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MEETING OF OCTOBER 11, 20, 21 TO ORDER THIS WAS THE, UH, BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UM, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
ANY DISCUSSION SINCE NO HANDS ARE RAISED? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THE EMOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WAS UNANIMOUS.
WE WILL NOW STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
WE NOW WE'RE DOWN TO APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021.
COULD WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? ALL RIGHT.
UH, CHAIR, I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021.
MR. DAVID
THE MOTION AFTER MEL CAMPBELL MADE THE MOTION.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION GENTLEMEN? SO THERE BEING NO HANDS UP, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COMMITTEE.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, SETTING THE OCTOBER 19TH MEETING.
SO WE'LL LET ROBIN DISPLAY AS SHE HAS THE, UM, DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE NEXT BUSINESS MEETING ON OCTOBER 19TH.
THIS ONE WILL BE HELD AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SINCE IT'S THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE USUAL, UM, WORDING AT THE TOP.
I'LL CHANGE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TIME ONCE YOU ALL DETERMINE THE TIME.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, UM, JUST ONE ITEM UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I THINK ALICE IS THAT THREE ITEMS THAT PERTAIN TO THAT ONE.
I THINK IT'S FOUR DIFFERENT, UM, CONTRACTS HE NEEDED TO BRING FORTH.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU LEAVE IT AT AN HOUR AND NOT MAKE IT 30 MINUTES BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO LET'S SWITCH TO FIVE, ANY OTHER, UM, COMMENTS ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALL RIGHT, THEN I GUESS WE'LL CONTINUE DOWN.
JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT TO, UH, INTERJECT TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
UM, CAN YOU CHECK AND SEE WHO JOINS? OKAY.
COULD THE IPHONE PERSON IDENTIFY THEMSELVES PLEASE? YOU'RE MUTED IN MUTED.
COULD THE IPHONE PERSON UNMUTE AND IDENTIFY THEMSELVES PLEASE? SO IT APPEARS TO BE WILLIAM.
WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING AND IT'S GOT OUR USUAL ACTIONS
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NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE AGENDA APPROVAL, THE PLEDGE, THE SILENT MOMENT OF SILENCE, THE STATEMENT OF MEDIA NOTIFICATION.
SO THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IS MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT? NOT YET.
POINTS OF CELEBRATION WE HAVE THE SEPTEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH WILL BE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BROAD.
SO THAT WILL GET FILLED IN THEN THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
UM, I KNOW EARL AND I ARE ATTENDING THE REGIONAL ADVOCACY, UH, MEETING OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION IN SOMERVILLE ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
SO I'LL GIVE, UH, A REPORT ON THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THE PACKETS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION AT THIS MEETING.
SO LET'S PUT THAT AS A, A BULLET POINT AND, AND WHEN THEY'RE DUE BACK AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE, WE HAD THAT ON THE AGENDA LAST TIME.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE DATES IN MY HEAD, SO YEAH, YOU CAN FILL THAT IN, FILL THAT IN FOR US.
UM, UM, THE OTHER OFFICER'S MEL AND DAVID, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, TOPICS YOU CAN THINK I SHOULD INCLUDE UNDER THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT? OKAY.
I MEAN, I MAY THINK OF SOMETHING BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MEETING ON TUESDAY.
SO ROBIN WILL FILL OUT THE PART ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENTS WE'RE DOWN TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND WE HAVE THREE OF THE COMMITTEES MEETING BEFORE THE 19TH FINANCE OPERATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE'LL HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OES AND WHATNOT COMING OUT OF THOSE OR, OR PERHAPS OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEN WE'RE ONTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
AND MS. WALTON IS HERE, UM, TO COVER THAT IS DR.
RODRIGUEZ COULD NOT ATTEND TONIGHT.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, I DO HAVE, UM, ONE ITEM FOR THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT AND THAT'S A COVID UPDATE.
AND THAT'S ALL, HE, THAT'S ALL HE HAS FOR HIS REPORT.
AND THAT'S ALREADY UNDER OTHER MATTERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR USUAL, WE ALL HAVE THE MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT AND THE MONTHLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND REPORT AND THE BOARD BUDGET, UM, MONTHLY UPDATE AS THOSE ARE ALL LISTED UNDER, UH, GOAL THREE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AND TANYA ASKED TO ADD THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND TIF UPDATE.
SO SHE HAS, UM, ASKED THAT BE ADDED TO, TO, UM, THIS MEETING'S AGENDA.
I THINK WE SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE AT THE SECOND MEETING EACH MONTH.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE PLACE TO PUT, UM, RACHEL WERE SNAP SKIS REQUESTS FOR AN UPDATE ON THE IMPACT FEED.
I WAS THINKING WE NEEDED THAT AS WELL.
UM, DO YOU, DO YOU CARE WHAT ORDER? UM, BUT IF THERE, SINCE YEAH, THAT MAY BE BETTER.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, OR THE, UH, AGENDA FOR THE WORK SESSION.
THERE'S AN ITEM ON THERE OPERATING LEVY.
IS THAT IN CONNECTION WITH IMPACT FEES AT ALL? NO, THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE UPDATE ON THE IMPACT FEES IS, IS, UH, UH,
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WHICH, WHICH, UM, MOU THE COUNTY HAS WITH THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, CORRECT.DAVID? UM, WELL, AS WAS REPORTED IN THE NEWSPAPER, THERE'S THE HANG-UP RIGHT NOW IS THAT LOFTON ONCE REDUCED FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S A HANG UP BECAUSE YOU PAY THE FEE WHEN YOU GET YOUR PERMIT.
SO NOBODY KNOWS WHO'S GOING TO BUY THE HOUSE.
UM, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT UPDATE IS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPERATING LEVY IS RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS PRETTY SPECIFIC THOUGH.
AND ALSO WOULDN'T THIS, THE IMPACT FEES WOULD ALSO BE, WOULD INCLUDE, UH, HILTON HEAD.
CAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE SIGNED ON EITHER.
UM, THAT IS NOT JUST A BLUFFTON EXCLUSIVE, DAVID.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSING THAT, BUT I THINK HILTON HAD JUST REJECTED OUTRIGHT BOSTON JUST WANTS TO REDUCTION AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE HANGUP.
SO WE'LL GET AN UPDATE AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TIME-WISE BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WILL BE A TIME INTENSIVE.
UM, LOOKS LIKE WE COVERED EVERYTHING UNDER THERE.
THERE'S A REASON THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU HAVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WITH A BULLET OR NOTHING.
UM, HONESTLY, WELL, MR. CAMPBELL, THERE IS, THERE WILL BE NO REPORTS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, THIS MEETING.
IT'D BE BETTER FOR NONE IT'S CHANGEABLE ANYWAY.
DOWN TO BOARD BUSINESS ACTION.
AND DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, MEL OR DAVID, I CAN'T THINK ANYTHING WHICH IS SAD.
IT'S SAD THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOARD VISITS.
WELL, WE DO, WE DO HAVE BOARD BUSINESS.
IT'S JUST NOT ACTION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE, UM, AT LEAST IN PROGRESS AT THIS MEETING, BUT WE WON'T HAVE, WE WON'T BE TAKING ANY ACTION AT THIS MEETING.
UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT UP THE FUTURE LIST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE OFF OF THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO? YEAH.
UM, UM, THE ONE THING THAT I ADDED ON HERE WAS, UM, EMAIL FROM KATHY UPDATE ON ZOOM SESSIONS FOR ORIENTING STUDENTS THAT COULD BE COVERED AS PART OF DR.
THAT HAS TO BE A SEPARATE TOPIC.
I THINK HE ALREADY COVERED THAT ONCE, BUT HE DID.
I TOLD KATHY WE WILL HAVE HIM COVER IT AGAIN.
THE TIFF IS IN THE OTHER OPERATING LEVY WITH THE WORK SESSION AND THE TIFF WAS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE COVERED AT THIS MEETING.
SO I LEAVE THE BULLET THERE IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP BETWEEN YEAH.
IT WILL BE THE LAST MEETING MINUTES AND WHATEVER COMES OUT OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND THEN WE GET THE, THE USUAL ENDING THINGS, THE FUTURE TOPICS, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT.
AND AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'VE GOT THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
UM, THE WORK SESSION HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING.
YOU PROBABLY SHOULD PUT IT THE DISTRICT MEDIA CENTER, WHATEVER YOU SAY.
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DO YOU NORMALLY HAVE THE ADDRESS THERE TOO? I DON'T USE IT.DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THIS AGENDA? OKAY.
WE CAN GO ON TO THE WORK SESSION.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO ADD UNDER MEDIA CENTER.
DO YOU USUALLY HAVE A 2,900 MIDPOINT BOULEVARD, BUT I'LL PUT IT ON THERE.
I'D PUT THAT ACTUALLY, BUT I PUT MEDIA CENTER ABOVE THAT ROBIN.
AND SO THIS ADDRESS ISN'T SPLIT UP.
SO WE HAVE, UH, ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS BETWEEN EIGHT AND EIGHT 30 AND THEN THE MEETING WILL START AT NINE.
SO IF SOMEBODY COULD ASK, HOW IS IT? HOW'S THIS BOOK C A C H E NO.
SO THESE WERE THE THREE TOPICS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST MEETING WAS IMPACT TEACHER RETENTION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE, HIS CONFERENCE, THE OPERATING LEVY WAS RACHEL'S ITEM.
THAT WAS THE LEFTOVER FROM THE LAST, THE LAST WORK SESSION.
SHE READY FOR IT TO COME FORWARD.
SO THESE WERE THE ONLY THING, THOSE, THESE WERE THE ONLY AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE WORK SESSION THAT WAS GIVEN NONETHELESS YOU WILL HAVE OTHERS.
SO, UM, WE KNOW, AND, UH, SO THE, I THINK ANOTHER GOOD ONE, BUT IT, IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO BE A LITTLE LATER, NOT, NOT THIS WEEKEND WOULD BE, UM, HAVING ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH PEGGY TORY, BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO, UH, THE DISTRICT STAFF OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS HAVING A, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY? A, UM, A MEETING WITH HER RIGHT.
AT THE END OF THIS WEEK AND WORKING WITH THE STAFF, UM, IN THE OES AND ALL THAT HELPFUL TO HAVE, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, LIKE PERHAPS IN, IN EARLY NOVEMBER, MAYBE.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD A LITTLE SOMETHING ON THE GULLAH GEECHEE IMPACT ON LANGUAGE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE EXACT TARGET.
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE ON THE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, I GUESS THE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND EVALUATING GULLAH, GEECHEE FOR LANGUAGE ISSUES, THE SAME AS ESL.
WELL, TO GET A PROFICIENCY OR READ.
IS THAT NOT MILL? THAT, THAT IS TRUE.
I THINK THAT'S A BETTER, A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS FOR THIS SUCCESSION, BUT WE ASKED FOR, AND I BID ON THE BUFORD COUNTY A LITTLE PROFILE THAT WAS SAYING THE, THE GRADUATE THAT, THAT WAS COMING TO THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
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THAT WAS WHAT WAS ON THE LAST FUTURE THAT WAS COMING TO THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.SO, UM, WHAT DID THE OTHER OFFICERS, SINCE WE'LL BE THE ONES THAT WILL HAVE TO, UM, UH, BRING IT FORWARD TO THE BOARD? DO YOU, UM, I SEE YOUR HAND UP MR. SMITH, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE OFFICERS A QUESTION FIRST.
UM, SO DO YOU THINK THAT ALSO HAVING, IT SEEMS LIKE SINCE THE, UH, PEGGY TORY IS WORKING WITH THE STAFF FIRST ABOUT THE OES, ET CETERA, THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SHOULD HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AFTER SHE DOES THAT WITH THE BOARD.
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S PROBABLY ENOUGH TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE MEETS WITH THE STAFF AND THEN THIS WORK SESSION.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, MILLER OR DAVID ABOUT THAT? I'M NOT REALLY AWARE, UM, OF THE, OF THE TARGET.
I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYBODY WAS WE MEETING WITH THE STAFF.
SO, UM, BUT IF, IF IT'S, IF IT'S A MEETING TO TRY TO POLISH, SO TO SPEAK THAT THE OES, I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWHILE.
SO MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS JUST, UM, WAIT ON THAT UNTIL AFTER THE STAFF HAS, HAS MET WITH, WITH, UH, MS. TORI AND THEN, UM, DR.
RODRIGUEZ CAN, UM, GIVE US WHAT HE, YOU KNOW, HE'S GLEANED FROM THAT AND WHAT HE THINKS IS THE BEST TIME FOR THE BOARD TO, UH, HAVE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
AND WITH MS. TORI WOULD BE BEST.
UM, I REMEMBER LIKE MR. CAMPBELL SAID, UH, MRS. UH, UM, FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING ME AND MRS. ROBIN ACT READY TO GO TO THE WORK SESSION.
OH, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD, NOT THE ACADEMIC, UH, DISCUSSION, THE BEAUTIFUL KIND OF STUDENT WE ASKED FOR THAT TO COME BEFORE, BEFORE THE ACTUAL, A BOARD AS HE WORKED SESSION OR IN A BOARD MEETING.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE KNOW PACIFICALLY SAID THAT THAT SHOULD GO AT THE ACADEMIC ACADEMIC COMMITTEE NOW, THAT'S WHAT WE REQUESTED KATHY.
AND I BOTH REQUESTED IT BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT.
AND I, AND I, AND I SAID, DITTO, AND I ALSO SAID IT SHOULD BE AT THE NEXT, AFTER THE NEXT MEETING, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOW ABOUT THE, UH, THE GULLAH CULTURE STUDENT? AND THAT'S WHEN CATHERINE SAID YES, UH, THAT, UH, THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
AND SO I, I, I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR IT TO BE BROUGHT TO THE WORK SESSION FOR THE WHOLE BOARD.
I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHY, WHY WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BE ANY PUSHBACK FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS FOR, UH, FOR, FROM IT COMING TO THE ACTUAL WORK SESSION VERSUS GOING TO ACADEMIC COMMITTEE? I THINK IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE.
WE HAVE ALL BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE TOGETHER ON IT, WHO ARE THERE, WHO CAN MAKE A SOUND DECISION AND ALSO CAN SEE THAT'S WHERE THE BOARD AS A WHOLE LOOKING FOR IT TO GO.
SO I I'M WITH MR. CAMPBELL AND SAYING THAT THEY NEED TO GO TO WORK TO THE, UH, MR.
UM, THE PROFILE OF BUFORD COUNTY GRADUATE HAS, HAS BEEN AN ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, A TASK SINCE IT WAS WHEN, SINCE I FIRST TRIED TO GET IT DEALT WITH.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT THAT ACADEMIC COMMITTEE SHOULD BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'LL SAY, AND I AGREE THE FULL BOARD SHOULD DEAL WITH MOST EVERYTHING, BUT NORMALLY IT COMES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE FIRST AND THAT HAS BEEN THEIR TASK.
UM, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD TAKE THIS LONG, BUT WITH THIS THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
SO I THINK IT BOTH, THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE WILL BRING IT FORWARD WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH IT.
WELL AGAIN, PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND DOWN AND THEN RAISE IT AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK AND I'LL CALL ON YOU, SIR.
THAT'S WHY I LEFT IT UP BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO SPEAK MR. SMITH.
I'VE ASKED YOU TO PLEASE PUT IT DOWN AND THEN PUT IT UP BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL BACK TO THE ACADEMIC.
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COMING BACK TO THE FLOOR.NO, I WILL NOT PUT MY HAND DOWN.
MR. SMITH, PUT IT DOWN AND I'LL CALL ON YOU WHEN YOU PUT IT BACK UP.
OH, I DON'T NEED TO SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY, NOT TO MOVE FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT, DAVID, AND, AND, UM, MEL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ABOUT THIS AGENDA TIME? I LOVE MEN.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A TWO DAY MEETING.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE DAY PERHAPS JUST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON, EVEN I, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON, UM, THE LENGTH OF EACH OF THESE, UH, TOPICS AND THE ORDER IS FINE.
YOU ALL WANT ME TO CHANGE ANYTHING AS FAR AS ORDER? I THINK IT'S FINE.
I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE OR A, WELL IT'S OPERATING LEVY.
WE HADN'T RESOLVED THAT YET, BUT MY SUGGESTION IS TO MOVE THAT TO THE END.
SO EVERYTHING ELSE HAS GOT A ACADEMIC FLOOR.
FLU PHILLIPS FORMATTING IS SO MUCH FUN, DAVID.
YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY MAYBE WE SHOULD, UH, PUT AN IN TIME ON HIM, PUT THAT QUALIFIER.
IF WE DON'T FINISH THE AGENDA, WE GO TO THE NEXT DAY, BUT I, I CAN'T SEE HOW THIS WOULD LAST MORE THAN A DAY, BUT THAT WOULD BE A SAFETY NET FOR US TO PUT ON THERE.
I NOTICED EARLIER ON THIS CALL TOO.
AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY HAVEN'T SPOKEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? YES.
UM, I WOULD MAYBE LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, CAUSE I KNOW, I THINK MEL AND MRS. SMITH TALKED ABOUT, UM, LAST MEETING ABOUT, UM, MINORITY CONTRACTORS.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, SOME INFORMATION ON THE REASON WHY, UH, WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.
SO DO YOU WANT THE INFORMATION? YEAH.
SO IT'S MORE LIKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT KIND OF.
SO LET'S HAVE THAT AT THE END.
IT IS ALSO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE CONFERENCE.
IS THAT ALSO, UM, AN ANNOUNCEMENT? THAT'S MORE OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DEBT.
SO WHERE AM I PUTTING THE MINORITY AT THE AFTER OPERATING LEVY AND WHAT IS, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE CALLING IT? WE CAN EITHER CALL IT ANNOUNCEMENT, PAUSE, PROBABLY BEST ANNOUNCEMENT AND INFORMATION REGARDING MINORITY CONTRACTS TO MINORITY OTHER PROCESS.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? EARL? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
INFORMATION ON THE PROCESS FOR MINORITY CONTRACTS.
PUT THAT BEFORE THE OPERATING LEVY.
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SO DO WE JUST WANT TO SAY, SO ROBIN, WHAT YOU JUST PUT THERE IN RED IN THE EVENT, THE BOARD HAS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE OCTOBER 20 BY LET'S PUT A CERTAIN TIME 4:00 PM OR 5:00 PM OR PROBABLY FOUR, 4:00 PM.DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE? YEAH.
THAT LOOKS LIKE A, THAT COVERS THAT MEETING.
SO DAVID SAID THERE, DAVID'S GOT HIS HAND UP TOO.
WE NORMALLY HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WHAT'S THE, NOT JUST WHAT'S THE PROCESS, UH, WHAT DOES THE PAPERWORK LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES IT, WHAT WAS ENTAIL? I THINK IT HAD TO GET, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET INTO ALL OF THAT AND TO ALSO SAY HOW THEY, HOW WE COME TO THE POINT TO WHEREIN WE START MAKING DECISIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THE REASON WHY WE AT THIS JUNCTION, HOW WE GOT HERE, THAT'S THE RIFLE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SPEND BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, UM, WHY THAT IS IN PLACE TODAY.
AND THAT'S HOW I WANT US TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED MS. CROSBY TO SAY ANYTHING.
WELL, I THINK THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MRS. CROSBY TO TELL EXACTLY FROM THE DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT STANDPOINT, WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND HOW DO YOU GET CONTRACTS AND WHAT PAPERWORK YOU NEED TO GO TO.
I, BECAUSE AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE MORE BETTER AS WELL.
AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'S ASKING ME THAT.
AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO POSSIBLY GO, GO, UH, HAVE, HAVE A, UH, A QUICKER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD TAKE LONG OR BE A PROBLEM.
MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT WE'VE COVERED THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO AT ONE OF OUR, UM, WORK SESSIONS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE AGENDAS IN FRONT OF ME AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS BECAUSE JUST THE LAST, UH, LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONTRACTS ASSIGNMENTS, THEY WERE, THEY WERE GIVING UP POINTS, UH, PER SE, FOR WHAT THEY COMPLETED AND THE CONTRACTS AND I LEFT.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY, I DIDN'T SEE ANY WAY WHERE MINORITIES GOT BENNY OR, OR, OR GOT THAT ADVANTAGE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND, AND, AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD A MINORITY GET A CONTRACT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY PUT IN THE BID FROM WHAT EARL PROBABLY GONNA PRESENT US.
THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF ASSESSMENT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO MINORITIES CAN GET THE CONTRACTS AND WE GO STAY WITH OUR, OUR BULLET AND TENT FOR CERTAIN PERCENTAGES.
BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN EVEN KEEL AND YOU'RE STILL GOING TO SELECT WITHOUT GIVING THEM ANY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AT ALL TRAVIS ASSESSMENT, THEN YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S MUTE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE MINORITY CONTRACT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY AND ANY OTHER WAY, OTHER THAN THAT'S A MINORITY.
AND DAVID, I THINK, I THINK ON THIS ITEM, IF ROBERT WOULD JUST GIVE THE SAME
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PRESENTATION THAT HE GAVE TO THE BUFORD, UH, BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A MEETING, UM, TO, TO GO OVER THIS PROCESS.SO I THINK HE ALREADY HAS A PRESENTATION THAT HE CAN GO THROUGH.
I THINK MEL MIGHT, MIGHT BE AT A DIFFERENT THING WHERE THE, THE PROCESS NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
SO I, ROBERT CAN TALK TO THE EXISTING, UM, PROCESS, I THINK FAIRLY, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT IS DAVID.
I NOTICED THAT LONG, THE LAST ONE, THERE WAS NO MINORITY CONTRACTORS IN THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN THERE ISN'T A MINORITY CONTRACTOR AT OR NOT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW FROM A STANDPOINT OF IF A MINORITY CONTRACTOR SURVIVES THE FIRST TIER OF APPLICANTS, WHAT HAPPENS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT IS A MINORITY OTHER THAN BY NAME ONLY GOTCHA.
UH, I WAS GOING TO, I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT MR. CAMPBELL, UM, AND THAT, AND TH AND, AND BASICALLY SOME OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS JUST TO, UH, MY POINT, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GO OVER CERTAIN ALSO AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
SO CAN YOU, UM, UH, REACH OUT TO, UH, MR. UM, ODDING AND, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, WHAT HE ALREADY HAS? YES, I WILL.
I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING FOR.
SO I WILL SPEAK TO ROBERT AND SEE IF THAT'S WILL FIT WITH WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET.
DO YOU ALL WANT TO REACH OUT TO RACHEL OR DO YOU WANT THE OPERATING LEVY? DO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR? NO.
CAN YOU REACH OUT TO HER BECAUSE SHE DID.
SHE DID TELL ME, AND I BELIEVE ME, THE LAST MEETING, SHE WASN'T, OR THE LAST WORK SESSION, SHE WASN'T READY.
SO CAN YOU REACH OUT TO HER ROBIN AND SEE IF SHE'S READY TO GO? OKAY.
I GUESS SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE AT THIS ONE.
SO THE, THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE OPERATING LEVY IS HAVING A, UM, IT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THIS STATE IT'S ALLOWED IN FLORIDA IS, IS HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, A LEVY ATTACKS OR SOME TYPE OF, UH, BURDEN TO THE TAXPAYER WHERE IT CAN BE USED, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OPERATING EXPENSES.
LIKE RIGHT NOW, IF WE HAVE A, A BOND REFERENDUM, IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES, NOT, NOT OPERATING.
I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND IT.
I THINK SHE'S LOOKING INTO WHETHER THAT'S AN OPTION IN THIS STATE OR NOT.
DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? YEAH.
AND SHE MENTIONED IT A WHILE AGO.
UM, SHE HAD IT ON, IT WAS ON THE LAST WORK, BUT SINCE SHE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR THE WHOLE TIME, SHE ASKED THAT WE REMOVE IT.
SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER HANDS UP, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO AGENDAS WE NEEDED TO DEVELOP.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT THING WE NEED TO DECIDE IS WHEN OUR NEXT, UH, AGENDA SETTING MEETING IS OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WOULD BE NOVEMBER 2ND.
SO THE WEEK PRIOR TO THAT IS THE WEEK OF THE 25TH.
SO THE MONDAY IS FINE WITH ME IF IT'S GOOD WITH MELLON, UM, DAVID, UH, POLICY MEETING ON THE 25TH, THAT WOULD EITHER BEGIN AT THREE 30 OR FOUR ON THE 25TH.
OH, THE FOLLOWING THE WEEK PREVIOUS TO THAT IS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE WORK SESSION ON THE 22ND.
SO I GUESS MY SUGGESTION MIGHT BE TO HAVE THE POLICY
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COMMITTEE AT THREE 30 ON THAT MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, AND THE AGENDA SETTING AT FIVE DAVID, WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOUR SCHEDULE? UM, YEAH, THAT WORKS FOR MY SCHEDULE.I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE AGENDA IS FOR POLICY, BUT, UM, HOUR AND A HALF SHOULD BE PLENTY.
SO I HAD THE 25TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK FOR AGENDA SETTING.
AND THAT WAY WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED THE WORK SESSION TOO, BY THE TIME WE SET THE NEXT BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA, WHICH I THINK IS PREFERABLE PERSONALLY.
AND THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS FOR THIS, UH, AGENDA SETTING MEETING, WE CAN ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT ALL IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED AND, AND GOOD EVENING.