air 254 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.320 Force Base, the T six, They do Sordi flights, They 255 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:28.440 do approach instrument work on our airfield. So there's a 256 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.120 there's just a and there's a lot of use for 257 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:35.080 the airport that really doesn't get talked about. A lot 258 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:38.440 and a lot of people don't really fully understand happens 259 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:39.080 in Martinsville. 260 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.559 Well, and even for myself spending more time out there, 261 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:43.960 you see all the traffic coming in and out of that, 262 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:47.039 you know that airport, and so I don't know that 263 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:50.440 the average person realizes that there's that much traffic at 264 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:52.200 an air a musical airport. 265 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:56.879 I guess it's a really good place to flight train 266 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:01.000 because we don't have a you know, tallso behind one 267 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.919 hundred tales trying to take off, you can get in 268 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:08.480 and you can get out. It's not a high traffic airport, 269 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.720 but it's busier than you might think. A lot of 270 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:17.559 charter service, cargo haulers doing tech stops from coast to coast. 271 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:22.360 We're just in the right spot for amid continent refield. 272 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:24.960 So yeah, it's just. 273 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:27.759 A lot of uses at the airport. 274 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:28.360 Yeah. 275 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.039 Absolutely. 276 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:32.279 I would like to say thank you to park Hill, 277 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.840 our Airport Engineering Group, and the ODAA and the Commission 278 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:41.039 for their continued support for Bartlesville Airport and a two 279 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:45.840 point three eight million dollars grant that the project probably 280 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:49.279 would not have happened if for not their benefits. 281 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:54.000 So that's a significant investment into the airport. 282 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.799 And the community as a whole. So we are very 283 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:58.519 appreciative of that. 284 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.960 All right, Is that all you got, Mike? 285 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:03.480 I think so at this time. 286 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.559 All right, well, thank you, thank you. Next up, switching gears. 287 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:10.080 We're gonna we brought HR in the room, and I 288 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:13.679 know that that's scary for some people. 289 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.799 Yes, that's why we brought HR. 290 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:20.519 So I've got Robin Betts here, she's our HR director 291 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:22.240 and she's going to talk to us about what's going 292 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:24.679 on in HR, maybe some open positions that we have. 293 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:28.159 Yes, and let me start, Mike, do you have an 294 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:29.840 intern coming for this school year? 295 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:31.639 That's another. 296 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.840 Tell them just to smidge about the internship program because 297 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.240 this I love, absolutely love that they do this. 298 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:44.519 Yeah, so we we have excuse me, we have partnered 299 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:48.120 with the Bartlesville High School for the city, probably longer 300 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:50.759 than I have, but since we have been become a 301 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:53.840 part of the city for the last three years, this 302 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:58.799 will be our fourth school year with an intern and uh, 303 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:02.159 it really provides a unique opportunity for a high school 304 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:07.000 student to get some firsthand knowledge and experience in whatever 305 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:09.919 interest that they might have going forward in college. So 306 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:19.840 for us, it's Airport Operations FBO management, are airport management 307 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:26.279 and or exposure to flight training and maintenance, so it 308 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:33.960 really gives a unique perspective that you wouldn't get otherwise. Yeah, 309 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.159 it's been really great. We've had some great, great kids. 310 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:39.879 One of our interns is has gone on and he's 311 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:43.480 flying in the ROTC program Shout out to the Jack 312 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:46.000 Auschwitz at o Issu. 313 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:47.799 So it's really. 314 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:51.799 Really interesting to see where the possibilities can take our 315 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.440 young folks. 316 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:55.159 Yes, I'm sorry to put you on the spot on that, 317 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:58.360 but when you were talking and then looking at job openings, 318 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:01.000 it's not a paid position, but it's just so cool 319 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:03.360 to me that we can partner with the high school 320 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:07.720 and these kids get exposure to all kinds of different things. 321 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:11.400 We have had one in our department each year too, 322 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:14.920 and so that's a lot of fun paid jobs that 323 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:17.039 we have posted. Let me go over those really quick. 324 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:19.839 So for D at the golf course, we've got beverage 325 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:23.079 cart server, which that one I find really interesting. If 326 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.599 I was younger and wasn't working here, I would be 327 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.759 applying to that job. 328 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:28.079 It's very social. 329 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:32.160 You're out there doing big events and the busiest times 330 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:36.640 selling beverages off that cart. Greeting the public, getting to 331 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:41.119 meet people, visit with people. Just it's great. Tips are involved. 332 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:44.799 That's always actually eligible for tip it is which is 333 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.680 very exciting. Yes, so that one's at the top of 334 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:51.160 my list. It is a part time position, so benefits 335 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.519 don't apply. The hours are going to be roughly what 336 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:56.000 twenty hours a week max. 337 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.079 Type of thing. It's great for a college student. 338 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.799 They do have to be eighteen years or older because 339 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:04.640 of the beverage server's license they have to have, but 340 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:08.519 really good job if someone is looking for that part 341 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:11.880 time work. We also have, for Larry Curtis over here, 342 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.920 abatement officer in his department. That is the person that 343 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:18.319 takes care of properties that need to be cleaned up 344 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.599 and things like that. So that is opening up. I 345 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:27.079 believe next Monday is when that person transfers to another department. 346 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:31.039 And so we also have some maintenance worker positions the 347 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:35.039 parks department. It's still mowing season. Bobby needs help out there, 348 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:38.799 so parks for mowing, weed eating, all of that. 349 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.720 We also have. 350 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:46.599 Utility worker for water distribution and wastewater. Both are accepting applications. 351 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:48.920 The water going in, the water going out. 352 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:53.000 We all like that water so back to the parks 353 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.160 when we actually have temporary and full. 354 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.920 Time positions there. 355 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.640 So if it's just a student looking for some work 356 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:02.400 through the the busy mowing season, then we've got something 357 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:04.759 for you. Or if you're looking for a full time 358 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:06.880 job with benefits, we've got that too. 359 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:09.920 Absolutely they are looking for both on that one. So 360 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.440 and then one more thing really quick. Our applicant tracking 361 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.480 system that we use, it's been a little bit clunky 362 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:20.000 and hard to navigate for both the applicants and for 363 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:22.680 the hiring managers. We've spent a lot of time the 364 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:26.359 last few months looking at different softwares out there. We 365 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:30.039 have chosen one We've gone with Neogov. We'll be launching 366 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:32.799 that in the next over the next two months be 367 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:36.000 live with that. We'll do some testing in August, probably 368 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:38.960 in live in September. That should make it so much 369 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:42.680 easier for the applicant for that process. They'll be able 370 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:46.000 to upload documents such as their resume, which currently they 371 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:49.880 cannot do right now, and so that'll be really nice. 372 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:52.119 But also for the hiring managers, they're going to have 373 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:55.400 cleaner access to it, the ability to look at it 374 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:58.799 real time and see as the applications are coming in 375 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:03.200 and that kind of thing. It'll help facilitate the interview process, 376 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.079 the setting up. 377 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.839 We're really looking forward to that. 378 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:10.079 And Karen Tanner, our HR manager's head, and that project up. 379 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:12.720 She's been very busy with it, but we're excited. 380 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.079 Yeah. 381 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:15.720 I think it'll be a better experience for everybody involved, 382 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:19.000 applicants and have city staff as well, and so it's 383 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:24.359 a win for everybody. So before before you step away 384 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:27.519 from the mic, let's talk about benefits. One of my 385 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.440 favorite benefits at the city is our zero Card and 386 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:33.960 my favorite let's talk about that for a second. 387 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:37.480 Yes, so zero Card is a medical benefit. 388 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:41.119 Anyone that's enrolled in our medical plan is automatically enrolled 389 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.839 in zero Card at no cost. 390 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:45.279 Zero Card covers. 391 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:50.920 Diagnostic services, MRIs, cat scans, lung scans, you name it. 392 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:55.559 And it also covers most surgeries, not all, but most. 393 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:58.920 If an employee opts to go through Zero Card through 394 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:02.440 that network for the those services, it costs the employee 395 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:07.440 absolutely zero, no deductible, no copay, no nothing. It was 396 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:10.920 it's been a game changer for our employees that were 397 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:15.119 milking an injury along maybe a knee, a shoulder because 398 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:18.000 of the expense you go through traditional insurance, you're looking 399 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:20.440 at fifty five hundred dollars out of your pocket for 400 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:23.920 a surgery for something big zero card. It costs them 401 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:27.599