[00:00:07]
AT 5:33 PM, I CALLED OUR NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING OF THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL TO ORDER.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF OUR OCTOBER 27TH MINUTES.
YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY TO REVIEW, AND I'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER THEM.
AT OUR OCTOBER 27TH MEETING, WE HEARD FROM DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTIN CARAWAY ABOUT THE RE- REVITALIZATION OF LOU HUFF PARK AND HOW THAT PROJECT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COLLABORATION OF STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE CITY.
COUNCILMAN CARAWAY ALSO ENCOURAGED US TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL HELP OUR DISTRICT TWO NEIGHBORS KEEP GARLAND THRIVING.
AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, WE HAD A REALLY FUN SOCIAL WITH PAINTING, A MOVIE, ICE CREAM, AND TONS OF OTHER SNACKS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 27TH MEETING? THANK YOU, RISA.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MILES SECONDS THE MOTION.
MEMBERS, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THIS, THIS ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH I SEE NONE.
AND NOW NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRISTINA SEGIOVANO.
WHERE WE ALL LIKE ME TO STAY BECAUSE I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE ME OKAY, SO I'LL COME OVER HERE.
IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T MET ME OR SAW ANY OF MY STUFF, I DEFINITELY LOVE TO BE SEEN.
SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL AGAIN.
CAN, CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE DISTRICT FOUR IS? ANYBODY? WELL, I KNOW DISTRICT FIVE IS YOUR BINDERS IS IN THERE.
AND SO THERE IS, UM, A LOCATION THERE THAT'S EXTREMELY POPULAR RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, IT'S PROBABLY CLOSED, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN APPLY FOR IT NEXT YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN TO IT THIS YEAR, POSSIBILITY.
UM, BECAUSE CAN ANYBODY GUESS WHERE THAT PLACE MAY BE? SURF AND SWAR.
SO I AM HOME OF SURF AND SWIM IN AUDUBON PARK.
SO IN CASE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, KIND OF THINK OF THAT LIKE, OKAY, SURF AND SWIM, DISTRICT FOUR, AUDUBON PARK, DISTRICT FOUR, SOUTH BRANCH LIBRARY, DISTRICT FOUR.
I KNOW Y'ALL MIGHT BE GETTING FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BROADWAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M VERY CLOSE TO DISTRICT THREE, WHICH MOORE I CALL THEM MY PARTNER.
SO COUNCILMAN MOORE, I'M REALLY CLOSE TO, UM, AND, AND DISTRICT FIVE, LUCK.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF WHERE I'M SURROUNDED AT.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT Y'ALL GOT TO GO VISIT, RIGHT? WHO, WHO WENT TO THE SURF AND SWIM EVENT THIS SUMMER? RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO A LOT OF Y'ALL, THAT'S REALLY NEAT.
WELL, Y'ALL HAVE NEXT SUMMER TO GO TO, OKAY, IF YOU HAD TO GET TO GO TO IT THIS SUMMER.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
I WAS ELECTED ON, UM, I WAS SWORN IN MAY, IN MAY, MAY THE 12TH.
SO I'M JUST NOW KICKING OFF MY SIX MONTHS BEING HERE.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY UNIQUE TO ME.
UM, I LIKE TO KIND OF TELL YOU SOME OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED THUS FAR.
ONLY SIX MONTHS, REMEMBER? SO I'M STILL FAIRLY NEW.
UM, SOME OF THEM MY PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS THAT, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I'M THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN FEMALE TO BE ELECTED IN MY, IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
SO THAT'S REALLY, I THINK WE DEFINITELY WANT TO APPLAUD TO THAT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY EXCITED THAT I'M PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT INTO, UM, OUR, OUR DISTRICT AND INTO GARLAND AS A WHOLE AS BEING THE FIRST ONE.
ONE THING I'M ALSO PROUD OF IS THAT, UM, WE'RE DOING A NEW, YOU KNOW, PLANNED GARLAND ON THE RISE.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF LIKE CHANGES OVER THE TIME AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS YOU MIGHT SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS MAYBE CHANGING, SIGNS MAY BE CHANGING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WELL, UM, WHEN I WAS, ONE OF THE FIRST BIG MEETINGS THAT WE HAD BACK IN THE SUMMER, UM, WE BROUGHT IN A TEAM AND THEY WERE TELLING US ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA GARLAND ON THE RISE AND WHAT CHANGES ARE GONNA BE MADE.
UM, AND A QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, UM, WHAT ABOUT GREEN SPACE AND KEEPING SOME AREAS GREEN AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, EMBRACE OUR GREEN SPACE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE Y'ALL KNOW GARLAND IS PRIMARILY BUILT OUT, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE THAT WE CAN BUILD ON, BUT W - THE GREEN SPACE THAT WE DO HAVE, I FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IT, RIGHT? AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO REVAMP THE, UM, OUR PLAN AND ADD THAT INTO OUR PLAN THAT I WAS ABLE TO INTRODUCE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND KEEP IT, KEEP GREEN SPACE IN GARLAND.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL.
IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, THOSE ARE THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I, I WAS ABLE TO DO.
UM, SO IN MY DISTRICT, I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW, WE KNOW ABOUT SURF AND SWIM.
UM, IT IS VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED.
IN FACT, MY DISTRICT, I WAS INVITED TO
[00:05:01]
OVER NINE BLOCK PARTIES IN OCTOBER BECAUSE WE HAVE OCTOBER IN THAT TIME THERE IS OUR, UM, A COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY, THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.JUST THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, THAT EVENING, I WAS INVITED TO SIX.
UM, OF COURSE I COULDN'T BE PULLED IN SIX DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
I HAVE A, A GREAT SON THAT, UM, HIS NAME IS JACOB SEGOVIANO THAT HE HELPS ME A WHOLE BUNCH AND I MADE LITTLE BASKETS AND HE GOT TO GO OUT AND, AND GREET ALL MY, UM, MY, MY COMMUNITY AND, AND BRING A LITTLE BASKETBALL WELCOMING BASKET.
SO THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT, UH, MY DISTRICT IS THAT IT'S VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED.
EVEN WHEN I, UM, THE WEEKS FOLLOWING, I WAS STILL BEING INVITED TO, UM, BLOCK PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANNA CONNECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT GARLAND AND WE WANNA IN- INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME AS REALLY CONNECTING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.
I, UM, WAS ANYBODY, UM, AT THE TRI-CITY, TRI-CITY CLEANUP BY ANY CHANCE? ANYBODY COME AND HELP AND VOLUNTEER TRI-CITY CLEANUP? SOUNDS GOOD.
SO TRI-CITY CLEANUP IS WHEN THEY GOT TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER CITIES, UM, IN ROWLETT, DALLAS AND US, AND WE KIND OF SPREAD OUT AND WE CLEANED UP AREAS.
AND I, I GOT TO CLEAN UP THE PRES- PRESERVE AND THE, AND THE PRESERVE AREA.
SO DID ANYBODY DO A, UM, OR MAYBE THE DUCK CREEK CLEANUP? ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, DUCK CREEK CLEANUP? OKAY.
SO I, I, I REALLY LIKE TO GO OUT AND, UM, PARTICIPATE IN TRASH BASHES AND ENSURING THAT I'M HELPING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEERING AS MUCH AS I CAN.
I THINK THAT VOLUNTEERING STARTING YOUNG, LIKE YOUR AGE, LIKE WHAT'S THE YOUNGEST HERE? LIKE 12? NO.
AND THE OLDEST, MAYBE 21? SENIOR.
SENIOR, SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO STARTING YOUNG, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU APPLY FOR COLLEGE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE LIKE HOURS ON THERE, LIKE VOLUNTEER HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND BEING PART OF THIS GROUP IS PROBABLY ALLOWING THAT IN, IN YOUR COMMITTEES, RIGHT? I'M SURE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UM, PLANNING LIKE PROJECTS WITHIN YOUR COMMITTEES.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I, I CONTINUE TO DO.
I, I, I REALLY BELIEVE IN SERVING THE CITY.
UM, IN FACT, MY DAY JOB, MY NINE TO FIVE, IS I WORK WITH AT-RISK YOUTH AND I, I SERVE IN THE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF WORKING WITH AT RISK YOUTH.
SO A LOT OF MY, UM, DAY-TO-DAY IS WORKING WITH YOUNG INDIVIDUALS AND WATCHING THEM GROW.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
UM, SO TRASH, CLA - OH, ONE THING THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT I, I INTRODUCED THIS YEAR WHEN I WAS NEWLY ELECTED IS I, I PERSONALLY INTERVIEWED ALL OF MY CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO I HAD YOU COME TO MY AREA AND I ASKED YOU QUESTIONS AND REALLY GOT TO KNOW YOU.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I FOUND VERY INTERESTING.
SO I REALLY WANNA KNOW WHY YOU WANTED TO SERVE, WHAT WAS THE REASON, AND SOME ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU CAN, UM, CONTINUE TO, UM, CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY.
SO I STARTED WITH THE VERY YOUNG AS THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND EVEN TO THE VERY, TO OUR SENIOR CITIZEN COMMITTEE.
SO I, I AM STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I REALLY ENJOYED.
WHO HERE IS, UM, APPOINTED BY ME? I KNEW THAT.
TYLER IS RUNNING LATE AND THEN DANIEL AND EVELYN BOTH HAD, DANIEL HAD THE FLU AND EVELYN HAD KANSAS.
WHERE DID WE MEET? CAN YOU RECALL WHERE WE MET? THE LIBRARY.
AND WERE YOU THE YOUNGEST ONE THERE? YES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO IT'S QUITE INTERESTING BECAUSE WE GOT TO MIX ALL OF US KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE SEE GARLAND AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FROM THE VERY YOUNG TO THE OLDEST THAT YOU CAN BE TO REALLY SERVE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ALSO I'M HAVING MY FIRST MEET AND GREET SOON ON DECEMBER THE 2ND, WHICH IS ON A WEDNESDAY.
I'M GONNA HAVE IT AT AUDUBON PARK AT THE RECREATION CENTER.
SO I'M, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, I ALREADY TOLD YOU SOMETHING I WAS PROUD OF.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET MY WAY.
SO SOME THINGS THAT I, I LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF IS THAT, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, UM, I AM A CHRISTIAN.
I, I, I DO A LOT OF THINGS BY MY FAITH AND I'M LED BY MY FAITH IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO.
I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 28 YEARS.
COMING UP IN TWO WEEKS, I, I MARRIED MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, WHICH IS VERY RARE, SO I DON'T RECOMMEND DOING IT.
I TRIED TO GET ONE TO COME HERE, BUT SHE WAS LIKE, "NO, I AM NOT GONNA DO THAT." MY OTHER TWO ARE OLDER.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS I TOLD YOU, I'M A PUBLIC SERVANT.
I'VE BEEN IN THE PUBLIC SERVANT FIELD FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE GONNA MEET, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JUSTIN, BUT SOME OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET ARE RETIRED.
SO I DO WORK MY 80 TO FIVE AND THEN
[00:10:01]
COME AND I CALL THIS MY SECOND JOB IN DOING THE EVENING THINGS.SO IF YOU SEE ME, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING ON MY CAR OR A STICKER.
I'M A, I'M A REALLY BIG FAN OF TURTLES.
UM, I PROUD MYSELF IN, UM, BEING SOMEONE WHO CAN, UM, BE APPROACHABLE.
UM, I REALLY LOVE TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY AND SMILING.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT SOMETHING ELSE THAT I BRING TO OTHERS IS I TRY TO BRING JOY.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S MY LOVE LANGUAGE THAT I, I DEFINITELY TRY TO PRESENT TO EVERYONE.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO, UM, ALL RECOGNIZE YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE AND YOUR GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU AND ENSURE THAT YOU'RE PASSING IT ON.
AND YOU START NOW IN RECOGNIZING THAT.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT A, A LOVE LANGUAGE IS BY ANY CHANCE? SOMETHING, AN ATTRIBUTE THAT YOU MAY HAVE? WHAT IS, COULD SOMEONE SHARE WITH ME WHAT THEIR LOVE LANGUAGE MAY BE? SOMETHING THEY LOVE TO GIVE OR SOMETHING THEY LIKE TO RECEIVE? WHAT WOULD THAT BE? I LIKE GIFT GIVING.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.YOU LOVE GIFT GIVING.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU SHOW LOVE IS LIKE GIVING APPRECIATION, LITTLE TOKENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN THE VERY, VERY BACK, RIGHT THERE.
WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE TO DO FOR OTHERS? UM, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
I BET YOUR MOM AND DAD LOVE THAT.
I, I, I WOULD LOVE TO COME HOME AND HAVE IT CLEAN UP.
MY HUSBAND'S LOVE LANGUAGE I FEEL IS, IS THAT TOO.
HE WANTS THINGS TO BE TIDY AND EVERYTHING.
I HAD TO RECOGNIZE THAT EARLY IN OUR MARRIAGE.
LIKE OKAY, SO WHEN HE GOT HOME, IT'D BE ALL MESSY AND I'D SEE THAT HE WAS CRANKY.
AND THEN WHEN I'D HAVE IT NICE AND CLEAN, I'M LIKE, "OH MY GOSH, I THINK I SHOULD CLEAN.
I THINK HIS LOVE LANGUAGE IS SEEING THINGS CLEAN." SO YOU SEE THINGS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU SERVE OTHERS AND YOU WANNA GET IT BACK FROM YOU AS WELL.
SO IF YOU DO ONTO OTHERS, HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.
Y'ALL ARE GONNA SEE ME AROUND.
I AM GONNA GET TO TAKE THE TOUR WITH Y'ALL, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS SO GREAT BEING HERE, GETTING TO TELL, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT MYSELF.
AND AS YOU SEE ME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOU AS WELL.
COME AND TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF.
OKAY? WE DO ALWAYS ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO ASK ONE QUESTION.
SO WE DON'T END UP, YOU KNOW, SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON QUESTIONS, BUT WE ALSO TELL THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY FOLLOW-UP ONES, BY ALL MEANS REACH OUT.
UH, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO GYC AT OUR GYC EMAIL ADDRESS AND WE'LL CONNECT.
WE'LL MAKE THE CONNECTIONS - YEAH.
AND THAT WAY YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT WHO HAS A QUESTION FOR COUNCILWOMAN? YEAH.
UM, AS A NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER, LIKE, I KNOW YOU'VE JUST LIKE KIND OF BEEN NEWLY LIKE A QUIET TO THIS POSITION, BUT LIKE WHICH ONE OF YOUR POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND WHY? I THINK THAT MOST IMPORTANTLY IS ENSURING THAT YOU'RE CONNECTING AND YOU'RE BEING A GOOD ADVOCATE FOR YOUR PEOPLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN THEY...
I AM HERE TO REPRESENT GARLAND AND THERE'S OVER 220,000 PEOPLE IN GARLAND.
AND THEN I HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO JUST MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS ABOUT 80,000.
THEN I GOTTA NARROW IT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FEMALES OR THE HISPANIC POPULATION.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO AND SPEAK.
SO I WANNA ENSURE THAT WHEN THEY'RE CALLING ME, I'M ABLE TO ANSWER THEIR CALLS.
WHEN THEY'RE EMAILING ME, I'M ABLE TO ANSWER IT AND BE ABLE TO VOICE WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME OUT TO OTHER PERSONS, YOU KNOW, OUT TO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO DO CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, SANITATION, WHATEVER.
I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR PEOPLE.
OUR PEOPLE OF GARLAND, OUR, OUR PEOPLE OF FEMALE, ARE PEOPLE OF HISPANIC.
YOU REPRESENT A LOT WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE ELECTED OFFICIAL.
I KNOW THERE, THERE WAS PROBABLY MORE, BUT AGAIN, EMAIL US AT UIC.
WE'RE GONNA GET Y'ALL CONNECTED.
UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ANDREW.
SO, UM, WE, WE ALWAYS TAKE PICTURES WITH OUR SPEAKER, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA, BEFORE WE GO ON THE TOUR, TAKE A PICTURE WITH BOTH YOU AND OZ.
UM, I'M THINKING MAYBE THE BEST AREA MAYBE RIGHT HERE YOU THINK.
I DID BRING A DUTY BASKET SO Y'ALL CAN GET A COUPLE OF ITEMS FROM THERE, AND THEN I BROUGHT TIP COOKIES FOR LATER AFTER THE TOUR AS WELL, OKAY GUYS? SO THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.
[00:15:03]
WE GOT US ALL, WE'RE ALL IN.WE, WE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ACT LIKE WE LIKE EACH OTHER.
LET'S GET IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
YOU GET IT, TIFFANY? I GOTCHA.
WE'RE GONNA LET YOU TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO FROM HERE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SANITATION.
WITH ME, I HAVE MIGUEL MARTINEZ WHO IS OUR MANAGER OF COMPLIANCE AND SAFETY.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A TOUR OF THE FACILITY.
SO WE'RE WARNING YOU GUYS TO SAY WORKING MUNICIPAL TRASH, TRANSFER STATION, SO IT CAN'T BE A LITTLE RIFLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF COOL STUFF TO SEE, SO IF YOU GUYS WANT, FOLLOW ME.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY KIND OF COME GET ANOTHER? 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TAKE A PICTURE THIS WAY TO GET THE NUMBERS, THE SCALE IN IT.
WELL, THAT ONE, THEY DRIVE ON THE, ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD.
IT'S JUST THE DRIVERS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TOWN.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY I WANNA CLIMB UP THERE AND JUST STAY.
YEAH, LET'S NOT CLIMB ON THIS ONE.
ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION TOO IS WE HAVE, ACTUALLY WE HAVE TELEMATICS IN THESE VEHICLES.
WHAT TELEMATICS IS, IS GPS AND CAMERAS IN THESE VEHICLES, RIGHT? SO WHENEVER THERE'S AN INCIDENT OUT IN THE FIELD, IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A, A SAFETY INCIDENT OR AN ACCIDENT, WE HAVE...
NORMALLY WE HAVE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE WHICH IS A GREAT TAKE, GREAT TRAINING TOOL.
BUT WE ALSO BEEN USING IT TO KEEP OUR CUSTOMERS HONEST.
SO SOMETIMES YOUR PARENTS WILL CALL AND SAY, "HEY, YOU GUYS MISSED MY CONTAINER." REALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THE CONTAINER WAS NEVER SET AT THE CURB.
RIGHT? SO WHAT WE FIGURED OUT OVER THE LAST...
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH DOING THAT AND I KNOW IT, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, RIGHT? BUT ANYWAY, SO WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE GET A CALL LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO IS WE LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND SEE IF IN FACT THAT VE - THAT CART WAS OUT THERE OR WAS NOT.
IF IT'S NOT, WE SAY, "HEY, SIR, MAN, WE LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
THE CART WAS NOT OUT THERE, BUT AS A COURTESY ONE TIME, WE'LL GO BACK AND COLLECT IT." AFTER THE ONE TIME COURTESY, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA COST THEM MONEY TO GO BACK OUT.
HOW MUCH IS THE FREEDOM TO COME BACK OUT? IT'S 10 BUCKS.
BUT NO ONE'S EVER ASKED US TO GO BACK OUT.
THEY JUST SAY, "I'LL JUST WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK." I DON'T WANNA PAY 10 BUCKS.
BUT WHAT THAT DOES FOR US, KEEP IN MIND, 40, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF LOOKING AT THIS DATA, 40% OF THE MISSED CALLS THAT WE GOT WERE NOT OUR FAULT.
THAT'S 40% OF THE TIME WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A CUSTOMER'S FAULT AND NOT OURS.
KEEP IN MIND, THESE VEHICLES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO, TO RUN.
ON AVERAGE, IT COSTS ABOUT 120 BUCKS AN HOUR TO RUN THESE VEHICLES.
SOME VEHICLES A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST GOING BACK OUT THERE, TAKING CARE OF IT.
THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF COST INVOLVED IN TAKING THESE VEHICLES OUT HERE.
THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT BY ANY MEANS FUEL EFFICIENT.
THEY AVERAGE ABOUT TWO TO THREE MILES PER GALLON ON AVERAGE.
SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT BUILT FOR, FOR FUEL ECONOMY.
[00:20:01]
LAST YEAR WE SPENT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUEL LAST YEAR.SO VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN, VERY EXPENSIVE TO RUN.
WE'RE AT THE RECYCLING CENTER RIGHTNOW.
OS WAS MENTIONING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DROP OFF HERE.
THEY HAVE AN EVENT THIS WEEKEND TO DROP OFF.
WE CALL IT OUR, OUR BIG FOUR EVENT AND IT'S BEING HOSTED AT DALLAS COLLEGE.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT PAPER THAT NEEDS TO BE SHREDDED, IF YOU'VE GOT TIRES TO DISPOSE OF, IF YOU'VE GOT TEXTILES, CLOTHES, SHOES, PURSES YOU WANNA DROP OFF, AND IF YOU'VE GOT TIRES YOU NEED TO GET RID OF, BRING THEM UP TO US AT DALLAS COLLEGE.
WE'RE GOING FROM 9:00 AM TO 120 PM AND WE'LL TAKE THEM OFF YOUR HANDS FOR YOU.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ELECTRONICS, BATTERIES, LAPTOPS, TVS, YOU CAN BRING THOSE TO US AS WELL AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THOSE ARE TAKEN OFF YOUR HANDS AND RECYCLED CORRECTLY.
AND WE DO THAT, UH, FOUR TO SIX TIMES A YEAR.
I HAVE A FLYER OUT THERE FLOATING AROUND.
I'LL DROP THE FLYER IN A GROUP FOR Y'ALL.
LET ME ADD THE ADDED TO Y'ALL'S GROUP.
RIGHT? WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT? THAT'D BE COOL.
ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT? OKAY.
WE SURE DID LEAVE THIS DOOR OPEN, DID WE, LADIES? WHO ARE THERE MY LADIES? OH MY GOODNESS.
UM, WHERE ARE THE GREEN TRASH CANS? YO SHOWED US THE BLUE NEW ONES? OKAY, HERE'S THE GREEN ONES.
THEY COST THE SAME? THEY COST THE SAME.
IS THE OTHER DOOR CLOSED? OKAY.
I KNOW Y'ALL NOT TRYING TO WAIT.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL? GOOD JOB, ANDREW.
YOU WANNA LOG IN? MAKE SURE WE SAY THANK YOU TO OZ.
THIS IS REALLY NICE.YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME.
YOU ALL TA - YOU'RE ALL RATE PAYERS.
ANYBODY KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS, WHAT YOU GUYS PAY US A MONTH TO SERVICE YOU GUYS? ANYBODY HAVE AN IDEA? YOUR SANITATION, IF ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA.
WE'RE THE BEST BARGAIN IN TOWN.
$27.98 IS WHAT YOUR PARENTS PAY US FOR OUR SERVICE.
THAT INCLUDES ONE TRASH PICKUP PER WEEK, ONE RECYCLE EVERY OTHER WEEK, AND THEN YOU'RE BRUSHING YOUR WEEKLY, YOUR BRUSH AND BULKY.
TEST DONE ONCE A WEEK AS WELL.
PLUS YOU HAVE FULL USE OF THE RECYCLE CENTER SIX DAYS A WEEK.
SO OUR TEAM, THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT RUN THIS ENTIRE OPERATION.
WE HAVE 120 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE SIX DIVISIONS, UH, ADMIN, BRUSH AND BULKY, RESIDENTIAL WASTE, RESIDENTIAL RECYCLE, COMMERCIAL SERVICES, AND OUR TRANSFER STATION TEAM.
SO YES, THAT IS AI ENHANCED JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BETTER.
OUR ADMIN TEAM, OUR ADMIN TEAM, THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OUR COMMERCIAL, UH, CALLS.
SO OUR RESIDENTIAL CALLS GO DOWNTOWN TO CUSTOMER SERVICE.
ANY IDEA HOW MANY CALLS OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM TAKES CITYWIDE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
FOR EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, GUESS HOW MANY CALLS THEY GET? 78,000.
250,000 CALLS IS WHAT THEY GET A YEAR.
20,000 OF THOSE CALLS ARE FROM SANITATION.
THE REST OF THEM ARE FOR GP&L, CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE ANIMAL SERVICES, THE
[00:25:01]
OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT CALLS, THAT'S A LOT OF CALLS.UM, OUR ESCALATED COMPLAINTS, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR ESCALATED COMPLAINTS, OUR V- VIDEO VERIFICATION PROCESS.
WHEN SOMEONE CALLS AND SAYS, "YOU GUYS MISSED THIS, OUR ADMIN TEAM WILL LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND VERIFY IF THEY WERE MISSED OR IF IT'S ON...
IF IT'S ON THEM." OUR SCALE HOUSE IS OBVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH HERE, AND OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, MICHELLE STEVENS IS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT PUTS ON ALL THESE EVENTS.
ANYONE GO TO THE, UH TECH AND TRUCK SHOWCASE LAST WEEKEND? THAT'S ONE OF OUR NEW EVENTS.
WE BRING OUT ALL OUR BIG TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE HERE FROM GP&L WATER AND WE HAVE, UH, THEY'RE OPEN FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, CLIMB INTO AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT, OR ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT.
RUSSIAN BULKING, THIS IS BY FAR OUR MOST POPULAR SERVICE.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN GARLAND, RUSSIAN BULKING COLLECTION CURBSIDE IS VERY RARE.
SOME CITIES DO IT ONCE A MONTH.
SOME CITIES DO IT ONCE A QUARTER.
SOME CITIES DON'T DO IT AT ALL.
SOME CITIES GOTTA PAY FOR THEM TO COME OUT.
GARLAND IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE WEEK YOU PUT ALMOST AS MUCH AS YOU WANT ON THE CURB AND WE'RE GONNA COME BY AND PICK IT UP.
SO WHAT THAT ENABLES PEOPLE TO DO IS IF YOU'VE GOTTA WORK IN YOUR HOUSE, DO A PROJECT, CUT TREES, ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR...
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH YOUR WASTE.
YOU JUST PUT ON THE CURB AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO VERY UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT GARLAND DOES IT.
WE DO ABOUT 19,000 COLLECTIONS PER WEEK, UH, 920 COLLECTIONS PER YEAR.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE AN EVENT, WHO, WHO'S REMEMBER THOSE TORNADOES AND THOSE ICE EVENTS WE'VE HAD HERE OVER THE YEARS? YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT? WE WERE KIND OF THE TIP OF SPEAR ON THAT.
WE'RE THE ONES IN THE STREETS PICKING UP ALL THAT DEBRIS AND MAKING SURE THE AREAS ARE CLEAR FOR PEOPLE GETTING IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
SO IF THERE IS AN EVENT THAT'S LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ICE STORM AND ALL THESE TREE LIMBS COME DOWN, CRASHING DOWN ON YOUR YARD, YOUR PROPERTY, WHATEVER, WE'RE GONNA BE THE TEAM OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF THAT FOR YOU GUYS.
AND GAR - AGAIN, GARLAND IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
MOST OTHER CITIES WILL HAVE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT.
NOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE CONTRACTS AS WELL.
WE WILL SOMETIMES CALL A CONTRACTOR, BUT IT'S A FAVORITE JOB THAN WHAT WE CAN HANDLE, BUT A LOT, A LOT OF TIMES WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE OURSELVES IN-HOUSE.
SAVES YOU GUYS A LOT OF MONEY.
AND IT IS OUR LARGEST DIVISION WITHIN SANITATION.
UH, OUR RESIDENTIAL TRASH GUYS DO ABOUT 8,000 COLLECTIONS PER WEEK.
3.8 MILLION COLLECTIONS PER YEAR.
THIS DEPARTMENT TOUCHES MORE CITIZENS EVERY DAY THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE CITY DOES.
WE'RE GONNA BE AT YOUR PROPERTY AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, SOMETIMES MORE THAN THAT.
UM, 1,097 DAILY COLLECTIONS PER DRIVER, AND LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED ALMOST 69,000 TONS OF TRASH FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL WASTE GUYS AND LADIES.
RESIDENTIAL RECYCLE, AGAIN, THIS IS EVERY OTHER WEEK.
UH, 20,000 COLLECTIONS PER WEEK, A MILLION COLLECTIONS PER YEAR.
UH, OUR RECYCLE GUYS PROBABLY DO ABOUT 950 COLLECTIONS PER EMPLOYEE PER DAY, AND WE DID 12, UH, 168 TONS LAST YEAR.
LET ME TELL YOU GUYS WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
WELL, YOU GUYS ARE GOOD AT RECYCLING BECAUSE IT COSTS US MONEY TO PROCESS THIS RECYCLING.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE MAKE MONEY OFF RECYCLING, WE DON'T MAKE MONEY OFF RECYCLING.
IT COSTS US ABOUT $70 A TON TO PROCESS RECYCLING.
SO HOW YOU GUYS CAN HELP US IS DON'T PUT YOUR TRASH IN RECYCLING PART BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER TO PROCESS TRASH THAN IT IS TO PROCESS RECYCLING.
SO WHEN YOU PUT RECYCLING IN YOUR CART, MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAN, MAKE SURE IT'S...
CARDBOARD, PAPER, ALUMINUM CANS, YOU KNOW, FOOD CANS.
MAKE SURE THAT THE JARS ARE KIND OF RINSED OUT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE SUPER CLEAN, BUT DON'T PUT A HALF THING OF PEANUT BUTTER IN THERE, YOU KNOW.
AT LEAST GET ALL THE BIGGER STUFF OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY CLEAN RECYCLING.
THE CLEANER, THE CLEANER RECYCLING IS, THE LESS MONEY IT COSTS US.
COMMERCIAL SERVICES, KIND OF TALKED, TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE MAMA TRUCK.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 2,200, UH, CUSTOMERS HERE IN GARLAND, COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
GARLAND'S UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT OUR COMMERCIAL MARKET IS OPEN, WHICH MEANS THAT ANYONE CAN COME AND SERVICE OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
SO REPUBLIC, WASTE MANAGEMENT, YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD OF THEM.
THEY'RE SOME OF THE BIGGER HAULERS.
WE COMPETE WITH THEM FOR CUSTOMERS HERE IN GARLAND.
SO, UM, LAST YEAR, UH, ON 24, 24, WE DID 8.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE.
AS A DEPARTMENT, TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION, WE DO ABOUT 33 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE A YEAR.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE US RICH BECAUSE IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO RUN THIS PLACE.
WE TAKE A LOT OF MONEY IN, UM, AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO, ONE OF THE COUNCIL'S INITIATIVES TO KEEP COSTS LOW TO THE RESIDENTS, RIGHT? SO IF THERE IS A SURPLUS, WE PUT THAT RIGHT BACK INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL RATE TO KEEP THOSE RATES AS LOW AS WE CAN FOR YOU GUYS.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE A KILLING OFF OF THIS.
AND 69,000 TONS OF TRASH COLLECTED FOR COMMERCIAL LAST YEAR.
OUR TRANSFER STATION, EVERYTHING THAT WE PICK UP COMES HERE AND GETS PROCESSED HERE, AS I MENTIONED.
LAST YEAR, OUR TRUCKS TRANSPORTED 122,000 TONS OF TRASH TO THE LANDFILL.
SO YOU GUYS SEEN THOSE BIG 18-WHEELERS THAT WERE COMING IN WHEN YOU GUYS WERE PARKING? EACH ONE OF THEM HOLDS ABOUT 20 TONS.
WE'LL MAKE ABOUT 25 TO 30 TRIPS A DAY TO THE LANDFILL WITH THOSE TRUCKS.
THAT'S HOW MUCH MATERIAL WE'RE MOVING.
AGAIN, 20 TON CAPACITY IN THE UH, OUR
[00:30:01]
TRANSFER STATION HERE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SO IF YOU'VE GOT EXCESS TRASH, SOME BIG ITEMS YOU WANT TO GET RID OF, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT ON THE CURB, YOU CAN BRING THEM UP HERE TO THE TOP OF THE HILL TO SHOW YOUR ID AND YOU CAN DUMP UP TOP LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES.ADDITIONAL SERVICES, WE TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE RECYCLING CENTER, OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
IT'S FREE TO GARLAND RESIDENCE.
THESE ARE ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR FREE, EXCESS TRASH, EXCESS RECYCLING, SCRAP METAL DROP OFF, UH, THE FREE SELF-SERVE MER - UH, MULCH, TEXTILES, MORTAR OIL AND KITCHEN OIL.
WE, WE RECYCLE ALL THAT FOR YOU GUYS HERE FOR FREE.
THE KITCHEN OIL, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT BIOFUEL - BIODIESEL IS? OKAY, SO OUR KITCHEN OIL IS ACTUALLY SENT TO A PLACE THAT ACTUALLY MAKES BIOFUEL OUT OF IT, SO.
ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SOME GOOD QUESTIONS.
MATT? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE BIOFUEL IS? YEAH, SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE OUR COOKING OIL AND THEY PROCESS IT.
THEY ACTUALLY MAKE, IT'S A VARIANT OF DIESEL FUEL IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT THEY'RE ACTUAL LIKE, UH, THERE'S ALSO FUEL PUMPS THAT ACTUALLY USE BIOFUEL AS DIESEL.
AND IT'S VERY EFFICIENT, UM, IT'S VERY CHEAP TO MAKE, UM, BUT THEY MAKE THAT OUT OF THE COOKING OIL.
SO YOUR CANOLA, OIL, VEGETABLE OIL, ALL THAT IS REMITTED TO BIOFUEL.
AND Y'ALL COLLECT THAT HERE AND Y'ALL TAKE IT TO - YEP.
WE HAVE A VENDOR THAT COMES BY AND PICKS IT UP AND THEY TAKE IT TO THE PROCESSING FACILITY AND THEN THEY MAKE IT.
OH, MY DAD SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW HOW LIKE WITH THE CARDBOARD, LIKE WHEN TAKEOUT HAS LIKE OIL AFTER ALL? MM-HMM.
IT SMELLS A SCOTCH OR RECYCLE BAG.
IS THERE LIKE A REASON WHY? IF IT'S SUPER, SUPER GREASY, THROW IT IN THE TRASH.
IF IT'S GOT A COUPLE LITTLE SPOTS TO GREASE HERE AND THERE, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
UM, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR CONTAMINATE, YOUR RECYCLE BEING CLEAN.THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S LIKE SUPER GREASY, SUPER FULL OF PEANUT BUTTER, JUST THROW THAT OUT OF THE TRASH.
LIKE WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T USE THAT.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB? MY FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB? YEAH.
UH, WITH A STAFF OF 120, ONE OF THE LARGEST DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, RIGHT? OUR STAFF IS AMAZING.
WE'VE GOT THE BEST STAFF, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS WHOLE AREA.
UM, WE'RE VERY SERVICE-MINDED.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE CUSTOMER, NUMBER ONE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE GONNA DO IT SAFE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS JOBS IN AMERICA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INCIDENTS OUT THERE, THANKFULLY NOT HERE AT GARLAND SANITATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR KILLED EVERY DAY IN THIS INDUSTRY.
IT'S A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS INDUSTRY.
SO ASIDE FROM THE PEOPLE, MY TOP PRIORITY HERE IS MAKING SURE THEY GO HOME JUST AS THEY CAME IN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, WHAT MADE YOU WANNA START LIKE WORKING IN THIS FIELD? UH, DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT CODE COMPLIANCE IS? YES.
SO I WAS A CODE INSPECTOR FOR 19 YEARS.
SO THOSE GUYS THAT ARE SENDING YOU GUYS LETTERS ABOUT YOUR GRAPHS AND, AND ALL THAT STUFF, UM, UH, MY, UH, FRIEND OF MINE HE ASKED ME TO COME OVER HERE AND HELP HIM ON THIS, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, DEPARTMENT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND JUST RECENTLY IN MAY, I WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR.
THIS IS, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT AN AI-PROOF INDUSTRY, THIS IS AN AI PROOF INDUSTRY.
YOU WILL ALWAYS NEED TO GET YOUR TRASH PICKED UP.
NOW, DOWN THE ROAD, ARE ROBOTS GONNA DO THAT? MAYBE, BUT I'LL BE WELL RETIRED AND OUT OF THE WAY BY THEN, RIGHT? UM, BUT THIS IS THE JOB THAT REALLY, IT'S AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
THERE'S NO WAY THE CITY CAN OPERATE WITHOUT A GOOD SANITATION SERVICE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UH, WHAT MAKES THE JOB SO DANGEROUS? PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION AROUND US.
UM, YOU HAVE THESE BIG TRUCKS, WE'VE GOT FLASHERS, WE'VE GOT ALL THE SIGNAGE ON OUR VEHICLES.
PEOPLE ARE TOO MUCH TO DO ON THEIR OWN THING.
AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PHONE OR JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
WE ALSO WORK IN VERY, VERY TIGHT SPACES.
YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN HOW NARROW THESE ALLEYS ARE AND HOW WIDE THOSE TRUCKS ARE, RIGHT? SO IN THOSE ALLEYS, THERE'S VEHICLES, THERE'S GAS METERS, THERE'S FENCES, UM, THERE'S PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND THIS, THESE VEHICLES ALL THE TIME.
UM, IT'S VERY, VERY HARD TO PROCESS ALL THAT AND STILL DO THE JOB LIKE THEY'RE DOING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE SUPER FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND NOT BE DISTRACTED.
WE'VE GOT A ZERO, WE GOT A POLICY WHEN YOU CAN'T BE ON YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN'T BE DISTRACTED, CAN'T BE TEXTED WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE THESE VEHICLES CAN DO IF THE DRIVER'S NOT BEING SAFE OUT THERE.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW TO GET BETTER.
UH, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY.
THE VEHICLES THAT WE BUY ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE ONES WE BOUGHT BEFORE, MAKES US MORE EFFICIENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING INTO THROUGH OUR TELEMATICS PROVIDER CALLED SAMSARA, THEY'RE STARTING TO BUILD AI INTO OUR CAMERAS, RIGHT? SO WHAT THAT DOES FOR US IS WHEN WE'RE FULLY DEPLOYED, IT WILL TELL YOU IF THERE'S SOMEONE NEXT TO YOU, A CAR, A PERSON, AN OBJECT, AND IT'LL ALERT THE DRIVER.
SO HE'S MORE AWARE WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HIM.
IT'LL BE BAD, IT'LL SIGNAL ANYBODY, THERE'S SOMEONE BESIDE YOU.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT DOING STUFF LIKE THAT TO MAKE US A LITTLE BIT SAFER, MAKE US A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT.
SO I TOLD YOU GUYS EARLIER, WE USE THE CAMERAS TO KIND OF STOP SOME OF THESE MISSED CALLS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY OF THOSE CALLS WE'RE NOT GOING BACK OUT TO.
SO LAST YEAR CALL VOLUME WAS ABOUT 25,000 CALLS INSTEAD OF 20,000
[00:35:01]
DOLLAR, UNDER 20,000 CALLS THIS YEAR.SO IT'S DEFINITELY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
AND OF COURSE THAT SAVES TIME, TIME ON THE PHONE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
ANYBODY WANNA BE A TRASH MAN OR A WOMAN? WE DO HAVE FEMALE STAFF.
WE HAVE SOME FEMALE DRIVERS THAT WORK FOR US AS WELL, SO, UM, VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
UM, NOT BEING BIASED, BUT WE ARE THE BEST AT WHAT WE DO.
LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WE'LL BREAK INTO OUR COMMUNITY COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW.
SO HOW SHOULD YOU WANNA DO LIKE THREE TABLES MAYBE? TEEN EVENTS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND THEN SOCIAL PROMOTIONS.
OKAY, SOCIAL COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM.
ON HOW WE CAN SHOWCASE THE DIFFERENT CULTURES.
WE'RE NOVEMBER 10TH, RIGHT? WELL, OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY IS OUR NEXT ACTUAL GYC MEETING ACTUALLY FOR THE HOLIDAY PARTY AND WE WON'T BE DOING BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO THEN WE HAVE OUR JANUARY MEETING, MARCH MEETING.
WE'RE DOING EVENT YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF COMMIT TO SOMETHING.
I KNOW WE WERE ALREADY DOING THE, UH, THE FIELD DAY, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PLANS GOING FOR THAT.
WELL LIKE MAYBE LIKE WE COULD JUST LIKE HAVE LIKE THE
[00:40:03]
HAVING SOME ACTION STEPS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.I DON'T KNOW WHO RUNS THE LIBRARY ONE.
SHOWCASE THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND THE LIBRARY MASCOT AND INCORPORATE THE DESIGN AND THEN HAVE PEOPLE LIKE HAVE, UM, LIKE USE THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT IDEA.
AND DEFINITELY IF WE CAN'T PUT THE GYC LOGO ON AS FAR AS GETTING THAT QUICKLY JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE LIBRARY AND FOR TOO LONG WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO SUBMIT THEIR STUFF BEFORE Y'ALL BE ABLE TO PROMOTE IT AND STUFF.
THE LIBRARY HAD A SPECIFIC COLOR.
WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
MY QUESTION IS, IF WE DO TRY TO DO THIS, WHERE DO Y'ALL WANT
[00:45:17]
A LOT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND I THINK THAT'D BE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.BUT JUST TRY TO AT LEAST IN THE SPRING, WINTER SPRING, TRY TO GET A DATE DOWN.
DON'T COMMIT YOURSELF TO CHOOSING FOUR IN CASE THERE ARE TOGETHER BUT IF THERE'S ONE YOU REALLY LIKE THEN MAYBE THAT CAN BE SIZED.
TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENTRIES.
THIS IS THE GROUP FOR THE DONATIONS.
WHICH PANEL THEY WERE DOING OR IF YOU'RE DESIGNING IT FOR ALL FOUR SIDES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT SPACE FOR THAT DROP BOX FOR THAT DOOR.
REMEMBER Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO MEET OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING.
SOMETHING FOR US TO PARTNER WITH.
[00:50:15]
SO I THINK THERE'S LIKE A LOT YOU CAN DO WITH JUST GETTING IT INTO IN TIME.THESE ARE LIKE AIR FRESHENERS LIKE FOR THE CARS IN CASE.
I KNOW YOU'RE LIKE, OH, DROPPING IS LIKE HER NAME ON THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT NO, THOSE ARE AIR PRESENTERS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
[00:55:16]
ALL RIGHT.EVERYONE MAKE A QUICK, COME GET YOUR SHIRTS BEFORE I FORGET BECAUSE I KNOW.
NICHOLAS, IS THAT MINE? WHO ELSE NEEDS A SHIRT? OH, I NEED A SHIRT.
DID EVERYBODY GET A SHIRT? VICE PRESIDENTS IN YOUR COMMITTEE THOUGH.
EVERYBODY GETS A SHIRT EVEN IF YOU DID NOT SIGN UP FOR CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE.
THESE ARE, ARE Y'ALL'S GIFTS FOR PARKS AND RECS.
Y'ALL GIFT FROM PARKS AND REC.
I ACTUALLY MIGHT WEAR IT LIKE.
[01:00:11]
WELL, THEY HAVE A 25 ANNIVERSARY, 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.CAN WE PUSH THAT TO THE SPRING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW DECEMBER 18TH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PROJECTOR SCREENS JUST FOR CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY.RIGHT NOW I HATE TO DO IT BUT CAN WE PUSH THAT TO THE SPRINGTIME?S Y'ALL'S DECEMBER SCHEDULE IS ALREADY PACKED UP.
[01:05:10]
BECAUSE NOW IT'S GETTING REALLY DARK NOW AND I GUARANTEE A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T WANT TO STAY OUT AS LATE.FRIDAY BEFORE THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK.
MEMBERS, IT IS ALMOST TIME FOR Y'ALL TO LEAVE HOWEVER WE DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THIS FACILITY A MESS.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PUT ALL OF YOUR TRASH IN THE TRASH CAN AND IT'S NOT THE BLUE TRASH CANS EITHER.
IF Y'ALL MAKE AN EFFORT TO THROW AWAY YOUR TRASH RIGHT NOW AND THEN COME BACK TO YOUR SEAT AND THEN ANDREW WILL HAVE US DO OUR FINAL ORDER OF BUSINESS BEFORE WE'RE DONE.
AND, AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR SAFETY VEST OFF WHILE YOU'RE THROWING AWAY YOUR TRASH, ALSO TAKE YOUR SAFETY VEST OFF AND LEAVE THEM OVER IN THE THING IN HERE.
OH YEAH, THE TRASH CAN IS BY THE MICROWAVE.
WELL NO ONE ACTUALLY KNOWS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED.
ALL RIGHT GUYS, OUR FINAL THING ON THE AGENDA IS UPCOMING DAYS, WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 16TH WE HAVE OUR WINTER CLOTHING DONATION DRIVE STARTING.
ON THE 19TH WE HAVE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION DINNER.
ON THE 4TH OF DECEMBER WE HAVE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE.
THE FIFTH, THE VERY NEXT DAY ON THAT SATURDAY WE HAVE PANCAKES WITH SANTA.
ON DECEMBER 8TH WE HAVE SNACKS WITH SANTA.
ON THE 10TH WE HAVE OUR GYC HOLIDAY PARTY WHICH MIGHT BE GETTING MOVED BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE IN DECA AND THEIR DISTRICT IS ON THAT DAY.
AND THEN DECEMBER 19TH WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY BREAKFAST EVENT AND WITH THAT THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING
[01:10:01]
OF THE GARLAND COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 6:57 PM.