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I COULD CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I ASKED THE REVEREND DAVIS FROM THE TIME AND I COMMAND HIS CHURCH.
IF HE BLESSES ME, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY, FATHER.
I'M SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SERVE YOU AND NOT JUST ASK RIGHT NOW, WHERE DID YOU GET GUIDANCE? THEY MAKE DECISIONS FOR HIM THAT ALWAYS ASK THE QUESTION.
WHAT IS YOUR REAL NOT LOVE OR WHAT IS THE ONE? WE HAVE 70 PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY THAT ARE IN NEED.
SO MANY PEOPLE WERE HURT IN THE HURRICANE, OR WE JUST ASK THAT YOU TO BEING WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND REACH OUT, BUT WE JUST LOVE YOU.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT, AS THE BIBLE SAYS, SEEK THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE AS WE DO YOUR BUSINESS OR THE EMPHASIS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT FOR THE RECORD THAT AS FAR, HIM MOTHER IS VERY SICK WITH CANCER AND A LADDER, AND HE'S UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UH, AND SO I LIKE TO BE AT THAT END OF IT, A DIRECTOR, FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS REQUESTED THE PATIENTS OF CITIZENS THAT WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE FIRST ROAD THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
WHAT GAVE YOU A NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? I'M GOING TO BE A HARPER, UH, 46, 25
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START ON THIS THING.
I'M UP HERE TO TRY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOND COMING UP.
DO I HAVE TO PUT MY HAND ON THE BIBLE? IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE DONE THIS MAYOR BAILEY SAT.
DID YOU SAY, OH, LET'S GO AHEAD.
AND WE TRUST YOU TO TELL THE TRUTH.
UH, UH, BACK WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL, I WAS WENT TO CENTRAL SCHOOL.
NEW ROOF WAS ABOUT TO FALL IN ALL KINDS OF INSULATION, ROUND, OPEN, BARE PIPES IN THE CLASSROOMS. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH AND MY TEACHER, MARY GRAY MORE.
SHE WAS THE MEANEST THING IN TIME.
WHEN I GOT OUT OF HAND, SHE BEAT THE DEVIL OUT OF ME WITH A RULER AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.
SHE BENT MY HAND BACK, MADE ME CRY, WAS GOOD OR HURTING.
I WASN'T MOM AND DAD IN ANY WAY BACK THEN AS CLASSROOMS WERE CROWDED, BUT KIDS LEARNED A LITTLE BIT NOW, UH, BOARD OF EDUCATION TO START WITH IS SORT OF MISLEADING US BY CALLING THEMSELVES THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
UH, KIDS DON'T LEARN NOW LIKE THEY USED TO, BUT WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN WE EVER SPENT BEFORE.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING WASTE $9 MILLION IN HAVELOCK TO BUILD A SCHOOL FOR ENROLLMENT IS GOING DOWN.
WE GOT TO BARNER OVER HERE IN TOWNSHIP 17 GRANTHAM BRAXTON.
THE SCHOOL IS RUNNING OVER A GOOD SCHOOL.
THEY GOING TO NEED SOME ELBOW ROOM BEFORE LONG, 10 YEARS AGO OR NINE YEARS AGO.
I TRIED TO WARN EVERYBODY IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
IN FACT, I TRIED TO WARN EVERYBODY IN 13 COUNTIES ABOUT THE GLOBAL TRANSPORT WASTE TODAY.
WE WISH WE HAD THAT $140 MILLION BACK.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY TO EVERYBODY ELSE IS IT'S NOT BAD TO VOTE AGAINST A BAD BOND.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A BAD BOND.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THEY'VE SAID IT THEMSELVES.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE AT ONE TONIGHT, BUT I FIGURED I'D COME UP HERE AND SEE Y'ALL I MISS YOU BOYS.
I SAID, LADY, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IT START WITH OUR BUILDING TALKING ABOUT BUILDING THIS SCHOOL AND A EXCELLENT NOW POTENTIAL ON ACCIDENT, POTENTIAL POTENTIAL ACCIDENT.
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BUT I JUST SAW IN ITS OWN DOME WHERE THEY HAVE LOCK BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IS GOING TO PUT THE FOOT DOWN ON BUILDING BUILDS BUSINESSES IN THAT ZONE RIGHT THERE BY THE LANDING STRIP AT THE MILITARY BASE.AND I THINK THIS SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING UP WITHIN A MILE OF THAT LANDING STRIP, BUT IT'S ALSO IN THAT ZONE.
IT'S STRANGE TO ME WHILE WE WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE OPENING UP BUSINESSES THERE, BUT WE DON'T MIND BUILDING A SCHOOL.
LOOK, I HAVEN'T DONE THIS A LONG TIME.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS.
I TRIED TO TELL EVERYBODY NINE YEARS AGO, I HOLLERED AND SCREAMED AND I SHOUTED ABOUT THE WASTE WASTING GLOBAL TRANSPORT.
AND NOW I DON'T LEAVE THE PERSON IN THIS BUILDING.
A PERSON CAN HEAR MY VOICE THAT BELIEVES THERE IS A GLOBAL TRANSPORT TODAY.
I'M TRYING TO SAY, DON'T VOTE FOR THIS MOM.
IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE RIGHT REASON, WE WILL VOTE FOR IT.
BUT THIS MONTH IT'S GOOD TO VOTE.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE FIRST ROW, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND ROAD HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD? ANYBODY ON THE THIRD VOTE WOULD LIKE TO READ? WOW.
THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA MOVE.
WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
UH, WE'LL GO NEXT TO MISCELLANEOUS.
UH, MR. GRAYLIN CLARK WITH LEADERSHIP CRAVING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR CLASS? WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU IDENTIFY THEM AND TELL US WHO THEY ARE.
IF YOU HAVE TIME, WE HAVE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MEET, UH, A GROUP THAT IS GOING TO TAKE OVER FROM LAST SUNDAY.
AND COULD YOU DO THAT FOR US AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF FIRST, PLEASE, AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND MAYBE YOU CAN, UH, LET EACH OF THE OTHERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE ONLY ANOTHER ONE.
WE WISH YOU SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE AND IF WE CAN EVER HELP YOU LET US KNOW.
WE GOT THE F EVERYBODY UP HERE IS WILLING TO SUPPORT THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN THE FUTURE.
UH, YES, DANNY, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE STATE TAKE A LOOK AT A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO IT? IT'S THE INTERSECTION WHERE RAM AVENUE COMES BACK INTO TRENT ROAD AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
THERE ARE FIVE STREETS THERE THAT COME TOGETHER.
AND I, WHAT I WITNESSED AN ACCIDENT THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY'VE BEEN QUITE A FEW THERE IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE ROADS COME IN.
I DON'T, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS ON WHAT TO DO THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE STATE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT A LITTLE SAFER.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY ROUGH INTERSECTION.
I WANT TO NAIL SOMETHING THERE.
WE'RE HAVING A MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
I THINK IT SAYS SIX 30 BY THE HAZARDOUS MITIGATION FOR THE PAVEY TOWN
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HERE.AND HE HAD ONE AND, UH, PLEASED TO HAVE THESE OTHER ALBUM.
AND THERE WAS A VERY NICE MEETING WITH WOODROW LAST WEEK AND SAID TOMORROW NIGHT AT SIX 30, IT WILL BE A MEETING ABOUT THE HAZARDOUS MITIGATION FOR THE REBUILDING OF THEIR PAVERS DOWN HERE TO TALK WITH THE CITIZENS ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHEN YOU INVITE IT TO ATTEND, I SAID, SEE THIS STEP OKAY.
BEFORE I CALL ON THE STAFF, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, MAKE SOMETHING KNOWN AND ALSO ASK A QUESTION OF WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE DONE HERE A WHILE BACK WHEN THEY FINISHED, UH, CLARITIN BOULEVARD, UH, PUTTING OTHER LANES IN ALL IN SOME OF THE PEOPLE ASK ABOUT TREES THAT WAS GOING TO GO IN THAT AREA.
I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT 57 TREES WERE ALLOTTED TO LINE THAT BOULEVARD RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN YOU START IN THE FALL AND PUT A LITTLE MAN.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT, UH, PHOTOGRAPHY? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC ON THAT.
I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME PLANET OUT THERE.
I'M SURE THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER, SOMETIME TO PUT THEM IN.
THAT WOULD GENERALLY BE ABOUT THE TIME THEY WOULD PLANT NEW TREES OUT THERE.
I THINK ROGER WOULD AGREE WITH ME ON THAT.
SOME SOMETIME IN THE LATE FALL, THEY'LL BE PUTTING SOME OF THOSE TREES IN.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS I BROUGHT IT UP IS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT AND I FIGURED THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY, THEY DO INTEND TO PLANT TREES IN THE LAST COUNT.
I HEARD THAT 57 AND WAS HE GOING DOWN AT BOULEVARD? UM, WE'LL CHECK AND SEE WHEN THE ACTUAL PLANNED TIME IS FOR THE PLANTING AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW CAUSE ANYTHING FROM THE STAFF, MR. MAYOR, TEM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I HAVE, UH, ONE, UH, SHORT RESOLUTION HERE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY, UH, MR. CURT WITH, UH, FOREIGN LEGION, AMERICAN LEGION, NOT THE FOREIGN LEGION.
AND I BETTER NOT GO IN THERE, A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A NEW NATIONAL CEMETERY.
AND BASICALLY THIS IS ONE THAT WAS A, THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY.
I HAVE A COPY OF IT HERE, AND IT HAS SOME, WHEREAS IT'S ABOUT, UH, THE MARINE CORPS BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND CRAVEN COUNTY HAS GOT A LONG TRADITION AND THAT A LOT OF VETERANS LIVE HERE IN THE AREA.
AND IT SAYS NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, UH, THAT CRAIG COUNTY.
AND HE WOULD WANT TO SUBSTITUTE THAT WITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH AND ENDORSES EFFORTS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE NATIONAL CEMETERY SPACE IN NORTH CAROLINA, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION WITH LOYALTY AND VALUE.
I'D LIKE IF YOU WERE TO SEND THAT TO THE COMMANDER OF THE POSTDOC THERE, UH, FOR THE INFORMATION OF, OF SOME OF YOU FOLKS HERE TO SEE HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS.
USUALLY WHEN THE MAYOR'S GONE ABOUT THE SHORTAGE METERS OR SEVEN RECORD RECORDS PASSED ON THE LAST ONE WE HAD, THE DOCK CONDUCTED WAS EIGHT MINUTES.
AND SO WE RUN A LITTLE BIT OVER.
I JUST KNOW I WAS LOOKING AT THE TELEVISION SETS AND I JUST WANTED, UM, OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW, AND, AND TO, AND TO SAY ON BEHALF, ON NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORTS, TOWARDS HELPING THE FLOOD VICTIMS, YOU THANK THE CITY FOR ALLOWING A COUPLE OF TELEVISIONS TO BE PUT INTO THE SHELTER IN TRENTON, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE THERE.
AND THAT WAS REALLY VERY NICELY.
YOU GUYS, I'M GLAD THAT WE WOULD PICK THEM UP BECAUSE NO FORGET, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE LENT SOME HELP TO OTHER COMMUNITIES TOO, DURING THE FLOODING AND, AND AFTER THE FLOODING AND INSPECTORS AND OH YEAH, I RAN INTO, I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE SHELTER IN TRENTON WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS WENT DOWN.
THIS WAS LONG DIRT ROAD, HIGH ROAD.
I BET YOU, I HAD, I WAS DRIVING A BENCH AT 45 MINUTES AND I ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING AROUND IN A CIRCLE.
AND I ENDED UP WINDING UP ON A NEW BIRD.
I SAID, NO, I WAS A NEW BIRD COSTUMER STILL OUT THERE, BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL EFFORT ON BEHALF OF, UH, UH, THE CITIZENS OF NEW BERN AND THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO GAVE TO US, UH, TO THIS EFFORT, NOTICE, BRING IN MONEY AND FOOD AND CLUB.
I ONLY THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BRING IT AT ONE TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE GET ENOUGH AND TAKE IT.
AND THEN WE GET ENOUGH, TAKE THE BASKET AND THAT'LL BE IT.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO LEADS THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY, VERY RECEPTIVE TO ONE.
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ENOUGH.THE MORE THAT WE GET PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE BETTER, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE IN LONG ONGOING THING.
WE JUST CAN'T STOP BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS NICE.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE FOLKS THAT NEED THE HELP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD THEY NEEDED THE MOST WAS CAN OPENERS.
YOU REALIZE HOW MANY CANS OF FOOD WERE DONATED AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY, THOUGH.
I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LEADERSHIP CRAVING, UH, THIS IS A VERY SHORT MEETING AND WE DID SOMETHING HERE AND FOR PEOPLE AT HOME WHO DON'T GET DOWN HERE AND JUST HEROES MENTIONED CONSENT AGENDA.
IF YOU PICKED UP A COPY AND SHE CAME IN AND YOU SAW WHAT WAS LISTED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND THESE ARE WHAT WE TERM HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. AND THEY'RE JUST ROUTINE THINGS LIKE APPROVING THE MINUTES AND ADOPTING RESOLUTION, APPOINTING AN AGENT FROM THE CITY TO HANDLE ANY BUSINESS WITH THE FEDS OVER THE HURRICANE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONSENT AGENDA IS.
AND IT'S NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY.
IT'S JUST THINGS WE JUST DON'T.
THERE'S NO REASON TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING THEIR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. OKAY.