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NO HE'S SAYING WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL OPEN WITH A PRAYER BY REVEREND MIKE REGISTER OF RIVERSIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
UM, DWAYNE EBERT IN MIKE STEAD REPRESENTING RIVERSIDE.
THANKS BE TO YOU OR LORD JESUS FOR ALL THE BENEFITS, BLESSINGS, AND GOODNESS, WHICH YOU GIVE TO US DAILY.
KEEP OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR COUNTRY SAFE UNDER YOUR PROTECTION.
WE PRAY THAT SIN WILL BE WIPED FROM THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES.
GOD, THIS MEETING, NO LORD LEAD THESE REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR DECISIONS.
I PRAY THAT THE POOR, THE UPRIGHT AND THE GOOD CITIZENS MAY NOT BE OPPRESSED AND KEEP THE RICH, THE UNJUST AND THE CRIMINALS FOR BEING OPPRESSORS DIRECT THESE MEN IN THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.
MA'AM HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE.
FIRST THING WE HAVE IN MIND IS THE REQUEST AND PETITION OF CITIZENS AS TO ONCE A MONTH OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME UP AND TALK TO US ON A GENERAL SUBJECT THAT THEY WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT.
SO HAS ANYBODY UNDER THAT HEADING DENIED, COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? OKAY, SO THE MAYOR AND THE ALDERMAN'S NEW WOULD SIT IN NEWBURN.
UH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE TAXI CABS OF NEWBURGH PARTICULAR SAFEWAY.
I'M A, ONE OF THE OWNERS OF SAFEWAY.
AND WHAT WE ARE SEEKING TONIGHT IS INCREASE IN SALARY, INCREASE IN PAY FOR THE TAXI CAB DRIVERS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN GAS PRICES.
WE, UH, WE ARE NOT MEETING OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR AS THE MONDAY IS CONCERNED AS FAR AS THE DRIVERS CONCERNED AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE NIGHT, UH, MAYOR BAYLIS AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN IS THERE, UH, A 5 CENT INCREASE ON, UH, ON A 10TH OF A MILE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING 10 CENTS ON THE 10TH OF A MILE.
SO WHAT WE ASKED THEM FOR IS TO INCREASE THE 5 CENTS, WHICH WOULD GIVE US OUR 15 CENTS AND IT WAS EQUAL TO A DOLLAR AND A HALF A MILE.
UH, SO WE, UH, WE TALKED TO SOBA AMONG THE OWNERS AND WE DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS TOO MUCH AN INCREASE TO ASK FOR DUE TO THE PRICE INCREASES.
AND IT'S STILL GOING UP EACH DAY.
SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE, TAXI DRIVER OR TAXES, UH, PASSENGER, IF YOU WILL, LET'S FORWARD OR AGAINST YOUR FOREIGN, YOU FOR IT.
SO IS ANYBODY HERE? IT IS AGAINST IN GREECE.
ANYBODY WANT TO GO? WE WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS ALONG THOSE LINES.
I EMPATHIZE WITH THEIR REQUEST SIMPLY BECAUSE CAS PRICES ARE REALLY OUT IN THE ROOF, PROBABLY HIGHER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.
UH, SINCE THEY INVENTED THE AUTOMOBILE, AT LEAST IN THIS STATE, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
IN FACT, I READ AN ARTICLE NEWTON OBSERVER THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME GAS PRICES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER TRUE.
SO I'M SURE SOME TYPE OF INCREASE IS JUSTIFIED, WHETHER IT'S 5 CENTS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT, BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE AN AMOUNT THAT WOULD COMPENSATE YOU FOR THE INCREASE IN COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS.
AND ALSO I'M JUST, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT SHOULD LAST.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHEN GAS PRICES DIMINISHED OR DECREASED, MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS ISSUE PROBABLY OR REDUCE THEM.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, HE, HASN'T SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THIS.
RIGHT, BUT ANYBODY THAT'S INFORMED KNOWS THAT IF YOU DO BUSINESS DEALING WITH GASOLINE AND AUTOMOBILE, YOUR COST OF DOING BUSINESS HAS INCREASED.
I'M ESPECIALLY SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AND IF IT'S ANYTHING THAT JEOPARDIZES THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH TAXICABS, IT WILL BE A HARDSHIP ON THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DOESN'T DRIVE.
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SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYING TO ME THAT SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED IT AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT, WELL, IF YOU GO UP ON THE TAXI FARE, PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT.BUT IF YOU DON'T GO UP ON THE TEXAS FAIR, THE DRIVERS CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SO THEY'D HAVE TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND THERE WILL BE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
SO YOU, WE DON'T HAVE BUSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I KNOW THAT I DROPPED THE TRUCK AT BAD BOY, THREE, SOME GAS.
SO I COULD ONLY IMAGINE, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE GASPING YOU COULD BE LIKE.
SO I'M, I PERSONALLY AM MOST SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR REQUEST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOUR AVERAGE, THE AVERAGE DISTANCE YOU HAUL A PASSENGER IS THE AVERAGE, WHILE AGAIN, THEY AVERAGE DISTANCE THAT YOU HAUL A PASSENGER, ANY STATISTICS? WELL, IT VARIES.
WE MIGHT GO TO MOREHEAD, BUT YOU MADE IN THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, THE CITY LIMITS, THE AVERAGE PRICE IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $5.
WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW FAR YOU DRIVE THE AVERAGE.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.
I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION WITH THE FUEL.
AND WHILE I'M IN AGREEMENT THAT YOU PROBABLY DO NEED AN INCREASE WHEN THE INCREASE COMES UP TO THE AMOUNT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF.
AND IF SOMEBODY HAS TO USE THE TAXI TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE AND TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, UH, IT'S GOING TO MEAN IF THEY GO FIVE OR SIX MILES, THAT'S A BIG INCREASE.
WELL, WE'RE TALKING A DOLLAR 50 A MILE INCREASE ON WE NOT, WELL, THE AVERAGE, BECAUSE HE WAS TALKING A NICKEL PER 10TH OF A MILE.
SO TYPICALLY IT'S 15, 50 CENTS A MILE.
SO IT'S GOING TO GO UP ON THE AVERAGE OF FIVE MILES.
IT'S GOING TO BE $2 AND A HALF INCREASE THE DOLLAR, THE AVERAGE, THE AVERAGE DISTANCE THAT THERE ARE MOST PEOPLE DRIVE, BUT WOULDN'T END UP MOVING TO THAT APARTMENT FIVE MILES.
THAT'S THE MOST, UH, YOU FIGURED SOME DOLLAR AND 80 CENTS, UH, PLUS MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MILES.
UH COULDN'T EVEN, ISN'T THAT REALLY THAT BIG, THAT LONG, YOU KNOW, UH, WITHIN THE RANGE OF WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING ON ME, LIKE GOING OUT TO WALMART, UH, THE MALL DOCTOR'S OFFICES, GROCERY STORE, THOSE MOST OF THE PLACES THAT THEY'LL GO ONCE IN A WHILE, WE MIGHT GET SOMEBODY TO GO OUTSIDE SWIMMING, WHICH DOESN'T AFFECT THE CITY WHATSOEVER.
YEAH, BUT AROUND ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS SOMEWHERE AROUND FOUR OR FIVE MILES.
THAT'S THE MOST THAT WE RE USUALLY TRACK.
AND SO THE, FOR THE AVERAGE, IT PROBABLY COST THEM ANOTHER TWO TO TWO 50, UH, TO GO YOU'RE OKAY TO GO FROM HERE TO THE MALL, TO GO FROM HERE TO THE MALL, I WOULD RUN THE VAL THREATENED AS RUNNING ABOUT $4 AND 80 CENTS.
UH, FOR ME, IT'S FOR MS. CENTER OF NEWBURN TO THE MALL, SAY FOR WHERE WE ARE LOCATED TO THE MALL, ABOUT $4, FOUR 80, SOMEWHERE ALONG THAT.
AND IT WILL INCREASE IT PROBABLY, UH, PROBABLY ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
IF YOU, IF YOU PASS OR YOU, OH, YOU INCREASE THIS 5 CENT ON A 10TH OF A MILE.
SO WE HAVE INCREASED 2 CENTS A MILE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF MILES.
I'M JUST, WHAT WAS THE LAST THING WE DID CONCERNING THE RATES BAIL? I KNOW WE, WE GAVE US, UH, YOU GAVE US WHEN THIS SIT ON THE SIT DOWN, THERE WENT FROM A DOLLAR $62 AND 80 CENTS SPENT A LONG TIME.
YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION AND I KNOW YOU DO NEED TO, UH, NEED COMPENSATION FOR THE INCREASING COST OF GAS.
I'VE JUST HAD TO QUIT DRIVING AS MUCH.
I JUST CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE I WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM THIS IS GOING TO REALLY KIND OF CREATE A PROBLEM TO THE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE, THE ONES THAT THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST NEED FOR THE CALVES, BECAUSE THEY, A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE CARS IN THEIR HOME.
I HATE TO HAVE TO DO IT, BUT I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY WAY IT, BUT YOU DON'T MATCH.
I THINK YOUR CONCERNS JUSTIFIED, YOU KNOW, MY WARD IS PRIMARILY LOWER INCOME FOLKS, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WORKS BOTH WAYS.
YOU CAN, UM, WE CAN MAKE IT SUCH THAT IT'S NOT PROFITABLE TO DO BUSINESS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY TAXES SERVICE.
THEN THE PEOPLE ARE LEFT WITH NO TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S LIKE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR COULD IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
I DON'T SEE PUTTING IT OFF AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT BECAUSE GAS IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY CHEAPER BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.
THEY'RE GETTING FURTHER BEHIND THE BALL EVERY DAY.
THAT'S MY EMOTION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, CAPITALISM, WHICH IS WHAT THE COUNTRY SUPPOSEDLY OPERATES ON WOULD SAY TO THE CAMERA.
UH, I DON'T RESOLVE TO BE ABLE TO SET IT RIGHT ANYWHERE
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THEY WANT.AND IF THEY SAY HI, THEN THEY DRIVE AWAY THE PASSENGERS.
THEY GO OUT AND ASK AS TO WHY THE SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF SETTING RATES FOR INDEPENDENT BUSINESS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE NOT OVERCHARGED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN STAY IN BUSINESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE MUST BE SOME, UH, SOME MAGIC INVOLVED IN IT BECAUSE WITHOUT KNOWING THEIR OPERATING COSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE'RE SITTING HERE, YOU KNOW, TELLING THE MAN OR TRYING TO TELL THESE PEOPLE WHAT THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE FOR A BUSINESS.
AND WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THEIR OPERATING COSTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO THE FACT THAT THEY STAYED IN BUSINESS AND KEPT CUSTOMERS IS, IS, IS, UH, WELL, I'LL JUST USE THE TERM MAGICALLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT ALL OVER THE BOARD IS, IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE HAVING TO PAY MORE WITH A RIDE AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO KILL THEM.
IF YOU USE THE LADY TO GO TODAY, PUT YOU ALL OUT OF BUSINESS.
THIS IS LIKE A CASE THAT WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE INVOLVED IN IT.
WELL, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, WE'VE GIVEN THIS A LOT OF THOUGHT, LIKE YOU SAID, WE, WE, UH, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELDER PEOPLE AND THERE ARE, I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO, UH, BUT LIKE YOU LIKE, UH, BARBARA LEE WAS SAYING BROTHER ROBERT, IT WAS, UH, IT WOULD DEFINITELY RUN US OUT OF THE BUSINESS TOO.
UH, I HAVE A CAR THAT'S A CHEVROLET.
AND THAT THING, I BET YOU, I CAN'T GET 10 MILES A GALLON.
OF COURSE, THAT'S NO CONCERN THAT YOU WOULD.
I WAS JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, TO COMPARE THEM TO WHAT TYPE OF GAS I HAVE TO PUT MY CAR EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW? YES, IT'S BEEN OUTRAGEOUS, BUT LET ME TELL YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENS, YOU NOTICE SORT OF A SUBTLE THING IN BUSINESS, LET'S SAY FOR AN EXAMPLE, JUST LIKE MAX WAS SAYING HE DOESN'T DRIVE AS MUCH BECAUSE HE'S GAY IS, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE THE, UH, THE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES AND INVOLVED HERE, BUT SAY THINGS LIKE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAY BE RIDING YOUR CABS, WHEN THE PRICE REACHES A CERTAIN LEVEL, THEY BEGAN TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH THEY'RE TRAVELING AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I BOUGHT ABOUT TWICE AS MANY GROCERIES WHEN I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WHERE I'M GOING, AND THEN YOU GET HALF AS MANY TRIPS AS PRESSURES WORKING BOTH WAYS.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MARKETPLACE WILL CORRECT ITSELF.
IF YOU GO TOO HIGH, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE MADE, WE MAKE SOME COMP, WE MAKE SOME CONFERENCE COMPENSATION FOR IT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES SHE COULD COME TO THE CAB, WE CHARGE, WE SUPPOSED TO BE CHARGED ANY, ANYTHING OVER TWO PASSENGERS, WE SUPPOSED CHARGE EXTRA ANYTHING OVER SOME OF THE PACKAGES THAT WE HAUL WE'RE TO CHARGE IT.
WELL, WE DON'T, WE, WE ABSORB ALL OF THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
YOU KNOW? SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, COMPENSATION THAT WE DO ON OUR OWN WITHOUT THE ROB, EVEN THE PUBLIC, KNOWING IT, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE TAKEN A, QUITE A BIT OF LOSS, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THE PEOPLE SINCE I'VE BEEN SO IN NEW YORK CABS NOW A COUPLE OF TIMES, YEAH, IT'S REFRESHING TO CROP IT RIGHT HERE.
AND AGAIN, I HAD YOU ARRIVE AT THAT NUMBER TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT, YOU KNOW, USING THE VOWELS.
AND SO, UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK IT'S JUSTIFIED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GAS PRICES DOING OUTRAGEOUS MOVEMENT HAS BEEN DOING.
WE TRY TO HOLD OFF AS LONG AS WE COULD, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY STILL SHOOTING UP VERY, SO WHATEVER CONSIDERATION YOU DON'T HAVE AT NIGHT, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, SHOWING US ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THE NIGHT ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE.
SECOND ROBERT'S MOTION, MR. MAYOR, KNOWING THAT HE'S BUSINESSMEN NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET.
CAN WE MAKE IT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY? OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
UH, NO, WE HAVE MR.
WELL,
AND HE'S MADE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO YOU'RE SAYING AFTER IT ALL, LEGALLY DRAW IT UP AND THEY BRING IT BEFORE US TO ACT ON.
SO WHAT COULD IT BE BROUGHT BEFORE IF IT'S AN URGENCY, COULD IT BE BROUGHT AT WORK SESSIONS, WHICH IS SINCE THIS TIME, YEAH, IT CAN ALWAYS BE DONE, MAN.
SO WE COULD DO IT ARE NOT DONE IN A WEEK, MAKE IT RETROACTIVE.
THEN THEY CAN KEEP A LIST OF ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
ANYTHING ELSE UNDER THE REQUEST OF CITIZENS, MR. MAY, I WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.
BEING AWARE OF THE COST OF GASOLINE.
I COMMENTED TO MY WIFE THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT OPERATOR'S LICENSE IN 1940, BECAUSE GASOLINE WAS 18 OR 19 CENTS A GALLON,
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PLUS HE DIDN'T HAVE A PUMP.THEY FEEL THIS TIME
YOU WERE AT THE GAS PICK UP MY DAY, GO TO THE MOVIES, GO PICK UP A COKE OR PEPSI OR SOMETHING AND CARRY IT HOME.
WHEN I GOT MY LICENSE, WHEN THE GAS WARS GOT STARTED AROUND THE CHARLOTTE AREA.
DID THEY RAISE THE RATE ON THOSE MOVIES WHEN THEY WENT TO TALKIES AL? I DON'T REMEMBER.
YOU MADE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE ATTENTION TO THE BOARD, TO THE FACT THAT I'VE HANDED OUT A RESOLUTION TO TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE ONE ITEM 14, ONE THAT'S IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE.
IT WAS ONE, IT WAS PREPARED BY JOYCE PURCHASING, AND THAT WAS RATHER INADEQUATE.
THIS IS THE ONE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
MARILYN HAD A WITHDRAW MOTION, MAKE A SECOND MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IS THAT YOU HAVE NOT CALLED ROLL, PLEASE, MAN.
MR. MAYOR, I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND DANNY RELATIVE TO ONE OF THE THINGS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT'S, UH, THEY'VE SAID THE 50 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
DID WE JUST NOT HAVE 50 MILES AN HOUR IN OUR ORDINANCES AS A SPEED LIMIT? OKAY.
I ASKED SOMETHING ALSO ABOUT THE ITEM AND THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SELL THIS FAKE GENERATOR TO THE CITY OF CANTON.
I KNOW UNDER THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD AS A POWER AGENCY OR
IF WE WANTED LATER ON THIS WAS A COASTAL LUMBER COMPANY THAT HAS NOW NOT A BUSINESS.
AND THAT'S THE GENERATOR THAT WE'RE SELLING.
WE'RE GETTING A GOOD PRICE FOR IT FROM CANCER.
THAT'S THE REASON I WAS ASKING.
I MEAN, WE TRUST RIGHT OFF YET.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT MICROMANAGING, BUT I JUST ASSUMED THAT WE STILL WOULD HAVE THAT CAPACITY AVAILABLE DOWN THE ROAD.
IF WE HAD ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER THAT WANTED TO PAY GENERATES, BUT IF WE'D HAVE TO GO BUY ANOTHER GENERATOR, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE THINKING IF I ASKED 200,000 OF SELLING THIS ONE'S WORTH, UH, SITTING TO THE SIDE AND WAITING FOR THE CUSTOMER TO COME ALONG.
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS APARTMENTS.
IT'S MR. MADDEN, SIR, I HAVE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE AND A CONNECTION WITH THE ILLITERATE CLEANUP CAMPAIGN ON SATURDAY.
I'M GOING TO CONDUCT A FORUM AT HJ MCDONALD MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
AND WHEN EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE FOURTH WARD TO COME OUT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND WE WILL HAVE A FORUM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, AND I'LL TRY TO FIND OUT HOW MANY FOLKS ARE INTERESTED.
AND WE'LL TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON SATURDAY.
PLEASE COME AND BRING ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND YOU ASIDE LET'S WRITE ON MY WIFE TODAY.
I WAS TELLING THEM, AS SOON AS I SAW THAT SIDE IMMEDIATELY, I SAID, I KNOW WHO DID THAT.
CAUSE I ASKED, I ASKED A GOOD JOB.
YOU STILL HAVE IT GENERATES ENOUGH INTEREST IN IF THE SUN JOURNAL COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
DID YOU, DID YOU PUT ONE ON THE WATER TANK? NO.
WOULDN'T LOUNGE AND THAT'S NOT MY WAR MS. LEE, THIS LATE.
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THE PRENUP, EVERYBODY'S GETTING READY FOR THE CLEANUP CAMPAIGN.UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMEBODY ASKED ME IN OUR MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS THERE AND BACK TO THANK STEVIE FOR PULL IT ALL TOGETHER.
WHEN I WAS OUT OF TOWN, UM, THEY ASKED ABOUT TIRES AND UH, DANNY TOLD ME TO LET FOLKS KNOW.
AND SO I'M LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHO'S WATCHING THAT YOUR TIRES OFF THE RIM CAN BE PUT IN AND PICKED UP AT YOUR REGULAR LEAF AND LIVE DAY OFF.
YOU DRIVE THEM TO THE DUMPSTER, THROW THEM IN THERE YOURSELF, TAKE THE RIM OFF.
DON'T FEEL THE DUST STUCK WITH TIRE.
SO IF YOU OWN A TIRE COMPANY, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN EACH OF OUR MEETINGS.
SOMEBODY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ABOUT TIRES? IT'S ALL, YOU'LL SEE TIRES LAYING AROUND, BUT IF YOU TAKE THEM OFF THE RIM, YOU COULD PUT THEM ON YOUR BAKERY FOR NOW IN THE FIFTH WARD, THERE WILL BE A DUMPSTER LEFT IN THE AREA IN PLEASANT HILL, IN THE PARK AND, UM, AND, UH, RIVERSIDE ACROSS FROM PIERCE PARK AND ON, UM, H AND K AND DUFFY FIELD.
SO, AND WE NEED TO GRASS CUT BEFORE WE PUT IT OUT THERE.
WHAT GRASS IS THAT WE NEED? CUT.
WELL, THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE THINGS WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT BEFORE WE'LL BE MEETING IN PLEASANT HILL.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, UH, AND IN NEW BERN, WHERE WOULD MEET AT THE GEORGE STREET, UH, SENIOR CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, BE AT THE TENNIS COURT AT EIGHT 30.
SO I'M ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO COME UP REAL EXCITED, KEEP THE PROBLEM BEST OF FRIENDS, UH, NOTHING EXCEPT, UH, YOU KNOW, I KEEP THINKING THAT IF EVERYONE WOULD TURN OUT SATURDAY MORNING AND JUST CLEAN UP THE STRIP IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN HOUSE, THAT WOULD ALMOST TAKE CARE OF THEM.
I MEAN, IT JUST IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ONE PERSON HAS TO DO A HUGE AMOUNT OF CLEANUP.
IT'D JUST BE INDIVIDUALS WOULD TAKE THE TIME THAT MORNING TO DO A LITTLE CLEAN UP ALONG THE FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY.
IF IT'S NEXT DOOR, WHAT A MAJOR JOB TAKE CARE OF IT.
UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE ARE RESIDENTS OF THE SECOND WARD WHO HAVE ATTENDED DEAL PLANNING SESSIONS THAT WE HAD, OR FOR THE CLEANUP AND AWARD.
AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK BOBBY ASTRO, THE FIRE CHIEF FOR HIS EFFORTS IN COORDINATING THE PEOPLE, WRITING THE LETTERS AND, UH, LET THEM KNOW THAT IF IT WERE NOT FOR HIM, I COULDN'T GET IT DONE.
AND I APPRECIATE WHAT A STATION CHIEF THAT'S WHERE AS SOON AS THE FIRE CHIEF, ONE DAY
UM, IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH QUESTIONS, LIEUTENANT GAUDETTE IS THE CONTACT PERSON FROM MY WARD AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THEY COULD PICK UP SUPPLIES THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HANG WITH THE GROUP AND CLEANED UP A YARD.
BLUE BAGS AND SUPPLIES THAT YOU COULD PICK UP AT GEORGE STREET AND BADGES THE BEAUTIFUL BEDS.
SO BEAR IN MIND IN NEWBURGH, I MAY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT AS TRASH SITUATION.
FIRST, A COUPLE OF THINGS SOMEBODY SUGGESTED THIS MORNING THAT WE, UH, MAKE MAY THE 12TH CLEANUP DAY, EVERY YEAR IN NEWBERN.
AND I TOLD THE INDIVIDUAL THAT TOLD ME THAT IN ALL HONESTY, IF THINGS WORK THE WAY WE PLAN IT AND THEY WILL WORK BECAUSE WE DON'T PUT INTO PLACE LIKE LITTER, WARDEN, AND SO FORTH AND OTHER CONTROLS, THEY WON'T BE A NEED FOR ANOTHER CLEANUP.
SO WHEN WE SAW TALK ABOUT CLEANING UP EVERY YEAR ON THE 12TH, WE ALREADY ADMITTED DEFEAT.
UH, I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH ALL THE POLICE, BY THE WAY, J C WILL HAVE YOU WANTED TO GO WITH ME, THERE'LL BE FOUR OF THEM.
MATT LOOKS LIKE TO, UH, THE CHIEF WANTS ME TO DO THAT, TO, UH, TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS ABOUT THIS LETTER IN BUSINESS AND, UH, KEEPING IT IN FOREST AND SO FORTH.
AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KINDA LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE'RE REAL SERIOUS ABOUT THIS THING.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT CLEAN.
AND THE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE THE OTHER NIGHT
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WHEN WE HAD A LITTLE, UH, MEETING LAST WEEK, I GUESS IT WAS, AND I MADE THE COMMENT THAT I THOUGHT THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE CITY WAS ALREADY GETTING CLEANER AND THEY ALL AGREE SAY JUST BY TALKING ABOUT IT, PEOPLE BECOME MORE AWARE, YOU KNOW, TO ALSO TO STEP OUT OF THE WEDDING AND THAT SORT OF THING.SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THE THING REALLY WORKED.
AND ANOTHER THING IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN AD IN THE PAPER AND INSTEAD OF JUST SAY, SAY, CALL YOUR ALDERMAN, WHICH I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HANDLING THE PHONE CALLS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
IT'S GOING TO POINT OUT THESE PICKUP POINTS AT DANNY AND TALKED ABOUT LIKE WE ALL LIKE FROM A PARK AND ALL THAT SORTA THING.
SO Y'ALL, WON'T JUST BE GETTING PHONE CALL AFTER PHONE CALL.
NOW WE HAVE A CONCRETE PLACE FROM THE GO BACK.
THEY WANT TO PICK UP THE BAGS AND THIS SORT OF THING THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT.
SO MOST OF ALL, MAY I REMEMBER THE BOARD, AS YOU RECALL, WE'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENTRANCE TO THE BURNER BECAUSE IT WAS MADE BEFORE THAT AREA WAS AN ACCIDENT.
WE HAD FINALLY GOTTEN A PETITION.
WE CAME IN THIS MORNING MAIL, WHICH THE TWO OF THEM WERE OUT OF THE REAL ESTATE COMPANY, AK POPE AND SON WHO OWNED THE 50 FOOT STRIP THAT COMES ACROSS THE TOMORROW IN A WAY, HAVE SIGNED A PETITION TO THE NEXT THAT AREA.
AND I HAD PASSED OUT A FEW MINUTES AGO, IT RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL START THE SATELLITE ADAPTATION OF THAT STRIP MOVE RESOLUTION, BE ADOPTED.
SECOND PROMISE THAT THEY'LL REQUEST.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE TINY PIECE OF PROPERTY.
CAME IN THE MAIL THIS MORNING.
THAT ENABLED THAT LITTLE PART OF THE BAR.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A JOURNAL.