WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:02.240 Good morning, good morning, good morning. 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:03.160 Welcome, welcome, welcome. 3 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:05.679 It is time now for our community connection right here 4 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:08.359 on K one, the one you trust. We have a 5 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:10.720 mayor deal Copeland in here with us today. 6 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:11.640 How you doing your honner. 7 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:13.320 I'm good. It's a beautiful day, Tom. 8 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:16.160 It always is a beautiful day in the city of Bartlesville. 9 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:16.600 That's true. 10 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:20.079 Yeah, boy, tell you what, We've got a lot going on. 11 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:23.519 You had a you got the recent opening of the 12 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:27.879 new health and wellness facility. It's right across the streets there. 13 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:30.559 While they're cutting the ribbon the other day and I 14 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:32.679 was just waving it folks, and they're kind of like, 15 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:36.240 who is that? That's at Yahoo at the radio. But anyway, 16 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:38.520 that was a pretty good, pretty good time. It's an 17 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:41.479 interesting thing. You drive by and it's this small building, 18 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:44.640 but you go inside there's there's two I guess they 19 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.079 call them exam rooms, a little office space, and it's 20 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:51.000 with telemedicine. They say it's all that they need to 21 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.719 provide services to people. They're open seven days a week. Interesting. 22 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:56.759 Glad to have them in town. We said we could 23 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.039 use a little rain. We had like a little whisper 24 00:00:59.280 --> 00:00:59.719 of a rain. 25 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:03.359 Drive was that a whisper. It barely got the roadway. 26 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:05.079 I don't think it counted as a sprinkle. 27 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:06.519 I don't know it didn't. 28 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:07.319 It's kind of you. 29 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:09.959 No, we didn't need ras. Yeah, how bad are we? 30 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:14.159 Not as bad as some people would imagine. When the 31 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:16.920 lakes are full, they hold an amazing amount of water. 32 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:20.319 But obviously we haven't had any rain. It's been I 33 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:22.560 see this will ring of deal that it's the worst 34 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.480 drought in one hundred years, something like that I read 35 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:29.000 this morning. So we do need rain, and we need 36 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:30.760 the rain to be north of here. If it'd be 37 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:32.879 rained here at my yard, would appreciate it, but really 38 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:35.799 need the rain just north of us. The lakes are down. 39 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:40.519 I think I got this information yesterday. Our overall is 40 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.439 at eighty one point six percent. So we're down, you 41 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:48.319 know whatever that is eighteen point four percent, but we 42 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.719 want to be thinking about it. The good news is 43 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:54.159 it is now almost November, so water use will go down, 44 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.480 watering yards and gardens and all of those things will 45 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:01.519 begin to diminish. So that's a good thing. But based 46 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:04.760 on our ordinance, if levels drop below eighty percent, we 47 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.640 will begin an education thing to make people aware of it. 48 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:10.400 Of course we try to do that anyway, but I 49 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:12.960 think after that, once it drops to seventy five percent, 50 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:16.080 we do go to a rationing setup, but it's for 51 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:19.479 watering yards on odd and even days in the wintertime. 52 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:23.599 I don't anticipate that being a big issue. Usage has 53 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:26.759 been up a bit. It was better than six million 54 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.879 gallons per day during the winter. We're usually four four 55 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.439 point two four point five, So I do anticipate that 56 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.639 going down, but something to be aware of that. We 57 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.520 need to always be aware of our water usage anytime 58 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:40.960 of the year, whether we have a drought or not, 59 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:42.039 but especially now. 60 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:43.800 Yeah, well, it looks like the golf course is going 61 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.680 to be closing some much needed repairents golf deal I should. 62 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:49.919 Say overdue overdue, depending on how you talk to. 63 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.759 The experts tell you that golf courses, greens and fairways 64 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:56.159 and trees and all these things have a life like everything, 65 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.680 and this one is considerably beyond its expected life. Some 66 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:03.560 of those greens go back to the sixties, and yet 67 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:06.319 they rated as one of the top municipal courses in 68 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:09.080 the nation right there. Yeah, I've always said it was 69 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:11.319 one of the best munist courses in the state. And 70 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.240 they agreed. But yeah, we're going to close November the first, 71 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:17.319 and again during the wintertime when there's less play. I 72 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:20.280 know there's people that go out all year, but going 73 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.599 to replace all of the greens, the practice greens, the 74 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:26.280 chipping green, so all of that's due to be replaced. 75 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:29.159 And it's really and I'm not an expert, tom, but 76 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:33.000 it's what's below the green, the drainage and all the 77 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:35.840 pieces that make that green work and be healthy, so 78 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:39.400 all of that will be replaced. They're also we've looked 79 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:43.520 at what trees need to be thinned out. Love trees, 80 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.319 but at some point they create so much shade that 81 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.680 the grass can grow. So lots of changes coming and 82 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:52.520 the course will be closed we think probably through about 83 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:55.960 the first of May. Again, it depends on how quickly 84 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.520 all the new greens grow in and become stable and 85 00:03:58.560 --> 00:03:59.199 ready for play. 86 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:03.199 The big yard and debris pickup coming up here. 87 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:05.520 So that's a big deal as people look, and of 88 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:08.319 course as the trees. Timing that is always tough. People 89 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:09.800 say why did they do it here? Why didn't they 90 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.080 do it there? If you do it too early, believes, 91 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:14.919 haven't let go. If you do it too late, people think, well, 92 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.000 I've got all this stuff stacked up for weeks at 93 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:18.040 a time waiting. 94 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:19.480 For the pickup, so we're going to have that. 95 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.399 And here it is December the ninth through the thirteenth, 96 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:23.920 on your normal day. So if you're a Monday or 97 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.360 a Tuesday, or a Thursday or Friday, they'll pick up 98 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:29.319 that day. You would not put them in or on 99 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.839 your trash carts. You'd put them near because most of 100 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:35.639 the time a different truck will pick them up. And 101 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:37.519 always tell people if they don't pick them up with 102 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.800 your cart, don't panic because another truck will be by. 103 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.399 But you can put as much yard debris bags. They 104 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:47.439 don't have to be any certain color, just as long 105 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:50.079 as it's just yard debris. You can put limbs and 106 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:52.800 sticks and twigs and bundles not over four feet long 107 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.079 that are bundled up and tied into not more than 108 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.240 fifty pounds, because somebody has to pick those things up 109 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:59.560 put them in the truck. But they will pick all 110 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.800 of that up. I remember, God, it's been several years ago. 111 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:04.399 We had one house in town I think had one 112 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:07.120 hundred and eighty five bags. It was a lot with 113 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:10.519 lots and lots of trees obviously, but they'll pick all 114 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.720 that up, get rid of it for you, and start 115 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:14.360 off the winter on a good foot. 116 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:17.040 Very good, very good. Cold weather is a coming. It's 117 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:18.399 just not going to be today because. 118 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.720 We're not gonna be a day or tomorrow. I'm looking 119 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:23.560 at your weather map right, but the day will come. 120 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:24.399 In fact, we've. 121 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.040 Already had two days freezing. We got down in the twenties. 122 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:29.680 In the morning. Right back up. 123 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.879 But you do need to begin to think every year 124 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.920 it kind of sneaks up on us. Have I unhooked 125 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:40.439 the hoses outside? Have I winterized the outdoor faucets, made 126 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:42.480 sure they're covered or drained or whatever they need to 127 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:45.319 be at your house? But more particularly, and I think 128 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.360 far chief chief call would tell you, are your smoke 129 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:50.199 alarms working? 130 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:52.040 Do you have good batteries? Test them? 131 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:53.720 They got the little button. You can push the little 132 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:56.399 button and it'll tell you that it's working. Get those 133 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.759 things working. Think about maybe even a carbon monoxide detector. 134 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:03.160 Things that I saw in my years in the appliance business. 135 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:05.439 Don't use your cook stove to. 136 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:05.959 Heat the house. 137 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:08.399 It's just not made for that. It not only is 138 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.079 not safe in some cases, but it's very hard on 139 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:13.879 the cook stove. With Thanksgiving coming up, you don't want that. 140 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:17.839 So if you're running portable or space heaters, whatever you 141 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:20.399 want to call them, plug them directly into the wall. 142 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.680 Don't plug them into extension cords. Certainly, don't plug them 143 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:27.439 into a six strip outlet. That's where things happen that 144 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:32.480 are not nice. Unfortunately, our incidents of house fires picks 145 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:34.040 up when we have that cold weather. 146 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:37.160 Get your furnace checked, have someone check it. 147 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:40.600 Vacuum the dust and the stuff that's accumulated, make sure 148 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.480 the burners are working, the vent doesn't have a bird's 149 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:46.399 nest or something over it. That everything is ready to go, 150 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:48.680 so that when you get that first cold snap, you're 151 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.480 good to go and keep your house nice and warm. 152 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:53.160 Already very good Sooner Park. We've got a lot of 153 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.879 work going on down there. Been waiting on that for 154 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:57.000 a while. Everything. 155 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:00.319 It's really interesting because we pass a bond, don't have 156 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.720 the voters pass a bond issue, for instance, in twenty 157 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:05.959 twenty and here we are in twenty four. But you 158 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:09.199 bond issues are for three or five years. Normally you 159 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:11.319 don't get all the money the first year. You couldn't 160 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:13.839 do all the work in one year anyway, So we're 161 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:17.279 now working from a twenty twenty bond issue to improve 162 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:19.360 the road. Now that's what we call the Ring Road. 163 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:21.879 It will no longer be a ring road because the 164 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:25.000 northeast portion of that will not be available for traffic. 165 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.600 It'll be for foot traffic, bicycles, more of a path. 166 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:32.959 But from the swimming pool, the house or building there 167 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:37.040 on the east southem, I'll get my directions right all 168 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:40.120 the way around to the tower, the play equipment, all 169 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:41.360 of that will be repaved. 170 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:42.600 They're working on that now. 171 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.480 Parking lots will be improved and enlarged, but it's going 172 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:50.279 to be inconvenient for a while. Brent Bell is doing that. 173 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.839 He does good work. You'll remember he did Hillcrest Drive. 174 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.600 So I expect that'll be done as quickly as possible. 175 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:00.000 But the weather always always ask city engineers, say mister Seemers, 176 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:02.199 when is this going to be done? And he always 177 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:05.680 tells me the same thing. Well, we think about this day, 178 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:10.439 depending on the weather, give or take sixty days. Hopefully 179 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:13.639 that will be done sooner than later. At Sooner Park 180 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.879 and that roadway and all the parking spaces and all 181 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:17.959 will be improved. 182 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.360 I understand it's going to go in two directions, which 183 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:22.120 coming home from Freedom Pest is going to. 184 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:23.199 Be a lot easier. Yeah. 185 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:25.879 In the past it was always counterclockwise. Oh yeah, and 186 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:27.279 you can only if you were here and wanted to 187 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:28.519 get there, you had to go all the way around. 188 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:31.920 Now because that northeast section of the loop is going 189 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:34.720 to be taken out of play, it will be two way, 190 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.440 so you can go from here to there and it'll 191 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:41.279 work nicely. Okay, we've got the Tuxedo Bridge repairs and 192 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.519 I guess we don't have a date set yet, but. 193 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:46.600 No, my golly, we know it's coming. 194 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.440 We're closer than We're closer than we were. I know 195 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:53.639 everybody is frustrated. I am frustrated. Very briefly, we had 196 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.039 two issues. One was an environmental issue that we had 197 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:59.120 to wait and learn about muzzles and bats. 198 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:02.559 That took some time. And then we had. 199 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:05.120 The situation with a bid that came over one hundred 200 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:08.279 percent over bid and we had to back up and 201 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:11.840 come at that again kind of reduce the scope. But 202 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:16.600 we did approve that the bid has been awarded the contractor. 203 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:19.120 They're now working through the stuff you don't see, but 204 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:21.200 there's a lot of work getting all of the paperwork, 205 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:24.120 getting ready to mobilize the equipment to be on site. 206 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.159 They think that that will happen again, depending on weather, 207 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:30.399 but they think that that will happen probably in mid 208 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:33.919 to late December. One of the reasons they have to 209 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:36.559 is we want them to number one, but also they 210 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:39.639 have to get that deck removed by March because of 211 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:43.320 again all the EPA things about bats nesting and muzzles 212 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.360 and stuff. I don't claim to understand completely. So it 213 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:49.919 is coming, just not today, but it's a lot closer 214 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:52.080 than it was. Good Halloween. 215 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:55.000 Every time I have you in here about this time 216 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:57.440 of year, you always set the record stream on Halloween. 217 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.440 Halloween is coming now. Everybody has ideas about when that 218 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:06.440 should be. This year, October thirty first falls I think 219 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:11.559 on a Thursday. That the City of Bartlesville does not 220 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:16.519 decide when Halloween should occur. So people call and say, well, 221 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.879 when has the city set The city does not set Halloween. 222 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:22.559 If you want to have it traditionally on October the 223 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:24.639 thirty first, that's fine. If you want to have it 224 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:27.240 a different date because it's not the weekend, that's your 225 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:31.200 decision to make. What we do remind people, and Tom, 226 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.399 I gave you it's maybe too much, but there's a 227 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.559 sheet here that has kind of a neat little what 228 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:39.360 is that called. It's not an acrostic anyway. Each letter 229 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.519 so H in Halloween stands for hold of flashlight, wear 230 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:46.399 reflective clothing. If you're out at night, sometimes people are 231 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:48.120 in a hurry to get somewhere and they might not 232 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:51.480 see little people wandering about, and the little people are 233 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:54.159 excited and they might not pay attention to the vehicle. 234 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:57.639 So hold a flashlight. Always try. 235 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:01.279 If you're going to wear costumes, fine or makeup, but 236 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:03.799 check that. Make sure there's not any reactions to that 237 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:09.120 standard things look both ways crossing the street. Don't wear 238 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:11.120 I know it's kind of cool looking, but the decorative 239 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:15.519 contact lenses you see sometimes with the weird stuff. Only 240 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:18.879 walk on sidewalks. Try to stay as we always teach 241 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.639 people on the side. You walk facing the traffic. If 242 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:25.320 you have to be near the street, make sure your 243 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:27.480 mask fit. You need to be able to see. You've 244 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:29.399 got something over your head and you can't see, that's 245 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:34.159 a problem. Only eat factory wrapped treats. Tom and I 246 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:37.840 was growing up, we had nice people in our neighborhood. 247 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:38.519 I was a kid. 248 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:42.320 This was a long time ago, but you had candied 249 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:44.840 apples and all this stuff and nobody's anything about it. 250 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:50.559 In today's world, parents, you have to be aware. Look 251 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:53.320 at that stuff before your kids dig in, or before 252 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:57.000 you dig into. It might be the case too. Don't 253 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:59.919 go into homes unless you're with an adult that you trust, 254 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.960 a parent or a guardian. Only go to well lit houses. 255 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:07.000 Don't stop at dark houses, of course, never except rides 256 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.879 from strangers. The biggest thing this one really kind of 257 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:14.639 surprised me. The majority of fires related to this and 258 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:19.240 Fire Marshall Brady Watson shared that from eighteen to twenty 259 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:21.000 two and that four years, there were an average of 260 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:25.000 eight hundred and thirty five home structure fires and they 261 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:30.000 caused three deaths fourteen million dollars in damage. Half of these, 262 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.080 almost forty seven percent, occurred because the decorations were too 263 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.399 close to a heat source such as a candle or 264 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:40.360 something along that heat lamp, and approximately a third of 265 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:44.039 them were started by candles. So be safety conscience. Have 266 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:45.919 a good time, have a lot of fun. It's a 267 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:49.120 great time, but it can be a really bad time 268 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:52.720 if something happened. So those are the things that Halloween. 269 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:55.840 The letters they've kind of used to help people remember that. 270 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:59.399 Hey, I understand we have an election coming up here, Mayor. 271 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:02.159 I've heard that too. What do you tell me about that? 272 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.799 It it's been kind of going around. Election is two 273 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:11.879 weeks from today. Early voting will start on Wednesday the thirtieth. 274 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:16.440 Early voting Wednesday through Saturday is only at the Election Board, 275 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.440 which is downtown. It's actually in City Hall. They call 276 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:22.320 it Sweet four. That's code for the fourth floor. So 277 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:23.840 if you go in the front door of City Hall, 278 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:25.840 get on the elevator, go up to the fourth floor. 279 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:27.919 I've done that when I had to be out of 280 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:31.159 town on election day. It's a really good system. They'll 281 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:33.919 get you through there quickly and it works really well. 282 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.919 So if you can't be voting on Tuesday the fifth, 283 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.639 you can vote Wednesday through Saturday the week before. Those 284 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.720 polls are open for early voting Wednesday through Friday eight 285 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:47.120 to six and then on Saturday from eight to two, 286 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:51.320 so that's a possibility. Of course, regular polling on Tuesday 287 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.000 the fifth will be from seven in the morning till 288 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:55.799 seven in the evening. I know y'all will be heavily 289 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:58.799 involved with reporting on that. Oh boy, so, but my 290 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:02.200 deal is, yes, I am running as all the city 291 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:06.279 council are trying to talk to people. If you have 292 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.720 a question, call, People are surprised. I don't get that 293 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:11.559 many calls. If you have any time, doesn't that to 294 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.440 be during election, call your representative, call the city because 295 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:17.679 you'll tend to get the answers you want much quicker. 296 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:22.120 I had someone reach out Saturday, I think about a 297 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:23.960 question they had on It was a fairly minor thing 298 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.399 but at the city and it was taken care of 299 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:29.320 by nine point thirty Monday morning, So you know, you 300 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:31.679 just have to let us know. But the big deal 301 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:36.600 on any election, for anything is vote. If you don't vote, 302 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.799 then you didn't get a say. So I encourage me. 303 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:43.879 It's very in Bartlesville, very quick, very easy. You'll see friends, 304 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:47.360 you can visit for a few minutes and follow up. 305 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:51.480 It's a privilege to vote. It's also a responsibility and 306 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:53.440 we need to take it seriously. So I encourage people 307 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.879 to vote. Tell your friends to vote, tell your neighbors 308 00:14:55.879 --> 00:15:00.919 to vote. Take a neighbor and go vote together. Hey, Gil, Hey, 309 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.840 how's that app working? That city app. Oh, that's the 310 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:06.840 coolest thing. I'm glad you mentioned that. I mean, I 311 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:09.399 really tell people to get City Beat, the email that 312 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:11.559 comes out usually on Tuesday or whenever there's a need. 313 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:15.759 But the new app my Bartlesville. You download that thing. 314 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.679 I've got it on my phone and it has scheduling, 315 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:21.879 has calendar. But the big deal is it has news. 316 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:24.440 Yeah, like if you're out of Harvard, you wonder why 317 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:25.519 your water pressure is down? 318 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:28.879 Yeah, So they'll post current news. But then there's an 319 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.200 archive that you can go back. Get that to him 320 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:32.840 and look at last week or the week before. 321 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:34.240 He said, I know, I saw that. I wonder what 322 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:34.600 it was. 323 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.200 And for me it's usually it was last week, and 324 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:37.679 I found out it was three or four weeks ago. 325 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.000 But it's just it is the coolest deal. It loads 326 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.960 on your phone. It's just like you tap it and 327 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:44.039 it goes blinking there it is. 328 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:48.559 It's missing one thing, the hey Bailey button. Hey Bailey. 329 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.480 I'll talk to you them about that. That that that's 330 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:54.360 a good idea. He told me not to bring that up. 331 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:57.759 I won't tell him where I heard. It'll be our secret, 332 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:57.960 you know. 333 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:01.759 And I talked with the about it with the previous 334 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:04.559 assistant city Manager Tracy Rowles, he thought it was a 335 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.440 wonderful light. 336 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:06.799 As long as it said Hey Bailey, as long as 337 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:08.799 it said hey Laura. 338 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:12.440 Yeah, okay, I understand. 339 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:15.080 Mayor. Thank you very much for being with us today. 340 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:17.039 Thank you always enjoy it all right, folks, you've been 341 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.039 watching and listening to our community connection.