[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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FREE 1 IT'S 5 P.M. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30. >> THIS IS THE COMING QUARTERS MEETING OF HOLINESS TO ORDER. IT'S A HYBRID JEEP WHICH MEANS CERTAIN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE IN THE CHAMBERS AND MOANS IN THE CHAMBERS ARE CONCERNED MEMBERS CUTTING HAND HOWARD LAWSON MR. RODMAN THERE HE IS ME COUNCIL MEMBERS DAWSON, LLEWELLYN MCKELLEN SOMERVILLE COUNCIL MEMBER SERVICE. JOHN IS NOT GOING TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER IS GOING TO JOIN US. SO WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PARTY TO FIVE WHICH WOULD BE CONDUCTED BY MR.. MR. DAWSON GRADUALLY JUST BY THE ICE IT'S LIKE WE'RE JUST ONE NATION AS PEOPLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS BRIEFING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH
[4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. >> I WOULD ASK A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE CAUCUS AGENDA SO WE'LL QUESTION RODMAN MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND PLACE. COULD I MAKE AN ADD SOMETHING TO THE AGENDA BEFORE I APPROVE IT? YOU YOU WISH TO AMEND THE AGENDA? YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. CAN WE ADD CITIZENS COMMENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CAUCUS MEETING AFTER THE APPROVAL? IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT,
SIR? >> MR. FLOOR, YOU SECONDED THAT ?
THAT'S CORRECT. >> MOTION IN CIRCUMVENTING DISCUSSION.
>> BUT WHAT WAS THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE A CITIZENS COMMENT? WHAT ARE WE ASKING? THERE IS NOT ONE CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PAGE. SORRY. SURE.
I'M GOOD WITH THAT. THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS WE WILL HAVE A CITIZENS COMMENT APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA WITH A
CITIZENS MANDATE THAT WE ARE NOT FALLING INTO MOTION. >> A SECOND MOVED COMING AND MAKES THE SECOND DISCUSSION AGENDA AS AMENDED WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTIONS.
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>> OKATIE CITIZEN COMMENT. IS THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENT? FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE COME FORWARD SIR PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO
ADDRESS COUNCIL. >> YES. GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS EDDIE GUGINO RESIDENT HERE COUNTY AND I AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE CALLED HERE TODAY FOR I BELIEVE FOR LOGAN'S CENTER. THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A
CENTER OF MR. NO. >> I JUST WANT TO ALSO STATE THAT WE MANY OF US AND THE MANY OTHER RESIDENTS CONSTITUENTS HERE WE DO RELY ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POST TO GAIN A LOT OF VALUABLE INSIGHT FROM MEETINGS THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
>> AND I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT BEHIND MR. LOGAN HERE. JUST KEEP IT BRIEF.
>> THANK YOU. LIKE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> YES, MA'AM.
TARGET STATES THAT I'M A RESIDENT B FOR COUNTY AND I'M NOT EVEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT I CAME HERE JUST TO SUPPORT MR. CUNNINGHAM BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S BEING INTIMIDATED AND THREATENED BY WHAT HE'S POSTING IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND THERE'S SUCH A THING CALLED FREE SPEECH
IN THIS COUNTRY. >> SO I THINK THE POINT IS TOTALLY MOOT.
I DON'T THE POINT IS TO INTIMIDATE BUT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF US HAPPY.
[5. AGENDA REVIEW]
>> I GIVE OTHERS THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE AGENDA WHEN IT COMES TO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE IN TWO PARTS. WE WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE STATEMENT THAT IS PART OF A AGENDA ITEM 18 MR. SOMERVILLE, I WOULD ASK YOU TO MAKE THAT MOTION FIRST AND THEN I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO THE SECOND PART OF THE MOTION WHICH IS TO MOVE THE MATTER TO BE REFERRED TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE .
YOU'RE ON VIEW. GO AHEAD. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
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OK. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS, MR. CHAIRMAN? >> YEAH.
EXCUSE. I WAS JUST BEING INSPIRED. YOU ASK MR. SOMERVILLE TO MAKE THE REQUIRED SECOND READING AND THEN MAKE FOR A NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THAT'S THE RIBAUT ORDERS ARE WHY NOT SPEAK BECAUSE IT'S THE IS THAT NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY WOULD MAKE NO MATTER
WHAT TIME THE FIRST READING. >> WHY NOT SEND IT TO NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE PRIOR TO
BRIAN? >> OH GENTLEMEN ALLOWS ME. >> YEAH.
UNDERSTAND IT'S TERRIBLE TO TO YOU. >> I WANTED TO MOST CERTAINLY BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PART ABOUT PRE APPROVING YOU DON'T SECOND READING.
THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO DO . THAT'S CORRECT.
>> BUT IN ORDER TO DO PROGRAM PAUL. OK.
YOU ARE YOU ARE JUMPING THE GUN. IT IS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE UP AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ACTION THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA. SO BY DOING THAT YOU AS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION CAN THEN MEN NOT IT'S NOT AN AMENDMENT. IT IS A REFERRAL TO A COMMITTEE.
BUT JUST REFERRING IT TO A COMMITTEE DOES NOT FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS OF ROBERT'S RULES
OF ORDER. >> I GUESS YOU JUST PICK THE IF YOU GET IT ON TAPE, CORRECT? ULTIMATE RIGHT? SECONDLY, YES. BUT TO IT YES.
WE'RE NOT APPROVING IT FOR SECOND READING. >> IT'S GETTING IT ON THE TABLE
FOR A DISCUSSION I GOT. >> IT'S LIKE I SAID IT. >> OK.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA THEN THE AGENDA WILL BE
AMENDED NOT AMENDED. >> IT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE WAY I'VE ASKED FOR.
[6. COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION]
OK, WE'RE AT THE ITEM NUMBER 16 FAMILY MEMBER DISCUSSIONS. FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TARGET AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER. YOU ARE DEAD WRONG. I APPLAUD THAT.MR. CUNNINGHAM TAKES TIME OUT. >> TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ON FACEBOOK.
>> WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS THE MISS INFORMATION THAT IS BEING DONE AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF THAT MISS INFORMATION. I DO ASK HIM TO CONTINUE HIS
POSTING. >> I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
BUT WHEN YOU DO POST YOU HAVE TO BE FACTUAL AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE MISINFORMED THE PUBLIC ON. FIRST ON AUGUST 20 THIRD I ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WHICH BY LAW WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO WHICH BY OUR OWN RULES AND PROCEDURES THE CHAIRMAN CAN DO WHICH I ANNOUNCED AND PUT IN WRITING WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO AND WHAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO. AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO DO IT AND WHO WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE? BUT YOU STATED THAT THIS WAS A BACK DOOR COMMITTEE WHICH WAS A FALSE STATEMENT SECOND AFTER THE MEETING. YOU IMMEDIATELY POSTED ON FACEBOOK GIVING SOME INFORMATION WRONG. FIRST YOU DIDN'T GET THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY CORRECTLY AND SECOND, YOU CONSIDERED TEACHERS TO BE COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHICH YOU ARE A TEACHER. YOU WILL HAVE COUNTY EMPLOYEES ,THEIR BOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES. THEN WE COME TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WHEREBY WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH. YOU INDICATED IN THAT DURING THAT MEETING THAT SPECIFICALLY JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PFIZER MODERNITY CDC THE FDA DID NOT REQUIRE MASKS A FACT CHECK OF THAT INFORMATION BY FOX NEWS ANTIGAY THAT THAT WAS A
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VIRAL TEXT THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY EVERY ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES DO THAT.NEXT YOU STATED THAT YOU ARE ELECTED BY A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AND YOU ARE NOT BEHOLDEN TO COUNTY COUNCIL. THERE ARE RULES AND PROCEDURES BY WHICH COUNTY MEMBERS OPERATE . WE HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED WHEN WE SPEAK.
WE'RE SPEAKING FOR COUNCIL. NO THAT'S NOT US. HE SPEAKS FOR US.
I'M JUST I'M SPEAKING NOW FOR HE SPEAKS FOR US. WE'VE WORKED WHERE HE'S BEEN.
YOU DON'T PLAYS LIKE THIS, GUYS. PLEASE STOP WHINING
TECHNICALITIES AND GET IN THE RIGHT PLACE. >> SO MY POINT IS THIS.
>> I APPLAUD WHAT YOU DO. JUST PLEASE DO IT CORRECTLY. IF YOU ARE GOING TO POST POST FACTUAL FUNCTION THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE MASK IS NOT A PROBLEM.
THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN FOUR YEARS IN BEAUFORT. WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.
THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO DEAL WITH THEM IN THAT MANNER. WE HAVE NO REPRESENT OFFICER WHO GOES REPRESENT US WITH OUR GOALS TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS JUST LIKE YOU.
HE'S REPRESENT YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER. THEY'RE OUT OF WATER OR.
IF YOU'RE OUT OF WORK I'M THEY'RE VERY TIRED. GO BACK TO NEW YORK.
I'M FROM NEW YORK. YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND TALK RADIO BACK TO NEW YORK.
WHO ARE YOU DISPLACING? LIKE I SAID, I PROBABLY DON'T. SIR, LET ME.
I'LL DEFEND MYSELF AFTERWARDS. LET HIM FINISH. AND NOW I'M FINISHED.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TODAY. BUT LET ME FINISH, SIR.
THANK YOU. OK. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? OK. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT'S NOT A SECRET THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM APOLOGIZING OR ADMITTING IF I'M WRONG. I'VE GONE ON RECORD DOING THAT.
THE SCHOOL BOARD BEFORE WHEN WE TALKED TO DR. RODRIGUEZ AND WHEN WE HELD THAT MEETING I CAN TELL YOU THIS ISN'T ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS. SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY BASED ON THE E-MAIL THAT YOU SENT ME FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER THE AGENDA WAS ALREADY CREATED . I SAW SATURDAY MORNING AFTER I GOT OFF WORK AS A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU DID ACCUSE ME OF .
BUT BEFORE YOU GO INTO THAT, THE ONE THING YOU DID GET RIGHT WAS I GOT THE EMPLOYEES WRONG.
IF YOU CONTINUE SCROLLING ON MY OPEN FACEBOOK WHICH I DO MEAN IT IS OPEN YOU CAN GOOGLE MY NAME RIGHT NOW AND GO LOOK AT IT. ANYBODY CAN WHETHER THEY HAVE A FACEBOOK OR NOT THAT'S OPEN IN THE PUBLIC ON THE TWENTY THIRD. CORRECT.
CORRECTED THAT STATEMENT WHICH WAS SHARED OVER 20 TIMES. HUNDREDS PEOPLE SAW IT AND OVER 50 COMMENTS WITH THAT CORRECTION AND I ATTACHED THAT CORRECTION TO THE VIDEO AS WELL WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE COMMENTS. SO I WILL GIVE YOU THAT ONE AND I DID THAT. SECONDLY I DID NOT SAY THAT THOSE LOCATIONS DID NOT REQUIRE A MASK. I SAID THEY DID NOT REQUIRE VACCINES WHICH IS TRUE IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THE VACCINE YOU ARE REQUIRED. YOU SAID MASK AND WE CAN PLAY IT BACK AND HERE THAT YOU DID SAY MASK. I NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE MACQUARIE MASK. I SAID THEM REQUIRING VACCINES WHICH THEY DO NOT.
YOU CAN'T OPT OUT AS LONG AS YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE A TEST TWICE A WEEK AND PRACTICE SOCIAL TESTING AND WEAR A MASK IN THOSE PLACES INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT ARE EXEMPT LIKE THE POST OFFICE BECAUSE THE UNION CAME OUT AGAINST IT. NOW AS FOR E-MAIL THAT WAS SENT TO ME, YOU SAID THAT THIS WASN'T ABOUT MY SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS WASN'T ABOUT ME POSTING NOT POSTING. ONE OF YOUR STATEMENTS IN HERE SAYS I TEND TO RAISE THIS ISSUE WITH COUNT OF YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING MONDAY'S MEETING WHERE AT THE NET BOTTOM
HERE. >> SO IN THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY THAT YOU COMPLAIN IS LACKING IN OUR DECISION MAKING AND IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR YOU TO USE A PLATFORM TO WHICH MANY OF PUBLIC AND ON COUNCIL HAVE NO ACCESS TO. THAT IS CLEARLY STATING YOU DO
NOT BELIEVE THAT SKILL TO USE FACEBOOK OR NOT. >> IT IS CLEARLY STATING I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS THAT IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
>> I ASKED COUNTY COUNCIL TO GO TO FACEBOOK. YOU SAID YES AT ONE POINT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. IT'S STILL NOT HAS HAPPENED. YOU SAY THERE IS NOT ABLE TO.
WE JUST GOT DONE WATCHING THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ON FACEBOOK LIVE JUST AN HOUR AGO. SO IT IS POSSIBLE IT CAN BE DONE A COUPLE OF .
I DID NOT INTERRUPT YOU ONE TIME, MR. CHAIRMAN. PLEASE LET ME SPEAK JUST LIKE I LET YOU SPEAK. I AM NOT EVEN QUITE DOWN THE CROWD.
PLEASE. >> IN ORDER TO MEET THESE OBLIGATIONS THIS AGAIN YOUR EMAIL. IN ORDER TO MEET THESE OBLIGATIONS WE MUST CONDUCT OURSELVES IN APPROPRIATE MANNER. ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH MEMBERS SHOULD TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT TO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG REGARDING CONDUCT. DECISION MAKING MUST SHOW INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER AND DECISION MAKING. HERE ARE SOME OF THE FACTS IN MY VIDEO THAT YOU DID IGNORE A
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GROUP WAS CREATED WITH NOT ELEVEN OF US KNOWING ABOUT IT. THAT IS A FACT FOR PEOPLE DURING THAT MEETING. RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SO THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT GROUP. WHETHER YOU HAVE THE POWER OR NOT YOU TALK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TRUST AND RISK. MUTUAL RESPECT. YOU BROKE THAT AMONGST US WHEN YOU CREATED THAT GROUP AND THEN DISCUSSED IT WITH US. I DID NOT KNOW MR. GLOVER CAME OUT AND SAID HE DID NOT KNOW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS GROUP THAT IS BREAKING THE TRUST OF YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE WORKED TOGETHER TO REPRESENT ALL OF THEM. THAT IS WHY I'M FIRED UP.I CAN DEBATE WHAT THE GROUP BRINGS FORWARD ALL DAY LONG. AND THAT IS FINE AND WE CAN VOTE AND WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE BUT TO CREATE A GROUP AND THIS IS A BACKDOOR DEAL.
AND IF YOU CALLED A CLOSED DOOR DEAL YOU CAN USE WHATEVER TERM YOU WANT BUT YOU CREATED A GROUP WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH ALL OF US ANNOUNCED IT DURING A COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT
IT ON THE AGENDA. >> THAT IS NOT OKATIE ME. >> YOU TOOK THEIR RIGHT AWAY FOR THEM TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON THAT AND DURING THAT SAME TIME DURING OUR COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING WE HAD OVER 100 PEOPLE SHOW UP TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO VOICE BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE. AND IF YOU WATCH MY VIDEOS, IF WE'RE GOING TO QUOTE THEM, YOU CAN EVEN SEE WHERE EVERY SINGLE VIDEO I TELL PEOPLE IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT, SUPPORT ME, COME OUT AND SUPPORT ME IF YOU WANNA COME OUT, OPPOSE ME, COME OUT AND OPPOSE ME.
I AM FINE. EITHER WAY I CAN TAKE THE BRUNT .
I COULD TAKE THE SHOTS IN A GIVEN DAY IF I COULD I WOULDN'T HAVE RAN FOR THIS POSITION BUT TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT EVERY STATEMENT I SAID WAS WRONG AND THAT THAT CREATED AN ACCURATE OR INFLAMMATORY AT WORST THAT I DID NOT SAY DURING A COUNCIL MEETING I'M GOING AGAIN FROM YOUR EMAIL ON FACEBOOK RATHER THAN DURING MEETINGS IS ALSO TRUE UNTRUE BECAUSE I ADDRESSED IT IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU WERE FINISHED SPEAKING AND I ADDRESSED IT AGAIN ON TUESDAY.
WE HAVE IT ON AGENDA. IT'S A FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY WHEN YOUR PRESS RELEASE AND THEN YOUR STATEMENT YOU SAID IT WOULDN'T COME TO US UNTIL TWENTY SEVEN AND HERE WE ARE IN THE 13TH WITH IT COMING TO US TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
YEAH. >> YEAH. TO ME THAT IS BREAKING THE TRUST. WE WONDER WHY WE HAVE ISSUES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AMONGST TRUST OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS. THAT'S WHY DID DID YOU ALSO READ THAT IT SAID TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE? I DID READ THAT AND I ALSO READ THE E-MAILS THAT CAME TO US BEFORE IT EVEN PAST EXECUTIVE MEETING WHERE IT SAYS THAT IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE WE EVEN DISCUSSED WE HAD EMAILS SENT TO US THAT SAID THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. WE HAVE SIGNS OUT FRONT RIGHT NOW THAT SAY WE HAVE THINGS IMPLEMENTED AND WE HAVE NOT VOTED TODAY. I'VE RECEIVED EMAILS FROM PEOPLE AT THE REC CENTERS TELLING THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START WEARING MASKS OR DO DIFFERENT THINGS COME MONDAY AND IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET.
WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON IT AND I 100 PERCENT BELIEVE THE FREEDOM FOR A BUSINESS GOVERNING BODY TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. AND I'VE MADE THAT CLEAR. THAT'S WHY I STAND IT'S NOT WHETHER I AGREE OR DISAGREE. IF WE GET TO THAT POINT WHERE IT PASSES THE VOTE THAT THEY WANT TO PUT IN A MASS MANDATE AND I LOSE THAT VOTE, I LOSE THAT VOTE UPHOLDS.
BUT AT LEAST THAT VOTE HAPPENED BUT IT'S BEEN MADE WHERE TO THE PUBLIC THESE THINGS WERE ALREADY TAKING PLACE. WE'VE HAD E-MAILS SENT TO US ON THAT.
SO YEAH, I WAS COMPLETELY OFF THERE IN THAT MEETING AND DURING THAT VIDEO AND I STAND BY THOSE COMMENTS I MADE THE CORRECTION ON THE EMPLOYEES THE VERY NEXT DAY WHEN I WENT BACK AND RE WATCHED THE VIDEO LIVE AGAIN. BUT TO COME OUT AND SAY AT THE END OF IT AFTER MR. GLOVER SPOKE ABOUT HOW HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS WITH THE POWER OF CHAIRMAN.
THAT'S FINE. BUT TO NOT COMMUNICATE TO ALL OF US I BELIEVE IS WRONG.
AND TO NOT GIVE THEM THEIR TIME TO COMMENT IS WRONG. AND I MEANT WHAT I SAID.
I WAS VOTED IN BY BEAUFORT COUNTY JUST LIKE ALL OF US WHERE THEY ARE THE ONES I WORK FOR. I WILL 100 PERCENT SAY THAT ANY GIVEN DAY.
>> THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER COMPANY AS AN AS THANK YOU, MR. ROBERT.
>> YEAH, THERE'S SOME SOME CONFUSION HERE. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE FACTS AND I DON'T REALLY CARE BUT THE CHAIRMAN DOES HAVE THE UNILATERAL RIGHT TO APPOINT A
COMMITTEE WHEN HE FEELS THAT IT'S YOU DON'T. >> OH, THAT'S BILL.
THEY REALLY DON'T CARE. NOW THAT I GET TO LET'S KEEP EM.
KEEP EM. YOU WORK FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU DON'T CARE.
I DON'T CARE. DAD JUST RESIGNED. YOU SHOULD RESIGN RIGHT NOW.
YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO YOUR YOU'VE READ THAT DOWN HERE. THAT'S WHAT I DID.
SIR, PLEASE LET HIM. WE'RE ALL IN TOWN FOR THIS. LET EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR CHANCE, PLEASE. SO I WAS SAYING THAT THE CHAIRMAN'S ROLE DOES ALLOW HIM TO APPOINT VARIOUS COMMITTEES WHEN HE SEES A NEED TO DO THAT .
SECONDLY, THE CHAIRMAN SETS THE AGENDA SO HE CAN PUT ON THE AGENDA WHATEVER WE WANT TO.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF OF IT OR TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT.
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BUT HE DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SET THE AGENDA. THAT'S JUST BACKGROUND.I UNDERSTAND THE ANGST THAT YOU'RE ALL GOING THROUGH. THANK THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THAT'S ALL. YES, I HAD A QUESTION TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR INPUT AND ALL YOUR E-MAILS WHICH I APPRECIATE. AND I ASKED OUR COUNTY ATTORNEYS REGARDING THE RIGHT TO APPOINT COMMITTEES I THINK I KNEW THE ANSWER.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE CHAIRMAN CAN APPOINT COMMITTEES WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL OF COUNSEL IS DONE EVERY ALL THE TIME IN MANY, MANY INSTANCES. WE HAVE SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
WE HAVE SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR OTHER THINGS. THIS WAS A SINGLE ISSUE COMMITTEE FOLLOWED. GLORIA WANTS IT MET ANYONE COULD WATCH THE MEETINGS ANYONE COULD COULD MAKE COMMENTS DURING THE MEETINGS. AND IT WAS CONCLUDED THERE WAS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND BY RIGHT. THE CHAIRMAN CAN DO THAT.
SO I DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT IT WAS DONE IN A HIDDEN ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE IN OTHER INSTANCES FOR OTHER PURPOSES AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. SO THAT'S ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> AND YOUR COMMENTS. >> YEAH. YES.
LET'S GO ON. YEAH. >> I THINK THAT.
THAT'S RIGHT. MR. CUNNINGHAM, THIS IS CORRECT IN A LOG RELEASE SAYS AND I JOIN HIM IN MY FIGHT THIS FIGHT OF THE WAY YOU JOINED THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK I THINK A PHONE CALL OR E-MAIL TO THE ENTIRE BODY ASKING US FOR INPUT OR VOLUNTEER HELP. I MEAN THE MAYBE WHAT IS HELPFUL AND WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE SEEMED A LITTLE BIT MORE EXACTLY OF A LITTLE MORE OPEN LOOK MORE TRANSPARENT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE IT ASKS WHAT DID I REALLY FELT LIKE I WAS INCLUDED IN VARIOUS PEOPLE
SEEING ACCOUNTS OF THEIR OWN YOU LOVE. >> YOU CAN REACH OUT AND ASK FOR OUR STORY ANY TIME YOU WANT . I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU, WILL YOU? I'M GOING. BUT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE BY THE WAYSIDE. YOU GAINED EXPERIENCE HERE AND COMFORT YOU SEE.
BUT I WOULD ADVISE YOU SHARE A LOT OF . WE ALL HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT
YOU. >> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU LISTEN TO IT.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ,OK? >> WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FROM A NUMBER OF COUNSEL TO ENTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. FORMER VISE CHAIRMAN A SECOND PLACE LIKE.
36 PERCENT OF WHAT MORGAN SURPLUS IS, SIR. >> PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 THERE IS FOR SEVENTY RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE WHERE THE BANKS RELATE TO
MATTERS COVERED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. >> WELL THAT'S QUITE A STICKY
WICKET. >> OKAY SO HOW LONG? WELL THANK YOU.
>> OK, IN
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