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INTO THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, JANUARY 25TH.IT WAS TO BE CALLED TO ORDER AT SIX O'CLOCK.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT TO ORDER.
NOW, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT FOR THIS MEETING? COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM, PRESENT COUNCILMAN DAWSON.
COUNCILMAN SWELLING, PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN'S GLOVER HERE.
COUNCILMAN, HER VASHAWN COUNCIL, WOMAN HOWARD HERE.
COUNCILMAN LAWSON, MARK LAWSON HERE.
AS A COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE, PRESIDENT CHAIR IS PRESENT.
THEREFORE ALL 11 MEMBERS ARE HERE.
WOULD YOU RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION? 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.
WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING, ASKING YOUR BLESSING AND HELP US AS WE GATHERED TOGETHER TODAY, WE PRAY FOR YOUR GUIDANCE IN THE MATTERS AT HAND, AND THEY ASKED THAT YOU CLEARLY SHOW US HOW TO CONDUCT OUR WORK WITH A SPIRIT OF JOY AND ENTHUSIASM.
GIVE US A DESIRE TO FIND WAYS TO EXCEL IN OUR WORK.
BLESS THIS MEETING TODAY AND ALL THOSE PRESENT AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF THOSE.
WE WILL ENCOUNTER AFTERWARD, READY US TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT, HELP US TO ENDURE DISAGREEMENT AND STRIFE WITH COURAGE AND LOVE AND GRANT US PEACE OF KNOWING THAT WE ARE PURSUING THE PURPOSES FOR OUR LIVES IN JESUS NAME.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
I WILL SEEK A MEMBER OF COUNCIL
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
TO MOVE.AND SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION? SO MOVE AS THE CHAIRMAN.
UM, MR. MCKELLEN MAKES THE MOTION SECOND PLEASED.
I'LL SECOND IT, MR. DAWSON MAKES THE SECOND, ALTHOUGH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AGENDA SEEING NO DISCUSSION? WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IN AFFIRMATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND I'M LOOKING AROUND AND I SEE, OKAY.
MR. RODMAN, WHERE IS MR SUMMERVILLE? MR. SOMERVILLE, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? DID NOT.
WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND FOR APPROVAL? OH, THANK YOU.
THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AND THE CHAIR WEIGHS IN.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – OCTOBER 19, 2020, OCTOBER 26, 2020 (CAUCUS AND COUNCIL), AND NOVERMBER 2, 2020.]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 19TH, OCTOBER 26TH, CAUCUS AND COUNCIL MEETING.AND NOVEMBER 2ND OF 2020, MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION PLEASE MOVE MR. CHAIRMAN.
MR. MCKELLAN MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND PLEASE.
SECOND, MR. GLOVER MAKES THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
I HAD A FEW, UH, COMMENTS THAT I SENT ON THE ONE OF THE MINUTES TO MS. BROCK AND THEY WERE JUST MINOR CORRECTIONS.
WHERE ARE THEY TAKEN CARE OF? OR THEY WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS RAISED THEIR HAND.
I DO SEE THAT CHAIR RAISES THE HAND AND THEREFORE THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF THIS EVENING.
THE ONLY NEWSWORTHY ITEM I HAVE IS TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT OUR RETREAT WILL BE HELD THE FEBRUARY 2ND, THIRD, AND FOURTH.
UH, THE TIMES FOR THE RETREAT EACH DAY WILL BE FROM 10 TO 12 IN THE MORNING.
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TO FIVE EACH DAY, UH, FOR US TO DISCUSS, UM, MATTERS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNTY STAFF TO WORK ON OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.UH, HOPEFULLY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, WE MAY NOT NEED ALL OF THAT TIME EACH DAY.
UH, BUT THAT IS THE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, UM, AS IS, HAS, HAS BEEN MY PRACTICE SINCE BEING IN THIS ROLE.
I RECOGNIZE VARIOUS COUNTY EMPLOYEES, ANIMALS GIVE, UM, MR. BROCK AND CHANCE TO GET THE PRESENTATION UP BECAUSE OUR FIRST EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU, UH, HER PICTURE.
SHE WORKS WITH THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, AS THE ST.
HELEN LIBRARY, BRANCH LIBRARY MANAGER.
SHE HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LIBRARY SCIENCE FROM THE OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
SHE HAS WORKED, THEY COMBINED 24 AND A HALF YEARS FOR BUFORD COUNTY IN THE FOLLOWING LIBRARY POSITIONS FIRST AS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT AT THE BUFORD BRANCH REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AT THE BRI BUFORD BRANCH CHILDREN'S MANAGER AT THE BUFORD BRANCH.
AND NOW THE ST HEL ON THE BRANCH LIBRARY MANAGER SINCE 2010, SHE EVER, SHE HAS RESPONSIBLE TO SUPERVISE THE GENERAL OPERATION OF THE ST.
HELENA BRANCH LIBRARY BY SUPERVISING LIBRARY, STAFF, ORDERING MATERIALS, COORDINATING FACILITIES, AND INFORM RESIDENTS ABOUT LIBRARY, RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SHE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTIONS AND BOOK, THE GULLAH GEECHEE AND RECONSTRUCTION READS THAT RESIDE AND THE ST.
HELEN ALLAH BRANCH LIBRARY, THE MATERIALS IN THESE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HIGHLIGHT THAT THE FIRST ROOTS OF THE GULLET PEOPLE AND THEY PROMOTE THE HEALING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AFFORDED TO ALL PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR.
SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT HER THAT SHE'S WILLING TO SHARE IS THAT SHE HASN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN LIVE THEATER AND MOVIES SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.
IN ADDITION TO LOCAL STAGE AND SCREEN PRODUCTION, SHE COUNTS BEING CAST AS AN EXTRA IN THE MOVIE.
LAUGHS DANCE WAS SHARON STONE AS ONE OF HER MORE MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES.
OUR NEXT EMPLOYEE THIS EVENING IS DARYL KANTOLA WHO'S WITH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PULL HIM UP HERE AND HE'S WAVING TO YOU THERE IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND SCREEN.
UH, HE'S A RENOVATION SUPERVISOR.
UH, THIS FEBRUARY WILL MAKE THE 13 YEARS OF BUFORD COUNTY.
SO HE'S BEEN HERE A WHILE AS WELL.
HE OVERSEES THE BLUMP, THE NEW SOCCER AND ADULT VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS. AND HE ASSISTS WITH YOUTH BASKETBALL, YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAMS, ADULTS ON BALL AND THE ADULT KICKBALL PROGRAM.
HE HAS A DRY SENSE OF HUMOR AND A TREMENDOUS MEMORY.
UH, IF AFTER A FEW YEARS YOU WERE TO ASK HIM ABOUT A COACH OR A KID THAT SCORED A LOT OF GOALS IN SOCCER.
UH, THAT'S A LOT BETTER THAN I CAN DO AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE.
THURSDAY STAFF MEETINGS, DARRELL WILL ENTERTAIN THE TEAM AND SOME WAY, UH, HE, UH, HE ATTENDED NORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY ON A GOLF SCHOLARSHIP.
HE HAD A GREAT CAREER, WHICH INCLUDED THE FIRST PLACE TO FINISH IN THE J RALPH HARGET MEMORIAL INTERCOLLEGIATE MEN'S GOLF TOURNAMENT DURING HIS JUNIOR SEASON.
AND TO THIS DAY, HE STAYS INVOLVED WITH GOLF AND HE SPENDS HIS DAYS OFF WORKING FOR PALMETTO BLUFF THERE.
UM, AND, UH, UH, ON THE GOLF COURSE, OUR THIRD EMPLOYEE IS WITH US THE STATEMENT I'M JUST GOING TO CALL OFF FRUIT.
THIS IS A PARAMEDIC, SEAN FRIPP, UH, HE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 20, 20 MASONIC LODGE ASA GO DOWN AS THE EMS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD.
I, IN ADDITION TO PERFORMING HIS JOB AND THE NEXT SIMPLE, THEIR LEVEL, MR. FRILL DEMONSTRATES LEADERSHIP UNDER PRESSURE, AS WELL AS SERVES AS MENTOR TO NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES AND THE STUDENTS IN TRAINING.
HE HASN'T BEEN EMPLOYED AT BUFORD COUNTY EMS SINCE JANUARY OF 2015.
AND IN THAT TIME HAS PERFORMED HIS JOB ADMIRABLY.
HIS PASSIONATE LOVE FOR HIS CRAFT IS DISPLAYED ON A DAILY BASIS.
HE WAS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB COMPLETED.
HE HAS A COUPLE OF THINGS TO HIS CREDIT IN REGARD TO RESCUE OPERATIONS AND SEPTEMBER OF 2020, HE RESPONDED TO A CALL IN WHICH A CAR WAS STRONG, 40 FOOT DOWN OFF OF A BRIDGE INTO THE WATER SUBMERGING, SEVERAL PEOPLE INSIDE WITHOUT HESITATION.
HE COMMANDEERED A BOAT FROM THE LOCAL MARINA AND RESPONDED WITH HIS PARTNER TO THE SUNKEN VEHICLE ON SCENE.
SEAN TRIED EVERYTHING WITH HIS POWER TO HELP RESCUE THE TRAP VICTIMS WITH NO AVAIL, EVEN THOUGH THE OUTCOME MAY NOT HAVE TURNED
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OUT THE WAY SEAN WOULD'VE WANTED IT, IT SHOWS HOW HE WAS WILLING TO PUT HIS LIFE IN JEOPARDY TO HELP SAVE ANOTHER PRETTY AMAZING.MORE RECENTLY SHOWN IN HIS PARTNER, RESPONDING TO A CALL TO A CONCUSSION VICTIM IN A VEHICLE ON ARRIVAL.
SEAN FOUND THE PATIENT IN CARDIAC ARREST WITH QUICK INTERVENTION.
SEAN WAS ABLE TO USE THIS CARDIAC MONITOR AND DELIVER ONE SHOT, ONE SHOT, AND GOT THE PATIENT BACK.
THIS ALLOWS SHOWN TO TRANSPORT THE PATIENT ALIVE TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM INCIDENTS LIKE THIS AND MANY OTHERS.
SEAN HAS DISPLAYED AMAZING SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE OF HIS PROFESSION.
IF YOU TALK TO HIM, YOU IMMEDIATELY HEAR HIS LOVE AND PASSION FOR HIS JOB.
AND THEN SEAN FRIPP WAS NOMINATED FOR THE 2020 A MASONIC LODGE.
AS I SAID EARLIER BY HIS SUPERVISOR SHONE GLEASON, AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO COUNCIL BRIEFLY? THANK YOU.
UH, AGAIN, THEY'RE, UM, UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING.
UH, IT'S VETERAN COUNSELOR AND VERY VETERAN SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE BEEN WITH US SIX YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS.
HE PREPARES AND SUBMITS APPEALS CONTESTING.
THE CITY DOES THE NINE CLAIMS FOR THE BENEFIT AMOUNT AWARDED TO CLIENTS.
HE MAY REPRESENT CLIENTS BEFORE APPEALS BOARD.
HE INTERVIEWS VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS FOR INFORMATION NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE ELIGIBILITY FOR A VARIETY OF BENEFITS AND SERVICES.
HE ADVISES AND ASSIST VETERANS IN ESTABLISHING THEIR RIGHTS TO VETERANS BENEFITS SUCH AS PENSIONS, EDUCATION, INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION, HOME LOANS, OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CARE, AND, UH, HE PROCESSES APPLICATIONS FOR BENEFITS AND COMMUNICATES WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OR EXPLAIN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF CLAIMS SUBMITTED SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT HIM.
UH, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE CAN SHARE HIM.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FLORIDA.
HIS FIRST VISIT TO BUFORD COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA WAS IN SEPTEMBER, 1990 WHEN HE HAD JUST ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND WAS A PRIVATE AT THE RECRUIT DEPOT PARIS ISLAND, FOLLOWING 20 PLUS YEARS OF ACT OF SERVICE DAMIEN AND HIS FAMILY HAS CALLED ME FOR SOUTH CAROLINA HOME FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.
SO THANK, THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE COUNTY, TO OUR COUNTRY, UH, AND UH, FOR BEING, UH, A RESIDENT OF BUFORD COUNTY FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
OUR FINAL IMPORTANT EMPLOYEE IS CHRISTINA LET'S.
DID I SAY YOUR LAST NAME? WHITES, CHRISTINA WHITES.
SHE WORKS IN OUR VOTER REGISTRATION ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.
UH, SHE IS THE VOTER'S REGISTRATION ELECTIONS MANAGER, AND SHE'S BEEN WITH US 20 YEARS.
THAT'S QUITE A LONG TIME AND BUTTER'S REGISTRATION THAT ENTIRE TIME.
UM, SHE MANAGES THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTION ACTIVITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS.
SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR POSTING ELECTION NOTICES.
SHE PROCESSES ABSENTEE BALLOT BALLOT AT THE T REQUEST.
SHE ORDERS OFFICE SUPPLIES AND MANAGES THE CANADA FOLLOWING.
SHE HAS TWO ASSOCIATES DEGREE AND SHE LOVES TO FISH AND HUNT WITH HER DAD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANKS.
THEN THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
UM, IT'S JUST KIND OF AN ESTIMATE SCREEN.
UH, THE DEDICATION ON MS. MRS. JACKSON, UH, IS A 10 O'CLOCK WHERE ON THE 29TH, I WILL HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A SEPARATE EMAIL.
UM, NEXT ITEM IS OUR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AT THE, UM, UH, CHAMBER THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HAS COME INTO THE MEETING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? NO.
THEN, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
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THE FIRST[8. RECOGNITION OF WILLIAM BRUGGERMAN]
ONE IS THE RECOGNITION OF WILLIAM LOOCKERMAN.UM, DO YOU HAVE THE RECOGNITION ITEM? OKAY.
CAN YOU PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN? SHE'LL STAND ON THAT TAPE RIGHT THERE AND LOOK AT THAT MOMENT VERSUS MR. BRUGER MEN IN ATTENDANCE HERE.
WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND READ THAT RECOGNITION, PLEASE? DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT, MR. CHAIRMAN, OR IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD GOING TO DO IT? WELL, YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
SO COUNCIL, WOMAN HOWARD CAN READ IT.
THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL WHILE WE'RE, WHILE WE'RE SEEING, IF WE CAN DO THAT OR NOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT HE HAS BEEN WITH THE STORMWATER PRO UH, PROGRAM SINCE INCEPTION AND THEN BECAME CHAIRMAN.
AND WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM PART OF THE PROGRAM FOR SO LONG.
WHEREAS WILLIAM H
WHEREAS MR. WILLIAM, BILLY BERGMAN IS AN ACTIVE RUNNER HAVING COMPLETED THE 2019 BUFORD TWILIGHT RUN 5K AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS OLD.
WHEREAS HAVING LIVED A LOT OF PLACES, SUCH AS SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, AND LUDA, WISCI GEORGIA STILL CHOSE TO, UM, LIVE IN BUFORD COUNTY, UH, SAY I LOST MY PLACE.
UM, WHEREAS IN AUGUST OF 2009, MR. BERGMAN BEGAN HIS SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER FOR A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY BOARD ENDING HIS SERVICES CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT BEAVER COUNTY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND HIS EARNEST RESPECTS AND GRATITUDE TO MR. WILLIAM H BERMAN FOR HIS EXTERNAL AND AMAZING COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.
THEY DID THIS 25TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2021.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR BEING CHAIRMAN AND FOR ALSO SERVING ON THIS BOARD FROM ITS INCEPTION.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE, UH, AN HONOR, AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ON THE BOARD.
I'M SORRY, MR. SUMMIT, CAN I CIRCLE BACK A SECOND? YOU WERE ASKING YOU IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE CITIZENS AND THERE IS A COMMENT THAT CAME INTO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, PARTICULARLY ADDRESSING ONE OF THE ITEMS TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
AND I HAVE THAT ITEM HERE IN FRONT OF ME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO READ IT AS PART OF THE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
WELL, ACTUALLY I WROTE TO THE INDIVIDUAL SAYING THAT I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THAT SHE BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IF WE READ ONE COMMENT, THEN WE HAVE TO READ ANY COMMENTS THAT COME IN TO THE CITIZEN.
SO WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT SHE IS SAYING.
AND, UH, YOU CAN, WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM, IF UNDER DISCUSSION, YOU CAN VOICE SOME CONCERNS THAT SHE HAS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AGAIN, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS THE BUFORD
[9. BMH PRESENTATION BY RUSSELL BAXLEY AND DR. KURT GAMBLA]
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESENTATION BY MR. RUSSELL BAXLEY AND DR.AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, APPRECIATE YOU.
UH, HAVING MYSELF AND OUR CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICE SERVER, UH, KURT GAMBLER, WHO WAS, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ON THE PHONE.
UH, PHIL FOOT ASKED US TO PRESENT, AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE PRESENT, UH, WEEKLY TO THE, UH, DIFFERENT VARIOUS LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THEM UP TO SPEED ON ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
COVID-19, IT'D BE MORIAL, UH, IN THE BEGINNING THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY, UH, FOCUSED ON TESTING HOSPITAL CAPACITY, PPE, UM, AND, UH, MOST RECENTLY, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON THE BACKSEAT.
AND SO, UH, I THINK KURT IS GOING TO GO FIRST AND, UH,
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KURT GAMBLE HAS BEEN GOOD ENOUGH TO PREPARE KIND OF A VACCINE UPDATE RELATED TO THE EFFICACY OF THE VACCINE, THE SAFETY OF THE VACCINE.UM, AND THEN I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO INTO THE ROLLOUT OF THE VACCINE AS IT HAS BEEN A MOVING TARGET AND FRUSTRATING AT BEST.
UM, AND, AND THAT FRUSTRATE IS A VERY KIND WORD TO KIND OF WAY TO PUT IT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE ROLLOUT, WHAT WE KNOW, UM, MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT AT LEAST BEFORE I WAS TRYING TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT A VACCINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOU WANT TO, UM, QUICKLY GO INTO YOUR PRESENTATION? YEAH, WELL, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES.
HEY, THANKS FOR HAVING US, UH, JUST, UH, UH, MAKE SOME, A BRIEF THAT'S ABOUT KIND OF WHERE WE THINK THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY OR MOST OF US ARE CITIES IN TERMS OF, UH, THE VACCINE AND WHAT OUR PASTURE IS SORTED.
AND THEN WHAT RUSSELL TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, I THINK AT THIS POINT MUCH MORE INTERESTING, UH, LOGISTIC, UH, OPERATIONAL ADVENTURE.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, THE REASON WE THINK THIS IS STILL IMPORTANT OF COURSE, IS THAT IN STATES THAT ENJOYS THE DUBIOUS DISTINCTION OF BEING THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY.
AND IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF CASES, UM, S IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE QUARTER OF THE CASES OF COVID IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT IN ONE FIFTH OF THE DEATHS, SO THAT'S OVER 25 MILLION CASES WITH OVER 400,000 DEATHS.
UH, THE VACCINE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT TODAY THAN THEY WERE AS WE STARTED THIS THING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CURVE TOO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST COMING DOWN FROM WHAT WAS OUR HIGHEST SPIKE, I WOULD SAY ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
SO CERTAINLY, UH, UM, WHILE WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNTURN, NOW IT'S TOO EARLY TO CALL ANYTHING A TREND, SO WE'LL SEE HOW ALL THAT GOES.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, UH, NEXT SLIDE, IF WE CAN GET TO THAT NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THE FIRST THING IS, UM, WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE GET THIS QUESTION A LOT IS HOW DO WE TRUST THE VACCINE THAT WENT FROM KATHERINE EXCEPT TO DELIVERY AT NINE MONTHS? UH, THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED SHORT TIMELINE, UH, COMPARED TO THE NORMALLY, UM, YEARS TO EVEN DECADES, UH, AND THE HISTORY OF VACCINES.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT AND YOU LOOK AT THE STEPS AND YOU MOVE THROUGH THOSE BRIEF IN A SECOND, UH, NOTHING WAS SKIPPED.
THE REASON THAT WE GOT THROUGH SO FAST, I THINK IS THAT WE LEVERAGED REALLY SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT HADN'T BEEN USED BEFORE, BUT HAS BEEN AROUND AND STUDIED FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEN JUST AN UNPRECEDENTED, UH, UH, COALESCENCE OF TIME AND ENERGY AND RESOURCES.
UH, I HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF, UH, ANY KIND OF, UH, UM, UH, OBJECTIVE, UH, LIKE DEVALUE DEVELOPING A VACCINE.
SO I THINK THAT THE TIMELINE GUY COMPRESSED, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IMPORTANT WAS LEFT OUT.
I THINK MOST OF THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
SO THIS IS HOW VACCINES GET APPROVED.
UM, THERE'S A BUNCH OF WORK THAT'S DONE PRECLINICAL, AND THAT CAN BE DECADES TO, UH, UH, TWO YEARS BEFORE ON THE PHASE ONE TRIAL, SARAH DIDN'T.
SO IN THE CASE, FOR INSTANCE, OF THE TWO FRONT RUNNERS RIGHT NOW, UH, THE PFIZER AND THE MODERNA THEY SEMINAR AND A TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT, WHICH EVERYBODY SAYS IS NEW AND NOVEL THAT ACTUALLY WAS BEING LOOKED AT AND STUDIED, UM, FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES ALREADY.
IT WAS JUST, UH, I TECHNOLOGY, I THINK THAT WAS IN SEARCH OF A, OF AN APPLICATION.
SO PROBABLY ABOUT 20 YEARS OF HOMEWORK DONE BEFORE, EVEN THE PHASE ONE TRIAL PHASE, ONE TRIALS WITH VACCINES AND NEW MEDICATIONS ALWAYS ARE THERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
IS IT SAFE? UM, THINGS DO NOT PROGRESS PAST PHASE ONE TRIALS.
UM, IF THERE'S, UH, SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY PHASE TWO IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT DOSE, PLAYING AROUND WITH THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, AND TRYING TO FIND OUT THE DOSE THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PHASE THREE IS, DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK? UM, AND EVERY VACCINE, INCLUDING THE NEW ONES THAT WE HAVE NOW GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE STEPS BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN ELIGIBLE TO BE REVIEWED, UM, BY THE FDA.
SO THE FDA, UM, REALLY RELIES ON TWO INDEPENDENT BODIES TO GIVE THEM ADVICE.
AND THAT'S THE BACK, UH, THAT YOU SEE THERE AND THAT ACEP, UM, BOTH OF THESE ARE INDEPENDENT BODIES THAT ARE NOT PAID BY ANY, UM, BY ANY DRUG COMPANIES OR ANY OUTSIDE ENTITIES.
UM, THERE ARE THEY, POLITICAL IS, UH, IS THEY CAN'T BE, OR THAT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THEY WANT TO BE, BUT IN GENERAL, UH, THIS PROCESS IS NOT, UH, NOT SUBJECT TO BEING TAINTED BY, UH, PRESSURE FROM THE DRUG COMPANIES, THE GOVERNMENT, OR ANY OUTSIDE BODIES ONLY AFTER THOSE TWO, UM, UH, GROUPS MEET AND AGREE THAT, UM, THAT THE VACCINE OR THE PROPOSED VACCINE
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OR DRUG, WHATEVER IT IS, HAS MET THOSE, UM, UH, THOSE, UH, THRESHOLDS AND THOSE BENCHMARKS FOR SAFETY AND EFFICACY, THEN DO THEY SAY, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.THIS IS, UH, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE FDA.
SO RIGHT NOW THE EXACT THINGS ARE UNDER UAE OR EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION.
AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE REALLY BETWEEN THE EU A HAND AND FULL APPROVAL, UM, IS A TINCTURE OF TIMES.
SO THE WAY SAYS, WE THINK WE HAVE A NON-PRIVATE ON TO MAKE THE CALL.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME ON OUR SIDE, IS WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD? UM, IT'S AN EDUCATED.
SO, AND THEY DO LOOK HARD AT THE DATA AND TRY TO, UH, FROM THE TEA LEAVES SAY, UH, WE THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE LONGTERM, A SAFE DRUG AS WELL AS EFFICACIOUS.
SO THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
UM, FOR EVERY VACCINE, INCLUDING THE ONES WE HAVE HERE, UM, THE NINE MONTHS DIDN'T, UH, INVOLVE, UH, SKIPPING ANY OF THESE STEPS.
UM, UH, AGAIN, THEY WERE ALL JUST, UM, UH, DONE IN A VERY COMPRESSED TIMEFRAME WITH A LOT OF CAPITAL, UM, A LOT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, UM, PUT BEHIND IT, THE, UH, OPERATION WARP SPEED.
UM, I THINK TOOK THE, HOW DO WE GET THE CAPITAL TOGETHER TO DO THIS PART OUT OF THE EQUATION AND, UH, THAT, UH, HELPS COMPRESS THE TIMELINE QUITE A BIT.
SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PFIZER.
UM, I'M ASSUMING YOU ALL CAN STILL HEAR ME RIGHT.
SO PFIZER, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE MOST FAMILIAR WITH.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT, UH, UH, THAT WE, OUR ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTERING, UM, THROUGH GREW FROM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND OF COURSE WAS THE FIRST ONE OUT, UM, AND A LOT OF USE, UH, OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO THIS IS A NEW RNA TECHNOLOGY.
AND ALL THAT MEANS IS THAT, UM, MRI AND A IS A PROTEIN THAT THE BODY HAS.
EVERY CELL IN THE BODY HAS A MADE SEMI RNA.
UM, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE LAB IS TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF M AND A OUT AND SORT OF REPROGRAM THAT, SO THAT WHEN YOU INJECT IT INTO THE MUSCLE CELL, IT TELLS THE MUSCLE CELLS MAKE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT SPIKE.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THOSE MICROSCOPIC PICTURES OF THE, UH, COVID VIRUS MAY SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT SPIKE.
UM, OUR MUSCLE CELLS MAKE IT ONCE IT'S INJECTED INTO THE ARM, THOSE CELLS IN THAT MRI AND A WITH AN HOUR, TWO DAYS IS GONE.
SO THIS ISN'T ANYTHING THAT HANGS AROUND.
UM, AND, UH, THEN THE BODY MAKES, UH, TWO OF THESE SPIKES IS ENOUGH, AGAIN, TYRA OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM THEN TO SAY, HEY, THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T BELONG HERE.
LET'S MAKE A BUNCH OF ANTIBODIES TO IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY HOW I'M RNA WORKS.
SO THERE'S NO NANOROBOTS IN THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT HANGS AROUND, UH, PERMANENTLY OR DOES ANY KIND OF DAMAGE BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY A NATURAL PROTEIN, UH, THAT, UH, FOUND IN OUR BODY THAT WE JUST TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT, A LOT OF DISCUSSION HAS COME UP ABOUT, WELL, WHAT ELSE IS IN THE VACCINE? UM, AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE LIST AND LOOK, BUT BASICALLY THIS IS GATORADE AND SUGAR WATER AND SOME PRETTY BENIGN STUFF, UH, THAT SOME OF THE VACCINE.
UM, SO THERE'S NO, UH, UM, NOBODY'S GOING TO GET MERCURY POISONING OR LEAD POISONING OR ANY KIND OF, UH, POISONING BASED ON, UM, SOME CRAZY PRESERVATIVES OR ADDITIVES THAT IN THIS VACCINE, IT'S A PRETTY, ACTUALLY A PRETTY SIMPLE CONCOCTION.
SO THIS WAS TWO DOSES, UH, ABOUT 21 DAYS APART AS FOUR DAILY WAY, I NEED TO DIE.
UM, WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE VACCINE TO BE, UH, OR, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE FULLY VACCINATED UNTIL SEVEN DAYS AFTER THEIR SECOND DOSE.
SO VERY IMPORTANT TO GET BOTH DOSES AND VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO REMEMBER THERE'S ABOUT A SEVEN DAY WINDOW BEFORE WE THINK THAT THAT BOOSTER DOSE HAS TRIGGERED ENOUGH OF A REACTION THAT WE NOW HAVE A LOT OF CIRCULATING ANTIBODY AND THAT WE CAN RESIST THAT INFECTION VERY EFFECTIVE, THAT I, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE INITIALLY TRYING TO SET THE BAR FOR EFFICACY, UM, THE NUMBERS WERE AROUND, HEY, IF WE GET SOMETHING THAT 50 TO 60%, UH, WE MAY NEED TO RUN WITH THAT.
SO THE 95% IS REALLY HITTING IT OUT OF THE PARK IN TERMS OF THE EFFICACY.
THE BIG DOWNSIDE OF COURSE, FOR THE VACCINE IS THE STORAGE, UM, IS PROBLEMATIC.
UM, GOTTA BE STARTED VERY COLD TEMPERATURES.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, IF YOU TAKE IT OUT OF THAT COLD TEMPERATURE, YOU GOTTA USE IT IN ABOUT DAYS ONCE REFRIGERATED.
UM, AND NOW ONCE YOU THOUGHT IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CAUTIONS, BUT EVEN NOT EVEN PREGNANT AND LACTATING WOMEN CAN AND HAVE RECEIVED THE VACCINE, UM, THAT'S THE DISCUSSION WITH, UH, WITH THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDER? UM, SO THERE ARE NO
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ABSOLUTE CONTRA-INDICATIONS MEAN THERE IS NOT A GROUP, UM, OF PATIENTS OVER THE AGE OF 16 WHERE THEY SAY YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT USE IT.UM, EVEN THE ALLERGY QUESTION IS A SORT OF A SOFT QUESTION BECAUSE, UH, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY CANNOT TAKE IT FACE THAT ALLERGY ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS FIRST DOSE AND HAVE HAD ANAPHYLAXIS, WHICH IS NOT A RASH.
IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHS.
IT'S THE THROAT CLOSING UP THE SHOCK AND ALL THAT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, VERY, VERY FEW CASES OF THAT SO FAR.
SO AGAIN, VERY SAFE, VERY EFFICACIOUS SIDE EFFECTS ARE MILD, AND SELF-LIMITING USUALLY GO AWAY WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND CERTAINLY ARE NOT A REASON, UM, TO NOT GET A SECOND DOSE.
YOU, UH, RIGHT NOW THAT'S OUT IS MADONNA, MADONNA AND PFIZER ARE, UH, ARE VERY, UH, SIMILAR.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A FEW, UH, A FEW DIFFERENCES THAT MODERN, I THINK IS, UH, UH, GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT MAINLY THROUGH A LOT OF THE PHARMACIES.
I KNOW SOME OF THE, UH, LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
UM, OUR MILITARY FRIENDS, UM, HAVE BEEN USING IT, UM, AND MODERNA HAS GOT THE SAME TECHNOLOGY AS PFIZER, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DOSING SCHEDULE IN 28 DAYS VERSUS THAT, UH, 21, UM, AND THE LAG TIME IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER, UM, 14 SET OF SEVEN DAYS.
UH, BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, JUST AS EFFICACIOUS, UH, JUST TO SAY, UM, ONE NICE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
IT HAS, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH STORE IT AT A KIND OF NORMAL FREEZER TEMPERATURES MORE OR LESS, UH, FOR SIX MONTHS.
SO IT DOES NOT HAVE THE ULTRA COLD STORAGE REQUIREMENTS OTHERWISE, UH, UH, IT'S REALLY QUITE SIMILAR TO, UH, TO FIVE, THANKS FIVE, PLEASE.
COMING DOWN THE LINE A COUPLE PLACES TO LOOK AND YOU GUYS KNOW THERE'S TONS OF INFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION, THAT'S ALL OUT THERE.
IF YOU WANT TO JUST SEE WHAT ENDS IN DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF VACCINES, WHAT COUNTRIES THEY'VE APPROVED, WHAT THAT SEEMS WHAT'S IN PHASE ONE, TWO, AND THREE, A DUDE USING THEM.
THERE IS A REALLY COOL TOOL THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS, IS THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TRACKERS.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE A WEIRD FASCINATION WITH WHAT'S THE REST OF THE WORLD DOING, UM, WITH THE HUNDREDS OF VACCINES THAT ARE OUT IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, THAT YOU CAN LOOK ON THAT AND SEE 'EM AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME, UH, KIND OF A WORLDWIDE SNAPCHAT IN TERMS OF ACTUAL FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINES, UM, CDC, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, UH, LITTLE SUB WEBSITES ON THE CDC WEBSITE, IF YOU JUST GOOGLE THE CDC VACCINE, UM, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES YOU GO WITHIN THE CDC, WHICH IS VERY RELIABLE AND WILL GIVE YOU ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE.
WHAT DO WE USE IN NOW? UH, AND, UH, WHAT IS IT, UH, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN FRONT OF, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR VACCINE STRATEGY, UM, D HECK AND YOU KNOW,
I THINK THERE'S A LOT ADMIN FLOW THAT IS THERE, UH, AS A SUPPLY CHAIN THAT CONTINUES TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT, THAT, UH, CERTAINLY STATEWIDE IS ANOTHER PLACE TO LOOK.
UH, BUT WHAT ACTUALLY IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE IN TERMS OF WHAT DO WE THINK AS THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF VACCINES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES? UH, NEXT SLIDE
SO WHAT AD NOVAYA TECHNOLOGY IS, IS, UM, UH, TAKE THEM CALLED VIRUS, UH, THE CALLED VIRUS, FOR INSTANCE, UH, THAT, UH, CAUSES, UH, THE COMICAL, THE CHIMPANZEES, NOT IN HUMANS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A COLD.
UM, THEY TAKE THAT, THEY TWEAKED THAT CYRUS A LITTLE BIT.
WE, IT, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN ADD, UH, REPRODUCE AND MAKING THEM BEING SICK.
AND THEN THEY REPROGRAM THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, SO THAT, UH, IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IT HAS SOME SPIKES ON IT THAT, UH, AGAIN, SORT OF MIMIC WHAT WE SEE ON THE COVID VIRUS.
THEY INJECT THAT THE BODY MAKES ANTIBODIES.
UM, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS REALLY MORE OF THE OLDER TECHNOLOGY, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'VE USED, UM, SORT OF SIMILAR TO FLU AND EBOLA AND SOME OF THE OTHER OLDER VACCINES THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, EASY TO, UH, TO, UH, STORE A REFRIGERATOR.
IT'S ABOUT A FOUR TO 12 WEEKS WEEK INTERVAL.
AND THE REASON I PURPOSELY DID NOT PUT A LOT OF DETAILS ATTACHED TO THIS ONE, LIKE I DID TO THE FIRST TWO IS SOME OF THOSE DETAILS WILL BE CHANGED AND TWEAKED AS IT GOES THROUGH THE E-WAY PROCESS AND THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDING, UH, UH, GOVERNMENTAL PROCESSES.
BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
WHEN DO WE THINK THAT'LL BE OUT RIGHT NOW? AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE FLUID, BUT, UH, THE LATEST THING I'VE SEEN IS, UH, THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO PRESENT THIS, UH,
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TO THE, UH, EPA ADVISORY BOARD SOMETIME AROUND APRIL MAY NEXTAND FINALLY, UH, THE FOURTH, UH, FRONT RUNNER, UM, IS, UH, THE J AND J AND THAT HIGH REALLY LIKED THE J AND J FIRST OF ALL, IT'S, UH, UM, IT'S GOT THE OLDER TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK THE OLD AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE EFFECTIVE AND WORK WELL, BUT WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS ONE, ONE DOSE, AND YOU CAN KEEP IT IN THE REFRIGERATOR.
SO, UM, I THINK ONCE THIS ONE COMES OUT AND THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU READ, THIS MAY BE WEEKS A MONTH BEFORE, UH, I THINK THIS ONE'S A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE, UH, A LITTLE AHEAD IN THE RUNNING ONE SHOULD GET TO THE FDA QUICKER AND JUST THAT MAKES IT THROUGH, UH, THE LEAD
UH, SO TO, TO HAVE US DO AS A PIPELINE TO AVAILABLE, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW? WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON GETTING SHOTS IN OUR, LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, BUT WE HAVE TO ACT LIKE WE NEVER GOT SHOT DOWN.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THE MAN'S GAME, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN STRESSING IN TERMS OF SAFETY, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THOSE THINGS.
UM, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THEM IS REMEMBER 95, IS THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT? SO IF YOU GOT THE VACCINE, YOU POTENTIALLY COULD STILL GET INFECTED DNA SYMPTOMATIC CARRIER.
AND WHEN THEY DID THESE STUDIES, THEY SAY, WHO GETS SICK, THEY DIDN'T REALLY STUDY VIRAL LOAD OR VIRAL BURDEN, MEANING, UM, IN THEORY, YOU COULD CARRY THE VACCINE AND JUST NEVER BECOME SICK FROM IT, BUT STILL BE CONTAGIOUS.
YOU STILL NEED TO SOCIALLY DID FINISH.
UM, AND WE NEED TO DO SOME VERSION OF THAT PROBABLY UNTIL WE GET THAT ABOUT 70% OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION, EITHER VACCINATED OR, UH, RECOVERING.
UM, WE PREFER VACCINATION BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THE, UH, ANTIBODY RESPONSE IS MUCH MORE ROBUST AND LASTS LONGER FROM VACCINATION THAN IT DOES FROM THE OLD WAY, WHICH IS THAT, UH, GETTING INFECTED.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RUSSELL SO QUICKLY ON THE MAXINE ROLLOUT, BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S BEEN CLUNKY AND AGAIN, CONFUSING AND FRUSTRATING THE MOST, AND I'LL, I'LL TRY AND SAY AT A HIGH LEVEL KIND OF WHY IT'S BEEN CLUNKY AND FRUSTRATING, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHAT THE STATE AND, UH, OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS ARE TRYING TO DO TO FIX SOME OF THIS.
I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, AS WE'RE AWARE, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD BAMS IS, IS NOT A, UM, VERY USER-FRIENDLY SYSTEM.
IT IS NOT EASY TO NAVIGATE, UH, AND THERE'S MULTIPLE EMAILS AND STEPS.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO SCHEDULE THAT APPOINTMENT.
AND SO FOR, ESPECIALLY OUR 70 AND OLDER, IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY PROCESS TO SIGN INTO VAMS, UH, NAVIGATE AND FINALLY SCHEDULE THAT APPOINTMENT.
UH, I THINK THE OTHER, WHAT I WOULD SAY FRUSTRATION, UH, BOTH PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS HAVE IN TERMS OF THE ROLLOUT OF THE VACCINES IS THE INCONSISTENT, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINES TO THE PROVIDERS, GIVING THEM, UH, THEMSELVES, SOUTH CAROLINA, UH, AS IF YOU'VE, UH, HEAR WHAT GOVERNMENT MASTERS SAYS WE BELIEVE IS GETTING CLOSE TO, IF NOT, UM, WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO US BASED ON POPULATION, WHICH IS ABOUT ONE AND A HALF SORT OF SUPPLY BELIEVED, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 60001ST DOSES PER WEEK.
UH, HALF OF THOSE BEING, I THINK, MADRONA HALF OF THOSE BEING PFIZER MADRONA, AS KURT POINTED OUT, GOING TO A SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, UH, PHARMACIES, RURAL HEALTH CLINICS, THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A FREEZER CAPACITY AND THE PFIZER MOSTLY GOING TO, WAS IT HEALTH SYSTEMS? UM, I THINK THAT, UH, IN THE EARLY GOING STAMP WAS OKAY.
I THINK WE WERE ALL, ESPECIALLY AS PROVIDERS TRYING TO FIND OUR WAY, HOW TO NAVIGATE DISTRIBUTION, UH, THESE VACCINES, AND THEN THE 70 PLUS WAS CALLED.
AND I THINK HOSPITALS VERY QUICKLY RAMPED UP THEIR REQUEST.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY RAMPED UP THEIR REQUESTS, THERE WAS NO HEADS UP TO HOSPITALS PROVIDERS, UH, AFTER THE ORDERS OR DURING THE, THE CALL OF THE 70 PLUS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CALLING THIS GROUP, THERE'S ONLY STILL A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SUPPLY AND THAT DISTRIBUTION, UM, UH, HOW WE WILL ALLOCATE THAT IS NOT YET KNOWN BECAUSE WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT HER ON A COUNTY BY COUNTY BASIS ON A PROVIDER BY PROVIDER BASIS, THERE'S NO ALGORITHM THAT HAT USES THEN SCIENTIFICALLY SAYS, THIS MUCH VACCINE SHOULD GO HERE OR THIS BATCH VACCINE SHOULD GO THERE.
UM, AND SO WHEN I THINK THE REQUEST WENT
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IN AND THE REQUESTS WERE FULFILLED, UM, THE VACCINES I THINK WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY GIVEN TWO DIFFERENT PROVIDERS.AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT CAUSED A NUMBER OF PROVIDERS TO CANCEL APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING THESE MEMORIAL, RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT, WE BELIEVE AND HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THE SCHA, UH, PEOPLE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE STATES SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE BEEN ORDERING, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 975 TO 1501ST DOSES EVERY ORDER.
BUT, UH, WE ALSO NEED TO START ORDERING SECOND DOSES IF WE ORDER FIRST DOSES, CAN WE GET THEM? UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO START SCHEDULING YEAH.
ABOUT 601ST DOSES PROBABLY PER WEEK FOR THE NEXT 10 WEEKS IN ORDER TO START GETTING PEOPLE APPOINTMENTS IN A SPOT IN LINE.
AND NO ONE HAD ANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
AND THEN, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE WENT FROM GETTING 950 TO A THOUSAND FIRST DOSES TO FOUR 50 AND THEN NO SECOND, NO, IT JUST METAL AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, UH, MOVING FORWARD THAT'S, I DON'T WANNA SAY WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE, BUT WE HAD, AFTER THAT POINT, AFTER GETTING A NEED NOTICE, THE FOUR 50, UH, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP SECURING ANOTHER THREE 50 AND THEN ANOTHER 952ND DOSES.
AND THEN ANOTHER THOUSAND DOSES OFFERED IN THE UIC, WHICH HAS ACTUALLY ALLOWED US OVER THE PAST WEEK, UH, TO PUT WELL OVER 2001ST DOSES IN ARMS. AND, UH, IN THIS LAST WEEK AND ABOUT 400, SORRY, 302ND DOSES IN ARMS THIS WEEK.
UM, UH, THROUGH TWO MASS VACCINATION EVENTS, ONE WAS DONE, UH, THIS THURSDAY, A QUICK POP UP IN ABOUT TWO DAYS PLANNING, THAT'D BE FOR HIGH SCHOOL, THE FOOTBALL, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UM, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, BEAVER COUNTIES, UH, SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, UM, HELPED CONTROL THE PERIMETER WITH TRAFFIC COMING IN, UM, AS WELL AS LIKE HE'S ON FIRE FOR POLICE IN W FOR COUNTY EMS WHO ALL PLAYED A PART, UM, AND REALLY VACCINATING ONE THOUSANDS, UM, 66 PATIENTS.
AND THEN WE DID ANOTHER SMALL POP-UP EVENT THIS SUNDAY AT OUR BEMAX FACILITY AND VACCINATED, UH, RIGHT AT 300 PEOPLE BECAUSE THE GOAL IS, IS AT THIS POINT TIME GETTING, UH, EVERY FIRST DOSE THAT YOU RECEIVED, I CAN GET A SHOT AT THE ARM AT AB RIGHT NOW.
THE COMPLICATING PART OF THAT IS YOU ORDER YOUR DOSES.
UM, LET'S SAY WE'LL ORDER OUR DOSES TODAY, MONDAY.
UH, AND THEY HAVE TO BE INVITED TUESDAY.
WE DON'T GET CONFIRMATION THAT WE WILL GET THOSE DOSES UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN THEY SHIP AND THEY MAY BE HERE AS MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
AND THEN WE ARE, UM, AS HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS SUPPOSED TO GET ALL THOSE SHOTS AND ARMS WITHIN A THREE TO FIVE DAY WINDOW.
UM, BUT WE CAN'T SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT THE DOSES WE ORDER ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO ARRIVE.
UH, AND SO WE KIND OF TAKE NAIL THIS ALL CALL APPROACH TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, ONCE WE GET OUR DOSES ON, YOU KNOW, OUR CONFIRMATION ON FRIDAY, WE CAN START SCHEDULING PATIENTS, BUT WE REALLY DON'T COUNT THOSE AS IN THE DOOR, UH, UNTIL WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THEM ON OUR LOADING DOCK.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID GET 975 FIRST DOSES TODAY, UH, AND, UH, 452ND DOSES.
SO WE DIDN'T GET OUR ORDER THAT WE ORDERED, UM, AND THAT WE WILL BE WORKING TO PUT THOSE 975 FIRST DOSES INTO ARMS BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK.
UH, IN ORDER TO ZERO OUT THAT INVENTORY, WE WILL ALSO BE GETTING A THOUSAND MORE DOSES FOR MOVING.
WHAT, SEE IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR ALLOCATION.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'VE ONLY, UH, ADMINISTERED 50%.
SO, UM, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE MORE DOSES FROM THEM.
WE WILL DO ANOTHER, POP-UP A BIT TO VACCINATE, CLOSE TO I THINK, 1500 PEOPLE THIS TIME AT OUR OAK AND T FACILITY, SOUTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, UH, MOST OF THIS HAS BEEN, I THINK, PLANNED WITHIN ONE OR TWO DAYS.
NOTICE WE, UM, WAIT TO GET OUR CONFIRMATION ON FRIDAYS AND THEN TRY TO GET AS MANY PATIENTS IN ON, UH, ON MONDAY.
UH, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT CANCELED APPOINTMENTS.
UM, WE HAVE CAUGHT UP ALL OF THOSE CANCELED APPOINTMENTS FROM LAST WEEK AND ACTUALLY ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
AT THIS POINT THIS WEEK, WE ARE HONORING ALL OF OUR VEINS APPOINTMENTS THAT, UM, WE'RE IN THIS WEEK.
UM, SO WE ARE BACK ON SCHEDULE FOR WHAT WAS FOR WHAT WAS CANCELED AND SO NOTHING HAS TO BE RESCHEDULED GOING FORWARD.
UM, AND WE WERE CONTACTING EACH OF THOSE PATIENTS TO SAY, PLEASE KEEP YOUR APPOINTMENT THAT YOU ALREADY SCHEDULED AND VALIUMS BECAUSE WE ARE NOW ABLE TO HONOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE WE ARE NOW, UH, AN EXCESS OF INVENTORY ON AFTER ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AND A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE STATE AND THEN A SEAT.
UH, AND WHAT I WOULD ALSO SAY IS THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, HAVE ABOUT A BACKLOG OF ABOUT SIX TO 7,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTACTED US REQUESTING AN APPOINTMENT, UM, THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SCHEDULE YET BECAUSE OF THE INVENTORY CONCERNS AND ISSUES, UM, AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROCESS AS IT STANDS TODAY.
UH, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S LESS THAN 6,000, UM, PUT THEM IN, THEY ONLY QUEUE AND WE'RE STARTING TO CALL THEM BACK AS WELL TO SCHEDULE THEM APPOINTMENTS, UM, EITHER AT ONE OF OUR TWO CLINICS, UH, AND OR AT THIS MASS VACCINATION EVENT, UH, THAT WILL BE POPPING UP ON A SATURDAY.
AND THAT WILL BE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, UH, WHAT I WOULD ALSO THINK I LASTLY SAY IN
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TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH, UM, UH, UH, TELEPHONE, UH, PASSAVANT AS WELL AS TOM DAVIS, UM, SHANNON ERICKSON, MANY OF THE, OUR LEGISLATORS TO HELP, UM, ADVOCATE FOR BEAVER COUNTY, UH, IN TERMS OF GETTING MORE DOSES, UM, IN TERMS OF GETTING EXCESS DOSES FOR STANDUP POP-UP EVENTS, UM, ON, ON SOME SORT OF SCHEDULE AND CADENCE THAT, UM, WE CAN PARTNER WITH MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ON.AND, UM, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, AFTER, I THINK NEXT WEEK, WE'LL NOT ONLY SEE AN ALGORITHM COMING FROM BEEHAG AS TO HOW DOSES ARE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED, BUT I THINK SECONDARILY, YOU KNOW, UH, HOPEFULLY REQUEST AND D HECK HONOR, I THINK THE ABILITY TO GET ADDITIONAL ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, FOUR SET POP-UP EVENTS, UM, WHEN SCHEDULED.
SO I WILL, UH, I'LL PAUSE THERE AND, UH, AND OPEN IT UP FOR KURT AND MYSELF FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. MCKELLEN, YOU SIGN, YOU MUTE YOURSELF.
UH, UH, HEY RUSSELL, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON YOUR POP-UP.
UH, ARE YOU LIMITING THAT TO ONE EIGHT, ONE EIGHT? YEP.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, IF WE FIND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ON A, UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A LONG LIST, UH, WE WILL POTENTIALLY OPEN IT UP TO OTHERS, UM, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET SHOTS IN OURS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL ON ONE DAY AND TRYING TO WORK DOWN THE BACKWARDS.
AND HOW DO YOU REGISTER FOR THE POP-UP REGISTER FOR THE POP-UP RIGHT NOW? WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO CONTACT US ON OUR BMH WEBSITE, UM, IS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU GO TO THE VACCINE, UH, BANNER.
AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LONG ON, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT LANDING PAGE, THERE'S A 70 PLUS OR ONE A LINK.
UM, YOU NEED A VACCINE CLICK ON THAT LINK AND THERE WILL BE AN ACTIVE SIGN UP FORM THAT WILL PUT YOU IN THE QUEUE TO BE CALLED BACK.
SO THE POP-UP IS, UH, IS, IS A 170 PLUS THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WE'LL, WE, WE, WE, WE'RE STARTING TO WORK.
WE'RE WORKING THAT LIST THIS WEEK TO START CONTACTING PEOPLE WHO WE'RE GOING TO NEED.
OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CUNNINGHAM? YEAH.
RUSSELL, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE SLIDE SHOW YOU GAVE US, CAN WE SEND THAT OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS ON OUR OWN OUTLETS? UH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM PER YEAH, NO, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
JUST TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO WATCH, BUT JUST GETTING THAT, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ON PAPER FOR THEM ON ANOTHER OUTLET, OTHER THAN JUST A SPECIFIC WEBSITE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CUNNINGHAM? WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IS JUST HAVE OUR BROADCAST SERVICES AND IT, DOWN THAT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WHERE THE DOCTOR IS TALKING, AND WE CAN EMAIL THAT TO YOU ALL, TO PUT OUT ON YOUR OUTLETS, IF YOU WANT DO THAT WAY.
PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING.
AND AS, UM, UH, RUSSELL SAID, WE ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY WITH, UH, OUR LEGISLATORS BECAUSE D HECK ON FEBRUARY 1ST IS GOING TO ROLL OUT THEIR METHODOLOGY.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING OUT A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY TO TALK ABOUT THEM, CONSIDERING THE FACTORS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO US, BECAUSE WE HAVE LARGE ELDERLY POPULATIONS, RURAL COMMUNITIES AND MINORITY POPULATIONS THAT THE DATA SHOW THAT WE NEED, THESE PEOPLE VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE'RE PLANNING ADDITIONAL EVENTS.
UH, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THE EMH EVENT AT BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL WENT SMOOTHLY.
IF THEY HAD ANOTHER THOUSAND VACCINES, THEY COULD HAVE VACCINATED ANOTHER THOUSAND PEOPLE.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS THERE.
THEY DID THE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND THE TRAFFIC, UH, LEAVING THE INPUT WAS DONE EXTREMELY WELL.
THEY HAD THE LINE SET UP THE PERSONNEL WHO WERE GIVING YOU THE SHOTS WERE, THEY WERE CAREFUL, THEY WERE KNOWLEDGEABLE.
THEY, THEY DID EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY COULD.
AND RUSSELL WAS THERE HIMSELF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE TALKED TO.
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FOR A MOMENT UNTIL THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING.UM, DO YOU APOLOGIZE TO THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING IN ON US? UM, I DO MISS THE LAST SESSION WHERE WE, WE, UH, TALKED TO, UH, RUSSELL BAXLEY AND DR.
GAMBA ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB THEY'RE DOING.
UM, AND SO IF YOU'VE MISSED ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR PRESENTATION SENT TO US SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION AND ALSO HAVE THE SLIDES.
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LIAISON REPORTS AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, MR. SUMMERVILLE, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS COMING FORWARD FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.ONE IS A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF FORT FREDERICK HERITAGE PRESERVE.
THIS WAS OPEN THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS LIKE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ON FORT FREDERICK FOR, I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEM, BUT WE'RE NOW AT A POINT WHERE IT'S QUIET, A PORT ROYAL IS GOING TO MAINTAIN IT THE PUBLIC.
UM, SECOND, THAT SECOND ITEM IS A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AND DOCUMENTS FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION WAIAHOLE HOLDINGS, LLC, REGARDING THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS DWIGHT HALL AND THE CITY OF BUFORD.
UH, THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT WE HAD WITH THEM WERE DRAINAGE AND, UH, AN EASEMENT FROM WHITE HALL ROAD.
AND BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AND, UH, WE CAN, UH, DISMISS THE LITIGATION AND MOVE FORWARD.
UH, WHITEHALL HOLDINGS CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, BUFORD COUNTY CAN MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE CITY OF BUFORD IN THE PARK.
MOVING ON TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UM, UH, IT'S THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR REFUNDING BONDS.
UM, THIS WOULD NOT EXCEED A 13.5 MILLION AND STAFF EXPECTS IT TO SAVE US, UH, $2 MILLION.
UH, THE SECOND, UH, CONSENT AGENDA IS, UM, A RESOLUTION ON LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX AND HOSPITALITY TAX.
THIS IS MORE OF A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM, WHICH WE'RE CLOSING OUT.
UM, UH, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS COMPLETED AND MOVING FUNDS AND ALSO THEN TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO 'EM AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE, UM, TWO MORE CONSENT ITEMS. UH, ONE IS A CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT FOR IAN SCOTT, AS WELL AS THOMAS, SHE HAN AND THAT'S TO THE AIRPORT'S BOARD.
AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF STEVEN GREEN TO THE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX BOARD.
UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR OVER HALF A MILLION FOR THE, UH, INTERIOR RENOVATIONS TO THE, UH, BLUFFTON LIBRARY.
A SECOND ITEM IS A REWARD FOR THE CORRIDOR DESIGN ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE, UH, US TWO 71 THROUGH THE LADY'S ISLAND AREA.
UH, AND THIS WAS MONEY COMING OUT OF THE, UH, APPROVED, RECOMMEND, UH, RANDOM.
AND WE'RE IN THE EXECUTION STAGE NOW OF THAT.
AND LASTLY, WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME, UH, BRIAN WATKINS TO THE STORM WATER UTILITY BOARD.
AND THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST TERM CHAIRMAN.
SO WHEN WE DO THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THE END, WE WILL INTRODUCE MR. WATKINS.
I'M GOING TO BUY A NEW CHAIRMAN.
UM, UH, MR. WATKINS, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND, AND, UH, WELCOME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GRADUATIONS.
UM, THE LAST PRESENTATION WILL BE BY MYSELF.
UH, I AM NOW ON, UH, THE LIAISON TO US CB.
I ATTENDED THE BUFORD JASPER HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION MEETING ON JANUARY 12TH.
THE TWO THINGS OF NOTE DURING THAT MEETING WERE THAT, UM, THE ENROLLMENT UPDATE WAS DONE AND EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT ENROLLMENT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL.
SO IS USC B, THEY HAVE 1,734 OVERALL STUDENTS THAT DO A COMBINATION OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON,
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UM, EDUCATION.AND THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT BACK IN NOVEMBER, THE NCAA CAME TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE, UM, ENTERING INTO THE PAIGE BELT LEAK.
AND AFTER THAT PRESENTATION WAS DONE, THEY WENT BACK AND THE NCAA UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AS CB TO BECOME PART OF THE PEACH BELT LEAF, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL.
AND BY, UH, FEBRUARY OF 2022, THERE WILL BE A FORMAL FORMAL APPLICATION PROCESS FOR USC TO BECOME A D TWO SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE.
WE HAD OUR OTHER FACILITY MEETING THIS PAST WEEK AND A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ISSUES FROM THE HUSKY FOLK RELATIVE TO THE RFQ THAT IS OUT NOW OR RFP FOR THE FERRY SERVICES.
I THINK SOME CITIZENS RAISED SOME ISSUES.
I THINK STAFF'S BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND I THINK THE RFQ WILL STAND ALSO.
WE HAD A DISCRETION ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE FUND JEWEL.
REMEMBER WE'VE, UH, AGREED AS A COUNTY AND A COUNCIL TO MOVE TO A ENTERPRISE FUND FOR THE SOLID WASTE, BETTER DISCUSSION ON WHETHER IT'D BE WORTH ONE TEAR OR TWO TIERS IN TERMS OF THE PRICING.
I THINK THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT NEEDED TO BE THE ONE TIER, UM, AND THERE WAS A SMALL DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK PART OF THE REASONING IS THAT WE ALL USE THE, UH, THE LANDFILL, WHICH THE COUNTY PAYS FOR.
AND WE ALL THEN USE THE, UH, UM, UH, CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
UM, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES RAISED ABOUT WHETHER THE, WHETHER WE'RE DENYING ACCESS TO THE, UH, TO SOME FOLKS, UH, FOR THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, WITH THE DICKOW AND STAFF'S COME UP WITH A WAY TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF THOSE THAT CAN USE IT.
AND SO WE'LL SEE THAT COMING FORWARD.
UH, LASTLY, WE SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AT LEAST TALKING THROUGH WHAT ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AT THAT RETREAT.
AND I THINK THEY BREAK DOWN INTO FIVE CATEGORIES, THE ROADS SOLID WASTE CAPITAL, UH, THE, THE FIRST FERRY AND THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT.
UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, REPORTS MR. CHAIRMAN AND, UM, MR. GLOVER AND I BOTH ATTENDED THE NORTHERN REGIONAL PLAN, UH, MEETING ON FRIDAY IMPLEMENTED IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
THE BIGGEST NEWS IS THAT, UH, LOWCOCK HAS GOTTEN A GRANT FOR $475,000 FOR A RESILIENCY, AND THEY WILL BE AWARDING THAT THEY'VE HAD EIGHT BIDDERS AND THAT IS THROUGH, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
AND IT WILL LOOK AT NATURAL DISASTERS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR KIDS, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THAT MEETING, BUT, UM, WE, THOSE WERE TWO THINGS THAT WERE, WE WILL BE ADDING A EX-OFFICIO MILITARY MEMBER TO OUR, UM, COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, WE USED TO HAVE ONE IN THE PAST AND WE'LL ADD SOMEONE FOR THAT YORK.
DID YOU, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I THINK YOU COVERED IT.
UM, THE, UM, THE MILITARY, UM, EX-OFFICIAL MEMBERS REALLY THERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE BASE REALIGNMENT, UH, ISSUE THAT'S GOING BEFORE US RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF BRACKEN, UM, UH, SORT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE PROACTIVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, IT ASKS LIKE THAT WITH MR. GREENWAY.
I APOLOGIZE TO MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. UM, STU UM, CHAIRING THE, UM, UH, FACILITY COMMITTEE.
HE DID ASK FOR A PRESENTATION ON SOLID WASTE, UH, TO BE MADE TO THE COMMITTEE AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.
AND I THINK WITH BILL THAT HE STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT PRESENTATION TO, UM, TO THAT COMMITTEE.
AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY DO SOME OF THAT AT THE RETREAT ALSO.
SO WE'LL DO IT PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
ANYBODY ELSE SEEING NONE? WE'RE NOW READY TO, UH, HAVE A MOTION AND
[11. CONSENT AGENDA]
SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, ITEMS, NUMBER ONE THROUGH NINE.SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE.
SO MOVED MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. MCKELLEN MAKES THE MOTION.
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MR. REDMOND MAKES THE SECOND.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO DISCUSSION, UH, WILL ALL MEMBERS RAISE THEIR HAND? IF THEY ARE A LOOKING AT THAT? I SEE 10 HANDS.
I WILL BE THE 11TH AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS PASSED.
[12. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATOR TO RETAIN PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL]
THE ACTION ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 12.MAY I HAVE THE MOTION FOR THE RESOLUTION? AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATOR TO RETAIN PARLIAMENTARIAN COUNCIL, A MOTION, PLEASE MOVE RISKS TO CHAIRMAN.
MR. MCKELLAN MAKES THE MOTION.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND? MR. SOMERVILLE MAKES THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
AND BECAUSE THAT WILL SAY, UM, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I GOT ALL SIX MEMBERS.
UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE? I AM.
I DIDN'T SEE YOU OR HERE YOU ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, YES.
NO, THE CHAIR WEIGHS IN AS A YES.
[13. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR 2021 AWARDS FOR STATE ACCOMMODATION TAX]
MAY HAVE EMOTION FOR THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE 2020 AWARDS FOR STATE ACCOMMODATION TAX.MR. MCKELLEN, ARE YOU SAYING YES, EVEN LIKE A MOTION FOR THAT.
SO MOVE, UH, MR. LAWSON, WHERE YOU, THAT WAS THE SECOND.
MS. MR. LAWSON IS THE SECOND DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, NINE, OR GUESTS.
MAY I HAVE THE TWO NOS SAY, RAISE YOUR HAND FOR NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES 10 TO ONE WITH MR. GLOVER AS THE NO.
UM, NEXT ITEM ON OUR LIST IS A PUBLIC
[14. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN EASEMENT TO BJWSA ENCUMBERING PROPERTY OWNED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY AT 88 SHANKLIN ROAD, SOUTH CAROLINA]
HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN EASEMENT TO BUFORD JASPER WATER, SEWER AUTHORITY, ENCUMBERING PROPERTY OWNED BY BUFORD COUNTY AT 88 SHANKLIN ROAD, SOUTH CAROLINA.SO MOVEMENT MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. MCMILLAN MAKES THE MOTION.
UM, WHAT WAS THE SECOND, MR. DOTSON? WERE YOU THE SECOND? YES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO IS ON AND WISHES TO WEIGH IN? OKAY.
THERE'S NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC WEIGHING IN.
IS THERE ANYBODY FROM COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE ANYTHING OKAY.
UM, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10.
THE CHAIR WAYS IN OF THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
[15. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX BUDGET AMENDMENT]
IS ITEM NUMBER 15, PUBLIC HEARING, AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A STATE ACCOMMODATIONS[01:05:01]
TAX, A BUDGET AMENDMENT.MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. MCKELLEN MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND.
IS THERE ANYBODY FROM PUBLIC THAT IS WEIGHING IN ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
IS THERE ANYBODY FROM COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE A STATEMENT, SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10.
AND I AM, UH, THE 11TH VOTE THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER
[16. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ISSUE A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE (TAN) DUE TO A DELAY OF TAX COLLECTIONS]
16 IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO READ YOU A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE KNOWN AS HE CAN DO TO A LAYER OF DELAY OF TAX COLLECTIONS.MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
MS. HOWARD MAKES THE MOTION CHAIRMAN SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR. RODMAN? YEAH, WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS AT THIS POINT.
UM, UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COSTS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE MAY NEED.
SO THAT WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO, I KNOW THAT WE WERE TALKING UP TO, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS 50 MILLION AND IT WASN'T SURE IF WE WERE GOING TO NEED THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND THEREFORE THIS IS GOING TO APPROVE THE IDEA OF GOING OUT FOR A 10.
THEN ADMINISTRATION IS CAPABLE OF ISSUING A TAN BASED UPON WHAT WE MAY HAVE IN REVENUE COLLECTIONS BY MARCH MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. GREENWAY? GO AHEAD.
W UH, I SPOKE TO MS. RICHLAND TODAY AND SHE HAS, UM, IS THINKING IT'D BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MINUTES AND NOT THE 50.
UH, WE HAVE SO MUCH DEBT OBLIGATIONS COMING TO YOU ON FEBRUARY IS THAT ARE ABOUT 23 MILLION.
UH, AND WE WILL NEED THAT EXTRA MONEY AND JUST TO POTENTIALLY HOLD US OVER, WE ARE ONLY GOING IF YOU AUTHORIZE THIS TONIGHT, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO ONLY BORROW THROUGH THE TAM, WHAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO COVER, UH, THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE.
ON TWO THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10 CHAIR VOTES.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY ITEM, NUMBER 17,
[17. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING BEAUFORT COUNTY ORDINANCE 2020/36 REGARDING NOISE]
PUBLIC HEARING, AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING BUFORD COUNTY ORDINANCE 2020 SLASH 36 REGARDING NOISE.THE CHAIRMAN, MR. MCKELLEN MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.
ON THE SECOND, MR. DAWSON MAKES THE SECOND DISCUSSION.
UM, AS THE CHAIRMAN I HAD ASKED EARLIER ABOUT, UM, COMMENTING DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WE PHASE, I STILL HAVE THAT PENDING.
UM, WELL THIS, THIS IS THE TIME SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, THE PUBLIC CAN NOW WEIGH IN.
SO ANY COMMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE REGARDING THIS ITEM, UM, CAN BE DISCUSSED.
THIS IS A, A BRIEF COMMENT THAT MY AUTHORIZED TO PROCEED.
THIS IS A, FROM A, UH, UH, A PERSON WHO LIVES IN THE WILLOWS, UH, IN BLUFFTON.
AND SHE STATES THAT SHE'S LIVED IN THE WILLOWS FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND ON A FEW OCCASIONS HAS HAD TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AFTER MIDNIGHT, GIVEN HER NEIGHBORS LOUD, NOISE AND MUSIC A FEW WEEKS AGO CALLED AND HER CALL WAS RETURNED BY A DEPUTY.
HE TOLD HER THAT SINCE SHE LIVES IN UNINCORPORATED BUFORD COUNTY, THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AS THERE NO NOISE ORDINANCE IN EFFECT AT THE MOMENT.
UM, THE DEPUTY INFORMED HER THAT THE WILLOWS IS AN IN THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF BUFORD COUNTY.
AND THE DEPUTY ALSO ENCOURAGED HER TO CONTACT OUR COUNCILMAN ABOUT THIS, TO SEE IF THIS COULD BE CHANGED AS HE GETS CALLS ALL THE TIME, BUT HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I WRITING TO SEE WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR COUNTY COUNCIL TO CHANGE THIS STATUS.
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LIVE IN PEACEFUL AND QUIET ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTIES AND NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE SELFISHNESS OF PEOPLE LIKE MY NEIGHBORS.WE THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND BREAK THEM ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND.
PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT ME.
SO I KNOW THIS MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED.
AND, UH, THIS PERSON WAS CONTACTED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND INFORMED THAT THE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED AND THAT IT WOULD BE GIVEN A SPECIFIC ATTENDANCE.
UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 17, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
OH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE IS HOW ARE THEY PLANNING ON ENFORCING THIS ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE SIDE? I BELIEVE THERE.
GO AHEAD, MR. MCCLELLAN, UH, MS. CUNNINGHAM.
THERE'S NO, UH, DISTINCTION WITH REGARD TO THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE.
THE NOISE WILL BE, UM, MEASURED, UH, AT CERTAIN DECIBEL LEVELS DURING CERTAIN TIMES ON THE ORDINANCE WAS, UM, THE GORDON WHO'S BEING REPEALED AND THIS ONE PUT IN PLACE TO REMOVE THE SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO ANY SOURCE OF THE NOISE, BUT RATHER FOCUS ON THE NOISE ITSELF.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION LOGAN IN A WAY? YES, SIR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? YES.
OR WE HAD ONE FURTHER COMMENT THAT I EMAILED TO Y'ALL I'LL PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THAT AND READ IT? I THINK THAT'S TO MAKE IT, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIGGER.
COULD YOU SARAH, AND THEN I CAN, I CAN READ IT IF YOU LIKE, CAN YOU MAKE IT BIGGER? THIS CAME FROM MICHAEL THOMPSON.
UH, HE CONTACTED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, AND ASKED, UM, THE, I'M SORRY, IT'S BLOCKED A LITTLE BIT.
UM, HE'S ASKING ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BUT DOES NOT DESIGNATE ENFORCEMENT TO THE BUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ONLY MENTIONS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SHERIFF TANNER ASSURED HIM THAT HIS OFFICE WOULD IN FORCE THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, MAY I SPEAK FOR A MOMENT? THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ON THIS ISSUE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF EMAILS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH WHERE PEOPLE, UH, WRONGLY BELIEVED THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE THIS ORDINANCE ARE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY LIES WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THE SHERIFF IS AWARE OF THAT, AND THERE'S A WAITING, UH, THIS TO, UM, UH, BE ENACTED SO THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES CAN FULLY ENGAGE ON IT.
THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE, UH, ALLOWS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ALSO ENGAGE ON THIS, UH, TO GIVE US ANOTHER ARM OF THE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER 17, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, OKAY.
LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I GET THEM.
SO, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN.
MR. MCKELLEN, MR. DAWSON, THIS HOWARD, UM, MR. LAWSON, MR. RODMAN, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
AND MR. SUMMERVILLE, ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION.
OPPOSITION WOULD BE MR. FULL WELLING.
UH, MR. GLOVER, YOU HAVE NOT VOTED.
THREE, NO, AND ONE ABSTAINING.
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17 IS APPROVED.[18. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF R510 008 000 0370 0000 AND R510 008 000 0160 0000 TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AS PART OF THE “SUMMIT DRIVE REALIGNMENT PROJECT"]
IS ITEM NUMBER 18, A PUBLIC HEARING, AND SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF OUR FIVE 10 DOUBLE ZERO EIGHT, TRIPLE ZERO, ZERO THREE SEVEN ZERO FOUR, ZEROS AND OUR FIVE 10 DOUBLE ZERO EIGHT, TRIPLE ZERO, ZERO ONE SIX ZERO FOUR ZEROS, WHICH ARE PROPERTIES TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AS PART OF THE SUMMIT DRIVE REALIGNMENT PROJECT.MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? SO MOVED MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. RODMAN MAKES THE MOTION.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. FLU WELLING MAKES THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO WEIGH IN ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY EMAILS AND THERE WAS NO ONE HERE.
UH, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 18 OR FOR, UM, WILL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I SEE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10.
WE'RE AT OUR SECOND CITIZENS COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS, EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE? NO, SIR.
UM, THEN ALL ACTION TAKING PLACE BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 7:30 PM.