May 18, 2021 Finance Committee

FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA.

AND I THINK, UH, PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

UM, I WOULD ASK

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

IF WE COULD, MS. SUZANNE COOK FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO DO A PRESENTATION, AND THEN SHE ALSO HAS AN ACTION ITEM FOR US.

UM, AND SO IF I COULD HAVE A COUNCIL PERSON, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO ADD, UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO OUR PRESENTATIONS TODAY, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND WELCOME SUZANNE AS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU, SUE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND THAT SECOND, RIGHT? HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ALLOWING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PRESENT.

OF MINUTES FROM MARCH 15TH.

THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UM, LET'S THEN NOW ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR MARCH 15TH, 2021.

NO, MR. CHAIR, WE NOW HAVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES GENDER.

UM, I APOLOGIZE.

UM, I COULD ASK NOW FOR SOMEONE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

UH, I WILL APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA, NOT ONLY TO ALLOW MS. COOK TO SPEAK, BUT TO ALSO HAVE THE ACTION ITEM AS A RESULT OF HER PRESENTATION OUTSIDE.

THANK YOU, JOE.

THANK YOU, GERALD.

UM, SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THE AMENDED AGENDA, DO I SEE ANY OBJECTION WITH, UH, OBJECT? OBJECTION.

UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THE AGENDA IS NOW APPROVED, SO NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO APPROVAL

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- March 15, 2021]

DO I HAVE, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 15TH? SECOND.

SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION OR THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED? UM, I THINK, UM, AT THIS TIME BEFORE WE GO TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS, UM, CHAIRMAN PASSMAN, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A, A, A STATEMENT.

UM, I HAVE BEEN ON COUNTY COUNCIL SINCE JANUARY OF 2019.

AND, UH, MR. HARVEY, SEAN AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT SINCE THE DAY WE ARRIVED ON COUNTY COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING A MAIN MEANS AND METHOD OF UNDERSTANDING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

WE ARE NOW GETTING TO THE FINALIZATION OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TRULY ANALYZED AND APPROVES THE BUDGETS FROM NOT ONLY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS IN MY CAREER, A TREMENDOUS SHOUT OUT TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHITNEY PINKY HAYES, AND EVERYONE THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH IN PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER.

THIS IS TRULY A TEDIOUS JOB.

WE AS COUNCIL PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.

AND WHEN SOMEONE ASKS A QUESTION OR SAY, I WOULD LIKE THIS, I KNOW HAVING BEEN THERE, THEY GO THROUGH HOURS OF PREPARATION AND THEN HAVE TO REDO EVERYTHING AND PRINT IT OUT AGAIN.

SO, UH, MY, MY THANKS FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THEM TODAY.

SO DON'T TAKE IT SO BADLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO QUESTION SOME THINGS, BUT TRULY WE'RE NOW BEGINNING TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT IN THE FORM OF HOW WE WANT THE BUDGET PRESENTED TO US AND BE ABLE TO ANALYZE IT.

THAT WAS GREAT.

YOU'RE ON MUTE.

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SORRY.

UM, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN PASS SUMMIT.

UH, SARAH, ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN'S COMMENTS AT THIS TIME OR WE'RE BRENNA? UH, NO, SIR.

I DON'T SEE ANY, THERE IS A PHONE NUMBER LOGGED ON, BUT, UH, THEY, THEY AREN'T SHARING THEIR VIDEOS, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS SOMEONE.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING CITIZENS COMMENT THAT'S ONLINE RIGHT NOW WITH US? THE PHONE NUMBER IS, UM, SHE'S HAVING HER COMPUTER DECIDED TO UPDATE RIGHT AS THIS MEETING STARTED, SHE'S TRYING TO GET BACK ONLINE.

SO THE CHAIRMAN WOULD ALLOW, UM, MS. COOK TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE SHERIFF UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM BACK TO THE MEETING.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE FINANCIAL REPORT AT THAT TIME.

IS UPDATE, UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

WELL, LET'S, UH, LET'S MOVE FORWARD THEN.

UH, SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO CITIZENS COMMENT.

WE'RE CLOSED CITIZENS COMMON.

UM, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH

[7. UPDATE FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WHITNEY RICHLAND REGARDING YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021]

AND, UM, IF MS. COOK, IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO GO AHEAD, WE'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD.

NOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, UH, YOU CAN DO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ABSOLUTELY.

AS BEING THE VERY FIRST THING I WAS WANTING TO READ YOUR AGENDA PACKET, THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION ON THE SPECIAL REVENUE FOR THE OFFICE.

I WAS BRIEFLY ATTACHED JUST TO, UH, GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE.

UH, PEKING HAS GIVEN YOU SOME SUPPLEMENTING THIS.

THANK YOU, BRENDA.

THE VERY FIRST LINE ITEM IS THE FUND NUMBER 2200 AT SHEER BANDING.

THIS WAS BACK WHEN THE FCC REQUIRED THE 800 MEGAHERTZ VANDY PROJECT IN THIS ACTUALLY STARTED IN 2004.

IT WAS COMPLETED ABOUT 2015.

NEW FROM LAST YEAR.

IT'S NOT NEW.

IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT INFORMATION KNOWN AS WELL AS ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OR IN THE SPREADSHEET, THESE ARE RESTRICTED IN USE.

THERE IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE WHERE EACH ONE OF THESE, AND WE CANNOT USE THEM.

THESE FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT OUR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE NINE ONE ONE FUND I'VE NEVER TUNED TO ONE, IT SAYS A $2 MILLION INCREASE, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE FINANCE STAFF.

IF YOU DO NOT PUT A BUDGETARY ITEM FOR THIS, WHEN YOU'RE 22, I WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU IN ORDER TO, UH, RECEIVE APPROVAL TO SPEND MONEY ON THE CURRENT PROJECT THAT WE WERE OPERATING, WHICH IS THE REGIONAL NETWORK.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO ANSWER CALLS FOR CHARLESTON AND MYRTLE BEACH, AS WELL AS VICE VERSA.

IF WE HAD TO EVACUATE, THEY CAN ANSWER OUR CALLS AS WELL.

WE ARE ALSO REVIEWING THE, UH, TEXT MESSAGES AND VIDEO, UM, COMING INTO OR NINE ONE, ONE CENTER.

80% OF THESE EXPENDITURES ARE REIMBURSABLE FROM THE STATE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION AND LET THAT BE.

NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE.

UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN DEFINITELY, UM, GIVE THEM TO COUNCILMAN LAWSON AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ONE OTHER ONE, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IN MY BUDGET PRESENTATION ON NUMBER TWO, TWO, FIVE, ONE, THE VICTIM'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SEVERAL OF THESE SPECIAL REVENUE ARMS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE, UM, EITHER DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, OR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ACTUALLY UTILIZE THESE FUNDS TOGETHER.

THE COURT ACTUALLY USES THIS BOND IN PARTICULAR.

IT'S ONE OF 'EM IS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THEM.

AND I ONLY MOVED OUR PORTION OF IT.

I NOTICED THAT THERE WASN'T, IT WAS BLANK ON THE FINANCE ARM.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTE.

AND I ONLY KNEW THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE VICTIM'S ADVOCATE THAT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD WAS REIMBURSING US FOR.

WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR NEXT.

UM, SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDS, UH, MOST OF THE BOTTOM ONES ARE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

THESE GRANTS AGAIN, ARE RESTRICTED IN USE.

AND FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE PURCHASED WITH THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR ELA MEET L E M P G GRANT.

WE HAVE BOUGHT A LOT OF PPE FOR THE SHELTERS.

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SO FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR DURING COVID, UM, IN THE HURRICANE SEASON, IF WE HAD TO SHELTER AND HAVE CITIZENS SHELTER, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, PPE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.

WE ALSO PURCHASED CUTS IF SOME OF THESE SHELTERS, UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT WE JUST RECEIVED JUST EXCEPTED IN THEIR LAST MEETING, THAT THEY LAST ONE THEY ALL COVERED IN COVERDALE LIBRARY.

AND I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT THAT COUNCIL HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED THIS GRANT AND ACCEPTED THESE FUNDS.

SO SHAREPOINT IS NOW CLOSED.

SO IF I DO NOT PUT A LINE ON A BUDGET WITH ANY OTHER GRANTS THAT I RECEIVED, AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE ACCEPTED THESE FUNDS CURRENTLY, IF I'M BEING INSTRUCTED OR TOLD THAT I HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE YOU, IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS, UM, THE NEXT THING I KIND OF WANTED, I WANTED TO DISCUSS WAS THE ACTION ITEM.

IT IS I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE OUR TOWER TOP AMPLIFIERS.

WE HAVE FUNDING IN OUR, IN OUR REBRANDING FUND, WHICH IS NOT A GENERAL FUND.

IT IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

THESE FUNDS ARE THERE TO UTILIZE FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.

WE NEED TO PURCHASE THREE TOWER TOP AMPLIFIERS TO REINFORCE THE RADIO SIGNALS OUT TO THE RADIO, THE TRANSMISSIONS INTO THE FIELD.

WE HAVE INCLUDED THESE IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET.

IF IT IS VOTED ON TODAY, THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE THESE AMPLIFIERS WITH THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

WE CAN TAKE THAT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET AT THIS TIME.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY.

NOT SEEING ANY, YEP.

NOPE.

I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

UM, SUZANNE, AND, AND I THINK THAT, UM, UH, AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS, IS, UM, WE'RE NOT SURE IF THIS IS EXPECTED PROTOCOL WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO GET AN ANSWER, UM, FROM STAFF, UM, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THINKS THAT, UM, THINGS LIKE THIS THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, NEED TO HAVE APPROVAL BY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK SUSAN JUST MENTIONED THAT, UM, SHE DOES NOT THINK THAT THIS COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND, SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON THIS, JUST SO WE CAN DOT THE I'S AND CROSS THE T'S TO MOVE THIS FORWARD UNTIL WE FIGURED OUT EXACTLY, UM, UH, WHERE THE APPROVALS COME FROM.

AND IT MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO APPROVE, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TODAY, JUST SO SUZANNE CAN, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PURCHASE.

SO, SUZANNE, WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THE PURCHASE? I'M SORRY, FOR THREE EVENTS IT'S IMPORTANCE TO OWN.

THIS IS THEIR AMPLIFIERS.

WE RUN INTO SITUATIONS WITH LIMITED TOWERS WHEN WE GET INTO THIS TIME OF THE YEAR OR WHEN FOLIAGE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS VERY, VERY HEAVY ON LIKE WINTER TIMES, AMPLIFIERS ARE NEEDED FOR US TO HAVE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, HANDHELD WALKIE TALKIES AND DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTY WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE A LOW LYING AREAS WITH HEAVY PHONE, WHICH CREATES A WITH RADIO TRANSMISSION.

SPENT, UH, ALMOST SPECIFIC THINGS SUCH AS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

UH, SO I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE ACCURATE INFORMATION SO THAT WHEN A MEMBER OF COUNCIL MOVES THIS, WE HAVE EXACTLY THE DOLLAR VALUE.

THAT IS THREE AMPLIFIERS THAT IS BEING PURCHASED FROM A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, NOT FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET, UH, AND BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR VALUE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CAN APPROVE THIS.

AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

IT'S DO I SEE YOUR HAND UP? GO AHEAD, STU.

JUST A COMMENT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE PART OF OUR QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

ONCE THEY HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET AS A PRACTICAL MATTER FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED.

UM, ONCE WE'VE APPROVED THE BUDGET OF ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL, THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO COME BACK TO US FOR APPROVAL.

THAT'S MY SENSE OF PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S AN ISSUE, THEN WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.

BUT I TEND TO THINK THAT ONCE WE'VE APPROVED THE BUDGET OF THE ELECTED OFFICIAL, UM, THEY'RE GOOD TO GO COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT POINT.

UH, BECAUSE THESE, THESE FUNDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS SUZANNE HAS PUT UP, THEY'RE REGULATED, THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL OR REGULATED, AND THEY CAN ONLY BE

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SO HAVING TO GO BACK TO FOR COUNCIL ON REGULATED FUNDS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT GENERAL FUNDS OR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED, IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

SO WHY ARE WE HAVING TO GO BACK AND GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS TO GET THIS THING DONE? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, UH, THESE, UH, PURCHASES, UH, BASED ON THESE FUNDS.

AND WE'D SOMETIMES WE JUST DON'T HAVE TIME FOR COUNCIL TO MEET EVERY, EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS TURNS INTO THREE WEEKS, TURNS INTO FOUR WEEKS AND THEN WE'RE BEHIND THE CURVE.

THE OTHER, THE OTHER PART OF IT IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO IT FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

AND I TEND TO THINK THAT WE DON'T, IF WE'VE APPROVED THE BUDGET, HOWEVER, LIKE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD WHERE WE APPROVE THEIR BUDGET AND THEY CAN GO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO, IF THEY ARE EXCEEDING WHAT THE APPROPRIATION WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY HAVE TO COME BACK FOR, FOR APPROVAL.

BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE WE'RE DEALING WITH IN PARTICULARLY WHETHER THE GENERAL FUND HAS TO COME BACK.

CAUSE REMEMBER THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR BUDGET, THAT'S IT? THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF TRANSACTIONS.

YEAH.

AND I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS JUST TODAY.

UM, JUST TO HAVE THEM MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL GET A DEFINITE ANSWER AND SHARE A FEW COULD BE EXACTLY.

ONE PARTICULAR FUND, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S AT LEAST $200,000 IN THERE, I CAN'T SPEND 50,000 OF IT UNLESS I COME BACK TO YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU HISTORICALLY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THESE FARMS. SO COUNCIL HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THESE FUNDS AND I'M JUST UTILIZING THEM FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL JUST VALIDATE THAT IN THE MEANTIME, BUT SO TODAY I'M LOOKING FOR JUST, SO AGAIN, THEY CAN GO AHEAD WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF DELAY, UM, IN PURCHASES, LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, TO, TO, TO GET PERMISSION, TO, TO PURCHASE MR. CHAIRMAN, BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER.

I, I I'M, I'M KINDA LIKE STEW IN A, IN A SHERIFF ON THIS ONE HERE.

UM, THIS IS REALLY, UM, REDUNDANT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S REDUNDANT BECAUSE, UM, IF WE VOTED, NO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH EXERCISE RIGHT NOW OF, OF REALLY FERTILITY.

I MEAN, CAUSE WE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS SAY YES, BUT WHY DO WE NEED TO SAY YES TO SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? SO I WOULD PROBABLY NOT VOTE ON THIS MOTION AT ALL.

I'M NOT VOTING AGAINST IT NOR FOR IT.

I JUST THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LAWSON.

IF I CAN RESPOND TO THAT, BUT LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

UH, I BELIEVE, UH, BASED ON THE FINANCING WENDY'S ON ONLINE, NOW SHE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DO BELIEVE THESE ITEMS WERE REQUESTED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

UH, AND IN ORDER TO REMOVE THEM FROM NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THE SHERIFF IS REQUESTING THAT THEY GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THEM, UM, OUT OF THE TSHIRT BUDGET.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S OVER $50,000.

UH, WE, WE FELT LIKE THAT MIGHT NEED COMMITTEE APPROVAL AND WE WILL RESEARCH THAT FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON THAT, UH, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN, BUT I DO NOT THINK THESE ITEMS ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED, UH, IN THE, IN THE BUDGET AND IN THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET.

SO MR. JONES, I MOVED THE PURCHASE SO WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG.

I'M HONESTLY VERY CONFUSED AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE IS NO NEXT YEAR IS THERE, SO, UH, AND IF IT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED BEFORE, WHY ARE WE VOTING ON IT AGAIN? WHICH I THINK IS THE SHERIFF'S POINT, WHICH I'M UNCLEAR ON.

SO HOW ARE WE MOVING THINGS FROM NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WHEN WE HAVEN'T APPROVED IT AND WE'RE VOTING ON IT, BUT WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

THAT'S VERY CONFUSING TO ME.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE.

AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS IT, IT FEELS LIKE WE HAD A PRESENTATION THERE ABOUT A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT, UM, SEEM TO BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE PRESENTED BUDGET AND THE SHERIFF'S REQUESTED BUDGET.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY DOLLAR VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE ITEMS. SO IS THAT UP TO US TO WALK THOSE FUND NUMBERS BACK TO THE DOCUMENTATION THAT'S IN THE PACKET TODAY? OR IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION? I'M JUST HONESTLY VERY CONFUSED AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHY WE'RE VOTING ON US.

NOT PLEASE EXPLAIN.

I COULD ANSWER ALL OF THEM.

POINT NUMBER ONE.

UM, WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS AND TRY AND TO MOVE FORWARD IS YES, COUNCILMAN BROADMAN.

THERE IS AN ORDINANCE STATING WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT WE DO NOT WANT ANNUAL BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THEM UNLESS WE ARE GOING TO OVEREXTEND OURSELVES.

SO THAT IS CORRECT WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, I'M ASKING TODAY TO SPEND SPECIAL REVENUE FUND DOLLARS.

AND IT HAS BEEN STATED AT DEATH BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A LINE ITEM BUDGET.

AND THAT

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SO THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL.

SO I THINK FOR CHRIS WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THIS IS, IF THESE PURCHASES ARE MADE OUT OF THIS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, UH, NOW TODAY, IT WILL NOT BE A PART OF OUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY UTILIZING THE FUNDING THAT SET ASIDE FOR THAT PURCHASE.

THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ASKING COUNTY COUNCIL, CORRECT.

THAT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAR AND TOTALLY HELPFUL.

SO I'M, I'M CLEAR ON THAT NOW.

AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECE OF IT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, TOO.

TO SHARE TANNER JUST MENTIONED.

WE DO HAVE IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 22 REQUESTED BUDGET THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IN SHAREPOINT ON MARCH 17TH, IT'S GOT $54,570 FOR THE SAME THREE TOWER TOP AMPLIFIERS.

IF YOU APPROVE THE PURCHASE, YOU CAN BUY THAT $54,570.

AND, UM, COUNCILMAN HERBER, SEAN, WHAT WAS YOUR OTHER QUESTION? YEAH.

YOU HAD SHOWED LIKE, UH, UH, I GUESS IT WAS A SPREADSHEET, BUT A LIST OF FUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY ADULT DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.

I SEE THOSE FUND NUMBERS OR I THINK ON THE, UM, MATERIAL THAT'S IN THE PACKET TODAY, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW I KIND OF RECONCILE IT TO THOSE THINGS, THE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ITEMS THAT YOU WENT OVER.

AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, THE PACKET MATERIAL ACTUALLY ENDING THE DAY WITH THIS PARTICULAR PURCHASE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A LINE ITEM, BUT BUDGET, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS. THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M HAVING TO KIND OF BACK BEFORE YOU, THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO MEDIATE THAT I PUT BUDGET LINE ITEMS FOR THESE FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 22, SO THAT WE COULD MAKE THESE PURCHASES IN A TIMELY MANNER AND NOT COME BACK TO YOU TO APPROVE THESE TIMES.

I ALSO, THE SPREADSHEET IS TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION THERE.

I WAS SUPPLEMENTING.

WHAT THINKING HAS IS TO YOU.

SHE'S GIVEN YOU A LOT OF THE INFORMATION OF WHAT THE FUND NUMBERS ARE, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY THE EXPLANATION OF WHAT EACH ONE, UM, WILL ACTUALLY, SHE HAS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

UM, IT'S JUST ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER SEEN THESE BEFORE.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN EDUCATION ON WHAT THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE AND THEIR SPECIFIC PURPOSES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THE FUNDS AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL MOVE, I'LL MOVE TO PURCHASE THE BUDGETS.

I'LL SECOND.

UM, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE IN A SECOND.

IS THERE, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAD ONE, IF I DON'T, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT SPREADSHEET AND HAVE THAT INCORPORATED INTO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE? I AM SURE WE CAN.

IF, IF, UM, YOU'LL HAVE IT, YOU WON'T HAVE IT TODAY, BUT YOU'LL HAVE IT BY A FIRST READING.

IF YOU APPROVE THIS TODAY, BECAUSE THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL, SINCE IT'S LESS THAN A HUNDRED, THAT SPREADSHEET, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

IT HAS BEEN EMAILED OUT TO YOU.

THE ONE THAT I HAD PROVIDED IS THAT INCORRECT.

YEAH, IT HAS.

IT DID GO OUT HERE RIGHT AFTER YOU SAID SUZANNE, PROBABLY A LEVEL OF FLOCK.

SO WE HAD SENT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, SO IT'S PROBABLY, UM, EVERYONE DOES HAVE IT.

THEY DON'T LET SARAH KNOW AND WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU ADDITIONALLY.

SO I DO, I DO.

I DO.

YEAH, I DO HAVE THE ONE SHEET, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SHEET WITH THE, UM, THE NUMBERS ON THE BOTTOM.

I THINK YOU HAD TWO SHEETS THERE.

SO, UM, I DID PUT OFF THE ONE SHEET, THE ONE THAT HAD FINANCIAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, FIVE 1721, THAT YOU HAD EVERYTHING ON THERE.

UM, BUT YOU HAD ANOTHER SHEET THERE THAT HAD SOME DOLLAR FIGURES ON IT.

OR THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, THE BUDGET DIRECTOR.

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COULD I PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT HERE? THIS IS WHITNEY.

IF YOU CAN'T SEE ME, WE CAN HEAR YOU FINE IN CLINIC.

YOU'RE BREAKING UP, BUT GO AHEAD.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT ON WHY WE WERE ASKING, UM, OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND IT'S NOT JUST THEM.

IT'S ALL, UM, DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE FUNDS ACROSS ALL OF OUR VARIOUS FUND TYPES, WHETHER IT'S GOVERNMENTAL OR ENTERPRISE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, WAY.

AND, UM, BEST PRACTICES REQUIRE THAT WE, UM, HAVE LINE ITEM BUDGETS FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS AND THAT DOES INCLUDE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

I THINK THE REASON THAT THIS IS CURRENTLY AN ISSUE IS BECAUSE IN THE PAST THAT PRACTICE WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY BEAVER COUNTY.

UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED A BUDGET FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND POSSIBLY SOME OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, BUT NEVER FOR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

AND IN FACT, WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR GFR WAY, REVIEWER COMMENTS THIS PAST YEAR FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE DOCKED ON IS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE BUDGETS PREPARED FOR ALL OF OUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDES A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND PIECE.

SO THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FOR FISCAL 22, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE STRIVED TO MEET THAT BEST PRACTICE BY ASKING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ACROSS ALL OF THE COUNTY TO INCLUDE THE OFFICES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.

EVEN IF THERE'S SPECIAL REVENUE IN NATURE, YOU PREPARE A BLIND ITEM BUDGET FOR US THIS YEAR, SO THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THAT.

AND FURTHER OUR OWN ORDINANCE HAS REQUIRED THAT ANY TIME OUR CON BALANCES USED DID THAT MUST GO BEFORE COUNCIL APPROVAL.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET PREPARED AND FUND BALANCES BEING USED, AND THEN WE ARE SORT OF DEAD IN THE WATER FROM THE FINANCE PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO APPROVING THOSE EXPENDITURES.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE TODAY IS SHORE UP OURSELVES WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND BEST PRACTICES AND EMPLOY THAT IN OUR FISCAL 22 BUDGET.

BUT BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ONE IN FISCAL 21, IT HAS BEEN HAMPERING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, SUSANNA IN PARTICULAR HAS HAD TO, UM, I HATE TO SAY WASTE A LOT OF HER TIME, BUT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, SHE'S HAD TO LICE A WASTE A LOT OF HER TIME THIS YEAR IN TRYING TO WORK AROUND WHAT WAS NOT DONE LAST YEAR.

AND IT'S NOT HER FAULT.

IT'S NOT ANY CURRENT FINANCES FAULT BY ANY MEANS.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT DONE.

AND NOW IT'S BEING DONE AND IT'S NEW.

UM, AND SHE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO PREPARE A BUDGET FOR FISCAL 22.

AND YOU GUYS WILL SEE SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS THERE TODAY.

SO I WANT TO THANK HER AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND HELPING US WORK TOWARD THAT END FOR THIS FISCAL 2020 BUDGET.

UM, AND IN THE MEANTIME, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING TIME TODAY TO HEAR HER REQUEST OUT AND WORKING WITH HER ON THIS FISCAL 21, UM, REQUEST.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT I FELT LIKE SOME CONTEXT WAS NEEDED.

THANK YOU, MISS RICHLAND.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU WORK? I SEE YOUR HAND UP.

UM, UM, THAT, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

SO, SO IN ESSENCE, ALL WE ARE DOING NOW IS A PROVEN IN LINE ITEM CALLED THE SPECIAL REVENUE BUDGET, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ONE THAT WAS EXISTING.

SHE SH THEY HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT YOU NEED A LINE ITEM BUDGET.

AND THIS IS THE LINE ITEM BUDGET RIGHT NOW THAT WE APPROVE IT.

THAT'S THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I CAN'T SEE YOUR, I AM NOT YOUR FOOT DESK.

STILL GO AHEAD.

YOU'RE ON MUTE KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE'RE TRUING UP SOME THINGS.

IF WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHETHER WE NEED THAT FOR THEIR SPECIAL FUNDS, BECAUSE THEY RUN ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, UM, THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE SPECIAL REVENUE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE WORKING AT, LET US KNOW IF WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR APPROVAL.

SUZANNE ASKING, BUT I NEED Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THAT THE FORFEITURE ACCOUNT, WHICH IS THE DRUG SEIZURE ACCOUNT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT, I WILL CALL THE

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I MEAN, THOSE ARE HORROR FUNDS THAT COME TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND, UH, WE CAN USE THAT MONEY, UH, FOR DRUG ENFORCEMENT.

UH, THAT CAN'T BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IF I GET A, JUST AN EXAMPLE, IF I DRUG TEAM TASK FORCE COMES TO ME TODAY AND SAYS, WE GOT AN INFORMANT THAT CAN BUY KILOS OF COCAINE AND I NEEDED MONEY TO BUY THE KILOS OF COCAINE, I'M DOING THAT WITHIN 15 MINUTES, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL AND ASK TO SPEND $15,000 ON A KILO OF COCAINE.

NUMBER ONE, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE, UH, INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION WITH ANY ONE.

UH, AND I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ENFORCE THE LAW HINDERED BY A REQUEST IF YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SAY SO OVER, UH, AT ALL, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A GENERAL PHONIC ACCOUNT.

WE ENJOYED THE TRANSPARENCY.

ALL OF OUR BANKING IS, IS, IS WITH THE COUNTY.

UH, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS, UH, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, UH, IN THE DRUG ACCOUNT IS JUST ONE OF THEM THAT IS CORE, UH, SUPERVISED AND MANAGED BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN THE GENERAL LEDGER WITH THE GENERAL LEDGER OF YOUR COUNTY, THE EASY WAY TO SOLVE THAT.

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE SOME SAY-SO OVER IS OUR MOVE THOSE ACCOUNTS, AND I'LL GO TO A PRIVATE BANK AND GIVE YOUR COUNTY, AND I'LL OPEN UP ALL THE BANK ACCOUNTS, WHICH TAKES IT OFF THE GENERAL LEDGER.

SHOULDN'T BE THERE ANYWAY.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO COME AND ASK YOU TO SPEND MONEY ON OUR DRUG ACCOUNTS TO GO BUY THOSE THIS AFTERNOON, THAT BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU, YOU WOULD AGREE WITH.

YEAH, I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S BEING ASKED UNDER THE GFL.

ALL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE BEING ASKED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF BUDGET.

YOU HAVE A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THOSE DRUGS FUNDS.

SO IF IN A NORMAL YEAR YOU COLLECT $25,000, YOU CAN BUDGET $25,000.

YOU NEED NO PERMISSION FROM THIS COUNTY COUNCIL.

IT'S MOTHER, MAY I SPEND THIS MONEY? NO, YOU'RE JUST PUTTING IT IN A POT OF MONEY FOR PURPOSES.

IF YOU GATHER 25,000 AND SPENT 24,000, OKAY.

IF YOU GATHER, IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO COLLECT 25,000 AND YOU COLLECT 50,000, THAT'S OKAY, TOO.

IT'LL ALL BE ACCOUNTED FOR AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THE AUDIT IS DONE.

SO I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING, RIGHT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE ON? SO WE HAVE A, UM, A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION AT THIS TIME OF US APPROVING THE AMPLIFIERS THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS ASKED FOR? IT'S NOT SAYING, OBJECTION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT WITHOUT OBJECTION AND SHERIFF.

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD, BE TRANSPARENT AS YOU ARE.

AND, AND AS WE DO THINGS, CLEAN THINGS UP AND, UM, AND DO THINGS RIGHT IN OUR SIDE, UM, WE'VE GOT A FINANCE STAFF THAT IS WORKING TO, TO DO EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.

SO WE WANT TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND, AND AGAIN, WE MIGHT FIND OUT THAT WE NEVER HAD TO APPROVE THIS AND WE DID THIS SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, YOU CAN PURCHASE IT AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT ON THE TABLE.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL THEN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO CLEAR THIS UP, UH, CLARIFY EXACTLY.

UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE OPERATE THIS, WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE NEED TO DO IT.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

LET'S, UH, LET'S MOVE ON THEN.

UM, MISS RICHLAND, IF YOU'RE READY, UH, MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS, UM, UH, DISCUSSION OF PRESENTATION OF, TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LAWSON.

I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY GET.

SO YOU'LL HAVE, BEFORE YOU, UM, YOU'RE WHAT WE TYPICALLY REFER TO IS YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IS YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT THROUGH APRIL 30TH OF 2021.

AND IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH IT OR PEEK THROUGH IT BEFORE THE SECOND DEAN'S MEETING, WE'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A FEW EXTRA PAGES IN THERE THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY HAVE.

UM, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT TO HAYES FOR ADDING THAT EXTRA DETAIL IN THIS AFTERNOON.

HE WORKED VERY HARD IN DOING THAT.

UM, BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, AS WE CONTINUE TO, UM, GET THROUGH SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS, LIKE THE EXTERNAL AUDIT, THE INTERNAL AUDIT THAT RICK'S COMING ON, AND EVEN WITH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, OUR TIME WILL BE FREED UP A LITTLE BIT TO START EXPANDING TO INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO YOU GUYS EACH MONTH.

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I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF IT THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A REALLY FULL AGENDA.

AND I KNOW THAT, UM, EVERYONE IS REALLY READY TO DELVE INTO THE MAIN POINT OF THIS AFTERNOON'S DISCUSSION, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, OVERALL THAT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE DOING REALLY WELL.

UM, YOU MIGHT NOTICE RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP THAT WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT $275,000, UM, MORE THAN THE OVERALL PROJECTION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE BELOW THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THE REASONS, UM, THAT MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE THE CASE AS WE AT 99.5% OF OUR AD VALOREM TAXES, I'M COLLECTING FOR CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

WE ARE A GREAT DEAL MORE THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED, UM, AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR SOME OF OUR MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES.

UM, AND JUST TO PINCH OUR TRANSFER SKIN, WHAT YOU MAY SEE HAPPEN AS, UM, WE FUNDS CONTINUE TO BE PROCESSED AS, UM, INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS ACCOUNTS CONTINUE TO BE RECONCILED AS PAYMENTS COME THROUGH.

YOU MAY SEE A BIT OF A DECREASE IF ANY OF THAT IS DUE BACK IN REFUNDS TO ANYONE.

UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE GENERAL FUND IS LOOKING REALLY OUT WELL WITH THE EXPENDITURE PIECE, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE REMEDY PIECE.

UM, MOVING ON TO THE EXPENDITURE PIECE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE DO HAVE A FEW AMENDMENTS AND TRANSFERS IN THERE THAT WERE JUST, UM, WHY NOT ITEMS INTERDEPARTMENTAL THINGS TO THE CHAIN OF ABOUT 6,500 OR SO DOLLARS? UM, WE HAVE A MODIFIED, UH, BUDGET THERE OF $131,646,370.

AND OUR EXPENDITURES TO DATE, UM, ALL IN PLUS INCOME TAXES ARE $102,931,755 WERE SAID DIFFERENTLY.

UH, 78% OF OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN CONSUMED AT OUR PERCENT OF THE YEAR COMPLETED RIGHT NOW HAS 83%.

SO WE'RE TRAINING ABOUT 5% OVERALL, UM, LOWER THAN, THAN WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT.

SO THAT IS ALSO, UM, MEANS WE ARE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

AND, UH, ON PAGE FOUR, WE HAVE OUR GRAPHS THAT COMPARE THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL 2221.

AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, MUCH LIKE I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE REVENUE ON A PIECE OF REVENUE PIECE AT THE TOP IS STARTING TO LEVEL ITSELF OUT THAT GAP IS CLOSING.

UM, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS DATE TIME DELAY IN THE AVALON TAXATION COLLECTION.

OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T REALLY HAVE SEEN THOSE TWO LINES VERY CLOSELY NEAR EACH OTHER.

UM, AND THEN BELOW THAT WE HAVE OUR EXPENDITURES AND, UM, WE'RE STILL TRENDING UP ON A PRETTY PARALLEL PLAYING THERE.

SO ALL IN ALL, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE OUR GENERAL FUND IS TODAY.

UM, ON PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE EXPANDED DETAIL THAT I REFERRED TO EARLIER, AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE PAGE LINE ITEMS RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE, UM, THIS AFTERNOON, OR EVEN LATER WHAT SHE'S HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY DIG THROUGH THEM, UM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO HAZOR I, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

AND THEN FINALLY ON THE VERY LAST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING THAT THE EXPENDITURE.

SO YOU HAVE, UM, MY FUNCTIONAL AREA.

SO WHETHER IT'S YOUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS, YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND YOU HAVE EACH OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS LISTED, YOU WILL HAVE THEIR APPROVED BUDGET.

IF ANY REVISIONS REMAIN WE'LL HAVE THE REVISED BUDGET, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT OR ENCUMBERED.

AND THEN THE VARIANCE BETWEEN REVISED BUDGET AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT CONSUMED OR THE YEAR.

SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SHARE, SHARE THAT WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON, THAT IS THE GENERAL FUND AND KIND OF A NUTSHELL AND AN OVERVIEW.

UM, I'D ALSO WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SHOW YOU, UH, AGAIN, IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A PEEK, TAKE A LOOK IN THE PACKET THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO PROVIDE FOR YOU.

I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A, ON A MONTHLY REPORTING BASIS, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

UM, AND SO IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE THOSE ARE YOUR FUNDS THAT OPERATE, UM, MORE IN A BUSINESS TYPE FUNCTION.

SO TYPICALLY RATHER THAN THERE BEING, UM, ANY KIND OF NON-DIRECT OR, UM, NON-DIRECT TRANSACTION WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S JUST PAYING TAXES, UM, THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL PAYMENT, EQUAL SERVICE.

THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY MUCH DIFFERENT IN THAT THEY OPERATE LIKE A BUSINESS WHERE IT'S TYPICALLY INDIVIDUALS BENEFITING BASED UPON A USER FEE OR SOME SORT OF DIRECT TRANSACTION THAT THEY'RE HAVING.

SO WE HAVE THREE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

UM, THOSE INCLUDE EACH OF OUR TWO AIRPORTS.

SO YOUR, YOUR LADY'S ISLAND NOW NAMED ETHAN EXECUTIVE AS WELL AS OUR HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT.

UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR STORM WATER UTILITY FUND FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO THOSE FINANCIALS ARE IN YOUR PACKETS AS WELL.

AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS RICHLAND AT

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THIS TIME? I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY SO SPEAK UP IF, UM, ALL RIGHT, MISS RICHLAND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, SO YOU'VE, YOU'VE COVERED THAT FOR US.

FIRST READING OF AN ARTIST FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, A BUDGET BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND LET'S MOVE ON THEN, UM, TO, UH, OUR, UH, OFFICIAL AGENDA ITEMS AND, UM, MS. RICHLAND, I THINK THAT YOU ARE UP AGAIN.

UM, AND, UM, THIS IS

[8. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE FY2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT]

SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. RICHARDSON.

SURPLUS, IF YOU WILL, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY AREA AND SPECIFICALLY, UM, MR. PHIL FLICKS AREA WITH THE EMS AND THE DETENTION CENTER, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT TIME THEY'VE HAD IN FILLING VACANCIES, THEY HAVE QUITE A LOT OF PERSONNEL COSTS AND THEY WILL NOT BE USING THIS YEAR.

UM, ALSO YOU'LL HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, THIS IS, UM, A SLIGHT MODIFICATION OF WHAT WE PRESENTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UM, A COUPLE OF YOU PROVIDED SOME REALLY BENEFICIAL FEEDBACK FOR US AND WAYS THAT YOU THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE MADE THIS A BIT MORE TRANSPARENT AND THAT WE WEREN'T ASKING FOR EACH STREAM BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE AN OVERALL INCREASE IN THE PROCREATION, BUT RATHER MORE OF A TRANSFERRING BETWEEN, UM, UNUSED OR, UM, SPENT PORTIONS OF THE BUDGET TO OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY WERE LACKING.

SO I REALLY WANT TO JUST KIND OF BRING SOME CLARITY TO THAT.

THE ONLY PIECE THAT WOULD OFFICIALLY INCREASE IN BUDGET IF WE NEEDED ALL OF IT WOULD BE THE EXTRA REVENUES GENERATED BY THE REGISTERED DEEDS OFFICE TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, THEY'RE BRINGING IN REVENUE SO MUCH GREATER THAN WHAT WE EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED IN THIS MARKET.

SO THEY ARE THERE, WE NEED THEM.

BUT THE MAIN THING THAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS THAT STAFF DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL OF OUR VACANCY SAVINGS ACROSS 24 DEPARTMENTS.

AND WE FOUND IN OUR CURRENT YEAR, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION.

IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EXPENDED BEFORE JUNE 30TH OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE HAVE TAKEN THOSE SAVINGS AND WE HAVE WE'RE ASKING TO, THEY ALLOCATE THEM ACROSS ALL OF THE USES OF FUNDS THAT YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR PACKET.

MANY OF THESE, UM, WERE THINGS THAT WERE PROVED AT VARIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

AND AT THAT TIME, SOURCES OF FUNDS WERE IDENTIFIED THAT IT WAS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR US RATHER THAN BRINGING FORTH, YOU KNOW, A 10 OR SO DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS FROM COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE IDENTIFIED OTHER AREAS THAT WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO ABSORB THEM IN OUR BUDGET, THROUGH THE VACANCY SAVINGS ABOVE.

SO IF YOU TAKE THE SOURCES OF FUNDS AT $7,577,245, WE COMPARE THAT TO THE USE AS A FARM DELAY OF 6 MILLION, 163,000.

WE'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE FOR CERTAIN LINE ITEMS THAT WERE SHORT.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT $1.4 MILLION THAT COULD BE REALLOCATED IF NEEDED, UM, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT BEFORE I, UM, ASK YOU GUYS TO SORT OF, UH, TAKE ACTION ON THIS, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONS THAT WEREN'T HERE WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO YOU.

UM, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE BACK IN JANUARY, UM, THE NEW THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THERE ARE REALLY AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S, UM, UM, THREE OF THE LAST FOUR, THERE'S A PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, UM, AND EQUIPMENT THAT ARE ON THERE FOR, UM, THINGS THAT WERE DEFERRED FOR AWHILE.

AND THAT PARKS AND REC HAS A WONDERFUL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS LIST THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FURNISH AND DUE TO, I COULD SEE SAVINGS SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REALLOCATE THOSE.

UM, IF YOU WERE APPROVED TO TAKE CARE OF SOME CAPITAL NEEDS.

UM, ADDITIONALLY IN FISCAL 22, EMS WAS REQUESTING, UM, THE AMBULANCES AND RENOUNCE, BUT WE LOOKED AT AGAIN AND OUR VACANCIES ITEMS, YOU CAN SQUEEZE THOSE INTO FISCAL 21.

UM, WE CAN REMOVE THAT FROM THE REQUEST FOR FISCAL 20 TWOS BUDGET.

SO WE'VE ADDED THAT HERE.

ADDITIONALLY, OUR CLERK OF COURT WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE SOME FURNITURE, SO YOU'LL SEE $150,000 IN THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT WAS ON HERE PREVIOUSLY, BUT BECAUSE ONE OF OUR PROJECTS IS RUNNING LONG.

UM, SPECIFICALLY THE INTERGRAPH PROJECT, I HAVE BUMPED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, TO $1 BILLION.

SO THAT IS YOUR TOTAL OVERALL BUDGET REALLOCATION.

AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THAT.

ANYONE YOU ARE, MR. GLOVER, GO AHEAD.

UH, YES.

UH, MR. RICHARD, AND, UM, I SAW THE, UH, SEVEN 1.7 MILLION FOR PERSONNEL.

UM, IS THAT, UM, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ANY IMPROVEMENT OR WAS THAT, UH, FOR SOME OTHER MEANS AT THIS TIME AND WHAT THAT IS? SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WE'RE HAVING A SALARIES AND THEN A PERSONNEL COSTS SHORTFALL AND OTHERS WERE HAVING, UM, A

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THEN YOU HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE PARTICULAR LINE ITEMS, UM, THAT SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH IN THEIR BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SORT OF TAKING THEM FROM ONE AREA AND JUST PATCHING ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WITH THAT.

UM, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SAY THAT NONE OF THE, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEPARTMENTS WERE TOUCHED IN THIS VACANCY SAVINGS OR SO EVER.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT DETAIL, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.

UH, YES, I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, THE OTHER ONE IS THAT, UM, A FACILITY AT PALS, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S TO UPGRADE OR DO SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ON, UM, FACILITIES THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW I'D PROBABLY HAVE TO DEFER TO MR. CHUCK ATKINSON FOR THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

I WAS PROVIDED A LIST THAT WAS, UM, IT WASN'T GENERAL IN NATURE, BUT I CAN'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, ALL THE VARIOUS REQUESTS.

I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S AVAILABLE TO TALK THE SECOND YEAR AND CHECK, ARE YOU ON MINE? UM, SO ALL OF THESE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE REPAIRS AND UPFITS OF EXISTING FACILITIES.

I HAVE A LONG LIST OF THEM, IF YOU WANT ME TO READ THROUGH THEM, I CAN OTHERWISE, THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR.

THANK YOU, SIR, SIR.

MR. MARK ALLEN, GO AHEAD.

HEY WHITNEY.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

IF I'M WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS BUDGETS, IF, UM, IF ALLOCATION WAS MADE FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL IN JULY OF 19 AND JULY OF 20, AND THERE WAS A DELAY IN HIRING FOR A FEW MONTHS OR LONGER THAN A FEW MONTHS, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT IF THE HIRING DIDN'T TAKE PLACE FOR, LET'S SAY FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHEN THEY WERE FUNDED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT THAT THAT OFFICE WOULD ALERT FINANCE, THAT THEY'VE NOT FILLED THOSE POSITIONS, BUT SURELY THROUGH OUR BUDGET MONITORING THAT WE'RE NOW DOING, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHEN WE'RE MAKING OUR COMPARISONS OF GOING FORWARD NOW.

SO THE ONLY WAY WE CAN REALLY FIND OUT IF, IF MONIES WERE GIVEN FOR HIRING IS TO ASK THEM NOW, IF THE MONEY WAS GIVEN IN JULY OF 20, WHEN DID YOU HIRE THOSE PEOPLE? AND IF THEY SAY MARCH OF 21, THEN THEY'D HAVE TO SELF-REPORT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW IT.

WE COULD PROBABLY ASK HR TO RUN SOME, SOME HIRING REPORTS IF THAT'S HELPFUL TO YOU, BUT OTHERWISE WE, THAT'S NOT INFORMATION THAT I SEE WITHOUT ASKING SPECIFICALLY FOR IT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

SO TO GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'D HAVE TO ASK FOR IT, OR WE'D HAVE TO ASK SOMEONE FOR IT, WHETHER IT'S THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET OR IF IT'S, IF IT'S INTERNAL HR.

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

THANK YOU, MR. HERBERT.

UM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT A COUPLE ITEMS, THE FIRST TWO, THE LEGAL FEES.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE PRIZES AND THEM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER NOW, BUT IF WE CAN GET THAT DETAIL SOME OTHER TIME, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, WHAT IS COUNTY COUNCIL DISTANCE LEARNING? THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.

WHAT DOES C A I STAND FOR? AND, UM, THE INTERNAL AUDIT FEES.

I THOUGHT WE HAD BUDGETED SOMETHING LIKE 65,000 LAST YEAR FOR THOSE.

AND I JUST DON'T RECALL IF WE, IF WE WENT OVER THAT OR NOT.

I I'D BE CURIOUS IF YOU GET UP HIGH ON THAT.

SURE.

I'LL TAKE HIM IN ORDER.

UM, THE DISTANCE LEARNING WAS ACTUALLY, UM, A GRANT AND I BELIEVE THAT REQUIRED.

I FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE UNAWARE OF AT THE TIME THE BUDGET WAS PREPARED.

SO THIS IS JUST TO COVER OURSELVES WITH OUR EXPENDITURE PIECE FOR THAT.

UM, HEY, IS, IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING INCORRECTLY, PLEASE SHOUT OUT, SPEAK UP, RIGHT.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CHOCOLATE ADDED ON TO HELP WITH, UM, LEARNING AND, AND WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THE FIRST SECOND, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE SOME OF THE NEXT HUNDRED THOUSAND.

IT WAS UNBUDGETED LAST YEAR.

GOT IT.

I WAS JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THE COUNTY COUNCIL.

UM, YEP.

THE NEXT ONE STATE AI STANDS FOR CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTE.

AND HEY, IS IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND ON THAT, YOU CERTAINLY CAN.

THE CULINARY ARTS SYSTEM.

SO EVERY YEAR WE PROVIDE A PAYMENT AT TCL FOR $800,000, WHICH IS OUR 500,000 PLUS, UH, THE TOWN OF BOOKS AND SHIP 2000.

UH, AND THEN THE, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

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125.

AND THEN WE GET A NOTE, UH, FOR 20 YEARS FOR THE OTHER HUNDRED AND 25.

UM, THE REVENUES AND THE MCRP ARE DURING WELL, UH, WE ARE HEDGING OUR BETS ON THIS, DO WE WON'T HAVE TO USE IT, BUT I WOULD HATE TO GET THE END OF THE YEAR AND YOU STILL NEEDED A PAYMENT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S THERE.

AND FINALLY, THE QUESTION, THE INTERNAL AUDIT FEE, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OVERALL IN OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LINE ITEM TO COVER BOTH OUR NORMAL, EXTERNAL AUDIT AND THE ADDITIONAL INTERNAL AUDIT THAT WAS, UM, ASKED FOR THIS YEAR.

SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FUND THE DIFFERENCE THROUGH THIS, UM, AMENDMENT TODAY.

VERY GOOD.

THAT WAS ALL VERY HELPFUL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW-UP IS THAT INTERNAL AUDIT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? IT IS NOT IN FISCAL 22, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO ADD, UM, ANOTHER MOUNT SO THAT WE CAN DO IN A VISIT NEXT YEAR.

I CAN CERTAINLY, I CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT IN.

I PERSONALLY WOULDN'T.

I THINK THAT THAT WAS THE INTENT WHEN WE HAD THAT ORDINANCE TWO YEARS AGO.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING WE PLANNED ON EVERY YEAR AUDITING, UM, CERTAIN AREAS.

SO I, CHRIS, THANK YOU.

GREAT QUESTIONS.

UH, ALICE, GO AHEAD.

UM, HE ASKED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AND THE OTHER ONE I HAD WAS P L T I GO.

WHAT IS THAT? YES.

MA'AM.

THAT IS THE, UM, IF YOU RECALL BACK AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, EMPLOYEES WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SORT OF TRADING BACK IN THEIR PAID LEAVE TIME.

UH, THAT WAS THE TOTAL OF THE PAYMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THAT TIME.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE ANYONE ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION? WELL, ACTUALLY IT WAS AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UM, TO GO IN, TO APPROVE THE, UH, PROVE THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

SO, UH, MOTIONS MADE BY MR. PASSMAN AND SECONDED BY MR. SUMMERVILLE.

UH, ARE THERE, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC? ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN, UH, CALL THE QUESTION TO, UH, TO ORDER.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS, UM, TO THIS ORDINANCE, NOT SEEING ANY OBJECTIONS, UM, THIS IS APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

NINE AND, UM, NUMBER NINE ON YOUR, UH, AGENDA, UH, APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET ORDINANCE.

LET'S MOVE ON THEN, UM, TO NUMBER

[9. APPROVAL OF THE FY 2022 BUDGET ORDINANCE]

UH, SO I THINK MISS RICHLAND, YOU'RE UP WITH YOUR STAFF AGAIN.

SO PLEASE TAKE THE FLOOR.

TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WE COULD FUND, WHETHER, UM, TIER ONE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STUDY, TIER TWO OR TIER THREE, AND ON WHAT ROTATION.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ITEM THIS AFTERNOON, AND I'D LIKE TO COMMEND, UM, NOT JUST FINANCE STAFF, BUT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, OFFICES COUNTY-WIDE FOR THEIR, UM, WORK IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

UM, THIS YEAR IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DAUNTING TASK WHEN YOU HAVE A COUNTY OF OUR SIZE AND THE NUMBER OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, COUNTY-WIDE BOTH GENERAL SPECIAL REVENUE, THAT SERVICE ENTERPRISE, THERE, THERE ARE MANY.

SO I'D FIRST LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROCESS THIS YEAR, IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY A FLAWLESS ONE.

UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT NEXT YEAR.

WE WILL HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY A BUDGET GORDON SOFTWARE SAID THAT THE, UH, AGGRAVATION OF SHAREPOINT WILL BE A NON-ISSUE NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'RE ALREADY THINKING OF WAYS TO, UM, TO IMPROVE UPON THAT.

AND, UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE, THE MOST SECRETIVE THINGS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF KEPT CLOSE TO THE CHEST THIS YEAR WAS THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE LAST STUDY.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS FELT THAT WE POSSIBLY WERE NOT COMMUNICATING ENOUGH, UM, ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY, BUT IF I MAY, UM, EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR THAT, UM, I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE THE BEARER OF GOOD NEWS AND SURPRISE EVERYONE WITH WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAN TO SHARE DETAILS OF THAT STUDY WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THOSE RESULTS AND HAVE PEOPLE DISAPPOINT.

AND SO, UM, JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, YOUR ORIGINAL PACKET, UM, UH, BUDGET PROVIDED BY BUDGET DIRECTOR, PINKY, HARRIET, UM, THAT IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU SAW AT ALL OF YOUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

UM, AND AT THE TIME YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE HAD NOT YET, UH, PIECED TOGETHER THE COMPRA CLASS PLAN.

WE'RE STILL TRIMMING DOWN OUR BUDGET.

SO LOOKING AT VACANCIES, UM, STILL

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SO WHETHER WE COULD DO A HACKER ROTATION OR A FORMER IMPLEMENTATION.

SO YOU WILL HAVE RECEIVED FROM ME EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AROUND MAYBE A QUARTER TILL NAME AND EMAIL FOR ME FOR THE FISCAL 22, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET WITH COPPIN CLASS FOR COUNCIL SAID, IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE THAT EMAIL PRIOR TO TODAY'S MEETING, I CAN PULL THAT UP ON THE SCREEN AND SHARE IT WITH YOU.

UM, THE BOTTOM LINE THAT I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO BE CONCERNED WITH THIS AFTERNOON IS WHAT IS THE INCREASED BETWEEN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU DURING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND THE FINAL BUDGET THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND ROUNDED.

THAT'S ABOUT $3.8 MILLION OF AN INCREASE OF ALL TO FUND CONFERENCE CLASS.

YOU REMEMBER OUR INITIAL ESTIMATES, UM, OR BETWEEN AROUND FOUR OR SO TO 6.8, AND THAT ACTUALLY STILL HELD TRUE, BUT THE REASON THE TOTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MS HARRIET'S INITIAL BUDGET IN YOUR PACKET AND THE FINAL PACKET, EVEN THOUGH IT INCLUDES COMMON CLASS, IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK THROUGH AND SHUFFLE A FEW MORE LINE ITEMS AROUND AND LOOK A LITTLE BIT HARDER AT WHICH POSITIONS WE THOUGHT WOULD BE VACANT AND FOR HOW LONG TO BE ABLE TO FULLY OUR COMP CLASS STUDY AND MAKE THAT WORK WITHIN THE REVENUE STRUCTURE THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU, UM, A FEW WEEKS BACK AT OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETINGS.

SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, OR EVEN NOW I CAN, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH IT, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MORE PREFERRED THING TODAY.

UM, OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS 40 YEAR IN TOTAL, WE'RE 141 MILLION, $208,365.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE.

I WORD, THE FISCAL 21 BUDGET, WHICH WAS 130 MILLION, $300,431.

AND YOU'LL PROBABLY RECALL AT THE TIME THAT THE BUDGET WAS PREPARED LAST YEAR, THAT DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF COVID, UM, THE BUDGET WAS TRIMMED DOWN PRETTY WELL.

UM, SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE IF YOU LOOK AT NOW YOUR BUDGETS AND ACTUAL EXPENSES, RIGHT? WELL, YOU WILL SEE, UM, ON THAT REVENUES TAB IS WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO, UM, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NORMAL FOR A PRE COVID YEAR.

SO WE WERE AT CLOSE TO 137 MILLION FOR ACTUALS IN FISCAL 19, A LITTLE MORE THAN 138 MILLION IN FISCAL 20.

I HAD A LOVELY RED NOTE HERE AT THE TOP THAT SAYS, UM, SOME OF THESE, THIS REVENUE PROJECTION MAY CHANGE DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT THAT WE COME TO REALIZE FOR THE ASSESSED VALUES, DETERMINING OUR VALUE OF IT NOW.

SO, UM, JUST KEEP IN MIND BETWEEN NOW AND THE FINAL READING.

WE MAY HAVE TO TWEAK THIS.

I HOPE IT'S EVER SO SLIGHTLY AND NOTHING MATERIAL, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THEIR REVENUES.

UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE EXPENDITURE PIECE? I CAN'T SEE ANY ANYONE'S HANDS IF THEY SPEAK UP, IF YOU DO A QUICK ONE, IF I'M LIKE, OKAY, SURE.

REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES, IS THAT, UH, BASED ON AN INCREASED MILLAGE OR IS THAT JUST BASED ON THE INCREASED VALUE OF MILL? THOSE ARE OUR PROJECTIONS BASED UPON COLLECTIONS FOR THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS WITH ABOUT A ONE POINT.

LET ME SEE WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A LESS THAN 2% INCREASE IN WHAT WE THINK THE VALUE OF THE MILL WILL BE.

UM, IT IS RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE VALUE OF THE MILL, THEY DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE.

WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND SOMEWHERE AROUND 2.1 OR 7 MILLION.

UM, BUT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT, FOR SURE, WE WON'T KNOW, BUT THE GOAL FOR US, UM, I'LL BE IN TALL ORDER WAS TO FULLY FUND COVID CLASS WOULD KNOW NO RATE INCREASE.

SO UNLESS YOU PERHAPS SODA PURCHASED YOUR HOME OR GETTING A MAJOR IN FRIEDMAN'S, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL TAX PAYER WOULD SEE AN INCREASE, UM, IN THEIR, IN THEIR TAX LIABILITY FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, AS WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING MILITARY INCREASE.

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

ANYBODY ELSE? SO THE QUESTION, I CAN'T SEE ANY HANDS, SO SPEAK UP IF YOU DO.

UH, MS. GERSHWIN, I THINK YOU CAN MOVE, MOVE FORWARD.

SO FOR THE EXPENDITURE PIECE, YOU WILL HAVE, UM, SEVERAL LINE ITEMS THERE.

UM, SARAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND OR BRING OUT WHOEVER'S CONTROLLING THE SCREEN.

THAT MIGHT SAY 2019 DASH 2021? OH YES.

IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT ONE? LET'S SEE THERE.

I NEED TO MAKE MY OWN SCREEN BIGGER.

CAN YOU GO TO A TAB

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IF YOU'LL SCROLL TO THE TOP FOR ME.

BEFORE I DIVE INTO THIS, I WANT TO GET IN OVERVIEW.

UM, WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU IN, AT THE TOP, ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, OFFICES.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL START THERE.

AND THEY INDIGO IN THE ORDER, NOT BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER AS FAR AS THE DEPARTMENT NAME, BUT BY OUR PARTICULAR ACCOUNT CODING ORDER IN COLUMN A, UM, NEVER REFLECTION OF, OF OUR RECOMMENDATION ON IMPORTANCE.

JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

IT'S JUST STRICTLY AN ACCOUNTING THING.

SO ALL OF THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED AT THE TOP FOR YOU IN BLUE.

UM, AND YOU'LL NOTICE ANY, UM, ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS THAT WERE IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.

THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND A COLUMN E WHICH WAS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

22 REQUESTED BUDGET IS DUE TO THE COMPENSATION CLASSIFICATION STUDY.

THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THAT INFORMATION AT THE TIME THAT THEY MADE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS TO YOU GUYS.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT COLUMN G THAT SAYS PROPOSED DIFFERENCE WHERE ALL THOSE ARE INCREASES IS DUE TO THE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY BELOW THAT YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, JUST IN THE LIGHT THAT ARE WITH COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.

UM, AGAIN, GOING IN ORDER, UM, BY OUR CHART OF ACCOUNTS WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FIRST AND FALLING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE VERY BOTTOM, WHICH HE WILL SEE, UM, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE CONSOLIDATED.

YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT, UM, WE MENTIONED CHEAT SOME OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, THAT WE WERE REALLY IN A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING THIS YEAR WITH CONSOLIDATING MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND EVEN MANY OF OUR LINE ITEMS WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, UM, FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND EASE OF OPERATIONS AND GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY.

IT'S MUCH EASIER TO MONITOR BUDGETS THIS WAY.

SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE CIRCLES SCROLL JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE BOTTOM NAMING.

ALL OF THOSE ARE SORT OF IN A LIGHT GRAY COLOR.

UM, AND IN ALL OF THESE, UM, DEPARTMENTS, THEIR BUDGETS DIDN'T GO AWAY.

THEY WERE SIMPLY CONSOLIDATED WITH WHAT I WOULD CALL A PARENT DEPARTMENT ABOVE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM THAT SAYING ET CETERA, ARE NOW JUST IN ONE GENERIC, UM, DEPARTMENT CALLED LIBRARY.

UM, MUCH OF PUBLIC WORKS WAS CONSOLIDATED AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR MUCH OF PARKS AND REC.

SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT SO THAT YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT BEFORE I DO ANY OTHER DEEPER DIVES.

UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAD ABOUT THAT OR ARE YOU HAPPY FOR ME TO PROCEED.

YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE IN PARENTHESES, DOES THAT, UM, SIGNIFY, UM, A DECREASE OR A, UH, INCORRECT.

THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE.

SO WHAT I DID WAS I PARENTHESES ARE AN INCREASE.

THAT SHOULD BE CORRECT.

SO THAT SHOULD BE, UM, COLUMN SEES BUDGET, WHICH JUST, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WERE AT THE VERY TOP COUNTY COUNCIL IN FISCAL 21 WAS BUDGETED $868,859.

IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN COLUMN F FOR FISCAL 2010 OF 977,000, GOT DIFFERENT STAIR IS I CAN SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE CONFUSING FOR YOU.

I CAN CHANGE THAT BEFORE THIS AND USED TO SEEING PARENTHESES, MEANING, MEANING A, A LOSS OR A DECREASE.

THAT'S ALL.

SO IF IN THIS CASE IT'S AN INCREASE.

COLUMN AND JEAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO DO THAT WHILE WE CAN, YEAH.

NOW THAT I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR.

I WAS JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, SORT OF, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

SO AGAIN, THE, THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO ANY OF THE ELECTIONS, UM, THE BUDGET REQUESTS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INCREASE FOR THE PERSONNEL PIECE.

ONLY WE DIDN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T MODIFY THEIR REQUESTS FOR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS OR, UM, UNIFORMS OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR, OR ANY OF THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

HOWEVER, IF YOU WERE A COUNTY ADMINISTRATION'S DEPARTMENT, UM, WE, UH, WE DID, WE DID CUT A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE TO BE ABLE TO FUND TOP IN CLASS.

SO IF YOU GUYS, UM, ARE AGREEABLE TO THE BOTTOM LINES THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE TODAY, WHAT WE WILL DO AFTER TODAY'S MEETING IS, UM, SLOWLY BEGIN TO SEMINATE THAT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS NOW HAVE, UM, ALL OF THE DETAIL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HERE AS WELL.

SO LET'S GO THROUGH THIS, UH,

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BEFORE YOU GO.

UM, I THINK IT'S COLUMN F UH, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE, UM, UNLESS I PRINT THIS OFF YESTERDAY, ALICIA SEND SOMETHING UPDATED.

UM, SINCE THAT WAS IN YOUR LOOKING AT THE TREASURER'S BUDGET, ARE YOU SAYING TO ME, OR SAYING TO US THAT, UM, BECAUSE THE, THE AMOUNT IS ALMOST 400,000 OR 200,000, I CAN SEE IT, UM, THAT THE TREASURER IS, IS, UH, HAVING A STAFF REDUCTION? UM, NO, SIR.

ACTUALLY SHE IS NOT.

SHE, UM, SHE'S ONLINE TODAY TOO.

I BELIEVE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER HER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'M JUST LOOKING AT, SHE REQUESTED 26 IN A PROPOSED, UM, 22.

SO THAT'S ABOUT $400,000 DIFFERENCE THERE.

SO IN HER REQUEST, SHE, UM, ASKED TO, TO KEEP ALL OF HER VACANCIES, WHICH WE, UM, THEY DO THAT, BUT SHE HAD ALSO MADE A REQUEST FOR THREE ADDITIONAL, UM, STAFF MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATION'S, UM, RECOMMENDATION THIS YEAR IS THAT WE NOT HIRE NEW STAFF, THAT WE CONTINUE WITH OUR EXISTING STAFF.

AND, UM, IN COUNCILMAN RODMAN'S WORDS, UM, OPERATE A LITTLE MORE LEAN AND TAKE CARE OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION BY ADMINISTRATION.

HOWEVER, SHE IS ONLINE TODAY IN THE TREASURE WALLS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADVOCATE ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF YOUR REQUEST FOR THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL STAFF, I WILL HAPPILY, UM, OPEN THE FLOOR TO YOU.

I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT WHITNEY.

UM, COUNCILMAN GLOVER, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT OUR ORIGINAL REQUESTED BUDGET WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.

AS MS. RICHLAND STATED WE DID NOT HAVE FINAL COMPENSATION NUMBERS FROM THE COMP STUDY WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR BUDGET AND THEY CONTINUED TO BE ADJUSTED AFTER THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, OUR SALARIES ARE ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE GENERAL TIME AND THE EXECUTION FUND.

THERE ARE TWO FUNDS AND IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET NUMBERS, YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, IT WAS ALLOCATING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS NOT CORRECT IN DAY THAT THE APPEARANCE OF AN INFLATED NUMBER.

SO THERE ARE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THAT SALARIES LINE ITEM IN REFERENCE TO OUR THREE PERSONNEL REQUESTS.

I CERTAINLY I'M, I'M ON THE FRONT LINES, MY TEAM AND I DEALING WITH OUR CUSTOMERS WHO ARE HAVING TO PAY THE TAXES THAT ARE CREATED AND DETERMINED BY BODIES, SUCH AS YOURSELF.

SO I AM VERY ACUTELY SENSITIVE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND WE NEED TO KEEP TAXES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, CERTAINLY.

BUT WHAT I HAVE ASKED FOR IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE SERVING YOU FOR COUNTY IN THE MANNER AND THE SAME LEVEL OF QUALITY AND TIMELINESS THAT WE HAVE DURING MY TENURE AT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.

AND HERE IS HOW I KNOW EXACTLY WHY THAT IS WHILE THE DELAY OF TAX BILLS WAS NOT PLANNED AND WAS NOT SOMETHING I THINK ANY OF US WOULD HAVE CHOSEN.

I VIEWED IT AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TEAM.

AND THAT WAS OUR APPROACH.

WE THINK THAT WE ARE A GREAT TEAM SERVING BEAVER COUNTY, BUT NOW WE REALLY GET TO TEST THIS STRETCH AND TEST THE LIMITS OF THOSE BOUNDARIES.

AND WHAT WE LEARNED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WAS THAT THE STAFF CERTAINLY OCCUPYING THE ROLES I'M ASKING TO ADD TO.

THEY WERE ALREADY AT CAPACITY BEFORE THAT.

SO WHEN THIS INFLUX OF WORK HAPPENED AND WE SEE THE GROWTH ALL AROUND US, EVERYONE WATCHING IS SEEING NEW HOMES, NEW CARS, NEW LICENSE PLATES, NEW, NEW, AND NEW MEANS A NEW BILL, A NEW PAYMENT, A NEW TRANSACTION.

IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE HANDLED BY OUR OFFICE.

THOSE ROLES WERE AT CAPACITY AND ESSENTIALLY CREATED A BOTTLENECK THROUGH OUR PROCESS THAT REQUIRED EVERYONE TO WORK.

I'M I'M NOT TALKING A LITTLE OVER TIME.

I'M TALKING 60 TO 70 HOURS A WEEK.

WE HAD EMPLOYEES WORKING IN SHIFTS THAT COMPRISE 20 HOURS OF A 24 HOUR DAY.

I'M NOT TELLING YOU THIS TO FEEL SORRY FOR THEM.

WE ARE ALL PROUD OF WHAT WE DID.

I'M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT THE ROLES WE HAVE CAN NOT HANDLE ANY MORE THAN THEY ALREADY ARE WITHOUT AN EXTREME EXPECTATION OF BECOMING OVER, WORKED, WHICH CREATES OVER TIME AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PERFORMANCE ISSUES.

WE KNOW THERE'S GROWTH THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

I HOLD MY TEAM AND I TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD, PROBABLY HIGHER THAN SOME OF YOU

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DO.

AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO COMPROMISE THAT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.

WHEN WE SAY YOU'RE PAYING ONLINE, IT'S FASTER.

IT NEEDS TO BE FASTER.

THESE ROLES, IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF THEM AS A SCREEN, THEY ARE A FILTER FOR UP TO 83 FILES PER WEEK.

AND EACH OF THOSE FILES HAVE THOUSANDS OF PAYMENTS ON THEM.

THEY NEED TO BALANCE WITH WHAT IS DO THEY NEED TO BE ACCURATE AND THEY NEED TO BE IMPORTED CORRECTLY.

THAT TAKES TIME.

AND WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRES RESEARCH, IT HOLDS UP THAT WHOLE FILE.

AGAIN, CREATING A BOTTLENECK.

I CANNOT.

AND I W I MADE THAT REQUEST AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE IS NECESSARY TO HANDLE THIS NEXT TAX YEAR, BASED ON OUR OBSERVATIONS OF WHAT HAS WORKED AND NOT WORKED THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

AND THERE WAS NOTHING IN THIS SITUATION THAT WAS GOING TO GO PERFECTLY.

THERE'S ALWAYS, SOMETHING'S ALWAYS GOING TO GO WRONG, BUT I WOULD LIKE ALL OF YOU TO RECALL THE OUTSTANDING WORK MY TEAM DID IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND WHAT I AM ASKING FOR IS THAT THEY, NOT, THAT THAT NOT BE PART OF THEIR NORMAL BUSINESS PRACTICE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADD TO THEIR NUMBERS.

OUR REQUEST WITH THE VOLUME OF WORK WE HAVE IS NOT OUTRAGEOUS.

NOW, IF THE MEASUREMENT IS SIMPLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE WORKLOAD IS.

IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.

IT'S NOT APPROVED.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK THAT IS A VERY BLACK AND WHITE VIEW OF A WORLD THAT HAS GREAT IN IT.

I APPRECIATE MS. RICHLAND THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR TIME AND TO ADVOCATE FOR MY TEAM, BECAUSE THAT'S, WHO'S GOING TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS WORK.

AND MY COMMITMENT TO OUR TAXPAYERS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB FOR YOU NO MATTER WHAT I'M ASKING TO BE ALLOWED TO EQUIP MY TEAM SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT IN THE SAME MANNER.

UM, I DIDN'T KNOW.

THAT WAS A LOADED QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UH, JAMIE PASSMAN, I THINK HE HAD YOUR HAND UP.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION YES.

ON WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.

YOU WORK, WHERE YOU WERE DONE.

OKAY, JOE, GO AHEAD THEN.

OKAY, MARIA.

I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND I'M GOING TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE FOR A MOMENT, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU CREATED YOUR BUDGET LAST YEAR, YOU HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA THAT THE PANDEMIC WAS IN FACT GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHEN IT DID, YOU HAD TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE WAY YOU DID BUSINESS AND YOU FURLOUGHED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT EQUATED TO SAVINGS, DID IT NOT ABSOLUTELY A DAY.

SO, SO IN YOUR, UH, SALARY LINE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU MAY HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER, CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE MAY, THE INTENTION WAS THAT WE REPURPOSE THOSE SALARY LINE ITEMS THAT EXCESS, THAT WE WEREN'T SPENDING.

AND WE INVESTED IN TECHNOLOGY THAT SERVED OUR CUSTOMERS SUCH AS THE KIOSK THAT YOU SEE AT OUR BUILDINGS.

WILL YOU STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER THAT COULD GO TOWARDS THESE POSITIONS? I MEAN, CERTAINLY IF WE HAD EXTRA MONEY, IF WE HAD EXTRA MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT FIRST, BUT THAT'S NOT AN ONGOING ROLE.

UM, VACANCIES DO NEED TO BE FILLED BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE ARE FRONTLINE.

THOSE ARE FRONTLINE ROLES THAT ARE GOING TO ANSWER OUR PHONES AND THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS COMING IN THE ROLES I'M REQUESTING ARE TECHNICAL ROLES.

THEY ARE, THEY ARE LESS CUSTOMER INTENSIVE AS A FACE-TO-FACE AND ARE MANAGING THE FLOW OF PAYMENT DATA AND VERIFYING ITS ACCURACY AND ITS APPROPRIATENESS.

I MEAN, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

I'M JUST FINE.

TRYING TO FIND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT COULD BE USED TOWARDS THIS CURRENTLY ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

NO, THERE ARE NOT.

AND I DO NOT WANT TO PRETEND OR EXPECT THAT THE UNUSUALNESS OF THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR WOULD BE A CERTAINTY IN EVERY FISCAL YEAR GOING FORWARD.

AND I CERTAINLY COULDN'T HIRE SOMEONE WITHOUT BEING CERTAIN THAT I HAD ENOUGH FUNDING FOR PERSONNEL TO KEEP THEM IN, YOU KNOW, THEM PAID AND EMPLOYED.

I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT OR SHOULDN'T HAVE IT.

OKAY, THANKS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE WATCHED ANOTHER, THE FINANCE STAFF DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UM, OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH OUR, UM, UM, BUDGET, UM, UH, FOR THE 20, 22 YEAR.

IF I, IF I COULD JUMP IN RIGHT NOW AND I WAS GOING TO DO THIS AT THE END, BUT LET ME JUST JUMP IN RIGHT NOW, AS, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING,

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UM, I KNOW WE JUST SENT OUT TODAY THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE, UM, IF YOU DON'T, WE'LL SEND IT AGAIN.

UH, SARAH GONNA SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY.

IT IS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, BUDGET, AND THAT CAME THROUGH SHAREPOINT.

AND SOME OF THAT WAS MY FAULT BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, UM, WE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT.

AND SHAREPOINT IS ACTUALLY WHATEVER ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS PUT IN AND PRESENTED IT AND GIVEN TO, UM, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S INFORMATION THAT, THAT, UM, I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

UH, BUT IT DOES GIVE A LINE ITEM, UM, A LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR EVERY ELECTED OFFICIALS OFFICE.

UH, SO IF YOU GET THAT AND YOU GO THROUGH ON THE BOTTOM AND YOU SCROLL ACROSS TO SEE, I THINK EVERYONE'S THERE EXCEPT FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, WHICH, UM, MR. PASSMAN HAD POINTED THAT OUT TO ME.

SO INSTEAD OF, UM, PUTTING, UM, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGH THE RINGER AND HAVING TO FEEL LIKE WE ARE WE'RE GOING AFTER THEM, OR WE'RE CRITICIZING THEIR BUDGETS, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS HAVE EVERYONE GO THROUGH THAT, UM, AND LOOK AT IT AND WRITE UP ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, SEND THAT TO SARAH, SARAH THEN IS GOING TO TAKE AND COMPILE THOSE QUESTIONS FOR EACH OFFICE.

UH, WE WILL GET TO GET IT TO THEM BY THIS FRIDAY.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU CAN LOOK AT TODAY'S, TUESDAY IS AGAIN, WE'RE UNDER A SIX WEEK, UM, TIMEFRAME HERE TO GET THIS COMPLETED AND THAT WHEN WE CAN GIVE BACK TO EACH ELECTED OFFICIAL, ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE REGARDING THEIR BUDGET, THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT IN WRITING.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND, THEY CAN ONLY RESPOND IF THEY WANT TO.

UM, AND, UH, WE CAN THEN LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WHAT I'VE SEEN HAPPEN WITH, WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS AND WORK VERY HARD.

AND, AND THEY'D BEEN CUTTING CORNER, CUTTING THINGS, DIFFERENT PLACES OF MOVING THINGS AROUND AND RECLASSIFYING THINGS.

UM, AND SO AGAIN, THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, COUNTY, UH, FINANCE STAFF HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

AND THEN WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS, EVEN WITH US, YOU SEE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE THE COUNCIL COUNTY COUNCIL'S BUDGET, WHERE WE SEEM TO KEEP INCREASING AGAIN, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

WE WANT TO SUPPLY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CLERK OF COURT, WHATEVER THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

SO IF EVERYONE COULD GO THROUGH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUDGETS PUT TOGETHER, THOSE QUESTIONS GET AT THE SARAH WILL THEN GET IT TO THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET RESPONSES THAT ARE IN WRITING AND SOMETHING THAT, UM, WILL THEN GIVE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS A FAIR CHANCE AT RESPONDING TO, WITHOUT, WITHOUT HAVING TO THINK ON THEIR FEET.

UM, LIKE MARIA DONE A GREAT JOB TODAY.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, UH, TAKING QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.

SO AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THERE, BECAUSE TODAY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY IS WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, UM, MOVING THE, THE, UM, BUDGET ORDINANCE OUT OF FINANCE.

SO WE CAN GET OUR THREE READINGS IN BY THE END OF JUNE CHAIRMAN LAWSON.

IF, IF I MAY REQUEST JUST IN THE QUICK VIEW THAT I JUST HAD, THAT IS NOT THE REQUESTED AMOUNT FOR OUR OFFICE.

AND SO IF, IF WE, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS COULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY, THERE WERE SOME SHAREPOINT ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITY TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR.

SO THAT WAY YOU ALL ARE NOT BASING YOUR QUESTIONS ON, UM, AN UPDATED NUMBERS.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE IT WE'RE GIVING OUT.

CAUSE AGAIN, WE JUST GOT THAT TODAY.

AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S MY FAULT FOR NOT US HAVING ALL THIS BEFORE.

UM, BUT TECHNOLOGY WAS SHAREPOINT.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LEARNING AS WE GO AND, AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS MORE EFFICIENT AND MOSTLY MORE TRANSPARENT, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THEN SEE, I HAD TALKED TO TWO, TO SOME COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND HANDING AND SEEING THE SHAREPOINT, WHICH DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAN WE HAVE AS COUNTY OR WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

SO, UM, MISERY, AND I THINK GOING BACK TO A WHITNEY JONES, YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY, YEAH.

NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THE DOCUMENT YOU JUST SAW ON THE SCREEN IS WHAT I DID AS A RESULT OF WHAT PINKY SENT OUT.

I TOOK HER DOCUMENT AND MANIPULATED THINGS THAT WERE IN THE DOCUMENT.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO PRINT IT OUT, IT PRINTS LANDSCAPE ON ONE SINGLE PAGE SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES READING IT ON THE SCREEN IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT.

SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT AFTER THIS MEETING IS OVER THAT WE COLLECT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY THAT WERE SHOWN ON SCREEN SO THAT ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN LOOKING IN ON THIS MEETING CAN HAVE THEM ALL IN ONE SINGLE GROUP OF FILES,

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KNOW WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, REVENUES, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, EXPENDITURES, THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS OF ALL OF THE, UH, VARIOUS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS.

AND IF IN FACT WE COULD GET THE BUDGET FROM THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS.

THAT IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL SO THAT WE CAN, IN FACT, DO THE TIMELINE WE WANT IS DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS, HAVE WHATEVER QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE FOR ANY OF THE OFFICIALS, WHETHER THEY'RE ELECTED OR NOT BE ABLE TO FUNNEL THEM THROUGH AND GET THEM ANSWERED SO THAT WE IN FACT DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO BY THE END OF JUNE.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN PASSMAN.

UM, SO WE WILL COMPILE THAT.

AND WHERE, WHERE WAS THAT GOING TO GO? IS THAT GOING TO GO, UM, WE'RE GONNA SEND THEM TO IT, TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL PEOPLE, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, LIKE HOW WE CAN DO THAT.

I WOULD MAKE THAT AVAILABLE, JOE.

UM, UH, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SET IT UP IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AS A RESULT OF THIS MEETING, HERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED TODAY, SO THAT ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THESE BECAUSE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CHIMING IN RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT US AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND AS WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

WE WANT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC OF EXACTLY.

THESE ARE YOUR TAX DOLLARS.

THESE ARE WHY WE'RE COLLECTING THE MONEY WE'RE COLLECTING AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR.

SO I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB OF DOING THIS.

WE JUST NOW WANT TO COLLECT EVERYTHING IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA SO THAT WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

SO I KNOW WE'LL FIND A WAY TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

UM, MS. THEN HE WENT AND HE ORIGINALLY, HE WAS STILL, UH, ON THE FLOOR.

I THINK THAT, UM, YOU HAD BROUGHT, UM, MS. WALLS IN JUST TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO ANSWER A QUESTION.

UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE THE FLOOR BACK TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO, UM, SARAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING THAT GENERAL FUND DOCUMENT, WHAT'S MORE THE SPREADSHEET WITH THE COLORS, SORRY.

HANG ON LIKE SEVEN DOCUMENTS.

UM, I WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS IN THE MOMENT, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO SORT OF DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO HIT THE HIGH POINTS THAT EXPERIENCED THE MOST CHANGE? BASICALLY WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE, THE INCREASES IN COLUMN G ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT, UM, MS. HARRIET PROVIDED FOR YOU GUYS PREVIOUSLY IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY.

UM, SO I'M, I'M AT THIS POINT, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NECESSARILY WILL WANT ME TO GO THROUGH AND READ OUT TO YOU EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM THAT YOU'RE SEEING, BUT IF THERE ARE SOME THAT REALLY JUMPED OUT TO YOU, UM, I AM REALLY HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THOSE.

UM, ONE OTHER CHANGE LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOU DO YOUR HIGHLIGHTS.

AND THEN IF ANYONE HAS A QUESTION ON A PARTICULAR LINE ON, WE CAN COME BACK AND ASK THAT AFTERWARDS.

AND THE PROPOSED BASED UPON REQUESTS THAT WERE INPUT INTO SHAREPOINT.

SO THE OVERALL INCREASE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE IS THAT 3.8 MILLION IN YOUR BOTTOM LINE AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER DIFFERENCE THAT YOU WILL SEE HERE, UM, AS A CHANGE FROM THE, OF YOUR BUDGET TO THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN SOME OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WAS THAT WE WERE CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN LINE ITEMS TO CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.

UM, AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER I MENTIONED UTILITIES, UM, NOW BEING HOUSED IN OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AS OPPOSED TO BEING SPREAD OUT AND ALLOCATED HERE ROUND OVER ALL OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS COUNTY WIDE.

BUT ANOTHER ITEM WOULD BE THINGS LIKE TELEPHONE OR IT RELATED EQUIPMENT.

UM, RISK MANAGEMENT IS NOW HOUSING, ALL OF OUR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE ARE THE MOST OF THE BIG CHANGES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE, BUT I'M GOING TO START WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE NEXT, UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S QUITE A BIG CHANGE.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE NEW PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR FISCAL 22, UM, MR. GREEN, WHITE PREFERRED TO HOUSE, ALL OF THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS UNDER THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION'S

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DEPARTMENT CODE.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IS EACH THE INCREASE IS THE RESULT OF EACH ACA, THEIR ADMIN ASSISTANCE.

IN ADDITION TO THE REMAINING FOUR MONTHS OF MS. JACOBS PAYOUT, THAT'S COMPRISING THAT $1.4 MILLION DIFFERENCE.

AND WE WERE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID SUBTRACTION THOSE ACA AND ADMIN ASSISTANCE, UM, AMOUNTS FROM EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY ORIGINALLY CAME FROM.

SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT YOU WOULD KNOW THAT, UM, THE NEXT KIND OF REALLY BIG CHANGE THAT YOU WILL NOTICE IS RISK MANAGEMENT, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

UM, WHEREAS BEFORE THEY USED TO ONLY HAVE, UM, THINGS LIKE PERSONNEL COSTS AND THE SUPPLIES AND OPERATING TYPE EXPENDITURES THERE, UM, THEY NOW HOUSE ALL OF OUR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WORKER'S COMP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THIS LINE ITEM.

SO RATHER THAN AGAIN, BEING SPREAD OUT IN INCREMENTAL AMOUNTS ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE UNDER ONE PLACE, UM, TRICKING ON DOWN THE NEXT, GIVEN THAT YOU NOTICE IS IN THE IT WORLD WITH THE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. UM, AGAIN, IF THERE ARE COMMUNICATIONS TYPE EXPENDITURES WITH TELEPHONE, OR EVEN IT ARE RELATED OUTLYING RATHER THAN HAVING THAT SPREAD OUT, THOSE ARE NOW ALSO HOUSED UNDER THE MANAGEMENT.

UM, I KNEW PATRICK DOESN'T LIKE BEING CALLED IT.

UM, BUT THE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT CHECKED, UM, FURTHER DOWN.

THE NEXT BIG CHANGE THAT YOU'LL SEE IS RELATED TO THE EMPLOYER, PROVIDED BENEFITS, OUR GROUP, UM, HEALTH AND ALL OF THOSE LINE ITEMS THERE.

UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT A TWO, $2 MILLION DECREASE OVER OR UNDER RATHER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR.

UM, AND THAT'S BASED UPON SOME OF THEIR RENEWAL INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM HR.

SO WE, WE FEEL THAT THEY ARE, UM, PROVIDING US WITH A RELIABLE NUMBER THERE.

AND SO WE HAVE NOT, UM, WE DID NOT LEAVE THAT AS IT WAS.

THEY PROVIDED US WITH AN UPDATED NUMBER BELOW THAT.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE EMS DEPARTMENT IS SEEING A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE.

THAT IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE COMMON CLASSIFICATION STUDY.

UM, AND AGAIN, BELOW THAT, I WANT TO JUST MENTION THESE TWO TOGETHER.

THE DETENTION CENTER IS ABOUT FOUR LINES DOWN.

IT'S ON, UM, WE'RE IN 45, THAT ONE IS $578,000 DIFFERENCE.

UM, THOSE ARE RESULTS OF THE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY.

I'D LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS IN PARTICULAR HAVE HAD A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME FILLING VACANT POSITIONS.

WE ARE HOPING THAT WITH THE INCREASED RATES FROM THE COMPENSATION STUDY, IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER FOR US TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN ARE THEY QUALIFIED AND PERFORMING EMPLOYEES AND THOSE AREAS, I WILL SAY THAT THE DETENTION CENTERS AMOUNT, UM, DID FACTOR IN A PRETTY BIG VACANCY SAVINGS JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT COME JULY 1ST, WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY HAVE HIS 22 VACANT POSITIONS FILLED.

SO WE DID A GRADUAL AND AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE, UM, OVER THE YEAR FOR THE COMP AND CLASS CASE, THEY JUST WERE AWARE THAT WE CAN TRIM IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE VACANCIES THAT WOULD STILL EXIST.

I DID WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

UM, AND ALSO AT THIS TIME SHEERLY FOR THE CONFERENCE LAST STUDY, BECAUSE, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET AS COMPARED WITH THEIR YEAR TO DATE, UM, FOR EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS IS MORE THAN, UM, THE VARIANCE THERE FOR THIS TIME I'M HERE IS, IS GREATER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY WANT TO SEE.

SO, UM, I'M CHEERLEADING THIS COMP AND CLASS STUDY THERE BECAUSE HE REALLY NEEDS IT FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST HIM, BUT THAT'S A PRIMARY EXAMPLE THAT I CAN POINT TO WHERE HE CAN REALLY SEE THE IMPACT.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON DOWN TO PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT, UM, JARED FELIX WAS VERY, UM, COOPERATIVE IN ALLOWING US TO CONSOLIDATE.

THEY HAD NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE PUBLIC WORKS FUNCTION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE MOSTLY INTO THIS MAIN, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ADMIN, IF YOU WILL DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT IS WHY YOU'LL SEE THAT IN FISCAL 21, THEY HAD $502,000 BUDGET.

WHEREAS IN FISCAL 22, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 4.8 MILLION.

AND THAT IS A COMMON CLASS THAT MADE THE CONSOLIDATED EFFORT THERE.

AND THE SAME THING WITH THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, AGAIN, THINGS LIKE ELECTRICITY AND WATER AND SEWER WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, SWINE ITEM, AND TAKING OUT OF ALL THE OTHER RESPECTIVE BUDGETS.

ALL RIGHT, SARAH, IF YOU'LL SCROLL UP FOR ME JUST TO PINCH, OKAY, THAT NEXT ONE IS THE SOLID WASTE, RECYCLING AND ADMIN.

SO FISCAL 20 ONE'S BUDGET WAS $8,780,000.

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UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT FULLY CAPITAL.

THIS WAS BASED UPON OPERATIONS AND THE COMMON CLASSIFICATION STUDY, WAS IT 10 MILLION, $158,500.

SO THE INCREASE THERE IS 1,378,000.

I WANT YOU TO NOTE, I'M A CENTRAL SCROLL ALL MY OWN AT THE BOTTOM.

I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE MITT DOWN THERE THAT SAYS THE GENERAL QUESTION, PRELIMINARY TITLE IS THAT $141 MILLION.

WE ARE REDUCING IT FOR THE SOLID WASTE PIECE THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND GO TO AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

SO OVERALL, THE RECOMMENDED TOTAL WILL CHANGE TODAY.

IT WILL BE REDUCED DOWN TO $131,049,803.

AND LIKEWISE, ONCE WE HAVE THE VALUE OF THE MEAL, DETERMINED THE REVENUES THAT I SHARED WITH YOU AT THE VERY BEGINNING, UM, WILL BE REDUCED ACCORDINGLY AND WAVED OVER AS WELL.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

GO BACK UP ONE MORE TIME.

SO WE ARE NOW ON, IF YOU'LL FOLLOW ME DOWN THROUGH TWO, UM, THAT IS LINE 58 57, THERE PARKS AND REC ADMIN, SAME THING AS PUBLIC WORKS.

THEY HAVE NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTY THAT, UM, MR. ATKINSON, MS. LIPPER, OR COOPERATIVE ENOUGH TO CONSOLIDATE.

UM, THE ONE THAT WE KEPT DIFFERENT WAS A DAILY QUEST WAS LECTINS PARTS OF OUR ACTIVITIES.

SO YOU'LL SEE JUST TWO DEPARTMENTS NOW FOR ALL PARK AND RECREATION ON COUNTY WIDE.

SO THEIR 21 BUDGET WAS 786,003 NINE THEY'RE PROPOSED FOR FISCAL 2018 IS $449,610, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 3.6, ALMOST 3.7 MILLION.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE CONSOLIDATION EFFORT ALONG WITH COFFIN CLASS AND THE SAME HOLDS TRUE OF PARKS AND REC OFTEN, EXCEPT THAT, UM, RATHER THAN THERE'S INCREASING, THERE'S DECREASED BY $50,000, 808, 50,818.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT WERE REMOVED OVERALL FROM THEIR BUDGET THAT WE DISCUSSED THINGS LIKE THE ITP, TELEPHARMACY ELECTRICITY AND UTILITIES THAT WENT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, LIKE NONE OF THEIR OTHER LINE ITEMS WHERE WE DO, THEY WERE JUST SIMPLY REALLOCATED TO ANOTHER, ANOTHER AREA QUESTION THIS QUESTION EARLIER, DID WE REMOVE ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR ISLAND REC OR WAS THAT SIMPLY JUST MOVED GEOGRAPHICALLY AS WELL? IT WASN'T, IT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY BELOW IN SOME OF THE SUBSIDIES PIECE.

UM, SO WE DID NOT TAKE THAT OUT AND IT IS STILL THERE AND VERY MUCH, UH, PRETTY MUCH A PART OF OUR BUDGET.

UM, LIBRARY ADMIN IS OUR NEXT, UM, BIG CHANGE THERE.

YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT STAIRS, $3.7 MILLION AND IT'S SAME TYPE OF THING.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS CATEGORIES FOR LOTTERIES BASED UPON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE AND B FOR BLUFFTON.

UM, THEY ALL ALL OVER AND WE'VE NOW HOUSED THEM IN ONE CATEGORY TO HERE AND ONE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO THAT DOESN'T INCREASE THERE ALONG WITH THE COMPENSATION, THE CLASSIFICATION STUDY, JUST HOLD IT FOR ME.

JUST A PINCH MORE.

WE DID A GREAT JOB.

ITEM? I BELIEVE IT'S THE ONE THAT'S HOUSED IN THAT.

WELL THEN, SO YOU WILL SAY THE, UM, CAPITAL DEPARTMENT CAP CAPITAL OUTLAY THAT IS NORMALLY, UM, SPLIT IMAGE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF GRANTS IN FISCAL 21.

MANY OF THEM WERE TAKEN AWAY IN FISCAL 22.

WE REQUESTED THAT IF A DEPARTMENT HAD ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE OR COULD SQUEEZE THEM IN WITH EXISTING SAVINGS IN 21, THAT WE REMOVED THOSE REQUESTS FROM 2010, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESOURCES FOR FISCAL 22 AND ALLOCATE THEM TOWARDS COMMON CLASS.

SO YOU'LL SEE HERE, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OVERALL.

IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN $2 MILLION FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, UM, IN FISCAL 20 TWOS BUDGET.

AND THEN BELOW THAT YOU'LL HAVE, UM, SOME OF OUR SUBSIDIES TO, TO OTHER PEOPLE SAID THE INDIGENT CARE.

UM, HE HEARD THAT $978,000 WAS LEFT THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.

AND THAT IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE, UM, A LOT OF IT TOGETHER FOR PAPER THINGS AND THE, UM, ISLAND REC AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

AND THEN BELOW THAT TO THE BLOOD, THAT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE THE SAME PAYMENTS FOR, UM, HIGHER ED AND, UM, THE HOSPITALS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO WE DID NOT, WE DID NOT ALTER THOSE AT ALL.

THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEY WERE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

UH, YOU'VE REFERRED TWICE NOW TO THE ISLAND RECKLER.

IS THAT THE LINE

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UM, HOLD ON A MINUTE.

I'M SORRY.

THAT SAYS ENERGY AND KIRBY FOR JUST A MOMENT.

LET ME GO BACK AND PULL THAT OUT.

OR IF IT'S AN APARTMENT, IS IT IS IT'S HOUSING PART.

I WAS THINKING THAT WE HAD SEPARATED THEM 1000 1600 IN PARKS AND REC AS A DIRECT SUBSIDY TO THE HILTON HEAD REC CENTER.

WHERE IS THAT UP HERE AT THE TOP? WHEN YOU, COULD YOU HIGHLIGHT OR SOMEBODY? I'M SORRY.

OKAY, SO IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S 135,000, SIR.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THINKING, I THINK BECAUSE WE HAD LABELED IT AS A DIRECT SUBSIDY LINE ITEM, I WAS THINKING IT WAS WHEN THE DIRECT SUBSIDY OBJECT CODES OR CODES FULLER.

UM, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME STRAIGHT ON THAT.

THAT IS YOUR, THAT IS YOUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

AND IN A NUTSHELL, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OR EVEN GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL.

IF YOU LIKE.

UM, BIG SHOUT OUT HERE TO PINKY, SHE HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY AROUND THE CLOCK, UM, HELPING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER ALONG WITH MANY STAFF FROM HR WHO HAVE LENT THEIR EXPERTISE AND WORKING WITH A COMMON CLASS PLAN.

WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THEM.

SO I'M REALLY BIG.

THANK YOU THERE.

I SEE COUNCILMAN ROMAN'S HANDS.

UH, QUESTION, UM, THE, UH, FUND THAT WE'VE USED TO, UH, FUND THE IMPACT FEES WHEN WE WAVE AN IMPACT KEY, DO WE HAVE THAT IN AND AT WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNT PINKY IS THAT IN A SPECIAL LIBERTY FUND IMPACT PHASE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND? YES.

PEREZ LIBRARY AND PARKS TAXIS ON THE, UM, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

SO THOSE BUDGETS ARE IN THE ONE I'M SPEAKING OF IS WE CANNOT WAVE IMPACT THESE WITHOUT REIMBURSING THE IMPACT FUNDS.

SO I THINK WE DID WANT IT 50 OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, AND I THINK THAT'S BEING DEPLETED.

SO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND ADD MONEY SO THAT WE CAN WAVE, UM, IMPACT FEES.

IT WAS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTUALLY.

AND WE, WE WILL, WE WILL DISCUSS THAT AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT GETS REPLENISHED AT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, I THINK A HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS GOOD.

AND I THINK THAT IS THE BEST WAY.

I THINK ALICE MIGHT CONCUR THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE.

UH, THAT THE SECOND ONE I HAVE, AND I, I CAN'T DO IT TODAY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE A RECONCILIATION LOOKING BACK TWO OR THREE YEARS, UH, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE HILTON HEAD PARKS.

CAUSE IT GOT ALL TIED UP IN THE WHOLE UNIFORM FEE PIECE.

AND MY SENSE IS THAT WE HAVE UNIFORM, YOU KNOW, LATERALLY CUT, UH, TO THE, UH, HILTON HEAD ARTS.

IT'D BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A RECONCILIATION OF THAT AT SOME POINT.

I AGREE, MR. GLOVER, I SEE YOUR HAND UP.

GO AHEAD.

OH YEAH.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, MS. RICHARDSON, UM, YOU KEEP REFERRING TO THE, UM, THE INCREASE IN THE COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES.

UH, HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU FOLDING THAT INTO THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT, UM, JULY ONE OR IS THAT GOING TO BE, UM, FOLDED IN LATER ON IN THE YEAR, OUR RECOMMENDATION, JUST FOR THE HALO BURDEN OF NOT TRYING TO SPLIT PAYROLL CERTAIN DAYS AT A CERTAIN PAY RATE AND CERTAIN DAYS AT ANOTHER PAY RATE IS THAT THAT BECOME EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD IN JULY.

SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY START ON JULY 1ST.

UM, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK OUR PAYROLL CALENDAR THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT WHEN THE NEXT PAYROLL CYCLE BEGINS AND THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION, CORRECT? YEAH, I WAS JUST SAYING YOU'RE YOU'RE CORRECT.

UM, THEY HAD MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE START JANUARY 1ST.

THAT WAS WHENEVER WE THOUGHT THE COMP ONE CLASS STUDY WAS GOING TO BE A LOT MORE THAN WHAT IT IS.

UM, AND MS. RICHLAND, IF YOU CAN JUST ADD TO THAT, I'M GONNA EXPLAIN THAT REAL QUICK, WHERE WE ENDED UP, UM, AND AGAIN, UM, HOW THAT'S, HOW THAT'S WORKING OUT.

CAUSE AGAIN, WHAT'S, OUR TOTAL NOW IS THREE AND A HALF MILLION FOR THE, FOR A WHOLE YEAR OF PUBLIC COFFIN CLASS.

THAT'S THE TOTAL VARIANCE BETWEEN FISCAL 20 ONE'S BUDGET AND WHAT WE PROPOSING FOR FISCAL 2018.

IF YOU'LL ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT SARAH THERE'S ONE MORE TAB IN THAT, UM, IN THAT SPREADSHEET THAT YOU WERE JUST SHARING A MOTIVE MOMENT AGO, THAT'S THE THIRD TAB THAT SAYS EXPENSE BACK CHARACTER CODE.

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THIS ONE ACTUALLY BREAKS DOWN FOR YOU.

UM, EACH OF OUR EXPENDITURE LINE ITEMS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ARE CLASSIFIED ON OUR FINANCIALS.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND INCREASED BY 3.8 MILLION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP THERE, THE PERSONAL SERVICES LINE ITEM IS WHERE ALL THE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION ADJUSTMENTS ARE HOUSED.

SO AT FISCAL 21 BUDGET WAS $84,774,970.

FISCAL 20 TWOS PROPOSED BUDGET IS $88,119,028 SAID THE VARIANCE THERE OVERALL, I SHOULDN'T BE GIVING ANOTHER COLUMN FOR THE DIFFERENCE THERE.

I, I CAN DO THAT AND SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UM, BUT DO YOU NEED ME TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT? YEAH, I SAID, I SAID, WHAT'S UP? AND HE SAID, SO IT'S FOUR OVER 4 MILLION.

UM, WHY NOT RIGHT AT FOUR? I THINK, HOLD ON, LET ME DO SOME MATH OVER HERE.

MR. GLOVER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ASK OR ADD? NO.

NO, NO.

I APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT, UM, WE HAVE FOLDING THIS IN, UH, JULY ONE.

UM, AND, UM, I, UM, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

UM, YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS LIKE HANDS, IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK UP, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, CHRIS, I SEE YOUR HAND.

I'VE GOT TWO, UM, DRUGS TO THE ADMINISTRATOR BUDGET.

HOW MUCH OF THAT IS DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND HOW'S THAT COMPARE TO LAST YEAR? I WAS THE FIRST ONE.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS TO YOU.

REMIND ME HOW MUCH REVENUE WE'RE BUDGETING FOR SHERIFF SERVICES ON HILTON HEAD.

I CAN, UM, WELL THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS CASE, ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THE CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM? NOPE.

UM, YOU'LL PROBABLY APPRECIATE THIS.

SO TRADITIONALLY I BELIEVE THAT THE CONTINGENCY HAS BEEN RIGHT AT A MILLION RSQ, NOT A MILLION THAT WOULD BE QUITE A CONTINGENCY HAS BEEN RIGHT AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR.

UM, IN ORDER TO COMPLETELY BALANCED THE REVENUE EXACTLY TO THE EXPENDITURE BALANCE.

I TOOK THIS VERY SMALL DIFFERENCE AND ADDED IT TO HIS CONTINGENCY.

SO THIS YEAR IT'S RIGHT AT 100,000.

UM, LET ME PULL THAT UP.

I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY.

ACTUALLY, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A SECOND, IT'S RIGHT AROUND 101,000.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A HUGE JUMP ONE OH ONE, THREE 46, PRECISELY YOU YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, AND THEN YOUR NEXT QUESTION, REMIND ME OF THAT, UH, SHERIFF'S SERVICES ON HILTON HEAD.

I WANT YOU TO AS BUDGETED FOR REVENUE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

UM, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHEN WE'RE DONE DISCUSSING GENERAL FUND, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO PINKY WHO WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THE ENTERPRISE AND ALL OF THAT.

WE HAVE A WHOLE ANOTHER SECTION THAT I'M GOING TO WORK KIND OF SHORT ON TIME, BUT, UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY ALSO WHERE THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS AT REQUEST IS.

I KNOW THAT, UM, IT WAS STATED EARLIER THAT IT'S NOT THE GENERAL FUND, THAT'S THE CASE IT'S ACTUALLY PAID FOR FROM A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

SO WE DIDN'T ADMIT IT OR FORGET IT.

IT'S JUST IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND? I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE FOUR PACKS ENOUGH AT THE TIME.

UM, YEAH.

COULD I JUST ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? UM, THE COUNTY, NO, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY LINE ITEM IS HERE AND THEN WE HAVE A TENDENCY OF, UH, SOMEHOW, UH, IN THE, UH, ALL THE EXPENDITURE THAT YOU SHOWED US EARLIER, THAT IS ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND STUFF.

IS THAT, IS THAT AN AREA THAT WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT? UM, THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND LEGAL FEES AND, UH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ARE WE, ARE WE BEING SUED A WHOLE LOT OF, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

UM, SO I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE, UM, OVERAGES ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED.

FOR LEGAL SERVICES, AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IN THE FISCAL 21 BUDGET, UM, AND MR. TAYLOR CAN, CAN BACK THIS UP.

THEY DRASTICALLY REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS IT RELATES TO LEGAL FEES FOR FISCAL 21.

UM, WHICH IS WHY I'M COMING TO YOU WITH SUCH A BIG AMOUNT FOR THE BUDGET ALLOCATION IN ORDER TO HEDGE OURSELVES AGAINST THAT FROM HAPPENING IN FISCAL 22, UH, WE HAVE $300,000 IN THAT LINE ITEM

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UM, ADMINISTRATION ALSO HAS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR AN ITEM, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS AS WELL.

IT WAS IN 20 MORE, UM, LET'S SEE, 80,000.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE REQUEST THAT CAME THROUGH WAS ALSO AT 80,000, SO THAT ONE WAS NOT BUMPED UP, BUT WE CAN DO SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, RIGHT.

I'M NOT HEARING ANYONE I'M GOING TO END THIS TIME.

UM, UNLESS YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE A QUICK BREATHER, UM, LOTS OF PASS THE BALL OFF TO PINKIE AND LET HER, UM, WALK YOU THROUGH ALL THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

AND, UM, SHE'S WORKED AGAIN TIRELESSLY ON THIS, SO I WANT TO COMMEND HER, UM, PUBLICLY FOR THE JOB WELL DONE THAT SHE HAS JUST DONE HERE WITH OUR BUDGET TODAY.

THINKING UP TO YOU THANK YOU, WHITNEY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY.

YOU WANT ME TO SHARE, OR DO YOU WANT TO SHARE YOU WROTE THE ORDINANCE OR THE NUMB DOCUMENT? THE SPREADSHEETS.

UM, AND THERE'LL BE ONE AT THE TOP.

IT SAYS BASICALLY WE'RE 22 SRS.

GOT IT.

BECAUSE I REGULARLY SUBMITTED THE GENERAL FUND WITHOUT A THUMPING CLASS.

THE WITNESS SUBMITTED ONE, BUT WITH COMP IN CLASS, HEY GERALD.

DOWN TO THREE.

HEY JOE, CAN YOU MEET YOU PLEASE? I'M TRYING TO MUTE PEOPLE.

AND THEN HERE WERE IN THE DOCUMENT.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO PAGE THREE.

SORRY.

SO THIS IS OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND EXPENDITURES, UH, PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, 22.

UM, THESE ARE ALL RESTRICTED, UM, FUNDING SOURCES.

SO AS MS. COOK MENTIONED EARLIER, MOST OF THESE HAVE A RESTRICTION EITHER BY, UM, BY EITHER A GRANT OR SOME LEGAL OBLIGATION.

THEN THE B'S FUNDS ARE REPORTED.

THAT'S WRITTEN THAT THESE, THESE FUNDS WERE WORKED AROUND MY NOTES TO SIDE.

UH, HONESTLY JUST REFLECT WHERE I NEEDED TO GO DO SOME MORE DIGGING, TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE GOING WITH SOME OF THOSE.

SO THEY WEREN'T, UM, AN INDICATOR OF ANYONE'S, UM, ENTRIES IN SHAREPOINT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UM, IN FISCAL YEAR YOU CAN SEE THE SAME COLUMN, UM, COLUMNAR FORMAT FOR THE GENERAL FUND THAT I HAVE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 19 AND FISCAL YEAR 20 ACTUAL.

THIS WAS APPROVED IN FISCAL YEAR 21.

AND THEN WHAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IN FISCAL YEAR 22.

UM, AND SOME OF THESE, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THESE FUNDS OR EVEN THE ACTUAL FUND ITSELF IS EVEN BEING UTILIZED.

AND SO IF IT IS NOT, WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO INACTIVATE THIS FUND TO CLEAN UP SOME, SOME OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

UM, AND I'VE GOT SOME THAT I'M STILL WAITING ON A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THOSE TO YOU, BUT MOST OF THE TIME, THESE FUNDS ARE ALREADY RESTRICTED FOR THE PURPOSE THAT THEY ARE BEING, UM, THAT IS RECORDED IN THE FUND.

UM, COUNCILMAN HERBER, SEAN, YOUR, UH, THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED, UH, WHEN ME JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE IN THE YELLOW IS THE FUN TWO, TWO EIGHT ZERO.

THAT WOULD BE THE NEW SHERIFF'S, UH, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD SERVICE FEES, UM, AND THE NUMBER AND THE BUDGET ENTERED THERE CHOSE 3.891 MILLION.

SO THAT, THAT WOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON, SIR.

COULD YOU SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT PLEASE? YEAH.

AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE BENEFITS.

BENEFITS WOULD BE ADDED TO THAT, WHICH BRINGS US, UH, ANOTHER $500,000.

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UM, SOME OF THESE OTHER FUNDS ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE.

SOME OF THE ONES THAT WAS COOKING ADDRESSED A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

AND, UH, SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF SPILL PAST THAT BECAUSE AS SHE MENTIONED, THOSE ARE FUNDS, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY RESTRICTED TO, UM, SORRY.

UM, SAME GOING FORWARD, UH, ALCOHOL AND DRUG AND DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS ARE NOT REPORTED IN THE GENERAL FUND SINCE THEY RECEIVE, UH, VARIOUS TYPES OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

SO THEY ARE ALL RECORDED HERE IN OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

AND IF WE CONTINUE DOWN HERE, WE, SORRY.

UM, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GO UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, A BIT MORE OKAY.

RIGHT THERE.

UM, SO WE KEEP SCROLLING DOWN, UH, WE'LL SEE PUBLIC WELFARE, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

THIS IS WHERE, UH, COZY OUR, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT MR. LIGHTER RUNS, UH, THAT'S WHERE THEIR, THEIR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE RECORDED IN THAT FUND.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SOME OTHER, UM, UH, SUBSIDIES THAT WE, WE ARE A PART OF THE CDBG, UH, THE L COG, WHICH I BELIEVE WE'LL BE PRESENTING IN A LITTLE WHILE AND BE A HOME CONSORTIUM.

THOSE WILL BE LISTED IN THESE FUNDS.

LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, SARAH.

I THINK THAT'LL BE THE LAST PAGE OF THE, YEP.

SO WE ALSO HAVE, UM, OUT SOME OF OUR OTHER THINGS, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENT SKI TRANSPORTATION GOT GRANT.

UM, AND THEN THE REST OF THESE ARE IMPACT FEES AND WHERE THEY ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

UM, AS WE ALL, THOSE ARE RESTRICTED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

SO THOSE ARE OUR CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

UM, WE HAVE VARIOUS FUNDS THAT WE, UM, ONLY UTILIZE WHEN WE RECEIVE FUNDING.

UM, THAT WOULD BE SOME OF THESE LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS AND SOME OF THE HILTON HEAD FIRMS OF THE LIBRARY, UM, AND OTHER LIBRARY GRANTS AND, UH, STATE AID.

UM, SO, AND THEN THE VERY LAST FEW ARE THE PARKS, UH, IMPACT THESE FUND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

ANY QUESTION ON SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? I'M SORRY.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO, UM, YEAH.

QUICK IMPACT FEES.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, I'M LOOKING AT TWO LADIES OUT AND SEEING HOW LONG HAVE I AND BARRY, UM, I GUESS WE DON'T DO ENOUGH DEVELOPMENT ON, ON, ON THOSE AREAS TO GET THE KIND OF REVENUE WE NEED, UM, IN THOSE AREAS, IN THOSE EYE LINE ITEMS. YEAH.

ARE YOU REFERRING TO LADIES ALLEN STATE HELENA? UM, YEAH, COMPARED TO A BLUFFTON, JUST, JUST LOOKING VERY ENVIOUS, JEALOUS OF WHAT, AND THAT'S ALL, I DON'T WANT THE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT SURE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE MONEY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SARAH, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP SCROLLING DOWN TO MOVE ON TO THE REST? WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.

THIS IS OUT, THIS IS WHERE ALL OF OUR DEBT SERVICE IS RECORDED.

UM, AND WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT, UM, FUNDS RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE RURAL AND CRITICAL DEBT SERVICE AND THE COUNTYWIDE DEBT SERVICE AS WELL AS THE 3,100, WHICH IS THE BLOCKCHAIN PARKWAY DEBT SERVICE.

THIS IS WHERE ALL OF OUR BOND INTEREST IN PAYMENTS ARE PAID OUT OF SALE.

UM, GATSBY REQUIRES US TO GATSBY, UH, GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.

SO THEY REQUIRED US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DEBT SERVICES WERE RECORDED IN A, UH, ALL OF OUR BONDS AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE RECORDED IN A DEBT SERVICE FUND.

UM, SO I, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO IT, BUT THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS WE PAY ANNUALLY.

SO DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DEBT SERVICE FUNDS? I'M SORRY.

OLDER BONDS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO HOPEFULLY CONTINUE WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE OVER IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, CONTINUE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THESE ARE OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, UM, IN, UH, WORKING VERY EXTENSIVELY WITH MS. BRITTANY FIELDS.

WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, A LOT OF LINE ITEM BUDGETS OR TOTAL BUDGET SO THAT WE COULD UTILIZE THESE FUNDS WITHOUT, UM, HAVING TO REPEATEDLY COME TO COUNCIL TO UTILIZE THE FUND BALANCE.

SO THESE ARE A LOT OF OUR BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED THE 2009 GEO BONDS, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE AT A ZERO BALANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE INACTIVATING THAT CPF CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

UM, MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE SOME REMAINING BALANCES IN SOME OF OUR

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE TO THE VERY LEFT IS THE FUND NUMBER.

AND THEN B UH, THE CAPITAL PROJECT BY NAME IS IN, UH, IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROPRIATE FUND NUMBER, AND THESE ARE THE BALANCES THAT ARE LEFT IN THOSE FUNDS.

UM, SO, UH, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM WILL UTILIZE MOVING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, MOST OF THESE HAVE SOME FORM OF A REFERENDUM OR ORDINANCE IT DOWN, ANY QUESTIONS, RIGHT, DEREK, THANK YOU.

AND THESE ARE OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

UM, WE MAINLY HAVE FOUR MAJOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AND THAT WOULD BE OUR GARAGE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR MAINTAINING OUR FLEET.

UM, AND WE HAVE OUR STORM WATER UTILITY ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

UM, THE OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES ARE OUT OF THIS FIVE ZERO TWO FIVE ZERO ONE ONE.

THE OTHERS ARE VARIOUS GRANTS AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS RELATED TO STORM WATER UTILITY.

UH, AND THEN BELOW THAT WE HAVE 5,100, THERE'S OUR ONE, ONE, WHICH IS DEEP YOU FOR A MILLION DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND.

UM, AND THEN THE 54 ZERO ONE ONE IS, UH, THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, OPERATIONS ENTERPRISE POND.

UH, THE OTHER 54, TWO IS, UH, WHERE THEIR GRANTS ARE HOUSED AS BE ONE OR TWO WHERE THE BUPA, UH, EXECUTIVE AIRPORTS GRANTS ARE HOUSED.

UM, THIS, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE NORMALLY TRINET, UH, RECORD BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO BE HOUSED SEPARATELY AS THEIR REVENUES HAVE TO BE UPSET BY THEIR EXPENDITURES.

AND THESE ARE THE TOTALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 BY THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS ON THE GARAGE, INTERNAL SERVICE ON WHY IS THE REQUESTED SO MUCH HIGHER THAN APPROVED? YES, SIR.

UH, PREVIOUSLY WE WERE NOT UTILIZING OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, UM, AS, AS WE, AS, AS IT SHOULD BE.

UM, SO THIS YEAR, SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR SALARIES AND SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT WE BILL OUT TO OTHER OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT ARE GARAGE SERVICES, WE'RE NOT BEING RECORDED IN THAT FUND AS THEY SHOULD BE.

THEY WERE BEING RECORDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND AS A PART OF SOME OF THE PUNCH STRUCTURE CLEANUP THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, UH, GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 22, UH, WE ARE APPROPRIATELY RECORDING THE TRANSACTIONS IN THE GARAGE, INTERNAL SERVICE TIME.

AND THE BULK OF THAT 3.4 IS, UM, OUR SERVICES FIRST VEHICLE SERVICES CONTRACT, WHICH WAS ALSO PREVIOUSLY BEING FARMED OUT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT ALSO WITH OTHER GARAGE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCES WERE BEING FARMED OUT TO INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, BUT WAREHOUSING EVERYTHING IN THE GARAGE, INTERNAL SERVICE PLANNING.

DOES THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS? SARAH? CAN YOU SEE ANY HANDS UP? CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY SPOT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

GO AHEAD.

THINKING THAT IS AS ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, YOU GUYS WERE REALLY EASY ON ME TODAY.

THANK YOU, SARAH, FOR HELPING FACILITATE THAT.

CAN YOU GIVE ME A FAVOR? CAN YOU, CAN YOU POP THE POLL UP? ABSOLUTELY.

SO WOULD YOU MIND PULLING THAT BACK UP AND THEN IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO PAGE THREE AGAIN, WHICH IS SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, PLEASE.

MA'AM .

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, RIGHT THERE.

PERFECT.

PERFECT PLACE TO STOP, SARAH.

THAT WAS THE SAME REQUEST WE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

SO ON TWO, ONE, ONE ZERO, SARAH'S HIGHLIGHTING IT FOR US RIGHT THERE.

THAT WOULD BE THE 14TH CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDER.

UM, THIS IS, THIS WAS THEIR REQUEST PRIOR TO, UH, MS. UH, SMITH'S PRESENTATION AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP.

UM, SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE WERE 21 APPROVED WAS A 3.5, 3 MILLION.

AND PRIOR TO THESE CASH REVENUE FUNDS BEING INCLUDED IN HERE,

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AND THEN, UM, SHE HAD LATER, UH, SUBMITTED A ON ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR FUNDINGS.

UM, THESE FIGURES ARE, UH, PRIOR TO HER PRESENTATION, THE VERY LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP.

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO WHAT IS PROPOSED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

UM, SO OUR, OUR, THIS IS WHERE OUR PUBLIC DEFENDERS, UH, REVENUE OR EXPENDITURES ARE RECORDED.

DID THAT GOOD.

I'M SORRY.

UH, NO, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY HAD SOMETHING TO ASK ABOUT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER.

I WANTED TO GO BACK TO STONEWATER A REAL QUICK, UM, TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ON STONEWATER IF THAT'S OKAY, WHICH IS THE NEXT PAGE.

WELL, BEFORE WE GET OFF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, SINCE IT IS A POSITION LIKE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, SHOULD WE NOT HAVE A LINE ITEM BUDGET? WHAT CONSTITUTES THAT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS? UM, YES, IT, I CURRENTLY THEY DO HAVE A, EXCUSE ME, THEY DO SUBMIT A LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR, THEY WERE STEEP, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IS WHY PREVIOUSLY IT WAS RECORDED IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, BUT YES, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED ANY LINE ITEMS, BUDGET.

IS THERE SOME OUT OF JOE, UM, INCLUDE THAT STATE GRANT THAT I DON'T KNOW SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM BUDGET? I DON'T KNOW.

I WILL.

I WOULD THINK THE GRANT IS SEPARATE AND APART AS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

I THINK THIS IS THE, YEAH, RIGHT.

SO THIS IS OUR FUNDING ONLY FOR THE 14TH CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDER.

DOES MY SUBMISSION FROM THAT OFFICE INDICATE SINCE THERE ARE FOUR OF THE COUNTIES IN THAT 14TH CIRCUIT, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE OTHER COUNTIES, PINKY, DO YOU KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL REVENUES THAT COME IN FROM OTHER COUNTIES? UM, THE AMOUNT THAT, UH, MS. SMITH INDICATED AT HER BUDGET PRESENTATION OR REQUEST, EXCUSE ME.

SO THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING SOMEWHERE.

DOES SHE PUT THEM IN THROUGH SHAREPOINT? PINKY? DO YOU HAVE A SHAREPOINT BUDGET FOR HER? I DO HAVE A SHAREPOINT BUDGET, BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE HER.

UM, OTHER COUNTIES.

I CANNOT DEFINITELY ADD A TAB INTO THAT SPREADSHEET AND SEND THAT BACK OUT WOULD BE THE, UM, WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S INFORMATION ON IT FOR WHAT WAS SUBMITTED.

WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? YES.

IF YOU COULD GET US THE SHAREPOINT, UM, BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT SHE SUBMITTED, AND THEN WE CAN COMPARE THAT WITH JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

WE CAN USE THAT SAME INFORMATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, COULD I GO BACK TO STORMWATER REAL QUICK? YES.

ARE WE DONE WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE? IF WE ARE? I DON'T.

WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

UM, MR. GLOVER, UM, UM, IF YOU COULD HELP MR. GLOVER GO BACK TO THE STORMWATER, PLEASE.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, I SAW $9 MILLION IN A 4.5 MILLION AND I'M JUST SORT OF CONFUSED WITH THAT.

THAT'S ALL.

IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT.

SURE.

LET ME START.

DO YOU WANT TO SHARE, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE IT WOULD BE THE VERY LAST PAGE, I THINK.

UTILIZE THEIR SUBMISSIONS.

WE ACTUAL FOUR M WAS 4.8 AND THEN APPROVED FOR 21 IS 9.9 ALMOST 10 MILLION.

AND THEN ON THAT SAME LINE, UM, FOR THE REQUESTED IS 4.5.

UM, KIND OF, IS THAT A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THAT 9.9 9.9 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED IN 20? I WILL ACTUALLY, YES, SIR.

THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY THE STORM WATER DEPARTMENT.

I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO EITHER JARED OR NEIL.

IF THEY'RE ON THE LINE, I

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OH, IS THAT MONEY BEING SPREAD ELSEWHERE? NO, IT WOULDN'T BE STORMWATER.

ANYWAY.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, THOSE ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THERE ARE.

THANK YOU, JERRY CLARIFICATION.

JARED, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? WE, YOU KIND OF BROKE UP WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED SPEAKING.

I BELIEVE THAT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN CIP AND PLAN FOR, AND THE REASON FOR THE LARGE DIFFERENCE AS MR. GLOVER HAD POINTED OUT, UM, WOULD BE BETWEEN 21 AND THEN 20 COMPARED TO 21, AND THEN GO INTO 22.

ALSO THAT, UM, THEY WERE TRYING TO UTILIZE ANY OF THEIR EXCESS REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT THAT THEY REQUESTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, AS WE ASKED MOST DEPARTMENTS TO DO ALL DEPARTMENTS TO DO, UM, IF THEY HAD EXCESS FUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR 21 TO FULFILL THEIR CAPITAL REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.

SO THEY REMOVED, UH, ABOUT 600,000 LOAN OF CAPITAL REQUESTS THAT THEY HAD, UH, PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.

THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT BUDGET FOR THEM TO FIND ALMOST $4 MILLION.

I BELIEVE THAT I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS TO JARED TO ANSWER, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE FULFILLED SOME OF THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS AS WELL.

THAT'D BE AN ACCURATE STATEMENT HERE.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME THAT FINISHED UP AND THEN THERE'S, UM, THAT WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PLANS THAT ARE LETTERING.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER FUNDS THAT I MAY ANSWER FOR COUNSEL? ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS UP.

NOPE.

EITHER.

SARAH.

DO YOU SEE ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT.

UH, THANK YOU, MS. HARRIS.

UH, GREAT JOB.

UM, SO WHERE DO WE GO TO FROM HERE? IS IT BACK TO PINKY OR ARE WE NOW LOOKING AT, UM, UH, ENTERTAINING A MOTION TO, UM, TO, UH, TO PASS THE BUDGET AS IS? AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL GET IT TO, TO, TO COUNSEL AND HAVE THREE READINGS.

SO I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, UM, CHANGES OR THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE'VE SAW THE ELECTED OFFICIALS BUDGETS, UM, UH, WITH WHITNEY.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY OR PINKY? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD AT THIS POINT OR, UM, UM, MS. RICHLANDS, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE MOVE ON? IT'S SARAH, IF I MAY, JUST TO QUICK, SORRY, I JUST WANT TO MENTION TO YOU THAT THIS CURRENT BUDGET, UM, DOES NOT REFLECT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT MONIES.

UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT YET FORMULATED, UM, A COUNTY OR REGIONAL PLAN FOR HAVING A SUN'S WILL BE EXTENDED.

SO AT SOME POINT IN FISCAL 22, WE WILL LIKELY COME BACK BEFORE YOU AND REQUEST THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BY WHICH WE CAN, UM, TRACK ALL OF THE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES FOR THE, WE CALL IT ARCA, UM, PURPOSES.

WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THOSE AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE TREASURY, UM, JUST LAST WEEK, UH, ISSUE GUIDANCE ON HOW THOSE MONIES COULD BE SPENT.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES IN OUR REGION, KIND OF WITH ONE VOICE IN ONE ACCORD AND PRESENT OUR DESIRED PROJECTS, MUCH OF IT IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED, UM, CAPITAL OUTLAY.

UM, SO THAT PIECE IS STILL COMING.

AND I JUST SIMPLY WANTED TO, UM, JUST TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, AND WE WERE STILL WORKING ON A PLAN THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AT SOME POINT IN FISCAL 22 FOR THAT PURPOSE, UM, CHAIRMAN LOSS.

AND IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE HELP AND ALL DEPARTMENTS AND, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I'VE BEEN SUPER HELPFUL IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS, AS WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS A REALLY, UM, VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE IT, UH, TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR WORKING WITH US, UM, AS WE ALL GO THROUGH OUR GROWING PAINS.

UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE TO GET TO KNOW EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU, BECKY.

UH, YES.

UH, I KNOW HOW HARD YOU'VE WORKED AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE FINANCE STAFF WITH, UM, UM, HAYES AND WHITNEY.

UM, SO, UH, MR. PASSMAN, I SEE YOUR HAND UP, GO AHEAD AND SAY SOMETHING.

BEFORE WE MAKE THE MOTION.

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UH, I HAVE A TECHNICAL QUESTION FOR EITHER MR. GREENWAY OR OUR, OUR ATTORNEY MR. TAYLOR IN DOING SO WE WOULD BE MAKING A MOTION AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COUNCIL, A FIRST READING OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET BUDGET ORDINANCE.

AND WOULD THAT HAVE TO BE DONE BY TITLE ONLY SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION AS YET DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ON WHAT SUBJECT, UH, YOU KNOW, MILL RATE, UM, W WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE OF WHAT THE TOTAL BUDGET IS GOING TO BE.

SO SHOULD IT BE DONE BY TITLE ONLY? NO, SIR.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET AS IT EXISTS.

WE DO HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME WEEKEND AND YOU DO HAVE THE BUDGET NOTEBOOK AND THERE'S LINES YOU JUST WENT THROUGH.

SO TITLE ALWAYS NECESSARY.

VERY GOOD.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HOW WE WOULD, UM, UH, WORD, YOU KNOW, SUCH AN ACTION ITEM.

IF I ASK YOU DOG, MAN, DON'T SECOND READING, UH, CHAIRMAN PASS HIM UP RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE READY TO PROCEED WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR FIRST READING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ASK FOR SOMEONE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, UM, APPROVE WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND MOVE IT TO FIRST READING OF COUNCIL, SEEING NO QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

I'LL SECOND.

IT ALL RIGHT.

SO IT'S, UM, BEEN, UH, FIRST AND SECOND IT, UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET? ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY REASON FOR US TO DO A ROLL CALL? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? I SEE.

NO OBJECTION HERE.

NO OBJECTION.

UM, SO AT THIS POINT IS APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

LET'S MOVE ON THEN, THEN, UM, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG MEETING.

UM, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? LET'S, UH, LET'S TAKE A, UM, IT'S FOUR 14.

LET'S COME BACK AT, AT, UH, FOUR 20 AND WE APPRECIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR FOLKS THAT ARE PRESENTING TODAY AND THEIR PATIENTS.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK AT FOUR 20.

OUR FIRST PRESENTATION, UH, THE AFTERNOON, UH, AND THAT IS FROM THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

IT IS FOUR 22, UM, AND LIKE TO CONTINUE ON, SO EVERYONE GET HOME HERE THIS EVENING, UM, AND WE'D HAVE

[10. PRESENTATION OF BUDGET PROPOSALS FROM THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY (TCL); UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT (USCB); BEAUFORT, JASPER, HAMPTON COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES; AND PALMETTO BREEZE.]

UM, AND WHO WOULD BE, UH, WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING THAT? NO, I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST GOING TO STICK WITH KARNES AND SHE'S ONLINE.

YES, MA'AM THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

HORSESHINE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR, LAWSON COMMITTEE, VICE CHAIR.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE WORTH WAITING FOR.

I WILL, I WILL SPEAK FOR ON THE PATH TO COLLEGE.

WE WILL DO SO.

I NEED A, BUT ON BEHALF OF DR.

GOLF AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AS A LOW COUNTRY, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE TODAY.

UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE COLLEGE AND YOUR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION, WHICH IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR OPERATIONS.

UH, TODAY, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, HOW WE'RE EMERGING OUT OF COVID AND HOW WE'RE GROWING AND HOW EVERY DAY WE'RE BECOMING AN EVEN BETTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMERGING OUT OF COVID RIGHTFULLY.

UM, OVERALL, WE PROBABLY LOST ABOUT $3.7 MILLION IN TOTAL LOSSES, LIKE ALL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

UH, WE DID RECEIVE HER FUNDS OR ARE RECEIVING HER FUNDS AND THAT'S THE HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS WE EXPECT RECEIVED.

AND TOTAL, UH, $9.3 MILLION OF THAT ABOUT 4 MILLION NEEDS TO BE GIVEN DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS.

UM, WE CAN RECOVER FROM OUR REVENUE LOSS AND ALL RELATED TO COVID EXPENSES, AND THE BALANCE CAN THEN BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, SIR, SORRY FOR THE LACK OF A TITLE, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS ENROLLMENT.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM FALL 28 TO FALL 2019 AND ACTUALLY FALL 27, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE CHART.

UH, WE WERE SEEING STEADY ENROLLMENT GROSS, AND WE EXPECTED THAT FOR FALL 2020, AND BECAUSE NO ONE EXPECTED COVID OVERALL, WE HAD A 70% DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT

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AND THAT IS COLLEGE WIDE.

SO FOR US, THAT'S THE ACCREDITED SIDE.

IT'S THE ASSOCIATE DEGREES, IT'S THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND ON THE CONTINUING EDUCATION SIDE, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS LIKE CDL, WELDING, UM, CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT.

UM, SO THOSE TWO AREAS COMBINED, WE SAW ABOUT A 17% LOSS IN ENROLLMENT.

WE'RE PROJECTING TO START THE RECOVERY FOR FALL 2021.

I'M SEEING MOST OF THAT RECOVERY BANG AND, UM, DUAL ENROLLMENT AND IN CONTINUING EDUCATION.

AND WE'RE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S DRIVING ENROLLMENT IN CONTINUING EDUCATION AND A BIT THAT THAT'S FINE.

YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

THANKS, TARA.

UM, WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE GROWING AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND OUR ECONOMY.

UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN PARTICULAR ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

THEY'RE FOUNDATIONAL TO BUSINESS EXPANSION AND RETENTION.

SO I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT SOME GROWTH AREAS, UH, THE DIFFERENT MATHER CAMPUS HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM EXPANSION, OF COURSE, THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH CYBERSECURITY PROGRAMS, AND THEN MANUAL FIRST SC AND GEAR.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

SARAH, THANK YOU.

DIFFERENT MOTHER, UH, CAMPUS HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM, EXPANSIONS ABOUT 40% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN AN ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM.

UM, THERE IS INCREASING STUDENT DEMAND AND THERE'S INCREASING COMMUNITY DEMAND FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAMS AND HEALTH SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS AND CAREERS IN OUR AREA TO MEET THIS DEMAND.

WE'RE RENOVATING THREE BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO CREATE ABOUT 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW ACADEMIC SPACE.

SO WE CAN DO TWO THINGS.

WE CAN EXPAND EXISTING PROGRAMS, SUCH AS NURSING, RADIOLOGY TECHNOLOGY, SURGICAL TECH, AND WE CAN BRING ON A NEW PROGRAMS SUCH AS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND PHARMACY TECHNOLOGY.

OKAY, THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE THIS HAPPEN.

THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COLLEGE, THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE COUNTRY SERVES THE TWO BOOKENDS OF OUR ECONOMY WAS THIS HEALTHCARE AND IT'S TRAVEL AND TOURISM.

SO THE CULINARY INSTITUTE, THE SOUTH HAS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS IN A VERY ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE RIGHT NOW.

IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST.

WE WERE START AND, UM, STUDENTS WILL, UM, UH, START TO COME INTO THE BUILDING, UM, AND MIDDLE, UM, ABOUT MID-OCTOBER WE PLANNED TO OPEN IT WITH ABOUT 150 STUDENTS.

INITIALLY IT HAS A 300 STUDENT CAPACITY YEAH.

FOR SECURITY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP THAT THROUGH THEIR GOOD WORK HAS SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOLLARS TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY-WIDE CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION INITIATIVE OR PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.

UM, TWO PRONGS, TWO PILLARS OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

ONE IS A CYBERSECURITY ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, UH, PROGRAM, UM, ASSOCIATE DRAPE WITH DEGREE PROGRAMS TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO, UM, UH, TO LAUNCH BECAUSE OF THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS.

SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT AN 18 MONTH MONTHS FROM NOW WHEN WE WILL HAVE THAT STANDING UP.

BUT WHAT COMMUNITY COLLEGES DO BEST IS TO RESPOND QUICKLY WHEN THEY CAN.

AND SO THIS SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, HOPEFULLY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BUFORD DIGITAL CORRIDOR, WE WILL BE OFFERING CYBER SECURITY CERTIFICATES.

THESE ARE STACKABLE CERTIFICATES FOR LOCAL IT WORKERS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT NEED THIS, THIS IT, UM, CYBERSECURITY WITHIN, WITHIN THEIR OPERATIONS.

THESE WILL BE THREE TO SIX WEEKS CERTIFICATES, UH, FOR IT PROFESSIONALS WORKING LOCALLY TO LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESSES NETWORK, UM, TO IDENTIFY SECURITY THREATS, VULNERABILITIES, AND HOW TO, HOW TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY, MAN, YOUR FIRST SC AND GEAR MANNY FIRST SST MANUFACTURING, FIRST SOUTH CAROLINA.

UH, THIS IS A STATE RECOGNIZED MANUFACTURING CERTIFICATE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS ENTRY-LEVEL SKILLS IN TERM MANUFACTURING, EMPLOYMENT GEAR, FRIENDS, FREE TRAINING AND HIGH DEMAND CAREER FIELDS LIKE CDL MANUFACTURING FIRST IS FREE

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TO ANY RESIDENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND IT WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT THE LOW COUNTRY WITH THAT ARE THE GEAR FRONDS GEAR STANDS FOR GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY EDUCATION RELIEF.

WHAT THE GEAR FUNDS ARE PROVIDING IS FREE TRAINING, FREE CDL, FREE WELDING FREE CNA.

IT WILL THAT CYBER SECURITY CERTIFICATES THAT I MENTIONED AT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

THIS WILL COVER THE TRAINING COSTS FOR THE CYBERSECURITY, CERTAIN SECURITY, I'M SORRY, CAN'T SAY IT TOO FAST.

CYBER SECURITY CERTIFICATES.

UM, SO LOCAL IT PROFESSIONALS, THE COST OF INSTRUCTION, THEIR TRAINING COSTS WILL BE COVERED BY THE GEAR FUNDS SINCE JANUARY.

UM, GEAR HAS PROVIDED OVER $124,000 IN ORDER TO COVER THE COST OF TRAINING FOR ALMOST 50 AREA RESIDENTS IN CDL AND WELDING AND CNA, AND MORE.

I WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, ALL THIS IS FREE.

THE MANUFACTURING FIRST IS FREE AND THE GEAR PHONES ARE, ARE FREE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE SUPPORT, UH, WHEN THE STATE OFFERED SUPPORT FOR THIS AREA, UM, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MANNY FIRST FC AND THE OTHER GEAR FUNDS, IT WAS MORE EVIDENCE THAT IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IS INCREASINGLY IN DEMAND.

OUR CHALLENGE AS A COLLEGE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES TO MEET THAT DEMAND.

WE'RE HANDICAPPED BY THE LACK OF FACILITIES.

AND WHEN THE COLLEGE IS HANDICAPPED, THE COMMUNITY IS HANDICAPPED AND OUR ECONOMY IS HANDICAPPED.

OUR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A COUNTY TASK FORCE ON THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN FUNDS.

AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THEIR WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD SINCE I THINK 2016, UM, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO REPRESENTATIVE MACE FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, COUNTY COUNCIL IS THE PRIMARY INVESTOR IN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE IS A LOW COUNTRY.

YOU'RE YOUR APPROPRIATIONS.

UM, IT'S YOUR INVESTMENT BID? THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH IS, IS HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE A GOOD INVESTMENT.

92% OF OUR GRADUATES LIVE HERE, WORK HERE.

THEY RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE AND THEY PAY LOCAL TAXES.

AND SINCE 1968, MORE THAN 87,000 STUDENTS, UM, HAS COME THROUGH THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES.

YOU'VE HEARD JASPER HAMPTON AND CALL IT AN AND OUR ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IS 129 MILLION A YEAR.

AND GROWING ASKED ONE.

AND I JUST WANT TO END WHERE I STARTED, UM, BY SAYING THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUFORD.

UM, YOUR SUPPORT OF TCL AND OF HIGHER EDUCATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND PLEASE KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS APPRECIATED BY DR.

GOLF, HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT THE LOW COUNTRY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS CAR IS GREAT.

UH, UM, PRESENTATION.

UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FORMERS CARDS WHILE WE HAVE THEM HERE AND MR. HERB RASHAAN, GO AHEAD.

THOSE PROGRAMS WERE HURT REALLY HARD DURING, DURING, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TEACH HPAC ONLINE.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE DIRECTION THAT TCL IS GOING.

AND IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THE VALUE THAT T-CELL THE BRAIN IS AS ALMOST BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST A GREAT DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE YELLING REALLY AWESOME.

UM, THE QUESTION IS, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HOW THE HPAC PROGRAM IS DOING I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THAT ONE? YES.

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ABOUT IT.

UM, WE'VE WE WE'VE MEANT TO LAUNCH THE LAUNCHING OF THE HAC PROGRAM AT THE NEW RIVER CAMPUS, UH, WAS POSTPONED ALMOST A YEAR BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF COVID.

I THINK THAT SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT MINGLEDORF INCORPORATED, UM, BASICALLY FUNDED THAT HAS ALL, ALL THE EQUIPMENT.

UM, BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, JANUARY, WE HIRED, UH, ANOTHER FACULTY MEMBER AND H VAC, UH, BARRY KEEVER AND HE'S CHARGED.

UM, I REFER TO HIM AS THE CHANGE AGENT THAT IS GOING TO BUILD THE HVHC PROGRAM AT THE, AT THE NEW RIVER, NEW RIVER CAMPUS.

UH, OVERALL IT'S COMING BACK ON, WE WERE STILL PRIMARILY ONLINE THROUGH, THROUGH SPRING.

UM, SO WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE WORKING HARD TO KIND OF REBUILD THOSE STUDENT POPULATIONS.

THOSE,

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YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A HANDS-ON PROGRAM.

UM, AND OFTEN WITH OUR STUDENTS, WHEN WE LOSE THEM, WHEN, WHEN THEY HAVE TO TAKE AN OFF-RAMP FOR WHATEVER REASON, GETTING BACK AND GETTING BACK TO THE ON-RAMP IS PARTICULARLY HARD.

SO VICE-CHAIR HORRIBLE SHINE.

I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE NOT AT THE NUMBERS THAT, THAT WE WANT.

WE'RE ABOUT 22 STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

WE'D LIKE THAT TO BE 50 BETWEEN BOTH DO YOU KNOW, BOTH, BOTH CAMPUSES, BUT WE SEE THAT RETURNING, WE ALSO HAVE TALKED ABOUT TAKING HAC IS ON THE CREDIT SIDE.

SO THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO TAKE GEN EDS BECAUSE IT'S A COLLEGE DEGREE, UM, ABOUT TAKING HPAC AND PUTTING IT ON THE CONTINUING EDUCATION SIDE THAT TAKES IT DOWN FROM, LET'S SAY, 60 HOURS TO LESS THAN 30.

UM, AND IT BECOMES JUST A WORKFORCE CERTIFICATE.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT DOING THAT TOO.

COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN GLOVER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY SON ACTUALLY GOES TO TCL AND HE HAS FOR THE PAST, UH, TWO YEARS.

SO, UM, WE BELIEVE IN THE PROGRAM, I THINK ALL, ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN IN THE PAST HAVE GONE TO TCL AND SUPPLEMENTED THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION.

SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND AGAIN, I ASKED HIM WHAT TIME, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ALICE, YOUR HANDS UP AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, NUMBS CONS.

UM, TALK TO ME MORE ABOUT THE EXPANSION, UH, THE 26 MILLION.

WHAT'S THE STRATEGY ON THAT? UM, I THINK THE, UM, THE MANUAL FIRST AND GEAR PROGRAM WILL REALLY HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO HELP ME, UM, UNDERSTAND, UM, WHEN YOU WILL THINK, YOU THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE BUILDING AND THE, UM, PROGRAM BEING ON CAMPUS.

YEAH, I, I, I WISH I COULD GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO THAT.

WE'VE BEEN IT'S, IT'S A HIGH TICKET ITEM.

UM, REALLY I THINK SINCE 2016 OR MAYBE EARLIER FIRST AT THE, AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND JUST TO GIVE SOME HISTORY TO THAT, GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ATTRACTION AT THE STATE LEVEL.

UH, IT STARTED WITH AN INCREMENTAL FUNDING, UM, MAYBE IN 2017 OF THREE AND A HALF MILLION, BUT NEVER FUNDED IT AFTER THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO THAT THREE AND A HALF MILLION WAS BASICALLY DEPRECIATING ON A SHELF.

UH, WE ASKED THROUGH OUR LEGISLATION IF THEY WOULD REAPPROPRIATE THAT MONEY SO THAT WE WOULD TAKE THE THREE AND A HALF TO THREE AND A HALF WAS GOING TO COME WITH NO WORK FLOWS TO BUILDING A WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER, BUT WE COULD USE THAT TO EXPAND THE HEALTH SCIENCES HERE AT THE BUFORD MATHER CAMPUS.

SO THAT IS WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM.

UM, THE FIRST STATE INCREMENT IN THE, IN THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER BACK IN 2016, 2017, NEVER ANY FUNDING AFTER THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE ASKED TO BE RE REAPPROPRIATED LAST FISCAL YEAR SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST DO SOME GOOD HERE, THE BUFORD MATHER CAMPUS, AND EXPAND THOSE, THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE THROUGH ALL THE RECOVERY MONEY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF REGULATION TIED TO IT, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT IT MAYBE, AND IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, GROWTH FUNDS THAT W THAT MIGHT BE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME MONEY THERE, UM, TO DO THE REGIONAL, UH, WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER.

HOWEVER, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT HAS BECOME URGENT ENOUGH THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TO SCALE IT DOWN.

WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO RESPOND, UM, SO LESS THERE'S 26 MILLION, BUT HOW CAN WE RESPOND AND WHAT MIGHT BE A SIZABLE BITE? AND WE HAVE, UM, UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THEM.

UH, I ALSO, I OFTEN CALL THEM THE ERECTOR SET BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF THE INDUSTRIAL, YOU KNOW, SHELLS FOR 3.9 MILLION THAT THAT CAN BE PUT UP AT THE NEUBERGER CAMPUS.

IT CAN EXPAND THE HVHC, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

IT CAN, UM, BE SPACE FOR INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE.

IT CAN EXPAND WELDING AND WE CAN EXPAND THE CDL PROGRAM, THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM.

UM, IT TAKES ABOUT $400,000 TO PUT IN A CDL PAD.

SO FOR 3.9, WE COULD, WE COULD ACT IMMEDIATELY THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE LARGER BUILDING THAT NEEDS THAT WE NEED IN THE, IN

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THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE.

BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY, WE CANNOT TAKE THE STUDENTS THAT WANT WELDING, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THE SPACE, THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO RUN IT AND AN EVENING AT A DAYTIME PROGRAM TO ACCOMMODATE THE STUDENTS WE NEED, UH, WE NEED HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, UM, INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS.

SO, SO, YEAH, YEAH, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT, UM, EVEN, UM, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE, UM, 26 MIL, IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PHASING IN AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID, UM, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I DID PROMISE YOU COUNCILMEN THAT I WENT OUT AND ASKED YOU FOR MONEY TODAY, CALIFORNIA, IF YOU HAD A QUESTION WELL, JUST TO COMMENT, IF, IF, IF SHE COULD BRIEFLY TELL US ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM, IT JUST SEEMS TO GROW AND GROW FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT REALLY DOES.

AND WE SEE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN PARTNERS AND THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH, UM, AND WHAT THERE WOULD BE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S EXPANDING THEIR, THEIR CAKE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE PLUGGING IN NOW, RIGHT BEFORE THE, UM, THE FALL SEMESTER BEFORE THE SPRING COVID SEMESTER, WE HAD THE FIRST DUAL ENROLLMENT CONSTRUCTION, UM, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION STUDENTS HERE ON CAMPUS.

UM, HAVE A GREAT PICTURE OF THOSE STUDENTS, THAT PROGRAM, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HAD TO STOP, AND IT IS COMING BACK ONLINE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO HPAC DUAL ENROLLMENT, UM, BEGINNING, BEGINNING THIS FALL, UM, OR WORKING ON THE HEALTH SCIENCES, DUAL ENROLLMENT, UM, TO STAND THAT UP TO, UM, I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF KAREN GILBERT, UM, AND WHAT SHE'S DOING AND DO, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE AREAS, BUT THIS IS OPPORTUNITY SO THAT THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN GET THE CERTIFICATE VERIFICATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY NEED, BUT IN A VERY, VERY SHORT TIME GO RIGHT INTO OUR WORKFORCE, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US CARDS? UH, W AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.

UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO, UH, TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

I THINK THAT, UM, UH, AND YOU PRESENT AND GOLF HAS DONE A GREAT, GREAT JOB, UH, WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE NEED TO GIVE SOME, UM, UH, COMMENDATIONS TO THE HOUSEHOLDS BEFORE US.

WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IN PLACE, UM, THE HAVE A MILLAGE RATE.

SO THAT WAY IT COULD HAVE A TAX AMOUNT THAT WE DIDN'T WANT WAS COMING EVERY YEAR.

AND IT WASN'T SOMETHING YOU HAD TO COME BACK AND ASK US FOR MONEY EVERY YEAR.

SO AGAIN, I GET, I COMMANDED LIKE STERN WAS PART OF THAT SIMILAR FOLKS HAVE BEEN AROUND WITH THAT.

THEY PUT THAT IN PLACE YEARS AGO, UH, TO KEEP FUNDING FOR BOTH, UH, TCL AND ALSO US CB.

SO AGAIN, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY, AND I PROMISE NEXT TIME, WE'LL GET YOU IN EARLIER AND, AND NOT MAKE YOU DO THIS, UM, ON THE MARATHON, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, MS. CARNES AND, AND THE REST OF YOUR, YOUR, UH, FOLKS AT PCL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

WE'D NEED TO BOTH ADDRESS, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

AND, UH, SO NEXT UP NEXT PRESENTATION, UH, WE HAVE A S A U S CB.

UH, I THINK DR.

PENNY WAS HERE TO, UH, TO HELP US THROUGH THIS.

AND AGAIN, DOCTOR, I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR THE LENGTHY, UH, MEETING TODAY, BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO DEFINITELY GET CHANTED WITH, HEAR WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.

SO LAURA IS YOURS, SO WE THANK, AND THANK YOU, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO HERE FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN LAWSON AND CONSOLE MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATOR GREENWAY.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRESS THAT YOU HAVE MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT THAT YOU AS CB HAS RECEIVED FROM COUNTY COUNCIL AND TO HIGHLIGHT SOME ONGOING REQUESTS.

UM, I JUST, AGAIN, APPRECIATE THAT TREMENDOUSLY, ABSOLUTELY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

AND, UH, WE LEARNED A LOT SITTING THROUGH ALL OF THE MARATHON SESSION, SO NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AS WELL.

I'M JOINED HERE BY MY COLLEAGUE, BETH, UM, PATRICK, WHO SERVES AS OUR VICE CHANCELLOR FOR, UH, BUSINESS AND OPERATION AND FINANCES AND IT, SO SHE IS BOTH THE CFO AND A CBO AT OUR INSTITUTION.

AND, UM, SHE'S DONE A TREMENDOUS WORK FOR US FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS COMING UP THAT, UM, THAT

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UM, DURING THE COURSE OF THE PRESENTATION, NEXT FIGHT, PLEASE.

UH, ARE WE CONTROLLING THIS LINE? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, SO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, UM, WE ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND TO EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND WE CARRYING THAT OUT THROUGH THE DISTINCTIVE PROGRAMS THAT OFFER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY, UH, SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN VIEW ON THE THREE CAMPUSES THAT ARE REPRESENTED THE MAIN CAMPUS, BEING THE BLUFFTON, UH, CAMPUS, THE HISTORIC BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS AND THE HEALTH HAT BEING THE, UM, THE NEWEST CAMPUS AND GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND BEYOND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WE CANNOT, UM, NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.

WE CAME FEBRUARY OF PLENTY OF 20.

WE ALL HAD TO PIVOT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEIR RESPONSE STARTED REALLY IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, WE HAD TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC, BUT IN PLACE A LOT OF, UM, PROTOCOLS AND MEASURES TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

BUT ALONG WITH THOSE CAME ALSO LOTS OF CHALLENGES THAT WE CAN KIND OF PUT ON BOTH THE ACADEMIC FRONT, AS WELL AS ON THE FINANCIAL FRONT, WE INCURRED, UM, UNEXPECTED, UM, COSTS IN MITIGATING, UM, THE MEASURES THAT WE HAD PUT IN PLACE FOR THAT, UM, PP, UH, TESTING AND, UH, LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL WELL ACQUAINTED WITH IN TERMS OF OUR TYPICAL RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.

WE, UM, WE LOST A LOT OF MONEY BY, UH, HAVING TO REIMBURSE FOR, UM, HOUSING AND FOR, UM, MEALS AND OVER EXHILARATED FUNCTIONS, AS WE, UM, HAD TO PIVOT ESSENTIALLY IN THE WAY THAT WE WERE DELIVERING INSTRUCTION.

IT ALSO MEANT THAT OVER THE LONG TERM, UM, THERE WERE SOME CONSEQUENCES WITH REGARD TO ENROLLMENT ON.

WE SAW THAT DEEPLY, UM, THIS PAST FALL WHERE WE TOOK A LOSS OF ABOUT 6.2 IN OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH, THANKFULLY, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, HAVE, HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US MITIGATE AGAINST SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FACED WITH, UM, WITH THE COVID BOTH IN TERMS OF, UM, REIMBURSEMENT EXPENSES, EXPENSES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH JUST, UH, EQUIPMENT AND, UH, AND, UH, TESTING, ET CETERA, AS WELL AS, UH, LOOKING AT EXPENSES THAT WERE DUE TO LOSS OF REVENUE.

AND WE'LL TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OUR STRATEGIES WERE TO BE BROKEN DOWN IN BOTH SHORT TERMS AND LONG TERMS, UM, BOTH IN DEALING WITH, UH, THE FINANCIAL MATTERS AS WELL AS IN THE ACADEMIC MATTERS.

AND OF COURSE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE MEASURES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE WITH REGARD TO HEALTH AND SAFETY, WHICH REALLY WORKED VERY WELL FOR US.

WE WERE AMONGST THE LOWEST IN TERMS OF IMPACT TO THE INSTITUTION, BOTH FOR STUDENT BODY, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF FACULTY AND STAFF.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HERE.

I WANT TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A TREMENDOUS APPRECIATION FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE RECEIVING LOCALLY FROM THE COUNTY.

UM, WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE IS A CAPTURE OF THE DECADE FROM 2008, UM, THROUGH 2018.

AND OF COURSE THE RECESSION BEING ONE OF THE BIGGEST MARKER OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR PERIOD AND UP UNTIL NOW OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE STILL, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE STATE, AND

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I'M TALKING ABOUT AN AVERAGE HERE FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR PUBLIC HIGHER INSTITUTION, UM, OVERALL BEHIND IN TERMS OF THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THE STATE MADE TO THE OVERALL COSTS OF, OF HIGHER EDUCATION PER STUDENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS EVEN MORE VIVIDLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YES, CORRECT.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND HERE ARE WHAT'S PARTICULARLY VISUALLY STUNNING IS IF YOU CAN, UM, SEE THE PORTION OF THE STUDENT CONTRIBUTION VERSUS THE STATE WHERE THE STATE CONTRIBUTION APPROPRIATION PER FTE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, UH, IS SHOWCASED IN BLUE AND THE NET TUITION WAS, WAS IN GREEN BACK IN, IN 1992.

AND YOU LOOK AT THAT COMPARISON TO WHERE WE ARE IN 2017, YOU'LL SEE THE REVERSE ALL ESSENTIALLY OF THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE STUDENT.

AND THAT'S LARGELY POINTING OUT TO, UM, THE, THE SMALLER CONTRIBUTION ESSENTIALLY THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED COMING FROM THE STATE AND COMPOUND.

THIS FOR USC B HAS BEEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE THE YOUNGEST COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH CAME ABOUT, UM, LARGELY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE HAD TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT WE CALL PARODY FUNDING, MEANING WHEN WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO THE OTHER COMPREHENSIVE, WE WERE THE LOWEST ON THE, HER FTE, UM, RELATIVE COMPARISON TO OTHERS, THANKFULLY, UH, DELEGATION, UH, LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION HAS BEEN REALLY HARD WORK TO TRY TO BRING US TO PARITY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT COMPOUNDING BOTH THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THE STATE AND TOGETHER WITH THE FACT THAT THAT OUR LEVEL OF, OF PARTICULAR APPROPRIATION WAS AMONGST THE LOWEST.

IT HAS MEANT EVERYTHING TO US THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT LOCALLY FROM, UM, FROM THE COUNTY.

AND, UH, THAT GIVES YOU PERSPECTIVE SO MUCH SO THAT IT'S REALLY HELPED US TO BE THE LOWEST TUITION AMONGST THE COMPREHENSIVE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

SOMETHING THAT WE, WE HOLD VERY DEARLY TO BECAUSE WE KNOW THE POPULATION WE SERVING AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY WHERE NECESSARY.

WE ARE ON DEDICATED AND IT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR MISSION.

SO, UM, IT'S BEEN STATED, UM, EARLIER, AND I'LL WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT AS AGAIN, THAT, THAT THE SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY THE MILLAGE BASED APPROACH TO SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE, AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE AND WANT TO THANK YOU AND HOPE TO CONTINUE ON THAT COURSE, AS YOU WILL SEE THE REPORT ON WHAT IT'S ENABLING US TO BE ABOUT TO DO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, HERE.

THERE'S JUST A CAPTURE HISTORICALLY OF THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND, UM, WANT TO GIVE KUDOS ONCE AGAIN, TO ALL OF THE LEADERS WHO WILL, UM, WENT TO BAT TO ENSURE THAT, THAT, UH, THERE WAS A MILLAGE BASED APPROACH TO SUPPORTING US AND AS WELL AS, UM, UH, A BOTTOM FLOOR IN, IN CASES WHEN TIMES ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, UM, HERE, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT YOU HAVE MADE POSSIBLE FOR YOU AS CB, UH, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OWN MISSION AND VISION TO BE NOT ONLY RELEVANT, BUT TO BUILD ON THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO LEVERAGE ON THAT STRENGTH TO CONTINUE TO GROW WHEREVER WE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE NEEDS, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NEW INITIATIVES THAT ARE REALLY PROPELLING US UPWARD ECONOMICALLY,

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AND IT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE MISSION FOR THE COUNTY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 713 STUDENTS, UM, IN OUR FALL ENROLLMENT THAT ARE FROM BUFORD COUNTY.

UM, AND IN OUR CASE, UM, PROBABLY PERHAPS ON LIKE TCL, WE TEND TO GIVE YOU NUMBERS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE AND REFLECTING THE FULL TIME EQUIVALENT IN TERMS OF NUMBERS.

SO THAT'S A HUGE CONTRIBUTION THERE, AND WE HAVE 90 HIGH SCHOOL, DUAL ENROLLMENT.

WE ARE SEEING TREMENDOUS GROWTH WITH REGARD TO OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT, EVEN, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TO SAY IS, UM, IS IT'S NOT FINANCIALLY AT THE SAME RATE AS THE REGULAR STUDENTS, WE DO FEEL VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO BEING ABLE TO, TO MEET THAT NEED BECAUSE IT IS TRULY, UM, SERVING OUR STUDENTS.

AND, AND NOW COME IN ON A DATE, WE HAVE AS, YOU KNOW, VERY ACTIVE OLLI PROGRAM FOR THE LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE, ROUGHLY 1675 PARTICIPANTS OR MEMBERS OF THE ALI, UH, RIGHT HERE IN BUFORD COUNTY.

AND, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 196 BUFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS, UM, WHO I HEAR OF TALK THE DRUMS OF PARTNERSHIPS, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, DUAL ENROLLMENT, AGAIN, BEING A HIGHLIGHT THERE THAT ALSO OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDING STUDENT TEACHER IN TIMES AND K THROUGH 12, UM, TEACHER TUITION DISCOUNT THAT WE DO PROVIDE TYPICALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED THE NEW MASTERS OF EDUCATION AND LITERACY PROGRAM.

AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A NEED THAT WAS THAT WE'VE RESPONDED TO.

AND WE'RE SEEING REALLY A VERY STRONG START OF THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

AGAIN, ATTESTING TO THE NEED THAT'S BEING MET THERE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FOCUS THAT WE HAVE ON HELPING OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.

THAT IS THE SOLE, UM, SINGLE, UH, DEDICATION THAT, THAT YOU WILL FIND, UM, AMONGST, AMONGST OUR FACULTY, OUR STAFF, OUR STAFF HERE, OUR DEDICATION TO HELPING OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.

WHAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS, UM, THE STUDENT WHO HAD JUST GRADUATED ON TANYA CAN PAIR OFF WHO WAS SERVING AS THE VICE-PRESIDENT FOR THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION.

SHE WAS A SUCCESSFUL COMPETITOR FOR THE WASHINGTON SEMESTER PROGRAM.

AND THE WASHINGTON SEMESTER PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

ONLY A HANDFUL OF INSTITUTIONS ACTUALLY DO GET STUDENTS TO, UM, TO SUCCESSFULLY MAKE IT THERE.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, FOR INSTANCE, COLUMBIA DOES GET A LARGE SHARE OF STUDENTS THAT THEY ALL TYPICALLY COME FROM THE HONORS PROGRAM, UM, IN, IN COLUMBIA AND USC HAS SUCCESS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SENDING WASHINGTON SEMESTER STUDENTS.

SO OUT OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE WASHINGTON SEMESTER STUDENT GO THERE.

AND TANYA IS JUST THE LATEST EXAMPLE AND, UH, IS AS SHE HASN'T GRADUATED GOING TO BE RETURNING TO WORK FOR CONGRESSMAN LIBRARIANS, UH, OFFICE.

AND I SHOULD ALSO, YOU MENTIONED THAT USC B HAS, UH, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW GARNERED THEIR, THEIR PRIZE OF BEING RECOGNIZED AS A TOP SELLBRITE PRODUCING INSTITUTION.

AND AGAIN, UH, REALLY A TESTING, NOT ONLY TO FACULTY, BUT ALSO TO STUDENT AND TO THE KIND OF WORK THAT THAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE.

AND THE RECOGNITION OF THAT FACULTY HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS JUST EARLIER TODAY.

ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WAS BEING RECOGNIZED IN COLUMBIA BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UM, FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DOING IN TERMS OF RESEARCH THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED

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OUR RESEARCH AND GRANTS, UM, ACTIVITY.

AND THAT'S ALSO REFLECTING THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH STUDENTS WHEN WE GIVE THEM EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

IT'S NOT JUST INTERNSHIP, IT'S ALSO RESEARCH IT'S SERVICE, LEARNING IT'S PROGRAMS, SUCH AS STUDY ABROAD AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY, UM, ENHANCES, UM, NOT ONLY THEIR EDUCATION, BUT THE CREDENTIALS THAT THEY HAVE MAY 1ST AND, UH, ACTUALLY APRIL 30TH OF THIS PAST APRIL HERE, AND, AND MAY 4TH FOR US, WE HAD A TOTAL COMBINE OF FIVE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY DURING WHICH WE GRADUATED OVER 305 STUDENTS.

UM, EH, A REAL TESTAMENT AGAIN FOR THE KIND OF, UM, ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON AND THE FOCUS THAT WE HAVE, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH, WITH STUDENT SUCCESS.

SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

AND WE REALLY, UH, LOOKED FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT PARTICULAR SUCCESS.

AND OF COURSE WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, UM, TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND.

UM, WE WERE THE PI, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ON THE CYBER SECURITY GRANT, UM, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO COLLABORATE ACROSS MULTIPLE INSTITUTION TCL AND, AND, UM, AND, UM, COLONEL PARKER AND JUST A NUMBER OF PARTNERS, UM, TO REALLY LEVERAGE ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT IS PRESENTED WITH CYBER SECURITY.

IT'S MULTIDIMENSIONAL.

IT, IT HOLDS A HIGH FUTURE, UH, IN TERMS OF DEMANDS, UM, IN TERMS OF JOBS, MARINE BIOLOGY, MARINE SCIENCE, NURSING EXPANSION, UH, MENTIONED ALREADY THE MASTERS OF EDUCATION LITERACY.

UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING ON THOSE PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO REFLECT THE NEEDS AND THE DEMANDS FOR OUR AREA ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING THAT.

AND LOOKING AT THAT, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BE PART OF THE PEACH BELT CONFERENCE AS PART OF NCAA DIVISION TWO ATHLETICS.

AND, UM, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN MULTI-STEP PROCESSES THAT HOPEFULLY WE HOPE WE ACCOMMODATE IN OUR TRANSITIONING FROM OUR CURRENT AFFILIATION WITH NIA TO NCAA, UM, DIVISION TWO AND PEACH BELT CONFERENCE IN PARTICULAR IS WHERE A LOT OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE PEERS THAT WE WILL BE REALLY COMPETING WITH ARE IN, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THAT LIES THERE IN THE FUTURE.

AND WITH THAT, AS I'VE INDICATED TO ALL OF YOU IN THE PAST PRESENTATIONS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'RE LOOKING HOPEFULLY TO ADD NEW SPORTS, INCLUDING MEN AND WOMEN BASKETBALL AND WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL, UM, PARTICULARLY AS WE MAKE MORE PROGRESS WITH THE CONVOCATION CENTER THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED, UM, TO YOU PREVIOUS, LIKE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WELL, BEFORE I SAY SOME MORE ABOUT THE CONVOCATION CENTER, WHERE WE STAND, I REALLY WANT TO REITERATE, AGAIN, OUR SUPPORT FOR THE MISSION OF THE COUNTY AND, UH, AND, UH, THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE FEEL THAT WE MAKE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORKFORCE AND LIFELONG LEARNING, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT REALLY BEYOND AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL HERE, BOTH WITH EDUCATION AND OVER ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE DUAL ENROLLMENT, AND WE REALLY ARE EXPLORING AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF A STEM CENTER.

AND, UM, WE WILL BE, UM, UM, SUPERINTENDENT RODRIGUEZ AND I PLANNING TO, TO MAKE A VISIT SOON TO, UM, TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY TAKING STRIDES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BEING ONE OF STATE CONTRIBUTING SOME, AND, AND WE GETTING SOME SUPPORT FROM ACCOUNT DATE AND OF THE $24 MILLION THAT THE STATE IS SUPPOSED TO CONTRIBUTE THUS FAR, WE HAVE ACCUMULATED AS OFF RIGHT NOW, ASSUMING THAT WE GET, UM, FINALIZE THE BUDGET AT THE STATE LEVEL $12.3 MILLION THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THIS COMPLICATION.

SO WITH REGARD TO THE CONVOCATION CENTER, UM, WE, ALL THE STUDIES THAT HAVE COME IN, WE, YOUR POPULATE SUPPORTED FOR US TO ENGAGE IN RESULTED IN PHASE ONE, BEING ESTIMATED AT $48 MILLION AND THE PROPOSAL

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AND WE DO HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE POTENTIALLY EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE AS STATES HAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THAT IT MIGHT BE LOOKING AT EARMARKING TOWARD CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND, UH, SO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK TO YOU FOR SUPPORT ON THIS INITIATIVE.

SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PANDEMIC HAVE SIMPLY REINFORCED THE VALUE OF THIS FACILITY FACILITATE.

WE HAVE HOSTED A LOT OF TESTING.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MASS VACCINATIONS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EMERGENCY TYPE OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LARGE EVENTS THAT SUCH A FACILITY WOULD BE ABLE TO FACILITATE NOT ONLY FOR USC, BUT FOR A LOT OF THE NEEDS THAT ARE REFLECTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MAJOR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED AD, UM, PROJECT THAT REALLY WOULD, WOULD SERVE NOT ONLY US CB, BUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

UM, VERY WELL.

SO WITH THAT, LET ME JUST, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO SERVE, UM, THE COMMUNITY THAT THE WAY THAT WE ARE DOING AND PARTNERING WITH YOU IN EVERY WAY.

UM, MOVING FORWARD, LOVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR US, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

BADU, I GUESS THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT GOING ALONG MARATHON COMMITTEE? NO ONE HAS QUESTIONS DR.

BRUNO, BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

UM, I'VE GOT A DAUGHTER WHO WAS A USC BEAT ALUMNUS, AND ALSO, UM, MY WIFE HAS GRADUATED FROM USC WITH HER, UH, PSYCHOLOGY DEGREES.

SO WE APPRECIATE, AND I KNOW PERSONALLY WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO SCHOOL THERE.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, I CANNOT SEE EVERYBODY.

IS THERE ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS, NOT A QUESTION.

JUST MAKE A LITTLE QUICK STATEMENT, DEDUCTIBLE, RENEWAL, GOOD TO HAVE YOU, UH, PRESENT TO US.

UM, JUST KEEP US A UPRISE OF THE CONVOCATION PROCESS AND FUNDING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, AS YOU AS, AS IT UNFOLDS ITSELF.

CERTAINLY CERTAINLY.

WELL, YOU, YOU WILL HEAR FROM ME AGAIN AND AGAIN ON THAT.

ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE LEFT? UH, UH, DR.

, UH, EXCELLENT AS USUAL, DR.

CRUZ.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW TO CONTACT ANY OF US HERE, IF WE CAN BE OF ANY MORE ASSISTANCE TO YOU.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.

APPRECIATE THAT.

CONTINUE TO PORT A PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE REGION.

UM, GREAT.

UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION, UM, COMING UP HERE AND, UM, LET ME, UH, JUST BACK UP HERE AND MAKE SURE I'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.

UM, BUT, UM, I THINK, UH, FROM, UH, UH, MARY FRIEND-ZONE, NOPE, YOU'RE THERE, GREG, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE YOU NEXT, UH, PRESENTING FOR US.

SO, UH, LET'S NOT WASTE ANY TIME.

WE'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD, UH, AND, AND PRESENT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT FOR THE, UM, UH, POMONA BREEZE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU CHAIRMAN LAWSON AND, UH, THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UM, AND WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE MY SCREEN.

SO I DON'T KNOW SOMEBODY PUT THAT UP.

HERE WE GO.

CAN I JUST SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE? AND THANK YOU.

I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS.

LOOK, ALL MY PEOPLE ARE GONE.

HERE WE GO.

I HAVE IT ON MY OTHER MONITOR.

LET ME TRY AGAIN.

YOU'RE UP.

IT'S ON, YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION.

YES, WE CAN.

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.

WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE PALMETTO BRIEF UPDATE, AND WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S

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UM, LET'S SEE, IF WILL, I GOT TO CLICK THE RIGHT BUTTONS.

OFFICE FOR OUR OPERATION CENTER.

WE, UM, SERVED, UM, SEVEN, UH, COMMUTER ROUTES.

WE GO TO FIVE COUNTIES, UM, AND WE ALSO DO DEMAND RESPONSE ROUTES IN, UH, BUFORD, AND ALSO OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BROAD.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS PEOPLE THAT NEED A RIDE THAT MAYBE THE BUS ROUTE DOESN'T GO BY THEIR HOUSE, OR IT ISN'T CONVENIENT.

THEY CALL HERE AND WE, UM, DISPATCH DIFFERENT SERVICES AND WE PICK PEOPLE UP FOR A DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE.

UM, HERE'S OUR ROUTE MAP.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE SERVE A HUGE AREA.

IT'S FIVE COUNTIES, UH, OVER 3000 SQUARE MILES IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.

UM, THROUGHOUT ALL THESE FIVE COUNTIES, WE PICK UP PEOPLE, UM, THAT NEED TO GO TO WORK AND BRING THEM MOSTLY TO LOCKTON AND HILTON HEAD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'D GET OFF ALONG THE WAY.

SOME PEOPLE GET OFF ON ONE 70 THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GET OFF IN RIDGELAND, THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE US TO GET TO THEIR JOBS.

UM, SOME OF OUR RECENT HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WITH THE, UM, PANDEMIC, WE DID NOT MISS A SINGLE DAY.

WE IMMEDIATELY GOT A BACKPACK SPRAYER, AS YOU CAN SEE OUR, UM, UTILITY ON THE RIGHT THERE IS USING THE SPRAYER.

WHAT WE LEARNED AFTER HIM SHOOTING UP LIKE THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, WAS THAT IT REALLY CHEMICALS REALLY WEREN'T THAT, UM, CAUSTIC AND THAT HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO WEAR THE SUIT, BUT, BUT WE DID IN THE BEGINNING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS, UM, VERY AMAZING WAS OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT MADE THE SHIELDS THAT WENT IN ALL THE BUSES AND MOST OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEMS WENT WITHOUT, AND THEN PAID ABOUT FIVE TIMES WHAT WE PAID AND HAD CONTRACTORS PUT THEM IN.

AND SO OUR GUYS GOT RIGHT ON IT AND GOT THEM IN.

WE PROVIDED, UM, WE STILL PROVIDE MASKS AND ALL THE BUSES, UM, WE HAVE HAND SANITIZER AND WE SANITIZE THE BUSES EVERY DAY.

UM, ALSO, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WAS REALLY GREAT IS WE GOT CARE SACK MONEY AS DID ALL THE TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY.

AND, UM, THEY WERE PRETTY GENEROUS IN THE, UH, WITH THE CARE SACK MONEY.

AND WITH THAT, WE MANAGED TO, UH, PURCHASE TWO ADDITIONAL MCI.

MOTORCOACHES THE LARGE BUSES, THE STATE SDOT HAD ALREADY GIVEN US MONEY FOR ONE MOTOR COACH.

WE HAVE 10 THAT NEED REPLACING.

AND SO, UM, UH, WE RECEIVED THESE THREE MOTOR COACHES IN DECEMBER AND THEY'RE IN USE RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR RELIABILITY.

UM, OUR OTHER BUSES THAT WE'RE USING ARE OH SIX AND OH SEVEN MODELS, AND THEY HAVE A MILLION PLUS MILES ON AND, UM, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BREAK.

SO THESE THREE BUSES HAVE REALLY HELPED.

UM, OUR RELIABILITY, UM, TROLLEY HAS BEEN SUCH A CRAZY SUCCESS STORY.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD A HARD TIME EVEN RUNNING THE TROLLEYS.

UH, WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH OUR EMPLOYEES GETTING SICK AND OTHER THINGS.

SO THIS YEAR WE STARTED OUT, UM, AND WE WERE FAIR FREE.

AND, UM, WE ADDED, UM, MID ISLAND ROUTE, WHICH GOES TO THE WESTERN TO FOLLY FIELD ROAD WHERE ALL THE TIMESHARES AND THE LASAR.

AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW, ON FRIDAY WE CARRIED 475 PASSENGERS, UH, OVER THREE BUSES, BUT IT'S STILL AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

UM, IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE NOW HAVE HAD STANDING LOADS IN THE TROLLEYS, WHICH NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT, UH, THE TROLLEYS HAVE TAKEN OFF AND LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY THAT AS PRETTY, AS THEY ARE, AND AS ENJOYABLE AS IT IS TO RIDE OUR AIR CONDITIONED TRAVEL, THE REAL, UH, PUSHING FACTOR ON PUTTING TROLLEYS HILTON HEAD AS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WAS TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC.

THE TRAFFIC WAS PRETTY RIDICULOUS FOR SUCH A SMALL ISLAND AND SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE FULFILLING OUR MISSION IN WE'RE FILLING THESE TROLLEYS UP.

AND SO IT'S WORKED OUT HERE'S HOW ROUTE SERVICE, UM, LET ME, I CAN GET A MOUSE ON HERE.

I CAN.

SO THIS IS SHELTER COVE RIGHT HERE, AND THIS IS OUR TRANSFER POINT, GOING NORTHWARD TO THE WESTERN AND FOLLY FIELD ROAD IS OUR NEW ROUTE.

UM, ALL THE SERVICES, UH, HAVE 30 MINUTES SERVICE THIS ROUTE GOING TO THE SOUTH END.

WE HAVE, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT TO POLYGAMY TWO BUSES RUN ON THIS.

AND SO A BUS COMES EVERY 30 MINUTES.

ONE BUS RUNS ON THIS ROUTE AND AGAIN, 30 MINUTES, UH, SERVICE.

THEY MEET AT IT BY JANE'S AND THE TALBOT'S IN A SHELTER CODE.

THERE'S A LITTLE PULL OFF THERE AND THAT'S OUR BUS TRANSFER STATION.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE IF YOU'RE ON HILTON HEAD TO, UM, TRY OUT THE TROLLEY.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL

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VEHICLE.

THEY'RE NICE AND AIR CONDITIONED.

IT'S A GREAT VIEW.

AND THE DRIVERS, UM, MAKE SURE TO, UH, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT ALL THE LOCAL ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE WAY.

, UH, WE ARE ALSO STARTING, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BLUFFTON, ON A FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM, BOTH THE TROLLEY AND THE BLUFFTON BREEZE ARE PART OF OUR URBAN SERVICES.

UM, THESE ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THIS COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF US BECOMING A SMALL URBANIZED AREA.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE WANTED TO START THIS SERVICE, UM, JULY 1ST, BUT WE, AS WELL AS ALL EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES.

AND, UM, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET DRIVERS IN HERE.

AND SO WE HAVE DELAYED THE START OF THE BLUFFTON BREEZE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7TH, WHICH IS THE DAY, UH, AFTER THE TROLLEY STOPPED RUNNING.

UM, BECAUSE WE PLAN TO USE THOSE DRIVER RESOURCES TO GET THE NEXT SERVICE UP AND RUNNING.

UM, WE ARE CERTAINLY STRUGGLING TO GET DRIVERS IN, BUT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.

SO BLUFFTON BREEZE WILL START ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, AND HERE ARE THE ROUTES THAT IT'LL SERVE.

IT'S TWO ROUTES WHILE YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THAT HERE, BUT THE POINT OF THIS ROUTE.

AND AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS, UM, SERVE THE, UM, HIGHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, SUCH AS THE APARTMENTS HERE AND ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY, BLUESTONE, AVALON SHORE, SOME, ALL THESE APARTMENTS IN HERE TO THE WORK SITE, TANG OR WANTING OR TO WALMART.

SAM'S UM, WHEN YOU GET UP HERE TO THE PUBLIX, THERE'S A BIG MEDICAL BUILDING HERE, AND, UM, THAT EMPLOYS, UH, SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE AND THE SHOPPING CENTER, THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN TO, UM, BACK TO BLUFFTON AND WE WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE REGIONAL, UM, COMMUNITY PARK HERE THAT HAS THE SKATE PARK, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD INDOOR BASKETBALL.

SO THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND A SERVICE TO THIS AREA.

WE DO SHOW THIS ROUTE, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS MAP, THE ONE THROUGH THE SCHOOL ROAD, WHY HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING THROUGH THEIR RIGHTEST SCHOOL WAS LETTING OUT ONE DAY AND WE SAT A GOOD 10 OR 12 MINUTES, AND I, WE ARE NOT GOING TO COME THIS WAY.

UM, WE'RE JUST GOING TO COME TO THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND DOWN TO THE REGIONAL PARK, BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LET THE BUSES GET STUCK LIKE THAT.

THE THROTTLE COME UP TO THE BUCK, WALTER, UH, PLACING HERE, WHICH IS AGAIN, A HUGE EMPLOYER.

WE HAVE, UM, ALL OF THE RETAIL STORES, THE PUBLIX, WE HAVE THE NEW KROGER'S THERE.

UM, TCL HAS A CAMPUS.

WE HAVE, UM, THE CALL CENTER THERE FOR, I CAN'T THINK OF THEIR NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT A BIG CALL CENTER, JUST A LOT OF EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA.

AND THIS IS OUR TRANSFER POINT.

THE SECOND ROUTE WE'LL SERVE BUCHWALD DURING, AND WE WILL GO INTO BERKELEY PLACE ON THE WAY UP TO THE THEATER AND TO ALL OF THE, UH, RETAIL THAT PEOPLE WORK AT.

AND, UM, WE COME OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO STOP IN FRONT OF BOJANGLES, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR EARLY SUPPORTERS TO GET PUBLIC TRANSIT.

OUR TURNAROUND IS GOING TO BE AT THE VINEYARD ON, UM, BUCK WALTER.

THEY ASK US TO COME IN AND TURN AROUND TO HELP BRING EMPLOYEES THERE.

WE WILL LEAVE FROM THE VINEYARD AND GO BACK TO BERKELEY PLACE.

AND THEN IT BOTH WAYS WE'LL STOP AT WASHINGTON SQUARE.

OF COURSE YOU CAN'T GET IN THERE NOW, BUT AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IN TH THIS WILL BE PART OF THE ROUTE.

WE HAVE THE TIME ON THE ROUTE TO SERVE WASHINGTON SQUARE.

IT'S JUST NOT DEVELOPED ENOUGH FOR US TO GET IN THERE.

SO WE WILL BE SERVING THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO, UM, BUCK WALTER.

AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING WE'RE BEHIND THE KROGER AND WE'RE HOPING WE CAN MAKE USE OF A SOON TO BE BUILT PARKING AREA BACK THERE AS A BUS TRANSFER CENTER.

UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA RUN THIS AND IT'S HOURLY SERVICE.

SO IF YOUR BUS COMES BY 11, IT'LL COME BY EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET IT AT 1115, IT'LL BE 1215, ONE 15 TO 15.

SO IT'D BE VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO, TO KNOW WHAT TIME THE BUS COMES.

AND, UM, THE SERVICE WILL BE FROM 7:00 AM TILL 6:00 PM.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS GOING.

IT WILL BE YEAR-ROUND SERVICE AND IT'LL START WITH A MONDAY TO FRIDAY.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S GOING TO BE NEW NUMBER SEVEN.

UM, A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE DONE IN INSIDE THE ORGANIZATION IN THE LAST, SINCE WE BECAME AN URBAN, UH, PROPERTY TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR GROWTH ON WHAT WE HAD WHEN I CAME IN WAS NOT A VERY WORKABLE SITUATION, NOT VERY MUCH OFFICE SPACE, JUST WE'VE DONE A LOT.

WE'VE HIRED THE PEOPLE WE NEED.

WE'VE DONE A RENOVATION ON THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND ADDED OFFICES.

WE BROUGHT IN A MOBILE

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UH, PLEASE GO ON A DOT COM AND CHECK OUT OUR WEB WEBSITE.

ONE OF MY ESSENTIAL HIRES WAS TO GET A MARKETING PERSON WHO IS FANTASTIC AND HAS REDONE OUR WEBSITE IN OUR BROCHURES IN A IS AND ANSWERS ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

HE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.

WE'VE ALSO, UM, UPDATED OUR HURRICANE, UH, EMERGENCY EVACUATION.

WE DO THE EVACUATION SERVICES FOR BUFORD COUNTY AND BEING THAT BUFORD AND JASPER REALLY ARE QUITE CLOSE TOGETHER.

AND WHERE WE SERVE ALL ON TWO 78 AND ONE 70 WE'RE, WE ARE PLANNED TO BEGIN, UM, OFFERING OUR SERVICES FOR EMERGENCY EVACUATION TO JASPER COUNTY AS WELL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND, UH, THEY WOULD CALL THE SAME CALL CENTER.

WE'LL USE THE SAME RESOURCES, AND THEY WILL ALSO SHARE IN THE COST OF, UM, UH, WELL, UH, THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION, UH, PROGRAM.

I GOT A LAWYER KIND OF MYSELF, BUT ANYWAY, WE WILL BE DOING THAT FOR JASPER COUNTY.

WE WILL GIVE THEM A CUTAWAY TO USE, WHICH WE DO ON HILTON HEAD AS WELL.

THESE ARE CUTAWAYS, THE SMALLER BUSES, AND WE'LL GIVE THEM ONE TO USE FOR EVERYTHING, UM, WEST OF 95.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP THOSE PEOPLE.

AND, UM, WE WILL DO EAST OF 95 AND JUST INCORPORATE IT INTO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND THE REGIONAL SHELTER, HOPEFULLY NOT THIS YEAR, WE JUST RECENTLY GOT A, ANOTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITY CAME OUR WAY, AND WE WERE AWARDED THE MONEY TO PURCHASE TWO ADDITIONAL MCIS.

UM, WE PLAN TO ORDER THEM IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET THEM BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT NEWS FOR US.

THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE FIVE OF THE 10 BUSES THAT WE'RE TYING TO REPLACED REPLACED.

SO, SO IT'S HUGE, UH, THAT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING COMMUTERS IN FOR ANOTHER 10 OR 15 YEARS.

ONE IT'S PART OF OUR MASTER PLAN FOR FUTURE PLANNING.

AND JUST SO PEOPLE GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

IT'S PROBABLY NOT THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, BUT COMING SOON WOULD BE A ROUTE THAT GOES ACROSS THE BRIDGES.

UM, AND WHAT WE LOOKED AT IN SERVING HILTON HEAD, THE TROLLEY WORKS GREAT FOR WHAT WE WANT THE TROLLEY TO DO, BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO GO TO WORK LIVE IN BLUFFTON, WANT TO GO TO WORK ON HILTON HEAD OR VICE VERSA, IT'S COMPLICATED.

AND WHEN YOU TRY TO LOOK AT SETTING UP PERMANENT TRANSIT ROUTES ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, JUST THE LAYOUT OF THE ISLAND.

AND SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS FLEX ROUTE CIRCULATOR, UH, PLAN.

AND WHAT THAT IS IS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BOOK, UH, IN ADVANCE, UH, AT LEAST A DAY IN, UM, AND KEN BOOK TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE.

AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL SET UP SCHEDULES FOR OUR, OUR CUTAWAYS OVER ON THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND.

AND PROBABLY THERE'LL BE TWO, ONE GOING NORTH ONE GOING SOUTH, UM, IN, IN BLUFFTON AS WELL, ONE OR TWO, UM, UH, FLEX BUSES AS NEEDED.

AND, AND WHAT THAT WILL DO, WHAT THAT ALLOW US TO DO IS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GO.

SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE HOSPITAL EVERY DAY.

WELL, IF THAT'S 10 PEOPLE EVERY DAY, WE ALWAYS DO THAT.

AND THEN WE ALWAYS GO ANOTHER WAY, WE'LL KNOW, IN OUR NEXT PLANNING THAT THAT COULD BE ITS OWN ROUTE, BECAUSE IT HAS ENOUGH RIDERSHIP.

SO PRIOR TO RUNNING SOME KIND OF FLEX ROUTE TO UNDERSTAND WHO'S GOING TO RIDE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO, WE'RE REALLY SHOOTING IN THE DARK, TRYING TO SET UP TRANSIT SERVICES.

AND SO THIS CONCEPT, I THINK, IS THE, IT'S THE SMARTEST WAY TO APPROACH HOW TO SERVE, UH, BETWEEN BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD AND CROSS THE BRIDGE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY FOR THAT.

THAT'S FUNDING ALLOWS, UM, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AND THIS IS JUST SHOWS YOU OUR COMBINED BUDGET, UM, WE'RE A $5 MILLION BUDGET.

AT THIS POINT, WE COLLECT FARES, WE GET A LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY, THE STATE MASS TRANSIT FUNDS.

WE'D LIKE TO GET MORE OF THAT.

UM, OUR LOCAL MATCH MONEY WITHOUT THE LOCAL MATCH MONEY.

NONE OF THIS WOULD BE, UH, DOABLE, OUR GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED BOTH FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL ARE REIMBURSED GRANTS.

AND SO WE SPEND THE MONEY AND WE GET BACK A PERCENTAGE OF IT.

SO IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS HELP US WITH THIS LOCAL MATCH, UH, COMMITMENT.

SO WE CAN KEEP IMPROVING THE SERVICES AND KEEP IT UP, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION.

THE OTHER THING THAT I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, AND I CAN'T HELP, BUT AT LEAST MENTION IT IS THAT WE REALLY NEED DEDICATED FUNDING TO GROW THIS INTO A ROBUST TRANSIT SYSTEM, SUCH AS THE COMET IN COLUMBIA OR A CAT IN SAVANNAH OR THE SYSTEM IN CHARLESTON, IN ORDER TO REALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS THIS COMMUNITY GROWS, WE NEED

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TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE PERMANENT, UM, UH, DEDICATED FUNDING FOR OUR LOCAL MATCH.

THIS IS JUST THE ONE RURAL SIDE.

UM, AND THAT'S THE COMMUTER BUSES, NOT THE BLUFFTON SERVICE AND NOT THE TROLLEY SERVICE.

AND THIS SHOWS YOU, UM, THAT WE GET, WE SPEND MOST OF OUR MONEY, UM, ON THE WORLD SIDE, UH, COST A LOT TO RUN ALL THOSE MILES AND TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION, THE URBAN SIDE, NOT SO MUCH, UH, WE GET, UM, A SMALLER GRANT.

AND SO WE CAN ONLY GROW THE URBAN SIDE AS BIG AS THE GRANTS THAT COME IN, OR IF WE GOT A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAID IN, IN THE FUTURE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

AND THIS IS OUR REQUEST, UH, IT'S 338,928.

AND, UM, IT'S FOR THE RURAL AND FOR THE URBAN.

AND I DID THIS AS THE CHARTS OFF OF THE LETTER THAT I SENT IN.

WHAT WE DO IS WE, ON THE RURAL SIDE, WE DIVVY UP ALL THE RIDERSHIP AND TO LOOK AT WHAT COUNTIES PEOPLE ORIGINATE FROM AND HOW MUCH OF OUR RIDERSHIP PERCENTAGE THAT IS.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH MATCH WE NEED FOR THE GRANT.

AND THAT'S HOW WE COME UP WITH HOW MUCH WE ASK EVERYBODY FOR ON THE RURAL SIDE.

AND ON THE URBAN SIDE, THE URBAN SIDE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WE DO IT BY POPULATION PERCENTAGE, AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS CAME FROM THE 2010 CENSUS AND WE'LL HAVE NEW NUMBERS FOR THE 2020 CENSUS.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT PROBABLY WILL CHANGE, BUT THERE IS A METHODOLOGY TO HOW WE ASK FOR THE MATH RUNNING.

AND THAT'S MY CREW ON A, AN OCTOBER.

WE'VE ALL GOT OUR PINK ON.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HE'S CHAIRMAN? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I'M JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT, UM, I APPRECIATE, UM, PARTICULARLY THE BLUFFTON ROUTING SYSTEM, UM, HOW YOU STAY OFF OF TWO 78 AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S A GOOD PLANNING RIGHT THERE.

UM, SO JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT, UM, UH, WOULD LOVE TO SEE A TROLLEY SYSTEM ON THE NORTH SIDE OR BUFORD COUNTY.

UM, I KNOW THE NUMBERS ARE NOT THERE, BUT LET'S KEEP THE NORTH SIDE IN MIND.

OH, GO AHEAD.

AND YOU GET A MINUTE.

UM, WE HAVE PUT IN FOR A GRANT, UH, THROUGH IT'S CALLED OUR TAP RURAL TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND, UM, THEY PUT OUT A CALL OUT FOR, FOR PROJECTS AND WE PUT IN FOR A PROJECT AND WE'RE CALLING IT REBOOT.

IT'S RE-IMAGINED YOU FOR TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S FOR NORTH OF THE BROAD AND WE HAVE GREAT IDEAS, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE PLANNING MONEY ON THE RURAL SIDE.

SO THERE ARE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BRANDS.

UM, FRED AND BEN HELPED ME WITH IT AND, AND DEBBIE FROM, UH, ACCESS HEALTH, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY GOT TOGETHER AND WE PUT THIS GRANT IN AND WE'LL KNOW ON JUNE 18.

AND IF INDEED WE GOT THE GRANT, UH, WE HAVE SOME BIG PLANS TO ROLL THAT OUT AND TO REALLY CHANGE UP WHAT WE'RE DOING IN BUFORD, BECAUSE IT'S DATED IT'S, UM, IT'S REDUNDANT.

IT'S JUST NOT AS EFFICIENT AS WE COULD BE, BUT, BUT IT'S ALSO A VERY BIG PROJECT TO TAKE ON.

SO WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET THIS GRANT MONEY AND, AND COME TOGETHER.

AND WE WILL CERTAINLY INVITE COUNCIL TO SOME OF OUR PLANNING SESSIONS IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UM, PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS.

UH, AND SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED.

UH, I, I KNOW PROBABLY BE CHALLENGING.

YOU DO THE PLANNING TO INCLUDE THE, UM, HUNTING ALLEN AREA, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF, UM, THE, UH, LOSS OF POCKET SPACE HERE.

AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY, UM, SPACE FOR VISITORS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A TRANSIT SYSTEM WOULD REALLY HELP THAT AND TO KEEP THAT, THAT CAN GET THE BEACH GOING, RIGHT? YES.

AND AS FAR AS HUNTING ISLAND, UH, TWO YEARS IN A ROW, I WAS ON STANDBY TO DO A SHUTTLE FOR THEM, UH, AFTER MATTHEW, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE PARKING LOT DISAPPEARED.

AND THE ONE YEAR WE WERE READY TO GO, WE HAD EVERYTHING SET UP.

IT LIKE RAINED EVERY WEEKEND AND SO THEY DIDN'T NEED US.

AND SO IF IT GETS BUSY AND OVERCROWDED AGAIN, WE'RE READY TO GO AND TO PROVIDE, UM, SHUTTLES ON THE WEEKENDS TO HUNTING ISLAND.

IF I COULD JUST, IF I COULD POINT OUT ONE THING TO, UH, OUTLINER BREEZE, UH, REP, UH, THERE IS, UH, WE HAVE THESE VARIOUS POTS OF MONEY.

SO IF YOU NEED MATCHING FUNDS OR ANY KIND OF PLANNING, WANTING TO GO ON THAT GRAPH, WE WOULD BE CERTAINLY WILLING TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT, UH, GETTING COUNCIL TO APPROVE AN ALLOCATION FROM THE OPERA PERFORMS AND THE OTHER POTS OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH A TRANSPORTATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND

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DO YOU KNOW, IT, IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND IF WE GET THIS GRANT, WE WILL BE CALLING ON EVERYBODY.

CAUSE I JUST THINK WE CAN DO A LOT MORE IN BUFORD AND SERVE THE PEOPLE AND REALLY IMPROVE OUR TRANSPORTATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. FREEZONE? THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.

AND THE EXCELLENT SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE KIND OF GOES UNNOTICED.

I THINK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY DEPEND ON IT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT AND WAITING.

AND AGAIN, YOUR IMPORTANCE IS WHAT WE NEED YOU TO GO TODAY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

UM, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T COME CLOSE.

I KIND OF BLEW LARRY MCKELLEN'S, UM, ONE HOUR MEETING OUT OF THE WATER TODAY.

SO, UH, UM, ALWAYS USE ME AS AN EXAMPLE OF GOING TOO LONG IN, IN MEETINGS.

AND AGAIN, I NEVER THOUGHT, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO RUSH ANY OF OUR IMPORTANT ITEMS OR, OR ANY OF OUR IMPORTANT PRESENTERS TODAY.

UM, I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, HOWEVER, IS BECAUSE THE, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ARE NOT, UM, URGENT.

THEY ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE NOT URGENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT MOVING THOSE TO THE CAUCUS MEETING ON MONDAY, UH, WHICH COULD BE HANDLED AT THAT TIME.

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME AT THAT CAUCUS MEETING.

IS, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE, UH, TERM OF PASSMAN? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO OR WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR, UH, INPUT OR ANYONE ELSE'S INPUT ON THAT? WE CAN DO THAT, BUT, UM, UH, SEE THE CHAT MESSAGE THAT, UM, UM, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH.

SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT.

UM, YEAH, THEY WERE READY TO PRESENT.

SO WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTER TODAY.

UH, SO WE DEFINITELY WILL BE MOVING THE EXECUTIVE, UM, UH, SESSION ITEMS, UM, UH, TO MONDAY.

UH, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND, UM, UH, HAVE OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR FRIENDS, YOU JUST GIVE US THE MONEY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, PRESENTATION MY KIND OF GUY.

THERE YOU GO.

UM, BUT YES, SIR.

UH, UH, GO AHEAD.

THE FLOOR IS YOURS AND WE APPRECIATE HUMOR AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'LL LET DR.

POLK AT YOUR PRESENTATION.

SHE'S OUR INTERIM CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.

I MISS HER AT ONCE HERE, BUT WE CAN DEBRIEF.

UM, I THINK WE GAVE YOU A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE WERE DOING ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO.

WELL, LESS THAN THAT, WE JUST BRING YOU UP TO DATE AND NOT LET THAT THE FOLKS THAT DO THE PRESENTATION ONE TAKE.

I'M GOING TO CHANGE IT CAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN HE IS.

UM, IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN THAT'S OKAY.

FROM THE COUNTY TO DO THOSE THINGS.

SO WE DID COME AND TALK TO YOU ALL, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO.

SO I'LL KIND OF BLOKE YOUR, SOME OF THIS, UM, YOUR TASKS WERE COMPELLED JUST IN SUMMARY.

WE ARE, UM, IN THE THREE COUNTIES, NINE CENTER LOCATIONS IN THOSE COUNTIES, 10 SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER LOCATIONS, AND THEN THREE MOBILE UNITS.

AND WE PROVIDE CARE FROM BIRTH UNTIL, UM, AS WELL AS DIGITAL SERVICES RADIOLOGY, AND WE HAVE FIVE PHARMACIES, UH, AND THEN FIVE DIGITS.

UM, OUR TOTAL OPERATIONAL COSTS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES IS $22 MILLION ANNUALLY.

WE SERVE OVER 17,000 PATIENTS, UH, AND ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND ANNUAL PATIENT VISITS.

AND WE HAVE A STAFF OF MORE THAN 270 EMPLOYEES.

UH, THESE ARE OUR SITES IN BUFORD COUNTY AND THE OTHER SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE, UM, WHY MIGHT SERVICES OR HIV CARE TO MORE THAN 290 PATIENTS IN OUR AREA.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PROVIDE PREP, WHICH IS PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS TO HELP PREVENT HIV.

SO THIS IS OUR SERVICE AREA FOR BUFORD COUNTY, UM, OF THE PATIENTS THAT WE SERVE 61% COME FROM BUFORD COUNTY.

AND THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 10, OVER 10,000 PATIENTS, UH, WITHIN THAT, THIS IS JUST THE AGE BREAKDOWN.

THE MAJORITY ARE PEOPLE AGED 18 TO 64, BUT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION OVER 65 AND A QUARTER OF OUR PATIENTS ARE CHILDREN.

UH, THIS IS KIND OF HOW IT BREAKS DOWN IN TERMS OF INSURANCE.

AND ONE THING I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THE SELF PAY AND THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS. SO 45% OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS IS ALSO UNINSURED.

SO SELF PAY AND THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND MAKEUP ARE UNINSURED.

SO 45% OR 4,894 BUFORD COUNTY PATIENTS

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WERE UNINSURED.

AND IN THAT WE SAW, SO THE TOTAL CHARGES FOR PATIENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES, ABOUT $3 MILLION, UH, WE COLLECTED WITH SLIDING SCALE FEES AND WHATEVER PATIENTS COULD PAY ABOUT 800,000 OF THAT.

AND THAT INCLUDES ALL MEDICAL SERVICES, DENTAL X-RAY SERVICES IN OF SERVICES.

UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US DURING COVID.

WE GAVE YOU A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING DURING COVID, UM, YOU KNOW, DRIVE THROUGH TESTING IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE CHANGED OUR MODEL FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE WITH JOB AT PHARMACIES VISITS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TELE-HEALTH DID AN OUTDOOR MIGRANT CAMP IN ST.

HELENA.

UM, AND THEN WE'VE DONE ON SITE DRIVE THROUGH AND MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS.

I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE, BUT THIS IS, THESE ARE THE PATIENTS THAT WE TESTED BY COUNTY ABOUT 50% CAME FROM BUFORD COUNTY, JUST OVER THE PAST YEAR.

AND THEN THESE ARE THE VACCINE EVENTS.

SO SINCE WE GOT THE NEXT THING IN JANUARY, AND THIS IS, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED BEFORE, UM, THE ONES IN RED ARE ALL THE ONES IN BUFORD COUNTY.

SO WE HAD, UH, TWO EVENTS IN ST.

HELENA FIRST AND SECOND DOSES.

UM, OUR CHELSEA LOCATION, WHICH IS AN OPEN T UH, HAD THREE DAYS WHERE WE WERE DOING DRIVE-THROUGH HERE.

UH, AND THEN WE WENT OUT TO PALMETTO DUNES BECAUSE WE HAVE CHANGED OUR FOCUS.

SO BEFORE LARGE EVENTS WORKED RIGHT? AND SO THE HOSPITALS WERE DOING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THREE OR 400 PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S CHANGED THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY, REALLY WANTED IT, THAT THE VACCINE.

SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO PEOPLE WHO I DON'T WANT IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT, IT'S NOT EASY TO GET OUT SO QUICKLY.

SO WE CHANGE OUR FOCUS.

WE ARE BLOWING OUT TO SOME OF THE RESORTS.

WE FOUND THAT SOME OF OUR PATIENTS DEFINITELY WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD GET HELP WITH THAT.

AND THEN THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FARM WORKERS HISTORY.

AND SO WE WENT TO COME WE'LL DO, WE ALSO WENT TO HILTON HEAD, UM, THE CHERRY HILL SCHOOL, THAT'S AN ADJACENT TO THE ST.

JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH AND DID AN EVENT THERE.

WE HAVE SOME MORE EVENTS PROCESS ON THE ONE HAND SIDE, AND THEN ALSO, UH, FOR OUR FARM WORKERS BECAUSE MIGRANT SEASON IS HERE, UM, STARTING JUNE 1ST THROUGH JULY 2ND, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING PATIENTS AT NIGHT, WHICH IS OUR USUAL NIGHT CLINIC THAT WE START SEEING PATIENTS AT SEVEN AND GO UNTIL, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME VACCINE, UH, EVENTS THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T GOTTEN VACCINATED.

UH, WE'RE UP TO OVER 9,000 DOSES.

THIS WAS MAY 10TH.

SO WE'RE OVER 9,000 DOSES OF VACCINE SO FAR, AND THIS IS A BREAKDOWN BEAVER COUNTY MAKES UP ABOUT 60%.

AND THEN, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, PATIENTS BY RACE, 69% WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN, 20% WERE WHITE.

AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF UNKNOWN PEOPLE WHO JUST DIDN'T SAY WHAT.

UM, AND THEN BY ETHNICITY, ABOUT 11% FOR HISPANIC OR LATINO, CONTRAST THAT TO THE PATIENTS WE SERVE ABOUT 50% ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ABOUT 27% ARE HISPANIC OR LATINO.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME OUTREACH WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO, UH, WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

UH, BUT YOUR HEAD, YOU CAN EXPECT, WE HAD ABOUT 5,000 LESS PATIENTS, UH, OVER LAST YEAR, 5,000 PATIENTS WHO DID NOT COME FOR A VISIT IN 2020, THAT CAME IN 2018.

WE GOT TO GET THOSE FOLKS BACK IN.

UH, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR HEALTH IS AFFECTED.

WE KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET THAT OUTREACH.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

DO YOU HAVE A NEW MOBILE UNIT? AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT MORE.

SO DURING OUR COVID VACCINES, THERE ARE ALL OF OUR SITES NOW AND INCLUDING COMMUNITY EVENTS.

SO EVERY DAY IT'D BE FOR DAS WHERE YOU CAN GET, GET A VACCINE, EXPANDING TELEHEALTH, AND THEN DOING SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED DURING COVID REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING.

UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY SENDING DEVICES HOME WITH PATIENTS.

SO WHETHER IT'S A BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF OR A GLUCOMETER OR SCALE TO MONITOR THE PATIENTS IN THEIR HOME.

SO MANY TIMES WE WOULD DO TELEHEALTH VISITS AND PEOPLE ONLY HAD A PHONE THAT JAKE PAUL, THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE VIDEO.

UM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THEIR VITAL SIGNS.

WE COULDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEM OTHER THAN WHAT THEY TOLD US.

SO REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING IS WHAT WE'RE EXPANDING TO THIS YEAR, AND THEN DURING MORE DIABETES, AND THIS IS JUST A VACCINE LOCATION AND UPCOMING EVENTS.

YEAH, THAT'S SORT OF IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS THAT THE COURT CASE SAID, TRYING TO AT LEAST GET THOSE PATIENTS BACK IN, BUT NOT ALL OF US TO SUSTAIN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING.

UM, WE ARE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL $175,000

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UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST REQUEST AND ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, UM, WE'VE HAD THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING FROM BUFORD COUNTY, BUT TO CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS, AT LEAST TRY TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE, WE'RE DOING THE INDIVIDUAL SPORT.

UM, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A SCHEDULE, UM, THE EVENTS AND ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE SUSTAIN THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

KAY SAID THE HOSPITAL AND, UM, THE HOSPITALS TO FALL.

NOW YOU CAN SEE IT NOW WITH WALWAY AND SOME OF THE PHARMACY, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA CONTINUE.

WE'VE BEEN DOING TO GET TO THOSE RURAL RESIDENTS.

UH, THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL FROM US.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, THIS, THE ADDITIONAL, WHAT WE ASKED HIM FOR FROM THE COUNTY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? OKAY.

JUST QUICKLY, MR. GARDNER, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 175,000, IS THAT TO FUND THE PROGRAM FOR A YEAR, OR IS IT FUN TO PROGRAM DOES FASCINATION FOR A MONTH NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR? WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AS A SEPARATE TEAM.

I MEAN, IT COULD BE GO WITH A PHARMACIST ON STAFF AND THEY GO OUT AND THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW IS COST US.

YOU SOUND, WE GO OUT WITH THE ENTIRE SUPPORT TEAM.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED HOURS, ADDITIONAL OVERTIME FOR THEM.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST US TO GET TO GOOD FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.

ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY MR. GARDNER, WHERE ELSE DO YOU GET, UH, FUNDING FROM, UH, BESIDES BUFORD COUNTY, I GUESS IT'S THE HHS OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

WE GOT SOME FUNDING FROM JASPER AND ALSO FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

UM, AND SO YOU'VE, UM, YOUR 175,000 A YEAR REQUESTING ADDITIONAL, UM, YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE THAT REQUEST, UH, TO OUR, UM, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND, AND THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO THEM.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ALL, WE LIKE TO SEE, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE DOCKET DOCUMENT, BACKUP DOCUMENTATION.

UM, SO AGAIN, ANYTHING YOU CAN GET TO THEM, UH, THAT WILL HELP US IN OUR DECISION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE, WE ARE A BIG SUPPORTER, WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

UM, SO AGAIN, UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO FULFILL YOUR, YOUR WISH.

I'M PRETTY SURE LIKE, LIKE YOU AND ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, UM, UH, LET DR.

GARDNER AND POKEY GO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

I ALMOST SKIPPED OVER YOU AFTER THIS LONG DAY, YOU GUYS WAITED PATIENTLY AND I PROMISE THIS WILL NEVER, NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU AGAIN.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU.

LET'S DO A PERSON NEXT TIME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, UH, TO THE CAUCUS NEXT MONDAY.

UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A BUSY CAUCUS, UH, NEXT MONDAY, HOWEVER, SARAH, IS THAT A PROBLEM TO DO THAT? UM, WITH, WITH FOYA? NO, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.

WITH US DOING THAT OR GETTING THAT PUT TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

SO, UM, THAT IS THE PLAN.

UH, WE WILL BE GETTING OUT.

I, I DO WANT TO, UM, EMPHASIZE THAT WE WILL BE SENDING OUT.

JOE'S GOING TO, UM, UH, MR IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADD THE, UM, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S BUDGET TO THE EXISTING ELECTED OFFICIAL BUDGETS.

WE HAVE REVISED THAT AND GET THAT OUT TO YOU.

I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO LOOK AT IT, UM, GO THROUGH IT.

AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SEND THEM AS WRITTEN QUESTIONS UNDER EACH, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, TITLE TO SARAH, SHE WILL COMPILE THOSE AND THEN WE'LL GET THOSE TO EACH ELECTED OFFICIAL AND GIVE THEM A TIMELINE OF WOULDN'T HAVE LIKED TO HAVE KEVIN GET BACK TO US.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LESS.

THEY WANT TO, WE'RE DOING THIS AS A REQUEST, BUT AGAIN, IT'LL HELP US, UM, AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING THEM IN AND, AND PUTTING THEM UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHT AND, AND, UM, ANSWERING, ASK THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF US, UM, WHICH WOULD HELP THEM JUST EXPEDIA EVERYTHING.

I KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION TODAY THAT WAS, UH, CAME ABOUT AT THE LAST MINUTE, SOME CHANGES TO THINGS.

UM, SO I THINK OUR PLAN AT THIS POINT IS THAT WE WILL TRY TO LOAD THAT INFORMATION AS UPDATED AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE WEBSITE.

WHENEVER WE GET THAT INFORMATION, UM, IT'LL JUST BE AS I THINK, A SECOND LINK, OR IF ANYONE NEEDS THE INFORMATION, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A COMPILE BY TOMORROW.

THEY CAN EMAIL ME, UM, AT MARK L@BCGOV.NET.

AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I SEND OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD TODAY.

UM, THAT WAS NOT PART OF OUR BACKUP INFORMATION AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS IT.

THERE'S NO NOTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIDE OR NOTHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

UM, SARAH IS NOT A PROBLEM

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I'M GONNA SAY, UH, ALREADY STARTED, UM, COMPAT, LIKE MAKING ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS INSTEAD OF EXCEL SHEETS AND MAKING THEM PDFS.

AND I WAS JUST GONNA FOLD THEM IN ONE BEHIND EACH OTHER.

SO IT COULD BE ONE DOCUMENT VERSUS Y'ALL RECEIVING MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS IN AN EMAIL, AND WE'LL FIND, WE'LL FIND A SPOT ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, ONCE I CAN TALK TO, UM, OUR WEBMASTER IN THE MORNING WHERE WE CAN HELP.