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YOU SEE ON THE WALL AND WE SEE KID ME, THIS, ALL OF THEM ALL OUT AND REALLY JUST ASKED YOU NOT HOSPITAL AND NEWBURN AND FREEZE.
YOU REMINDED THAT WE ASKED JESUS LORD JESUS.
AND WHEN WE COME TO THE END OF OUR LIVES, SEE WILL SMITH IN VASSAR SHOUT JESUS
AND DOING TONIGHT THAT MIGHT PRESENT THE PAST MAYOR MORGAN'S FAMILY PROCLAMATION.
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TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS ALSO FOR THE FAMILY.BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE, AND THIS HAS BEEN SAID SO MUCH RECENTLY, I GUESS IT JUST SOUNDS REDUNDANT, BUT HE LEFT SUCH A LARGE MARK ON THE CITY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHEN, WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NOT MUCH THAT HE COULD DO AND TO GET HIS BURGER GRASS TO IMPROVE UPON WHAT THE FOLKS WHO DIED THERE HAD DONE TO MAKE THAT GROUND MORE SACRED AND MORE HOWARD.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY THAT WE FEEL AS A BOARD ABOUT OUR PROCLAMATION.
OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR MAYOR MORGAN IS NOT ANY WAY WE CAN REALLY SHOW OUR RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HE DID FOR THE CITY THAT WOULD COME CLOSE TO ACTUALLY WHAT HE DID.
BUT LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
IF WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT, HE SAYS, WHEREAS LEANNA OR MORGAN'S DEATH LEAVES THIS CITY MORNING, THE LOSS OF A MAN OF KINDNESS, COURAGE, AND DEDICATION.
WHEREAS THROUGHOUT A LONG CAREER OF PUBLIC SERVICE, LEE EARNED THE RESPECT, ADMIRATION, AND HIGH REGARD OF ALL THOSE WITH WHOM HE CAME INTO CONTACT AND THE LOVE AND AFFECTION OF ALL, WHO WERE PROUD TO CALL HIM FRIENDS AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF ALL OF THEM AND TAKE PUBLIC AND OFFICIAL COGNIZANCE OF LEANNA OR MORGAN'S LONG AND OFFICIAL OR FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY AND EXPRESSED TO HIS SAW AND FAMILY AND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS DEDICATED PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE AS ALDERMAN AND MAYOR AND OUR DEEP REALIZATION OF THE LOSS WE HAVE SUSTAINED.
NOW, THEREFORE, WHY ITA BAYLESS MAYOR THE CITY OF NEWBURGH ON BEHALF OF THE HAVEN BOARD OF ALL WOMEN AND CITY, CITIZENS OF THIS CITY, HEREBY EXPRESS PROFOUND REGRET AND CONVEYS TO HIS FAMILY, THIS EVIDENCE OF OUR SAMPLE.
AND BEFORE I PRESENT THIS TO YOU CALLED YOU UP AND HANDED TO YOU IN BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY AND THE BOARD.
I'D LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I THINK THE FAMILY IS AWARE THAT THE BOARD HAS DECIDED WE WANT TO PUT UP A NICE PORTRAIT OF PAST MAYOR HERE IN THE CITY HALL.
SO HE CAN BE NOT ONLY WITH THIS BOARD, UH, FROM HERE ON OUT AND AS A REMINDER, BUT ALL THE BOARDS TO COME IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, I'LL TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE, AS I SAID BEFORE, GET THESE BEST AS THEY COME THROUGH.
AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT STUFF IS HANGING ON THE WALL.
AT LEAST I'LL KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT ONE THING UP THERE AND GO WHAT A GREAT MAN HE WAS.
SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE FAMILY ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
AND WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU DOWN WHEN WE GET MY WIFE AND I PROBABLY OUR FAVORITE ACTOR THIS DAY IN TIME IS DENZEL WASHINGTON.
AND MY WIFE ASKED ME AFTER I CAME BACK FROM THE FUNERAL THAT DAY, AND I SEEN YOUR ELDEST SON DO THAT EULOGY.
SHE SAID, WELL, HOW DID THE FUNERAL GO? AND I SAID, WELL, DON HAS HIS OWN DENZEL WASHINGTON.
HE REALLY, THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EULOGY THAT HE GAVE.
AND I'M QUITE POSITIVE JUST FOLLOWING WAS BEAMING PRIDE FROM IT AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY TOO.
SO WE THINK, OKAY, NEXT THING WE HAVE IS WE MAKE SOME REMOTE WELL LI UH, AND HIS WIFE AND MY WIFE AND I BOTH REAL GOOD FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS WHEN WE SERVED ON THE BOARD AND WE SHED THE PLEASURE OF A FEW TRIPS AND ALL TOGETHER, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY GOOD FRIENDS.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY SOMETHING IS A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE BOARD, JUNIOR TO THE RIVERS, FAMILY, UH, RIVERS, MORGAN FAMILY.
I AM A BROCCOLI NEW TO NEWBURN, AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ON THE BOARD, BUT I WAS NOT HERE IN NEWBURN AS A RESIDENT WHEN MR. MORGAN WAS THE MAYOR.
SO I DIDN'T GET TO KNOW HIM AND WATCH HIS LEADERSHIP, BUT, UH, I GOT TO MEET HIM AND SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE, UH, DEDICATION WITH A GROUNDBREAKING AT THE POLICE STATION AND DOWN HERE, WE GAVE HIM A, AN AWARD FOR MODERN MODERNIZING THE, UH, CITY HALL, A GREAT GENTLEMAN.
HE DIDN'T KNOW ME AND I WAS PLEASED TO MAKE HIS ACQUAINTANCE.
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UH, I DIDN'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, BUT AFTER LISTENING TO LISTENING TO MICHAEL'S REFLECTION AND HIS EULOGY, I WISH I HAVE KNOWN HIM PERSONALLY.I TALKED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'VE HEARD THEM SAY MANY KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT HIM.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR ALL OF US NEWCOMERS, THE NEW BERN, UH, WE WERE, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET HIM TO KNOW HIM BETTER SOCIALLY AND GO TO VISIT HIM BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY, RATHER THAN GIVING THIS, UH, HONOR, EVERY PASSED AWAY.
IT'S SO MUCH BETTER TO VISIT THE FOLKS THAT ARE ILL AND LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATED THEIR EFFORT, RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ONE LITTLE FUNNY STORY.
I THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT HE AND I HAD HERE, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO, HE WAS DOWN HERE FOR SOMETHING.
HE AND I WAS SITTING ON A BENCH OUT HERE AND I SAID, WELL, MAYOR, I SAID, UH, IT WON'T BE TOO LONG.
I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU COME BACK AND BE THE MAYOR AGAIN.
AND, UH, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE HE WAS AS SICK AS HE WAS AT THE TIME.
I KNEW HE'D BEEN SICK AND, UH, HE KIND OF LAUGHED.
AND I SAID, JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
I SAID, MORGAN BAILEY WAS MORGAN.
I SAID, YOU CAN MAKE HER MORGAN SANDWICH AND SAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
SO I THINK HE REALIZED AT THE TIME, A LOT, ALMOST LIKE AN IDEA OF HOW SICK HE REALLY WAS, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT HE WAS, HE WAS BEATING THE DISEASE MYSELF ANYWAY.
SO YES, MA'AM WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HIM? AND EVERYBODY'S FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK THE TEAM IF I COULD RIDE IN THE MORGAN'S, UH, FIVE TRUCK IN THE PARADE.
I MEAN, THEY MIGHT GET ME MIXED UP.
THEY USED TO GET ME MIXED UP, YOU KNOW,
I CAN'T DRIVE IT NOW, RYAN R AND I HAVE BEEN TO THE VERY TOP OF THE BUCKET TRUCK IN THAT ELECTRICAL ESPECIALLY WITH ROBERT
RIGHT? THE NEXT THING WE HAVE NOBODY OR ANYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE GET THE PICTURE, WRITE IT DOWN AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND PUT IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS A REQUEST AND PETITION TO CITIZENS AND NASTY NIGHT.
ONCE A MONTH, YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE, TELL US WHATEVER IT IS.
THAT'S ON YOUR MIND, BASICALLY IN THE CITY.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IS HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME.I ALSO HAVE PATIENTS THAT TAKE
THIS LETTER IS TO REQUEST
AND THESE TWO INCIDENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE HOUSEHOLD TIER DESTRUCTION AT 70.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY FOR THE REST OF MY CONCERNS AND THAT MY COMMUNITY AT THE
THAT IS WHY WHEN I WAS AT THE, THIS BAR RIGHT DOWN THE BLOCK, 15 MINUTES, CORRECT.
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FIT TO THIS BY HUNTER.PRIOR TO THAT, I APPLIED FROM 97 TO FIVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT WITH WATERFALL.
IT WAS WELL, WHEN
THE ASTROS CHIEF ASKED HER TO COME UP AND MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
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IT WASN'T EVIDENCE THAT THE TRUCK MR. MR.THE FIRE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WAS IT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS? LEMME, LEMME ASK YOU, DID YOU SAY THAT, UH, THE LADY AND THE CHILD DIED IN THE FIRE, THAT SHOULDN'T BE THAT HARD TO FIND OUT.
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON CHAPMAN STREET.
WAS IT CHAPMAN STREET? NEAR FIRST AVENUE.
LET'S YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING AS SOON AS WE CAN'T VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THAT DID OR DID NOT HAPPEN, I THINK THE POINT IS THAT, UH, THE POINT IS ABOUT THE TRUCK.
SO YOU PROBABLY NEED TO ADDRESS THE TRUCK.
THE POINT IS DEFINITELY TRUCK HAS BEEN MALPRACTICE FUNCTIONING AND HAS WE'VE HEARD CAUSE SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO ADDRESS MALFUNCTIONING CHARGED, UM, WHOLE DAY.
NEXT MORNING, WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIREGROUND FAILURES OR HAD FAILURE.
LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING ON THAT THOUGH.
DON'T YOU, DO YOU MAKE A MAINTENANCE RECORD WHEN A PART IS FAILS AND IS REPLACED.
DO YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE RECORDS ON THAT TRUCK? WHAT DID THE MAINTENANCE RECORD SHOW I'M AGAIN, SOUND LIKE JUDGE
EVERY DAY I HAVE WITH YOU TONIGHT, THE PAST 12 MONTHS, THAT'S WHAT THIS PILE REPRESENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A WEEKLY FORM THE DAY THAT WE HAD THIS TEST, VERY COMPLEX TASK TEXTED PROBABLY TWO HOURS FROM
HAS IT EVER MALFUNCTIONED LIKE THAT BEFORE?
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UM, AND WHAT, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO ABOUT THAT TRUCK IS A TRUCK READY FOR THE JAILUM, IF, IF, IF THE TRUCK MALFUNCTIONS, IS THERE A LOG SOMEWHERE? IS THIS, IF I ASK YOU RIGHT, MAN, HOW MANY TIMES THAT TRUCK BROKE DOWN AND LET'S JUST CALL IT BROKE DOWN.
IS THIS SOMEPLACE YOU CAN GO WITHOUT GIVING ME THE STACK OF PAPER? I MEAN, IT SAYS THE TRUCK, QUITE HONEST, NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS DUMP TRUCKS OR CARS OR VEHICLES OR WHATEVER, THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE, THEY GAIN A REPUTATION.
IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T TRUST THAT TRUCK OR WHATEVER, OR YOU CAN FIND THE RECORDS SOMEWHERE.
AND WHAT THE MAN IS, IS, UH, ASKED US TO SHOW IS THAT THE TRUCK HASN'T BEEN OF THAT NATURE, IT'S NOT BEEN A MALFUNCTION TRUCK WHERE IT HAS BEEN A MALFUNCTIONING TRUCK
IF I EVER KNOW ABOUT
SO I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, STUFF HAPPENS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT THERE'S NOT A RECORD OF THAT BEING A MALFUNCTION OF THE TRUCK OR A LESSER TRUCK, AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD BE OR WHATEVER.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT WAS A CONCERN WAS ABOUT THE COUPLER.
AND MR. BELL IS SAYING THAT ACCORDING TO HIS OBSERVATION, THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO COUPLE UP TO THE HOSE BECAUSE THEY HAD, I GUESS, WE'RE READY TO PUT A WRONG CUP AS THAT.
THEN I TALKED TO THE GENTLEMEN
WE HAVE FOUR OUTLETS IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH.
UM, WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
HAVE YOU ALWAYS HAD FALLEN FOUR AND A HALF INCH OR THEY ALWAYS BEEN, HOW LONG WAS IT GOING TO MAKE? UM, ONE TIME THEY WERE ALL ARRANGED BEFORE AND NOW EVERYTHING FOUR AND A HALF.
WE STARTED AGAIN
I MEAN, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE I UNDERSTAND, BUT I MEAN, DON'T HAVE TO KNOW.
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TELL ALL THE FEMALES, UH, FOUR AND A HALFEACH TRUCK HAS PREPARED TO EACH TRUCK HAS EQUIPMENT TO CONNECT HOW ARE YOU?
DID IT TAKE YOU 15 MINUTES TO, UM, UM, HOW LONG WAS THAT? I WAS
MR. BELL, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME ASK SOMETHING, MAN.
I THINK MR. ASKED HER HAD TOLD US THAT THE REASON THAT, THAT THE POSE WAS PLANNED IS BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING TO PUT THE WATER INTO THE OTHER TRUCK.
AND THEN FROM THE TRUCK ONTO THE FIRE AND THE TRUCK WAS NOT READY TO RECEIVE THE WATER.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN BE HOOKED TO THE FIBER, BUT YOU CAN'T TURN THE WATER ON.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TRUCKS, RIGHT.
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THAT SEEMS TO BE A CONTENTION AS WELL.WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT SEEMS TO BE THE POINT OF CONTENTION, WHETHER THEY COULD HOOK TO THE, TO THE FIBER FIRE HYDRANT OR NOT.
SO IF WE COULD PROVE WHETHER THAT WAS TRUE OR NOT, AND WE COULD, WE COULD HANDLE IT.
LET ME ASK YOU ONE OTHER THING MUST HAVE ASKED HER CHIEF ASKED HER WHAT, UH, YOU SAID YOU HAD TIME DOCUMENTATION.
WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION DO YOU HAVE? BECAUSE THAT TIME DOCUMENTATION CAN'T BE FIDDLED WITH
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE 500 WORD, THE, WHICH, WHICH UP IS THIS THE SAME HYDRANT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BY THE TIME.
BUT MR. BALE, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WHERE DID THE TIME, WHICH HOOK UP, ARE YOU SAYING THAT HE'S THE TROUBLE WITH THE FIRST TRUCK OR THE SECOND TRUCK? AND HE DROVE BACK OUT AT THIS POINT, THEY PUT IT BACK TO THEM.
SO EVENTUALLY WE USED THOSE HOLES, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WRONG HOLES.
HE SAID HE HAD THE WRONG HOLE.
UH,
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT ALL THE FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED BELIEVE THAT THEY SAW WHAT THEY SAW AND
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IN FACT SAW WHAT THEY SAW, BUT THEY INTERPRETATION OF IT.EVEN WHEN THOSE PICTURES WOULD BE DIFFICULT.
I MEAN, I'M NOT A FIREMAN MYSELF ON A FLAT HOSE MEANS TO ME, THERE'S NO WATER COMING THROUGH IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS RIGHT WRONG OR IN DEPTH.
WE CAN REQUIRE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ASSURE THIS MAYOR AND THIS BOARD AND YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT KIND OF THING HAPPENED.
IF IT HAPPENED, AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND SO I WOULD APPRECIATE BOBBY OR CHIEF ASKED ME IF YOU WOULD COME BACK BEFORE I WORKED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF US AND SHOW US WHAT PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE, IF IT'S THE EXISTING PROCEDURES OR WHATEVER, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN SOMEBODY GOES TO HOOK TO A FIVE AND HE'S GOT SOMETHING TO HOOK WITH, AND THEN NO COMMUNITY IS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY, AS FAR AS THE ABILITY TO FIND A FIREARM OR ANY OF THAT.
I GUESS THE QUESTION AGAIN ABOUT MOCKING THE 500, YOU SAID THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE A YELLOW DOT ON THE FIRE HYDRANT, AND THAT INDICATES THAT IT IS.
AND IF IT DOES NOT HAVE A YELLOW DOT THEN IS FULL.
AND SO I WAS, DO NOT HAVE DONE.
AND SO WHEN THE GENTLEMAN CAME TO THE FIRE, DID THEY HAVE BEFORE? SO THEY, THEY BEGUN TO HOOK UP THE POLE AND THE HAT.
UM,
HE SAID THAT, BUT HE SAID HE HAD TO PUT THE ADAPTER UP THERE SO THAT IT COULD FIT.
BUT HE, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THEY ARE CODED AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THE CODE.
SO IF I, IF I APPROACH A FIVE WITH THAT HAS A YELLOW DOT I KNOW TO USE A FOUR AND A HALF THING.
AND IF I APPROACH ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A YELLOW.AT ALL, THAT MEANS THAT'S BEFORE THINGS.
SO WHAT WOULD NEED TO DO, AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, RIGHT? THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS NOT A FOUR AND A HALF UNTIL HE TRIED TO HOOK IT UP.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.
WHEN YOU GOT READY TO HOOK IT UP, HE FOUND IT WAS A FOUR INSTEAD OF A FOUR AND A HALF, AND THEN HE JUST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED IT AND THE DAD LOOKED IT UP.
MY POINT IS IF THE HYDRANTS AND ALL YOU SAY THAT ALL THE HYDRANTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD UP JUST TO ALL THE ONES THAT ARE NOT MARKED WITH A YELLOW.IS A FOUR.
AND WHEN HE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND HE DOES NOT SEE A YELLOW DOT, OKAY.
HE HAD SOMETHING THAT FITS THE FLOOR AND HE HAD BOTH OF THEM SAYING TO YOU BEFORE HE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE READY TO HOOK INTO THE FOUR HYDRANT, HE DIDN'T HAVE IT.
HE DIDN'T HAVE IT AT THE MOMENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK HIM TO CHANGE IT.
BUT HE SAID TO ME, I ASKED HIM, MR. BELL WAS TELLING ME ABOUT IT.
SOME OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT SIDES, MS. LEE.
SO WE HAVE AN ADAPTED AND WE CHANGE IT.
AND SO WHEN I GOT HERE, THIS IS A FOUR AND I HAD A FOUR AND A HALF.
SO ZIP AND I PUT THE FOIL, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
BUT, UM, WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU, MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE TO AVOID THESE KINDS OF THINGS, BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU, OF COURSE THAT WE KNOW THE CODE AND THAT WE HAVE ON HAND, THE KIND OF CONNECTION THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE KIND OF HYDRANTS
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THAT WE ARE APPROACHING TO AVOID THIS KIND OF DELAY.BUT THAT'S MY, NO, MA'AM LET ME ASK YOU NUMBER ONE.
BUT THE ONLY REASON WHY, AGAIN,
BUT WHAT I WAS GONNA MAKE AS A SUGGESTION IS EITHER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE ONE FROM THE OTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I THINK, TWO DIFFERENT COLORS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF, IF ONE, IF ONE YELLOW DOT QUOTE, UNQUOTE IS BIG AND ELEMENT SMALL, THEN I COULD SEE WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT BE LUGGING AND THINKING, WELL, I DON'T SEE ONE, BUT IT WAS A SMALL, NOT THIS TIME.
HE DIDN'T SEE IT TILL HE GOT BACK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IF YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT WELL AND GO IN AND PAINT A NICE YELLOW ONE UP THERE.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OTHER ONE, THE ABSENCE OF YELLOW, JUST MAKE IT ANOTHER COLOR OR SOMETHING.
SO AT LEAST IT'S EASILY IDENTIFIABLE.
CAN'T YOU PULL THE TAPE OFF, YOU GOTTA FIND FOR THAT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING SOME, SOME KID OR SOMETHING, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT FIRE PROTECTION.
I ONLY THINK I WANTED TO CLARIFY.
I HEARD A BELL SAY THAT HE, UH, THE POLICE, I MEAN, A FIREMAN COULD PUT DOWN WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO.
I THINK THE TIME REPORTS ARE NOT KEPT BY YOUR, UH, OFFICERS ON THE LINE, THEY'RE KEPT BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
RIGHT? SO YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE ON THE SCENE, THAT'S RECORDING THE TIME THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT'S RIGHT BACK TO THE COMPUTERS.
AND SO THAT IS A DIFFERENT OUTFIT.
THEY CAN'T SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THEY LISTEN TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
SO YOU CAN'T ACCUSE IN ABOUT FIVE AND A FORGING TIMES ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS FILTERED THROUGH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
UH, IF YOU HAVE AN ADAPTER HOOKED TO A FOUR INCH OUTLET, FEEDING WATER INTO A FOUR AND A HALF INCH HOSE, WOULD IT SUPPLY ENOUGH WATER TO DO THE JOB? WELL, NO, NO, NO.
IF, IF HE COULD CONNECT A FOR ONE AND A HALF INCH HOSE TO A FOUR INCH CONNECTION, IF YOU COULD, WOULD THE FOUR-INCH CONNECTION GIVE YOU ENOUGH FLOW THAT THE, YOU COULD USE THE FOUR AND A HALF INCH HOSE? WELL, WELL, WHATEVER THE POINT, THE POINT BEING, I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER YOU COULD JUST PUT PROMINENT AS AFTER HIS OWN, ALL THE FOUR INCH HYDRANTS.
IT'S A
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T SAY IT OVER THE RADIO, SO IT'S NOT ON THE TAPE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A LATER
AGAIN, WE NEED TO ASSURE THAT IF MR. BELL SAW SOMETHING AND MR. BELL WAS STATING WHAT HE SAW THEN, AND THE POLICE WERE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATING SOMETHING THAT SAID THEY DIDN'T DO, OR THEY DID DO.
AND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE, SOMEBODY DIDN'T DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
OR SOMEBODY DIDN'T SEE SOMETHING THEY THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING MR BELL'S RIGHT.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT WRONG.
YOU'RE NOT WRONG, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE FROM THIS POINT ON THAT, NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED, OF COURSE, WITH THE MALFUNCTION MR. BELL, UH, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, SOMEONE CAN WALK OUT DOCTORS OFF ALL DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANY, EVEN IF THE MACHINERY IS CHECKED, THAT STILL DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL NOT MALFUNCTION MANMADE MACHINERY IN A BREAKDOWN AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
BOBBY, MAYBE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT TRUCK.
NOW WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THAT TRUCK, NAPA.
WE ALL HEARING ABOUT THIS DEAF TRUCK AND A FIRE BREAKOUT, EVERYBODY.
I GO TO HOPE THEY DON'T SEND THAT CHALK.
SO TELL US NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ABOUT THAT TRUCK.
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THEY SEND IT TO ONE BUT TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE.WHEN I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY ANNOYED WITH THE FACT THAT IT WOULD NOT START.
I UNDERSTAND THINGS HAPPEN AND IT JUST HAPPENED.
THEN IT TOOK SIX MINUTES AND THANK GOD NOBODY WAS HURT, BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST CAME, I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN AND WE WERE IN A BUDGET SESSION AND THE POLICE WOULD TELL US ABOUT CARS.
THEY HAD, THEY SAY, NOW THEY GO CHASE THAT SOMEBODY GOOD THING TO CRIMINALS DIDN'T KNOW HOW BAD THE CARS WERE, BECAUSE IF THEY CUT THE ENGINE OFF, THEY COULDN'T START IT BACK UP.
YOU KNOW, WHEN NOW WE ARE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FIRE TRUCK THAT JUST MIGHT NOT SPIT OUT THE WATER WHEN IT GETS ON SITE BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.
AND HE'S OLD, YOU TOLD US LAST TIME THAT YOU HAD THAT HAD IT REPAIRED.
OF COURSE, I, I REALIZED THAT THINGS HAPPEN AND THINGS DO JUST HAPPEN.
I ME, BUT, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS THING DOESN'T HAPPEN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IS SERVING NOW, IF IT'S THREE, THEN IT'S SERVING NEIGHBORS, OLD NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT WOULD NOW STREETS.
AND IT'S SERVING, UH, OLD HOUSES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD A DRY WOUND AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FIGHT IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN MY OPINION.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU WERE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT THE TRUCK IS FUNCTIONING AND THE LIGHTS WORK, THE HORN BLOWING, THE WATER'S PITCH, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS THIS CONCERN AT AN INVALID.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE, GET A LITTLE ANNOYED HERE, BUT, BUT I COULD SEE THE CONCERN FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLING ME AS GENUINE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT THEY FEEL PROTECTED, YOU SEE? AND SO THEY TAKE OUT OF THEIR TIME OF THEIR DAY TO COME DOWN HERE AND EXPRESS THEIR GENUINE AND HONEST CONCERN FOR THE THINGS WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
WE WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I'M JUST THANK GOD THAT THE CHILD IS BURDENED AND NOBODY WAS HURT OR THAT THE FIRE THAT FRIGHTENED ME DIDN'T LEAP ACROSS THE STREET, WENT THROUGH THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR KIND OF THING.
SO WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE DO.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CRITICISM, YOU KNOW, NOW CRITICISM HELP US TO IMPROVE OURSELVES.
AND IF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT WE DIDN'T DO.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DEFEND THAT.
WE DIDN'T, AND WE NEED TO MOCK THE HYDRANTS, EVEN IF WE NEED TO GET THE ADAPTERS THAT MAX WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO TO BE NO CHANCE OF, OF HOLES NOT FITTING IN, IT'S JUST, OKAY.
AND I'M LIKE TO THE COMMUNITY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
I JUDGE OUR SERVICES IN THIS CITY.
I DON'T HOW FAST THEY PUT MY HOUSE OUT.
I DON'T HOW FAST THEY PUT YOUR HOUSE OUT.
AND I REALLY MEAN THAT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS UP HERE.
IT'S EASY FOR US TO LOOK AFTER OURSELVES, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE WILL BE JUDGED.
THE WAY WE'LL BE JUDGED IS THAT WE LOOK AT COMMUNITIES AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED, WE'RE NOT SATISFIED.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, PLEASE, BECAUSE THE MAYOR, WHEN THE MAYOR ASKED THEM, THEY DON'T, THEY KIND OF RESPOND
BUT ANYWAY, PLEASE BRING BACK TO US A REPORT OF, OF EXACTLY WHAT THE STATUS IS.
AND ESPECIALLY IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IN FIGHTING A FIRE, AS FAR AS THE, UH, READINESS OF THE TRUCK, THE REDDEST READINESS OF THE PEOPLE, THE REDNESS OF THE HYDRANTS, THE WHOLE BUSINESS.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS AS A SEPARATE RECORD ON THESE TRUCKS, I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ASK WHY THEY MAINTENANCE RECORD QUOTE UNQUOTE, IS ON A VEHICLE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT BIG THICK DOCUMENT IS A MAINTENANCE RECORD, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE JUST RE PIECES REPLACED, LET'S CALL IT THAT PARTS REPLACED.
AND THEN, WELL, JUST AS A SEPARATE REPORT, AND JUST SAY THAT IF IT WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE IT FAILED ON THE TEST OR IT WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT FAILED UNDER PERFORMANCE OR D, AND THAT WOULD BE A REAL EASY, HOPEFULLY IT'D BE A REAL SHORT CARD ON EACH TRUCK.
AND I'D BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT TRUCK WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES UP AND SAY, OH YES, WE REPLACED THIS, THIS, THIS, LISTEN.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND THE TASK, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, BOY, THIS DRUG HAS NEVER PLAYED ON OTHER D WITHOUT HAVING TO PULL THROUGH A TON OF DOCUMENTS, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO DO, TO PROVE
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OR DISPROVE IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS DESERVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT INSIDE A WEEK.SO IF YOU COULD DO THAT, I APPRECIATE IT.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE ALL THAT MUCH OF A HASSLE.
MR. BAILEY, IF YOU BE SATISFIED THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AND WE WILL COME BACK WITH WHAT THE RESULTS REPORT ARE, AND WE'LL INVITE YOU BACK UP IN THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT WELL THAT SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS.
IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE COMMUNITY, GIVE US A CALL.
AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO SAY, JUST IN CASE HE'S WATCHING.
WHEN I SAID THAT A MAN COULD WALK OUT OF A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND DROP DEAD, I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT MY DOCTOR IN CASE YOU WATCH HIM.
SO ANYWAY, ANYBODY ELSE, ALL THE CITIZENS PETITION OF CITIZENS HAVE ANYTHING
DOES THAT WORK? YOU DID IT FOR THE SUB DEVELOPED SUBDIVISION.
AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTOR OPENS THAT DITCH UP.
IF HE HAD CLOSED IT BACK UP, WE'LL TAKE, WE DIDN'T.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF GETTING THAT DAY JOB.
THANKS, DANNY CONTRACTOR, DANIEL, DANNY RYAN INTO COUNSELING.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HERE ON THIS PATIENT? THAT'S WHAT I SIGNED.
WE DO APPRECIATE THAT AND WE WILL CALL ON YOU.
AND IN FACT, ANYBODY HAS GOT ME INTERESTED IN BEING MAYOR.
WELL, Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I THINK WE NEED TO LET BOBBY MAKE SURE HE'D GET AN ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT.
PLEASE GIVE US NOTHING, BUT HAVE THEM COME BACK DOWN ALL UP THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THEY HERE TONIGHT AND I ASSUME THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE OF WANTING TO KNOW HOW WE OPERATE AND THEY COULD FOLLOW UP WHAT THEY LISTENED TO TONIGHT AND VISIT YOU WITH THE RESULTS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING YOU USE.
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WE GET EACH, UH, EACH OF THEM TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE.
AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND OUT A LITTLE, COME ON OUT THERE THINKING ABOUT YOU, SEE WHAT SHE GOT? YOU CAN BLAME HER, BUT COME ON BOBBY, YOU GOT THOSE CANS OF SPRAY PAINT SO THEY CAN START LADY SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE SO THEY CAN GET YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
AND TELL US THE REASON YOU CAME TO VISIT US TONIGHT.
UM,
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GUY WITH A LARGE HEAD? JUST STRUGGLING, TRYING TO JOG OUT AT IT? FAVORS ME A LOT.
I CAN HONESTLY SAY, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOARD, BUT I WAS NEVER THAT, UH, COOL UNDER PRESSURE TO GET UP IN FRONT OF AS MANY FOLKS AS Y'ALL HAVE DONE TONIGHT.
AND, UH, IF HE CAN DO THAT, CAN YOU JUST TELL HIM HIGH SCHOOL? UH, WE MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND MAKE OUR BOARD AS FAMOUS AS WE CAN.
CAUSE THERE'S SOME FOLKS COMING BY CLEAN OUR CLOCK.
AND WE WILL LOOK, UH, LOOK TO YOU TO GIVE US SOME HELP.
I APPRECIATE THAT THEY BLOCKED IT ALL AND YOU AND YOUR ACADEMICS IS LOW.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT WOULD BE FUN IF WE COULD DO IT AND TO KIND OF HAVE CALL IT A MOCK OR THEY MET SOME HIGH SCHOOL KIDS OR WHATEVER MADE THE BOARD, WHY DON'T MEET THE MAYOR AND THEN LET SOME CITIZENS COME UP WITH SOME REAL STUFF.
BUT IT NOT BE LIKE ON TV WHERE THEY'RE BOUND BY IT.
THAT MIGHT NOT BE LEGAL, BUT REALLY
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS A CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, MAYOR, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION OR MEET ME? AND WITHOUT WHICH WE LIFTING OUR PROBABLY GOT IT.
RIGHT? CAROLINA, TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
I THOUGHT IT SPREAD AND BROUGHT THEM OUT BECAUSE THAT MEANS BILL TELL HIM, TELL WAS IN THE DOCUMENT WAS PRESENTED.
I DIDN'T THINK THEY EXISTED ANYMORE WAS ONLY REASON I HAD WHATEVER.
I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE DOING, YEAH.
I MOVE WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO JUMP BACK IN THERE.
I GOT ONE DADDY ON NUMBER SIX.
IT SAYS, WE'RE ASKING FOR COVENANT RESTRICTION AT THE WATERFRONT.
THAT JUST MAY I ADDRESS, I GOT A TELEPHONE CALL SOME MONTHS AGO.
THAT IS EAST SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE.
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HE WOULD NOT PUT THEGO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROOM PLEASE.
MR. MATT, I DON'T HAVE ANY SHIRT.
THOSE ARE ABOUT MISCELLANEOUS IS LATE.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU GET ME A FLASHBACK.
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ANYTHING ELSE? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.