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[Disaster Relief Committee]
YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. OKAY.HERE. MR. HAMMER. DID SHE SAY MY NAME? YES. YES. OH, YES.
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GUYS NOT HAVING AN AUDIENCE, WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES.
WE'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO GO OVER IT.
ANY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING FORWARD ANY CORRECTION AS YOU SEE FIT.
IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION.
MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT.
MISS LEFLER, WE WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS LISTED AS ONE AND TWO.
THAT MEANS THE MOTION WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE DONE IN THAT ORDER, RIGHT? TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.
YES. CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. YEAH. THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION WILL PRETTY MUCH BE SIMILAR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE NOTICED WITH THE LAST SERIES OF HURRICANE BACK TO BACK.
YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, THE SAME AREAS GOT IMPACTED.
I MEAN, DEFINITELY MORE IS IT HELEN? I'VE HEARD PEOPLE, ILENE.
PEOPLE PRONOUNCE IT DIFFERENTLY.
HELENE. YEAH, OBVIOUSLY CAUSED A LOT MORE DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, A DISASTER THAN THAN THAN MILTON DID, BUT TO SOME DEGREE, THE SAME KIND OF SAME AREAS GOT IMPACTED.
SO IF WE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ONE.
I DID A QUICK SEARCH JUST TO HAVE SOMEWHAT OF SOME TANGIBLES TO, TO SHARE WITH, WITH SO THE AREAS, THE OVERALL AREAS WAS JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, OVER 500 MILES.
YOU KNOW, OF, OF YOU KNOW, PATH.
JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
SO IT GOES FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ALL THE WAY UP TO, YOU KNOW, THE CAROLINAS GO THROUGH GEORGIA.
YES. SO THE SOUTHEAST U.S., PARTICULARLY IN FLORIDA, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
SO TALKING ABOUT BOTH STORMS, THESE STORMS CAUSED WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION, INCLUDING SEVERE FLOODING.
POWER OUTAGES DESCRIBES THE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES IN THE WESTERN CAROLINA, THE TAMPA AREA.
THE AMOUNT OF, IN PHYSICAL DAMAGE.
SO IN TERMS OF LIVES OVER OVER 191 CONFIRMED DEATHS.
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WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER 100,000 PEOPLE STILL MISSING.SO IT'S NOT JUST PHYSICAL, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY DAMAGE.
SO. AND THAT KIND OF REALLY SUMS UP BOTH BOTH HURRICANES.
BUT OBVIOUSLY MY RECOMMENDATION, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOW A VIDEO AT A SHORT CLIP OF SAMARITAN'S PURSE.
THEY PUT TOGETHER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IT WOULD BE THE ORGANIZATION I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CONSIDER BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE SERVICE, MANY, MANY A WIDE BROAD OF DIFFERENT SERVICES IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY THE THE IN THE MEDICAL ASPECT OF THINGS AND THE GOOD AND IN DIFFERENT SERVICES, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THOSE MOMENTS OF DESPERATION, IF YOU WILL THE VULNERABILITY, I THINK JUST MEETING THE NEED, THE PHYSICAL NEEDS THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT AS WELL OF, OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT, THAT FOR YOU CAN FIT SOMEONE, YOU CAN CLOSE SOMEONE.
I THINK THAT'S ONE THING I ADMIRE WITH THIS ORGANIZATION.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
SO CERTAINLY I'D LOVE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GUYS, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TO LOOK AND WHAT YOU GUYS PERSPECTIVE ON, ON LET'S I GUESS WE HAVE TO I GUESS WE HAVE TO WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION WHEN IT REGARDS TO BOTH.
THEY WERE SO CLOSE AND THE SIMILARITY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, ALTHOUGH ETHYLENE IS A LOT STRONGER.
I'VE DONE A LOT MORE DAMAGE AND IN PROPERTY AND ALSO IN HUMAN, HUMAN LIVES.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU GUYS, AND WE'LL JUST MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO YOU'RE NOT COMPARING DAMAGES.
LIKE YOU SAID, BOTH HURRICANES ARE DISASTROUS.
I KNOW BREVARD COUNTY WAS SPARED SOMEWHAT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK SOUTH OF US THE AMOUNT OF TORNADOES THAT TORE THROUGH. YEAH.
PALM BEACH COUNTY. YEAH, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT HAPPENED DOWN THERE.
YEAH. I MEAN, WE WE WE WE WE DODGED WE DODGED ONE.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DEVASTATION.
HURRICANE IS DUE TO THE HURRICANE.
JUST THE DEVASTATION IS JUST UNSPEAKABLE.
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE HOW YOU SAID THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU BEGIN? YEAH. YOU BEGIN.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE, ARE YOU JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS THAT GOT HIT HARD OR ARE WE GOING TO FOCUS ON EVERYWHERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BREVARD COUNTY GOT HIT HARD TOO.
WELL, NOT NOT WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY NOT IN COMPARISON TO THIS COMMUNITY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMMUNITY WAS THAT THAT COMPLETELY I MEAN, THAT'S ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WAS IT ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS JUST NOT RECOGNIZABLE? YOU COULDN'T FIND A SPOT WHERE YOUR HOME WAS.
AND, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO SO YEAH, YEAH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK, YEAH, BREVARD COUNTY'S IN COMPARISON TO A COMMUNITY LIKE THAT, I MEAN, WE, AS MISS MILLER SAID, WE WE WE DID.
I DON'T KNOW ANY ANYTHING ELSE THAT IN COMPARISON.
BUT BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO, TO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT AND AND PROVIDE THAT HELPING HAND AND, AND HOPING THAT WHEN IT'S ALL TURNED, SOMEBODY DOES THE SAME.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
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SO WHY WHY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT IT TOGETHER.SO WHAT I'VE SEEN IN AN ORGANIZATION SUCH AS AMERICAN I MEAN, NOT AMERICAN PURSE SAMARITAN'S PURSE IS THAT THEY. NOT IN ONE COMMUNITY, THEY SET UP SHOP.
WHERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED THE MOST? SO THAT'S WHY I LIKE ABOUT THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDED IN TERMS OF THEY REALLY GO IN, IT GOES INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND SEE, MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND RESPOND, YOU KNOW YEAH.
IT SURELY GIVE YOU SUMS UP WHAT WHAT THEY DO.
AND AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ONE ORGANIZATION.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY ONE, BUT WE'VE USED THEM BEFORE.
WHERE THERE'S A RELATION, THERE'S A TRACK.
JUST MAYBE EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
THAT'S WHY I'M KEYING MORE ON THEM TO IF WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WHATEVER CONSIDERATION WE MAKE, WE CAN CONSIDER THEM ANY FOOTBALL.
I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE DOING HERE IN BREVARD.
HOW ARE WE DOING? AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE CITY WAS WORKING TOWARD HELPING THOSE PEOPLE, I THINK.
AGAIN, IT WAS MOSTLY POWER OUTAGES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO HOW ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE HOW ARE WE DOING IN BREVARD? I KNOW WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, THESE AREAS.
AND THEN WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE.
WHERE ARE WE AT CURRENTLY WITH OUR BUDGET? WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BALANCE OF $6,354.
I DO WANT TO SAY I DO LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE DOING AT HOME FIRST, BECAUSE I DO AGREE WE'VE DONE IT ALREADY WITH JUST THIS BOARD WHERE WE'VE HELPED OTHERS. AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOOD HERE.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, I KNOW THE ONLY THING RIGHT NOW, I KNOW EVERY EVERYBODY'S POWER WITHIN LET'S SAY MAYBE SEVEN DAYS, PROBABLY THE LONGEST.
WITHIN A WEEK, EVERYBODY'S POWER WAS RESTORED, AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE CITY IS CONCERNED.
AND THE ONLY THING RIGHT NOW IS NOT EVEN ANY FLOODING.
THERE'S YOU KNOW, CERTAIN COMMUNITY OR CERTAIN STREET AREA WE HAVE NOT PICKED UP THEIR THEIR HURRICANE DEBRIS DUE TO, YOU KNOW LEFTOVER STUFF.
AND THERE'S SO, YOU KNOW, SO MANY VENDORS IN TERMS OF SO WE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HEARD THE THE GOVERNOR AS THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, GIVING UPDATES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO WE, WE, WE HAD COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA THAT GOT IMPACTED SO MUCH.
SO IT'S HE SAID IT IT'S GOING TO TAKE MONTHS.
I MEAN YEAH. YOU KNOW AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ON SOMEBODY'S HOME I MEAN YEAH, IF IT'S SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WE'RE WAITING TO PICK IT UP, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE HAD OUTSIDE PEOPLE COMING IN, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO HELP CLEAN THAT UP.
I MEAN, I KIND OF I KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AS IT IS.
IT IS WHAT IT IS AT THAT POINT.
I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO PICK IT UP.
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES.
WITH DEBRIS IN THE FRONT IN A PILE, YOU KNOW, READY TO GO.
SO I KNOW WE'LL GET THAT IN TIME.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DAMAGE, AND I THINK THAT WAS CAUSED MORE SO BY THE TORNADOES.
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WITH A COUPLE BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, FURTHER, FURTHER NORTH OF US.BUT I THINK I THINK WE MADE OUT PRETTY WELL.
SO I THINK THE CITY IS CATCHING UP WITH CLEANUP.
YOU KNOW, THE BEST WE CAN AS EVERYBODY IN THE STATE IS.
AND I WOULD I WOULD BE WILLING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HELPING THESE GUYS OUT.
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF THE ORGANIZATION.
IT'S A YOU GUYS ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MATTER OF WHERE WHERE THE THE THE FUNDING WOULD GO.
WELL, I WOULD ALSO WANT TO ADD OTHER FOUNDATIONS TO CONSIDER TOO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE VETTED IT OUT ALREADY.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER FOUNDATIONS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY TAKE A LOOK AT, TOO, THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AT LEAST MULTIPLE FOUNDATIONS THAT WE CAN CHOOSE FROM THAT HAS BEEN VETTED OUT ALREADY.
I GUESS SEPARATING THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SEPARATE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE.
WE CAN GIVE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
BUT TAKING CARE OF AREAS IN FLORIDA, TOO, BECAUSE FLORIDA DID GET HIT.
MAYBE NOT BREVARD COUNTY, SO TO SPEAK, BUT WE HAVE LIKE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SARASOTA COUNTY.
SARASOTA GOT HIT REALLY BAD IN THE TAMPA AREA.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
NOT TO SAY THAT IN COMPARISON TO TENNESSEE OR ASHEVILLE, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A BOARD THAT LIVES HERE IN FLORIDA AND OUR COUNTY.
YEAH, WE WANT OUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THEM ALSO.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, MOVING OUT TO OTHER DISASTER AREAS.
YEAH, I BELIEVE AND I HEARD EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, DENISE, I BELIEVE AS WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT COULD BE SPECIFIC TO WE WANT THE FUNDING TO GO TO FLORIDA BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO, THEY DISPERSE.
I BELIEVE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE THE WAY THEY DO, THEY HAVE YOU CAN DIRECT IT TO A CAUSE SPECIFIC OR AN AREA SPECIFIC AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
SAMARITAN'S PURSE, BUT YOU CAN DICTATE EXACTLY WHERE, WHICH AREA AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO IF WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE A EXAMPLE, I THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO MAYBE A THOUSAND EACH FOR EACH TOWARDS EACH HURRICANE OR 500 TOWARDS EACH HURRICANE.
I BELIEVE WE CAN WE CAN BE THAT THAT SPECIFIC.
FOR FOR THE DISASTER EFFORT OR DISASTER RELIEF IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND IF I UNDERSTOOD DENISE CORRECTLY.
I HAVE EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION.
IT'S CALLED NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR DISASTER RELIEF, EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION.
YOU SAID THE ORGANIZATION IS CALLED WHAT DISASTER? IT'S CALLED EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION.
THE WEBSITE IS EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION.ORG AND IT'S A NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR DISASTER RELIEF FUND.
OKAY. THE OTHER ONE IS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
AND EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY.
IT SOUNDS TO ME THOSE ORGANIZATIONS SERVE ONLY TENNESSEE.
RIGHT. RIGHT. WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE THEY WERE ONE OF THE STATES THAT WAS ALSO AFFECTED.
THEY WERE. I DID GET IN TOUCH WITH THE ASSISTANT MANAGER IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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THEY WEREN'T HIT AS BAD.SO HE RECOMMENDED SOMEONE IN NORTH CAROLINA, ANOTHER CITY OFFICIAL, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM YET IN ORDER TO FIND OUT. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR FOUNDATIONS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA AREA, ESPECIALLY ASHEVILLE.
TO BRING TO YOU GUYS TODAY, I WAS TRYING ALL DAY, SO BUT I DIDN'T GET ANYBODY AS YET.
SO WHEN I DO, I CAN JUST BRING THAT TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
JUST. DID YOU FIND OUT IN YOUR RESEARCH? DO THEY JUST HANDLE TENNESSEE OR ARE THEY, IN OTHER WORDS? YEAH. I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION THAT'S ON THE GROUND ALREADY IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA THAT WAS HIT? YES, SIR. OKAY.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS EVEN IF WE DID IT AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT PRAYING THAT ANOTHER DISASTER, YOU KNOW, IF ANOTHER DISASTER HIT THAT PARTICULAR AREA, THEN WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION AND THEY'RE OKAY.
BUT IF ANOTHER DISASTER DOESN'T HIT THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT.
AND THEY DON'T COVER MORE THAN JUST THAT ONE AREA, IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE LIKE, WOW, OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE ON RECORD JUST OTHER FOUNDATIONS THAT MAY CAN HELP IN.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THESE AREAS THAT WERE AFFECTED.
AND SPECIFICALLY, SOME OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO DONATE LIKE CLOTHES AND THINGS AND A LOT OF PET BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST PETS OR HAVE PETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I WAS HOPING JUST TO RALLY THOSE OUT AND SHIP THEM OUT TO THOSE FOUNDATIONS.
ALSO, I'M NOT, BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO DONNIE, WE DON'T DO THAT.
SO YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S JUST.
YEAH. SO BUT THAT WAS THE RESEARCH THAT I COMPLETED.
YES. SO, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IT.
SO WHAT WE OFFER AND AND QUITE HONESTLY, ANY CONTRIBUTION HELP IN THOSE THOSE SITUATIONS.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SMALL IT IS.
BUT WHAT WE TRY TO DO, WE WANT TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION THAT'S SOMEWHAT EFFECTIVE.
WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO GIVE.
AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SITUATION.
WHY? WHY WHAT'S IMPORTANT WITH SAMARITAN'S PURSE? THEY ARE SUCH A THEY HAVE SUCH A LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THEY DO SO MUCH.
SO I THINK IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY, YOU GIVE $1,000 TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT ALREADY HAVE A BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE THEY CAN EFFECTIVELY DO MORE WITH.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
THEY READY. THEY SIT THERE, SIT TIGHT, READY TO DEPLOY.
YOU KNOW, RYDER IS USING, YOU KNOW, AIR AIRLIFT AND ALL COPTERS.
AND THEY THEY HAVE SO MUCH WHERE THEY CAN.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NONPROFITS NON-FOR PROFIT.
YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, GOES, YOU KNOW, 90%.
YOU'VE SEEN SOME NUMBERS OF THAT CRAZY.
DO WE BUT DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST? WE DO, WE DO.
I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN VETTED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NATIONAL, KIND OF NATIONAL LIKE THAT.
ALL THE DONATIONS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE WEB, ON THE WEB PAGE FOR THE DRC.
SO THOSE HAVE BEEN VETTED AND IT'S ALSO IN THE BYLAWS.
SO THOSE THOSE ARE WHAT'S IN THE BYLAWS.
BUT THEN THE OTHERS ON THE WEB PAGE HAVE ALSO BEEN VETTED.
YEAH. BUT YEAH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BYLAWS, I THINK EARLY ON, ESPECIALLY WITH, WITH ME BEING ON ON THE CHAIR OF THE THIS BOARD, I THINK WE, WE WANTED TO BROADEN THE SCOPE NOT LIMITED TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
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YEAH. SO I THINK THE BYLAWS, I THINK THE LANGUAGE ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS BOARD WAS CREATED, THEY WANTED TO LIKE THE BIG NAME, THE THE RED CROSS AND THE BIG NAME. SO WHICH SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR, THEIR FAIR SHARE OF ISSUES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.SO WE'VE DECIDED TO GO WITH KIND OF NOT STAY AWAY NECESSARILY, BUT JUST BROADEN THE SCOPE WHERE WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON THE PROMISES THAT THEY ARE VETTED AND THEY PASS OUR, YOU KNOW VETTING PROCESS.
SO WE WE HAVE OUR PAGE THAT LISTS THE DONATIONS.
IS THERE EVER ANY FOLLOW UP WITH THE DONATION? DO WE EVER FOLLOW UP TO SEE.
WE RUN MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY I THINK REPORTS.
AND THEY THEY ACTUALLY CUT THE CHECKS.
BUT I MEAN, AS FAR AS I MEAN THE EFFECTIVENESS OR LIKE WHAT WAS DONE OR.
YEAH. SO I MEAN, I KNOW I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SAYING IS.
WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, 80% ISN'T GOING TO ADMINISTRATION.
THEY HAVE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
AND WE WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT HELP OUT THERE.
I MEAN, I'M HOPING I MEAN, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY FAULT TOO, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP.
SO. SO WHAT? WHAT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU WOULD.
YEAH. WELL. SO WHAT? I DON'T THINK WE NEED, SURELY.
SO WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT.
THE THAT COUNCIL, I KEEP SAYING COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, DO THE, YOU KNOW, THE VOTED TO TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OR ALL RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I THINK TO THAT DEGREE WE DO OUR JOB.
SO ONCE IT'S OUT OF OUR HAND FINANCE WE GIVE DIRECTION FOR FINANCE TO DO THE VETTING.
THE VETTING IS CONSIST OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS LEGALLY SOUND NUMBER ONE.
AND THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY SUPPOSED TO.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD DO THE FOLLOW UP IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST LEANING ON THE FACT THAT THEY ARE A REPUTABLE ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF OF DOING.
I MEAN, THE TRACK RECORD, I MEAN, YEAH, TO ME, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE FOLLOWING UP.
THEIR TRACK RECORD IS EXCELLENT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT IN THE NEWS EVERY, EVERY OTHER YOU KNOW WITH ISSUES.
I MEAN, I WAS JUST WONDERING GOING FURTHER.
YEAH. AND I CAN ALSO CHECK WITH FINANCE TO SEE IF THEY RECEIVE ANYTHING AFTER THE FACT.
LIKE IF THEY RECEIVE SOMETHING FROM THE ORGANIZATION OR SOME SORT OF.
YEAH, YEAH. OR THE FUNDS HELP FUND A PARTICULAR.
AND WHEN I LOOK ON THE WEBSITE THERE IS A DONATE BUTTON, BUT IT'S ONLY THROUGH PAYPAL.
IS THERE ANY OTHER MEANS THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR CONSTITUENTS GIVE MONEY LIKE A QR CODE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT WANT A GIFT.
RIGHT. AND IF THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN PALM BAY THROUGH THIS BOARD, MAYBE THEY'LL DONATE MORE MONEY TOWARDS OUR BUDGET SO WE CAN GIVE MORE. BUT IF IT'S ONLY PAYPAL, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO USE PAYPAL.
BUT I MEAN, IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO COLLECT DONATIONS, CAN WE UPGRADE IT IN SOME SORT OF WAY? THAT'S ALSO ADDRESSED IN THE BYLAWS.
EXCUSE ME, IT'S ONLY THROUGH THE PAYPAL, THROUGH THE WEB PAGE.
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YEAH OKAY. WELL CHECK, CHECK.YEP. THEY WILL THEY WILL TAKE CASH.
OH. BECAUSE IT'S DONE THROUGH.
SOMEONE CAN GO TO FINANCE DEPARTMENT UP THERE.
YEAH. THEY'RE NOT GIVEN TO US.
OH WELL THAT THAT THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION.
YEAH I DIDN'T REALIZE WE CAN DO CASH OKAY.
SO WE'LL SO ESSENTIALLY HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT.
THAT'S MY WHOLE THING. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW TO COME HERE AND DO THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO MISS LEFFLER, IF YOU WOULD TO PUT ON THE RECORD, MAYBE WE NEED TO END THIS.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDING THAT WE GET WITH OUR PIO AND MAYBE MAKE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, IF YOU WILL.
OF COURSE, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING.
OF COURSE, THE THE, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATION.
SO, YEAH, IT'S, IT HAS BEEN BUT OF COURSE TIME GOES BY.
SO. SURE. SO THAT'D BE MAYBE A TIME TO, TO DO DO SO AS WELL.
JUST PUT IT OUT THERE. ESPECIALLY NOW.
CORRECT. CORRECT. WHEN THE IRON IS HOT.
YEAH. YEAH WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO DO THAT IF WE CAN.
I'M ON MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND PEOPLE ARE READY JUST TO GIVE EVERYTHING.
SO IF THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT'D BE REALLY GOOD.
AND I JUST A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHAT DENISE IS SAYING NOW, I THINK LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON, THAT THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST JUST NATURALLY DONE THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON, MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE OF HURRICANE SEASON AND MAYBE AT THE END IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER AS MUCH.
BUT AT THE BEGINNING AND IN THE MIDDLE OF HURRICANE SEASON, IT SHOULD BE I GUESS LIKE A PUSH BUTTON THING THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY MAKE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS AVAILABLE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT ONE, IF YOU WEREN'T AFFECTED, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, LOOK, I CAN I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
GOOD POINT. AND MAYBE CREATE A QR CODE.
I FIGURED IT CAN'T BE THAT HARD.
YEAH. YEAH. EVERYONE'S DOING THAT NOW.
WELL, WE GOT A TECH GUY OVER HERE.
A TECH GUY ON MY RIGHT. TECH GUY ON MY LEFT.
IT'S EASY. I BELIEVE IT'S EASY.
IT'S EASY. ALRIGHT, SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR A RECOMMENDATION? SO FOR NEXT MEETING? I'M JUST PUTTING ON THE RECORD.
MISS LEFLER, IF WE CAN HAVE BRING BACK STAFF TO KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA.
I KNOW LAST WE TALKED ABOUT TO START 90 DAYS, IT WAS A 90 DAYS TO START WITH OUR CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT AND THE OTHER STUFF.
SO MAYBE KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE AND OR MAYBE WE CAN VIA EMAIL SINCE WE WON'T BE MEETING FOR FOR A BIT.
SO YOU JUST WANT STAFF TO COME BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE.
YEAH. BECAUSE THE FUND IS IS IS GOING DOWN FASTER THAN WE CAN REPLENISH IT.
SO BUT MY, MY RECOMMENDATION GUYS IT WOULD BE TO DO A THOUSAND FOR EACH HURRICANE AND WE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION, BUT JUST THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH 4300 IN THE KITTY.
BUT, I MEAN, WE TEND TO KIND OF THAT THAT'S MORE OF A ROUND NUMBER THAT WE'VE BEEN USING. SO.
THEN I'LL BE WORKING ON THAT WEBSITE.
THEY HAVE DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT FOR BOTH EACH SEPARATE.
AND WE CAN SPECIFICALLY WRITE, YOU KNOW, SO.
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SO IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU WANT.YEAH. SO YEAH THAT THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION.
CERTAINLY. YOU KNOW IF HE HAS ANY DISCUSSION.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION.
IF THE BOARDS AGREE I WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION OF SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO MAKE.
NO. SOMEONE ELSE ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
YES. AND THEY'LL HAVE TO PASS.
AND THEY ALSO WOULD NEED TO BE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.
TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. CORRECT.
SO THE FIRST MOTION WOULD HAVE TO BE FOR.
HURRICANE AILEEN MOTION TO PROVIDE A $1,000 TO SAMARITAN'S PURSE FOR HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS FOCUSED ON FLORIDA AREAS FIRST FOCUSED ON FLORIDA COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED THE MOST.
SO HAVING A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION GENTLEMEN? NO. NO. ALL RIGHT.
CALLING THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO.
ALL RIGHT. BUSINESS NUMBER TWO.
WILL TO USE SAMARITAN'S PURSE TO ASSIST OUR FLORIDA COAST WITH $1,000 CONTRIBUTION FOR HURRICANE RELIEF OF MILTON.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? NO. ALL RIGHT.
CALLING THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
ANY ANY COMMENTS? FOR THE GOOD OF THE GROUP? JUST ONE. PLEASE.
GO AHEAD. UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER HURRICANE, WHICH, OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT.
WE'RE NOT PREDICTING. BUT WHEN IS OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING? I BELIEVE WE ARE DOING THEM ON THE SECOND TUESDAYS NOW OF THE MONTH.
SO THAT WOULD BE FEBRUARY 11TH AT 6 P.M..
AND AND TERRY, THE INFORMATION THAT THE POLICE WAS ASKING FOR IN TERMS OF THE CORN HOLE.
AND THEY'LL BE SENDING US INFORMATION ON THAT.
THANK YOU. IN ADDITION, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO FIND OUT IF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE WAY THAT OUR CITIZENS DONATE? YES. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL CHECK WITH THE PIO.
I KNOW YOU SAID THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE AND MIDDLE OF HURRICANE SEASON.
IF YOU WANT ONE OUT NOW, WE COULD ALSO PROBABLY DO THAT.
YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. ABSOLUTELY.
WE WE NEEDED YOU ON THE BOARD EARLIER.
THIS IS GOOD. YEAH. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP.
WE. THIS BOARD EVOLVED QUITE, QUITE A BIT BECAUSE WE'VE YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO THE HISTORY AS TO HOW WE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE FUND FOR THIS BOARD.
WELL, YEAH. WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM INCEPTION THAT THAT EARLY ON WHEN THE BOARD ORIGINALLY.
MR. MAYOR CAPOTE, WERE YOU NOT SERVE ON THIS BOARD PRIOR BACK IN THE DAYS?
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NO, I THINK THREE YEARS NOW.OH, OKAY. WELL, WHAT AM I THINKING? YOU'RE ON THIS BOARD BEFORE.
YEAH. SO WE NEVER HAD A REAL STRATEGY TO TO RAISE FUND.
I MEAN, THIS BOARD WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A MAYOR'S BALL.
PROCEEDS FROM MAYOR CAPOTE IS WHAT? MAYBE TAKE IT AWAY. THAT'S THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
THE MAYOR'S FREE TO CONTRIBUTE TO WHATEVER HE WANTS, SO WE CAN'T HOLD THAT TO MAYOR MEDINA, OR IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR HIM TO CONSIDER THAT.
RIGHT? RIGHT. THIS IS A GOOD CAUSE BUT BUT.
YEAH, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE'VE WE'VE EVOLVED QUITE A BIT.
NOW WE HAVE A SOLID STRATEGY, NOT JUST A ONE TIME THING, BUT MOVING FORWARD ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
WE WE. BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WE WE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST WORDS ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
RIGHT. I WAS ACTUALLY I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE DID WE DID MISS A MONTH.
SO I'M A LITTLE A LITTLE WORRIED.
AND IT'S KIND OF TOUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.
YOU KNOW SO IT'S KIND OF IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
IT'S NOT JUST A PLAN ON PAPER.
WITH THAT SAID, THOUGH, IT STARTS WITH US, RIGHT? CORRECT. WE GOT TO NOT ONLY HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
AND REALLY, WE HAVE TO BE OUT THERE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE WE BELIEVE IN THAT.
AND WE DID WE DID GET WE DID GET MARKETING MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, EMAILS.
AND WE DID GET, YOU KNOW, THAT INFORMATION FOR SPONSORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I DO FEEL THAT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE MATERIALS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
NO, THAT, THAT THAT YOU KNOW, EVENT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
BUT IT HAS TO BE PROMOTED ACCORDINGLY OR PROPERLY TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO BRING THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS WE HAVE IN TERMS OF BRINGING THE FREE EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I KNOW STAFF PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.
AND THE LAST ONE WE HAD ACTUALLY THIS MONTH IT WAS JUST THE ATTENDANCE WAS VERY, VERY LOW.
SO BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT TO PUSH THROUGH AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.
YEAH. MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.