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From YouTube: Public Works Administrator Open Forum - Ross Pitcairn
Description
An open forum with Public Works Administrator candidate - Ross Pitcam
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B
A
A
A
A
The
text
number
in
the
chat
of
the
Stream
that
would
be
cool,
that'd,
be
cool
if
we
could
put
the
number
to
text.
Questions
in
the
chat
for
the
stream
would
be
great.
Obviously,
if
you're
listening
to
the
recording
afterwards,
you
won't
be
able
to
do
that.
So,
okay,
let's
get
started
I
think
we
are
at
five
after
we've
had
a
couple.
People
join
us,
so
wonderful
welcome
everybody.
A
My
name
is
Ryan
I.
Think
I've
met
most
of
you
before
I'm
the
Chief
Operating
Officer
I'm
very
excited
to
be
to
welcome
you
all
to
our
open
presentations
for
the
finalist
position
for
the
public
works
administrator.
We
have
our
first
finalist
with
us
today.
Ross
Pitcairn
am
I,
saying
your
last
name
right
all
right.
He
says
it
in
a
way.
I
would
not
say
it
so
just
checking
myself.
There
super
excited
to
have
Ross
with
us
today
he's
here
for
a
whole
day.
A
He
got
in
yesterday
in
the
morning,
so
he's
been
spending
some
time
in
Chattanooga
getting
to
know
it.
So
the
way
this
is
going
to
work
Ross
is
going
to
spend
some
time
I've,
given
each
of
the
three
finalists
a
bit
of
a
template
here.
So
if
you're
going
to
join
us
today
and
tomorrow
and
Friday
you'll
see
a
similar
template,
the
idea
was
not
to
have
see
who
could
have
the
most
creative
presentation.
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So
we
will
a
couple
things
one
again,
there
will
be
opportunity
for
quite
live
questions
for
those
of
you
in
person
and
that
can
be
by
raising
your
hand,
it
can
be
by
texting
the
number
for
those
of
you
listening
in
on
the
stream.
Hopefully
we
get
the
text,
then
okay,
I
will
say
it
hopefully
you're
listening
very
carefully
on
the
Stream
So,
the
number
is
423
-560
-6099.
A
And
that'll
be
the
number
that
you
can
ask
you
can
text
questions
to
and
I
do
think
we
have
a
slide
for
that
at
the
end
of
the
presentation
as
well.
So
that's
a
way
you
can
submit
questions
we'll
do
that.
You
can
do
that
throughout
we'll
have
dedicated
time
at
the
end
to
do
questions
we
lost
the
presentation
slides
here
somehow
so
run.
All
this
engaging
I
am
backing
away
foreign
mic,
so
the
other
thing
I
will
mention
is
that
there
will
be
an
opportunity
for
a
survey.
A
So
not
only
can
you
ask
questions,
but
after
all,
three
candidates
have
been
here
we're
going
to
send
out
a
survey
to
everybody
and
you
can
provide
your
feedback
so
we'll
wait
till
end
of
the
day,
Friday
to
send
that
out
and
folks
can
give
us
feedback
via
the
survey.
So
thank
you
all
right,
I'm
going
to
return
the
mic
here.
A
C
Adjust
this
real,
quick,
all
right,
I,
normally
as
y'all
probably
heard
earlier,
I,
don't
like
talking
behind
podiums,
but
since
I'm
constrained
we're
going
to
roll
with
it
all
right
so
good
afternoon,
everybody
I'm
Ross,
pick
Karen,
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
I'm
excited
to
be
here
in
Chattanooga
and
so
far
I've
really
enjoyed
what
I've,
seen
and
hope
to
see
more.
C
So
this
is
the
agenda
here
that
we
have.
You
know
it's
always
I,
don't
know
why
we
put
these
because
we
just
blink
through
it
so
anyways.
So
my
background
so
I'm
originally
from
the
Mississippi
Gulf,
Coast
and
I
put
on
there
about
50
miles
from
the
New
Orleans,
because,
if
you're
not
familiar
with
the
coast,
it
can
kind
of
confuse
people
already
aren't
sure.
C
So
anyways
been
married
for
22
years,
I
have
three
older
kids:
I
have
a
20
year
old,
keeps
me
challenged
and
15
and
a
17
year
old
I
went
to
undergrad
University
of
South
Alabama
mobile
got
my
master.
Excuse
me,
my
bachelor's
assigned
some
mechanical
engineering
there
and
then
Colorado
for
grad
school
for
one
year,
I
got
my
Master's
of
Science
in
mechanical
engineering
and,
of
course,
there's
the
things
I
like
doing
if
time
ever
allows.
C
C
I
started
when
I
was
was
really
young,
probably
five
or
six,
but
really
started
learning
the
trade
when
I
was
about
13
and
I
did
that
for
most
of
my
high
school
time
during
the
Summers
and
evenings
and
stuff
like
that
part
of
the
the
slide
presentation
was
asked.
What
are
our
favorite
job
or
favorite
yeah?
C
Basically,
what
our
favorite
job
was
and
I
put
on
air
when
I
was
in
Romania,
so,
as
y'all
probably
saw
my
bio
I
have
been
I'm
still
in
the
Navy
I'll
be
out
in
a
couple
of
months
for
retirement,
but
I
had
the
I
was
very
fortunate
to
be
able
to
take
a
group
of
Navy
sailors
to
Romania
and
do
a
bunch
of
work
there.
Basically
working
with
local
community,
renovating
schools,
hospitals
or
like
exercise
related
construction
building,
huts
tents,
sea
Huts,
is
what
we
call
them.
C
So
if
you've
ever
been
in
that
part
of
Europe,
it
was
very
beautiful
and
be
stuck
there
for
seven
months.
It's
not
bad,
and
what
I
and
I
said
our
worst
job
ever
was
event
planning,
so
I'm
not
going
to
talk
too
much
about
it.
But
whenever
you
join
the
military,
you
want
you
join,
and
you
want
to
do
a
job,
but
then
they
have
these
things
called
collateral
duties
or
what
you're
volatile
to
do
and
for
those
of
you
who've
been
in.
You
know
what
I'm
talking
about
event.
C
Planning
has
become
my
specialty
and
things
like
military
balls
and
stuff
like
that.
I,
don't
like
that,
so
my
top
three
professional
accomplishments
are
so
I
improved
morale
safety
in
a
large
division.
That
happened
when
I
was
a
Puget
Sound.
That
was
something
that
took
me
a
long
time
took
three
years
just
to
kind
of
shift
momentum
in
a
shop
that
had
been
used
to
doing
things.
The
way
they've
always
done
for
ever.
C
That
was
a
difficult
time
and
it
was
a
hard
learning
experience,
but
I
learned
a
lot
and
I
was
able
to
at
least
turn
things
around.
Things
got
much
better
after
I
left
because
they
were
able
to
continue
the
momentum.
The
next
thing
was
leading
an
installation
through
multiple
challenges,
so
my
current
job,
I'm
up
in
DC,
bought
the
job
before
that
I
was
on
the
Gulf
Coast
and
I
was
an
executive
officer
of
an
installation.
C
We
had
many
challenges
there
from
Hurricane
recovery,
covid
challenges
just
providing
meal
for
troops,
there's
a
variety
of
things
there.
So
we
did
a
lot
of
good
things
and
making
making
things
happen
and
then
the
last
thing
was
exec
executed,
multiple
projects,
overseas
kind
of
going
tying
into
that
part
with
Seabees
I've
been
overseas
for
a
bunch
of
other
things
too,
when
I
was
in
Iraq,
I
helped
construct
a
90
million
dollar
Iraqi
army
base
and
stuff
like
that.
C
So
you
really
get
to
have
a
little
bit
of
fun
and
see
a
lot
of
the
world,
but
also
work
with
different
cultures,
and
it
was.
It
was
a
lot
of
fun
and
yeah
spent
a
lot
of
money
too.
90
million
is
ridiculous.
So
my
personal
approach
or
excuse
my
Approach.
So
like
a
lot
of
us,
our
parents
had
a
lot
of
the
influence
on
us.
My
dad,
my
grandfather
were
the
biggest
for
me,
my
dad
because
he's
the
one
who's
the
technician.
C
He
taught
me
how
to
do
a
lot
of
the
stuff,
and
some
of
you
might
know
you
know,
there's
always
a
struggle
or
tension
between
the
blue
collar
and
white
collar
workers,
and
so
that
was
kind
of
what
I
had
in
my
family.
Growing
up.
My
grandfather
was
an
engineer
and
everything
had
to
be
done
a
certain
way.
My
dad
always
wanted
to
do
things.
What
he
thought
was
better,
so
I
learned
a
lot
of
good
things,
but
there
was
always
tension
so,
but
they
had
the
most
influence
on
me,
especially
my
grandfather.
C
C
Some
of
his
ideas
were
good,
but
you
know
anyways,
so
I've
been
fortunate
enough
to
have
a
lot
of
really
good
bosses
on
my
military
career
and
some
of
the
best
things
that
they
taught
me
were
basically
demand
improvements
from
others
and
better
utilize.
Your
time,
a
story
with
that
is
my
commanding
officer
in
Gulfport.
He
used
to
work
as
a
flag
aide.
So
you
know
if
working
for
an
admiral,
pretty
intense,
and
you
really
learned
how
to
utilize
a
schedule.
He
was
very
meticulous
about
that.
C
He
drilled
that
into
me
at
first.
It
was
difficult,
but
then
I
realized
what
he
was
trying
to
do,
and
it
was
great
I
really
learned
a
lot
from
it
and
then
supporting
customers.
Ultimately,
in
the
end,
that's
what
we're
always
doing,
whether
it's
military
or
working
in
an
organization
like
this
we're
working
for
somebody
to
provide
an
end
product
and
Military
I
was
helping
the
war
Fighters
here
were
helping
the
people
of
Chattanooga.
So
to
me
that
was
always
a
critical
thing.
C
So
the
top
three
things
I've
seen
work
well
with
large
teams.
That
I
think
would
work
well
here
if
they're
not
already
implemented
I'm,
not
saying
there
aren't.
First
of
all,
it's
a
simple
one:
it's
open
communication
up
and
down
open
communication
up
and
down
the
team,
and
that's
very
straightforward,
I
mean
I'll.
You
know
I
work
at
a
certain
position.
I
need
to
know
what
my
boss
says
and
what
he
wants
to
do.
He
or
she,
but
you
know,
I,
don't
need
to
just
push
it
right
down
to
my
folks
right.
C
My
job
is
to
be
the
mediator
between
the
two
make
sure
that
my
folks
have
what
they
need
and
that
they
move
in
a
direction
that
my
boss
would
like
them
to.
But
then
it's
also,
if
their
struggles,
make
sure
I
provide
that
to
my
boss
and
ask
for
the
information
or
ask
for
the
support
that
we
need.
So
it's
always
constant
communication
up
and
down
the
chain
and
then
there's
visible
leadership
too
goes
with
that.
C
There
are
some
folks
who
like
to
give
direction
from
their
office
from
their
desk
or
from
their
building,
but
never
go
out
and
see
anything
and
that's
something
you
learn
as
a
as
a
Young,
Junior
officer.
Is
that
that's
not
an
effective
leader.
You
need
to
be
visible,
don't
go
up
for
the
fact
of
being
seen,
but
you
want
to
make
sure
you
engage
with
people,
see
what
they're
doing
show
appreciation
and
do
it
often.
C
The
other
thing
is
a
clear
and
honest
expectations.
I
mean
we
all
work
in
physically
constrained
groups,
no
matter
where
you
go
so
you
have
to
be
able
to
tell
people
open
it
honestly
with
what
we
have.
This
is
what
we
can
provide,
sometimes
what
you're
providing
isn't
what
they
want.
So
you
have
to
manage.
You
know
you
have
to
change
things
a
bit,
but
you
always
if
you're,
clear
and
honest
people
know
it's
going
to
be
bad.
C
You
know
being
critical
of
people
there's
a
time
and
a
place
for
that,
but
you
also
need
to
give
praises
and
need
to
point
it
out
so
and
then
also
like
the
mentoring,
there's
the
timing
for
everything.
So
those
are
things
I've
seen
worked
well
in
other
locations,
so
this
was
a
slide
I
inserted
pretty
much
to
let
you
know,
my
leadership
style
is
pretty
much
it's
a
blend
of
democratic
and
Philadelphia,
as
is
right.
C
C
So,
whenever
I
have
challenges
given
to
me
by
my
leader
or
I,
see
a
challenge:
I'm
usually
going
to
try
to
work
with
a
team
to
figure
out
the
right
way
forward
or
what
I
would
hope
would
be
the
right
way
forward.
So
I
try
to
get
buy-in
from
folks
I,
don't
try
to
push
things
on
a
team,
sometimes
it's
necessary,
but
you
hope
it's
very
minimal.
C
So
the
goal
is
to
try
to
get
everybody
to
buy
in
build
trust
and
move
forward
with
that
leadership
is
going
to
tell
us
what
they
think
division
is,
and
the
vision
that
mayor
Kelly
has
I
think
is
pretty.
It's
pretty
neat
I've,
seen
a
lot
of
like
the
Chattanooga
One
Vision
that
he
has
I've
seen
many
like
it,
and
some
of
them
are
very
Bland
or
they
don't
have
a
whole
lot
behind
behind
it.
But
his
is
very
good
and
I.
Would
you
know
it's
something?
C
I
can
definitely
jump
on
that
bandwagon
as
I
would
say
coaching
as
required.
So
we
should
all
try
to
Mentor
some
body
in
one
way
or
another,
because
typically
you're
going
to
be
raising
up
tomorrow's
leaders,
so
whether
it's
your
position
or
something
else,
if
you
can
influence
somebody
good,
so
I
try
to
be
a
mentor
or
coach
folks,
whether
you
know
some
people
will
come
to
me
and
they'll
have
a
complaint
and
it's
like.
Well,
you
start
coaching
them.
You
start
talking
to
them,
asking
them
questions
getting
them
to
be
critical
thinkers.
C
Also
I'm
talking
a
lot
now,
but
I
promise.
You
I,
don't
really
talk
that
much
if
I
get
going.
You
know
if
I
caution
you
so
but
I
tend
to
I,
tend
to
wait
and
hear
what
you
have
to
say
and
then
I'll
start
talking
after
you're
done.
I'm
gonna
make
sure
I
get
all
the
information
in
and
plus
typically
when
somebody's
coming
to
you
and
you
want
to
say
something
they
want
to
talk,
and
if
you
stop
them,
they
might
see
that
as
in.
C
C
You
to
be
vocal
and
loud,
and
it's
like
there's
a
time
and
a
place
for
that,
but
when
I'm
talking
to
people
and
people
are
coming
to
me
with
issues
or
concerns,
I
want
them
to
talk.
And
then,
as
I
mentioned
before,
engagement
at
all
levels,
I
like
to
be
out
and
about
I
mean
you
know,
the
office
will
chain
you
down
and
it's
always
a
struggle
to
try
to
get
out,
but
I
always
make
it
a
goal
to
get
out.
Often
so
that's
a
goal
of
mine.
C
Things
also
have
a
lot
of
experience.
Dealing
with
just
dealing
with
a
group
of
people
that
have
a
lot
of
issues
and
challenges.
Vacancies
is
the
challenge
everywhere,
but
in
Employee,
Engagement
and
safety
challenges
are
something
that
I'm
very
interested
in,
because
I
want
to
know
what
you're,
seeing
what
you're
feeling
and
what
ideas
you
might
have
to
maybe
improve
anything,
and
that
should
be
always
a
constant
knowledge
and
experience
of
construction
contracts
and
processes.
That's
something
that
they
train
us
as
We're
Young
Junior
officers
is
to
learn
that
information.
C
C
Okay
and
ending
basically
I,
like
I,
like
working
with
people,
I
enjoy
working
people
and
I
like
having
fun
at
work.
So
work
should
be
something
that
we
want
to
go
to,
not
something
that
we
want
to
avoid.
I
like
to
build
strong
teams,
if
possible
and
confident
too
and
I
say
that
right
there,
you
know
your
team.
C
You
need
to
have
a
strong
team,
because
when
you're
together
you
get
a
lot
of
ideas
off
of
each
other
and
you
can
encourage
each
other
and
go
out
and
do
great
things
if
one
person
is
out
and
about
you
should
be
able
to
function
on
your
own.
So
if
you
have
a
strong
team,
you
can
accomplish
a
lot
then
by
yourself
and
a
philosophy
that
one
committee
officer
I,
had
you
know
he
said:
leave
everything
better
than
you
found
it
I.
C
It's
like
wherever
you
go
whenever
it's
time
for
you
to
leave
whether
it's
several
months
or
a
couple
years,
you
know,
hopefully
you
left
it
better
than
you
found
it
now
that
can
be
subjective
but
and
and
and
lastly,
you
know
my
family
and
I
are
excited
about
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
come
here
and
work
in
Chattanooga
for
the
city
and
work
with
you
all
so
I'm
greatly
excited
about
the
opportunity
to
come
here
and
at
least
be
considered.
So
thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration
for
this
position.
A
B
B
A
C
My
role
was
mainly
more
overseeing
the
organization
that
was
recapitalizing
a
lot
of
the
infrastructure
or
maintaining
it,
so
it
wasn't
actually
Hands-On
designing
it.
An
example
would
be
the
Puget
Sound
Naval
Shipyard
I
had
300
workers
shop
workers
who
were
responsible
for
you,
know:
Water
Systems,
Salt,
Water,
Systems,
waste
water,
electrical
distribution,
things
like
that,
so
I
was
more
involved
in
the
maintenance
and
operation
of
it,
and
sometimes
the
capital
is
a
recapitalization
of
it,
but
not
necessarily
in
a
design
phase.
B
C
So
what
do
I
think
this
job
entails?
So
basically,
my
job
is
to
work
with
Ryan
and
the
mayor
and
then
get
their
vision
and
basically
let
you
all
know
what
the
expectation
is
manage
it
and
then
make
sure
that
you
all
have
what
you
need
to
accomplish
your
jobs,
so
that
could
be
anything
from
the
trash
pickup
to
making
sure
the
permitting
is
taking
place,
because
I
shouldn't
have
to
get
down
into
the
weeds
of
how
things
operate
or
manage.
C
You
know
if
I
get
this
position
and
I
come
down
and
come
and
I
will
talk
to
all
of
the
vision,
heads
and
figure
out
what
they
do
and
how
I
can
help,
because
I
would
think
that
most
people
know
their
job
fairly
well,
but
anyways
I'm
digressing
a
bit
so
pretty
much
kind
of
what
I
was
mentioning
earlier,
be
the
mediator
between
leadership
and
the
department.
That
would
be
my
overall
job
to
kind
of
say
it
simply.
C
B
A
C
Answers
I'm
very
open
to
other
means
or
methods
to
improve
our
infrastructure
of
the
military.
The
Navy
itself
I
mean
we're
struggling
with
that
also,
so
we're
always
looking
for
opportunities,
whether
it's
working
with
a
street
having
coming
on
base,
we
one
installation
I
worked
at.
We
had
a
PV
Farm
on
there
that
was
full
of
a
take
solar
farm.
It
I
think
it
was
13
megawatts
of
energy,
it
would
develop
and
stuff.
So
we
would
eventually
get
some
benefit
from
that.
C
B
C
B
C
C
They
just
stop
by
say:
hi
five,
ten
minutes
see
how
they're
doing
in
their
daily
life
in
order
to
address
so
in
order
to
address,
what's
bothering
somebody
or
the
concerns
they
have
so
the
first
thing
would
be
is
to
try
to
let
people
know
that,
hopefully
I'm
approachable
and
they
can
come
talk
to
me
so
first
step
would
be-
is
to
try
to
get
out,
be
visible,
talk
to
people
we'll.
Let
them
know
that
they
can
talk
and
start
I
mean
that's
kind
of
the
first
step
and
then
from
there
you
go
on.
C
You
start
try
to
take
cues
and
stuff
on
when
people
might
have
a
concern
or
something
and
then
try
to
make
them
open,
and
you
know
so,
then
I
can
help
them
if
they're
having
any
challenges.
So
my
story-
I,
won't
say
but
I-
was
overseeing
a
group
of
people
and
I
had
this.
This
person
that
basically
was
responsible
for
doing
markings
for
utilities
and
stuff,
like
that,
the
guy
was
a
genius.
C
He
was
a
nuclear
Guy
and
but
he
was
a
very
talented,
unique
character,
though
just
by
his
jokes
and
the
way
he
acted.
But
everybody
treated
him
well
and
he
was
a
great
person
and
he
was
one
of
those
people
that
would
come
by
my
office
every
once
in
a
while.
We'd
have
conversation
and
one
day
he
just
kind
of
walked
into
my
office
and
closed
the
door
and
just
said
well,
I'm
being
recorded
I,
don't
know
if
I
should
say.
C
So
he
said
that
basically
he
was
a
woman
trapped
in
a
man's
body
and
I
laughed
at
first,
because
we
joked
before
and
I
just
thought
he
was
having
a
funny
day
and
I
saw
his
face
and
no,
he
was
serious
and
I
was
like
okay,
so
I'm
like
so
he
was
kind
of
coming
to
me
to
say
what
can
we
do
to
support
this?
Whenever
you're
working
in
the
field
he
was
working
in?
C
C
How
can
we
support
him
and
we
got
it
to
where
he
could
leave
shops
for
a
while
to
do
what
he
would
want
to
do
and
reintroduce
her
back
to
the
shops
several
months
later
and
in
between
that
time,
I
worked
with
HR
and
thankfully
I
had
a
really
good
HR.
At
the
time
we
were
able
to
get
some
training
done
and
we
brought
her
back
and
I
mean
things
eventually
worked
out.
You
know,
but
it
took
time
it
took
a
lot
of
changing
Minds.
C
There
was
some
desiccitation
there
and
there
were
still
some
people
that
grumbled
a
bit,
but
they
moved
on
and
I
think
we
were
able
to
improve
the
culture
a
little
bit
there.
So
you
know
that's
one
of
those
things
where
it's
going
to
take
time
and
and
somebody's
going
to
have
to
you
know
if
it's
really
bothering
them.
First
of
all,
I
would
hope
that
we
were
all
very
open,
I
mean
for
adults.
A
C
So
working
from
home
policy
honestly
I'm
a
fan
of
it,
even
though
I
don't
get
to
do
it
in
my
current
job,
I'm
a
fan
of
it,
you
know
if
your
job
can
be
done
from
home,
I
think
it's
fine.
Now
people
do
need
to
come
and
work
occasionally
and
need
to
meet
with
each
other
synergize
meet
with
each
other.
I
mean
you
do.
There
is
a
piece
there
of
getting
together
that
there
is
a
major
benefit,
but
I.
C
Think
working
from
home
has
its
benefits
too,
and
it
might
not
be
the
same
for
everybody,
but
you
know
to
answer
the
question:
I'm
definitely
open
to
teleworking.
If
the
person
can
be
effective
at
their
job
teleworking,
then
I
don't
see.
Why
not?
The
main
thing
is
you
have
to
you
can't
necessarily
say
the
person
could
tell
the
work.
The
position
has
to
be
able
to
tell
the
work
and
then
it's
up
to
the
supervisor
to
determine
whether
or
not
they
should
telework.
A
A
C
So
when
I
said,
I
had
open
door
policy,
it
was
I
mean
it
was
just
an
open
door.
I
didn't
have
a
set
time
for
anybody,
because
everybody's
time
is
a
little
unique
and
you
know,
unfortunately,
with
the
job
I
had
at
the
time
it
was
I
was
in
my
office
a
lot
so,
but
people
usually
knew
my
office
was,
and
it
was
not
next
to
a
comedian
college
so
anyways
to
answer
your
question.
C
A
All
right
not
seeing
anything
else
coming
in
I'm
good.
Well,
we
will
hang
out
here.
We
have
some
time
until
one
o'clock,
so
we're
just
gonna
hang
out
and
do
meet
and
greet
time
if
y'all
wanna
hang
around
and
just
visit
that'd
be
great
I
know,
Ross
would
love
to
I
know
he
got
to
meet
with
some
of
y'all
before
we
got
started.
So
if
you
just
want
to
catch
up,
that'd
be
great
and
we
can
close
out
the
the
streaming.
So
thanks
everybody
appreciate
it.