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ONE OF THE PRAYER BY THE REVEREND SAM HARDY, STEPHEN SPRAY SAMPSON.
IF YOU LIKE TO COMMISSIONER SAMSON, I BELIEVE HE'S PLAYING
THE STORM PASSED OVER WAS FALLING TOWARDS THE FALL.
LET US REALIZE THAT WE ARE BROTHERS KEEPER THAT WE MUST GO FORTH IN HIM.
EVERYBODY LOST IT, RIGHT, INDIVIDUAL.
YOU WEREN'T HERE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND THAT WAS, UH, MAYOR LEANNA MORGAN.
AND, UH, JUST NOT OFTEN, NOT ONLY IN A CITY OF THIS SIZE, BUT WITHIN A STATE, THIS SIZE AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE HIM COMES ALONG.
AND, UH, HE'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVER GET OUT OF OUR MIND.
AND OF COURSE THE CITY WON'T EITHER.
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, ROBERT RAINER AND I WERE TALKING A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ABOUT WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO OR WHAT WE COULD DO TO, TO COMMEMORATE HIS MEMORY.
AND WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, UH, SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE BOARD MIGHT THINK ABOUT HAVING A OLD PORTRAIT OF HIM AND THIS AVALON EXISTENCE THAT WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, MADE LARGE OR WHATEVER, AND HUNG PROBABLY IN THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE.
AND, UH, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO GO DOWN THROUGH THE AGES.
AND AS WE HAVE THESE THINGS THAT BREAK HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, HANGING IN THE AIR TO HAVE A PERSON, THEY REALLY, REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, WHO WOULD PROBABLY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
I STARTED TO SAY, WAIT A LONG TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, REALLY MADE HIS MARK.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT OR I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I JUST THOUGHT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT, DIRECT STATE AMANDA, TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND UH, AT PICTURE WE LOOKED AT TODAY, I THINK IF THAT'S OKAY WITH A BOARD, YOU CAN SHOW IT TO EVERYBODY AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK OF THAT REALLY WASN'T HE WAS A VERY STRIKING INDIVIDUAL IN THAT PICTURE.
MAYBE HIS WIFE HAS A PREFERENCE OF WHAT PICTURE LOOKS GOOD.
WELL, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT LEE WORLD'S A HAMSTER MAN.
I'VE NEVER SAID A MAN WAS HAMPSON AND UH, THE LORD BLESSED ME MORE THAN VERY GOOD, NO PERFECT TEETH.
AND UH, I THINK BETWEEN THE CITY OF MANAGEMENT MAYOR, WE CAN COME UP WITH A PHOTOGRAPH THAT'S WORTHY.
I, AS I SAID THERE ON THE NIGHT, AND THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
UH, I SAID ONE NIGHT THAT I TALKED, I TOLD MY WIFE THAT I WISHED THAT I HAD HALF THE CLASS THAT LEE MORGAN HAD.
AND SHE TOLD ME MY PRAYERS HAD BEEN ANSWERED.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY NO, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF CLASS JUST TO HAVE WHAT HE HAD.
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ASLEEP OR SLEEP RANDOM ANYWAY, HE, HE WON'T BE FORGOTTEN AROUND THESE HALLS.AT THAT TIME WE WOULD, WHEN WE UNVEILED THE PICTURE AND INVITE THE FAMILY, THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S MOST BE FITTING HIM.
I THINK IT WOULDN'T BE AND JUST PUT HIM IN HERE EVERY NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE HIM WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS AND HE'LL ALWAYS BE HERE.
MAYBE HE COULD KEEP ROBERT QUIET.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT ABOUT MR. MORGAN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, YO MR. MORGAN, HE WAS ALWAYS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR ME.
AND, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT HE HAS DONE, YOU KNOW, TO INSPIRE ME TO WANT TO ACHIEVE.
AND HE'S DONE A LOT FOR THE CITY, AS YOU INDICATED.
UH, I THINK THAT, UM, LEE MORGAN WAS GREAT FOR RACE RELATIONS AND THIS SURGEON AND HE'S MADE A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PROBABLY THE SECOND OR THIRD, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN ALDERMAN IN THE CITY.
HE WASN'T THE FIRST, I MEAN, THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, BUT HE CERTAINLY WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN AMERICAN, UH, MAYOR.
AND, UM, HE'S DONE A LOT FOR THE CITY WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH HOUSING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT, BUT BEING THE MAYOR AND YOU CAN ATTEST TO THIS MIRROR, BEING THE MIRROR, YOU HAVE PEOPLE CALLING YOU ALL TIMES OF DAY AND NIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO MEETINGS NONSTOP.
AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BUSINESS, YOU STILL HAVE TO WORK AND YOU GOTTA ATTEND TO YOUR FAMILY.
AND, UH, THE MANY YEARS THAT, UH, LEE MORGAN JUST PUT INTO, UH, HIS EFFORTS TRYING TO HELP THE CITY, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND UH, I JUST WANNA POSTHUMOUSLY THANK HIM.
I, YOU KNOW, I'VE THANKED HIM BEFORE, WHILE HE WAS LIVING.
BUT, UH, I THINK THIS IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS A WORTHY TRIBUTE TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
WELL, I HAD PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH, UH, UH, LEE MORGAN FOR YEARS.
HE SAYS, UH, BAYER FRO 10, WE BECAME PERSONAL FRIENDS AND WE WENT ON TRIPS TOGETHER AND WE THOUGHT A LOT OF EACH OTHER, WE VISITED EACH OTHER AND HE WAS A TRUE GENTLEMAN.
HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR ANYBODY IN THE CITY.
HE OFTEN TOLD ME HOW, A LOT OF TIMES HE LEARNED THE BUSINESS BY TAKING CERTAIN ROADS THAT HE SHOULD TAKE.
UH, BUT HE TOOK A RIGHT ROAD EACH TIME THAT I CAN REMEMBER.
AND I HIGHLY RESPECT IT'S HIS FAULT.
WELL, MAX WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT, UH, HE'S GOT LARYNGITIS DENIED AND I WOULD SCARE HIM TO DEATH BY SAYING, I'LL SPEAK FOR HIM.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? TELL US ABOUT MR. MORGAN.
THE NEXT THING WE'LL HAVE IS TO, INSTEAD OF THE APPROVING THE CHIEF AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, SOMEBODY COME FORWARD, UH, AND MYSELF WE'RE ELECTED BY OUR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES
PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I GUESS, CALLED A ROLL ON THAT ONE.
YOU DON'T ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
YOU ALL WILL BE THE FIRST ONES IN THAT OFFICE TO BE AT A NEW FIRE STATION.
THE NEXT THING I'D LIKE FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO FILL US IN ON SOME INFORMATION, UH, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MELANIE, WOULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR NEW HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, MELANIE REAGAN, WHO'S BEEN PROMOTED FROM WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
NOW WE DID A NATIONWIDE SEARCH ON A, FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
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PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE AT HOME ARE JUST AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE YOU CAN FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE.AND SO MELANIE IS CONSENTED TO BE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
AND I ASKED HER TO COME TONIGHT TO JUST TO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO YOU AND KIND OF TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERSELF AND THEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD THEM, UM, MAYOR APPRECIATE YOU.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, THREE BREATHS MARINE.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY AT OUR ROOTS CHERRY POINT IS GOING TO POINT IN THE MILITARY, BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH AND EVENTUALLY WOUND UP BACK AND HAVE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL THEN WENT ON TO JIMMY TECH WITH ANY OF YOUR FOOTBALL FANS.
UH, IT WAS A ONE PERSON SHOWS 180 FULL-TIME PART-TIME EMPLOYEES RAN THE DANCE, DID EVERYTHING, UM, LOVE THEIR PAIN, CAME BACK, UH, DOESN'T DECIDE TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.
SO WE THEN MOVED TO WINSTON-SALEM AND HOOKED ON SOCIAL SERVICES.
AT THAT POINT, THEN I CAME BACK, UH, CAME BACK TO SOCIAL SERVICES WHERE I'VE BEEN BEFORE.
AND WHILE YOU MAY HAVE A POSITION CAME AVAILABLE ALL THE CITY OF NEWBURN AND THEIR PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
AND IT WAS HIRED IN AS A PERSONNEL ANALYST.
SO I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE, UH, AUGUST 92, ENJOY MY TENURE HERE.
UH, WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE, THAT POSITION THROUGH THAT, I WAS IN TO ONE WHERE THE POSITION WAS RECLASSIFIED ASSISTANT HR DIRECTOR.
THEN AS YOU NOTICED YOUR POWER RETIRE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, UH, BEING A MENTOR THAT WAS, I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM POSITION BECAME AVAILABLE AND I DECIDED YOU HAVE THE SHOT.
SEE IF I COULD TO FORCE MORE EFFORT IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMPETENCE IN THIS DEPARTMENT HAS A NEED TO, UH, ACTUALLY SELECT ME FOR THE POSITION.
UM, JUST A LITTLE PERSONAL NOTE.
UM, I'M MARRIED TO A POSITION ASSISTANT, WHICH KEEPS ME VERY BUSY, WILL SEE THE THING.
I CAN ANSWER MULTIPLE QUESTIONS.
WELL, I CAN'T, I KNOW WHAT TO DO AND I CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
UM, HE, IT SAYS OPEN TO HEALTH CLINICS.
SO WE'RE NEW AS WELL AND HAVE A LOT, BUT I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ONE CHILD WHO'S NOT CHILD ANYMORE, 19 ATTENDING VCU RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S FOLLOWING HER FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS, NOT MINE AND TRYING TO GET INTO THE VA PROGRAM.
THEY ALSO HAVE AN 11 YEAR OLD SON.
UM, AND I, I ENDED UP BEING A SOCCER MOM, BASKETBALL MOM, EXECUTIVE CAN BE BUSY ALSO BEING A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH CHOIR.
SO, UM, I GUESS IT GLOWS AND I'M NOT IN LONG SPEECHES.
AND MY PARENTS TOLD ME TO KEEP THINGS SHORT, SWEET, DO THAT.
AND YOU GOT A LOT ON YOUR AGENDA.
AND IF THE CITY MISSION STATEMENT SAYS WE'RE STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE.
AND I HOPE TO NOT ONLY HELP THE EMPLOYEES, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE PREACHING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT IS TRULY A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU FACE TO FACE.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MELODY REGAN FOR YEARS AND TONIGHT SHE WALKED UP TO ME AND SAYS, I GOT YOUR CALL.
I WAS TELLING BILL TODAY THAT WHEN I GREW UP, NOBODY USED THEIR REAL NAME.
NOW, BEFORE THE SHEEP GETS EXCITED,
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAY SOMEBODY'S NAME, IT DOESN'T MEAN A LOT TO ME.
I HAVE TO SEE THEIR FACE AND I'VE JUST ALWAYS BEEN ACCLIMATED THAT WAY.
SO WHEN I HEARD THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN A JOB, I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY WHO SHE WAS THOUGH.
I SAW HER FACE AND I KNEW EXACTLY.
SO, UH, ANYWAY IN THAT RIGHT, MAX, OKAY.
I'LL TALK FOR HIM, BUT WE WELCOME BEING, WE KNOW YOU'LL DO A GOOD JOB.
THE NEXT THING IS THE REQUEST AND PETITION OF CITIZENS.
AND, UH, WAS ANYBODY HERE FOR THAT EXERCISE?
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NOBODY HERE FOR THAT.THE NEXT THING WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO RESIGN A 6.472 ACRE TRACT AT 5 27 SOUTH FRONT STREET.
FORMALLY BARBARA BOTH WORKS FROM A ONE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO SEE TWO WATER HOT DESK.
I MEAN, BERNARD SAID HE'S UNDER THE WEATHER A LITTLE BIT, BRINGING IT STACK RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
FORMERLY THE BARBARA MODE WORK SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH BROAD STREET, EXCUSE ME.
FROM THE RAILROAD TO THE PALACE, A PALACE IS WORKING ON PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIDE.
THEY INVOLVE MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE DOING A REALLY FIRST-CLASS JOB IN TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF THAT PROPERTY AND A DESIGN THAT REALLY FITS AND SERVES THE AREA.
THE ZONING THERE IS CURRENTLY OUT ON ONE, WHICH IS LIKE INDUSTRIAL.
THEY WANTED TO SELL ME THAT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LAND IN THAT AREA.
WE REVIEWED IT, BERNARD REVIEWED IT.
UH, AND OTHER PLANNING STAFF REVIEWED WITH THEM, UH, C2, WHICH IS WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL, WHICH BASICALLY LINES THE FIRST BLOCK AROUND THE CITY DOWNTOWN APPEAR TO BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE TYPE OF USES AND DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
UH, THIS WAS SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED, UH, TO THE BOARD OF ALL THE MEMBERS, UH, SEE TO, UH, ON THIS SIDE.
AND I THINK THAT ANSWERING QUESTIONS, UH, AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THEY WON'T SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS CHANGE MOST CLOSE.
SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
MARILYN VECTOR MOTION WITH THAT WAS TO RESOLVE 6.4 ACRES FROM, UH, I WANT A DOCTOR TO SEE, TO WORK THIS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THAT, NOT CALLING ROLL PLEASE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION LIKE THE SIZE OF THAT TRACK THAT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO BE THAT BIG, THAT THEY HAVE ANY PLANS TO FILL IN ANY LAND OR IS IT THEY'RE THAT MUCH DRY LAND THERE NOW? UM, THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THEM, I THINK WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN MANY OF YOUR TAX MAPS AND DATES FOR THE DOWNTOWN, IT SHOWS A LARGER AREAS ACTUALLY DRIVE LANES.
MANY TIMES IT GOES OUT INTO THE WATER THAT MAY WORK WELL.
THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF STREET, WHICH LIES NORTHEAST OF EVANS STREET.
THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THAT IT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTED, WHAT WE CALL
UH, LOOKING AT MAPS, UH, ACTUALLY TWO PROPERTIES OR EFFECTED, UH, THE GENTLEMAN WHO REQUESTED THE THREE FLOWS, TWO OF THOSE BLOCKS
SO THEREBY WOULDN'T BE LANDLOCKED INSIDE OF THE ADVERTISED.
I'VE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY ANYONE OTHER THAN THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
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UH, WE HAD DENIED IN SPEAKING TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE FLOODED, WHO MADE A REQUEST WHO MADE IT WITH THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME, FEELS APPEAL TO THE PROPERTY OF BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, TO BE ABLE ONCE OUT OF POOL, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING HE NEEDS.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT, WHERE YOU COULD EXPAND HIS PROPERTY TO COMMIT BOTH SIDES OF HIS PROPERTY, IT'S ALREADY JUST RESIDENTIAL IN THAT SEAT.
THIS IS TIME OF THE ESSENCE FOR HIM.
CAUSE I WANT TO SEE A MAP OF A SEWER.
IT IS TOO, BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T, DON'T READ THESE AGENDAS AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ENOUGH PREJUDICE ANYBODY.
UH, BUT AS DANNY SAID, THERE'S PROPERTY OWNERS THERE HE'S ONE.
AND HE OWNS BOTH SIDE OF THE STREET, THE STREET ROAD, BACK TO THE STREET BEHIND, WHICH RUNS INTO THE TRAILER PARK AND THE OWNER, THE TRAIL ON HIS OTHER ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
ALSO THAT PROPERTY OF THE TRAIL CALLED HAS ONE OR TWO INTERESTED INTO A TRAIL.
SO THEY HAVE A WAY IN AND A WAY OUT, EVEN IF WE BOTH.
SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S REALLY NOT BEING USED AS A STRAIGHT MAN.
IT'S NEVER BEEN THAT'S CORRECT.
NOT SAYING DON'T GO OUT THERE.
AND HE ASKED US ABOUT THIS ABOUT NOVEMBER, I THINK FOR THE REAL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE ANY FUTURE PROBLEMS AT ALL.
IF WE ACTED ON HIS REQUEST TONIGHT, DEFINITELY FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, HE OWNS A PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES.
DO I HEAR MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, UH, YEAH, I'M MOVING TO THAT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THAT? NOT CALL ROLL PLEASE.
MA'AM YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
NEXT THING MAY HAVE HIS CONSENT AGENDA.
MR. MAYOR PULL LIGHT OFF 10, 15.
ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO GO? WHICH NUMBER WAS AT 15, 15
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL ROADS LEAD, MAN.
I HADN'T MENTIONED BEFORE THAT IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN WE SAY CONSENTED, BUT THAT IT'S JUST USUALLY JUST HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT ARE JUST NO REAL REASON TO DISCUSS THEM.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT THIS ONE WAS THAT THE CRAVEN COUNTY INSURANCE AGENTS ASSOCIATION DONATED TO THE CITY OF NEWBURGH $3,500 FOR PURCHASE OF AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR FOR USE FOR BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT THEY GOT CREDIT FOR IT BECAUSE THAT COULD VERY EASILY SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
IT MAY BE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PULL THAT SO WE COULD TELL THE PUBLIC THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE CITY.
AND I WANTED THEM TO BE AWARE OF IT.
UM, LIKE EMOTION THAT COULD BE IMPROVED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION PLEASE VOTE.
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YES.I THINK I SAW ON THE PAPER WHERE SIMON, THE FIREMEN WERE GOING TO BE TRAINED UP RIGHT NOW.
NUMBER 16, PORT ON STATION NUMBER FOUR, FIVE PAST, THIS IS MARIANNE WAS BORED.
I KNOW YOUR FEELING, THIS PHRASE ABOUT THAT AED.
WE COULD ACTUALLY USE THE
NUMBER FOUR ON THAT LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 PM, THE FIREARM THAT DAY OR, OR DRUGS FIRE WITH SMOKE IN THE HOUSE ON A RESONANCE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST ROAD, ENGINE 12 AND ENGINE 41, BOTH ASSIGNED TO FIRE STATION FOUR, ALONG WITH TRUCK 19, WHICH IS EMERGENCY SUPPORT VEHICLE ASSIGNED STATION ONE RESPONDED TO THIS REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE.
AFTER ARRIVING ON THE FIRE SCENE, IT WAS QUICKLY DETERMINED THAT SMUG WAS CAUSED BY NOT FUNCTIONING FEEDING SYSTEM, AS RESIDENTS, THE CHIEF OFFICER AT THE FIRE SCENE AND WASHINGTON PLACE ROAD OR OFF OF WASHINGTON PLACE WHERE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED ONE FIRING ENGINES THAT ARE SIGNED FIRE STATION FOUR AND DIRECTED HIM TO GO BACK TO THIS STATION ON CASE OF WAS TO THE AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 6:58 PM AROUND THAT FIRE STATION.
NUMBER FOUR, TO DISCOVER THE FIRE STATION IS ON FIRE VIGILANT 12, A MEETING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF NEW COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.
AND LATER I JUST BACK IN THE WEST, HE WOULD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS COUNCIL SEVEN FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE FIRE SCENE.
CAUSE EACH WAY, WHEN I ARRIVED IN SESSION FOUR, I LOCATED THE ENVIRONMENT, THE WORST SIGNS THAT FIRE STATION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS ACCOUNTED FOR.
AND EVERYONE WAS SAID, EXCUSE ME.
WHEN THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, I CONTACTED BRUCE JOHNSON, THE DUTY MANAGER FOR WITHOUT SHIP AND TOGETHER WE WERE DISCUSSING COMPLETE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF FIRE.
IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THE FIRE HAD BEEN A NEW ROOF DIRECTLY ABOVE THE KITCHEN DURING OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE FARM AND THE SIGNS THAT STATION WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF EXTINGUISHING THE FIREARM.
WE ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY REASON OR KNEW THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE OR POSSIBLE CAUSAL.
I ALSO ASKED THEM BECAUSE AT THE TIMEFRAME, IF THEY WERE COOKING, WHEN THE ALARM OR WATCHING THE PLACE, RATHER SAM LIEUTENANT ASSIGNED THAT STATION, THEY WERE COOKING, BUT HE WAS QUICK TO ADD.
THERE WAS NO WAY, INSTEAD OF CALLING THE FIRE STATION ON FIRE, HE CONTINUED THAT TELLING ME THAT WHEN THE ALARM SOUNDED WASHINGTON TOUCH RED AND HE WENT INTO THE RADIO AND HE ASKED THE FIRE SPECIALIST THAT WAS ASSIGNED INTO THAT STATION TO SECURE THE STEAD, THE FIRE LIEUTENANT AND DUTY.
HE SAID THAT HE COULD HEAR THE FIRE SPECIALIST.
WHEN YOU REMOVE THE POT FROM THE STUDY, AS I RECEIVED YOUR DICTATES PLACING, YOU DON'T WANT TO HOP THE WORD PART IN THE SCENE AND RETURNED TO THE RADIO ROOM WHERE IT IS A SIGN OF THE FIREMAN DURING THE FIRE SCENE, ASSURED ME IN THE FIRE COOKING STARTED INSTEAD AFTER THE FIRE WAS AND STATE, HE WAS
AND HE'S ONLY IN THE HALF POSITION, CAPTAIN WATSON.
INSTEAD, YOUR HALLOWELL INVESTIGATION SAYS THAT THE FIREMAN DID IT POP FROM THE STEAD AND NOT PLACE THE POT IN THE THING.
AND HE TURNS TO ONE NOTCH PAST THE OFFICE POSITION, PUSH RETURNED ELECTRIC BURNER INTO THE HALF POSITION WITH THE BURNER ON THE HALF POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES.
CAPTAIN WATSON FEELS THAT IGNITED
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THE STEAD, WHICH A NEW TERM EXCLUDED THROUGH THE CABINETS IN THROUGH THE CELOTEX CEILING THAT WAS ABOVE INTO THE ATTIC SPACE.AND FORTUNATELY BEEN IN ITSELF THROUGH THE ROOF DIRECTLY ABOVE THE KITCHEN.
THERE IS HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE TO THE KITCHEN FIRE SPECIALS BOARD.
THERE'S ALSO FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AREA DIRECTLY ABOVE THE CASE.
I THINK MS. MEZ IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THAT IN A FEW MINUTES, EVERY SMOKE WAS ALSO PARKING OUTSIDE AND REPORTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
I ALSO WANT HIM TO REPORT TO YOU.
THE FIRE PROTECTION CONTINUES IN THAT AREA.
DURING THE DAY WE HAVE THE FIRE TRUCKS ASSIGNED TO STATION FOUR.
THEY'RE USUALLY PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF, OR AROUND BACK.
IF THEY'RE NOT AT THE FIRE STATION, THEY ARE IN THE AREA TRAINING.
OR DO YOU BUY THE MAINTENANCE DURING THE EVENINGS? WE HAVE A SIGN IN FIRE, GRASS, FIRE STATION, NUMBER TWO, LOCATED ON FOUR TIME DRIVE.
IN ADDITION, NEW WEST NEWBURN BOX, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING TO ALL CALLS WITH US IN THAT AREA.
AS OF TODAY, WE ARE ACTUALLY, AS OF YESTERDAY, WE ARE LEAVING TODAY, MOBILE HOME ONTO THE PROPERTY THAT WE WORKED ON.
THE SCHOOL, DAVID MUSIC, CHUCK ADAMS HAS BEEN GREAT ONE, UH, TO ALLOW US TO USE OF HIS DRIVE THREE BAY OR GARAGE THAT HE HAS ON HIS PROPERTY.
HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE THAT FIRE, UM, TEMPORARY FIRE STATIONS, SERVICE, AND ALL EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE BACK IN THAT AREA FOR 24 HOUR PUBS.
I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL OBTAIN DISPOSAL HOME AND MOBILE HOMES VERY HARD TO FIND OUT NOW DUE TO THE FLOODING THAT WE WERE, WE WERE FORCED ENOUGH TO OBTAIN A MOBILE HOME FROM EXPERIENCE HOMES INCORPORATED ON HOW WE 17 ZACK, MR. ASTOUNDS IS VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US AND AGREED TO LET US USE THE HOME AS LONG AS IT WAS NEEDED.
I WOULDN'T BE CONTACTING MR. WARD'S OFFICE TOMORROW, OR AT LEAST LIKE WE HAVE A HOME.
HE HAD HIS MILITARY HIGHLANDER, THE CITY ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT, CITY WATER DEPARTMENT, SEWER DEPARTMENT, AND ESPECIALLY DANNY, THAT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US GET THIS FIRE STATION, THIS TEMPORARY FIRE STATION BACK UP AND IN SERVICE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, I THINK WAS PROBABLY THE MAIN TOPICS OF ALL OF OUR STAFF WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST WEEK.
OUR POLICY DICTATES THAT THE FIREMAN REMOVES THIS POT FROM THE STOVE, CUTS THE STOVE UP EFFECTIVE CLASS.
WE, DURING OUR LAST STAFF MEETING OUR POLICY, NOW THE PEGS AT BOTH TIMES, AT LEAST TWO TIMES TO SECURE THE STOVE BEFORE THEY RESPOND TO THE FIRE.
AND ALSO JUST WHEN THE CITY MANAGER AND UNDERSTANDING THAT.
AND I RECOMMEND THAT ALL STUDIES IN THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT BE EQUIPPED WITH THE DISTINGUISHING SYSTEMS. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY A COST OF ABOUT $970 AND THE UNION AS A USABLE, AND WHICH IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE COOKING AREAS THAT ANY PAYS THE FIRE FEASIBLE EMAILS SENDING INITIALLY THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN UNION DISCHARGES, UH, OUR, OUR GAS, WE DECIDED TO GO WITH, IF WE PUT IN FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS IN THE FIRE STATION, WHICH IS MY NEXT RECOMMENDATION, IT WILL BE MONITORED 24 HOURS A DAY.
IF THIS UNIT ACTIVATES SOMEONE WILL CONTACT NEW COMMUNICATIONS, WE'VE HAD AN ACTIVATION THIRD OUT LIKE REPRIMAND HIM THAT WE WILL FROM NOW ON PURCHASE.
ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE POSITIVE TO HAVE POSITIVE STYLE OUT ON THE ELECTRIC RANGE THAT WAS INSTALLED.
FIRE SESSION FOUR, WE COULD TURN EITHER CLOCKWISE OR COUNTER-CLOCKWISE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ONLY RAIN USE TODAY TO REPLACE IT.
THE ADDED POSITIVE STOCK THAT YOU CAN ONLY TURN.
GENERALLY, YOU SEE AN ATTORNEY.
HALF OF THAT FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHOULD BE INSTALLED.
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FOUR WHILE THE CEILINGS ARE OUT ON THE, UH, RECONSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE.WE RECOMMENDED, WE PUT COMPLETE SLUGGISH DECKERS, RE ARRIVES THE TELLERS AND FIXED TEMPERATURE DETECTORS.
AND THE SYSTEM WILL BE MONITORED 24 HOURS A DAY.
IT WAS CENTRAL MONITORING STATION.
IN ADDITION TO EMERGENCY STOP BUTTONS SHOULD BE INSTALLED ON ALL STEPS.
UH, POLICY WOULD MANDATE THAT POPS BE REMOVED FROM THE STUDY.
WE MANUALLY CUT THE INSTEAD OFF USING THE BAT.
AND THEN I THINK MOST OF THE, A LOT OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A RED STOP BUTTON IN SOME OF YOUR SELF SERVICE GAS STATIONS WOULD BE PLACED A LITTLE WHILE THE STOP BUTTON WOULD MOVING PRESSED, WHICH WOULD DISCONNECT THE GAS OR ELECTRIC RUNNING AT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.
THIS WOULD MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED AT FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
HOW MANY FIRE STATIONS DID NOT HAVE A DEVICE? OTHER WORDS, NONE OF THEM, NO, NO FIRE STATION FIRE STATION OR THE NEW FIRE STATION WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
OKAY, WELL, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT, AT LEAST EVEN IN MY HOUSE, WHO'S GOING TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHY I HAD THE SAME SYSTEM IN MY HOUSE AND I AGREE, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER SYSTEMS LOCATED IN CITY BUILDINGS.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO OUR NEXT SEVERAL YEARS OF BUDGET AND TARGETING BUDGET LONG AS PUTTING IN ALL THE SESSIONS, PRESENTING HIS SITUATION WAS DEFINITELY AN ACCIDENT.
BUT TO ME, I MEAN, I SEE IT VERY AGGRESSIVE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THEN THAT'S FINE, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO JUMP OUT OF THE SNOW.
I'LL JUST GO TO ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS ONE INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT.
UH, I SAY
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU TO THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS.
BUT I THINK, UM, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN NOW IS AS WE REPLACE OUR EQUIPMENT, HAVING EQUIPMENT THAT HAS POSITIVE STOP BUTTONS, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP.
I BASICALLY, YEAH, IT IS VERY CHEAP, UH, PUT IN SMOKE AND
THE CITY MANAGER CALLED ME OUT TELLING ME
NEW STATION IS GOING TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
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THE GENERALLY THOSE SCHEDULES, ALL THE WAYS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM EARLY ON WITH THE PROJECT.AND I WILL SAY IT NOW, BASICALLY INDIVIDUALLY ON THE JOB AND AFTER A COUPLE OF BRAND MEETINGS THAT WE WE'VE HAD.
VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD RESPONSE OUT OF THE GENTLEMAN AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE'RE COMING IN AND THEY'RE ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DONE FALLING UP ON FIRE STATION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS IN EVERYBODY'S LIFE, PUSH THE WRONG BUTTON OR WHATEVER, BUT LIKE, OH, FOOTBALL COACH SAID ONE TIME A LONG TIME AGO, HE MADE MISTAKES, BUT HE NEVER MADE THE SAME ONE TWICE.
AND THAT'S THE REAL LEARNING CURVE AND THEY US I'M SURE WHOEVER THE INDIVIDUAL WAS, HE 11 LATE.
SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY LEARN FROM IT.
AS WE TALK ABOUT FIRES IN THERE, IT'S JUST SWITCH IT.
WE JUST HAVE TO NOW TALK ABOUT THE FIRE ON DELIVERANCE STREET.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND I COMMITTED THE GUY SPOKE, HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LIKED FOR YOU TO CLARIFY, AND THAT IS, UM, HOW OFTEN THE STAFF IS TRAINED ON HOW TO HOOK UP THE, THE WATERHOLES TO THE FIRE HYDRANTS.
IF THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE ADEQUATE IN THE COMMUNITIES, IN WHICH I REPRESENT, ESPECIALLY OPEN THAT AREA, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FIRE HYDRANTS OR THEY TESTED ENOUGH, OR YOU TRUCKS TESTED ENOUGH GOING TO HAVE THE KIND OF FAILURES THAT WE HAD.
AND THERE WAS SOME REAL CONCERN ABOUT, UM, WHAT PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR FIRE.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE SWITCHED TO NOTES.
YOU DON'T MIND THAT I AM PREPARED TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU.
WHAT I WANT TO LAY AS REFERRING TO, UM, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER THE FIRST, THERE WAS A REPORT ON BELOVED STREET.
UM, WHEN WE ARRIVED TO THAT FIRE CALL AT WELL, WE RECEIVED FIRE CALL AT 12:24 PM.
UM, THE FIRST FIRE ENGINE IN, UH, STAGE, WHICH WAS IN 31, 22 YEAR OLD PEERS, ONE 40 CHASSIS FIRE TRUCK STAGED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS ON FIRE.
THE SECOND ENGINEER AND UNIT 11.
AND TODAY OUR NEWER 1998 SET ENVIRONMENT AND HIS RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO BACK IN TO THE FIRST PUMPER AND LET US APPLY ON A FIVE-INCH POWER, HUNDREDS FROM THE FIRE SCENE TO THE FIREHOUSE, WHICH WAS ONLY LOCATED ABOUT 200 FEET AWAY AND JUST 11 HAD AN ACCOUNT OF PROBLEM WITH THE FOURTH YEAR LOCKUP.
CELLINOID FAILING A WIRING HARNESS STALE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ALL THE ENERGY SWITCHED FROM THE ROAD HERE TO THE PUMP.
HERE AGAIN IS THE 22 YEAR OLD FIRETRUCK IN THE CELL LLOYD, UM, IS LOCATED, UM, WAY UP UNDER THE DASH, UM, NEAR THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER INSIDE OF THE TRUCK, WE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO PLAN B JUST LIKE WEIGHT TRAINING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POWER GOES DIRECTLY TO THE FIRE HYDRANT AND BACK THE ENGINE, BACK TO THE FIRE SCENE, SOME 200 FEET AND THE FIREFIGHTERS TO THAT ENERGY INTO THESE THINGS, IT WASN'T THE WAY IT WAS IT.
I HAVE RICHARD TAYLOR TO PULL THE AUDIO TAPES FOR US, WHICH ARE TIMESTAMPED AND WE WERE, WE WERE LISTENING TO, AND WE HAVE, I HAVE A COPY FOR EVERYONE WHO LIKES TO HAVE ONE.
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11 WAS THAT THE FIRE HYDRANT AT 12 27, 27 MINUTES, PAST 12 AND 50 SECONDS.AND HE CALLS ENGINE 31
HE COULD NOT ACCOMMODATE THE WATER.
IT WILL NOT SHOOT INTO THE BUCKET, THE PUMP BEER AT THE SAME TIME.
WELL, YES, ACTUALLY THEY OPERATE THAT.
THEY HAD A, I MEAN, THEY WERE DOING EVERYTHING THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, WHEN THE PUMP TRUCK FAILED TO GO INTO THE PUMP, UH, WE JUST COMMITTED THE FIRE TRUCK, THAT OLD BUILDING ON THE STREET AND WASHINGTON STREET BACKING BACK INTO THE FIRE SCENE, LOOKED UP THE HOSES AND WE CHARGED THE FIRE HYDRANTS AND HER FINE.
AND WE STARTED EXTINGUISHED AT 27 MINUTES AS 1257 TO 1234.
WE GOT MORE THAN REASONABLY NOTICE IS BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING ONE OF THE, UH,
I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM WASN'T WITH THE FIVE, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT WITH THE FIRE TRUCK AT THE FIRE, THE FIRE FIRE CLUB AT THE FIRE HYDRANT WOULD NOT SEND THE WATER TO THE TIRE TRUCK AT THE FAIRGROUND UNTIL HE REQUESTED ONCE TO MAKE SURE I WAS HOOKED UP AND HE'S READY TO AWARD.
HE WAS BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET INTO THE PUMPING MODE.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE WATER.
WHAT ABOUT THE PROXIMITY ISSUE ON THE FIRE IN THAT AREA? WE HAD, UM, I WOULD SAY LESS THAN A 200 FOOT LEGS FIRE HYDRANT.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME DISTRIBUTION, UM, QUESTIONS IN THE PAST WATER DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED WITH US, PLACING FIRE HYDRANTS.
WE GIVE THEM A LIST OF, UM, OUR 10 MOST NEEDED BY OUR HYDRANTS AND THEY TRY TO FEEL THAT LIST.
BUT A FEW YEARS AGO, IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN I ASSOCIATE IN US, OUR WATER DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A GRADE TO OUR WATER SYSTEM.
I ACTUALLY RECEIVED A GRADE TWO WITH A POSSIBLE GRADING FROM ONE 10 WITH 1 MILLION.
THE BEST THAT WE'RE ONLY, YOU WERE ONLY ONE BOX INSTEAD HAVE A WATER SYSTEM.
DO YOU HAVE ADEQUATE NUMBERS OF FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE AREA IN WASHINGTON PARK? WE, WE DID.
UM, THERE IS, THERE IS ONE OR TWO AREAS IN THERE THAT JUST, UM, THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MECHANIC STREET AREA, THAT IT WAS REQUESTED ONE, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S NO MINES IN THAT AREA.
UM, I MEAN, WE CAN LAY FIRE OTHERS ABOUT FEEDING, SO THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEM.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM FOR YOU TO FIGHT FIRE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE LACKS OR, OR THE INEFFICIENCY OF A HYDRANT.
WE KNOW OUR AREAS, WE KNOW WE'VE SET OUR HYDRANT.
WE KNOW IT'S HAVING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WATER.
WE TRY TO AVOID THOSE AND GO TO THE ONES THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU IN THE SUMMER.
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO FIND OUT A PROBLEM?
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, HAD TO BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
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I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WE PUT WATER ON SIX MINUTES EARLIER.WE COULDN'T HAVE PREVENTED A LITTLE MORE FIRE DOWN, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE WITNESSES AT THAT HOUSE, UH, INFORMED US THAT THEY GUARDED WELL, THE MAILMAN WAS THE GENTLEMAN.
HE SAID HE WAS TWO DOORS AWAY.
HE BASICALLY WHAT HE HEARD, WHAT SOUNDED LIKE
WHEN HE TURNED AROUND, HE SAID, THE WINDOW WAS THE FIRE WAS BEING OUT OF THE WINDOW, UP NEAR ROOF GLOVE BY THE FAMILY, BACK TO THE HOUSE, JUST TO GET PEOPLE OUT.
AND HE ACTUALLY ENTERED THE STRUCTURE AND REMOVING IT FROM HIS NAME IS STEVEN.
WE, UM, BUT THE, UM, THE WITNESSES THAT WE INTERVIEWED BASICALLY SAID THAT THEY ALL THE WHOLE ROOM IN FRONT OF THE SUNROOM IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THE FIRE HAD BEEN OUT ALL THE WINDOWS.
IT WAS ABOVE WITH LEVEL FOUR, THE FIREARM ARRIVE THE PLANNER.
WE HAD DETERMINED COLLEGE FIND IN FACT, UH,
WE CONTACTED THE, UH, STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND COME IN TO ASSIST US WITH IT.
UM, THERE WAS THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEWS I INTERVIEWED, MOST OF THEM ARE ALL FAMILY MEMBERS THERE, WHO I INTERVIEWED DETERMINED THAT, UM, THERE WAS A SMOKING TAKING PLACE ON THE SUNROOM.
UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS SMOKING THE CIGARETTES SAID THAT HE HAD, UM, HE HAD BEEN OUT THERE SITTING AND SMOKING POT TO SMOKE THREE, FIVE CIGARETTES IN THE HOUSE.
AND THREE, FIVE MINUTES LATER, HE SAID, NO ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ON THE BOARD.
SO IT WAS NOTHING BUT A, UH, A NICE STUFF CHAIR AND THE TABLES AND
UH, THE FIREARM WAS POINTED DIRECTLY TO, UH, THAT TABLE.
AND THEN THE SBI AT THE END, THEY ALL SAID THE TERM OF THIS HOUSE WAS DIRECTLY AT THE TABLE.
AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, THE INSURANCE COMPANY SITTING IN THEIR PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS ALL SAID THAT THE CAR ONE-SIDED WHEN THE POSTMAN BACK TO THE HOUSE, NOBODY ELSE IN THE HOUSE.
HE MET A GENTLEMEN, EXITING THE HOUSE FROM UNDER THE BACK OF THE KITCHEN DOOR, WHICH LED OUT TO THE CAR.
UM, MS. SMITH COULD NOT FIND HER.
HE WAS ABLE TO LOOK BELOW THE SMOKE LEVEL AND A CHILD WALKING AROUND INSIDE THE HOUSE THEATER, DISRUPTURE.
UH, HE REMOVED THE, GRABBED THE CHILD.
HE EXITED AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND WAS TOLERANT TO TRY TO PINPOINT WHERE MS. SMITH IS LOCATED.
WHEN HE SAID HE COULD SEE HER WALKING THROUGH THE SMOKE, COMING TOWARDS THE DOOR, HE ASSISTED HER OUT OF THE HOUSE.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD, CERTAINLY RECOMMEND
A LOT OF TIMES, THEY WORKED OUT IN THIS BOX.
HE WAS ON THE FIRE SCENE LAST NIGHT, GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
THE UNDERWRITER CONTACTED US THE NEXT DAY AND ASSIGNED US A CONTRACT ADJUSTER FOR MORE WE'RE WORKING WITH
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ADMINISTRATORS.THEY ALLOWED US TO GO IN AND MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR US, THAT WE WILL BE PAID.
THAT'S THE GOOD SIDE OF THIS THING.
UH, WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED HIM STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND HE ACTUALLY DID SOME ONSITE LOOKING AT ROLLING BACK A POOL REPORT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THREE QUOTES FROM EACH ONE TO DETROIT.
AND THEY ENDED UP BEING A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT PEOPLE CONSTRUCT TOMORROW.
UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR LAST BUILDING.
ONE IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT 80 TO $90,000.
I FEEL LIKE, UH, THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON, ANYTHING HAPPENED TO AFTER THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING, UH, NOT IN 220 DAYS, DID HE SUFFER AS CHEAP? AS YOU SAID, JUST IN THE COOKING AREA OF THE DAY, WE WERE MARRIED QUITE A BIT.
WE DID COMPROMISE THE ROOF AREA IN THE KITCHEN.
UH, THE ALLEGED TOOL IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO HAVE TO BE TOTALLY BE WORKING AND, UH, DECIDED THAT IT'S THIS COSMETIC, AS I SAID, PRETTY QUICK.
NO, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT INSURANCE, OBVIOUSLY THINKING
WE'VE GOT THE LIST OF ALL THE FURNACES, EVERYTHING FROM, FROM POS ALL NEW SITUATIONS IN WHICH IT'S EASY TO MAKE IT FUNNY.
AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MENTIONED IT TO ME AND I'VE ASKED THEM, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FIRE STATION AND THE DEPARTMENT STORE AND A FUNERAL HOME RESTAURANT.
AND THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE.
AND AS THE MANAGER SAID, WHEN YOU CAME IN WITH HER AT ANY ONE VERB IN RESPONSE, NO ONE SERVER AND ALL OF THAT MORTAR AND BRICK AND ALL THAT, I THINK WE ALL ARE AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO SIX.
I THINK WE'VE ALL LEARNED THE LESSON AND THAT'S THAT I THINK ABOUT THREE DAYS BEFORE, SEE FASTER KEVIN WATSON THAN HIMSELF AND BRANDON SITTING IN THE OFFICE, ARGUING ABOUT WHY WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING IN THE WORLD GOING TO HAPPEN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PAUL, MR. MATT, MR. MAYOR, THE TERM OF ELBERT AND MALLARD FOR THE ELECTRIC SERVICE BOARD HAS EXPIRED AND HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THAT POSITION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALSO, MR. MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR A MEMBER FOR THAT BOARD FROM TRENT WOODS, BUT SHERMAN CAMPBELL HAS BEEN SERVING FOR TRENT WOODS.
AND IF IT'S, AND HE HAS, HIS TERM HAS EXPIRED, HE HAS INDICATED AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO SERVE.
SO IF IT'S AN ORDER, JUST GO AHEAD AND WE NOMINATE HIM ALSO.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M SUPPOSED TO DO IT OR SOMEBODY ELSE OR WHO I'M GRATEFUL FOR HIM SERVING IN THE ALL IN FAVOR
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OF HIM SAYING NO, SIR.UH, I'D LIKE TO WISH STAFF, UH, BOARD OF ALDERMAN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF NEW BERN AND ANYBODY HEARS MY VOICE HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAVE A SAFE NEW YEAR.
AND DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE MILLENNIUM AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
NOW HE TOLD ME TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WELL, I'VE BEEN WITH EVERYBODY.
WELL, SO WE'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE IN THE CITY, VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
BILL HARTMAN HAS SOMETHING THAT I POINTED OUT.
I WANTED TO HAVE A SPECIAL DIMENSION, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO THE COMING NEW TRADITION FROM THE CITY OF NEW ZEALAND.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PEOPLE IN LUBRIN WHO HAD DONE SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB OF DECORATING THEIR HOMES.
UH, I TOOK SOME VISITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN AND THROUGH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, COLONY ESTATES DOWN IN SPENCER AVENUE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO REPAIR THE LIGHTS THAT ARE BURNED.
NO, I NOTICED ONE BLOCK OF THE STREETLIGHTS OR THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING.
IF IT ISN'T ALREADY REPAIRED, IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT IF YOU HAVE NOT DRIVEN DOWN THAT STREET, THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL SPENCER AVENUE EXCEPT ROBERT'S HOUSE.
THAT'S ALWAYS YEAH, RIGHT BEHIND THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT IS PROBABLY THE MOST DECORATED NEW BURNETT.
IT IS SOMETHING TO SEE PEOPLE STOPPING AND WALK AROUND THE YARD, JUST TO LOOK AT IT.
AND THE TOWN DOWNTOWN IS JUST GORGEOUS.
UH, MOVING TO ANOTHER SUBJECT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. BALANCHINE FOR HIS SERVICE AS A MAYOR PRO TEM WITH LAST YEAR, THIS IS A, THIS IS A TOUGH JOB.
THIS IS FILLING IN FOR THE MAYOR WHEN HE CAN'T MAKE IT.
AND, UH, BUILDING COLUMN A LOT THIS YEAR.
AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND DOES A GOOD JOB REPRESENTING THE CITY AND IN THE TRADITIONAL ROTATING THE JOB, WE'VE GOT A GENTLEMAN HERE WHO HAS NEVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING SOME LAST MINUTE WORK THROWN ON HIM.
AND, UH, AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR THE YEAR 2000 MR. J MATTINGLY AS OUR MAYOR PROTEST.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE, UM, UH, ON THE FREEZE AND MAKE A REFERENCE TO THE DECORATION.
UH, I WAS RIDING ALONG WITH SOME PEOPLE THE OTHER NIGHT, AS WE RODE THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD BEEN APPLIED WITH CRIME AND DRUGS AND WHO IS LABELED TO BE THAT KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DECORATIONS, EVERYBODY IS, SEEMS TO HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS THERE'S DECORATIONS AND THE PROJECTS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, PEOPLE ARE, UH, FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SEASON.
AND THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN PUTTING UP LIGHTS FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T DO.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN INDICATION OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE WAY THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING CLEANED UP AND PEOPLE ARE FEELING SAFE AND SPIRITUAL.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
IT'S RIGHT THROUGH THE TOWN AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS DOWNTOWN AND THE GRASS ALWAYS LOOKS GOOD ON SPRINTS.
SO YOU GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY, IN THIS COMMUNITIES, YOU WILL SEE THAT SAME SPIRIT AND THAT'S OF YOUR, I LIVED ALL OVER NORTH CAROLINA, ALWAYS LIVED ALL OVER THE STATE AND ASKED.
I'M SO GLAD I LIVE IN NEWPORT.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND POKE THE Y2K BUG.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO MENTION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'VE MENTIONED ABOUT THE TREES ON FIRE HIM SEVERAL TIMES AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO UP THE END OF NOVEMBER AND THEY SPILLED NO HOME.
DOUG'S, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME REASON WHY THEY, ROGER HACKMAN HAD A MILD HEART ATTACK.
SO THAT KIND OF BROUGHT US BACK A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, BUT IT'S, IT'S IN THE WORKS.
I MISCELLANEOUS READING THE FOUNDER, RIVERBEND RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR TO ASK THE LEGISLATION TO DO A CANON BOTTLE DEPOSIT RESOLUTION, WHICH I SURE HOPE WE DON'T DO THAT.
THAT IS ONE THING THAT A LOT OF STATES HAVE DONE.
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AND A LOT OF TROUBLE.AND, UH, I LOOKED TO SEE IF MAYBE WE HAD ONE IN HERE AT NIGHT, BUT HE DIDN'T.
THAT'S HOW I USED TO FINANCE MY SCOUT TROOP PICKING UP A SOUL.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO COMMENTS MADE BY MR. BELL AND MR.
AND, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, IF THERE'S SOMEONE AROUND YOU THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR CREW TO STOP AND GIVE HERSELF FOR CHRISTMAS, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I DO THINK THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY AND LIVES IN THE CITY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, BECAUSE JUST AS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE WAY THINGS LOOK, EXCUSE ME, USUALLY ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE GET TO SEE IT'S A GREAT LIFE ABOUT 40 OR 50 TIMES.
AND I WAS JIMMY STEWART AND I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN IT, BUT ONCE THIS YEAR, BUT I GOT TO THINKING THE OTHER NIGHT LOOKING AROUND NEW WHEN OUR TOWN SURE.
IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THAT LITTLE TOWN.
I THOUGHT MAYBE I SHOULD PLAY THE PART OF JIMMY STEWART AND GUESSING I WAKE UP REALLY, REALLY.
IT COULD PLAY THAT, BUT ANYWAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU HERE ON CHANNEL 10, UH, NEXT YEAR, I GUESS WE HAVE TWO, ONE ON MR. WARD AND ONE ON THE BOARD.
YES MA'AM I WAS THE BOARD I HANDED OUT EARLIER, OR I PLACED IT ON THE BENCH IN FRONT OF YOU WITH A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY AND THE CITY CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTAL POLICE SERVICES COVERING DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH.
I HAD COMMAND TO THE CONTRACT LAST YEAR AND I HAVE PREPARED A RESOLUTION FOR SECOND.
LET ME FURTHER DISCUSSION CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
AND MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND I GUESS TO THE OVERALL COMMUNITY, UM, NEWBURN IS, UH, IS A TOWN OF FIRST.
AND SO, UH, THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING TO START A NEW FIRST, UH, WHOLLY ON THEIR OWN VOLITION.
WE'VE HAD EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DESIRED TO CARROLL THE CITY.
AND SO THOSE EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN REHEARSING BACK.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM, UH, AND, UH, THEY WILL BE ON THE STEPS OF CITY HALL, SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS TO WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO COME AND, UH, LISTEN TO, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
AND THAT WILL BE ON THE 16TH FROM ON, DURING THE HOUR FROM FIVE 30 IN THE EVENING TO SIX 30 AT NIGHT, I THINK CHANNEL 10.
AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY BE GREAT.
AND I REALLY WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS DID NOT START A NEW ANNUAL TRADITION FOR THE CITY THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE VERY, VERY WIDELY ATTENDED BY PEOPLE.
IS THIS JUST FOR THAT ONE NIGHT BILL? THAT'S THAT ONE NIGHT 36 30.
THEY PUT AN AD IN THE PAPER AND THIS IS PUBLICITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND GET SOME MORE OUT, BUT, UH, YEAH.
AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO NOT HAVE TO BE, DO NOT HAVE TO COME TO THE PRACTICES IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE.
THE BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO COME.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN IN, IN THE FESTIVITIES.