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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a part two of our community connection. Today we have

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<v Speaker 1>His honor of the Mayor, Jim curR in with us,

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<v Speaker 1>and boy, I tell you, we always we always get

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who had a short night the following day after

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<v Speaker 1>after the City Council being last night, we talked a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about the strateg plan A little yeah, like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, we sure did. We had a lot to

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<v Speaker 2>discuss last night. A lot of great things happened last night.

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<v Speaker 2>We passed budgets for our Bartletool Development Authority. We passed

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<v Speaker 2>a budget for our city at Bartletill Course, which we'd

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<v Speaker 2>have been working on for a couple of weeks now

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<v Speaker 2>and got that passed, and then passed a budget for

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<v Speaker 2>our Visitor Development Group too. So we had these are

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the city being the center hub of it all,

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<v Speaker 2>and then these other agencies at work tirelessly for the

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<v Speaker 2>city every day, down to the BDA and Visitor Bureau.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>That's great to have him in front of us telling

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<v Speaker 2>their story, telling the highlights and low light of the

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<v Speaker 2>year for us.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was a great meeting.

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<v Speaker 2>We got a lot done during the meeting and we

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<v Speaker 2>got some property annexed into the city. The city's going

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<v Speaker 2>to ask you, but we grew a little by twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seven acres. And but for our seamen's plant Lincoln Electric

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<v Speaker 2>out there, it's going to be a that's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be just a great new facility for the city of

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<v Speaker 2>Bartlezila and for the jobs that'll come with it.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>We kept a home grown business at home too.

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<v Speaker 2>We did, we expanded a homegrown business, and uh, I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's always a highlight because we like to feel

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<v Speaker 2>like we're trying to attract business to town and then

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes maybe felt like we neglect businesses in town.

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<v Speaker 3>But this is a classic case.

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<v Speaker 2>Where we're doing everything we can local businesses to grow

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<v Speaker 2>them and help them grow and create more jobs in

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<v Speaker 2>the community.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, someone will say, while adds thirty or forty jobs, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, every time someone else has a job

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<v Speaker 1>that creates one or two, maybe three other jobs down

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<v Speaker 1>the line as it just kind of fans out, it

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<v Speaker 1>feeds on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that adds a I mean between these new companies

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<v Speaker 2>that we've got coming to town, Blue Whale and Lincoln

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<v Speaker 2>Electric and the expansion, these are close to two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty or three hundred jobs, and we'll we'll have

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<v Speaker 2>to go looking for those jobs. And we talked a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit about the benefit of having Tri County Tech

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<v Speaker 2>in our area here and what a great school it is.

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<v Speaker 2>They can adapt quickly to training workforces and attracting workforces.

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll look forward to them being a real part

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<v Speaker 2>of finding some staffing and workers for these companies.

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<v Speaker 1>That'd be great. Keep them on the homegrown kids at home.

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<v Speaker 1>So many towns this size, the kids will go off

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<v Speaker 1>to college and you never really get to see the grandkids,

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<v Speaker 1>if you know what I mean. But Barnusville is one

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<v Speaker 1>of those towns already that they go off to college,

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<v Speaker 1>you see the world a little bit, and they realize

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good back here and they set up shop where

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<v Speaker 1>they go to work for someone or start their own business.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is another reason to have folks stay around

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<v Speaker 1>and really be a part of one great communit. And

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<v Speaker 1>I know that they're going to be bringing other people

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<v Speaker 1>in the other these entities. I guess we better call

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<v Speaker 1>it trackmccaully and let him know they're going.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we'll have some we certainly between between the church

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<v Speaker 2>and the several places that I play golf at the

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<v Speaker 2>amount of young people and their children is just a

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<v Speaker 2>sounding to me. So it's just great to see him

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<v Speaker 2>participating in the community and coming back home and finding

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<v Speaker 2>the benefits of being here. You can always travel out

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<v Speaker 2>and go on vacations and go to nice places, but

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<v Speaker 2>having a nice, homegrown place to live and call home,

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<v Speaker 2>easy to get around, and can be to work in

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen minutes anywhere in this town, and you're frustrated when

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to sit at two lights at Adams and

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<v Speaker 2>Silver Lights because you think, man, there's a traffic jam

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<v Speaker 2>out here. So it's a great, great attraction to the city.

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<v Speaker 2>And adding our new attractions restaurants and retail have helped

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<v Speaker 2>a great deal. So I think we've kind of found

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves turning the tide a little and attracting people to

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<v Speaker 2>live and stay here in Barblesville.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, by bringing industry here, this is something

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<v Speaker 1>that you know, the whole country needs to do. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>is what we're doing is bringing some American industries so

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<v Speaker 1>that Americans can work industriously, yes, to get the job done,

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<v Speaker 1>to make products for fellow Americans in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked a little about that Chris Batchel to mention

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<v Speaker 2>the program at the high school.

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<v Speaker 3>And carpentry and construction.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, so you know, and teaching people that the

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<v Speaker 2>trades are essential, necessary and good paying jobs. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think Tri County Tech does a good job at that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think the school being and opening up our

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<v Speaker 2>AGG program now and this construction management and construction trades

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<v Speaker 2>is a great signal for trades and workers to come

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<v Speaker 2>because there are good jobs. They're well paying jobs. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got great companies in town here. I've been out to

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<v Speaker 2>Blue Whale and seeing what kind of a company that's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be. On the safety side. I've been to

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<v Speaker 2>ABB and that's like walking into a hospital practically.

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<v Speaker 3>It's so clean and precise for the stuff that they

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<v Speaker 3>do there.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know the same as with the middle goods

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<v Speaker 2>and what they do the gauges and valves.

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<v Speaker 3>They make great companies here in town in great.

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<v Speaker 1>Jobs, my goodness sakes. And now we did the thing

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<v Speaker 1>with the Endeavor twenty forty five last night. We passed

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<v Speaker 1>it in its original form. I understand there were some

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<v Speaker 1>amendments that were brought up, proposed around sixty I guess, right,

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<v Speaker 1>how does this all play out?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there was some good conversations. I think counsel Weis

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<v Speaker 2>mind Dorsey and Councilman Kirkpatrick represented the situation pretty well.

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<v Speaker 2>This plan was passed unanimously by a committee of thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>or fourteen people spread throughout the community earlier last year,

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<v Speaker 2>and the council, with a new council on board, decided

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<v Speaker 2>to put together kind of a review committee for any

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<v Speaker 2>additional comments. And unfortunately this committee had members of a

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<v Speaker 2>political group on it, and I just don't think the

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<v Speaker 2>amendments resounded with a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 3>So the plan was good from the day it was written.

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<v Speaker 3>You could always go into.

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<v Speaker 2>Any plan and change the bag on it or the writing,

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<v Speaker 2>but the people that put the plan together worked hard

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<v Speaker 2>on it. Uh. They deserve a lot of credit for

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<v Speaker 2>bringing forward and I'm I'm glad it passed in its

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<v Speaker 2>original form last night.

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor Kurt. If I remember correctly, I think I attended

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<v Speaker 1>a few of these things that we had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of public participation at the community, great deal of it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we it went on and on and on, and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Know when anybody could have been on there and help.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, indeed, and there were a lot of folks that

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of things to say at that time.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, it just seemed like it was pretty well betted.

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<v Speaker 2>It was well it was, it was open to anybody

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<v Speaker 2>to be on and the comments came well after that, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were the comments were pretty much crafted from

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<v Speaker 2>this political group that came that they worked through. So

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<v Speaker 2>it was it was a good still part of the

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<v Speaker 2>process that we opened it up and allowed the city

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<v Speaker 2>administration and this group to look through it. But ultimately

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<v Speaker 2>the seven people on the Planning Commission and virtually everybody

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<v Speaker 2>as far as I know, on the original committee supported

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<v Speaker 2>the plan as it was presented.

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<v Speaker 1>Very very good, very very good. Now, like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>a strategic plan is basically a roadmap or we want

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<v Speaker 1>to be in twenty forty five.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we can change the plan at any time.

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<v Speaker 2>I think as a matter of policy, you don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to every time you turn a new council over. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to bring every plan out and feel like

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<v Speaker 2>the new council should be able to go through it,

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<v Speaker 2>because that council at any time can change anything and

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<v Speaker 2>any plan they want to. All they need is three votes.

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<v Speaker 2>So if there's something objectionable in a zoning requirement that

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<v Speaker 2>comes up, and we'll have some of that when we

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<v Speaker 2>redoce some of our codes. It'll be inherent upon the

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<v Speaker 2>council to call an exception to that, and if they

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<v Speaker 2>like the policy that's written into the new plan, they

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<v Speaker 2>can stick with it. If they don't, they can change

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<v Speaker 2>the policy. So we have that ability as five people

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<v Speaker 2>on that council going forward, no matter who's on that council,

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<v Speaker 2>we can change that plan.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't need to be pulling this out of the

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<v Speaker 1>back pages or anything, but I do remember there was

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<v Speaker 1>a discussion in one of the sessions that I was

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<v Speaker 1>in observing. There were folks who wanted to buy a

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<v Speaker 1>property here and maybe take down some houses put up

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<v Speaker 1>new houses, right, But they balked at the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>they had to pay the outstanding tax. They just wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to take it off the city's hands and then once

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<v Speaker 1>we improve it, we be happy to pay the tax. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>And there seemed to be like a disconnect there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, whether that revolves around property rights that people

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<v Speaker 2>are concerned about or not, I don't know. But the

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<v Speaker 2>city's done a good job of trying to utilize properties

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<v Speaker 2>that we have. We have acquired some and there will

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<v Speaker 2>be someday. There's been talk about some subsidized housing itself.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been talking to the BDA about that, about trying

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<v Speaker 2>to help our housing problem that we have here in town.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think that's something that could come up in

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<v Speaker 3>the future.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, it'd Like I said, housing, it has about

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen different directions that can go.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't have time for We've never had a concerted

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<v Speaker 2>development effort. We just have spot developments. They've done well,

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<v Speaker 2>and thankful for those, but in time to entice larger

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<v Speaker 2>developments here on a regular basis, to fulfill a need

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<v Speaker 2>that you need is not always here in great amounts.

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<v Speaker 2>It tends to trickle in with smaller amounts of need.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is a challenge that when we do bring

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<v Speaker 2>companies to town and they bring different groups of people

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<v Speaker 2>that need housing, we've got to make sure that we

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<v Speaker 2>are supplying those housing needs for those.

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<v Speaker 3>People that want to work here and live here. So

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<v Speaker 3>a great problem to have.

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor is a kind of a relief not to be

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<v Speaker 1>talking about water.

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<v Speaker 3>Water.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got water, but I will tell you now, the

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<v Speaker 2>lakes are full, We've got plenty of water, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>working well towards solving our water problem the next several years.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a long and aduous process.

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<v Speaker 2>But we've got a plan in place, got shape, legislators

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<v Speaker 2>working on it daily, and I would tell and certainly

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<v Speaker 2>our meetings have been long sometimes and I don't can

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<v Speaker 2>always catch the people up. But I think now is

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<v Speaker 2>also the time to conserve water the best you can.

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<v Speaker 2>Just just because there's an abundance of it doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>that we should be using in abundance of water if

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<v Speaker 2>we don't need it. And checker sprinkling systems, see how

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<v Speaker 2>often they're using. Can you work them less this time

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<v Speaker 2>of year and wait till the heat comes in. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>anything we can do to prolong the supply for a

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<v Speaker 2>longer period of time. So if we do get in

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<v Speaker 2>a pinch later in August and September when we haven't

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<v Speaker 2>had any rains and hopefully we won't have to come

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<v Speaker 2>to any restrictions on our water, which nobody likes to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it'd be a good thing, that'll be, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I do see people with their sprinklers on it down.

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<v Speaker 3>For I've seen it, and they've got to get them

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<v Speaker 3>up and running for the summer.

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<v Speaker 2>And I get that, but there's always that timer that

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<v Speaker 2>was on like and when it was August and September,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's running in April and May and so.

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<v Speaker 3>Anyways, it's just incumbenty Watchet.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we have a limited water supply with our lakes

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<v Speaker 2>and our and the way they supply water, so we

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<v Speaker 2>should be always be cautious of that until we have

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<v Speaker 2>some expanded water use in the Huett Lake and we

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<v Speaker 2>get the water rights from Copana. When we get those secured,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have not an abundance of water, but we'll have

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<v Speaker 2>a better supply water for the long term.

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<v Speaker 1>I think drawing board, is there still the possibility down

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<v Speaker 1>the road that would be running pipe along sixty to

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<v Speaker 1>Punka a fall lake.

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<v Speaker 2>That plan was not part of the plan, but where

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<v Speaker 2>the plan is to expand our we got here dud

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<v Speaker 2>pool at Hula and then get some water rights from Copana,

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<v Speaker 2>excuse me, and then we're going to have an auxiliary

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<v Speaker 2>plan where if we had to run a hard pipe

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<v Speaker 2>between here and Tulsa or sky took in an emergency situation,

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<v Speaker 2>running it through the Walmart distribution center and being able

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<v Speaker 2>to bring pottable water to Bartlesville in an emergency situation,

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<v Speaker 2>that is part of the plane that was.

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<v Speaker 3>Adopted by the Water Resource Board.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a great contingency plan to have that hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>will never have to use. With our water reuse program

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<v Speaker 2>and other things that we have in place, hopefully we'll

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<v Speaker 2>forestall ever having to do that. But it's good to

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<v Speaker 2>have that in our pocket to know what we would

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<v Speaker 2>have to do if that came about.

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<v Speaker 1>What are we looking forward to ahead as we get

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<v Speaker 1>into me I know, we got the pools opening and

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<v Speaker 1>things like that we do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just summers here and we're mowing parks and and

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<v Speaker 2>sports are happening every day at our ball fields. To

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<v Speaker 2>see the kids playing at soccer fields and the baseball fields.

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<v Speaker 2>Got a great group running our baseball fields now and

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<v Speaker 2>a baseball program. And so spring is a good time

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<v Speaker 2>in Bartlesville where the trees are coming out and everything's

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<v Speaker 2>starting to come about.

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<v Speaker 3>We had a significant.

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<v Speaker 2>Amount of rain in the last ten twelve days and

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<v Speaker 2>it's dried up a little. We've got a little more

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<v Speaker 2>rain coming in from the next few days. But spring's

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<v Speaker 2>a great time in Bartols Hill. We have a lot

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<v Speaker 2>look forward to. The Council's just police that we've gotten

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<v Speaker 2>to this point here. We've gotten these budgets passed and

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<v Speaker 2>we're set for next year at the City of bartles Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't thank the staff of the City of

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<v Speaker 2>Barblesville and the BDA and Maria us down at the

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<v Speaker 2>Bizard Development for the work they put in and supply

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<v Speaker 2>the budgets to us and tell us their story.

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<v Speaker 3>They did a great job last night.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, visit Bartlesville. They do a pretty good job of

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<v Speaker 1>getting folks in here.

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<v Speaker 3>They've done a great job, he tells me.

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<v Speaker 1>All it takes is a visit, and that's all it

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<v Speaker 1>took for me to come here and move.

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<v Speaker 3>And she's had to overcome the Price Tower.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'm not going to say we've turned the corner,

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<v Speaker 2>but we've got a great group that owns the tower

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<v Speaker 2>now and what they can do with it in the

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<v Speaker 2>future and how the city could help in that respect

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<v Speaker 2>is something we'll have conversations with.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's good that we've gotten away.

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<v Speaker 2>From the past troubles of the Price Tower and we've

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<v Speaker 2>got a good ownership and a group in place, and

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<v Speaker 2>we look forward to working with them and seeing what

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<v Speaker 2>they can do for the Price Tower. And I know

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<v Speaker 2>that'll help Maria to help some additional things to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about in our town.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, great, great addition James, there.

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<v Speaker 1>Is anything else you'd like to tell us.

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<v Speaker 3>I can just say you know it was overall, it

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<v Speaker 3>was a good meeting.

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<v Speaker 2>I know we've got some things to overcome on the council,

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<v Speaker 2>but the council performed really well last night in regards

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<v Speaker 2>of getting these budgets passed and taking care of the

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<v Speaker 2>city for the next year.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm proud to be a part of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much. Folks, you've been watching and listening

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