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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, Welcome, welcome, welcome, any

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<v Speaker 1>time now for our community connection right here on K one,

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<v Speaker 1>the one he trust it is outter the Mayor Neil Copeland.

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<v Speaker 1>He is in with this today and asagi, good morning

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<v Speaker 1>to you. And it's soggy and good go together for

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<v Speaker 1>a change.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a good morning. It's a wet morning. We need

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<v Speaker 2>a wet morning. I don't know that we needed it

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<v Speaker 2>all at once, but I heard the radio this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>The lakes are filling up and it's looking good. I

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<v Speaker 2>think I think we'll probably see runoff into the lakes.

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<v Speaker 2>I've watched this in the past, and as we all have,

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<v Speaker 2>the runoff will happen for a week or more. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not just when it rains, it's it just continues to

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<v Speaker 2>run in. So I think those will look good. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>won't surprise me if they actually start letting some water

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<v Speaker 2>out of them. But it's a good thing.

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<v Speaker 1>We are Copeland. Something really cool happened over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of came in under the wire, but wow, sure

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<v Speaker 1>was nice for our town.

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<v Speaker 2>It was I don't I've seen nothing about it, but

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<v Speaker 2>there was an amazing thing. I had the privilege of

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<v Speaker 2>having a very small part. But uh there's a group

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<v Speaker 2>called the Oklahoma Association of Student Councils the OASC, and

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<v Speaker 2>they had their eighty fourth conference in Bartlesville. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>they are having it's still going on, but they had

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<v Speaker 2>their opening event on Saturday. Got a chance to visit

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<v Speaker 2>with them. There are over two thousand people from across

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<v Speaker 2>our state in Bartlesville. If you've been out this weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>you've seen buses and vans and shuttles at the hotels

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<v Speaker 2>and motels, at restaurants. It's a tremendous thing. It gives

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<v Speaker 2>you confidence in our young people to see this many

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<v Speaker 2>young folks and their leaders focused on learning leadership skills.

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<v Speaker 2>It was kind of interesting, of course it's it's younger

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<v Speaker 2>people and the theme that they selected they've been working

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<v Speaker 2>on this, I guess for months and even years was

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<v Speaker 2>once upon a Leader. It's kind of a Disney sort

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<v Speaker 2>of a thing. But it was great. Got a chance,

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<v Speaker 2>like I say, to talk to them and see them.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a huge impact for Bartlesville. And it's huge impact.

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<v Speaker 2>I was talking to someone said, who knows five or

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<v Speaker 2>ten or forty years from now, who in that group

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<v Speaker 2>will be in positions of leadership that perhaps got starred

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<v Speaker 2>or at least got some training here today.

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<v Speaker 1>Cool, very cool. You know we got the election coming.

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<v Speaker 1>I hear we have an election. I've heard that, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've heard city hallsmen got it busy too, because

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<v Speaker 1>the election board right upstairs. And who you've been getting

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<v Speaker 1>the visitors? You represent Ward one on the city council

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<v Speaker 1>as well as being mayor of our community. Tell us

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about.

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<v Speaker 2>The war I do Ward one, And first I want

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<v Speaker 2>to thank you Tom and Nathan and the radio station

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<v Speaker 2>for hosting the forum that we had last week. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it was a great chance. Obviously you talk to

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<v Speaker 2>people all the time, but it was a great way

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<v Speaker 2>for everyone to get to be introduced and know a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more about each candidate. And I enjoyed that

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<v Speaker 2>and appreciate you doing that. Word one that I represent

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<v Speaker 2>and where I live, of course, runs from Highway seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five Washington Boulevard east to Madison Boulevard, so between the

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<v Speaker 2>Highway and Madison, and then from north to south. It

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<v Speaker 2>runs from No Water Road, which is Highway sixty up

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<v Speaker 2>to Nebraska. Now there's a little bit of a jog

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<v Speaker 2>offset over by Wilson's School. But basically it's rectangular and

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<v Speaker 2>covers that area, so anyone living there is in Ward

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<v Speaker 2>One when you go to vote, and I encourage you

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<v Speaker 2>strongly to vote. If everybody votes. It was great last

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<v Speaker 2>week to go to city Hall and although perhaps not

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<v Speaker 2>what I anticipated, but to stand in line and visit

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<v Speaker 2>with volks, But there were lots of people with the

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<v Speaker 2>same idea. Turnout has been tremendous, and I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>a great thing. It's discouraging when you have a vote

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<v Speaker 2>and only a few people turn out, so this is

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<v Speaker 2>a good thing. But represented Ward One have lived here

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<v Speaker 2>for a long long time. I attended schools in Bartlesville,

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<v Speaker 2>went to McKinley, which McKinley's not McKinley anymore, but it

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<v Speaker 2>was when I was there. Then went to Ranch Heights

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<v Speaker 2>Madison and graduated what was called Sooner. We now call

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<v Speaker 2>that Madison. So change happens. Both of my sons also

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<v Speaker 2>went to Ranch Heights and later Madison and on through

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<v Speaker 2>the schools system. My grandsons, two of them have gone

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<v Speaker 2>through the school system and graduated. One of my sons

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<v Speaker 2>is in law enforcement. One of my grandsons, hard to

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<v Speaker 2>believe because I'm not that old. Is now a teacher

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<v Speaker 2>here in Bartlesville. So we've enjoyed this community, gotten a

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<v Speaker 2>lot from it, and hopefully have been able to give back.

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<v Speaker 2>We operated, my wife and I with my parents and

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<v Speaker 2>then they retired, but we operated a local appliance sales

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<v Speaker 2>and service business. Finally retired after fifty one years. Been

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<v Speaker 2>here a long time. Had FedEx Ship Center for a

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<v Speaker 2>while for about thirteen years of that. So we've been

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<v Speaker 2>involved do a lot of stuff. With the Scouting program.

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<v Speaker 2>I've worked with them since the eighties when my kids

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<v Speaker 2>were in Scouting and later my grandsons. I've been involved,

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<v Speaker 2>of course with our church. Worked with city government now

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<v Speaker 2>for several years. I had opportunity to be a member.

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<v Speaker 2>This one is another long one. The ODEQ has a

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<v Speaker 2>group called the Hazardous Waste Management Advisory Council. I was

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<v Speaker 2>appointed by governors to serve on that in twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>We just had a meeting a couple of weeks ago

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<v Speaker 2>and then it was really honored too. It's amazing when

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<v Speaker 2>you live in a small community because you know all

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<v Speaker 2>the other people, but every once in a while they

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<v Speaker 2>turn around and look at you. That is always a surprise.

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<v Speaker 2>I was surprised. I was awarded the Tom Shoemake Award

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty four. So it's been a great place

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<v Speaker 2>to live. It still is a great place to live.

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<v Speaker 2>We just want to keep it that way.

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<v Speaker 1>City council people have their different ideas of what it does,

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<v Speaker 1>of what it's supposed to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind of clarify that. For the Cita council has two

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<v Speaker 2>primary functions in Bartlesville. This is not television, This is

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<v Speaker 2>not Houston, this is not Chicago. The city council oversees

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<v Speaker 2>policy and budget. We do not run the city per se.

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<v Speaker 2>The city manager deals with his employees. We deal with

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<v Speaker 2>the city manager. We are charged with running a balanced budget.

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<v Speaker 2>That budget covers everything from police and fire to parks

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<v Speaker 2>and streets and water and wastewater. There's a variety of things.

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<v Speaker 2>They're all important at one time or another, two different

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<v Speaker 2>folks in different ways. But our job is to try.

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<v Speaker 2>I always tell people to run a boring government that

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<v Speaker 2>just works. You have good people. We have a good staff.

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<v Speaker 2>You have good people doing good work. You provide them

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<v Speaker 2>with the tools that they need and they get the

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<v Speaker 2>job done. The trash gets picked up, the parks are mode,

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<v Speaker 2>water flows and things happen. A lot of times people

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<v Speaker 2>see television or whatever and they think the drama very

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<v Speaker 2>little positive gets accomplished. When you have dissension and arguments.

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<v Speaker 2>It's great to have discussions and to look at improvements

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<v Speaker 2>and changes. I think we do that, but that's the

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<v Speaker 2>function of government. It can be boring, but the stability

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<v Speaker 2>and the consistency that's achieved, I think is what people

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<v Speaker 2>really want. For instance, a strategic reserve not something that

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<v Speaker 2>comes up often, but it's our rainy day account that

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<v Speaker 2>allows us to continue to provide those consistent services even

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<v Speaker 2>when the economy might go down.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd say during the recent pandemic.

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<v Speaker 2>During the pandemic, if you remember back eighth nine, that

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<v Speaker 2>in fact, that's when that strategic reserve was first implemented.

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<v Speaker 2>Was after that because if you don't have income, then

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<v Speaker 2>you can't pay your people, and they deserve to be paid.

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<v Speaker 2>Over fifty percent of our total operating budget goes to

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<v Speaker 2>public safety, police and fire. Those are the folks that

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<v Speaker 2>are out in the storms. They're the people that are

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<v Speaker 2>out at two in the morning on Thanksgiving Day when

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<v Speaker 2>I'm home warm and having pumpkin fire, sleeping or whatever

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing, and we need that one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that it flows out into a lot of different things.

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<v Speaker 2>For instance, our fire department currently has a rating of two.

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<v Speaker 2>There's only a few places in the state that have

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<v Speaker 2>a rating of one, and we're very close to that.

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<v Speaker 2>But the reason that's important is not only because it's

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<v Speaker 2>important for public safety, but that is something that impacts

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<v Speaker 2>my and your insurance rates. So our premiums. If our

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<v Speaker 2>fire department is less than that, our ratings would go up,

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<v Speaker 2>our insurance premiums would change. So there's just a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of things that go on. It's not important until it's important.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you have a problem with a street drained

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<v Speaker 2>backed up, now it's a problem, and so we try

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<v Speaker 2>to avoid that and keep things working and going smoothly.

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<v Speaker 1>Very good. Got some big issues for the next council term.

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<v Speaker 2>What are they, Well, it depends on and we don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what's going to come up. But in my viewpoint

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<v Speaker 2>right now, the thing that we've just got to keep

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<v Speaker 2>a focus on tom is the streets. We've got over

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred lane miles. They all need attention, some more

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<v Speaker 2>than others. We prioritize that based on the condition of

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<v Speaker 2>the index what's called a PCI Pavement Condition Index. Streets

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<v Speaker 2>and Traffic Committee is a tremendous resource that looks at

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<v Speaker 2>that and makes recommendations across the city. How much traffic

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<v Speaker 2>is this street, Like Frank Phillips in front of the

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<v Speaker 2>radio station gets a lot more traffic than a cul

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<v Speaker 2>de sac in my neighborhood, and so all that because

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<v Speaker 2>we never have enough money, and so we have to

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<v Speaker 2>use that wisely, just like you do at home. Do

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<v Speaker 2>I fix the roof or do I buy a new sportscar?

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<v Speaker 2>Well they're both nice, but at some point I have

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<v Speaker 2>to decide which one has to happen given the resources

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<v Speaker 2>I have. It's probably a bad example, but I like Sportscar.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think we do an overall good job of that.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's involving over two hundred other volunteers for all

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<v Speaker 2>the different committees and things that we have, from parks

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<v Speaker 2>to cemeteries, to golf courses to streets to zoning City

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<v Speaker 2>Hearing Committee that looks at all the zoning variances and

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<v Speaker 2>approvals because ultimately the city council only can do what

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<v Speaker 2>the citizens have approved. We have GEO bonds, General obligation

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<v Speaker 2>bonds or property tax. We have sales taxes or our

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<v Speaker 2>two primary sources of funding, and I'd like to have

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<v Speaker 2>a lot more money for streets. But I think we

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<v Speaker 2>really need to continue focusing on streets. It's just important,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think it's the number one thing that we

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<v Speaker 2>all deal with. But we want to also look at

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<v Speaker 2>our public safety in our parks and all those other things.

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<v Speaker 2>They're important. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Water supply. We touched on that just a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>ago because it's been raining and by Collie we needed it.

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<v Speaker 2>We have sometimes a group called messing that online. So

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<v Speaker 2>that was the worst drought in one hundred years for

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<v Speaker 2>this area, just in the last several months. And then

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<v Speaker 2>we go from drought and they were having fires at

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<v Speaker 2>some of our neighbors and having to evacuate neighborhoods I

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<v Speaker 2>believe in Pasca a week ago or less than a

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<v Speaker 2>week ago. And then we go to these torrential rains

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<v Speaker 2>that have begun to refill our lakes and talk to

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<v Speaker 2>another lady. Their pond had been dry, was refilling, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's just apparently the way Olakclum is. Now. We won't

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<v Speaker 2>have a water problem. Well, maybe we'll have too much water,

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<v Speaker 2>but we won't have an immediate water shortage problem, but

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't mean we're going to stop, nor have we. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that not everyone has seen the progress the

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<v Speaker 2>total final solution, but a lot has been accomplished. We've

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<v Speaker 2>gotten more water supply at Copan Lake. We're working to

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<v Speaker 2>get more. We hope that the worda bill that's going

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<v Speaker 2>through Congress right now will allow us to get the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the available water at Copan. We're dealing with

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<v Speaker 2>the corp of Engineers for Cela Lake on floodpool reallocation.

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<v Speaker 2>We're looking at other sources, whether it be Calllake. We've

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<v Speaker 2>looked at Skytook, We've looked at Birch, We've looked at

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<v Speaker 2>all these different things. We've looked at an aquifer in

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<v Speaker 2>Osah County. So we're continuing to work on all of that.

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<v Speaker 2>The cost can get very, very large. I've had someone

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<v Speaker 2>mention that another community in Oklahoma had accomplished a water

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<v Speaker 2>supply from Call Lake. But that was almost three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars spent to do that, and that's a number

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<v Speaker 2>too big for me to comprehend. In some ways, if

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<v Speaker 2>you divide that by the number of water users that

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<v Speaker 2>we have here now, it becomes real when I start

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<v Speaker 2>saying five, six, twelve, fourteen thousand dollars per household. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a real number I can understand. And that's what the

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<v Speaker 2>city council wants to be very careful that we not

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<v Speaker 2>only find a solution, a good solution, but an affordable solution,

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<v Speaker 2>and not just spend because we're spending taxpayers money and

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<v Speaker 2>that's mine and that's yours. But it's important and I

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<v Speaker 2>think that we've been very careful with that. We are

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<v Speaker 2>making progress. Our Washington DC delegation, our senators and congressmen

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<v Speaker 2>are very aware when I call them that I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to want to talk about water. So we are making

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<v Speaker 2>progress and we will continue to do so, but we

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<v Speaker 2>will do it to find the best affordable solution.

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<v Speaker 1>Del Copeland is a guesstand. Of course, tomorrow is election

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<v Speaker 1>day and we've already kind of touched on at early turnout.

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<v Speaker 1>That's been awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>It has been It's been great to see so many people.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to visit with people that you haven't seen

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<v Speaker 2>in a while. But it was great. A little frustrated,

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<v Speaker 2>stand in line, but there are worse things to do,

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<v Speaker 2>and the system worked well. Oklahoma has an amazing election system.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish a lot of the other states would come

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<v Speaker 2>and learn about it and copy it. But yeah, great.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll be open tomorrow from seven in the morning till

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<v Speaker 2>seven in the evening, and then starting at seven oh one,

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<v Speaker 2>tom I guess you'll be telling us what's happening.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get your pencils to score cards. Ready, we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>popping a popcorn.

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<v Speaker 2>And plenty of heads. Yeah. I think our reports are

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<v Speaker 2>our results will come in pretty quickly. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>about the rest of it the national scene, but we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see where we're going to go and then move forward.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the way our system of a constitutional republic was

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<v Speaker 2>designed to work, and we want to follow that. It's

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<v Speaker 2>worked well for two hundred and seventy years. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, now, Dale, this is the part where everybody gets a

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<v Speaker 1>closing statement.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well again, for those that don't know me, my

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<v Speaker 2>name is Dale Copeland. I remember Copeland appliance for all

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<v Speaker 2>of those years. That's us, and I want to have

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<v Speaker 2>the opportunity to serve you for a two year term.

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<v Speaker 2>On Ward one we've talked about world. Ward one is

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always available for questions. I think it surprises people

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<v Speaker 2>to hear that I don't get that many calls, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't get that many emails, and when we do, I

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy visiting with people. One of the things about the

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<v Speaker 2>election that's been great is the chance to visit with

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<v Speaker 2>more folks. What I learned is that we're not that different.

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<v Speaker 2>That we both want good things for the community. We

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<v Speaker 2>might differ on this or that, and we talk and

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<v Speaker 2>find out that that's a reasonable thing. So we've had

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of opportunities. We've got a lot more opportunities.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm involved in the community, and I think that it's

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<v Speaker 2>fair to say that I've got the experience and the

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<v Speaker 2>understanding of how our city works to continue to help

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<v Speaker 2>us grow and go forward. We need new jobs for

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<v Speaker 2>our young people, we need new housing, we need to

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<v Speaker 2>continue work as I've talked on our streets, and all

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<v Speaker 2>of those things are important, but it takes a while

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<v Speaker 2>to learn how government works. And I think ready to

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<v Speaker 2>start from day one. Everything needs attention. But we need

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<v Speaker 2>to take care of our tax dollars and use them

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<v Speaker 2>carefully and safely. Bartlesville is a really special place, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to help that continue to grow and

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<v Speaker 2>go forward. I've spent my entire adult life coming up

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<v Speaker 2>to this point, and i think I've got the skills

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<v Speaker 2>and the knowledge and the experience to keep Bartlesville going forward.

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<v Speaker 2>So Tom, I'm just asking that if you live in

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<v Speaker 2>Ward One, you're going to see my name on that

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<v Speaker 2>ballot and just mark that ballot for Dale Copeland that

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<v Speaker 2>I can continue to work with the city Council.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Dale Copeland, appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.