WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.560 Of items looking at long term water supply, so we 2 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:06.040 have narrowed that down to four options that we are 3 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:09.400 looking into further. One of those is Heulet Lake is 4 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:14.400 to reallocate the flood control to water supply and so 5 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:16.960 that will do a permanent raise in the lake so 6 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:19.199 more water is physically stored. 7 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:19.359 At the lake. 8 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.960 With that conversion, unfortunately, we have run into a couple 9 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:28.320 of hurdles as what I'll term them, but which requires 10 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:33.759 federal legislation for us to get passed. Also with Copan 11 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:36.159 Lake is another option that we are looking at that 12 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:39.719 has two components. One is a flood control reallocation of 13 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:42.679 water supply. Same thing is to do a permanent race 14 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:44.880 in the water surface to storm more water for lake, 15 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:49.200 as well as to purchase the reserve water rights that 16 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:54.240 Copan has currently reserved. Those both will take federal legislation 17 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:57.920 to move forward with them. The good thing with both 18 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:00.240 Hula and Copan Lake is that we have been in 19 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:04.400 constant contact with our Oklahoma delegation. The wording has been 20 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.760 proposed for a bill, and I believe that it's in 21 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:13.239 the process or in the sausage making aspect of that 22 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.040 whole process. I guess so The language has been proposed 23 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:20.040 for both of those items, and so we are waiting 24 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:23.640 to see how that works through the legislative cycle through 25 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:24.439 the federal government. 26 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:27.719 Hopefully that will make its way and. 27 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.799 They will see the daylight through the Water Resources Development 28 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.319 Act bill that is typically associated with these types of items. 29 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:37.719 Another item that we have looked at and currently investigating 30 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.040 is the aid of a Musa aquifer. So this is 31 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:44.079 a major aquifer located in central Osage County that's fairly 32 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:48.280 close to Hudson Lake. We did find information on the 33 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:51.959 water quality within the aquifer as well as how much 34 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:52.959 water it can produce. 35 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:55.879 Unfortunately, it's not a very. 36 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:00.840 High producing aquifer in the sense that it would take 37 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.599 us about twenty five wells to pump one point four 38 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.680 million gallons of water a day, and so that twenty 39 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:11.280 five wells would take about a square mile of land 40 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.599 to situate those that well filled on. And so it's 41 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:18.520 an option, but it's not going to be an option 42 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.680 that addresses or satisfies all the long term needs for 43 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.599 the city of Barrowsville. And then the last item that 44 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:27.199 we are looking at is to access water and call Lake. 45 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.680 So this is over close to Ponca City on the 46 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:32.520 very western edge of Osage County. 47 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:34.639 So Call Lake is a very large lake. 48 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.039 It has forty million gallons of water day available for 49 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:41.199 water rights. We have a study that was approved in 50 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:44.960 February to look at the cost, water quality, all the 51 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:49.240 aspects of getting and accessing water and pumping it to 52 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:53.560 Hudson Lake. That contract and that study will be complete 53 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:56.800 by mid September, and so once we have the results 54 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:59.800 of that, we will share that with the Water Resources Committee, 55 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.520 who will likely possibly narrow down the options further or 56 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:06.400 tell us to keep plugging forward on all four to 57 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:10.719 see which one comes up and is viable or that 58 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.240 we can maybe secure to help address our long term 59 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.919 water supply needs. So we are looking we're targeting between 60 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:21.439 ten and sixteen million gallons of water day an additional 61 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:23.479 water supply, which will get us really for the next 62 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:26.599 one hundred years is what we're projecting. So we are 63 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:29.960 looking at this from a very long term standpoint. And 64 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:33.520 so as we have worked on this, which we have 65 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:37.080 been doing since two thousand and one, we continue to 66 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:39.560 work on that. A lot of these things do require 67 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:43.000 federal legislation, which is a very slow and arguous process, 68 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:46.400 but we will continue to work on that and provide 69 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.199 updates to the Water Resources Committee, and then at some 70 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:51.759 point there will be a presentation I'm sure to City 71 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:56.000 Council if there's going to be additional studies or costs 72 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:57.919 that may be incurred to move forward with it. 73 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.879 So that's where we're at with water. 74 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.199 Well, if we're talking all things water, where are we 75 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:06.639 at with the wastewater expansion project. 76 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:10.479 So the wastewater expansion project, we have finished up the 77 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:13.439 pilot study. So one of the components of the wastewater 78 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:17.279 expansion is designating a stream or a portion of that 79 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:19.519 for water reuse, so that's where we would pump that 80 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.000 water into the Cane River and have the ability to 81 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:26.480 reuse that. We conducted a pilot study to demonstrate the 82 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:29.639 performance of that type of system and get the data 83 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:34.480 that would back up that process or kind of what 84 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:37.959 our theory is with it. So they are compiling the 85 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.240 data right now from that pilot study to look at 86 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:43.920 all the parameters that we monitored. That should be complete 87 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:46.920 early next month and then we will present the results 88 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.759 likely in late September early October, to both the Sanitary 89 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:54.199 Seer Improvement Oversight Committee as well as Council and then 90 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:56.279 once we have that, we will submit it to the 91 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:59.240 state and it will require their approval of it. But 92 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.600 that will then trigger the detailed design, which will take 93 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.759 another year to finish that, and then after that will 94 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:08.959 be the construction of it. So we're anticipating probably mid 95 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.040 to late twenty twenty six is when we would actually 96 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:14.920 start on construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plan expansion project. 97 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:17.199 All right, so lot's going on in water. 98 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:17.879 Lot's going on? 99 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:21.920 Yeah, all right, Thank you, Terry. Next up, we have 100 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:25.720 Robin Betts. She is our interim HR director. 101 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:27.879 Robin, what's going on in HR? 102 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.800 Good morning, Laura. Well, it's been very busy time for 103 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:35.560 us this summer. We're kind of winding down and wrapping 104 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:41.160 up our seasonal employees leaving going back to college. Our 105 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:44.079 busiest time is coming up though, which is going to 106 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:48.079 be open enrollment for employees, benefits, and we have awards, 107 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:51.040 banquets that we do. We have a health fare coming up, 108 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.879 lots for the employees. That's coming up, so our busiest season. 109 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.240 In the meantime, we still have jobs that are open though. 110 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:00.639 What do we have open currently? 111 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:06.040 I've got maintenance worker positions for wastewater maintenance Street Department, 112 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:11.120 Parks department. We also have a civil project engineer, which 113 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:14.560 just posted last week. And then I still have some 114 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.079 seasonals for golf because I think that's going to run 115 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:17.920 till November first. 116 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.920 Yes, yeah, at least, and so so I know they're 117 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:23.920 really needing help out there. So if you know anybody 118 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.560 that wants to work in a fun environment, the golf 119 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.000 course is a potential for them. 120 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.519 Yes, And those are seasonal part time positions, so the 121 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.240 hours are very flexible on it, so it might be 122 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:38.560 a good option for somebody. We always have positions open 123 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:43.920 for police officer, firefighter, and dispatcher. Those run all of 124 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:47.120 the time. We create a pool and maintain that pool 125 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.720 for when an opening does come available, so those are 126 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:50.439 out there also. 127 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:55.959 Okay, so thank you. Anything else that we want to 128 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.439 add from I don't think so, thank you very much. 129 00:06:58.800 --> 00:06:59.240 All right. 130 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:05.079 So we've got Kylie Roberson here. She is our new 131 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:09.360 library and history museum directory. Welcome, Kylie. 132 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:11.519 I can tell us a little bit about yourself. 133 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:15.079 Well, first off, I'm super excited to be in the 134 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:16.360 community of Bartlesville. 135 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:18.279 I'm from Tulsa. 136 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:22.800 Originally I was the COO for the Tulsa City County 137 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:28.319 Library there for the last seven years. Absolutely adore libraries. 138 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:33.079 I have my undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University and 139 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:36.759 my masters from both the University of Southern California, and 140 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:39.920 then my second masters is from the University of Oklahoma. 141 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:41.839 So I am a person. 142 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.399 Divided as far as our some of our state schools go. 143 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.800 I love them all and just very very happy to 144 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:52.120 be here starting out with a really great team at 145 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.319 both our incredible library and history Museum. 146 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:58.199 I'm just looking forward to seeing where things go from here. 147 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.680 What's going on at the library right now. So much 148 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:06.439 is going on at the library. We're coming up to September, 149 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:10.920 which is National Library Cards sign Up Month. The theme 150 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.639 this is actually put on by the American Library Association 151 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:18.240 every year, libraries across the country participate. The theme this 152 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:21.160 year is more Than meets the Eye, So we're really 153 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:24.920 trying to showcase all of the incredible things our libraries 154 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:28.639 do outside of just books, which are you know, our 155 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:31.879 bread and butter. Obviously, we definitely have all the great 156 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:39.720 books and materials, DVDs, CDs, audio books, digital collections, graphic novels, 157 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:41.200 all the amazing things. 158 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:43.679 But we do so much more than books. We have 159 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:45.120 tons and tons. 160 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:50.279 Of classes, book clubs, story times for kids. We offer 161 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:55.279 health literacy programming which includes things like tai chi classes, yoga, 162 00:08:55.440 --> 00:09:00.840 cooking classes, stretching classes. Our literacy department offers Spanish and 163 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:05.159 English classes, as well as citizenship classes for members of 164 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.519 our community, and just so much more. I mean, we 165 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:13.720 obviously have an incredible library of things at our library, 166 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.960 which is unique in a lot of communities. Tulsa doesn't 167 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.240 have that, so that's pretty exciting. So you can come 168 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:22.919 and check out materials that are not book related. 169 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:24.240 You can come and check out. 170 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:31.840 Musical instruments or technology pieces, or cooking things. There's cake pans, 171 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:34.879 you know, all kinds of amazing things. So during the 172 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.879 month of September, we really like to showcase all the 173 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:42.159 incredible things that our library offers. And then if you 174 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:45.440 have not been coming into the library, because maybe you 175 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:49.000 happen to have lost that library card that you had 176 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:51.360 somewhere along the way, we will give you a new 177 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:53.840 one free of charge during the month of September. So 178 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.919 there are no replacement fees for your library card. We 179 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:59.600 just want you back in the library using all the 180 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:02.879 incredible services that you prepay for it. 181 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:06.759 Sounds like September is the months to September is the month. Yes, 182 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:10.960 So what would you say that your vision is for 183 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:12.519 our library. 184 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.480 My vision for our library is to really focus in 185 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.080 on the community and the needs of our community. So 186 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:23.559 we're coming up on some strategic planning opportunities for our library. 187 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:26.919 Our current strategic plan ends this year, so we'll be 188 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:30.360 starting over, and I really want to get community input 189 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:33.960 on where our community would like to see their library 190 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:36.240 in the next three to five years, so that is 191 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:39.519 the most important thing to me. We'll be having, you know, 192 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:42.559 some surveys, we might do a couple of in person, 193 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:47.240 you know, brainstorming activities with our community, and would just 194 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:50.879 love to see what are the true needs, what are 195 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:54.600 the things that people want to see. 196 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.159 In their library and their community. 197 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.120 I can come in with all kinds of great ideas, 198 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:02.080 but they won't mean any if they're not you know, 199 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:04.240 what it is that our community needs and what they're 200 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:07.120 looking for. So I would love to make that happen. 201 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:10.679 When can they expect to see communication about yes. 202 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:11.879 So that will be this winter. 203 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:17.200 We start our strategic planning around November time frame, and 204 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.799 then hopefully we'll roll that out in the New Year, 205 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:23.639 so lots of communication to come about that, but definitely 206 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:24.639 want community input. 207 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:29.039 So you had talked about your background being at Tulsa 208 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:32.120 Public Library systems. What would you say are some of 209 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:34.480 the similarities and some of the differences that you've seen 210 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:36.320 that that you've been here for a couple of weeks. 211 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:39.639 Gosh, so many great things. You know, Tulsa is obviously 212 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:44.639 a very large system. I oversaw twenty four different libraries there, 213 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:47.759 which is wonderful because it's really great. They're all in 214 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:52.879 different communities, it's very diverse. But what's wonderful about Bartlesville 215 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.919 is that we have one central community that can all 216 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:00.679 come together and have their needs met at one So 217 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.639 we're able to impact a lot more lives. We're able 218 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.600 to do a lot more things that are very specific 219 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:09.600 to the people who we serve. Whereas in Tulsa you 220 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.600 really had to diversify, you know, the resources that you had, 221 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:15.080 you have to spread them out, You had to meet 222 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.080 the needs of people in nine different cities because it's 223 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.600 a county system. So it's really really great to be 224 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:25.320 able to hone in focus in on one community and 225 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:27.519 what their needs are and to be able to actually 226 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:30.039 make an impact and make a difference in the lives 227 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.919 of our patrons, which has been really wonderful. 228 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:33.519 Great. 229 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:36.759 We are so excited that you're here and excited to 230 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:38.600 see what you do here at the library. 231 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:42.279 Is there anything else that you want to add? 232 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:45.639 Or the History Museum if I have a quick plug, 233 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:49.879 has a lot of really great events and opportunities coming up. 234 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:54.159 They currently have a display until October that's called Our 235 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:58.080 Oily Pass. It's the Phillips Family. It's exploring the successes 236 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.639 of the Phillips brothers turning humble begins into a lasting 237 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.320 legacy that we all see today. So if you haven't 238 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:06.480 checked that out yet, it'd be a really great opportunity 239 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.519 to run over and see that. 240 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:10.120 Some events coming up there. 241 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.559 August thirtieth, they have a take a break from Virtual 242 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:16.440 School Day because all of our kiddos are back in school, 243 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:19.320 but we want to be able to offer them a 244 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:23.960 reprieve so they can come over and do some fun programming. 245 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:26.039 We're going to do a stem activity that day from 246 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.519 noon to to They're going to be making towers out 247 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:32.639 of spaghetti noodles and marshmallows and just really really fun stuff. 248 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:37.759 And then September seventeenth is Constitution and Citizenship Day, and 249 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:41.519 the museum is going to offer a sneak peak kind 250 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.919 of thing at our country's citizenship test, So if you'd 251 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.039 like to see if you could pass it, you can 252 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:49.519 come over and give it a shot. 253 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.440 It'll be really fun. 254 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:53.960 And then September nineteenth, we're going to have Bob Brazier 255 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:56.919 from Mullarrock. He's going to come and speak during our 256 00:13:57.039 --> 00:14:00.000 lunch and learn, which will be a really great opportunity 257 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:05.320 to hear all of his incredible paths and experiences. And 258 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.519 then October seventeenth, during fall break, we're going to have 259 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:11.840 a write how to Write a Letter workshop where we're 260 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:15.679 going to break out those old fountain pens and teach 261 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.759 kiddos a little bit about early traditions and social. 262 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:20.919 Life here in Martles. So very exciting. 263 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:24.679 So obviously the library has wonderful great things happening, but 264 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:27.159 don't forget about our incredible history museum too. They've got 265 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:28.799 lots of good programming coming up. 266 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.720 Absolutely, thank you of course. 267 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:36.879 Right so on to the next We've got Keith Henry, 268 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:38.679 our public Works director, here. 269 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:40.720 Morning, Keith, what is going on? 270 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.639 Well, I'm senter and listening to Kylie, that come to 271 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.480 my mind. You know, she mentioned there's cooking opportunities at 272 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.039 the library and we had a team building experience a 273 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:52.120 wall back and Terry are actually the reigning cooking championship right, 274 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.159 more Terry than I. 275 00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:55.159 But we did win the competition. 276 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:59.799 Yeah, to blend all of our taste and culinary experience, 277 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:00.919 we are. 278 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:02.759 The champions, so we did win the prize. 279 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:05.279 Really forgotten about that, but yes, thank you for the reminder. 280 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:08.279 I'm hearing a challenge, I know. 281 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:08.799 I know. 282 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.519 I was looking for another team building activity and I 283 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.919 don't know, maybe we need to try the we're up. 284 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:16.399 For the challenge. Well, I don't know. 285 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:17.840 I think I'd rather end on top. 286 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:20.600 You know, we need to retire the world tip. 287 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.360 I was also listening to he was talking about the 288 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:27.879 golf course. Caddy shack come to mind, and I was wondering, 289 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:29.679 they're again Terry and I might have the opportunity to 290 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:30.519 go out and be caddies. 291 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.799 I don't see caddies out at the golf course, Terry, 292 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.679 do they do? They not have caddies anymore. 293 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:39.399 It's in America, not much so in Europe, and that's 294 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.039 at something older courses. 295 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.440 But in America, I was thinking the opportunity for us 296 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:47.399 maybe after after ours job or a retirement job possibly. 297 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:50.720 Yeah, it's an idea. 298 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:53.879 Yeah, we do need help in the pro shoting though, 299 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:58.240 so maybe you guys could go out there after hours. 300 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:00.000 The shot maybe so probably better. 301 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.679 Crush shop or the cartbarn. You need help there too. 302 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.840 Well, enough of that, let's talk some trash all right. 303 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:13.120 Hey, we want to make the public aware we have 304 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:18.000 our upcoming fall leaf and grass collection. We offer annually 305 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.480 twice a year, usually in the spring and the fall, 306 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:24.600 opportunity for the citizens to put their yard debris out 307 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:28.279 at the curb for collection. The fall collection, we've just 308 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:32.360 recently scheduled it for December the ninth through the thirteenth. 309 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.480 It's kind of late in the year, but we like 310 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:36.200 to give the people plenty of times they want to 311 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.039 get out and scalp the yard and all the leaves, 312 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:39.840 make sure the leaves have fallen off the trees, that 313 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.919 they have time to gather those up. And again there's 314 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:44.639 Thanksgiving kind of in that period, so we had to 315 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:46.080 try to kind of work it around some of our 316 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:49.440 busier times. So again those days are the week of 317 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:52.879 the ninth through the thirteenth, so if you've got yard debris, 318 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.279 if you'll bag that material up and bundle up the 319 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:58.399 sticks and limbs, if you have those, put them out 320 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:01.559 at the curb, no close than five feet from your 321 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:05.559 polycard or other obstacles such as mailboxes and what have you. 322 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:07.799 We will have a truck that will come by and 323 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:10.640 pick those up. It will be a separate truck, not 324 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:14.200 your truck that you usually see picking up your polycard. 325 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:16.160 It'll probably be a rear load truck. And those guys 326 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:19.359 will come by on your normal day of collection of 327 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.519 that week. 328 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:21.880 And they'll pick up that debris for you. 329 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:25.640 This is a free opportunity for you to put those out, 330 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:28.039 and those stickers are required. Again, it's just for the 331 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:31.559 residential customers, so it's not for the yard companies to 332 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.559 go out and bag up three hundred bags of leaves 333 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.119 and stick them out for us to pick up. So 334 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:38.880 again it's for the personal citizen to put that debris 335 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:42.000 out there. It's a good opportunity. A lot of people 336 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.079 do take advantage of it. There is no limit on 337 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:46.799 the number of bags that you can put out, so 338 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.640 as long as they're a bag no more than fifty pounds. 339 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:51.039 Of the guys will collect those. 340 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:55.000 We might also mention the coupon program that we offer 341 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:58.400 through the city that usually comes out shortly after January, 342 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:01.160 so you should have already received that coupon in the mail. 343 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:05.000 If you're a residential water customer in the city limits 344 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:06.799 of Bartlesville, you would. 345 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.720 Have received that coupon. 346 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:10.799 It is good for one free trip out to the 347 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:13.640 Osage Landfill, which is privately owned, but the city will 348 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:15.480 pick that tab up for you. So, if you've got 349 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.559 a personal vehicle, a pickup or a trailer, you've got 350 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.799 some debris around your house, it's been hanging around, an 351 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.880 old couch, a water tank, something you just want to 352 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.039 clean up your property. This gives you the opportunity to 353 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:29.039 take that material out to the Oslage Landfill and dispose 354 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:32.240 of it. Again, this is not to tear down the 355 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:36.359 house or cut down a whole tree. It's to clean up. 356 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.920 The whole idea of the program is to try to 357 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:40.160 keep Bartlesville's clean and looking as nice as we can. 358 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:42.440 So it gives you the opportunity to get rid of 359 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:46.799 those unwanted items that you might have laying around. That 360 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:50.039 being said, we have a holiday coming up this weekend 361 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:52.640 is Labor Day weekend, so that'll throw us to our 362 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:56.759 holiday schedule for trash collection. So Labor Day this year 363 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:00.200 is on the second, So if you're a normal collection 364 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.400 actually with the yeah, it's on the weekness second. So 365 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:06.759 if your collection day was a second we will pick 366 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:08.759 you up on September the fourth, so it'll be that 367 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:11.599 following Wednesday. So you're in luck when Monday when you 368 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:13.319 set your trash out and you go, hey, the city 369 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:15.839 didn't pick it up. We'll be there Wednesday. You didn't 370 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:18.279 miss it, So keep that in mind that we will 371 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:21.799 be there Wednesday and not Monday, so that's. 372 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:26.599 Coming up for you. Keep that in mind. That covers 373 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.240 most of our trash stuff. Mike Mention. 374 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:31.920 Also, from the point of view as a park and recreation, 375 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:36.880 we recently went online with a registration for our soccer fields. 376 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:39.319 Larry up there in the. 377 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:41.799 Planning part of the Parks Department recently launched that, so 378 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:43.799 we're doing something a little different than what we've done 379 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:46.720 in the past. We were partnered with the YMCA and 380 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.759 they've kind of went a different direction, so they were 381 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:51.880 doing the scheduling for use of the soccer fields, which 382 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:55.119 would be the robin Wood Fields and the Daniels Fields. 383 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:58.039 So if your group of an organization or just an 384 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:01.279 individual and you want to reserve those fields, you can 385 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:04.039 go to the City of Bartlesville's website, go to the 386 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:07.359 Parking Recreation tab and on there you'll find a calendar. 387 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:10.519 You can go to the calendar fill out the information. 388 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.079 I think they need at least seven days of advanced 389 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:15.920 notice prior to your event. If you're wanting to use 390 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:18.119 a field for an organized event, or if you're wanting 391 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:20.440 to use the lights on the field, there are fees 392 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:23.400 associated with those, So you'll fill out that calendar form, 393 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.039 submit it to the city, and within a few days 394 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:28.000 you should get a reply back and a receipt that 395 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:30.720 shows you've reserved the fields. So if you're a soccer 396 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.799 organization again or a club and you want to be 397 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:37.039 committed to those fields, they're open for use for the 398 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:39.240 public any time. But if somebody does go in and 399 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:41.720 schedule the fields for the reservation, then obviously they have 400 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:43.279 the rights to be out there on the field plan 401 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:46.279