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<v Speaker 1>Good evening and welcome to our best Bank, the East Branch,

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<v Speaker 1>right here on Adams Road. I'm Tom Davis, your moderator

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<v Speaker 1>for tonight's forum, and today we're going to hear from

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<v Speaker 1>as many candidates as we can fit in the room,

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<v Speaker 1>because we got a lot of them tonight here running

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<v Speaker 1>for city council right here in bartels Felt. First of all,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to introduce the panel. We have in Ward one,

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<v Speaker 1>Deale Copeland, Tim Sharrick, Ward two, Larry East, Lauren Wizzelle,

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Kirkpatrick, Ward four, Quinn ship Or Ward four Terrevor Dorsey.

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<v Speaker 1>In Ward five, we're hoping we're hoping to have Karen

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<v Speaker 1>and Matthew come in here a little bit later on,

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<v Speaker 1>but when they arrive will have them seated. And we

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<v Speaker 1>also have Jim Kurd who's running on a post in

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<v Speaker 1>ward three. And right now, Jim, I know you would

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<v Speaker 1>like to make an opening statement. We're going to give

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<v Speaker 1>you the chance to do that before you run the

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<v Speaker 1>mic down to his honor, the Mayor.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Tom, I appreciate it, and thank you Bartles Radio

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<v Speaker 2>for sponsoring this forum tonight, and welcome all the candidates

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<v Speaker 2>here tonight. I am Jim Kurd and I'm kind of

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<v Speaker 2>the odd man out tonight. As many of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I am unopposed for my seat in Ward three. I've

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<v Speaker 2>served nearly four two year terms representing Ward three and

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<v Speaker 2>our great city.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a true honor, and I'm pleased and excited

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<v Speaker 2>to have another two years to serve our great city.

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<v Speaker 2>During my terms, I've served for several different cou councils

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<v Speaker 2>and we've always represented our community, our citizens, and each

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<v Speaker 2>other in a respectable and civil manner. Has been an

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<v Speaker 2>honor to serve with our current council Quinn Shipper, who

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<v Speaker 2>gratefully stepped in for the unexpected passing of Billy Rohan,

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<v Speaker 2>Dale Copeland, Lauren Roselle and Trevor Dorsey. I believe these

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<v Speaker 2>councils have served These councilors have served our community exceptionally well.

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<v Speaker 2>For myself, one of the most important aspects of being

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<v Speaker 2>an effective city councilor is being narnpartisan, putting politics aside

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<v Speaker 2>and providing a positive vision ahead benefits the entire community

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<v Speaker 2>and helps us grow, be prosperous and have a desired

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<v Speaker 2>and welcoming community to live in. With our recent growth

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<v Speaker 2>in sales, tax, the new use tax, new businesses, new jobs,

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<v Speaker 2>providing assistance to local companies, housing incentives to attract new citizens,

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<v Speaker 2>new retail and restaurant choices, and our community supported bond

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<v Speaker 2>issues that have added significantly to our quality of life amenities,

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<v Speaker 2>improved our downtown district, and better maintained our roads and streets.

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<v Speaker 2>Our community is doing very well. Yes, there are always

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<v Speaker 2>challenges head but I'm confident that, as before, solutions will

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<v Speaker 2>be fined to found, to be addressed. These challenges that

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<v Speaker 2>come along to me, these positive advancements for our city

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<v Speaker 2>and the challenges ahead are the essence of wanting to

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<v Speaker 2>be and serving as a city councilor. To me, and

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<v Speaker 2>most importantly, every two years, as counselors, we take our

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<v Speaker 2>oath of office and swear to support the Constitution of

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<v Speaker 2>the United States and the Constitution of Oklahoma. I will

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<v Speaker 2>honorably take the oath next term and serve our community

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<v Speaker 2>to the best my ability for another two years.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you very much, mister Kurkin. Ladies and gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 1>we are underway. We want to remind all of our

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<v Speaker 1>participants in our questions will be selected randomly, and we've

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<v Speaker 1>not shared this with any one. In fact, many of

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<v Speaker 1>these are the first time I've seen them. No, they

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<v Speaker 1>actually Lesteners had set these in. But we are going

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<v Speaker 1>to begin with opening statements, and each candidate will have

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<v Speaker 1>two minutes for your opening and closing statement as well

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<v Speaker 1>as for answering each question. We're going to start with

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<v Speaker 1>Dale Copeland more than one and give us your opening statement, please, sir, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you Tom.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to thank you and Bartbow Radio for hosting

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<v Speaker 4>this forum and of course to our best for using

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<v Speaker 4>of this great facility. I also want to thank all

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<v Speaker 4>the amazing friends and neighbors who've supported me, especially my

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<v Speaker 4>wife Donna, who's always been there for me, but especially

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<v Speaker 4>recently walking a lot of Ward one neighborhoods. Our families

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<v Speaker 4>are young son heroes who are there for us behind

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<v Speaker 4>the scenes as we work in city efforts. The next

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<v Speaker 4>two years bring opportunities for the industry new retail and

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<v Speaker 4>new jobs. Growth is good, but it must be managed

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<v Speaker 4>along with the accompanying needs like housing and infrastructure. Our

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<v Speaker 4>recently approved Next Strategic Plan is a good tool for

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<v Speaker 4>that effort, and we must continue to devote attention to

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<v Speaker 4>our streets and improve the pavement condition index. In coming years,

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<v Speaker 4>more and more companies are discovering something that we already knew,

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<v Speaker 4>that our hometown is a good place to go and grow.

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<v Speaker 4>Bartlesfield has a strong history of conservative physical management. The

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<v Speaker 4>Strategic Reserve Fund for rainy days is vital to that.

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<v Speaker 4>We consistently receive one of the highest credit ratings in

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<v Speaker 4>the state, and that means lower cost with more of

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<v Speaker 4>our funding going to projects. That's a win win. Our

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<v Speaker 4>city government has a lot of moving parts. It's much

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<v Speaker 4>more than my single issue or favorite project. Like any

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<v Speaker 4>well operating machine, we must always pay attention to every

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<v Speaker 4>part and every function to keep things working at their best.

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<v Speaker 4>I've been sharing my idea of three areas that are

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<v Speaker 4>important for success, financial health, core services, and civility. Financial

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<v Speaker 4>health means we can pay our bills and provide our

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<v Speaker 4>staff and citizens the services and tools they need. Course services, water, wastewater, trash, streets,

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<v Speaker 4>police and fire, and parks are the crucial elements of

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<v Speaker 4>any functioning community. An old saying civility costs nothing is

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<v Speaker 4>true and it paves the way for respect, cooperation and trust.

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<v Speaker 4>I ask for your vote if you're in Ward one

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<v Speaker 4>for dalk Copeland for City Council.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you very much, Adam Tim Sharrick Ward one, Tim,

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<v Speaker 1>good evening. Do we have your opening statement? Please?

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<v Speaker 5>Hi?

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<v Speaker 6>I am Tim Shrick, and I'd like to share with

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<v Speaker 6>you a little bit about myself. I'm kind of the

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<v Speaker 6>lesser known commodity here. My business qualifications include a degree

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<v Speaker 6>in accounting from RSU and in data analytics from Mid

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<v Speaker 6>America Christian and Oklahoma City. I've been afforded the opportunity

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<v Speaker 6>to both lead and collaborate with a variety of teams

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<v Speaker 6>in my more than twenty five years of it and

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<v Speaker 6>varied business experiences, and I understand the kind of data

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<v Speaker 6>and decision making that drives success. You know, for three generations,

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<v Speaker 6>my family has been proud to call Bartlesville our hometown.

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<v Speaker 6>But lately we've seen the values that first made our

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<v Speaker 6>city a great place to live come under attack, and

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<v Speaker 6>we believe our home is worth defending. I'm troubled by

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<v Speaker 6>the many times I've seen the voices of my neighbors

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<v Speaker 6>stifled by a city government and the noise of special

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<v Speaker 6>interests drown out the cries for help coming from our

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<v Speaker 6>own neighborhoods. Our hometown public spaces are being polluted by

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<v Speaker 6>the activities that recklessly disregard the protection of our youngest

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<v Speaker 6>and most vulnerable citizens. And when courageous citizens voice their

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<v Speaker 6>concerns in the council chamber, they seem to be met

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<v Speaker 6>with a deaf year and sometimes a rebuke. That's why

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<v Speaker 6>I've decided to run for city council. Our hometown family

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<v Speaker 6>has weathered many trying times by recognizing the value in

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<v Speaker 6>the community and in each other. It's the homegrown solutions,

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<v Speaker 6>not bigger government, that always deliver the best results. And

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<v Speaker 6>we know that when we the people come together, we thrive.

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<v Speaker 6>When you vote for me, you can be sure that

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<v Speaker 6>I remember that I'm working for my neighbors and not

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<v Speaker 6>the city. I'll amplify the voice of your concerns and

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<v Speaker 6>escalate the priority of your problems. I'll work to ensure

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<v Speaker 6>that adult activities are kept within the confines of adult venues.

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<v Speaker 6>I'll be vigilant with the oversight of your money, and

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<v Speaker 6>I'll give special attention to our adequate safe water supply.

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<v Speaker 6>I hope you will join me in making sure that

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<v Speaker 6>Bartlesville remains a great place to call home.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, mister Sheryck Up next in ward two, we

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<v Speaker 1>have Larry East.

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<v Speaker 7>Thank you Tom, and thank you ka One for hosting

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<v Speaker 7>this and a little bit about me. My name is

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<v Speaker 7>Larry East. I grew up in Choctaw, east of Oklahoma City.

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<v Speaker 7>I went to work for Kanico and Ponca City right

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<v Speaker 7>out of Call and eventually transferred over here to Bartlesville

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<v Speaker 7>and retired from there a couple of years ago after

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<v Speaker 7>thirty three years of work in it with them. My wife, Shelley,

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<v Speaker 7>and I have been married for thirty five years. In

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<v Speaker 7>the last twenty one years we've spent right here in Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 7>We're active members at First Baptist Church and other organizations

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<v Speaker 7>here in the community. One of those is the disaster

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<v Speaker 7>Relief Chainsaw Crew. Keep your prayers out for them as

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<v Speaker 7>they're over in Georgia right now. I would have liked

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<v Speaker 7>to have been with them. In fact, I've told many

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<v Speaker 7>people I'd rather be running a saw than a campaign.

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<v Speaker 7>But we've appreciated the opportunity to raise our sons right

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<v Speaker 7>here in Bartlesville. We have three grown sons and two

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<v Speaker 7>daughters in law, all raised here in Bartlesville, and we've

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<v Speaker 7>appreciated the largely family friendly environment that we've had. But

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<v Speaker 7>the last couple of years, we've felt like that hasn't

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<v Speaker 7>been quite as much as we'd like to see, particularly

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<v Speaker 7>with the drag shows. You know, some home blessness issues

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<v Speaker 7>that need to be addressed and also water quality issues,

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<v Speaker 7>and I hope to have an opportunity to address those

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<v Speaker 7>and i'd appreciate your consideration. On November the fifth, Thank.

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<v Speaker 1>You very much, Larry Ward, you, Laura Brosseaul, good evening.

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<v Speaker 8>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 9>I want to thank Barswel Radio, Arvest Bank, and are

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<v Speaker 9>presenting sponsors for giving us an opportunity. I want to

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<v Speaker 9>thank all of you for coming out and being a

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<v Speaker 9>part of the process and hearing from your candidates today.

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<v Speaker 9>It's an important part of that process. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 9>tell you a little bit about myself. I am born

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<v Speaker 9>and raised right here in Barzil, Oklahoma. I'm a fifth

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<v Speaker 9>generation Barshin. My grandparents grew up we lived on Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 9>I grew up on Elm Street on the West side.

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<v Speaker 9>My daughter still lives in Heart on Harvey Road in

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<v Speaker 9>my ward, and my granddaughter lives there with her. So

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<v Speaker 9>I have five generations of family history here in Barswil.

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<v Speaker 9>I started work for Phillips Petroleum Company twenty eight years ago.

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<v Speaker 9>My first job with them was working at the night

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<v Speaker 9>shift at the gas station on the corner of Madison

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<v Speaker 9>and Adams Boulevard. I worked behind that bullet resistant cage

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<v Speaker 9>for the night shift. I worked hard and learned a

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<v Speaker 9>lot of things and finally made my way up and

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<v Speaker 9>today I work for Conico Phillips as a senior it

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<v Speaker 9>and operations technology auditor, doing cybersecurity audits to make sure

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<v Speaker 9>our field sites and our operations are safe from intrusions.

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<v Speaker 9>I love serving my community. I've served my community for

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<v Speaker 9>decades through many boards and volunteer organizations. I currently serve

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<v Speaker 9>on the United Way Board of Directors, overseeing their community

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<v Speaker 9>Impact grant process. I've served my community for decades. For

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<v Speaker 9>the last two years, I've served my community every day,

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<v Speaker 9>answering your emails, your text messages, your calls, making sure

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<v Speaker 9>that we can make your life better every day. We

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<v Speaker 9>brought in a lot of businesses into Bartlesville, giving opportunities

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<v Speaker 9>for our children and grandchildren who want to stay here

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<v Speaker 9>and be raised in Bartlesville. I want to can continued

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<v Speaker 9>to do that and make sure we keep our core services,

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<v Speaker 9>our police, fire parks all running efficiently. I would like

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<v Speaker 9>to serve you for another two years, and i'd appreciate

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<v Speaker 9>your vote.

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<v Speaker 8>Thank you, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>From Ward four Aaron Kirkpatrick.

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<v Speaker 3>I really love Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 10>We moved our family here a decade ago, my wife

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<v Speaker 10>and our four little kids at the time, they're not

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<v Speaker 10>so little anymore, and we fell in love with this

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<v Speaker 10>community immediately. A year ago, I got lunch with Billy

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<v Speaker 10>Rohan and as we talked about things that she was

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<v Speaker 10>her enthusiasm, and as she was discussing some of her challenges,

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<v Speaker 10>I started sharing ideas for how to fix them and

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<v Speaker 10>And then she passed unexpectedly and tragically, and that was

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<v Speaker 10>the moment that I decided I was going to apply

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<v Speaker 10>of being a pastor for twenty years, I'm also a

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<v Speaker 10>serial entrepreneur, and it just so happens that many of

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<v Speaker 10>the businesses that I have that I have started and

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<v Speaker 10>built and sold prepared me to be a jack of

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<v Speaker 10>all trades. And many of those skills that I developed

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<v Speaker 10>are exactly what the city needs right now. Our city

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<v Speaker 10>has a lot of opportunities, and as an entrepreneur, you

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<v Speaker 10>learn to see opportunities and strike while the moment is hot.

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<v Speaker 3>Before they slip away. But we also face a lot

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<v Speaker 10>I've had the opportunity to be an executive, coach and consultant,

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<v Speaker 10>and when people need help figuring out complex ideas quickly

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<v Speaker 10>with the challenges that we're facing as a city. As

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<v Speaker 10>I've been knocking doors and talking to people, then I realized, hey,

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<v Speaker 10>are our local helping organizations and nonprofits and even our

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<v Speaker 10>other pastors. They're reaching out to me and saying, we

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<v Speaker 10>need your plan to succeed because it will work. I've

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<v Speaker 10>been endorsed by the firefighters because I've gotten to know

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<v Speaker 10>them and they see the opportunities that I see for

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<v Speaker 10>public safety. I want to win the opportunity to represent

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<v Speaker 10>you in Ward four, and I want to win the

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<v Speaker 10>opportunity to make the strides that our community needs, and

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<v Speaker 10>I hope that you vote for me for Ward four Representative.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much for ward Poor Quinn Shipper.

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<v Speaker 5>Good evening everyone.

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<v Speaker 11>I want to thank BARSBA Radio and r VEST and

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<v Speaker 11>those who've come out tonight to show their support for

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<v Speaker 11>this forum. And it's really good to be in this

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<v Speaker 11>room once again with everybody here again. I'm Quen Shipper.

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<v Speaker 11>I am the city councilor for Ward four. I was

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<v Speaker 11>unanimously appointed this past June to complete the unexpired term

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<v Speaker 11>of my dear friend, the late Billy Rohan. My very

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<v Speaker 11>first attendance at a city council meeting was in August

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<v Speaker 11>of twenty twenty, and I went for two reasons. One,

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<v Speaker 11>I wanted to be an informed intercessor. I prayed daily

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<v Speaker 11>for my city. I prayed daily for those who are

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<v Speaker 11>in leadership in our city and I continue that to

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<v Speaker 11>this day. The next spring, I was appointed to the

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<v Speaker 11>City Planning Commission.

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<v Speaker 5>I didn't say the second thing.

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<v Speaker 11>The second thing was to be an informed citizen and

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<v Speaker 11>how to get engaged. So I have experience, I'm informed

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<v Speaker 11>about things, and I am engaged. So part of that

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<v Speaker 11>engagement began the next spring when I was appointed to

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<v Speaker 11>the City Planning Commission, which has been a great opportunity

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<v Speaker 11>to learn about how government works at that level. The

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<v Speaker 11>next year, I was invited to join the Water Resources

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<v Speaker 11>Board Committee as the award for Representative, which was also

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<v Speaker 11>just a really great learning curve and opportunity to offer

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<v Speaker 11>input into that important conversation but also the practical application

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<v Speaker 11>for art City. I am a graduate of the Bartlevielle

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<v Speaker 11>Citizens Police Academy, the recent Citizens Academy. I'm also the

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<v Speaker 11>standing recipient of the Jake Barteles Award. So I've spent

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<v Speaker 11>over four years. I've not missed a City Council meeting,

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<v Speaker 11>a regular meeting, and I've been to a number of

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<v Speaker 11>the special meetings of the City Council as well to

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<v Speaker 11>inform my engagement. And one thing I valued about getting

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<v Speaker 11>to meet so many great people and working alongside them

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<v Speaker 11>in this community is find ways to help engage them.

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<v Speaker 5>We have many.

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<v Speaker 11>Opportunities on committees, commissions, authorities, boards and trusts, and I

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<v Speaker 11>believe that my opportunity to take all of these experiences

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<v Speaker 11>the things that have informed my opportunity to serve and

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<v Speaker 11>to continue doing so to represent you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you. Ward five. Trevor Dorsey.

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<v Speaker 12>Yes, my name is Trevor Dorsey for those who may

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<v Speaker 12>not know me, and I appreciate everybody that it's tonight

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<v Speaker 12>and those watching on live stream and listening on the radio.

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<v Speaker 12>Beth and I we moved our family here in twenty fourteen.

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<v Speaker 12>It's been about ten and a half years ago. At

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<v Speaker 12>the time, she had three little kids at home. Now

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<v Speaker 12>one of them is a senior, Tatan, he's seventeen. I've

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<v Speaker 12>got a seventh grader, Mason, and a fourth grader, Bryson.

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<v Speaker 12>I've enjoyed serving you all the citizens of Barlsville the

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<v Speaker 12>past seven years, and prior to that, I also served

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<v Speaker 12>on the Planning Commission and learned a lot there that

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<v Speaker 12>helped me whenever I moved into a role like Quinn,

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<v Speaker 12>I was seated to fill a vacancy. And I've always

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<v Speaker 12>enjoyed serving my community, whether it's through city Council, the

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<v Speaker 12>Chamber of Commerce, serve on a lot of nonprofit boards,

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<v Speaker 12>and my family is very active and serving in the

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<v Speaker 12>community and they are very active. Matter of fact, I

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<v Speaker 12>had to hustle from halftime of a ball game across

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<v Speaker 12>town for one of my kids to get here this evening.

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<v Speaker 12>But we love Bartlesville. Fell in love with it when

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<v Speaker 12>we first came here. It was getting recruited for a job,

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<v Speaker 12>and I can't think of a better place to work,

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<v Speaker 12>live and play. So I certainly want to do my

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<v Speaker 12>and my family to make it better at each and

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<v Speaker 12>every day. They're as they as some of the other

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<v Speaker 12>people have stated. We serve on various committees, boards and

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<v Speaker 12>trust and authorities, and I think I've did that seven years,

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<v Speaker 12>got to serve on just about all of them. So

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<v Speaker 12>I've had a lot of enjoyable experiences in getting to

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<v Speaker 12>know all the systems of Barsville. And I appreciate you

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<v Speaker 12>all again being here tonight, and if there's anything I

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<v Speaker 12>can do, please reach out to me, and I would

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<v Speaker 12>appreciate your vote to continue to serve you for another

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<v Speaker 12>two years.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Trevor. As we hand the microphone back to

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning, I want to remind everyone that we do

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<v Speaker 1>have a lot of questions and not everybody's going to

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<v Speaker 1>get the same question, and we got a lot of response.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to thank everybody who listens and watches us

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<v Speaker 1>on K one TV and also K one radio for

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<v Speaker 1>helping out and by golly, we're up to the races.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to start now with Dale Copeland. Our water

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<v Speaker 1>supply issue was identified in two thousand and two, and

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<v Speaker 1>over the years various councils have studied the issue. What

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<v Speaker 1>specifically would you address for our water supply?

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<v Speaker 4>Water is critical. Water is more important than streets, and

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<v Speaker 4>streets is really important. But without water, what do we do?

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<v Speaker 4>We have looked at a lot of options. People before

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<v Speaker 4>us have looked at a lot of options. I've had

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<v Speaker 4>opportunity to speak with people at the federal level, the

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<v Speaker 4>corp of Engineers and our congressional representatives in Washington, and

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<v Speaker 4>we do not own a water supply. The core engineers

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<v Speaker 4>for the federal government does, so we have to work

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<v Speaker 4>with them. They have their own rules, their own timetables,

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<v Speaker 4>and they have been very receptive, but it has not

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<v Speaker 4>gone as quickly as we would like. Currently, I think

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<v Speaker 4>our best solutions are as they have recommended themselves as

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<v Speaker 4>looking at reallocation of water at Hula. There is currently

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<v Speaker 4>a word of bill Water Resource Development Act coming through

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<v Speaker 4>Congress that if that makes it out and is signed,

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<v Speaker 4>will give us affordable and affordable is critical, not millions

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<v Speaker 4>and millions of dollars, but affordable rates on the rest

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<v Speaker 4>of the available water at Copan that will be huge,

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<v Speaker 4>But we're continuing to look at the aid of Vermosa

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<v Speaker 4>aquifer just does not have all the water we need,

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<v Speaker 4>but it could be a source. It's fairly close. Obviously

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<v Speaker 4>Kaw has a lot of water, but that water we

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<v Speaker 4>don't know its contents. It drains a huge area. That's

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<v Speaker 4>a good thing. It connects all of the different things,

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<v Speaker 4>whether it's herbicides, pesticides, the new and the pfas, and

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<v Speaker 4>we just don't know what that means yet. But the

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<v Speaker 4>big challenge there is laying a pipeline all the way

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<v Speaker 4>across os H County. Takes more than an hour to

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<v Speaker 4>drive it. It's a lot of cost. So we have

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<v Speaker 4>to look at solutions, multiple solutions that will incrementally build

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<v Speaker 4>what we need to get us fifty years or more

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<v Speaker 4>down the road. I think we're making good progress on that,

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<v Speaker 4>but again, the key is for that solution or solutions

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<v Speaker 4>to be affordable and not spending two and three hundred

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<v Speaker 4>million dollars of tax payer money. I take that very seriously,

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<v Speaker 4>and I think we're making good progress thank you deal.

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<v Speaker 1>This will be also the same question for Tim Sherick.

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<v Speaker 1>Our water supply issue was identified in two thousand and two,

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<v Speaker 1>and over the years various councils have studied the issue.

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<v Speaker 1>What specifically would you do to address our water supply?

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<v Speaker 6>You know, I think that the answer can't be we

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<v Speaker 6>don't do anything, and we've had a long standing term

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<v Speaker 6>where nothing is being done, and I understand that there

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<v Speaker 6>have sometimes been obstacles raised. I'm looking at some information

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<v Speaker 6>here that talks about Hula and the desac rating that

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<v Speaker 6>we get from the corp of Engineers. I'm looking at

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<v Speaker 6>something here from Copan Lake where in February twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 6>four the city requested a reallocation from COE and apparently

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<v Speaker 6>that's not doable. I'm looking at the aid of Amosa,

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<v Speaker 6>and it is compatible with our system, but it doesn't

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<v Speaker 6>seem to be doable. It's twelve million dollars for one

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<v Speaker 6>point four million gallons of water per day. And from

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<v Speaker 6>what I'm hearing across the board from other engineers who

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<v Speaker 6>have studied the issue, is that cow Lake, which could

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<v Speaker 6>provide as much as forty million gallons of water storage

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<v Speaker 6>and supply, could be the best option, And what I

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<v Speaker 6>don't understand is how ENID got it done.

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<v Speaker 1>But we can't.

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<v Speaker 6>Because ENID was able to lay a pipeline, they're able

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<v Speaker 6>to tap Call Lake, They're able to supplement their water

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<v Speaker 6>supply and deal with that issue. We've also heard things

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<v Speaker 6>about like water reuse, which takes wastewater, treats it since

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<v Speaker 6>it's seven miles up the Caney River, recaptures it since

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<v Speaker 6>it back through treatment, and they it to you again

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<v Speaker 6>with water that already has nine contaminants in it that

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<v Speaker 6>are in the classification of forever chemicals, three of which

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<v Speaker 6>are anywhere from one hundred and eighty five to five

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<v Speaker 6>hundred and seventy five percent above healthy levels. We can't

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<v Speaker 6>continue to add more chemicals and pipe it back through

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<v Speaker 6>the same system and then expect it to be potable

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<v Speaker 6>and good for our people at that If we do

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<v Speaker 6>things like that, we should also expect that all the

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<v Speaker 6>job growth is going to be an ascension oncology because

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<v Speaker 6>these are carcinogenic chemicals and our kids are being impacted.

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<v Speaker 6>We need to do something better.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Tim, same question to you, Larry East. Our

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<v Speaker 1>water supply issue was identified back in two thousand and

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<v Speaker 1>two and Over the years, various councils have studied the issue,

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<v Speaker 1>what specifically would you do to address our water supply?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, obviously this is a complicated issue that's been going

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<v Speaker 7>on for a lot of years, a lot of studies.

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<v Speaker 7>I think Dale as the studies that I've looked at

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<v Speaker 7>so far, Dale has addressed that of reallocation of water

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<v Speaker 7>at Hula and also at Copan and hoping to get

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<v Speaker 7>this word through Congress that would allow us to procure

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<v Speaker 7>more of that at Copan at an affordable rate. I

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<v Speaker 7>know the water reuse is concerning to me. I know

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<v Speaker 7>right now the plan is to only use that in

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<v Speaker 7>a Stage four crisis situation there on water supply. But

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<v Speaker 7>in view of a bill that was passed in twenty twelve,

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<v Speaker 7>which I think I may not get the name of it

425
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<v Speaker 7>right here, but I think it was Water for twenty

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<v Speaker 7>sixty that the state has set our goal is to

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<v Speaker 7>not have more water usage than we did in twenty ten,

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<v Speaker 7>and so in order to meet those goals, that may

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<v Speaker 7>be something we have to do at that point. I

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<v Speaker 7>know that's a lot of years out. When when I

431
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<v Speaker 7>first heard of this, someone called it toilet to tap.

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<v Speaker 7>That definitely sounds concerning. However, if you consider that we

433
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<v Speaker 7>don't have we're not at the head of the river.

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<v Speaker 5>They're right.

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<v Speaker 7>There are other people upstream, other cities, towns upstream that

436
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<v Speaker 7>process their waste and it goes into the river as well.

437
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<v Speaker 7>So we're already processing some of that. That doesn't sound

438
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<v Speaker 7>attractive to me, but that's something that's probably inevitable at

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<v Speaker 7>some point there.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much, Larry. We have a fresh question

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<v Speaker 1>for Lauren Biselle. One of the solutions the previous councils

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<v Speaker 1>have come up with was water reuse. Do you see

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<v Speaker 1>this as a feasible solution for the future.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I do.

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<v Speaker 9>It's not a long term solution. The long term solution

446
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<v Speaker 9>is to find another and more water supply, I either

447
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<v Speaker 9>through Copaine Eula or another water reservoir.

448
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<v Speaker 8>But the water reuse.

449
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<v Speaker 9>So I want to make sure we're understanding and I

450
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<v Speaker 9>want to kind of line out some things on water reuse.

451
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<v Speaker 9>The water we are treating it basically like drinking water

452
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<v Speaker 9>when we pump it up the stream. The pfas don't

453
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<v Speaker 9>come from us. We don't put pfas into in those

454
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<v Speaker 9>forever chemicals into the water. In fact, we're removing a

455
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<v Speaker 9>lot of it through our treatment process, and we're getting

456
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<v Speaker 9>it below the levels are required by our state. Our

457
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<v Speaker 9>state is going to increase those levels in the near

458
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<v Speaker 9>future and what's required for us to treat that water.

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<v Speaker 9>It is a viable and a solid process that's being

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<v Speaker 9>used in more than just Bartlesville, and this treats This

461
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<v Speaker 9>addresses an immediate problem to make sure that we do

462
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<v Speaker 9>have a water supply that is safe, potable, and drinkable

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<v Speaker 9>for all of our citizens so that we can continue

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<v Speaker 9>our growth and keep improving Bartlesville. I do believe this

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<v Speaker 9>is a viable source. It's only kind of a medium

466
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<v Speaker 9>term solution, and it's only to be used whenever we

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<v Speaker 9>are in extreme drought conditions and going into stage four.

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<v Speaker 9>So I think it's it is viable for us.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 9>We are going to run tests and pilots and everything

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<v Speaker 9>along the way, and in conjunction with the Oklahoma Water

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<v Speaker 9>Resources Board and make sure that we meet all of

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<v Speaker 9>the standards required by them and federal law. We have

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<v Speaker 9>a very intelligent and very smart city staff that's been

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<v Speaker 9>working on this problem for a while. We've had past

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<v Speaker 9>city councils that have had input on it. Our past

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<v Speaker 9>city councils have gotten more water out of Copain and

478
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<v Speaker 9>other places for us. So we are continuing to work

479
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<v Speaker 9>on a problem on this problem, and water reuse is

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<v Speaker 9>definitely a solution for us.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much, Lord Briselle. Aaron Kirkpatrick Award for

482
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<v Speaker 1>same question to you. One of the solutions the previous

483
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<v Speaker 1>councils came up with was water reuse, and do you

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<v Speaker 1>see this as a feasible solution for our future.

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<v Speaker 10>It's not only feasible, it's necessary. But how exactly we

486
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<v Speaker 10>do that is always the question, right. So I've got

487
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<v Speaker 10>a background in treatment and water purification for a business

488
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<v Speaker 10>that I had that did oil and gas, sight ice

489
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<v Speaker 10>and water. Taking dirty water out of the ground turning

490
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<v Speaker 10>it into pure water you can drink is what we did.

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<v Speaker 3>We did exceptionally well re using the water that we have.

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<v Speaker 10>Right, we can't make it rain more, been praying, but

493
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<v Speaker 10>outside of that, can't give us more water than we have,

494
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<v Speaker 10>so we got to make use of what we currently do.

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<v Speaker 3>Have some things you need to know about pea fasts.

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<v Speaker 10>It literally doesn't come from us, meaning we're not producing it,

497
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<v Speaker 10>but it literally comes from us. It goes into your body,

498
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<v Speaker 10>some of it stays in your body and the rest

499
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<v Speaker 10>of it goes out as a waste product. And so

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<v Speaker 10>if you don't figure out how to treat your pa

501
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<v Speaker 10>FAST and your water, what ends up happening is what's

502
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<v Speaker 10>happened in southwest Texas where the ground becomes so contaminated

503
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<v Speaker 10>they can no longer grow crops on it or have

504
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<v Speaker 10>cattle on it because it'll kill the cows and the

505
00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:48.920
<v Speaker 10>crops will kill you. So we have to figure out

506
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<v Speaker 10>something to do with this. Fortunately, talking to my friends

507
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<v Speaker 10>over the water treatment plant here locally, the p FAST

508
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<v Speaker 10>concentration is not that high thanks to our watershed.

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<v Speaker 3>That's good.

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<v Speaker 10>So how do we reuse our water? I got to

511
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<v Speaker 10>take care of my time. I can't preach here, sorry,

512
00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:04.079
<v Speaker 10>how do we use our water? Talking to the guys

513
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<v Speaker 10>out of the water treatment plant, the best idea that

514
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<v Speaker 10>the idea that they really love first is gray water

515
00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:13.799
<v Speaker 10>dual piping, which means right now, we treat water coming

516
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<v Speaker 10>into the system and then we treat it going out

517
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<v Speaker 10>of the system. Treating water, especially when it comes to

518
00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:20.519
<v Speaker 10>heat and energy, is forty percent of the cost of

519
00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:23.279
<v Speaker 10>water treatment. So what we don't want to do is

520
00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:27.160
<v Speaker 10>treat water multiple times. So Graywater reuse allows us to

521
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<v Speaker 10>take water from our sinks, from our showers, those kind

522
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<v Speaker 10>of things, and use it to water our lawns and

523
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<v Speaker 10>our gardens and agriculture. Okay, you don't want to roll

524
00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:36.319
<v Speaker 10>that out at once, as Dale said, it would cost

525
00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:38.279
<v Speaker 10>hundreds of millions of dollars. So what you do instead

526
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<v Speaker 10>is you begin to put in gray piping or dual

527
00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:43.279
<v Speaker 10>piping every time you replace the line, which happens constantly.

528
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<v Speaker 10>When you do that, you roll it out over time

529
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<v Speaker 10>and then allow individuals to voluntarily connect to it through

530
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<v Speaker 10>our use of water.

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<v Speaker 3>Water Bill rebates that.

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<v Speaker 10>Plus what they have recommended is actually just letting the

533
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<v Speaker 10>water plant give out rain barrels to every citizen who

534
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<v Speaker 10>wants one to use on their garden, to use on

535
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<v Speaker 10>their and their lawn.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's all the time I got.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thank you Eric Quentin Ship or Ward for same

538
00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:10.359
<v Speaker 1>question to you. One of the solutions the previous councils

539
00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.759
<v Speaker 1>came up with was water reuse. And do you see

540
00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:15.400
<v Speaker 1>this as a feasible solution for the future.

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<v Speaker 11>Yes, I do, Tom, and I don't want to repeat

542
00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:20.519
<v Speaker 11>the comments have already been made, as many of them

543
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<v Speaker 11>would be things I would say So I've been to

544
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<v Speaker 11>the water resource of the water treatment plant and the

545
00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:29.839
<v Speaker 11>wastewater treatment plant, and I've seen the process they're going

546
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<v Speaker 11>through to work with these studies to ensure that we

547
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<v Speaker 11>have water that is safe and clean in the water

548
00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:44.279
<v Speaker 11>recycling process. So a little different take, so I'm not repeating,

549
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<v Speaker 11>is a lot of people that I talked to about

550
00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:50.119
<v Speaker 11>the water don't realize that the water that we have

551
00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:53.559
<v Speaker 11>here serves fifty five thousand people. It's just not just

552
00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:57.640
<v Speaker 11>water for Bartlesville. We're providing water for many of the

553
00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:01.079
<v Speaker 11>people throughout our county, several of the Navy towns, and

554
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<v Speaker 11>even East Osage County. So when we talked about water,

555
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<v Speaker 11>it's not just for us. It's a much larger population.

556
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<v Speaker 11>And another thing that I like to discuss with people

557
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<v Speaker 11>have had a lot of feedback on is the whole

558
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<v Speaker 11>thing of conservation. In that sense, we can all be

559
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<v Speaker 11>responsible citizens, and when we were forced to take will

560
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<v Speaker 11>not force people have the choice if they wanted to

561
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<v Speaker 11>conserve or not during some of the extreme measures this

562
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<v Speaker 11>last year, but it also put people into a situation

563
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<v Speaker 11>where they became a habit. It became a habit for

564
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<v Speaker 11>them to be more conservation minded, so some of the

565
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<v Speaker 11>just educating people about what water resource, what resources are,

566
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<v Speaker 11>what the water treatment is like. The fact is water costs.

567
00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:51.079
<v Speaker 11>It costs everywhere. Costs are going up for treating water.

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<v Speaker 11>I believe that we have a very high quality and

569
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<v Speaker 11>standard of water here in Bartlesville that we're also serving

570
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<v Speaker 11>others with, and we can compare that to other communities,

571
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<v Speaker 11>other cities, and we're very privileged to have what we

572
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<v Speaker 11>have and to have it at the affordable, relatively cost

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<v Speaker 11>for which we pay. So I'm grateful for the good

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<v Speaker 11>work of the city and providing a high quality of

575
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<v Speaker 11>water that we have.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Quinn shipper Ward. By treppor Dorsey, we have

577
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<v Speaker 1>a different question for you. In Oklahoma, cities can only

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<v Speaker 1>receive property taxes for improvements by issuing geo bonds. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you support the use of geo bods for continued improvements

580
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<v Speaker 1>to our city's infrastructure.

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<v Speaker 12>I do support the use of geo bonds, and thank

582
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<v Speaker 12>you for the different questions, so I don't just have

583
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<v Speaker 12>to say what they said. When you get to be last,

584
00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:46.480
<v Speaker 12>then you get everything already said. I do support that,

585
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<v Speaker 12>and I think that as a council and is a city,

586
00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:51.839
<v Speaker 12>we have done a very good job with issuing those

587
00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.799
<v Speaker 12>bonds and trying to keep the mills at a certain

588
00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:57.839
<v Speaker 12>level so that it's not burden some tax wise for

589
00:31:57.960 --> 00:32:02.400
<v Speaker 12>the citizens. And earlier we've talked about all these committees'

590
00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:06.799
<v Speaker 12>boards and trust everyone in the community also serves on those,

591
00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.720
<v Speaker 12>and I encourage anybody that has a passion for one

592
00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:11.000
<v Speaker 12>of those if there's a vacancy.

593
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<v Speaker 1>We always need good people.

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<v Speaker 12>But we take a lot of those recommendations, whether it's

595
00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:19.559
<v Speaker 12>going to the streets, parks, wastewater, and we use those

596
00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:22.920
<v Speaker 12>funds to always keep the city where it's at and

597
00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:27.880
<v Speaker 12>improve the city year over year. And so I do

598
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<v Speaker 12>think that that's very viable. I know that certain communities

599
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<v Speaker 12>that have let bond issues lapse, when they go back

600
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<v Speaker 12>and try to issue new bonds, a lot of times

601
00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:39.599
<v Speaker 12>people aren't very excited about that because their mills and

602
00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:42.519
<v Speaker 12>their taxes are going up. So I know that the

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<v Speaker 12>council that I've served with, we've always tried to make

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<v Speaker 12>sure that we are using those geo bond funds to

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<v Speaker 12>maximize everything for the city and to keep it at

606
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<v Speaker 12>a certain level and not increase them so that the

607
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<v Speaker 12>tax burden becomes higher.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you worry much as you passed the micropot back

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<v Speaker 1>down to the other end. Remind everyone that you are

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<v Speaker 1>watching and listening to our candidate's form for city council.

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<v Speaker 1>LPL Peening and Company. Our question goes to Dale Copeland.

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<v Speaker 1>In Oklahoma, cities can only receive property taxes for improvements

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<v Speaker 1>by issuing geo bonds, and you support the use of

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<v Speaker 1>geo bonds for continued improvements for city's infrastructure. I do.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that there are a variety of ways to

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<v Speaker 4>get revenue, but at the end of the day, the

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<v Speaker 4>government cannot spend any money that it did not colleck.

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<v Speaker 4>So if we're not going to do geo bonds property tax,

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<v Speaker 4>then what are we going to replace it with? And

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<v Speaker 4>that's a question that nobody, including me, likes tax. But

627
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<v Speaker 4>without them, our streets and our water plan, all these

628
00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.759
<v Speaker 4>massive things, whether it's fire trucks at a million dollars each,

629
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<v Speaker 4>but we have to have those things. And it's either

630
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<v Speaker 4>get the revenue or let our infrastructure decline and deteriorate.

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<v Speaker 4>And I've already said we want to go the other direction.

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<v Speaker 4>We have as the city council, and in fact, for decades,

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<v Speaker 4>the city councils have always maintained in Bartlesville about a

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<v Speaker 4>fifteen MILLI levee might be fourteen point eight seven, might

635
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<v Speaker 4>be fifteen point one two, depending on the math and

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<v Speaker 4>how things calculate. But we have not raised that, and

637
00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:39.280
<v Speaker 4>that's something I don't think that we should raise, but

638
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<v Speaker 4>it provides the last time the voters and the city

639
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<v Speaker 4>council does not do this, the voters approve those for

640
00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:50.119
<v Speaker 4>seventeen little over seventeen million dollars. We dedicated over seventy

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<v Speaker 4>percent of that twelve point three million. I believe to

642
00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:57.440
<v Speaker 4>street upgrades, repairs, and maintenance. We think that that needs

643
00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:00.159
<v Speaker 4>that attention. But that's how our parks, that's how so

644
00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:03.960
<v Speaker 4>many of our big capital projects are financed. And if

645
00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:07.239
<v Speaker 4>we don't finance them there, then you would use what

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<v Speaker 4>some states have income tax. Some states have a variety

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<v Speaker 4>of methods that they use, but the Jill Bond property

648
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<v Speaker 4>tax seems to be working. So if it's not broke,

649
00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:23.239
<v Speaker 4>don't fix it, and we can talk about what's a

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00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:27.280
<v Speaker 4>proper assessment. Fifteen mills, twelve and a half seventeen. But

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<v Speaker 4>I think that Martinsville has been very balanced and fair

652
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<v Speaker 4>and we have gotten a lot done and we need

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<v Speaker 4>to do more, so I do support them.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Dale, Tim Sherick Ward one. We have another

655
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<v Speaker 1>question here for you that we'd like to ask. We're

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<v Speaker 1>all aware of infrastructure issues such as the Tuxedo Bridge project,

657
00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:53.519
<v Speaker 1>which initially came in nearly double the estimated cost. How

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<v Speaker 1>would you fund continued improvements for our infrastructure?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I think it's viausly going to be a matter

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<v Speaker 6>of having to collect that from our citizens here.

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<v Speaker 1>There's going to have to be some kind of tax.

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<v Speaker 6>What level is what we need to look at, And

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<v Speaker 6>we also need to make sure that things like that

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<v Speaker 6>are prioritized. We need to make sure that we're actually

665
00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:17.159
<v Speaker 6>purchasing the necessities before we purchase amenities. So I would

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<v Speaker 6>like to see, for example, our streets restriped to eliminate

667
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<v Speaker 6>a public safety hazard with some of that money instead

668
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<v Speaker 6>of just saying, well, we're going to put in another

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<v Speaker 6>pickleball court. I understand that that serves a segment of

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<v Speaker 6>our community. I don't want them to not be able

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<v Speaker 6>to get their physical exercise. I'm sure I would enjoy

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<v Speaker 6>it if I were to take it up and had

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<v Speaker 6>the knees for it, but I don't. But I think

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<v Speaker 6>we need to run our house as if we're actually

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<v Speaker 6>going to manage a budget like our house, we need

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<v Speaker 6>to look and say, Okay, streets and water and bridges

677
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<v Speaker 6>and roads are more important than pickleball and wayfinding signs.

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<v Speaker 6>In a city of thirty eight thousand people, I think

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<v Speaker 6>we know where the library and the courthouse are, and

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<v Speaker 6>those things play into smart city TESS technology that could

681
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<v Speaker 6>be implemented later on, which is an Orwellian surveillance society

682
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<v Speaker 6>that no one wants to consider. These are not things

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<v Speaker 6>that we really want to have in our community.

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<v Speaker 1>But we weren't.

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<v Speaker 6>Really asked if that was the case. They just spent

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<v Speaker 6>on it. And so we need to make sure that

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<v Speaker 6>in our house we get our budgets straight. If you

688
00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:23.280
<v Speaker 6>have the money to do the extras, great, did anybody

689
00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:24.920
<v Speaker 6>go to college and live in an apartment, have to

690
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<v Speaker 6>eat ramen. I mean, we need to learn how to

691
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<v Speaker 6>prioritize the things that we do. So if we are

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00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:32.800
<v Speaker 6>going to spend it needs to be on things that

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00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:35.840
<v Speaker 6>add value to our hometown, not things that are just

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<v Speaker 6>the fluff and niceties.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much. Mister Shriwick Lurry East, same same

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<v Speaker 1>question to you. How would you fund continued improvements to

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<v Speaker 1>our infrastructure?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, I think a lot of that's been covered really

699
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<v Speaker 7>with both of what they've said there. The taxes have

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<v Speaker 7>to pay for that somewhere or another, so whether it

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<v Speaker 7>comes from the go bonds or the other. But also

702
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<v Speaker 7>at ten pointed out we need the right balance of

703
00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:07.880
<v Speaker 7>where we're spending that money and how we're spending it.

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<v Speaker 7>And I know there is a balance. We do need

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<v Speaker 7>parks and other things like that as well, but how

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<v Speaker 7>much And definitely I've as I've been out knocking doors,

707
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<v Speaker 7>I've heard a lot of people talk to that issue

708
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<v Speaker 7>of saying, why are we spending this much on wayfinding

709
00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:28.159
<v Speaker 7>signs or pickleball courts or those sorts of things when

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<v Speaker 7>you know my road is in disrepair and I know

711
00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:35.079
<v Speaker 7>some of those roads may not qualify based on the

712
00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:41.880
<v Speaker 7>traffic and the pavement condition index there that would make

713
00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:46.480
<v Speaker 7>those a lower priority. But definitely there is balance, and

714
00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:51.440
<v Speaker 7>obviously taxes is how we pay for that. And again

715
00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:55.599
<v Speaker 7>how we do that, whether it's through go bonds or otherwise,

716
00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:57.760
<v Speaker 7>we've got to pay somebody there.

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<v Speaker 1>So all right, thank you very much. Larry Ard to Laureniseille,

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<v Speaker 1>same question, how would you fund the continued to prove

719
00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:08.920
<v Speaker 1>it's to our infrastructure here Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 9>Well, I think they've already covered the fact that sales tax,

721
00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:15.199
<v Speaker 9>sales tax and gobon those are two main tax sources.

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<v Speaker 9>This is the two main sources of revenue that we

723
00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:19.920
<v Speaker 9>use as a city to keep our services running, our

724
00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:22.559
<v Speaker 9>infrastructure to take cared for. I think what we have

725
00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:24.760
<v Speaker 9>to do is they've already said, and I agree with

726
00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:27.039
<v Speaker 9>everything that's been set up here, except for the fact

727
00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:29.400
<v Speaker 9>that some of our amenities they help bring visitors to

728
00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.880
<v Speaker 9>our town, they help drive revenue to our town, and

729
00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:34.320
<v Speaker 9>those visitors to our town also, believe it or not,

730
00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:36.960
<v Speaker 9>translates to people living in our town and working in

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<v Speaker 9>our town.

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<v Speaker 8>So I don't want to neglect those.

733
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<v Speaker 9>I think where we can achieve the balance is the

734
00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:43.840
<v Speaker 9>fact that we need to look and make sure we're

735
00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:47.920
<v Speaker 9>responsibly spending the sales tax dollars that we collect.

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<v Speaker 8>For you in order to do maintenance.

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00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:52.360
<v Speaker 9>There's new technologies for street maintenance that we can apply

738
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<v Speaker 9>so that we can lengthen the life of a road

739
00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:57.639
<v Speaker 9>and we can make it better for longer so that

740
00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:59.960
<v Speaker 9>we don't have to replace it, because replacing is ten

741
00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:03.800
<v Speaker 9>times more expensive than maintaining a road. So let's let's

742
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<v Speaker 9>look at how we maintain roads and at the same time,

743
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<v Speaker 9>how we replace.

744
00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:09.559
<v Speaker 8>Roads that need to be replaced or repaired.

745
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<v Speaker 9>So we need to be looking at every project that

746
00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:15.199
<v Speaker 9>comes through GO Bond and say does this fit and

747
00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:17.960
<v Speaker 9>how does this fit with a strategic plan that you,

748
00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:21.320
<v Speaker 9>the citizens, have given us input and told us that

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00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:23.880
<v Speaker 9>are the priorities for you in our town. So when

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00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:27.159
<v Speaker 9>we collect your taxes and we and we put those

751
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<v Speaker 9>to work for you, we're putting them to the work

752
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<v Speaker 9>the way you told us to put the work. Put

753
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<v Speaker 9>them to work, and you told us streets and infrastructure

754
00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:35.599
<v Speaker 9>is what you want, and so we're going to go

755
00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:37.920
<v Speaker 9>do that. But it's a dual effort of making sure

756
00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:40.760
<v Speaker 9>that we maintain our infrastructure as well as repair and

757
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<v Speaker 9>replace our infrastructure when it requires Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much, Lauren. Aaron Kirkpatrick, We have a

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<v Speaker 1>new question for you now. I had a listener email

760
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<v Speaker 1>me this comment recently, and it goes like this, My

761
00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:59.639
<v Speaker 1>daughter can no longer safely run on Pathfighter because the

762
00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:02.519
<v Speaker 1>whole business crisis has gotten so in their words, out

763
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<v Speaker 1>of control. The question is, how do we solve this

764
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<v Speaker 1>homeless issue.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, I wish that listener was the only time I'd

766
00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:16.760
<v Speaker 10>heard that story. My daughter's best friend was chased at

767
00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:20.400
<v Speaker 10>knife point by a homeless man. My own daughter can

768
00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:23.320
<v Speaker 10>no longer ride on Pathfinder because she was harassed twice

769
00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:25.840
<v Speaker 10>by two different homeless guys in one evening. Obviously, on

770
00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:28.719
<v Speaker 10>every homeless person is a criminal or aggressive like that.

771
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<v Speaker 10>But I don't know any women who still walk on

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00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:33.000
<v Speaker 10>Pathfinders safely by themselves.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's how we fix it.

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<v Speaker 10>And these ideas come after lots of conversation with helping organizations,

775
00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:41.800
<v Speaker 10>with the police officers all across the board. This plan

776
00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:44.159
<v Speaker 10>will work. I call it the high way out of

777
00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:46.800
<v Speaker 10>homelessness or the high way out of here. We need

778
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<v Speaker 10>to de silo our helping organizations to enable them to

779
00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:53.360
<v Speaker 10>help homeless people when they arrive in Bartlesville, get onto

780
00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:55.079
<v Speaker 10>a highway at all points in one direction. We want

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00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:57.719
<v Speaker 10>to get you off the street into stable housing. We

782
00:41:57.800 --> 00:42:00.679
<v Speaker 10>have incredible helping organizations right now, but they don't work

783
00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:03.840
<v Speaker 10>together efficiently. So I'd like to help fix that, but

784
00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:06.000
<v Speaker 10>that's really not the government's job. I've already got people

785
00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:08.840
<v Speaker 10>in place who will come together to put together that

786
00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:10.760
<v Speaker 10>plan and it can have it going in a month.

787
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<v Speaker 10>The government's job is to do what the police have

788
00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:15.960
<v Speaker 10>asked for. Make it lowest level misdemeanors, to do some

789
00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:19.199
<v Speaker 10>of the things that are causing these problems. Outdoor camping

790
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<v Speaker 10>in certain areas of on public land certain areas of

791
00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:26.559
<v Speaker 10>our city, aggressive panhandling outside of businesses, and dumpster diving,

792
00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:29.440
<v Speaker 10>especially in our businesses downtown. This is a constant issue

793
00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:31.960
<v Speaker 10>for a lot of our business owners. We make those

794
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<v Speaker 10>things misdemeanors, not so we can put people in jail

795
00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:36.400
<v Speaker 10>or levy fines. We're not going to do either of

796
00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:39.079
<v Speaker 10>those things. But if you do not go along with

797
00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:41.679
<v Speaker 10>the highway out of homelessness, then we're going to make

798
00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:43.760
<v Speaker 10>it possible on the back end of this for the

799
00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:47.320
<v Speaker 10>helping organizations to see who has these misdemeanors so that

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<v Speaker 10>they can just turn off the tap of help. If

801
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<v Speaker 10>you show up and you've got misdemeanors because you won't

802
00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:53.639
<v Speaker 10>comply with what the police are telling you to do,

803
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<v Speaker 10>they say, I'm sorry, we can't help you right now.

804
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<v Speaker 10>We can't give you these resources until you do the

805
00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:02.119
<v Speaker 10>community service, get these misdemeanors off your record, and in

806
00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:04.119
<v Speaker 10>doing so, we will create enough friction in the system

807
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<v Speaker 10>that people will choose to lead. We're not going to

808
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<v Speaker 10>force anybody out. It's just simply freedom and responsibility. You

809
00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:11.760
<v Speaker 10>have the freedom to make these choices and the responsibility

810
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<v Speaker 10>to take the consequences, not externalize them onto the community.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Quinn Shipper, same question to you, how do

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<v Speaker 1>you think we solve our homelessness issue?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, there are number of things.

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<v Speaker 11>Tom One is to realize this is not just an

815
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<v Speaker 11>issue for Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

816
00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:32.880
<v Speaker 5>This is pervasive around the country.

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<v Speaker 11>I think many, if not most, in this room would

818
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<v Speaker 11>recognize that what we perceive as a person who may

819
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<v Speaker 11>be homeless has increased significantly over the last four years,

820
00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:46.199
<v Speaker 11>not just here across the state, across our nation. It's

821
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<v Speaker 11>not clear there are a lot of people who guess

822
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<v Speaker 11>how people are coming into our community who are a

823
00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:55.639
<v Speaker 11>very generous community. And having worked in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where

824
00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:58.119
<v Speaker 11>we live for twenty two years, part of the experience

825
00:43:58.119 --> 00:44:00.599
<v Speaker 11>that I bring to Bartlesville, not there were residents here,

826
00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:05.199
<v Speaker 11>is I helped establish an organization that when we left

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<v Speaker 11>in twenty seventeen, we had over sixty community entities which

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<v Speaker 11>included churches, nonprofits, the Department of Corrections, the hospital, the

829
00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:17.360
<v Speaker 11>public schools, and many others who've gotten out of their silos.

830
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<v Speaker 11>That takes time, that doesn't pop out of a box,

831
00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:24.440
<v Speaker 11>developed relationships, and one of the real turning points to

832
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<v Speaker 11>lead that forward was a common data system to help

833
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<v Speaker 11>manage the rehabilitation, the compassionate work that needs to be

834
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<v Speaker 11>done with many people who have related mental health, substance abuse,

835
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<v Speaker 11>and public safety issues that they may be causing. And

836
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<v Speaker 11>so it takes the entire community to be involved with that.

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<v Speaker 11>Very recently, the City of Bartisville will let me back

838
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<v Speaker 11>up with a strategic plan. Anybody here in the room

839
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<v Speaker 11>can go and read that. There's several points in the

840
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<v Speaker 11>strategic plan of the city to be addressing homelessness, not

841
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<v Speaker 11>just as a pas thing or current thing, but gone going.

842
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<v Speaker 11>We need to understand what our lane is as a

843
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<v Speaker 11>city and stay in that lane. We've also proposed and

844
00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:12.960
<v Speaker 11>had passed a development of a task force time limited

845
00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:16.480
<v Speaker 11>to bring together strategic partners in the community. And there

846
00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:18.840
<v Speaker 11>are a lot of people doing some remarkable things to

847
00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:21.760
<v Speaker 11>assist those who are homeless, to raise them above and

848
00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:25.280
<v Speaker 11>beyond their circumstance, whatever that might be. So all of

849
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<v Speaker 11>that to say, there are more questions than answers, and

850
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<v Speaker 11>I'd like to be part of the answer.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Quinn Trevor Dorsey ward by the same question

852
00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:39.159
<v Speaker 1>to you, how do we solve our homeless issue?

853
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<v Speaker 12>Well, as you heard the other two candidates say, there's

854
00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:44.119
<v Speaker 12>a lot of work to be done and there's a

855
00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:46.960
<v Speaker 12>lot of resources. One of the things about Bartlesville that

856
00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:50.320
<v Speaker 12>I've always found amazing after we moved here is I

857
00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:53.960
<v Speaker 12>think we have to be possibly the nonprofit capital of

858
00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:59.719
<v Speaker 12>the world. We have amazing organizations that help all facets

859
00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:02.079
<v Speaker 12>of our community. I do think that a lot of

860
00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:05.880
<v Speaker 12>the homeless people that have probably migrated here have heard

861
00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:11.079
<v Speaker 12>about said resources, and I like ideas that Quinn and

862
00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:15.239
<v Speaker 12>Aaron both said. We have to provide service and get

863
00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:19.119
<v Speaker 12>those people going the right direction or get them back

864
00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:22.239
<v Speaker 12>to where they came from possibly. I know, in talking

865
00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:26.079
<v Speaker 12>with our police department, a lot of the problem, or

866
00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:28.840
<v Speaker 12>a lot of the help they probably need is with

867
00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:31.559
<v Speaker 12>mental health services. And I know we do have Grand

868
00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:35.000
<v Speaker 12>Lake Mental Health here, which is a phenomenal organization. They

869
00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:40.360
<v Speaker 12>do amazing work. So I think that has helped bridge

870
00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:42.599
<v Speaker 12>some of the gap. But I think that we need

871
00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:45.880
<v Speaker 12>more services there on the mental health aspect of it,

872
00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:49.199
<v Speaker 12>at least in talking with our police force, both the

873
00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:54.280
<v Speaker 12>city and the county. And so I think there's already

874
00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:58.480
<v Speaker 12>some good footing that started in trying to move it

875
00:46:58.480 --> 00:47:01.159
<v Speaker 12>in a direction where we can we can start helping

876
00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:05.559
<v Speaker 12>get these things solidified. I know that the police also

877
00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:10.239
<v Speaker 12>have got someone that patrols the Wayfinder because we've had

878
00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:12.960
<v Speaker 12>some situations and issues on there, and so I think

879
00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:15.440
<v Speaker 12>that's that's helping address some of that as well. So

880
00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:17.000
<v Speaker 12>I know that we've got a lot of work to do,

881
00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:19.159
<v Speaker 12>but I'm confident that we can we can come up

882
00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:21.079
<v Speaker 12>with the solutions to make it make it all better.

883
00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:24.559
<v Speaker 1>Thank you. Trevor Dorsy said this.

884
00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:27.920
<v Speaker 10>The time Limited the time Limited Task Force that the

885
00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:30.920
<v Speaker 10>city Council approved has a six month window to study

886
00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:34.519
<v Speaker 10>this issue. That's six months for the listener's daughter. They

887
00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:37.960
<v Speaker 10>can't get on Pathfinder because it'll be unsafe. And and

888
00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:40.840
<v Speaker 10>these helping organizations are reaching out directly saying this is

889
00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:42.480
<v Speaker 10>the plan that we need to be going with. And

890
00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:44.039
<v Speaker 10>I love that you have a background, so I invited

891
00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:45.880
<v Speaker 10>you hate be a part of this because the helping

892
00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:47.800
<v Speaker 10>organizations have reached out to me and said, we're ready

893
00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:50.320
<v Speaker 10>to act now. We don't need to study for six months.

894
00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:52.880
<v Speaker 10>We've got decades of experience. We can act on this soon.

895
00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:56.039
<v Speaker 1>Aaron. We can use some of our time, and I

896
00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:58.360
<v Speaker 1>appreciate your passion, but we can use some of our

897
00:47:58.400 --> 00:48:01.039
<v Speaker 1>time in our closing statements to rebid wor to go

898
00:48:01.119 --> 00:48:03.280
<v Speaker 1>to different topics that may have not have been read.

899
00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:09.840
<v Speaker 1>But thank you, Dale Copan question to you is how

900
00:48:09.880 --> 00:48:14.639
<v Speaker 1>pervasive is the homeless population really and what can city

901
00:48:14.679 --> 00:48:15.760
<v Speaker 1>council do about it?

902
00:48:18.159 --> 00:48:22.159
<v Speaker 4>I think that the homeless population numerically is perhaps not

903
00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:26.039
<v Speaker 4>as intense as some have imagined, But then you have

904
00:48:26.119 --> 00:48:29.519
<v Speaker 4>to start separating that some of those people are truly homeless.

905
00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:32.880
<v Speaker 4>They have no shelter. Some of those people have no transportation,

906
00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:35.599
<v Speaker 4>but they may have a place that they do have

907
00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:38.320
<v Speaker 4>a shelter to stay at night, but when you encounter

908
00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:40.840
<v Speaker 4>those people on the Pathfinder or in different places, it

909
00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:43.440
<v Speaker 4>can be a little bit scary. This is something I

910
00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:46.679
<v Speaker 4>began working with quite a few years ago. In fact,

911
00:48:47.280 --> 00:48:50.280
<v Speaker 4>Tracy Rowles had just arrived in town as our new

912
00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:52.360
<v Speaker 4>police chief, and of course that tells you how many

913
00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:54.920
<v Speaker 4>years ago that was. And we talked about this and

914
00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:56.679
<v Speaker 4>as he told me and I found to be true

915
00:48:56.679 --> 00:48:59.159
<v Speaker 4>and has already been mentioned, he described it as a

916
00:48:59.159 --> 00:49:01.960
<v Speaker 4>three legged stew and you're going to have mental issues,

917
00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:04.639
<v Speaker 4>mental health issues, you're going to have substance abuse issues,

918
00:49:04.679 --> 00:49:06.840
<v Speaker 4>and you're going to have public safety or crime issues.

919
00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:09.760
<v Speaker 4>One leads to the other, and which one is dominant

920
00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:13.000
<v Speaker 4>will vary, but you have to address all of them

921
00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:16.119
<v Speaker 4>if you're going to find success. And this has been described.

922
00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:19.920
<v Speaker 4>There's a number of ways to address that together. But

923
00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:21.440
<v Speaker 4>at the end of the day, they have to want

924
00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:24.920
<v Speaker 4>the help, and not everyone does. So the pervasiveness of it,

925
00:49:25.360 --> 00:49:29.480
<v Speaker 4>I think that it's interesting to me that as desirable

926
00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:33.599
<v Speaker 4>and wonderful as the Pathfinder is, it also has become

927
00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:37.840
<v Speaker 4>a bit of a traffic way for that population. Now,

928
00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:40.360
<v Speaker 4>I would also throw out that these folks are people,

929
00:49:40.960 --> 00:49:44.960
<v Speaker 4>and they are Bartlesville people, and they're not something that

930
00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:47.639
<v Speaker 4>we just put in the trash truck in a Halloway.

931
00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:52.000
<v Speaker 4>They deserve that respect as any of us would, but

932
00:49:52.639 --> 00:49:54.679
<v Speaker 4>they have to obey the laws. It's against the law

933
00:49:54.760 --> 00:49:56.880
<v Speaker 4>to camp in a public park. That law should be

934
00:49:56.960 --> 00:50:00.800
<v Speaker 4>enforced and has been mentioned. We are patrolling the pathfinder,

935
00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:05.280
<v Speaker 4>we the police department and enhancing those enforcement activities. As

936
00:50:05.320 --> 00:50:08.079
<v Speaker 4>another is made, we make it uncomfortable, people find another

937
00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:10.519
<v Speaker 4>place to be. So I think it's a multi pronged approach.

938
00:50:11.039 --> 00:50:13.719
<v Speaker 4>But the appearance might be worse than the reality, but

939
00:50:14.440 --> 00:50:15.960
<v Speaker 4>appearances are reality.

940
00:50:16.760 --> 00:50:20.519
<v Speaker 1>Thank you deal, Copeland. Tim Sherrick, same question to you.

941
00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:25.559
<v Speaker 1>How pervasive is the wholest population really and what can,

942
00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:28.119
<v Speaker 1>where should the city council do about it?

943
00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:31.800
<v Speaker 6>I think the answer to that is that nobody really knows.

944
00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:36.400
<v Speaker 6>They are transient, and so to try to get a

945
00:50:36.400 --> 00:50:40.920
<v Speaker 6>feel for how many and who and we just don't know.

946
00:50:41.639 --> 00:50:43.920
<v Speaker 6>And with a southern border that leaks like a sieve,

947
00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:47.239
<v Speaker 6>we don't even know if we have bad actors among

948
00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:49.280
<v Speaker 6>these people. We don't know if we have people with

949
00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:54.920
<v Speaker 6>history of violent offenses. We don't know exactly what we're

950
00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:58.440
<v Speaker 6>dealing with We need our law enforcement to more aggressively

951
00:50:59.079 --> 00:51:02.079
<v Speaker 6>prosecute the laws that are on the books so that

952
00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:04.639
<v Speaker 6>we can get the people into the system and we

953
00:51:04.719 --> 00:51:07.960
<v Speaker 6>can get a determination on some of those things. But

954
00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:10.840
<v Speaker 6>at the same time, I do believe that we want

955
00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:14.119
<v Speaker 6>Bartlesville to be a city of compassion that flows from

956
00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:16.360
<v Speaker 6>a desire to see all of our neighbors who wish

957
00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:18.880
<v Speaker 6>to succeed have an opportunity to do that. And that's

958
00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:21.679
<v Speaker 6>not just a hand up. That means arms locked with

959
00:51:21.719 --> 00:51:23.840
<v Speaker 6>our neighbors who are willing to help and be helped

960
00:51:23.960 --> 00:51:26.800
<v Speaker 6>when we need it. That means keeping government out of

961
00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:30.079
<v Speaker 6>the business of life building. That is not the proper

962
00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:35.719
<v Speaker 6>role of government. Our charitable organizations and faith community do

963
00:51:35.840 --> 00:51:38.679
<v Speaker 6>this best. They deliver hope to the hopeless and help

964
00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:42.280
<v Speaker 6>to those who need it most. Everyone is entitled to

965
00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:46.679
<v Speaker 6>an opportunity, not an outcome. For our hometown family members

966
00:51:46.679 --> 00:51:49.440
<v Speaker 6>that have been injured by an economy run amok, work,

967
00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:53.719
<v Speaker 6>situations beyond their control, and tragedies that found them unprepared,

968
00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:56.400
<v Speaker 6>we should be prepared to come alongside and help. But

969
00:51:56.480 --> 00:52:00.800
<v Speaker 6>what that looks like is encouraging volunteerism and monetary given

970
00:52:01.360 --> 00:52:04.960
<v Speaker 6>to the organization's best suited to offer guidance and support,

971
00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:07.840
<v Speaker 6>and then as a city council our only role would

972
00:52:07.840 --> 00:52:11.519
<v Speaker 6>to be removed any obstacle to their success.

973
00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:17.559
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Tim Shehrick, Larry East. I have a different

974
00:52:17.639 --> 00:52:21.360
<v Speaker 1>question for you we received. This is one of the

975
00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:24.480
<v Speaker 1>top questions, by the way. We received several questions based

976
00:52:24.519 --> 00:52:29.039
<v Speaker 1>on the city's current process of building its next comprehensive plan,

977
00:52:29.440 --> 00:52:33.079
<v Speaker 1>which is mandated by the state of Oklahoma. Should the

978
00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:39.679
<v Speaker 1>city have a comprehensive plan and what should it entail? Wow?

979
00:52:39.880 --> 00:52:44.679
<v Speaker 7>Okay, the we were required to have some type of

980
00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:48.159
<v Speaker 7>comprehensive plan. I'm not sure the comprehensive plan that was

981
00:52:48.239 --> 00:52:51.199
<v Speaker 7>just delivered a couple of weeks ago is the answer,

982
00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:54.960
<v Speaker 7>at least not in its entirety. In fact, I'm not

983
00:52:54.960 --> 00:52:59.039
<v Speaker 7>sure if anybody knows that that's the answer. That's I've

984
00:52:59.079 --> 00:53:05.440
<v Speaker 7>seen the docum. That's almost four hundred pages of comprehensive plan.

985
00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:09.199
<v Speaker 7>That sounds a little detailed. It's also got some some

986
00:53:09.360 --> 00:53:12.119
<v Speaker 7>terminology in there and things addressed in a way that

987
00:53:12.199 --> 00:53:17.000
<v Speaker 7>I'm not comfortable with. And I'm hoping that as the

988
00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:21.840
<v Speaker 7>vote comes up on November the fourth, I believe at

989
00:53:21.880 --> 00:53:25.000
<v Speaker 7>the next council meeting that they will table this until

990
00:53:25.039 --> 00:53:28.039
<v Speaker 7>the citizens have had a chance to review this further

991
00:53:28.119 --> 00:53:31.960
<v Speaker 7>and give input. I know that the consultants that worked

992
00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:37.840
<v Speaker 7>on this solicited input from the citizens, and in talking

993
00:53:37.840 --> 00:53:40.239
<v Speaker 7>with them, I think they said they had about a

994
00:53:40.280 --> 00:53:45.760
<v Speaker 7>ten percent response rate and so and even so that was,

995
00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:48.559
<v Speaker 7>you know what, close to a year ago when that

996
00:53:48.639 --> 00:53:52.679
<v Speaker 7>input was gathered, and I think we as the citizens

997
00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:56.239
<v Speaker 7>deserve to be able to see that full plan and

998
00:53:56.400 --> 00:53:59.719
<v Speaker 7>give some feedback on it before it's actually approved. And

999
00:53:59.760 --> 00:54:02.320
<v Speaker 7>you used as guidelines for the future of our city.

1000
00:54:03.440 --> 00:54:07.840
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Larry Lord Rosela. The same question to you

1001
00:54:09.159 --> 00:54:14.159
<v Speaker 1>once again. We've got the process of building the next

1002
00:54:14.199 --> 00:54:17.559
<v Speaker 1>comprehensive plan mandated by the state of Oklahoma. Should the

1003
00:54:17.559 --> 00:54:21.199
<v Speaker 1>city have a comprehensive plan and what should it entail?

1004
00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:24.400
<v Speaker 9>This is a great question, and I love this because

1005
00:54:24.400 --> 00:54:26.400
<v Speaker 9>this is toxic strategy for our city, right.

1006
00:54:26.480 --> 00:54:28.440
<v Speaker 8>But this is not just strategy. So I've been a

1007
00:54:28.440 --> 00:54:28.719
<v Speaker 8>part of.

1008
00:54:28.719 --> 00:54:33.199
<v Speaker 9>A lot of organizations, a lot of business organizations that

1009
00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:35.599
<v Speaker 9>have said, let's develop a strategic plan. So a strategic

1010
00:54:35.639 --> 00:54:38.559
<v Speaker 9>plan should do a few different things. A strategic plan

1011
00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:41.960
<v Speaker 9>should identify what's your core function, what should you have

1012
00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:45.480
<v Speaker 9>done if if nothing else, this needs to be accomplished.

1013
00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:48.480
<v Speaker 9>These are the values we want to hold to in

1014
00:54:48.639 --> 00:54:51.960
<v Speaker 9>everything that we do. This is a plan and how

1015
00:54:52.079 --> 00:54:55.639
<v Speaker 9>we make this happen going forward. Plus it should have

1016
00:54:55.679 --> 00:55:01.840
<v Speaker 9>an also a renewed period. This is an ever evergreen thing,

1017
00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:07.079
<v Speaker 9>a strategic plan. It should be renewed, refreshed, updated continuously.

1018
00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:10.639
<v Speaker 9>So I do want to give this some time with

1019
00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:13.639
<v Speaker 9>our communities to have them look at it, give them input.

1020
00:55:13.719 --> 00:55:16.840
<v Speaker 9>They've had a lot of input so far to develop

1021
00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:20.199
<v Speaker 9>the draft of the comprehensive plan, but I would like

1022
00:55:20.280 --> 00:55:22.280
<v Speaker 9>for them to give input on what we've got so

1023
00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:25.880
<v Speaker 9>far and give us some more ideas and some more

1024
00:55:25.920 --> 00:55:29.239
<v Speaker 9>input on that. I want that, But we have to

1025
00:55:29.440 --> 00:55:32.719
<v Speaker 9>start moving forward. We have to start executing because we're

1026
00:55:32.719 --> 00:55:34.159
<v Speaker 9>moving into a budget cycle.

1027
00:55:34.239 --> 00:55:36.480
<v Speaker 8>And we use the strategic plan to.

1028
00:55:36.519 --> 00:55:38.920
<v Speaker 9>Set our priorities, to set our budget to make sure

1029
00:55:38.920 --> 00:55:41.599
<v Speaker 9>that we're doing what you say you want us to do.

1030
00:55:41.960 --> 00:55:46.599
<v Speaker 9>And we keep refreshing this document, refresh our strategy, and

1031
00:55:46.639 --> 00:55:49.960
<v Speaker 9>we move forward with the priorities that you tell us

1032
00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:50.599
<v Speaker 9>as you.

1033
00:55:50.480 --> 00:55:51.960
<v Speaker 8>Give us input going forward.

1034
00:55:52.239 --> 00:55:55.480
<v Speaker 9>But we use it as a strategic initiative to set

1035
00:55:55.519 --> 00:55:57.079
<v Speaker 9>our priorities and set our budgets.

1036
00:55:57.559 --> 00:56:01.239
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you very much, Lord Rozelle Well Eric Kirkpatrick,

1037
00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:04.840
<v Speaker 1>same question to you comprehends who play it mandated by

1038
00:56:04.880 --> 00:56:07.880
<v Speaker 1>the state of Oklahoma. What should the city have as

1039
00:56:07.880 --> 00:56:10.039
<v Speaker 1>far as its COMPREHENSI who play it, and what should

1040
00:56:10.039 --> 00:56:10.599
<v Speaker 1>it entail?

1041
00:56:13.599 --> 00:56:14.920
<v Speaker 10>I'm not sure that I've seen a lot in the

1042
00:56:14.920 --> 00:56:17.960
<v Speaker 10>comprehensive plan yet that I didn't already know by knocking

1043
00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:20.599
<v Speaker 10>doors and talking to neighbors as far as things that

1044
00:56:20.719 --> 00:56:23.159
<v Speaker 10>the city needs to address or that we have going forward.

1045
00:56:23.199 --> 00:56:24.599
<v Speaker 10>So let me just tell you a few things that

1046
00:56:24.639 --> 00:56:28.719
<v Speaker 10>are interesting that stuck out to me. Number One, Bartlesville's

1047
00:56:28.760 --> 00:56:32.280
<v Speaker 10>population is projected to grow only somewhere between four and

1048
00:56:32.320 --> 00:56:36.280
<v Speaker 10>eight percent. So whatever thinking economically as far as development goes,

1049
00:56:36.360 --> 00:56:37.840
<v Speaker 10>is not going to be because we see a massive

1050
00:56:37.840 --> 00:56:40.519
<v Speaker 10>wave of new people. So that means we need to

1051
00:56:40.559 --> 00:56:43.800
<v Speaker 10>be developing our local resource, our local human resources, our

1052
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<v Speaker 10>untrained workforce. If we're going to grow our economy, it

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<v Speaker 10>has to come from within, it will not come from without.

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<v Speaker 10>I think that's important to know. There were several places

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00:56:51.039 --> 00:56:53.159
<v Speaker 10>where I said, ooh, this is cool. You know, how's

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00:56:53.159 --> 00:56:54.880
<v Speaker 10>this gonna happen? They said, well, this is not necessarily

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00:56:54.920 --> 00:56:57.079
<v Speaker 10>going to happen. It's just kind of a mockup of

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00:56:57.079 --> 00:56:58.679
<v Speaker 10>what could happen if you all decide to do it,

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<v Speaker 10>So it's you have a lose guide.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess I'm okay with that.

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<v Speaker 10>My favorite part was that they wanted to expand the

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00:57:04.679 --> 00:57:08.239
<v Speaker 10>pathfinder to southeast a little bit more. That's cool, but

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<v Speaker 10>in reality, the things that it identifies as needs aren't

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00:57:12.639 --> 00:57:15.079
<v Speaker 10>the things that we already know are needs. It just

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00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:19.880
<v Speaker 10>gives us a legal framework by which to pursue them.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much, Eric Kirkpactrick. We go now to

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<v Speaker 1>Quinn Shipper, a little bit different to spin on the

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<v Speaker 1>question here, are you familiar with the city's current comprehensive

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<v Speaker 1>plan and if anything, what would you change.

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<v Speaker 11>Well, first of all, I appreciate the comments have been

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00:57:36.719 --> 00:57:38.440
<v Speaker 11>made and don't want to repeat anything, but I also

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<v Speaker 11>wanted to clarify there are two things that may be

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<v Speaker 11>confused here.

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<v Speaker 5>One is the City of Bartell has a strategic.

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00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:46.760
<v Speaker 11>Plan and we might want to think of that like

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00:57:46.800 --> 00:57:50.559
<v Speaker 11>a blueprint or a road map, and those are things

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00:57:50.760 --> 00:57:53.920
<v Speaker 11>in the near future that the City of Bartlesville is addressing.

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<v Speaker 11>And out of that came the impetus for the Comprehensive Plan,

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<v Speaker 11>which we call Endeavour twenty forty five, and it is

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00:58:00.719 --> 00:58:03.119
<v Speaker 11>mandated by the state, so therefore we have an obligation

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<v Speaker 11>to address that. I've been on that committee since its inception.

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<v Speaker 11>It's been a twelve month study. There have been numerous

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00:58:10.639 --> 00:58:16.639
<v Speaker 11>opportunities to receive citizen input, strategic stakeholders, all that sort

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00:58:16.679 --> 00:58:20.559
<v Speaker 11>of input over the last twelve months. And so going

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00:58:20.599 --> 00:58:25.960
<v Speaker 11>forward the Comprehensive Plan, I think that Lauren alluded to this,

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00:58:26.079 --> 00:58:30.000
<v Speaker 11>it has built into it periods of refreshing, revising, but

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00:58:30.079 --> 00:58:32.400
<v Speaker 11>it's not something just to go on a shelf.

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<v Speaker 5>The strategic Plan.

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<v Speaker 11>Every month, I believe there's an update to the city

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00:58:36.400 --> 00:58:39.679
<v Speaker 11>Council and so all citizens can go and follow the

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00:58:40.039 --> 00:58:44.400
<v Speaker 11>updates to the Strategic Plan when the Comprehensive Plan is adopted.

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<v Speaker 11>And from my perspective, right up until the very last meetings,

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00:58:48.519 --> 00:58:49.760
<v Speaker 11>you know, four hours.

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<v Speaker 5>The other Monday, with the.

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<v Speaker 11>People who have been guiding us through the process, different

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00:58:56.480 --> 00:58:59.400
<v Speaker 11>stakeholders in the community, those within the city, we had

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00:58:59.440 --> 00:59:02.280
<v Speaker 11>citizens present, and so from where I say that there's

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00:59:02.320 --> 00:59:06.320
<v Speaker 11>been plenty of opportunity for citizen input, and this council

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00:59:06.360 --> 00:59:08.920
<v Speaker 11>will decide I guess on Monday whether to table that

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<v Speaker 11>or adopt that. But even at our last City Planning Commission,

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00:59:12.639 --> 00:59:15.800
<v Speaker 11>there was a very thorough review and the adoption of

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<v Speaker 11>change that had been recommended by various stakeholders, including citizens.

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<v Speaker 11>So I think we're very well positioned to adopt and

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<v Speaker 11>build on the strategic.

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00:59:26.719 --> 00:59:29.039
<v Speaker 5>And the comprehensive plans. It's two separate things.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Quinn Schipper, Trevor Dorsey Ward five. Same question

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<v Speaker 1>to you, familiarity of course with the comprehensive planned, What

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<v Speaker 1>if anything would you change?

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<v Speaker 12>Well, as Quinn stated, I also served on that committee,

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<v Speaker 12>and so for the past twelve months, we've worked diligently

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00:59:45.880 --> 00:59:50.079
<v Speaker 12>with the firm that we hired, and I think that

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<v Speaker 12>that provides.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only a base, but.

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<v Speaker 12>A forward look, a current look, forward look, and then

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<v Speaker 12>where we're going.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 12>As far as what I would change, you know, I

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01:00:00.760 --> 01:00:03.400
<v Speaker 12>don't know. I think we we've spent a lot of

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<v Speaker 12>time and got a lot of citizen input, and we

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<v Speaker 12>also had a very diverse segment of the community that

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01:00:10.519 --> 01:00:14.440
<v Speaker 12>served on that committee with us throughout that process, and

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01:00:14.519 --> 01:00:16.079
<v Speaker 12>so I think there was a lot of good input.

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<v Speaker 12>I didn't realize it was only ten percent, but I

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01:00:19.519 --> 01:00:22.440
<v Speaker 12>guess that was probably discussed in them in the meeting

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01:00:22.480 --> 01:00:26.800
<v Speaker 12>of people that did respond to the surveys. But there

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01:00:26.840 --> 01:00:29.000
<v Speaker 12>was a lot of opportunity for citizen input and I

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01:00:29.039 --> 01:00:33.880
<v Speaker 12>think that, you know, one of the things that I

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01:00:33.920 --> 01:00:36.440
<v Speaker 12>was glad that to see address. There's a lot more

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01:00:36.800 --> 01:00:39.039
<v Speaker 12>things that I think that we probably need for our youth.

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<v Speaker 1>I know.

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<v Speaker 12>There's not a ton of things for them to do

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01:00:42.719 --> 01:00:44.559
<v Speaker 12>in the community, but we have tried to address that

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01:00:44.599 --> 01:00:48.000
<v Speaker 12>through GEO bonds with the skate park, we redid the

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01:00:48.039 --> 01:00:51.000
<v Speaker 12>ball fills, the soccer fields. You know, there's a lot

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01:00:51.000 --> 01:00:54.039
<v Speaker 12>of different things. I know the pickleball ball court has

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01:00:54.079 --> 01:00:59.000
<v Speaker 12>been discussed, but there that is a very I guess

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01:00:59.800 --> 01:01:02.800
<v Speaker 12>you know, anybody can play pickleball, and it's not just uh,

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01:01:03.039 --> 01:01:04.920
<v Speaker 12>you know people my age. A lot of youth are

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01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:07.880
<v Speaker 12>really involved in that. And so I think we we

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01:01:07.960 --> 01:01:11.440
<v Speaker 12>tried to encompass all of the community and and and

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01:01:11.559 --> 01:01:14.599
<v Speaker 12>find the things and the and the issues that we

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01:01:14.639 --> 01:01:17.079
<v Speaker 12>needed to address for for the entire community. And so

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<v Speaker 12>I think so far that's a pretty good working document.

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<v Speaker 1>Or hang onto the microphone, because we're gonna work our

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01:01:23.239 --> 01:01:25.880
<v Speaker 1>way backward on that. Yeah, we're gonna do. We're gonna

1146
01:01:25.920 --> 01:01:28.079
<v Speaker 1>do something a little different here. This is a question

1147
01:01:28.679 --> 01:01:31.719
<v Speaker 1>everyone will have the same question. It's our final question

1148
01:01:31.800 --> 01:01:39.000
<v Speaker 1>of the night before we go into our closing statements. Well,

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01:01:39.519 --> 01:01:42.960
<v Speaker 1>we're all aware of the events at Unity Square the

1150
01:01:43.000 --> 01:01:48.719
<v Speaker 1>last few years that have divided our community. What do

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01:01:48.800 --> 01:01:52.519
<v Speaker 1>you see as the role of a city councilor on

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01:01:52.639 --> 01:01:54.960
<v Speaker 1>addressing this matter.

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<v Speaker 12>This has probably been almost as big an issue you

1154
01:02:00.280 --> 01:02:02.960
<v Speaker 12>as when we all had to go through COVID and

1155
01:02:03.559 --> 01:02:06.159
<v Speaker 12>navigate that. But I know it is a very heightened

1156
01:02:06.199 --> 01:02:09.440
<v Speaker 12>issue for all the community. I know Barlsville is very conservative,

1157
01:02:10.079 --> 01:02:14.920
<v Speaker 12>and I think for the most part most people you know,

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01:02:14.960 --> 01:02:19.800
<v Speaker 12>identify with faith, and so it's been a big issue.

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01:02:20.800 --> 01:02:23.679
<v Speaker 12>I think early on, you know, a Miss King and

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01:02:23.719 --> 01:02:26.320
<v Speaker 12>I think there was a group that led with the

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01:02:26.360 --> 01:02:29.360
<v Speaker 12>petition that stated that they did not want certain types

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01:02:29.360 --> 01:02:33.079
<v Speaker 12>of activity in our public space, and that led to

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<v Speaker 12>an agreement with At the time, I believe it was

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01:02:36.440 --> 01:02:41.039
<v Speaker 12>Oklahoman's for Equality. Now it's Bartlesbill for Equality to not

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01:02:41.199 --> 01:02:45.199
<v Speaker 12>have certain events at the Pride festival that once that

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01:02:45.280 --> 01:02:49.119
<v Speaker 12>agreement lapsed. Of course, this year there was another performance

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<v Speaker 12>at the Pride event, and I personally, I think those

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01:02:55.400 --> 01:02:57.639
<v Speaker 12>kind of activities don't need to be in our public space,

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<v Speaker 12>and I think a lot most, if not the majority,

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01:02:59.880 --> 01:03:03.920
<v Speaker 12>of citizens also agree. I knew we currently have ordinances

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01:03:03.960 --> 01:03:11.239
<v Speaker 12>that speak to leude and lascivious behavior, but I don't

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<v Speaker 12>know that we really get in the weeds defining that

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01:03:14.039 --> 01:03:17.079
<v Speaker 12>what that is. And so I believe that maybe we

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01:03:17.159 --> 01:03:18.920
<v Speaker 12>have some work to do or we can define that

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<v Speaker 12>better so that hopefully we can curtail some of the

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<v Speaker 12>things that have taken place in our public space.

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<v Speaker 13>Thank you, Queen Shipper.

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<v Speaker 1>The same question to you, what do you see as

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<v Speaker 1>the world of the city councilor on the addressing this

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01:03:33.960 --> 01:03:37.000
<v Speaker 1>matter with the issue that has been dividing our community

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<v Speaker 1>with the abed secunity square.

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<v Speaker 11>Well, first of all, I'd like to say that the

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<v Speaker 11>city Council is strictly nonpartisan, and my role, as all

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01:03:44.800 --> 01:03:48.920
<v Speaker 11>the city councilors is to be impartial and to show

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01:03:49.159 --> 01:03:53.039
<v Speaker 11>respect to all citizens of our community, regardless of their

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01:03:53.320 --> 01:03:57.599
<v Speaker 11>political affiliation or any other thing that might quote unquote

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<v Speaker 11>define them.

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<v Speaker 5>This is my position.

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01:04:00.119 --> 01:04:02.639
<v Speaker 11>A couple of months ago, as a city council, we

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01:04:02.719 --> 01:04:06.960
<v Speaker 11>passed a proposition maybe it was a resolution on the

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01:04:06.960 --> 01:04:10.239
<v Speaker 11>word wrong, and I swore an oath, as did everybody

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01:04:10.280 --> 01:04:13.079
<v Speaker 11>on the city Council, to uphold the Constitution of the

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01:04:13.159 --> 01:04:17.239
<v Speaker 11>United States and the constitution of our state. And that means,

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01:04:17.280 --> 01:04:19.280
<v Speaker 11>and I believe, I would hope that everybody in this

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01:04:19.440 --> 01:04:22.519
<v Speaker 11>room would like to adhere to the Constitution, which has

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<v Speaker 11>to do with First Amendment rights. And so I was

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<v Speaker 11>in agreement with that because it was an issue of

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01:04:28.039 --> 01:04:31.360
<v Speaker 11>First Amendment rights quite apart from any kind of activity

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<v Speaker 11>that would be going on a Unity Square or any

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01:04:33.800 --> 01:04:36.599
<v Speaker 11>other park or any other public place. And so from

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01:04:36.639 --> 01:04:40.239
<v Speaker 11>a First Amendment rights perspective and my commitment to uphold

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01:04:40.519 --> 01:04:43.920
<v Speaker 11>our state and our national constitution, this has to be

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01:04:44.000 --> 01:04:47.960
<v Speaker 11>addressed from that perspective, because I don't want to be

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01:04:48.039 --> 01:04:50.639
<v Speaker 11>on a council that decides who has the right to

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01:04:50.679 --> 01:04:54.039
<v Speaker 11>be in the public space and who does not. And

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<v Speaker 11>so we want to adhere to our First Amendment rights

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<v Speaker 11>in that matter. And that's all I'm going to say

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<v Speaker 11>on the matter.

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<v Speaker 1>I think very much good Shipper word for Aaron Kirkpatrick's

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01:05:03.159 --> 01:05:06.199
<v Speaker 1>same question to you. Events at the Unity Square over

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<v Speaker 1>the past few years have divided our community. What do

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01:05:09.119 --> 01:05:12.679
<v Speaker 1>you see as the role of a city councilor addressing

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01:05:12.719 --> 01:05:13.159
<v Speaker 1>that matter.

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<v Speaker 10>I put out a video on this early in my

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01:05:16.719 --> 01:05:20.239
<v Speaker 10>campaign where I laid out a legal framework that protects

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<v Speaker 10>the First Amendment but also only regulates based on health outcomes.

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<v Speaker 10>The government has the legal right and responsibility to protect

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01:05:28.840 --> 01:05:32.639
<v Speaker 10>the health outcomes of minors. So I'll invite you to

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<v Speaker 10>go to my Facebook page and go watch that video.

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<v Speaker 10>I explained how it would work, and I've talked to Trevor.

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01:05:37.079 --> 01:05:39.599
<v Speaker 10>I talked to Jess. Jessaid, that's a really interesting legal theory.

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<v Speaker 10>If the council gave me a task me on it,

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<v Speaker 10>I'd go track it down.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it might work.

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<v Speaker 10>How would I deal with it as a city council member, Well,

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<v Speaker 10>I'll tell you I'd rather lead by example. So this

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<v Speaker 10>Sunday night, I'm throwing a unity party for all of

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01:05:52.039 --> 01:05:55.519
<v Speaker 10>Bartlesville rather than letting politics divide us and letting Unity

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01:05:55.559 --> 01:05:58.199
<v Speaker 10>Square be a place is always about division. I've invited

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<v Speaker 10>all the city council members who are I've invited both

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01:06:01.280 --> 01:06:05.000
<v Speaker 10>political parties, So Democrats and Republicans are coming to celebrate America.

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<v Speaker 10>We've got boy scouts and bands and singers just coming

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01:06:08.719 --> 01:06:11.559
<v Speaker 10>to celebrate that we are Bartions and neighbors, even into

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<v Speaker 10>the middle of an election season. We can talk about

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<v Speaker 10>you know why I do this or I do that,

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01:06:16.280 --> 01:06:19.599
<v Speaker 10>and we should regulate it as needed, or not making

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01:06:19.639 --> 01:06:20.599
<v Speaker 10>sure that it's always.

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<v Speaker 3>In line with the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 10>But it's one thing to say, on this one thing

1240
01:06:23.679 --> 01:06:25.880
<v Speaker 10>that happens one day a year, I'm going to make

1241
01:06:25.920 --> 01:06:27.639
<v Speaker 10>it a really big deal. Or we can say, let's

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01:06:27.719 --> 01:06:31.000
<v Speaker 10>lead by example and actually build unity into our community,

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01:06:31.199 --> 01:06:33.159
<v Speaker 10>because when we see each other as human beings and

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01:06:33.159 --> 01:06:35.280
<v Speaker 10>we break bread together and we celebrate the things we

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01:06:35.320 --> 01:06:37.440
<v Speaker 10>have in common, we're much less likely to get at

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01:06:37.480 --> 01:06:40.239
<v Speaker 10>each other's throats over these things we don't have in common.

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<v Speaker 10>I sat down with some of the leaders from the

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<v Speaker 10>Drag Show to address their concerns about it. By the

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01:06:45.280 --> 01:06:47.079
<v Speaker 10>time we got done so I think we're friends now

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01:06:49.119 --> 01:06:52.119
<v Speaker 10>because when you actually treat people like people, you can

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01:06:52.159 --> 01:06:55.639
<v Speaker 10>disagree and still find common ground. So my goal with them,

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<v Speaker 10>if elected to the city council, as we've already talked about,

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<v Speaker 10>she and I would be to negotiate ahead of time

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<v Speaker 10>so it doesn't become the divisive thing that it is

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<v Speaker 10>now and instead we find ways to celebrate unity in Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Eric, Ripactrick Lauren Roselle question to you, We've

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<v Speaker 1>got the big events at Unity Square, grabbed a lot

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01:07:14.639 --> 01:07:17.559
<v Speaker 1>of headlines, a lot of airtime past few years, divided

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<v Speaker 1>our community. What do you see as your role of

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<v Speaker 1>city councilor it's addressing this matter.

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<v Speaker 9>So I'll echo my fellow counselman's thoughts on this. I

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<v Speaker 9>took an oath whenever I became city councilman to uphold

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<v Speaker 9>the constitution of the United States of America, uphold the

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<v Speaker 9>constitution of the state of Oklahoma, and I intend to

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<v Speaker 9>continue to do that. I will stand by the votes

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<v Speaker 9>that I have taken. My opponents like to characterize my

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<v Speaker 9>votes as having voted for drag shows. I think if

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<v Speaker 9>you look at my votes, what I did is I

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<v Speaker 9>voted for an agreement with the organization in order to

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<v Speaker 9>take a pause on drag shows and not to have

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<v Speaker 9>a drag show that year. I don't think that was

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<v Speaker 9>voting for drag shows this time. I voted for a

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<v Speaker 9>resolution to help ensure that people could exercise their First

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<v Speaker 9>Amendment freedoms and do it safely and protect our community

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<v Speaker 9>and make sure that we did not have an issue.

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<v Speaker 9>And that's the resolution that I voted for. So it's

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<v Speaker 9>easy to set up here and say that you don't

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<v Speaker 9>want drag shows to happen. What I challenge you is,

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<v Speaker 9>if you come to me and have a conversation with

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<v Speaker 9>being telling me what action you actually want me to take,

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<v Speaker 9>and the city said, we'll go look and see if

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<v Speaker 9>there's an ordinance that we can make, we task our

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<v Speaker 9>city attorney to do that. We looked far and wide

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<v Speaker 9>for attorneys that would like to get involved in doing that,

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<v Speaker 9>and they said no because it would be unconstitutional. So

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<v Speaker 9>I challenge you that if you'll set on the city

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<v Speaker 9>council and vote, and when your city attorney looks at

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<v Speaker 9>you and says that's unconstitutional, they will sue you. You

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<v Speaker 9>will lose, It will cost you millions of dollars, and

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<v Speaker 9>you won't be able to have that money to spend

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<v Speaker 9>on other things that we really need to do in

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<v Speaker 9>this city. I'm going to vote to uphold people's constitutional

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<v Speaker 9>rights and that's where I stand on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Laura Zelp. Larry East save question to you,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you see use your I'm a city councilor

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<v Speaker 1>on addressing this very issue that's dividing our community.

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<v Speaker 7>Well as I've campaigned all along that I'm running to

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<v Speaker 7>represent family values and so I want to protect the

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01:09:12.319 --> 01:09:17.119
<v Speaker 7>vulnerable and through that, yes, I want to do what's

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<v Speaker 7>in line with our constitutional rights. But I think that

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<v Speaker 7>there's more that we can do than what has been Uncertainly,

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<v Speaker 7>from what I understand, on a couple of years ago,

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<v Speaker 7>there needed to have been I think some arrests made

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<v Speaker 7>in what was entertainment. Then from what has happened in

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<v Speaker 7>this year's show, again, I was not able to attend

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<v Speaker 7>either one. I've only seen pictures or heard people describe

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<v Speaker 7>what went on there, and from what I understand happened

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<v Speaker 7>this year that it was not of the sexually provocative

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<v Speaker 7>nature that happened two years ago. From that, I think

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<v Speaker 7>legally we will have challenges there. It's going to take

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<v Speaker 7>a very creative solution, perhaps something like Aaron has proposed

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<v Speaker 7>over there. I don't really know. That's something that's going

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<v Speaker 7>to take a lot of research. We want to do

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<v Speaker 7>it carefully, we don't want to I'm not has actually

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<v Speaker 7>had a conversation with Mike Bailey on this several weeks back,

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<v Speaker 7>and as he said, you know, it's not as much

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<v Speaker 7>being afraid of being sued. It's afraid of being sued

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<v Speaker 7>through something stupid that we've done, and so we don't

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<v Speaker 7>want to do that. We want to be very careful

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<v Speaker 7>in how we approach it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you, Larry tim Sherick Ward. One same

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<v Speaker 1>question to you about the events at Unity Square in

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<v Speaker 1>the past few years had divided our community and what

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<v Speaker 1>do you see as the role of a city councilor

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<v Speaker 1>addressing this matter.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, first of all, let me just put this out

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<v Speaker 6>there for everybody. You can have a drag show. You

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<v Speaker 6>can do that, but it's an adult activity and it

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01:10:54.039 --> 01:10:56.840
<v Speaker 6>belongs in an adult venue where somebody's checking IDs at

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<v Speaker 6>the door to make sure that you're not exposing our

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01:10:59.039 --> 01:11:01.359
<v Speaker 6>youngest and most of the bonum or citizens to something

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01:11:01.399 --> 01:11:06.520
<v Speaker 6>that is harmful by its very nature. Our values need

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<v Speaker 6>to be defended against the forcible violations of special interest groups,

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<v Speaker 6>and the city council is the de facto steward of

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<v Speaker 6>decency in our public spaces and has a duty to

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01:11:16.640 --> 01:11:19.960
<v Speaker 6>be sure that our values are maintained, our ordinances are

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01:11:20.000 --> 01:11:24.079
<v Speaker 6>not violated, and adult behaviors are limited to adult participants.

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<v Speaker 6>The Constitution of the United States absolutely does not protect

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<v Speaker 6>this activity. I have here my own personal copy of

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01:11:33.279 --> 01:11:35.479
<v Speaker 6>the Constitution that I keep in my pockets, so I

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01:11:35.479 --> 01:11:38.760
<v Speaker 6>can refer to the text directly. You won't find freedom

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<v Speaker 6>of expression in the First Amendment. What you will find

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<v Speaker 6>is freedom of speech. So the Court has devised what

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<v Speaker 6>they use as a test called symbolic speech. It protects

1345
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<v Speaker 6>things like civil rights marches, okay, votes for women. It

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01:11:54.000 --> 01:11:56.279
<v Speaker 6>protects all of those kinds of things. You go into

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01:11:56.319 --> 01:11:58.359
<v Speaker 6>the Capitol and holding a sign that says you didn't

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<v Speaker 6>do something right.

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<v Speaker 3>Congress texts that.

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<v Speaker 6>But anything that is lewd, salacious, or sensual, it absolutely categorically.

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<v Speaker 3>Does not protect.

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<v Speaker 6>The promoters of this event have characterized their own performance

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<v Speaker 6>as either cabaret or other such entertainment, which by definition

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01:12:18.199 --> 01:12:20.479
<v Speaker 6>is an adult activity that is typically hosted within a

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01:12:20.520 --> 01:12:23.720
<v Speaker 6>bar or a restaurant that serves adults. IDs are checked

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<v Speaker 6>at the door, and you protect the other participants who

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01:12:27.079 --> 01:12:29.520
<v Speaker 6>shouldn't be exposed at a very early age to those

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01:12:29.560 --> 01:12:32.039
<v Speaker 6>kinds of activities. My twelve year old doesn't want to

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<v Speaker 6>see a drag queen on her way to the library,

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<v Speaker 6>and I think most of the families are in agreement.

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<v Speaker 6>As I've knocked doors around the community. One of the

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<v Speaker 6>first questions that has come up is what are we

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<v Speaker 6>going to do about this? This doesn't belong in our

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<v Speaker 6>public space, so we need an ordinance that was originally

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<v Speaker 6>mandated to be delivered.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Tim Dale Copeland Ward. One same question to you.

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<v Speaker 1>With the events at Unity Square the last few years,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of division in the community, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>see as the role of a city councilor aught addressing

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<v Speaker 1>this matter?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, there has been a lot of division, and a

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<v Speaker 4>two hour event has created thousands of hours of division.

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<v Speaker 4>And it really doesn't matter what I like or don't like.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't attend that event, I don't attend other events.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't attend casinos or other things because I choose

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<v Speaker 4>not to.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the end of the.

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<v Speaker 4>Day, as has been described, I think the council has

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<v Speaker 4>the legal obligation to follow the law. And I have

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<v Speaker 4>observed that the attorneys general's offices with hundreds of attorneys

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<v Speaker 4>that specialize in this sort of thing in Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Montana.

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<v Speaker 4>I also saw Saint George, Utah make a decision that

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<v Speaker 4>was ill advised. In every single case, the courts have

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<v Speaker 4>ruled against those and some of them are continuing to

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01:13:54.640 --> 01:13:59.760
<v Speaker 4>work their way through that system. It is a problem

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<v Speaker 4>that must be addressed, but it must be addressed legally,

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01:14:03.399 --> 01:14:06.920
<v Speaker 4>and it causes me to wonder if a city of

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<v Speaker 4>thirty eight thousand people has the capacity and the skill

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01:14:11.039 --> 01:14:14.319
<v Speaker 4>set to do something that states have not been able

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<v Speaker 4>yet to accomplish. I would also point out, as I've

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<v Speaker 4>shared with people as EE knocked doors, that they did

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<v Speaker 4>find the language, but it took sixty years to find

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<v Speaker 4>the language for Roe v.

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<v Speaker 1>Wade.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, whether you're for it or against it, the facts

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<v Speaker 4>of the matter are that eventually that situation was addressed

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<v Speaker 4>to the satisfaction of a certain group of folks. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't doubt this will be the same. But in the meantime,

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<v Speaker 4>if we expose our citizens because any judgments, any legal cost,

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01:14:41.960 --> 01:14:45.279
<v Speaker 4>not only will distract the city from doing those core services,

1401
01:14:45.319 --> 01:14:47.520
<v Speaker 4>it will also be added to our tax bills. Whether

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01:14:47.560 --> 01:14:50.279
<v Speaker 4>we're for it or against it, it goes on everyone's taxes.

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<v Speaker 4>I well notice too that the protester, the chief, biggest, loudest,

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01:14:55.520 --> 01:14:59.039
<v Speaker 4>most well known protester, praised the City of Bartlesville in

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01:14:59.079 --> 01:15:02.920
<v Speaker 4>their police department for providing a safe environment for all

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01:15:02.960 --> 01:15:08.720
<v Speaker 4>parties concerned to practice and express themselves. So I think

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<v Speaker 4>that's something we need to pursue. Thank you, Thank you

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<v Speaker 4>very much.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's now time for our closing statements and we

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<v Speaker 1>will start with deal Copeland Ward one.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks radio for hosting the candidate for microphone. Microphone, Hey

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<v Speaker 4>do use that too? Yeah, okay, start my time, start

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<v Speaker 4>my timer over. Okay, sorry about that. Thanks again Bartol

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<v Speaker 4>Radio for hosting this. Thanks to our best for their hospitality,

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01:15:38.399 --> 01:15:40.880
<v Speaker 4>as they always do. I've been blessed to live here

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<v Speaker 4>most of my life. My wife of fifty three years, Donna,

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01:15:43.840 --> 01:15:46.520
<v Speaker 4>and I went to school here. We raised our sons here.

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<v Speaker 4>We got to watch our grandsons and not only attend

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01:15:48.600 --> 01:15:50.560
<v Speaker 4>the same school as I did, but to play sports

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01:15:50.600 --> 01:15:52.920
<v Speaker 4>and to grow up here too. One of our sons

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01:15:52.960 --> 01:15:55.920
<v Speaker 4>is in law enforcement. A grandson is now a local

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01:15:56.000 --> 01:15:59.000
<v Speaker 4>school teacher. One of my brothers was a teacher and

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<v Speaker 4>a principal until his retirement. In Bartlesville. Public service is

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01:16:03.000 --> 01:16:06.079
<v Speaker 4>important in our lives. We think it's important to give

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01:16:06.119 --> 01:16:09.279
<v Speaker 4>back and participate in our community. It's a wonderful place

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01:16:09.319 --> 01:16:12.239
<v Speaker 4>to live. Sometimes we might take that for granted, but

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01:16:12.359 --> 01:16:14.960
<v Speaker 4>a short trip and when you come home and you

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<v Speaker 4>see that unique skyline. It makes you understand Bartlesville is special.

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<v Speaker 4>And when you talk with folks who've come here from

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<v Speaker 4>other places and you hear their surprise and also their

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<v Speaker 4>praise for Bartlesville, I know we should never take it

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<v Speaker 4>for granted. But a great community doesn't happen by accident.

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<v Speaker 4>A lot of folks have given their time, talent, and

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01:16:33.000 --> 01:16:35.920
<v Speaker 4>treasure over the years to make it special. It's our

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<v Speaker 4>turn to continue the legacy, just like them. We'll have challenges,

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<v Speaker 4>We've talked about them tonight. We'll have failures, we'll have opportunities,

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<v Speaker 4>but working together, we can address what I feel are

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<v Speaker 4>those three fundamental requirements financial, health, course services, and yes, civility.

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<v Speaker 4>Our city provides many services, but it's never a simple,

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01:16:54.960 --> 01:16:58.880
<v Speaker 4>single issue challenge. I'm reminded of a friend and former

1441
01:16:58.920 --> 01:17:03.119
<v Speaker 4>city manager, Ed Gordon, who often was quoted as saying,

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01:17:03.159 --> 01:17:06.039
<v Speaker 4>together we can. So I've come to learn a few

1443
01:17:06.079 --> 01:17:08.960
<v Speaker 4>things in my life, and they're important to me. I

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01:17:09.000 --> 01:17:11.840
<v Speaker 4>want to share them with you. From my church, I

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01:17:11.920 --> 01:17:16.439
<v Speaker 4>learned gratitude for God's grace and his love. From my scouting,

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01:17:16.640 --> 01:17:20.880
<v Speaker 4>I learned servant leadership and teamwork. From my city, I

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01:17:20.960 --> 01:17:23.640
<v Speaker 4>learned how we come together to accomplish more than anyone

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01:17:23.680 --> 01:17:26.439
<v Speaker 4>could do alone. And I want to continue building for

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<v Speaker 4>the future. And I asked the voters of Ward one

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<v Speaker 4>to vote for me, Dale Copeland for your city council.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you, Dale Covid, Ward Wide Adele, Tim Sherrick,

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<v Speaker 1>Ward one, Tim.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, you've heard a lot of information tonight, and I

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01:17:46.079 --> 01:17:47.720
<v Speaker 6>know that that can be an awful lot to try

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01:17:47.760 --> 01:17:49.439
<v Speaker 6>to take in. I can tell you for myself, it's

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01:17:49.439 --> 01:17:51.840
<v Speaker 6>like drinking from a fire hose when you look at

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<v Speaker 6>the breadth and scope of what needs to be dealt with,

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<v Speaker 6>and the issues we've been talking about impact whether Bartlesville

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<v Speaker 6>will continue to be a great hometown. With so much

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<v Speaker 6>detail and discussion, it's important, though, to keep the main

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<v Speaker 6>things the main things. The conversations I've had with constituents

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<v Speaker 6>who I'm sworn to represent if elected, indicate that we

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<v Speaker 6>want Bartlesville to be the most family friendly, kid safe

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<v Speaker 6>city in Oklahoma, where public spaces can be enjoyed with

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01:18:21.319 --> 01:18:25.479
<v Speaker 6>the only expectation being of building great memories together. We

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<v Speaker 6>want it to be a place with the kind of

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<v Speaker 6>character that causes people to dream about escaping to Bartlesville

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01:18:30.319 --> 01:18:33.560
<v Speaker 6>to build a life, not escaping Bartlesville to start over.

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<v Speaker 6>We want it to be a place that values its

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01:18:36.600 --> 01:18:39.239
<v Speaker 6>residence enough to make sure their needs are being addressed

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01:18:39.279 --> 01:18:43.359
<v Speaker 6>before trying to bring in outside consumers of already limited resources.

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01:18:43.760 --> 01:18:46.359
<v Speaker 6>We need to take care of our neighbors before newcomers.

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01:18:47.239 --> 01:18:49.439
<v Speaker 6>We needed to be a healthy place that realizes that

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01:18:49.479 --> 01:18:51.840
<v Speaker 6>the greatest quality of life investment that we can make

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01:18:51.920 --> 01:18:55.239
<v Speaker 6>is in providing an adequate supply of safe, clean water.

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01:18:56.640 --> 01:18:58.920
<v Speaker 6>We want it to be a fiscally responsible place that

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01:18:58.960 --> 01:19:02.800
<v Speaker 6>demonstrates the wisdom of acquiring and maintaining necessities before amenities.

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<v Speaker 6>And these issues may not all be easy to solve,

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01:19:05.920 --> 01:19:08.520
<v Speaker 6>and there are likely difficult decisions to be made in

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01:19:08.600 --> 01:19:11.560
<v Speaker 6>coming days, and you, the people, will have to make

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01:19:11.600 --> 01:19:14.720
<v Speaker 6>the choice of how best to safeguard your livelihood and liberty,

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01:19:15.079 --> 01:19:17.840
<v Speaker 6>how to protect our hometown, family values, and provide for

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01:19:17.880 --> 01:19:20.960
<v Speaker 6>a city that our children will inherit and be proud of.

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<v Speaker 1>Will you join me?

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<v Speaker 6>I'm asking for all of you to vote for Tim

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01:19:24.760 --> 01:19:28.279
<v Speaker 6>Sherrick on November fifth to make sure that Bartlesville remains

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01:19:28.520 --> 01:19:29.800
<v Speaker 6>a great place to call home.

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<v Speaker 1>That was Kim Sherrick Ward one. We now moved to

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01:19:36.479 --> 01:19:38.159
<v Speaker 1>Larry East in ward two.

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<v Speaker 7>Larry again want to thank Kawe and RS for hosting

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<v Speaker 7>this out here. I thank all of you for coming

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01:19:45.439 --> 01:19:47.439
<v Speaker 7>out to engage and learn a little bit more about

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01:19:47.479 --> 01:19:50.640
<v Speaker 7>each of us here. I hope that well, I trust

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01:19:50.720 --> 01:19:55.840
<v Speaker 7>that everybody here tonight and who's watching and listening will

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01:19:55.880 --> 01:19:58.960
<v Speaker 7>go out to vote, and that you'll encourage your family

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01:19:59.000 --> 01:20:02.680
<v Speaker 7>and friends to do so as well. And regardless of

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01:20:02.720 --> 01:20:05.479
<v Speaker 7>the outcome of the elections, I hope that you will

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01:20:05.560 --> 01:20:09.840
<v Speaker 7>engage with the council, come to the meetings. That's something

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01:20:09.840 --> 01:20:13.840
<v Speaker 7>that I've you know, often not been there and so

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<v Speaker 7>I've learned a lot through this process and it's it's

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01:20:17.960 --> 01:20:21.119
<v Speaker 7>been very educational. I hope that you will get educated

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01:20:21.119 --> 01:20:24.520
<v Speaker 7>if you're not already in participating in the councils, in

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01:20:24.640 --> 01:20:27.199
<v Speaker 7>the boards and committees that are available for you, to

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01:20:27.319 --> 01:20:30.800
<v Speaker 7>have more of a voice, and don't be afraid to

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01:20:30.960 --> 01:20:34.600
<v Speaker 7>contact your council member as I know, just you know,

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01:20:35.039 --> 01:20:37.760
<v Speaker 7>talking with any of these guys that they want you

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01:20:37.840 --> 01:20:40.000
<v Speaker 7>to take advantage of that they want to hear from you,

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01:20:40.600 --> 01:20:45.319
<v Speaker 7>and not just during the public comment time at the

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01:20:45.359 --> 01:20:48.079
<v Speaker 7>council meeting, but to even have a sit down conversation.

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01:20:48.760 --> 01:20:51.760
<v Speaker 7>And I think we can go a lot more forward

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01:20:51.760 --> 01:20:55.920
<v Speaker 7>together by doing that. I'd appreciate your consideration. On November

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<v Speaker 7>the fifth, Thank.

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<v Speaker 1>You, Larry East Also Ward two, Lord Reselle.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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01:21:03.159 --> 01:21:06.880
<v Speaker 9>I want to think everybody that's intendance tonight, Barcel Radio,

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01:21:06.960 --> 01:21:11.600
<v Speaker 9>our sponsors Harvest Bank, but also every person setting up here,

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01:21:11.720 --> 01:21:15.359
<v Speaker 9>because service and especially public service is something that comes

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01:21:15.399 --> 01:21:16.520
<v Speaker 9>from the heart, and you have to have a heart

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01:21:16.560 --> 01:21:18.720
<v Speaker 9>for it, and I know that every person up here does.

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01:21:19.640 --> 01:21:23.760
<v Speaker 9>I love Bartlesville, and one of the things I love

1521
01:21:23.800 --> 01:21:27.199
<v Speaker 9>most about barcelol is even when we disagree about things,

1522
01:21:28.279 --> 01:21:31.039
<v Speaker 9>we help each other, We lift each other up, We

1523
01:21:31.119 --> 01:21:33.840
<v Speaker 9>come together for each other. This is our town. Don't

1524
01:21:33.880 --> 01:21:37.319
<v Speaker 9>come after our town. We'll stand up for it. This

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01:21:37.399 --> 01:21:42.439
<v Speaker 9>is our town and we will protect everybody in this

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01:21:42.560 --> 01:21:45.319
<v Speaker 9>town and lift them up and help them have to.

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01:21:45.960 --> 01:21:47.720
<v Speaker 9>You have to love that about our community. It's one

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01:21:47.720 --> 01:21:49.239
<v Speaker 9>of the I think it's one of the things that

1529
01:21:49.279 --> 01:21:53.439
<v Speaker 9>makes us a great community. I love serving and making

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01:21:53.479 --> 01:21:56.720
<v Speaker 9>other people successful. The things you hear about in the

1531
01:21:56.760 --> 01:21:59.640
<v Speaker 9>news and on the radio, they're a small percentage of

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01:21:59.640 --> 01:22:02.840
<v Speaker 9>what we actually do as city councilmen. The things you

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01:22:02.880 --> 01:22:05.760
<v Speaker 9>don't see, the call you get saying hey, I got

1534
01:22:05.800 --> 01:22:07.520
<v Speaker 9>a drain these problem? Can you help me with this?

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01:22:07.960 --> 01:22:10.000
<v Speaker 9>And you put them into contact with the right person

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01:22:10.119 --> 01:22:12.840
<v Speaker 9>and get them help and their their life is improved

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01:22:12.920 --> 01:22:16.239
<v Speaker 9>every day because of that thing you did that nobody's

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01:22:16.279 --> 01:22:17.800
<v Speaker 9>ever except them is gonna hear about.

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01:22:17.800 --> 01:22:18.760
<v Speaker 8>Maybe their neighbors.

1540
01:22:19.039 --> 01:22:20.960
<v Speaker 9>They're gonna call you up and say, hey, I think

1541
01:22:20.960 --> 01:22:22.079
<v Speaker 9>my street needs some attention.

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01:22:22.159 --> 01:22:23.079
<v Speaker 8>Can you come look at it with me?

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01:22:23.119 --> 01:22:25.000
<v Speaker 9>And you're gonna go out there and you're gonna look

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01:22:25.000 --> 01:22:26.439
<v Speaker 9>at it, and you're gonna stand there and you're gonna

1545
01:22:26.439 --> 01:22:28.159
<v Speaker 9>listen to them, and you're gonna talk, and you're gonna

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01:22:28.199 --> 01:22:30.119
<v Speaker 9>represent them and try to fight for one of their

1547
01:22:30.119 --> 01:22:33.600
<v Speaker 9>projects in the twelve million dollars street bond issue. You're

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01:22:33.680 --> 01:22:36.680
<v Speaker 9>going to serve your community and you're gonna help make

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01:22:36.760 --> 01:22:38.920
<v Speaker 9>other people in your help community successful.

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01:22:39.319 --> 01:22:40.399
<v Speaker 8>That's what I'd like to do.

1551
01:22:40.520 --> 01:22:42.600
<v Speaker 9>I'd like to keep growing these opportunities when my kids

1552
01:22:42.640 --> 01:22:44.359
<v Speaker 9>want to live here and my grandkids want to live here.

1553
01:22:45.000 --> 01:22:48.279
<v Speaker 9>I want to serve the community that I love. And

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01:22:48.319 --> 01:22:51.119
<v Speaker 9>I hope you vote for me because I've spent the

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01:22:51.159 --> 01:22:53.079
<v Speaker 9>last two years and I'm just now hitting the ground

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01:22:53.159 --> 01:22:55.199
<v Speaker 9>run and learning everything that I need to know so

1557
01:22:55.319 --> 01:22:57.920
<v Speaker 9>that I can be really effective as a city council person.

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01:22:58.439 --> 01:23:00.920
<v Speaker 9>So I appreciate your vote on on November fifth, so

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01:23:00.960 --> 01:23:03.520
<v Speaker 9>I can can send you're serving you and making Barzel successful.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you, Lord Mizelle Ward two Ward War

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01:23:07.520 --> 01:23:08.600
<v Speaker 1>Aaron Kirkpatrick.

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<v Speaker 10>I'm so excited for Bartlesviille's future. We have so much potential.

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01:23:15.960 --> 01:23:17.800
<v Speaker 10>We've been talking about a lot of high level stuff,

1564
01:23:17.840 --> 01:23:20.279
<v Speaker 10>but the things that make me most excited to be

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01:23:20.359 --> 01:23:24.239
<v Speaker 10>running for city council are the micro issues. We've not

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01:23:24.279 --> 01:23:26.680
<v Speaker 10>talked about a lot that is ward for specific tonight.

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01:23:27.199 --> 01:23:28.840
<v Speaker 10>It's the people in Oak Park that say, hey, could

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01:23:28.840 --> 01:23:30.399
<v Speaker 10>we get a speed bump out here because we want

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01:23:30.399 --> 01:23:32.319
<v Speaker 10>our kids to be safe when they play, especially for

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01:23:32.359 --> 01:23:33.920
<v Speaker 10>the new families that are moving into one hundred and

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01:23:33.960 --> 01:23:34.600
<v Speaker 10>one houses.

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<v Speaker 3>That are being built.

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<v Speaker 10>But also could we make sure that Virginia gets fixed

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01:23:37.279 --> 01:23:41.479
<v Speaker 10>after the construction vehicles are done. It's my neighbors on

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01:23:41.279 --> 01:23:43.359
<v Speaker 10>the west side of the tracks to go there. Our

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01:23:43.359 --> 01:23:46.000
<v Speaker 10>houses are getting knocked down and we got no plan

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01:23:46.079 --> 01:23:47.239
<v Speaker 10>to build more housing.

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01:23:47.279 --> 01:23:48.039
<v Speaker 3>What would you do?

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01:23:48.680 --> 01:23:51.119
<v Speaker 10>And then talking through strategy with them to go, oh,

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01:23:51.359 --> 01:23:54.439
<v Speaker 10>we could partner with development and really make more affordable

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01:23:54.439 --> 01:23:57.359
<v Speaker 10>housing for people. Because more affordable housing and owner occupied

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01:23:57.399 --> 01:23:59.199
<v Speaker 10>housing is a big deal on the west side of town.

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01:23:59.840 --> 01:24:02.359
<v Speaker 10>It's talking to business owners. It's saying like, hey, I'm

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01:24:02.399 --> 01:24:05.039
<v Speaker 10>investing in these buildings. My property taxes are killing me.

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01:24:05.079 --> 01:24:08.319
<v Speaker 10>But also I've got more ideas for incubating other people's

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01:24:08.359 --> 01:24:10.359
<v Speaker 10>ideas so that we can all be more successful together.

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01:24:10.880 --> 01:24:14.560
<v Speaker 10>Seeing the candleshop have sixty businesses in one room so

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01:24:14.600 --> 01:24:17.319
<v Speaker 10>that they can benefit entrepreneurs from all over the community.

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01:24:17.640 --> 01:24:20.880
<v Speaker 10>It's figuring out how to get creative infill for sidewalks

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01:24:20.600 --> 01:24:22.760
<v Speaker 10>so that a guy could walk to church for the

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01:24:22.800 --> 01:24:24.800
<v Speaker 10>first time the day that I've met him and prayed

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01:24:24.800 --> 01:24:27.640
<v Speaker 10>with him. Like, these are the things that are exciting

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01:24:27.640 --> 01:24:29.680
<v Speaker 10>to me because they're the human level. The high level

1594
01:24:29.720 --> 01:24:33.920
<v Speaker 10>stuff matters to all of us. The homelessness crisis, it

1595
01:24:34.000 --> 01:24:37.039
<v Speaker 10>hits my community the hardest.

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01:24:36.800 --> 01:24:38.479
<v Speaker 3>Because that's where the helping resources are.

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01:24:38.600 --> 01:24:41.079
<v Speaker 10>So when those people are reaching out saying hey, when

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01:24:41.119 --> 01:24:43.479
<v Speaker 10>the both the homeless people I've spoken to and the

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01:24:43.520 --> 01:24:46.199
<v Speaker 10>helping organization say this plan will make it better, it

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01:24:46.239 --> 01:24:50.279
<v Speaker 10>impacts all of my neighbors, and every one of these

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01:24:50.279 --> 01:24:53.800
<v Speaker 10>issues that we improve improves the quality of life for

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01:24:53.880 --> 01:24:56.680
<v Speaker 10>all of Bartlesville for decades to come. That's why I'm

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01:24:56.720 --> 01:24:58.680
<v Speaker 10>excited about being a part of the city council, and

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01:24:58.720 --> 01:24:59.840
<v Speaker 10>that's why I hope you vote for me on the

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01:25:00.079 --> 01:25:00.640
<v Speaker 10>number fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Aerin Kirkpatrick, Ward four. Also from Ward four,

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<v Speaker 1>Quinn Shipper, thank you so much.

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01:25:07.439 --> 01:25:10.479
<v Speaker 11>Tom and Kawan Barrows were ready for hosting this and

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01:25:10.560 --> 01:25:14.000
<v Speaker 11>the generous hospitality always out here at Arvest Bank, and

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01:25:14.079 --> 01:25:16.800
<v Speaker 11>I recognize almost every face in the audience, so I

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01:25:16.840 --> 01:25:18.600
<v Speaker 11>feel like I'm at home with people I know. So

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01:25:18.600 --> 01:25:21.479
<v Speaker 11>it's nice for everybody who came out. Thank you when

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01:25:21.520 --> 01:25:23.319
<v Speaker 11>I came out of the City council, and this will

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01:25:23.359 --> 01:25:25.279
<v Speaker 11>be true for everyone who comes under the city council.

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01:25:25.479 --> 01:25:28.560
<v Speaker 11>Soon afterwards, you were sent to an Oklahoma Municipal League

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01:25:28.640 --> 01:25:31.399
<v Speaker 11>one day training and it starts by saying, we're gonna

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01:25:31.439 --> 01:25:33.720
<v Speaker 11>teach you two things today. We're gonna teach you one

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01:25:33.760 --> 01:25:35.760
<v Speaker 11>how to do your job and two how to stay

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01:25:35.760 --> 01:25:37.960
<v Speaker 11>out of jail. So I thought I'd better pay attention,

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01:25:38.479 --> 01:25:41.399
<v Speaker 11>and I learned a lot that day. I think, in

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01:25:41.439 --> 01:25:45.159
<v Speaker 11>our own respective ways, we all bring experience and we're

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01:25:45.199 --> 01:25:48.359
<v Speaker 11>informed and engaged in the community in different sorts of ways.

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01:25:48.880 --> 01:25:51.640
<v Speaker 11>I live in Ward four. It is the most diverse

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01:25:51.720 --> 01:25:55.239
<v Speaker 11>ward in our city. It spans from north of Highway

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01:25:55.279 --> 01:25:58.960
<v Speaker 11>sixty Adams Road, from the Highway seventy five all the

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01:25:58.960 --> 01:26:01.960
<v Speaker 11>way to the runway of the airport, everything north of that.

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01:26:02.239 --> 01:26:04.840
<v Speaker 11>When they did the redistricting, you go to Shinee downtown

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01:26:04.920 --> 01:26:08.279
<v Speaker 11>south to thirteenth and cut west. There we have the

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01:26:08.319 --> 01:26:12.039
<v Speaker 11>economic engines that are the primary employers of our city

1630
01:26:12.079 --> 01:26:15.159
<v Speaker 11>are in this ward. We have every form of education

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01:26:15.319 --> 01:26:17.960
<v Speaker 11>you can imagine, and the seat of the public public

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01:26:18.960 --> 01:26:21.720
<v Speaker 11>school system is down the street from where I live.

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01:26:22.159 --> 01:26:24.600
<v Speaker 11>We have over twenty four churches in the ward where

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01:26:24.640 --> 01:26:29.439
<v Speaker 11>I live. We have media of various types in our community.

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01:26:29.680 --> 01:26:32.960
<v Speaker 11>Of course, we're also the seat of city and county government.

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<v Speaker 11>It is very, very diverse, and going from one side

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01:26:37.199 --> 01:26:40.680
<v Speaker 11>to the other, knocking doors, meeting people has informed and

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01:26:40.720 --> 01:26:44.119
<v Speaker 11>excited even more my desire to continue being in a

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01:26:44.159 --> 01:26:48.239
<v Speaker 11>place where I can live, work, play, and serve those

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01:26:48.279 --> 01:26:50.960
<v Speaker 11>who are my neighbors and friends, and not just in

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01:26:51.079 --> 01:26:55.359
<v Speaker 11>Ward Far, but throughout this entire city. As is often said,

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01:26:55.399 --> 01:26:56.840
<v Speaker 11>you know, you may not be able to vote for me,

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01:26:57.239 --> 01:26:59.520
<v Speaker 11>but on the council I get to cast a vote

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01:26:59.520 --> 01:27:00.000
<v Speaker 11>for you.

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01:27:00.199 --> 01:27:02.119
<v Speaker 5>We're in this together. We're a team.

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01:27:02.239 --> 01:27:04.840
<v Speaker 11>They didn't give me a magic wand but we're here

1647
01:27:04.880 --> 01:27:08.239
<v Speaker 11>together to serve Bartlesville. I'd appreciate your vote for me

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01:27:08.359 --> 01:27:09.720
<v Speaker 11>to continue on the City Council.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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01:27:10.760 --> 01:27:14.720
<v Speaker 1>They can quid ship re Ward war Ward Pibe.

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<v Speaker 12>Trevor Dorsey, Well, first of all, I'd like to thank

1652
01:27:17.840 --> 01:27:21.079
<v Speaker 12>BARSZWIL Radio. All of our sponsors are best for hosting

1653
01:27:21.079 --> 01:27:24.119
<v Speaker 12>this and everyone that's in tenants tonight, watching on live

1654
01:27:24.159 --> 01:27:27.079
<v Speaker 12>stream or listening. I know we talked a lot a

1655
01:27:27.079 --> 01:27:30.800
<v Speaker 12>lot about issues tonight and hope that not everybody focuses

1656
01:27:31.079 --> 01:27:33.319
<v Speaker 12>strictly on the issues. I know we'll continue to have

1657
01:27:33.399 --> 01:27:37.359
<v Speaker 12>issues today, tomorrow and going forward. A lot of those

1658
01:27:37.399 --> 01:27:39.800
<v Speaker 12>issues will have to be addressed to GEO bonds, and

1659
01:27:39.840 --> 01:27:43.520
<v Speaker 12>there's expense that goes along with those. Some issues will

1660
01:27:43.640 --> 01:27:46.479
<v Speaker 12>will have to take a lot of the community collaborating

1661
01:27:46.520 --> 01:27:50.760
<v Speaker 12>together to overcome those. But Bartsville has a lot of

1662
01:27:50.800 --> 01:27:54.279
<v Speaker 12>amazing things. You know, Beth Dorsey and I we moved

1663
01:27:54.319 --> 01:27:57.159
<v Speaker 12>our family here because Barnsville is such an amazing community.

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01:27:57.760 --> 01:28:00.159
<v Speaker 12>We have a wonderful school system. We have one of

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01:28:00.159 --> 01:28:03.279
<v Speaker 12>the best educations I think K through twelve in the state.

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01:28:03.359 --> 01:28:03.720
<v Speaker 1>We have.

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01:28:05.720 --> 01:28:08.600
<v Speaker 12>OKU, we have Track County Tech, we have RSU. There's

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01:28:09.399 --> 01:28:13.439
<v Speaker 12>many opportunities for education. We have a great health system,

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01:28:13.920 --> 01:28:16.159
<v Speaker 12>and we continue again to try to take those GEO

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01:28:16.239 --> 01:28:19.079
<v Speaker 12>bond funds and sales tax revenues and spread them across

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01:28:19.079 --> 01:28:20.840
<v Speaker 12>the city to make it better each and every day.

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01:28:20.880 --> 01:28:26.039
<v Speaker 12>And I know that the council that's here currently we

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01:28:26.199 --> 01:28:29.399
<v Speaker 12>have worked to provide and make Bartlesville better. And I

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<v Speaker 12>know and I want to thank everyone that's here, Tonine,

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<v Speaker 12>everybody that's on this days I think loves Bartlesville wants

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<v Speaker 12>to see it succeed and get better and continue to

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<v Speaker 12>be the wonderful place that it is to work, live

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<v Speaker 12>and play. I know I wouldn't I wouldn't want to

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<v Speaker 12>be anywhere else than Bartlesville. And I'm grateful that I'm

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01:28:47.119 --> 01:28:51.079
<v Speaker 12>getting to raise my kids here. So with that, it's

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01:28:51.119 --> 01:28:53.680
<v Speaker 12>been an honor and a pleasure to serve the constituents

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01:28:53.720 --> 01:28:55.640
<v Speaker 12>of Ward five for the past seven years. And I

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<v Speaker 12>would appreciate your vote so that I can continue to

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<v Speaker 12>be your representative and your voice in Ward five.

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<v Speaker 13>TREBORNEURSI word five, Ladies and gentlemen, just give a hand

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<v Speaker 13>to all of our candidates today from participating. Thank you

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<v Speaker 13>very much. I'm Tom Davis.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want to thank everybody for coming out here

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01:29:13.079 --> 01:29:16.279
<v Speaker 1>to our best to the East Side Branch for our

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01:29:16.359 --> 01:29:19.000
<v Speaker 1>forum tonight. It's been brought to you by LPL Painting

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01:29:19.199 --> 01:29:24.319
<v Speaker 1>and Company, also Comforting Hands, Hospice and Old Time Spirits,

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01:29:24.359 --> 01:29:28.000
<v Speaker 1>and it's been presented by Phillips sixty six. Thank you

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01:29:28.039 --> 01:29:32.840
<v Speaker 1>once again. Remember early voting starts tomorrow. You can vote early,

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01:29:33.520 --> 01:29:38.760
<v Speaker 1>but you can't vote often. I came from Chicago, I

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01:29:38.800 --> 01:29:42.479
<v Speaker 1>can say that. Alrighty ladies and gentlemen. Once we hear

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<v Speaker 1>from our presenting sponsors, we'll be back to our regular

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<v Speaker 1>schedule programming. Thank you very much for watching us on

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<v Speaker 1>KWETV dot com, also Facebook Live and listening to us

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<v Speaker 1>on AM fourteen hundred, FM ninety three three and ninety

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<v Speaker 1>five one K one the one you trust. Thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 14>Download now save up to fifteen cents per gallon all

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<v Speaker 14>year and twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 15>Download on your smartphone wherever you download apps and use

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01:30:27.199 --> 01:30:31.560
<v Speaker 15>your Phillip sixty six Fuel Forward app at any asapp

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<v Speaker 15>general stores.

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<v Speaker 16>Revamping your home, maybe you're wanting something new. Call of

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01:30:39.239 --> 01:30:41.800
<v Speaker 16>professionals at LPL Painting Company will take care of you

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01:30:41.920 --> 01:30:44.199
<v Speaker 16>as is a customer and your home inside and out

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<v Speaker 16>to your satisfaction. LPL Painting Company. We'll take care of

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01:30:47.199 --> 01:30:49.359
<v Speaker 16>our customers, old and new. You might seem investing in

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01:30:49.439 --> 01:30:52.680
<v Speaker 16>in people where you become everything. Bottom line, LPL Painting

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01:30:52.720 --> 01:30:55.880
<v Speaker 16>Company chooses people of a profit. LPO Painting Company makes

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<v Speaker 16>life easier on you. Nine one eight two one four

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<v Speaker 16>nineteen ninety nine. Give us a call nine one eight

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<v Speaker 16>two one four nineteen ninety nine.

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<v Speaker 17>When a family member has come to the point of

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<v Speaker 17>needing healthcare. Comforting Hands Hospice is a locally owned and

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01:31:10.359 --> 01:31:14.640
<v Speaker 17>operated healthcare provider dedicated to providing compassionate care you need.

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<v Speaker 17>Their mission is to ease the physical and emotional burden

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<v Speaker 17>of caring for someone that needs caring professional care. Called

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<v Speaker 17>nine one eight three three one zero zero zero three

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<v Speaker 17>or stop in a Comforting Hands at thirteen sixty six

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<v Speaker 17>Southeast Washington Boulevard, sweet A for more information. When choosing

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<v Speaker 17>a hospice provider, just know you have a choice, Comforting

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<v Speaker 17>Hands Hospice.

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<v Speaker 18>Since nineteen forty, contractors in this area have known the

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01:31:41.760 --> 01:31:44.439
<v Speaker 18>name of the company they can turn to for top

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01:31:44.520 --> 01:31:49.439
<v Speaker 18>quality sheet metal manufacturing, and that's Timmins sheet Metal. Timmins

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01:31:49.520 --> 01:31:52.920
<v Speaker 18>is certified by Real Heat Air Conditioning as a top

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01:31:52.960 --> 01:31:56.479
<v Speaker 18>provider of venting and ductwork for homes and businesses. That

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01:31:56.680 --> 01:31:59.800
<v Speaker 18>endorsement from REEM is a sign of confidence. Make sure

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<v Speaker 18>you get the best call, Dave at Tim and Sheet

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<v Speaker 18>Battle nine six sixteen sixty two.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you ready to embark on an adventure?

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<v Speaker 19>Discover Legendary Spirits with big Foot Seal of approval at

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01:32:13.800 --> 01:32:18.079
<v Speaker 19>Old Town Spirits located in the Commanchee Center across from

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<v Speaker 19>the radio station off Frank.

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<v Speaker 4>Phillips Boulevard in Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 19>Stocked of the finest wines, craft beers, and top shelf liquors,

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01:32:26.640 --> 01:32:30.520
<v Speaker 19>Old Town Spirits is destined to become as legendary as

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<v Speaker 19>the elusive a Bigfoot himself. Open Monday through Saturday at

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<v Speaker 19>ten in the morning, Old Town Spirits.

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<v Speaker 1>And welcome back to our best magnie east Side location

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<v Speaker 1>here on Adam's Road. I'm Tom Davis along with Nathan Thompson. Nathan,

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01:32:49.159 --> 01:32:52.079
<v Speaker 1>we heard a lot of good ideas coming from not

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<v Speaker 1>only the incumbents, but the newcomers and challengers tonight.

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<v Speaker 20>You know you're right, Tom. I think what we saw

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01:32:58.239 --> 01:33:04.039
<v Speaker 20>tonight was an engaged different perspectives and I think that

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<v Speaker 20>those are all coming together to make sure that Bartlesville

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<v Speaker 20>continues to progress and be a community that we all

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<v Speaker 20>really enjoy and appreciate.

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01:33:14.680 --> 01:33:16.760
<v Speaker 1>Definitely, we heard a lot of different voices, a lot

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01:33:16.760 --> 01:33:20.199
<v Speaker 1>of different feelings, and plenty of emotion. And if anybody

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01:33:20.319 --> 01:33:22.760
<v Speaker 1>thinks that a forum could be a boring place, I

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01:33:22.760 --> 01:33:24.760
<v Speaker 1>think tonight kind of changed.

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<v Speaker 3>That appearance absolutely.

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<v Speaker 20>And for a non partisan race and really a job

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01:33:29.479 --> 01:33:32.800
<v Speaker 20>that you don't get paid for financially, you don't, this

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01:33:32.880 --> 01:33:35.800
<v Speaker 20>is a volunteer position. We saw a lot of passion

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01:33:35.920 --> 01:33:40.039
<v Speaker 20>here tonight from these candidates running for city council again.

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<v Speaker 20>Early voting begins tomorrow. You can go to the Washington

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<v Speaker 20>County Election Board. Fourth flour starts at nine o'clock in

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<v Speaker 20>the morning, goes until six. That will repeat on Thursday

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<v Speaker 20>and Friday as well, and then early voting is also

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<v Speaker 20>available on Saturday until two o'clock tom General election day

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<v Speaker 20>of course coming up on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>No. And then we're we tonight and that's where we

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<v Speaker 1>get to be real good friends, as all of us

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<v Speaker 1>will be covering different points if interested, throughout our listing footprint,

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<v Speaker 1>and we want to thank everybody for watching and listening tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to thank our sponsors for presenting sponsor of course

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<v Speaker 1>Phillip sixty six, also Old Town Spirits, Covering Hands Hospice

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01:34:18.960 --> 01:34:22.479
<v Speaker 1>and LPL Painting and Company. Now we return you to

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<v Speaker 1>your regular scheduled program right here on K one, the

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<v Speaker 1>one do you trust.

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<v Speaker 15>Attention, Bartlesville. As residents of the hometown of Phillips sixty six,

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<v Speaker 15>you can receive up to fifteen cents off per gallon

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01:34:36.159 --> 01:34:40.239
<v Speaker 15>of fuel by downloading the Phillips sixty six Fuel Forward app.

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<v Speaker 14>All year in twenty twenty four. So download now save

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01:34:44.000 --> 01:34:47.159
<v Speaker 14>up to fifteen cents per gallon all year in twenty

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<v Speaker 14>twenty four.

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01:34:48.079 --> 01:34:52.640
<v Speaker 15>Download on your smartphone wherever you download apps and use

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01:34:52.800 --> 01:34:57.159
<v Speaker 15>your Phillip sixty six Fuel Forward app at any Asam

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01:34:57.279 --> 01:34:58.279
<v Speaker 15>General stores.

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<v Speaker 16>Revamping your home, maybe you're wanting something new. Call professionals

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01:35:05.319 --> 01:35:07.640
<v Speaker 16>at LPL Painting Company will take care of you as

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<v Speaker 16>a customer and your home inside and out to your satisfaction.

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01:35:11.000 --> 01:35:13.520
<v Speaker 16>LPL Painting Company will take care of our customers old

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01:35:13.560 --> 01:35:15.760
<v Speaker 16>and new. You might seem investing in in people where

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01:35:15.760 --> 01:35:19.279
<v Speaker 16>you become everything. Bottom line, LPL Painting Company chooses people

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01:35:19.359 --> 01:35:22.119
<v Speaker 16>of a profit. LPL Painting Company makes life easier on

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<v Speaker 16>you nine one eight two one four nineteen ninety nine.

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<v Speaker 16>Give us a call nine one eight two one four

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<v Speaker 16>nineteen ninety.

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<v Speaker 17>Nine when a family member has come to the point

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<v Speaker 17>of needing healthcare. Comforting Hands Hospice is a locally owned

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<v Speaker 17>and operated and healthcare provider dedicated to providing compassionate care

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01:35:39.800 --> 01:35:42.560
<v Speaker 17>you need. Their mission is to ease the physical and

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01:35:42.600 --> 01:35:46.359
<v Speaker 17>emotional burden of caring for someone that needs caring professional care.

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<v Speaker 17>Call nine one eight three three one zero zero zero

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<v Speaker 17>three or stop in at Comforting Hands at thirteen sixty

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<v Speaker 17>six Southeast Washington Boulevard, sweet A for more information. When

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<v Speaker 17>choosing a hospice provider, just know you have a joyce

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<v Speaker 17>Comforting Hans Hospice.

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<v Speaker 18>Since nineteen forty, contractors in this area have known the

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01:36:07.279 --> 01:36:09.960
<v Speaker 18>name of the company they can turn to for top

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01:36:10.039 --> 01:36:14.960
<v Speaker 18>quality sheet metal manufacturing, and that's Timmins sheet Metal. Timmins

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01:36:15.039 --> 01:36:18.039
<v Speaker 18>is certified by rem Heating and Air Conditioning as a

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01:36:18.159 --> 01:36:21.560
<v Speaker 18>top provider of venting and duckwork for homes and businesses.

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<v Speaker 18>That endorsement from REEM is a sign of confidence. Make

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<v Speaker 18>sure you get the best call Dave at Timmins sheet

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<v Speaker 18>Metal nine one eight, three, three six, sixteen sixty two.

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<v Speaker 19>Are you ready to embark on an adventure? Discover legendary

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<v Speaker 19>spirits with Bigfoot Seal of Approval at Old Town Spirits,

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<v Speaker 19>located in the Commanchee Center across from the radio station

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<v Speaker 19>off Frank.

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<v Speaker 3>Phillips Boulevard in Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 19>Stocked of the finest wines, craft beers, and top shelf liquors,

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01:36:52.159 --> 01:36:56.039
<v Speaker 19>Old Town Spirits is destined to become as legendary as

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<v Speaker 19>the elusive Bigfoot itself. Open Monday through Saturday, and ten

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<v Speaker 19>in the morning, Old Town Spirits.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, here he is again.

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<v Speaker 19>They keep telling you.

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<v Speaker 5>They're telling you what they're gonna do every now and then,