Nov 04, 2021 County Council Budget Workshop - Day 2

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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BUDGET WORKSHOP. 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. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A WORKSHOP WHERE NO ACTUAL ITEMS ARE PASSED, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNTY COUNCIL BOTH HYBRID

AND IN-PERSON. >> MR. DAWSON, MR. GLOVER AND MR. MCKELLEN ARE ONLINE AND IN THE CHAMBERS ARE MS. HOWARD. MR. LAWSON.

MR. SOMERVILLE AND MYSELF. OH, THIS IS NICE ONE. OKAY.

>> THAT'S MY PHONE. JUST GET IT OFF. OKAY.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

GOOD MORNING, MR. FLOWING. HI. HOW YOU DOING, JOE? WE'RE JUST PEACHY DANDY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. SOMERVILLE AND A SECOND BY SECOND MS. HOWARD. THE MOTION IS DULY I MEAN THE AGENDA ITEM IS MOTION.

AND SECOND, THIS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT OBJECTIONS. AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

[5. 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Finance Committee Discussion]

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF COUNTY COUNCIL THIS MORNING WE WILL BE DOING TWO ITEMS MUCH AS WE DID YESTERDAY.

THE FIRST PART OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING WILL BE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO HANDLE THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FROM THE ARPA ALLOCATIONS AND MISS HEATHER WRATH IS HERE ALONG WITH JARED TO HELP PRESENT THAT INFORMATION AND THEN AFTER THAT

WE WILL HEAR FROM DALE. >> BUT THEY SAY FIND WHO WILL TAKE YOU IN AND THROUGH THE OTHER THINGS FOR THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE FINANCE DIVISION. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I HAVE ONE MATTER OF ONE MATTER I NEED TO GET SOME DIRECTION ON AND THAT IS RELATED TO 278 AND THE BRIDGE'S WE ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE IN OUR COOPERATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP DEONTE AS

THE PROJECT MANAGERS. >> BUT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM DIRECTIONS MOVING FORWARD WITH HOW WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE BRIDGE PIECE OF THE 8 CORRIDOR .

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION IN M.K. CASCADE RECOMMENDATION AND SOME PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING INSTEAD OF DOING ONE BRIDGE ACROSS THE CORRIDOR ONTO THE ISLAND THAT THE BRIDGES BE SEPARATED DIDN'T THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF SEPARATION.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT THAT YOU COULD DO WOULD BE 50 FEET SEPARATION AND THAT WOULD

PROBABLY ADD ABOUT 40 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE PROJECT. >> THERE IS NO MORE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT UNLESS THE STATE AND THE TOWN THE HILTON AND STATE AND DOJ T IS NOT GONE TO BE IN A POSITION TO OFFER ANY MORE FUNDING BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN OVERLY GENEROUS WITH THE COUNTY AND BALDWIN AND UPPING WHAT THEIR ORIGINAL COMMITMENT WAS.

>> SO WE NEED TO GIVE CRAIG LAND WITH DOJ TO SOME DIRECTION ABOUT SCOPING THE DESIGN AND THE BRIDGES AND I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU ALL WANT HIM TO PROCEED WITH SCOPING THE DESIGN AND ONE BRIDGE OR IF YOU WANT US TO PROCEED WITH SCOPING THE DESIGN FOR TWO BRIDGES WE WILL DO IT.

>> IT WILL BE. GO AHEAD MR. WITH THE YEAH. THANK YOU SIR.

WE DON'T. I MEAN WE'VE GIVEN 100 120 MILLION PLUS WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL WE DO? THE 40 MILLION DOESN'T EXIST SO FOR SCOPING PURPOSES WE HAVE PROCEED WITH THE SINGLE BRIDGE. AND IF FOR EXAMPLE THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD WANTS TO PUT UP THE OTHER 40 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS AND I GUESS WE CAN RECONSIDER.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON TRACK FOR A SINGLE BRIDGE. I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN DEVIATE.

ALL RIGHT. IS THAT THE CONSENSUS OF EVERYONE ON COUNCIL?

>> YES. ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WANT TO WEIGH IN? YEAH, I DO. GO AHEAD. JUST MCGOWAN ERIC, HAS ANYONE GIVEN YOU A. WE NOW SEE WITH THE CON IS ANYONE GIVING YOU PROS AS TO

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YEAH. >> THE APPROACH WOULD BE THAT IT WILL LOOK BETTER BE MORE A STATICALLY PLEASING TO THE PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL THAT BRIDGE. I DON'T SEE REALLY HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE. BECAUSE THE BRIDGE ARE THE BRIDGE WALLS ARE GONNA BE SO

HIGH. >> YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE DOWN OR ANYTHING AND CERTAINLY IF YOU'RE IN THE INTERIOR LANES GOING ACROSS THE BRIDGES EVEN IF YOU'RE SEPARATED, IF YOU'RE OFF THE BRIDGES HEADING TOWARD THE BRIDGES OR LOOKING AT THE BRIDGES FROM THE WATER, YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW THEY'RE SEPARATED UNTIL YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE BRIDGES AND YOU'RE GONNA BE HOPEFULLY IF THIS ALL WORKS OUT WELL ON THE BRIDGES ONLY A MATTER OF SECONDS TO GO FROM THE MAINLAND OVER TO HILTON HEAD.

>> SO WHILE OUT TWILIGHT WHILE THEY'RE THERE IS THAT POTENTIAL PRO?

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A 40 MILLION DOLLAR ADVANTAGE. >> SO 40 MILLION DOLLAR AESTHETIC FACELIFT IS WHAT ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE ASKING FOR. IS THERE ANY SAFETY CONSIDERATION? IS THERE ANY EVACUATION CONSIDERATION? IS THERE ANYTHING OF A PRACTICAL NATURE BESIDES THE AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENT THAT ANYONE HAS MENTIONED TO YOU IN NEGOTIATING THIS 40 MILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG?

>> LET ME LET JARED ANSWER THAT QUESTION, COUNSELOR. >> SO THAT HAS BEEN A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY THE EVACUATION AND THE SAFETY IF ONE BRIDGE WAS TO GET HIT WE'D HAVE A SECOND BRIDGE ALBEIT IN THE SAME LOCATION TO EVACUATE. HOWEVER, THE BRIDGE THAT THEY WILL BE DESIGNED AND WE'LL BE DESIGNED SUCH TO ACCOMMODATE. SO IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT OR SOME TYPE OF A ACCIDENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRIDGE, IT'LL BE DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND SOME AMOUNT OF TRAUMA AND STILL BE SERVICEABLE AND AVAILABLE. SO WHETHER IT'S ONE BRIDGE OR TWO BRIDGE THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN SO THIS BRIDGE WILL BE UP TO CODE FOR

EARTHQUAKE. >> I WOULDN'T SAY EARTHQUAKE PROOF THE NEW CODE FOR THE NEW BRIDGES WOULD INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE IS NOT CORRECT.

THAT'S 100 PERCENT CORRECT. SO ACTUALLY IN ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES WITH RE LEAVING THE BRIDGE ONE BRIDGE AND CREATING A SEPARATE NEW BRIDGE THE EXISTING BRIDGE IS NOT GOOD FOR EARTHQUAKE STANDARDS TODAY. SO THE NEW BRIDGE WOULD BE DESIGNED SUCH THAT IT IS UP TO ALL EARTHQUAKE CODES AS WELL AS EXTERNAL FORCES SAY A BARGE INCIDENT OR ANY OTHER INCIDENT

LIKE THAT. >> THANKS, JARED. >> APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. ROGGIO.

SISTER, GO AHEAD, MR. RODMAN. >> YEAH. I THINK TWO BRIDGES MAKES SENSE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE FROM THE DISTANCE IT'S GOING TO LOOK WIDER.

SECONDLY, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT THE COST PIECE BUT FROM YOUR SAFETY STANDPOINT IT SEEMS TO ME WHEN YOU DO HAVE AN ACCENT ON THE BRIDGE, PARTICULARLY A SERIOUS ONE, YOU HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DIVERT TRAFFIC TO THE OTHER LANE THAN YOU DO IF THERE THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE BRIDGES SO I DON'T SEE ANY ADVANTAGE TO TO DIVINE DESIGNING TWO BRIDGES.

BUT IF THERE'S TOWN WANTS TO PAY FOR IT THEN THEY COME UP WITH THE MONEY.

THAT'S FINE. BUT THEY ALSO PAY FOR THE DESIGN OF LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE

IT'S NOT INEXPENSIVE. >> I GIVE MR. JOHN MR. CHAIRMAN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BRIDGE IS GOING TO BE DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND HURRICANES AND EARTHQUAKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT SORT OF SCENARIOS WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN FOR THAT BRIDGE TO BE UNUSABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WE'RE HAVING A SECOND BRIDGE WOULD BE BE A BENEFIT LIKE WHAT SORT OF TRAUMATIC EVENT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN?

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE A MAJOR, MAJOR EVENT. SO A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE.

IT'LL WITHSTAND AN EARTHQUAKE AND ACTUALLY EARTHQUAKES AS FAR AS BRIDGE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE NOT AS DAMAGING AS SOME OTHER EVENTS BECAUSE THE MATERIAL SETTLES THERE AND IS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN ITS FORM AND FUNCTION EVEN IN CRUMBLED STATUS IN A MAJOR EVENT.

BUT THIS WOULD BE CATEGORY 5 OR ABOVE SOMETHING REALLY REALLY EXTREME BEYOND A HUNDRED YEAR

EVENT. >> SO EXTREME EXTREME EVENT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

ASK A FOLLOW UP. >> YEAH, GO AHEAD. >> IF WE HAVEN'T LIKE AN EXTREME EXTREME EVENT AND ONE BRIDGE BECOMES UNUSABLE WOULDN'T IT STAND TO REASON THAT THE ODDS ARE THAT THE OTHER RIDGE WOULD BE UNUSABLE AS WELL?

THAT'S A VERY VALID ARGUMENT. >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT.

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>> ALSO THERE'S TWO OTHER THINGS IN IN ADDITION TO THIS THAT IT SAYS BOTH TIME AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS. SO AS IT'S DESIGNED NOW OR THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WITH ONE BRIDGE THERE'S LESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ESPECIALLY AS IT TRAVERSES ACROSS PINKNEY ISLAND TWO SEPARATE BRIDGES WOULD HAVE MORE AREA OF IMPACT.

SO THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SECONDLY IS THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED NOW WITH ONE BRIDGE THERE'S ONE MOBILIZATION AND SAVES US OVER A YEAR IN SCHEDULED TIME.

OBVIOUSLY THE BRIDGE IS THE LONGEST LEAD ITEM ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT THAT ONE YEAR IS SIGNIFICANT IN A DOLLAR MONETARY VALUE AS WELL BECAUSE A PROJECT THIS IS ESTIMATED THAT EVEN ONE MONTH OF DELAY IS A MILLION DOLLARS AT A TIME. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND 12 TO 15 MILLION DOLLARS OF ESCALATION JUST OVER THE LIFE OF THIS PROJECT.

EIGHT YEAR SEVEN YEAR PROJECT SO BIASED IN ON IT A MONTH I TWELVE MONTHS BY DOING THE TWO BRIDGES THAT'S JUST 15 MILLION DOLLARS IN CONSTRUCTION TIME NOT NECESSARILY CONSTRUCTION

COST MATERIAL TIME. >> RIGHT. BUT AS FAR AS BENEFITS TO ANYBODY WE'RE REALLY ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE AESTHETICS MEANING THE DURATION AND THE ADDED COST. I MEAN THAT'S REALLY NOT A BENEFIT TO ANYBODY.

YOU HAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT IS NOT A BENEFIT TO ANYBODY.

IT SEEMS LIKE IF 40 MILLION DOLLARS IS GONNA BE SPENT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD BE ON THE HILTON HEAD SIDE IF THEY WANT TO ENDEAVOR DOWN THIS PATH OR ONE.

BUT NUMBER TWO, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS CAN BE SPENT.

WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAVEL SITUATION BETWEEN WHERE THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO END AND THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY AS I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE VAST AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATIONS COMING OUT OF THE PUBLIC. IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. THIS SOMETHING THAT'S PURELY AESTHETIC.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. >> MR. CUNNINGHAM, I THINK ONE JARED HERE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR ME ABOUT TWO BRIDGES LET'S PICK NOW AND THE ONE WHERE WE RUN TWO BRIDGES OVER THAT THAT LIMIT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO EITHER WHAT WE DECIDE FOR THE FUTURE FOR FERRY SERVICES OR NOT THAT DICTATES A LOT OF THINGS. THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO TOUCH ON WITH CHRIS IS I MEAN I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THE BRIDGE WITH THE STORM AND EVERYTHING WHERE WE GET HIT WITH A CATEGORY 5. REALLY LET'S BE HONEST I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO DRIVE TO.

PERIOD. CATEGORY 3 THEY PROJECTED TO BE COMPLETELY UNDER WATER.

SO JUST THROW AT AN DO I HAVE A QUESTION WHEN THE WHOLE PROJECT STARTED AND WE DID THE TRANSPORTATION PENNY WE HAD TO RAISE MONEY BEFORE WE EVEN WENT TO THE SIT TO TALK ABOUT

BUILDING THE BRIDGE. >> NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF ADDING 40 MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE BECAUSE OF DESIGN COSTS AND ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WOULD BE THERE. AND THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY.

HOW IS HILTON HEAD GOING TO PAY FOR THIS BEFORE IT'S EVER DESIGNED?

>> WELL, LET ME ADDRESS THAT. THEY MAY NOT WANT TO DO THAT'S WHAT MORE CAN VERY

COOPERATIVELY WITH MARK ORLANDO AND THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. >> SO I DON'T WANT THIS COME CROSSES A AS A SITUATION THAT WE'RE PURSUING SOMETHING THAT HILTON HEAD MAY BE PUSHING US TO DO. THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION I'VE COMMUNIQUE THE HILTON HEAD THAT I THOUGHT COUNCIL WOULD NOT SEE THE BENEFIT IN DOING AN ADDITIONAL 40 YEAR EXPENDITURE TO SEPARATE BRIDGES BECAUSE THE THAT THE BENEFIT AESTHETICALLY WOULD WAS JUST NOT THERE TO WARRANT THAT TYPE OF ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT. SO MARK ORLANDO AND I WE'RE WE'RE PROCEEDING TOGETHER IN THIS WE'RE WORKING COOPERATIVELY.

>> I DON'T WANT THIS TO COME ACROSS AS I'M TRYING TO PUSH SOMETHING THAT THAT THE HILTON HEAD TOWN COUNCIL OR MR. ORLANDO MAY NOT WANT THEY MAY NOT WANT IT EITHER.

THEY'RE DOING THEIR EVALUATION PIECE. BUT THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP THIS MORNING IS WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE CRAIG WYNN AS PROJECT MANAGER AS TO WHAT WE WON'T END AGAINST SCOPE AND ON THE BRITISH DESIGN. AND WE CAN CHANGE IT LATER.

BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF I GIVE HIM THE SCOPE TO GIVE HIM THE IDEA OF GOING TO SCOPE ON A DESIGN THAT YOU ALL WERE MORE CONTROL AND WE TELL HIM TO DO ONE BRIDGE RIGHT NOW THEN TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE TWO. IF WE IF WE ALTERNATE ABOUT US THIS IS AS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THE TWO BRIDGES WE'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE TIME AND THE DESIGN AND THE COST THEN

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEAL WITH LATER. >> OK.

OK. MR. RUDMAN AND THEN I THINK WE. AND THEN MR. HERBERT YEAH.

I THINK RIGHT HERE HERE'S THE OTHER GIGANTIC RISK. THIS THING HAS DRAGGED ON FOR A

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IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. TAKE THE MONEY BACK AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR US.

THAT'S ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION THAT COULD DISAPPEAR FROM US.

SO THAT ALONE IN MY MIND IS A COMPELLING REASON TO NOT CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION AND A FURTHER TELL THE TOWN UNLESS THEY CAN COME UP WITH 40 OR 50 MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT AWAY.

I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT. I CAN'T COME UP WITH. ALSO I THINK THE LOGANS POINT YOU COULD GET YOU GET A SOMETHING THAT'S CATASTROPHIC ENOUGH TO DESTROY THE BRIDGES.

THE ISLAND'S NOT GOING TO RECOVER ANYWAY SO IT'S A MOOT POINT TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.

MR. HARPER SHOT. >> THANK YOU. I ASKED ABOUT THIS SOME TIME AGO WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT AGAIN. BUT IS THERE ANY BENEFIT? AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY MOVEMENT TOWARD HAVING A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND HOLDING THAT SO THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ON THIS PROJECT AND WE KIND OF REMOVE THIS GAME OF TELEPHONE THAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING AND WE'RE WORKING I'M WORKING WITH MARK ON GETTING THAT MEETING SCHEDULED ESTABLISHED WITH YOU ALL WHERE WE WILL TRYING TO GET SOME GET ALL OF OUR DUCKS IN A ROW ON

THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO HAVE THAT MEETING. >> BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THE SCOPE AND BECAUSE EVERY YEAR OF DELAY THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS BRIDGE YOU'RE ADDING A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS JUST TO THE COST OF THE BRIDGE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ROADBLOCKS TO GETTING OUR MEETING SCHEDULED AND WHAT SORT OF EPA ARE WE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS

THE ROOM TOGETHER DETAIL WOULD BE A FEW WEEKS? >> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE I CAN USE THAT WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO SAY OUR COUNCIL'S REALLY WANT US TO PUSH FOR US TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH TOWN COUNCIL .

REALLY THE REASONS THAT IT'S BEEN DELAYED UP TO THIS POINT IS THAT WE WERE WAITING ON THE

INDEPENDENT REVIEW TO BE COMPLETED. >> WE WERE WAITING ON THE M.K.

RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TOWN ON THE LAND USE DESIGN AND ALL OF THAT THERE FOR THAT TO BE COMPLETED AS WELL SO WE COULD EVALUATE THOSE AND HAVE A MEETING WITH THE OKATIE WHICH WE HAVE DONE DEO T IS LOOKING AT THINGS THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS AS A RESULT OF THE KIOSK RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL WRITE IN TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM AS WELL.

BUT ONE WITH THE MAIN YESTERDAY RECOMMENDATIONS COMPLETED ONE MORE DAY.

>> YES. YES SIR. PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO.

>> THANK YOU. OH OK. >> I THINK OH ONE LAST THING I WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WE BEFORE WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE TOWN OR THAT THE CASCADE FOLKS COME IN AND GIVE US A BRIEFING ON WHAT THEY'RE SELLING BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT TO WEIGH IN ON RELATIVE TO THE SCOPE. I DON'T KNOW.

WE HAVE TO NECESSARILY WAIT TO GET THAT BRIEFING AND A US SIMULTANEOUSLY.

>> SO THEN YOU GET A BRIEFING YOU GET A BRIEFING THEN ANY QUESTIONS? EVERYBODY'S IN THE SAME ROOM GETS THE SAME INFORMATION AT THE SAME DEVIL TOWN.

>> THE TOWN'S ALREADY BEEN BRIEFED ON THE CHAOS, CORRECT COMMENDATIONS AND WE'VE MET WITH. WE'VE MET WITH THE TOWN STAFF AND WAS AN M CHAOS.

AND WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE TOWN AND SECRETARY HALL AT THE PARTY WITH REGARDS THE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ANSWERS BACK BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ONE LAST TIME.

>> SO THAT YOU ALL SAY WELL WHAT'S D OKATIE GONNA SAY ABOUT THIS AND WHAT'S THIS GOING TO

CALL US? >> WE NEED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAVE THAT MEETING WITH YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

NO, I WOULD SAY THAT THE CONSENSUS IS TO HAVE ONE BRIDGE CRAIG WHEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF ONE BRIDGE THAT WE HOLD A JOINT MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THIS PROJECT MOVES ALONG WITH THE IDEA THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT ANY FURTHER DELAYS ARE GOING TO

BE EXTREMELY COSTLY. >> AND AS MR. RUDMAN SAID, THERE'S OUTSIDE FORCES SAYING WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE CAN'T GET IT DONE. SO WHEN WE JUST STOP IT.

YEAH. >> I WANT TO BRING IT RIGHT ON ,TOM.

WELL WE'LL RELAY THAT, CRAIG. WELL I WANT TO REITERATE ONE MORE TIME THAT THIS IS NOT ANY KIND OF ISSUE BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE TOWN AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

>> NO, BECAUSE I ENJOY AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU KNOW, AS AS A MANAGER I ENJOY A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MARK ORLANDO AND THE TOWN HILTON HEAD ON COUNTS.

>> SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO TOO. >> AND WE WANT TO BRING THE DESIGN PHASE TO CLOSURE SO WE MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL. OK.

VERY GOOD. OK. NO TO JERRY.

NOW. YES. GOOD MORNING, JERRY.

GOOD MORNING TO SAID IT IS FUN BUT THIS WILL BE MORE FUN I PROMISE.

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THIS HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM STAFF AND WE ARE RID OF ME INTERRUPT YOU FOR A

SECOND BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE ONLINE WATCHING US. >> THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT ARPA IS. SO HOW YOU DEFINE ALONG THE WAY YET I WON'T DO THAT IN SLOT 1.

SO EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. DEFINITELY DO THAT.

>> SO ANYHOW. BUT SO. SO WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING OUR WE'VE BEEN AT STAFF LEVEL COORDINATING AND DEVELOPING PLAN.

>> WE WANT TO BRING SOMETHING THAT IS MEANINGFUL AND HOLISTIC THAT YOU GUYS CAN REACT TO.

>> AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO. SO OUR GOAL TODAY IS THAT THIS WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE BRIEF IN OUR PRESENTATION AND KIND TALK ABOUT AT LARGE THESE BUCKETS AND PLANS PRESENTED SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED.

AND I'LL SHOW AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE DEVELOP THOSE AS AND JUST OUT OF ONE PERSON'S IDEA A GROUP OF EFFORT AND THEN ALSO GIVE ENOUGH TIME THAT WE CAN HEAR BACK FROM YOU GUYS.

>> THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL. >> WE NEED WE WE NEED INPUT FROM YOU GUYS.

SO THAT IS A WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU ALL.

ADDITIONALLY WHERE WE WANT TO GO FROM THIS MEETING TODAY IS WE WANT TO TAKE THESE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE AS WELL AS ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE OVER THE COMING WEEKS AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FULL PRESENTATION AT NOVEMBER OR NOVEMBER FINANCE COMMITTEE.

>> SO ON THE 15TH WE TALK ABOUT THIS MORE FULLY AND HOPEFULLY BRING A STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR FOUR COMMITTEES CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL AT THAT TIME.

SO IF THERE'S QUESTIONS AFTER TODAY OR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ,YOU CAN PRESENT THOSE TO MYSELF OR TO WHITNEY AND WE'LL FOLLOW THOSE UP AND COORDINATE WITH HEATHER AND THEN HAVE THAT UPDATED AND PREPARED FOR NOVEMBER. FINANCE COMMITTEE SO FAR SOME

OUR GOAL IS TO TALK THROUGH IT ALL TO START WITH. >> AND THEN THERE'LL BE A LOT OF THINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES, EXCITING THINGS. LET'S GET THROUGH THAT THEN WE CAN TALK THROUGH ALL THEM BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO OTHERS OR SOMETHING THAT THAT STRIKES AN INTEREST TO YOU VERSUS THE NEXT PERSON TO LET'S TALK THROUGH ALL OF THEM THEN WE'LL COME BACK. BUT WE'LL BE BRIEF I PROMISE BE

WITH US. STAY ATTENTION. >> ALL RIGHT.

ARPA WHAT IS. SO ON MARCH 11TH EARLIER THIS YEAR 2021, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED INTO LAW A ONE POINT NINE TRILLION DOLLAR EMERGENCY RESCUE PLAN TO HAVE TO RESPOND TO AN ADDRESS TO CODE 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND OFFSET REVENUE LOSSES AND BOLSTER THE ECONOMIC. I'M SORRY WE'LL JUST GO WITH THE NEXT YOU'RE GOING THERE, OK ? THERE IS ONE. SO HERE'S WHAT IS ONE POINT NINE TRILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS THAT WAS SIGNED IN MARCH 11TH TO RESPOND TO COVID 19 AND THE

HEALTH EMERGENCY THAT WE ALL ENDURED. >> SO OUT OF THAT ONE POINT NINE TRILLION. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WERE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ECONOMY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

IT WAS THREE HUNDRED FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS. AND IT SAYS 65 BUT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS. THAT WAS TWO LOCAL GOVERNORS.

THERE'S OVER NINETEEN THOUSAND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TRAVEL LEADERSHIPS THROUGHOUT AMERICA ALL OF WHICH RECEIVED SOME AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR BEEF COUNTY ARE A PORTION THAT WAS

THIRTY SEVEN POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS. >> SO THIS IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY. SOMETHING ONCE IN A LIFETIME THAT YOU NORMALLY DON'T GET THIS TYPE OF LUMP SUM OF MONEY SAY HEY, PUT THIS INTO YOUR COLUMN.

ONE THING AS YOU READ ALL ABOUT THE LAW. THIS IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE I KNOW THIS TELL ABOUT CODE RESPONSE. BUT AS YOU READ THROUGH THE MINUTIA OF THE DETAILS OF THE LAW, IT REFERENCES PEOPLE PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE .

>> SO IT'S ABOUT RESCUING AND REINVENTS REINVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE BASED INFRASTRUCTURE IN ADDITION TO OUR APPORTIONMENT, THE STATE SOUTH CAROLINA RECEIVED OVER TWO BILLION

DOLLARS IN FUNDING. >> AND LET ME BACK UP ONE POINT.

>> I DIDN'T DEFINE RESCUE PLAN OUR ARPA ARPA AS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

>> SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ALL THE TERMINOLOGY AND ACRONYMS YOU USE, THAT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT LOOK, I'LL CONSIDER ARPA FOR THE REST DE ALL RIGHT.

>> NEXT SLIDE I CAN CONTROL IT NOW. >> THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE ARE SOME THOU SHALT AND THOU SHALL NOT WRITTEN INTO THE LAW. SO FOR THINGS THAT THEY STRICTLY SAY LOOK YOU CAN USE

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OF REVENUE TO PUBLIC SECTOR. >> SO WHAT THEY REALIZE IN THE PREVIOUS RECESSIONS IN 2007 AND 8 THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT PUBLIC SECTORS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT THEY WERE HIT WITH SHORTFALLS OF THE ECONOMY AND THEY MADE PROVISIONS FOR THAT IN THIS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THAT SHORTFALL WAS NOT ALL REALIZED IN ONE VIEW. SO THEY ALLOWED THIS REPLACE PUBLIC LOSS OF REVENUE FOR A TIME PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS. SO EVEN THOUGH THE EVENT WAS IN 2020 MOSTLY THEY ALLOW FOR FOUR YEARS OF RECOGNIZING REVENUE. SO TO DATE WHAT WE HAVE WE REALIZE ONE YEAR REVENUE LOSS

AND WE HAVE THREE MORE YEARS YET TO RAMP TO RECOGNIZE. >> BUT WHAT WE HAVE PROJECTED IS OUT OF OUR THIRTY SEVEN MILLION DEBT APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FIVE MILLION.

WE CAN ATTRIBUTE TO REVENUE LOSS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. THE THIRD PART IS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION. SO TO HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES.

AND THEN FOURTHLY IN ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC ISSUES PARTICULARLY TO THOSE THAT HAD AT AN EQUAL IMPACT COVID 19 THOU SHALL NOT. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED TO OFFSET A REDUCTION IN TAXES. SO WE GOT THIRTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. WE CAN'T LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAX BY THIRTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. THIS IS ALSO NOT ALLOW.

THIS IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS STATES TO DEPOSIT INTO UNDERFUNDED PENSION FUNDS NOT

ALLOWED MORE ON A LOCAL LEVEL. >> THIS IS NOT A RAINY DAY FUND.

THIS IS AN INJECTION INTO THE ECONOMY. THEY DON'T WANT YOU SITTING ON THIS MONEY. THERE IS AN EXPIRATION DATE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU TELL

THE GOVERNMENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHAT WE PLAN TO DO. >> AND THEN WE HAVE A 20 24 TIME PERIOD TO HAVE ALL OUR PRIZES ALLOCATED AND IN 2026 DECEMBER 30 FIRST 20 26 TO HAVE

ALL PROJECTS COMPLETELY COMPLETED. >> ALSO THIS IS NOT INTENDED

FOR GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE. >> THEY HAVE KIND OF GIVE THEM SOME FURTHER GUIDANCE ON THAT BUT IT DOES ALLOW SPECIFICALLY FOR WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND. SO THOSE ARE DIRECT MENTIONED IN THE BILL BUT GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT SPECIFIC. IT'S NOT INTENDED FOR THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ALLOWED FOR SOME OF THAT IN SOME PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FROM FROM TREASURY DEPARTMENT ALSO LEGAL JUDGMENTS AND SETTLEMENTS ENDING FUNDING DEBT SERVICE THOSE THOSE ARE

ALSO NOT ALLOWED. >> RIGHT NOW IT'S WORKING. >> SO WHERE ARE WE? HOW DO WE GET TO THIS POINT? WHAT HAPPEN? SO WE RECOGNIZE IMMEDIATELY THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING BIG. WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THIS. WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE RULES.

THE RULES WERE COMING OUT AS THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE BILL BUT WE NEEDED TO GET TOGETHER.

SO AT THAT TIME EARLY IN MARCH, COUNTY MAGISTRATE ERIC GREENLEE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S SET UP A TASK FORCE SO WE CAN START FORMING OUR PRIORITIES AND ALSO NOT JUST A TASK FORCE FOR US. COUNTY BUT LET'S LOOK AT THIS AS A REGIONAL APPROACH.

>> SO IN APRIL WE FORMED THAT TASK FORCE. WE ALSO BROUGHT ON A CONSULTANT. WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE NEED SOME ASSISTANCE IN GUIDING US AND DIRECTING THIS. SO WE BROUGHT ON HEATHER RATH AND SHE'S THE CEO OF HEATHER CONSULTING HERE LOCALLY IN HILTON HEAD. SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HER.

SHE SPECIALIZES IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ADVOCACY AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

SO SHE WAS THE PERFECT FIT FOR HELP US IN THIS AND THIS VENTURE.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY AS I MENTIONED.

SO COORDINATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS WAS VERY IMPORTANT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO

FOCUS ON. >> SO AGAIN TASK WE THIS WAS NOT JUST SOMETHING WE DID IN A VACUUM. WE CREATED TASK FORCE. I KNOW THIS IS SMALL BUT THIS JUST SHOWS THE LIST OF FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED. WE HAD ALL MUNICIPALITIES REPRESENTED IN THIS TASK FORCE . SO EVERYBODY INCLUDING GMAC AND HARDY BILL WERE INVITED. WE HAD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE HIGHER EDUCATION USCCB AND L.. WE HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH. SO BEFORE MEMORIAL WAS INVOLVED LAW ENFORCEMENT SO WE HAD DISTRICTS REPRESENTED IN REPRESENTATIVE M.S. AND THE SHERIFF WE HAD UTILITY PARTNERS FOR JASPER WAS A PARTNER AS WELL AS MASS TRANSIT.

SO KNOW RTA WAS WAS INVOLVED AS WELL. >> THIS WAS A STAFF LEVEL COMMITTEE SO THAT WE COULD COORDINATE AND COORDINATE THAT WOULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO BACK TO EACH OTHER'S BOARDS OR COUNCILS AND THE GOAL WAS TO TO WORK IN UNISON WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO ONE THING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE ISN'T DOING BUT ALSO HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE THE MOST OUT OF OUR OPPORTUNITY.

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>> THIS IS THE BIG THING. I THINK HEATHER HEATHER SAID LOOK, THIS IS BIG DREAM BIG THIS IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME. DON'T DON'T THINK ABOUT SMALL STUFF.

THIS IS BIG STUFF. >> SO WE KIND OF CREATED INTERNALLY FOR MEASURES THAT WE WERE EVALUATING PROJECTS UNDER. FIRST IS PROJECTS THAT WERE HIGH LEVERAGE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE. >> AS I MENTIONED, IT'S NOT JUST OUR MONEY. THEY'RE STATE MONEY. THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE MONEY.

SO WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE FOR US TO MATCH OUR MONEY AND LEVERAGE WITH OTHER MONEYS? AND THAT WOULD BE A MEASURE AS WE LOOKED DIFFERENT PROJECTS BOTH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AND THE LOCAL LEVEL AND ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GOT MONEY AS WELL.

SO THAT'S NOT PART OF THE 350 BILLION THAT WAS A ASSOCIATED FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THERE WAS A SCHOOL DISTRICT PORTION AND THEY GOT THEIR OWN MONEY.

SECOND SECOND ITEM WAS PROJECTS THAT HAD A WIDE ARRAY OF CITIZENS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT ONE FOCUS GROUP BUT SOMETHING THAT CITIZENS COUNTYWIDE AND REGIONAL. WERE WERE BENEFICIARIES OF THE

OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED. >> THIRDLY WAS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT OR A PROJECT THAT COULD CREATE A REVENUE SOURCE? SO SOMETHING THAT WAS SUSTAINABLE, SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAD A HIGH IMPACT, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE THREW MONEY

IN AND IT WAS JUST THINKING COAL . >> AND THEN LASTLY SOMETHING THAT WAS LONG LASTING AND HAVING AN IMPACT AND JOKED AROUND WITH MY KIDS AND I TOLD THEM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FRIENDS. ALLOW ME THIS 37 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE CAN PLANNED PROJECTS AND THEY HAD NO CLUE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

ONE DAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR ALL THIS. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S ALL GOING

TO WORK OUT. >> BUT WHAT WE DO RECOGNIZE IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND WE NEED TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT NOT JUST FOR TODAY BUT FOR LONG LASTING IN THE FUTURE.

SO AGAIN MAYBE PUT IT BETTER IN MY MIND BRAIN AND IN THE ATLANTA BRAVES VERNACULAR AS THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HIT OUT THE PART WHERE WE'RE NOT THE ONES AND TWOS THESE PRIVATE WE'RE HITTING GRAND SLAMS. AND SO I KNOW ERIC DOESN'T REALLY OWN THE BASEBALL. SO THIS IS LIKE THE DEAL WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A DUKE BASKETBALL PROGRAM OUT OF THESE BROAD IS NOT SOME OTHER LOW LEVEL LOW LEVEL PROGRAM.

>> SO ANYHOW, SOMETHING BIG, NOTHING SMALL. AND THAT'S THE FRAME NETWORK

THAT WE WERE WORKING UNDER. >> SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER LATER.

TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND WHAT SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING WITH

HARD TO FOLLOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT AND BE PART OF THIS TASK FORCE. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF AS WITH THE STAFF FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO COME UP WITH OUR PROJECT LIST.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER FROM HERE AND TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT HOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE USING THEIR FUNDING. SO SOME MUNICIPALITIES ARE USING IT FOR PANDEMIC IMPACT GRANTS FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR HOME REPAIR OR REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES FOR SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS. I'M SORRY PUBLIC RECREATION

AMENITIES AND ALSO FOR SEWER CONNECTION GRANTS. >> SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION I WANTED TO BREAK DOWN FOR YOU THE SPENDING ALLOCATIONS PERCENTAGE WISE I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START AT THE TOP RIGHT WITH THE BLUE. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY OUT OF THE THIRTY SEVEN PLUS MILLION DOLLARS ELEVEN PERCENT WOULD GO TO WORKFORCE, 7 PERCENT WOULD GO TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 8 PERCENT WOULD GO TO A GOOD NEIGHBOR FUNDS 10 RECREATION 5 TO INNOVATION 11 PERCENT WOULD GO TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

THIRTY TWO PERCENT WOULD GO TO INFRASTRUCTURE, 14 TO ENTERPRISE AND CAPITAL FUNDS

AND THEN 2 PERCENT TO THIRD PARTY VENDORS AND STAFF. >> SO LET'S DIG INTO THE DETAILS WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TODAY ON WORKFORCE.

>> WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE PUT ONE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE SO LOCAL HOUSING TRUST. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CREATE A PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN PAYOFF PILOT PROGRAM AND THIS WOULD BE MODELED AFTER SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS IN OTHER

AREAS. >> AND THIS WOULD BE A ONE MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT THAT WE WOULD INVEST IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, RECRUITMENT AND RELOCATION FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES ON THE M S AND ATTENTION LEVEL AT THE TUNE OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD CREATE AND COEXIST WITH OTHER NURSING PILOT PROGRAMS WITH A PROJECT PLAN THROUGH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY TO SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD HIRE A HEAD HUNTER FOR B FOR COUNTY FOR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT WE WOULD INVEST FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE CYBERSECURITY PORTION.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTERRUPT YOU WITH QUESTIONS OR DO YOU WANT TO FINISH YOUR

PRESENTATION THEN? IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU MR.. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT

PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN PAYOFF PILOT PROGRAM IS ABSOLUTELY I. >> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO INTO

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>> I DON'T CARE. I JUST NEED AT SOME POINT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS. ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS GETTING THAT FEEDBACK

FROM YOU AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THAT PROGRAM WOULD BE. >> GET THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND THEN WE WOULD COME TO YOU WITH A PROJECT PLANNED ON THAT 15 MEETING THE FINANCE MEETING

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. >> SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS A STATION ALERTING SYSTEM FOR 2.5 5 MILLION DOLLARS AND THIS WOULD COORDINATE WITH ALL OF THE FIRE DISTRICTS AND BE FOR COUNTY WOULD HAVE A QUESTION THAT INCLUDED A SIREN

SYSTEM THAT WE NEVER GOT PUT. >> SO I CAN GO THROUGH THE DETAILS.

>> THIS IS FROM CHIEF KLEIN AND THIS FULLY INTEGRATED STATION ALERTING SYSTEM WOULD PROVIDE AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF SERVICE TO ALL CITIZENS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY .

IT WOULD IMPROVE RESPONSE TIME AND IT WOULD BE A STREAMLINED DISPATCH SYSTEM.

RIGHT NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, MISS HOWARD, IS THAT WHEN THE ALERTING GOES OFF IT'S WAKING AT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND SO THIS WOULD BE A MORE STREAMLINED

APPROACH. >> THE NEXT ONE IS A GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND.

>> SO THIS WOULD BE A MUNICIPAL PROJECT FUND FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DISTRIBUTED EVENLY THROUGH SIX DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL BODIES TOWN OF BLUFFTON, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND. THE TOWN OF MSE. THE CITY OF HARDY.

THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND THEN THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL. AND AGAIN, THIS THREE MILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE DIVIDED BETWEEN ALL SIX MUNICIPALITIES .

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE TASK FORCE IS THAT WE HAD DIFFERENT PROJECTS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH CONGRESS WOMAN MACE AND WITH SENATOR GRAHAM. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH OUR FUNDING IS TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE DISTRIBUTED THEIR DOLLARS TO TAP INTO OURS AT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CALLING IT THE GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND EXCEPT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ME FOR COUNTY RECREATION.

>> WE'D BE LOOKING AT ONE POINT TO FIVE FOR ST. HELENA SPLASH PAD AND PLAY AREA ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD OUT THE NEW RIVERSIDE PARK. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WENT THROUGH THE COUNTY, HAD THE KAYAKING IN THE CAMPING AT THE NEW RIVER PARK.

WE WOULD BE INVESTING ONE MILLION DOLLARS INTO PROJECT PLANNING FOR BURTON WELLS WATER PARK AND CAMPGROUND AND THEN AGAIN WE'D BE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY WIDE RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL PARK SIGNAGE AND THIS WOULD BE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY UNIFORM SIGNAGE AT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND I WANT TO PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT AND TELL YOU WHAT EACH OF THESE SLIDES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MEASUREMENTS OF SUCCESS AND WHAT WE'RE MEASURING SUCCESS ON IS THE MATCH TO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND VISION BEFORE IT'S THE MATCH TO THE Y. RIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR PILLARS OF HOW WE DECIDED ON PROJECTS THE MATCH TO COMMUNITY TRACKING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRACK THESE PROJECTS AND THEN WHEN ARE WE GOING TO COMPLETE THEM?

>> BECAUSE AGAIN WE HAVE A COMPLETION DATE. SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE MEASUREMENTS OF SUCCESS ALL ACROSS LOOKING AT INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR BROADBAND ADOPTION.

TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A BETA TEST WITH STARLINK ELON MUSK.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE COUNTY AND COMMUNITY READINESS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE SOME CONVERSION.

AND THEN OF COURSE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE READY COMMUNITY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH CHARGING

STATIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN COMMUNITY BUILDINGS OR

COMMUNITY BUILDINGS TO THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTY. >> ONE AT GARDENER'S CORNER.

ONE AT ST. HELENA. ONE ON FSG AND THEN ONE OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HEARD IN THE TASK FORCE WAS TELEHEALTH MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ESPECIALLY IN OUR DETENTION CENTER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> SO THIS IS THE BIG ONE, RIGHT? THIS IS ALL OVER OUR BUDGETS ALL OVER AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND OF COURSE WE KNOW WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

HERE. >> SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PLANNING FOR A REGIONAL FERRY SERVICE AT

FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT A GENERAL POT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS AT 8 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS WOULD GIVE THE COUNCIL A LOT OF FLEXIBLE STUDY.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME MONEY THERE SO THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET SOME PROJECTS COMPLETED THAT ARE ON YOUR LIST. WE'RE LOOKING AT WATER AND SEWER FOR 3 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUNTY I.T. DATA CENTER AT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE COUNTY .

I DO WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WATER AND SEWER.

AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MATCHING OPPORTUNITIES. SO JUST KIND OF PUT YOUR CAPS

ON FOR THOSE MATCHING OPPORTUNITIES THERE. >> SO THESE ARE FUNDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AIRPORT INVESTMENT FOR DEBT SERVICE 2

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>> AND THEN TO PESKY ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS FUND AT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS STAFF

AND CONSULTANTS. >> THIS IS THE SMALLEST PIECE. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THAT IS THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AN ARBOR CONSULTANT WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECT MANAGER FROM THE COUNTY FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN A FISCAL MANAGEMENT THAT WOULD BE A HALF STAFF POSITION AT TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY

THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> AND JUST IF I MIGHT MAKE THOSE OR THOSE STYLE POSITIONS THAT WOULD HELP US TO KEEP THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FUNDED ON TRACK GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, DEAL WITH EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH TO MAKE SURE THOSE HAPPEN THAT BE HOUSED IN JARED'S DIVISION UNDER ENGINEERING THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT PIECE WOULD BE A PERSON FOR FINANCE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE APPROPRIATE REPORTING THAT'S REQUIRED BY ARPA AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

>> AND A QUESTION WOULD THAT BE FOR THE DURATION LIKE THE THREE YEAR, FOUR YEAR OR SO THOSE

NUMBERS ARE FOR FOUR YEARS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WE CAN GO BACK THROUGH THE SLIDES AND TALK ABOUT FEEDBACK ON EACH OF THE SLIDES BEFORE WE DO

THAT. >> I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE FAIR, THE STATE FUNDING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. SO WE CURRENTLY ARE RUNNING WITH SAY THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT THEIR ALLOCATIONS AND THE SENATE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT THERE ARE ALLOCATIONS. WE ARE HOPING THAT THOSE WILL BE COMPLETED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE MATCHING OPPORTUNITIES AND AND BE ABLE TO FURTHER OUR DOLLARS EVEN MORE ON SOME OF THE POTS OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE . IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ACCELERATE SOUTH CAROLINA WHICH WAS THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE FOR HOW TO USE THESE DOLLARS. AND THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT MATCHING MONEY ALREADY SET ASIDE FOR WATER AND SEWER. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT HAS TO GET TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALONG WITH WAYS MEANS AND THE SENATE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE. THEY ALL THREE OF THOSE HAVE COME TOGETHER AND THEN MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GARNER MATCHING FUNDS ON SOME OF OUR PROJECTS AS WE GO DOWN THE LINE. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT THERE'S ONES THAT WE CAN HIT RIGHT OFF OF THE LIST. FOR INSTANCE, THE 2.5 MILLION FOR THE FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM. I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE CAN GO INTO SOME OF THESE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS AS WELL. SO YOU ACTUALLY NEED AROUND YOU

? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO MR. SOMERVILLE NOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO EXPLAIN THAT? SPEAK SLOWLY. I'M NOT THERE.

RIGHT. SO FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE WORKFORCE, THE LOAN PAYOFF PROGRAM WE ARE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH. THANK YOU.

WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY BOUCHER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RUN A PROGRAM A GRANT MAKING PROGRAM THROUGH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOWCOUNTRY PARTNER WITH TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY AND USCCB. AND THIS WOULD BE MODELED AFTER SEVERAL OTHER SUCCESSFUL LOAN PAYOFF PROGRAMS WHERE THE PUBLIC SERVICE WORKFORCE WOULD ASSIST NEW GRADUATE AND DESIRED POSITIONS SUCH AS TEACHERS WITH STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROVIDED THE APPLICANTS LIVES AND WORKS IN THE COUNTY FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME AND WOULD BE THERE WOULD BE TO SEE

YOU IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> WE WOULD WE WOULD REALLY WANT IF WE IF WE WANT.

>> IF WE HAD THE BLESSING TO GO WITH THIS TODAY WE WOULD PARTNER WOULD BE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TRY AND GET THEM TO KICK IN SOME FUNDS AND WE WENT UP THAT FUND LEVEL AND RUN IT THROUGH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND CREATE THIS GRANT MAKING PROGRAM OF LOANS

BY TEACHERS. >> YES. AND THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS

THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST STARTING FOR NURSES. >> SO WE COULD TIE IN ALL OF THOSE PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT.

SO THEY PROVIDED THAT IN THEIR REGION. YESTERDAY WE TALKED ABOUT OUR INTEREST IN WORKFORCE AND BOYS AND THOSE CIVIC EMPLOYEES. THIS IS TO SAY WAYS THAT THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF ASSISTANCE TO GET THAT WORKFORCE AVAILABLE. THAT'S THE HOUSING COMPONENT.

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAVE AN EXPERIENCE IN IS A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A NEED A TRANSITION STANDPOINT RATHER THAN ATTRACTING OUTSIDE EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVE CURRENT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TRANSITIONING FROM SAY SERVICE INDUSTRY TO NURSING OR

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RECRUITMENT BUT ALSO THE RELOAD ASPECT AS WELL. >> SO WE GOT THE HOUSING WHICH WHICH TIES INTO HOUSING WHICH TIES INTO THE OVERALL WORK FOR THOSE.

>> THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC SERVICE AT FEDERAL LEVEL. THE PROGRAM IS REALLY HARD TO GET TO. SO THAT REQUIRES 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.

RIGHT. AND IT'S THIS IS KIND OF BRIDGING THAT GAP.

SO THOSE THOSE THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN FOR FIVE YEARS OR LESS THAN SOMEBODY THAT WE WANT TO KEEP AND AND NOT HAVE MOVED AWAY. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS INTENDED

FOR. >> I CAN GO NOW AND THEN WE'LL GO TO EVERYBODY.

I'VE GOT THREE QUESTIONS. SO LIKE A TEACHER'S ASSISTANT THAT WANTS TO GET A FOUR YEAR DEGREE THAT WOULD. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING TOO THAT MIGHT WANT TO GET A LOAN APPROVAL FOR THAT? THAT'S GREAT. NURSING PILOT PROGRAM WOULD BE PEOPLE LIKE THEIR OPINIONS THAT WANT TO BE ORIENTED NURSING PILOT.

>> WE WOULD WORK WITH THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO.

WELL FIRST OF ALL WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO BRIDGE ALL OF THIS TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF COOPER COUNTY AND APPLY TO CNN AS OUR FRIENDS AND BSN. SO SO SO THE HOLISTIC VIEW OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NURSING PROGRAMS. BUT AGAIN OUR SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND.

WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET MATCHING ON THAT FROM SOME OF THE LOCAL PROVIDERS PERHAPS TO SEATTLE AND SOME OTHERS AGAIN ONCE WE KIND OF GET IT BLAST THEN WE CAN GO FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLISTICALLY ROUND OUT THE PROGRAM AND THAT WE'RE MEETING YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

>> OKAY GREAT BECAUSE THERE IS A REAL NEED FOR THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST.

CAN WE CHANGE IT TO REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST INSTEAD LOCO? YEAH.

>> WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE JUST SOUTHERN FOR ATTACHED. OK.

ONLINE. BUT BRIAN, I SAW YOUR HAND FIRST.

WELL YOU'LL GO FIRST AND THEN LOGAN AND THEN GERALD AND WHOEVER ELSE ONLINE WANTS TO

RESPOND. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. >> MIKE QUESTION RELATES TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN I'LL PILOT PROGRAM I'M I WASN'T SURE IF I HEARD YOU SAY THIS BUT I'M I'M INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THE DEGREES THAT WE PAY OFF ARE RELATED OR APPLICABLE TO THE SERVICE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO OUR PUBLIC HERE. IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T WANT TO BE PAYING OFF A 18TH CENTURY GERMAN LITERATURE DEGREE OR FOR A NURSE YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE HIGHER AND WHAT I WOULD NEED TO BE SOMETHING BARELY RELATED IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN MAKE

SURE HAPPENS? YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> SO THIS WAS ORIGINALLY SCRAPPED WITH TEACHERS BUT WE REALIZED VERY QUICKLY THAT THERE WERE OTHER MIGHT BE APPLICABLE THEN 18TH CENTURY GERMAN LENDER MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE'D

WANT THEM. >> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S APPLICABLE.

ABSOLUTELY. >> WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THERE ARE MORE NEEDS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAN JUST TEACHERS WITH LUNCH HALF PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE WILL GET WITH THE EXPERTS FROM SEATTLE UCB AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND

FIGURE OUT HOW HOLISTICALLY WE CAN MANAGE THAT RIGHT. >> WE MAY NEED ENGINEERS FOR STORMWATER IN THE COUNTY. WE MAY NEED ENGINEERS FORCE OR PROGRAMS IF YOU FOR JASPER WATER SEWER AUTHORITY. I MEAN THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS WE COULD USE THIS

KIND OF PROGRAM. >> ABSOLUTELY. MR. PHILIP FLYNN, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE SEEING IS FARM TAX PHARMACY TAX AT ALSO AND ALSO BOOKKEEPERS AND

ACCOUNTANTS. >> SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CAN GO MORE HOLISTICALLY.

AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PARTNER TO TRY AND LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS SO THAT IT GROWS FROM THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT TO PERHAPS A TWO MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT THAT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CAN GRAB AHOLD OF . LOVE IT.

THANK YOU. IT IS EASY TO DO WITH THIS OVER HORSE COMPONENT AND WE RECOGNIZE IS NOT JUST IN IN WORKFORCE BUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND REALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS WE AS COUNTY IS TO PUT OUR ARMS AROUND THE SITUATION. WE MAY NOT FUND THE ENTIRE PROGRAM BUT BASICALLY COLLABORATE AND COLLECT WITH EVERYBODY AND THEN GROW THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTORS AND SO WE SEE US AS THE FACILITATOR. AND THESE THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS ARE JUST KIND OF OUR FIRST FUND INTO FACILITATING SOMETHING BIGGER.

AND WE ALSO SEE THAT'S HAVING MR. FOLEY AND HAVING A LASTING IMPACT.

>> SO OUR INITIAL ON ONE MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT COULD GO TOWARDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION REINVESTING IN THOSE TYPES OF DOLLARS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN NOT NECESSARILY

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AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT AND PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND THE BEAUFORT JASPER EOC, THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP IN SEVERAL OF THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. AND MIGHT IT BE A CONDUIT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS MIGHT BE A CONDUIT FOR EXECUTION OF OUR PROGRAM GOALS. SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU REACH OUT.

LET ME KNOW TO CONTACT THEM. AND I HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, GEORGE. THANK YOU. >> OK.

MR. COMING IN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE, I'LL TAKE SOME FIRST SINCE I'M ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHETHER IF WE DO GO DOWN THIS ROAD WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THEY HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

I KNOW RIGHT NOW LET'S JUST TAKE TEACHERS FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE PROGRAMS WITH TITLE 1 SCHOOLS THAT STAY WITH THE SCHOOL FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS. THEN THEY'LL DROP OFF PART OF YOUR LOANS. AND THAT'S GREAT AND WELL BUT WE STILL HAVE THE RETENTION LEVEL IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT'S STILL USUALLY CREATES SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IT OR DO IT IN INCREMENTS BASED ON YEARS OF SERVICE TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO STAY LONGER AND OBVIOUSLY LONGEVITY GIVES BETTER SERVICE. SOME SOMETHING WE COULD WORK TOWARDS OR ADD IN THERE THAT YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE TO AGREE TO WORK IN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR SO MANY YEARS OR IN THAT JOB FOR SO MANY YEARS FOR IT TO APPLY.

EXCELLENT POINT. MR. CUNNINGHAM. YES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE MODELED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NATION VERY DEFINITELY IS A TIME STEP APPROACH. SO FOR EVERY YEAR OR EVERY FIVE YEARS THERE'S A HIGHER PAYOFF POINT. PERFECT.

AND MY OTHER ONE I TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF SLIDES DOWN. WE TALKED ABOUT ELECTRICAL VEHICLES. COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT SOME ONE OF MY BIGGEST QUESTIONS I WON'T GO INTO THE WHOLE FOR ELECTRIC CARS AND ELECTRIC CARS.

THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER DEBATE. BUT I GUESS MY BIGGEST QUESTION TO BE YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THESE SUBSTATIONS BUT WHO IS GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THE ELECTRICITY TO BE RECHARGING THESE CARS? AND I GUESS THE QUESTION AS A BUSINESS OPERATOR BECAUSE WE END UP HAVING TO PUT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE LOCKS ON OUR STAFF TO KEEP RECHARGING THEIR CAR FOR OUR BUSINESS. SO MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE WHO IS GOING TO BE FUNDING THAT ELECTRICITY RIGHT NOW RESIDENTS PAY FOR GAS. SO WHO IS GOING TO BE FUNDING

THAT BILL? >> SURE. SO THE NATIONAL PROJECT PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY READINESS ASPECT SAYS THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL PAY FOR BUSINESSES TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. HOWEVER, THE BUSINESSES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR PAYING THE BILL AS WELL AS FOR UPKEEP AND THIS WOULD BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONSULTANTS. THAT'S Y'ALL HAVE AGREED TO FUND IT WHILE BUSINESSES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ENTER INTO THAT PROGRAM IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO.

>> YEAH. SO THEY WOULD BE IT WOULD BE AN OPT IN PROGRAM THAT AGAIN THE FUND WOULD BE THROUGH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OR THROUGH BEFORE COUNTY DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THE CONSULTANT SURVEY. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY THE CONSULTANT STUDY AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THAT IS ALLOW BUSINESSES TO APPLY AND THEN WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND FUND

THE INITIAL UPFRONT. >> THANK YOU. ANOTHER ANOTHER THOUGHT ON THAT REAL QUICK THOUGH IS IS THE ENERGY COMPONENT IS VERY, VERY FITTING BECAUSE YES, WE GOT

ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THEN WE HAVE. >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO POWER ALL THAT SO POTENTIALLY. SAY SAYING IN A GAS STATION APPROACH IT'S A REVENUE APPROACH THAT COULD BE THE SAME THING THAT'S DONE SAY AT A WAL-MART OR TARGET OR A DOWNTOWN CITY OF FOR PARALLEL PARK AND THEN THERE IS A REVENUE COMPONENT TO CHARGE.

SO IT'S NOT A FREE OF CHARGE BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FACILITATE AS WE DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND COORDINATE WITH OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS. THIS WOULD BE FIRST LOOKING AT OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR OWN VEHICLES, OUR OWN CHARGING EQUIPMENT AND TAKING INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH WITH SOME SEED

MONEY TO DEVELOP SUCH A PROGRAM . >> I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT ACTUALLY THAT I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MYSELF BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST DOWNFALL IN ANY BUSINESS I'VE TALKED TO IS THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE AGAINST IT OR FOR IT. IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS TO BE A BOB.

WE DON'T WANT TO FOOT THE BILL AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY.

SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THERE'S A WAY YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT IS LIKE A METER CHARGE AND YOU PAY FOR THE TIME YOU CHARGE. AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I'D BE INTERESTED IN. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A ROUTE TO EXPLORE FIRST.

I THINK IT'D BE MAKE BUSINESSES MORE WILLING AND TO DO FOR COUNTY TO GO THAT WAY IF THEY WANT TO GO THAT DIRECTION WHETHER I AGREE OR NOT WITH IT. I THINK THAT'S MORE FEASIBLE

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IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO BACK AND FIX IT THAN IT IS TO OFFER IT THAT WAY.

BRIAN YEAH. >> AND I THINK WITH ADOPTION OF ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY THE FIRST CONCEPT IS TO PUT IT OUT THERE. USUALLY IT'S FREE OR ALMOST FREE.

AND THEN AS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPS AND YOU CAN SEE THIS WITH ANYTHING FROM NETFLIX STARTED OUT AT FIVE DOLLARS AND NOW IT'S 20 DOLLARS. SO AS AS THERE IS ADOPTION THEN THERE'S ASSOCIATED CHARGES AND COSTS. I THINK SOME OF THE NEWER CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE NOW HAS THE CREDIT CARD READY SWIPE FOR JUST THAT APPROACH.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT AS WE DEVELOP A CONCEPT AND A PROGRAM FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS INSTRUMENTS.

THANK YOU. >> GOOD POINT. MR..

>> YEAH. A COUPLE POINTS. VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. AWFUL LOT FOR US TO DIGEST. IT STRIKES ME THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION IN EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES IF WE WOULD ALLOCATED TO THESE PROJECTS TO A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT. AND THEN I THINK SOME GOOD THINGS WOULD COME OUT OF THAT DISCUSSION. SECONDLY, IF I UNDERSTAND THIS, ABOUT HALF THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE NOW AND HALF IT COMES LATER ON.

SO IT NEEDS TO BE SOME PRIORITIZATION ABOUT WHICH FUNDS WE CAN THAT WE CAN GET ON. BUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE BASE.

I THINK WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING. JUST A SIDE NOTE ON THE ELECTRIC CARS.

I HAVE YET TO SEE ANYBODY CONNECT THE DOTS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE COAL INDUSTRY VERSUS OUR ELECTRICAL POWER AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ELECTRICAL CARS.

I GUESS I'M JUST OLD FASHIONED. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WILL AND SO ON WITH YOUR BROTHER MR. RODMAN. I HAVE A WHITE PAPER THAT I'LL SEND YOU SEPARATELY ON THAT.

OKAY. >> OKAY. ON THE FIRST PART WITH THE WE HAVE RECEIVED HALF OF THAT. SO THE FIRST TRANCHE WAS IN MAY WE RECEIVED 18 MILLION OUT OF OUR THIRTY SEVEN MILLION AND ONE YEAR FROM THEM. SO NEXT MAY WILL RECEIVE THE SECOND. SO WE'LL BE ALL WITH THIRTY SEVEN MILLION.

I THINK THE SIZE OF THESE PROJECTS AND A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPEND 18 MILLIONS IN THE NEXT NINE

MONTHS. >> SO PRIOR TO PRIORITIZING THE PROJECTS IS IMPORTANT BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S AS IMPORTANT AS AS MAYBE TO BE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE FUNDING'S

GONNA BE HERE SHORTLY FOR THE REMAINING 18 OTHER COMMENTS. >> I KNOW THAT JOURNEY YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON BROADBAND WITH PATRICK AND I SEE 500000 THE OS NOT ENOUGH BUT YOU'RE COUNTING ON SOME MATCHING DOLLARS. ABSOLUTELY. BROADBAND IT IS MENTIONED IN HERE SPECIFICALLY IN ARPA THAT YOU CAN USE BROADBAND OR WATER AND SEWER AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE BROADBAND PUSH FROM LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL TO THE POINT THAT THE FEDS AND THE STATE ARE PUSHING DOWN OTHER BUILDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE BROADBAND PUSH.

SO WE DIDN'T PUT MUCH MONEY IN THERE FOR BROADBAND. HOWEVER, OUR INTENT AS A COUNTY AGAIN IS TO FACILITATE THIS AND BRING ALL OF OUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THE STATE HAS A GREAT RESOURCE IN THE OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF SO BRING ALL THOSE RESOURCES TOGETHER AND THEN ARE POPULAR THOUSAND DOLLARS IS SEASONED LEANING

TOWARDS THAT ENDEAVOR. >> BUT OUR GOAL COLLECTIVELY AS STAFF AND AS COUNTY IS TO FACILITATE THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT BROADBAND IS COUNTYWIDE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AND JUST

SO COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS. >> ONE OTHER ASPECT TO THAT IS THAT PATRICK HILL ALREADY PLAYS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ROLE WITH BROADBAND PROVIDERS IN DIRECTING THEM WHERE THE NEEDS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL HE DOES BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND IN HIS PERSONAL TIME HE DEDICATES A LOT OF HIS EFFORT OUTSIDE OF WORK TO CYBERSECURITY AND

EDUCATING HIMSELF ABOUT THAT AND WORKING ON THAT. >> SO WE'LL BE HE'LL BE TAKING A STRONG LEAD AS WE WORK WITH SOUTH COAST CYBER CENTER ON TINGED INTERNSHIPS AND HELPING OMAR FULFILL THEIR GOAL OF ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. IF I MIGHT WIN TO ALI'S POINT I'M NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TOWARD THE BROADBAND PROJECT AND THAT WAS ONE OF OUR PLANNING RETREAT ITEMS FROM LAST YEAR. AND I I CERTAINLY WAS OF THE MINDSET THAT THE OPERA FUNDS WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY SUPPLY MOST OF THE MONEY'S NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT WE GET BROADBAND OUT INTO OUR RURAL AREAS, OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SAID AND GERARD AND ERIC,

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THAT WE. >> NUMBER ONE HELP OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH THEIR HOMEWORKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BUT ALSO TO HELP THE COMMUNITIES AT LARGE FACILITATE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE WITH HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND TRANSACTING BUSINESS EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS AND THINGS

OF THAT NATURE. >> I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DAWSON I MEAN WE WE DID SAY THAT LAST YEAR THAT WAS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT WE WERE WE WERE NOT AWARE AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT THAT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WAS GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE AND THAT AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE GOVERNOR CREATED A STATE BROADBAND OFFICE IN IN THE INTERVENING TIMEFRAME AND MOST THEIR FUNCTION AND WORK PLAN IS TO BRING BROADBAND NEEDED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND WE HAVE A WE'VE WE'VE LISTENED TO THE PERSON THAT DIRECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THE PERSON THAT DIRECT THAT

DIRECTS THAT MR. STANCHION SING THERE. >> AND SO THAT'S WHY WE REDUCED OUR ALLOCATION BECAUSE THE STATE IS STEPPED UP AND TAKEN A BIGGER LEAD THAN WE FIRST IMAGINED. AND AGAIN, PATRICK HEEL AND JARRETT AND HEATHER, THEY'RE ALL WORKING ON THAT. SO WHEN WE HIRED HEATHER SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT ALLOCATING FUNDS TO THINGS THAT WERE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND NEEDS BE TAKEN CARE OF IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS WERE DOING.

SO I SHARE YOUR CONCERN. IT'S A CONCERN OF OURS AS WELL. WE WANT TO SEE THAT ACCOMPLISH.

WE WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY THAT'S CAPABLE HAVING BROADBAND HAS THAT ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD ENOUGH.

GOOD. AND ONE OTHER THING TO ADD ON THAT SIMILAR WITH OTHER FUNDING PLUS YOU DON'T SEE ANY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NUMEROUS TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS BEYOND ARPA AS WELL.

>> SO THAT'S THAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS AS ERIC MENTIONED IS IN DEALING COORDINATE WITH THE STATE. THEY'VE ALREADY PUT SOME GRANTS OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE A TON MORE MONEY. SO IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE BUT THAT'S THE REASONING.

YEP. >> ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY BUILDINGS WILL I SEE YOU GOT SLATED FOR GORDON'S CORNER IN HELMAND.

I'VE. I'VE GOT THE OLD PLACE THE SKI .

GIVE ME SOME DETAILED INFORMATION WHAT THAT ENTAILS THE USE OF IT.

SO THIS IS A VERY OPEN BUILDING FOR MULTI USE. WHERE THIS CAME FROM AGAIN IS THROUGH THE THE TASK FORCE WE HAD DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAME UP.

ONE THING WAS TELL A HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH AS WE'VE REALLY THROUGH COPIED A LOT OF THINGS HAVE GONE VIRTUAL INCLUDING MEETINGS AND SPECIFICALLY EVEN DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.

>> SO WHAT THIS IS IS KIND OF A HUB IN THE COMMUNITY. SO SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT THERE. THERE'S SPACE THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR CLINICS OR FOR COVERED SHOTS OR HAVE HAVE FOLKS COME IN AND PROVIDE SERVICES IN THAT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING NECESSARILY THAT'S MANFULLY FROM A COUNTY STANDPOINT BUT IT'S AVAILABLE.

IT'S ALSO WHEN WE GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THAT AND SPECIFICALLY THE FIRST HE REMINDED US IS THIS WE TOOK A VISIT OUT TO THE FIRST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO SEVERAL US FROM STAFF BUT THAT THERE'S OTHER NEEDS BESIDES JUST TELEHEALTH. THERE'S COMMUNITY NEEDS OR GATHERINGS OR OPEN SPACE THAT WOULD BE USEFUL. SO WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE COULD KILL TWO BIRDS OR THREE BIRDS, MAYBE FOUR BIRDS WITH ONE STONE AND IN THE SENSE HE OBVIOUSLY MADE IT A SINCE THERE BUT MAYBE OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BEING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY WHETHER IT'S GARDEN CORNER OR SOMEWHERE ELSE BUT SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN PA AND THEN ALSO SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTHEASTERN IN ST. HELENA REGION.

>> SO THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF THOUGHT PROCESS AND. BUT WE'D LOVE ANY INPUT OR DIRECTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WOULD THESE BE THE THREE NEW

BUILDINGS OR RETROFIT BUILDINGS ANY AND ALL OF THE ABOVE? >> SO THIS IS WHETHER WE HAVE AN EXISTING FACILITY AND WE WANT TO EXPAND IT OR REHAB IT OR IF WE DON'T HAVE A SUITABLE BUILDING IT IS BETTER TO BUILD A BRAND NEW BUILDING. SO YES, JUST A VERY FLEXIBLE

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SPACE WOULD BE THE INTENT. >> SOUNDS GOOD. LET ME IF I MIGHT ADD ONE THING TO THAT PARTICULARLY OUT IN GARDEN'S CORNER AREA IN COUNT FROM OUR DULCINEA DIRTYING ST.

HELENA. >> WE HAVE EXISTING REC FACILITIES WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT SPEND THE MONEY TO IMPROVE REC FACILITIES ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY THE COUNTY. SO I NEED TO I NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR IF FOLKS WANT US TO OWN THE PROPERTIES AND THEY WANT TO WORK WITH US TO TAKE OVER OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTIES. THEN OF COURSE THOSE EXISTING FACILITIES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PROJECTS UNDERNEATH THIS FUNDING. OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO IN SUMMARIZATION FIRST OF ALL, THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTER. THIS NEEDS TO GET INTO THE HANDS OF COUNTY COUNCIL NOW SO THAT THEY CAN DIGEST THIS COME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.

YOU'VE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN YOU SAID THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME THINGS WITH MONEY WE NEVER HAD OR COULD EVER GET EXCEPT FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US NOW. WHEN YOU HAD THE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM, I WILL SAY TO YOU WE HAVE SHORTAGES IN A VARIETY OF AREAS. OUR TARGET SHOULD BE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST GRADUATED BECAUSE IF IT'S A LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM AND I'M I'M YOU KNOW, A TEACHER I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS I STILL HAVE LOANS.

WOULD I BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM? I THINK YOU NEED CERTAIN CRATER AREA. IT SHOULD BE NEWLY GRADUATED. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A JOB AND THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING TO STAY IN THAT JOB FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

BEFORE THEIR LOAN WOULD BE FORGIVEN FOR NOT PAYING BACK. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. OK, WE WILL. SO WE'LL GIVE THIS PRESENTATION MEASURES THEN AT ALL THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS A WE'VE GOT A SPREADSHEET THAT PUT IT ALL ON TABLE FORMAT. SO WE'LL SEND THAT OUT AS WELL. SO EVERYBODY HAS THAT.

AND AGAIN, ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE SEEN THAT DIRECTLY TO MYSELF.

AND WE'LL GET HEATHER AND THEN WE'LL PACKAGE BACK AND UPDATE AS NEEDED.

GREAT FINAL COMMENT, BRIAN. >> YEAH. THANK YOU.

AND IT IS TO WRAP IT UP I WOULD URGE MY FELLOW MEMBERS SEE PAROCHIAL A DON'T THINK ABOUT

JUST THE STUFF IN YOUR DISTRICT . >> THINK ABOUT THE IMPACTS COUNTY AND EVEN REGION WIDE WHEN WE WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY BIG AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY SEES LASTING BENEFIT FROM THAT SO.

SO PLEASE DON'T JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IN YOUR AREA.

THINK ABOUT IT. NORMALLY THAT'S YOU WE THINK WE THINK ABOUT BUILDING PROJECTS AND IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS JUST IN OUR DISTRICT.

IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS THERE'S A POTENTIAL PROJECT IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S DISTRICT, PLEASE OFFER THAT UP. IF YOU KNOW OF SOMETHING IN MY DISTRICT THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL BENEFITED FROM THIS KIND OF THING. PLEASE HELP ME GET IT.

YOU KNOW, BRING IT UP TO ME SO THAT I CAN I CAN HELP BUT I CAN GET THIS MAYBE IN THE PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU, JOE. THANKS FOR THE TIME. YES, AND THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE VOICED THEIR OPINIONS. SOME SOME VERY GOOD IDEAS HAVE COME OUT HERE THAT WILL GET YOU TO SAY OK, LET'S DO THIS THIS WAY.

OK, SO IF YOU WILL SEND ALL THAT INFORMATION TO US, WE'LL RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND MOVE ON BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, THE CLOCK IS TICKING. WE DO ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO SPEND ALL OF THIS MONEY. OK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING NEW DETAILS BREAK. THANK YOU. MR. GREENWAY.

FATHER, IF I MIGHT JUST FINISH OFF WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT. >> YOU AND I AND THE VISE CHAIRMAN PROBABLY NEED TO WORK ON NEXT STEP. IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION INSTEAD OF YOU DIVIDING THESE PROJECTS INTO VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT WE PERHAPS TAKE THIS TO AND LEAVE THIS HOUSED IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH MAKES IS MADE UP OF THE CHAIRMAN'S OF ALL THE OTHER COMMITTEES TO ACTUALLY MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD.

>> YES, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT

IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, SIR. >> YEAH.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS I'M ON TURN IT OVER TO ROB MARCIANO.

HE'S GOING TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE CFP AND THE COMP PLAN AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT

OVER TO DALE. >> BUT THE ACA AFTER WE SHOWED THE VIDEO FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT'S REALLY NOT FOR YOUR INFORMATION AS TO KIND OF GIVE SARAH CUES OF WHERE I'M

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HEADED NEXT. >> OK. SO SAY THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING, MR. MERCHANT. GOOD MORNING. AND ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. >> I JUST WANT TO BRING ONE SECTION OF THE PLAN TO YOUR ATTENTION. I THINK IT'S GERMANE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. IS THAT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR JURISDICTIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS THAT WE DEVELOP WHAT'S CALLED A PRIORITY INVESTMENT CHAPTER IN ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT IS IS A 10 YEAR CFP IT REQUIRES US TO LOOK PROTECT OUR REVENUES OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND THEN LOOK

AT WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE IN TERMS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. >> SO WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS PLAN AND THIS IS PART OF THAT ACTION PLAYBOOK SECTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LIST A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL MAJOR INFREQUENT AND NON REOCCURRING COUNTY PROJECTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR 10 YEARS. AND OBVIOUSLY ANYTIME YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 10 YEAR PROJECTION, YOUR FIRST FIVE YEARS ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE

MORE IN FOCUS THAN YOUR. >> YOUR SECOND FIVE YEARS. BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE COUNTY WILL HAVE A FIVE YEAR VIP THAT THIS WILL FEED INTO.

AND THEN THAT WILL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY. SO IN THAT FIVE YEAR CFP WILL BE USED TO INFORM THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, YOU KNOW, PROCESS AND WHAT GOES INTO

THAT. >> SO I HAT'S OFF TO JARED FÉLIX AND BRITTANY FIELDS FOR REALLY COMPILING THIS LIST. THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST KIND OF A SAMPLE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, SHOWED HOW THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVEN PAGES, HOW THAT CARRIES OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

WE DID THIS 10 YEARS AGO BUT THAT CFP WAS A LITTLE MORE OF A WISH LIST AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS A LITTLE MORE YOU IN THE FISCAL BALLPARK THESE OR THAT WE COULD PURSUE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. SO WITH THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D GO ON TO THE NEXT

NEXT ITEM. >> THANK YOU, RON. YES.

THIS PLAN IS READILY AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO SEE DOWNLOAD. I KNOW IT'S IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I KNOW IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT .

IT WAS PUT TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, THE THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE IS OUT OUTSTANDING. AN ASTOUNDING WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT ONLINE THAT'S LINKED TO

OUR WEB SITE. >> SO FOR A NUMBER ACCOUNTS IT WILL BE IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS OR A HYPERLINK TO IT AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE FUN

OUT AND VIDEO NOW. >> EVERYONE, I WANT TO JUST MAN ALL OF THESE STAFF FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DID ON THE VIDEOS I THINK PROVIDE YOU ALL INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE WON OVER SPECIFICALLY IN DETAIL.

PATRICK AND CHUCK AK THE SON DID A PHENOMENAL JOB WELL. THERE IS YESTERDAY AND I'VE HEARD DALE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH HIS BUILD IT UP TOO MUCH IN CASE YOU ARE DISAPPOINTED. SO WE'LL WE'LL LEAVE THE EXPECTATIONS A LITTLE LOW.

>> BUT ANYWAY. SO IF YOU CAN RUN IT THERE WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

>> FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M DALE BLACK'S ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR OUR FINANCE DIVISION. TODAY YOU'RE GOING FROM OUR ELITE GROUP OF TEAM LEADERS WHO REPRESENT SOME AMAZING DEPARTMENTS IN THIS DIVISION. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER YOU'LL HEAR BRIEF REPORTS FROM OUR CFO MR. HAYES WILLIAMS OUR ASSESSOR MISS THAT EDDIE SANDERS, OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR MISSED A KEY AREA OUR AGE. OUR DIRECTOR, MR. SCOTT MARSHALL, OUR INTERIM REGISTERED D MISS SHIRLEY SMITH AND OUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR MR. DAVE THOMAS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE INTO THESE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THEIR BEHALF THROUGHOUT HIS BUDGET SEASON. RIGHT COUNCIL.

>> MY NAME'S HAYES WILLIAMS. I I'M THE NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR B FOR KEN REPORTING YOU IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR OR CHANGES ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT WE'RE CURRENTLY REVAMPING OPERATION FINANCE WE'VE HIRED AND IN FINANCE

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THESE CHANGES AND WE LOOK FORWARD HERE SUPPORT THANK YOU FOR

FISCAL YEAR TWENTY POINT THREE. >> THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WILL BE PREPARING FOR THE QUADRENNIAL REASSESSMENT THAT WILL OCCUR IN TAX YEAR IN 2023 BEFORE COUNTY DEPUTY ASSESSORS AND I ARE IN DISCUSSION NOW INCORPORATING PREPARING THE STAFF FOR TURNING OVER THE ASSESSMENT IN PREPARATION FOR THE PORTFOLIO THE ASSESSMENT THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR IN 2020. I POTENTIALLY SEE A BUDGET INCREASE TO COVER THE FOLLOWING. WE WILL NEED MARSHALL WITH ESTIMATED COST VALUATION TABLES FOR REAL PROPERTY. THIS IS AN END USER AGREEMENT AS AN ASSESSMENT FEE ONLY PAID AT THE TIME OF THE CONTRACT WITH ASSESSMENT FOR PREPARATION FOR THE REASSESSMENT THE COST ESTIMATE IS AROUND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE OR WE WILL NEED COLLECT ON A TRAINING ASSESSMENT IS OVER TIME SUPPLIES POSTAGE INCREASING PRINTING EDUCATION FOR STAFF AND THE PUBLIC. KEEP IN MIND WE HAVE A VALUE OVER A HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO THOUSAND PARCELS AT THE TIME WITH A MARGIN ASSESSMENT.

THE PUBLIC CRIED DURING YOUR EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IS ONE THAT I AM WILLING TO IMPLEMENT AHEAD OF THE IN YOGA ASSESSMENT OR HEAD OF MAILING THE NOTICES. THIS WILL INCLUDE COMPLETING A REASSESSMENT VIDEO UPDATING OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENTS SINCE THE GUY IN PUBLIC APPEARANCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR TWENTY TWENTY THREE QUADRENNIAL OBVIOUSNESS. HI MY NAME IS IN THE AREA AND ON INDIRECT AREA FOR OUR COUNTY IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 2023. WE ARE LOOKING TO FULLY IMPLEMENT SOME NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY SIGNED ON WITH CALLED CLEARED.

CLEARLY HAS THREE MODULES WITHIN ITSELF TO HELP BUILD A BETTER BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT IS OPERATIONALIZING PERSONNEL BUDGETING AND CAPITAL BUDGETING .

ALONG WITH THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION TO CREATE A THREE YEAR CFP PLAN AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR UPCOMING NEEDS IN OUR FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.

ALSO IN FISCAL YEAR IN 2023 WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATING NEW GRANTS.

POLICY ALSO SO AS A PIECE TO HAVE DEPARTMENT HEADS APPLY AND MANAGE AND MONITOR GRANTS MOVING FORWARD WITH WITH H.R. WE ARE WORKING ON AN UPDATE ACTUALLY ACCOUNT AS WELL.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A LOT MORE HERE MUCH LONGER FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET PROCESS . WAS THE GENERAL COUNSEL. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM HAS BEEN UP TO IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.

MOST OF OUR YEAR WAS SPENT FILLING THE COUNTY ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT A CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION REVIEW WITH AN EXTREMELY BUSY EVERY FOUR YEARS WHICH WE JUST DID WITH THE EVERGREEN STAY. AS YOU KNOW WE JUST COMPLETED THE NEXT REVIEW OF OUR CLASS AND PLAN IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 24 AGAIN BY ORDINANCE EVERY TWO YEARS AND HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY STAFF. SO WE'LL REVIEW IT AGAIN AND AT FIVE FOUR AND BRING YOU ANY SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATIONS AS A RESULT REVIEW. WE'RE STILL UPDATING EMPLOYEE INFORMATION ON BACK IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITH REGARD TO PAY

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TO MY KNOWLEDGE THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. I THINK IT'S SORELY NEEDED.

THIS WILL BE A FORMAL MULTIFAITH PLANNING EFFORT THAT WILL ESTABLISH A WAY FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY BECOMES THE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE IN THE REGION.

THE RESULT WILL BE A COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED PLAN A LIST THAT CLEAR OBJECTIVES WITH MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT TRULY APPRECIATED AND BEST WISHES. GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. I'M SHIRLEY SMITH.

INTERIM REGISTER OF DEEDS. I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS BRIEF THE PROJECTED REVENUE FOR THE REGISTER OF THESE BUDGET YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE IS NINE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX POINT TWO FOR THE NUMBER IS VERY FLUID WITH ONLY THREE MONTHS THE BASE IT ARE ALONG WITH NOT KNOWING WHAT THE REAL ESTATE MARKET WILL BE AND IN THE COMING YEAR THE NUMBERS MAY HAVE TO BE JUST BEFORE THE FINAL BUDGET WE PLAN TO HOLD TIGHT TO THIS BUDGET WITH EXCEPT ON THINGS LIKE THE NEW INCREASE OR POST PRODUCT PAPER AND PRINTING SUPPLY. WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THESE FIGURES THE REGISTER ONLY THE ONE PROBLEM OFFICE AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION OF OUR PROJECTED REVENUE BUDGET TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE THAT'S A COOL YEAR. THANK YOU REVEREND GUS LAMMERS ANDRE THOMAS YOUR CHIEF PURCHASING OFFICER FOR THE COUNTY.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS AND WOULD JUST LIKE TO ON OUR STAFF OF TWO AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US IN THE PAST AND PRESENT AND WE WILL VERY LOOK FORWARD TO OUR OFFICE HERE. TWENTY TWENTY THREE AGAINST SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN OUR APARTMENT AS FAR AS OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BASED ON OUR LAST AUDIT ARE POSITIVE CHANGES. WE'LL BE ADDING SOME NEW TRYING FORMS FOR DEPARTMENTS TO USE.

WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD EVENTS PRODUCTS WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON FOR THE NEW YEAR WE'RE LOOKING TO AS FAR AS PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

WITH THAT SAID YOU WOULD DO SUPPORT 44 DIFFERENT PARLIAMENTS AS CONSULTANTS AND AS VITAL SOLICITATION SUPPORT OFFER SERVICES FOR OUR OPTIONS AND OUR SURPLUS PROPERTY HOW WE HANDLE THE PEAK OUR PROGRAM AND ALSO MANAGE CONTRACTS. WITH THAT SAID AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE VICTORIA WHO'S OUR CONTRACT SPECIALIST.

AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR OUR NEW BUDGET. WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON WHO CAN BE OUR SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MEMBER AND WE'RE ALMOST GOT SOMEBODY IN MIND AND ALMOST READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER. BUT HOPEFULLY THAT PERSON WILL COME ON BOARD WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. THANKS FOR THE INTRODUCTION, DAVE.

>> I REALLY APPRECIATE TRICKY WORKING FOR THE COUNTY AND THE COUNCIL AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.

I HANDLE ALL OF THE CONTRACTS FOR THE COUNTY WITH YOU HAVE A NEED FOR A CONTRACT TO CONTACT ME AND I'LL GET YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. I ALSO HANDLE THE SOLICITATIONS PUTTING THOSE OUT FOR BID AND THE ENTIRE PROCESS I HANDLE THE COUNTY ASSETS, THE SALE OF THE COUNTY ASSETS CENTERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TRYING TO BOOST MY SALES MORE NEXT FISCAL YEAR GETTING MORE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED. I ALSO HANDLE THE COUNTY KEY CARD. I'M THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND I GO OVER ALL OF THE REPORTS

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BUT THEY HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN BEEN BUSY IN THERE. THEIR OPERATING AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE GOT GOING ON RIGHT OFF THE TOP.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN LAWSON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND I'M JUST FIVE WEEKS IN TO THIS POSITION AND HE'S ALREADY BEEN A BIG HELP TO ME.

SO THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH AND ALL OF COUNSEL FOR FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> WELL, THIS IS A BUDGET RETREAT SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR PINKY HARRIET ABOUT THE CALENDAR TIMELINE, THAT SORT OF THING AND WE'RE GONNA GET YOU OUT OF HERE INTO LUNCH PRETTY PRETTY QUICKLY BUT MAYBE JUST TIE UP A FEW LOOSE ENDS.

WHAT YOU HEARD THERE ONE CORRECTION ON THAT VIDEO FROM MISS SHIRLEY IN THE RESTAURANT READS THAT THAT FIGURE THAT SHE GAVE THERE OF NINE POINT NINE MILLION THAT'S FOR THIS CURRENT

FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN. >> SO SHE WAS BASING THAT PROJECTION ON THE FACT THAT THAT THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER WE'RE ON PACE TO COLLECT NINE POINT NINE MILLION IN COUNTY

REVENUE DEPARTMENT. >> IF YOU REMEMBER IT WAS NINE POINT SIX LAST YEAR F Y TWENTY ONE AND THAT WAS THE MOST THAT WE HAD COLLECTED 14 YEAR IN MY 14 YEARS HERE IN COUNTY REVENUE. MR. SUTHERLAND, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO THAT.

>> I WAS I WONDERED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S REVENUE, NOT EXPENDITURES.

RIGHT. OKAY. I THOUGHT OBVIOUSLY I WAS TRYING TO ASK YOU HOW YOU SPEND 10 MILLION DOLLARS IN YEAR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> YEAH, THAT'S AND THAT'S THAT'S COUNTY RETAINED THAT THAT'S AFTER WE SEND HILTON HEAD TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.

THEIR TRANSFER FEE MONEY THAT'S AFTER WE SEND THE STATE THE BULK OF IT FILING FEES SO THAT

THAT'S WHAT THAT FIGURE REPRESENT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL.

YES SIR. DALE, I WONDER IF YOU'RE READY TO ANNOUNCE THAT YOU'VE LOCKED

IN THE NEW REGISTERED DEEDS AND CHAINED HER TO THE DESK. >> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, MR. FLUIDLY BECAUSE I DID JUST GET WORD YESTERDAY FROM OUR H.R. DEPARTMENT THAT THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS CLEARED ALL THE SCREENINGS. SO WE ARE BRINGING ON MISS PATTI GREEN PACKS. SHE GOES BY PATTY GREEN FROM JASPER COUNTY.

SHE'S BEEN THE RESTAURANT DEEDS THERE FOR 14 YEARS AND SHE SPENT 16 YEARS HERE IN OUR OWN RESTAURANT DEEDS OFFICE PRIOR TO THAT. SO HER EXPERIENCE OF 30 YEARS WAS HANDS DOWN THE BEST CANDIDATE THAT CAME FORWARD. SHE LIVES HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HER BUT FOR 14 YEARS SHE'S BEEN MAKING THAT DRIVE TO GO TO RICHLAND. SO SHE'S VERY EXCITED. SHE IS TYING UP SOME SOME LOOSE ENDS THERE AND SOME COMMITMENTS THAT SHE HAS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO SHE'S COMING ON IN JANUARY. SO SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT ANOTHER ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO TO STAY AS WE ARE WITH MISS SHIRLEY AS THE INTERIM AND THEN PATTI GREENE WILL BE COMING ON

BOARD. >> THERE'S A COUPLE OF POSITIONS THAT WE'LL BE OPEN ARE OPEN IN THAT OFFICE AND SHE'LL ADDRESS THOSE ONCE SHE GETS HERE AND I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OPEN POSITIONS AND JUST A BIT. GOOD CHOICE, GAIL IS WHAT I WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HEARD WHERE I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE AND PATSY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE JOB AS WELL AS IF YOU IF YOU DID AND FOR 14 YEARS AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR.. I APPRECIATE THOSE KIND WORDS.

PINKY, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE BUDGET AND WHAT'S TO COME BEFORE HE DOES THAT I GOT TO.

>> I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS EARLIER.

WE ARE GOING TO. BEFORE PINKY PRESENTS TO YOU ALL.

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FOR THE AIRPORT HERE WITH US THIS WEEK ON SITE. >> SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW MORE CALL ON JON OR WHITNEY WHOMEVER WANTS TO DO IT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE THESE FOLKS AND LET YOU KNOW WHY THEY'RE HERE.

THEY HAVE SOME OPTIONS FOR FINANCING THE HILTON HEAD EXPANSION OR PROCESS THAT WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL AS A PART OF THIS RETREAT SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME DIRECTION

ON PROCEEDING WITH THAT ALL IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. >> SO JOHN, THE MORE IT WAS

GREAT TO BE HERE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME WHEN I WAS AN ALL STAR IN THE MARINE CORPS AS A FIELD ARTILLERY GUY. WE HAD PLANNED TARGETS AND THEN WE HAD TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY.

>> CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE YOU ARE? WE DO HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES

TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE TERMINAL FUNDING TODAY. >> I WILL GIVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO CARL ELLINGTON WHO'S ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS TALBOT BRIGHTON ELLINGTON.

THEY'VE BEEN OUR AIRPORTS CONSULTANT. I SHOULD SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE THEM AS OUR CONSULTANT SINCE 2009. WE'VE COMPLETED OVER 75 MILLION DOLLARS IN PROJECTS WITH THEIR HELP SINCE THEN, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE LAST FIVE TO SIX YEARS. SO IT'S BEEN BUSY. WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BUT WE'RE RIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE THE TERMINAL FUNDING WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANY

TIMES IN THIS FORUM. >> SIMILAR FORUMS. BUT AS YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT A PROJECT THAT'S ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT FIFTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

ALL AND THAT'S OUR LATEST ESTIMATE. GOOD NEWS IS AS YOU ALSO KNOW, WE'VE GOT A 40 PERCENT HEADSTART THANKS TO THE FAA GRANT PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS . SO WE'VE STILL GOT A 30 TO 35 MILLION FUNDING GAP THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO COVER THAT GAP.

MAKE SURE WE CAN MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. SO IN TALKING WITH CARL LATELY ,WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A 50000 VIEW OF WHERE WE CAN GO WITHOUT GETTING INTO A WHOLE

LOT OF DETAILS. >> BUT WE'RE READY TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT STEP WHICH DOES IT TO WORK WITH THE FINANCIAL CONSULTANT WHO'S ALSO PART OF THE TALBOT RIGHT AND ELLINGTON TEAM. SO THEY'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT AND IT'S A FIRM BY THE NAME NEWTON AND ASSOCIATES UP IN CHARLOTTE AND THEY DO THIS FOR A LIVING EVERY DAY THEY THEY WORK ON THIS KIND OF AN AGREEMENT. SO THE FUNDING PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK ON WITH NEWT IN ASSOCIATES IS ALONG THE SAME LINES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, ISSUE REVENUE BONDS TO FUND THAT 30 TO 35 MILLION

DOLLAR GAP. >> BUT THEN THE WHAT NEWTON ASSOCIATES DOES AND WHAT IS VERY NORMAL IN THE AIRPORT BUSINESS IS THAT THE FINANCING OF THOSE BONDS AS WELL AS COST RECOVERY PROGRAM WITHIN THE AIRPORT IS FINANCED BY THE AIRPORT TENANTS NAMELY THE AIRLINES AND THAT'S ALL DONE BY WAY OF A VERY DETAILED AND SOPHISTICATED AIRLINES

OPERATING AGREEMENT THAT WILL NEGOTIATE TOGETHER. >> SO THE NEXT STEP REALLY IS TO ENGAGE THE AIRLINES WITH NEWTON AND ASSOCIATES WITH TOOLBAR RIGHT NOW INTENT AND WITH SENIOR ADMINISTRATION TO WORK ON THOSE STEPS AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THAT.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT. REMEMBER TOO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECALL THAT FROM PAST BRIEFS WE DID HAVE A VERY LARGE STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT HELPED PUT THIS TERMINAL PROJECT TOGETHER AND KEY MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WERE THE AIRLINES. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'RE USED TO DOING IN OTHER AIRPORTS. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THEY'VE BEEN BOUGHT INTO SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING UNDERSTAND THIS STEP IN THE PROCESS AND THEY'VE ALSO INFORM THE DESIGN OF THE TERMINAL SO THEY THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING. THEY LIKE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING . SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO BRING THEM IN AND THEN DISCUSS HOW WE FUND THAT. SO I WANT TO BRING CARL UP NOW .

HE'S GOING TO FILL IN ANY OF THE HOLES THAT I LEFT AND THEN IF YOU'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> COUNCIL THANKS, JOHN. YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB NOT MOSTLY FILLING WELL, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT BUT IN SUMMARY THE MAIN THING IS IS THIS IS A NORMAL PROCESS THAT SPONSORS GO THROUGH THE COUNTY AS A SPONSOR OVER THE AIRPORT NORMAL PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH YOU AND YOU STAKEHOLDERS USERS AT THE AIRPORT THAT HAVE FOLLOWED IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES TO THE TENANTS. THE AIRLINES WILL BE USING YOUR BUILDING AS I GO FORWARD TO OPERATE AN AIRPORT. TORN UP RIGHT. BRING PASSENGERS IN AND GET PASSENGERS TO ME. SO THAT PROCESS IS NORMAL. ISN'T PROGRESSED LOGICALLY AND REASONABLY TO THIS POINT. WE'RE GIVING YOU A SNAPSHOT IN TIME RIGHT NOW TODAY YOUR NAME IS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THE NEXT STEP IS AGAIN TO MEET WITH THE TENANTS, THE AIRLINES TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS.

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WE'LL KEEP THEM INFORMED AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE. AND THEN WHEN ALL THAT IS IS DONE, IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU. THE COUNTY PART AT THAT POINT WILL BE TO TO ASSIST WITH GETTING THOSE BONDS ISSUED TO PAY FOR THESE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW AND IF I HAD ANY QUESTIONS TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS? HOW LONG WOULD BONDS BE ISSUED FOR AND WHAT WOULD BE THE EFFECT ON THE OVERALL DEBT FOR THE COUNTY? OK. AND THOSE THREE QUESTIONS WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GET BACK WITH SOME OF THOSE BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE THOSE DETAILS I DON'T HAVE TODAY BECAUSE THOSE WERE DEVELOPED. BUT LET ME GIVE YOU IN GENERAL WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT WE WHAT WE WILL DETERMINE WITH THE WITH THE AIRLINES IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. OKAY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE THROUGH WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BUILDING AND WE HAVE A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF THE CALLS 52 MILLION DON. WE'RE SPEAKING TO YOU MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING WITH THE ECONOMY BUT WE'LL GET EVEN A BETTER DETAILED ANALYSIS. THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO DISCUSS HOW THAT WILL BE PAID.

YOU KNOW THE TERMS OF THAT, HOW THEY WILL BE PAID FOR THE DETAILS LEASE AGREEMENTS AND THAT WOULD BE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SORT FACILITY AS WELL AS THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE BONDS AND THAT THAT WILL BE DEVELOP INTO A SCHEDULE THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU AT THAT TIME AND BE PART AS FAR AS THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS. AGAIN, THAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT IS DEVELOPED TO CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING NOW.

I DON'T WANT TO TIE ANY HANDS OR ANYTHING IN MY STANCE RIGHT NOW WITH REGARD TO THAT BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A DEMAND THE NEED OF THAT BUILDING. SO WE'LL TRY TO MOVE THIS THING ALONG AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BUT MY GUESS WOULD BE YOU WILL KNOW A LOT MORE DETAIL IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO YOU ON A DETAILED SCHEDULE, A TIMELINE THAT AS FAR AS THE EXPOSURE TO THE COUNTY. I UNDERSTANDING AS WELL IT WILL BE AS A REVENUE BOND ISSUE AND THE COUNTY WILL HAVE THE LEASES AND CONTRACTS IN PLACE AND A REVENUE STREAM TO PAY THAT DEBT. BUT THE COUNTY WOULD BE THE ONE ISSUE VIOLENCE CARRYING WITH THAT DEBT IT WOULD ISSUE THOSE BONDS BUT I WOULD WELCOME ANY COMMENT ON THAT FROM THE COUNTY IF THEY WOULD LIKE TWO TO TWO AND WITH IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT TO THAT

PROCESS THEY DON'T ASK THREE. >> YES, IT DOES. OK.

THANK YOU. >> I'LL JUST PROVIDE A SIMPLE RECAP FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT WITH TOP RIGHT NOW WRITTEN FOR THE DESIGN AND SCOPE AND PLAN OF THIS AIRPORT EXPANSION IS A USE OF THESE FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS NEWTON AND ASSOCIATES AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WE REALLY WANT TO RELY ON THEM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO. THIS IS THEIR NICHE. THIS THEIR EXPERT AREA.

SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE AFFORDED ACTUALLY UNTIL YESTERDAY. SO FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, WE FLOATED A FEW DIFFERENT IDEAS TO YOU ALL OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. HAVE WE JUST DISCUSSED POSSIBLE FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR THIS EXPANSION BEING THAT IT'S QUITE A LARGE ONE AND IN LIGHT OF ALL THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO EXPAND OUR COUNTY IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WE REALLY WANTED TO PRESERVE OUR 8 PERCENT FOR THOSE OTHER THINGS WE WEREN'T CERTAIN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A RATHER THE NEW BOND JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE REVENUE BOND HAVING TO COME FROM THE AIRPORT ITSELF AND BEING AN ENTERPRISE FUND IT SHOULD STAND ON ITS OWN TWO FEET.

IT SHOULD BE SELF SUPPORTING AND SELF LIQUIDATING AFTER HAVING A DISCUSSION YESTERDAY WITH MR. ELLINGTON. THEY HAVE PRESENTED TO US THE POSSIBILITY OF A REVENUE BOND ON THE BASIS OF RENEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WITH THE AIRLINE LINES AS HE HAS STATED, THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING. THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT OUT OF THIS EXPANSION. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN INPUT FROM AN OPERATIONAL NEEDS STANDPOINT IN THOSE DESIRES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS PLAN.

SO TO JOHN'S POINT, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING. THEY KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT. THEY'VE ALREADY DETERMINED THEIR PROFITABILITY OUT OF THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT AS A LOCATION FOR THEM FROM WHICH TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS AND THEREFORE AS AN INDUSTRY NORM THEY WOULD BE EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD RENEGOTIATE OUR FEES WITH THEM. SO THIS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WILL TAKE THEM BY SURPRISE.

THE ONLY UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT IS HOW THOSE FEES WILL BE NEGOTIATED AND TO WHAT EXTENT TO COVER THE DEBT SERVICE ON THIS AIRPORT. YOU ALSO HEARD TODAY THAT WE ARE WILLING AND PROPOSING TO MAKE AN INITIAL INVESTMENT INTO THE TERMINAL FROM OUR REFUNDS

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THE COUNTY MUST ISSUE. >> BUT AS HE STATED TODAY, STAFF WILL BEGIN WORKING WITH NEWTON AND ASSOCIATES. WE WILL COME UP WITH SOME NUMBERS.

I HAVE A FEELING THEY WILL PROBABLY VERY CLOSELY MIRROR THOSE.

MR. HAYES WILLIAMS PRESENTED TO YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL FOR A AND H TAX FUNDING, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROBABLY PUT TO THE SIDE NOT FROM A FUNDING SAMPLE COMPLETELY SAYING THAT WE WON'T NEED THAT AT ALL BUT WE POSITION NOW ON OF THE BELIEF THAT WE WILL NOT NEED THAT AS OUR PRIMARY FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THIS EXPANSION. SO I THINK THAT WILL MAKE SOME OF US HAPPY. WE ARE STILL OF THE OPINION THAT WE SHOULD ASK THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO OFFER SOME SORT OF CONTRIBUTION. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CONTEST THAT. I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO PROVIDE TO YOU GUYS SOME METRICS AND SOME PERFORMANCE SO THAT THERE IS BUY HOLISTICALLY FROM OUR COUNTY AND THAT IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ALTHOUGH I MAY NOT HAVE SPECIFICS AT THIS MOMENT. WE CAN WORK TO GET YOU SOME

OF THOSE. >> MR. DOWLING HAS A QUESTION. GO AHEAD.

FIRST THE STATEMENT YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROJECT AND CONVERSATIONS REGARDING IT . I WAS I WAS I ALWAYS NOTED THE LACK OF PANIC WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SPENT 32 MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S LIKE OF COURSE THERE WAS A WAY WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS AND I'M GLAD THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE THE WAY.

WHITNEY, I'M GLAD YOU'RE THERE BECAUSE MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN THE FUTURE. AT ONE POINT IN TIME THE COUNTY ALWAYS HAS A POT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE CYCLING THROUGH THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THROUGHOUT LONG TERM, LONG TERM MONEY THAT SITS IN VARIOUS INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS. I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SELF FINANCE THIS IF YOU CAN EXPLORE THAT AT OPPORTUNE AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S POSSIBLE. AND KNOW ISSUE THOSE BONDS. IN OTHER WORDS, BORROW THE MONEY FROM OURSELVES LIKE I DO TO MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT ALL THE TIME AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULD FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND KNOCK OUR INTEREST RATE DOWN AND RETAIN A GOOD VIABLE INTEREST RATE OURSELVES.

AND THEN THAT WAY WE'RE NOT USING OUR 8 PERCENT VALUATION AVAILABLE LOAN AMOUNT.

OK. >> THANK FOR THAT SUGGESTION. THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> MR. SILVER? YEAH.

BRIAN, THIS MADE ME THINK IT'S I'M GUESSING BECAUSE THIS IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

DOES THAT GO AGAINST OR 8 PERCENT? DIRECT ANY BOND? IT WOULD NOT. RIGHT. BUT THE QUESTION I WAS LISTENING VERY CAREFULLY TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RENEGOTIATION WITH THE AIRLINES WOULD LOOK LIKE AND SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS RENEGOTIATE AND INCREASE OUR REVENUE FROM THEM TO OFFSET THE DEBT SERVICE ON THESE BONDS. AND THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBLE SOURCE TANNEHILL. ARE YOU IN A POSITION TO GIVE US SOME IDEA OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 30 TO 35 MILLION DOLLARS MIGHT BE FROM THE CASH FLOW FROM THE INCREASED FEES FROM

THE AIRLINES AND POSSIBLY YOU'LL NEED. >> I CANNOT TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT TOTAL WOULD BE. WE WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO COVER THE

MAJORITY OF THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIRED. >> BUT I CANNOT TELL YOU EXACTLY AT THIS POINT WHETHER OR NOT THAT HE WILL INCREASE BY 30 PERCENT OR 50 EURO OR WHAT

HAVE YOU. >> NOW THE OTHER QUESTION I WOULD ASK IS DO YOU HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE AIRLINES ARE AMENABLE TO THIS OR IS THIS GOING TO BE A TOUGH SELL?

>> NO, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A TOUGH SELL BASED UPON INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM MR. ELLINGTON YESTERDAY. BUT I'LL GLADLY STEP ASIDE AND HE CAN BOLSTER THAT COMMENT IF

HE SO CHOOSES. >> YES. OH, IT WON'T WILL NOT BE A TOUGH SELL BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS AND OF SOME NEGOTIATIONS OF THE PLANT'S SPECIFICATIONS FROM THE BEGINNING. SO THEY EXPECT THIS IS COME AND THEY EXPECT THERE TO BE NEW LEASES AND AGREEMENTS WITH THEM FOR PAYMENT OF OPERATION OF MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS THE DEBT SERVICE. THE BUILDING GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S THAT'S A NORMAL PROCESS THAT THEY GO THROUGH IN AIRPORTS ALL OVER WHERE THEY OPERATE WHEN THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS HAPPEN. SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT.

THAT'S THE SNAPSHOT OF TODAY WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS MYSELF ALTHOUGH I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DETAILS ABOUT IT. TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MONEY IS GOING TO WORK. SO IT DOESN'T JEOPARDIZE OTHER THINGS.

I KNOW IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND BUT I DON'T WANT US TO BE FUNDING THIS OVER OTHER THINGS THAT ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. THIS IS FORTHCOMING.

THE QUESTION PROBABLY IS TO YOU, JOHN, THE FINAL DESIGN HAS THAT BEEN DONE NOW SO THAT AS

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>> I KNOW AT TIMES THERE THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT WELL WE COULD PUT THIS MANY GATES AND WITH THE IDEA OF DOWN THE LINE WE CAN ADD A COUPLE MORE GATES .

WHERE DOES THAT STAND? DO WE JUDGE THAT ALL AT ONCE OR IS IT INCREMENTAL?

>> GREAT QUESTION. I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS OF THE CURRENT PLAN AND A FUTURE PLAN. THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT MUDDLED. SO THERE'S STILL A DISTINCT CURRENT PLAN AND FUTURE PLAN AND FUTURE PLANS A LITTLE CLOUDIER.

BUT THE FUTURE PLAN WITH THE THREE GATES PRESENTED TO YOU ALL ALONG TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THE PLAN. THAT'S A PLAN THAT'S BEEN PROMOTED BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. OK, THAT'S A PLAN IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE FAA.

OK, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ONE MORE QUICK. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ACTING AS OUR BOND

COUNSEL ON THIS AS WELL? >> NO. YOU REALLY USE YOUR SAME BOND COUNSEL YOU CURRENTLY HAVE WITH IT AND WE'VE WORKED WITH WITH THAT FIRM IN HER BEFORE.

>> SO WE'RE WE'RE USED TO WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO NEED AND WE'RE ENGINEERS NOT ATTORNEYS BUT BUT WE WORK WITH ATTORNEYS VERY OFTEN AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL CONSULTANT THAT'S NEWTON AND ASSOCIATES. SO THERE THERE'S REALLY THREE GROUPS THAT WE GOT.

ONE IS THE DESIGNERS, THE ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS. THAT'S A SOCKET.

AND WE HAVE WORKING FOR US THE NEWTON, MINNESOTA, WHICH ARE THE FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS THAT WORK WITH THE AIRLINE TO DEVELOP THE LEASES AND THE CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE THEIR ATTORNEYS ALSO AND THEN YOU HAVE BOND CAPS SO THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR GETTING

WHAT'S NEEDED TO GO AND ISSUE THE REVENUE BONDS. >> AND THE FINAL COMMENT IS ONCE AGAIN GREAT. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. EVERY DAY WE DELAY YOU KNOW, THERE'S COST ADDED. THERE'S TIME ADDED. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S IN YOUR COURT RIGHT NOW TO BRING THIS TO FOR WHICH. JEFF, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. I CAN JUST MR. LAUNCH ONE THING AND OBVIOUSLY I'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES HERE TODAY AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'M OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO DO THIS IN THE LONG RUN. SO AGAIN THE THOUGHTS ON THIS BUT WE'VE MENTIONED THE TOWN TO HELP NET MANY TIMES HERE. SO WE CAN'T LET THEM OFF THE HOOK.

WE'VE COME FOR THE SOLUTION THAT WE THINK WILL WORK. >> SO I KNOW THAT ERIC HAS BEEN TALKING TO MARC ORLANDO ALREADY. I MEAN THIS IS A COUNTY AIRPORT BUT IT BENEFITS THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

SO I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE PART OF THIS AND AND HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME AS WELL FOR

WHAT WE'RE DOING. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CRUCIATE.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. AIRPORT. YES.

BACK YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO GO . I JUST NEED TO KNOW FROM COUNT.

>> SO WE'VE GOT TWO MORE PRESENTERS. WE CAN WE CAN GO TO LUNCH AND COME BACK AND DO PINK AND SCOTT AFTER LUNCH OR WE CAN GO OUT AND FINISH THE FINANCE PORTION

SO WE CAN MOVE DIRECTLY INTO COMMUNITY SERVICES. >> I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ALL DO. I DON'T WANT TO WEAR YOU OUT YOU I'VE BEEN SETTING FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE DONE A LOT INFORMATION AT YOU THIS MORNING.

IF YOU NEED A MENTAL AND PHYSICAL BREAK FROM ALL OF THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE

YOU THAT AT THIS POINT. >> WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF INNKEEPERS SITTING THERE WAITING TO TALK TO ME? YEAH, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE CAN AS YOU WERE THINKING YOU

THERE'S THEY'RE SHORT. >> OUR FULL CONTINUE ON LIKE GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. WELL, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOU OUT FROM LUNCH.

I'LL BE FAIRLY BRIEF AND THEN TIE IN TO SCOTT MARSHALL BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON A PROJECT. AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2003 BUDGET PROCESS . WE'RE GOING TO AS YOU I'VE ALREADY SEEN OUR CALENDAR IS MUCH LONGER THIS YEAR AND WE STARTED MUCH EARLIER THIS YEAR WHICH IS A HUGE GOAL THAT WE WILL SEE OUR FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR. OUR BUDGET SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGAN IN OCTOBER WITH A BUDGET KICKOFF THAT WE HAD WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WE HAVE STARTED ALREADY WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE KINKS WE HAVE CURRENTLY.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF STARTING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS MR. MERCHANT MENTIONED EARLIER TYING INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE WE ARE TAKING A SMALLER BITE IF YOU WILL THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA DO A THREE OR C IP TO KIND OF REEVALUATE OUR PREVIOUS PROJECTS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND TRYING TO EVALUATE WHAT THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT LIST IS AND ALSO TAKING AND IMPLEMENTING IT INTO A THREE YEAR PLAN FOR US FOR COUNCIL TO ADOPT ALSO THIS YEAR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT FULLY IMPLEMENT CLEAR GOVT WHICH IS A BUDGETING SOFTWARE THAT WE WILL THAT HAS THREE SEPARATE MODULES AS OPERATIONAL CAPITAL AND PERSONNEL.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL. WE'RE KIND OF THE GUINEA PIGS

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WE HAVE WORKED OUT ALL OF OUR KINKS. ALSO THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS WE HAVE CREATED ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST A BUDGETING BUDGET COMMITTEE AND A CAPITAL PLAN COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW DEPARTMENTS REQUESTS THAT HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR TO THIS FISCAL YEAR AND SORT OF DO A BUDGET DEFENSE PRESENTATION. OTHER THAN THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP OUR GENERAL LEDGER WORKING CLOSELY WITH FINANCE TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE CHART OF ACCOUNTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE SO TACKLE THE SPECIAL

REVENUE FUND AND THE UPCOMING YEAR. >> SO SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO OUR THREE OR, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE TWENTY FIVE WAIT FOR THAT DOCUMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A FULL FLEDGED DOCUMENT FOR COUNCIL TO REVIEW

AS A PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS. >> THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS TO YOU WE WILL SEND OUT COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE PROCESS OF THE CFP. WE WE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT AND FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE TO TWENTY FIVE AS I MENTIONED WE WILL REVIEW EXISTING LIST PROJECT AND CLEAN SOME OF THOSE UP. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THEM COMPLETED BY THE END OF FISCAL 22 TO START A FRESH PLAN FOR TWENTY THREE DURING THIS PROCESS THE CAPITAL PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW AND RANK PRIORITIES BASED ON COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE WILL PRESENT AS A PART OF THE BUDGET AS OUR PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET AS WE BRING IT TO COUNCIL IN APRIL AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT I'M GOING TO KIND OF GIVE A QUICK SEGWAY INTO OUR NEW PROCESS WITH OUR FTE COUNT. AS MENTIONED IN OUR IN THE BUDGET VIDEO WE'RE IN COUNCIL. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. THE LARGEST PART OF YOUR BUDGET AND SOMETIMES THE MOST DIFFICULT PART IS EUROPE YOUR PEOPLE PORTION THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF YOUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR IS GOING TO BE FROM NOW ON AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT PIECE RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW POSITIONS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN EACH DEPARTMENT AND EACH ORGANIZATIONAL CODE . SO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO SPEND MONEY ON AND SO LAST YEAR AROUND THE SAME TIME WHEN YOU WERE PREPARING FOR BUDGET YOU HAD SOME TURNOVER IN KEY POSITIONS ON STAFF AND I THINK THAT CONTRIBUTED TO GETTING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE POWER CURVE IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING YOUR YOUR

FTE OR YOUR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT ACCOUNTS. >> SO WE ARE GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT CURVE THIS YEAR THINKING OUR WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS WE'LL BE VISITING EACH DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL BE DOING AN FTE AUDIT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE GOING IN ASSUMPTION IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A POSITION ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE SITTING IN THE POSITION IT'LL BE COUNTED AS AN FTE GOING FORWARD.

>> WE WILL EXAMINE WITH YOU THE VACANCIES THAT YOU TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE VACANT ACTIVE POSITIONS ARE GOING FORWARD AND WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL INACTIVE POSITIONS THAT ARE LISTED MUNIS AND WE'LL REVIEW EACH OF THOSE INACTIVE POSITIONS AND ALL LIKELIHOOD THE INACTIVE POSITIONS WILL PROBABLY GO AWAY. AND SO WE'LL DO TWO THINGS WITH THESE VISITS. ONE, WE'LL ESTABLISH A GOOD FTE BASELINE FOR YOUR F BY TWENTY THREE BUDGET. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL DO A

COMPLETE AUDIT OF THE FTD AND WE WILL CLEAN UP OUR FTE COUNT. >> SO THAT'S ALL QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. WE MISS OUR NEW GO FOR THE INACTIVE POSITIONS.

I KNOW SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE A VERY HARD TIME HIRING SOME OF THE LOWER PAY POSITIONS.

YES, MA'AM. WELL, THOSE GO AWAY EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE I MEAN I I'M I'M THINKING TWO DEPARTMENTS I WON'T NAME THEM IN PARTICULAR BUT THEY JUST CAN'T FILL THEM UP. WE'LL REVIEW ALL THE POSITIONS WITH WITH THE DIRECTORS.

BUT THERE ARE MANY ACTIVE POSITIONS WE HAVE THAT REMAIN VACANT AND SO WE WILL VIEW

THOSE ALSO. >> AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS IF THOSE POSITIONS HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED AND IF THEY'RE NOT LIKELY TO BE FILLED, WHY DO WE WANT TO ENCUMBER FUNDS AND THE BUDGET THAT WE COULD BE USING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO DO A VERY THOROUGH SCRUB BIRD. THEY'RE ALL LOOKING WE WANT TO INVOLVE THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS IN THIS NOT DECISIONS FOR THEM BUT WITH THEM. OKAY.

SO THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT LATER THEY COULDN'T BE FILLED IF THEY IF THE ECONOMY GETS.

I MEAN IF PEOPLE START COMING BACK TO WORK OR JUST TRYING TO THINK OF SCENARIOS LIKE AN IN

NINE MONTHS. RIGHT. >> WELL IF WE ELIMINATE SOME OF THE POSITIONS SOME OF THE ENACTED POSITIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN WELL THAT'S WHY THEY'RE INACTIVE THEY WILL JUST GO AWAY. OKAY.

BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION TO INTRODUCE A BUDGET AMENDMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME

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THINK AT THAT TIME AT THE DETENTION CENTER. >> BUT IT CERTAINLY ISN'T LIMITED TO THE DETENTION CENTER. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT BELONGS IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OR NOT. BUT I DO THINK THAT COUNSEL WILL NEED TO HAVE AN ONGOING IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF FILLING THE SLOTS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP IT WHETHER IT'S MONEY AND WHAT IT IS. BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR FOLKS TO BE KIND OF UPDATED PERIODIC ON ON DIFFICULTIES YOU MAY BE HAVING IN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T IN TERMS OF FILLING UP FILLING YOUR SLOTS.

SO KEEP US IN MIND WE A RESOURCE WE WANT TO HELP YOU. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS THERE FOR YOU. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S THE RIGHT COMMITTEE BUT THAT'S WHERE IT IS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'LL CAN WORK WITH ERIC TO FIND OUT WHAT THE RIGHT MECHANISM AND AND DELIVERY METHOD WOULD BE FOR GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO

YOU. >> BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU . AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR OFFER FOR SUPPORT BECAUSE I'M CASH IN ON THAT NEXT YEAR WHEN WE START STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR H.R. ACTUALLY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ONLINE HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY.

SEEING NONE. RIGHT. YES.

WE'RE GOING TO RESET IF I COULD JUST REAL QUICK AND JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE THINGS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY FINANCE HAS HAS HAD A BIG PART OF THIS AND I KNOW THAT I THINK WAS LAST YEAR WHENEVER AT THIS TIME WE ACTUALLY HAD HAYES AS PART OF OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND HE HAD JUST COME ON TO START WORKING THEN THAT WAS OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

>> AT THAT POINT. SO THAT'S WE LOOK NOW HAVING PINKY COME ON AS FINANCE DIRECTOR YOU KNOW DALE WAS AS THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAYES BEING GIVING THE CFO NOW MRS. CHRISTMAS STARTING OUT THAT WE'VE GOT A REALLY, REALLY GOOD

TEAM THAT HAS MOVED FORWARD. >> I MEAN OUR BIGGEST THING IS WE'D BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC BY PRESENTING A BUDGET PROCESS THAT IS EASY TO SEE AS ELECTRONIC READILY AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WANTS TO SEE IT. HAYNES WITH IT DOING HIS MONTHLY OR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AH AH AH AH MEETING UPDATES OF WHERE WE ARE OUR FINANCIAL OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND ACTUALLY HAD A LIST HERE.

>> BUT SCRATCH THEM OFF AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND WE'LL HAVE GONE UP AND TALKED.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THE BIG THING WAS SAVING THE 5 MILLION DOLLARS WHENEVER WE REFUND AND TO DECREASE DEBT ISSUING A GO BOND FOR THIRTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS. WE IMPLEMENTED THE EMPLOYEE COMP AND CLASS STUDY. WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR FIRST AUDIT AND WORKING ON

THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW WITH MORE AUDITS TO COME. >> WE WERE ABLE TO THE RESTAURANT D PUT IN A FRAUD ALERT SYSTEM. WE IMPLEMENTED THE EVER GOVT.

AND WE ARE UPDATING OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND ALSO BEEN ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE A SOLID WASTE TO ENTERPRISE. THEN I MENTIONED ALL THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THAT WHOLE TIME THE STAFF WAS UNDERSTAFFED AND OVERWORKED AND YET THEY STILL CAME FORWARD AND WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THOSE THINGS AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS AND IT ALSO GOES BACK TO LAST.

>> IS THE COMMITTEE WE HAVE HAVING CHRIS HEARD OR SHOWN ON THERE WITH HIS HIS KNOWLEDGE AND WHEN HE DOES BEING THE VISE CHAIR BUT ALSO HAVING PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE SUCH AS GERALD DAWSON AND STU ROBINSON AND BRIAN FUELING AND IT'S BEEN NICE ACTUALLY HAVING VIRTUAL MEETINGS. I LIKE IT BECAUSE THE WHOLE COUNCIL WAS THERE THEN.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE HAD A BIG IMPACT ON WHAT WE'VE DONE.

BUT AGAIN, BIGGEST THING IS MAKING IT TRANSPARENT AND BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE OF BEFORE COUNTY. THAN EVERYONE WE'RE BACK FROM RECESS

[7. 1:00PM - 3:00 PM Community Services Discussion]

. >> THIS IS DAY TWO OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOP THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION AND JUST TO CHANGE SOME THINGS UP. COUNCILMAN LARRY MCKELLEN WHO IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION WILL DO THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR AFTERNOON SESSION.

MR. MCKELLEN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I MEAN I ALSO EXTEND A WELCOME TO EVERYONE WHO IS PRESENT AND ALSO LISTENING AND WATCHING ON

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IT HAS SOME EXTENSIVE RESPONSIBILITIES. >> LUCKILY WE HAVE THREE OUTSTANDING ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STAFF WORK IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THE PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE BROKEN DOWN AND MADE BY ALL THREE OF THOSE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS TO ADDRESS THE FIRST PORTION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE PRESENTED BY AUDRA TONIGHT. SHE WAS THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS SOME

RESPONSIBILITIES WITH REGARD TO COMMUNITY SERVICES. >> AUDRA IS A 12 YEAR VETERAN AND AN EMPLOYEE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY. SHE WAS A DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. AROUND THE EARLY 2002 THOUSAND TWO AND THEN SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR NINE YEARS.

SHE HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES SINCE JULY OF 2021 AND SHE COMES TO US WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM S UNIVERSITY IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. SO ORDER I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE FIRST PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCILMAN MCCALLUM, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

I'M JUST A CORRECTION HAS BEEN 21 YEARS SO I MIGHT SUBMITTED 12 BUT IT HAS BEEN 21 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DIVISION THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR AS A HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE THIS DISABILITY AND SPECIAL NEEDS VOTER REGISTRATION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THE VIDEO FIRST. >> SURE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, CAST MEMBERS. I'M ORDERING SWANSEA ON ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES. I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW GOALS THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR. ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED OVER 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY AND SOME STILL PENDING GOALS OR F Y TWENTY THREE STRIVE TO RETURN TO PRE PANDEMIC ADMISSION NUMBERS. THE GOAL IS TO SERVE A THOUSAND CITIZENS EXPAND THE ADOLESCENT OUTREACH SERVICES THROUGH GRANT FUNDING TO EXTEND IT TO COUNTY SCHOOLS ALSO EXPAND PREVENTION SERVICES TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY FOCUSING OIL BLUFFTON AND HAPPENED IN HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS HIRED A FULL TIME LICENSED MASTER'S SOCIAL WORKER AS A PROGRAM COORDINATOR . THIS POSITION WILL FOCUS ON FAMILY INDIGENOUS SERVICES THE GOALS FOR NY TWENTY THREE ARE TO HIRE A FULL TIME OUTREACH SPECIALIST TO WORK WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND DEVELOP A PROTOCOL AS INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY. VOTER REGISTRATION COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF SECURITY SYSTEM AT THE BLUFFTON SATELLITE OFFICE.

THEIR GOALS FOR NY 23 ARE TO LOCATE POLLING PLACES TO HOUSE NEW PRECINCTS THAT WILL BE CREATED DUE TO RESULTS OF THE PRECINCT REALIGNMENT DISABILITY AND SPECIAL NEEDS WITH THE PANDEMIC AND CERTAIN INTERNAL PROCEDURES HOW TO CHANGE TELECOMMUTING WAS IMPLEMENTED FOR MANY STAFF MEMBERS. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.

STAFF MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS THEY SERVE THE GOALS OR NY 23 ARE TO ADJUST TO THE NEW FEE FOR SERVICE IN A RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND ENHANCED STAFF RECRUITMENT.

VETERANS AFFAIRS CONTACTED OVER TWO THOUSAND VETERANS AND ASSISTED IN BUILDING OVER 600 VETERAN CLIENTS. THE GOAL FOR NY TWENTY THREE IS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE

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THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING THIS BUDGET YEAR. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY OF SPEAKING TODAY ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION

DEPARTMENTS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE MAIN GOAL FOR THIS DEPARTMENT IS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS A POSITION OPEN FOR AN OUTREACH SPECIALIST WHICH I BELIEVE WE HAVE SELECTED A GREAT INDIVIDUAL THAT CAN FILL THE

SHOES OF THIS PROGRAM. >> MR. GREENWOOD'S PRESENTATION YESTERDAY ON THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS PROGRAM. THIS WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO BE A COLLABORATION. ONE OF INTERNAL COUNTY AGENCIES MUNICIPALITIES AND EVEN STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BEN BOSWELL.

HE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER THAT HAS THEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR EIGHT YEARS AND HE IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT. HE HAS PREPARED A POWERPOINT THAT I WOULD LIKE HIM TO PRESENT TO CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.

>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED BACK IN 2013, ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS I WAS ASSIGNED WAS TO DO THE 2014 POINT IN TIME COUNT AND THIS IS ACCOUNT IS CONDUCTED IN. I WON'T SAY THAT THE LESS SATURDAY OF JANUARY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT THIS COUNT IS TO ASSESS HOW MANY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND UNDER COMMUNITY THE RESULTS FROM THAT COUNT WERE VERY SHOCKING AND DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE THE NUMBERS THAT WE PRODUCED, THE NUMBERS THAT DATA WERE SUGGESTING AND THE NUMBERS THAT

HUD ACTUALLY ACCEPTED WERE ALL VERY, VERY DIFFERENT NUMBERS. >> AND SO THIS REALLY LED TO A BIG FOCUS ON US. TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HOMELESSNESS.

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE OUR DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS METHODOLOGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET ACCURATE COUNTS AND TO REALLY TRANSITION OUR DEPARTMENT.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW WORKING ON YOUTH SERVICES AND THERE ARE JUST HUGELY GROWING NEEDS FOR VULNERABLE AND VOLATILE INDIVIDUALS COMMUNITIES, ADULTS SPECIFICALLY FOR SERVICES WITH A BIG EMPHASIS ON SENIOR CITIZENS AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. FIRST THING WORKS. SO FIRST THING I DO IS TALK ABOUT HOW HOMELESSNESS IS DEFINED AND HUD HAS SOME VERY, VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS FROM

WITNESS THE DEFINITIONS INCLUDE FOUR CATEGORIES. >> SO THERE'S HOMELESSNESS AND IMMINENT HOMELESSNESS WHICH ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTUALLY ON THE STREET OR ARE EXPERIENCING EVICTION OR OTHER CONDITIONS THAT WILL MEAN

THEY'LL BE HOMELESS. >> THEY CAN ALSO BE DEFINED SEPARATELY BY THE FEDERAL STATUTES. FEDERAL STATUTES INCLUDE THE MCKINNEY VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT SEE THIS LOT THE NEWS AS IT RELATES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS USUALLY BETWEEN 250 350 CHILDREN WHO WERE ENROLLED IN CAN EVEN THOSE SERVICES. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THOSE CHILDREN ARE HOMELESS BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES DISPLACEMENT AS WELL BECAUSE OF HOW THAT STATUTE DEFINES HOW CHILDREN

ARE OR ARE HOMELESS. >> THEY COULD BE SHELTERED, THEY COULD BE SAFE BUT JUST DISPLACED OR OTHERWISE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIPS THAT PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING TO

SCHOOL. >> IN THAT CASE THEY ARE CONSIDERED HOMELESS.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A NUMBER THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER NUMBERS BUT STILL CORRECT VICTIMS BEING THE FOURTH CATEGORY. THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE FOLKS AND HOPEFUL HORIZONS DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTER THEY'RE ALSO CONSIDERED HOMELESS UNDER THE DEFINITION

OF HOMELESS ITSELF. >> YOU HAVE TWO SUBCATEGORIES YOU HAVE SHELTERED HOMELESS AND UNSHELTERED HOMELESS SHELTER HOMELESS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS OR TRANSITIONAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNSHELTERED HOMELESS FOR YOUR FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN CARS, HARD SIDEWALKS, ABANDONED BUILDINGS OR OTHERWISE YOUR HERE'S A STANDARD STREET

HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT FURTHER DEFINED BY. >> HERE WE GO.

INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND A CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN HOMELESS EITHER FOR A YEAR OR MORE OR HAS HAD AT LEAST FOUR EPISODES OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS AND THEY HAVE A DISABLING CONDITION WHICH INCLUDES SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY CHRONICLE PHYSICAL ILLNESS OR DISABILITY OR THE CORE OCCURRENCE OF TWO OR MORE OF THOSE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STATISTIC

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NIGHTS ANNUALLY. >> SO REALISTICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS VERY FEW PEOPLE END UP LIVING IN SHELTERS AND THE SHELTERS HAVE A LIMITED STAY POLICY AND THEY'LL MIGRATE

BETWEEN SHELTERS TO GET AROUND THOSE POLICIES. >> SOMETHING I REALLY TO TALK ABOUT IS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS. HOMELESSNESS WE FOUND IS VERY SYMPTOMATIC AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO HOMELESSNESS AND A LOT OF THESE CONDITIONS TEND TO BE LAYERED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER AND HAPPEN USUALLY ALL AT THE SAME TIME OR IN VARYING DEGREES INFLUENCE ONE ANOTHER. WHAT A LEADING CAUSE AS WE SEE

IS MENTAL ILLNESS OR TRAUMA. >> WE SEE THIS THIS EFFECT ESPECIALLY AFFECTS OUR VETERAN POPULATIONS PTSD THE EFFECTS IT HAS TO HOW PEOPLE REACT TO SITUATIONS.

>> YOU KNOW IN THIS CASE YOUR INTERVENTION IS GOING TO BE PSYCHIATRIC CARE.

THEY'RE GOING TO THE DOCTOR, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED MEDICATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE MENTAL ILLNESS, A TRANSITIONAL SHELTER OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY MAY BE EFFECTIVE OR THEY MIGHT NEED A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITUATION IN WHICH CASE EVEN TO BE PLACED SOMEWHERE WHERE SOMEONE'S GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM ALL THE TIME SUBSTANCE MISUSE THIS IS ANOTHER LEADING CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS.

>> YOUR INTERVENTION THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDICTION TREATMENT.

YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE DEALING WITH ADDICTION

TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. >> THERE'S RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND THERE ARE SEVERAL HALFWAY HOUSES YOU CAN GO THESE ARE SOBER LIVING

KIND OF HOMES, ECONOMIC PRESSURES. >> THIS IS USUALLY THE MOST PERCEIVED CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS WHERE SOMEBODY LOSES A HOUSE DUE TO LOSING YOUR JOB OR

HAVING OTHER SORT OF FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. >> THESE ARE THE FOLKS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MOST OFTEN IN OUR SHELTER LIKE FAMILY PROMISE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IS A BIG

CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS. >> WHAT PEOPLE DO IS THEY ENTER THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ENGAGE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, ENTER THE JUSTICE SYSTEM MAY GET INCARCERATED IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN EFFECTIVE REENTRY SERVICE TYPICALLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO THREE CONTINUE THEIR BEHAVIOR ONCE THEY GET OUT IT'S GET THERE'S A BIG LEADING CAUSE OF RECIDIVISM.

>> FOLKS WHO STRUGGLE WITH HOW TO ADAPT ONCE THEY'VE GOTTEN OUT OF INCARCERATION AND THEN

OF COURSE SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE THAT WAY. >> YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN GET A POTATO IN THE NEWS WITH THE WHOLE VAN LIFE TREND. THIS IS A FAST GROWING TREND

NOW ESPECIALLY NOW THAT PEOPLE CAN WORK REMOTELY. >> PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO DOWNSIZE AND THERE COULD BE SOME ECONOMIC PRESSURES BEHIND DECISIONS BUT THEY'RE RETROFITTING VANS GOING OUT LIVING OR LIVING IN ARBY'S IN THESE SITUATIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE CAN BE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE CUSP MAYBE THEY DO MAYBE DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THAT WAY.

>> THEY'RE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK WITH THEM TO SEE IF WHERE THEY'RE AT, IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP. BUT OTHERWISE IF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS LAWFUL, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN REALLY DO JUST LIVE AND LET LIVE ALSO ON TALK A LITTLE BIT TOO ABOUT WE TALKED ABOUT VICTIMS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IN THOSE CASES YOU'VE LAW ENFORCED INTERVENTIONS, DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTERS AS HOPEFUL HORIZONS THAT USUALLY LEADS TO A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

>> SO OUR OVERALL GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE WHAT'S CALLED FUNCTIONAL ZERO AND FUNCTIONAL ZERO MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE ENTERING HOMELESSNESS AT THE SAME RATE AT WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO EXIT THEM FROM HOMELESSNESS. AND YET THE REALITY IS YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO END HOMELESSNESS BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IS DEVELOP A CONTINUUM OF CARE. IT'S EFFECTIVE ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH THOSE SYSTEMS. THERE'S LOCAL DATA HERE.

THIS COMES FROM CHARITY TRACKERS, THE TOUR DE TREKKERS A SYSTEM WE HAVE THAT COLLABORATES ALL OF OUR CHARITABLE AGENCIES. WE HAVE A LOT OF FAITH COMMUNITY ON THERE AS WELL. THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF WHO THEY'RE WORKING WITH, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. AND SO THIS DATA IF THIS IS FOR THE YEAR 2020 WE SAW 100 ADULTS

EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. >> THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE UNSHELTERED AND THEN WE SAW 234

FAMILIES EXPERIENCING IMMINENT HOMELESSNESS. >> THAT WAS THREE OUT OF 21

ADULTS TUTOR 24 CHILDREN AND 111 SENIORS. >> I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT

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OF YOUNG FAMILIES. >> YOU SEE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES.

YOU SEE A LOT OF CHILDREN. SO FOR THE OUTREACH SPECIALIST ,YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS WE KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN I THINK WE HAVE A VERY, VERY CLEAR VISION OF WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS NEED TO BE TO ADDRESS IT, WHICH IS WHY WE DECIDED THE TIME WAS RIGHT FOR US TO FIND A FULL TIME INDIVIDUAL WHO CAN DEVOTE 40 HOURS A WEEK TO ACTUALLY MOVING

FOR THOSE NEXT STEPS. >> THIS PERSON WOULD BE THE PRIMARY POINT TO CONTACT FOR HOMELESS AND OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE WOULD GET ALL OF OUR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ON

BOARD. >> FAITH COMMUNITY BOARD DO A BIG PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO SAY GUYS WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THE SITUATION LET US KNOW A PERSON TO BE TRAINED.

WE WILL TALK TO THEM, FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE WANT THEM TO BECOME A MASTER OF HEAD OUT, NAVIGATE THOSE RESOURCES BOTH LOCALLY,

REGIONALLY AND THEN STATEWIDE. >> DATA COLLECTION IS GOING TO BE A HUGE PIECE.

THERE ARE LARGE GAPS IN THE DATA WE HAVE AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE BECAUSE TRACKER ONLY CAPTURES THOSE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY COME AND ASKED FOR HELP.

>> WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

THEY MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO ASK FOR HELP. THEY MAY NOT WANT TO ASK FOR HELP AND IN SITUATION IS TOUGH BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO TO A MOTEL AND ASK LIKE WHO HERE DO YOU THINK IS HOMELESS OR IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO WALK THROUGH WAL-MART PARKING LOT, FIND CARS ,YOU KNOW WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF CLOTHES IN THE BACK AND YOU THINK SO MANY MIGHT BE HERE AND KNOCK ON THE WINDOW AND SAY HEY, ARE YOU HOMELESS? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT AGENCY THEY HAVE THAT CAPACITY TO REACH OUT AND TRY TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT

OPPORTUNITIES THAT IF YOU WANT THAT HELP IS THERE. >> WE HAVE FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, OUR MID-TERM GOALS WE WANT TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS REALLY THE END POINT OF LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT WHO CAN BE REACHED FOR ISSUES AS REALLY SO HOMELESSNESS.

THEY WOULD FUNNEL ALL THAT INFORMATION THROUGH THE HMAS SYSTEM WHICH IS THE HOMELESSNESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY CONNECTS US

DIRECTLY WITH HUD ON THE DATA COLLECTION AND SHARING. >> AND THEN TO ENHANCE THAT ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT WE CONDUCT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HUD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN

COLLECT THE BEST DATA WE POSSIBLY CAN. >> AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS WE WE REALLY HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT LOCAL DATA COLLECTION TO START WRITING SOME SOME GRANTS WITH A LONG TERM GOAL OF HOPEFULLY SECURING

LONG TERM HUD FUNDING. >> WE DO GET SOME HUD FUNDING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT GOES A HOPEFUL HORIZONS FAMILY PROMISE AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER SMALLER AGENCIES. HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH HUD AS WELL BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THE POPULATION WE'RE TRYING TO BUY WE WANT MAKE SURE WE CAN CAPTURE THAT.

>> WE WANT TO LOOK AT POLICIES LOOK POLICIES, SEE IF THERE'S ANY POLICY CHANGES WE CAN

IMPLEMENT THAT CAN HELP REDUCE HOMELESSNESS. >> WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO WORK WITH POPULATIONS AND ULTIMATELY WE HOPE TO ENHANCE THAT CONTINUUM OF CARE SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A FUNCTIONAL ZERO.

>> WE'VE GOT ENOUGH HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, ENOUGH TREATMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT AS PEOPLE ENTER HOMELESSNESS WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND GET THEM OUT

OF HOMELESSNESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> EXCELLENT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR BEN? >> ANYBODY ONLINE? I DO KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC CREATED A LOT MORE HOMELESSNESS THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DEAL

WITH THAT SITUATION AND HAS IT BEGUN TO DECLINE? >> WE ARE EXPECTING THINGS TO

GET A LOT WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER. >> THE NC HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM NC HOUSING PLUS PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL. WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR 18 MONTHS IN TERMS OF RENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY FEDERAL AGENCIES THE CAPACITY TO GET SOMEBODY UP ON 12 MONTHS OF RENT SC STATE PLUS HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THEN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WILL HAVE TO

CATCH SOME FOLKS UP. >> WE HAVE SEEN ACTUALLY A DECLINE THROUGHOUT GOVAN IN TERMS OF REQUESTS AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING. AND WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SCRAPE BY, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE HOUSING MORATORIUMS. BUT WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BRACE OURSELVES FOR A HUGE TIDAL WAVE OF ASSISTANCE FOR AND WE KNOW

THAT FOOD REQUESTS HAVE GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY DURING COVERED . >> AND SO WE EXPECT PROPORTIONATELY THOSE THOSE HOUSING NEEDS REPAIRS ARE GOING TO GO UP AS WELL.

>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, BEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

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ME. >> OH, YEAH. JUST DOES THE CABLE OPTION.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YEAH.

I'LL GET YOU A COUPLE OVER JUST A COUPLE COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS GETTING INVOLVED IN FOR ABOUT

YOU'RE BREAKING OUR EXPERIENCE. >> OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT THERE'S ABOUT A THREE WAY SPLIT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS. THERE IS ABOUT A THIRD THAT HAVE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. THERE'S ABOUT ONE THIRD THAT ARE REALLY AT A POINT WHERE THEY'RE READY TO COME BACK INTO SOCIETY AND IT'S ABOUT ONE THIRD THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BRING THEM BACK UNTIL THEY'VE EXPERIENCED MORE TIME ON THE STREET.

THE SECOND THING I WOULD ARGUE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TREAT THE MEN AND THE WOMEN DIFFERENTLY.

TYPICALLY FOR A WOMAN IF SHE'S ON THE STREET FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS SHE WILL TURN TO PROSTITUTION WHEREAS A MAN CAN SURVIVE MUCH LONGER. I'M ON THE STREET SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU GO FORWARD.

THANK YOU, SIR. >> MR. GLOVER, YOU HAD A COMMON GO AHEAD.

YOU'RE ON MUTE. YOU HEAR ME? YES.

OKAY. I THINK I'M ON THE SAME LINE. DO JUST BASICALLY LOOK AT THE HOMELESS. THERE'S THE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS THAT'S THERE AND THERE REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST MONEY. THEY NEED A LOT OF PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRIC CARE. AND THE THE OTHERS SOME OF THEM ARE JUST THEREFORE TEMPORARILY.

SO THEY YOU KNOW, ALL WE NEED DO IS THE SYSTEM A SYSTEM AS THEY MOVE BACK INTO THE JOB MARKET. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS AND TRY TO REALLY NOT DO A BAND-AID APPROACH TO TRY TO REALLY ADDRESS THE SERIOUS PROBLEM.

THAT'S THE COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE. THANKS.

>> MR. SOMMER, DON'T YOU USE THE TERM FUNCTIONAL ZERO? I GUESS THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT GIVEN THAT WE CAN'T REQUIRE THEM TO TAKE MEDICATIONS. WE'LL ALWAYS BE OUT THERE. YES.

AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A SUBSET OF A POPULATION THAT IS JUST GOING TO CHOOSE TO

LIVE THAT WAY. >> RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ENGAGEMENT METHODS LIKE MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE CAN KIND OF ASSESS WHERE

THEY'RE AT BUT YOU KNOW, THE COMMENT WAS MADE EARLIER. >> SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST NOT READY. AND SO WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE IDENTIFY SOMEONE FOR THAT POSITION IS WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT HAS THE SKILL SET TO DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T DEVELOP A POSITIVE

RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE FOLKS. >> I MEAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO IN AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO DO IT.

>> YOU NEED TO DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, GET TO KNOW THEM, GET TO KNOW WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE. AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE LEVERAGE TO THEN SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU WANT TO LIVE THIS WAY BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR DIABETES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES SO WE CAN ADDRESS THINGS YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPECT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES, THAT WE MEET

THEIR LIFE GOALS. >> WELL, ALSO MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE

THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND EVERYTHING ELSE DOES HAVE YOU. >> CAN YOU QUANTIFY FUNCTIONAL ZERO AND BEAUFORT COUNTY SINCE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE POPULATION, ARE WE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL ZERO IF LIKE SO FUNCTIONAL ZERO IS DEFINED AS THREE A MONTH THREE MONTH ARE ENTERING A THREE MONTH OR EXITING.

>> NOW OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO CATCH UP ON THOSE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS THEMSELVES THEY'RE VERY TRANSIENT.

>> WE HAVE A LOT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOMADIC. YOU KNOW, THEY MOVE UP AND DOWN GOES THEY LEAVE WHENEVER THEY WANT TO COME BACK HOME. I WANT THEY MIGHT HAVE FRIENDS HERE. HERE'S A FAMILY MY WIFE WORKED WITH.

SHE SHE WORKED AT KAPPA FOR A WHILE. SHE'S IN ANYWAY NOW SHE SHE DOES RELATIONSHIP WITH AND THEY LIVE IN A MOTEL OUT IN JASPER AND THAT'S JUST HOW THEY WANT TO LIVE AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY UP NORTH NOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES OVERNIGHT THEY DECIDE WHEN TO

GO UP NORTH. >> SO THEY GET IN THE CAR AND THEY GO NORTH.

AND THOSE ARE REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGING CASES BECAUSE IT'S NOT GREAT FOR THEM.

>> IT'S NOT GREAT FOR THEIR FAMILY. BUT IT'S IT'S A PERSONAL CHOICE . ANY FINAL COMMENTS? BEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. >> I APPRECIATE TO COMMENT ON COUNCILMAN GLOVER'S COMMENT IN REGARDS THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY SOMEONE HAS REACHED HOMELESSNESS AND HOPEFULLY WITH THIS PROGRAM OR THAT WE WANT TO DEVELOP WE WILL ADDRESS ALL THOSE NEEDS OF WHAT LED THEM TO

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BE HOMELESS. >> SO BEN AND FRED ARE AWARE OF THAT AND YOU KNOW AND THAT'S WHY I SAID, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION AGAIN WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A MUST. SO THANK YOU, BEN. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE.

STEVE HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD IN WRITING SUCCESSFUL GRANTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE BEEN SINCE MY ROLE. I'VE TAKEN MY ROLE ON JULY, BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNCIL

SEVERAL TIMES IN REGARDS TO THE GRANTS THAT HE HAS RECEIVED. >> I HAVE ASKED HIM TO JOIN US TODAY SO HE CAN SHARE WHAT HIS PLAN IS WITH THE OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS THAT HE HAS RECEIVED. STEVE HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY SINCE 2018.

>> HE CAME FROM CHARLESTON WORKING IN THE CHARLESTON CENTER AS A TREATMENT DIRECTOR SLASH COMPLIANCE MANAGER HIS SORT OF HIS CERTIFICATES AND LICENSE YEARS ARE IMPRESSIVE.

HE IS A CLINICAL ADDICTION COUNSELOR TO A MASTER ADDICTION COUNSELOR LICENSE PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND LICENSE ADDICTION COUNSELOR AND A CERTIFIED CLINICAL SUPERVISOR.

COUNCILMAN MIKE ALLEN, I BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE.

>> I'M JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO SET THIS UP FOR. THE WORK THAT HE IS DOING THERE AND THE WORK YOU'RE SUPERVISING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM THAT EXISTS RELATING TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. I HAVE SOME HISTORY WITH THIS NOT AS A DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSER BUT I HAVE SOME HISTORY AS BEING IN THIS IN THIS BUSINESS AND I JUST WANT TO SET THIS UP FOR STEVE SO THAT WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE GRANTS THAT HE'S GETTING, EVERYONE IS VERY CLEAR ON WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS ROSE BY CLOSE TO 30 PERCENT IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2020, HITTING THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT WAS EVER RECORDED MORE THAN NINETY THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE DIED FROM DRUG OVERDOSES IN 2020.

THAT'S A 30 PERCENT INCREASE FROM THE 70 TO THOUSAND DEATHS PROJECTED FOR 20 19.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF OVERDOSE DEATHS EVER RECORDED IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.

>> AND THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE AT LEAST NINETEEN NINETY NINE.

I LEARNED MANY YEARS AGO THAT YOU CANNOT ARREST YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM.

YOU MUST HAVE A THREE LEGGED STOOL. THE OTHER TWO LEGS IN ADDITION TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORT IS A PREVENTION AND EDUCATION LEG AND A TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION. AND STEVE IS AN EXPERT IN THOSE AREAS OF PREVENTION AND EDUCATION TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION. THE CULPRIT 19 PANDEMIC CREATED A DEVASTATING COLLISION OF A HEALTH CRISIS IN AMERICA AS IN RECENT YEARS, ANY INAPPROPRIATE USE OF OPIOIDS WAS BEHIND MOST OF THE DEATHS. THE OVERDOSE DEATHS FROM OPIOIDS ROSE FROM FIFTY THOUSAND IN 2019 TO 70000 IN 2020.

IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN AN INCREDIBLY UNCERTAIN AND STRESSFUL TIME FOR MANY PEOPLE AND WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN DRUG CONSUMPTION DIFFICULTY IN ASSESSING LIFESAVING ACCESS AND LIFESAVING TREATMENTS FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND A TRAGIC RISE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS . WE MUST PRIORITIZE MAKING TREATMENT OPTIONS MORE WIDELY

AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. >> IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE PROVISIONAL DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS DISTRICTS TO 2020 CONFIRMED THE ADDICTION FIELDS WORST FEARS. IT'S NO LONGER A QUESTION OF DOING MORE COMBAT OUR NATION'S DRUG PROBLEMS. WHAT WE AS A SOCIETY ARE DOING PUTTING PEOPLE WITH DRUG ADDICTION BEHIND BARS UNDER INVESTING IN PREVENTION AND COMPASSIONATE MEDICAL CARE IS NOT WORKING EVEN AS WE WORK HARD IN THIS AREA. IT'S TRAGIC TO SEE THAT THAT THE EFFECTIVE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT TOOLS WE ALREADY HAVE ARE JUST NOT BEING USED.

IT SEEMS THAT DECADES OF PREJUDICE AGAINST TREATING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WITH MEDICATION HAS GREATLY LIMITED THEIR REACH. PARTLY ACCOUNTING FOR WHY ONLY 18 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER RECEIVE MEDICATIONS.

THE SCIENCE OF THE MATTER IS UNEQUIVOCAL ADDICTION IS A CHRONIC AND TREATABLE MEDICAL CONDITION. IT'S NOT A WEAKNESS OF WILL WORK.

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>> PART OF THE FAILURE OF THE CURRENT APPROACH DRUG CRISIS ARISES WHEN THE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION PEOPLE SHOULD AND CAN JUST STOP USING DRUGS. EVERYONE WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING DRUGS NEEDS GOOD HEALTH CARE AND MAY ALSO NEED HELP WITH HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND CHILD CARE NEEDS .

>> I THINK THAT WHAT I'VE JUST SAID COMPLIMENTS THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS JUST MADE ON HOMELESSNESS AND I THINK THERE'S A VERY STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT AND

SUBSTANCE AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS. >> SO STEVE, I WELCOME YOU TO THE PODIUM SO THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY REACH YOU HAVE IN OBTAINING GRANTS TO HELP US ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. THANKS, AUDRA.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. ACTUALLY I CAME HERE TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH AN ABUNDANCE OF INDIVIDUAL TYPE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETS THAT WE HAVE SET UP FOR EACH OF THESE GRANTS PLUS THE COMPLICATED REPORTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE IS REQUIRES US TO COMPARTMENTALIZE EVERYTHING INTO A COST CENTER. SO I THINK THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOT GOING RIGHT NOW AND WITH THE TWO WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING WILL PROBABLY BE UP TO 16 SEPARATE BUDGETS. SO THAT'S MY APOLOGY. SO A PINKIE OR DENISE CHRISTMAS CAN HELP US TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT SIMPLIFIED. WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY.

BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'VE COME HERE TO YOU TO ASK PERMISSION TO DO AND AND WITH NOT ONLY ACCEPTING GRANTS BUT ALSO APPLYING FOR GRANTS. SO FIRST LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

AND THEN I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GRANT WRITING TEAM THAT ACTUALLY APPROACHED OUR DEPARTMENT FROM LANCASTER COUNTY BECAUSE THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH MY STAFF. I SENT THREE OF THEM TO A GRANT WRITING TRAINING. THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH THOSE STAFF AND WITH A GRANT THAT THEY PUT IN FRONT OF THEM WHICH WAS A LITTLE BABY GRANT OF ABOUT FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEY CONTACTED ME AS A RESULT OF THAT AND SAID I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THAT YOUR STAFF THINKS AND WITH THE WAY THAT YOUR STAFF WRITES AND WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO BE ABLE TO WRITE OTHER GRANTS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY BECAUSE WE LIKE B FOR COUNTY AND I SAID WELL THE FIRST REACTION WAS WELL HOW MUCH? AND THEY SAID NOTHING AS LONG AS YOU ALLOW US TO BE THE EVALUATE IF YOU DO GET FUNDED AND YOU KNOW SAID SO TO ME SINCE THERE WAS ZERO MATCH AND ZERO MONEY TO PUT OUT THERE, WHAT WE DID WAS YOU WROTE ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT GRANTS LAST YEAR . WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WHEN A FEW OF THEM AND THEN ONE OF THEM IN PARTICULAR WHICH WAS OUR BIGGEST GRANT WE PARTNERED WITH EMC EMC DEPARTMENT PARTNERED WITH DONNA AND HOWELL OVER THERE AND THEY HELPED US WITH WRITING THE GRANT AND WE WE'RE ABLE TO PULL ON ONE POINT 9 3 4 MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT GRANT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE BY PHIL MAYBE BECAUSE HIS DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE THAT

BUDGET UNDERNEATH THEIR UMBRELLA. >> WE WILL BE GETTING TO FTE EASE OUT OF THAT POSITION AND WE'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER.

>> BUT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES ON PAPER IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER ENORMOUS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THAT GRANT THAT I THINK IS AS WORTH NOTING IS THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING TO US IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE EXPECT THAT THEY SHOULD. AND THAT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO COME FORWARD TO TREATMENT. THAT'S ALWAYS SEEMINGLY BEEN THE CASE BUT MORE SO WITH COBURN. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THIS GRANT IS WE'RE DEVELOPING THESE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PARAMEDIC EDUCATION TEAMS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE GOING TO THE HOMES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE OVERDOSED. WE HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL, OUR FIRST MEETING THIS FRIDAY MORNING OR WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT OUR STANDARD OPERATING GUIDELINES AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE A GROUP IN FROM CHARLESTON AND A PRESENTER FROM ATLANTA THAT WILL LET US KNOW HOW IT IS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY

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I SUSPECT THAT WE'LL PROBABLY END UP WITH 40 TO 45 DEATHS THIS YEAR IF NOT MORE AND THAT'S TRAGIC. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE WRITTEN SOME OTHER GRANTS. ONE OF THEM IS IS THROUGH THE STATE OPIOID RESPONSE DOLLARS THAT DATA SETS THEY HAD DIFFERENT COUNTIES, RIGHT. COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND WE WERE FUNDED. AND ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS WRITTEN IS FOR A GRANT CALLED PROJECT STIGMA. WHAT THIS GRANT WILL BE DOING IT WILL BE DOING ACTUALLY JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'LL BE DOING OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND BASICALLY TRYING TO PREVENT PROVIDE AN ANTI STIGMA MESSAGE BECAUSE WE KNOW THE STIGMA KILLS. THERE'S NO NEW FTD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GRANT. THE MONEY IS STRICTLY FOR THINGS SUCH AS ADVERTISING THE CAMPAIGN LITERATURE THAT WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE PULLED IN WHICH WAS FOR TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND

WHICH IS CALLED PROJECT MARIPOSA. >> WE RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT THAT HERE WHERE THERE IS AN FTE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THIS ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY HAS IS TARGETING THE LATINO POPULATION AND BEAUFORT COUNTY BECAUSE WE SUCH WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE POPULATION AND THE DATA SHOWS THAT THEY ARE MUCH MORE AT RISK TO HAVE CAR CRASHES AS A RESULT OF ALCOHOL USE HIGHER OR HIGHER ARREST THAN THE AVERAGE POPULATION. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HIRE A SPANISH SPEAKING PREVENTION PERSON TO DO OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO TRY TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY, TRY TO ENGAGE FOLKS IN THE SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE ENGAGED AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THAT GRANT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER GRANTS THAT WERE PULLED IN AND OR POCKETS OF MONEY POOLS OF MONEY I'LL SAY THAT I'LL HAVE THE ROUND SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS. ONE IS RELATED TO PROVIDES A 1 1 8 POINT 1 8 WHICH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED TO ALLOW US TO GET SOME MONEY BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE WITH COVERED MY INDUSTRY WAS VERY MUCH AFFECTED WITH STAFF OR THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE STAFF RETAIN STAFF AND TO BASICALLY GET PEOPLE INTO SERVICES THAT NEEDED TO BE HERE.

THEREFORE WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE THREE LEGS. THE STOOL I GUESS IS SOMETHING I'M BORROWING FROM LARRY. WE'RE WORKING ON STAFF ENGAGEMENT, STAFF RETENTION AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE OUR MARKETING ALL TOTAL RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF THESE POCKETS OF MONEY THAT WE'VE BEEN BRINGING IN. IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY A GOOD THING BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO FILL THE POSITIONS TO DO THE WORK.

THAT'S WHERE OUR BIGGEST STRUGGLE IS RIGHT NOW. SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO CREATIVE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY, TO DIFFERENT FOLKS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO WORK. WE PAY VERY WELL. WE HAVE GREAT BENEFITS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD. WE HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I DO WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT WE HAVE A ZERO BASED BUDGETING SORT OF BUDGET RELATED TO MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND THAT IS BASICALLY WE JUST KIND PULL A NUMBER OUT OF THE AIR TO SAY OK, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR ON MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND THE WAY THAT WE PULL IT DOWN IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE SERVICE THEN WE CAN PULL THE MONEY DOWN.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO PULL DOWN BUT THE MONEY'S MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE FOR US AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH COMPEL YOU FOR JASPER HAMPTON COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES WHERE THEY HAVE GOT THREE DATA 2000 WAIVER PHYSICIANS THAT CAN PROVIDE MEDICATION SUCH AS BUPRENORPHINE.

SO WHEN WE FIND SOMEBODY THAT COMES TO OUR OFFICE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM MEDICATION THAT'S NOT IN OUR SCOPE OF PRACTICE TO SAY THAT THEY DO.

BUT IF WE THINK THAT THEY MIGHT WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH COMPELLED TO SEND THEM FOR AN EVALUATION. AND IF THE DOCTOR THINKS THEY'RE APPROPRIATE AS LONG AS

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CRAVING SORT OF COMPONENT TO IT WHICH HELPS TO ALLEVIATE THAT COMPULSION TO DRINK.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND I EXPECT THAT WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME IN THIS COMING YEAR.

AND AGAIN, IT'LL HAVE NO EFFECT ON OUR BUDGET PER SAY. IT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DRAW DOWN. SO THOSE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. AND THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON GOING FORWARD IN THIS NEXT YEAR . WE'VE ALREADY STARTED HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MY GRANT WRITING FOLK TO DO ANOTHER RULE OPIOID OUTREACH TYPE GRANT.

THIS GRANT WILL BE A ONE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT IS WE WANT TO PUT OUR PERSONNEL INTO THE JAIL AND WE WANT TO PUT THEM INTO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. WE THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THOSE DIFFERENT PLACES TO BE ABLE TO USE. AS BEN SAID, MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY TO FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE JAIL AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET INTO SERVICES WITH US AND ALSO IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHEN A PERSON IS FRESH OFF A CRISIS TO TRY TO ENGAGE THEM INTO SERVICES AT BAGHDAD BECAUSE WE GET SOFIA REFERRALS FROM THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. AND LASTLY WITH THIS NEW GRANT THAT WE'RE HOPING TO SUBMIT IN JANUARY, THERE IS TRANSITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING JAIL ARE HOMELESS AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR AT LEAST FIRST MONTH'S RENT DEPOSIT TO HELP THESE PEOPLE TO GET INTO A SAFE, SOBER LIVING SITUATION. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET SOBER IF YOU'RE LIVING ON THE STREET. AND THEN THERE'S ONE OTHER GRANT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR. IT'S CALLED A DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANT.

IT'S A FIVE YEAR GRANT WITH RENO FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS WHERE WE WANT TO DEVELOP COALITION ON THIS SIDE OF THE BROAD RIVER. THERE'S A VERY NICE ONE ON THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD THERE'S THE LACKEY ORGANIZATION WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH A DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANT. SO WE HAD OUR FIRST FORMULATION MEETING WITH OUR COALITIONS THAT THE COALITION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THIS SIDE OF THE BROAD RIVER TO BE ABLE TO HELP US TO RIGHT OUR TO WRITE THE GRANT FOR THIS DRUG FREE COMMUNITY WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED IN APRIL.

SO THAT'S HARD GRANT ACTIVITY. >> ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. WELL, IT'S NOT HARD TO FIGURE OUT THAT STEVE IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL NEXT DEPARTMENT AS DISABILITY AND SPECIAL NEEDS.

THIS DEPARTMENT HAS OVER 100 HUNDRED EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SERVICES RANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL HOMES DAY PROGRAMS TO EARLY IN THE INTERVENTION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ELEVEN RESIDENTIAL HOMES THROUGHOUT BEFORE COUNTY AND LIKE I SAID ON MY VIDEO DUE TO THE PANDEMIC CERTAIN PROCEDURES HAD TO CHANGE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PROVEN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

SO THEY CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THOSE PROCEDURES. THE MAIN GOAL FOR THIS DEPARTMENT WILL BE TO ADJUST TO THE NEW FEE FOR SERVICE THAT WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN

FEBRUARY AND 2022. >> WHAT THAT PRETTY MUCH MEANS IS AND I HAVE A BILL AND BETH HERE TO SPEAK IS HOW OUR CURRENTLY WORKS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BETH, BUT I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO ADJUST NOW IN REGARDS TO THE FEE FOR SERVICE AND KIND OF GETTING A JUMP ON IT IS PRIOR TO THIS THE SERVICE THEY WOULD THE SERVICE WOULD BE PROVIDED AND THEN THEY WOULD BE

PAID, CORRECT? >> IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

>> AND WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW FEE FOR SERVICE THEY WILL.

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BILL HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 13 YEARS, HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND UNTIL I TOOK THIS ROLE WHAT THE DSM DEPARTMENT OFFERS AND IT'S IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE AS WITH REST OF MY DEPARTMENTS.

>> SO BILL OR BETH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP HERE AND BETH, IF BILL'S USE TO BRING

HER UP HERE I MEAN IN REGARDS TO A FISCAL IMPACT. >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

BUT THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE A QUESTION FOR BETH. SHE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT

RIBAUT TOO. >> I REALLY ENJOYED TALKING ABOUT DSA SO GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE DO IS A PLEASURE AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AFTER LISTENING TO STEVE AND BEN TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE AND BEAUFORT DSL TOUCHES THE LIVES OF OVER 800 INDIVIDUAL 800 FAMILIES INDIVIDUALS AND YOU FORGOTTEN IT'S A MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE FOR FOR THIS POPULATION.

DSM HAS FOUR DISTINCT DEPARTMENTS AND EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE REGULATION WHICH MAKES IT AWFULLY CRITICAL.

>> SO ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO WELL WE HAVE A COUNSELOR PROGRAM WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR EARLY INTERVENTION AS WE'VE TOUCHED A TOUCH 100 ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FAMILIES WE TOUCH WITH YOUNG CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE AND SIX.

WE HAVE A DAY PROGRAM AND WE TOUCH. WE HAVE 190 INDIVIDUALS COME THROUGH OUR DAY PROGRAM. THAT'S PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS. AND IF YOU GO TO PUBLIX OR TO THE LIBRARY OR TO A NUMBER OF STORES AROUND THE AREA, YOU MAY SEE OUR INDIVIDUAL. THOSE ARE OUR PEOPLE.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE. LIKE WE ALSO HAVE A DEEP. WE ALSO HAVE A AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR A NUMBER OF OUR INDIVIDUAL SAW. SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO. IT'S NOT ONE THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ENJOY DOING UNLESS YOU SEE UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WITH A DISABILITY. IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO. >> RG I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE GREATEST CHALLENGES MOVING FORWARD AND THAT IS THE HHS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HAVE SAID EFFECTIVE SIX MONTHS AGO AND UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS START PAYING AFTER WE DELIVER SERVICES.

>> THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE FOR US BECAUSE UP TO THIS POINT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING CHECKS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT. AND IF YOU UNDERSTAND WE WITH MEDICAID RECIPIENTS IT'S A 3 1 4 WHERE FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT A STATE SENT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL MATCH WITH 3. SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE GET OUT. THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR MONEY. AND WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IS THAT EFFECTIVE? LIKE I SAID ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FEE FOR SERVICE WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR ANYTHING WE DO UNTIL AFTER WE PROVIDE TO SERVICE AND THAT'S OK. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WELL WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE CHALLENGING FOR A NUMBER OF STEPS. WE'VE GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO REORGANIZE THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE DO.

IT'S MORE BUSINESS MODEL AND I THINK IT'S GONNA WORK OUT VERY WELL FOR US TO OTHER.

>> THE OTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE WE HAVE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS ACTIVE RECRUITMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO WORK WITH THIS POPULATION.

MOST PEOPLE AVOID TALKING AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN DISABILITY.

I AM OF THE OPINION THAT EVERY ONE OF US HAS AN ACCIDENT FROM BEING DISABLED.

AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. AND SO THEY TEND TO IGNORE OR NOT PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO US UNLESS YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY RECRUITING INDIVIDUALS TO COME TO WORK WITH DSL AND THAT'S CHANGED IN THE LAST WITH YOUR COMMITMENT AND IMPROVEMENT IN SALARY.

WE'VE MADE IT. IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE IN A NUMBER OF RECRUITMENT.

TWO MONTHS GO I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT WE HAD ABOUT THIRTY EIGHT VACANCIES.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 18 AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE COSTING WHY? NO, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT TO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE.

ALSO THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF HOMES AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HAVE BEEN TERMINATED OR BEEN

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>> SO THAT'S IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL IN THE DAY PROGRAM AND AND ALSO OUR HOME I WONDERED THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE WORKING WITH ABROAD VERY CLOSELY ABOUT REPLACING SOME

OF OUR OUR VEHICLES. >> WE HAVE A 3 5 7 YEAR LIFECYCLE FOR VEHICLES WHICH WILL BE COMING TO YOU AGAIN ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO PURCHASE SOME VEHICLES.

WE HAVE TO BE. WE HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION AND WE'RE NUMBER OF OUR CONSUMERS LIVE IT BECOMES RISK IF WE DO NOT

REPLACE OUR VEHICLES ON THAT. >> THE LAST THING I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW TO BETTER EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE DO. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS WE'VE ADVERTISED WITH. WE'VE GONE OUT TO WORK JOB FAIRS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO. BUT AS AS I'VE SAID, I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

I INVITE YOU I INVITE EACH OF YOU TO COME DOWN AND VISIT US.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. YOU PURCHASE 10 ACRES ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY NICE FACILITY. DO WE NOT IF SHE DO, YES. SO PLEASE PLEASE COME DOWN AND VISIT US. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. SOME?

>> YOU SAID YOU HAD 38 VACANCIES AT ONE TIME. MY JAW DROPPED IF WE HAD 38 VACANCIES. HOW MANY ACTIVE EMPLOYEES DID YOU HAVE THEN? WE HAD WHEN I TALK WE TALK ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE EMPLOYEES.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE EMPLOYEES AND ONE. OUR PROBLEM IS THAT AT NO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THAT AT WHEN I SAID OUR OUR VACANCY WE REALLY DOWN AND OH I'VE WORKED I'VE WORKED IN HOMES BECAUSE WE SHOULD START WITH ABOUT THIRTY EIGHT VACANT POSITIONS AT ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. YEAH.

WHAT THE STAFFING HOME LOOKS LIKE. >> IS IT A 24/7 OR IS IT 24/7.

YES IT S WITH 24/7 SUPERVISION AND ALL LOVING HOMES. >> SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE PEOPLE IN THERE ARE MANY ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTE. AND THEN TWO OF OUR HOMES WE HAVE DOUBLE STAFFING. CONSIDER THE CONDITION OF SOME OF THE CONSUMERS IF THEY'RE WHEELCHAIR BOUND, IF THEY HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE DOUBLE STAFF.

YES. >> THANK YOU. MISS HOWARD, THE DAYTIME PROGRAM, ARE YOU SEEING THE NUMBERS INCREASE NOW WITH MORE PEOPLE ARTISTS? WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT AT CAPACITY WE'RE NOT AT CAPACITY BECAUSE WE'RE SLOWLY OPENING BECAUSE THE COBIA WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHTY FIVE OF THE HUNDRED AND FORTY PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND WE HAVE ABOUT 64 PERCENT OF ART INDIVIDUALS ARE WORKING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS A PLUS.

>> YEAH. WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN WHAT YOU DO AND GERIATRIC CARE I MEAN. WELL YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR DAY CARE THAT THEY'RE IN THEIR 90S, RIGHT? YOU CAN SAY IN OUR PROGRAM TO YOUR 90 100 WE SAY FROM BIRTH WITH WE HAVE BABIES AT BIRTH. OUR PEDIATRICIAN WILL CALL US AND TELL US THAT THAT CHILD IS NOT MEETING THERE A CERTAIN MARK IN THEIR LIFE AND THEIR GROWTH.

SO WE GET REFERRALS FROM THEM AND THEN ONCE THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL OUR PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS UNTIL THEY'RE 90 OR 100 AND IF THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER FUNCTION THAT WE CAN TRANSFER THEM TO A EITHER FACILITY AS YOU DO IT.

>> SO YOU DO ELDER CARE? YES. YES.

BUT THEY HAVE TO BE THEY HAVE TO BE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DIE ASSESSED BY THE STATE AS HAVING A DISABILITY. ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUAL EVERY ONE OF OUR DIVISIONS TO BEING OLD ISN'T A DISABILITY. ALL IS NOT A DISABILITY. NOW I TO ARGUE NOW OKAY.

SOME OTHER TIME WE'LL ARGUE AT THE PARTY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS A STOOL. IF I COULD COMMENT CHAIRMAN. YES.

YEAH. YOU KNOW OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE OBSERVED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I THINK THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ONE THAT WOULD BE THE MOST PROUD OF IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM. AND I THINK WE LEAD THE STATE IN THAT. AND I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH OUR GROWTH IN THE POPULATION THAT WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY MAY NEED SOME MORE RESIDENTIAL HOMES. AND NOT HAVE TO PLAY CATCH UP ON THAT. BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY DO.

SHE LET. TELL US. TELL EVERYBODY HERE WHAT'S IT BEAUFORT COUNTY APART FROM THE OTHER FORTY FIVE COUNTIES, BOBBIE IN BOCA I CAN TELL YOU THAT. OF THE 46 COUNTIES IN THE STATE WE ARE THE ONLY BEAUFORT COUNTY IS ONLY ONE IS A PILOT COUNTY EMPLOYEES. AND I TELL YOU THAT'S A PLUS.

I COMPLIMENT YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

IF IF THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, WE'D HAVE A REAL PROBLEM. ALL THE OTHER PROVIDERS IN THE

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I I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF US BEING COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE BUDGET COACH OF THE COUNTY. MUCH OF NO KNOW WE GET MEDICAID MOST IF YOU WANT TO DO IT AND IN SOME CASES YOU COMPLEMENT OUR BUDGET BY LIKE 3 OR 4 MILLION DOLLARS WHICH IS A PLUS. THIS IS A REAL PLUS.

OK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, DISABLED SPIRIT VERY DISAPPOINTING. REAL QUICK, I'M PRETTY MUCH I BELIEVE I'M AT MY TIME VOTER REGISTRATION MURRAY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND TODAY BUT SHE IS EXTREMELY BUSY WITH THE

ELECTION THAT JUST HAPPENED AND WRAPPING UP WITH THAT ELECTION. >> SHE IS IN CERTIFICATION

HEARINGS TODAY. >> SO THAT IS WHY SHE IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US.

BUT LIKE I SAID IN MY VIDEO, THEY ARE FOR 22 23. >> THEY WERE TRYING TO SECURE POLLING PLACES IN REGARDS TO THE REALIGNMENT AND THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE NOVEMBER 20 TO 22 MIDTERM GENERAL ELECTION VETERANS AFFAIRS I THINK THIS DEPARTMENT LIKE MANY OTHERS IS

A GREAT ASSET TO BE FOR A COUNTY. >> I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW MORE REWARDING IT IS TO SERVE OUR VETERANS. THE GOAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS

TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. >> I THINK WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ADVISE OUR VETERANS WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO THEM.

SO THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO STRIVE TO SUCCEED. >> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE VETERANS DAY PARADE SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER FIRST STARTING AT 10:00 A.M. I HOPE WE ALL SEE YOU THERE AND IT WILL BE THE TRADITIONAL PARADE ROUTE WITH THE PARADE ENDING THAT BOUNDARY AND BLENDING STREET AND AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE LOCAL VETERAN RACE STOKES HAS BEEN NAMED THE COUNTY VETERAN'S DAY PARADE GRAND MARSHAL.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN CLOSING THAT I HAVE A GREAT TEAM. I ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VERY KIND TO

ME PATIENT WITH ME IN LEARNING THIS NEW ROLE. >> SO IT IS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEIR STAFF THAT IS UNDER ME.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

LARRY YEAH. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SECTION, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE MADE BY A CHUCK NOT CONCERNED CHUCK MADE A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND THIS COMPLIMENTS THAT BECAUSE CHUCK'S DUTIES ARE PRETTY MUCH SPLIT THESE DAYS AS A STAFF ASSIGNED TO BOTH NATURAL RESOURCES AND TO COMMUNITY SERVICES. CHUCK HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR 18 YEARS.

HE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. HE WAS THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR. HE WAS THE FLORENCE COUNTY BUILDING CODES DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL. HE WAS THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BUILDING CODES DIRECTOR AND SINCE LAST YEAR HE HAS THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR IN A DIVISION THAT SUPERVISES PLANNING ZONING, BUILDING CODES, CODE ENFORCEMENT PARKS AND RECREATION AND LIBRARY DEPARTMENTS.

THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THESE DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE LITERACY PROGRAMING AND MATERIALS LAND USE PLANNING ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENT ENFORCEMENT PERMITTING FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMING.

THANKS CHUCK FOR STEPPING UP TO GIVE US THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION YOU BEGAN

YESTERDAY. THANK YOU SIR. >> THANK YOU VERY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET US STARTED. WE HAVE THREE SHORT PRESENTATION I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR ROB MARCIANO IS GOING TO COME AND SHARE HOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RELATES TO

COMMUNITY SERVICES. >> WELL, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE COMP PLAN. SO ONE OF THE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE HAVE THREE INTERWOVEN THEMES THAT WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE WHOLE DOCUMENT.

THINK OF THE NEXT SLIDE. THEY ARE EQUITY RESILIENCE AND UNIQUE TO PLACE AND I THINK MUCH OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE YOU KNOW, THEIR CHARGE DEALS WITH THIS ISSUE OF EQUITY AND THAT IS THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

>> BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS CERTAINLY THOSE WHO ARE MORE VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY,

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>> YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE NOT AS GREAT OF A PLACE AS FOR THOSE WHO ARE MORE PRIVILEGED.

AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT OUR ACTIONS COUNTY THE WAY WE DISTRIBUTE SERVICES OR FACILITIES ALL OF THAT IS THINK KEEPING IN MIND THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THAT IN WHAT WE DO IN THE COUNTY AND IT REALLY AFFECTS A CROSS SECTION OF STRATEGIES. WE'VE GOT THE NEXT SLIDE WHEN WE LOOK AT LAND USE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR RURAL

AREAS. >> THERE'S A REAL NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY . SO WHAT WAYS CAN OUR LAND USE POLICIES REALLY PROMOTE THAT NETWORK WITH TRANSPORTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE SUCH AS CYCLING, WALKING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE WHO WHO DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY OR PREFER NOT TO DRIVE IN A CAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS A MAIN YOU KNOW, MAIN FOCUS THAT EVERY WHERE FROM THE NEEDS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING ALL THE WAY TO TO HOMELESSNESS.

>> WHAT ACTIONS CAN WE TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS AND AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN THE WAY WE YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SERVICES, OUR LIBRARIES ,PARKS AND SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE FREE FACILITIES SUCH AS IT IS A COUNTY PARK OR THAT YOU KNOW THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OF ALL INCOME LEVELS,

PLACES IN LIFE CAN ENJOY EQUALLY. >> AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M ON THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL, I SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE YOU KNOW, USING IT TO GO TO THEIR JOBS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM THAT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE POWER WALKING IN THE MORNING.

SO YOU THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, GREATLY, YOU KNOW, SERVE

CROSS-SECTION OF OUR SOCIETY. >> WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE NEXT YEAR.

AND I THINK I'M MAYBE STEALING A LITTLE THUNDER BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PARKS AND REC NEEDS ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE DOING. THE NEXT SLIDE IN THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND KEEPING IN MIND TO HOW IT IS SERVING ALL OF OUR COUNTY AND MEETING THOSE WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS AND THEN ALSO WE HAD MENTIONED YESTERDAY WE INTEND TO WORK OUT IN ST. HELENA ISLAND WITH THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT.

>> BUT THOSE RURAL LAND USE POLICIES I THINK WILL AFFECT YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO EVALUATE, MAKE SURE THEY'RE WORKING, REFINE THEM MORE NEEDED. AND THAT REALLY AFFECTS THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. SO THAT'S JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND YES, IF YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. >> MANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, ROB.

>> RIGHT. THANKS, ROB. SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR SHANNON LOPER TO COME UP. SHE'S GONNA SHARE A FEW OF OUR SUCCESSES AND OUR PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 20. TWENTY THREE.

SO JUST TO BRIEFLY GO OVER A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT WE HAVE ONGOING AND THAT WE LOOK TO IMPROVE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR. WE HAVE GOTTEN A BACKWATER THE BRACE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY WHICH IS THE BUCK WALTER EXPANSION. THE MASTER PLAN WAS AWARDED ALL BASKETBALL AND TENNIS COURTS HAVE EITHER BEEN RESURFACED OR STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESURFACED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH. PICKLE BALL COURTS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THREE OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WOULD BE SOUTH SIDE SHELL POINT AND BLUFFTON CENTER. TWO GRANTS WERE AWARDED FOR THE DOWNTOWN TENNIS COURTS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET A TAX GRANT FUNDING AS WELL AS PART FUNDING FOR THAT.

LEN BROWN WILL BE OPENED IN DECEMBER. IT WILL BE OPEN FULL TIME.

THE BATTING CAGE ADDITIONS AT COURSE AND TATE AND BURTON WELLS THOSE WERE ACCOMPLISHED

WITH THE FIVE DOLLAR FUND THAT COUNCIL APPROVED YEARS AGO. >> WE HAVE THREE SKINNED THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS AT BURTON WELLS, MICHAEL C. RALEIGH AND OSCAR FRAZIER.

THAT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE PROCESS OF REMOVING ALL THE EXISTING CLAY AND BRINGING IN NEW CLAY TECHNICALLY SHOULD BE DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS AND IT'S BEEN 20 SINCE IT'S BEEN DONE.

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>> SO WE FINALLY GOT THAT ACCOMPLISHED PROGRAM GROWTH AND SUCCESS IS IN ALL SPORTS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR SPORTS. WE HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN DESPITE COVE AND WE HAVE NOT

SLOWED DOWN AT ALL. >> ONGOING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IS TO GET THE OVERALL PARKS AND REC MASTERPLAN COMPLETED. THE DOWNTOWN TENNIS REMODELED AND UNDERWAY WHICH HOPEFULLY IS IN ENGINEERING HANDS THAT WILL START VERY SOON.

THE BRACE PROJECT SHOULD START ALL THE SURVEY AND HAS BEEN DONE.

WE'RE WAITING ON THE FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE TOWN BLUFFTON ON THE REVISED MASTER PLAN DESPITE LOSING A LOT OF LAND WHILE WE'RE STILL ABLE TO ADD FIVE ADDITIONAL SOCCER FIELDS OUT THERE. THE COURSE INTAKE LIGHTS IS UNDER.

IT'S NOW IN THE HANDS OF GOING OUT FOR AN RFP AND THAT WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH YOUR IMPACT FEES PROPOSAL TO START AFTER SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP AND SENIORS AND TO BRING THAT BACK UNDER THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE HAVE MET WITH THE ENGINEERS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING NEW RESTROOMS TO BOTH BRUCE FEDERALLY IN PORT ROYAL AND OLD BARTON WELLS TO REPLACE THOSE OLD BATHROOMS AND THEN DISC GOLF AT BURTON WELLS WHICH WE THINK WE CAN DO IN-HOUSE WITH PURCHASING EQUIPMENT. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS UPCOMING NEEDS. WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE SOME 20 YEAR OLD EQUIPMENT, SOME OF OUR FIELD EQUIPMENT GOES BACK TO THE 80S.

SO IT'S BEEN GOOD FOR US BUT IT'S ON ITS LAST LEGS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT RESTARTING BOTH BARKER FIELD AND BLUFFTON CENTER. BOTH OF THOSE FIELDS SINCE TAKEN OVER THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE UNDER PARKS AND REC.

ONE THING THAT WE'VE STOPPED IS NOT ALLOWING THE SAME MOWER TO CUT GRASS THAT CUTS THE FIELDS BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS BRINGS THE WEEDS IN AND THEN THEY START GROWING BOTH OF THOSE FIELDS. THE WEEDS HAVE TAKEN OVER AND THERE'S NO SITE LEFT.

WE'D LIKE TO FIX DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SOCCER FIELDS AT BURTON WELLS BOTH AT THE SOCCER FIELD AT BURTON WELLS. IF YOU GO OUT AND LOOK AT THEM, THEY'RE LOWER THAN THE WOOD AREA. SO WHEN IT RAINS WE HAVE A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES OUT THERE. WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE SOME PLAYGROUND GLORIA SPOTS.

WESLEY FELIX BLUFFTON CENTER AND SCOTT, THOSE PLAYGROUNDS ARE EXTREMELY OLD.

THEY'RE THE OLD METAL PLAYGROUNDS THAT THEY DON'T EVEN MAKE ANYMORE.

WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE THE FENCING AT BAYS BRAIN. THAT IS ALL RUSTED.

WE NEED TO LOOK LAND FOR BASEBALL EXPANSION SOUTH OF THE BROAD.

WE'RE CURRENTLY ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FROM HAVING TO CAP OUR PROGRAM WITH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL AND ONLY ALLOW SO MANY KIDS TO SIGN UP DAY. THE LIN BROWN RESTROOMS FOR HANDICAPPED RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE AND REPLACE UPDATE THE BASKETBALL GOALS AT LYNN BROWN THAT AND BURTON WELLS WITH OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

WE START AT AGE 4 SO THE GOALS HAVE NEED TO GO UP AND DOWN TO ACCOMMODATE THE HEIGHT AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE ARE ADJUSTABLE AND THEN RENOVATE OUR OUTLYING CENTERS WHICH ARE

LONG OVERDUE FOR RENOVATIONS. >> QUESTIONS FOR SHANE MR. SOMERVILLE.

>> YOU MENTIONED TO GRANTS FOR THE DOWNTOWN TENNIS COURTS. >> IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO DO THAT WORK OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO WE'LL PROBABLY NOT QUITE BE ENOUGH BUT WE HAVE THE SALE OF BOB JONES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE MONEY FOR VIRTUALLY THE FIVE DOLLAR FEE TO DO THE BATTING CAGES TAKE PORTION AND ONE OTHER PLACE.

>> REMIND ME WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE OF YEARS AGO COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT FIVE DOLLARS OF EVERY REGISTRATION TAKEN IN FOR ANY SPORT GOES INTO A FUND ACCOUNT AND THAT MONEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT AND NEEDS AS OPPOSED TO GENERAL FUND.

>> CORRECT. THANK YOU. JOHN REED, YOU MENTIONED THE SITUATION WITH THE BULLS COUNTYWIDE SO WE'RE STILL WAITING ON GETTING INFORMATION

BACK FROM ENGINEERING, SIR. >> NO, SIR, I DID NOT MENTION THAT.

>> MISS HOWARD WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING BASKETBALL AVAILABLE NORTH OF THE BRA OF ALL TEAMS PLAY IN THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO THIS MEETING.

THE THING IS A LONG TERM YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE LONG TERM PLANNING AHEAD FOR RECREATION AND DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET THE MASTER PLAN?

>> SO WOODEN PARTNERS IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SCHEDULE AND YES, WE THEY WILL HAVE

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SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? JUST ONE QUICK THING FOR ME.

I KNOW THERE'S A RAGING DEBATE BETWEEN SYNTHETIC VERSUS CRAMPS.

HAVE WE LOOKED IN TO THAT? >> WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIELDS ESPECIALLY SINCE WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING ON GRASS FIELDS THE THE OPTIMUM THING AT SOME POINT IN TIME IS TO ALLOW A FIELD REST BECAUSE IF YOU KEEP PLAYING ON IT YOU JUST TEAR IT UP.

>> CORRECT. SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT WITH BRYCE WAS AWARDED TO WOODEN PARTNERS . THEY ACTUALLY ARE TRYING TO GET A SETUP ON A TOUR OF A TAR FACTORY TURF HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT IT WAS

NOT CONSIDERED VERY SAFE. >> SIMPSON HAS COME A LONG WAY AND AS YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU FOR COUNTY HOSPITALS REPLACE IN THEIR FIELDS THE SAME WAY. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PUSHING FOR. MAYBE NOT ALL THE FIELDS BUT HAVE SOME OF SAID THAT AT LEAST WE CAN LEAVE THEM OPEN YEAR ROUND BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE HAVE TO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE SHUTDOWN TIME FOR EACH AND EVERY FIELD AND IT CAUSES ISSUES IN THE PROGRAMS.

OK. THANK YOU. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> QUESTION BOTH MR. BUSH ON HIS QUESTION.

SORRY. >> SO AS A PARENT OF THREE YOUNG CHILDREN JUST ALL GOT DONE. SOCCER SEASON AT FOX. WALTER IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE BAG COMPLEX IS VERY CRAMPED NUMBER ONE. BUT NUMBER TWO, THE PARKING LOT IS ALSO VERY CRAMPED AND I WOULD ALMOST SAY IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD.

SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT WHOLE BUCK WALTER DISCUSSION OF YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THE SOCCER FIELDS OR WHAT THE FUTURE PLANS ARE TO PROVIDE

MORE COLOR ON THAT. >> SO WITH THE BRACE PROJECT THERE WILL BE PARKING ADDED TO

THAT. >> YES AND NO TO THE PARKING. I THINK A LOT OF IT IS WE HAVE MORE OF A WALKING ISSUE THAN A PARKING ISSUE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME THING DURING BASKETBALL SEASON PEOPLE PARK ALL OUT FRONT AND IN THE GRASS RATHER THAN USE THE PARKING SPACES AT THE BACK OF THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WALK IN THE SAME THING FOR THE SOCCER GAMES WE'VE NOTICED THAT THE WHOLE FRONT PARKING LOT WILL STAY EMPTY AND EVERYBODY CRAMS TO THE BACK ABOUT THE SOCCER FIELDS. SO ADEQUATELY RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT PARKING. IT'S JUST THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO USE THE PARKING SPACES THAT WE HAVE. BUT DO YOU SOLVE WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE OR JUST

EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, PARENTAL EDUCATION, THINGS LIKE THAT? >> WE HAVE PUT THE NO PARKING SIGNS IN THE GRASS AREAS AND IN VARIOUS AREAS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO GET PEOPLE TO AVOID.

>> BUT OTHER THAN GETTING THE POLICE OUT THERE EACH AND EVERY TIME AND YOU KNOW, MOVING ON THEIR SITE NAME WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRIED NOT TO CAUSE A SCENE OVER, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT I MEAN YOU COULD STAND OUT THERE AND POINT BUT PEOPLE STILL JUST DON'T WANT TO

WALK. >> APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY MORE PARKING SPACES WILL BE OUT WITH THAT PROJECT. SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CURRENT THREE FIELDS ARE TWO MORE FIELDS AND SO PARKING IS GOING TO GO AROUND THE BACK AND THE WOODED AREA, THE CURRENTLY TO THE LEFT OF THE SKATE PARK. THERE'LL BE MORE PARKING. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY SPACES BUT I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND THEY CAN'T GET APPROVAL FOR THE PLANS WITHOUT

THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES NEEDED. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. >> ALL RIGHT.

AND TO CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ZONING AND PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES AND THE VOLUME OF WORK THAT WE HAVE SORT OF BEEN INUNDATED

WITH OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WHEN WE WENT INTO COVE IT. >> I PERSONALLY EXPECTED THINGS TO SLOW DOWN THAT THEN WOULD HAVE NOT COME. DREW IT ACTUALLY WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE. TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN 2019 WHICH WAS A BANNER YEAR FOR US. WE SOLD THREE HUNDRED AND NINE NEW HOME PERMITS IN UNINCORPORATED BEAUFORT COUNTY MOVING INTO 2020 WE SOLD THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT NEW HOME PERMITS IN THAT SAME FULL YEAR WE DID THIRTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY FOUR FIELD

INSPECTIONS THIS YEAR FROM JANUARY THROUGH JULY. >> WE HAVE ALREADY SOLD 373 RE NEW HOME PERMITS AND HAVE DONE EIGHTY FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN INSPECTIONS.

>> WHEN YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND QUALIFIED FOLKS TO COME INTO WORK FOR YOU AND ACHIEVE ALL OF THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS IT HAS BEEN A

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FOLKS WHO ARE BUYING THESE HOMES ARE COMING FROM BUT ALMOST ALL OF THEM WERE SOLD BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN BUILT. SO IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE CONSIDERING THE PANDEMIC.

WELL, WE CAN TELL YOU WHERE THEY'RE GOING. >> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING HERE . THAT'S THAT'S THE QUESTION.

THE SECOND THING TWO MORE THINGS. WE ARE IN OUR GOVT PROGRAM.

WE WENT LIVE LAST WEEK WITH THE IN-HOUSE PORTION AND I HAVE A MEETING AT 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON

WITH A M.S. WHO IS OUR CREDIT CARD ONLINE PROVIDER. >> ONCE WE GET THEM ON BOARD OUR ONLINE SECTIONS OF THE FOLKS CAN CHECK THEIR STATUS. THEY CAN APPLY FOR PERMITS ONLINE PAY ONLINE ALL OF THAT WITHIN I WOULD SAY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING.

>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. IT'S ABOUT A THREE YEAR PROJECT AND WE'RE THE LIGHTS AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. SO WE'RE WE'RE VERY CLOSE.

ONE ADDITIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WE'VE HAD WITHIN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS OUR RENEWAL OF OUR C.R. RATING DURING OUR LAST AUDIT. IN 2017 WE ACHIEVED A CLASS FIVE RATING WITH MERS. THIS IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WITHIN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM THAT SETS DISCOUNTS FOR THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATES THAT FOLKS PAY WITHIN THE COUNTY. A NINE OR A 10 IS THE LOW END OF THE SCALE.

A 1 IS THE BEST YOU CAN BE AS A 5 IN 2017 WE SCORE TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE POINTS WE CLASS FIVE AND DURING OUR MOST RECENT AUDIT THAT ENDED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR WE INCREASED THAT STANDING AND WE SCORED TWENTY SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE POINTS.

SO WE WILL MAINTAIN THAT CLASSIFIED RATING FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

>> THAT GIVES A 25 PERCENT REDUCTION FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN A SPECIAL SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA ON THEIR INSURANCE RATE AND A 10 PERCENT REDUCTION FOR ANYONE WHO'S

OUTSIDE OF THOSE TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE PERSPECTIVE ON IT. >> THERE ARE 20 2000 COMMUNITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN FEMA'S NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM NATIONWIDE.

OF THESE COMMUNITIES FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR VOLUNTARILY COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROGRAM AND OUT OF THAT 1000 FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR ONLY SEVENTY THREE HAVE A

C IRS RATING OF FIVE OR HIGHER. >> SO IT IS WE CAN SAY THAT WE ARE IN THE TOP SEVENTY THREE OUT OF TWENTY TWO THOUSAND NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE.

THAT'S REALLY REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF . IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DURING THIS CYCLE BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING TO DO THINGS ELECTRONICALLY THAT THEY COULDN'T COME HERE. WE PROVIDED THEM WITH OVER 400 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY NOT INCLUDING OUR FLOOD CERTIFICATES, THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY THAT THEY PUT US UNDER IS IS IS PRETTY INTENSE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON A FLOOD CERTIFICATE WHICH CAN BE SIX PAGES LONG IF THERE IS ONE TYPE OF THE WHOLE THING IS REJECTED.

IF IF ALL THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT AND IT SAYS BEAUFORT AND NOT BEAUFORT COUNTY OR IF IT'S ABBREVIATED INCORRECTLY IT GETS REJECTED. SO IT'S A VERY HIGH MARK.

AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF MY STAFF FOR WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. >> OK, I MAY EXTEND MY THANKS TO AUDRA AND TO CHUCK AND TO BEN AND STEVE AND ROB AND SHANNON FOR THOSE REPORTS FROM THE NEXT.

THAT CLOSES COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NOW WE MOVE INTO PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS PHIL FOOTE.

I HAVE KNOWN PHIL FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. I CONSIDER HIM TO BE A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL. PHIL WAS A UNITED STATES MARINE FOR EIGHT YEARS, BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE COUNTY WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHERE HE WORKED FOR TWENTY NINE YEARS. AND ENDED AS THE DIRECTOR WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHICH MAKES HIM IN MY OPINION AN EXPERT IN MATTERS

RELATING TO THE DETENTION CENTER. >> AND IN 2012 HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. PHIL CURRENTLY SUPERVISES FOUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS WITH A COMBINED EFFORT TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THAT COVERS ANIMAL SERVICES AND CONTROL THE DETENTION CENTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AND THE ALL FAMOUS MOSQUITO CONTROL DEPARTMENT. SO COLONEL A FOOT IF YOU WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE US THROUGH YOUR AGENDA. APPRECIATE.

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>> THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. I DO BELIEVE MY BROTHER IS ON TV.

I HAVE A PRESENTATION TWIN TWIN LATE IN THE DAY. WE'VE HAD LUNCH.

HELLO CHAIRMAN TASMAN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE COUNSELING MCCALLUM. TODAY I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION AND HOW THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION PLAYS INTO THE LIVE WORK AND PLAY THEME THAT WE ARE GOING WELL WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION IS VERY IMPORTANT DIVISION TO HELP WITH THAT LIVE WORK AND PLAY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE KEEP OUR PUBLIC SAFE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND I'D LIKE TO GO OVER A FEW OF THOSE WITH TODAY. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION IS THAT EACH ONE OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS ALL FOUR OF THE DEPARTMENTS ANIMAL SERVICES DETENTION CENTER, MASSIVE MOSQUITO CONTROL ALL HAVE MISSION STATEMENTS. BUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION HAS ITSELF AS A WHOLE HAS A MISSION STATE AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR MISSION STATE AND IT IS. SO I'D LIKE TO READ TO OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS FOR THE OTHER SAFETY DIVISION. THE PAPER COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL CITIZENS VISITORS.

THIS IS DONE BY WORKING WITH OUR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

ALL OTHER COUNTING PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES ARE DEVOTED TO PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL AND PROGRESSIVE SERVICES WITH THEM. ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW WHEN YOUR MISSION IS. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION'S MISSION STATEMENT IS. SO LET'S GO OVER A FEW THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION ANIMALS SERVICES BEING NUMBER ONE TO HELP WITH THE LIVE WORK AND PLAY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY IF WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT WE HAVE ESTIMATED PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND. DOMESTICATED ANIMALS WITHIN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND I'M ONLY TALKING DOGS AND CATS. I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT HORSES, EMUS, CAMELS, FERRETS, SNAKES, REPTILES, DURABLES, HAMSTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE KEEP AS PETS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF ANIMALS THAT THEN BE FATALITY AND THAT'S NOT EVEN OUR WILDLIFE. AND WE KEEP EVERYBODY AND ALL OF OUR CITIZENS SAFE.

WE HAVE FOUR ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICERS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. THEY ALSO WORK WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITIES TO SET A STAY WHERE I LIVE. LOOKING AFTER OUR ANIMALS AND KEEPING OUR CITIZENS SAFE FROM THE REST OF ANIMALS, KEEPING THE ANIMALS SAFE FROM BEING OUT THERE AND BEING TIED UP THE TREES AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY HAPPEN TO THOSE ANIMALS.

SO WE DO HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE INTO OUR WONDERFUL SHELTER THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT TWO YEARS.

ONE OF THE OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ANIMAL SERVICES IS TRYING TO DO THIS YEAR AND WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH THIS PROGRAM TRYING TO PUT IT TOGETHER IS OUR ORAL RABIES VACCINE PROGRAM AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START TACKLING TRYING TO HELP SUBDUE THE RABIES THAT'S WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT IS BEING TRANSMITTED BY BETWEEN WILDLIFE, DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS BY PUTTING OUT A LITTLE SMALL BAIT STATIONS WHERE RACCOONS WHO ARE THE PRIMARY RESERVE RABIES AND OTHER ANIMALS TO EAT THESE LITTLE BAITS THAT HAVE ORAL RABIES VACCINES IN AND HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE POPULATION OF RABIES IN THIS COUNTY BEING TRANSFERRED OR MEDICATED ANIMALS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE'RE WORKING ON.

WE'RE WORKING THAT WITH SOUTH CAROLINA, OUR HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND ALSO

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HOURS. >> WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE ONCE WE COMPLETED THAT PROCESS.

THE NEXT PROGRAM THAT'S UP FOR UPDATING IS OUR HVAD SEES. WE HAVE 13 UNITS ALL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE REPLACED. THE TRACK IS ALREADY OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR UPGRADE FOR ALL 13 ROOF UNITS THAT WILL HELP WITH THE CIRCULATION WITHIN THE DETENTION CENTER. WE'RE PUTTING IN HOLD TYPE OF MITIGATING INSIDE THE SYSTEM SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP PUT DOWN THE TRANSMISSION OF CODE IN ANY OTHER AIRBORNE DISEASES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE FACILITY. THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR UPDATING OUR WALKING COOLERS AND FREEZER. THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THE BUILDING WAS OPENED. IT'S NOW TIME TO REPLACE THOSE. IT WOULD BE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR PROJECT AND THOSE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF RELATIVELY SOON.

YOU SAYING THAT WE WILL BE TALKING LATER AT BUDGET TALKS WILL BE ABOUT MEDICAL FOR INMATES. I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED A DISCUSSION ABOUT AND ALSO ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN INSIDE FACILITY AND HOW WE PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE INMATES THAT ARE CONFINED IN OUR FACILITY. SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT LATER AT OUR BUDGET REVIEW. AND TALKS THE NEXT PART THAT HELPS US LIVE, WORK AND BLAME YOU FOR COUNTY IS EMR IS VERY IMPORTANT.

NAIROBI WANTS THE PATTY AND THAT'S AROUND BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THOSE BAD TIMES BUT WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PROFESSIONALS RESPONDING TO YOU WITH THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN HAVE. AND WE ARE THERE. I THINK THAT OUR SYSTEM IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST SYSTEMS IN THE STATE. AND I WOULD PUT IT UP AGAINST ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY TOO. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR E-MAILS AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE OPENED UP OUR SHANKLAND NORTH STATION AL BY THE MARINE OR AIR STATION OUR NEXT STATION THAT OPEN WAS DOWN SOUTH FROM LOVE. AND THAT WAS OUR RED READ BYRON STATION THAT'S OPEN SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE GROWING POPULATION BLUFF AREA. THE NEXT RENOVATION THAT'S GOING OUT WILL BE FOR THE SUN CITY FIRE STATION. WE WILL BE PUTTING THAT RF Q OUT AND GETTING THAT RENOVATION DONE. AND THEN ON THE HORIZON WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS LOOKING AT A COMBINED STATION WITH THE TOWN OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMA IS IN SUN CITY TO HELP WITH RESPONSE TIMES IN SUN CITY. SO IT HAS SOMETHING COMING UP IN THE FUTURE AGAIN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT DURING BUDGET TALKS.

THE LAST APARTMENT AND SAFETY DIVISION IS OUR MOSQUITO CONTROL ALLOW A LOT OF WHAT WE DO WITHOUT MOSQUITO CONTROL IN THE LOW COUNTRY. AS WE KNOW, A MOSQUITO IS THE MAIN VECTOR IN THE WORLD FOR TRANSMITTING DISEASES AND SOME OF THOSE DISEASES THAT WE FIND IN THE LOW COUNTRY ARE WEST NILE AND TRIPOLI ARE THE BIGGEST ONES THAT WE WORRY ABOUT. AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THE MOSQUITO POPULATION? WELL, WE DO IT WITH A THREE PRONGED APPROACH.

WE DO IT BY LA RECITING WHAT OUR HELICOPTER SO WE THE LARVAE STATE AND TRY TO KILL THEM THERE. WE ALSO DO STORMWATER TREATMENT SO ALL 34000 STORMWATER DRAINS ARE TREATED. SO STOP THE BREEDING OF MOSQUITOES AND THEN THE LAST LEG OF THAT PRONG WOULD BE OUR ADULT DECIDING WHICH WE DO WITH OUR TRUCK SPRAYING AND ALSO WITH OUR AERIAL SPRAYING WITH OUR BRONCO AIRCRAFT AND THAT'S HOW WE TRY TO KEEP THE MOSQUITO POPULATION DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE DISEASES OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

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SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE OUR OWN LAB ON SITE. ONE OF THE THING WE WILL BE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT AN UPCOMING BUDGET OH WE WILL BE PUTTING A CAPITAL REQUEST TO UPDATE OUR LAB. IT IS TIME FOR THAT LAB TO NOW BE UPDATED.

SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK INTO THE BUDGET TALKS ABOUT PUTTING THAT INTO A CAPITAL REQUEST.

SO WITH THAT THAT'S HOW THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION HELPS OUR COMMUNITY LIVE OR PLAY REALLY HARD. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERY EVERYONE'S SUPPORT ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU. YOUR BROTHER'S MUCH OLDER THAN YOU, ISN'T IT? YES, I THINK HE'S GOT 15 YEARS OLDER.

OKAY. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. OH, THANK SIR.

>> AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION IS AN IMPORTANT DIVISION AND TO HELP OUR CITIZENS LIVE WORK AND PLAY ,YOU MADE US SAFER. AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF MY STAFF AND WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE YEARS STARTING WITH ANIMAL SERVICES

WE HIRED TO LULA IN 2012. >> I THINK EVERYBODY HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TO LULA TO LOOK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT STAYS OUTSIDE THE BOX ALL THE TIME.

SHAMEFUL. NEVER BEEN IN A BOX. HE DOESN'T KNOW BOXES AND NOW AND FOR AN OLD MARINE LIKE ME IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE I'M USED TO BEING IN THAT BOX.

SO SHE KEEPS US GOING. NO. WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE WE HAD A MISSION TO GET ANIMAL SERVICES FROM WHERE IT WAS TO WHERE IT IS NOW.

>> AND THAT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. Q OVER THESE MANY YEARS WITH TALLULAH. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I HAD MIKAEL BECAUSE SHE KEEPS ME BUSY. YOU KNOW, WE WENT FROM A SHELTER THAT WAS UNDESIRABLE TO A SHELTER THAT WAS A STATE OF THE ART AND WE CAN THANK COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS FOR THAT WHICH WE'VE SHOWN OVER OUR HEARTS ARE OUR MATS WITH TAKING CARE OF OUR ANIMALS WITHIN THIS COUNTY. AND WE DO THAT WITH FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE

ENTIRE COUNTY. >> WE ALSO GO INSIDE MUNICIPALITIES TO SO THOSE FOUR OFFICERS ARE RUNNING AT ALL TIMES. I GET CALLS TO LOSE USUALLY GOOD ECONOMY 6:00 IN THE MORNING. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D BEEN UP SINCE 2:00 CHASING DOGS OR RUNNING DOWN A HORSE SO YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP THEY KEEP VERY BUSY AND IT'S ALSO A VERY DANGEROUS JOB. AND IF AND IF YOU KNOW OR HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT GOING OUT THERE AND TRYING TO FACE DOWN AN AGGRESSIVE DOG THAT IS LOOSE CAN BE QUITE CHALLENGING. AND ABOUT A WEEK AGO ONE OF OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, MY SENIOR ONE GOT HIT IN THE FACE BY ONE OF THOSE DOGS. LUCKILY HE'S HE'S OK BUT HE DID GET A PUNCTURE WOUND BASE AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ANIMALS ARE REALLY DANGEROUS AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE SEE IT IN THE NEWS ALL THE TIME WHERE SOMEBODY GETS MAULED REALLY BAD OR EVEN KILLED FOR MORE

OF THESE ANIMALS. >> AND SO THEY DO KEEP US SAFE OUT THERE BY BY MAKING SURE THAT THOSE AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS ARE TAKEN IN AND DEALT WITH. BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO LITTLE BECAUSE SHE REALLY HAS DONE YEOMAN'S WORK AS FAR AS GETTING US FROM A EUTHANASIA RATE THAT WAS WAY UP IN THIS IN THAT 80 PERCENT TILE DOWN TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 10 PERCENT. AND SHE'S DONE THAT WITH PUTTING A PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER WITH HILTON HEAD HUMANE ASSOCIATION AND SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK HILL NET HUMANE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHUCK LANE AND THE DIRECTOR HUMANE ASSOCIATION FRAN AND GERHARDT HOFFER, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD TO HELP THE CITIZENS RECOUNTING KEEP

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THEIR ANIMALS AND LIVE WORK PLAY HERE. >> SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT ANIMAL SERVICES I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

I KNOW I TALKED ABOUT ON VIDEO ABOUT OUR ORAL RABIES VACCINE PROGRAM.

WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER RABIES IS A TOUGH ONE TO COLLECT DATA ON BECAUSE WE HAVE WILDLIFE THAT NEW MOVES MOST OF RABIES RACCOONS ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH RABIES.

THEY'RE ABOUT CLOSE TO 50 PERCENT OF THE PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO RABIES IN THE WILDLIFE . AND SO TO ACTUALLY GET TANGIBLE DATA YOU HAVE TO CATCH UP TO THEM AND THEN YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TEST THEM FOR THE RABIES AND LOTS OF TIMES THOSE ANIMALS IN THE WILD DIED BEFORE IT WILL EVER GET TO SEE THEM OR DETECT WILL EVER GET A CHANCE TO TEST THEM. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY DATA SOMETIMES IS HARD TO SHOW TANGIBLE RESULTS ON. ARE WE MAKING A DIFFERENCE? I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HERE IS THAT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO KEEP THAT DOWN FROM TRANSMITTING TO A HUMAN FROM GOING FROM A WILDLIFE TO A DOG OR A CAT AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE HUMAN. AND HOW WE DO THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT HAS DOMESTICATED ANIMALS GET THE RABIES VACCINATION DONE FOR THEIR ANIMALS.

AND THAT'S WHAT OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER DO IS OUT THERE MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS.

SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PHASE OF WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON HOW WE WILL COLLECT DATA AND ONCE WE GET THAT PROGRAM STARTED AND MOVING, WE WILL COME BACK ONCE AGAIN TO COUNCIL AND EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM AGAIN BETTER SERVICE.

>> GOOD QUESTION, MR. LAWSON. WE'LL GO FIRST TO MR. GLOVER. WERE YOU TRYING TO ASK A QUESTION? YES. OK.

HANG ON ONE SECOND. MR. LAWSON, WE'LL GO FOR TALK ABOUT MOSQUITO CONTROL.

>> I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY GOT BITTEN BY A MOSQUITO THIS FALL.

>> AND I SAY THAT IN JEST BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU LIVING THROUGH MOSQUITOES AND HOW BAD THEY WERE AND WHAT WE'VE DONE. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW. SO THEY OBVIOUSLY YOU BEING OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF MOSQUITOES ACTUALLY AND SAID THAT I HADN'T SEEN ONE. WHATEVER I GOT BIT I SERIOUSLY GOT. I WAS LIKE THIS THE FIRST MOSQUITO I'VE SEEN IN A YEAR OR A MONTH OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S A JOB THAT WE DO A GREAT JOB. NOBODY KNOWS YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB BECAUSE THERE'S NO MOSQUITOES. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT AGAIN ALSO FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ANIMAL CONTROL IN THE DETENTION CENTER. NOT MUCH HARD WORK.

>> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> AND IT IS AMAZING THE 34 THOUSAND STORMWATER DRAINS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ON MY WALKS THROUGH SUN CITY GO BY THE

DRAINS AND I SEE THE NUMBERS ON THEM AND I GO I. >> THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.

BUT IT'S PART OF THE MORE DEVELOPMENT HOMES AND MORE STORMWATER DRAINS NECESSARY.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. MR. GLOVER, YOU HAD A QUESTION. >> YES, APPRECIATE IT, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE FOOT TALKED ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE SET OF NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT LONGEVITY INMATES IF THAT'S THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY. DO YOU HAVE AN AVERAGE STAY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BROUGHT TO THE DETENTION CENTER IN AND OUT? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS DO WE WITH FUNDING THE SOLICITOR'S OFFICE AND WE ARE FUNDING THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND ALSO FUNDING THE DETENTION CENTER.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE DON'T BALANCE THOSE WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE AN EVA ON ENDING FISCAL MATTERS. SO ARE THE INMATES IN AND OUT? ARE THEY STAYING LONGER THAN HE SHOULD BE? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY RECORDS OF THAT AT ALL? AND ALSO WHEN YOU ASKED FOR RECORDS YOU NEED TO SEE WHETHER THERE'S A TREND OVER A FIVE PERIOD OF TIME. THIS HAS BEEN THE AVERAGE STAY IN FOR INMATES AND THIS IS WHAT IT IS TODAY. DO YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF STATISTICS? OH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, MR. GLOVER. YES, SIR.

WE DO KEEP THOSE STATISTICS. ONE THING IS THAT I MADE SURE OF WHEN I WAS RUNNING THE DETENTION CENTER WAS THAT WE DID A YEAR END REPORT THAT CAPTURED SO MUCH STATISTICS THAT I I THINK SOME PEOPLE DID WANT TO READ THAT REPORT. BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP

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WE HAVE SEEN A TREND OF WE HAD BEEN AS HIGH AS 14 DAYS AS AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY.

AND THAT HAS TO TAKE ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE BOOKED IN AND LEAVE ON THE SAME DAY AND

PEOPLE CAN STAY FOR POSSIBLY TWO YEARS. >> SO THERE IS AN AVERAGE IN THEIR AND WE HAVE GOTTEN AS HIGH AS 14 DAYS WHICH IS RATHER HIGH FOR A DETENTION FACILITY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SHORT TERM. WE ARE AVERAGING RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT 10 AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY 10 DAYS IS ABOUT THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY.

OUR AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION IS RUNNING RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN WHICH IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED INMATES DOWN FROM WHERE WE NORMALLY ARE. SO IT HAS DONE SOME GOOD THINGS AND HAS DONE SOME BAD THINGS. AND THE GOOD THING IS THE COURT SYSTEMS HAVE TRIED NOT TO KEEP PEOPLE IN JAIL THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE BONDED AND RELEASED AND KEEPING US WITH THE ONES THAT PROBABLY NEED TO STAY WITH US. AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THAT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T BEING SENTENCED BECAUSE THE COURTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE SENTENCED INMATES AND YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT MY THOUGHT MY MY. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WELL, IN ORDER TO RUN A FACILITY YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WORKING AND POT INSIDE THAT FACILITY AND TO RUN OUR FACILITY IT TAKES 22 INMATES THAT ARE SENTENCED AND AWARDED FOR FOOD SERVICE PREP WASHING POTS AND PANS. CLEO JANITORIAL SERVICES, LAUNDRY SERVICES SO IT TAKES 20 TO THOSE INMATES TO DO THAT. WE'VE MEMORIZING WITH NONE SO YOU CAN ONLY GUESS WHO'S BEEN WASHING POTS AND PANS AND WHO'S BEEN PICKING UP TRAYS AND WHO'S BEEN CLEANING AND WHO'S BEEN TAKING THE TRASH OUT. THAT'S BEEN OUR OFFICERS AND THEY'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY LABOR AND IT'S NOT JUST US.

AND SEEING THAT SAME WAY OF ALL THE WAY ACROSS. NOBODY CAN FIND STATE INMATES TO COME BACK. WE ARE A DESIGNATED FACILITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS AND WE CAN BRING PEOPLE THAT MEET THE CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA TO BE AN INMATE WORKER AND COME BACK.

THAT ACCOUNTING CAN'T EVEN FIND THOSE DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS A WHOLE MONTH OR SO.

IT'S BEEN A TRYING TIME AND THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GLOVER BRINGING THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE DETENTION CENTER.

>> AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THERE OBVIOUSLY IS IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS CERTAINLY I'M HYPER FOCUSED ON IT. IS STAFFING ISSUES JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS FREE WORLD. STAFFING IS A PROBLEM AND STAFFING.

WHEN YOU GET INTO A CORRECTIONAL SETTING THEY BECOME A PROBLEM.

IT BECOMES A CRITICAL PROBLEM. AND WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS FINDING STAFF JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER FACILITY. THERE WAS A NATIONAL ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT THAT THIS IS NATIONWIDE. THERE IS A PROBLEM AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST RECRUIT. WE'RE HOPING AND WE WERE HOPING THAT THE CLASS COMP STUDY WOULD HELP US BRING SOME MORE PEOPLE IN. WE'VE STAYED FLAT.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BRING ANY MORE TALENTED PEOPLE IN. BUT I WANT THANK AIR GREENWAY, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR KEEPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FOREFRONT ON FOREFRONT HERE BECAUSE AS WE TALK ABOUT ASKING PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY HERE AND ESPECIALLY TO WORK HARD, THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO FOR HOUSING TO BE HERE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING GONNA BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LABOR FORCE.

AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH OF LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING. AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US IN ORDER TO FIND LABOR TO WORK. WE CERTAINLY ARE GOING TO KEEP

TRYING. >> WE'RE ADVERTISING OUT THERE. HOPEFULLY SOON YOU WILL SEE ADVERTISING WHEN YOU GO UP YOUR GAS AND YOU'LL SEE ADVERTISED FOR.

WE NEED SOME STRONG PEOPLE WORK AT THE DETENTION CENTER. I DON'T MEAN THIS KIND OF STRONG I MEAN I NEED PEOPLE TO HAVE STRONG MINDS AND STRONG WAY OF TALKING AND HOPEFULLY

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WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ARRESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RUN THEM THROUGH A HUMANE FACILITY BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN.

AND ANOTHER PERSON I WANT TO THANK STEVE. STEVE, THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND. LISTEN, I MEAN I APPRECIATE IT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

APPRECIATE YOUR SOLIDARITY THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT GRANTS AND I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DO WELL INSIDE OF THE COUNTY IS WE WORK WELL TOGETHER AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LOTS OF TIMES IF YOU WORK IN YOUR OWN SILO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CROSS AROUND HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION. WELL, GUESS WHERE THEY USUALLY END UP AND THEY USUALLY END UP IN THE DETENTION CENTER. THEY USUALLY END UP BEING TRANSPORTED BY A MESS AND THEY USUALLY END UP IN THE E.R.. AND THE SAME PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND WE'VE GOT THAT SAME ISSUE. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE SYSTEM AND

SOMEHOW JUST CAN'T GET OUT OF IT. >> AND I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH FOR OVER 20 YEARS INSIDE THE DETENTION CENTER BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM.

THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US. >> IF YOU LOOK AT PERCENTAGE WISE IT'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE MENTAL ILLNESSES BUT IT IS A BIG PROBLEM WHEN YOU CUT DOWN THAT POPULATION AND PUT THEM INSIDE A DETENTION CENTER.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH ALL THIS IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH INSIDE THE FACILITIES? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER PROBABLY IN THE EARLY 90S IS WHEN MENTAL HEALTH TOOK A TURN. THEY WANTED TO CLOSE DOWN ALL THE BIG INSTITUTIONS AND THE PLAN WAS PHILOSOPHY WISE WAS TO MOVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE INSTITUTIONALIZED BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS TO FOLLOW UP WITH FOLLOW CARE TO GET THEM THEIR MEDICATIONS, TO GET THEIR COUNSELING AND HELP THEM REUNITE THEMSELVES INTO SOCIETY. IT MAY HAVE WORKED FOR A FEW PERCENTAGES THERE BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE JAILS ENDED UP BECOMING A MENTAL HEALTH

FACILITY. >> BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY ALL ENDED UP AT A.

AND I'VE FOUGHT AND FOUGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED WE DON'T NEED THEM THERE.

>> THEY DON'T NEED TO BE THERE. THEY NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN GET SOME HELP, SOME REAL HELP. CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH VIOLENT PEOPLE. THEY ARE NOT DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

THEY DON'T HAVE A DHB ON THE BACK OF THEIR NAME AND THEY NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CAN HELP THEM. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS I'M HAVING MEETINGS WITH COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WITH THEIR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF CHANGE BE MADE.

I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. I THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION BECAUSE I THINK LAWS NEED TO BE CHANGED AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYBODY'S FREEDOM AWAY FROM BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT DON'T REALIZE THEY NEED HELP AND THEY REALLY DO NEED HELP. AND WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOWS UP THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO WITH THEM.

AND THEY END UP BACK IN OUR FACILITY THINKING THAT'S PROBABLY THE SAFEST PLACE FOR AND HERE WE GO WITH THAT CYCLE THEN GOING AROUND AND AROUND AGAIN.

AND THEN MY STAFF HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AND IT'S JUST NOT FAIR SOMETIMES.

>> AND SO YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORKING CONDITIONS INSIDE A DETENTION CENTER AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO RECRUIT SOME GOOD STAFF AND SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WE'VE GOT TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ON HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE STAFF IN.

I KNOW THAT COUNSEL IS TRYING EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I COME IN FRONT OF YOU ALL

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>> THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HERE FOR IS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. SO REAL QUICK I'LL MOVE ON TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ON TV ABOUT THE NEW FACILITIES WE OPENED UP. WE ARE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ESTIMATE A NEW FACILITY COMING IN, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION FOR THE BUILDING.

WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 700000 A YEAR ANNUALLY FOR THE 10 PARAMEDICS AND EMT IS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO COVER THOSE AMBULANCES AND ABOUT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT 14000 FOR A NEW AMBULANCE ALONG WITH THE EQUIPMENT. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DURING BUDGET TIME. THOSE ARE GONNA BE SOME COST GET ASSOCIATED WITH OPENING UP THE NEW STATION. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO THANK STEVE FOR STICKING AROUND AGAIN. WE HAVE AN HOUR CAM GRANT WITH THE M.S. AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US PURCHASE NARCAN. WE SPEND ANNUALLY ABOUT 4000 MAYBE 5000 DOLLARS ON OUR PLAN. THAT'S HOW MUCH WE USE AND WE'VE GOT A GRANT.

AND LUCKILY STEVE HAS HELPED US GETTING THAT GRANT. AND IT'S GOING TO HELP PAY FOR OUR NARCAN. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP US FOR THE NEXT I BELIEVE IS WITH THE THREE OR FOUR YEARS OR IS FOUR YEARS. WE'RE GONNA GET FUNDING FOR NARCAN. SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD NEWS . WE GET SOME SOMEBODY BRINGING IN THEIR WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MOSQUITO CONTROL. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING MOSQUITO CONTROL. IT IS ONE OF THOSE SERVICES ALONG WITH A LOT MY SERVICES THAT NOW IF NO ONE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT REALLY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING IN OUR REQUEST, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REQUEST FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEAR CYCLE FOR CFP WILL BE A NEW LAB FACILITY. THE FACILITY WE HAVE OUT THERE IS DATED IT WAS A MOBILE UNIT THAT WAS BROUGHT IN AND IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PROGRAM THE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM, A VIABLE PROGRAM THAT IS A KEY COMPONENT OF HAVING A LAB AND IDENTIFYING THOSE MOSQUITOES ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE CARRYING DISEASES LIKE WEST NILE AND TRIPOLI THAT ARE VERY DANGEROUS. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THESE MOSQUITOES, TRAPPED THEM, BRING THEM AND GET THEM IN THE LAB AND HAVE OUR OWN MODEST IDENTIFY AND FIGURE OUT THAT THEY'RE CARRYING THAT DISEASE WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW SMALL THOSE LITTLE GUYS ARE TRYING TO DISSECT THEM AND FIGURE OUT THAT THEY'VE GOT DISEASES ANIMAL AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET TO THE TREATMENT TO THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TREATED THAT WE STILL SEND THOSE MOSQUITOES INTO REHAB TO GET CERTIFIED THAT THEY ARE CARRYING THE WEST NILE OR WHATEVER IT WAS WE IDENTIFIED IT AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE WERE USUALLY AT ABOUT NINETY NINE PERCENT CORRECT EVERY TIME THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IT. SO I JUST WANTED BRING THAT UP AGAIN.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS ALWAYS. I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE THEM EVERY DAY.

AND I WANT TO THANK MY CHAIRMAN OF MY COMMITTEE. COUNCILMAN MCCALLUM, WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF MINE. SO THANK YOU ALL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING OF ANY ONE OF THOSE FOUR

DEPARTMENTS. >> MR. DAWSON, YOU'RE ON MUTE STILL.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. YEAH.

STILL GREAT POWER, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AND YOUR INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE REQUEST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE FOR

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I. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS SOME OF THE SOME OF THE INSTANCES THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DESCRIBED. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE'S A ELEMENT THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO MENTION IN BRINGING TO THE FOREFRONT AND THAT'S OUR JUVENILES THAT YOU YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN A DETENTION.

SO CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT INSIGHT ON THAT? AND THE ONE QUESTION I WOULD ASK IS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER HERE LOCALLY. SO ARE THERE ANY ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN HAMPTON JASPER? AS FOR DOING SOMETHING ON A SCALE FROM A REGIONAL POINT OF VIEW? THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO PURSUE WHAT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ANY TIME THAT A JUVENILE ARRESTED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED EITHER TO SOMERVILLE OR OFF TO COLUMBIA TO BE HELD AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK UP THEIR TRANSPORT AND BACK FOR A BOND HEARING AND THEN IF THEY'RE HELD OVER THEY'RE TRANSPORTED ALL THE WAY BACK HELPING. SO FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IT'S VERY TAXING TO DEAL WITH THE JUVENILE AND IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE A LOCAL JUVENILE DETENTION NOTHING AS OF RIGHT

YET. >> MR. DAWSON, WE ARE STILL HOLDING JUVENILES ADJUDICATED AS AN ADULT IN OUR FACILITY AND THOSE ARE USUALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE 17 YEARS.

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO SOUTH CAROLINA CHANGED THEIR LAW ON THE AGE OF AN ADULT.

AN ADULT USED TO BE 17 IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY CHANGED IT TO THE AGE OF 18 TO FALL IN LINE WITH FEDERAL GUIDELINES. WE WERE ONE OF THREE STATES THAT WERE AT 17 AS AN ADULT. AND SO NOW OUR JUVENILE POPULATION IS IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THOSE THOSE 70S THAT USED TO BE ADULT NOW ARE JUVENILES.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO RETHINK HOW YOU'RE DOING THINGS AND SO YEAH, WE'RE STILL HOLDING JUVENILES. WE'RE HOLDING ONES THAT ARE ADJUDICATED AND WE NEVER DO GIVE UP ON TALKS WITH THE OTHER COUNTIES TO TRY TO REORGANIZE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THERE ONE DAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

THANKS VERY MUCH, SIR. >> I GOT THAT OK. THEY'RE SAYING THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU DIDN'T HEAR FROM ALL 27 OF THE BUREAU'S COMMISSIONS DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS, BUT I'M SURE THAT WE WILL BE HEARING FROM THEM AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT BUDGET. THANK YOU.

AND SO THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION. WE WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AND TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE ONE FINAL DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A WRAP UP. SO WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED

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