READY? WE ARE
GOING. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TODAY IS NOVEMBER 21, 2013. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. LET'S SEE, WE HAVE A LITTLE THING HERE THAT I LIKE TO READ BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO IT. LET ME PICK IT UP. THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COUNCIL WELCOMES YOUR INVOLVEMENT. PLEASE COMPLETE A SLIP AND INDICATE IN THE SUBJECT LINE THE ISSUE YOU WISH TO ADDRESS. YOU MAY USE THE BACK IF YOU HAVE TO. AFTER RECOGNITION, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD BEFORE TARTING YOUR COMMENTS. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THE COUNTY COUNCIL DOES NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS. ANY QUESTIONS THAT NEED A FOLLOW UP WILL BE BASED UPON THE WRITTEN INFORMATION IN YOUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SLIP. PLEASE WITH RESPECTFUL OF THE VIEWS OF OTHERS. PERSONAL ATTACKS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING SOME PEOPLE TO SHOW UP HERE AT 8:30 A.M., I THINK THIS IS PRETTY COOL. I HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, ONE IS GREG. OKAY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. PLEASE COME GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM GREG--I LIVE AT 39 SEA VIEW DRIVE BY THE SEA HERE, AND I AM HERE THIS MORNING TO SEEK AND AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT THAT IPAD WITH THE COUNTY BACK IN 2004. WHILE WORKING BACK IN 2003 I MADE A WRITTEN COMPLAINT TO THE DIRECTOR AT THE THE TIME ABOUT TWO--AT THE TIME ABOUT TWO OFFICERS MAKING RACIAL SLURS. THE OFFICERS RECEIVED SENTTIVETY TRAINING, I WAS LET GO SEEN AFTER. AFTER THE DEPOSITION PROCESS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS AGREED THERE WAS NO CAUSE FOR LETTING ME GO. IN 2004 WE SETTLED. PART OF OF THE AGREEMENT WAS THATCHES NOT GOING THE SEE EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COUNTY. I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO EXTENSIVE AT THE TIME. BUT I AGREED IT WOULD A HARDSHIP FOR BOTH SIDES, I DID NOT AGREE WITH THE EXTENSIVENESS OF NEVER WORKING FOR THE COUNTY AGAIN. MY ATTORNEY ALLOWED ME TO A--ADVISED ME TO ALLOW THIS. I BELIEVE I WAS ILL ADVISED. HOLD ON, I JUST LOST MY PLACE, I AM WELL AWARE THAT IN WORKMANS COMPENSATION SETTLEMENTS, THERE IS A NO REHIRE. THE OFFICERS INVOLVED AND THE DIRECTOR ARE NO LONGER WITH THE BEEF SAFETY POSITION. I TARTED WORK FOR THE COUNTY IN MARCH OF 1980 AND I WAS A LIFE GUARD. MY WIFE AND I ARE TRAVELING NURSES WITH VOLUSIA AS HOME BASE. THERE MANY AREAS IN THE COUNTY THAT I MIGHT CONSIDER WORKING MORE, INCLUDING THE TOWER LIFE GUARD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OUT THERE? GOOD. OKAY. I HAVE A HEARD TIME HEARING MYSELF UP HERE. JULIE SHOT. WILL YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM?
GOOD MORNING, I AM JULY SHOT, LIVE AT 402 RIDGEWAY BOULEVARD IN DELAND, FLORIDA. AND I AM HERE MAKING A PUBLIC REQUEST TO BE PUT ON THE AYEN DANIELSON FOR DECEMBER 5 FOR A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY ALLIANCE.
WE CAN HARDLY HEAR YOU.
OKAY, ONE MORE TIME?
GO FOR IT.
GOOD MORNING, I AM JULY SHOT AND I LIVE AT 402 RIDGEWAY BOULEVARD IN DELAND, FLORIDA. AND I AM HERE REQUESTING A PLACE ON THE AYEN DANIELSON FOR DECEMBER 5 TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY ALLIANCE. THANK YOU.
YES, MA'AM, THAT WAS SHORT AND SWEET. WE DO HAVE THE FILE THAT IS MS. SHOT HAS GIVEN. ALL RIGHT, IS THERE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THIS MORNING? FILLED OUT A YELLOW SLIP? WELL, STEP ON UP HERE, SIR AND WE'LL LET YOU TURN IT IN AFTER YOU ARE DONE. WE ARE PRETTY EASY TO GET ALONG WITH HERE AT 8:30 IN THE MORNING. JUST WAIT UNTIL 9:00 THOUGH. SORRY,
JOYCE. YOU SEEM TO BE DRESSED AS ON ATTORNEY.
THAT IS A VERY GOOD PERCEPTION.
EITHER THAT OR YOU PLAY ONE ON TV. SO WHICH?
NO, UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT DO THAT.
UM, WE WILL NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I AM WILLIAM--AND I LIVE AT 1432 STONE TRAIL, ENTERPRISE, FLORIDA.
OKAY, NOW YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
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HE IS GOING SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN.
OKAY, SO YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN.
RIGHT. SO I WILL GO FILL OUT MY CARD. AND WE'LL HOLD IT UNTIL ITEM SEVEN COMES UP. I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU ONE THREE MINUTE SECTION. OTHER THAN THAT, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS MORNING? ARE YOU GUYS SPEAKING ON ITEM SEVEN ALSO? DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL ITEM SEVEN OR SPEAK NOW? OKAY, YOU CAN SPEAK DURING ITEM SEVEN BUT YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW. SO COME ON UP HERE YOUNG LADY. GOOD THING I GOT ARMY TRAINING AND DIRECTING PEOPLE.
GOOD MORNING, I AM BARB GETMAN AND I LIVE AT 1137 SOUTH ADELL IN DELAND. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 5th, UM, TO DO A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CROSS ROADS ENTERPRISE CENTER.
OKAY. HAVE YOU SUBMITTED YOUR INFORMATION TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY?
WE WILL HAVE THAT PREPARED.
OKAY, THE SOONER YOU CAN GET THAT PREPARED THE SOONER WE CAN GET YOU ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU.
OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE?
HE DOES NEED TO TURN IN THE SLIPPINGLY NEED YOU--THE SLIP.
I NEED YOU TO TURN IN THE SLIP. OKAY, GOING ONCE, AT THE LAST SECOND. YOU WAIT UNTIL I DO THAT.
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OH, OKAY, CAN WE GIVE HIM THE MICROPHONE. HOLD ON THERE, RANGER, BACK OVER HERE.
THANK YOU.
OKAY, NOW AFTER YOU ARE DONE, WE'LL HAVE YOU FILL OUT THE SLIP.
OKAY, UM U ONE OF--I NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
JERRY KNEELLY AT 1697 DUBLIN ROAD IN DELTONA. MY NEIGHBOR HAS A SON THAT GOES TO SCHOOL AND EVIDENTLY ONE OF THE TEACHERS, THERE WAS A DISTURBANCE ABOUT HIM AND HE HAD TO GO PICK UP HIS SON. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS REGULATION AT THE SCHOOL ANDLY FIND OUT THE SCHOOL AND I WILL BE BACK THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY, BUT THIS GUY GOT IN THE MARINE'S FACE, BILL'S FACE AND SAID HE DID NOT CARE ART DISABLED VETS. IS THIS THE NORM OF VOLUSIA COUNTY? BY TEACHERS?
OH, BY TEACHERS, WE DON'T KNOW. THE SCHOOL IS BOARD IS A DIFFERENT GROUP.
OKAY, WHERE WOULD I GO FOR THAT?
THAT YOU WOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD WHICH IS LIKE THREE BLOCKS OVER. THAT BIG BROWN BUILDING OVER THERE. BUT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
OKAY [ INAUDIBLE - MULTIPLE SPEAKERS]
WISCONSIN?
RICH AND CLAIRE.
OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO PROBLEM, I STILL NEED YOUR YELLOW SLIP, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WELCOME HOME MY BROTHER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AAPPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT, TRY IT AGAIN, ANYBODY ELSE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, AND WE WILL NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THIS MORNING. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WILL START SHARPLY AT 9:00 A.M. THIS MORNING.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL START THE MEETING IN APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES. SO, IF AT THIS TIME YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, AN IPAD OR ANY MACHINES PLEASE PUT THEM ON SILENT OR TURN THEM OFF TO SHOW RESPECT FOR ANYONE ANYONE IS SPEAKING AND IF THE--FOR ANYONE SPEAKING AND IF THE COUNCIL WILL COME UP, WE'LL START IN APPROXIMATELY 2:43.
CHAMBERS PLEASE COME TO ORDER. GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, STAFF, CITIZENS, AND OUR LISTENERS ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS NOVEMBER 21, 2013 VOLUSIA COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON THE 12th. NOT TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, THERE WAS A LITTLE DISCUSSION EARLIER SO WE HAVE CORRECT THAT HAD PROBLEM. SO IF THE YOU ARE LISTENING OR MAY WANT TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, IT IS ON DECEMBER 12. ALL, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT DONE. LET'S HAVE THE, LITTLE'S SEE, LET'S HAVE THE INVOCATION AND THE POLICEMEN.
IS CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, FIRST?
I AM SORRY, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL INSTEAD THEN.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER. MS. SUSAN. MR. DANIELS MS. DENYS. MS. THEY ARE THINK.
INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE WILL BE LED DISTRICTS REV. JONATHAN BLEDSOE OF THE DELAND WESLEYAN CHURCH. GOOD MORNING, IF ALL WOULD PLEASE RISE.
LET US ALL BOW AS WE PRAY. FATHER GOD, WE COME TO YOU THIS MORNINGER WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO SUPPORT YOU. AND WE PRAY THAT WE WOULD MAKE DECISION THAT IS ARE RIGHT IN YOUR EYES AND MIND. FATHER WITHOUT YOU WE ARE NOTHING. OUR WISDOM AND OUR KNOWLEDGE IS FOOLISHNESS TO YOU. SO HELP US TO REALIZE THATS DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE NEED TO COME FROM YOUR DIRECTION AND YOUR GUIDANCE. THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US AND HELP US TO MAN AMBULANCE SERVICES IT WISELY. AND FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY APARISHTIVE THAT WE STILL LIVE IN A COUNTY THAT WILL ALLOW PRAYER TO OPEN UP THE BUSINESS DISCUSSIONS. FATHER, THIS IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME AND PEOPLE CALL RIGHT WRONG AND WRONG WRIGHT. GOOD BAD AND BAD GOOD. AND THEY DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN YOUR OWN EYES. AND WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A COUNTY THAT STILL SEEKS YOU FIRST AND FATHER, WE PRAY THAT WE WILL DO THAT TODAY. EVERYTHING FIRST NEEDS TO PASS THROUGH YOUR JUDGMENT AND GUIDANCE AND COUNCIL. WE PRAY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE OVER THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY AND THAT THE TOLELY SPIRIT WILL MOVE AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT. IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND EVERYONE PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, THERE IS UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REVEREND AND YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY, SIR. UM, I HAVE A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NOTICE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATED TO SO I AM GOING READ THE NOTIFICATION. PLEASE REMEMBER IT THROUGH THE MORNING. VOLUSIA COUNTY COUNCIL WELCOMES YOUR INVOLVEMENT. PLEASE COMPLETE A SLIP AND INDICATE IN THE SUB CRICKET--THE SUBJECT LINE THE ISSUE OF WHICH YOU WISH TO ADDRESS. AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE THE RECORD. YOU WILL HAVE 3:00 TO SPEAK. WE DO NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS DUE TO TIME. ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS THAT NEED A FOLLOW UP WILL BE BASED UPON THE WRITTEN INFORMATION OF YOUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SLIP. PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL OF THE VIEWS OF OTHERS, PERSONAL ATTACKS ON COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BE L NOT BE TOLERATED. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO TALK TODAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PULL CON ACCEPTABILITY AGENDA ITEM THE ITEM 20 AND 31 HAVE BEEN PULLED BY STAFF. MR. WAGNER, ANY CONSENT ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL? SO NOTED NONE. MS. CUSACK?
I HAVE NONE, MR. CHAIR.
MR. DANIELS. MS. DENYS.
NONE, MR. CHAIR.
MS. NORTHEY.
NONE.
NONE. MR. PATTERSON.
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THERE IS A ZERO THREE THERE AND I AM NOT PULLING ANY. STAFF HAS REQUESTED 20 AND 31 WHICH SHALL BE ADDRESSED IN ORDER. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH MR. PATTERSON NOT ON THE MICROPHONE. CAN I HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE? OKAY, START WITH MS. DENYS TODAY AS A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? AS TO SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. ALL OPPOSED. SO CARRIED. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A PROCLAMATION OUTSIDE OF THE CHAMBER, TARA JACOBS BROWN DAY, DR. MORRIS CARTER DAY, AND VETERAN'S DAY.
I HAVE APPROVAL FROM MS. DENYS AND A SECOND FROM MR. PATTERSON. OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, AS TO 'ING NONE, ALL--TO SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. SO CARRIED. UM, OKAY, WE ARE ON TIME. UM, MINUTES. I WILL NEED, WE HAVE THREE, WE'LL NEED THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS FOR THE THREE DIFFERENT MINUTES. WE ARE FINALLY GETTING CAUGHT UP. AUGUST 20, 2013.
MOVE APPROVAL, MR. CHAIR.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, DO I HEAR A SECOND? MR. PATTERSON, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. ALL OPPOSED. SO CARRIED. ITEM THREE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 22, COUNTY COULD YOUR HONOR SILL MEETING.
SO MOVED.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM MS. DENYS.
SECOND.
WE'LL GIVE UP, MS. CUSACK THIS TIME. MS. CUSACK HAS THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AS SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
I.
ALL SO OPPOSE--ALL OPPOSED. AND NUMBER FOUR.
MOVE APPROVAL.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM MR. PATTERSON.
SECOND.
AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AS TO SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
I.
ALL OPPOSED. SO CARRIED. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS BRENT D. SCHLAPPER RETIRED AFTER 23 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.
GOOD MORNING, CITIZENS HERE, AND CITIZENS ON THE INTERNET. I AM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND MY FIRST JOB THIS MORNING IS TO INTRODUCE DOCTOR SCHLAPPER. HE IS HERE WITH HIS WIFE AND WE'LL INTRODUCE HER AND OUR PRESENTER IS THE HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
GOOD MORNING, I AM TOM [ INAUDIBLE ], HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. HERE THIS MORNING TO RECOGNIZE DR. SCHLAPPER. HAS BEEN THE COUNTY HEALTH PHYSICIAN AND HE RETIRED ON SEPTEMBER 23rd THIS YEAR AFTER 23 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE HAS PERFORMED TRAINING AND TREATMENT AND SERVICES TO OUR EMPLOYEES. AND HE WAS LICENSED TO BE THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION IN THAT HE CAN REVIEW THE DRUG TESTING AND DETERMINE IF THEY WERE POSITIVE OR NECKTIVE. HE HAS--OR NEGATIVE. HE HAS ALWAYS GIVEN 100%. DOC, AS WE HIKED TO BE CALLED, WAS A TRUE ASSET TO THE COUNTY AND HE WILL BE MISSED. DOC PLANS TO ENJOY HIS RETIREMENT SPENDING HIS TIME WITH HIS CHILDREN AROUND SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AT THE BEACH. THANK YOU, DR. SCHLAPPER.
WELL, PLEASE, STEP RIGHT UP THERE TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.
THANK YOU, IT HAS BEEN ENJOYABLE TO SAY THE LEAST, I GO WAY BACK TO WHEN JOYCE SUE SACK WAS THE NURSE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. AND ON SINCE THEN. AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A JOB WHERE I REALLY SMILE ALL THE WAY TO WORK. THESE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE NICEST PATIENTS THAT I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE AS FAR AS PERSONALITY AND ALL. BUT UM, NOT TO EXTEND IT BUT I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT IS, IT HAS BEEN A JOY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR. PLEASE, CO-K YOU INTRODUCE YOUR--CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOUR WIFE?
MY WIFE NANCY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? AND JOYCE IS OVER HERE KIND OF GIGGLING.
NO, UM, I REALLY HAD NOT PLANNED ON ANYTHING. UM, WE JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD OVER THE LAST YEARS TO SERVE THE COUNTY. IT STARTED OUT IN ONE OF OUR OFFICES THAT THE EMPLOYEES WERE COMING TO US. AND THEN WHEN JOYCE RETIRED FROM, WENT ONTO REPUBLIC LIFE, THEY ASKED HIM TO STEP IN AND BE IN THE OFFICES IN THE MORNING TO TAKE OVER AND HE ENJOYED IT AND HELPING THE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, GET BACK TO WORK, CONTINUE TO WORK, AND START TO WORK. SO UM, HE IS JUST, HE DESERVES A WELL REST.
NEEDS A LITTLE VACATION.
YES! THAT IS WHAT SHE KEEPS SAY.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. AND MS. CUSACK WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
YOU KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE IS SOMETHING TO SAY.
OF COURSE.
I AM SO HONOR TODAY HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING AND KNOWING YOU, DOC. IT HAS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE AS I ARTICULATE THE TIMES THAT WE TARTED THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, THE MEDICAL REVIEW AND DRUG SCREENING PROGRAMS, I WOULD DO PART OF THEM HERE IN THE OFFICE AND THEY WOULD GO DOWN TO YOUR OFFICE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THOSE EXAMS. ANY TIME THERE WAS ANY MEDICAL CONCERNS, YOU WERE THE CONFIDANT AND THE LIEDER OF THE PACK. --AND THE LEADER OF THE PACK. JUST A REAL YOU. I HAVE--A REAL JOY. I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU UPSET. I JUST CANNOT SAY ENOUGH WONDERFUL THINGS. YOU ARE SUCH AN ASSET TO OUR PROFESSION THAT I AM JUST AT AWE FOR HAVING HAD THE PLEASURE AND THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE KNOWN YOU AND TO HAVE KNOWN NANCY WHO WOULD BRING THE PHYSICAL EXAM PAPERS BACK TO THE OFFICE FROM YOUR OFFICE DOWN ON NEW YORK TO OUR OFFICE OVER ON RICH AVENUE. AND WE WOULD HAVE YOUR TALKS AND JUST TALK AND YOUR SONS, TWO SONS, RIGHT?
THREE.
SO YOU MUST HAVE HAD ONE ALONG THE WAY THAT I MISSED. AND THEN TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN. IT IS A REAL JOY. YOU DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE SUNSET AND JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WHENEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. YOU HAVE GIVEN AND GIVEN AND GIVEN. YOU HAVE JUST BEEN LIKE AN ENERGIZER BUNNY. IT IS TIME THAT YOU BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SO RICHLY DIVERSE.
THANK YOU, JUDGE. BEFORE I SIGNED ALL OF THE LETTERS OVER THE PAST MANY, MANY YEARS, I, RIGHT BEFORE MY SIGNIFICANCE YEAHTURE, I WOULD PUT--SIGNATURE, I WOULD PUT GOOD LUCK AND GOOD HEALTH.
AND WE HOPE THE SAME FOR YOU, SIR.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? NOPE, BUT SOMEBODY HAS A CELL PHONE ON. DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER IT FOR YOU? I WILL TALK TO THEM. I USED TO DO THAT TO MY TROOPS. GIVE ME THAT PHONE, I WILL TALK TO THEM. WE ARE DOING THE BIG PHOTO OBAMA HEALTH P AND WE'LL--OP AND WE'LL TAKE A SHORT RECESS WHILE WE DO THAT.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER SIX. THE RECOGNITION OF THE 2013 CITIZEN'S ACADEMY CLASS. IF YOU COULD, EVERYONE OF YOU PLEASE STAND UP AND JOIN CINDY. OH COME ON, NOW, GET REALLY CLOSE TO HER. SHE DOES NOT BITE. SHE MIGHT HIT YOU WITH A RULER. GIVE US A MINUTE HERE. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE TRYING TO STEP AROUND.
GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. CINDY FINNEY, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE YOU TODAY TO THE GRADUATES OF THE 2013 CITIZEN'S ACADEMY CLASS. THIS WAS OUR # 3rd SIT--OUR 13th CITIZENS ACADEMY AND IT FEELS A SMALLER GROUP BUT THEY WERE MIGHTY. THEY ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW THEY PREPARED FOR THE MOCK COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEY WERE A TOUGH CROWD. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE TOUGH. NOTHING GOT BY THEM, THAT IS FOR SURE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE EMPLOYEES WHO HELPED AS WELL, THEY MAKE THINGS RUN VERY SMOOTHLY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE CLASS, I HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 100 HOURS EVERY TUESDAY SINCE AUGUST AND I WILL MISS YOU GUYS. IT IS A BITTERSWEET TIME FOR ME. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED LEARNING AND THE COUNTY AND SPENDING THE TIME WITH ME AS WELL. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE NEWTON WHITE AND HE IS GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS.