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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, hand welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>K one to one.

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<v Speaker 2>He trust.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Dunlap is with us here, Commissioner. Good morning. How

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<v Speaker 1>you doing today, Oh? Doing well, Tom, Thank you very

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<v Speaker 1>much for having me up this morning. Beautiful morning, shunshining,

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<v Speaker 1>temperatures perfect. If it just stay like this all day

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<v Speaker 1>and all, you'd be wonderful, wasn't it? Sure would, sure would.

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<v Speaker 1>Things are busy with the county and they never stop.

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<v Speaker 1>You got a bridge of a bridge project or two

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<v Speaker 3>Well, and I appreciate you asking about that. This was

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<v Speaker 3>a project I actually hired an engineer for in twenty fourteen,

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<v Speaker 3>and I finally funding came through. And believe or not,

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<v Speaker 3>I've got to give credit the Cherokee Nation, They're the

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<v Speaker 3>ones funding the project. It's a one point three million

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<v Speaker 3>dollar project. The bridge is a function was functionally obsolete. Actually,

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<v Speaker 3>two large trucks coming to the bridge and opposite directions,

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<v Speaker 3>one is gonna have to give away to the other.

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<v Speaker 3>And usually most people driving cars gave right away, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>let one go across the time. So I'm more than

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<v Speaker 3>happy to get this bridge built. It'll obviously meet all

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<v Speaker 3>federal standards, hold a bus, fire truck, anything that would

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<v Speaker 3>possibly be on it. Bridges one hundred and forty foot long,

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<v Speaker 3>so it's a pretty pretty big project. It was way

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<v Speaker 3>too big for us to build, so that's why we

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<v Speaker 3>never never tied into it. And it's moving along really well.

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<v Speaker 3>The headwalls on the north and south end have been

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<v Speaker 3>poured and are set, and actually the last pier, there

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<v Speaker 3>were four piers in the middle last pier should be

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<v Speaker 3>poured this morning. Those are going about forty feet deep

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<v Speaker 3>to get the four four foot in diameter and forty

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<v Speaker 3>feet deep rebarn, and you pour concrete in it and

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<v Speaker 3>then come up and they will put a cross beam

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<v Speaker 3>on those that will hold the run the main running beams,

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<v Speaker 3>and they'll be nine of those forty foot long, probably

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<v Speaker 3>eighteen to twenty four inches tall, pre cast concrete. So

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<v Speaker 3>now I'm excited. It's fun for me to watch projects

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<v Speaker 3>like this. I used to go and spend some time

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<v Speaker 3>every day because it's just it's what I used to

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<v Speaker 3>do building bridges. But it's a lot like building a building,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, same skill sets involved, So it's fun for me.

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<v Speaker 1>To watch watching it go in just a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>at a time. It's got to be kind of exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it is.

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<v Speaker 3>They're pulling concrete every day, pump trucks there, They're you know,

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<v Speaker 3>obviously pulling the tests in their concrete. There's always an

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<v Speaker 3>inspection engineer on site all the time, and the contract

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<v Speaker 3>and supervisors always there. So yeah, I just this is

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<v Speaker 3>something I've always enjoyed.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got the big EOC going up over there on

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<v Speaker 1>Bison Roads. Yeah, that's a that's a project.

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<v Speaker 3>It really is. It's being built with arp of money,

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<v Speaker 3>federal money.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I would never felt comfortable asking the taxpayers to fund

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<v Speaker 3>something like that locally. But this is quite a facility.

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<v Speaker 3>It's actually what we were talking about, the surly above

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<v Speaker 3>ground tank for all practical purposes. Because the walls are concrete,

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<v Speaker 3>the roof is concrete, and the twenty two thousand feet inside,

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<v Speaker 3>we could actually easily set up our entire county operation

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<v Speaker 3>out there if we had to county government. Yeah, we

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<v Speaker 3>could easily. He'll have servers, enough servers out there. But

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<v Speaker 3>the main function he carry teaches a lot of classes.

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<v Speaker 3>He's got a classroom out there that he can put

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<v Speaker 3>eighty people in comfortably. Uh, there's just a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>space and we'll obviously, uh firefighters out of there are

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<v Speaker 3>the people who go fight fires.

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<v Speaker 2>He can be able to they'll store their gear there

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to shire there.

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<v Speaker 3>There'll be trucks there. There's just everything you could possibly

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<v Speaker 3>think of. I've got to give Carry credit and his crew.

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<v Speaker 3>They've just done a fabulous job of putting this together

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<v Speaker 3>and it will be beneficial for many years after.

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<v Speaker 1>Work on well, you know, after kind of being in

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<v Speaker 1>tight quarters and I mean not not kind of type,

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<v Speaker 1>very tight quarters.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, and obviously that was donated too. We were so

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<v Speaker 3>fortunate to have that facility out there and really kind

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<v Speaker 3>of risky. But now if you get a chance to

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<v Speaker 3>see want to carry his program sometimes when he's out

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<v Speaker 3>in public, he actually has some video of when the

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<v Speaker 3>storm came through how they were functioning out there at EOC,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's really pretty fascinating to watch out there tracking

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<v Speaker 3>the storm and and you know the information that goes

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<v Speaker 3>back to there too. Obviously I was listening to k

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<v Speaker 3>w O entering the storm.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're watching their feet.

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<v Speaker 3>Nathan Thompson saidn't go to the basement. So Paula, let's

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<v Speaker 3>go to the basement and we did the same thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh guys, but carrying his crew. They there there's something else.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, they think of just about any kind of

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<v Speaker 3>contingency that could fall into play.

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<v Speaker 2>They really are very well prepared.

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<v Speaker 3>And I mean there's no perfect response to anything like that, obviously,

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<v Speaker 3>but I mean the intent there's and the efforts there,

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<v Speaker 3>and I really do appreciate the work they do.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, Yeah, we were talking off air when the tornado

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<v Speaker 1>hit Barnstall and then came to Bartbleville. Just how fortunate

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<v Speaker 1>we were. I know that you were privy to a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more information than the average bear. Well, we

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<v Speaker 1>were a commissioner the pathway.

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<v Speaker 2>Unfortunate.

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<v Speaker 3>Obviously it wouldn't extremely destructive, but there was some you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we did a lot of clean up down the county

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<v Speaker 3>crew came in. We helped from like twentieth Street to

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<v Speaker 3>twenty second, twenty third Street down there. Dewey and o

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<v Speaker 3>Sage I believe were the worst hit areas. We were

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<v Speaker 3>in there a week and hauled off well over one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred loads of large nup truck loads of brush. And

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<v Speaker 3>that was what people, you know, what the other volunteer

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<v Speaker 3>agencies had brought to the streets that we could help with,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, it was the was a lot of damage.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, significant significant.

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<v Speaker 1>You know when people think of of county commissioners and

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<v Speaker 1>we just had.

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<v Speaker 2>The race here with two very qualified guys.

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<v Speaker 1>And mister Chivell, you're you're going to be losing a guy,

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<v Speaker 1>but gaining a commissioner.

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<v Speaker 3>This we are and I'm you know, Michael Cole's great guy.

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<v Speaker 3>Knew him and liked him, and Corey's great guy. Uh,

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<v Speaker 3>Corey's I think probably the advantage he's you know, he

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<v Speaker 3>was my road foreman for fourteen years. He absolutely there

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<v Speaker 3>will be no zero transition from him to district too.

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<v Speaker 3>The only transition will be you know, I will appoint

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<v Speaker 3>a new road forman which we've been operating with so

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<v Speaker 3>many yeah, with so many good people for so long.

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<v Speaker 3>This isn't going to be an issue, won't We won't

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<v Speaker 3>miss a be very good, Yeah, very good.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'll do things that the commissioners do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's everybody hears about the roads and the bridges, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's everything. You guys have a control of the budget.

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<v Speaker 1>You make a lot of decisions that three people make

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<v Speaker 1>that a lot of folks really just kind of take

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<v Speaker 1>for granted.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, one of the and one of the things

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<v Speaker 3>that's surprised or been really interesting to me is, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>all the counties in the state of Oklahoma, for instance,

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<v Speaker 3>of jails, you just can't go out and buy private

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<v Speaker 3>insurance for these jails. The risk are way too high.

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<v Speaker 3>There's not a there's not a private insuran on the

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<v Speaker 3>planet that would cover insure one of your jails. So we,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, as commissioners, we've in the late nineties, they

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<v Speaker 3>formed their own risk pool, uh and I happen to

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<v Speaker 3>be the chairman of that for state, the State of

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<v Speaker 3>Oklahoma County Commissioners. And it is just extremely interesting in

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<v Speaker 3>our litigious society that we now anytime something wrong happens

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<v Speaker 3>in a correctional facility, you know, these these guys end

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<v Speaker 3>up in a lawsuit. And so we've really had to

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<v Speaker 3>focus and you don't think about stuff like this when

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<v Speaker 3>you're running for count of commission but we've really had

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<v Speaker 3>to focus on making sure there's policies and procedures in

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<v Speaker 3>these facilities that you know, inmates are handled properly and

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<v Speaker 3>that our people are properly trained. And that's really a

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<v Speaker 3>challenge because the revenue we have and the salaries we

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<v Speaker 3>pay are not real competitive, and we really have a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of trouble losing. We lose good people to cities

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<v Speaker 3>who municipalities who can pay better. And I understand that

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<v Speaker 3>people want to, uh, you know, improve their quality of life,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's that's what work is all about, is moving

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<v Speaker 3>to better paying positions. But it's it's a challenge. It

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<v Speaker 3>really is. That the correctional facility in the jail, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>that's well over fifty percent of the cost of our

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<v Speaker 3>operation and I didn't know that. Yeah, and it's going

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<v Speaker 3>to you know, it's always going to be managed by

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<v Speaker 3>the commissioners, who aren't necessarily law enforcement trains. So it's

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<v Speaker 3>a it's a challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>You got a lot of collaboration with the sheriff owning it.

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<v Speaker 3>I tell you what, I've talked to commissioners across the

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<v Speaker 3>state of Oklahoma, and we are I have been so

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<v Speaker 3>lucky to have a good relationship with your sheriffs. It's

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<v Speaker 3>just essential, and so many counties don't, and they really

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<v Speaker 3>really struggle.

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<v Speaker 2>That's too bad.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it is, and it's a budgetary issue because a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of these sheriffs just want more and more and

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<v Speaker 3>Scott works with us so well, you know, to make

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<v Speaker 3>all you know, make sure all the other officers have

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<v Speaker 3>hunting to where they can function properly also, So it's

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<v Speaker 3>a challenge and Scott's I just really appreciate the voters

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<v Speaker 3>of Abortioning County. That's a very important position and they've

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<v Speaker 3>always done a great job selecting sheriffs in this county.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he and John Copeland do great on getting.

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<v Speaker 3>The really brands, you know, really they work hard. It's

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<v Speaker 3>just there, you know, and it's really a challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I've got a facility over there, and that hard to believe,

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<v Speaker 3>twelve thirteen years old. Start starting to have some maintenance issues,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, not significant ones, but notice you can move

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<v Speaker 3>into a brand new building and have maintenance issues.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how that is I've done.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yes, sir, Hey you ever buy a house that

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<v Speaker 1>was built too quick? Yeah, But we were talking with

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<v Speaker 1>the commissioner Mike Dunlap here on our community connection and

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<v Speaker 1>tell us a little bit more about what's going on

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<v Speaker 1>at the county level that we're going to probably see

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<v Speaker 1>or hear about maybe perhaps in the next several months ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, nothing significant that I you know that pops on

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<v Speaker 3>the top of my head. Our revenues have been steady

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<v Speaker 3>and it's a revenue stream that we could function off

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<v Speaker 3>of which is important to use. Taxes helps significantly and

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<v Speaker 3>we've dedicated virtually all of that to help with with

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<v Speaker 3>making the salaries in the correction facility more competitive good

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<v Speaker 3>so we can actually keep those people online.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you know, even.

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<v Speaker 3>For my road crews, uh, you know C d L drivers,

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<v Speaker 3>they could probably leave me and make twice the salary

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<v Speaker 3>tomorrow if they wanted to. So I'm really you know, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Try to get to go home to their own bed,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's the upside of that.

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<v Speaker 3>And we actually have lost one and then I know

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<v Speaker 3>he's probably making significantly more money, but he's not in

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<v Speaker 2>You're absolutely right, there is. Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we've kind of kept up with our maintenance

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<v Speaker 3>a beautiful job downstairs. I thought the wayns coning some

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<v Speaker 3>buy their look at it in the new courtroom's pretty well.

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<v Speaker 2>I just I love that old building.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, I think it can be functional for many, many

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<v Speaker 3>more years. I think the maintenance on the outside has

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<v Speaker 3>it's not new to the scisions. Bottle built the parking

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<v Speaker 3>lot between the few two structures, which has done four

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<v Speaker 3>or five years ago, has really been beneficial to all

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<v Speaker 2>So those the building sturdy, very sturdy.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but oh my gosh, yes, that uh building twenty

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<v Speaker 3>four and the structures aren't built like that anymore. It's

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<v Speaker 3>that facility and get up above the drop ceiling sometimes

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<v Speaker 3>and actually see the precast concrete ceilings. It's it's it's

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<v Speaker 3>a it is a shelter. Well, it was a civil

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<v Speaker 3>defense shelter at one time when they had those. Yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I had to remember the old yellow tags they would

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<v Speaker 3>put on building and the black sign the other black

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<v Speaker 3>fallout shelter. For a long time, it had that sign

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<v Speaker 2>With the more you know, Yeah, there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>So it shouldn't surprise me that, Hey, that looks pretty sturdy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah it is, Oh man, anything else you like to show.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, just you know that if you get a chance

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<v Speaker 3>to go free fair this weekend, I'm break on my watch.

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<v Speaker 3>She got three blue ribbons or whatever. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>what she turned in, but she turned in something she

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<v Speaker 3>did in the sewing room upstairs. Today. For those of

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<v Speaker 3>you are competitive, there's a donut eating contest at five

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<v Speaker 3>pm up there. I think you, if you're if you

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<v Speaker 3>have the urgent one could be competitive. You might go

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<v Speaker 3>check that out.

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<v Speaker 1>But they haven't told me just what kind of donuts

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's I don't think it's donut holes.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's that. But I wonder, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you had the powdered donuts, that could be.

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<v Speaker 2>Fun to watch. It could be fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>If you had jelly filmed, that'd be even more fun.

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<v Speaker 3>But I know it might be more entertaining than the

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<v Speaker 3>hot dog eating contest. We may be onto something.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that we are.

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<v Speaker 1>Hot dog eating contest was pretty first. It got kind

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<v Speaker 1>of messy once, but you know, watching people eat donuts,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you got to say, yo, one of them

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<v Speaker 1>is good, two of them is great. Yeah, but when

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<v Speaker 1>you get to four or five should with coffee?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you chase it? Well? Water? What do you chase

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't know how to deal with that.

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<v Speaker 1>Sky was strong, I would be I would be hitting

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<v Speaker 1>that bull Martin Blum out there for ice cold milk.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I would go. There you go. But then again,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a dietitian.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at me.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, anything that could go wrong will go wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I put in my mouth.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway I go out to the Free Fair, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>bit checking in on the exhibitors and on the kids

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<v Speaker 1>and the other kids always make that happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I would like to one more point.

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<v Speaker 3>We've had an opportunity to overlay approximately three miles of

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<v Speaker 3>blacktop this year, another mile off of twenty nine hundred

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<v Speaker 3>going into Ocelida, and then a couple of miles actually

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<v Speaker 3>off county line Rogers County Line on thirty nine hundred

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<v Speaker 3>west back towards the little town of Vera, and a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of this the Ocelida project was done there again,

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<v Speaker 3>the Cherokees contributed. Cherokee Nation contributed significantly to that project,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm very appreciated of that. But really, I feel

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<v Speaker 3>you'll never get perfect, obviously, because there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>traffic and we're picking up a lot of semi traffic

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<v Speaker 3>even now on our.

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<v Speaker 1>Roads, just on the county roads.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, And I mean we can't monitor it. There's

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<v Speaker 3>no way to control it. But it's just the fact

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<v Speaker 3>when you have a good road, people find it and

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<v Speaker 3>they use it, they use it, and it's become a

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<v Speaker 3>cut through from one sixty nine to seventy five. A

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<v Speaker 3>lot of residential construction going on south end of the county,

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<v Speaker 3>which is all good. I mean, that's all future revenue,

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<v Speaker 3>it's all activity. We're in a really good place right now.

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<v Speaker 3>And as a county, I feel like I like our leadership.

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<v Speaker 3>I like our new leadership coming on Corey and the

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<v Speaker 3>Jane coming into the county, the county clerk's physician over there,

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<v Speaker 3>so things going in the right direction. Tom really feel

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<v Speaker 3>good about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, something to be all that is for sure. Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you very much for being with no time. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>How's the family doing over there in the Middle East?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, got one obviously, got Travis and his wife, Sophie,

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<v Speaker 3>and Leora, my granddaughter, and Israel. Another granddaughter coming in October,

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<v Speaker 3>and Paul is going to try to get over there.

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<v Speaker 3>But I understand the Tel Aviv airport's been open and closed.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know where that stands.

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<v Speaker 2>So, yeah, it's kind of dicey right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of dicey, but they seem really confident where they're

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<v Speaker 3>at that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well that's that's great. Yeah, thank you, thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for asking

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<v Speaker 1>Folks, you've been watching and listening to our community connection