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ONE, IT IS 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, MAY THE 10TH.

THIS IS THE COUNTY COUNCIL CAUCUS MEETING.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

THIS IS A HYBRID MEETING WITH MEMBERS IN PERSON AND ONLINE, AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE ROOM IN PERSON.

WE HAVE MYSELF VICE CHAIR, SUMMERVILLE COUNCIL, PERSON, CUNNINGHAM COUNCIL PERSON, HER VISHAAN COUNCIL PERSON, HOWARD COUNCIL PERSON LAWSON ONLINE.

WE HAVE COUNCIL PERSON, DAWSON COUNCIL PERSON FLEW WELLING COUNCILPERSON GLOVER.

UH, I DO NOT SEE ONLINE AS YET TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MCKELLEN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RODMAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT WE DO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.

THEREFORE WE CAN CONDUCT BUSINESS.

WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAWSON? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLY 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.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

GOING TO ASK A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA BEFORE WE APPROVE IT IN ORDER TO REMOVE A PART OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE WORDS THROUGH THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM PROJECT.

THOSE WORDS NEED TO BE REMOVED BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA THAT WAY? SO MOVE, SIR.

MR. SUMMERVILLE MAKES THE MOTION TO SECOND AND MS. HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO DISCUSSION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ALTERED TO REFLECT THE REMOVAL OF THOSE WORDS FROM ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? UH, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT MR. RODMAN HAS ARRIVED LATE.

OKAY.

MR. MCKELLEN, IS THERE COUNSEL MCKELLEN IS ONLINE.

OKAY.

YOU'RE BRIAN.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

OKAY.

THERE, THERE, MR. MCALLEN.

OKAY.

WE WERE ALL IN ATTENDANCE NOW.

UH, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.

NOW SOME OF THE MR. CUNNING MAN, MR. KENNEDY, MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA.

MAY NOT HAVE A SECOND.

PLEASE CHECK.

UH, MR. SUMMERVILLE, THE SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO DISCUSSION, THE AMENDED AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT ANY OBJECTIONS.

OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

WE'RE AT THESE CITIZENS COMMENTS.

UM, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? HI, JOE.

HOW ARE YOU? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE, UH, WHO HAS PHONED IN THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THE CAUCUS AGENDA? THERE IS NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE WILL MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER SIX

[6. AGENDA REVIEW]

IS THE AGENDA REVIEW IN DOING THE AGENDA REVIEW THIS EVENING, WE WILL ALSO AMEND THE AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING.

WE WILL BE REMOVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WHEN, WHEN A LEASE AGREEMENT IS DONE, UH, TWO THINGS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.

IF IT IS A NEW LEASE, IT REQUIRES A RESOLUTION AND PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO FOR THIS MEETING.

THEREFORE THAT PARTICULAR ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.

SO PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.

SO WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTUAL AGENDA, I WILL ASK FOR THAT AGENDA TO BE MODIFIED.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THE AGENDA FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, EITHER IN-PERSON OR ONLINE MR. EDMOND? YEAH.

JUST ONE ITEM RELATIVE TO YOU SEE WHICH ITEM IT IS IT'S, UH, HAS TO DO WITH, UH, WHERE IT'S SECOND READING AND

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PUBLIC HEARING ON SETTING THE FEE FOR THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.

YES.

LET ME FIND THAT.

I THINK IT'S ITEM NUMBER 17.

UH, YES.

OKAY.

AND, UH, THERE WERE, UH, TWO THINGS ALONG THE WAY THAT COUNCIL WEIGHED IN ON ONE WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO A MILLAGE, WHICH WOULD BE ADS, ALARM BASED JUST LIKE ALL PROPERTY TAXES RATHER THAN A UNIFORM FEE.

SO WE AGREED TO DO THAT.

AND THEN COUNCIL SUGGESTED THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF SETTING THE MILLAGE, THAT WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL BUDGET IN FOR THE CURRENT YEAR THAT RAN FYI 21 AND USE THE MILL VALUE THAT'S INHERENT IN THAT BUDGET FOR FYI 21, THERE WAS A SUBSEQUENT, UH, WITH STAFF, INCLUDING, UH, UH, WHITNEY, WHERE IF WE TOOK WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAD FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH DID WHICH OMITTED SOME CAPITAL, JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SPEND CAPITAL THAT THE MORE LOGICAL NUMBER WOULD BE 11 MILLION AS THE RIGHT NUMBER.

IF WE WERE TO DIVIDE THE CURRENT MILL VALUE INTO THAT AND ROUND TO THE NEAREST, UH, 10TH, THAT WOULD PUT US AT 5.2 MILS.

SO, UH, HAVING DONE THOSE THINGS, I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT OF WHERE WE WANTED TO GO AS COUNCIL WAS TO SET A FIXED MILL VALUE.

AND, UH, UNLESS THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT, I THINK I WOULD MAKE THAT AS A CHANGE THAT WE WOULD FOLD IN.

UM, WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM IN THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT, MUCH LIKE WE DID WITH, UM, US CB AND TCL, WHERE INSTEAD OF ADJUSTING THE MILLAGE EVERY YEAR, WE JUST HAD A FIXED MILLAGE THAT'S ON THE TAX BILL SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE BREAKOUT IS OF THAT.

SO UNLESS THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE CHANGE.

WE SHOULD MAKE IT SECOND READING.

WE CERTAINLY WILL DISCUSS THAT.

UH, MR. GREENWAY.

YEAH, JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR COUNSEL'S BENEFIT.

UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS BASICALLY JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE OF ESTABLISHES THE ENTERPRISE FONT AND SAY THAT THE FONT IS GOING TO BE FUNDED BY A MILLAGE RATE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PROPOSE A STAFF THAT WE DEAL WITH A MILLAGE RATE FOR THE ENTERPRISE ON, AS A PART OF THE BUDGET OR NUTS.

COMING LATER IN JUNE, WE HAVE CONFIRM WHAT THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE MEAL, UH, WOULD BE.

AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.

YEAH.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE DID DISCUSS.

SO WE ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT FORWARD AND THEN COUNCIL SAID, NO, GO BACK AND BASE IT OFF OF LAST YEAR.

SO I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE EITHER WAY, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME, WE WENT BACK TO WHERE WE WERE SOMETIME BACK.

WELL, UH, I THINK, AND OTHERS CAN WEIGH IN.

I THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO ESTABLISH THE MILLAGE RATE.

SO THAT WE'RE MOST ACCURATE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS AS AN INDIVIDUAL SET ASIDE ENTERPRISE FUNDS SO THAT WE ARE UPFRONT AND HONEST WITH THE TAXPAYERS OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS US FOR ALL THE RECYCLING AND TRASH COLLECTION.

AND THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TOTAL VALUE OF THAT MILLAGE.

AT ONE TIME, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FUCKING POSSIBLY 5.4 MILLS, AND IT WAS 10.2, OR IT WAS AN $11 MILLION.

I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE SAID IS ALL WE'RE DOING IS SAYING THAT WE ARE TO SET IT AS A MILLAGE.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE THIRD READING OF THE BUDGET BY THEN WE WILL HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER THAT SATISFIES WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHICH IS TO HAVE A FIXED MILLAGE SO THAT EACH AND EVERY YEAR WE KNOW WHAT THAT BILL IS.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, UNLESS I'M READING IT WRONG, WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.

I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'LL SET A MIL AND, BUT WE WON'T RESET IT EVERY YEAR.

CORRECT.

IT WOULD JUST BE ONE.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM FOR SETTING THAT IS WHETHER WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THREE READINGS.

OH NO, IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET.

RIGHT.

BUT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE BUDGET, THE BUDGETS FOR ONE YEAR AND WE'RE SETTING A MILLAGE THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE UNTIL WE CHANGE IT.

IF I MAY MR. CHAIRMAN THAT BRIAN, GO AHEAD, BRIAN.

I HAD MY HAND UP, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, YOU BOTH HAVE ELEMENTS OF MY RECOLLECTION.

UH, CORRECT.

I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE GOING TO SET THE MILLAGE

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AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND, UH, HOWEVER I DISAGREE THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PERMANENT.

I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF THE NEEDS OF THE UTILITY, THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING UTILITY EVERY YEAR, UH, ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH THE, UM, WATER AND SEWER.

UM, SO I THINK THAT THE STORM WATER UTILITY, RATHER, I THINK THAT, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

I THINK WE ALL ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THE NEEDS OF THAT, UM, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING UTILITY IN THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS INCEPTION WAS GOING TO REQUIRE AN INCREASE.

AND I MEAN, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT.

I TH AT LEAST I DID, UM, IN REVIEWING ALL THE DATA OF THE NEEDS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SET THE MILLAGE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IT WOULD BE A STRAIGHT EVEN OVER, YOU KNOW, UM, STRAIGHT SHIFT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BUDGET, GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES TO THE UTILITY.

IT WOULD NEED AN INCREASE NOW HOW MUCH THAT INCREASES, UH, GONNA REQUIRE.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

SO, YOU KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THIS DURING THE W THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.

YEAH.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT'S A FAIR WAY OF STADIA TO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALL, LIKE, I THINK THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, YES, WE WANT TO GO TO A MILLAGE FOR THIS, BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU IF, IF WE ARE TO MAKE DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE WAY WE CONDUCT THE COLLECTION OF REFUSE AND RECYCLING AND GOING TO A MERV, GOING TO TRANSFER STATIONS, IT, THERE MAY BE REQUIREMENTS DOWN THE ROAD THAT WILL CAUSE US TO HAVE OTHER CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

AND AS WE SAID, WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO THE PUBLIC TO LET THEM KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS COSTS AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY.

AND IF, AND IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST SO YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF AS WELL.

UM, WE ALSO, AS A PART OF THE STAFF LEVEL, WE'VE INITIATED DISCUSSIONS THAT MEETING IS COMING UP.

I BELIEVE LATER THIS WEEK, UH, WITH THE CONSULTANT WHO DID OUR IMPACT FEE STUDY ABOUT RECALCULATING AND RE UM, REDOING THE SOLID WASTE IMPACT FEE DISCUSSION, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO BE BALANCED IF WE DO A SOLID PASTE IN SOLID WASTE IMPACT FEE, THAT'LL HAVE TO BALANCE OUT WITH THE MILLAGE RATE AS WELL.

UH, SO THE MILLAGE RATE ACTUALLY MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE LOWER BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE, WE PROJECTED.

WE COULD RAISE WITH THE IMPACT FEE FOR SOLID WASTE.

THIS WILL GIVE US TIME TO DO WELL AT THAT.

AND CERTAINLY WHEN IT COMES UP AGAIN ON THE AGENDA SIDE OF THE MEETING, WE CAN HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION AND GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

IT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE, UH, THAT WE'LL NEED TO DO THAT.

OKAY.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.

IT, UH, THAT'S FINE.

IT DOES SEEM TO ME THOUGH THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NOT BE CHANGING IT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

OTHERWISE WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST LEAVE IT IN THE GENERAL FUND AS A LINE ITEM WITH, WITH 50 OR A HUNDRED OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, YOU KNOW, I AGREE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE IT EVERY YEAR, BUT, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE MOVING TO A DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO GO MAY REQUIRE A COUPLE OF ITERATIONS BEFORE WE ABSOLUTELY SAY, OKAY, THIS IS NOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

IT HELPS ME IN HER VAGINA TO THAT POINT.

I THINK THE INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF A MALE WEALTH, UM, THE PHRASE, SOME THAT NEED TO RECONFIGURE THE MILAN TRAIT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.

I WOULD BE CURIOUS IN THIS DISCUSSION, IF WE GET SOME SORT OF PROJECTION ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE RELATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, FORTHCOMING EXPENDITURES AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT THE MILLEDGEVILLE PRIESTS, YEAH.

I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE HEDGING A BET.

YOU DON'T WANT TO TIP YOUR HAND BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING COMES UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AS WE FINALIZE THE BUDGET AND WE SAY, WELL, MILLER'S IS WORTH THIS.

AND THEN WE SAY, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE FORGOT ABOUT THAT, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE WITH THE AUDITOR AND A CONVERSATION AS WELL AS, SHOULD WE NOT.

YEAH, YEAH.

YEAH.

I THINK THE, UH, DEERE POINT, UH, I, I THINK THE STAFF LOOKING AT THE $11 MILLION EQUATING TO THE CURRENT MILL VALUE, IT FEELS PRETTY COMFORTABLE THAT THEY WOULD BE COVERED, YOU KNOW, ON THAT.

AND OBVIOUSLY IF THEY WEREN'T THEN COME BACK AND REDO THE MAIL OR HAVE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET, BUT ANYWAY, OKAY.

FAIR ENOUGH.

UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OF

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ANY CONCERN SEEING NONE? OKAY.

THE AGENDA WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYBODY.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'LL HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UM, RECYCLING.

AND SO WE'RE NOW READY TO MOVE ON TO ANY

[7. NEW BUSINESS]

NEW BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COUNCILS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, IS THERE ANYTHING NEW THAT SOMEBODY WISHES TO BRING UP EITHER HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR ONLINE? YEAH, I HAVE ONE, UH, ACTUALLY, SORRY, LOGAN, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.

I DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER RAISING MINE.

YOU'RE ALL GOOD.

BRIAN, GO AHEAD.

TWO THINGS REAL QUICK.

THEN THE FIRST THING IS I'M WONDERING HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING, WHERE, WHERE, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATION OF RECEIVED EVEN FROM THE, UM, THE CENSUS DATA AS A RESULT OF THIS 2020 CENSUS? WHERE, WHAT IS THE, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FROM, WELL, I'LL ASK MR. GREENWAY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.

WE HEAR ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION, BUT GO AHEAD, MR. GREENWAY.

YEAH, THE STATE CHAT ALREADY PRELIMINARILY.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE COUNTY DATA, UH, LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER IS WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, I HAVE INITIATED A CALL WITH, UH, MR. RAINWATER WHO WILL BE HANDLING, UH, VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THAT, UH, REDISTRICT AND ALL TO TRY TO GET ON HIS SCHEDULE, TO COME AND BRIEF, UH, COUNSEL ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR ANY REDISTRICTING THAT MIGHT HAVE TO OCCUR AND WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER FOR US TO START THAT PROCESS.

SO, UH, WE, WE EXPECT THE DATA TO BE IN FOUR COUNTIES, UH, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER BASED ON WHAT YOU, THANKS WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE.

THE NEXT ONE IS FOR YOU PROBABLY AS WELL.

UM, ISN'T 20, 21, UM, A REAPPRAISAL YEAR, OR IS IT 22? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I'LL, I'LL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU BEFORE SIX O'CLOCK.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SORRY.

YEAH, NO, UH, REAPPRAISAL IS A, UH, AN INTERESTING PROSPECT.

UM, OKAY.

UM, MR. CUNNINGHAM WAS NEXT AND THEN MR. GLOVER.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD AN UPDATE OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS ON FACEBOOK.

I KNOW WE DID YOUTUBE AND WE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO WAIT A MEETING OR TWO, BUT I THINK WE ARE AT A MONTH NOW, UM, OF IT BEING APPROVED.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE HAD AN UPDATE OR WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT.

OKAY.

WELL, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF WE NEED TO DO THAT.

OKAY.

AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

UH, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT WITH, UH, IT OKAY.

UM, MR. GLOVER, UH, YES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, UM, COULD WE GET A UPDATE ON THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION? UM, BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE, AND ALSO, UM, UH, BRINGING SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION WITH, UM, UH, WITH THE ALLIANCE AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD GOING INTO THE FUTURE, UH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

WE, WE WILL TAKE UP THAT INFORMATION AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE NEXT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO BRING COUNCIL UP TO SPEED ON EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND WITH THE, UH, CONTRACT WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA ALLIANCE, UM, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO, UM, UH, GOOD POINT, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND WHERE WE STAND WITH THEM AND WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO FOR THE COMING YEAR.

SO GOOD POINT.

SO I'VE NOTED THAT I'VE NOTED ABOUT THE FACEBOOK.

IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS ITEM THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, I WOULD ASK

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

FOR A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE PURSUANT TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR 78, TWO DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENTS WITH THE PROPOSED CONTRACTUAL REMAINED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED SALE OR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AND A PENDING THREATENED OR POTENTIAL CLAIM OR OTHER MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.

MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION PLEASE? MR. RODMAN MAKES THE MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? A SECOND.

UH, MS. HOWARD JUMPED IN BEFORE YOU, MR. GLOVER'S.

SO

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SHE WILL BE THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO DISCUSSION AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE GOING TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT FIVE 20.

WE WILL COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION OBVIOUSLY BEFORE COUNCIL BEGINS AT 6:00 PM IS GOING TO BE TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW GOING TO BE ADJOURNED.

UH, IT'S SIX OH FIVE, SORRY FOR BEING A COUPLE MINUTES LATE.

WE ARE NOW READY TO PROCEED TO OUR COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING.