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<v Speaker 1>Ay one, the one you trust.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>It's ten o six and the time now for community

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<v Speaker 2>connection right here on K one. The one you trust,

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon or the mayor, Mayor Dale Copeland is in with

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<v Speaker 2>us today and a good morning to you, sir.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning Tom. It's a beautiful day.

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<v Speaker 1>It certainly is.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a nice little forum coming up, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be seeing you and hearing you tomorrow night

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<v Speaker 2>at the forum at of course, at our best bank

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<v Speaker 2>over there on the East Side location. But we got

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<v Speaker 2>you here today and I want to talk a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit about being a city councilor as well as being

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<v Speaker 2>a mayor.

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<v Speaker 1>You have Ward one. Tell us all about that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, word one. We moved things.

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<v Speaker 4>If you recall a few years ago when they did

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<v Speaker 4>the redistricting. Every time there's a census that's done to

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<v Speaker 4>keep things balanced.

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<v Speaker 3>Word one.

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<v Speaker 4>At this time, if you live east of Highway seventy

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<v Speaker 4>five Washington Boulevard and over to Madison, west of Madison

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<v Speaker 4>east of Highway seventy five and then north of No

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<v Speaker 4>Water Road or Highway sixty all the way up to Nebraska,

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<v Speaker 4>there's a little bit of a jog over and down

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<v Speaker 4>on the northeast corner down to Ohio over by Wilson School.

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<v Speaker 4>But basically that area from Madison to Highway seventy five

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<v Speaker 4>and then from No Water Road up to Nebraska constitutes

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<v Speaker 4>Ward one.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh very good. Now you've been around a little bit a.

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<v Speaker 3>Couple of years.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, the Golly we moved to Bartlesville. I was

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<v Speaker 4>actually started started growing up, finished growing up here, but

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<v Speaker 4>started growing up in Houston and moved up here like

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of kids in that day and time. My parents,

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<v Speaker 4>my grandparents worked for Phillips. My wife's parents worked for

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<v Speaker 4>Phillips or her dad, and we came to Bartlesville and

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<v Speaker 4>been here ever since. And Golly, I went to Bartlesville schools.

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<v Speaker 4>My wife Donna did. That was more than fifty three

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<v Speaker 4>years ago, because we just had our fifty third anniversary.

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<v Speaker 4>But both of our sons went to Golly the same

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<v Speaker 4>deal I did. Went to Ranch Heights, went to Madison.

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<v Speaker 4>Then two of our grandsons, in fact, one of our sons.

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<v Speaker 4>We've been fortunate with public service. Tom I have not

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<v Speaker 4>only had an opportunity to work with the city, but

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<v Speaker 4>worked with scouting. I had a lot of opportunities there,

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<v Speaker 4>and of course with my church, but one of our

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<v Speaker 4>sons is in law enforcement. One of the grandsons just

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<v Speaker 4>last year is one of the school teachers here in town.

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<v Speaker 3>So we enjoy this community.

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<v Speaker 2>Very, very good, a lot of local engagement. Like you say, there,

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<v Speaker 2>city council manages policy and oversees a ballast.

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<v Speaker 1>Budget and finance.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a lot of day to day functioning going on

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<v Speaker 2>there of people.

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<v Speaker 4>A lot of times I think we get caught up

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<v Speaker 4>in a single issue because it's very important to us.

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<v Speaker 4>It might be our street, it might be something that's

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<v Speaker 4>happening or not happening in the community that people want

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<v Speaker 4>to see changed, and that's important. But in the city council,

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<v Speaker 4>we look at a budget covers a lot of things,

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<v Speaker 4>everything from streets to parks. You've got we have a cemetery.

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<v Speaker 4>The community center is actually a subset, but ultimately the

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<v Speaker 4>city council has oversight of that and water, police, fire,

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<v Speaker 4>all of the things that make a city work. And

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<v Speaker 4>I've told when I work with young kids talking to

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<v Speaker 4>him about government, a lot of times all they know

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<v Speaker 4>is what they see on TV, which is a bad

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<v Speaker 4>place to get your information about government because they dramatize.

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<v Speaker 4>You want boring government that just works. You want hopefully

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<v Speaker 4>we're never gonna get there, but we're going to work

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<v Speaker 4>hard getting all the streets fixed.

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<v Speaker 3>You want the trash to be picked up.

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<v Speaker 4>You want water to come out when you turn on

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<v Speaker 4>the tap, and on the other hand, when you push

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<v Speaker 4>a little silver level, you want the water to go away.

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<v Speaker 4>And I don't really care. I just want it to happen,

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<v Speaker 4>and I think that's the best government. If we need

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<v Speaker 4>police or fire, they show up quickly, they do a

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<v Speaker 4>good job as ours do. And parks where we can

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<v Speaker 4>go and have fun, play soccer, baseball, or just sit

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<v Speaker 4>out and enjoy the day, walk on the pathfinder a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of things to oversee. The budget covers all of that.

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<v Speaker 4>We have all of the employees that make that possible.

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<v Speaker 4>We have a great staff and Barville and the city

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<v Speaker 4>Council is a part of all of that. Yes, we

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<v Speaker 4>go to council meetings once or twice a month, sometimes

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<v Speaker 4>three times a month, but more importantly, we talk with

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<v Speaker 4>people every day. You get your packet of information for

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<v Speaker 4>a council meeting. I think the last one was around

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<v Speaker 4>four hundred pages that you have from a Thursday when

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<v Speaker 4>that is released until Monday night to read that, get

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<v Speaker 4>familiar with it.

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<v Speaker 3>But then there's all the other things. I know.

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<v Speaker 4>Each council member has a different position right now. I

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<v Speaker 4>work with the Community Center Trust Authority as a member there,

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<v Speaker 4>Bartlesville Development Authority, the Vice Mayor Curtin, myself for what

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<v Speaker 4>are called ex officio, we attend and participate. We do

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<v Speaker 4>not have a vote. Bartlesville Education Authority. I'm the chair

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<v Speaker 4>of that Water Resources Committee I chair, the Washington County

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<v Speaker 4>Bartlesville Emergency Operations Committee I chair, and then the Bartlesville

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<v Speaker 4>Municipal Authority. Those are important because they oversee, particularly the

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<v Speaker 4>debt for the water plant. We're getting ready to do

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<v Speaker 4>a large sewer wastewater treatment facility upgrade, the biggest in

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<v Speaker 4>city history. So a lot of things that the council's

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<v Speaker 4>engaged with. Plus streets. Streets is a really big deal

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<v Speaker 4>to me. We joke that the most important street is

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<v Speaker 4>the one in front of your house, because that's the

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<v Speaker 4>one you're familiar with. Yeah, and then the ones that

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<v Speaker 4>we drive a lot now in Barlotsville. We know some

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<v Speaker 4>of those aren't hours, so they're state highways or federal

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<v Speaker 4>highways that O DOT takes care of. But a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of things to oversee and manage, folks to talk with

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<v Speaker 4>and try to make it all come together as smoothly

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<v Speaker 4>and as I've already said, as boring as as possible.

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<v Speaker 3>Just get her.

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<v Speaker 1>Done, my Guinness sixth that's all like going. I see here.

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<v Speaker 2>Strategic Reserve was created in two thousand and eight. How

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<v Speaker 2>many you know governmental entities actually have that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of a rare it is.

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<v Speaker 4>We've had other cities contact us to ask us how that.

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<v Speaker 3>Is structured and how it works.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet you have.

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<v Speaker 3>We not I was.

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<v Speaker 4>Not on the council, but the city council at that

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<v Speaker 4>time made a very wise decision to begin setting aside,

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<v Speaker 4>like any homeowner or any group, set aside a rainy

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<v Speaker 4>day fund basically and put away some money. And then

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<v Speaker 4>when we have a downturn. You know, one of the

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<v Speaker 4>problems you have the time that you need government the

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<v Speaker 4>most locally is when there's a downturn, maybe there's a

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<v Speaker 4>lack of jobs, or there's some issue, could be a

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<v Speaker 4>big storm like we saw in make Oh Boy. That's

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<v Speaker 4>when you need government. And yet government's supported by tax money,

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<v Speaker 4>and there may not be as much of that. So

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<v Speaker 4>the strategic reserve is that Raindy Day Fund. We have

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<v Speaker 4>funded that now for a number of years. I believe

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<v Speaker 4>last report I saw it was just a bit over

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<v Speaker 4>fourteen million dollars or getting close to that, so that

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<v Speaker 4>when we have those times, we don't have to pull

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<v Speaker 4>back the very time that we needed the most. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>a big supporter of financial resource and dependability and taking

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<v Speaker 4>care of business and planning ahead to be able to

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<v Speaker 4>continue to deliver services.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to look.

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<v Speaker 2>Ahead to the next council term. There are quite a

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<v Speaker 2>few things in the big one we mentioned it already.

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<v Speaker 2>Streets and again it's very important.

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<v Speaker 4>People don't understand Bartlesville has about five hundred lane miles.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>So if you do the math, prices have gone up.

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<v Speaker 4>Milk and eggs and gas and everything has gone up.

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<v Speaker 4>As we know, well, so has the cost of building streets.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's between five hundred thousand and two million dollars

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<v Speaker 3>So if you apply that to.

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<v Speaker 4>Two three four hundred miles, it's a very large number.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're going to prioritize. We have the Streets and

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<v Speaker 4>Traffic Committee. We have a thing called the Pavement Condition index.

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<v Speaker 4>We throw around letters the PCI and we want to

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<v Speaker 4>improve that. And so they look at this and I've

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<v Speaker 4>had folks say, well, why not my street, My street's terrible.

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<v Speaker 4>Well they look at that and say, what is the

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<v Speaker 4>traffic count? You know, a street that has three cars

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<v Speaker 4>per day is not going to demand the attention that

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<v Speaker 4>one that has five thousand cars per day five hundred.

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<v Speaker 4>Then they look at the condition index. Is that a

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<v Speaker 4>forty sixtieth seventy three point five? And then they look

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<v Speaker 4>at how much money they have and they pick a

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<v Speaker 4>list and they say, we want to do these streets.

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<v Speaker 4>They're also careful to spread that across the community so

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<v Speaker 4>that all parts of Bartlesville have streets. I know, for instance,

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<v Speaker 4>I've been working to get Yale between Frank Phillips and

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<v Speaker 4>Adams repaired and fixed for several years and that's just

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<v Speaker 4>that's getting ready. It's going to happen, but we don't

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<v Speaker 4>get all of them at the same time. So streets

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<v Speaker 4>we're going to have to. Now, the last bond issue,

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<v Speaker 4>the voters approved over seventy percent of that seventeen point

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<v Speaker 4>whatever million dollar bond issue. They approved. Seventy percent of

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<v Speaker 4>that is going to streets a little over twelve million dollars,

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<v Speaker 4>about twelve point three million dollars, and that's going to

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<v Speaker 4>allow us, along with some CIP sales tax money, to

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<v Speaker 4>make a dent in this road repairs and start gaining

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<v Speaker 4>some ground, we hope.

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<v Speaker 1>Very good. Yeah, Well, we talk about the bond issue

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<v Speaker 1>and everything else like that.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where the citizens vote and they have a

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<v Speaker 2>say in this we do. City council has got governing

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<v Speaker 2>with the iron and saying this is what we do.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, by golly do no. The property taxes are approved

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<v Speaker 4>by the voters. Marlinsville City Council has held our share

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<v Speaker 4>of the property taxes at about fifteen mil for as

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<v Speaker 4>long as I can remember, at least twenty years or more.

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<v Speaker 4>So they approve that, sales taxes, they approve Economic Development

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<v Speaker 4>Fund taxes, they approve all of that is approved by

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<v Speaker 4>the voters. The city council then works with the funding

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<v Speaker 4>and gets those projects done. We don't always get them

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<v Speaker 4>done the first year because it's a five year bond issue.

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<v Speaker 4>But everything from Sooner pool to the street repairs we

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<v Speaker 4>talked about, to water plant upgrades, buying a fire engine.

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<v Speaker 4>Expensive fire engines have gone up to but all those

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<v Speaker 4>things are a part of the City Council's oversight to

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<v Speaker 4>not just set policy, but to monitor and maintain the budget.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh there you go. Now, water is a big issue.

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<v Speaker 1>It's always been a big issue. If necessary for life, And.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's putting it mildly, but we've had our flirtations

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<v Speaker 2>with water supply shortages.

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<v Speaker 4>Water is a history around the world throughout history of

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<v Speaker 4>being a challenge and we want to try and improve that.

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<v Speaker 4>We have improved that. Are we finished yet, No, Tom,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know if we'll ever be finished. Long after I'm gone,

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<v Speaker 4>they'll still be working with water. It is necessary. I

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<v Speaker 4>think though that if you look at some facts, it

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<v Speaker 4>is encouraging. In two thousand and two, we got down

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<v Speaker 4>to believe seventeen percent capacity at Hua Lake and it

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<v Speaker 4>was a crisis, no question about it. We began planning

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<v Speaker 4>and in that period of time we have upgraded and

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<v Speaker 4>improved the intake pump assembly at Johnstone Park. We have

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<v Speaker 4>gotten additional storage at Copan Lake. That was literally an

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<v Speaker 4>Act of Congress. Senator Enhoff Shepherd died that through and

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<v Speaker 4>got it done. And we also have completed the hard scape,

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<v Speaker 4>if you will, the pipeline and all the systems to

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<v Speaker 4>do water reuse. We are not doing water reuse. It's

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<v Speaker 4>still going through process for approval by the Oklahoma Department

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<v Speaker 4>of Environmental Quality od EQ. But those are steps that

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<v Speaker 4>have been taken. Looking at the options we've talked about

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<v Speaker 4>in the list as long, but the ones that come

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<v Speaker 4>to the top is heula.

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<v Speaker 3>According to the CORPS.

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<v Speaker 4>Told us in two thousand and seven, it's called a

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<v Speaker 4>Performance Assistance to States. I think a PAS study the

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<v Speaker 4>core suggestion was your number one option should be reallocation.

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<v Speaker 3>Of water levels at Hewla Lake. And so we're working

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<v Speaker 4>We're also working and we have our congressmen and our Senators.

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<v Speaker 4>I've spoken with them personally, both Congressmen and Congressman Burkin

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<v Speaker 4>this month, talked with the staffs regularly. Senator Langford, Senator

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<v Speaker 4>Mullen have been very connected with this to get what's

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<v Speaker 4>called a Water Resource Development Act a word, a bill

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<v Speaker 4>through Congress. It's being processed now that will allow us

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<v Speaker 4>to buy affordable and I stress affordable. You're gonna hear

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<v Speaker 4>me say affordable a lot. You can do anything with

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<v Speaker 4>unlimited funds, but we don't have unlimited funds. We have

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<v Speaker 4>to make this affordable, and we're looking at the remaining

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<v Speaker 4>water available at Copan Lake to get that at an

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<v Speaker 4>affordable price. The worda bill should accomplish that for us,

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<v Speaker 4>and we just have to see if that can get

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<v Speaker 4>through and get approved like the one that sander Anhoff

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<v Speaker 4>did several years ago. So all of those things will

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<v Speaker 4>help us. Now we've continue to look at Callake, but

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<v Speaker 4>there's questions there about not just the amount of water.

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<v Speaker 4>They have a lot of water, but what's the quality

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<v Speaker 4>of the water, what treatment challenges might it present? And

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<v Speaker 4>especially what does it cost to play a pipeline from

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<v Speaker 4>here to there? Distribution's going to be the big question

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<v Speaker 4>all the way across Osage County, which is a big county.

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<v Speaker 4>We've looked at a number of other options. The eight

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<v Speaker 4>I had not heard of it before we started this

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<v Speaker 4>in Osh County runs down to southwest Oklahoma. Is that possible?

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<v Speaker 4>How much water? Again, what's the quality of the water,

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<v Speaker 4>what would it cost? So again the thing of making

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<v Speaker 4>it affordable and not just spending a lot, because we're

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<v Speaker 4>spending taxpayer dollars. And I'm very very sensitive to spending

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<v Speaker 4>because I'm a taxpayer just like you, and that's that's important.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think all of those things we will get

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<v Speaker 4>there the end that discussion perhaps time, because we could

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<v Speaker 4>go on for a long time. We were down to

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<v Speaker 4>seventeen percent in two thousand and two. We've had the

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<v Speaker 4>worst drought in one hundred years according to Messinet in

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<v Speaker 4>the last several months, and yet our capacity the last

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<v Speaker 4>time I got the report was at eighty one point

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<v Speaker 4>six percent of our total capacity, much better than seventeen percent.

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<v Speaker 4>Not only has the city learned to manage and control

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<v Speaker 4>and work better, but I think all of our citizens

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<v Speaker 4>it's always a good idea to conserve, not just during drought,

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<v Speaker 4>businesses and residences as we develop those habits, whether it's electricity,

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<v Speaker 4>whether it's water, it's just a good practice for everybody,

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<v Speaker 4>and it'll save us all money.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we have an election coming up.

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<v Speaker 4>We do.

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<v Speaker 1>People should vote.

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<v Speaker 3>They should.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a sad thing when election turnouts are six or

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<v Speaker 4>ten or twelve percent. It's a privilege to vote. There

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<v Speaker 4>are people in this world that would love the opportunity

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<v Speaker 4>to vote. But I think it's also a responsibility to vote.

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<v Speaker 4>And in Bartlesville, we have a good system. If you

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<v Speaker 4>watch the news, you could get really depressed when you

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<v Speaker 4>hear about all these other places, but Oklahoma, Barnisville especially,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a little biased. But you can go vote, You

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<v Speaker 4>visit with free a little bit, and you're in and

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<v Speaker 4>out in a very short time. It's a good system.

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<v Speaker 4>It's been a dependable system. It's a model I think

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<v Speaker 4>the rest of the country could look at. So I'm

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<v Speaker 4>encouraging people to vote. Take a few minutes. You can

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<v Speaker 4>vote early starting Wednesday. You can go downtown to city Hall,

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<v Speaker 4>but you go up the fourth floor. They call it

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<v Speaker 4>sweet flour, which is a little confusing. It means fourth floor.

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<v Speaker 4>Get on the elevators, go up to the fourth floor.

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<v Speaker 4>They'll get you through there and back out. Might see

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<v Speaker 4>some folks you know and catch up on some news.

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<v Speaker 4>So please vote. Vote early Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from

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<v Speaker 4>eight to two, and let's move forward. We've got a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of opportunities. We've got a lot of big projects.

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<v Speaker 4>We've got some new employers coming to town. We've got

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<v Speaker 4>new retail opportunities that we're looking at. And I'm involved

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<v Speaker 4>with all of that. I've worked with a city, I

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<v Speaker 4>work with the Scouting programs. I work with church. We

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<v Speaker 4>had a business here for fifty one years and so

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<v Speaker 4>we're invested in Bartlesville. I want to see this continue.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to focus on street repairs. I think that's

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<v Speaker 4>critical that we've got the keep hammering street repairs while

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<v Speaker 4>we buy new fire trucks and do all the other

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<v Speaker 4>things that we need to do. And we need that

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<v Speaker 4>constant attention, that constant focus on affordable solutions. Sometimes that's

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<v Speaker 4>not the fastest solution, but we want to find the

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<v Speaker 4>best solution. And Bartlesville is special, special to me, but

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<v Speaker 4>the people I talk to. One of the coolest things

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<v Speaker 4>is to drive in from the west and as you

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<v Speaker 4>come down the hill, especially at night, it's just cool.

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<v Speaker 4>It's amazing to see. It doesn't look like any other

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<v Speaker 1>No, you look like you're coming in to paradise.

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<v Speaker 4>This is an amazing place to live. It's not a

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<v Speaker 4>perfect place because we've got humans here. I'm here, you're here,

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<v Speaker 4>so it can't be perfect. But it's a great place

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<v Speaker 4>to live, and we just want to keep building that.

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<v Speaker 4>I'd like to keep working to do that. So I'm

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<v Speaker 4>here today to ask the people to call me anytime

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<v Speaker 4>you can. Look, I've got a Facebook page Copeland for Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 4>You can call me, you can send me email and.

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<v Speaker 3>Tell me what you think.

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<v Speaker 4>Tell me which questions are a lot of times Tom,

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<v Speaker 4>you and I have talked about it. People say well,

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<v Speaker 4>this is this and this, and I said, well, did

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<v Speaker 4>you know? Because there's so much detail, There's no reason

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<v Speaker 4>people would know the hydraulics on a trash truck. Don't

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<v Speaker 4>mean who wants to know that? But they just wanted

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<v Speaker 4>to work. Yeah, did you know? And if you can

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<v Speaker 4>visit with people, they'll tell me things I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>That helps.

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<v Speaker 4>I can hopefully share things with them that they might

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<v Speaker 4>not have known. And at the end of the day

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<v Speaker 4>we find out we're really all trying to go the

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<v Speaker 4>same direction. We just want to keep this a good place,

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<v Speaker 4>as we say, to live, work and play, not just

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<v Speaker 4>for me or for you, but for my kids and

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<v Speaker 2>Very good ladies and gentlemen. We've been speaking with that

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<v Speaker 2>Dale Copeland City councilor and also mayor. He represents Ward

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<v Speaker 2>what and we'll see you tomorrow night at the forum

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<v Speaker 2>at our best Bank Eastside location and right here on

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, thank you,