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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY ONE.
[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
IT IS 5:00 PM, MONDAY, JULY 26TH.WHEN ALL OF YOU RISE FOR THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG, ALLEGEDLY TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, FOR ALL, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE COUNTY CAUCUS MEETING TO ORDER, UH, LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM.
WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS FROM COUNSEL IN CHAMBERS.
UH, WE DO HAVE MR. SOMERVILLE, WHO IS OUT OF TOWN ONLINE, MR. DAWSON, WHO IS ONLINE AND COUNCIL MEMBER FLUE.
WELLING IS ALSO ONLINE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN CHAMBERS, UH, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD THE STATUS OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBER HERVIS SHAUN AS YET.
SO WE DO HAVE 10 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT SO WE CAN, UH, CONDUCTED THE BUSINESS.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
[4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ]
I WOULD LIKE A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO OFFER THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, PLEASE.I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE GYM AGENDA.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. RODMAN HAS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? DON'T MOVE, SIR.
MR. MCKELLAN HAS MADE THE SECOND.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE AGENDA AS STATED SEEING NO OBJECTIONS? THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.
[5. AGENDA REVIEW ]
TO REVIEW THE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA.IS THERE ANY COMMENTS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WISH TO MAKE ON THE AGENDA? IT IS A SHORT AGENDA.
I BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
UM, THE CONSENT AGENDA COMES FROM ONE ITEM FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND, UH, UH, FIVE ITEMS FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THOSE SEEING NONE? UH, WE WILL HAVE A PROCLAMATION READ, UM, BECAUSE MR. SOMERVILLE IS NOT IN-PERSON TO LEAD THAT PROCLAMATION.
THE PROCLAMATION IS GOING TO BE READ BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.
UH, WE WILL HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND LIAISON REPORTS.
SO IT LOOKS PRETTY RUDIMENTARY THIS EVENING.
THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE, UH, MEMBERS OF STAFF ARE ON VACATION.
SO THE AGENDAS ARE NOT AS EXTENSIVE AS THEY NORMALLY ARE.
ANY OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS? EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THEM.
UM, THE, UM, UM, IN THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE ONE ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 13 ON THE AGENDA.
UH, WE'LL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THAT IS ON THE AGENDA AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
[6. COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION ]
UM, IS THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION? OKAY.UH, TWO ITEMS MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, AT OUR LAST PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, WE PRESENTED THE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THE, A STUDY THAT WAS DONE TO LOOK AT OUR FACILITIES NEEDS OVER THE UPCOMING YEARS.
AND, UH, THAT HAS BEEN SET OUT TO THE MEMBERS.
WE SAID AT THAT POINT THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY ADJOURN A, UH, MEETING
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OR CONVENIENT MEETING, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO GO THROUGH THAT IN DETAIL.AND, UH, MY THINKING IS THAT WE MIGHT LOOK TO, UM, THE NEXT MONDAY OR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.
AND I GUESS I WOULD JUST ASK IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH EITHER OF THOSE HAVE PERHAPS WE COULD ZERO IN ON SOMETHING THAT, UH, MEETS MEETS EVERYBODY'S OBJECTIVES.
SECONDLY, WITHIN THAT, I WOULD ENVISION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A, A DISCUSSION AND ALSO IF PARTICULAR MEMBERS WANT TO GO INTO A LOT OF DEPTH ON THE TICKER REPORT, PARTICULARLY THING, UH, THINGS THAT WE COULD SET IT UP TO, THEY COULD DO THAT INDIVIDUALLY.
AND, AND, UH, IF YOU WOULD, UH, LET US KNOW IF EITHER THE SECOND OR THE NINTH IS INCONVENIENT FOR ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME TO REVIEW THE, UH, UM, THE REVIEW OF THAT REPORT.
UH, SECONDLY, UM, BACK WHEN WE APPOINTED ERIC AS INTERIM, UH, WE'VE PUT IN PLACE A, A, UM, UH, A WEEKLY REPORT AND A, A LISTING OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT HE HAD DONE, UH, I BELIEVE OUR INTENT AT THAT TIME WAS TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE WAS INCOME.
IT SEEMS TO ME NOW THAT HE IS APPOINTED FULL TIME, THAT WE COULD ELIMINATE THAT REPORT.
UM, BUT HE WOULD USE JUDGMENT ON COMMUNICATING WITH US ON INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, YOU'RE STILL ON THAT, UM, SUGGESTION OF AUGUST 2ND.
I THINK WE'RE MOVING THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT DAY BECAUSE OF THE MEETING THAT'S ENDING THE NEXT DAY AT HILTON HEAD.
WE'VE ALREADY MAYBE A CONFLICT AT THAT DAY.
WELL, THEN, UH, LET'S JUST, UH, WHY DON'T YOU LET US KNOW IF THE NINTH IS A PROBLEM FOR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT FIT BETTER? I WOULD ENVISION THAT WE'D PROBABLY HAVE, UH, AN HOUR'S DISCUSSION AND NOTHING REALLY ELSE ON THE AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE A NIGHT, TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I THINK WITHIN, YEAH, I THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS STARTING THIS FRIDAY, THE SCAC CONFERENCE WILL BE IN HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF COUNTY COUNCIL WILL BE ATTENDING, UH, FOR CLASSES AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UH, IT DOES NOT END UNTIL TUESDAY.
THEREFORE THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH OUR MONDAY MEETINGS, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING TO POSTPONE THEM TILL THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE? NOPE.
AND SNAP WAS JUST LET ME KNOW, BUT ON THE NINTH STU, WE WENT THROUGH, LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, CAUSE THERE'S THREE OTHER MEETINGS ALREADY ON THAT, ON THAT DATE.
IT'S THAT COULD BE GOOD OR IT COULD BE BAD, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING ELSE JUST TO LOOK AT.
WELL, UM, SO LET'S LOOK AT BOTH THE NINTH AND MAYBE THE 16TH AND LET'S, UH, LET STAFF KNOW IF YOU WOULD, UM, TIFFANY KNOW IF EITHER OF THOSE IS INCONVENIENT AND WE'LL TRY TO PICK ONE THAT MEETS MOST PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
UH, AND I DO THINK THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH IT IN DEPTH.
SO I THINK HAVING TWO BITES OF THE APPLE ONE IS A GROUP AND ONE INDIVIDUALLY WOULD HOPEFULLY GET US THROUGH THAT.
WHAT THREE MEETINGS DO YOU NATURAL RESOURCES? OH, YES.
WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO THE SECOND, BUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE LATER IN THE DAY BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW MYSELF I'M GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COUNTY MANAGERS, BUSINESS MEETING THAT'S HAPPENING AT, UH, FROM LIKE ONE 30 TO THREE 30.
BUT IF WE STARTED AT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AROUND FOUR 30 OR FIVE, THEN WE COULD DO IT ON THAT.
WE CAN DO IT ON THE SECOND IF WE DO IT ON THE NIGHT AND YOU'RE OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, MEANING, UH, THAT SAME DAY.
NOW I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SOMERVILLE, AND I DO HAVE OBLIGATIONS ON THAT.
ON THAT MONDAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND FIND OUT IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EVEN HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ON THAT DAY.
SO, UH, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I MEAN, WE CAN FINALIZE HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
I JUST HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT AS CHAIR OF COUNCIL, I KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I AM OBLIGATED TO DO AS YOU KNOW, HOSTING, YOU KNOW, BEING THE COUNTY HOST AND HAVING TO SAY SOME THINGS AND DO SOME THINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT PAUL IS INVOLVED IN SOME COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT MAY BE ON THAT AS WELL, BUT THAT'S NOT TRYING TO DO IT ON A SECOND.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE TOO MUCH STUFF THAT WHEN'S THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST.
NO, THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST
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IS ON THE 23RD.WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING IN JULY AND ONE MEETING, WHERE WILL IT BE HELD? UM, HERE, IT SAYS ORIGINALLY IT WAS HILTON HEAD.
UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE READY TO BEGIN THE ROTATIONAL SCHEDULE.
WE WILL, WE WILL BE WHEN WE WILL.
OUR PLAN IS TO HOLD THE FIRST MEETING HERE EACH MONTH AND THEN THE SECOND MEETING WILL BE, UM, SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IF THERE'S ONLY ONE MEETING, THEN THEY'LL BE HERE.
SO WE'LL HOLD IT HERE AND DO THE ROTATIONAL SCHEDULE IN SEPTEMBER.
AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO GO TO A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS RATHER THAN JUST HAVE THE THREE ROTATIONAL ONES THAT WE DO.
ONE IN BLUFFTON, ONE IN HILTON HEAD.
AND HERE, WHEN WE GO TO HILTON HEAD, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT DIFFERENT VENUES ON HILTON HEAD THAT THEY MAY BE MORE ACCOMMODATING, SAME THING WITH BLUFFTON AND SAME THING HERE THAT WE MAY WANT TO GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES WITHIN BUFORD COUNTY ITSELF TO, YOU KNOW, UM, GARNER AS MANY, UH, IN AS MUCH INPUT AS WE CAN FROM THE CITIZENS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LIVE.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? IF THERE IS NO OTHER, UM, ITEMS TO COME BEFORE US, WE WILL CLOSE DOWN THE CAUCUS MEETING AND RESUME AT SIX O'CLOCK FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING SAYING WE ARE ADJOURNED.