[applause] i will give david a moment. Thank you all for coming and for your patience. What a Beautiful Day it is to be here. Im the executive director of the Library Association and on behalf of the board of trustees we welcome you to this gorgeous day in what promises to be a memorable hour with one of americas greatest authors and historians david mccullough. [applause] for those of you that might not be familiar, we were founded in 1929 by the ohio first lady. She was an avid reader who thought there should be a collection of books i ohio writers were about the subjects in the residence and symbolized the idea. Today through its collection, publications, but the words and festivals, it connects readers and writers and promotes the state as one of the truly great literary centers of the united states. 2019 marks the 90th anniversary of. Can you think of anyone who would be more perfect to add luster to your celebrations of van David Mcauliff . [applause] we presented the award to da
I will give david a moment thank you all for coming and thank you for your patience a Beautiful Day to be here of the executive director from the Library Association and the board of trustees we welcome you to this wonderful day that what truly is a memorable hour in one of our great historians David Mccullough. [applause] for those of you who may not be familiar felt and 1929 and avid reader who thought she had a collection book of ohio writers and from there to symbolize and today winning book awards and festivals and publications and then to promote our state is on the truly great literate centers of the united states. And a 2019 marking the 90th anniversary can you think of anyone who is more perfect to celebrate the 90th anniversary celebration than David Mccullough . [applause] three years ago he presented the award for the Wright Brothers how many of you have read that . He told us he was working on a new book he was particularly excited about and we said when he finished it we
Down. Welcome i ask you all to stand as we march on the colors and remain standing while movie driving leads us in singing the National Anthem march on the colors in halt present arms oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . Please be seated today is dedication marks the culmination of nearly 5 years of effort and 82 years of waiting with completion of that memorial we have kept the promise to outoftowner our innovations mill veterans made to some many, many years ago i thank Charles Kendrick is smiling down on us today charles was a world war i veteran a hero that led the efforts to build this memorial complex with the developers building and this
Down. Welcome i ask you all to stand as we march on the colors and remain standing while movie driving leads us in singing the National Anthem march on the colors in halt present arms oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . Please be seated today is dedication marks the culmination of nearly 5 years of effort and 82 years of waiting with completion of that memorial we have kept the promise to outoftowner our innovations mill veterans made to some many, many years ago i thank Charles Kendrick is smiling down on us today charles was a world war i veteran a hero that led the efforts to build this memorial complex with the developers building and this
Coming in as step five and some of the you know allowances that were provided as well we wanted to see more time leading the agency before going to the next step and so we were going to continue at this step, but it is something that we felt that the work certainly warrants you know, getting there with time. And continue on the same trajectory that we are on now and so i would like to bring it up again next year, the step next step increase and to me, that makes sense that we, you know, given the trajectory that you have been on that makes a lot of sense after two years of Service Within the agency. And i think that will kind of a consensus on the commission as well. So, what i would like to see with the motion to approve item number 3. And i guess, what will the motion be on item four . Okay. And so item four will be to maintain the current step. And item three will be to approve the over all rating of, you know, exceptionally good, and we have in the record as well. Our just, well, w