00:00What do you think you had to bring to the table to get the deal done with UPMC, Highmark, and
00:04PNC
00:04on the public safety vehicle? I think being specific in an ask. We had not seen that in a
00:10very long time. You know, within your mission, let's just take Highmark and UPMC, for example,
00:14their mission is to save lives. Well, when we got into office, we had ambulances that were
00:19breaking down to and from calls. And I think for far too often, it was either the lawsuit pattern,
00:25which actually lost city taxpayer money. But this initiative was being specific where they can go
00:31to their board and say, hey, the mayor's office is asking us for money for ambulances and fire
00:36trucks. That fits our mission. That works. We're on the same page in that relationship. But I think
00:42it also goes a long way as I didn't want that money to go into a city debt that wasn't
00:47going to benefit
00:48our residents. And I think every time you're at the table negotiating, you have to have that in mind.
00:52What are our residents going to benefit from this tax revenue coming in or this gift that we were
00:59able to get? And then I also think to PNC's credit, they stepped up, you know, right when we had
01:06our
01:06plow trucks fall apart basically overnight. And Bill Demchuk called and said, hey, I want to give
01:12$2 million, but I want it to be specific towards this. And we're like, that's exactly what we want
01:16to go for. If we can be specific in that message and have that money audited and accounted for,
01:21now you can branch that relationship out to other things. The Pirates stepped up,
01:26the Laborers stepped up, RK Mellon, Hines, Hillman. So I think being that specific has been very helpful.
