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YOU CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER?
[CALL TO ORDER]
IF YOU'D ALL, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.. JENNIFER, WOULD YOU CALL ROLL, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[APPROVE MINUTES]
OUR FIRST ITEM THIS EVENING IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 19TH MEETING.SO MOVED. MOTION BY DAN, SECOND BY JULIE.
ANY OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ANY MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NONE THIS EVENING.
[RECOGNITION]
WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH ONE RECOGNITION.AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING.
DID YOU MAKE IT OUT TONIGHT? OKAY. WELL, I'LL READ THIS.
JUST PUT IT INTO THE RECORD AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE HE GETS IT AT THE AT THE EVENT WE'RE PRESENTING TO RECOGNITION TO THE LENEXA MASONIC LODGE NUMBER 135. ON THE THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER 2023, WE CELEBRATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LENEXA MASONIC LODGE, NUMBER 135 AND THE MASONS SERVICE TO THE LENEXA COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE RECOGNIZING THEIR OR THEIR CHARTER BEING GRANTED ON OCTOBER 15TH, 1873, WHICH PREDATES THE CITY OF LENEXA. S LEGAL STATUS.
SO, THEY HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP HERE AND I'LL GET YOU THE DATE IF YOU WANT TO DROP 21ST.
I'LL GET YOU DETAILS, BUT JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD TONIGHT.
[PROCLAMATIONS]
I'M GOING TO WALK DOWN NOW, AND WE'LL DO THE PROCLAMATIONS.STARTING WITH FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.
BUTCH, DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND JOIN ME? OH, WE GOT CHANGED ON ME.
GOOD. WHEREAS LYNETTE SAYS FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING OUR CITY.
AND WHEREAS, FIRE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN AND HOMES ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT GREATEST RISK, COOKING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOME FIRES, AND TWO OUT OF EVERY FIVE HOME FIRES START IN THE KITCHEN.
WHEREAS LENEXA RESIDENTS SHOULD TURN POT HANDLES TOWARD THE BACK OF THE STOVE.
ALWAYS KEEP A LID NEARBY WHEN COOKING, KEEP A THREE-FOOT KID FREE ZONE AROUND THE STOVE OVEN AND OTHER THINGS THAT GET HOT AND SET A TIMER'S REMINDER THAT THEY ARE COOKING.
AND WHEREAS, 2023 THEME COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FIRE PREVENTION REMINDS US TO STAY ALERT AND USE CAUTION WHEN COOKING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF KITCHEN FIRES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL BOEHM, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LENEXA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023, LENEXA TO BE PROVIDER FIRE PREVENTION MONTH AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CHECK THEIR KITCHENS FOR FIRE HAZARDS, USE SAFE KIT AND USE SAFE COOKING PRACTICES.
IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE MANY PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES OUR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDE.
AND I'M READING THAT LIST AND THINKING, HOW MANY OF THOSE THINGS DO I DO? AND PROBABLY YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO COME BY MY HOUSE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
UNATTENDED COOKING IS LEADING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF COOKING FIRES AND DEATHS BECAUSE THE FIRE SERVICE STILL HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN EDUCATING IN THE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION OF THESE COOKING FIRES.
THIS YEAR'S FIRE PREVENTION THEME IS COOKING.
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SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ALL THINKING, AND I AGREE.BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THE NFPA DOES NOT APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU CALL UP THERE AND POINT OUT THE FACT THAT COOKING SAFETY ACTUALLY STARTS WITH A C, NOT A Q, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH AS MUCH OF A SENSE OF HUMOR WITH YOU.
ON FIRE SAFETY, COOKING TIPS MAY SEEM FAIRLY SIMPLE, BUT THEY CLEARLY ARE NOT.
IF HALF OF OUR HOME FIRES ARE STILL BEING STARTED BY COOKING.
SO, THE NEXT FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO TURN THEIR POT HANDLES TOWARD THE BACK OF THE STOVE, KEEP A LID NEARBY TO COVER FIRE. KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM COOKING APPLIANCES.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, STAY WITH YOUR STOVE.
I COULD GO ON, BUT YOU GUYS GET THE POINT.
DON'T LEAVE THE KITCHEN WHILE YOU'RE COOKING.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A TIMER WHEN YOU DO START COOKING JUST IN CASE YOU DO GET DISTRACTED.
AND BEFORE ANYBODY ASKS, NO, YOUR SMOKE ALARM DOES NOT COUNT AS A TIMER.
OKAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MORE VISUAL LEARNERS, THE NEXT FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE PUBLIC MARKET NEXT WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 5 TO 7 TO PROVIDE A LIVE VERSION OF COOKING SAFETY MESSAGES AND THE DEMONSTRATION COOKING AND THE DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN AND THE PUBLIC MARKET.
AND REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S SPELLED, PLEASE REMEMBER COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU.
OKAY. JUDY, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD? WOULD YOU? THERE YOU ARE.
AND WHEREAS, THE HUMANITIES HELP DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION EXPLORE THEIR HISTORY AND CULTURE WITH THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES, 56TH DISTRICT HUMANITIES COUNCILS AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE LEGLER BARN, MUSEUM AND DEPOT.
AND. WHEREAS, THE ARTS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES, OF THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS OF LENEXA AND THE MANY VARIED, MANY AND VARIED PROGRAMS THAT LENEXA ARTS COUNCIL HELP CREATE A VIBRANT AND LIVABLE CITY.
WE'LL DO A QUICK PHOTO, QUICK PHOTO OP.
WE'VE DONE THIS A LOT ALREADY. YES.
OKAY. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE ARTS COUNCIL THAT ARE HERE.
THE NEWEST MEMBERS, SARAH HOLMAN AND EMILY BERGMAN AND SARAH VAN DIKE FROM THE JOHNSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL.
AND YES, I'VE BEEN ON THE ARTS COUNCIL A VERY LONG TIME, BUT I HAVE SEEN THIS GROW.
IT'S SUCH A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ARTS AND WE SUPPORT YOU.
YOU SUPPORT SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND SO IT'S NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT THIS EVENING.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.ALL MATTERS LISTED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY FOR REVIEW ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL NOT DONE BY ONE MOTION WITH NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
IF A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY AUDIENCE OR THE AUDIENCE DESIRES SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON AN ITEM, THAT ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.
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MENTIONED BY COURTNEY, SECONDED BY MELANIE.[COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS]
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.CRAIG. WELL, I SPENT THE MORNING AT MILL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH BUTCH AND THE GANG.
I GUESS THE FIRE SAFETY TRAILER WAS THERE AND THEY WERE FIREPROOFING, I GUESS.
MOSTLY. THIRD AND FIFTH GRADERS.
THE IT WAS ENLIGHTENING ON MANY LEVELS.
THE THIRD GRADERS HAVE BEEN WELL COACHED BY THEIR PARENTS TO NOT REVEAL INFORMATION.
AND SO WHEN THEY GO IN AND HAVE TO CALL 911 AND MY JOB IS TO BE THE 911 OPERATOR AND I'D SAY, WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY? AND I'D HEAR MY BROTHER BROKE A LEG.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WHERE DO YOU LIVE? WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER? DEAD SILENCE.
THE FIFTH GRADERS WERE ALSO INSTRUCTED.
YOU RUN OUT THE DOOR, BUT YOU GOT TO TAKE SOMETHING WITH YOU.
AND HE'S GOING AROUND, WHAT DO YOU WANT IN IT? AND A FLASHLIGHT, SHOES, CLOTHES.
BUT THIS ONE YOUNG MAN WAS BOUND AND DETERMINED THAT HE HAD TO TAKE HIS OCULUS WITH HIM.
AND THAT SORT OF THAT REALLY BUFFALOED THE FIREFIGHTER.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR THAT.
BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
AND SO, LENEXA ROTARIANS HELPED STAFF THAT.
AND THIS IS FIRE SAFETY MONTH, AND WE ARE BUSY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS MONTH.
BUT A GREAT PROGRAM AND A LOT OF FUN, SO I ENJOYED IT.
ANYONE ELSE? IF YOU WANT TO RERUN MILL CREEK IS HERE TOMORROW FOR LEARNING ABOUT LENEXA SO YOU CAN COME BACK AND SEE THE THIRD GRADERS AGAIN IF YOU SO CHOOSE. ANY STAFF REPORTS, SEAN? NO STAFF. NO STAFF REPORTS.
THIS WILL END THE RECORDED SESSION THIS EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.