May 24, 2021 County Council Regular Session

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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TO CALL THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. >> THIS IS MONDAY, MAY 24TH THAT HIS 6 P.M. THIS IS A HYBRID MEETING WHICH MEANS WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF COUNTY COUNCIL IN PERSON AND ONLINE AS I CALL EACH COUNCIL MEMBERS NAME.

WOULD YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT, COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM PRESENT AND IN PERSON COUNCILMAN DAWSON HERE. COUNCILMAN FOLLOWING I'M HERE COUNCILMAN GLOVER. COUNCILMAN PURVIS JOHN RESIDENT COUNCILWOMAN HOWARD.

>> COUNCILMAN LAWSON PARK LOST AND PRESENT COUNCILMAN MCGOWAN HERE.

COUNCILMAN RUDMAN HERE. COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE RESIDENT AND THE CHAIR IS PRESENT ALL

ELEVEN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE HERE. >> ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THIS IS THE MONTH THAT WE HONOR OUR MILITARY MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH. TONIGHT WE HAVE LIEUTENANT COLONEL JIMMIE BENTON FROM MARINE CORPS AIR STATION WHO WILL CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SO WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU WILL? ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ON BEHALF OF OUR GUEST IN YOUR SESSION.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. SO JOIN A PLACE LIKE SUPERFLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED INCOMES ALLIANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM

OF INFORMATION ACT. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. >> THE INVOCATION FALLS INVOCATION. OH, I'M SORRY. YES.

THANK YOU. I SKIP THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.

PAUL, I CAN SEE YOU STANDING. WOULD YOU CONDUCT THE INVOCATION PLEASE?

>> YES, I WILL. JOIN ME IN YOUR HANDS. LORD, MAKE US AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE WHERE THERE IS HATRED LET US BRING LOVE WHERE THERE IS A FENCE.

LET US BRING PARDON WEATHER AS DISCORD. LET US BRING UNION WHERE THERE IS ERROR. LET US BRING TRUTH WHERE THERE IS DOUBT.

LET US BRING FAITH WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR. LET US BRING HOPE WHERE WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS. LET US BRING YOUR LIGHT WHERE THERE IS SADNESS.

LET US BRING JOY. MASTER LET US NOT SEEK AS MUCH TO BE CONSOLE OLD AS TO CONSOLE TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS TO UNDERSTAND AND TO BE LOVED AS TO LOVE FOR IT IS IN GIVING THAT ONE RECEIVES IT IS IN SELF FORGETTING THAT ONE FINDS IT IS IN PARDONING THAT ONE IS PARDONED IT IS IN DYING THAT ONE IS RAISED TO ETERNAL LIFE. A MAN FAMOUS.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

SO MOVE MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. RODMAN MAKES THE MOTION. AND MR. MCKELLEN MAKES THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVING THE AGENDA LOOKING AROUND? I SEE NO OBJECTIONS. THEREFORE THE AGENDA IS

[5. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

THE ZONING DEPARTMENT. >> SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR 18 YEARS.

SHE DID EVERYTHING FOR US AND THOSE IN THE ZONING DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND ZONING WHATEVER TERM YOU WANT TO USE. SHE AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS. I WAS HERE AND NOT ONLY WAS SHE A GREAT COWORKER, SHE'S AN INSPIRATION. SHE WOULD OFTEN GIVE ME INSPIRATIONAL NOTES WHEN I

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BUT SHE LEFT SHORTLY BEFORE YOU ASKED ME TO STEP INTO THE ROLE OF ACTING INTERIM COUNTY AND STRAIGHTER AND NOW SHE IS THE DIRECTOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT. SO IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE WHEN WE SEE OUR OWN GET PROMOTED FROM WITHIN MOVE UP IN THE RANKS AND AS A PART OF HER

DUTIES AS DIRECTOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT. >> SHE'S SUPERVISED AS LEADS MOTIVATE AND ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT WORK ALONGSIDE HER AND THAT IS TRUE.

SHE DID THE SAME WITH ME TO ME STARTED WORKING WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY IN HIS OWN DEPARTMENT IN 2003 AND THEN TO THAT AUGUST IN 2020 SHE BECAME DIRECTOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND SHE OVERSEES THE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICE OF ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENTS REGARDING RECORDS STORAGE AND RETENTION. AND ONE REQUEST FOR STORED RECORDS SCANNING AND MY CREW FILMING PERMANENT RECORDS FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES. YES, SHE DOES CARRY OUT THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROVED RECORDS THAT MET THEIR RETENTION REQUIREMENTS AND SHE DOES MASS ALL THE LOOP STUFFING JOBS SHE OFF SERVERS OVERSEAS COUNTIES INTERNAL MAIL SYSTEM AND THAT'S QUITE A TASK EVERYDAY FOR HER TO CARRY THAT OUT. WE RECEIVE A LOT OF MAIL AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND SHE HAS TO HANDLE THE LOGISTICS OF ALL OF THAT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH PROBABLY AND AND AS HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT IS SHE MANAGES THE INCOMING AND OUTGOING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST ADHERING TO ALL RELEVANT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LAWS AND SHE HELPED THE RESCUE OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED FOR THE FOUR YEAR POLICY. SHE RECENTLY RECEIVED A DIPLOMA AND THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SO SHE IS CERTIFIED IN THAT NOW AND IS DOING A STELLAR JOB OVER THERE.

SOME SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT TAMIKA. SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY OF TWINS AND TRIPLETS. MIKA HAS A TWIN SISTER. TAMIKA'S MOM IS IN TRIPOLI AND TAMIKA'S GRANDMOTHER AND TWO SETS OF TWINS AND ONE SET OF TRIPLETS.

TAMIKA IS ALSO A CO AUTHOR OF THE BOOK LIVING YOUR FAITH OUT LOUD.

AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT ANYONE THAT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH.

YOU DO THAT EVERY DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND BEING A COWORKER ALONGSIDE YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

>> GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE A GREAT STAFF AS THE NEXT PERSON I'M GOING

INTRODUCE TO YOU ON THIS. >> AND CARTER, SHE WAS PROBABLY ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE ON THAT WHENEVER I CAME TO WORK. YOU'VE BEEN OVER PLANNING HIS OWN DEPARTMENT.

YOU GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH THE LEGAL TEAM WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD.

SO WE WERE INTRODUCED FIRE SHORTLY. SO SHE IS A LEGAL ASSISTANT.

SHE'S WORKED WITH US FOR FIVE YEARS. SHE PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE TWO DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEYS. HER DUTIES INCLUDE MANAGING SCHEDULES, APPOINTMENTS, PROVIDING CLERICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO DIRECT REPORTS. SHE ALSO SERVES VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITH SUPPORT FUNCTIONS ON A DAILY BASIS, INCLUDING OVERSEEING THE FLOW OF DOCUMENTS, SOME SUBMISSIONS FOR ATTORNEY APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE.

KATHY WORKS WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE RESERVE FUND TO TRACK POLICY COVERAGE OF LITIGATION CASES IN THE COUNTY AND MAINTAINS RECORDS OF DISTRIBUTION OF LEGAL FEES REIMBURSEMENTS PAID BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSURER RESERVE FUND TO BEAUFORT COUNTY.

AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS ABOUT ALL THE FOLKS STILL WORKS IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S A BIG JOB BUT THEY COULD NOT DO THEIR WORK IF IT WERE NOT FOR PEOPLE LIKE KATHY WHO ARE BEHIND THE SCENES TAKING CARE OF THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DETAILS AND THE LOGISTICS THAT GOES INTO ALLOWING TOM AND KURT AND BRITTANY AND EVERYONE THAT KATHY WORKS WITH, WHETHER THEY ARE COWORKERS OR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HER. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB, GREAT FRIEND TO GREAT COWORKER AND I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED WORKING WITH HER FROM DAY ONE. SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVES BEAUFORT COUNTY ITS HISTORY, ITS PEOPLE AND THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE IT HAS TO OFFER IF NOT WORKING.

SHE SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME OUTSIDE GARDENING, EXERCISING AND OR SOCIAL INSIGHTS.

AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND MOST OF ALL CITIZENS.

THANK YOU. >> WELL, IT'S GREAT TO SEE SOMEONE WHOSE NAME WE SEE SO

MUCH. >> NOW WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THAT'S RIGHT.

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GREAT. >> OUR NEXT THREE I BELIEVE WE ARE FOTOS ON THE SCREEN AND I'LL HOLD OFF JUST A SECOND UNTIL WE GET THOSE. THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL IS THE AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM IN BRANCH NAMED BRATTON THE.

HE'S A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN. YOU SERVE WITH US 18 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THE KENNEDY LIBRARY SINCE MAY 12TH, 2003. AS A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AT THE BLUFFTON BRANCH LIBRARY, BRATTON IS SKILLED AT ANSWERING INFORMATION QUERIES FROM THE PUBLIC WHICH MAY REQUIRE NO RESEARCH BOOKS, ONLINE DATABASES OR SEARCH THE INTERNET. HE MANAGES THE FICTION AND AUDIO VISUAL COLLECTIONS AT THE BLUFFTON BRANCH BY ORDER NEW MATERIALS AND KEEPING THE COLLECTION UP TO DATE RELEVANT TO COVERED CUSTOMER INTEREST AND IN GOOD SHAPE. IF THE BLUFFTON BRANCH LIBRARY DOES NOT HAVE AN ITEM OR A CUSTOMER NEEDS, BRATTON IS THE POINT PERSON FOR OUR INTERNAL LIBRARY SERVICE WHICH LOCATES ITEMS WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LOCALLY BUT ARE AVAILABLE IN A LIBRARY ELSEWHERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA OR THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT HIM IS HE'S A WORLD TRAVELER. I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT MUCH JUST NAME BUT HE HAS TRAVELED TO UNIQUE PLACES SUCH AS AN NAMIBIA, MOROCCO, CROATIA, SLOVAKIA, TURKEY. AMONG HIS TRAVELS HE TAUGHT ENGLISH IN HUNGARY FOR A YEAR AND VISITS SURVEYS DOUBLE STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN SEVASTOPOL.

CROMBIE TO SPEAK ABOUT A SOLUTION FOCUSED COUNSELING TECHNIQUES, THEIR SOCIAL ADAPTATION AND SOCIAL WORK PROBLEMS PERSPECTIVES CONFERENCE THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.

>> VERY BIG MOUTHFUL FOR A GUY WITH A SOUTHERN ACCENT. OUR NEXT EMPLOYEE IS DENISE RIVERS. SHE ALSO WORKS AT BLUFFTON AND COUNTY BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM IN THE BEAUFORT BRANCH. SHE'S A LIBRARY ASSISTANT. SHE'S ONLY BEEN WITH US ONE YEAR AND 11 MONTHS. SHE CAME TO US IN JUNE 2014 2019.

SHE HAS EXCELLENT HELPING CUSTOMERS SIGN UP FOR LIBRARY CARD, CHECK OUT MATERIALS IN AND OUT. RUTH ROUTING LIBRARY MATERIALS TO OUR RANCH LIBRARIES.

SHE GLADLY HELPS CUSTOMERS REQUEST MATERIALS FROM THE ONLINE CATALOG AND LOCATE ITEMS ON THE SHELF. EACH MORNING SHE REPORTED REQUEST DID ITEMS FROM THE SHELVES TO SEND TO CUSTOMERS AT OTHER BRANCH LIBRARIES OR ACROSS THE SC LIENS STATEWIDE NETWORK OF LIBRARIES. SHE IS A TRUE TEAM PLAYER AND WILLING TO HELP WHEREVER SHE IS NEEDED. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN ASSISTING RECENTLY WITH THE BOOKMOBILE MUNDI RALLY STOPS. ALTHOUGH DENISE LOVES WORKING IN THE LIBRARY, SHE ADMITS SHE DOESN'T ALWAYS READ BOOKS EVERY DAY AND THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. I CERTAINLY DON'T ALWAYS READ STUFF EITHER IN HER FREE TIME SHE ENJOYS CAMPING AND EXPLORING THE OUTDOORS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I GIVE BRATTON ENTITIES AND THEN OUR FINAL ONE THIS EVENING

IS ALSO BRIEF CANDELABRA IN OUR HILTON HEAD BRANCH. >> GREG CHRIS BELL IS THE YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMMER. HE'S BEEN WITH US 19 YEARS AND SEVEN NIGHTS AS YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMMER AT HILTON HEAD BRANCH LIBRARY. GREG PRESENTS CREATIVE AND ENGAGING SPECIALTY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS. HE ALSO MAINTAINS A BUSY SCHEDULE OF OUTREACH VISITS TO DAYCARE SCHOOLS ANOTHER CHILD CARE CENTERS LABORATORY CUSTOMER. LOOK FORWARD TO GREG'S CREATIVE PROGRAM SUCH AS ESCAPE ROOMS, SCAVENGER HUNTS, LEGO ROBOTICS CLUB AND STOP MOTION ANIMATION PROGRAMS. AS AN ADDED BONUS, GREG HAS A SPECIAL TALENT FOR ACQUIRING PRIZES FOR OUR ANNUAL SUMMER READING PROGRAM. OVER THE YEARS GREG'S ENTHUSIAST FOR READING AND DISCOVERY HAS ENCOURAGED THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN TO GET EXCITED ABOUT READING.

GREG IS A NATURAL PERFORMER. HE HAS TAKEN VOICEOVER CLASSES IN NEW YORK AND ATLANTA TO LEARN THE ART OF NARRATING AUDIO BOOKS AND VOICING CARTOONS.

A FEW YEARS AGO HE PUT HIS TRAINING TO USE BY PARTICIPATING IN A LOCAL THEATER GROUP THAT PERFORM OLD TIME RADIO SCRIPTS FOR A RESIDENCY THAT'S AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES TO ACCOMPANY HIS POPULAR STORY. TOWNS HILTON HEAD LIBRARY AND GREG OWNS APPROXIMATELY 15 PAIRS OF CHARACTERS SLIPPERS MY REINDEER ARE POLAR BEAR FEET TO ENSURE HIS OUTFIT MATCHES THE STORIES HE PRESENTS. THE DRAG I SEE THERE ON SCREEN YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE SUPPORT WE GET FOR THE LIBRARY IN GENERAL. PATIENTS APPRECIATED HAVING US

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SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND I THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. WE'LL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS I JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH REALLY QUICK AS ONE IS THE BUDGET THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT. YOU'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF INFORMATION OVER THE WEEKEND FROM MUSLIM ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THAT AND I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO

THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE A LITTLE BIT. >> WE WERE NOT IN ANY WAY TRYING TO YOU SAY THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS DID ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE OR INCORRECT WITH THEIR BUDGET, SOME MEDALS OR AS YOU ALL KNOW AS INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR I'M CHARGED THE DUTIES OF PRESENTING A PROJECTED BUDGET TO YOU ALL. SOMETIMES THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH ELECTED OFFICIAL. I WANT TO COME IN WITH YOU RICH. ONE PINKY HARRIET HAYES WILLIAMS ONCE AGAIN FOR THEIR WORK. THEY WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET THIS BUDGET DONE.

MANY OF YOU MAY NOT REALIZE BUT WHITNEY AND PINKY AND HAYES HAVE SEX PRETTY MUCH OCTOBER HAVE BEEN PLAYING CATCH UP BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WITH PROPERTY TAX BILLS, WITH THE AUDIT AND NOW WITH THE BUDGET AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THINGS IN PLACE.

>> WE WILL NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE ASSURED ME THAT WE WILL STOP STARTING THE BUDGET PROCESS MUCH EARLIER IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND ALSO INTO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT IF WE DID MISS COMMUNICATE THAT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL.

IT WAS A RESULT OF THE SITUATION THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH AND TRYING TO ADJUST.

AND NOW FINALLY MANY OF YOU BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF FACEBOOK LIVE STREAMING.

WE HAVE RESEARCH THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE PROBLEM WITH FACEBOOK LIVE IN AS WE SEE IT AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE OF IS THAT WE HAVE NO WAY BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE ON FACEBOOK. AND WE CANNOT CHANGE THOSE.

WE CAN NOT EDIT THOSE AND WE CANNOT TURN THOSE. ALL WE HAD THOUGHT LAST THAT WE HAD THE POTENTIAL OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT FOR FACEBOOK. AND IF WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT, FACEBOOK WOULD ALLOWED US TO DO THAT THEN WE WOULD DO THAT. BUT WE COULD FACE SOME SEVERE PENALTIES IF WE ALLOW STUFF TO COME IN OUR SYSTEM AND COMMENTS THAT WE CANNOT EDIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT SOMEONE WOULD SAY SOMETHING. MOLLY.

COMMUNICATION STANDARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO WHAT WE DON'T RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL AND TO CHAIRMAN WHAT WE RECOMMENDED IS THAT WE PUT A LEAK AT EACH MEETING ON THE FACEBOOK CHANNEL ON OUR FACEBOOK CHANNEL AND THE MEETINGS START THAT SOMEONE CAN CLICK ON AND THAT WILL TAKE THEM OVER TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL WHERE WE CAN SUSPEND THOSE COMMENTS AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS CAUSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS IS DEFINED FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN ONLINE OR THEY CAN SUBMIT SOMETHING IN WRITING OR AS YOU SEE HERE THIS EVENING THEY ATTEND THE PERSON THEY CAN ATTEND THE MEETINGS IN PERSON.

>> SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION AND I CHAIRMAN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY OR IF YOU WANT TO. YEAH. PATRICK, YOU'LL COME UP AND ELABORATE ON THAT. I DID SPEAK TO PATRICK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR SPECIFIC WAYS RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE CAN ATTEND THIS MEETING FIRST AND FOREMOST IN PERSON WHICH WE ARE DOING TONIGHT. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ATTEND BECAUSE OF THEIR SITUATION. THEY CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON BUT THEY DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THIS EVENING.

SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO FOLLOW THE LINK WHERE WE CAN CLICK ON THAT LINK BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE ZOOM PORTION OF THE MEETING AND CAN PARTICIPATE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY PASSED AN ORDINANCE OURSELVES ALLOWING US TO DO THAT AS IF WE WERE IN PERSON. IF PEOPLE JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON BUT NOT PARTICIPATE AND TWO MEANS OF DOING THAT THEY IF THEY HAVE CABLE TELEVISION THEY CAN USE HARD HARGRAVES OR SPECTRUM'S CHANNEL TO WATCH IT. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING US NOW THE OTHER WAY IS YOUTUBE. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE HARD GRAY OR SPECTRUM BUT DO HAVE THE INTERNET. THEY CAN IN FACT DO THAT.

CERTAINLY WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

SO I'VE ASKED OUR I.T. STAFF AND PATRICK WILL ADDRESS IT EVEN FURTHER ABOUT EXACTLY HOW WE COULD MAKE THAT LINK WORK. SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THING YOU NEED TO ADD, PATRICK,

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WE POSTED A LINK AS WELL TODAY AND LISTED THE VARIOUS CHANNELS THAT YOU CAN WATCH IN THE TIME THAT IT HAPPENED AND IT DIDN'T CLICK ON AND I'LL THANK YOU DIRECTLY TO THE YOUTUBE ALIVE.

GREAT. THANK OK. OK.

LET'S GO TO WORKERS TOGETHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR.

[6. PROCLAMATION HONORING MICHAEL MATHEWS FOR HIS WORK ON THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS BOARD - COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE HOWARD]

MICHAEL MANN HISTORY HERE. PLEASE READ IT TO ON SCOTLAND YARD AND SEE IT OUR SEATS.

UNFORTUNATELY MICHAEL MATTHEWS IS MOVING AWAY FROM ME COUNTY AND HE WILL NOT BE OUR CHAIRMAN. HE'S BEEN A GREAT CHAIRMAN, VERY STRONG CHAIRMAN FOR OUR BOARD. I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT .

AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. AND AFTERWARDS IT'S BEEN A YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO PLEASE. I KNOW YOU ALL.

WE ARE. THIS IS KIND OF EMOTIONAL CAUSE FOR HIM TO BE LEAVING.

WHEREAS MICHAEL MATTHEWS HAS SERVED BEFORE COUNTY ON A RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION BOARD SINCE 2014 AND WHEREAS MR. MATTHEWS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FROM 2000 17 UNTIL HIS RECENT RESIGNATION IN 2021 . AND WHEREAS MR. MATTHEWS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CHANGES MADE AND IMPLEMENTED TO THE LAND ACQUISITION PROCEDURES IN WHICH 1200 956 ACRES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED IN THE PROGRAM SINCE HIS TENURE.

AND WHEREAS MR. MATTHEWS HELPED TO FACILITATE THE APPROVAL OF THE GREEN PRINCE CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGH THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION BOARD. AND WHEREAS MR. MATTHEWS FACILITATED STRONG ANNUAL RETREATS FOR THE COUNTY RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION BOARD TO ENSURE BOARD MEMBERS WERE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND TRAINED IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHEREAS MR. MATTHEWS IS KNOWN AND RESPECTED FOR HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND FINANCIAL REPORTS AND PROGRAM OPERATIONS AND WHEREAS MR. MATTHEWS INTEGRITY BROAD TRUST TO THE USE OF THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND LAND PROTECTION OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT HIS TIME ON THE BOARD. AND WHEREAS MR. MANSON'S PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP BROUGHT CAMARADERIE AND CONGENIAL WITH HIM TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION BOARD.

AND WHEREAS MR. MATTHEWS EXTENSIVE EDUCATION EXPERTISE AND PASSION FOR LAND PROTECTION BLED HIM TO PROVIDE COUNTY RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION BOARD WITH AMAZING STEADY LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT BAKER COUNTY RECOGNIZES MR. MICHAEL MANSFIELD'S VITAL ROLE AND DEDICATION BEFORE COUNTY MAKING IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. THEY 24TH DAY OF MAY 2021 SIGNED JOSEPH PARSONAGE, CHAIRMAN OF THE B FOR COUNTY COUNCIL.

WHEN I'LL START WITH THE CITY COUNCIL FOR INTRODUCING NEW AND THE BOARD.

OH OK. WE HAVE. I THINK YOU MADE INSULTING ASSUMPTIONS. LET'S SEE IF EACH OF YOU TWO WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FIRST. YES. MY NAME IS JOHN MACKENZIE.

REPRESENT DISTRICT 10 PART OF HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT FOR LOCAL CRITICAL RESERVATIONS FORWARD AND BEAUTIFULLY SERVING AS HOWARD BOYCE AND MR. MATTHEWS WALKING THIS THROUGH TREASURER RIGHT. WHAT WE ASK OUR REPRESENTATIVE THREE AND VISE CHAIR FOR OUR CRITICAL LANDLORD MICHAEL EVERYTHING IN THEIR PROCLAMATION.

IT WAS VERY. THEY'RE BEGINNING TO SAY WE'VE A LOT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT AGAIN SHE'LL WE'VE MADE JUST SHAKE HER AND GIVE YOU THE COUNTY UP IN THE INTEREST IN SERVING A STAFF CONTRACTOR FOR THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM. THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MY FAULT AS A CITIZEN AND AS A STAFF MEMBER. AND JUST AGAIN FOUND HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AS HAPPENED TO THE PROGRAM. TRULY REMARKABLE.

I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HIS OTHER SERVICE IN THE COUNTY WAS IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROVING THAT A STRONG ECONOMY AND A STRONG PROTECTIVE LANDSCAPE CAN GO HAND-IN-HAND. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'M A MAN OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE PLANNER IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT PLAYS ON FOR THE WHOLE CHICK LANDS BOARD AND MICHAEL WILL BE SORELY MISSED. HE RAN OUR MEETINGS VERY SMOOTHLY AND I MISS HIM VERY MUCH. MR. MICHAEL TAKE OVER POINT AND BE A GREAT LEADER AT THIS POINT, PEOPLE. MICHAEL WILL BE MISSED.

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WELL, AT THE TOP OF VISE, CHAIRMAN OF THE IS JIM DID I SAY SOMETHING?

>> YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, JUST ECHO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT MICHAEL MATTHEW . I SERVED WITH HIM ON A REALLY CRITICAL LAND BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HE WAS THE TOWERING PERSON THAT HIS MIND WAS MADE UP ON SOMETHING HE WAS VERY PERSISTENT GOING TO DO. SO YOU MUST LOVE A PERSON LIKE HIM AND HE HAD THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AT HEART. SO I ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM ON THAT BOARD AND AS WELL AS SERVING ON THIS BOAT ON THIS SIDE HERE SUPPORTING HIS EFFORTS.

THANK YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[7. BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUDGET PRESENTATION]

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN THERE IS GOING TO BE A BUDGET PRESENTATION BY THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DR. RODRIGUEZ WHO YOU'RE GOING TO BEGIN THAT PRESENTATION? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL BE JOINED TODAY BY MISS CROSBY AND ALSO HAVE COLONEL GEIER WHO IS ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN

BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT TODAY ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET.

>> AS WE ENTERED INTO THIS BUDGET CYCLE PRIMARY ON OUR MIND IS THE IMPACT THAT THIS PANDEMIC IS HAVING AND THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD TO ACCELERATE THE ACADEMIC RECOVERY OF OUR STUDENTS. OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMING HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED DUE TO PARENTS OPTING TO KEEP THEIR PRE-K STUDENTS AND KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN AT HOME THIS YEAR. DURING THE PANDEMIC MANY, MANY CHOSE TO DO THAT.

WE FOUND THAT DURING THE 2018 2019 SCHOOL YEAR 80 TWO POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF CHILDREN SCREENED FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PREKINDERGARTEN QUALIFIED AND THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR PREKINDERGARTEN INCLUDE CHILDREN THAT FALL BELOW THE FIFTIETH PERCENTILE DEVELOPMENTAL ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL INDICATORS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING AND OR HAVE HIGH RISK FACTORS DETERMINE BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH A CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE.

>> ADDITIONALLY, THE STATE PROJECTS THAT SEVEN OUT OF 10 STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE

THROUGH ACROSS THE STATE ARE NOT PERFORMING ON GRADE LEVEL. >> THIS CURRENT YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC IMPACT AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR GRADUATION RATES TO BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC AS WELL AS WE EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC. THIS IS THE VERY REAL ACADEMIC IMPACT THAT COGAN, 19 HAS HAD. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A REAL NEED FOR A MULTIPRONGED FOR INSTANCE LAUNCHING A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE THAT'S DESIGNED TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN STAYING ENGAGED AND IN UNDERSTANDING HOW BEST TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S ACADEMIC PROGRESS FROM THE HOMEFRONT AS WELL AS PARTNERING WITH THEM FOR THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL

WELL-BEING. >> LAUNCH ACADEMIC RECOVERY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMING TO ACCELERATE STUDENT LEARNING AND TARGET EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EXPANSION WERE POSSIBLE AS A LONG TERM STRATEGY. WE BELIEVE THAT BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN LACKING WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON PROGRESS MONITORING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO HELP ACCELERATE THE ACADEMIC RECOVERY EFFORT ARE ESSENTIAL THAT THESE INITIATIVES REQUIRE PERSONNEL AND SUBSTANTIAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AS FOR OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECRUITING HIGH QUALITY TALENT COMP COMPENSATING OUR TALENT AND DEVELOPING OUR TALENT IN ORDER TO RETAIN THEM. THIS WILL INCLUDE FOR EXAMPLE MS. CROSBY WHO'S GONNA TALK ABOUT IT A BIT LATER.

BUT IN TERMS OF IMPACTS ABOUT STEPS THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD IN OR LOST IN OTHER YEARS.

>> AND SO AT THIS TIME WHEN I ASK CROSBY TO JOIN ME UP HERE AND PROVIDE SOME DETAIL INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND I'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE GOOD EVENING.

>> IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 2014 21 22 AS

SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET. >> I'M TONYA CROSBIE, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

WE WOULD HAVE NORMALLY COME TO YOU A LITTLE SOONER IN THE YEAR BUT AS YOU HEARD EARLIER THERE WERE FEW DELAYS ON GATHERING DATA NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR NOT ONLY LOCALLY BUT A

STATE LEVEL. >> THE STATE STILL WORKING ON SOME THINGS IN THEIR APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND SO WE NEED NOT ONLY THE REVENUE INFORMATION BUT THE STATE

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MANDATES THAT ARE PASSED DOWN AT THAT LEVEL AS WELL. >> SO WE ARE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED THAN WE WOULD HAVE NORMALLY LIKED TO HAVE BEEN. SO WE DID NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO BUILD A BUDGET AND SEEK FINAL APPROVAL BY THE BOARD WHICH THEY HAVE NOW DONE SO AFTER MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS CERTIFIED AND APPROVED A BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY

FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. >> SO THIS EVENING I HAVE PROVIDED A POWERPOINT AND A SERIES OF HANDOUTS THAT WE HAVE SHOWN TO OUR BOARD AND IN A VIRTUAL PUBLIC FORUM THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND SO YOU HAVE THE SAME HANDOUTS THAT THEY HAVE. AND I HOPE THAT INFORMATION WAS DEEP, DETAILED AND HELPFUL TO EACH OF YOU. IN REVIEWING OUR BUDGET IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION I RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER. SO THIS EVENING I'M NOT GOING TO HIT EVERY SLIDE POWERPOINT I PROVIDED MORE FOR INFORMATION. I'M JUST GOING TO HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS SO I AM GOING TO A CHANCE TO GET STARTED HERE. OK, OK.

SO OF COURSE DR. RODRIGUEZ WENT OVER OUR CHALLENGES SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH LEARNING LOSS ALREADY HAVING AN ACHIEVEMENT GAP UNDER AN UNFUNDED MANDATES TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND

DELAYED DATA COMING FROM LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS. >> HE SPOKE ABOUT OUR ACADEMIC STRATEGIES OF ENGAGING FAMILIES RECRUITING, RETAINING HIGH QUALIFIED STAFF, DEVELOPING INTERNAL TALENT, BUILDING SUPPORT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND LINKING OUR STRATEGIC

INITIATIVES AT ALL SCHOOLS. >> LITTLE SLOW ON THE GUN THIS EVENING.

SO WE HAVE THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES FOR OUR BUDGET AND THEY INCLUDE LEADERSHIP AND OTHER WHICH IS ABOUT 28 MILLION DOLLARS OPERATIONS WHICH IS ABOUT 50 MILLION AND THE LION'S SHARE OF OUR BUDGET IS INSTRUCTIONAL INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT. ABOUT A HUNDRED NINETY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THERE WERE SOME DETAILS WHICH BROKE THOSE DOWN IN THE HANDOUTS WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THE LINE ITEM DEALS IN EACH CATEGORY IN EACH PROGRAM WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

SO THIS IS A DETAIL FROM FROM THE APPROVED BUDGET OF THE PRIOR YEAR TO THE APPROVED BUDGET OF THE NEW YEAR AND THE INCREASES DECREASES WITHIN INCREASES WITHIN.

SO THE PRIMARY THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THE 2021 BUDGET IS ACTUALLY THE SAME AS THE 1920 BUDGET AS WELL. SO WE'VE HAD THE SAME BUDGET FOR TWO YEARS AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE LAST YEAR AND THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION LUCIAN AT THE STATE LEVEL WE HELD THE BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY HISTORY WITH THE DISTRICT OF 2018 20 YEARS.

WE SAW NO INCREASE IN THE BUDGET. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES MAKE UP 39 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET. OTHER EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT INCREASES ACCOUNT FOR 21 PERCENT. WE HAVE OPERATIONAL INCREASES WHICH ARE GENERALLY OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. SERVICE PROVIDERS SUCH AS MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WE HAVE SOME FUNDING TO ADDRESS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT YOU'LL SEE MORE LATER IN THE PANDEMIC FUNDS AS WE AS WE REVIEW THOSE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION DISTRICT SUPPORT SAFETY AND SECURITY AND EFFICIENCY STUDY.

SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE SHORTLY. >> SO THE THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS BUDGET IS HAS COMPENSATION INCREASES FOR EMPLOYEES APPROXIMATELY 7 MILLION DOLLARS HAS INCREASES FOR TEACHERS AS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH ALMOST 3000 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THAT CATEGORY. IT MAKES SENSE TOO THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE INCREASES IN THIS BUDGET ARE FOR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PAY INCREASES FOR TEACHERS ARE 7 MILLION PAY INCREASES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CLASSIFIED RIBAUT 3 MILLION BENEFITS FOR ANOTHER 3 MILLION WHICH MAKE UP TOTAL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR EXISTING STAFF TO BE ABOUT 13 MILLION DOLLARS SO IT COULD BREAK THOSE DOWN A LITTLE.

>> YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THE SLIDE IS INCREASES FOR TEACHERS. SO THERE ARE THREE STEP INCREASES FOR TEACHERS HERE. ONE IS ACTUALLY THE STEP INCREASE.

THAT IS A RETROACTIVE LEE MANDATED INCREASE FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THE GOVERNOR MANDATED THAT THE STEP INCREASE WAS WAIVED EARLIER IN THE YEAR WILL NOW BE

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THAT OUT ON OUR NEXT PAY DAY. >> BUT THAT INCREASE WAS NOT BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO THAT MUST BE BUDGETED IN THE NEW YEAR SINCE IT IS RECURRING .

SO ALSO WE HAVE A STATE MANDATED INCREASE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HAVE A STATE MANDATED THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE TO THE STATE TO THIS DAY TEACHER SALARIES SCHEDULE.

SO THOSE THREE ITEMS FOR TEACHERS ARE MANDATED. WE ARE RECOMMENDING A TWO RESTORE A STEP INCREASE FOR TEACHERS. THAT WAS WAIVED IN 2012 WHEN THEY WERE RECESSIONARY IN A RECESSIONARY PERIOD AND AND SO WE ARE ASKING TO PROPOSING TO RESTORE THAT STEP THAT HAS BEEN MISSED FROM 10 YEARS AGO. AND LASTLY THE WE ARE PROPOSING TO RAISE THE MAX TEACHER STEP FROM 24 TO 25 YEARS. THE STATE CURRENTLY FUNDS THROUGH UP THROUGH A MAX STEP OF TWENTY THREE YEARS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SMACK STEP IS 24 MORE YEARS AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING TESTS RAISED BY ONE STEP THAT COST IS RELATIVELY MINIMAL IN THE TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THIS BUDGET BUT IT IS VERY IMPACTFUL.

>> AS I WAS DEVELOPING MY PRESENTATIONS AND WRITING ABOUT THE NARRATIVES OF THE NUMBERS I REALIZED THAT HAD WE NOT PROPOSED THAT WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT GIVING A STEP INCREASE TO ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND THE ONLY INCREASE THAT THOSE THAT ARE 24 STEPS

AND ABOVE WOULD BE THE THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> SO IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPACTFUL. IT WILL IT WILL BENEFIT ALL TEACHERS WITH 24 YEARS AND UP.

AND SO WE WILL. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL AND THE APPROXIMATE

INCREASE FOR TEACHERS THIS YEAR WILL BE ABOUT 6 PERCENT. >> SO CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATORS ARE RECOMMENDING A STEP INCREASE AND A 2 PERCENT COST OF LIVING AND THEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING AND HAS IN THEIR APPROPRIATIONS BILL A 5 PERCENT INCREASE FOR BUS DRIVERS WHICH WE FOUND TO BE THIS YEAR MORE THAN EVER.

>> WE CAN DEVELOP ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS WE WANT TO.

>> BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET KIDS TO SCHOOL THERE, THEY'RE NOT WORTH MUCH SO.

SO THERE IS A VERY IMPORTANT CATEGORY AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

SO AS YOU KNOW, THE REVENUES FOR THE DISTRICT ARE MADE UP LOCALLY AT 60 PERCENT.

WE HAVE 37 PERCENT STATE REVENUE AND A VERY SMALL PORTION OF FEDERAL AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. SO LOCALLY TAX REVENUES IS THE MAJORITY OF THAT THAT LOCAL

SOURCE AND OUR STATE REVENUES. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MAJOR CATEGORIES EFA EDUCATION FINANCE ACT STATE CLASSROOMS, ACT 3 TO 8 OR TIER 3 REIMBURSEMENT IN SOME OTHER STATE PROPERTY TAXES WITH THIS EFA OR EFA BEING A SMALLER PORTION WHICH EFA IS THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA? PRIMARY STATE FUNDING FORMULA SOUTH CAROLINA FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. HOWEVER BEAUFORT IT RECEIVES THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE OF BASE STUDENT COST IN THE ENTIRE STATE DUE TO OUR PERCEIVED WEALTH BASED ON ASSESSED VALUE.

SO WE'RE AT 24 PERCENT. SO WHEN THE STATE ALLOCATES TWENTY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER PUPIL WHICH THEY HAVE THIS YEAR WITH I BELIEVE THERE'S A RECENT PROPOSAL TO RAISE TO TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN. WE RECEIVE ABOUT SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS PER STUDENT SO OUR EFA ALLOCATION IS ABOUT 17 MILLION DOLLARS OF ABOUT 90 MILLION OF STATE REVENUE.

>> WE RECEIVE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON A ON A SCALE THE SIZE OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE THIS IS RELATIVELY IT'S AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF REVENUE BUT IT IS RELATIVELY MINIMAL COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER SOURCES THAT WE HAVE. SO IN SO WE LOOK TO THESE THESE STATE REVENUE IS BASICALLY BASED ON AN INDEX OF TAX PAYING ABILITY.

>> AND SO BEAUFORT AS A HIGH ASSESSED VALUE IS IT AS COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE HAS AN INDEX THAT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAX LOCALLY TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND SO THOSE TAXES IN THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS FUNDS ARE ONLY TAXED ARE NOT TALKED TAXED ON PRIMARY RESIDENCES AS A RESULT OF TAX RADIATE. THEY ARE TAXED ON NON OWNER OCCUPIED VEHICLES AND BUSINESSES AND OTHER PROPERTIES SUCH AS THAT. THIS THIS SLIDE IS PRETTY BUSY AND I KNOW YOU IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THE SCREEN BUT OUR TAX REVENUE AT THIS POINT AND

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THIS YEAR. >> SO WE ARE ON TRACK AS COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER YEARS ACROSS THE GREEN LINE COMPARABLE TO 20, 17 AND 18 IN THOSE YEARS WE RECEIVED ABOUT TWO POINT SIX MILLION OR THREE POINT EIGHT MILLION IN EXCESS IN THOSE YEARS.

SO I BELIEVE WE ARE ON TRACK TO RECEIVE ABOUT A TWO MILLION DOLLAR EXCESS IN TAX REVENUE IN OUR GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I INCORPORATED INTO OUR PROJECTED ACTUALS. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE AND PROJECT BE ABLE TO PROJECT SOMETHING THAT WE MAY BE ABLE

TO RECEIVE IN EXCESS BUDGETED AMOUNT. >> SO WITH THE EMPHASIS ON OUR BUDGET BEING ON THE LOCAL SIDE TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT, WE ARE LOOKING TO PROPOSE A MILLAGE INCREASE TO SUPPORT THE ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING OUTSIDE OF WHAT STATE

REVENUE WILL COVER . >> SO OVERALL OUR STATE REVENUES ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT

SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF THE TOTAL INCREASES. >> WE BELIEVE THAT THE MILLAGE WITH THE EXCESS THAT WE'RE REPORTING AND SOME GROWTH WILL ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT AN INCREASE BEYOND THAT.

>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR A POTENTIAL TAX INCREASE THROUGH OUR ACT 3 8 MILLAGE CAP AND HERE'S A GLIMPSE OF OUR MILLAGE CAPABILITIES IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND DUE TO THE SOFT ON DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OUR PROPOSED EXCUSE ME OUR ALLOW THE MILLAGE CAP IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS THREE POINT TWO MILLS SO YOU HAVE A THREE YEAR LOOK BACK WHERE WE CAN WE HAVE BANKED MILLAGE AS NOT USING THOSE MILLAGE FOR THE LAST WOULD NOT USE MILLAGE LAST YEAR OR RAISE TAXES THAT YEAR AND WE HAD POINT FOUR MILLS AVAILABLE FROM

THE PRIOR YEAR. >> SO ALL IN ALL THESE TOTAL SEVEN POINT SIX MILLS AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO UTILIZE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE POINT SIX MILLS FOR THIS BUDGET.

>> THIS IS A 10 YEAR TREND OF GRAPHIC FOR THE MILL. >> YOU'LL SEE A INCREASE A GRADUAL INCREASE OVER THE YEARS THE YEARS IN RED OR REASSESSMENT YEARS.

YOU'LL SEE TWENTY EIGHTEEN I BELIEVE IT IS 2019 ACTUALLY. WE HAD A DIP WHEN THE REASSESSMENT WITH A ROLLBACK. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD AND INCREASE THAT BACK

TO ALMOST THE SAME LEVEL AS 2018. >> SO AT THE CURRENT LEVEL WE

ARE AT WE ARE ABOUT THE SAME MILLAGE AS FISCAL YEAR 2018. >> SO THIS IS AGAIN JUST A SUMMARY INCLUDING THE SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF STATE REVENUES IN YELLOW

THAT WILL BE AN INCREASE TO OUR BUDGET. >> AND THAT DOES INCLUDE TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF WHAT WE CALL INDIRECT COST. IT'S ACTUALLY A TRANSFER COMING FROM OUR FEDERAL FUNDS AND GRANTS INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS. AND IN READ AT THE TOP AND YOUR GREEN ROW IS AT THE LOCAL TAX REVENUES THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET SO THE IMPACT ON THE TAXPAYER.

>> AGAIN THIS IS NON OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES, MOTOR VEHICLES AND BUSINESSES A MEDIAN HOME VALUE IN THE COUNTY IS APPROX ACROSS COUNTY WIDE APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FIFTY

THOUSAND DOLLARS AT A 6 PERCENT RATIO. >> THIS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TAX PER YEAR ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN WHICH IS ABOUT NINE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS A MONTH AND MEDIAN HOME VALUE OF ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND IT IS SIX PERCENT RATIO WOULD BE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO DOLLARS WITH ABOUT WHICH IS ABOUT FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND 17 CENTS

PER MONTH. >> AND THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE GENERAL FUNDS BY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL CATEGORIES AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND OTHER AND FOR THE TOTALS THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER AND ALSO I HAVE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND THAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE

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THIS CURRENT YEAR. >> SO THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE MILLAGE DOES APPEAR ON THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU WILL SEE ON OUR NEXT BUDGET READING.

>> AND SO AS I ROUND UP THINGS HERE, THE LAST SECTION IS A RIBAUT A FEDERAL FUNDING THAT

WE RECEIVED. >> SO AS YOU AND I WE HAVE RECEIVED FOUR SOURCES OF REVENUE AND THEY INVOLVE PAYERS ACT. THEY SEE R S SEE OUR RSA WHICH ARE ALSO KNOWN AS ESSER ACT AND RECENTLY THE ARPA ACT. AND SO ALL IN ALL WE HAVE

RECEIVED THE CARES ACT FUNDS THREE POINT EIGHT MILLION. >> THEY WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR PPE AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSES TO THE PANDEMIC. WE PURCHASED SOME LAPTOPS.

WE HAD NURSES DOING OVERTIME DUTY FOR CONTACT TRACING. INTERNET HOTSPOTS WERE BIG DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. ALMOST ALL OF THESE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED AT THIS POINT.

THOSE DO EXPIRE THIS YEAR THIS SEPTEMBER ESTHER ONE WAS FOUR POINT NINE MILLION.

YOU SEE THE CATEGORIES THERE WE HAVE LAPTOPS AND IPADS FOR GRADES K THROUGH 2.

WE HAD ACADEMIC RECOVERY CAMPS OVER THE SUMMER EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR AND COMPENSATORY TUTORING SERVICES PPE. THERE WAS A SMALLER AMOUNT. THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST ROUND. THIS ROUND HAD ABOUT A HALF A MILLION.

SO THOSE PPE EXPENDITURES ARE DEEPLY DECLINING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND AND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE FUNDS WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON

LEARNING LOSS. >> AND ERIC, INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND FACILITIES THE FINAL MOST RECENT ALLOCATION WE'VE RECEIVED IS THE ARPA FUNDS AND THEY ARE IN THE SAME CATEGORIES AS THE PRIOR FUNDS PRIMARILY LEARNING LOSS, INDOOR AIR QUALITY.

WE'RE TURNING TO FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION WHICH WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT AND BEGAN AND JANUARY SANITATION AND MENTAL HEALTH WHICH ARE SOME CRITICAL CATEGORIES.

>> THESE FUNDS THE APPLICATIONS BEING MADE BY AUGUST AND THE APPLICATION IS IN PROGRESS AND TO FOR PREPARATION AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT IN ORDER TO BUILD THAT PLAN.

>> SO WITH THAT THAT BASICALLY CONCLUDES THE OF THE PRESENTATION I DID WANT TO MENTION A FEW THINGS JUST BRIEFLY AND CLOSING AND THAT IS A NEWS REPORTER ASKED ME LAST WEEK DO THE TEACHER PAY INCREASES IN THIS BUDGET MOVE YOU AHEAD OR PUT YOU IN BETTER

POSITION IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? >> AND THE ANSWER UNFORTUNATELY WAS NO. NONE OF THE INCREASES SHOWN TODAY MOVE THE SALARY SCHEDULE ABOUT ABOVE WHAT IS PROVIDED BY MOST OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

IT TAKES THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STATE MANDATED INCREASE IN ORDER TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ABOVE WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE ABOVE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR PRE-K

PEER DISTRICTS OR OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. >> THIS LOCALITY SUPPLEMENT IS A HUGE DRAW AND WE ARE INCLUDING THAT IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.

AT THE SAME LEVELS THE PRIOR YEAR. BUT IT IS NOT PART OF THE TEACHER'S TAKE HOME PAY. IT IS ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR RETIREMENT CALCULATION AND IT IS PAID INTO INSTALLMENTS A YEAR. THE MAX STEP INCREASE AND WE DID SOME RESEARCH 56 PERCENT OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAVE MAX STEP INCREASES AT 25 OR HIGHER SO WE ARE MERELY MOVING THE NEEDLE TO BE JUST AS GOOD AS THE TOP FIFTY SIX PERCENT

OF OTHERS. >> DOES SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

>> WE'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ON THIS AND IT'S TIME IT IS TIME THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS PROPOSED TEACHER INCREASES AND AS THAT WE ARE MOVING OR PROPOSING TO RESTORE THAT TEACHER INCREASE AS A FIRST STEP. AND THEN IN FUTURE YEARS LOOK TOWARD MOVING THE NEEDLE FURTHER IN A STUDY DONE RECENTLY WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST TEACHERS ASIAN SOUTH CAROLINA RANKS 10TH LOWEST AMONG THE 50 STATES WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT PAYING COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS COMPARED TO OTHERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA MUCH LESS THE NATION. SO WE'RE FALLING FURTHER

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>> SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. RODRIGUEZ FOR CLOSING.

>> THANK YOU, MISS CROSBY AND JUST TO BUILD A LITTLE FURTHER UPON WHAT YOU WERE STATING

CURRENTLY. >> IF WE JUST LOOK AT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THERE ARE

25. >> THERE ARE SEVENTY NINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THEIR 20S APPROXIMATE 7 9 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 20 5 PAY LESS THAN VIEW COUNTY WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE IN THE BOTTOM THIRD IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION FOR FOUR EDUCATORS.

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT THIS EVENING. DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE ARE COMPETING FOR TALENT BECAUSE WE KNOW IT TAKES TALENT TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND WE'RE ALL COMPETING FOR TALENT AND WE NEED TO COMPENSATE OUR EMPLOYEES TO NOT ONLY KEEP THEM HERE BUT TO RECRUIT NEW TALENT. IT'S BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE AN UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE. AND THE FUNDS IN THIS BUDGET WILL HELP MAKE GREAT HEADWAY TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY CHILDREN CAN REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

>> AND I UNDERSTAND. BOARD CHAIRMAN DR. WAS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT I'M NOT REGARDING THE BUDGET REGARDING SCHOOL IMPACT FEES WHEN YOU GET TO YOUR CITIZENS COMMENTS.

VERY GOOD. WE'LL CALL YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OK. >> IS THERE ANY COMMENTS THAT

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? >> DO WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE NOW OR WE GET TO IT ON THE AGENDA? OH, YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THEM NOW IF YOU WANT.

OR WAIT TILL THE AGENDA. OK. THANK YOU.

SINCE HE'S UP HERE. APPRECIATE IT. WELL, WE'VE BEEN HERE I WAS READING THROUGH YOUR STRATEGIC PLANS FOR THE DISTRICT AND I MUST CONTINUE ON.

THAT WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE. I WOULD GO TO KNOW THE BENCHMARK AT THIS TIME, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU ARE LOOKING AT 91 GRADUATION RATE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS NOW AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

NINETY ONE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY HIGHLY COMMENDABLE ON YOUR PART TO DO THAT. THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN I'D LIKE TO KNOW NOTABLE GOALS ON INDICATORS ARE STUFF THAT YOU WILL HAVE BUT THE MOST CONCERN I HAVE ONE OF THEM SIR I HAVE HERE IS BROADBAND IN RURAL AREAS AND I SEE IN SOME OF FUNDING THERE ARE SOME EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FUNDING. I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW THE COUNTY HAS BEEN EMBRACING BROADBAND IN RURAL COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TALKING ABOUT THE STATE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER ON A LOCAL LEVEL THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN KIND OF PULL TOGETHER RESOURCES TO BRING THAT ABOUT. IT'S CRITICAL IN MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ACCESS IN SOME AREAS TO BROADBAND. YES, SIR.

>> THERE THERE ARE A FEW COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR COUNTY THAT WHERE WHERE THE BROADBAND COMPONENT IS IS OBVIOUSLY NECESSARY IS NEEDED AND IS ALSO ALSO AN ISSUE WITH AN IMPACT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT DID WAS TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE WHAT THEY CALL MY FIVE DEVICES THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE THROUGH REALLY IT THROUGH CELL

TOWERS AND CELL SERVICE. >> THAT THOSE MY FIVE DEVICES WORK AND YOU COULD CONNECT SEVERAL DEVICES TO THAT WOULD FUNCTION FOR FOUR FORMS FOR SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE

ONLINE INSTRUCTION OR OR ANY OF THAT. >> I'M PROUD THAT THAT OUR DISTRICT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES WHO NEEDED VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE. AND WE STARTED THAT WAY BUT WE QUICKLY TRANSITIONED IN OCTOBER TO BRINGING STUDENTS IN FACE TO FACE AND THEN MOVED IN JANUARY TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE TO FACE ALONG WITH THE VIRTUAL COMPONENT. WE WE HAVE WE HAVE THOSE DEVICES WE WERE UTILIZING TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENT AND THEIR EDUCATION THERE.

I KNOW THAT WE ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS AROUND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT NEEDED BROADBAND ACCESS AND THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME STATE FUNDING FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY BUT THOSE

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AROUND. >> MS. CROSBY.

IS THAT PARTICULAR COMPONENT SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT COULD ENGAGE IN WITH LOCAL

COMMUNITY? >> IN FACT, WE HELD OUR ONE TO ONE SERIES OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAY AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT EMERGED AS TO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY TO ENHANCE THE BROADBAND SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

>> SO AND WHICH IS ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE WE NEED TO WE'RE GIVING FULLER RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT A REALITY PERMANENT SOLUTION THAT THE TEMPORARY BECAUSE EVEN WITH THIS TEMPORARY THERE ARE SOME OTHER IDEAS THAT'S DOABLE THAT RECEIVING IT SO IT'S A MAJOR IS

A PROBLEM. >> AND JUST LAST WEEK I WAS INVITED TO ENGAGE WITH THE LOCAL TASK FORCE AROUND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FUNDS AND AND ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS I

THINK THAT THEY WERE LOOKING IS IS THE BROADBAND PIECE. >> SO.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT FROM THE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE.

THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE PROJECTS PARTNER UP WITH ALL THE RESOURCES YOU CAN.

[8. CITIZEN COMMENTS]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. OK.

WE'VE COME TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST CITIZEN COMMENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT WE WE CERTAINLY WELCOME CITIZEN COMMENTS DURING PORTIONS OF THIS MEETING. OUR RULES AND PROCEDURES STATE THAT WE ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT DURING OUR MEETINGS. THEREFORE IN DOING SO COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED RULES ON HOW WE RECEIVE INPUT FROM OUR CITIZENS. ANY PERSON DESIRING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY SUBMITTING THAT REQUEST TO BE HEARD AS WE SEE THIS EVENING SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK OF COUNCIL EITHER PRIOR TO THE MEETING OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. CITIZEN COMMENT FORTUNES OF THE MEETINGS ARE ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO ADDRESS COUNSEL AND SHALL LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. WE ALLOW FOR TWO 15 MINUTE SEGMENTS. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK.

WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE 15 MINUTES BUT WE STILL HAVE AN AGENDA TO GET THROUGH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR BREVITY TO ADDRESS THE CHAIRMAN AND SPEAKING CONFINING THEMSELVES TO THE JURISDICTION OF COUNCIL. AND PLEASE BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON TELEVISION.

THAT BEING SAID, THE FIRST PERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IS FLOYD SHANNON.

WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? GOOD EVENING, SIR. THREE MINUTES AFTER REQUESTING PRIVATE ARMY GENERAL LORD HARRIMAN. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL BEAUFORT COUNTY RID OF THE LITTLE RESERVE. THE PURPOSE OF MY COMMENT TO REVIEW THE COUNCIL INFORM ME OF OUR EXPERIENCE FOR TWENTY NINE THING.

ONCE SALES TAX WAS PASSED FOR THE STATED PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING IMPROVING ROADS I GOT MY PROPERTY TAX THIS YEAR. THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER INCREASE ON FOR TAX FOR ROAD SINCE THAT TIME. MAINTENANCE AND ACTIVITY AIDED DRASTICALLY LEAVE WON'T WORK FOR ROAD. IT WAS GRADED SEVEN TIMES IN

2020 THAT FLY PLAN LESS THAN ONCE EVERY MONTH. >> YOU LIVE ON A DIRT ROAD.

YOU KNOW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY INADEQUATE. >> I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND TORN IN 20 ON THE FARM COLUMN DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT

THE PROBLEM. >> WELL I FOUND OUT I STARTED WORK ON WHAT ROLE THE COUNTY DID FIVE WEEKS OUT. TOOK THE GREATER ONE WEEK THE GREATER HAS BEEN ALL THAT ROAD FIVE WEEKS THERE. THE DAY WILL NOT COME TO THE MEETING SO FOR A WEEK TO LET IT

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NO MORE WE'RE TALKING WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. THIS YEAR THE NUMBER ONE EXCUSE FOR LACK. NOW I'M NOT SAYING TO TELL YOU WHAT I HEARD WHAT WE HEAR MY NEIGHBORS ARE HERE. THEY WILL THEY WILL VERIFY THAT .

SO I'M ASKING TONIGHT IS THERE ANYONE ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL THAT WILL SAY I WILL

INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING READY? I DON'T THINK SO. >> NEXT MAURICE CAMPBELL.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CAMPBELL. GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE CHAIRMAN.

PASS A MAN AN HONORABLE MEMBERS OF COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR THIS THIS CASE MY NAME IS MARS CAMPBELL RETIRED CUNNINGHAM BOY WHO SERVED IN CAPACITY IN SOME CAPACITY WITH THE CANYON FOR LIKE THIRTY FOUR YEARS. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO GAIN RESPECT FOR LEE. REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION TO TREAT ALL RETIRED COUNTY EMPLOYEES EQUALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE ACTION TAKEN BY COUNTY COUNCIL IN 2016.

ELIMINATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYING A RETIREES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTY'S HEALTH BENEFIT PROGRAM. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE STEPS YOU TOOK TO RESOLVE THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE 40 EMPLOYEES OR THE 40 RETIREES AND THE OTHER SETTLEMENT THAT I THINK YOU MAY HAVE WITH SOME OTHER EMPLOYEES FOR TAKING AWAY THAT

OPPORTUNITY FROM NOW. >> HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE STILL SCORES OF US OUT THERE THAT WERE NOT THAT WERE NOT CONSIDERED OR WERE NOT TREATED ADEQUATELY AND WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER US IN THE SAME MANNER THAT YOU HANDLED THE OTHERS.

>> MOST OF US WERE OUR EMPLOYEES IN THAT SAME CLASS OR IN THAT SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU ASSISTED. WE HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY OR IF WE HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY WE WOULD HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE LAWSUIT BUT WE DID NOT GET THAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> SO WE THINK THAT TO BE FAIR WITH ALL OF YOUR RETIREES WHO PUT HUNDREDS OF YEARS IN THIS COUNTY AS FAR AS PUBLIC SERVICE WE DESERVED THESE BE TREATED THE SAME AND WE KNOW THAT TWO

YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THAT ACTION HAS BEEN DONE. >> BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW,

THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE AREAS TO BE CORRECTED. >> THIS EVENING WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RETIREES IN THE AUDIENCE WITH ME AND WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU RESPECT FULLY RESPECT THEM AS WE RESPECTED THE OTHERS WHO TOOK THE ROUTE OF FILING A LAWSUIT.

SO WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LISTENING TO US AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING TO REMEDY WHAT WE THINK WAS AN UNFORTUNATE AND UNFAIR TREATMENT OF YOUR RETIREES.

>> AT THIS TIME I THOSE RETIREES THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE .

PLEASE JUST RAISE YOUR HAND SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME RETIREES WHO HAVE COME OUT TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MR. CAMPBELL FOR YOU. >> STEP AWAY.

COULD YOU SEE ME AFTERWARDS SO I CAN GIVE YOU MY INFORMATION? OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR. DANNY AND BRENDA, YOU'RE HERE TO ADD TO WHAT MR FLOYD?

>> YES. PLEASE COME IN. GOOD EVENING.

DANIEL THE SAYING ONE UNDER FULL WELLNESS OF CHISHOLM ISLAND PLANTATION LLC AND DOWN

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I THINK IT WAS A LETTER WAS SENT OUT TO MY SISTER AND SHE EVENTUALLY GAVE IT TO ME ABOUT ROCK IN THE ROAD PUTTING ROCK ON IT AND I CALL THAT SAME NEEDED I GOT A LETTER AND ASKED WHAT TYPE OF ROCK I WOULD NOT PUT ON IT BECAUSE KIDS AND ADULTS LIKED TO RIDE BUT SETTLES ON THAT ROAD AND I SAID I'D HAVE TO GET WITH AN ENGINEERING NOTE WHICH WAS IN.

BUT EVERY TIME WE CALL JERRY STANLEY ABOUT REPAIR AND ROAD MAINTAIN AND DOING AN IMPROVEMENTS HE SAYS THEY CAN'T DO IMPROVEMENTS UNLESS WE DID NOT PAY FOR IT RIGHT AWAY.

NOW I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MYSELF AS ONE OF THE OWNERS BEING THE PROBLEM THE RIGHT AWAY. BUT MY QUESTION IS JERRY ALWAYS SAYS THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THE MONEY OR THE DIRT TO DO IT. HOW WOULD YOU COME UP WITH MONEY IN THE DIRT TO DO IT? IF WE THE RIGHT WAY AND I SAW YOU KIND OF YOU COULD LOOK INTO IT.

>> WE WILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MY MAIN CONCERN NOW IS IT'S THE FACT THAT ANYTIME WE HAVE HIGH TIDES IT'S NOT EXTREME HIGH

TIDES ANYMORE. >> IT'S JUST A LOT OF TIMES MONTHLY HIGH TIDES.

THE TIDE COMES ACROSS THE ROAD. WE HAVE TO NURSE AN ETHICIST THAT LIVED DOWN THERE.

THEY ARE WORKING TO DAY AND IF THE TIDE IS ACROSS THE ROAD, IF THEY ARE CALLED IN FOR AN EMERGENCY, THEY CAN NOT GET THROUGH THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THE TIDE.

OUR DAUGHTER WHO IS A NURSE ALSO HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO WORK A FEW TIMES BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TIDE SHE'S HAD TO WAIT TILL THE TIDE HAS RECEDED AND GO DANIEL.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING TO US. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO WE WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT INFORMATION. MIRIAM MITCHELL, SOME

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. >> YES, GOOD AFTERNOON. FOR THE REASON I'M HERE.

THE NAME IT MAKES MY HEART SAD. BRIAN CLAYTON. BUT ALSO RETIRING FROM MUSIC GARY. YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO APPEAL TO YOU TO BE FAIR TO THE OTHER RETIREES. THESE ARE EMPLOYED. THESE WERE RETIRED.

THESE RETIREES WHEN THEY WERE EMPLOYED, THEY WERE LOYAL. THIS IS WHY WE STILL HAVE THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF LA COUNTY IS RUNNING BECAUSE THESE VOYEUR PEOPLE WERE HERE.

THESE PEOPLE WILL NOW FURLOUGHS THEY WENT WITHOUT. THEY HAD NO COLA SOMETIMES.

AND NOW I SEE THEM YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY STRUGGLED FINANCIALLY.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU PLEASE, SIR, IF THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM AND I WOULD

APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU, NURSE MILLER AND MEMBERS OF MY NAME IS SANCHEZ MILLER, A RESIDENT OF ST. HOWARD IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE FINE IF YOU HAVE MONIES FOR ST. HELENA ISLAND AND ASK THAT IT BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE RESIDENTS, STAY AND TO THAT FOR LAND RETENTION.

I'M ALSO WOULDN'T AN ADVOCATE WITH THE CENTER FOR ARMS PROPERTY AND ASK THAT YOU NOT FORGET I YOUTH. AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON TEACHERS TO TRY TO RECRUIT SOME OF THE TEACHERS THAT LIVE SAY THERE'S NOT ANYTHING FOR THEM ANY INCENTIVE WITH HOMES AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE AND THAT SHOULD TAKE A LOOK INTO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LOCAL CEMETERIES IN THE COMMUNITY DAY OF BEING CREATED OR TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF .

THAT'S KIND OF ME IN IT. >> SEE THAT? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DON PAGE. THANK.

I ORIGINALLY WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT BUT I ALSO HAD A COMMENT ON THE

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I FIND IT INTERESTING WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT PLAN AND WHEN I LISTEN TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE TELL STORIES ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT IT IS TRULY A STORY OF TWO COUNTIES.

I HAVE LIMITED TIME BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT I'VE LOOKED AT I JUST DON'T SEE ANY MONEY BEING ALLOCATED TO ST. HELENA ISLAND.

I SEE A LOT OF TAXATION, NO REPRESENTATION. AND WE WERE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT A TASK FORCE HAS ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE THIRTY SEVEN MILLION THAT'S COMING FROM THE BY ADMINISTRATION. SO WE'RE ASKING TO BE INCLUDED ON THAT TASK FORCE BUT DEFINITELY TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY FEDERAL DOLLARS COMING IN PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT BLACK AMERICANS DELIBERATELY ELECTION TO THE LIGHT RACIAL ALSO IN THIS COUNTY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE APPROPRIATE I'VE GONE THROUGH THE CHANNELS TALK WITH PEOPLE ROB MERCHANT AS YOU SEE MY EMAIL WAS NEVER RESPONDED TO. I'VE TALKED TO THE COUNCILMEN. AND TO TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE RECOVERY AND WHO'S ON THE TASK FORCE. SO I GUESS JUST IN GENERAL I FIND THE COMMUNICATE WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS VISCERALLY LACKING AND I LOOKING IN THE PAST NOT SEEING THAT ISLAND PACKAGE AS ESSENTIAL PAID AND PAID ABOUT EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SINCE 2017. THERE'S NO ADVERTISING DOLLARS BEING SPENT IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. SO OF COURSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FACT THAT ONLY 14. CAN YOU PLEASE FIND YOUR TAKE? THINK SO.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE TRYING TO GET TRUE EQUITY IN BEING PART THE FUTURE OF BEAUFORT CAPITAL AND TO CALL FOR SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NO MONEY BEING PUT INTO THE COMMUNITY EVEN HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ALL UP ON THE STAFF AND PLUG IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> SARAH GREEN RUN THE SARAH REYNOLDS GREEN SORRY NEAR ONE THAT IS HERE. SARAH REYNOLDS GREEN AND I'M HERE TO JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M A PART OF THE GULLAH COMMUNITY ON HELP ISLAND AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE COMING BY US AND WE'RE NOT AWARE OF IT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THINGS AFTER THE FACT AND I WANTED TO KNOW HOW CAN WE REMEDY THAT SITUATION BECAUSE EVERYTHING I'VE READ ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE BACK IS FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE TASK

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FORCE THAT DON MENTIONED. >> WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS ON THE TASK FORCE IF OUR KNEES AND OUR CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED. SO AS WELL AS VEGAS WITH THE KENNEDY SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WORKED FROM FOR THE DISTRICT AND KNOWING THAT FUNDING IS COMING TO HELP THE LOSS OF EDUCATION THAT WE SUFFERED IN CAMDEN. I MEAN HELENA NEEDS TO HAVE A REPRESENTATION THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU.

LARRY HOGAN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY THERE WITH THE PRESIDENT CEO OF THE BUTTE COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE REPRESENT OVER 300 BLACK BROWN AND AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE TASK FORCE THAT HAS BEEN COULD PUT TOGETHER WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED BUCHANAN BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR PERSONS OF COLOR OR IN FACT ANY BAGUETTES ON THAT TASK FORCE.

BUT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT FIGHTING STATES THAT FOR THE PURPOSE BORDER THE TERM EQUITY MEANS CONSISTENCE AS SYSTEMATIC FAIR. JUSTICE IMPARTIAL TREATMENT OF ALL INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WHO BELONG TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DENIED SUCH TREATMENT SUCH AS BLACK LATINO INDIGENOUS AS NATIVE AMERICANS.

BUSINESS AS ASIAN AMERICANS. PACIFIC ISLANDERS L T YOUNG PERSONS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. PERSONS WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREAS AND PERSONS OTHERWISE ADVERSELY

AFFECTED BY PERSISTENT POVERTY IS THE SYSTEMIC RACISM. >> THE TERM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES REFERS TO POPULATIONS SHARING A PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTIC AS WELL AS GEOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY DENIED A FULL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMIC SOCIAL CIVIC LIFE AND EXEMPLIFIED BY THIS OF DEFINITIONS OF AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DID IN THESE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. AND AS YOU KNOW THE BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN IN THIS COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO THOSE FUNDS NEED TO COME BACK TO BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WHERE WE CAN SURVIVE AND WE CAN ALSO START AGAIN.

THESE FUNDS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

>> AND IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON THIS TASK FORCE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR FINAL COMMENT IN PERSON IS FROM WILL SMITH. MR. SMITH FROM ACROSS OUR WAY TO ADDRESS THE SOMEBODY SOMEONE IN SOME COMPANY SOME ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED ESPECIALLY WITH MR. HOMAN.

I WILL ECHO WHAT YOU SAID AS WELL AS WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMERICAN PLANS.

I WOULD JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO TO SECTION TO TWO THINGS THAT THE POOR EXECUTIVE

ORDER OF 1 3 9 8 5. >> THAT'S BUYING WHEN YOU GET TOMS HOUSEHOLD THAT YOU WILL GO AND READ THAT BECAUSE THAT IF PARTICULARLY IF IT NOT JUST THINKS ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUP BLACK PEOPLE IT'S THERE ALSO. THERE WILL BE READ MR. HOBAN JUST BASICALLY TO READ TO YOU THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT YOU PUT STOCK INVOLVING EVERYONE BECAUSE NO OTHER SOCIAL GROUPING TO CREATE A TASK FORCE. BUT THE QUESTION IS WHO ON THAT TASK FORCE REPRESENTS EVERY AREAS OF POVERTY? WHO ON THAT TASK FORCE REPRESENT THE MINORITY PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS AT HAND BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN YOU PITCH A TIER TO THAT TABLE YOU GO INTO THAT TABLE WITH A WAS SOME TYPE OF RESERVE OR WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN .

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THAT'S JUST THE SECOND. THE SECOND THING IS THIS. IT IS THE 20 YEAR FINISH PLAN.

THAT PLAN DOES NOT CREATE. IT DOES NOT CREATE THINGS FOR PEOPLE OF 30 TO 35 TO 40 ON DOWN BECAUSE YOU WILL BE COMING UP WITH A 20 VENUES PLAN THAT PLAN.

I MEAN I TOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT MADE THAT PLANS AND WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE GENIUS IT SEEMS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE UNFORTUNATELY ON COUNCIL.

I MEAN THAT WOULD BE IN 20 YEARS. THIS IS THIS PLANE SHOULD BE FEARED AND HAVE VIBRANT FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT THE OUTLOOK. THAT'S WHEN I SPEAK I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DID ME ACTUAL THAT DID THE ACT THE ACTUAL WHO CAN COMMENT ON WHO COMMENTED ON THE PLANE AND WHEN PEOPLE COME UNDER FIRE FROM SOME CITY HILTON HEAD PEOPLE FROM THIS SIDE BROADER UNINCORPORATED AREAS NEW NOT A HUNDRED TIMES RIGHT NOW.

MR. CHAIRMAN, GIVE ME JUST SECOND. THEY DID NOT COMMENT ON THAT CLAIM. SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME SEND THE MESSAGE TO MY MEMORY BOX IS THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK OUT AND ASSESS AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING BECAUSE LET'S RENDER ME FOR THE WAY IT IS TIME THAT WE DO THAT IN THIS COUNTY. THANK YOU KIND OF COUNCIL.

GOOD NIGHT. OK. >> CHRISTINA, NOW IS THE TIME

FOR YOU TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. >> OK. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN. OK.

GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN PASSIM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. I AM CHRISTINA WAS CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND TONIGHT I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

>> NEARLY ONE YEAR AGO BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY 10 0 WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT TO RECOMMEND TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT SCHOOL IMPACT FEES FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF THE BROAD RIVER. THE SCHOOL IMPACT FEES APPROVED BY THE BOARD WERE NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS PER SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT DOLLARS PER UNIT FOR MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS.

THESE ONE TIME FEES COLLECTED AT THE TIME THE BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED SUBSIDIZED NEW GROWTH RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED AS A RESULT OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 2019 SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM TO AVOID DOUBLE BILLINGS.

>> PROPERTY OWNERS, HOMEBUILDERS AND REALTORS OFTEN OPPOSE WILL IMPACT FEES BECAUSE

THEY ARE THOUGHT TO DETER DEVELOPMENT. >> THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE TRUE FOR NO SCHOOL DISTRICT IN YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA HAS HAD SCHOOL IMPACT FEES FOR MORE

THAN TWO DECADES. >> YOUR COUNTY HAS BEEN GROWING RAPIDLY FOR YEARS AND IS RANKED TOWARD THE TOP OF THE NATION IN JOB GROWTH BY COUNTY. IF BEAUFORT COUNTY WANTS TO ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO ITS CITIZENS WHILE MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL IMPACT FEES MUST BE PART OF THE FUNDING EQUATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE

ONLINE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO MAKE COMMENTS? >> OKAY WE WILL END THE CITIZEN

[9. LIAISON AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT CAME THROUGH PUBLIC FACILITIES A WEEK AGO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR SIX ITEMS. ONE IS FINISHING UP THE ARTHUR

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SECONDLY, WE'RE FINISHING UP THE BEAUFORT LINE LIBRARY AND THIS IS SIMILAR AND PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. EACH OF THOSE ARE ABOUT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND CHANGE. THERE'S A SMALL ONE GRANTING EASEMENT TO THE NAVY FOR 50 YEARS OUT NEAR THE AIR STATION KIND OF MINOR. THERE'S ONE FOR THE RESOLUTION FOR NATURAL HAZARD. MIGRATION HAS AN EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLAR IMPACT ON THE COUNTY.

WE'RE AT THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ENTERPRISE FUND. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TAKING AN ELEMENT OF GOVERNMENT LIKE WE DO FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE STORMWATER IN THE AIRPORTS AND CREATE KIND OF A BUSINESS UNIT WITHIN THE WITHIN WITHIN THE BUDGET. AND WE WE ARE AGREED AS A COUNTY THAT WE'LL TAKE THE WHATEVER THE BUDGET IS FOR THIS YEAR.

COMPARE IT TO THE MILL VALUE AND THEN ESTABLISH A SEPARATE MILLAGE THAT WOULD GO ON THE TAX BILLS HIGHLIGHTING THAT PARTICULAR ACTIVITY AND OF COURSE ADJUST THE REGULAR BUDGET. ACCORDINGLY, I THINK THIS WILL PROVIDE SOME GOOD TRANSPARENCY AND I THINK THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IS GOING TO BRING FORWARD SEVERAL PROPOSALS IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE FOR INVESTMENT.

BUT DO IT IN A WAY WHERE YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE WHAT THE PAYBACK IS ON EACH OF THESE.

SO SEVERAL OF THOSE WILL STAY TUNED ON THOSE AND THEN IS ONE MINOR UTILITY EASEMENT PROBABLY TO BE FOR JASPER? A COUPLE OTHER THINGS JUST TO TOUCH ON, MR. CHAIRMAN, COME OF PUBLIC FACILITIES RELATED TO 78 QUARTER. YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST FALL COUNCIL INITIATED IN THE TOWN JOINED WITH US TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW DONE FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN CLAMORING FOR.

THAT WORK OF COURSE WAS WAS FINISHED. I THINK WE COMPLIMENTED THEM ON THE WORK THAT WAS WAS DONE. OF COURSE THE TOWN KNOW PARTICIPATED ALONGSIDE OF US THAT HAS GONE TO D O T AND THEN THERE'S A MEETING TOMORROW 3 O'CLOCK TO BE TELEVISED AND PEOPLE SHOW UP AND BE HERE ALSO. AND ESSENTIALLY IT'LL BE D O T RESPONDS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT INDEPENDENT REVIEW.

SO I THINK IT'S MOVING THE PROCESS FORWARD AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WORTHWHILE.

WE DID PASS AT THE COMMITTEE MOVING TO THE FUSCA ISLAND FERRY FORWARD BUT I THINK THE STAFF IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DIALOG WITH THE COMMUNITY IS TO MAKE SURE WE TRY TO GET ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH AND SO THAT'LL BE FORTHCOMING.

A COUPLE COMMENTS TO THAT ONE I THINK AS MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS THE LONG TERM SOLUTION SEEMS TO REVOLVE AROUND USING PINKNEY ISLAND AND JENKINS ISLAND AND AND ESSENTIALLY THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH THAT CAN BE DONE UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE 278 CORRIDOR PROJECT ONCE THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. I THINK WE'LL BE IN A PATIENT POSITION TO STEP OUT WITH THAT FINAL SOLUTION AND PERHAPS IT WILL INCORPORATE A REGIONAL PEACE. SO FOR THE SHORT TERM THE STAFF AT EVALUATED I THINK 12 DIFFERENT POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR THE FERRY, THE ONE THAT WHERE WE ARE NOW AT BUCKINGHAM ONE LANDING EMERGES AS THE BEST ONE THE COUNTY'S GONE THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS AND THE VENDOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONTINUE WITH HAY POINT AND BEST SERVICE AND THE LOWEST COST.

BUT I THINK THE REAL ACTION THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE UP RIGHT NOW AS A COUNCIL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE THAT? BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPOSITION ON THE RESIDENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE DON'T HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF PLACE THAT WE CAN GO ELSEWHERE. THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT IS STRUGGLING FROM SUCCESS WITH EVERYBODY COMING BACK FROM THE VIRUS THERE. THE AIRLINES ARE RUNNING PLANES IN AND THEY'RE FULL AND THE ABILITY TO TURN THE PLANES AROUND AND THE AIRPORT HAS BECOME DIFFICULT. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF CAPACITY IS YOU KNOW, THE PLAN IS TO ENLARGE THE TERMINAL. THE FAA IS ALLOCATED 20 MILLION FOR THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT HOW TO FUND THE IF THE BALANCE.

IT'S PRIMARILY AN AIRLINE PROBLEM BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND TSA CAN DO SO WE'LL SEE IF WE GET THAT DONE. BUT IT'S KIND OF A GOOD PROBLEM IN A WAY. LASTLY, I WOULD JUST COMMENT ON ONE ITEM RELATIVE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND HIS

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AND AS TIME HAS POINTED OUT AND IF YOU LOOK BACK IN HISTORY WE BASICALLY LIVED WITH THAT CALCULATION FOR THE BETTER PART OF 20 YEARS. THERE'S ALSO AN ORDINANCE AT THE STATE LEVEL CALLED THE MAINTENANCE OF LOCAL EFFORT WHICH IF WE DON'T APPROVE THE BUDGET THEN THEY'RE ENTITLED TO AN INCREASE EQUAL TO ENROLLMENT AND INFLATION.

TURNS OUT THE TWO ARE ACTUALLY RELATIVELY CLOSE TOGETHER AND YOU ACTUALLY COULD HAVE A STATISTICAL DEAL WHERE THE CEILING WAS WAS SMALLER THAN THE THEN THE FLOOR.

BUT IN ANY EVENT WHAT I'VE SUGGESTED TO THE DO THE DISTRICT SOMETIME BACK IN RECENTLY IN THAT MEETING AND IT'D BE UP TO COUNCIL FIRST WOULD BE UP TO THE DISTRICT IF THEY WANTED US TO DO IT BUT THERE IS AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT THE DISTRICT OUGHT TO HAVE LIMITED FISCAL AUTONOMY AND THEN WHAT THAT WOULD LEAVE IS THAT THE ONLY TIME THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO US WOULD BE IF IN FACT THEY WANT TO EXCEED THE 380 CAP BECAUSE THERE DOES REQUIRE ANOTHER BODY TO APPROVE THAT. SO IN ANY EVENT WE'LL SEE WHAT THE DISTRICT WANTS TO DO BUT IT DIDN'T TO ME THAT MIGHT BE A LOGICAL THING TO DO.

THE RESPOND TO WHAT THE DISTRICT WANTS AND I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAD.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. SORRY TO BE WRONG BUT WE HAD A LONG PUBLIC FACILITIES MEETING ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE BEGAN TO TAKE ACTION SAYING NONE.

[10. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA SEEING NO OBJECTION.

[11. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THERE WILL BE ACTION TAKEN ON SEVERAL OF THOSE ITEMS. WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO TURN TO COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE TO MAKE A MOTION REGARDING THAT ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I MOVE THAT VIEW FROM COUNTY COUNCIL APPOINT INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ERIC GREENWAY TO THE POSITION OF PERMANENT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BEAUFORT KENNEDY AND THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN AND WE AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN AND ANY OTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL WHOM HE DESIRES TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH ERIC GREENWAY TO MAKE HIM THE ADMINISTRATOR OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THE CONTRACT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL FOR RATIFICATION.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO SIT SECOND THAT MOTION.

I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME AND THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU.

IT HAS BEEN DULY MOTIONED AND SECOND NOW BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE.

I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE TABLE TO SEE IF ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT. I WILL BEGIN WITH MR. SOMERVILLE WHO MADE THE MOTION

. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> WE ARE RUNNING LATE AND I DO WANT TO BE BRIEF BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT ERIC GREENWAY HAS BEEN AN EXEMPLARY OUTSTANDING INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR. HE'S DONE SO MANY THINGS FOR THIS COUNCIL AND A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM. I'M SURE WE ALL ARE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HIS ACCEPTING A POSITION OF PERMANENT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. FLOWING.

DITTO, SIR. LET'S MOVE ON, MR. LAWSON. ABSOLUTELY.

KEEPING IT SHORT, ERIC. JUST KEEP DOING IT. YOU'RE DOING IT AND WE WILL BE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE. MR. CUNNINGHAM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR HELP ME OUT IN AREAS THAT I NEED TO LEARN. BEING A NEW MEMBER ON HERE, I'M SURE I FLOODED YOU WITH QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU'VE EARNED THIS.

>> MR. MCCOMB, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION WITH LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS AND I THINK

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HE'S HAD A TRIAL RUN AND HE'S PERFORMED AN OUTSTANDING MATTER.

I THINK IN SELECTING HIM WE WILL NOT BE HIRING AN UNKNOWN BASED SIMPLY ON RESUMES AND REFERENCES. INSTEAD WE HAVE AT AN OPPORTUNE OBSERVER PRODUCTIVE, COMPETENT, ENGAGED AND TALENTED EXECUTIVE IS ENSURED COUNTY EMPLOYEES WORK TOGETHER.

AND HE'S ENSURED THEY WORK COHESIVELY TOWARD ACHIEVING ESTABLISHED GOALS IMPROVED EMPLOYEE MORALE, IMPROVED COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES. HE'S CONSISTENT, RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY AS WELL DEVELOPED UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNCTIONS OF HIS GOVERNMENT.

HE MAKES DECISIONS AND ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE DECISIONS.

HE ALSO POSSESSES AN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SENSITIVITY WHICH GIVES THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND, USE AND MANAGE EMOTIONS. ALLOWING HIM TO COMMUNICATE, EMPATHIZE, OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND DIFFUSE CONFLICT RELIEVE STRESS.

TO OUR AND TO OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES BENEFIT. WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT HE EASILY RELATES TO PEOPLE AND REWARDS AND RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE THERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN WHICH TAKEN AT THE FLOOD LEADS ON TO FORTUNE ON SUCH A FULL SEA. ARE WE NOW AFLOAT? I SUPPORT THIS NOMINATION. I INTEND TO VOTE YES ON THIS MOTION.

MR. GLOVER, YOU WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT ON ME? >> YES.

I DO SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT OF COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IS THAT I DIDN'T THINK DRAWING OUT AGAIN FOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BELOW COUNCIL FOR 3 4 YEARS AND WE'VE NOW THREE TIMES I THINK WE HAVE SOME ONE WITHIN OUR SYSTEM AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE SOMEONE UP IN THE SYSTEM.

ERIC HAS THE. HE'S A PLANNER AND I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT THAT.

FORBES I'M JUST MAKING A THREAD BUT THEN THE CHALLENGE FOR HIM WE'RE SEEING HOW IT IS TO HOW DO WE TAKE VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN PLANNING FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES AND BASICALLY PLEASE EACH COMMUNITY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THANK MISS HOWARD.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO ADD I'VE WATCHED MR. GREENWAY DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE EMPLOYEES AND HE HANDLES THEM IN THE BEST MANNER POSSIBLE AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO. I'M GLAD THAT I ABOUT MR. ROBERT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN.

WE LIKE TO DO THAT WHENEVER POSSIBLE. AND SECONDLY, WE'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF WATCHING ERIC PERFORM FOR MANY MONTHS AND ACTUALLY BRING US THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES TO WHERE WE'RE SMOOTH RUNNING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THE TWO THINGS I ALWAYS LOOK FOR WHEN WE'RE APPOINTING PEOPLE ONE IS HOW DO THEY RELATE TO PEOPLE HUMAN RESOURCES? HE DOES THAT AND OUTSTANDING.

AND SECONDLY, YOU KNOW HOW HOW DOES HE DO AS BEING AN EXECUTIVE AND HE'S CLEARLY AN EXECUTIVE. HE'S NOT EMBARRASSED. HE'S NOT BASHFUL ABOUT SOLVING PROBLEMS AND HE MAKES GOOD DECISIONS. HE INVOLVES THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

SO IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE FOR US TO BE VOTING TO BRING HIM TO BE OUR ADMINISTRATOR.

THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. MR. HARVEY, JOHN FURTHER

COMMENTS. >> JOHN DAWSON, I'VE I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH

ERIC BRIEFLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. >> I FIND HIM VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE TO WORK WITH. I THINK HE HE HAS THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY AT HEART AND I THINK YOU'LL SERVE AS WELL. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT HIS NOMINATION.

>> THANK YOU. MY COMMENTS ARE HIRING AN INTERIM OR ACTING ADMINISTRATOR IS ACTUALLY A WELL-KNOWN STRATEGY AND HUMAN RESOURCES THAT I MENTIONED WHEN WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT OF THE PROCESS.

IT REDUCES TIME TO HIRE. IT ENSURES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND IT MAINTAINS STABILITY WITH LITTLE ONBOARDING TIME WHILE SAVING VALUABLE COSTS AND RESOURCES. MR. GREENWAY HAS BROUGHT STABILITY INCREASED MORALE AND HAS DEMONSTRATED A DEPTH AND BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED FOR THIS POSITION. DURING THIS TIME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSESS HIS PERFORMANCE AND POTENTIAL WHICH TOOK THE GUESSWORK OUT. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

WE WILL TAKE THE BOAT. BEGINNING WITH MR. SOMERVILLE RIBAUT.

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>> YES, MR. FOLLOWING. YES, DEFINITELY. MR. CUNNINGHAM.

YES. MR. DAWSON? YES.

YES. MR. GLOVER? YES.

MR. HARVEY. JOHN. YES.

MS. HOWARD. WITH PLEASURE.

YES. MR. LAWSON. OUR BOSS AND YES.

MR. MCKELLEN WITHIN THROUGH THE OTHER. YES.

MR. RUDMAN. YES. WITH GREAT PLEASURE.

AND THE CHAIRMAN VOTES YES TO MAKE IT UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. GREEN.

>> ITEM NINE UNDER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WE'VE GIVEN DIRECTION TO ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED. ITEM NUMBER 10 I WOULD LIKE A MOTION PLEASE. COUNCILWOMAN HOWARD, WOULD YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND READ THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A QUICK CLEAN GREEN AND WAIVER REVERT OR FOR REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 O H OLD SHELL ROAD WITH THE REAL ESTATE NUMBER OF R 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 A 0 0 0.

I CAN READ THE ORDINANCE WE HAVE A SECOND AND SECOND PLEASE.

OUR SECOND MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

>> DO WE NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE? I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD OK.

THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION. I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

THEREFORE THIS IS APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER ELEVEN WE WILL TAKE UP WHEN WE DO ITEM NUMBER 14.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW READY TO MOVE ON TO

[12. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT, SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2021, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2022]

SECOND MR. LAWSON MAKES THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR..

THANK YOU. YOU HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND GETS YOU INTO THE PRESENTATION IF I MIGHT. IF THE PERSON WAS REVERSIBLE. CORRECT.

GO AHEAD. I GOT NO ONES. WHAT IS THE GROWTH? THE REDUCTION IN THE STUDENT POPULATION YEAR OVER YEAR AND THEN NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS THE COST PER STUDENT? LAST YEAR AND THEN THIS YEAR AND THEN HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO STATE AND NOT JUST LEVELS? THAT'S ACTUALLY ITEM NUMBER 13 ,CHRIS.

WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER TWELVE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I PLACE ALL THE QUESTIONS

ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 12 SAYING NONE WAS. >> GO AHEAD.

IT DOESN'T JUST WANT ONE OR TWO COMMENTS. I THINK THAT I THINK THE BUDGET

MAKES SENSE. >> WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A PROCESS.

I DO THINK ONE OF THE PIECES THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN MAYBE IS THERE AND I MISSED IT BUT IS LOOKING AT THE COMPARING WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE ARE AND SEEING WHAT THE CALCULATION IS FOR THE MILL VALUE WHICH I KNOW IS FORTHCOMING AND THEN THAT GETS US INTO WHAT THE RESERVE IS. AND SO ON.

SO I DO THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE APPROVED AT FIRST READING BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME OF THAT THAT WE WE NEED TO GET INTO. SECONDLY AND THIS IS KIND OF A NET.

BUT MAYBE MAYBE IT'S IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT IF WE GO BACK AS TO HOW WE USED TO FORMAT THE ORDINANCE, IT WAS A MUCH, MUCH SIMPLER WAY OF DOING IT. IN FACT, I PRINTED ONE OUT FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH BUT IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT.

SO I DO THINK IT'D BE WORTHWHILE TO THE STAFF TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THE FORMAT THAT WE USED TO USE ACTUALLY PROVIDES BETTER TRANSPARENCY AND VISIBILITY FOR THE FOR THE CITIZENRY. SO THAT'S ALL HAD. I'M IN FAVOR OF IT MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THE STAFF'S DONE A LOT OF HARD WORK.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS. >> THE FIRST READING WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION. ARE YOU. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING

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[13. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2021, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2022]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO PLEASE? MR. RODMAN MAKES THE MOTION SECOND, PLEASE.

MR. SOMERVILLE WILL GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THE SECOND QUESTIONS NOW.

NOW MR. HER YOU MAY ASK YOUR QUESTION. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESTATE THE QUESTION YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL POPULATION YEAR OVER YEAR?

>> AS COST PER STUDENT AND HOW THAT COMPARES THE STATE AND NATIONAL AVERAGES.

OK. >> I WILL TURN TO TONYA IF YOU CAN SUPPLY THAT INFORMATION.

>> I MAY HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THIS EVENING BUT NOT ALL OF IT THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR WE TYPICALLY HAVE A 1 TO 2 PERCENT INCREASE FROM YEAR IN YEAR TO YEAR IN GROWTH OF STUDENT POPULATION THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR. AS SIMILAR TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION, WE HAD A REDUCTION IN THAT REDUCTION WAS ABOUT 5 PERCENT.

WE HAD ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN D SIX STUDENT REDUCTION. THOSE WERE PRIMARILY IN THE EARLY GRADES OF PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN BUT THROUGHOUT THE ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVELS PREDOMINANTLY WE DO EXPECT THAT A LARGE PORTION OF THAT NUMBER TO RETURN THIS NEXT YEAR BUT REALLY ARE UNCERTAIN TO WHAT THAT MAY BE AT THIS TIME. AND THAT'S A COMMON DENOMINATOR, A COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT MANY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS I'VE TALKED TO WITH

MY PEERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE NATION. >> IT'S REALLY WE'LL REALLY HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE RESULTS WILL BE AS WE EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC.

AS FAR AS COST PER STUDENT WHEN I TAKE THE PROPOSED MOUNT DIVIDED BY APPROXIMATE TWENTY TWO THOUSAND WE'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 12000 AND 500 DOLLARS PER STUDENT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS. SO I CAN FINE TUNE THAT NUMBER FOR NEXT CONVERSATION WITH THIS COUNCIL AND I'D HAVE TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT STATE NATIONAL AVERAGES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT READILY AVAILABLE WITH ME TODAY.

>> SO THANK YOU. CHRIS, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? IT DOES AND I'VE GOT A COMMENT IF I MIGHT. GO AHEAD.

YES. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND THIS.

WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY SIX POINT SEVEN PERCENT MILLAGE INCREASE FOR THE 5 PERCENT POPULATION DECREASE AND SIGNIFICANT FUNDS COMING FROM THE FANS AND THE STATE ARE JUST HAVING A HARD

TIME WITH THAT. >> CAN YOU HELP ME GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE?

SURE. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE REDUCTION IS GOING TO BE A TEMPORARY REDUCTION. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A RECOVERY OF THAT. SOME IN OUR AIR, SOME IN OUR PROFESSION ARE THINKING 30 PERCENT, SOME 50 PERCENT IN ONE YEAR BUT DEFINITELY RECURRING TO THAT ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PRIOR

YEAR TO AT SOME POINT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE

STUDENT POPULATION. >> YES, SIR. >> AS FAR AS AS THE EXPENDITURES GO, THERE IS A NEED TO ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A REDUCED POPULAR OPTION WE HAVE.

THERE IS A NEED TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS AND SO AND ALSO WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION OF REMOVING STAFF AND THEN HAVING TO REHIRE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS AND WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE INTENSE SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR STUDENTS.

THE GENERAL FUND DOES NOT ALLOW US TO EXCUSE ME. THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WERE THERE ARE BEING PROVIDED DO NOT ALLOW US TO INCREASE TEACHER SALARIES BUT THEY DO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STAFFING OR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TO TO

ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS. >> SO WE'RE USING PREDOMINANTLY THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS PROGRAMS SUCH AS EXTENDED YEAR PROGRAMS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND TUTORING AND VARIOUS SUPPORTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WILL ENHANCE

THE THE ACADEMICS FOR STUDENTS . >> THANK YOU MR. FLOWING.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. HOLD ON ONE SECOND, BRIAN. >> THIRDLY, IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT THE I SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT AS WE'RE DEALING

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>> RIGHT. AND SO SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE THAT ACADEMIC RECOVERY. ADDITIONALLY HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WE HAVE AN ACHIEVEMENT GAP WITH STUDENTS THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE CHARGED WITH CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR ALL

STUDENTS. >> THIS IS THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP WOULD NOW BE CLASSIFIED MORE AS AN ACHIEVEMENT KENYAN RIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN ORDER TO RECOVER THE

ACADEMIC LEARNING LOSS FOR OUR STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU.

>> OK. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BRIAN. GO.

OH, THAT'S OK. OK. MISS CROSBY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY ? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOW MANY? I WISH YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE MEAL AND THE EXPECTED INCREASE THAT YEAR CALCULATING AND THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND LAST FROM THE VALUE OF THE MILL THAT WE ARE EXPECTING OR PROJECTING FOR THIS NEW YEAR IS THREE ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO THOUSAND.

>> THAT IS IN THAT DOES INCLUDE THE PROJECTED ACTUAL EXCESS OF 2 MILLION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AND A 1 PERCENT GROWTH FACTOR AND I AM ESTIMATING CONSERVATIVELY ON 1 PERCENT AS ONE PERCENT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OPERATIONS ARE AGAIN X X GLUED PRIMARY RESIDENCES MUCH MANY OF THE GROWTH MUCH OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING IS

PRIMARY RESIDENCES IN OUR AREA . >> AND SO TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT SEEING THE LEVEL OF GROWTH THAT YOU WOULD FOR ALL PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND SO AS A RESULT WE ARE ESTIMATING 1 ARE YOU CALCULATING ANY CHANGE IN THE

TURNOVER RATE FROM 6 PERCENT TO 4 PERCENT? >> NO.

>> SO WE'RE JUST USING A SIMPLE ESTIMATE THIS YEAR OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED IN OUR ACCOUNTS CURRENT AUTO AND DELINQUENT DIVIDED BY THE MILL MILLAGE VERY SIMPLE CALCULATION. SO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS EXPECTED TO BE RECEIVED DIVIDED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN MILS AND THEN APPLYING A GROWTH FACTOR TO

THAT. >> THANK YOU SIR. >> OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I ASK FOR SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND OR I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO EXTEND. OKAY. OH OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND TO EXTEND THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT OBJECTION.

DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO EXTENDING SO WE CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF COUNSEL? I SEE NO OBJECTION. THEREFORE WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXTEND AFTER THE EIGHT O'CLOCK HOUR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS ITEM? MR ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. A COUPLE OF MINUTES BUILD ON A COUPLE OF PRIOR ONES BUT I I DO THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL AS YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST TO KIND OF GIVE US A COUPLE OF YOUR LOOK AT WHAT THE ENROLLMENT PIECE IS DONE AND ALSO WHAT THE STAFFING PIECE OF ALSO TO LOOK AT THE SUMMARY OF THE REVENUES ,THE EXPENDITURES, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FUND BALANCE AND THROUGH ALL OF THAT. IF I MAY, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS IN THE HANDOUTS THAT PROVIDE THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED IT AND IF I DID I APOLOGIZE.

>> TEAM PROVIDES 10 YEAR ENROLLMENT ANALYSIS AND THE IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE BUDGET BUT THE HANDOUT PAGE 19 PROVIDES THE FUND BALANCES LIKE WHAT I TAKE A LOOK AT.

>> I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THIS. I THINK THE AS HE SHOWS ME THE PRIMARY THING YOU'RE DEALING WITH IS WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE LAST YEAR AND IN MAKING THAT MAKING IT SO WE DON'T LEAVE LEAVE KIDS BEHIND PROBABLY VERY DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY. BUT I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT AND WHAT YOU YOU NEED IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. BUT IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT IF WE'RE GOING TO SALVAGE SOME OF THESE KIDS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE FALL THROUGH THE CRACK. I THINK IT ALSO MAY BE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT I MISSED IT.

BUT BE USEFUL FOR US TO HAVE SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT ALL THE SPECIAL REVENUES ARE THAT YOU GET. WE WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION AT COUNCIL ABOUT SPECIAL REVENUES.

I THINK HISTORICALLY WE'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY ARE BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SAY IN HOW THEY GET SPENT OR WHERE THEY COME FROM. BUT THEY'RE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF YOUR LIFE WITH THE EYES AND THE FEDS AND SO ON. LASTLY, TWO COMMENTS WE'RE

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AND SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD COME BACK AND I WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TEACHERS AND RETAINING THE TEACHERS.

BUT YOU KNOW, BY AND LARGE WELL DONE AS ALWAYS. AND SO IT'S SOLID, SOLID BUDGET AND THE OTHER COMMENTS. MR. CUNNINGHAM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO GO? MINE MIGHT TAKE A WHILE. I APOLOGIZE. THOSE YOU THAT DON'T KNOW I ACTUALLY TAUGHT IN OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR THREE YEARS AND I LEFT AND I CAN TELL YOU I DIDN'T LEAVE BECAUSE OF MONEY BUT THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS BUDGET, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH. I'VE WATCHED YOU GUYS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS I KNOW ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO YOU GUYS WERE ORIGINALLY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO GO LOAD YOU TO GO MEDIUM OR TO GO HIGH? AND I THINK YOUR MEDIUM WAS 4.5 MILLION. THEN THE QUESTION WAS DO YOU WANT TO GO FOR ALL OF GO FOR THE MAXIMUM? AND THEN IT LOOKS I CAME UP WITH THE OPTION OF ONLY 2 MAXIMUM. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT OPTION WAS DISCUSSED INTERNALLY OR ON THE FLOOR IF YOU GUYS THE VOTE. IF I MISSED IT, I APOLOGIZE. I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

I'M ALL FOR PAYING OUR TEACHERS . I'M ALL FOR PAYING OUR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. I THINK WE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE.

BUT I ALSO THINK JUST LIKE WE NEED TO DO ON AIR MASS AND THE POLICE FORCE FIGURE OUT IS IT ONLY PAY OR IS IT ENVIRONMENT? MY WIFE'S ACTUALLY STILL IN YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SHE'S LEAVING AS WELL FOR THE SAME THING. IT'S NOT PAY, IT'S THE ENVIRONMENT. I HAVE MULTIPLE FRIENDS THAT ARE STILL LEAVING AGAIN.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY PAY. IT'S BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT I KNOW THAT THIS BUDGET A LOT OF IT IS SUPPOSED TO GO TOWARDS YOUR TEACHERS AND RETAINING TEACHERS RETAINING TALENT WHICH WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH ON AIR MASS AND STUFF THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YOU HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE EVEN AFRAID TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FROM THEIR ADMINISTRATION YOU KNOW THE ISSUES YOU HAVE FROM PRINCIPALS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO TALK OR THEY DEMAND TRANSFERS BECAUSE OF ADMINISTRATION. I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO LOOK INTO THAT. IT IS A BIG ISSUE AND I THINK THAT GO A LONG WAY IN RAISING THAT MORE OUT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM SUCCESSFUL.

I WANT TO SEE COUNTY SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S THE REASON I LEFT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN WHERE HE HAD GREAT REPRESENTATION IN DISTRICT 7 ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO IT WASN'T AN OPTION OF THAT PERSON ACTUALLY VOTED NO ON YOUR GUYS AS BUDGET. I BELIEVE THREE PEOPLE VOTED NO.

YOU GUYS WERE 8 3. I'M VERY CURIOUS. YOU GUYS ARE ABOUT TO GET 70 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SOME OF YOU ALREADY GOT SOME OF IT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BORROW TO GET IT AND THEN GET PAID. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ON A LOT OF THAT AND 60 PERCENT OF THAT FROM MY READING HAS TO GO TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT GAPS OF I'VE 19.

SO TO REQUEST MORE MONEY I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS OF THAT WHEN WE'RE ALREADY GETTING 60 MILLION DOLLARS THAT SPECIFICALLY LEGALLY HAS TO GO TOWARDS THAT 60 PERCENT THAT HAS TO GO TO GET INTO ANOTHER COUPLE OF THINGS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR ACHIEVEMENT GAP I BELIEVE. I'M SORRY I SAID YOUR NAME SHERRY LEFT.

BUT SHE WAS TALKING ESL PROGRAM AND THE FUNNY YOU GUYS ARE FUNNY AS WELL PROGRAM.

I'M ALL FOR YOU KNOW, NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS DONE. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ATHLETIC AMERICAN POPULATION IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF THE AMOUNT OF AT THE AFRO-AMERICAN POPULATION BEING LEFT BEHIND ON READING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T QUALIFY FOR READING ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THOSE SPOTS ARE FILLED BY OTHER PEOPLE. THAT'S A PROBLEM. MAYBE THAT'S WHERE OUR FUNDS NEED GO. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU I HAD KIDS TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT TWO GRADE LEVELS BEHIND THAT WERE REJECTED FOR READING INTERVENTION. THEY COULDN'T GET IT.

THE OTHER THING I'D TALK ABOUT CHRIS ACTUALLY JUMPED HAPPY. HE BROUGHT IT UP IS YOUR INCREASE IN DECREASE OF STUDENTS. LET'S TAKE AWAY THIS YEAR.

I ACTUALLY HAD THAT SAME NUMBER. I WAS ACTUALLY FOUR PEOPLE OFF . I THINK I HAVE 1000 ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO STUDENTS THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. LET'S TAKE AWAY COVID .

YOU GUYS GREW BY SIXTY SEVEN STUDENTS AND DID NOT HAVE TO RAISE YOUR BUDGET AT ALL WHICH WAS GREAT. PHENOMENAL. GOT PASSED.

NO PROBLEM. SO WHEN DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT GETTING IN A 20 MILLION RAISE? ULTIMATELY WE'RE DOING ONE THING.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THE TAXES ARE GETTING RAISED. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN TRYING TO GET LOST PAST. IT'S RAISING TAXES. IT COMES DOWN TO THE SAME ISSUE

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THIS PREVIOUS BUDGET. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING MOVED AROUND WHEN YOU'VE RECEIVED OR ARE GOING TO RECEIVE ANOTHER SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IF YOU WANT TO GET THIS BUDGET. COMPLETED AND GET THIS RAISE FOR OUR TEACHERS WHICH I WILL 100 PERCENT SUPPORT NEEDS TO HAPPEN JUST LIKE I SUPPORTED THE FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE THE STIPEND. TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED IN DECEMBER TWENTY FIVE. HONEY YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN MAY BUT LET'S NOT PRETEND THAT THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP ISN'T ALREADY THERE PRIOR TO COVE IT AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THESE RESOURCES ARE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. SO I WILL TELL YOU I'M GONNA VOTE NO TODAY ON THIS BUDGET BECAUSE THAT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR SCHOOL I THINK ISN'T MR. SMITH ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON YOUR SCHOOL BOARD HE'S RIGHT ON A LOT OF ISSUES. SO AS YOUNG LEE THAT SPOKE BEFORE THAT AND NONE THIS ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES AND THOSE RURAL COMMUNITIES OR OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. GEIER? PLEASE BE BRIEF.

WE WANT TO FINISH TIMELY MATH. MANY YEARS AGO WE HIRED FRANK RODRIGUEZ.

WE HIRED HIM BECAUSE HE IS EXPERIENCED IN ELIMINATING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. HE'S COME HERE IN THE FIRST YEAR, MADE HIS ASSESSMENT AND HE WOULD HAVE COME TO YOU LAST YEAR WITH AN INCREASE TO ADDRESS ACHIEVEMENT GAP.

WHEN WE HIRED HIM WE ALSO MADE A MENTOR METRICS A EVALUATION SYSTEM THAT HAS VERY, VERY PRECISE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TO HAPPEN. CORBETT'S WITH THAT FIRST YEAR WE WERE GOING TO GIVE HIM KIND OF A DO YOUR ASSESSMENT COME BACK TO US AND TELL US WHAT YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. EASY EDUCATOR WE ARE NOT.

HE'S A PROVEN EDUCATOR WHO HAS TAKEN CARE OF ACHIEVEMENT GAP. WE FIRST HAD THAT FIRST BUDGET AT A 4.0 FOR THE PERCENT OR FOUR POINT FOUR MIL INCREASE. I ASK SPECIFICALLY IS THIS ENOUGH RESOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE ARE TASKING YOU TO ACCOMPLISH AND WE WILL BE EVALUATING YOU ON HIS ANSWER WAS NO NOT SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND THAT'S WHY WE ASK HIM TO COME BACK AGAIN AND TELL US WHAT HE NEEDS AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT PERFORMANCE ESPECIALLY IN TAKING CARE OF THE DISGRACEFUL ACHIEVEMENT GAP THAT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE COVID THERE'S BEEN IN THIS COUNTY FOR GENERATIONS AND WE WANT THIS TAKEN CARE OF AND SOLVED AND HE'S GOING TO TELL US HOW TO DO IT.

>> AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM THE RAISE. WE THE BOARD ARE GOING TO GIVE

HIM THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE CAN ASK HIM ONE QUESTION, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE IT VERY BRIEF.

I PROMISE. BRIEF WHAT I WAS GETTING ONE MORE TIME, SIR.

I APOLOGIZE. I SLIPPED IT. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? I'M SORRY I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT PROPERLY. I APOLOGIZE, MR. GUY.

HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD? TWO YEARS.

TWO YEARS. SO YOU SAW THE EXTENSION OF A SUPERINTENDENT WHEN IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE TIME AND TIME AGAIN SO YOU COULD SEE THE HESITATION OF PEOPLE DURING A PANDEMIC WANTING TO PAY MORE IN TAXES. I'VE BEEN HERE THREE, 13 YEARS.

>> I FOLLOWED THE SCHOOL BOARD EXTENSIVELY. I RAN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR ONE REASON TO SOLVE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. THIS IS THE MAN WE HIRED TO DO THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP HIM A LEADING RESOURCE IN THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER.

I'LL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

I APPRECIATE MR. CUNNINGHAM COME IN. I WILL SEE THAT I DO SUPPORT.

I WILL SUPPORT THE SCHOOL WAS BUDGETED. I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT AND LLC MYSELF. FROM THERE HE SAID I WOULD SAY THAT I ASKED THESE SUPERINTENDENT EARLY ABOUT MEASUREMENTS AND HE SAID THAT HE HAS MEASURED MANY HE'S NOT PROVIDED TO US. I CAN TELL YOU MR. CUNNINGHAM AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

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RODRIGUEZ ABOUT THIS WHEN I SEE BLACK MEN, BLACK BOYS ACHIEVING ,I KNOW IN THE END THAT EVERYBODY IN THE SYSTEM IS MOVING UP. SO MY FOCUS WILL BE ON WATCHING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF BLACK MEN BLACK BOYS IN THE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S THE ONLY MEASUREMENT I USE TO SEE WHETHER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WORKING IN THAT RIGHT.

REGAS HAS BEEN HERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT I DO KNOW HE'S WRONG AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. SO I WOULD CHECK A BOARD MEMBER WITH YOU GIVEN THE RESOURCES THAT I'LL BE WATCHING. THANK YOU. OK.

WE WILL BEGIN VOTING, MR. RUDMAN, YOU MADE THE MOTION YOU GET TO VOTE FIRST.

YES. MR. SOMERVILLE. YES.

MR. CUNNINGHAM. NOW MR. DAWSON. YES.

MR. FLOWING CONDITIONALLY. >> YES, SIR. >> MR. GLOVER.

YES. MR. HARVEY SHINE. YES.

MOVE IT ALONG. >> MS. HOWARD.

YES. MR. LAWSON. OUR CLASS AND YES, MR. MCGOWAN . YES. CHAIR SAYS YES.

THE MOTION IS SUCCESSFUL 10 YES. 1 NO ITEM NUMBER 14.

[14. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE – TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): ARTICLE 5, DIVISION 5.6, SECTIONS 5.6.10; 5.6.20; 5.6.30; 5.6.40; 5.6.50; 5.6.80; 5.6.90; 5.6.100; 5.6.120; 5.6.160; AND 5.6.170; ARTICLE 7, DIVISION 7.2, SECTION 7.2.40; AND ARTICLE 10, SECTIONS 10.1.10; 10.1.30; 10.1.40; 10.1.50; 10.1.60; 10.1.70; 10.1.90; 10.1.120; 10.1.140; 10.1.150; 10.1.160; 10.1.190; AND 10.1.200, TO UPDATE DEFINITIONS, REGULATIONS, AND PROCEDURES FOR SIGNS AND SIGN PERMITS]

HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND. THE FUNCTION IS TO UPDATE THE DEFINITION REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR SCIENCE AND SIGN PERMITS. THAT'S CORRECT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO DISCUSSION? MR. HARVEY SEAN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I INTEND TO VOTE NO ON THIS. TO ME THIS JUST FEELS LIKE IT'S VERY, VERY RUSHED AND THAT GIVES ME CONCERNS. SO I'M GONNA BE A NO GOOD.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SAYING NONE. OKAY.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH MR. MCKELLEN . YOU MADE THE MOTION.

YES. >> MISS HOWARD. YES, MR. CUNNINGHAM.

YES. MR. DAWSON. YES.

MR. FLOWING? YES. MR. GLOVER? YES. MR. HARVEY SHINE. NOW MR. LAWSON.

HARK LAWSON. YES, MR. RODMAN. YES.

MR. SUMMERVILLE. YES. CHAIR SAYS YES.

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

FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION PLEASE TO MOVE A SECOND MR. MCCOLLUM MAKES THE MOTION AND MR. LAWSON

MAKES THE SECOND. >> IS THERE DISCUSSION, MR. ROBINSON I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT A TAX INCREASE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ALL WE'RE DOING IS ADJUSTING SOME CATEGORIES TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR WHERE THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT.

Q ANY OTHER COMMENTS THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NO OBJECTIONS? THE FIRST READING OF THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET AMENDMENT IS

[16. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA ("COUNCIL") ESTABLISHING AND ADOPTING A SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ("IMPACT FEE") TO BE IMPOSED ON ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE AREA PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2021/____; TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOL FACILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AND ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEED EXPECTED TO BE GENERATED FROM THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE AREA BASED ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS AND CAPITAL IMPROVMENTS PLAN, AND TO ASSIGN THE COSTS OF SUCH PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES ON A PROPROTIONATE SHARE BASIS TO NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SERVICE AREA; AND ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND INDIVIDUAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE TOWNS OF BLUFFTON AND HILTON ISLAND AND THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE]

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? MR. SOMERVILLE MAKES THE SECOND DISCUSSION AN UPDATE ON THE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS. >> IT WAS A CONDITION OF MOVING FORWARD AS I REMEMBER.

>> YES, THAT WAS WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT OUT FROM SOME OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL THE CONDITION TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. BUT WE HAD A AS COUNSEL WOULD ASK US TO DO TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON OUR NEW PROJECT. LET US UPDATING THE FEES FOR THE OTHER IMPACT FEES AND ALSO TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT SOLID WASTE FEE.

WE LEARN FROM THE CONSULTANT THAT IT WAS THEIR EXPERIENCE THAT THE WHAT THE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL HAD TOLD US WAS A VERY CONSERVATIVE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AND I'M NOT GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND TELL YOU THAT IF YOU'RE CHALLENGED WE'RE GOING TO PREVAIL WITHOUT THE

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>> WE ARE LOOKING AT PERMITTING SEVERAL HUNDRED UNITS SOUTH OF THE BROAD IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE'VE GOT TWO HUNDRED THREE HUNDRED POSSIBLE UNITS GET READY TO BE PERMITTED

HARPER HALL WE'VE GOT RIVER ROOMS GETTING READY TO START. >> WE'VE GOT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT MAITLAND BLUFF. WE'VE GOT WHAT WE CALL THE COOLER TRACK WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM 4 6 2 AND THE CURVE AT OLDFIELD THAT'S GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY COME BEFORE YOU ALL

FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED UNITS. >> SO WE NEED TO GET THIS FEE IN PLACE.

MY RECOMMENDATION YOU ALWAYS GO AHEAD AND GET THE FEE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN START COLLECTING MONEY FOR AN INCORPORATED AREA. WE'LL GET INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS WHEN THE MUNICIPALITIES GET AROUND TO DOING WHATEVER THEY NEED DO TO GIVE THEM TO US.

I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH THAT PROCESS WITH THEM. SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS IN PLACE. IF WE COLLECT THE MONEY AND WE CAPTIVE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD AND GIVE IT BACK AGAINST EVERYTHING COUNTY IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU KNOW, DOING

THAT NOT COLLECTING AT ALL. >> SO THIS PRESERVES OUR RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS IS FOR THE SCHOOL IMPACT THE SOUTH AND THE BROAD.

I'VE LOST TRACK. WHERE ARE WE ON THE OTHER IMPACT FEES WHERE YOU WE AS YOU ALL KNOW WE AFTER WE DONE THE IMPACT FEES STUDY WE SENT THAT OUT TO ALL OF THOSE PARTIES TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEY BASICALLY CAME BACK SAID WELL WHERE ARE OUR PROJECTS?

>> SO WE PUT WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE OLD FÉLIX AND THE STAFF WORK WITH THE ARM TO PUT A LOT MORE TRASH PAGE RECREATION PROJECTS IN THAT LIST.

AND SO NOW WE'RE SENDING THAT LIST BACK CONSULTANT BECAUSE WE'RE PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO RECALCULATE THE FEE BASED ON AN INCREASE LIST. SO WE'RE HAVING THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I WILL SAY THIS. I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR TO THE MISS PARTIES THAT WE LISTENING AND WATCHING AND I I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE DO ANYTHING WITH ADDING THEIR PROJECTS TO OUR EARLIEST TO YOU ALL UNTIL WE HAVE THOSE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES. IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SIGN THEM THEN I DO NOT THINK IT'S FAIR FOR US TO ADD THEIR PROJECTS TO OUR IMPACT FEES LIST FOR THE UNINCORPORATED RESIDENCES TO HAVE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THAT.

SO I WILL NOT DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BEFORE WE GO. MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, I WOULD YOU STILL UM YOU

PAUL YOU WENT BACK ON NEW THANK YOU. >> IS THAT BETTER? YES. I WANT TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE BETTER PART OF 15 YEARS AND THERE'VE BEEN NUMEROUS ROADBLOCKS ALONG THE WAY.

FIRST IT WAS THE LACK OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY AND THEN IT WAS THE CUMBERSOME PROCESS OF HIRING A CONSULTANT COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MANY STUMBLING BLOCKS ALONG THE WAY AS WELL. WE FINALLY REACHED A POINT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD ON THIS THING. AND AS MR. GREENWAY, OUR NEW ADMINISTRATOR CONGRATULATIONS SIR HAS JUST POINTED OUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF SCHOOL, PLENTY OF HOUSES OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR FOR A BUILDING PERMIT AND THE OWNER AND IF THEY GET THESE THINGS WITHOUT PASSING. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY IF THEY GET THOSE PERMITS AND MOVE ON WITH THAT THAT MONEY JUST GOES OFF THE TABLE. THERE'S LITERALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE.

SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING ON STREAM RIGHT NOW. SO WHILE I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES SOUTH OF THE BOARD HAVE NOT SIGNED ON TO THIS YET, THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE LEADERSHIP HERE.

PASS IT WITHOUT INC. COUNTY AND BEGIN TO COLLECT THESE FEES AND LET'S HOPE THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES WILL GET WHATEVER THEY MAY HAVE AND COME ON BOARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT FOR US TO LET TO TO ALLOW THIS TO BE KICKED DOWN THE ROAD BY ANYBODY AT THIS POINT I THINK IS IS MALFEASANCE AGAINST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO I'M ABSOLUTELY GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW COUNCIL

PERSON TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. FLEMING. >> THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL BE BRIEF. I HOPE THAT ANY SCHOOLS THAT ARE BUILT WITH THE MONEY RAISED BY THIS IMPACT FEE AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREA ARE DEDICATED ONLY TO THE CHILDREN WHO COME FROM THAT UNINCORPORATED AREA AND NOT THROUGH ANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES. I HATE THEM LEAVING US HIGH AND DRY LIKE THIS.

VERY DISAPPOINTING. AND THE OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE TO SUPPORT MR RUDD.

I WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS. SO JUST TO MAKE IT VERY BRIEF.

I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH A REFERENDUM HAS A MUCH BETTER WAY TO RAISE THE MONEY AND THAT WAY THE PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR, WHERE THE

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BUT I THINK I'M IN THE MINORITY . THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

OK. ANY OTHER COMMENTS SAYING NONE? >> MISS HOWARD, YOU MADE THE MOTION YOU GET TO VOTE FIRST. YES. MR RUDD THEN I THINK NOW.

I MEAN NOT AT ALL. MR. SOMERVILLE SOMEWHERE HE'LL VOTE YES.

MR. CUNNINGHAM. NO. MR. DAWSON.

YES. MR. FU WELLING I'LL VOTE YES THIS TIME.

MR. GLOVER. YES. MR. HARBHAJAN.

YES. MR. LAWSON. OUR CLASS AND YES.

MR. MCKELLEN. YES, MR. RODMAN. NO CHAIR VOTES YES 9 YES TO NO

[17. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY, PORT ROYAL, AND THE CITY OF BEAUFORT REGARDING PROJECT BURGER (SALT MARSH BREWING COMPANY), GARDEN (MATERIALS RESEARCH GROUP), GLASS (GLASS WRX SC), AND STONE (STONEWORKS INCORPORATED). VOTE AT FIRST READING ON APRIL 26, 2021: 11/0 VOTE AT SECOND READING ON MAY 10, 2021: 11/0]

WHICH IS STONE WORK'S MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? >> BOTH MOVEMENT SECOND MR FLEMING MAKES THE MOTION AND MS. HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND BEFORE WE GET INTO COUNCIL COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO MAKE THE MAKE A COMMENT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING TIME OR ON LINE? OK, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PERSON OR ONLINE SAYING NONE? THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT OBJECTION.

SEE NO OBJECTIONS. ITEM NUMBER 17 IS APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A PUBLIC

[18. PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LEASE AGREEMENT – 30 HUNTER ROAD, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC 29926 - APAC-ATLANTIC INC. (FISCAL IMPACT: $12,600.00 INCOMING FUNDS)]

THE FISCAL IMPACT IS 12000 SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR INCOMING FUNDS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MOVE. MR. JONES, MR. RUDMAN MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND PLEASE.

SECOND, MISS HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING

NO DISCUSSION THIS WILL BE DONE. >> OH, I'M SORRY.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. ALMOST GOT CAUGHT. BRIAN, YOU FAILED IN STOPPING, IS THERE, SIR? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC EITHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT SAYING NONE THE PUBLIC PORTION IS CLOSED? ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE SAYING NONE OF THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT OBJECTION AND ITEM NUMBER 18 IS APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

[19. CITIZEN COMMENTS]

STATE YOUR NAME. &-PE

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