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ROBIN RICHARD ALLEN AND THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH.
LET'S PRAY, FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT.
LORD GOD, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TOWN, THIS CITY, LORD GOD, THAT YOU'VE ORDAINED THAT YOU'VE PUT HERE.
LORD JESUS, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, THREE AUTHORITIES THAT YOU SET IN PLACE AND FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM TO GIVE THEM KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING FATHER TO HELP THEM RUN THIS CITY PROPERLY CORRECTLY, FATHER, AND WITH INTEGRITY, LORD GOD, AND FATHER LET THIS CITY OF NEWBURN.
LORD GOD BEING AN EXAMPLE TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES.
AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY IN JESUS NAME.
FIRSTLY, WE HAVE TONIGHT VERY PLEASURABLE EXPERIENCE.
I WANT TO PRESENT A LITTLE MEMENTO TO MR. WILLIAM COWARD, WHO WAS ARMED.
HE GOES DOWN, THE HISTORY OF NEWBURN IS THE FIRST PERSONNEL OR HUMAN RESOURCES SHALL I SAY, DIRECTOR AND THE, UH, IN THE CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT JOB.
AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT HIM WITH HIS PLAQUE.
IT SAYS, WHERE DO YOU MAKE OUR AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, CITY OF NEWBURN, JANUARY, 1991, DECEMBER, 1998.
THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN OR THE CITY OF NEW ENGLAND SAYS THANKS FOR EXCELLENCE AND PERFORMANCE AND FOR ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
ANYBODY THAT EVER PUT ME DOWN AS A RAPPER IS ABSOLUTELY, UH, UH OKAY.
HE TAKES HIS FIRST MONTH, TWO MONTHS OFF AND GO TO FLORIDA AND GET SOME SUN.
YOU'LL HAVE TO GO TO FLORIDA TO FIND IT HERE, LET US LIVE HERE.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, ONE SENSE THAT I GET IS A SENSE OF A SENSE OF HISTORY IN THIS HISTORIC TOWN.
AND REALLY TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE DAY THERE'LL BE PEOPLE OVER AT TRYON PALACE OR WHATEVER LONG AFTER WE'RE GONE.
AND THERE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT STRANGE MAYOR.
THEY HAD A LOT ABOUT THE TIME AND THEY HAD THE FIRST PERSON.
NEXT THING WE HAD WAS A PRESENTATION UPDATE AND THE NEWBURN NEWBURN IS A HOST CITY, BUT A WORLD SPECIAL OLYMPICS, MR. BILLY WILKES IS GOING TO COME UP AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
AND WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND DOING THE JOB YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO SEE ME TONIGHT.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE, EVELYN HARRISON AND HARRISON, HER SON ARE INVOLVED IN, UH, WE'LL ALSO DO A GREAT JOB.
UM, BASICALLY OUT OF EVERYONE WHO GOT ONE OF THESE IN THE BACK, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOST TOWN COMMITTEE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD SUMMER GAMES ARE ALMOST UPON US.
UM, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 7,000 ATHLETES COMING INTO THE TRIANGLE.
THERE WERE ABOUT 150 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL GONNA TAKE PLACE JUNE 26TH OF JULY.
AND WHAT DOES THE CITY HAVE TO DO WITH IT ALL PRETTY MUCH FAMILIAR WITH THE MOST
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TOWNS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, JUNE 21ST AND THE 25TH.NOW THE GOALS LET US DOWN FOR EVERYONE AS MENTIONED IN THAT LETTER TO PROMOTE CULTURAL AWARENESS AND TO PROVIDE FOR LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS.
IN ADDITION TO EVERYONE WILL GET A LITTLE BIT USED TO OUR SURROUNDINGS AND THE HEAT AND THE HUMIDITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN NEWBURGH SWITCH LINE AND THE SUMMERS, UH, NOWHERE NEAR AS HOT, I THINK, AS IT IS HERE.
BUT, UH, WE DO DEFINITELY NEED TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY TO FEED HOUSE TRANSPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT DELEGATION OUT OF HERE.
UM, OUR NUMBERS BECAUSE OF IN CONDEMNATION STAFF HAVE GONE DOWN CONSIDERABLY.
THEY FIRST SCARED ME BY TELLING ME THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO NEED $300 PER DELEGATE, WHICH AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $15,000.
BUT FORTUNATELY THROUGH IN CONDEMNATIONS AND THROUGH FINDING SOME HOUSING, UH, WE'VE GOT THAT NUMBER DOWN TO A WORKABLE $6,000 IS WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR.
AND, UM, AS YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM THERE, I'VE ASKED FOR YOUR SISTERS, UM, AND UH, IF YOU COULD CONSIDER ANY, ANY TYPE OF DONATION FOR A PROGRAM, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY COULD USE IT.
WHY NOW THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS OVERFLOW HOUSING, FEEDING, ENTERTAINING, AND JUST GIVEN A SWITZERLAND A GREAT TIME OUT OF HERE.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA INVOLVE OUR LOCAL ATHLETES IN THE PROGRAMS THAT DO THAT WE PUT ON WHILE THEY'RE HERE ON YOUR SECOND SHEET.
I BASICALLY JUST KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE, UH, THE FUNDRAISERS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
ALSO THE SPONSORS THAT WE HAVE, OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISERS COMING UP, UH, ON MARCH 20TH AT THE FARM RUCKUS CONCERT, UH, IS GOING TO BE PUT ON BY A LOCAL BAND AND ALL THE PROCEEDS GOING TO THE HOST TOWN AT 11:00 PM ON THE, UH, MARCH 28 AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN CELEBRATE KIDS FESTIVAL.
UH, WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER WRAP UP.
WE'VE GOT OUR DONOR DONATED SOME MONEY TO US DOWN BELOW.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME OSHA CIVIC GROUPS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN US AND, AND, UH, SAID THAT THEY WOULD DONATE SOMETHING.
THEY'RE JUST NOT SURE THE AMOUNTS YET.
UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DO MENTION THE SCHEDULE EVENTS WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
UH, AND UH, CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE SIGNATURE ADVANCE.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE TIMES OF THAT, BUT AGREED TO HELP US OUT WITH A, UM, UM, WHAT'S GOING TO BE A DANCE SOCIAL THAT WE'RE GONNA INVITE EVERYBODY TO APPLY TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY IN ADDITION TO THE FOLKS IN SWITZERLAND AND THEIR HOST FAMILY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR SIGNATURE EVENT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23RD.
WE'RE JUST NOT SURE THE TIME FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS WE'VE GOT PLANNED ROCK LOBBY, MAN.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW HIM WHAT CAROLINA IS ALL ABOUT.
AS FAR AS BEING FUN, EAT SOME BARBECUE AND SOME OTHER, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT ABOUT HOST TOWN PROGRAM, BUT DO YOU ANTICIPATE WITH THESE OTHER FUNCTIONS AND WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONATED, UH, DOWN HERE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO REACH YOUR GOAL? ALL RIGHT.
I WOULD THINK, UM, TO SOME DEGREE AT THIS POINT, OUR, UM, OUR HOUSING IS DOING OKAY, BUT I WOULD THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO SECURE SOME HOTEL ROOMS. AND, UH, I KNOW THAT HER IS GOING TO BE SOME FOOD COSTS INVOLVED.
THERE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE SOME TRANSPORTATION COSTS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEALS DONATED AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT'S REALLY THREE, THREE DAYS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE, I MEAN, THEY'LL GET HERE LATE MONDAY NIGHT, JUNE 21ST AND LEAVE ABOUT MIDDAY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 25TH.
SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF DAYS IN WHICH WE'RE THEM.
SO I ANTICIPATE THAT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE RAISING UP TO ABOUT $6,000 IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, THE IN CONDEMNATION WILL FILL OUR NEEDS.
AND I THINK OUR COMMITTEE'S AGREED WITH THAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE 1500 FROM US.
UM, IT CERTAINLY WOULD HELP AS YOU CAN SEE OUR, OUR FUNDRAISERS, UM, RIGHT NOW ARE TOTALING ABOUT $2,500.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, OUR DONORS AND OUR FUNDRAISERS.
WE HOPE TO RAISE ANOTHER 2000 TO 2,500 NOW AND LEAVE US AT THE GAP IS ABOUT $1,500.
UM, TO SOME DEGREE WITH THAT, THE MOTION THAT WE ALLOW HIM, $1,500 TOWARDS THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN THE SISTER OF A BURN AND THE SWITCH COMING HERE.
I'LL SECOND THAT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I'M, I'VE WORKED WITH THE, A UP WITH PEOPLE GROUP AND WITH AFS ON FOREIGN I'VE CHANGED THINGS.
AND IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCES IN MY LIFE.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ALSO, AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY PUT MY NAME DOWN AND SUPPLY AND HOUSING BEFORE WE, WHILE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SPACE, BUT, UH, I'LL BE GLAD TO HOUSE ADULTS OR THE KIDS, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THEM BE PROUD OR SECOND, THIS ONE.
SEND OUT INFORMATION TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BEING STARTED TO GET SOME RESPONSE A SECOND.
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YES.ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED, NO PROBLEM.
AND PLEASE LET US KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE WAY, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE, THAT WAS WHAT YOU DEFINITELY WON'T BE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND IN THE MANNER THAT IT NEED TO BE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A TORTURE ON THAT, FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, US RAISE MONEY FOR SPECIAL ONE.
YOU'VE BEEN CHASED WITH TORCHES A FEW TIMES.
I SAID, UM, THEY ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING AS FAR AS THE WORLD GAMES ON JUNE 21ST.
AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN, UH, TO TRY TO GET A HUNDRED DOWN FOR THAT DAY.
AND ANY OF YOU GUYS, AND I WILL AGAIN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS WE GO.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE OFF FROM SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN, BUT IT WILL BE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COME.
WE TRY AND MAKE IT AS BIG AS WE CAN.
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE GREAT JOB YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
NEXT THING IS A REQUEST AND PETITION OF CITIZENS.
WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE, I THINK, UH, MS. BREEDLOVE, YOU'D MENTIONED YOU WANTED TO COME FORTH.
UM, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE NEW-BORN CHAPTER, COMMUNITY WATCHES.
UM, I WANTED TO TRY AND GET THE ALDERMAN INVOLVED WITH, UH, COMMUNITY, WATCH FUNDRAISERS AND HELPING US TO GET MONEY FOR OUR BUDGETS.
UM, GETTING THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT COMMUNITY WATCHES ARE FOR AND ABOUT, UM, WE ARE SPONSORING OR HOSTING A, ON JUNE EIGHT, A STATEWIDE COMMUNITY WATCH MEANING WE WILL HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER NORTH CAROLINA TO COME HERE TO DVR FOR A MEETING THAT WILL EXCHANGE IDEAS ON COMMUNITY WATCHES AND GIVE, UH, INPUTS AND THINGS, AND, YOU KNOW, GATHER IDEAS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SHARE THOSE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, WHERE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, ASKING FOR MAYBE A DONATION FROM UGANDA, FROM SOME OF Y'ALL TO HELP US WITH OUR BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, TO HELP SPONSOR THIS, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING AND SOME OTHER, UH, PUBLIC AWARENESS THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE UNDERTAKING, UH, GOING TO BE SENDING Y'ALL AN ITINERARY IN THE MAIL TO LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE AND EVERYTHING WE WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND.
THE STATEWIDE MEETING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE JUNE 8TH AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AT THE HAMPTON INN.
UM, TASHA MCCOY HAS GENEROUSLY DONATED A ROOM FOR US TO HAVE THE MEETING THERE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND CHAPTER MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE THOSE QUARTERLY AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OUR NEXT ONE IS APRIL THE 26TH.
THEY'RE HELD AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
UM, WE WILL ALSO SEND YOU AN ITINERARY OF, OF THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL.
WE WANTED TO GET MAYBE A, YOUR RECOGNITION IS SUPPORT WITH THE COMMUNITY, WATCHES ALL COMMUNITIES, UH, AND AGAIN, COMMUNITY IS HAVING A RASH OF BREAK-INS RIGHT NOW, THE COMMUNITY WATCHES WORKING REALLY HARD, TRYING TO CATCH THIS PERSON AT, IN THE PROCESS OF BREAKING INTO A HOME.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW FOR A YARD MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR OR ONCE A YEAR TO RECOGNIZE COMMUNITIES THAT DO HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CATCH THESE PEOPLE IN THE, IN THEIR CRIMES OR WHATEVER.
WE HAVE A MAIN MYSELF AND SUNNYSIDE.
WE HAVE DRIVEN FIVE DRUG HOUSES IN A LIQUOR HOUSE AT SUNNY SIDE.
YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WATCH US DO A LOT OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF.
AND WE WANT TO GET MORE PUBLIC RECOGNITION AND AWARENESS OUT THERE THAT WE ARE THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT VIGILANTES.
WE DON'T GO OUT THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL BATS AND CHASING ANYBODY DOWN OR ANYTHING.
WE'RE JUST HERE TO HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HELP PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET CHILDREN KNOW THAT WE WERE HERE.
ONE THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION, I AM VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN YOUR PROGRAM.
AND I LIVED THERE WHEN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY WATCHES IN THE SIXTH WARD, I HAVEN'T HAD MEETINGS.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN INVITATION TO SOME OF THEM TO ATTEND AND HELP OUT.
I THINK EACH ALL WOMEN THAT TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THAT PARTICULAR WARD, AS WELL AS THE CITY.
UH, MR. DAVE HAS BEEN SEVERAL OF MY MEETINGS AND SHE ALWAYS HAS A GLASS MOLDED CAP.
WHEN SHE COMES, WE ALWAYS HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTY EVERY YEAR.
HAVE POTLUCK DINNERS AND STUFF ABOUT YEARS.
AND I KNOW OTHER COMMUNITY WATCHES DO AS WELL.
IT'S INFORMATIVE AS WELL AS BEING, AND GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING, LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
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THE INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY.ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE? I WANT TO SPEAK ON A PETITION OF CITIZENS NIGHT.
NEXT THING IS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.
NOW WE ADOPTED REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE A SECOND.
THE ONLY THING I HAD ON MINE REALLY WAS, UH, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE.
I JUST GOT MY GIN GOING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE DO IN THIS PARTICULAR THING.
IF IT MEANS A RETURN TO THE CITY OR OF SOME CASH OR, OR WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I ASSUMED BY MAN.
MAMA'S BOY, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE, BUT IT WAS HANDLED IN MY OFFICE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I ROSES EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM, PAYING A UTILITY BILL.
UH, THE CITY AT THAT TIME ACCEPTED 452 SHARES OF STOCK.
THAT STOCK IS BEING REDEEMED AT $2 AND CHANGE PER SHARE.
THIS IS A PART OF THAT FINANCIAL REORGANIZATION.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MEMO THAT BILL SENT OUT WITH THE AGENDA TO REFLECT THIS WAS SOMETHING WE REQUESTED.
WE DIDN'T, THIS WAS SENT TO US SO THAT WE CAN REDEEM THE STOCK, WHICH IS NOT WORTH A WHOLE LOT.
I REMEMBER WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
ANY PART OF THE DISCUSSION? I'LL ROLL ON THAT ONE, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, THANKS THEN WE HAVE SOME APARTMENTS, MR. FREE.
ANYBODY IN JAIL? DID HE? OH YEAH.
HE HAD THE, HE WAS A MEMBER TO THE RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO IF SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO PUT THAT NAME IN NOMINATION, NOMINATE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
YES, I DO HAVE ONE, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY NOT TO BRING IT UP TONIGHT.
HE NEEDS US TO GET HOME EARLIER.
I'M MAD AT THE STATE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO JUMP UP TONIGHT.
ALL I CAN SAY IS GOD BLESS YOU.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD A TOUGH TIME GETTING BACK INTO SNOW.
SO HE'S HE'S LITTLE SPEECHLESS.
BLESS ME TO GET BACK HERE, SAVING THIS TIME.
I THOUGHT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
THE LAST THING WE HAVE IS ITEM 14.
IT LOOKS LIKE, IT SAYS A JOURNEY TO ME.