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WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRETTY FULL AGENDA TODAY.UM, FIRST I WANNA START OFF WITH SAYING SILENT YOUR CELL PHONES, PLEASE.
AND, UM, UH, AND ALSO I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A NEW ROSTER, ALTHOUGH I'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD LOOK AT YOUR OWN INFORMATION, CORRECT IT, AND WE'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YVONNE AT THE END OF, OF THE MEETING AND WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTED.
UM, SO JUST BE, BE SURE AND, AND, AND, OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THE MEETING, YOU CAN ASK HER, WHAT DOES ALL THESE AUGUSTS ON HERE MEAN? BECAUSE, YVONNE, I THINK WE CHANGED IN MAY WHEN THE ELECTION HAPPENS, WE HAVE TO RE-UP.
SO PLEASE LOOK AT THE ROSTER AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT NEED.
DO YOU YOURS? AND IF YOU DO HAVE CHANGES, GIVE THEM BACK TO YVONNE.
UM, AND ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I WANTED TO MAKE, I SENT THIS TO DEE AND, UH, JSA AND JESSE, BUT THERE'S A, A FALL, DALLAS FALL SENIOR EXPO THAT LARRY PROVIDED FOR US.
IT'S GONNA BE AT THE DALLAS ARBORETUM ON SEPTEMBER 25TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.
SO, UM, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, I'VE GOT A FLYER FOR THAT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE AGENDA.
UH, THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
UM, WERE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? DID ANYBODY NOTICE ANY CORRECTIONS NEEDED? NO.
I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
THE, UM, MINUTES IS WRITTEN, HAS BEEN APPROVED.
NOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE FUN PART.
WE'VE GOT JERRY CLICK WITH US BACK.
HE'S, UM, OH, NOPE, I'M SORRY.
UM,
UM, DID EVERYBODY GET THEIR INVITATION TO THE SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITY GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY? YES, MA'AM.
ON AUGUST 23RD AT 9:00 AM YES.
I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A BUNCH OF YOU THERE.
YEAH, IT CAME FROM, UH, WHO, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HER TITLE? UHNO C COMMUNICATIONS.
SO, UM, IT'S AUGUST 23RD AT 9:00 AM OVER WHERE THE SENIOR CENTER IS, WAS AND WE'LL BE.
WE GET TO HAVE JERRY WITH US A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TEACH US TODAY? WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TODAY.
IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ME, I'M JERRY CLIFF WITH THE GARDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
PHILIP CRAWFORD'S GONNA TAKE MY PLACE.
I PLAN ON BEING GONE IN A COUPLE YEARS, BUT HE'S GONNA TAKE MY PLACE.
SO I WANT Y'ALL TO JUST KIND OF GET FAMILIAR WITH HIM.
WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS BECAUSE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN AROUND MOST OF OUR LIVES.
WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE USING THEM.
IN FACT, STUDIES SHOW 80% OF THE POPULATION DOES NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE USING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
SO IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE USING IT, IT'S USELESS.
IN FACT, THERE'S AN EXTINGUISHER RIGHT DOWN THE HALL RIGHT HERE BY THE RESTROOMS. YOU PROBABLY PASS BY IT ALL THE TIME AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT'S THERE.
IN ANY BUSINESS IN GARLAND, YOU'RE WITHIN 75 FEET OF A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
I DO RECOMMEND YOU HAVE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AT HOME.
I RECOMMEND TWO, ONE IN THE KITCHEN, ONE IN THE GARAGE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST LIKELY PLACES YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FIRE.
NOW, TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, I THINK YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE.
TO HAVE A FIRE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOUR THINGS.
USUALLY THERE'S PLENTY OF THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE HEAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE OXYGEN.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A CHEMICAL CHAIN REACTION.
BASICALLY, AS THE FIRE GETS HOTTER, IT GETS BIGGER, IT GETS HOTTER, IT GETS BIGGER.
SO IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS TO HAVE A FIRE, IF YOU TAKE AWAY ONE OF THOSE THINGS, THE FIRE WILL GO OUT.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF FIRES.
CLASS A, THAT'S YOUR NORMAL COMBUSTIBLE, YOUR WOOD, YOUR PAPER.
THINK OF IT AS A TRASH CAN ON FIRE.
CLASS B IS YOUR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, YOUR OILS, YOUR GASOLINES.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ENERGIZED, YOUR TOASTER CATCHES FIRE, YOU UNPLUG IT.
IT'S NO LONGER ENERGIZED, BUT YOU WANT TO USE AN EXTINGUISHING AGENT ON THAT, THAT WILL NOT CONDUCT ELECTRICITY.
THEN YOU HAVE CLASS D WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S METALS.
AND USUALLY EACH METAL HAS ITS OWN SPECIFIC BRAND OF EXTINGUISHER THAT IT TAKES.
SO IN THE OLDEN DAYS, WE HAD ONE EXTINGUISHER FOR CLASS A, ONE FOR CLASS B, ONE FOR CLASS C.
NOW WE HAVE ONE AND IT'S CALLED A MULTIPURPOSE EXTINGUISHER.
NOW, IF YOU WERE TO GO TO AMAZON OR GO TO A LOWE'S OR HOME DEPOT OR WALMART, THIS IS WHAT YOU'D BUY FOR YOUR HOME.
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THOSE NUMBERS JUST MEAN THAT'S HOW MUCH EXTINGUISHING AGENT IT'S GOT OF EACH OF THOSE LETTERS.IT WILL SHOOT A STREAM OUT ABOUT SIX FEET AND IT WILL LAST FOR ABOUT 60 SECONDS.
OF COURSE, THE BIGGER ONE, THE ONES THEY MAKE, THEY MAKE 'EM SO BIG, THEY PUT 'EM ON WHEELS.
HMM, OF COURSE THOSE WILL SHOOT OUT A FURTHER STREAM AND THEY WILL LAST A LOT LONGER.
IF I CUT MY FINGER, BANDAIDS PROBABLY GONNA HELP ME IF I CUT MY HAND OFF.
BAND-AID'S NOT GONNA HELP ME CONSIDER THIS THE SAME WAY.
THIS IS FOR A VERY SMALL FIRE IN ITS BEGINNING STAGES, A TRASH CAN THAT'S CATCHING ON FIRE.
IF YOU OPEN THE DOOR TO THIS ROOM AND THIS ENTIRE ROOM IS COVERED IN FLAMES, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOU.
SO NOT EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE USING THIS.
AND I WANT YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE.
NOW, IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO PUT OUT A FIRE.
IF YOU SEE A FIRE IN THIS BUILDING, IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO PUT IT OUT.
IT'S YOUR JOB TO ALERT PEOPLE, ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SO PEOPLE CAN GET OUTTA HERE, EVACUATE THE BUILDING.
AND SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN COME AND WE CAN START PUTTING THINGS OUT.
BUT IF YOU CHOOSE TO FIGHT THE FIRE, FOR EXAMPLE, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, Y'ALL REMEMBER WHEN SHERWIN WILLIAMS BLEW UP? YEAH.
WELL, NOT THE ENTIRE PLANT BLEW UP, BUT A BIG PART OF IT.
WELL, THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB TO COME BACK TO.
SO SOMETIMES ECONOMICS COMES INTO PLAY.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THIS, I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR BACK TO THE DOOR.
YOU'RE GONNA STAND ABOUT SIX FEET AWAY.
YOU'RE GONNA KEEP YOUR BACK TO THE DOOR.
NEVER LET ANYTHING GET BETWEEN YOU AND THE EXIT.
AND WE'RE GONNA USE THE ACRONYM PASS, PASS.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL CAN'T SEE THAT, SO I APOLOGIZE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY IN HERE CAN SEE IT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR BACK TO THE DOOR.
FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO, PEE PULL.
NOW WHAT I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IS THEY PUT THEIR DEATH GRIP ON HERE AND THEY GO, I CAN'T PULL IT.
WELL, DON'T, WE'LL TAKE YOUR DEATH GRIP OFF.
SO YOU'RE GONNA PULL IT, YOU'RE GONNA AIM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRE WE, WHAT WE CALL THE SEAT OF THE FIRE.
THAT'S WHERE THE CHEMICAL CHAIN REACTION TAKES PLACE.
YOU'RE GONNA SQUEEZE THIS AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA SWEEP AGGRESSIVELY.
NOW DO YOU HEAR HOW IT'S LOSING ITS POWER? A REAL ONE WILL DO THAT TOO.
SO THIS WILL LOOK LIKE A REAL EXTINGUISHER.
IT WILL FEEL LIKE A REAL EXTINGUISHER.
IT WILL SOUND LIKE A REAL EXTINGUISHER.
IT'S NOT PUTTING OUT THAT NASTY WHITE, YELLOW POWDER.
IF YOU DO HAVE TO DISCHARGE AN EXTINGUISHER IN A BUSINESS OR IN A HOUSE, IT MAKES A LOT OF A LOT OF MESS.
IN FACT, IN A RESTAURANT, HEALTH DEPARTMENT GETS INVOLVED AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE SHUT DOWN FOR DAYS WHILE THEY DO A CLEANUP.
SO LET'S SAY ONE EXTINGUISHER DIDN'T PUT IT OUT, DROP IT AND GO ONE AND DONE.
YOU DON'T KEEP JUST BRINGING AN EXTINGUISHER AFTER EXTINGUISHER.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE FIRE IS TOO INTENSE, THIS IS NOT GONNA WORK.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY WANNA COME DO IT? WHAT'S PASSED AGAIN? REFILLABLE.
WHAT'S WHAT? IS IT A ONETIME USE? IT'S, WELL, YES MA'AM.
YOU GOTTA HAVE EM REFILLED AT ONE TIME.
WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? SO YOU CAN'T REFILL THAT AND NOT BUY A NEW ONE.
IF YOU CAN REFILL 'EM OR YOU CAN BUY A NEW ONE FOR YOUR HOME.
PROBABLY CHEAP ENOUGH, DON'T YOU THINK? THEY'LL JUST TO GO BUY A NEW ONE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA REFILL IT, THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU MORE THAN WHAT ONE WOULD COST.
NOW, BUSINESSES THAT HAVE 10 OR 15 OF THEM, IT'S WORTH IT FOR THEM TO COME OUT.
FACT, IN GARLAND, EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE TO BE INSPECTED BY, BY A COMPANY THAT DOES IT.
OKAY? YOU CAN, DEPENDING, WE GOT SEVERAL COMPANIES IN GARLAND THAT WILL REFILL 'EM.
NOW, IF YOU CALL A COMPANY TO COME OUT TO YOUR HOUSE TO REFILL IT, YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU TRIP CHARGES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND A LOT OF THEM WON'T EVEN COME OUT ANYMORE UNLESS YOU'VE GOT LIKE 20, 30 EXTINGUISHERS.
YOU TAKE AN EXTINGUISHER OF THAT SIZE.
NOW THE SMALLER ONES YOU BUY THE LITTLE BITTY ONES THAT GO IN YOUR KITCHEN, I DON'T THINK THEY CAN REFILL THOSE TO ONES THAT SIZE AND BIGGER.
YOU CAN TAKE THEM TO THEM AND IT'S LIKE 10 TO $15 TO GET 'EM REFILLED AS OPPOSED TO 30, 40, 40 BUCKS TO BUY A NEW ONE.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A, SO ANYTIME YOU WALK BY ANY STEAMER, JUST ALWAYS LOOK AND MAKE SURE THE GAUGE IS IN THE GREEN.
THAT TELLS YOU THE PRESSURE'S GOOD.
IT'S ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THEY BE REPLACED EVERY 10 YEARS BECAUSE THIS HAS A DRY CHEMICAL IN IT, IT CAN TAKE TOGETHER AND IT'S NO GOOD ANYMORE.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE, IF YOU'RE REPLACING THE CYLINDER OR YOU USED IT, IS IT RECYCLABLE OR WHAT DO YOU DO? UH, YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE, TO THE RECYCLING PLACE OVER THERE.
OFFICE, UM, COMMERCE? YES MA'AM.
YOU COULDN'T DO THAT TILL TILL LAST YEAR.
THEY WOULDN'T TAKE IT, BUT NOW THEY WILL TAKE IT.
BECAUSE IT IS A PRESSURIZED SETTLEMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR RECYCLE BIN BEFORE TRASH DAY.
I KNOW THEY DO TAKE 'EM AT THE COMMERCE BIN.
LET ME FIND THAT OUT AND I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY DO TAKE 'EM AT THE COMMERCE RECYCLING CENTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT 'EM IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN, BUT I'LL CHECK ON THAT AS SOON AS I LEAVE.
AND THE WOODED PASS, P-A-S-P-A-S-S POOL, AIM SQUEEZED AND SWEEP.
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I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE ON PLANE ALL WENT THERE.WHERE'S THAT? CENTER ON COMMERCE? RIGHT BEHIND THE UH, IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE LANDFILL.
IT'S RIGHT THERE BESIDE, OKAY.
AND THERE IS ONE ON PLANO ROAD AND I KNOW THEY, THEY TAKE IT TOO.
SO YOU DRIVE UP, OR NO, YOU JUST, YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE ONE ON COMMERCE? YEAH.
AND YOU'LL SEE PLASTICS ARE HERE NOW.
AND, AND THE REFRIGERATORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE ONE AT PLANO AND THEY TAKE IT OUT THE CAR AND DEAL WITH IT.
AND THAT'S CHEMICALS, PAINTS, FLUIDS.
IF THERE IS A FIRE IN THIS BUILDING, HOW WOULD WE BE NOTIFIED? ALARM WOULD GO OFF IS OKAY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN? SMOOTH YOU WOULD GET OUT.
BUT IF THERE'S NO PROCEDURE TO, WELL, THERE'S A, THERE'S, THERE SHOULD BE EVACUATION CALLED COMMON SENSE.
I WOULD TELL EVERYBODY TO GO OUT HERE.
POLLYANNA WOULDN'T DOOR GO OUT TO NEAR, IT'S RIGHT HERE AND GET AWAY.
WELL, IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS.
THERE'S A DOOR OVER HERE ALSO THAT GOES OUTSIDE.
IT'S JUST FIRE OUTSIDE AND GET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING.
BUT NOW ALL THE SMOKE ALARMS ARE INTERCONNECTED.
SO IF THERE'S A FIRE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THEY'RE GONNA GO OFF ALL OVER THE BUILDING.
AND THERE'S SPRINKLERS IN THIS BUILDING.
SO THE SPRINKLERS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CONFINING THE FIRE.
BUT THEY CAN CONFINE IT TO ONE, ONE LITTLE AREA.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO GET OUT OF THE BUILDING AND I WANT YOU TO GET AWAY BECAUSE YOU'RE FIXING TO BE SURROUNDED BY FIRE EQUIPMENT, POLICE, POLICE OFFICERS.
SO GET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING AND OUT OF OUR WAY.
THE NEW SMOKE DETECTORS ARE MAKING FOR HOME USE ARE STARTING TO GET WHERE THEY'RE LINKED TOGETHER TOO.
WHERE THE ONES A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOW, IT'LL, THAT ONE SMOKE DETECTOR GOES OFF AND THAT'S WHERE THE FIRE IS IN THAT PART OF THE HOUSE UNTIL THE SMOKE SPREADS THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SETS THE REST OFF.
BUT THE NEWER ONES, THEY'RE STARTING TO LINK 'EM TOGETHER.
SO IF ONE GOES OFF IN THE FAR SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IT'LL WORK, SETS OFF EVERY ONE OF 'EM IN THE ENTIRE HOUSE.
'CAUSE PEOPLE JUST, THEY DON'T HAVE 'EM IN THE RIGHT SPOT SO THEY'RE NOT HEARING 'EM OR THE ONE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT'S GOING OFF OR IN THE GARAGE.
AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT UNTIL, UNTIL WE START SEEING SMOKE.
SO SMOKE AND YOU SHOULD HAVE, IF YOUR HOUSE IS 30 YEARS OLDER THAN HER, YOU SHOULD HAVE MULTIPLE SMOKE GUNS, UH, SMOKE DETECTORS THAT WERE PUT IN YOUR HOUSE WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
YOU KNOW, GRANDMA, WHEN SMOKE DETECTORS FIRST CAME OUT AND HER LITTLE 1100 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, ONE DETECTOR WAS GOOD ENOUGH.
NOW WE'VE GOT THESE 2500, 4500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES.
ONE DETECTOR'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
SO WE RECOMMEND IS ONE IN EACH LIVING AREA AND ONE OUTSIDE EACH LIVING AREA.
AND THEN IN YOUR COMMON AREAS? UM, IN MY HOUSE I'VE GOT, I'VE ACTUALLY GOT, I'VE GOT 12 SMOKE DETECTORS IN MY HOUSE.
NOW I'M GONNA GOT A TWO STORY HOUSE, BUT I'VE GOT HARDWIRED IN AND THEN I'VE GOT BATTERY BACKUPS.
SO SMOKE DETECTORS, SAVE LIVES.
SO WHAT, IT'S KIND OF CHANGED WHAT USED TO SAY CHANGE THE BATTERY EVERY TIME YOU CHANGE THE CLOCK.
THAT'S KIND OF CHANGED BECAUSE SMOKE DETECTOR'S COMING OUT NOW ARE 10 YEARS, SO YOU CAN'T EVEN GET TO THE BATTERY TO CHANGE IT.
SO WHAT WE ASK NOW IS YOU TEST IT EVERY MONTH, WHICH THERE'S A BUTTON ON IT, YOU PUSH IT AND HOLD IT.
YOU MAY HAVE TO USE A BROOM HANDLE TO REACH IT.
PUSH IT AND HOLD IT IN A SECOND.
AND THEN IF IT IS ONE THAT YOU CAN CHANGE THE BATTERIES, CHANGE THE BATTERIES ONCE A YEAR.
DOES THE RED CROSS OR DOES GARLAND, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT WORK WITH THE RED CROSS? BECAUSE THE RED CROSS WILL REPLACE YOUR UH, WE DO NOT WORK WITH THE RED CROSS.
WE DO NOT WORK, BUT WE DO HAVE A, A PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM, BUT NOW WE TRY TO MAKE IT FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME.
AND IF THEY NEED A SMOKE DETECTOR, YOU CALL US, WE WILL COME AND PUT IT IN FOR YOU.
AND WE HAD TO, AT ONE TIME WE HAD A PROGRAM AND WE HAD PEOPLE BUILDING THESE 600,000 HOMES UP BY THE GOLF COURSE AND THEY WERE CALLING US AND SAYING, YEAH, WE NEED 12 AND 15 SMOKE A DAY,
AND SO THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE FOR.
BUT IF YOU GOT, IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEBODY THAT'S ON A FIXED INCOME, DISABLED, ELDERLY, WHATEVER THEY NEED SMOKE DETECTORS, JUST HAVE 'EM CONTACT US.
WE WILL SEND A CREW OUT TO THE HOUSE AND WE WILL INSTALL IT FOR YOU.
WE'LL INSTALL IT FOR YOU IN THE SPRAY.
IS THAT WHAT MOST CITIES DO? IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CITY.
SOME CITIES ALIGN WITH RED CROSS.
WE DIDN'T, WE'RE NOT ALIGNED WITH RED CROSS JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THE RULES RED CROSS HAVE.
SOME OF THE RULES, BUT SOME CITIES DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM AT ALL.
JUST LIKE THIS PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM.
SOME CITIES DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE DO.
AND I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN KEEP.
A FRIEND HAS THIS REALLY HIGH CEILINGS.
THEY PUT THE DARN THING WAY UP THERE.
CAN YOU CALL US? WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT YEAH, I'VE BEEN IN HOUSES THAT HAVE A 24 26 FOOT PARK CEILING.
IT STARTS ON THE, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY LEAN OUT OVER A, A STAIRWELL AND YEAH, IF WE CAN'T DO IT, WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU WE CAN'T DO IT.
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NO MATTER WHAT AGE IN THAT SITUATION, BECAUSE THE THING BEEPS ALL THE TIME.SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO REPLACE NO, JUST CALL OUR ADMINISTRATION OFFICE.
I CAN GIVE YOU THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANNA WRITE IT DOWN.
AND ASK FOR, ASK FOR THE LADY THAT SCHEDULES THE, UM, SMOKE DETECTORS.
BUT IS THAT EVEN IF JUST JUST FOR SENIOR CITIZENS OR CAN ANYBODY DO IT? NO, ANYBODY THAT NEEDS A SMOKE DETECTOR NOW WE PR WE'LL COME OUT AND REPLACE ANYBODY'S SMOKE DETECTOR.
BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A 25-YEAR-OLD GUY AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE EATING BREAKFAST WHILE WE'RE, WE'RE REPLACING A SMOKE DETECTOR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE NO, IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE
BUT NO, WE WILL COME OUT FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
UH, MAINLY YOU'RE DISABLED, YOU'RE ELDERLY, YOU KNOW, LET'S BE HONEST, I DON'T WANT MISS BELT CLIMBING ON 12 FOOT LADDER.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
IS IT CINDY THAT'S SCHEDULED THIS CINDY'S SCHEDULED.
CINDY, THE 7 8 1 7 1 4 8 OR RING DIRECTLY TO HER.
WE'LL GO DIRECTLY TO THE LATER, I'M SORRY.
9 7 2 7 1 4 8 7 8 1 7 1 4 8 GOES DIRECTLY TO THE 7,100 IS CALLED ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY.
7 1 4 8 BRINGS DIRECTLY TO THE, UH, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
ALRIGHT, IT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES MA'AM.
UM, DO YOU KNOW IF THE NEW ONES THAT ARE LINKED TOGETHER, CAN YOU TEST ONE AND IT'LL TEST THEM ALL? IT WON'T TEST THEM ALL.
WE HAVE TO GO TO EACH ONE OF 'EM AND TEST THEM.
YEAH, IT'S A, IT IS ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE LIKE ONE WILL GO OFF AND IT HAS TO GO OFF FOR CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND THEN THEY'LL SET THE REST OF THEM OFF THING.
THEY'RE ONLY, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE NEVER CHANGE 'EM, BUT THEY'RE ONLY RATED FOR A LIFE EFFECTIVELY OF 10 YEARS.
SO IF THEY'RE OLDER, 10 OLDER THAN 10 YEARS OLD, YOU SHOULD REPLACE THEM.
IF YOU WALK IN AND THEY'RE ALL YELLOW THINGS.
IF THEY'RE YELLOWED, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
THAT'S WHY THEY PUT THE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES.
NOW THAT LAST FOR 10 YEARS BECAUSE ONCE IT DIES YOU JUST PULL THE SMOKE DETECTOR DOWN, CHUNK IT, GET A NEW ONE, PUT IT UP.
SO BELIEVE IN MY HOUSE, THEY'RE HARDWIRED IN.
YOU'LL STILL HAVE FAMILY BACK AND, AND A STORY, UH, ONE OF THEM MALFUNCTIONED OR SOMETHING AND IT WAS GOING OFF LIKE CRAZY
AND WE CALLED GREEN SECURITY AND THEY SAID CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAME OUT, SOME PEOPLE GUYS CAME OUT AND, AND THEY SAID, WELL YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR SECURITY.
AND WE SAID, THEY SAID TALK TO YOU.
AND THEY GOING, UH, SO WHAT? SO THEY CLIMBED UP ON A LADDER AND THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY CUT THE, CUT THE WIRE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO STOP IT.
SO, AND IT, IT'S HARD TO FIND WHICH ONE IS ACTIVATED.
OH NO, IT WAS, YOU COULD, IT IT WAS RIGHT THERE.
SO SOME OF THE OLD HARDWIRED, HARDWIRED END ONES DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH THE OTHER ONES THAT OFF HOUSE POWER.
OUR HOUSE IS PROBABLY 27 8 YEARS OLD.
SO SOME OF THE, THE NEWER ONES THAT ARE HARDWIRED IN, THEY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVE ONE EVEN TALK TO YOU
THEY'LL SAY GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT THE HOUSE, SMOKE ALARM, GET OUTTA THE HOUSE, KEEP TALKING TO YOU.
SO IT DOESN'T JUST BEEP, IT MAKES NOISE AND THEN TALKS.
SO SO DID IT WORK AFTER YOU CUT IT? WE WE HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED.
THEY JUST STOPPED IT FROM YELLING AT US.
SO, BECAUSE IT GOES OFF AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
SOME OF, AND WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE ALL OFF, IF ONE GOES BAD AND IT ACTIVATES ALL OF THEM, THEN SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A CHORE TO FIND.
AND THE OTHER THING THEY DID WAS CHECK IN THE ATTIC.
THEY CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WASN'T REALLY A FIRE SMOKE, SMOKE FIRE.
I HAVE A 50-YEAR-OLD HOUSE AND IT'S GOT ONE HARDWIRED.
WHERE IS IT RINGING? YOU SHOULD HEAR IT WHEN IT GOES ACCURATE THOUGH.
BUT IS IT GOING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? NO, NO, NO.
YOU ONLY HAVE IT GO TO IF YOU HAVE A MONITORED SYSTEM, WHICH YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE A MONITORED SYSTEM.
SO I DON'T KNOW OF ANY HOUSE AROUND HERE THAT HAS A MONITOR SYSTEM.
IT'S JUST A SMOKE ALARM THAT JUST GOES OFF.
SO IT'S SEPARATE FROM A DT SECURITY.
WELL, DO YOU HAVE A DT SECURITY? WELL THEN YOU NEED TO CALL AND ASK THEM.
BECAUSE IT COULD BE NOTIFYING A T SECURITY AND THEN THEY CALL THE, THEY'LL CALL YOU FIRST AND THEN THEY'LL CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MINE THROUGH AND MINE WILL THEN THEY CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA COME UP? YES.
HOW HIGH DO THEY HAVE TO BE? YOU SAY YOU'RE INSTALLING A WHERE, WHERE SHOULD SHE LOCATE IT? WELL, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON HOW HIGH YOUR CEILING IS.
SO YOU WANT IT TO BE EITHER ON THE CEILING OR JUST JUST A LITTLE A FOOT UP DOWN FROM THE CEILING WHERE THE, THE WALL MEETS IT.
BUT YOU WANT IT HIGH BECAUSE SMOKE RISES AND IT RISES QUICKLY.
SO ABOUT IF, IF YOU'VE GOT A VAULTED CEILING, YOU WOULD WANT IT ONE OF THEM UP CLOSE TO THE PEAK BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE THE SMOKE DON GO IN.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON YOUR HOUSE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL AND WE WILL, WE CAN COME OUT THERE AND RECOMMEND WHERE THE FOOT.
OKAY, SO IS THAT LABELED MULTIPURPOSE? THIS IS LABELED 2 8 10 DC TWO EIGHT TEN TWO A, A AS IN APPLE.
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OH, A 10 BBC.IT'S CALLED A MULTIPURPOSE OR A DRY POWDER EXTINGUISHER.
NOW THE TWO A 10 BC, THAT JUST RELATES TO HOW MUCH EXTINGUISHING AGENT IS IN HERE FOR EACH PARTICULAR TYPE OF FIRE.
OH, SO THIS HAS THEN GOING BACK TO CHEMISTRY, I BELIEVE IT'S MONO, MONO AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES.
WHAT'S INSIDE HERE THAT PUTS IT OUT.
SO IF I, IT'S JUST A DRY POWDER THAT WORKS ON ALL THREE OF THOSE CLASSES OF, SO IF I HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PLUGIN UNPLUGGED PROBLEM AND A FIRE, THEN ONLY FOURTH, OH FOURTH OF THAT IS GONNA APPLY NO.
OF THE POWDER THAT IS IN THERE.
NO, DON'T THINK OF IT THAT WAY.
YEAH, DON'T THINK OF IF IT DOES FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS.
HAS IT GOT LESS OF THIS AND MORE OF THAT.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR HOUSE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR HOUSE.
SO WE'LL GIVE IT ALL TO WHATEVER IT IS.
AND THE REASON YOU WANT TO, I SAY 2 8, 10 BC THAT'S THE SIZE OF THIS.
YOU JUST DON'T WANT A REALLY BIG ONE.
'CAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, THIS ONE WEIGHS EIGHT POUNDS.
I'VE BEEN IN SOME OF THESE, THE SENIOR LIVING CENTERS, THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THERE'S WEIGH 30 POUNDS.
WELL, YOU WANT TO PICK UP A 30 POUND EXTINGUISHER AND TRY TO WRESTLE WITH IT TO PUT IT OUT.
YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA DO THAT.
NOW, THE MAJORITY OF THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S YOUR 95-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER, I DON'T EVEN WANT HER MESSING WITH THESE EXTINGUISHERS.
GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, GET OUT OF THE BUILDING.
BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S ANY, OH, YOU CAN GO TO LOWE'S, HOME DEPOT, WALMART, YOU CAN GET ON AMAZON.
THESE THINGS COST F*****G BETWEEN 30 $50.
30 50 IN SOME OF THE PLACES, LIKE, UH, SAM'S AND COSTCO WAS SELLING 'EM IN A TWO PACK.
STAY AWAY FROM THE FIRE BLANKETS.
YOU SEEN THOSE COMMERCIALS? THEY LOOK GOOD.
UM, NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION DOES NOT RECOMMEND THEM BECAUSE YOU HAD TO GET TOO CLOSE TO THE FIRE TO THROW 'EM ON TOP.
ALSO, I SAW SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY I SENT TO PHILLIP.
IT'S A NEW ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE A ROAD FLARE AND YOU JUST HOLD IT ABOVE IT AND THE SMOKE PUTS THE FIRE OUT.
IT LOOKS GREAT ON THE COMMERCIALS.
HAVEN'T TESTED ON, BUT THOSE THINGS COST $95.
I'M GONNA GO BUY THREE OF THESE OR WHATEVER.
WHAT? CAN YOU STICK MY HAND OUT OVER THE FIRE? YEAH.
AND YOU HAVE TO GET CLOSE TO THE FIRE.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO COME AND USE OUR LITTLE EXTINGUISHER? COME ON, LISA.
WHEN YOU WERE, WHEN YOU WERE SPRAYING, NOTHING LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING OUT.
THIS IS NOT A REAL, BUT IT STILL WOULD BE THAT WHITE FOAMY.
POWDERY NOT, IT WOULD BE THAT NASTY WHITE YELLOW POWDER.
AND IS THAT POWDER SAFE? THE POWDER IS, I WOULDN'T EAT IT.
I DON'T WHEN YOU HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP.
WHEN YOU CLEAN IT UP, IT'S RIGHT.
IT'S NOT ANY MEDICAL, ANY RESPIRATORY IT.
WHEN YOU BREATHE IT IN IT TO MEAT, IT TASTES LIKE YOU JUST ATE A TENNIS SHOES.
SO YOU SHOULD WEAR, YOU REALLY DON'T WANNA BREATHE IT.
IF YOU'RE GONNA CLEAN IT UP, YES.
IF YOU'RE GONNA CLEAN IT UP, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, IT BECOME VERY, SO IT'S OKAY ON YOUR, OH, BELIEVE ME, I, OKAY, SO SHE'S GONNA STAND ABOUT SIX FEET AWAY.
HUH? HEAVIER THAN YOU THOUGHT.
WHY AM I GOING OUT? BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT.
SO YOU STAY YOUR SIX FEET AND YOU GO UP AS IT GOES OUT.
I DON'T GO UP, DON'T ANYMORE PRACTICE BECAUSE THIS IS PRESSURIZED AND IT CAN BE BLOWING SOME FIRE OUT.
THAT'S WHY YOU STAY SIX FEET AWAY.
YOU GOT YOUR CLOTHES, AIN'T YOU? YES.
BUT BURN EYEBROWS, I'M NO FIREFIGHTER.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE BURN YOUR EYEBROWS?
GET YOUR FEET, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN SHE THREW THE PEN.
WELL I WANT TO THANK YOU MR. CU COME.
THE ONE THING I ASK IS JUST TRY TO BE SAFE IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
ALRIGHT? THE FIRE SAFETY IS THE UTMOST CONCERN.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT A FEW YEARS AGO, HARTFORD INSURANCE, THEY PUT OUT A LIST OF THE TOP 150 CITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL FIRES.
AND WHEN I FIRST GOT PUT IN THIS POSITION, WE WERE AT NUMBER 32.
WE WERE HEAD OF LOS ANGELES IN A LOT OF PLACES.
SO WE WERE NUMBER 32 FOR RESIDENTIAL FIRES.
NOW, I, I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THEY GET THOSE NUMBERS, BUT THEY DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND LAST YEAR WE WERE NUMBER ONE 50.
SO WE'RE SLOWLY COMING OUT OF THAT.
BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SO IS EVERYBODY, DO YOU FEEL NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER IF YOU HAD TO USE IT? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
WHAT'S THE STATS ON FAR AND, UH, GARLAND? OH, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.
YOU MEAN HOW MANY DO WE HAVE A DAY OR MONTH? WELL, UH, CAN YOU LOOK UP THE LAST YEAH.
ON THE LOOK UP THAT LAST NEWSLETTER,
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I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY FIRE CALLS WE HAD IN A MONTH.SO WHILE HE'S LOOKING THAT UP, UM, WE, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU BACK AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR.
SO IF, IF YOU WANNA EMAIL ME, YOU CAN.
I MEAN, NEXT YEAR'S WIDE OPEN.
IF YOU WANNA PICK YOUR MONTHS, EMAIL ME.
WELL, I WAS TRYING TO COME TO ALL THE MEETINGS AND I APOLOGIZE.
AND USUALLY WE UNDERSTAND TALK.
I'M ALREADY AT THE SCHOOL OR BUSINESS DOING SOMETHING.
I TAUGHT 600 CAFETERIA WORKERS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YESTERDAY, HOW TO EXTINGUISH.
AND THEN I TRY TO STAY REAL BUSY AND THAT'S ONE REASON PHILLIP'S GONNA STAY BUSY WHEN HE GETS IN.
SO IF YOU JUST EMAIL ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'LL PENCIL YOU IN.
YOU AND PHILIP LOOK LIKE THAT.
ACTUALLY I HAD OR CALLED MADE.
WELL IT SHOULD SAY HOW MANY FIRE CALLS.
I KNOW I SAID IT WAS ONE LAST, BUT THIS ONE REALLY IS ARE CALLS.
HOW MANY? WE USUALLY AVERAGE BETWEEN 2500 3500 CALLS A MONTH.
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? LAST MONTH? YEAH, TOTAL.
LET'S SEE, UM, TOTAL INCIDENTS.
WE TRANSPORTED 1,075, UM, 32 FIRE CALLS, 49 HAZMAT CALLS 324 FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND FALSE ALARMS. 116.
SO NO FATALITY OF, OF A BUILDING ON FIRE.
OBSTRUCTION ON FIRE, CALL ON FIRE.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN FIRED.
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG FIRE THIS SUMMER.
ANY FATALITIES FROM FIRES? UH, THAT I DON'T KNOW.
WE'VE HAD ANY FATALITY FIRE THIS MONTH THAT, I DUNNO.
AND LAST ONE, I HAVEN'T HEARD 'EM SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THATAM.
ARE THEY BUILDING A FIRE STATION BETWEEN AVENUE B AND D? YES MA'AM, THEY ARE.
I JUST WANTED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE RUMOR IS, FIRE STATION, WHICH IS NOW DOWN ON AUSTIN STREET.
ALL THAT LAND THAT THEY, IT'S GONNA BE BIG, HUGE RIGHT DOWN HERE BY ME, SHAQ.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU JERRY.
AMADOR USED TO BE ONE OF THOSE.
OH, THAT'S WHY YOU MADE, SO THAT'S WHY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT I WASN'T GONNA SAY IT.
WELL, WHILE THEY'RE, WHILE THEY ARE PACKING UP AND BEFORE, UH, GARY COMES UP FOR THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, 1970, I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR DISTRICT THREE SPACE FILLED.
SHE'S GONNA BE APPOINTED, UM, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 19TH.
AND HER NAME IS TONY MONTGOMERY.
SHE'S ACTIVE AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND SHE'S REALLY NICE LADY.
SO I THINK THE, THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE HER ON OUR COMMISSION.
WHAT WAS HER FIRST NAME AGAIN? TONY.
FOR A LITTLE BIT, FOR, FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES ANYWAY.
SO ITEM B ON, UH, OUR AGENDA FOR, UM, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
IS THAT YOUR TITLE? I THINK IT IS.
THE MATERIAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
AND HE IS GOING TO TELL US HOW, UM, THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT SPENDS OUR MONEY.
THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING.
SO CAROL AND I WORKED TOGETHER FOR, FOR QUITE A TIME.
SO SHE WAS, UH, MY PREDECESSOR AND TAUGHT ME WELL.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAPPENED.
IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
ALRIGHT, LIKE CAROL SAID, I'M GARY HOLCOMB, UH, DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 28 YEARS.
UH, CAROL HIRED ME AS A BUYER A LONG TIME AGO, AND I WENT OUT TO THE WAREHOUSE, BE THE WAREHOUSE MANAGER FOR A WHILE.
THEN CAROL DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED TO RETIRE, AND, UH, SHE DID.
AND SO I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO, TO STEP INTO HER POSITION, FIT THE BUILDERS SHOES.
SHE, UH, SET THE BAR VERY HIGH.
BUT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, TO CARRY ON AND AS BEST AS
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WE CAN, A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN OUR, IN OUR BUSINESS.WE'RE KIND OF PROFESSIONAL SHOPPERS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.
YOU KNOW, WE BUY EVERYTHING FROM FIRE TRUCKS TO, UH, CONTRACTORS FOR THE, THE SINGER CENTER.
AND, UH, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT TAKES TO RUN THE CITY, INCLUDING CAR POWER AND LIGHT, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, BUY FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE TO RUN A CITY OR BUILD A FIRE STATION, UH, THAT COMES THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE, THE PURCHASING ASPECT AND THEN THE CONTRACTING ASPECT.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP PROCUREMENT.
WE USED TO CALL IT PURCHASING, BUT, UH, PROCUREMENT IS, UH, THE PURCHASING AND THE CONTRACTING PIECE AND ALL THAT GOES INTO THAT.
AND IT SOUNDS MORE IMPORTANT TOO.
SO, UH, WE ARE CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
SO EVERYTHING THAT'S OVER $3,000 COMES THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE ARE A HIGHLY REGULATED, UH, INDUSTRY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STATE LAWS WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY, AND IT DOES KIND OF SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS, BUT THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.
YOU KNOW, WE GET A A CHANCE TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS THROUGH OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET STEWARDS OF THE TAX DOLLARS AND THE RATE PAYERS DOLLARS AND GET THEM THE BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE PROCURE.
UH, AGAIN, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, SO ANY CONTRACTING ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, THROUGH US WE DRAFT THE CONTRACTS, WE ROUTE THE CONTRACTS, WE EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS, AND THEN WE MAINTAIN THE CONTRACTS EVEN FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT.
IF WE HAVE TO, UH, TERMINATE A CONTRACT OR SEND A CURE NOTICE, WE MANAGE THAT, THOSE ACTIVITIES AS WELL.
UH, INVESTMENT RECOVERY, THAT'S A FANCY WORD FOR SAYING AUCTIONS.
UH, IT'S A PUBLIC SURPLUS.COM.
IT'S AN ONLINE AUCTION, AND WE SELL A LOT OF SURPLUS MATERIAL.
BUT THE, OUR BIGGEST REVENUE GENERATOR IS THE FLEET AUCTION.
UH, WE SELL A LOT OF FLEET EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A MONTHLY IMPOUND AUCTION.
SO ALL THE CARS THAT WE IMPOUND OVER THE COURSE OF THE TIME, UH, ONCE THEY'RE, UH, PROPERLY PROCESSED, WE CAN PUT THOSE ON THE INTERNET AUCTION.
AND WE SELL A LOT OF CARS EVERY MONTH.
AND THOSE GO FROM ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, THREE OR 400 BUCKS BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BURNED OUT, WRECKED OUT, CLAPPED OUT.
BUT WE GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE FROM THAT.
DO YOU HAVE LIVE AUCTIONS ANYMORE? NO, WE DON'T DO LIVE AUCTIONS ANYMORE.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG PRODUCTION TO TRY TO GET EVERYONE ON SITE AND REALLY SUCH A, A, A BROADER TARGET AUDIENCE.
IF YOU'RE DOING ONLINE AUCTIONS.
UH, WE GET A LOT OF OUT-OF-STATE BUYERS.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE A, A MUCH BROADER AUDIENCE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A VERY ROBUST, UH, P CARD PROGRAM THAT'S, UH, A CITY ISSUED CREDIT CARD.
SO, UH, ANY CITY EMPLOYEE WHO'S FULL-TIME, WHO HAS A DEMONSTRATED NEED FOR A A CITI CREDIT CARD, UH, CAN APPLY FOR ONE OF THOSE AND GET THAT, UH, IS HIGHLY, YOU KNOW, UH, EFFICIENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE BUYING THROUGH AMAZON.COM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S MUCH EASIER JUST TO PAY WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD INSTEAD OF A PURCHASE ORDER AND A REQUISITION AND EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S A MUCH, MUCH, UH, FASTER PROCESS.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY FOR PURCHASES, THEY'RE LESS THAN $3,000.
SO ANYTHING MORE THAN 3000, WE STILL LIKE TO HAVE THE OVERSIGHT FOR THOSE PURCHASES.
UH, WE SPENT, UH, 344 MILLION LAST YEAR THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE MANAGED, UH, ALMOST 6 MILLION IN CONTRACTS.
UH, UH, ONE THING IS COST SAVINGS.
SO WHAT WE DO ON COST SAVINGS IS WE'LL TAKE THE LOW BID AND THE SECOND LOW BID, AND WE'LL KIND OF COMPARE THOSE TWO.
AND IN THEORY, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T BID IT OUT, YOU COULD HAVE EASILY GONE TO THE SECOND LOW BID, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO WE LOOK AT THE FIRST AND SECOND LOW BID, AND WE CONSIDER THE DIFFERENCES OF COST SAVINGS.
AND IT'S A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.
UH, SOME AGENCIES, THEY TAKE THE LOW BID AND THE HIGH BID AND THEY COMPARE THAT.
SOME AGENCIES, THEY'LL DO AN AGGREGATE OF EVERY BID EXCEPT FOR THE LOW BID AND COMPARE THAT.
SO OUR COST SAVINGS IS ACTUALLY VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.
UH, I MET THE AUCTIONS, WE MADE ALMOST 2 MILLION LAST YEAR.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT OF JUNK CARS.
UH, IN PCARD, WE SPENT 9 MILLION ON THE PCARD PROGRAM LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S BENEFICIAL TOO, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GET A REBATE FROM A JP MORGAN CHASE.
THAT REBATE GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF WHERE WE NEEDED THE MOST.
AND SO NOT ONLY IS IT EFFICIENT, BUT WE GET, GET MONEY BACK FOR THAT AND, UH, ON A HUB EXPENDITURE.
SO WHAT A HUB IS, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT JUST BRIEFLY.
UH, WE SPENT 34 MILLION WITH HUB VENDORS LAST YEAR.
YOU MAY BE ASKING WHAT A, WHAT A HUB VENDOR IS.
AND SO A HUB VENDOR IS, UH, HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS AND THE STATE, UM, JUST CALL IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES OR SMALL WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
BUT THE, UH, THE STATE CLASSIFY THAT AS A 51% IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A, A, UH, A BLACK AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC AMERICAN, UH, AMERICAN WOMAN OR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN.
AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE HUBS, HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES AS FAR AS OUR BID REQUIREMENTS.
SO ANYTHING LESS THAN 3000, UH, THE DEPARTMENT'S GONNA, AGAIN, PUT THAT ON THEIR P CARD OR THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY.
YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, TO GET BIDS FOR THOSE.
UH, BUT THE STATE DOES REQUIRE ON BIDS BETWEEN 3000 AND 50,000, WE HAVE TO CONTACT AT LEAST TWO OF THE HUBS FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S HUB LIST THAT'S IN STATE LAW.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THAT WE CENTRALIZE OVER 3000 IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT
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WE'RE, UH, MEETING THE STATE HUB REQUIREMENTS AND FORMAL BIDS.ANYTHING OVER 50,000, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO ADVERTISE IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR TWO WEEKS.
SO WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE THAT THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER.
WE HAVE A ONLINE BIDDING SYSTEM, IT'S CALLED ION WAVE.
AND SO IT'S A VERY SECURE BIDDING SYSTEM.
PEOPLE CAN GO ON AND BID ELECTRONICALLY.
THE BIDS ARE SEALED UNTIL WE OPEN THEM AT THE DETERMINED, UH, TIME AND DATE.
AND, UM, IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT WAY TO GET THINGS IN.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE COMING UP HERE AT THREE O'CLOCK ON THE BID CLOSING.
THEY GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC, THEY GET STUCK ON THE ELEVATOR, THEIR BIDS ARE LATE, THEY'RE DISQUALIFIED.
AND SO ALTERNATELY THEY CAN JUST, CAN JUST SUBMIT ONLINE AND THEY CAN GET IT IN ON TIME THAT WAY.
NOW, SEPTEMBER THE FIRST, UH, INSTEAD OF 50,000, IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND BECAUSE THEY PASSED THAT IN THE RECENT LEGISLATION.
SO, UH, THAT'S GONNA GO UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHICH SHOULD HELP US QUITE A BIT.
SO IT WILL SHORTEN THE CYCLE TIME AND BE ABLE TO TURN THESE BIDS AROUND A LOT QUICKER.
'CAUSE WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING, THE LONGER IT TAKES TO WAR TO BID, UH, YOU START GETTING, YOU KNOW, SURCHARGES AND, YOU KNOW, CHANGE ORDERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THE QUICKER WE CAN TURN THAT CYCLE TIME AROUND THE, THE BETTER USE OF, OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS.
UH, AGAIN, THE HUBS, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT SLIDE HAD BEEN OUT OF PLACE THERE.
EVERYBODY JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT.
THAT IS, UH, DEFINED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND UM, ALTHOUGH THE, THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE TO CONTACT AT LEAST TWO HUBS FOR OVER $3,000, WE ONLY HAVE TO CONTACT THEM UP TO $50,000.
BUT WHAT WE DO IN OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS SOMETHING THAT CAROL PUT IN PLACE WHEN SHE WAS HERE, IS THAT WE CONTACT EVERY HUB THAT IS ON THE HUB B LIST FOR THAT CATEGORY.
UH, AND IT HAS TO BE IN DALLAS COUNTY.
SO WE DON'T CONTACT JUST THE TWO MINIMUM.
WE CONTACT EVERY HUB THAT IS UNDER THAT CATEGORY.
AND WE ALSO DON'T STOP AT THE $50,000 LEVEL.
SO ANYTHING OVER 3000, THEY WILL GET AN EMAIL FROM THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE BUYING THIS GOOD OR THE SERVICE, HERE'S A, HERE'S A LINK TO THE BID.
OR IN SOME CASES, IF IT'S LESS THAN 50, THEY CAN EMAIL THEIR BID TO US TO MAKE IT EVEN EASIER.
NOW, HOW DO WE AWARD THINGS? UH, THERE'S THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIVE BID.
UH, IT IS NOT JUST STRAIGHT LOW BID BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOTORIOUS FOR BUYING THE CHEAPEST STUFF HE COULD.
AND WE GET POOR QUALITY AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY LOW BID ANYMORE.
SO WHAT IS A RESPONSIVE BID OR RESPONSIVE MEANS THAT, UM, THAT YOU SUBMITTED ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, UH, YOU, YOU MET ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS, AND THAT MEANS THAT YOUR BID IS RESPONSIVE.
YOU CHECKED ALL THE BOXES AND YOU TURNED IN A RESPONSIVE BID.
NOW, NOW WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBLE MEANS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THE BID.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF, UH, IF YOU'RE BIDDING AN ALLEY PAVING AND YOU'RE ONLY EXPERIENCE IS PAINTING HOUSES, BUT YOU, YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO DO ALLEY PAVING, WELL YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT RESPONSIBLE 'CAUSE YOU DON'T, UH, YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT WORK BEFORE.
SO YOU WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE AT THAT POINT.
YOU HAVE TO BE BOTH YES, RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER THING WE CALL BEST VALUE.
SO BEST VALUE WILL ACTUALLY TELL THE BIDDERS THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
WE WANNA LOOK AT YOUR PRICE, UH, YOUR EXPERIENCE, UH, MAYBE YOUR PROJECT DELIVERY, UH, MAYBE YOUR, UH, YOUR PROJECT CLOSEOUT AND WARRANTY HISTORY.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO, UH, PUT A SCORE TO THAT, THE EVALUATION CRITERIA.
AND WE ACTUALLY SIGN EACH CATEGORY POINTS.
AND IT USUALLY EQUALS A HUNDRED.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO, IT'S NOT A MAGIC NUMBER, BUT PRICES USUALLY AT LEAST 50 POINTS AND MAYBE EXPERIENCES 30 POINTS, MAYBE YOUR, YOUR ORG CHART MAY BE 10 POINTS.
AND WE LOOK AT THE SAFETY RECORD, UH, FOR A SAFETY SENSITIVE TYPES OF JOBS.
SO IN THAT INSTANCE, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
IT COULD GO TO A HIGHER BIDDER, BUT THE OTHER CATEGORIES, THEY, THEY BEAT OUT THE OTHER, UH, RESPONDENTS.
AND SO THEY GET, GET THE HIGHEST SCORES WITH THE BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY.
KINDA LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS ARE BUYING A CAR FOR YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BUY A CHEAPER CAR, BUT YOU GONNA LOOK AT THE, UH, AT THE, THE WARRANTY, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE SERVICE RECORD, LOOK AT THE REPUTATION OF THE, THE
WE KIND DO THE SAME THING FOR THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENTS.
THERE ARE OCCASIONALLY SOLE SOURCE.
IF WE'RE BUYING A, A, A TURBINE FOR A POWER PLANT, THEN GE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MAKES THE TURBINE.
AND THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A SOLE SOURCE THAT MAY HAVE PATENTS ON THAT THING.
SO WE CAN'T BUY IT ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE DO HAVE TO BUY FROM A SOLE SOURCE VENDOR.
UH, EMERGENCIES IF, UH, IF A, A STORM COMES THROUGH AND UNFORTUNATELY THINGS HAPPENING QUITE A BIT HERE IN GARLAND, BUT FOR, UH, LIKE STORM, UM, RESTORATION, UH, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADVERTISE THAT FOR TWO WEEKS AND OPEN BIDS AND TAKE THAT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR REWARD.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL A VENDOR, GET THEM MOBILIZED AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE AND REMEDY THE SITUATION SO WE CAN PROTECT THE, THE PROPERTY AND THE CITIZENS INVOLVED.
HOW MANY ARE ON THAT LIST OF THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION? DO USUALLY HAVE THREE OR FOUR THAT HAVE BEEN SORT OF VETTED? UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE THAN THAT.
WE HAVE, UH, STANDING CONTRACTS WITH, UH, WITH MULTIPLE VENDORS.
WE HAVE ONE FOR, UH, FOR HAZMAT CLEANUP.
WE HAVE SOME FOR US, UH, EMERGENCY STORM RESTORATION.
AND SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT CONTRACTS FOR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
SO YOU HAVE GOOD HISTORY WITH THEM? YES, MA'AM.
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AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE USE, IT'S CALLED COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.AND WHAT THIS DO IS A, A GROUP WILL GO IN AND, AND BID A CONTRACT, UH, ON BEHALF OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
AND THEY FOLLOW THE SAME RULES.
THEY DO, THEY ADVERTISE IT IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS.
UH, THEY, THEY MEET THE HUB REQUIREMENTS AND THEY WILL BID THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
AND SO ONCE THEY'VE DONE THAT, THEN WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE CONTRACTS.
SOME OF 'EM ARE FOR GOOD, SOME OF 'EM FOR SERVICES, BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE BUY ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS.
AND WHETHER THAT DOES FOR US, AGAIN, THE BENEFIT IS THAT SHORTENS THE CYCLE TIME AND PROCUREMENT SO WE CAN GET THE THINGS BOUGHT AND GET THINGS DELIVERED AND, AND PUT 'EM ON THE GROUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEREFORE, A WHILE WE WERE BIDDING OUT CARS BY THE TIME THE BID CLOSED, THE CAR'S NO LONGER ON THE LOT.
AND SO THAT'S ONE REASON THEY, UH, AGREED TO INCREASE THE, THE BID LIMIT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS WAS THAT WE CAN'T REACT FAST ENOUGH TO GET THESE THINGS, UH, THAT WE NEED TO RUN OUR CITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JOE PUBLIC CAN GO OUT THERE AND BUY IT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISING FOR TWO WEEKS AND TAKING IT TO THEIR GOVERNING BODY.
SO WE WANTED TO SHORTEN THAT CYCLE TIME AND TRY TO GET, GET THINGS, UH, PURCHASED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GET THOSE DEPLOYED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S TYPICALLY RESERVED FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIKE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS.
UH, IN FACT, THE STATE SAYS WE CANNOT CONSIDER PRICE WHEN WE'RE AWARDING THOSE CONTRACTS.
IT MUST BE AWARDED BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS.
UH, IN THAT, UH, SCENARIO WE JUST ASK FOR A QUALIFICATION STATEMENT, LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS SPECIFIC TO, TO THIS PROJECT.
AND, UH, ONCE WE PICK THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED FIRM, WE TRY TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE.
AND IF WE CAN'T NEGOTIATE A FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE, WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT FIRM.
SO JUST 'CAUSE IT'S NOT BASED ON PRICE, IT STILL HAS TO BE FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE AND CHANGE ORDERS IS, UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BY THE TIME YOU ORDER THE CONTRACTS, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED, SITUATIONS HAVE CHANGED, PRICES HAVE CHANGED.
UH, BUT WE RARELY ALLOW CHANGE ORDERS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF A PRICE INCREASE UNLESS THERE'S BEEN A, A DELAY ON OUR PART THAT WE'VE CREATED THIS, THIS SITUATION CHANGE ORDERS.
TYPICALLY THEY'VE GONE OUT THERE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DIGGING THROUGH THROUGH DIRT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN SHOWED, BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'VE HIT ROCKS, THEY HAVE TO DIG THROUGH A LOT OF ROCKS THEY DIDN'T PLAN ON.
SO IT'S MORE RESOURCES, MORE TIME.
SO WE MIGHT ALLOW A CHANGE ORDER IN THAT INSTANCE, BUT IT'S NOT A FREE MONEY FOR THE, THE, THE CONTRACTOR.
THEY HAVE TO COME TO US AND WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S ABOVE BOARD AND CO STATUS.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET THOSE UNFORESEEN? UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT HAPPENS MORE, MORE THAN, THAN, THAN YOU WOULD THINK, BUT PROBABLY A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH, HONESTLY, IF I'M BEING HONEST, A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH I FIGURED GOOD.
BUT THESE ARE BIG PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, MULTI, SOME OF THESE ARE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS AND THERE ARE JUST A LOT OF UNFORESEENS.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIGHLY ENGINEERED BEFORE WE PUT THEM OUT FOR BIDS.
SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT ONCE YOU GET OUT THERE IN THE FIELD AND START UNCOVERING THINGS, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, NEED NEW THINGS COME TO LIFE THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED.
DOES GARLAND, OH, DOES GARLAND VERY OFTEN, UM, HAVE A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE BETWEEN A MAJOR FIRM AND A HUB? DO WE HAVE WHAT AGAIN? JUST A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE, A CONTRACT WHERE THEY WORK TOGETHER, THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
WELL, YEAH, WE, UM, IT DOES OCCUR JUST NATURALLY.
'CAUSE THEY, THE CONTRACTORS USE QUITE A FEW SUBCONTRACTORS SO THAT THE HUB BECOMES THE SUB.
AND SO THAT IS A COMMON SCENARIO, SO IT'S NOT A PARTNER.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A CHANGE ORDER APPROVED? UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT.
UH, CERTAIN CHANGE ORDERS, UH, REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
IF IT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT HAS GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND IN THAT CASE, YOU KNOW, THEY ONLY MEET ON THE FIRST AND THIRD, UH, TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH.
SO IT COULD, YOU KNOW, DELAY IT BY, YOU KNOW, TWO TO FOUR WEEKS.
BUT THE PROJECTS IS TYPICALLY STILL GOING ON.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO SHUT THEM DOWN AND, AND THEY STOP WORKING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE WORK CONTINUE, THEN WE WILL TAKE THAT CITY COUNCIL IF IT RAISES TO THAT, TO THAT LEVEL.
BUT A LOT OF THE CHANGE ORDERS ARE MADE IN THE FIELD.
WE HAVE A, AN INSPECTOR OUT THERE AND HE'LL LOOK AT THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HE'LL APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER AND THEY'LL COME BACK IN AND SEND US A REQUISITION TO UPDATE THE PURCHASE ORDER IN THE CONTRACT.
DOES A THIRD PARTY VET THE MOST QUALIFIED AND THE HUBS? UH, SO AS FAR AS THE HUBS, AS FAR AS VETTING, UH, THE, THE STATE COMPTROLLER QUALIFIES HUBS.
THERE'S THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY INTERVIEW THE, THE BUSINESS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE A QUALIFIED HUB.
HOPE THEY GO A LITTLE BEYOND THE INTERVIEW.
AND AS FAR AS THE INTERNALLY, AS FAR AS VETTING THE CONTRACTORS, UH, WE HAVE LIKE A TEAM THAT'LL DO SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
IT'S TYPICALLY THE, THE DEPARTMENT LEADS.
IT'S GONNA BE THE PROJECT MANAGER, BE SOMEONE FROM PROCUREMENT.
AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE LIKE THE OUTSIDE, UH, DESIGN FIRMS WILL COME IN AND HELP EVALUATE TOO.
SO WE HAVE LIKE A CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM, THEY'LL QUALIFY THE VENDORS.
THE, THE HUB PROCESS AT THE STATE IS VERY, VERY ROBUST.
THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK TO FILL OUT.
THEY CHECK A LOT OF FINANCIALS.
THEY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, WE, WE'VE, WE VETTED THE STATE
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AT THE TIME.WE CHOSE THAT AND DECIDED THAT THEIR PROCESS WAS ROBUST ENOUGH TO TRUST IT.
'CAUSE THERE, THERE WAS A TIME, 'CAUSE I, I USED TO WORK FOR TECH OP BEFORE THIS AND THERE WAS A BIG PUSH TO, TO EXPAND THE, THE, THE HUB BASE.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WE WERE DOING BUSINESS WITH OVERNIGHT, THEY BECAME WOMAN OWNED BUSINESSES.
AND WELL, HOW DO THEY DO THAT? WELL, THEY, THEY PUT 51% OF THEIR WISES NAMES.
SO WHAT THE STATE DOES ACTUALLY GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, UH, AN ACTIVE, UH, MEMBER IN THE BUSINESS.
YOU CAN'T BE A A NAME MEMBER IN NAME ONLY.
YOU HAVE TO BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS.
SO YOU CAN'T JUST PUT IT IN YOUR WIFE'S NAME OR, OR YOUR FRIEND'S NAME AND, AND, AND CALL IT GOOD.
SO THEY DO GO OUT THERE AND INVENT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS FAIR IN A BILLBOARD AS, AS THEY SHOULD.
SO, SO A LOT OF TIMES THE CATCH IS AS THAT THE HUBS CAN'T CARRY UNPAID BILLS OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
LIKE A MAJOR FIRM WOULD BE ABLE TO.
SO THERE'S SOMETIMES THAT'S ONE OF THE DISADVANTAGES OR THE CHALLENGE? WELL, IT'S PART OF THE RESPONSIBLE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE FINANCIAL CAPACITY.
I KNOW TIME, EVERYBODY GETS PAID.
IT COULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS, EIGHT OR 10 MONTHS BEFORE SOME CONTRACTORS THAT CAN GET PAID.
AND, AND UN UNFORTUNATELY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOTORIOUS FOR NOT PAYING TIMELY
THIS IS THE, SO THE HUBS CAN'T HANDLE, CAN'T BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT STUFF.
IT'S NOT OF STUFF TO GO THROUGH.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, YEAH, TO YOUR POINT, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST CAN'T FLOAT THAT YEAH.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR SUBS, THEY HAVE TO PAY AND RIGHT.
AND, UM, SO WHAT WE DO ON, IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, ON LARGER PROJECTS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, WE HAVE A, IT'S CALLED A PERFORMANCE BOND.
AND THESE ARE, ARE KIND OF GUARANTEES BY THE SURETY THAT THE PERFORMANCE BOND SAYS THAT IF THE VENDOR DEFAULTS THAT THIS, UH, COMPANY WILL COME IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK GETS COMPLETED.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL HIRE ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
BUT ON THE PAYMENT BOND, WHAT THAT DOES THAT ENSURES THAT THE SUBCONTRACTORS GET PAID.
SO IF SUBCONTRACTORS AREN'T GETTING PAID, THEN THEY CAN GO BACK TO THAT SURETY AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN INSURANCE POLICY.
UH, THEN WE'LL COME BACK ON THE CITY BECAUSE OUR CONTRACT ISN'T WITH THE SUBS, BUT THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO THAT SURETY AND MAKE SURE THROUGH THAT PAYMENT BOND THAT THE SUBSTITUTE GET PAID.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING EARLIER ABOUT THAT CONVENIENCE OF THAT CONVENIENT PARTNERSHIP WHERE A MAJOR GOES WITH THE HUBS.
A MAJOR CAN HANDLE THAT, UH, FLOATING.
THE HUB WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, BUT THEY WOULD STILL BE MENTORED.
AND, UH, SOME, SOME ORGANIZATIONS BUT LARGER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ACTUAL, LIKE MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS IN PLACE.
UH, SOME LARGER CITIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LIKE WHOLE DEPARTMENTS THAT ONLY DO THAT.
THEY ONLY, YOU KNOW, DO THE HUB OUTREACH AND THEY DO THE, THE MENTORSHIP AND EVERYTHING.
AND THE CITY OF OUR SIZE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE, THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, AGAIN, WE SEE THE STATE REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INCLUDING HUBS AND EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS.
SO I KNOW THE DALLAS DOES, DID THEY DO THAT OFTEN? DID THEY STOPPED AS OF THIS MORNING.
THEY DID THAT FOR YOU NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA, I WAS READING A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO ABOUT THE LAW.
THE TWO 50 LAW THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO YEAH.
BUT THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE, HOW DO THEY TERM THAT? THEY'RE PUTTING A PAUSE ON ALL THEIR DEI PROGRAMS, WHICH THAT, THIS IS, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WASN'T A MENTORSHIP IN DALLAS COUNTY WHEN I WAS WORKING FACILITIES THERE, IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP, MORE OR LESS.
SO WE DIDN'T CALL IT MENTORING OR ANYTHING.
I JUST USED THAT WORD THIS MORNING.
DOES THE CITY HAVE A PERFORMANCE BOND ON 5 0 5 CENTERVILLE? UH, IF IT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE DO.
AND I'M SURE IT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT'S THAT SILVER LEASE NURSING HOME THAT HASN'T BEEN TORN DOWN.
'CAUSE OF THE ASBESTOS AND THE INABILITY.
OF THE DIDN'T TURN ON DEVELOPER TO GO IN AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT HAD ASBESTOS IN IT.
SUPPOSEDLY THE EPA IS RIGHT NOW INVOLVED AND WELL, LET'S JUST SPEED THINGS UP.
NO, BUT IF IT'S A DEVELOPER, THE CITY SEAL WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WELL, THE CITY, THAT PROJECT IS SUPPOSEDLY OUR CODE IS CHARGING THEM A THOUSAND BUCKS A DAY FOR DEFAULT THOUSAND.
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TAKING DOWN ONE BOARD AT A TIME.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH PROJECT ONE.
IF THE DEVELOPER BOUGHT THE LAND AND IS, IS DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE DEVELOPER TO DO THAT.
THEIR PROBLEM DON'T, AND CODES ANOTHER QUESTION.
DO WE NOW HAVE, UH, PICKUP TRUCKS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? THAT WOULD BE PRO PROCUREMENT.
DO WE? YEAH, THEY, I KNOW WE HAVE TAHOES.
UM, THEY MAY HAVE, WELL, THE TAHOES HAVE BEEN, THEY HAVE PICKUPS FOR, FOR YEARS.
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PUT TRAILER, THEY GOT LIKE TWO THREE.AND SO FOR, UH, ANYTHING OVER $250,000 GOES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
THEY, THEY MEET ON THE, THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY TYPICALLY.
AND, UH, CERTAIN CHANGE ORDERS, IF IT'S, IF IT'S OVER $50,000 FOR JUST SAY, GOODS AND SERVICES CONTRACT THAT REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, OR FOR A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT, IT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT REQUIRES THEIR APPROVAL AS WELL.
AND THESE GO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND SO THERE'S USUALLY SOME DISCUSSION AT THE WORK SESSION, BUT THEY GO ON THE AGENDA.
AND I TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT APPROVAL CATEGORIES.
SEE AT THE TOP THERE, WE DO A LOT OF THE, UH, COOPERATIVE AND EMPIRIC PROCUREMENT.
UH, WE DO A LOT OF BEST VALUE.
UH, WE DO SOME STRAIGHT LOW BID, UH, MOST QUALIFIED.
THAT'LL BE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THEN LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID AND ROUNDING IT OUT WOULD BE THE SOLE SOURCE.
SO WE DON'T DO A LOT OF SOLE SOURCE.
AND WE DO VERY FEW, UH, TRUE EMERGENCIES.
SO THAT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE THE CUT AS FAR AS OUR TOP CATEGORIES APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
AND AGAIN, WE SERVE THE WHOLE CITY.
SO GROWING POWER LIGHT, THAT'S OUR, OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMER THERE.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF IT PROJECTS.
UH, STREET DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUSY.
THEY'LL PROBABLY GO UP NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE, THE BOND INITIATIVES, UH, SANITATION, A LOT OF PROCUREMENT FOR THEM.
PMO WITH THAT IS, IS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
SO THAT'S THE, THE FIRE STATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT NUMBER WAS, UH, MUCH BIGGER BACK AFTER THE PREVIOUS BOND PROGRAM.
'CAUSE WE DID A LOT OF BUILDING FOR THOSE GUYS.
THEY ROUNDING THAT OUT AS ENGINEERING.
AND THAT'S KIND OF JUST IN A NUTSHELL.
I DIDN'T WANNA GET REALLY DEEP INTO, UH, PROCUREMENT THEORY OR ANYTHING.
BUT BEFORE I, BEFORE I CLOSED A PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR MORE QUESTIONS.
FOR OUR PCARDS, WILL WE EVER SEE A INCREASE OF $3,000 THAT WE COULD SPEND? DO YOU SEE THAT COMING IN NEAR FUTURE? UH, THE, THE ONLY, THE ONLY WAY THEY WOULD COME IS IF THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THE, THE HUB LIMIT SO THAT IT MIRRORS THE HUB LIMIT.
SO AGAIN, THE STATE LAW SAYS IF IT'S 3000 OR MORE, WE HAVE TO CONTACT THE HUBS.
AND, UH, NOT THAT WE DON'T JUDGE TO DO THAT, BUT, BUT WE DON'T, IF YOUR PRE PARTY IS CAPPED AT 3000, THEN THE HUB REQUIREMENT DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU GUYS.
AND, UH, SO, BUT SAVE NEXT YEAR, IF THEY INCREASE THE, THE HUB LIMIT TO 5,000, UH, THEN, THEN I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR INCREASING THE PR LIMITS TO 5,000.
AGAIN, THAT'S ONLY TWO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THOSE, THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THERE WAS LEGISLATION, THERE WAS A BILL FILE TO, TO, UM, CANCEL THAT REQUIREMENT, THAT STATE REQUIREMENT FOR THE HUBS FOR 3000 PLUS, BUT IT DIDN'T GET OUT COMMITTEE THIS TIME.
SO I EXPECT IT'LL BE BACK NEXT TIME.
AND I, I DON'T, I WOULDN'T ADVOCATE FOR CANCELING THAT, BUT I THINK 3000 IS SUCH A LOW BAR.
UH, ESPECIALLY, THEY INCREASED THE, THE FORMAL LIMIT FROM 50,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO YOU'D THINK THEY COULD GO FROM 3000 TO 6,000 ON THE HUB.
AND IF I'M BEING HONEST ON THE, THE, THE LOWER LEVEL LIKE THAT, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.
WE EMAIL THE HOME LIST, BUT WE DON'T GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.
MOST OF THE PARTICIPATION COMES AT THE HIGHER LEVELS.
UM, WITH THE BIG CONTRACTS, DO YOU STILL HAVE THE, THE INNER INTERNAL TRADE SHOWS OR NO, WE, UH, WE USED TO HAVE A, A TRADE SHOW THAT, UH, IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY BIG.
UH, WE DID IT AT THE, UM, AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND WE HAD, UH, VENDORS COME IN WHEN THEY'D SET TABLES AND EVERYTHING.
AND WE STOPPED DOING THAT DURING COVID, UH, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
AND, UH, WE'D JUST BEEN TOO BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS TO, TO PICK THAT BACK UP BECAUSE IT WASN'T A PRETTY BIG EFFORT, UH, FOR, FROM, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE'D HAVE, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD COME OUT AND GO TO THE TABLES AND WE'D GIVE AWAY DOOR PRIZES AND EVERYTHING.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A A, A BIG, A BIG PLUS FOR THE VENDORS AND FOR THE DEPARTMENTS.
BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A BIG CRY TO BRING IT BACK, ESPECIALLY FROM, FROM MY FOLKS.
'CAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS QUITE A, A LOT OF WORK, QUITE A, QUITE AN EFFORT.
BUT IT, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S ABOUT THE ONLINE AUCTION.
WHERE IS THAT? ONLINE? UH, IT'S A, IT'S PUBLIC SURPLUS.
AND CAN ANYBODY PARTICIPATE? UH, YEAH.
YOU JUST HAVE TO GO ON AND REGISTER AS, AS A, AS A, UH, NOT A MEMBER.
IS THAT REGISTERED THROUGH PUBLIC SURPLUS? MM-HMM
YOU CAN BID ON AUCTIONS PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO IT'S ALL COLLECTED IN ONE PLACE.
AND YOU CAN GO AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TOO.
THEY HAVE A, A BROWSE FEATURE.
IT'S ALMOST A LOT LIKE AN EBAY FOR GOVERNMENT.
OH, DOES IT HAVE GOOD DEALS? YOU KNOW, IT USED TO, BUT PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN, UH, PRETTY SAVVY MM-HMM
AND SO PEOPLE KINDA KNOW WHAT THINGS ARE ARE WORTH.
SO IT, IT, IT IS VERY HARD TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND GET A REALLY GOOD DEAL,
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL OBVIOUSLY NO CHEAPER THAN, THAN GOING NEW.
BUT IT'S, UH, THERE, THERE AREN'T LIKE SMOKING HOT DEALS, HOWEVER,
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SAY, OKAY.BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO PHYSICALLY GO OPEN THE DOORS UNDER AND LOOK UNDER THE ENGINE DOOR, LOOK IN THE ENGINE OF THE CAR OR WHAT'S IT SOUND BY? YEAH.
AND, UH, NOW, AT LEAST FOR THE FLEET AUCTIONS, UH, MOST OF THEM, MOST OF 'EM DO HAVE LIKE A VIEWING PERIOD.
AND AT LEAST ON OUR AUCTIONS FOR, FOR FLEET IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE, WE TRY TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT.
UH, WE'LL SAY, HEY, IT'S GOT A BAD TRANSMISSION.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT.
WE POST A LOT OF PICTURES AND, UH, BUT THERE IS A VIEWING PERIOD FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, LAWNMOWERS AND THE TVS, YEAH.
THERE'S REALLY NO VIEWING PERIOD.
YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE YOUR CHANCES.
SO DOES IT GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY? THE CITY, THE SALES? UH, YEAH, IT WAS, UH, WHAT ABOUT ABOUT 9 MILLION LAST YEAR? I THINK IT WAS OH, SIGNIFICANT.
I MAY BE MAKING THAT NUMBER UP.
THAT I THINK, I THINK IT WAS 9.3 MM-HMM
AND IS IT AN EASY PROCESS IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A CITY VENDOR? UH, I THINK IT IS.
BUT THE, THE MAIN THING WOULD BE TO, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET WITH A, AN DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE BUYING YOUR GOODS AND SERVICES.
SO SOMETIMES THEY'LL SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GO TO PROCUREMENT.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I, I'M NOT BUYING ANYTHING FOR MYSELF.
SO IT HAS TO BE GENERATED IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT IT, IT'S ALMOST KIND OF A COP OUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO STEER 'EM TOWARDS PROCUREMENT.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH NEW VENDORS SOMETIMES.
UH, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO START THERE.
UH, IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, THERE SHOULD BE EMAILS FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND ONCE YOU BECOME, UH, A VENDOR, THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN OUR DATABASE, BUT WE CAN'T SET YOU UP IN THE DATABASE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CHICKEN AND EGG EFFECT.
NOW YOU CAN REGISTER ON ION WAVE BEFORE WE DO THE FORMAL BIDS ION WAVE.
AND THERE'S A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
AND IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TO REGISTER ON ION WAVE.
AND IF YOU REGISTER FOR THE CATEGORY, WHEN WE HAVE A FORMAL BID, THEN YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL FOR OF THAT BID OPPORTUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, AND IF, IF YOU'RE A HUB VENDOR, THEN IF YOU REGISTER ON THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S WEBSITE AS A CERTIFIED HUB, THEN WE WILL CONTACT YOU.
BUT THE BEST WAY TO BECOME A VENDOR IS, AGAIN, TO REGISTER THROUGH AS A HUB, IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, REGISTERED THROUGH ION WAVE, AND THEN JUST GO TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE YOUR SERVICES AVAILABLE.
AND WE, WE GET A LOT OF UNSOLICITED, UH, EMAILS FROM VENDORS.
AND WHAT I DO, I JUST FORWARD THAT TO THE, THE DEPARTMENT.
IF THERE'S A PAINTING CONTRACTOR, I'LL FORWARD THAT TO FACILITIES.
SO THERE'S A PLUMBING CONTRACTOR, I'LL, I'LL FORWARD THAT TO WATER.
UH, 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T REALLY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS TO BE FAIR.
WHAT TOOK SO LONG FOR THE RFPS TO BE COME BACK ON THE SENIOR CENTER? THERE'S A, THERE WAS A, A VERY EXTENDED DESIGN PROCESS THAT HAD TO GO INTO THAT.
WE HAD TO DO THE DESIGN, WHICH TOOK AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE GAP, BUT THERE WAS, UM, THERE'S SOME CHANGES IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE, UH, THAT, THAT OCCURRED.
I THINK WE WERE, UH, IN BETWEEN THAT THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, THERE'S MAYBE BEEN SOME DISCONNECTS THERE.
SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TOOK SO LONG TO GET THAT AWARDED.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES IN, IN PMO THAT WERE GOING ON AT THE TIME.
SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, THE BALL COULD HAVE GOTTEN DROPPED AND MAYBE IT DIDN'T.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULARS ON THAT.
I KNOW WE ADVERTISED IT FOR TWO WEEKS AND CLOSED THE BIDS.
AND, AND THAT WA IT WAS A VERY EXTENDED EVALUATION PROCESS TOO.
UH, IT WAS A VERY INTENSIVE EVALUATION.
UH, WE BROUGHT IN THE VENDORS FOR INTERVIEWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT TOOK A LONG TIME AND THEY WANTED TO GET IT, GET IT DONE CORRECTLY.
AND, UH, I THINK THEY, THEY FINALLY HAVE THEY SETTLED? YEAH.
AND, UH, I WANNA POINT OUT, WE'RE IN A, UH, AWARD-WINNING PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, CAROL STARTED THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK BEFORE, BEFORE I WAS HERE, BUT WE'VE, UH, KEPT IT GOING.
SO WE JUST WON THE, UH, A ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN PROCUREMENT AWARD, UH, FOR 2025.
IT'S A PRETTY RIGOROUS, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT.
AND, UH, AND THERE'S MY FOLKS, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE TEAM THAT MAKES, UH, MAKES ALL THAT HAPPEN.
UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TEAM OF EIGHT, 10 PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF OR PLUS MYSELF.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 11 IN OUR DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WAS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY PICTURES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS THAT PATRIOTIC.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A BUY AMERICA PROGRAM.
WELL, WELL YOU DEAL ON CERTAIN, CERTAIN, UH, PROJECTS.
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THANK Y'ALL AGAIN.AND, UH, AND THANKS FOR REMINDING ME, CAROL, BECAUSE I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING, I THINK THAT'S COMING UP.
AND THEN SHE EMAILED ME AND I'M GLAD SHE DID.
BECAUSE IT WAS, UH, IT HAD FALLEN OFF MY RADAR.
THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE'S DONUTS IN THE KITCHEN IF YOU WANNA GO OUT THAT WAY.
IS THERE WATER IN THE KITCHEN? YEAH, THERE'S DONUTS IN THE KITCHEN.
IS THERE WATER IN THERE? OH, YOU ARE HERE? OKAY, GOOD.
ALRIGHT, Y'ALL TAKE CARE, GARY.
SO THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE UP IS, UH, AJ COLE.
AND SHE IS WITH THE GARLAND GAZETTE.
ARE Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE GARLAND GAZETTE? NO, I'M NOT.
IT'S AN, IT'S AN ONLINE, UH, I'LL LET HER TELL YOU.
SHE KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO, SO SHOULD PROBABLY SIT IN THIS MIDDLE CHAIR.
I'M A LITTLE, I'M STILL RECOVERING.
I HAVE HAD, UH, TWO TYPES OF PNEUMONIA.
THE LAST
SO I APOLOGIZE IF I GET WINDED.
UM, YEAH, SO THE GARLAND GAZETTE, I STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY IF YOU'RE ON THE CITY'S WIFI, IT IS NOT GOING TO PULL UP FOR YOU.
AND I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT WHY THAT IS.
SOMEBODY USED TO OWN THIS DOMAIN MANY YEARS AGO, AND THEY WERE NOT VERY GOOD WITH THAT DOMAIN.
SO I HAVE, UH, HIRED AN IT SERVICE TO HELP ME RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.
SO IF ANYONE KNOWS IT HERE IN THE CITY, THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO UN BLACKLIST MYSELF.
UM, SO THE GARLAND GAZETTE, RIGHT NOW, WE SERVE ABOUT 10,000 VISITORS A MONTH ALREADY.
SO IT IS BEING WELCOMED BY THE COMMUNITY.
I COVER GARLAND ROULETTE AND SAXY, AS WELL AS ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DALLAS HAS VOTED ON THINGS THAT MIGHT IMPACT US.
UM, CERTAIN CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT THEY VOTE ON SOMETIMES LEAD TO MORE COST ON US.
UM, SO I'LL WRITE ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT I ALSO LIKE TO, TO SHARE WITH COMMUNITY THINGS THAT MIGHT HELP THEM.
SO UPDATES, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE CONSISTENT UPDATES THAT MIGHT HELP OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY.
UM, UPDATES THAT JUST MIGHT LIKE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
UM, INFORMATION TODAY IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
I, I'M GONNA WRITE ABOUT THAT.
THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO IN A TIME OF CRISIS.
I LIKE TO SHARE STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CONTRIBUTING WRITERS NOW, UM, THAT DO HELP ON COVERING THINGS LIKE ENTERTAINMENT, UM, ATHLETICS.
SO WE WILL BE COVERING GISD ATHLETICS AND GETTING CREDENTIALED WITH UIL TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT YEAH, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE WITH ME ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA HEAR.
SO I DO GET LEADS SOMETIMES FROM PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME SAYING, HEY, WHAT THE HECK IS THIS ABOUT
I'LL TRY TO, I'LL TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE MECHANISMS BEING A MEDIA SOURCE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE PERSON MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO.
UM, I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD AT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO FIND THOSE ANSWERS AS WELL.
UM, SO IF I CAN EVER BE OF SERVICE TO YOU ALL, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
SO I HAD TALKED TO AJ ABOUT, UM, MAYBE POSTING OUR SENIORS IN THE KNOW AFTER THEY'VE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE CITY PRESS.
SO, AND I WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
I, I HAD TALKED TO HER AND I SAID, I NEED TO TALK WITH THE COMMISSION, SEE IF THEY THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE FOR HER TO POST.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT EXAMPLE BE? WELL, IT'S WHAT'S IN WHAT WE PUT IN THE CITY PRESS.
UHHUH, IF THERE'S A SENIORS IN THE KNOW COLUMN GOING IN AND OUT.
AND, UM, SO AFTER IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE CITY PRESS AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OLD ONES THAT I COULD GO AHEAD AND SEND HER AND, AND SHE COULD PUBLISH THEM AT WILL, YOU KNOW, NO TIMELINE, NO NOTHING, JUST WHEN SHE NEEDS TO FILL IN A BLANK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR HAS A RELATED TOPIC PERHAPS.
BUT WOULD THAT BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT, AND THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO REACH MORE SENIORS.
AND I'LL WHAT, AND AND WE'RE GONNA TALK IN A MINUTE ABOUT THE, THE, THE EMAIL BLAST.
BUT PUT THAT INFORMATION ON THERE, HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THAT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AFTER THE FACT IS, IS, UM, ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT? I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I, I MOVE THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION FROM THE, FROM THOSE WRITE-UPS POSTS, THE ACTIVITY, AND THEN ALSO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP, SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT MIGHT INTEREST SOMEONE TO ATTEND.
WELL, FOR INSTANCE, UM, WHEN THEY HAVE THE SENIOR HEALTH FAIR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE THAT, THAT COULD BE PUT ON THERE.
HOPEFULLY YOUR FOLLOWERS WILL GROW.
AND IF WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION
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OUT ABOUT YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN START FOLLOWING YOU.I THINK, UM, LARRY, I THINK LARRY TOLD ME THAT 94% OF ALL SENIORS HAVE CELL PHONES.
SO MAYBE THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE ISN'T AS BIG AS, AS I WAS THINKING IT MIGHT BE.
ALTHOUGH MY MOTHER IS INCLUDED IN THE OTHER SIDE.
CELL PHONES AND USING THE, AND TO THAT QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS? YOU I FOLLOW HER.
YOU KEEP THOSE TRACK OF THOSE? I DO KEEP TRACK OF THOSE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 10,000 VISITORS.
THEY'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE YES.
UM, SO ACTUALLY MY FACEBOOK DEMOGRAPHICS ARE, SORRY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP GOING IN AND OUT.
MY FACEBOOK DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, ARE ACTUALLY ON THE OLDER SIDE.
SO 50 PLUS, UM, IS MY COMMUNITY THERE.
AND THAT IS WHERE I GET A LARGE SHARE OF MY TRAFFIC ON THIS SITE.
I SEE IT COMING FROM FACEBOOK.
AND THAT IS A, A YOUNGER AUDIENCE.
SO I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 30% OF MY TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE OVER 50.
THAT'S A GOOD, AND I CAN BREAK THAT DOWN MORE SPECIFICALLY WHEN I GET INTO MY ANALYTICS AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.
UM, I JUST STARTED IN APRIL AND I HAVEN'T EVEN FULLY LAUNCHED.
SO I JUST JOINED THE ROULETTE CHAMBER THIS MORNING.
I'M JOINING THE GARLAND CHAMBER.
I HOPE TO BUILD THIS MOMENTUM AND, AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND PARTNER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SEE, I'M NOT ON FACEBOOK AND I PUSH PEOPLE TO GET OFF FACEBOOK.
I KNOW, I, IT'S, I MEAN IT'S, I, YOU KNOW, I SEE MY WIFE IS ON IT AND THEY'RE JUST CONSTANT
SO I'M TRYING TO GET HER OFF OF IT.
YES, IT IS A DEPRESSING SPACE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY AS A BUSINESS OWNER, IT'S KIND OF A PLACE YOU HAVE TO BE SOMETIMES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR WIFE IS WHAT LOOKING AT IT
BUT I THINK ALSO WITH THE VISITORS THOUGH, IF YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE COMING TO THE PAGE, THEY CAN INFORM THEIR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
SO IF THEY DO MISS IT, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGER THING.
SO, UM, KATHLEEN MADE A MOTION THAT, THAT WE WORK WITH AJ AND GAIL WILL SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, NOW WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
IS THERE ANY, WELL YOU NEED TO MENTION THAT WE ALL NEED TO SIGN UP EMAIL, JUST, YEAH.
AND ACTUALLY ON THAT NOTE, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED IT.
YES, BECAUSE I DO, I DO SEND OUT DAILY EMAILS OF JUST THE NEW STUFF THAT WENT OUT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
'CAUSE I PUBLISH EVERY DAY GENERALLY, UNLESS I'M OUT OF POCKET IN THE HOSPITAL
UM, BUT MOSTLY EVERY DAY THERE IS SOMETHING NEW GOING OUT.
UM, YAHOO EMAILS ARE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING MY EMAILS.
UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE TRYING, THEY SUBSCRIBE BUT IT WON'T GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF THAT FORMER OWNER OF THIS DOMAIN THAT HAD IT IN 2021.
SO I'M WORKING WITH YAHOO DIRECTLY NOW TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
I'M WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE PEOPLE WHOSE SERVERS ARE BLOCKING THIS DOMAIN BECAUSE OF THIS BAD ACTOR FROM 2021.
IT IS IMPACTING THE URL BUT IT WILL BE RESOLVED, I ASSURE YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE A YAHOO EMAIL, IF YOU WANNA GIVE ME AN ALTERNATIVE EMAIL OR I CAN SEND YOU A PDF, I'M HAPPY TO JUST DO THAT.
SO IS GARLAND GAZETTE DOT GARLAND GAZETTE.COM.
YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK GARLAND, AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW YOU FROM THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION, ANGELA? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK HER, WHERE SHE WAS LOCATED ONLINE.
DO YOU HOST YOUR OWN OR DO YOU HAVE A THIRD PARTY? HOST YOUR, UH, SERVER RIGHT NOW.
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THANK YOU.I THOUGHT YOU, I WAS GOING, I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU, YOU ARE OUT.
I I THINK I'LL BE IN THE FIRE ACADEMY ACTUALLY.
IT'S ALL BEEN GIVEN MY UPDATE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE SENIOR CITIZENS WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I, I SENT ALL OF YOU AN EMAIL, I THINK, UM, HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL BLAST.
UM, BUT JESSE, HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT? IF YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE AN EMAIL, HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY EMAIL BLAST.
SO I'M GONNA WAIT FOR US TO DISCUSS HOW FREQUENT, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL BLAST, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS.
ONE, YOU COULD GO TO GALE FIELDS WHERE THE SENIORS ARE HOUSED AT, OR YOU CAN GO TO CARVER AND THEN YOU WOULD JUST TALK TO STAFF OR YOU COULD GO ONLINE TO OUR GARLAND PARKS WEBSITE.
AND FROM THERE YOU'LL GO TO THE SENIOR SECTION.
AND THEN IT'LL BE THE THIRD PARAGRAPH.
IT SAID, INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THE SENIORS IN THE NO EMAIL NEWSLETTER.
AND THEN IT'S THE LINK TO THE JOT FORM.
SO THEN YOU JUST FILL IT OUT AND THEN FROM THERE IT CAPTURES YOUR INFORMATION.
AND THEN ONCE THE EMAIL GOES OUT, YOU SHOULD RECEIVE IT.
DID YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT JOB FORUM? JOT FORM.
SO JUST A FANCY WAY TO SAY A FORM.
AND THEN YOU GO TO, NOW IF YOU DO HAVE FILTERS ON YOUR EMAIL, IT COULD GO TO YOUR SPAM.
SO IF IT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE MY EMAIL ADDRESS, IT COULD GO TO YOUR SPAM FOLDER.
SO WHY ARE YOU GETTING TO DO THAT? SO ARE YOU GETTING THE WORD OUT OR THEY COME TO THE WEBSITE? EITHER OR.
I'M SORRY, WHAT'D YOU SAY? HOW ARE WE GETTING THE WORD OUT? SO WHEN THEY COME IN THE FIELDS, WE HAD THE IPAD AT THE FRONT DESK.
AND STAFF WAS TELLING, HEY, DO YOU WANNA SIGN UP FOR THESE EMAIL BLASTS? AND SAME THING AT CARVER, THEY'RE LETTING THEIR PARTICIPANTS KNOW THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THESE EMAILS AND WE'RE LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA GET EVERY DAY.
UH, YOU WON'T BE SPAMMED, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SEND OUT, THEN WE WILL SEND IT OUT.
DOES THE EMPLOYEE THERE HELP US DO THAT? YES.
YOU JUST TYPE IN FIRST, LAST NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, AND ZIP CODE.
I HAVE NOT, YOU JUST GO TO DID I JUST DID IT RIGHT NOW.
SO DID YOU FILL OUT THE FORM THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU, MISS ANGELA? NO, SHE JUST WENT TO THE WEBSITE.
I THINK I JUST WENT TO THE WEBSITE.
I KNOW YOU JUST DID IT, BUT I KNOW MISS ANGELA SAID SHE HADN'T DONE IT YET.
I GOT AN IN THE EMAIL AS A PART OF THIS GROUP ABOUT IT.
SO I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AVERAGE JOKE.
SO WHEN THEY GO INTO THE CENTER, THEY'RE MADE AWARE OF IT.
SO STAFF AT THE FRONT DESK TYPICALLY IS DURING THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS ARE THERE FROM THAT NINE TO ONE? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE THE HEAVY POPULATION, UH, FOR THE SENIORS.
SO STAFF AT THE FRONT DESK AND LET 'EM KNOW, HEY, IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP TO, IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A EMAIL BLAST.
AND, AND AGAIN, UM, YOU, WHAT THE F**K YOU RECEIVE ANN'S FOOD PANTRY THING EACH MONTH? I KNOW SHE HAS ALBERT ON IT, BUT DO YOU HAVE JESSIE'S ON YOUR I DO, UH, BUT IT'S, I JUST ADDED YOU.
SO, BUT IT JUST CAME OUT SO THEY HAVE TO DO A REVISION OF IT.
IT, IT WAS POSTED AND THEY HAD TO REDO IT, SO I'M SENDING IT TO THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK COULD BE ON THE EMAIL BLAST BECAUSE FOOD INSECURITY IS JUST GONNA GET WORSE.
BUT THE ONLY REASON WHY I STILL HAVE HIM ON THERE BECAUSE HE ASKED ME TO LEAVE HIM ON THERE.
YEAH, YOU CAN LEAVE HIM ON THERE.
SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE FOR THE EMAIL BLAST, HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD SEND THESE EMAILS? WELL, INITIALLY I JUST SAID WHENEVER WE HAD SOMETHING TO SAVE.
NOW HERS IS MONTHLY, UM, FOR THE FOOD PANTRY.
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WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EVER REGULAR SCHEDULE.I THINK IT JUST SHOULD BE WHEN WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
SO, SO IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, VOLUNTEER TO MANAGE THE BLASTS? I'D HAVE TO GO MY PLATES FULL.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING AT, JESSE? NO, OF COURSE JESSE.
I MEAN I HAVE ALL THE, IT HAS TO GO TO JESSE.
IT HAS TO GO THROUGH JESSE, BUT SOMEBODY ON THE COMMISSION THAT WILL HELP HIM UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE WANT SENT OUT AND WHEN.
YES, ALL I WOULD WANT IS JUST ONE PERSON SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEND OUT.
ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING? OKAY, VOLUNTEERING.
ANGELA IS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL YOU ANGELA.
AND SO MAYBE WE CAN SET UP A KIND, SOME KIND OF PROCEDURE PROCESS IN CASE PROCESS DRIVEN.
SO YEAH, I LIKE TO SET UP PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES THE BOARD, YOU CAN PASS THAT TO THEM.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO, TO ASK ABOUT REALLY IS, UM, JESSE HAD LET ME KNOW THAT ANY CHANGES TO THE PAGE ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PAGE HAS BEEN PAUSED.
AND, AND IF WE COULD AT LEAST GET THIS JOT FORM ON THERE.
THE JOT FORM CURRENTLY WILL JUST LIVE ON THE SENIOR CENTER'S PAGE.
UM, WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY STRIDES TO WHETHER YOU WILL HAVE AN INDEPENDENT PAGE OR THE BOARD'S COMMISSION PAGE.
UH, WHEN WE HAD OUR WORKDAY FINANCIAL, THAT KIND OF TOOK PRECEDENT.
SO THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN, I DON'T SAY PUSH TO THE BACK BURNER.
IS ANYTHING WE DO TOO, JUST LIKE OUR CENTER, THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BECAUSE I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS STILL WHO IS GOING TO PHYSICALLY MAINTAIN THIS PAGE? WHO DOES PHYSICALLY MAINTAIN IT? SO FOR OUR PAGE, WE HAVE STAFF THAT DOES THAT.
AND WHEN, I MEAN OUR PAGE, MEANING THE GARLAND PARKS AND THEN FOR OTHER PAGES THEY MAY HAVE SOMEONE AS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO, BUT FOR OUR, I KNOW WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER, BUT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION PAGE, WHO DOES THAT? THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY YVONNE.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S COURTNEY? YES.
WHAT IS HER OFFICIAL TITLE IN FULL NAME? LET'S SEE.
IS SHE IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE? YES.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET HER TITLE CORRECT.
PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR.
AND SHE'S IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE? YES.
WHAT'S HER LAST NAME? VANOVER.
NOT, UM, NOT WITH TIFFANY? NO.
TIFFANY'S UH, MEDIUM PUBLIC RELATIONS.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, DO YOU, DOES ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, 'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF OUR GOALS THIS YEAR AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AUGUST.
SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T, WE, WE'VE GOT THE EMAIL BLAST STARTED, BUT WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY PROGRESS ON THE REST OF IT.
SO IS ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR JESSE OR, I MEAN, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE EMAIL BLAST MAY GO A LITTLE FURTHER THAN THE WEBSITE.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD, THE EMAIL IS COMING TO THEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO SEEK OUT THE INFORMATION.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GET IT STRAIGHT TO THEM VERSUS OH, HAVE YOU CHECKED OUR WEBSITE? BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.
AND YOU HAVE TO DO A BUNCH OF CLICKING TO GET TO THAT WEBSITE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.
AND IT'S BURIED ON THE WEBSITE.
YEAH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH TEAMS. I HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED
SO IS IT ON OUR AGENDA TO USE TRY TEAMS JUST LIKE GET IT.
ARE WE GONNA USE IT? YEAH, YOU KNOW, DOWN, WRITE IT DOWN.
YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, GO ON TO TEAMS. I TRYING TO FIND THE MINUTES AND THE AGENDA AND THEN TECHNICALLY THIS, THE, THE IS IN THE FOLDERS.
CAN YOU, I CAN'T GET ACCESS TO THE FOLDERS.
WOULD YOU REMIND? SORRY? WHAT? WOULD YOU REMIND? I CAN GET IT OFF OF THE, THE WEBSITE, THE CITY WEBSITE THAT I CAN GO GET TO AND GET WHAT I NEED.
IT'S NOT THAT FRIENDLY EITHER, IN MY OPINION, BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
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I GUESS I'LL, SHE STOOD UP FIRST THOUGH.THEY MUST HAVE PULLED YOUR PLUG.
OOH, THAT NOT, OH, WE WENT DARK.
LOOK ME, I, THIS I THINK IT PROCEEDED YOU.
THE TV WENT OFF TV IN THE MIDDLE, JESSE, OR MAYBE NOT, WE'RE GONNA WATCH.
OR IS IT TWO OR IS IT THREE OR IS IT FOUR ONE'S THE ONLY ONE I CAN GET.
SO, ACTIVITIES OR FEW EXTENDED TRIPS THAT WE HAVE LEFT AND ARE SCHEDULED FOR 2025.
WE HAVE VIRGINIA BEACH LEAVING LATE IN SEPTEMBER, RETURNING IN EARLY OCTOBER.
EPIC PARKS IS LEAVING IN OCTOBER ON THE 11TH.
UM, AND WE'LL RETURN ON THE 19TH BRANSON.
WE ARE LEAVING IN NOVEMBER ON THE 10TH AND RETURNING ON THE 17TH.
UM, WE HAVE OUR VARIOUS GR CLUB MEETINGS OR OUTINGS EVERY MONTH.
WE WENT TO THE RANGERS YESTERDAY AND SAW THEM PLAY THE YANKEES.
UHHUH, WHAT WAS THAT? SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WHAT WAS THAT? WELL, IT'S NOT HOT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S AN INDOOR STADIUM.
SO WE LIKE TO DO THE DAY GAMES NOW INSTEAD OF THE EVENING GAMES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SWEAT FACTOR.
UM, AND YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH ALL, AND SENIORS DRIVE BETTER IN THE BEFORE DARK AND THEY DON'T DO WELL WITH HEAT, SO THAT'S GOOD.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE VERY HAPPY WHEN THEY ENCLOSED THEIR STADIUM.
AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO THE MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT IT.
UM, FOR ALL OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR MILITARY, UH, AWARDED FOR TO THE, UM, MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN.
UM, SO THAT IS ON THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A CHOCTAW TRIP ON THE 23RD OF OCTOBER COMING UP, UM, FOR THE, UH, AUGUST IN OUR CENTER, WE HAVE STORY TIME WITH VIVECA DEAN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, WE HAD, UM, A PERSON WHO WOULD COME IN ONCE A MONTH FOR US AND SHE GAVE THEM THE HISTORY.
SHE TOLD STORIES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GARLAND AND IT WAS A VERY POPULAR, UM, ACTIVITY FOR US.
BUT HER SCHEDULE GOT VERY BUSY AND WE COULDN'T FIT HER IN TO WHAT WE HAD GOING.
I THINK SHE HAD A FRIDAY OPENING AND WE DON'T MESS WITH BINGO ON FRIDAYS.
SO WE, UH, REACHED OUT AND FOUND VIVEKA THROUGH THE ROCK ROCK WALL STORYTELLING GUILD.
SHE HAD HER FIRST ONE LAST MONTH AND WE HAD OVER ALMOST 30 PEOPLE THERE FOR THAT.
SO, UM, WE WILL BE DOING AT LEAST FOUR MORE WITH HER AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE CONTINUING FOR US FOR QUITE A WHILE.
D WHAT'D YOU CALL IT? UM, I, IT'S, UH, STORY TIME OR STORYTELLING WITH BECCA DEANS.
AND WHAT IS EPIC PARKS? EPIC PARKS IS A TRIP TO, UH, FIVE OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS.
IT'S BEEN FULL FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND THEN COFFEE WITH THE NURSE IS AUGUST 25TH.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE TALENT SHOW,
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UM, AUGUST 28TH AT NINE 30.SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE ALREADY REGISTERED TO ENTERTAIN US.
AND THEN WE ALSO INVITED PEOPLE FROM OUR BRUSH PAINTING GROUP AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR, UM, CERAMICS GROUP AND, UM, OUR CREATIVE CRAFTING GROUP.
UM, WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE CROCHETERS KNITTERS NEEDLE WORK.
UM, THE BRUSH PAINTING GROUP, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THEM.
UM, BUT THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME OF THEIR PAINTINGS AND SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN DISPLAY THOSE AS WELL.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE A, YOU KNOW, THEY, THAT'S STILL TALENT TO US.
AND SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THAT FOR THEM.
CAN YOU STILL SIGN UP FOR IT? UM, I THINK YOU CAN.
UM, ELDA IS THE ONE IN CHARGE OF SIGNING UP AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A REHEARSAL A DAY OR TWO BEFORE TO RUN THROUGH IT.
AND THEN, THEN ON THE, ALSO ON AUGUST 28TH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, GSAC TRAVEL MEETING AT 1:00 PM SO WE WILL UNVEIL TRIPS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR 26TH AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT 27.
WHAT DAY DID YOU SAY THAT WAS? THAT'S AUGUST 28TH.
AND THAT'S IN THE AFTERNOON AT 1:00 PM.
AND THEN, UM, AS CAROL WAS SAYING, WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE WILL BE BREAKING GROUND ON OUR NEW CENTER ON SATURDAY THE 23RD OF AUGUST.
THE CEREMONY STARTS AT 9:00 AM IT IS AT OUR OLD LOCATION, WHICH WILL BE WHERE WE WILL BE RETURNING TO.
UM, SO WE DO HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL COME OUT.
UM, I KNOW, I THINK THE MAYOR IS SCHEDULED TO BE THERE.
UH, CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO BE THERE AND THE CITY MANAGER I THINK IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO BE OUR SPEAKERS.
AND THEN THEY WILL MOVE SOME DIRT AND WE HOPE, UM, CONSTRUCTION BEGINS VERY QUICKLY AFTER THAT.
I DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THE SITE THAT UM, IT WILL ALREADY BE FENCED OFF, THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE WILL BE UP.
THAT MEANS CONTRACTOR HAS TAKEN, I GUESS POSSESSION OF IT.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GONNA START MOVING.
WHERE WILL THE PARKING BE? SO I THINK YOU CAN COME IN FROM THE FRONT.
THE, THE, WELL, THE PARKING IS, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE, UH, RAILROAD IS? YEAH.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE SET UP KIND OF AT THE BACK OFF OF AVENUE BE.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE PARKING WILL BE IN THAT BACK AREA BY THE RAILROAD, I BELIEVE IS WHERE THEY, THERE'LL BE PEOPLE ON SITE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO COME IN FROM THE FRONT, FROM AVENUE A? NO, YOU HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET.
SO THEN WE'LL HAVE GOLF, LIKE A SHUTTLE GOLF CART THAT CAN TAKE YOU FROM THE ENTRANCE ALL THE WAY TO THE SITE THAT THE ACTUAL CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PULL INTO THE SCENE CENTER.
'CAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT'LL BE FENCED OFF OR IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP WITH US, YOU CAN PARK AT FIELDS AND WE WILL HAVE A SHUTTLE RUNNING FROM THERE.
BUT IT'S LIMITED, UM, SEATING.
SO HOW DO YOU SIGN UP? YOU JUST DO IT AT THE, YOU JUST TELL ME AND I'LL PUT YOUR NAME ON THE LIST.
WE'LL, SPEAKING OF SIGNING IT, WHAT'S THE NUMBER LIMITATION ON THE MEDAL OF HONOR TRIP? UM, I THINK WE HAVE 22 PEOPLE, OR 22 IS THE LIMITATION I'M SIGNING AND WE HAVEN'T REACHED THAT.
WE STILL HAVE SOME OPENINGS ON THAT TRIP.
I WANNA GO, JESSE, WHAT TIME IS THAT SHUTTLE? YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU'LL HAVE TO MEET AT GAIL FIELDS BY EIGHT 15.
SO WHAT ELSE? THE NEXT PAGES? UM, ALL THE STUFF I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT AND THEN MY PICTURES.
UM, WE DID HOT DOGS AND POTATO SALAD, POTATO CHIPS AND BEANS.
UM, AND DRESSED IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
ALSO, WHAT I WAS PROUD, UM, OUR SENIORS PARTICIPATED IN HONORING THE TEXAS FLOOD VICTIMS AND WE TIED GREEN RIBBONS AROUND TREES AND ON UM, DOOR HANDLES AND DIFFERENT PLACES AT FIELDS RECREATION CENTER.
AND THEN I HAD SOME PICTURES OF THE BASEBALL GAME LAST NIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD ANN, WOULD YOU TURN HER PHONE OFF FOR HER? YES.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DUNNO HOW TO TURN THE ALARMS DOWN OFF.
IT'S 15 SPOTS LEFT FOR THE MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM.
HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST? AND WHAT TIME DO YOU HAVE TO BE AT THE BUS? UH, OR I THINK WE'RE LEAVING AROUND 30, BUT I WILL HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE COST.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT $40.
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JESSE HAS IT $40.THAT INCLUDES YOUR ENTRANCE INTO THE MUSEUM AND WE, I THINK THEY'RE PLANNING TO STOP SOMEWHERE FOR LUNCH, BUT THAT WOULD BE ON YOUR OWN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU TURN? WE'RE NOT MEETING AT MAIN STREET CAFE ON THE 23RD.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT, I'M OPEN FOR BREAKING CEREMONY.
HUH? I'M OPEN FOR BREAKING CEREMONY.
D YOU GOT YOUR FLASH DRIVE? OKAY.
I MEAN, I SAID THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL SECTION FOR US, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHAT KIND OF PHONE DO YOU RIGHT.
I DO KNOW HOW, I JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME.
IT'S BECAUSE I TOUCHED SOMETHING.
I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL BACK OFF OF THAT PLEASE.
THE LOUD, OH, IS IT TOO LOUD? IS THAT BETTER? THAT'S FUNNY.
UM, I HOPE Y'ALL ARE DOING VERY WELL.
UM, I HAD A WHOLE BEAUTIFUL SLIDE HERE FOR YOU, SO I WILL TURN IT AROUND.
UM, I HAD A CHANGE IN ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES, UM, JERICA, WHO USED TO BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, BUT SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW RECREATION SPECIALIST.
UM, SHE'S ALREADY FULFILLING HER DUTIES.
SHE IS, UM, HER NAME IS CARLA LANIS.
YOU JUST PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE THAT YOU KNOW HER.
UH, SHE USED TO WORK THE FRONT DESK AT GALE FIELD RECREATION CENTER.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU REMEMBER HER.
SO SHE'S MY NEW RECREATION SPECIALIST.
HER FIRST DAY WILL BE, UM, MONDAY OFFICIALLY, BUT SHE'S ALREADY BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS HELPING OUT WITH COVERAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SHE WAS A REC AID, UM, JUST THERE TO KIND OF HELP OUT THE FRONT DESK.
UM, IN 2023 SHE WAS PROMOTED TO REC ASSOCIATE, WHICH MEANS IT'S OUR, UH, REGULAR PART-TIME AT HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER.
UM, WHEN HOLFORD OPENED UP, SHE WAS WORKING OVER THERE ON THE REGULAR.
UM, SO, AND NOW SHE'S A FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER.
UM, SHE SAYS IN OUTSIDE OF WORK, SHE LIKES TO READ AND SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH HER FAMILY.
UM, AND SHE'S DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING MEANINGFUL PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE THE WELLBEING AND THE ENGAGEMENTS OF THE SENIOR COMMUNITY, CARLA.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I NEEDED TO LET YOU KNOW.
ONTO ITEMS THAT WE ARE, WE WILL BE DOING.
UM, SO COMING UP, WE WILL BE GOING TO STRIKE AND RE WE'LL DO OUR MONTHLY MEET, UM, MOVIE DAY AS WELL AS WE ARE DOING A BIG CRAFT ON, UM, AUGUST 12TH, UM, AT CARVER.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF OUR CRAFT DAY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE ONE IN PLANO, UM, BECAUSE THE ONE IN GARLAND IS ONLY TAKEOUT.
SO THERE'S ONE IN GARLAND? YES, THERE'S ENORMOUS IN GARLAND.
UM, IT'S, I THINK IT'S NEAR, UM, SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE NEAR THERE, OR GARLAND ROAD.
BUT THEY ONLY DO TAKEOUT, SO YOU CAN'T GO IN AND SIT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE OPTED NOT TO GO TO THAT ONE.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO SIT AND EAT AS A FAMILY.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, TWO CASINO TRIPS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.
WE'LL BE GOING TO CHOCTAW AND WIND STAR ON THE FOURTH AND THE 18TH.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FINAL TRAVEL MEETING FOR THE ARC ENCOUNTER CINCINNATI,
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UM, ON AUGUST 29TH.UM, AND YES, THAT'S MAINLY IT.
UM, OUR EXTENDED TRIPS, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE CINCINNATI TRIP IS FULL, SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
UM, SO THAT ONE, WHAT THEY WILL BE LEAVING ON SEPTEMBER 7TH AND THEY'LL BE THERE UNTIL THE 13TH.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CHARLESTON TRIP, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH FULL.
UH, WE'RE COMBINING WITH ANOTHER TRAVEL GROUP FROM ATLANTA.
UM, SO WE'LL BE TRAVELING TOGETHER.
AND THAT ONE IS A NINE DAY, EIGHT DAY TRIP.
SO THEY'LL BE IN, THEY, THEY WON'T BE IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE ENTIRE NINE DAYS, BUT THERE WILL BE FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS THAT THEY'LL BE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
UM, THE OTHER DAYS ARE TRAVEL DAYS, UM, FOR 2026.
UH, WE HAVE STARTED ON OUR TRIPS.
WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO CANADA.
WE'RE GONNA DO THE MONTREAL, UM, TRIP.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO KEY WEST MIAMI.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN ONE TO NEW YORK.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN NEW YORK.
A LOT OF, ESPECIALLY WITH WICKED COMING OUT.
UM, THE TICKET PRICES FOR WICKED ARE VERY, VERY GOOD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S SO POPULAR.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO MAINE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DO A, A CALM TRIP AND SEE SOME SCENERY TRIP.
WHAT'S HUH? TO THE CANADA TRIP? IS IT PLANNING? OR IS ALREADY PLANNING? WE, I ACTUALLY, WHEN I SAT DOWN, THEY SENT ME THE INFO.
SO I HAVE THE INFO FOR THE MON, IT'S MONTREAL.
I LEFT MY PHONE OVER THERE, BUT IT'S 12 DAYS.
UM, THAT ONE'S A REALLY LONG TRIP.
UM, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE CROSSING ACROSS, UM, COUNTRY.
SO, BUT UM, I CAN GET YOU THE INFO ONCE WE PUT IT OUT.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST, UM, WE LITERALLY JUST PICKED ALL OF THEM, UM, BECAUSE I WAS, I HAD A NEW STAFF MEMBER.
UM, SO ONCE I GET ALL THAT, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU IN IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S THE MONTREAL ONE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EXTENDED TRIPS? WILL YOU BE HAVING A TRAVEL MEETING? YES, WE WILL HAVE A TRAVEL MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT RIGHT AFTER THEY COME BACK FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE, I'M TRYING TO GET CARLA STILL ACCUSTOMED TO WORKING WITH SENIORS.
UM, AND WE'LL LAY OUT ALL OF IT, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE SILVER SCOOP.
AND THEN OF COURSE, SEPTEMBER I WILL LET YOU KNOW SO THAT YOU CAN COME TO THAT TRAVEL MEETING.
AND THEN WE WILL LAY OUT ALL OF 2026.
AND THEN I HAD A COUPLE OF PICTURES, UM, BUT I CANNOT SHOW YOU THEM, BUT, UM, SOME OF THE PICTURES WERE FROM, I HAD A REALLY COOL ONE.
WE DID A DRESS UP DAY AND ONE OF OUR SENIORS CAME IN A FULL COW SUIT.
UM, IT HAD EARS AND SHE HAD THE FACE.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS ANIMAL DAY, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
AND SO SHE HAD A, SHE HAD ONE OF THE COW SUITS ON AND IT WAS SO CUTE.
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PICTURE, I WILL DEFINITELY SHOW YOU.
UM, THEN I HAD SOME PICTURES FROM WHEN I WENT TO THE CASINO AND SOME, UM, WE DID A SWAP AND SHOP, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE FANTASTIC.
UM, SO PEOPLE BROUGHT IN THEIR STUFF THAT THEY COULD SWAP.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ITEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A PAIR OF SHOES MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER WORN, YOU BRING THEM IN AND SOMEONE ELSE MAYBE HAS A DRESS THAT THEY'VE NEVER WORN OR LIGHTLY WORN BEFORE AND YOU CAN TRADE 'EM OUT.
UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO SHOPPING, YOU SWAP AND THEN SHOP.
SO THAT, WHAT SCHOOL IS IT? IT WAS GOOD.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY, REALLY GOOD EVENT.
UM, WE HAD IT IN, IT WAS JULY 18TH.
UM, AND SO EACH VENDOR, VENDOR, SENIOR, UM, THEY JUST PAID $3 TO GET INTO THE SWAP AND SHOP.
AND I HAD PICTURES FROM ALL OF THEM.
I MEAN, SENIORS WERE GOING HOME WITH LIKE LITTLE TEA SETS AND LITTLE THINGS THAT PEOPLE JUST HAVE COLLECTED AND THEY JUST NEVER USED.
UM, IT WAS A WAY TO KIND OF CLEAN OUT YOUR GARAGE AND FEEL SOMEBODY ELSE'S.
AND FUEL SOMEONE ELSE'S GARAGE UP.
BUT I ENDED UP BUYING SOME, UM, WE DRINK TEA A LOT IN MY HOUSE, SO SOMEONE WAS SELLING LIKE THESE LITTLE REALLY PRETTY, UM, SPOONS JUST FOR TEA.
UM, AND I ENDED UP BUYING A SET OF THEM AND THEY WERE SO GORGEOUS.
BUT YEAH, IT WAS JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND THEY ACTUALLY REALLY LIKED IT.
SO MAYBE WE'LL TRY TO DO ANOTHER ONE.
WHAT DID YOU CALL THE EVENT? IT'S CALLED SWAP SHOP.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING FREE, OR DO THEY JUST HAVE LIKE ONE OR TWO OR $3 OR $5 ON SOMETHING? YES.
IF SO, IF YOU WEREN'T A VENDOR IN BECAUSE WE LET THE VENDORS WHO WERE IN ITS
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SHOP FIRST SWAP, THEN WE LET THE SENIORS SHOP AND THEY, THEY WERE SELLING THINGS FOR LIKE 50 CENTS.YOU KNOW, I THINK THE HIGHEST THING I SAW WAS LIKE $2.
UM, I GOT A PAINTING FOR 10 CENTS
SO IT WAS, IT WASN'T, I, I TOLD THEM, I WAS LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL, REMEMBER WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, HIGH END.
WE'RE NOT LOUIS VUITTON, WE'RE NOT PRADA.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO, NO, NO, ABSOLUTELY.
I'M TRYING TO GET RID OF THIS STUFF.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO THEY GOT SOME GOOD PRICES ON SOME THINGS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHO I AM?
SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE CITY PRESS DISCUSSION.
UM, I WANT TO HAVE AN ARTICLE, SEASON'S GREETINGS, BUT I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE EMAIL BLAST JUST IN THAT AND, AND HOW TO SIGN UP AND WHY WE HAVE IT.
AND SO, UM, I'LL CREATE AN ARTICLE AND HAVE IT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN SEPTEMBER, THE DEADLINE TO HAVE IT INTO THE CITY PRESS SEPTEMBER 22ND.
SO THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO, FOR YOU ALL TO READ IT, COMMENT ON IT AND IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS IN JANUARY.
AND, UM, I WANNA HAVE SOME OF THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
UM, AND WE WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT IN UNDER THE FUTURE.
AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CITY PRESS ARTICLES? WELL IF YOU DO, JUST EMAIL ME.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND UM, I THINK IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD CODE HERE IN JUNE, UM, WE TALKED, WE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE DALLAS AREA AGENT AGENCY ON AGING TO HELP WITH SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HOOK UP WITH THEM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU GET THE CITY PRESS BRIEFS ON SUNDAY NIGHTS, BUT THEY HAD, UH, AN ARTICLE ON THERE ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE HOOKED UP WITH THAT AGENCY TO HELP SENIORS THAT ARE 60 PLUS WITH THEIR UTILITY PAYMENTS.
AND, AND THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOME OTHER KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM.
AND, AND I ALSO WANNA PAUSE HERE BEFORE WE GET INTO THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR SEPTEMBER AND LET LARRY TALK FOR TWO OR THREE MINUTES ABOUT WHAT HE'S GONNA BE PRESENTING IN SEPTEMBER.
IN SEPTEMBER IS WHAT I'M DOING IT.
YEAH, YOU'RE JUST GONNA KINDA INTRODUCE IT NOW, THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK AFTER AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FULL, FULL BLOWN THING IN SEPTEMBER.
YOU WANT ME TO BRIEF IT? YEAH, JUST A BRIEF, JUST WHAT, YOU KNOW, TEASE A LITTLE TEASER.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, JERRY TALKED TODAY, IF, IF WE HAVE A FIRE IN THIS BUILDING, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? I MEAN, WE JUST ALL SCRAMBLE AROUND AND HIT EACH OTHER.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE PLAN SO THAT THERE'S A FIRE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE ASSEMBLE AT RIGHT NOW? THEY WANT US TO ASSEMBLE OVER IN, ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THEY DON'T OPEN TILL 11.
AND ALSO YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON FIFTH AVENUE IF THERE'S A FIRE.
'CAUSE FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA BE THERE.
SO, UH, SO I'M LOOKING AT A, A NUMBER OF THESE THINGS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS, THE MAIN THING IS IF WE HAVE TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING, WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR PLAN? IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, WHAT IS OUR PLAN? 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOMETHING POSSIBLY HAPPENING IN THE ROOM HERE.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE ORGANIZATION.
BUT THEN IT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER ATTENDED, MATT, HE DOES A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS ON ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS AND YOU KNOW, IT CAN HAPPEN AND UH, WE CAN HAVE MATT COME BACK IN AND DO A PRESENTATION, ONE OF HIS PRESENTATIONS.
BUT HE IS DOING 'EM ALL OVER THE CITY.
I THINK HE DID OVER 200 LAST YEAR.
AND IT TAKES HIM AN HOUR AND A HALF.
AND IT TAKES AN HOUR AND A HALF.
YEAH, IT TAKES AN HOUR AND A HALF.
BUT YOU KNOW, BUT IF, IF WE, IF THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, WHAT DO WE DO? UM, THERE'S JUST A, A LOT OF SITUATIONS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN.
IF SOMETHING'S GONNA, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WHAT DO WE DO? WHERE DO WE ASSEMBLE AT AND ALL THAT.
SO, SO ARE WE GONNA HAVE A PLANNING ABOUT THIS? RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S WHAT HE'S GONNA PRESENT IN IN SECOND.
NO, BECAUSE THE CITY HASN'T GIVEN US A PLAN.
SO LARRY IS GONNA DEVELOP IT AND,
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AND WE'RE GONNA REVIEW IT.NOW WE HAD TO DEVELOP THESE PLANS FOR ALL OUR REC CENTERS.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE THERE IS ALREADY ONE THAT EXISTS.
I CAN DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND SEE IF IT DOES.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE HAD TO DO ONE FOR OUR REC CENTERS, SO I'M PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE ONE FOR CITY HALL AS WELL TOO.
WELL, LARRY IS IS TRYING, THAT'S THE OPERATIVE WORD.
YOU'RE PRETTY SURE THERE IS ONE.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PLANS ARE.
WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO BE NOTIF IF THERE'S A, LIKE IF THERE WAS AN ALARM THAT WENT OFF, WHAT'S THAT MEAN? I MEAN, IS THERE A VOICE THAT COMES IN LATER AND SAYS, OKAY, WE GOT A FIRE IN THE EAST WING, EVERYBODY GO OUT ON THE WEST SIDE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE GOTTA MAKE THOSE STATE OVER EVERY MAN FOR THEMSELVES.
WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED BURLE BACK A YEAR AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO TRY AGAIN.
BUT EVEN THE MARSHALL DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT A PLAN.
NO, I MEAN, I'VE ASKED THE FRONT.
YEAH, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE ONE, BUT AGAIN, I KNOW WE JUST, LIKE FOR CAPRA WE HAD TO HAVE THOSE PROCESSES IN PLACE.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE 'EM FOR THE RECORD, NOT FOR THIS ROOM.
ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S UM, UH, PART OF THE SEPTEMBER AGENDA.
THE REST OF THE SEPTEMBER AGENDA IS THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE WILL BE COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN OCTOBER WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGING DIRECTOR DE LEE IS GONNA COME AND TALK, UH, UPDATE US ON THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND WE HAD ALSO ASKED THAT THE PERSON FROM THAT HITS THE VOLUNTEERS
AND THERE WILL BE NO POLICE IN, UM, OCTOBER CORY AT CORY'S REQUEST.
AND IN OCTOBER WE'LL HAVE ELECTIONS FOR THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.
SO ANY, BE THINKING ABOUT ANYBODY WHO MIGHT WANNA BE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, UM, SAY.
SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
AND JESSE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A BALLOT WITH ALL OUR NAMES ON IT.
WE'LL JUST WRITE IN WHO WE WANT FOR CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR.
UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE STREET DEPARTMENT, BUT CODE HAS REQUESTED TO COME BACK IN NOVEMBER AND TALK ABOUT THEIR SENIOR LAWN CARE PROGRAM.
SO I WANTED TO, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE CONTACTED THE STREET DEPARTMENT YET.
SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU ALL, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE CODE BACK AT, AT THEIR REQUEST TO TALK TO US ABOUT THEIR LAWN CARE PROGRAM? UM, OR DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE STREET DEPARTMENT? WELL, WHY DO THEY WANT TALK ABOUT THE LOAN PROGRAM, LAWN PROGRAM? I DON'T KNOW.
THEY JUST SOMETHING THEY, UH, THEY JUST CONTACTED ME AND ASKED ME IF THEY COULD COME BACK.
IT BE, IT'D BE BETTER IN MARCH, IS THAT WE WERE STARTING LAUNCH SIGN UP TO SIGN UP EARLY.
I THINK ANYTIME SOMEBODY ASKS TO BE ON OUR AGENDA, WE SHOULD LET, WE SHOULD LET THEM.
OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.
I MEAN, I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE SOMETHING CHANGING IN THE PROCESS? I DO NOT KNOW.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN THEY YES, DO NOT KNOW.
OKAY, SO THE CONSENSUS IS LET CODE COME BACK.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE STRAIGHT TO NEXT YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY MONTHS OPEN? WELL, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT.
SO, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE POLICE IN NOVEMBER ALSO THE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR.
IS THAT CALLED COCO CORRECTLY? HE DIDN'T ANSWER ENOUGH QUESTIONS.
WHAT DID YOU ASK? WELL, WE'LL HAVE, AFTER HE ASKED ME.
I MEAN, HE NEVER, HE NEVER ANSWERED MAYBE I, THE, THE, THEIR NEW DIRECTOR HAD ONLY BEEN THERE LIKE TWO MONTHS.
I KNOW, BUT HE SHOULD BROUGHT SOMEBODY DIDN'T, KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
WHAT DID YOU ASK? NO, WHEN HE CAME LAST TIME, EVERY QUESTION YOU ASK HIM, HE SAID, WELL, I OH, THAT'S A GOOD, I GOT, OH YEAH, HE ASKED.
SO THAT MAY BE WHY ONE, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YEAH, I'VE HAD TO CONTACT HIM AND I HAVE TO SAY HE'S VERY GOOD ABOUT GETTING BACK.
I HAD HAD ONE OF MY SENIOR CITIZEN HAD A MAJOR ISSUE AND THEY WERE ON TOP OF IT.
SO CAN YOU JUST RECAP FOR NOVEMBER? WHO'S COMING? NOVEMBER, UM, CODE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, HOW ABOUT THE NEW MAYOR? WHATEVER.
OH, HE'S, WE'RE MOVING HIM TO 26.
UM, SO, UM, DECEMBER, WE'LL EAT TOGETHER ON MY TREAT.
INVITE ALL OF YOU, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
UM, AND DEE, SINCE SHE'S NOT IN THERE, I CAN'T SEE IF SHE'S OVER THERE OR NOT, BUT SHE ALREADY LEFT.
UH, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TAKE CARE OF INVITING THEM, BUT JUST IN DECEMBER, IT'LL BE ON DECEMBER 4TH.
DO WE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? WE HAD MAIN STREET CAFE LAST DECEMBER, WHICH WORKED
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GOOD.I LIKE MAIN STREET, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE.
WHICH IS WHY WE ATE AT MAIN STREET TO STAY OFF OF THE YEAH, YOU KNOW THE MAIN STREET WE COULD PARK DOWN THERE.
THIS IS THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT.
PARDON ME? THE NEW MEXICAN RESTAURANT.
HAVE YOU TRIED IT? YEAH, IT'S GOOD.
IT'S RIGHT WHERE THE RIOS, WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE NEW MEXICAN RESTAURANT DOWN WHERE HUBBARD'S WAS.
I DIDN'T LIKE SOMETHING, SOMETHING GOING LIKE NINTH STREET.
AND IS THAT WHERE WE, THEY GOT THREE SECTIONS WE CAN HAVE THE WHOLE BACK FOR.
SO IT HAS LIKE A ROOM WE COULD HAVE, YEAH, THEY GOT THREE SECTIONS YOU HAD.
I KNOW THE OWNER, HE'S LET NOT GO THERE ANYWAY, JUST PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
DECEMBER 4TH AND WE'LL DECIDE WHERE TO GO EAT.
UM, AND I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A FULL COMMISSION BY NEXT TIME TONY MONTGOMERY WILL WILL BE APPOINTED ON THE 19TH OF AUGUST.
A COUPLE OF IDEAS, UH, FOR 2026 WAS THE CITY SECRETARY EVER COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT PUBLIC OFFICIAL LAWS AND ETHICS AND THEN HOW THEY, HOW THEY MANAGE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND SO FORTH.
AND OF COURSE NEW COUNCIL AND NEW MAYOR AND NOW WE'LL ADD STREET DEPARTMENT TO THAT.
YEAH, WITH THAT NEW BOND PROGRAM, THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE A QUITE A LOT TO TELL US.
SO ANYTHING ELSE? UM, OR WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW.
WE'VE STILL GOT HALF A YEAR LEFT.
SO, UM, WANNA REMIND YOU TO GIVE YOUR ROSTERS TO YVONNE IF YOU HAD CORRECTIONS ON YOUR INFORMATION.
AND UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTS TO DISCUSS? ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR JUST IN GENERAL? I'M GOING EMAIL
THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ALL DAY.
I'M GONNA EMAIL YOU A COUPLE OF IDEAS THAT I HAVE.
UH, AND I'VE CONTACTED SOME PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IF YOU HAD ANYTHING OPEN FOR THIS YEAR.
ANGELA, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU TO REPEAT OUR SOCIAL CALENDAR AGAIN.
WHEN WE'RE GOING TO EAT IN DECEMBER AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE DOING SOCIALLY.
WELL WE EAT AND, AND YAK THE DAY OF THE WEEK.
THAT FOURTH, IT'S THE SAME DAY.
THE FIRST THURSDAY OF DECEMBER, THE FOURTH RESTAURANT.
AND WE'LL HAVE, UM, LUNCH, POST MEETING.
THAT'S IN LIEU OF LIEU OF DIFFERENT YEAH, WE, WE DON'T, SO WE MISSED DECEMBER AND JULY.
WE CAN'T PARK HERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE SAME AGE OF THE CHRISTMAS AND WELL REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
WE DON'T MEET IN JULY OR DECEMBER.
YOU DO WHATEVER YOU FEEL LIKE DOING IN DECEMBER.
GIVE SOME, ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE 10 MEETINGS.
'CAUSE IT'S ENOUGH IN GARLAND NO MATTER, NO MATTER WHAT THE BYLAWS SAY.
SO WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO AT 10 54, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
YOU'RE WE'RE ADJOURNED MEETING.