7. CONSIDERATION OF THE APPROVAL OF MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2021, AS AN ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

[8. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO OFFER A BUYBACK OF EMPLOYEE PERSONAL TIME OFF FOR 2021. FISCAL IMPACT: ESTIMATE IS AROUND $820K. ]

SAID YES. YES. OKAY.

OKAY. IT'LL BE ON OUR AGENDA FOR MONEY.

YEAH. OKAY. >> ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA AS OPPOSED TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGENDA.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AMUSING AUTHORIZE STATION FOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO OFFER A BUYBACK OF EMPLOYEE PERSONAL TIME FOR TWENTY TWENTY ONE FISCAL IMPACT ESTIMATE EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. I'LL HAVE A MOTION OBSCENE

COMMENT. >> NOW YOU GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION SOMEBODY DID.

YOU CAN. OH, YOU MAKE THE MOTION? YES.

OKAY. SECOND NO THIS IS I WILL SOMETHING ELSE LIKE WE HAVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE IN DISCUSSION YOU ASKED AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR A BUYBACK OF EMPLOYEE PERSONAL TIME OFF FOR TWENTY TWENTY ONE ESTIMATE AT AROUND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS

COMMENTS. >> I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW YOU HEAR ANOTHER QUESTION HOW MUCH WAS IT LAST TIME LAST YEAR ROUND SIX THOUSAND.

IS SCOTT CIRILLO AS A SIGNIFICANT OF MORE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE ARE NOW DEALING WITH

THE COPPING CLASS IMPLEMENTATION. >> SO THESE ARE OUR ESTIMATES IT COULD BE LAST IN LAST YEAR. IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE'RE JUST DOING OUR BEST

GUESS. >> AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE AS I SAID HIM THE AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS NECESSARILY.

BUT SINCE WE SINCE YOU ALL VOTED ON IT LAST YEAR, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE WITH THAT AND INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN WITH ME IN DOING THIS ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

>> WE'RE DOING A LOT EARLIER THIS YEAR BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE EMPLOYEES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEFORE THANKSGIVING SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE THAT MONEY TO USE FOR CHRISTMAS EXPENDITURES ONCE HEAVY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING GET STARTED IS EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BEST GUESS IF

ALL IF EVERY EMPLOYEE CASHES IN ALL HIS OR HER. >> SO HERE GET INTO THE DETAILS NOW THE AMOUNT OF TURNOVER CHAR FIND YOU HAVE TO GUESS HOW MUCH WILL ACTUALLY BE TURNED IN BASED ON SOME METRIC FROM YEARS GONE BY. SO WHAT THAT NUMBER IS IS A PROJECTION BASED UPON THIS SAME LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR WHICH WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT HALF IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AND ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE GROWTH IN COMPENSATION AS A RESULT OF THE COMP AND CLASS STUDY WHICH WAS AROUND FOURTEEN POINT EIGHT

PERCENT GROWTH IN SALARIES. >> SO THIS IS A BEST GUESS BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION OF 50 PERCENT PARTICIPATION. YES, SIR. I MEAN IT COULD BE MORE THAN THAT AND MAYBE A LITTLE LESS. IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHO DECIDES TO CASH OUT LAST YEAR PROJECTION WAS HIGHER BUT THAT CONSIDERED FULL PARTICIPATION AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT SOME EMPLOYEES WOULD RATHER ACTUALLY HAVE THE TIME AWAY FROM THE OFFICE TO SPEND WITH THEIR FAMILY AS OPPOSED TO JUST ADDITIONAL FUNDS AT CHRISTMAS IN ONE LUMP SUM.

>> SO YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHO WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND WHO WON'T.

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IS LIKELY. >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OR COUNSEL OR COMMENTS? YES, MARK, SORRY. JOE, WE'LL GET TO YOU NEXT.

MARK MARK, WE DON'T HEAR YOU. >> YOU'RE STILL MUTE. THAT MEANS WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

>> THERE YOU GO. HAVE YOU. I APOLOGIZE.

I'M YOU'D KNOW, WOULDN'T YOU IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN THAT IN THE LAST SENTENCE ON THE AGENDA SHEET THAT SAYS THAT THIS WAS OR EVEN BUDGETED WITH THE FUNDS AND WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING

FROM FOR THIS? >> YES, SIR. SO WE DID NOT BUDGET A SEPARATE LINE ITEM SPECIFICALLY FOR VACATION CASH OUTS BUT WE BUDGETED THE OVERALL PERSONNEL COSTS IN EACH FUND AND DEPARTMENT SUFFICIENT SAID THAT WE THINK IT WILL COVER THE CASH OUT. BASED ON LAST YEAR'S TRENDS THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT

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SHUFFLING AMONG DEPARTMENTS DEPENDING UPON UTILIZATION RATES BUT WE THINK THAT IN TERMS OF THE HOLISTIC COVERAGE THAT WE ARE COVERED . OKAY, GREAT.

>> THANK YOU. RIGHT MARK. JOE, YOU'RE ON HE'S MY ONLY MY ONLY QUESTION IS THIS DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE AND DEADLINES OR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SO YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO NEED? YES. OR IF YOU GUYS APPROVED THE MOTION TODAY TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TO DO THIS, WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY BEGIN WORKING WITH THE REQUISITE DEPARTMENTS TO GET THE WORD OUT TO EMPLOYEES COMMUNICATION WOULD SEND AN EMAIL NOTIFYING THEM THAT YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED THIS AS AN OPTION TO THEM.

H.R. WOULD SEND OUT THE REQUISITE FORMS FOR COMPLETION WITH A VERY IMMINENT DUE DATE SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYTHING PROCESSED THROUGH THE PAYROLL SYSTEM AND ON A SEPARATE PAYROLL RUN APART FROM REGULARLY SCHEDULED PAY CYCLE SO THAT IT IS EASILY DISTINGUISHABLE ON THE GENERAL LEDGER. SO VERY QUICKLY IT'S A QUICK

TURNAROUND. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE QUESTIONS COMMENTS STU? YEAH, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS AND I DO THINK OCCASIONALLY SOME THINGS ARE KIND OF GOOD PARTICULARLY SINCE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF ALL THE PANDEMIC TYPES OF STUFF. BUT ANYBODY IN GENERAL I'VE NEVER BELIEVED THAT THESE ARE PARTICULARLY GOOD PROGRAMS. I THINK WE REALLY WANT EMPLOYEES TO BE TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OFF TO DEAL WITH FAMILIES AND TO RECREATE AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO. SO OK WITH THIS BUT GENERALLY NOT IN FAVOR OF IT IN GENERAL.

THANK YOU. >> PAGE 2 ANYBODY ELSE CARE? >> I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NO.

>> I'M SORRY, CHRIS. YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. I COMMENT LIKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON MORAN LAND TO SEE THAT THIS IS COMING. BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE BEING COMMUNICATED TO THE EMPLOYEES. I THINK THAT THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS AND I SAID THE SAME LAST YEAR. SO ONE QUESTION IF THE EMPLOYEES WERE TO TAKE THEIR PTO AS TIME OFF, WHAT WOULD BE THE INCREMENTAL CASH OUTLAY FOR

THE COUNTY FOR THAT HONESTLY WOULD BE THE SAME. >> IT'S JUST THIS IS KIND OF A SPEEDING UP OF THEIR ACCRUED BALANCE. SO WHETHER THEY TOOK THE TIME AWAY FROM THE OFFICE LET'S JUST SAY FOR FIVE DAYS DURING CHRISTMAS OR THEY WERE PRESENT IN THE OFFICE BUT THEY STILL TOOK THE CASH OUT FOR THAT SAME 40 HOURS AND GOT THE PAYCHECK UP FRONT. THE RAMIFICATIONS ON OUR BOOKS IS THE SAME IT WOULD MAYBE JUST BE A SPEEDING UP OF EMPLOYEE UTILIZATION BUT IN SOME INSTANCES LIKE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES WHOSE OPERATIONS ARE AROUND THE CLOCK AND 24/7 IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TIME OFF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THEIR DUTIES. SO THIS IS TYPICALLY YOUR EMPLOYEE TIME THAT REALLY TAKES

ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> YEAH, I'M NOT REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE PIANO.

YOU KNOW OUR BALANCE MORE INTERESTED IN THE CASH FLOW. >> OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS I KNOW WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION. TAXES WILL BE ROLLING IN SHORTLY. SO PROBABLY BY THE TIME WE PROCESS THIS NEARING THE END OF NOVEMBER AND MORE OF OUR TAXES START ROLLING IN, THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.

BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO VERIFY THAT WITH OUR TREASURER WHO MAINTAINS OUR CASH BALANCES AND

LET YOU KNOW IF THERE IS ANY CONCERN IN THE LAST COMMENT. >> I'M SORT OF ALONG THE LINES OF STU I DON'T THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE AN EVERY YEAR TYPE OF THING LAST YEAR.

CERTAINLY I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IF WE'RE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING THE COMPING CLASS STUDY AND THE INTENT IS TO GIVE BONUSES AROUND THE HOLIDAYS AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

WE SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTING SOME SORT OF A BONUS STRUCTURE THAT'S CONSIDERED SIDE OF THE COMP IN CLASS STUDIES SO THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FAIRLY COMPENSATED WHICH I'M SURE INCLUDING MYSELF EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO GET A RIGHT.

THANKS, CHRIS. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

WITHOUT OBJECTION WE CAN APPROVE THIS OR WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL.

ANY OBJECTIONS? >> WE DO. >> WE HAVE.

WE HAVE AN OBJECTION PERIOD. ALL RIGHT. START START HERE.

MR. GLOVER, YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THIS? VOTE ON.

OH, I'M IN THE MOTION. YES. >> OKAY.

YES, I MISS HOWARD. YES. WELL, AS WE ARE THIS IS NOT TO ALPHABETICAL. I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO READ THE ONES AS I SEE.

MR. PARCHMENT. >> YES. OKAY.

MR. LAWSON. MARK LAWSON. YES.

OKAY. >> MR. FLUE AILING. YES.

HEY, MR. MACALLAN. YES. MR. HERBY SEAN.

NOW. HEY, MR. RODMAN. YES.

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YES. OK. >> WHOM I MENTIONED HEAR YOURSELF THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY YOU MISS SOMEBODY YOU KNEW YOU HAVE TO A SELF.

OH YOU. >> OH, I'M SORRY. YEAH OF COURSE I SOMERVILLE VOTE YES. THAT'S EIGHT YESES AND ONE NO MATTER THIS MESS THIS PASSES

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AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER NINE DISCUSSION OF BEAUFORT COUNTY REDISTRICTING BENCHMARK REPORT TO DETERMINE THE DATA SETS TIMELINES, SCHEDULES TO BE USED FOR REDRAWING THE COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

AND I SUSPECT THAT MR. GREENWAY IS GOING TO WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT SO MUCH AS DAN MORGAN WHO IS THE EXPERT HERE AND KNOWS THE HISTORY OF WHAT YOU ALL DID LAST TIME IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE

SCHEDULE AND THE DEVIATIONS AND ALL OF THAT. >> WE NEED YOU ALL THE SIZE WE CAN SEND THAT TO FRONT MR. RAIN WATERS OFF US. BUT THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS POTENTIALLY IN THE, YOU KNOW, FACTION OF COUNT SOME MEMBER RODMAN THAT YOU CAN SEND HER TO DOING A CONSENT CUT TYPE OF AGENDA HERE WITH ITEM NINE AND AT 12:00 THAT YOU TAKE BOTH OF THOSE AND DO ONE MOTION AND THAT WAY YOU'LL KILL TWO BIRDS WITH MORE MORSE WITH ONE STONE AND FINISH OFF OF THE BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION.

>> SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING WE COMBINE ITEMS NINE AND TWELVE ON OUR AGENDA? YES, SIR. OK, ALL RIGHT. I READ ITEM NINE.

SO ITEM TWELVE IS THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE CRITERIA TO BE USED FOR THE REAPPORTION OF ALL COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AS TO POPULATION FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION BY THE STATE OF THE FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS AS REQUIRED BY CHECHESSEE CODE FOUR DASH NINE DASH 9 0. AND I HOPE I'M NOT PUTTING MR. MORGAN ON THE SPOT BUT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM NOW TO COME UP AND TELL YOU ALL WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING HERE NEXT BECAUSE THIS IS ONE THING THAT I'M FAIRLY LIMITED IN MY KNOWLEDGE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

>> ALL RIGHT. WATER. AFTERNOON.

IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. SO JUST SHARE A FEW THINGS I KNOW IN 2011.

WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THIS RESOLUTION AND ALL THAT WAS SAID WHEN MR. FRANK WATER AS HE CAME DOWN WE HAD A DISCUSSION AS WELL AND TALKED ABOUT DEVIATIONS AND TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF WHAT WE NEED TO SET AND WHERE WE NEED

TO LOOK TO. >> SO IN HISTORY IN 2011 WE LOOKED AT HAVING A DEVIATION

OF 5 PERCENT IS WHAT WE SET MY COUNSEL AT THAT POINT. >> THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STATE IS 10 PERCENT AND WE SHOT FOR 5 PERCENT AND WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT TWO POINT SEVENTY FOUR PERCENT WAS OUR DEVIATION OVERALL IN 2011. AND DURING THAT TIME WE HAD SEVERAL SESSIONS WHERE WE MET WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD COME AND MEET WITH OUR OFFICE AND SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND TRY TO PUT TOGETHER DIFFERENT PLANS AND SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ON COUNCIL NOW.

WE WORKED WITH THEM DURING THAT TIME AND WE PLAN TO DO THAT SAME THING AGAIN IS ONCE TIMELINE IS SET. WE'RE AVAILABLE IN OUR OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THEIR DISTRICTS AND THEIR LINES AND THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT AREA. THERE WERE SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WERE SET UP BY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR DISTRICT AREAS.

WE MET SOUTH OF THE BROAD. WE MET NORTH OF THE BROAD AND WE WOULD JUST DISCUSS THOSE NUMBERS AND BE ABLE WORK WITH THEM. THE SOFTWARE IS IN PLACE.

WE HAVE ALL THE DATA IT'S THERE AND WE WORK WITH MR. FRANK WATER WITH HIS.

MR. RAINWATER IS DATA THAT HE SENT DOWN FROM THE BENCHMARK REPORT AND WE'RE READY TO GO AT THAT POINT NOW HE'S READY TO BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING THAT ONCE WE MAKE THAT TIMELINE IN THAT RESOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT. BUT WE'RE HERE JUST TO BACK YOU UP AND TO BACKUP THE DATA FOR YOU AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING.

>> YES, THERE'S A COMMENT IT SEEMS TO ME BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS GROWING DISPROPORTION AT LEAST IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTY ARE GROWING EXPONENTIALLY.

OTHERS NOT SO MUCH. SO IF WE START OFF OUT OF WHACK IN 2020 ONE BY THE TIME WE GET TO 2000 30 FOR HIM. I MEAN IT'S THE ONE PERSON ONE VOTE THING IS GOING TO BE KIND OF LAUGHABLE IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL. SO I WOULD.

I MEAN JUST MY THOUGHT IS WE WANT TO GET IT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. RIGHT. MR. BRAIN, AS FRANK RAINWATER SAID HE SAID IF HE WENT TO THE DOJ THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT JUST AS NUMBERS.

RIGHT. JUST NUMBERS THAT SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ZERO DEVIATION AND JUST PLAY WITH THE NUMBERS IN THIS WAY WE KNOW AS HE SHARED COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST IN OTHER AREAS. HE DID TAKE AN IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN THIS AS YOU MAKE

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YOUR DECISION. >> SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE VOTING WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? LET'S LOOK AT NUMBERS NINE AGAIN DISCUSSION WE'RE VOTING ON A DECISION.

>> WELL, THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION REQUIRE A VOTE BEFORE COUNTY REDISTRICTING BENCHMARK REPORT TO DETERMINE THE DATA SETS TIMELINE SCHEDULED TO BE USED FOR REDRAWING COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND WELL IS A RESOLUTION HERE'S SOMETHING

WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON. YES, SIR. >> WHAT YOU ALL ARE RECOMMENDING TODAY IS THE DEVIATE WHAT I NEED YOU ALL TO GIVE ME DIRECTION ON THE DAY IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE COUNCIL ON THE DEVIATION TO BE USED.

WE WOULD BASICALLY. AND I BELIEVE THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN DRAFTED TO SAY DEVIATION OF 10 PERCENT WHICH IS IN COMPLIANCE STATE LAW BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO SHOOT FOR SOMETHING LESS THAT AROUND 5 PERCENT OF DEVIATION. THAT WAY IT BUILDS SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU. I NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU ALL WANT TO BE DONE BECAUSE OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THE STAFF LEVEL MY RECOMMENDATION YOU ARE IS THAT BEFORE THE FILING PERIOD IN MARCH FOR THE PRIMARIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE THESE DISTRICTS SET SO THAT THOSE WHO WANT TO RUN FOR PARTICULAR DISTRICTS WILL KNOW WHERE THOSE DISTRICTS

ARE. >> WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO VOTERS REGISTRATION SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN MODIFYING ANY PRECINCT INFORMATION THAT HAS TO BE DONE.

>> SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SHOOT TOWARD DOING REDISTRICTING OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS TO POTENTIALLY HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER FIRST READING OF A FIRST AT IN DECEMBER AND SAY THAT WE'RE DONE BY THE END OF JANUARY OF 2020 TO WITH REGARDS TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT WILL GIVE THE FEBRUARY AND INTO MARCH TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH VOTERS REGISTRATION SO THAT THEY CAN ADJUST

ACCORDINGLY TO THE NEW PROCEDURES. >> IT'S NOT GOING TO PULL UP THAT RESOLUTION. SUBMISSIVE IDEA. EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THERE IT IS. OK. DURING MY SURGERY I TAKE A

CLOSE LOOK AT THAT SO THAT DOESN'T OH YES. >> I THINK I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING STAFF HAS SAID SO FAR AND I ALSO AGREE THAT WE OUGHT TO SHOOT FOR WE OUT OF STATE THAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR A 5 PERCENT DEVIATION AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 10 PERCENT. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IF WHEN WE PUBLICLY PROCLAIM 5 PERCENT DEVIATION AND WE'VE EXCEEDED THE FEDERAL STANDARD IN THE STATE STANDARD AND YOU KNOW AMONG US WE CAN WE CAN REALLY SHOOT FOR THE SAME 2.5 PERCENT DEVIATION THAT WE HAD IN 2011.

>> BUT I WANT TO LEAVE A LITTLE ROOM FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST STAY STATE TOGETHER AND THAT WE WE CERTAINLY COMPLY WITH ANY ANY FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT REGARDING MINORITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK THAT THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD. I LIKE THE TIME LINE THAT THAT STAFF HAS OUTLINED THAT WOULD BE A A FOR WHEN IS OUR MEETING IN DECEMBER MEETING OF COUNSEL .

YEAH, MEETING OF COUNSEL STARTING AT THE COURT IN SARAH 13TH.

>> OK. WELL YOU KNOW SO REALLY FIVE WEEKS SO THAT WE CAN GET AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING TOGETHER BEFORE THAT AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A FINAL DRAFT OF THE PLAN TO COUNTY COUNCIL. AND SO WITH THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, IT INCLUDES AN MOTION TO AMEND 2 TO 5 PERCENTAGE POINT DEVIATION. AND THE TIMELINE THAT WE'VE OUTLINED THAT WOULD BE MY EMOTIONS ARE TO ACCEPT THIS WOULD CHANGE THE 5 PERCENT DO.

I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD.

I AS I LOOK THIS OVER, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ALSO NEEDS TO BE AMENDED.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS KIND OF GENERIC. BUT I THINK I THINK YEAH I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT I AGREE WITH THE 5 PERCENT WE HAVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN FROM 10 PERCENT TO 5 PERCENT.

>> NO SIR. IT'S A MOTION IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS I HAVE OUTLINED WITH THE CHANGE THAT I OUTLINED. SO IT'S THE WHOLE THING ALL IN

ONE TIME, OK? >> ALL RIGHT. SO THE RESOLUTION AS WE USE IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND WHAT NO PARENT

WANTS. >> YEAH. WELL WE DON'T.

NO WELL THERE. THE RESOLUTION IS THERE. WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS YOU WANT TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO GO FROM 10 PERCENT TO 5 PERCENT. THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

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EXCUSE ME MR. CHAIRMAN, I'VE MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH A CHANGE.

>> IT'S ALL IN ONE. YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE RESOLUTION.

THE RESOLUTION TO WHICH THEY REFER HAS NOT BEEN PUT ON THE TABLE.

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE WHETHER WE DO IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BUT NEXT TIME. YEAH. YEAH.

YEAH. ALL YOU NEED TO COUNTERMAND SOLOMON'S POINT.

>> ALL YOU NEED IS ONE MOTION AND ONE SACK OUT WITH THE MODIFICATIONS AS HE'S STATED YOUR YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO FULL COUNCIL STAFF MEET OUR RECOMMENDATION.

YOU ALL AS A BODY HAVE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ME ON THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO FULL COUNCIL SO THE MOTION IS FINE. YOU JUST NEED A SECOND FOR IT AND A VOTE AND YOU'RE GOING. YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND AN AMENDED TO BRUTALLY RESOLUTION AMENDED TO 5 PERCENT FROM 10 PERCENT AS A SECOND.

>> IS RIGHT THE SECOND MR. CHAIRMAN MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNSEL AND FLEW ALONG AS THE

PARTY THAT WILL BE MAKING THE CHANGES TO THIS RESOLUTION. >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE. I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMAN. I SEE A REFERENCE TO 10 PERCENT IN ITEM 2 CHANGED TO 5 PERCENT. DO YOU ALSO WISH TO SEE THIS RESOLUTION CONTAIN A TIMELINE? YOU MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD BRING THIS FORWARD FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER AND THAT COMMITTEE MEETS DECEMBER 6TH AND THEN COUNCIL MEETS DECEMBER 13TH.

>> I BELIEVE THAT STAFF ASKED FOR THAT TO BE A PART OF THE RESOLUTION.

HOWEVER, I AGREE BUT I'M ASKING YOU IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. >> I'M THINKING I DON'T BELIEVE

THAT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE RESOLUTION. >> RIGHT.

AT THAT POINT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE ADVICE TO STAFF TO DO THEIR BEST TO GET IT TO US BY THE FIRST MEETING IN URGED BY AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IN DECEMBER.

JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS. THANK YOU.

THANK. >> SO IF WE PROCEED TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN WITH THE 10 PERCENT CHANGED TO 5 PERCENT, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD STANDING.

ANYBODY DISAGREE WITH THAT? >> ALL RIGHT. SO CHAIRMAN DOESN'T MOVE YOU GIVE IT TO COPE FOR THE QUESTION. I AM I JUST NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION. WE WE KELSO HAS GROWN THE DISTRICTS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADHERE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COUNCIL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE THIS REDISTRICTING? NO. SO AND SINCE OUR THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

IT'S WE ARE DO WE EVEN ASK FOR THEIR INPUT AT ALL? NO.

WE JUST DO IT AND THEY SAY IT'S TO ERICA, CORRECT? WELL, I MEAN WE GET THE SAME INPUT FROM ANYBODY IN THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WE DO FOR ANYBODY AND ANY MEMBER OF OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY, ANY CITIZEN BEFORE COUNTY. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY STANDING IN IN THE CREATION OF THE ORDINANCE. SO WE DON'T EVEN DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WIT WHAT WE GONNA . WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP

WHETHER BUT THIS ISN'T IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE. >> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. IF I MIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, SIR.

SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO MR. GLOVER, YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS I MADE A POINT OF SPEAKING TO MY COUNCIL SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE AND SHARING WITH HIM THE INFORMATION AND THE CHANGES TO OUR DISTRICT THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO VOTE ON.

AND I I TALKED TO HIM AT LENGTH AND MADE SURE THAT IT WAS THAT IT WAS UNDERSTOOD WHERE IT WAS GOING. I RECEIVED INPUT AND BUT IT WAS INPUT THAT THAT WAS HELPFUL.

IT WAS NOT ANYTHING CONTRARY TO WHAT I HAD ALREADY DETERMINED WAS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT PERSON AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION ASK WHAT THEY THINK AND RECEIVE THEIR INPUT AND LET THAT INFORM YOUR VOTE.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> APPRECIATE IT. MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAD A QUESTION COMMENT. YES, MA'AM. DOES ANYONE RECALL HOW MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS WE HAD LAST TIME WE DID THIS? DO WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE N ABROAD? ONE S ABOUT? I DON'T REMEMBER.

WE HAD AT LEAST FOUR MEETINGS AND THERE MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ONES THAT CAME UP

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BUT I RECALL THERE'S FOUR THAT I'VE SEEN SO I THINK THE MORE THE BETTER THINKING.

>> YEAH. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT COUNTS.

ALL THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE THE WHERE'S THE DRAFT PLAN WAS REVEALED AND MADE PUBLIC AND DISCUSSED IN OPEN SECTIONS.

SO OK. >> WHO THE LARRY ALMOST. >> YEAH.

THIS IS MARK. MARK. I'M SORRY.

DO YOU THINK I CAN GET THIS ANSWERED ANOTHER TIME YOUR CROP.

>> GOOD POINT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT HAPPENS IF WE REDRAW AND WE REDISTRICT FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AND THEN THAT MOVES. AY AY.

BEAUFORT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OUT OF THEIR DISTRICT. HOW DOES HOW DOES THAT WORK?

I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT UNTIL YOUR PROP UP PLAN. >> AND MARK, GOOD THING COULD

HAPPEN. >> THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN WITH US.

WE COULD REDRAW IN A WAY THAT ONE OR MORE OF US MOVES OUT OF OUR DISTRICT.

I MEAN THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. IT'S GOING TO AND IN MARKETS HANDLED JUST THE WAY IT IS WITH COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS WHEN YOU ADMIT TO SITTING BOARD MEMBERS ARE IN THE SAME DISTRICT. THERE HAS TO BE A NEW ELECTION FOR A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ONE OR BOTH OF MAY FILE FOR THAT SEAT LIKE IT'S AN OPEN SEAT. AND THEN EVERY DISTRICT MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT THERE MAY BE A DISTRICT THAT APPEARS THAT HAS NO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND IN THAT CASE IT'S WINNER TAKE ALL.

IT'S ANOTHER ELECTION. THE PROBLEM IS COMPOUNDED WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THEN THAT COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES AND SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOUR YEAR CYCLE AND MAYBE STRANDED AS THE ONLY ONE DO THEY NEED TO HAVE THEY NEED TO HAVE ELECTION BUT WE'LL FIGURE ALL THAT OUT ONCE THE MAP OF AND WE'LL HAVE ONE OTHER

THING TO VOTE FOR AND THAT IS WHICH ONES? >> WHICH ONE OF THE.

THE COUNTY COUNCIL SEATS WILL BE 40 OR SEATS IN WHICH ONE WILL BE TWO IN THOSE CASES WHERE WHERE WE'VE KEPT WE'VE GOT RECEIVED AN IMBALANCE IN THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION EVERY TWO YEARS. WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER AT LEAST HALF MINUS ONE.

I THINK IT'S THE NUMBER I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK TO THE TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

ITEM NUMBER TWELVE ESTABLISHING THE CRITERIA TO BE USED FOR REAPPORTIONMENT AND THAT INCLUDES A CHANGE IN THE RESOLUTION AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FROM 10 PERCENT TO 5 PERCENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS

HEARING NONE. >> WE CAN APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE? ITEM NUMBER 12 ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVED WITHOUT EXCEPTION WITH A CHANGE OF 10 PERCENT TO 5 PERCENT DEVIATION.

[10. RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT OPERATION MARIPOSA GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $260,311 ]

ITEM NUMBER 9 WAS A DISCUSSION THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 10 WHICH IS ANOTHER RESOLUTION TO APPROVE TO ACCEPT OPERATION MARIPOSA GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS. SO MOVE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND HERE A SECOND.

SECOND, OK. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SECOND.

DOES ANYBODY WANT ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS ON THIS GRANT?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS AUDRA.

YEAH. >> HEY, AUDRA, STEVE IS ON LINE.

>> IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

>> I'M SORRY. MS. HOWARD HAS A COMMENT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO COME IN. >> MR. THOMPSON AND HIS DEPARTMENT ONGOING AFTER THESE GRANTS THAT ARE DOING SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I AGREE. I HAVE A QUESTION. >> ORDER.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO GRANTS DEALING WITH STEVE'S OPERATION .

>> THE FIRST STEP TO ANOTHER ONE OF WHICH WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW?

THIS IS THE OPERATION MARIPOSA. >> WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE? >> ISN'T THERE SOMETHING FOR

THE OPIOID IMPLEMENTATION? YES, SIR. >> THAT IS SEEKING

AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY? YEAH, THAT'S SEPARATE. >> OKAY, FINE.

OKAY. SORRY. YEAH.

>> COULD YOU ORDER. COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED? MR. CHAIRMAN, STEVE IS ON AND HE CAN EXPLAIN THAT A LOT

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BETTER THAN I CAN. >> YES, SIR. THIS IS STEVE DONALDSON.

THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USED IN THE PREVENTION AREA. WE ARE A VERY LARGE HISPANIC COMMUNITY ACTUALLY CITY WISE. BLUFFTON IS NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE OR ROYAL AS FORD AND HILTON HEAD AS FIVE AND AS A COUNTY WE'RE NUMBER THREE CAPITA.

WE HAVE VERY FEW OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR THE HISPANIC POPULATION.

THERE IS A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF CAR CRASHES AND ARREST FOR DUI AMONGST HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS AND WE THINK IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO START REACHING OUT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND DO PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM LIBRARIES, OTHER OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ALLOW US TO COME IN SET UP PROGRAMING WITH THE SPANISH SPEAKING STAFF PERSON AS WELL AS DOING SOME EDUCATION ON OUR CODE OF LAWS AS IT RELATES TO DUI. THERE'S GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENTS AS AS IT RELATES TO PREVENTION SERVICES IN GENERAL BUT THAT'S THE BULK OF THE PROGRAMING.

>> MARTIN SO IS THE SPANISH WORD FOR BUTTERFLY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT OR IS IT JUST A NAME? WELL, IT IT IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BRANDING. IT'S ACTUALLY A BUTTERFLY. OUR NEWSLETTER IS CALLED THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TRANSFORMATIONAL TYPE OF A PROGRAM. SO OPERATION MARIPOSA. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND ON ITEM NUMBER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENT BEFORE I CALL THE QUESTION HERE? NONE WITHOUT EXCEPTION WE CAN APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10 ARE

[11. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE RURAL OPIOID IMPLEMENTATION. ]

THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS HEARING NONE. ITEM 10 IS IS APPROVED WITHOUT EXCEPTION. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN AUTHORIZATION FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE RURAL OPIOID IMPLEMENTATION THAT MAY REQUIRE SOME

DISCUSSION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. >> PAUL THANK YOU SIR.

MR. MCCLELLAN MAKES THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. FLUIDLY .

WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS. YEAH.

>> BEFORE AUDRA OR STEVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT I'D LIKE TO JUST SET THIS UP FOR THEM TO MAKE COMMENTS. THIS IS A GRANT FOR ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TO TRY AND REDUCE OPIOID ABUSE IN OUR COUNTY EMERGENCY CALL WITH 19 IN EARLY 20 RAISED FEARS THAT RISING DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS COULD SURGING AND FURTHER AMID SOCIAL ISOLATION AND ECONOMIC STRESS AND DISRUPTED ACCESS TO TREATMENT FACILITIES AND PROVIDERS.

RESEARCH SHOWED THAT OVERDOSE DEATHS IMMEDIATELY SPIKED PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN LEVELS AFTER THE PANDEMIC HIT IN MARCH 2020 AND IT STAYED ELEVATED THROUGH THE SUMMER.

RECENTLY RELEASED DATA SHOW THAT DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS REACHED A RECORD HIGH NINETY THREE THOUSAND TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. THOSE ESTIMATES ARE NOT FINAL.

THIS IS MORE THAN 20000 THOUSAND DEATHS ABOVE THE PREVIOUS HIGH OF 20 19 AND THE LARGEST SINGLE YEAR PERCENTAGE INCREASE ON RECORD SINCE 1999. SINCE 2015 THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL U.S. DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO OVERDOSES HAS GROWN ONE POINT NINE PERCENT TO 2.8 PERCENT EVEN AS COVID 19 INCREASED TOTAL DEATHS BY MORE THAN 300000 IN 2020.

THE OVERDOSE DEATHS EXPLODED TO MORE THAN 90000 IN 2020 AND SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS WERE INVOLVED IN MORE THAN 60 PERCENT OF ALL DEATHS. SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS PLAYED A

LARGE ROLE IN THESE EXPLOSIVE INCREASES. >> PREPARE DEMICK RESEARCH DOCUMENTED THE RAPID AND DEADLY GROWTH OF FENTANYL IN THE DRUG SUPPLY INCLUDING THE

COMBINATION WITH DRUGS LIKE COCAINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE. >> RESEARCHERS SAID THAT ELEVATED DRUG USE AND HIGHER RISK USAGE SUCH CUTTING OR MIXING DRUGS FROM AN UNRELIABLE SUPPLY AND USING IN ISOLATION AS POTENTIAL FACTORS IN THE PANDEMIC READILY DEADLY SURGE.

WHILE SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS LIKELY INCREASED BY ABOUT 20000 IN 2020, OTHER DEATHS INVOLVING COCAINE AND PSYCHO STIMULANTS LIKE METHAMPHETAMINE ALSO ROSE DRAMATICALLY.

TWENTY FOUR PEOPLE YOU WERE INVOLVED IN ONLY 18 PERCENT OF OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2020 IT APPEARS TO BE MORE THAN 60 PERCENT. SO THIS FOCUS FOR THIS GRANT THAT STEVE AND AUDREY WILL TALK ABOUT REALLY FOCUSES ON TRYING TO REDUCE DEMAND AND ENCOURAGE

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TREATMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEPENDENT ON OPIUM DERIVATIVES SUCH AS HEROIN AND FENTANYL.

WE KNOW NOW THAT ALL MOST OF THE FEDERAL COMING TO US IN THIS COUNTRY COMES FROM CHINA THROUGH MEXICO IN COMBINATION WITH THE MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS THERE WHO HAVE PENETRATED OUR BORDER IN RECORD NUMBERS. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AUDRA AND TO STEVE AND THEY CAN CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION OR INFORMATION PURPOSES TO KEEP EVERYONE FULLY INFORMED ON WHY THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA TO ASK WHEN THIS MILLION DOLLARS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> I JUST. YOU ARE CORRECT.

IT IS A ONE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT. THE MONEY WILL BE USED.

STEVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. TO EXPAND PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. STEVE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EXPAND ON THAT MORE OFTEN.

>> AS YOU ALL KNOW WE RECENTLY PULLED IN AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING A FIRST RESPONDERS GRANT WHICH IS BASICALLY WERE PRESENT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY OFFERING OTHER INTERVENTIONS RATHER THAN EXPECTING PEOPLE JUST TO COME TO OUR OFFICE.

THE RATE OF REFERRAL FROM THE JAIL AND ALSO FROM EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS HERE AT BAGHDAD IS LESS THAN 5 PERCENT TOTAL LESS THAN 1 PERCENT WITH THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IN AND OF ITSELF.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS GRANT IS WE WANT TO EXPAND PROGRAMING ON THESE TWO VITAL VITAL AREAS THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO DO OUTREACH OUR TEASE ME TO TRY TO HELP MAKE WARM HANDOFFS TO US SUPPORT CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE RELUCTANT TO COME TO TREATMENT AND ALSO TO DO ADVERTISING IN IN RURAL AREAS. BEAUFORT COUNTY TO TRY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. LASTLY, WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR ANTI STIGMA TRAINING TO MEDICAL PERSONNEL. JAIL LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST AND HAVE TRAINING SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR THAT AUDIENCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT STIGMA EQUALS EQUALS IS IS NOT HELPFUL AND IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO COMBAT . SO COLLECTIVELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN JUST EXPECT PEOPLE TO COME TO THE OFFICE TO US WITH ALL OF THESE HEIGHTENED OVERDOSES AND DEATHS AND DURING THE COVERT PERIOD WITH OUR NUMBERS DIRECT DRAMATICALLY PLUMMETING. WE NEED TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THE SERVICES. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS GRANT IS ABOUT. THANK YOU, STEVE. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR

STEVE OR AUDRA TO ME? >> I'D LIKE TO ASK IS IT ALSO THE QUESTION WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ENGAGING YOUR EXAMPLE OF YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH A CLIENT THAT'S A OPIOID RECIPIENT CURE ME. LET MIMI FURTHER BY ASKING THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE MEDICAL FIELD HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND THEM? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE DETENTION CENTER SO YOU MAY SEE SOME IN THE DETENTION CENTER BUT UNLESS UNLESS YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH THE MEDICAL FIELD AS WELL YOU MAY NEVER KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OR WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU DO YOUR OUTREACH WORK. HOW DO YOU BASICALLY REACH OUT TO THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY NEED DESIRE AND THAT DESIRE BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY DESIRE BUT THEY NEED

THEIR HELP. >> SURE. I'D BE HAPPY TO.

BEFORE I CAME TO BE FOR COUNTY I WORKED IN CHARLESTON AND I ACTUALLY HAD PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SPECIALIST EMBEDDED IN THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND THREE OF THE FOUR PODS THAT THEY HAD. I HAD A TEAM OF PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SPECIALISTS AT BASICALLY THEY. THEY MET WITH ALL PATIENTS. IT WAS JUST PART OF WHAT THEY DID. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ASK QUESTIONS.

WHAT THE STAFF DID WAS THEY RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED PEOPLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THEY SHARED DATA WITH THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE RESPONSE TO THEIR QUESTIONS AND OFFERED TO ASSIST THEM BY GETTING THEM TO TREATMENT SERVICES IF THEY NEED NEEDED.

THEY ALSO PROVIDED THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. A PERSON WANTED IT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU KNOW, LIKE JOHNNY APPLESEED MAYBE THE SEED GERMINATE AFTER THEY LEAVE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND THEY WOULD CALL BACK AND AND WE WOULD HELP THAT PERSON TO

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NAVIGATE THE THE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM TO GET INTO THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEEDED.

SOME OF THEM INVOLVING MEDICATION, SOME NOT. SO I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY. IT'S CONTINUING THERE.

IT'S IN THE GRAND STRAND HOSPITALS. IT'S ANOTHER HOSPITALS IN THE STATE AND QUITE FRANKLY IT'S IT'S ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S A LAYER OF INTERVENTION THAT HAS FOUND TO BE HELPFUL. AND THERE'S LOTS OF THERE'S LOTS OF SUCCESS. IT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED AND WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT A BEST PRACTICE THAT'S PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN OTHER PLACES.

SO YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

YOU KNOW, THE HELP IS AVAILABLE AND YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TO OFFER IT TO THEM.

WHEREAS WHEN A PERSON IS LEAVING THE EMERGENCY ROOM NOW AND IT'S KNOWN THAT A PERSON HAS A PROBLEM BASICALLY SOMEPLACE AND THE DISCHARGE PAPERWORK IS GOING TO SAY GO TO BAGHDAD, THIS WILL BE A MUCH WARMER APPROACH TO TRY TO HELP ENGAGE SOMEBODY AND TO GET THAT EYE CARE MESSAGE TO THEM. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE FOR AUDRA, STEVE? WELL, WE MOVE ON.

OKAY. WE'RE AT ITEM NUMBER NUMBER 10 .

WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND WITHOUT EXCEPTION WE CAN APPROVE THIS.

ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS? HEARING NONE. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS APPROVED.

I'M SORRY. ITEM NUMBER 11. NUMBER 11 OK.

[13. DEFERMENT OF AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: CHAPTER 46, ARTICLE II, SECTIONS 46.26 THROUGH 46.33 WHICH WAS REFERRED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ]

ITEM NUMBER TWELVE. WE'VE ALREADY RESOLVED. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS DEFERMENT OF AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 46.

ARTICLE 2. SECTION 46 26 THROUGH 46. THIRTY THREE WHICH WAS REFERRED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. MR. GREENWAY, WE JUST NEED YOU ALL TO DEFER THIS AGAIN.

THIS IS THE SITUATION WOULD BE MH OUR ATTORNEYS ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE OMBUDSMAN EQUATION

. >> THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YET BECAUSE OF THE

COURT SYSTEM SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. >> THE OPPOSING COUNSEL HAS BEEN TIED UP AND IN PREPARATION FOR LITIGATION SO WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE NOW. SO WE WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO

DEFER THIS UNTIL DECEMBER. OK. >> THANK YOU.

[14. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ELEMENTS OF THE RULES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK ]

WITHOUT WITHOUT EXCEPTION THAT MATTER WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

ITEM NUMBER 14 IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ELEMENTS OF RULES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK.

WE HAVE ONLY APPROVED AFTER THIS POINT CHAPTER 1. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS NOT THAT WE'VE. WELL, WE'VE ONLY DONE CHAPTER 1 WE'VE KNOW WE'VE DONE 2 1 3 6 BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH PUBLISHER OF THE SOFTWARE PLATFORM AND KNOW IF WHATEVER REASON WE COULDN'T GET IT OUT TO YOU ALL. YOU NOW HAVE CHAPTERS OF LATE 2 THROUGH 6 IN YOUR INBOX. TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO BRING THEM UP AT THE NEXT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OR YOU CAN CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN KNOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER THAT WAY.

SO AND YOU'LL GET YOU'LL CONTINUE TO GET ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS NOW THAT PUBLISHERS UP AND RUNNING BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 15 WHICH IS YES. THANK ME.

YOU KNOW, I JUST SKIM THROUGH IT IN ONE OF THINGS I FOUND WAS THAT THE MOST RECENT CHANGE OF THE EXECUTOR COMMITTEE WHICH WAS THE ABILITY TO THE MATTER OF OVERRULING THE DECISION OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN OR DECISION OF THE CHAIR HAD BEEN CHANGED BACK TO TWO THIRDS.