[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CALL CAUCUS MEETING TO ORDER. OH SORRY SORRY SORRY. IT'S YOUR MUTED ON YOUR ACTUAL BALL, RIGHT? OH NO. IT WENT BACK AGAIN.
OKAY. I WAS MUTED. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THE CAUCUS MEETING. AS YOU CAN SEE THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ON TELEVISION, WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. WE ARE AT THE ST. HELENA LIBRARY ANNEX.
I HAVE TAKEN ATTENDANCE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE DO HAVE EIGHT OF OUR ELEVEN MEMBERS PRESI DENT TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. THE ONE MEMBER WHO IS ONLINE RIGHT NOW IS. COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN LLEWELLYN .
MR. RODMAN AND MR. SOMERVILLE AND MR. DAWSON HAVE NOT EITHER SIGNED ON OR ARE ON THEIR WAY.
THERE IS AN ACCIDENT IN THE AREA THAT MAY BE CAUSING THEM TO BE DELAYED.
SO WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? 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
[4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ]
HAS BEEN PUBLISHED POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. I WOULD ASK A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THECAUCUS AGENDA. >> DON'T SPEAK ALSO ON SALUTE HIMSELF A SECOND.
OKAY. DULY MOTIONED BY MR. MCKELLEN AND MR. GLOVER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS SEEING NONE THE AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT
[5. AGENDA REVIEW ]
OBJECTIONS AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR LIST IS TO REVIEW THE COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA. THE COUNCIL AGENDA HAS BEEN SENT TO EVERYONE. I HOPE THAT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW YOU WILL SEE THAT BEGINNING ON PAGE NUMBER FOUR IS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY EXECUTIVE FINANCE AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE ON FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? I SEE NO PROBLEMS. THEREFORE WE WILL HAVE A MOTION[6. COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION ]
WHEN WE GET TO THE COUNCIL MEETING TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA.TAKING A LOOK AT OUR REGULAR AGENDA WE WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE CAUCUS MEETING FOR VARIOUS ITEMS. THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE MATTERS ARISING OUT OF CAUCUS EXECUTIVE SESSION. I TRUST THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS QUESTIONS, ANY DISCUSSION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THIS TIME? REGARDING THE REGULAR COUNCIL AGENDA FROM ANYONE SEEING NONE.
>> QUESTIONER BRITTANY BRITTANY WERE YOU ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE RAISED LAST HOUR ABOUT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE SETTING OF FEES, FINES AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE?
>> YEAH. DISCUSS IT WITH IT'S ON A CONSENT AGENDA WHICH IS WHY I ASKED DO I HAVE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? WELL, IT'S STILL THERE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TEXT A RIGHT.
THAT ALLOWS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SET THE FEE. I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING SOME SHOULD BE. >> IT SHOULD NOT BE THERE.
YEAH, I DO. >> YEAH. I MEAN I GUESS IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. OKAY. IT'S REALLY VERY GOOD.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SEEING US ONLINE THIS MR. DAWSON HAS NOW CHECKED IN ONLINE. HE IS THE SECOND PERSON WILL BE ONLINE.
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AND MR. ROD MAN HAS ARRIVED. THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER WE'RE MISSING AT THIS TIME IS MR.[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
SOMERVILLE SAYING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. I WOULD ASK A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ITEMS SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE AND 10 WHICH ARE PURSUING TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 34 DASH 70 A TWO WHERE WE WILL HAVE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE FOR THE DETENTION CENTER LITIGATION PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE COUNTY. THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LITIGATION AND THE SLED INVESTIGATION AND THE MATTERS REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF IMPACT FEES.MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION PLEASE? SO MR..
MR. MCKELLEN MADE THE MOTION AND MR. RUDMAN MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
I JUST HAVE ONE I JUST HAVE ONE MATTER. >> I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE ITEM NUMBER NINE UP TO ITEM EIGHT BECAUSE I'LL NEED ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ATKINSON AND FOR BOTH THE 8 AND AND 10. NOW WILL KEEP HIM FROM HAVING TO LEAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE COULD JUST DO THOSE IN ORDER.
>> OKAY WELL WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE RESOLVED WITH SEVEN GOING FIRST. THEN YOU SAID 9 BECOMING 8 AND
THEN 8 BECOMING 9. OK. >> THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.
THEREFORE WE WILL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 430 7 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.