All right, I'd like to welcome everyone here this evening.

Item number two on the agenda is presentations.

Our first presentation is of a proclamation recognizing September 2025 as National Preparedness Month and presentation of suggested items to be included in a simple home emergency preparedness kit.

Whereas National Preparedness Month occurring annually in September creates an end in an ideal opportunity for every resident of Edmund to join citizens across the United States in preparing their homes, businesses, and communities for any type of emergency, including natural, technological, and human-caused.

And whereas planning now before a disaster is the best way to improve community resiliency from disaster.

And whereas we commit as a community to citizen participation in planning for and responding to disasters.

And whereas when residents working together with the government take responsibility for preparing their families and their communities, the chance of survival and return to normalcy following disaster is greatly increased.

And whereas the City of Edmund partners with federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, private, nonprofit, and community agencies and organizations to educate communities on local hazards and natural disasters and how to prepare for them.

And whereas Edmund is committed to the equitable disaster relief and recovery services and non-discrimination to all communities in the event of an emergency or disaster.

And whereas the city informs residents on how to take action and receive services through its social media and website, including visiting www.ready.gov for essential tips and information.

Now therefore, I, Mark A.

Nash, Mayor, do hereby proclaim September 2025 as National Prepared Preparedness Month in the City of Edmund.

All right.

Well, thank you very much, uh, Mr.

Mayor and uh the rest of the council there.

I brought uh some different handouts that uh put out there.

You should have some in front of you, but uh also brought some uh for everyone that's in attendance uh to pick up.

But uh simple little brochure on uh business planning.

Uh we know that if businesses are closed after a natural disaster uh for very long, a lot of them never open.

And being a community like ours funded on SalesTAC is important to get those back open as quickly as possible.

So we do have uh uh plan there to get started.

Plus, we know folks here uh love their pets, uh so that it's really important to include pets in uh your preparedness and what we can do for them.

And then we have a quick little thing here that's uh included with the agenda that kind of gives some different ideas and some different plans that you can put together uh to prepare your uh family.

For those with little ones at home, we have prepare with Pedro.

It's a uh a fun little coloring book with uh different types of disasters in it and teach little kids how to uh get ready.

And what uh we find is a lot of times people really feel like they have to have this big giant backpack or go through all this stuff to put together uh an emergency kit to prepare themselves.

And so uh what I did was just throw together a small little kit here just to show everybody that we're not talking about anything um massive and you have to spend a lot of money on.

So uh you know the size of a shoebox here.

Uh I think I got the little tub at Sam's one day to uh organize some stuff and then uh really important to write down important phone numbers.

Uh your cell phone's not always gonna work, and uh I don't memorize phone numbers like I used to when I was little, so having those, having some simple copies of some important documents, social security card, your passport, stuff like that, uh, so that uh the tornado does come through and take out your house, you can still find this kind of stuff.

And you know, this is just small enough, it fits underneath the bed.

So throw in some other simple items here just to give you something to think about, something to write down, if you take uh prescription medications, having some sort of uh backup of those so that you can do that.

They may not be able to uh buy things with your uh debit card, credit card, so having some cash can be handy so you can run down to 711, pick up a few of the things you may need.

Obviously, toilet paper goes without uh saying and then uh small first aid kit, maybe some matches.

I've got a small poncho here and a little survival blanket uh to wrap up, keep you warm, uh depending on what may be happening.

It goes without saying some food and some water.

I went and raided the pantry, so I got a couple water bottles and some uh beef jerky in here.

Uh something like this, just a simple weather radio that also has a hand crank on it so that you can uh spin it around, speed it up, and then you can uh charge your cell phone from it.

Having some basic tools to shut off your utilities so you have you know gas that's spraying into your house if you can shut that off until somebody can come in and check that out.

Just a small little thing like this, take an afternoon, put it together, uh, is gonna make you much more prepared should uh some sort of disaster happen to you there.

So uh with that, thank you all very much for your time, and I I hope this was uh beneficial.

Thank you, Mr.

Curry.

Thank you.

Item 2B is a presentation of a proclamation recognizing September 9th, 2025 is Neighbor's Night Out in the City of Edmond.

Whereas Edmund Community, Edmonds Community Policing Board is encouraging the residents of Edmund to participate in the statewide crime drug and violence prevention program on September 9th, 2025, entitled Neighbor's Night Out, and whereas Neighbors Night Out is an annual event in Edmund that provides a unique opportunity for the citizens of Edmund to partner with local first responders and thousands of other communities across the country in promoting cooperative community crime prevention efforts and community safety.

And whereas it is essential that all residents of the city of Edmund are aware of the importance of crime prevention programs and recognize the impact that their participation can have on reducing crime, drugs, and violence in Edmond, and whereas the City of Edmund, Edmund Police Department, Edmund Fire Department, and Edmonds Community Policing Board are committed to enhancing public trust through partnerships with the residents they serve through programs like Neighbor's Night Out, and whereas police community partnerships, neighborhood safety, awareness, and cooperation are important themes of the neighbor's night out program.

Now, therefore, I, Mark A.

Nash Mayor, do hereby proclaim September 9th, 2025 as Neighbor's Night Out in the City of Edmond.

Thank you, Mayor and Council.

J.D.

Younger Edmund Police Department here along with the appointed community policing board members.

For those that might not know, the City of Edmund has enjoyed this board since its creation in 1997.

So for 28 years, our community had a commitment to community policing.

And so what does that mean?

Quite simply partnerships and problem solving.

And so the police department gets an opportunity to work with nine board members appointed by the mayor and council, and we'll meet monthly at a mineral and go through what we think the challenges that the community is facing are.

Uh how your public safety resources should be allocated and used.

And so when people ask why is Edmund uh why is our crime rate lower?

Why do we have the other benefits that some communities don't?