[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE I'D LIKE TO CALL THE COUNTY CAUCUS MEETING OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, AT 5:00 PM TO ORDER, WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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 PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS A HYBRID MEETING.
UH, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE IN CHAMBERS.
THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT IN CHAMBER, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER DAWSON AND FLEW ELLEN.
UM, MR. LAWSON HAS NOT JOINED US AS YET.
I BELIEVE HE'S ON HIS WAY, BUT WE DO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS BEFORE WE APPROVE
[4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
THE AGENDA.UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL BE DEALING WITH JUST THREE ITEMS. WE WILL NOT HAVE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE HIGHWAY 2 78 PROJECT AS AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WITH THAT CHANGE, I WOULD ASK A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THAT CHANGE.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND 10? MR. SUMMERVILLE MAKES THE SECOND, UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE AGENDA AS STATED? I SEE NO OBJECTIONS ARE, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AS STATED.
[5. AGENDA REVIEW]
WILL BE THE REVIEW OF THE AGENDA.UM, IT LOOKS TO BE A QUICK AGENDA THIS EVENING IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE 10 ITEMS COMING FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT MEMBERS OF BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNITY SERVICE, NATURAL RESOURCES, WHEN YOU EXPLAIN YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ITEM THOSE WERE DONE AT THE VARIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS, A SUMMARIZATION OF WHAT ACTIONS ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE WOULD SUFFICE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS STATED, UM, SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL HAVE A THIRD READING, A FIRST READING AND THEN AN APPROVAL AS THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS. ANY OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE AGENDA UNDER THE COUNCIL
[6. COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION]
MEMBER DISCUSSION? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHEN KNOW WHEN I WILL DO IT AGAIN AT THE SIX O'CLOCK HOUR THAT ON OCTOBER 27TH, WE WILL BE HOLDING A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF BUFORD AT USC B, WHERE WE WILL BEGIN A DISCUSSION OF GREED DISTRICTING OF BUFORD COUNTY.SO THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT MEETING THAT THE PUBLIC MAY WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN.
THEREFORE THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, IN PERSON, ALTHOUGH WE WILL HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN ANSWER HANDLED, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEM ONLINE.
WHAT KIND OF ELECTRIC? UH, IT'S GOING TO BE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
AND WHERE UFC CB, WHERE THE U S CB CAMPUS ON RIVAL WHAT BUILDING THEATER.
ANY OTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS, SEEING NONE? I WOULD ASK
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION, TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE WHERE THE LEGAL ADVICE RELATES TO A PENDING THREATENED OR POTENTIAL CLAIM OR OTHER MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE FOR LEGAL ISSUES, LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE SCHOOL IMPACT THE IGA HAS WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES, THE STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT RELATED CLAIMS AND THE STATUS OF A FOYA LITIGATION.MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION PLEASE? SO MR. SUMMERVILLE MAKES THE MOTION.
I'LL SECOND THAT MR. MCCOWEN MAKES THE SECOND, THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT OBJECTION.
AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS AND THEREFORE WE WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 5:05 PM.
AND WE WILL RETURN FROM THERE AND EITHER HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR A JURY CAUCUS MEETING.
[00:05:01]
YES, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE ECR.THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE YOUR COMPUTERS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE TAB THAT SAYS JOIN.
SO IF YOU WILL PLEASE CLICK THAT RED ON COURT SERVICES, COMMUNITY SERVICE, OKAY.
WE'RE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED SEVERAL ISSUES.
I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IN THE REGULAR COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY COUNCIL IN THE CAUCUS MEETING.
SO WE'LL DECLARE THIS MEETING AND WE WILL COME BACK AT 6:00 PM FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.