[0:08] all right well good afternoon good [0:10] afternoon everybody and we're so glad [0:12] that you could all make it this is a a [0:14] very Monumental day here in the city of [0:15] Lakeville and we're glad to have so many [0:17] of our partners here I'm Justin Miller [0:19] I'm the city administrator here in [0:20] Lakeville I'm just going to make a few [0:21] introductions before I hand it over to [0:23] to Mayor helier I want to thank um [0:26] specifically a couple people who are [0:27] here the um the city council our city [0:30] council is here council members Joshua [0:32] Lee Dan Walter Michelle vul and John [0:35] burmel are here thank you very [0:37] much as you can see we also have quite a [0:40] few of our Public Safety contingents [0:42] here and led by Chief Brad Paulson of [0:44] the police department and chief Mike [0:46] Meyer and the fire department thank you [0:48] all for being [0:49] here and then I want to thank our um our [0:52] design and construction teams from leoa [0:54] daily and RJM construction thank you all [0:58] [Applause] [1:00] um this is going to be a wonderful [1:01] facility and we're just very supportive [1:03] or thankful for the support that we [1:05] received from our our state legislators [1:07] representative John kosnik and Jeff [1:09] Woody who couldn't be here today they're [1:10] on the floor but Senator Zack Duckworth [1:12] is here and he's going to say some words [1:13] in a minute so uh now I'm going to turn [1:15] it over to to Mayor Luke [1:18] haer all right thanks Justin well I'll [1:21] be really brief I just uh to reiterate a [1:24] lot of what Justin said but I first want [1:26] to extend uh my gratitude to [1:28] representative witty and representative [1:30] kosnik who are not here uh and Senator [1:32] Duckworth who really helped make a lot [1:34] of it happen on the state side to secure [1:36] nearly $8 million two years ago to uh [1:39] really Kickstart this program this is [1:41] something that the fire department and [1:43] police department has thought about for [1:44] a long time to think about what a new uh [1:46] training facility would look like and so [1:48] the council has been thinking about how [1:49] do we make that happen um from a [1:51] financial side of things but um their [1:53] help and then including with [1:55] congresswoman Craig securing money for [1:57] the engineering um really made this [1:59] happen I think from my perspective on [2:01] behalf of the council when this building [2:04] opens um after construction I think it [2:07] really reinforces our commitment as a [2:09] council and to the city about how Public [2:12] Safety is our number one priority I [2:13] think a lot of people say that um and [2:16] not just from a Lakeville standpoint but [2:18] this is a regional facility as everybody [2:20] knows and um the future for Public [2:23] Safety is going to require cities and [2:26] counties working together when we think [2:28] about making sure we …