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[Disaster Relief Committee]
SO WE ARE JUST GOING TO START OUR MEETING.MISS LAFLEUR, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING UP.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS AS QUICK AS WE POSSIBLY CAN FOR YOU GUYS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO TO CALL THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBILITY TO TO LEND A HELPING HAND TO UKRAINE.
I KNOW WE ALL ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
TODAY IS TODAY'S DAY 40 OF THE WAR GOING ON IN UKRAINE SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.
AND THE IMAGES ARE HORRIBLE, AS YOU ALL PROBABLY HAVE SEEN.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD THAT THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, FOR OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER SIDE OF EVEN WITHIN OUR NATION TO DO AS LITTLE AS MAY BE, BUT I'M SURE IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN DO A GESTURE MORE SO SOLIDARITY AND LOVE WILL GO A LONG WAY.
SO I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, I CALL THIS MEETING TO SEE HOW, WHAT EXTENT WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP AND WHAT THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO DO IN TERMS OF SENDING SOME MONEY TO RELIEF EFFORTS THAT'S BEING DONE IN UKRAINE.
RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS A NEW BUSINESS IS ON THE ITEM.
AND I KNOW WE ALL ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
I WHAT I'VE DONE IS DID A LITTLE SEARCH AND SPECIFICALLY TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT I'M FULLY AWARE OF.
I DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ALSO HERE AT HOME.
THEY DO A LOT OF HUMANITARIAN WORK, AND THEY HAVE AN IMPECCABLE RECORD.
TRACK RECORD AND, AND VERY KNOWN AS A NONPROFIT, FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION.
THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK INTERNATIONALLY AND ALSO AT HOME.
SO WHAT I DID DO IT DID WENT TO THEIR WEBSITE, DID A LITTLE SEARCH, AND I WAS ABLE TO PRINT OUT SOME INFORMATION AS FAR AS DESCRIBING SOME OF THE WORK THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING.
SO IT'S IF YOU WOULD PLAY IT FOR THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. I MUST SAY, THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
THIS IS QUITE A. PROCESS OF PURCHASING HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE SICK AND THE ELDERLY. AND WHETHER THESE MAY ALSO BE HELPFUL.
WE DON'T TRY TO FIGHT AGAINST.
AND HE WILL BE HERE FOR SOME TIME, AND IT MAY SHIFT.
AND THEY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, AND WE'LL JUST SHIFT AND CHANGE AS WE NEED TO CHANGE.
SO OUR TEST NOW IS ACTUALLY JUST THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO TRY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE AND LOVE THESE PEOPLE.
JESUS CHRIST, WHICH IS ONE OF THE AREAS.
THAT HE ALSO LOVES TO TAKE THEM ON TO OUR MERCY HOSPITAL.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS YOU PRAY AND PRAY FOR OUR FOR SAFETY.
GOD TOUCHES THE SINS OF THE WEAK.
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I LOVE THE. LORD JESUS.CHRIST. LOVE FOR. YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES IT YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TO TO RUN AND BE ABLE TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THOSE YOU KNOW, FIELD HOSPITAL, NOT JUST HOSPITAL CLINICS IN MANY CITIES IN UKRAINE AND HAVING THE STAFF AND TO TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT CARE AND SERVICES TO THESE PEOPLE.
IT'S A WORTHY YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATION FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.
THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION WE CAN CONSIDER.
I WAS OPEN. I DO SO AS A PERSON AND PERSON IN, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, A WORLD.
I FEEL HORRIFIED WITH THAT HAPPEN IN UKRAINE.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND THEY NEED HELP AND ALL THE SUPPORT.
BUT AS A COMEDY RELIEF MEMBER OF PALM BAY I THINK THIS IS OUT OF OUR.
SUBJECT BECAUSE WE SOLELY, I BELIEVE WE SOLELY IF WE NEED TO FUND TO DISASTER HAPPEN IN PALM BAY, THEN WE NEED ALL THE RESOURCES TO HELP OUR CITIZENS.
THANK YOU. AND LOOKING AND REVIEWING ALL THE INCOME, ALL THE FUNDS THAT ARE GOING OVER THERE. $36 MILLION WAS RAISED BY.
ASHTON KUTCHER AND HIS WIFE HAVE RED CROSS THAT IS POURING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT'S COMING IN FROM THROUGHOUT TOGETHER WITH.
ELON MUSK, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL BILLIONS THAT ARE COMING IN THROUGH BITCOIN.
AT THE SAME TIME, THAT WOULD PUT OUR NAME ON THE MAP WITH THE DONORS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WHAT KIND OF AMOUNT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE THAT THAT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION CONSIDERING WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
HAVE WE BEEN DOING IN SIMILAR OR EVEN OTHER OTHER DISASTERS? I SHOULD SAY THEY ALL ARE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.
RIGHT. SO WE MAY USE THAT AS A SOMEWHAT OF A BENCHMARK.
RIGHT. AND, VIVIAN, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK, YES, I SEE YOUR CONCERN AND THAT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED.
SHOULD WE OR SHOULD WE NOT? AND JUST RECENTLY WAS HAITI.
WE WE CONSIDERED TO HELP PRIOR TO THAT WAS PUERTO RICO AND EVEN AUSTRALIA.
RIGHT. SO WE HAVE BEEN AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE HOME IS GOOD, RIGHT.
FOR THE WHEN WHEN THERE'S THAT NEED.
BUT THE WORLD IS, IS REALLY SMALL.
WE ALL ARE CITIZENS OF THIS EARTH.
WE ALL ARE HUMAN WITH REALLY THE SAME NEEDS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT.
WHY NOT? AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE APPROACH THIS.
YES. IT'S THIS FOUNDATION WAS CREATED BY, YOU KNOW, PALM BAY ELECTED OFFICIAL GIVING A PLATFORM OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO DONATE.
AND I'M SURE THE MAJORITY OF THE DONATIONS ARE MADE BY COLUMBUS CITIZENS.
BUT THE THE OTHER ASPECT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS WORLD IS IS SMALL.
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WE ALL ARE. RATHER WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY HUMAN BEING THAT SUFFERING COULD HAVE BEEN.SO I THINK IN THAT, IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT WON'T HURT US.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS FEEL GOOD TO TO GIVE.
RIGHT. AND THE BIBLE SAID IT'S BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE.
AND KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE IS NO NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT COULD GO THERE TODAY, AND THAT AS LONG AS IT'S BEING UTILIZED FOR THE RIGHT REASON, IT CAN BE PUT TO USE.
SO I SAY THAT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE I THINK IN THAT SENSE WE SHOULD CONSIDER DONATE SOMETHING.
WE CAN CERTAINLY START LOOKING AT, BASED ON THE HISTORY, WHAT WE'VE GIVEN BEFORE.
I BELIEVE IF WE LOOK, THE LAST THREE DONATIONS THE FOUNDATION MADE WAS WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE.
MISS LAFLEUR? THE EACH THE LAST THREE WERE ACTUALLY THE EARTHQUAKE IN PUERTO RICO, THE FIRES IN AUSTRALIA, AND THEN ALSO FOR HAITI, FOR THE HAITI INCIDENT.
THAT SAID, WE HAVE SOME SORT OF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST STARTING POINT, I SHOULD SAY.
HOW MUCH FUND DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE? THE FUND? IT IS JUST AROUND $9,690.
A LOT OF MY BROTHERS ARE DOCTORS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE SAMARITAN'S PURSE.
AS FAR AS MY SISTERS IN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRANKLIN GRAHAM, THE GRAHAM FAMILY IS AMAZING IN REGARDS TO HOW THEY MANIPULATE AND EARMARK THEIR ARE FUNDS TO NECESSITATE WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITHOUT IT BEING WASTED.
ONE THING I DO. I THINK THE SAMARITAN'S PURSE, IN MY OPINION, WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT STREAMLINE SO THAT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING AND IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF AND WHEN, GOD FORBID, THAT THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY, WE DO EXPERIENCE A DISASTER, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE TOWARD HOME. I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY.
I ALSO KNOW THAT BENEVOLENCE GOES A LONG WAY AS WELL TOO.
AND WHEN YOU ATTACH YOUR NAME TO SOMETHING, A GREATER CAUSE FOR YOU TO RECEIVE, THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY WAS BENEVOLENT IN THAT SENSE.
THEY SAID OKAY. THEY HELPED OTHER PEOPLE DURING THEIR TIMES OF NEED.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT THAT LABEL, WHEN YOU'RE PUT IN THAT CATEGORY, THAT PEOPLE WILL HELP US AS WELL TO, YOU KNOW, IF AND WHEN WE NEED IT. SO I THINK AND THEN WE ALSO THAT'S ALSO FOR MARKETING WISE, IF WE WAS TO MARKET AND SAY THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE, THAT ALSO GOES A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE SAYING, I'M WILLING TO DONATE TOWARD CAUSES THAT WE KNOW AFFECT MORE THAN JUST THAN JUST US LOCALLY, BUT ALSO AFFECTS THOSE AROUND THE WORLD.
SO WITH THAT SAID KNOWING THE FROM THE LAST THE HISTORY FROM THE LAST CAUSES THE LAST LOCATION.
THREE LOCATIONS WERE DONATED TO ON AN AVERAGE OF 1000.
WHICH DIRECTION DO WE LIVE? IN TERMS OF. I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING, JUST FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES.
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LAST WEEK, WE HAD TOUCHED ON WAYS TO BRING THE FUNDS IN TO GET THE INITIAL MONIES THAT WE NEED TO DO THESE AMAZING CAUSES, AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL IDEAS THAT YOU COULD THINK OF OR HAS IDEAS THAT WERE BROUGHT OUT LAST WEEK? WERE THERE ANY OF THOSE BROUGHT UP TO BE ADDRESSED TO BE A POSITIVE FOR OUR FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
MR. HAYES. I WAS JUST INSTRUCTED THAT WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE PURPOSES.
WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE ITEM AT, YOU KNOW, AT, I MEAN, AT THE DISCUSSION.
SO WE CERTAINLY I'M PRETTY SURE, MR. LAFLEUR, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, HELP US HERE.
WE THIS WILL COME BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, MAYBE IN, YOU KNOW, OUR REGULAR MEETING.
THIS ITEM FOR THE DONATION, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE.
YES, WE WE COULD BRING THAT BACK ON THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING UNDER OTHER AN OLD BUSINESS.
OLD, OLD UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TODAY, THIS SPECIAL MEETING ITEM.
SO WE GOT TO KIND OF STICK TO THAT.
VICE CHAIR PROPOSED THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE THOUSAND, AND I WOULD AGREE AND SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE OF OUR LIMITED FUNDING RIGHT NOW. AND JUST TO BE ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, STICK WITH THAT.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE LAST THE THREE PREVIOUS DONATIONS WERE A THOUSAND.
SO AND THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT A THOUSAND AS WELL.
JUST AGAIN, I THINK ANYTHING WOULD HELP SUCH SITUATION.
I WANTED TO BE SURE. I THINK IT'S IN OUR CHARTER, JUST NOT CERTAIN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE DONATED TO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW THEY TALKED ABOUT A VETTING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS VETTED AS LONG AS AS LONG AS THEY'RE OKAY, THEN, YES, UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THAT'S CORRECT. IT DOES MENTION SOME SPECIFIC NAMES IN THE BYLAWS.
AS LONG AS THE ORGANIZATION IS A 501 C, I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO SUZANNE.
SO SHE'LL HAVE STAFF GO AHEAD AND VET VET THE ORGANIZATION.
MOTION HAS TO STATE THE THE AMOUNT.
THE MOTION. THE MOTION ONE ONE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE VICE CHAIR.
OKAY, SO THE MOTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ADDING, ACTUALLY DONATING TO SAMARITAN'S PURSE.
$1,000 TOWARDS THE CAUSE FOR THE EMERGENCY FIELD HOSPITAL, MEDICAL MEDICAL CLINICS THAT ARE NOW BEING MOVED FROM THE SOUTH TO THE EAST AND NORTH REGIONS.
IN ORDER TO HELP THEM WITH THAT EFFORT.
INITIATING MEDICAL HELP FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S VERY DETAILED.
THAT'S VERY DETAILED, I THINK.
WAY TO GO, STEVE. SO I'LL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
AND THE OTHER BUSINESS, I GUESS.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? I'D LIKE TO ADD JUST ONE THING, BASED ON WHAT STEVE SAID, BEING THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON JUNE 13TH.
ONE OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT STEVE TALKED ABOUT WAS SOMETHING FOR JULY 4TH.
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NOW, BETWEEN JUNE 13TH AND JULY 4TH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THAT IS I BELIEVE SUZANNE IS LOOKING INTO THE OPTIONS WITH STAFF. ONCE SHE HAS THAT, SHE WILL PROBABLY GET WITH EITHER MYSELF OR WITH CHAIRMAN FELIX.AND WE CAN HE CAN CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.
IT'S PERFECT BECAUSE I JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WHATEVER WE'VE DECIDED HERE, KEEP IN MIND, GUYS, GOES BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL FOUNDATION BOARD, WHICH IS COUNCIL.
SO WHAT WE ARE DECISION TODAY DOES THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S FINAL.
YOU EXPERIENCED THAT, RIGHT? SO COME TO THE MEETING.
SO HE DOES. AND AND TO YOUR POINT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CERTAINLY COME HERE.
TO TO HIS POINT, BUT YEAH, IT'S YEAH, IT GOES BEFORE THE BOARD AND THEY MAKE THE FINAL SAY.
SO AS FAR AS TO AS FAR AS YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL ONCE STAFF HAS THE FINAL DECISION.
IT'S TAKING PLACE HERE IN THE CHAMBER.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. LOFFLER? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. GOOD OF THE GROUP.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
AS FAR AS THE SHOULD WE DECIDE TO TO GO, DO WE DOES IT GO DIRECTLY TO SAMARITAN'S PURSE FIRST THE DONATION, BECAUSE WE CAN GO THROUGH.
THEY WORK WITH A LOT OF LOCAL CHURCHES.
FOR INSTANCE, CALVARY CHAPEL'S LOCATION THAT LIKE FOR THEM AS WELL.
OR WE SEND IT DIRECTLY TO, TO THEM OR TO A LOCAL LOCAL CHURCH TO IS THERE ANY I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A PART OF THAT VETTING PROCESS? WHERE THEY'RE FIGURING OUT SPECIFICS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW BEST TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF THE DONATION.
FOR INSTANCE CALVARY CHAPEL WHICH IS A LOCAL CHURCH HERE IN WEST MELBOURNE.
THEY RECENTLY THEY HAVE ON THEIR WEBSITE THEY HAVE A DISASTER RELIEF BUTTON.
THAT'S SOMETHING IN GENERAL, WHATEVER THE CAUSE HERE, HERE AT HOME OR AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY COLLECT. IF YOU GO IN, YOU CLICK ON THAT DISASTER RELIEF BUTTON.
DONATION YOU CAN COLLECT SPECIFICALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR THIS CAUSE WHAT THEY WILL DO.
JUST LAST WEEK THEY SENT ABOUT $25,000 TO YOU, TO SAMARITANS FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE EFFORT.
SO ONE OF THE DISCUSSION IS SHOULD WE GO THAT ROUTE? OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO GO TO SAMARITAN'S PURSE DIRECTLY TO THEM.
I KNOW HAVING IT MAY BE MORE APPEALING TO A LOCAL SAYING THAT IT WOULD GO TO A LOCAL CHURCH FOR THAT PURPOSE. OR, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I WOULD SAY THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
I WOULD SAY GOING DIRECTLY TO THAT ORGANIZATION, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN SAY IT ENDED UP AT SAMARITAN'S PURSE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO SAY, BUT I SEND IT TO CALVARY. CAN'T CAN VERIFY IT, RIGHT? SO IT WOULD BE BETTER.
WE SAID WE DONATED DIRECTLY TO SAMARITAN'S PURSE BECAUSE OF THE.
IT'S NOT LOCAL, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, A WELL-KNOWN ORGANIZATION THAT EVERYONE KNOWS.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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ALL RIGHT. MEETING ADJOURNED.THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.