Patriot Prime Reviews is a channel for adult collectors and may not be suitable for children under 13 years of age. Viewer discretion is advised. Hey, what's going on guys? Patriot Prime here once again with another video review. But before I get started, I need you guys to do me a favor. If you're watching this video right here and have not subscribed to Patriot Prime Reviews, please hit that subscribe button right now. It won't cost you a thing but will help me and my channel out tremendously. Also, I am proud to announce that ToyHacks.com is sponsoring this review. You know me. I absolutely love ToyHacks decals. About 75% of my collection has benefited from their products all the way from Generation 1 to the new modern figures. ToyHacks provides label sets, upgrade kits, and display backdrops for Transformers toys of all types and generations. 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We've got two different G1 style Overlord vehicles. A small one and a large one. We have two rollers, gray and blue. We've got these little dragster vehicles. Those are for battle masters. I've got some hammers, some weapons, the tank treads that you saw in my rung review. More weapons, sword. These are sword clips for siege springer. Right here along the bottom, I really like those. Those are Punish and Enslave knuckle dusters or brass knuckles. Right here we have rocket pods and matrixes. And he also printed this American flag specifically for me to display with my siege Optimus Prime. Now let's take a closer look at all these different items to really show off how good they are. Now the first thing we'll start off with is his roller vehicles. And as you can see, I've got a blue and gray. We'll go ahead and pick up the blue. They're both exactly the same, just different colors. Lots of nice molded details on this model. Lots of ridges here on top. Looks like diamond plating. They're on the inside. Got the lights there on the front. On the back, tail lights. He's got the little pegs that were just like on the original G1. The tires look really good. The wheels, nice rims, nice tread. I mean, the roll's pretty good. Well, slides, at least. Very slick surface here, but they're very, very free-willings. I can imagine they would roll if need be. Now, this roller vehicle is supposed to be able to accommodate your Titan Masters and Prime Masters. But they really don't slide in too good. Now, I got to kind of squeeze to get, who is that? Nightbeat, get Nightbeat in there. But he just doesn't fit in good. This side, he doesn't want to go in at all. This either. So he's got one side where he fits perfectly. Now, talking to Mike the other day via message, they, excuse me, he is actually working on a model that has a more narrow peg right there in the center. So these guys will fit in a lot better. Now, let's go ahead and compare this blue version with the original roller. So there you go. That looks really, really good. I dig it. He said he made this to work with any of the G1 style Optimus Primes, especially the upcoming Earthrise version that comes with the trailer. He does have a five millimeter port there up top. I'm curious. Take the fuel pump from G1 Roller and it fits in there beautifully. That's cool. Of course, its main design is it can be utilized with Siege Battle Masters such as Fire Drive here. I mean, that's a perfect fit. So now you've got Roller all armed and ready for battle. So I really like these. Now, another cool feature he informed me with this Roller vehicle is that it can be utilized with the Generation 1 trailer as well for the launching mechanism. So I have the Reissue Optimus Prime trailer here. It's got a better launching system. So you take Roller, take those pegs, put them right there in the launching system and press the button and off he goes. How cool is that? So there you have Fire Toxas Roller models. Next up, we have these two armored vehicles that were inspired by the Generation 1 Overlord truck. I really wish I had one of those to show off, but alas, not yet. So here's a picture. Hopefully one of these days, I can show you guys a real one. Now, the only difference between these two vehicles is there is a longer one and a shorter one. So we'll go ahead and pick up the longer one. Take a look at lots of nice molded details again. Very good plastic quality. He's got a ladder there on the side. You've got vents up top, grill here on the front. You've got the windows on the back, taillights, more details on the inside. This is really cool. There's actually a control panel. Really cool looking vehicle. The tires and wheels, they look exactly the same that was on the Roller. So they actually roll pretty good. Now, this vehicle is designed to work with the Titan and Prime Masters.   He will not fit in with the legs extended. So just pop him in like so. Also, these vehicles have the five millimeter port there at the top, so they can interact with battle master. So we can put battle master here on top, and now you've got a really cool looking Decepticon attack vehicle. I love the looks of that. That is so cool. Same thing here for the smaller one. And with this one, he's got the exact same front as the first.  Pop the battle master on, and there you have a smaller attack vehicle. So I really dig these. Now, another cool feature that these vehicles have is they can interact with your Titan's return Overlord figure. Now, my Titan's return Overlord figure has been enhanced a couple different ways. He's got shockwave labs, upgrade kits for the chest and shoulders, and toy hacks decals. But to interact with these vehicles right here underneath, there's a little flip out five millimeter peg. So you can actually take, say, the jet shield off and attach the truck. And I think that looks really, really cool. A neat way to add some playability to these models. So there you go, guys. There is firetoxes Overlord attack truck. And lastly for the vehicles, we have these battle master mobile platforms. We have the battle master dragster, the battle master buggy, the battle master armored transport, and the battle master tank treads. Let's go ahead and take a look at the dragster first. I like the old school Hot Wheels look to this vehicle. Got the round headlights there in the front, the concave grill, the pipes, diamond plating along the bottom, and engine details on the back. Really cool looking vehicle. Now the tires are the wheels very freewheeling. Now they're a lot different looking than the wheels that were on the Overlord truck or the roller vehicle. Now how these work is there is a hole on the back that you can place your five millimeter peg from your battle master inside. And now we have the battle master dragster all armed and ready for battle. So that's really cool. Next up is the battle master buggy. Another nice looking piece, lots of nice details here on the top of the vehicle. Ridges on the front, details there on the side. These seem to be the same wheels that were on the dragster. Love the engine details on the back. He's got an extra hole there on the rear also and how this one would look. Take a battle master, plug him in the top and with the hole in the back, plug in a blast effect. So now you have this vehicle look like it's really taken off and heading out to fight Autobots or Decepticons. The battle master armored transport. This looks like something off the road warrior. I love the front of this vehicle. That is badass. He's got spikes all over. These are the same wheels that was on roller and the Overlord truck. Nice details there on the back. You've got the battle master port on the rear and another port there in the front. So let's take a battle master. We'll plug this one in the back. So that looks really cool. And I guess for the front, what you could do is take a blast effect, plug it in. And as the vehicle is going forward, it's like shooting fire or something out of the front of the vehicle. Very, very road warrior. That's a hard to say. Road warrior-ish. Really, really cool. Next up is the battle master tank treads. Now if you saw my rung review, that was my latest review. Before this one, you saw that this piece right here is for siege rung to give him that drill tank look. Lots of nice molded details there on the side. I threw a toyhack sticker right there in the middle. So right here we will take siege rung, peg him in. On the back is another port where we could add a blast effect if it looked like giving him some exhaust. If I can get that in there. This worked perfect last night. There we go. So now we have rung in his drill tank platform all armed and ready to go. And I love these. These things are awesome. I can see lots of playability with these. So there you go. There is the battle master mobile platforms. Next up I have some accessories specifically for siege springer and ultramagnus. For springer, I've got two of these little clips. And what these are are sword clips. You take his sword and you clip it in right here near the hilt. Snap that in place. There's two of them just like so. So they look like that. And now you'll take your siege springer. And he's got these two holes right there on his back that you slide the clips in. And now springer has storage for both his swords. And I think that looks pretty cool. And for ultramagnus we have a set of rocket pods. One for the left, one for the right. So these are unpainted of course. I need to take some red paint and give those rockets some red missile tips. But yeah, these are really cool looking, really thick. When I showed a picture of these on my YouTube page everybody was calling these not Legos. So this set right here has a peg on opposite corners. And these will tab right on top of ultramagnus here. So he's got these little holes on his shoulders. Just line up the right ones. And there you go.  Now there's also another version of those rocket pods that he has with these swinging handles. So you can put these on any of your siege vehicles and kind of alter how they're displayed. So really cool extra armament for your siege ultramagnus in springer. Next up is a set of three melee weapons. And the first is the hard reset hammer. I love this. This cracks me up. You've got hard reset printed on both sides. He's got what looks like a meat tenderizer end on this side and a big exclamation mark on the other. That just cracks me up. Nice piece, very solid piece. And I think the hard reset hammer would go perfect for iron hide when he needs to knock some sense into some Decepticon. So there is iron hide with the hard reset hammer. Optimus Prime of course will get the Autobot Mjolnir. A nice take on Thor's hammer. You've got an Autobot insignia engraved right in the hammer. Another nice piece, nice solid good plastic. I dig it. This is funny. So of course Optimus Prime is going to get this because we all know that Optimus Prime is worthy. And lastly is the Tinkerer sword. This is supposed to be a sword that was designed on the junk planet. It's got a hilt, a circular hilt that goes all the way around. Nice edged blade, if I'll focus here. Nice edged blade with saw blade look on the top. Nice details on the hilt. A really cool piece. And I think Megatron would look good wielding that. So there we go. There are the three melee weapons by Fire Tox. And they look great on my Toyhacks Enhanced, Ironhide, Optimus Prime, and Megatron. Next up we have ranged weapons. And the first ones we'll look at is the Hand Cannon. It's a really cool looking pistol. Lots of nice details there on the side. Details, nice ridge on top, a little bit of wiring there. Really cool looking pistol. I got a few of these. And we're going to give these to Side Swipe so he can do some dual wielding. And these also can utilize the blast effects. So yeah, that is really cool. So there is the Hand Cannon. Next up is the Rail Gun. Another very nice detailed piece. Very unique looking. This is kind of a very futuristic energy weapon. We'll go ahead and give this to Barricade here.  Alright, well that one, that one's not going in. The peg is a little thick on the Hand Cannon. So we might have to do some trimming on that one. But this can also be used with the blast effects to really unleash some damage. So there is the Rail Gun. And lastly is the Grand Cannon. This thing is cool. This one has multiple ports on it. One, two, and three. And what you're supposed to do with this one is attach other battle masters. So we'll attach a battle master here, here, and on the bottom. So now you've got this Mega Gun. And who better to hold a Mega Gun than Megatron? So we'll go ahead and put that in his hand. And there you have Megatron wielding the Grand Cannon. That is ridiculously awesome. That is so cool. So there you go, the Hand Cannon, the Rail Gun, and the Grand Cannon. Now if you were feeling bad for Barricade because he couldn't wield his Rail Gun, don't worry, he's got some parts made specifically for him. These Punish and Enslave Knuckle Dusters or Brass Knuckles. I really like these. You've got Punish, you've got Enslave on this really cool gold-looking plastic. And how these work, they just slide right into his fist. Make sure you've got the right one. Punish will go in the right hand. Now these fit. I tried these on last night. And for the left, there we go. Bring Barricade's arms forward, twist the wrists. And by God, how cool is that? I love the looks of that. Now he gave me a few of the Punish and Enslave Knuckle Dusters. I have this set in gray that actually has raised letterings for the Punish and Enslave. And I think these would look really good on impactor here. So we'll go ahead and put the Punish. Make sure that goes in the right hand. And Enslave in the left. Bring the arms out. Rotate. Ah, he doesn't have wrist rotation. So you've got to move the whole forearm. So there we go. We've got impactor making an impact with his Punish and Enslave Brass Knuckles. So I think those are really, really cool. And you know, it's just ironic. I just got the Toy Hacks labels for Barricade. Those really add more to that figure. I love those. So there's your Punish and Enslave Fire Tox Knuckle Dusters. And lastly, we have some pieces for Optimus Prime. First is this Matrix Insert. And I want to give Fire Tox a big shout out for going ahead and painting this for me. You've got a nice Matrix right there, very well sculpted. And this goes in Prime's chest. So we'll open up his chest here. You can actually see I've got Toy Hacks decals showing the handles of the Matrix. So this is actually going to work really good. Now which side to put it in? Let's see. Put this narrow side in first. Slides right in. How cool is that? That is awesome. I really like that. Now we'll shut that Matrix in there. And another option he has is this Matrix with the handles. You can put this in Optimus Prime's fists. Easier said than done. There we go. So now we've got Optimus Prime getting ready to light our darkest hour.  Fire Tox made that really cool American flag specifically for me to display with my Siege Optimus Prime. Once again, I want to give a big shout out to Mike Hayes, aka Fire Tox for giving me all these pieces. I think they are fantastic. They're very well done and really add some playability to these Siege figures. Now guys, as I stated before, all of these models are available for free on Fire Tox's different sites. If you have a 3D printer, you can have one or all of these items in your possession. So in the description of this video, I'm going to put a link to his websites and his Facebook page. Once again, Mike, thank you so much. I absolutely love these pieces. And I appreciate you guys watching. Don't forget to like, don't forget to subscribe, and don't forget to hit that bell icon to get notified when I upload new videos. This is Patriot Prime, signing out. Hoorah!


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Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, accompanied by Senator and Mrs. Sims. Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all so much for being here. Isn't this great to have Ronald Reagan in Idaho? And we've got the next governor of Idaho, this great Lieutenant Governor, ours Dave Leroy. Dave, we're really proud of you right here. There he is, over here. Finishing victory here in the primary in 1976, you won a great victory in 1980. In 1984, you got almost 74% of the vote in this state. Now, when I got elected to the Senate in 1980, I had no idea that my coattails were going to be that long. Seriously, it's my distinct privilege and pleasure to introduce to all of you our friend, my friend, the President of the United States, President Ronald Reagan. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Steve. Thank you, Senator McClure and Lieutenant Governor Leroy, Congressman Craig and all of you, the distinguished people up here, and especially, I want to mention, these two grandstands filled with these wonderful young people up here. This is what these contests are all about, and a special congratulations to Veronica Barnes for her award-winning essay on why she's proud to be in America. It's a pleasure for me to be here in support of a champion of liberty, a tough advocate for the interests of Idaho, and for all of America, Senator Steve Sims. Somebody asked me earlier today how it feels to be leaving Washington for a visit to Idaho. Well, I said it's a little like coming home to old friends after a trip through the Twilight Zone, and it really does feel like being home with friends. Steve mentioned this already, but I haven't forgotten the 66 percent and the 72 percent majorities the gem state gave me in 1980 and 1984, and all I can say is thank you, Idaho. You not only helped me get my present job, you also sent to Washington one of this country's finest and most responsible Senators, Steve Sims. And along with Senator Jim McClure and Congressman Larry Craig, they're all doing a terrific job. I need them. Can I count on you to keep them there? A little over four and a half years ago, we set out to revitalize our country and to turn around some ominous trends. Inflation was raging, our economy was declining, and our military strength was getting weaker by the day. With the help of hardworking concerned citizens like yourselves, we've put America back on track. Now some of the experts said that it would take ten years to wring inflation out of our economy. But you know what an expert is. That's someone who can tell you every reason why something can't be done. We didn't listen to the naysayers, and neither did Steve Sims. And now, instead of the 12 percent inflation rate we inherited last month, and as it's been for most of the last three years, inflation was under 4 percent, and for the last four months, it has been two and a half percent. Now that's good for you. That's good for you. It's good for Idaho, and it's good for America. The drop in the inflation rate is only part of the picture. The prime interest rate was 21 and a half percent before we got to Washington. Today, it's under 10. Productivity has jumped. Real take-home pay has increased. And that's real, not just pay that was raised to keep pace with inflation. And we've had 34 straight months of economic growth. Unemployment is down to 7.1 percent, and this year we've had a higher percentage, a higher percentage of our working age population employed than at any time in our nation's recorded history. Last month, 378,000 more people found jobs in America. Now, this couldn't have been accomplished without effective senators like the two that are here, like Jim McClure and like Steve Sims. The progress that we've enjoyed has not been, as our liberal opposition would like the public to believe, a result of luck or personality or the celestial effects of Haley's Comet. America is back because we discarded wrong-headed solutions that relied on big government, high taxes, and more federal regulation. Instead, we put power back in the names of the people. Your success proves the best thing that anyone can do for the American people is to get the government off your backs and out of your way. Our program, aimed at private sector growth rather than more government and higher taxes, stood in stark contrast to failed liberal policies of the past two decades. It was about as popular with the Washington establishment that program of ours is a skunk at a lawn party. So it hasn't been easy. I've had to rely heavily on individuals with courage, energy, and principle. And you know now I'm talking about Steve Sims. Steve's been a linchpin, a driving force behind our efforts to keep our country free, prosperous, and at peace. And today we're on the verge of a landmark victory for America's economic future. Last week, Steve told you the Republican Senate, with the support of a majority of Democrat senators, adopted the Graham-Rudman-Hollig's deficit reduction plan. This far-sighted legislation puts in place a fair, enforceable method of reducing the budget deficit by equal amounts each year, mandating a balanced budget by 1990. And then I hope we'll be able to get a constitutional amendment to ensure that from then on the federal government doesn't spend any more than it takes in. Maybe over the weekend on some of the talk shows you've seen some people without mentioning a snidely calling this some kind of a gimmick, this Graham-Rudman-Hollig's plan, and some kind of a trick to cover up the fact of the deficits. Well, it's no such thing. Let me just take a second and tell you briefly what it is. From the moment we got there, we have been trying to reduce the deficits and eliminate them and get them down to the balanced budget. If we had gotten all the spending cuts that we asked for in 1981, the deficit would be $50 billion less than it is right now. And so each succeeding year you go back to the same old fight, asking some of those in Congress who have favorite programs that are supported by special interest groups trying to get further reductions in the spending of government. Well, finally, the idea came, let's have a program. We're on a path, right now, started on a path of decline in the deficits in proportion to the gross national product. So we said, why don't we have a five-year plan in which we keep this downward path of deficits to the point that arrives at the balanced point. And then instead of battling that same old battle every year, anyone who tries to bust the budget with a spending program will be violating an adopted five-year program. And that's what that amendment does, and of course it's now over in the House. Friday the House of Representatives took a step in the right direction, but we still have a large hurdle to get over. In a few days, the House Senate conferees will meet to iron out their differences. And they need to know back in Washington how you feel about it and what you want. I don't hesitate to take pen in hand or a telegram or a wire. The American people will not tolerate, I don't believe, any attempt to scuttle this last best hope to come to grips with the budget deficit. The days of the big spender are over. The House Senate Conference Committee should realize the American people are watching. Steve Sims has fought long and hard against the profligate spending that Graham Rudman Hollings will finally put behind us. One indication of the respect his colleagues have for Steve is his membership on the critical Senate Finance Committee. It is a tribute for a freshman senator to get a coveted seat on that committee. And it, along with his budget and environment and Public Works Committee assignments, allows him effectively to represent the needs and views of Idaho and our nation's capital. For instance, as chairman of the Senate Transportation Subcommittee, he has worked hard and successfully to keep up the states and the nation's infrastructure, making certain that your roads and bridges are in tip-top shape. Effective as he has been for your state, Steve has never lost sight of the fact that what's best for Idaho is what's best for America. We've come a long way, but there's still much more to do. I know that here in Idaho some of your key industries are still struggling. Quick fixes aren't the answer. We've had a half a century of that. We're opposed to any policy that raises trade barriers against our products. With our farmers under stress as they are now, we must not hurt them further with a trade policy that cuts them off from the foreign markets that are the key to a recovery for our agricultural economy. Now is not the time to be closing markets and retreating. Now is the time to let the world know we mean business. The era of the all-providing, never-complaining America is over. Fair trade means trade for us. Fair trade for us, too. I don't care if we're talking about microchips, potatoes, chemicals, or any other product. It has to be free, fair, and open trade for all. Restoring America's economic vitality was priority number one for this administration. To do that, we had to come to grips with economy-destroying levels of taxation. We cut the federal income tax rates 25 percent across the board, offsetting tax increases that were built into the system. And then we indexed taxes so they wouldn't increase because of inflation. Some idea of what had happened to you in the years, just a few years before. Let me give you just one little set of figures here. Indexing, and what does it mean? Maybe some of our young people who haven't paid an income tax yet don't know that as inflation was raging back over the last decade and a half or so, and we were getting pay raises to try and keep pace with inflation, not to increase our income, but just to stay even. Well, you're taxed on the number of dollars you earn, not on their value. So you get a cost of living increase and you're pushed up into another one of those 14 tax brackets. And you pay a higher rate of tax, but you hadn't improved yourself at all.  You got the cost of living pay raise. Well, this is what is cured with indexing. Now it can't happen. Now, and it'll be really done away with when we get tax reform, but right now with the present tax system, that is indexed so that as you get cost of living pay raises, you don't go up into another tax bracket.  But the figures I was going to mention, in 1977, the average weekly wage in America was $189. By 1985, that had gone to $299. That sounds like a pretty hefty raise, doesn't it? But if you count that $299 in 1977 dollars without the intervening inflation, the $299 was only equal to $171 in the 1977 purchasing power. And yet, think how many tax brackets that $189 to $299 had taken you up so that the government could profit by your bad fortune. Well, thanks to the hard work of Steve and Jim and Larry and others, we also dramatically brought down the inheritance tax so families, especially family farmers and small businessmen, won't lose through taxation what they spent a lifetime building. Now it's time for step two. Our taxes are still too high. The system is unfair, as I've just pointed out, and too complicated. We propose to overhaul the system from top to bottom, bringing down the tax rates, simplifying the process, and making it more fair. Now some of the Washington cynics who are opposing this say that you don't really care. I say it's time for a change. Can we count on your help to get the job done? You just made my day. I've always had the sneaking suspicion that not only can Americans run their own affairs better than government can, they can probably run the government better than the bureaucrats and politicians. You know, I've read a lot of the constitutions of other countries, including the Soviet Constitution, and I was amazed to find that it has a lot of things in there that it promises, that our own constitution promises. They don't keep those promises over there, but they're in there. But then I was trying to figure out what is the great difference between our two constitutions. For these young people, if they've ever wondered, I want them to listen clearly. All those other constitutions I read said the government, we the government, allow you the people the following rights and privileges. Our constitution says we the people will allow the government to do the following things and nothing more than we have allowed them to do. Now, some of the most important issues that we face as a people concern our own national security. During the last decade, we permitted our military strength to erode. The Soviets, at the same time, rushed ahead with one of the most massive peacetime strategic and conventional build-ups in history. No one in a free country likes to spend money on weapons. I'd much rather see that money left in the hands of those who work for it. But as long as I'm president, I will not see our free country relegated to a position of weakness or inferiority to any other country. Now, this does not have to mean necessarily more and more weapons. One way out is reaching arms agreements, which will reduce the number of nuclear weapons threatening mankind to equal and verifiable levels. If we're resolute in our search for an agreement, while at the same time firm in protecting our own interests, arms reduction can be a reality. But let's not kid ourselves. Progress in this arena will not come from weakness or vacillation. If the United States negotiates with anyone, it must be from a position of strength. As the world has been reminded repeatedly in recent weeks, we're involved in a major research effort to see if it's feasible to build a system, a security space shield, which would protect us against missile attacks, against those giant intercontinental ballistic missiles. This program is an historic turning point. For the first time, energy and resources are being put to use in an attempt to find new technology that is aimed at saving lives. If we're successful, it will improve the opportunity for arms reduction because missiles, no longer the ultimate weapon they are today, will be more negotiable. You wouldn't know it from what they've been saying about the American research effort, but the Soviets have had an expensive, ongoing strategic defense research program of their own for years before we ever started such a thing. Well, the idea of using American technological genius to develop a system to protect us against nuclear missiles is moral and in the fundamental interest of the United States and our allies and the cause of peace. We will not bargain this research and testing program away when we get to Geneva. Technological advances like developing a space shield offer us new options, yet we should never forget that our independence and freedom ultimately depend on our courage, determination, and strength of character. And I think there's reason for optimism here, too. There is a new patriotism alive in our country. I've been in a few schools recently doing what I'm doing here and talking to some students, and I've been in a few campuses recently. And I've seen something that back when I was governor and those rioting days were going on that I haven't seen. And I have to tell you, as you look at these young people up here, I've come to the conclusion that 21st century is going to be in good hands. There's a new patriotism alive in our country and something about which I'm most proud, those brave men and women who are defending our way of life have no doubt that their fellow countrymen appreciate their dedication. As a former Marine, Steve knows how important that is. He understands that the fellows who intercepted those terrorists last week need to know that we're behind them all the way. And I can tell you, I'm mighty proud of the job they did, as I know you are. They didn't have more than an hour's notice and yet out there over the Mediterranean, with all the aerial traffic that was going on in that area, in the dark of night, they were able to pick out the target plane and persuade it to land where they wanted it to land. Any time now and then if you see someone in uniform, it only takes a couple of steps out of the way. You might want to say hello and give them a smile and tell them how proud we are. You know that today we have in our military the finest young men and women that I think we've ever had. As a matter of fact, we have the highest percentage of the military that are high school graduates that we have ever had in our nation's history. Ninety-one percent are graduates. We're building an America that is confident and proud, where every citizen enjoys the fruits of peace and prosperity. Steve Sims and I know that our greatest days are still ahead. There's no limit to what free men and women can do, and there's no limit to how far America can go. Thank you all. God bless you. And send these fellows back. Thank you. Mr. President, I think the apples go. Here they go. I wasn't going to leave without them. Glad to have him here. I'm proud to have you here. Thank you. Now as Winewood, Sue Nelson, and JJ Dian are going to sing God Bless the USA. That's President Reagan's theme song for his victorious campaigns. Where are they? Here they are right here.


All the special meeting of the Common Council of Order. Please call the roll. Boran. Boke. Excuse. Decker. Unexcused. Gisha. Hannah. Heidemann. Kittleson. Clayunas. Meyer. Montemayor. Rinflaich. Ryan. Excuse. Suric. Vanderweal. Verhassel. And Wongamon. 13 ayes. Quorum is present. At this time, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Madam Sue Richards will lead us. 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. Matters laid over, President Hanna. Matters laid over 1555 through 1650. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I make a motion to accept and file the ROs 15-55, 16-26, and 16-27, and accept and adopt the RCs from 1432 through 1650. Second. Motion and second. Under discussion. All in rehearsal. Thank you, Your Honor. I just had a few questions regarding document 1541. OK. Again, just to clarify, I tried to take an opportunity right before the meeting to talk to you. 1521. 1541. Oh, 1641, I'm sorry. 1541. 15. It's on page two. OK, 1541, OK. And I think I've got my answer, but I just wanted to clarify here, though, on page, this would be the very first page of the spreadsheet. Looking at some of the larger increases here, we've got police and fire. Seeing nearly a 6% and over a 7% increase. Just to clarify again, is that purely salary? Are there any other figures involved with that? Or is it purely a manpower number? Yes, the majority of it is salary and benefits. And then another large piece of it is the unfunded pension liability that was added in 2009 to help fund that unfunded pension liability that was mandated by the state to cover. OK. And then also, it would be the second page of the spreadsheet. We talked just a little bit there. The ambulance fund, you clarified exactly what it is. And it's essentially a departmental figure of operating using just marginal cost, which I follow. But could you explain the increase? Year over year, 22%? Part of the increases in the second year is the largest one, I believe, is the fuel charges. They, as everybody has experienced in 2008, the fuel charges increased significantly from what they planned. And then so they appropriately planned for that. And the other increases were just for additional medical supplies that they needed. They are seeing a higher level of runs. So there are additional costs that were not budgeted last year based on the lower number of runs that they were experiencing. So it's part due to activity and part due to inflationary costs. OK. So you'd say the medical supplies that are going to correlate with the increased call numbers? Yes, that and then also the fuel costs in addition to the increasing energy costs, which are decreasing now. But the fuel costs will also increase as you see more runs. Right. So we're budgeting. I don't know what the breakdown is between the medical supplies and the fuel. But we've obviously budgeted for a pretty huge fuel increase in 2009. We budgeted for a large fuel increase. And then there's also salary and benefits that were due to the contractual obligations of the city that also play a factor in that as well. So it's a little bit of everything adds up to be a larger amount. But our base lag, I guess, would just still add all down into one fact is the cost of running the ambulance services up just about 22%? Yes, it's up. And then also the projected revenues are also up. I don't know the percentage off hand, but the revenues are also increased. Are they anywhere near that figure, Dina? I believe the budgeted amount they anticipate contributing about an additional 100,000 than what they projected this year for next year. Percentage dies. What does that break into? 10% or something? 100,000? You have 50% revenue increase. 50% revenue increases plan to 0.9? Net income increase. OK, from 0.8 to 0.9. OK, thanks. Brandon Hennepfer, thank you. I just want to don't mean to beat this thing to death, but I just wanted to make sure I understand. So our projected net this year is roughly 200,000 on that ambulance fund. And you're saying net even after these increases next year could be close to 300,000? Yes, the amount that we anticipated for a fund equity increase this year, which was 180,000, next year what we anticipate is contributing to the general fund from the ambulance fund is 341,000. So it's actually $160,000 higher than what we anticipated even with these additional costs. That is correct. Thank you. Mr. President Vaughn. Thank you, Your Honor. But then, Terry, getting back to the ambulance, then some of that $300,000 in the general fund will be carryover receivables from 2008? I'm not trying to split hairs, but some of it, I mean, we're going to be collecting money from 2008 well into 2009, but I know we're going to track that to see how it actually turns out. But that'll be part of the $300,000 that will be going to the general fund. Part of it will be 2008 revenues, yeah. That is correct. OK, thank you. OK, motion before we call the roll. Warren. Aye. Gisha. Hannah. Heidemann. Aye. Kittleson. Aye. Clioness. Aye. Meyer. Aye. Montemay-Ore. Aye. Rindfleisch. Aye. Zurich. Aye. Vanderweal. Aye. Verhasselt. Aye. And Wangeman. Aye. I'm sorry. Did I not call you? Hannah. Aye. Thank you. 13 ayes. Motion carries. 1653 RC number 344809 by finance to whom was referred resolution number 1470809 by Alderman Gisha, Clioness, Warren, Bauch, and Montemay-Ore. Ordering the 2009 budget appropriations for the city of Sheboygan funds recommends that the attached substitute resolution be passed. Alderman Gisha. Thank you, Your Honor. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted and the resolution be put upon its passage. Thank you. Substitute resolution. Pardon me. The substitute resolution. Thank you. And there was a second. And no discussion. There is none. Please call roll. Decker. I'm sorry. Boy, this is not a good night. Gisha. Aye. Hannah. Aye. Heiderman. Aye. Kittleson. Aye. Clioness. Aye. Meyer. Aye. Montemay-Ore. Aye. Excuse me. Rindfleisch. Aye. Zurich. Aye. Vanderweal. Aye. Verhasselt. Aye. Wangeman. Aye. And Board. Aye. Thirteen ayes. Motion carries. 1654 RC number 34050809 by finance to whom was referred. Resolution number 14080809 by all persons. Gisha, Clioness, Borne, Bauch, and Montemay-Ore. Ordering the 2009 budget appropriations and the 2009 tax levy for use during the calendar year 2009. Recommends that the attached substitute resolution be passed. All in Gisha. Thank you, Your Honor. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted and the substitute resolution put upon its passage. Second. Second. Motion in second. Under discussion. Your Honor, if I may continue, I'd like to make an amendment. OK. Please do. Thank you. This is a transfer, an internal transfer, out of cost center 105100. Title of that cost center code description is real estate taxes. I move that, and I believe Madam City Clerk is a copy of this, so I'll try to be, there's a lot of numbers. I move that the, that amount of real estate taxes be reduced by an even amount of $128,000. And that the expenditures parallel that be reduced in account number 199900. This is the general government expense and benefit account. And reduced, do I have to go through every one of these, Sue? Thank you. Account number 510152, titled vacation, reduced $13,147. Account number, these are all subs of 199900. Account number 510301, so security reduced by $11,687. Account number 510302, titled Wisconsin Retirement Fund, reduced $7,304. Account number 510303, titled health insurance, reduced by $19,900. Account number 510401, titled vacation, reduced $24,834.  Those reductions, total $128,000. And if I might go on to explain, as best I can. If you'd like. Before I have Terry Hanson do it, if you wish, this is to comply with the council's resolution of the 5-cent drop in the levy. So, pardon me, the tax rate. So what we're doing is we're reducing the revenue in that first account, and then we're reducing expenses. And the second account, this came from Terry, to comply with the council resolution. And if the fund needs to be discussed, I think Terry's better to discuss that than I. The council did pass a resolution dropping the tax rate 5-cents as the numbers came in. The final numbers, as you know, I keep calling this document, a fluid document, but as the numbers came in and we recalculated it, there was an adjustment needed to be made to make sure that we honor the resolution that dropped the tax rate by 5-cents. So that money is being transferred from one account to the next, pretty much it. President Anna. Mr. Mayor, do we need a separate vote on that amendment? Yes, we're going to get a, there's been a motion in a second. Who seconded it? Second. Yeah, I'll make that you in a second. So the motion is on there, is there no discussion on the amendment only? Is there any further discussion on the amendment? All in favor? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I think I would like Mr. Hansen to express, explain exactly what the consequences of that is. I mean, I understand that myself, people at home may not have fully appreciation that are we just magically working numbers and moving numbers around to get to what we promised or is there an impact with these reductions? Some more. The impact, the account that we're reducing, expenditures that we're reducing are expenditures that are set aside for when employees retire. Over the last three years, we've seen minimal usage of that account. There's a fair amount that is set aside in that cost center and what we're going to do is we're going to reduce it and if we do need that money when people do retire, you do see a natural savings when people retire because there's usually a lower salary that's coming on board and then also they're not eligible for health insurance right away. So we would see some natural savings and we could use those savings to replenish this account if that account needs those funds for that, for that retirement, payout, vacation and sick leave that's due based on contractual obligations. Thank you, I'm sorry, just so everybody knows the account has $475,411 and has been basically inactive for the last three years and this would be for 09 retirements and doesn't have any to do with our early retirements this year and frankly, what we're reducing it at is the same amount we would have funded it at and if we would have funded it, it wouldn't have been used again for four years. So thank you. Okay, only amendment, please call the roll. Hannah. Hi. Heidemann. Hi. Kittleson. Meyer. Hi. Montemayor. Hi. Rinflesch. Hi. Suric. Hi. Vanderweel. Hi. For Hasselt. Hi. Wongamon. Hi. Boran. Hi. And Gisha. Hi. 13 ayes. The amendment carries. President Hanna. Well thank you. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to amend the proposed budget by reducing the general fund police facility professional services by 129.922 to accommodate the allocation of two full-time janitors for cleaning and maintenance of the police facility instead of contracting the same service. Do you want me to run down the details before there's a second? Just just the amounts and the category of professional services. Professional services. That would be negative 129.922. Regular salaries, 80,000. So security, 6,120. WRF, 8,320. Health insurance, 32,954. Life, 72. Dental, 2264. Workers comp, 192. Is there a second? Second. Under discussion. There is. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, Your Honor. Just so the public understands and maybe those who have been following this closely, the finance committee recommended and passed moving that same dollar amount from salaries to professional services. The purpose of the discussion in finance was that we have not gone through an RFP process to see if we could have a service perform it less than the 129.992. Personal feeling. Other committee members can express. I feel that from a finance committee standpoint, that's our obligation is to make sure we're spending the money correctly. So there was an RFP that's been sitting around for a while. I believe for whatever reason it wasn't moving through. And that's what the finance committee recommended, not to reduce anybody's budget, but to set the money aside into professional services so that we can go through an RFP process first. If it doesn't turn out to be more cost effective to go to a contract service, then by all means, hire or retain employees. But I believe what this does is, and please somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, is moves to employees from DPW who has experienced a significant budget trap this year to the police department to become janitors. And I don't have any problem with that as long as we've gone through the normal, necessary steps of seeing if it's the best thing to do for the taxpayers. And the only way you can do that is to do an RFP, and that's what the finance committee recommended was to do an RFP to see if it's cost effective to do this. What's better when you put them side by side? What's better for the taxpayers and for our budget and for those who are trying to make ends meet these days? So that was the recommendation of the finance committee. I'll be voting against this amendment because I still think it's prudent to go through the RFP process. All in the cleaners. Thank you, Your Honor. I was going to ask for the clarification which I received. I voted the opposite of Alderman Giesha. I can't remember how the motion was on the floor. I mean, or at the table on finance. I believe that it's in the best interest of the police department to have city employees doing the security cleaning in secure areas. I think at this point we are doing the police department a better service by having city employees working there and being under the watchful eye of the city government rather than contracting out for those areas. So I will be voting yes for this. Thank you. Thank you, Your Honor. I'm not going to support the amendment and I'm not basically for the same reasons that Alderman Giesha mentioned, but if the numbers come out that it's a cost advantage to have a private janitorial service do the janitorial work over at the police department, then I would support it. And if it isn't, then our fine workers from Public Works can do it. But we do have the obligation of the taxpayers to take a look at it. I personally do not have any problem with the private cleaning service going into the police department. Most major corporations, government offices including the Pentagon, which is probably the most highly secure government agency in the United States has a private cleaning service. So if the numbers say stay with Public Works, I'm all in favor of it, but I do want to take a look and make sure to see what the RFP says before I make a final decision. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Ware. As a matter of belief, I would think that the private entities can come through the lower budget, an RFP to do the cleaning. However, so normally I would support that in general. This time around I'm not going to support it, I'm going to support the amendment only because today we woke up and then we had several just snow on the ground that way. And if we have another winter, if we do need to go back and find new people to the higher public and public works department, we have two people that have had the experience, have already been trained. Yes, they'll be the police department cleaning and then doing janitorial work, but that's someone that we can utilize then as a city down the road if we have another winter like we did instead of having to go out and hire new people. So I do see the cost savings that you would have by having a private entity clean the police station. It will be erased if we have another snowfall like we did last year. I drove around this morning with 6630 and there's somebody moving snow outside right now. It doesn't take a whole lot of snow for those expenses to go. So I'd be supportive of keeping at least the city payroll workers on this time around and probably only this time around for that simple fact that at least we have some fully trained staff that we can rely on down the road for help. And if we ever go to rehire, we have somebody that's already done the work that we don't have to train again if we do expand public works department down the road. So I will be supporting this, thank you. Thank you, Your Honor. I just would have to agree with Alderman Rinefleisch and Alderman Clayunas. We need to keep our city workers here and I would agree yes with the amendment that we go along with keeping those to retain them at the police department. Thank you. Thank you. Final comment. Thank you, Your Honor. There are other options. You could move the cleaning people or city employees from city hall and make them cleaners at the police station. Excuse me for if you're concerned about security issues. Second, this is $130,000. That means we're paying for basic janitorial work on a brand new building. Do the math. Divide by $130 divided by 2. It's been a long day. $65,000. $65,000. Is that can you tell me if you're going to hire a janitor for $65,000 for any business in this town and or any corporation in this town you name it and you're going to succeed? Of course you're not. You would never do that. So why are we doing it here? You would never do it if it was your house. You'd never do it if it was your business. You couldn't. You would fail. And that's why our budget will fail in the future. And that's why the state budget is failing now. It's you just can't do that and survive. It's what the market bears. And if it bears out on the RFP then fine but I can't imagine. And I know these are hardworking good people who have families and have issues just like all the rest of us and I'm not immune to any of those issues and won't be and but $65,000 to sweep the new police station times two I'm sorry I just you wouldn't do it in your own household but doing it with the tax payer's money is somehow different. I'm sorry I can't support that. Thank you. Only amendment. Please call it. Heidemann. Kittleson. I'm sorry. Cleunas. I'm sorry. Meyer. I'm sorry. Montemayor. I'm sorry. Rinflesch. I'm sorry. Zurich. I'm sorry. Vanderweel. I'm sorry. Verhassell. I'm sorry. Wongerman. I'm sorry. Boran. No. Gisha. No. Hanna. I'm sorry. Ten eyes, three nose. Motion carries. Okay. I make a motion to amend the proposed budget by reducing professional services in HR and increasing professional services in the police and fire commission by $18,500 to accommodate the anticipated costs of recruiting and hiring the chief of police and appropriate police department person offered $20,09. Switching from one to another, no increase in budget. Second. Discussion. I'll get you. Thank you. The finance committee voted unanimously to make this change. They didn't vote to remove $18,500 in the budget. They voted to remove it from the police and fire commission and put it into the HR which has always paid these bills. The purpose of the 18-5 would be to for the purpose of hiring, obviously there's going to be a lot of hiring going on with the police department. The finance committee did not have any costs of vetting them and running background searches and stuff, that's expensive stuff. The finance committee certainly didn't have any problem with the expenditure. I don't believe there's ever been an expenditure for them before besides their normal salaries and I believe they get a financial stipend annually for being on that commission. What we proposed was not giving an unelected commission and I don't care if it's this one or anyone in the world, their own checkbook. We have a system here. If they want to go out and do their statutory work, that's great. We have to support that. But in the past, it's my understanding, it's always been moved out of the finance, the expense has always been moved out of the finance, I mean part of the HR budget and not given a blank check to people who weren't elected. So we have no check and balance if we do this. We have no way of approving these expenditures. We have no way of doing anything which is our job, I thought. And I think that's one of the differences the police and fire commission was the recommendation of the finance committee for that reason. We'll clarify though that it's not a blank check. Nothing is a blank check to anybody when we do city business. The police and fire commission, there is a cost center for that cost category that's been there for many, many years, long before we've been here and probably longer after we're gone. In the past, they were appropriated but the costs were made, that funding sort of went away so basically the need but now the need is there and that cost category is still in the budget and as Alderman Montemayor said it was already put in that cost center finance took it off put it on HR all that the motion is asking is to put it back where the original budget had it pretty much. Thank you, Your Honor. From a standpoint of cutting red tape you know if we run it through HR as it was requested we're looking at anywhere from two to four weeks minimum to get information processed or request processed. I think we should give the PFC a little bit of slack here to do something that's very important to hiring our new police chief. From a standpoint of checks and balances I'm comfortable between Terry Hanson, our finance director and yourself that we've got enough checks and balances in place that we're not giving anybody I think it does an excellent job cutting red tape. Alderman Montemayor in question next. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I guess for clarification purposes the cost center of the PFC any expenditures that went out would not come across finance desks or our desks, is that correct? Like we do see the finance committee recommending from one cost center to the other or we'll still come across and we'll still see what the expenditures are for. You'll still see expenditures from the finance department. Thank you. Alderman... Hanna. Thank you. Yeah, that really was... a field of motion. Yeah, my real question will Terry be monitoring the expenditures? Absolutely. Just like we do every one of them. Just like we do every one of them. Correct? That is correct. I jumped in. Thank you. Thank you, Your Honor. Just clarify this one more time for me. I need to understand. We're moving... My original budget had $18,500 in the police and fire commission cost center, cost category. For what purpose? For the hiring of the new police chief and I believe there's maybe some money for training or something, but primarily for the new changes that are being made. Quite frankly, I don't think it's going to be enough for the finance committee shifted it to human resources department. Under their cost category. Okay. All the motions asking to put it back where it was originally in the budget so that the police and fire commission can proceed without the delays that Alderman Rahassel is saying it. As far as the check and balances, the council always oversees the expenditures and so do I and so does the finance department. All right. Thank you. Okay. On the amendment. Please call the roll. Motion carries. Okay. I need a motion to approve the final budget as amended. Alderman Giesha. Thank you, Your Honor. I make a motion that the RC be accepted and adopted and the resolution the amended resolution be put upon its passage. Passage of the budget. Yes. Thank you. And second? Thank you. Mr. President Boren. Thank you, Your Honor. I'm going to support the entire budget even though the last two amendments I didn't agree with, but there was so much heavy lifting in this budget and I think it's an outstanding budget. First of all, I want to thank you, Mayor, for your efforts. I want to thank Terry Hansen. I want to thank in particular the department head, Bill Bittner who I think of public works who probably had the heaviest lifting of any department head to make the cuts that were necessary to balance this budget. We started out earlier this year with a $1.7 million structural deficit. And yet we were able to balance this budget and also cut the rate by a nickel. So I think and I also want to thank my fellow members of the finance committee and the rest of the council. I think it's really a job well done and just thank you to all who had a part of it and I'm going to support it. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I guess to echo Alderman Boren's or Vice President Boren's comments the list is long and the distinguished of who needs to be thanked for working on the budget. I really can't add to that. However, I remember before I ran the first time six years ago as an Alderman watching the committee meetings especially the budget one at home and wondering what are they doing? They have these huge amounts of dollar amounts and they're all voting aye. And I agree there's a lot of things in the budget that I don't necessarily support but the work done on the budget is done every year. And we'll be starting next year's one right away as we look at whatever state aides we may or may not get from the state. So I don't want people at home to understand that it has been something that we've all been working very diligently on very hard for a long period of time and it's not that we take our job very seriously to do it all. Look at all the ayes and tees and make sure they're dotted and crossed and thank everybody here that's done their work to make sure that we have been able to balance and make sure that we have done our job that the mayor can be proud of and that the older person present here today can be proud of. Thank you. And one more. Thank you Your Honor. A third person to say thank you so much and I think accolades especially to Terry Hanson and Mayor Perez they've been able Mayor Perez has been able to do it three years in a row we didn't think it could be done it was done. Thank you council for agreeing and I'm done. Thank you. I echo the sentiments of Alderperson Montemayor and everyone else it was pretty difficult I know Mayor you went through a lot of trials and tribulations. I too didn't support the changes in the last two amendments but they were small in comparison to the large extent of which I do agree with and I think you've said it a few times yourself and other aldermen as well it's not going to get any easier unfortunately and the public should be aware of that this budget takes a pretty good chunk of money out of Department of Public Works it's I think there's a substantial reduction there and I don't know if that could be increased in the future or other departments down in the future but costs are going up and you've said it a million times Mayor Perez our income is not it's going to get more challenging for this council and future councils and for you moving forward it's a difficult time and it's going to get worse and I just want the public to be forewarned that this type of work I think was remarkable what happened with the budget with the deficit or whatever you want to call it we argue about the term deficit and how it's better now and everybody worked real hard on it but each year a lot tighter in the public should I guess we asked them to bear with us because there may needs necessarily be some changes in the future that we'll ask for their support on thank you the final note I'd just like to make some points I think it's important for the people to hear very clearly what Alderman Gischia has said what Alderman Wrenschweiser said what the other Alderman have said Alderman Montemayor you're absolutely correct it's not going to get any easier what we've done is what I jokingly say is a lot of magic we put together a lot of magic for these last four budgets 2006 to 2009 we've been able to get to a balanced budget Alderman Wrenschweiser correct a lot of people may not understand it's six months worth of work the final product is now it's hard to appreciate all the blood and sweat and tears that went into it but it's finally here we've got a lot of support again it hasn't been all agreeable that's okay we've got a balanced budget we can move forward on now I would like to just point out though that the work that we did is commendable because we did that as a team if you think back historically in 2006 the request that came in far exceeded the amount of revenue that we're going to have and we were able to sort of chip off almost two million dollars in 2006 when I say two million dollars that's two million dollars that are in effect a cost saving to the taxpayer that they did not have to bear our levy then was 20 million about 20 and a half million dollars then in 2007 the request again came in more than the revenue that we would receive and again the difference was about two million dollars so we were able to chisel two million dollars in 2007 so that we could provide a cost savings to the public the levy then was 20 million 639 which is again identical from 2006 meaning we didn't increase the levy which again is a savings to the taxpayer in 2008 again the request were 37 and a half million the final numbers were 34 and a half million so we chisel off a little over three million dollars in 2008 that's huge it's an amount that we saved to the taxpayer again in 2009 again the request were 36 million and the amount the final one is about 1.3 million dollars that we were able to chisel off of there so if you look at the total from 2006 789 the amount that we were able to chisel off the normal increases that the department had had was about eight and a half million dollars that's very very commendable it's taken a lot of hard work not one person by themselves can do it it takes all of us to do it but the good point I want to make though is if you look at the levy 2006 was 20 million and a half 2007 20 million and a half 2008 almost 20 million and a half 2009 a little over 20 million and a half our levy has remained fairly consistent now what does that mean that means that people are saving tax dollars and that is very impressive the other thing I wanted to point out is that our levy limit by statute is 22 million 212 dollars we came in this year at 20 million 958 so it's a considerable amount of money that we could by statute have imposed on the taxpayer which you chose not to do and you've maintained that responsiveness to the taxpayer that they have so pleaded hard for couple of final notes our general operating budget for 2008 was 34 million and a half for 2009 our budget is 36 million 223,590 that's our general operating budget and that includes general fund library debt service transit those are the things that it includes our total budget is 61,228,019 that includes general fund capital project debt service special revenue and transit levy our general operating budget is 36 million our total budget is about 61 million that's what we have to deal with it's a big job it's not nickels and dimes it's a huge job and a huge responsibility and I believe and I can say this truthfully we have been and will continue to be good stewards of the taxpayer dollars council thank you very much I was just going to mention your honor the thing that's remarkable about this over the years is that we due to the hard work that city employees working harder and smarter we haven't had to cut any core services in the city so we were able to make almost eight and a half million dollars in cuts without any core services being cut and I think that's outstanding and that's again taking our hats off to our city employees for working harder and smarter thank you on the budget as a man knit please call roll Mayor Sir Vanderweel Wangeman Boren Gisha Heidemann 13 ayes vote is unanimous Mr. Mayor motion to adjourn second all in favor say aye stand adjourned


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Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we will discuss about lines and angles. Let's consider two different lines PQ and RS. The lines PQ and RS can be drawn in two different ways like here PQ and RS are two intersecting lines which are intersecting at a common point say O. Now in this figure PQ and RS are the parallel lines and the lengths of the common perpendicular at different points on these parallel lines is the same and this equal length is called the distance between two parallel lines. Now we discuss pairs of angles. Consider this line AB. Now we have a ray OC which stands on the line AB. Now as you can see two angles are formed at the point O. One is angle AOC and another is angle BOC. Let's find out the relation between the angles formed when a ray stands on a line. We state an axiom according to which we have if a ray stands on a line then the sum of two adjacent angles so formed is 180 degrees. So from this figure we can say that angle AOC plus angle BOC is equal to 180 degrees and we know that when the sum of two adjacent angles is 180 degrees then they are called a linear pair of angles. So these two angles are the linear pair of angles. Now we have another axiom according to which we have if the sum of two adjacent angles is 180 degrees then the non-common arms of the angles form a line. Now suppose an angle AOC plus angle BOC is 180 degrees and according to this axiom we have that the non-common arms of the angles form a line. So AO and BO form a line hence AB is the line. These two axioms together are called linear pair axiom. We have a very important theorem which states that if two lines intersect each other then the vertically opposite angles are equal. Now as you can see we have taken two lines AB and CD which are intersecting each other. Now angle AOD and angle BOC they form vertically opposite angles also angle AOC and angle BOD form vertically opposite angles. So according to this theorem we have that angle AOD is equal to angle BOC and angle AOC is equal to angle BOD. Let's consider this figure in which we have two lines AB and CD intersecting at a point O. It's given that angle AOC is equal to 50 degrees. Now as you can see angle AOC and angle BOC form a linear pair. So by linear pair axiom we have angle AOC plus angle BOC is equal to 180 degrees. So from here we get angle BOC is equal to 180 degrees minus 50 degrees since we have angle AOC is equal to 50 degrees. So this comes out to be equal to 130 degrees. That is angle BOC is 130 degrees. Now angle BOC and angle AOD they are vertically opposite angles. We know that vertically opposite angles are equal so angle AOD is also equal to 130 degrees. Now it's also evident that angle AOC and angle BOD are vertically opposite angles and angle BOD would be equal to angle AOC which is 50 degrees. So we have found out all the four angles in this figure. This completes the session. Hope you have understood the two axioms and the theorem which is related to the vertically opposite angles.


They've got screens here, this is really a very fancy visitor center I must say. As is probably abundantly clear, you must admit I have absolutely zero interest in bird watching as a pursuit, nor do I know anything about birds besides the fact that they generally fly, but golf carts, bicycles, all different ways to explore the lake here. I'm in the Hula Valley here enjoying the experience. I drove a golf cart for the first time in my life today and the scenery here is really beautiful. You can watch the birds flying in just by the lake here on this side, there are some nutrients so you can watch them as they kind of nibble away and they look a little bit like capybara as they don't know if they're related. So all the videos I've shot on this clip and the other clips I've done on this trip to the north have been done using the Femi Pam 2 alongside the Yulanzi MT34 which is a multifunctional tripod including the one of the river I just kind of got it locked on to the tripod and moved it in so I have to say I've only had this for less than a week the Femi and so far I've been really really enjoying every day using it. It's absolutely amazing to not have to bring around a full size tripod and gimbal as I said before so it's a really really good piece of gear not talking for Femi no conflicts of interest I just I think probably the best piece of camera gear I've picked up since I started this YouTube channel. For a first time bird watcher like me it must say it was quite enjoyable you can see it's now already dark and there's less people here than when we came in but visitor center and go rent a golf course here or a bicycle and go look at some birds migrating.