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WE'LL GET THIS OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON OCTOBER 12TH UNDERWAY.
WE'RE HERE AT BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL, MYSELF, ANDRICH ARE PRESENT FROM THE COMMITTEE.
WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY DAVID FROM THE BOARD.
AND, UH, AT THIS POINT WE'LL JUST START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL.
SO ME, UM, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MS. CUSH? UM, MA'AM, HOLD ON.
AND WE HAVE A BACKLOG OF COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES, BUT I THINK YOU CAN JUST MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THEM AT ONE TIME.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS.
UM, I, I'D BE WILLING TO MAKE THAT OR, YEAH.
YEAH, I MOVED TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FOR ALL THE MEETINGS EXCEPT FOR JULY 28.
SO YOU MIGHT NEED TO BRING THE 20.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, SOME MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES WOULD FAIL.
SO WE'LL JUST LEAVE THE 20 OFF FOR NEXT MEETING, ROBIN.
OR IF NO IS HERE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
AND, UH, HAVE WE HEARD FROM, UM, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO MEL? NO, I'M, SHE'S MOLLY'S WORKING ON IT.
DID YOU, UM, ACTUALLY I'M LOOKING AT THIS.
JANET, DID YOU WANT TO, UM, AMEND QUESTION ORDER? UM, WE COULD ACTUALLY, I DID THE CONSTRUCTION FIRST JUST IN CASE WE WENT LONG.
UM, ROB COULD GO WITH THE CLOCK MEMBERS CUZ THEY'RE DOING THE TERM TWO FIVE.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S IN.
WELL I THINK THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY DISTURB TO, FOR THE SECOND PART.
PLANNING MR. OING ALL SOMETIMES END THE, UM, SO WE'LL START WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE OCTOBER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UPDATES WITH DATA THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY POINTING OUT THAT THIS MONTH'S REPORT HAS BEEN EXPANDED.
YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF IT THIS MONTH.
IT NOW INCLUDES THE NEW APPLI 2024 8% CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATES, UH, ALONG LEAD TIMES AND INFLATIONARY COST INCREASES CONTINUE TO BE ENCOUNTERED.
UH, PROJECT MANAGERS CONTINUE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF, UH, RESOLVING CONCERNS AS THEY ARISE.
INCLUDED IN THIS MONTH'S, UH, UPDATES ARE SEVEN YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT APPEAR.
UH, A COUPLE OF 'EM ARE ONGOING ITEMS QUARTERED ON BEFORE BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
THOSE ARE, UH, UH, CONCERNS RELATED TO ONGOING MATERIAL DELIVERY CHALLENGES.
UH, AND, UH, ROBERT SMALL'S INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY SLIDES EIGHT AND 10.
THE YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT, THERE'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THAT LONG SHIP, UH, LEAD TIME ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR, WHICH HAS THE APRIL 13TH, UH, SHIP DATE.
CURRENTLY, UH, THE, UH, SLIDE 11, THAT'S THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, UH, WAREHOUSE PROJECT THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE FY 2023 8%, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LIST.
UH, THE, THE, THE PRICE FOR THAT'S COME IN ABOVE THE BUDGET AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS POSTPONE THAT.
LET'S WAIT UNTIL WE GET INTO THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN EVALUATE HOW MUCH CONTINGENCY WE HAVE SO THAT WE CAN, UH, UH, THEN LOOK TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
UH, THE FUKE ISLAND SLIDE 19, THAT CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON HOLD.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS BECAUSE THE COUNTY DECIDED TO POSTPONE THEIR UH,
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UH, PAVING PROJECT OUT THERE ON THE ISLAND AS WELL.UH, FOR SLIDE 29 AT UHG MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE DID GET A DELAY, UH, FOR THE REMAINING, UH, PA AND SECURITY DEVICES AND THAT'S, UH, CAUSED A SMALL DELAY IN THE SWITCH OVER OF THE NEW SYSTEMS FROM SEPTEMBER, UH, TO UH, OCTOBER.
THE ADULT ED SLIDE 38, UH, WE ARE HAVING A YELLOW LIGHT ON THAT.
THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING PLACED ON HOLD.
THIS WILL ALLOW DISTRICT, UH, ADDITIONAL TIME TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE SCOPE AND SCHEDULE FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THE LAST ONE IS SLIDE 43 FOR MASIA OAK ELEMENTARY.
UH, THE THOMPSON TURNER CONSTRUCTION GMP AMENDMENT 28.
IT DOES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PROCEED WITH THE REMAINING SAFETY, SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE SCOPE ON THAT CAMPUS.
AND AS A REMINDER, THIS AMENDMENT IS SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AT THE OCTOBER 18TH BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK.
AND BEFORE MOVING ON, I AM GONNA BRING ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS INSIDE OF THE REPORT ON SLIDES 19 AND SLIDE 38.
DUE TO THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE REPORT AND THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO THOSE TWO, UH, PROJECTS, DSKY ISLAND AND THE ADULT ED ARE GONNA BE ON HOLD FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA REMOVE THEM FROM FUTURE MONTHLY REPORTS UNTIL WE HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT IF THAT'S ACCEPTED.
AND DSKY, THAT WAS AN 8% PROJECT, RIGHT? YES.
AND THEN DIDN'T WE APPROVE MOSS OAKS AT THE LAST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE? WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? I THOUGHT WE APPROVED THE GMP ON LAI OAKS.
HANG ON, I GOT SOMETHING WITH ME.
I THINK I TELL YOU, WE LOOK AT THE UH, LAST UH, CHANGE ORDER LOG.
I THINK WE BROUGHT SOMETHING IN THAT REQUIRED A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONTINGENCY IN THE MONTH OF, WE MAY HAVE HAD IT ON THE LIST AND TOOK IT.
IT WAS WELL BRANCH, UH, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT WAS THE C P P I AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
I THINK MAYBE WE HAD ON TOOK IT OFF CUZ YOU WERE STILL WORKING.
CUZ WE DID NOT BRING ANYTHING FORWARD AT THE LAST MEETING.
MOVING ALONG WITH MY UPDATE, UH, I DID PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION IN CASE MR. SMITH WAS HERE RELATED TO THE ST.
CHI ON THAT JUST, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY THAT AT SEPTEMBER 20TH BOARD MEETING THE BOARD DID APPROVE THE AAC AMENDMENT NUMBER 29 FOR THE GYM ENTRY CANOPY.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THOSE EXTERIOR CONCERNS THAT MR. SMITH BROUGHT UP.
WE ARE USING A TWO STEP PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, AND THOSE, TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
FIRST STEP IS GET A PROPOSAL IN FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO, THIS IS THE LETTERING, RIGHT? THAT'S OKAY.
BUT THE EXTERIOR FACADE CONCERNS, WE WANNA START WITH A STEP ONE THAT WILL BE PRESSURE WASHING TO SEE WHAT IT RESULTS IN AND THEN WE CAN EVALUATE WHAT STEP TWO IS AND BRING FORWARD WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WILL HAVE AT THAT.
I THINK WE'RE NOT FEELING TO DETERMINE MUCH BETTER ONCE IT'S ALL THAT IS CLEANED OFF AND WE'LL SEE WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
AND JUST TO CLARIFICATION ON THE LANGUAGE BACK TO MAIO.
SO WHEN YOU SAY AMENDMENT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IS THAT ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE MID PROGRAM RESET 2.0 OR ARE WE, IS IT MORE THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED? IT WAS MORE THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE MIX PROGRAM RESET, BUT TWO POINT, WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL GO INTO THE DETAILS CUZ I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND UNFORECASTED SAVINGS.
WHERE ARE THE UNFORECASTED SAVINGS COMING FROM? GETTING FROM? UH, MAINLY FROM, UH, RETURN SAVINGS FROM WORK THAT WAS PART OF OUR INITIAL SUMMER 2020 SCOPES.
UH, THE RETURN SAVINGS ARE COMING BACK FROM HG RENTALS PROJECTS AT, UH, BUFORD MIDDLE AND THEN THOMPSON TURNER CONSTRUCTION HAS RETURN SAVINGS FROM LIKE FOUR OR FIVE OTHER PROJECTS.
MOVING ON TO THE PROJECT CLOSEOUT UPDATES, UH, FOR FY 2019 8%, UH, PROJECTS WE'RE DOWN TO, UH, ONLY HAVING THREE.
UH, FOR FY 2020, THERE'S FIVE PROJECTS THAT REMAIN.
AND FOR THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS, THOSE ARE SLIDES 85 THROUGH 86 IN THE REPORT.
UH, INFORMATION'S BEING PROVIDED FOR 24 OF THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS, 15 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED OUT TO DATE.
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UH, WE DO NOW HAVE EIGHT YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT ARE IN THAT SECTION THAT ARE APPEARING THIS MONTH.AND THE REASON FOR THAT, THE, THOSE PROJECTS DID NOT GET CLOSED OUT, UH, PRIOR TO THE END OF OUR TARGET CLOSE OUT PERIOD OF Q3.
UH, THIS YEAR, Q3 ENDED IN SEPTEMBER.
SO TECHNICALLY WE'RE NOW IN Q4.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION IS ON THOSE PROJECTS AND WE SHOULD BE REPORTING THOSE TO BE CLOSED.
THE SCHOOL FOR YOUR REFERENDUM FINANCIAL UPDATE, UH, EXPENDITURES NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, TOTAL $166,228,232.
WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE EXPENDITURES TO DATE AND ADD TO IT, THE 154 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL CONTRACTUAL, UH, COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TODAY, THIS EQUATES TO ROUGHLY 85% OF THE TOTAL REFERENDUM WORLD BRAND.
AND THAT THE, THE REMAINING AVAILABLE REFERENDUM FUNDS AS OF THE END OF LAST MONTH TOTAL, UH, JUST OVER $55.50.
AND THE LAST ITEM, UH, TO POINT OUT IS UNDER COMMUNITY OUTREACH SLIDE 86, UH, WE ARE PLANNING A TOPPING OUT CEREMONY FOR THE ROBERT SMALLS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY PROJECT AND ONCE AGAIN FOR A TOPPING OUT.
AND THAT'S ONCE ALL THE STEEL'S BEEN ERECTED.
AND, UH, ONCE THAT IS, UH, UH, OCCURRING, WE'RE, WE'RE TIMING AND COORDINATING, UH, CEREMONY TO TAKE PLACE.
THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
AND JUST AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE DETAILS TO SHARE, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UPDATE FOR THE MONTH.
UM, NO, I WAS GONNA FOLLOW UP ON THE ST.
YOU ADDRESSED THAT PRIOR TO ASKING THAT AND YOU ADDRESSED THE FLOW OUTS.
YOU KNOW, I NOTICED, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY YELLOW LIGHTS THERE WERE.
UM, THOSE WERE MY TWO BIG THINGS AND REVIEWING THIS AND I DO HAVE THAT DETAILED LIST THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT, WHICH PROJECTS HAD THE SAVINGS THAT CAME BACK MM-HMM.
CHOICES, BROAD RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LADIES, ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND BEAUFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I DO THINK THAT I WANNA SEE THAT JUST AS WE GET SO CLOSE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE TAKING DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE DONE.
ONE OF CONCERNS, WE START SHIFTING MONEY ON PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON.
YEAH, WE, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET THE REMAINING SCOPES UNDER CONTRACT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL EVALUATE DOES IT NEED ADDITIONAL OR DOES IT UNDER AND WHAT SAVINGS ARE THERE.
AND WHEN WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN RECOMMEND TO MOVE IT INTO PROGRAM CONTINGENCY, WE WILL DO SO.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONTINGENCY LOG, WE DO HAVE IT SPLIT SO THAT WE'RE TRACKING OFF OF THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM CONTINGENCY.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM SECTION IS THOSE ADDITIONAL BOND PREMIUMS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THIS SUMMER, THAT TOTAL 31.1.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET SOME TIME AT THE END REALLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW ARE SHIFTING, WHETHER NOT BECAUSE I DOUBT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC WANTS, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, SO HOW MANY PROJECTS ROB ARE THERE THAT YOU SAID YOU, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE SCOPE UNDER CONTRACT? MM-HMM.
HOW MANY LIKE THAT? WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE 19 REPORT THIS MONTH, YOU'LL SEE SOME SHADING NOW.
AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO BLUE SHADING YEP.
THERE'S ROWS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE, WHICH MY PAPERS TOGETHER.
SO IN THE REPORT YOU'LL SEE THE BLUE LINES.
AND ON THE LAST SHEET OF THE BACK, THERE'S A LITTLE KEY PLAN RIGHT HERE ALONG WITH LOSE AND THE BLUE SHADING IS THERE'S FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS THAT REMAIN.
NOW THEY MAY BE AS SMALL AS WE STILL NEED TO ORDER THE DISTRICT FURNISH, IT SWITCHES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS UPS.
IT COULD BE THAT WE STILL NEED TO PUT SAFETY SECURITY STILL.
BUT ANY OF THOSE LINES THAT WE STILL FORESEE, ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS REMAINING HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED.
SO, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ONCE, NOW WE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE HAVE THE REFERENDUM FUNDING, WE HAVE THE 8% FUNDING AND NOW WE'RE DOING SR FUNDS.
ARE WE TRACKING THOSE ALL TOGETHER OR ARE THEY ALL ON SEPARATE FIVE 19? IT, IT IS ACTUALLY UNDER THE 8%.
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MONTHLY REPORTS.UH, THERE'S A SEPARATE TAB FIVE.
WHEN YOU SAY FIVE 19 REPORT, THAT IS ONLY REFERRED.
THE REFERENDUM INCLUDES THAT EXTRA 31.1 OF BOND PREMIUMS. RIGHT.
BUT THERE'S A SEPARATE REPORT FOR THE 8% EACH YEAR.
AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR RIGHT, THERE'S AN A THAT'S SOLELY FOR COMMITMENTS ON EXTRA.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALL HANDLED SEPARATE.
WE DON'T DO THIS TO IT CAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRACK SCHOOL LEVEL.
BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE OR THIS GROUP'S OVERSEEING ALL OF THEM.
UM, SO ONE QUESTION I HAVE ON THE SR FUNDING, UM, IS, WAIT, I NEED GET BACK TO IT.
SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, CAUSE I KNOW BUFORD HIGH HAD SOME BIG H V A C PROJECT WE JUST COMPLETED.
SO IS THIS ANOTHER H V C PROJECT FOR PAPER HIGH OR IS THIS YES.
AND WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE TO GO.
WHAT YOU RECENTLY SAW WAS THE CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT OF SR TO ADDRESS THE REMAINING H B A C IMPROVEMENTS ON SECOND FLOOR.
AND WHAT WE'VE GOT IS THE PLANS TO EXHAUST WHATEVER ESOR FUNDS THAT WILL REMAIN ADDRESSING WHAT STILL REMAINS ON THE FIRST FLOOR WE FORGOT.
AND THEN HOW DO WE PICK WHICH, CAUSE THERE'S ONE I BRING MY GLASSES 1, 2, 3, 4, ADRIAN, THE H S OR WHICH IS PAGE 80.
UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE FOUR, AND I KNOW THIS IS COMING TO THE WHOLE BOARD, BUT SINCE YOU'RE PRESENTING HERE, DID WE USE THE, THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHICH FOUR GOT IT? NO, BECAUSE THE SR PROJECTS WERE DONE PRIOR TO THE START.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE A LONG TIME AGO FOR OUR ESSR PROJECTS.
SO THOSE WERE ALL PRE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT.
SO THERE ARE, SO AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THERE ARE FOUR SR FUNDED H V C PROJECTS? THERE'S NOT LIKE ANOTHER LIST SOMEWHERE THAT'S COMING AS OF RIGHT NOW? YES.
SO ONE'S THE DISTRICT OFFICE, ONE'S HILTON, HEAD ISLAND EARLY CHILDHOOD, AND THEN TWO AT BEAUFORT HIGH.
LIKE I SAID, THE SECOND FLOOR IS UNDER CONTRACT.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE NEEDS EXIST AT THE FIRST FLOOR ACTUALLY.
AND YOU COULD EVEN SAY, DIDN'T WE USE REQUESTS THAT WE USE ESTHER FORM? I DIDN'T BRING THE ESHER REPORT WITH, SO I'LL CHECK, I THINK THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS A WELL BRANCH, WHICH THE BOARD ASKED US TO USE ESTHER OR WAS A NO, WHAT I REMEMBER WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO USE THE ESTRO FUNDS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE 8%.
SO A LITTLE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE USE.
WE WILL CHECK AND MAKE SURE WITH OUR ESTHER REPORTS THAT THOSE ARE, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO INCLUDE THE ESSER REPORT NEXT MONTH? I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, BECAUSE I'M STARTING FROM NEXT AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ON TOP OF IT, BUT THERE'S LIKE THE REFERENDUM AND THERE'S THE 8% AND THEN THERE'S ESSER AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, I SAW THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THEM AND SOMETHING ON THE FINANCIAL LIKE THE NO, THEY, THERE IS AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A REPORT AND THAT AT THE BOARD MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
WE ARE BRINGING IN AMENDMENTS FOR THE DISTRICTWIDE BOTTLE FILL PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED FROM ESSER AS WELL AS THE DISTRICTWIDE BIPOLAR IONIZATION PROJECTS.
SO THOSE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
WE'RE BRINGING 'EM FORWARD FOR YEAH.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN I HATE TO, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF THE BOARD MEETING, BUT LIKE THE BIPOLAR IONIZATION DISTRICTWIDE, THERE'S SIX SCHOOLS LISTED HERE.
ARE THERE MORE COMING? THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF JUST CONFUSED ON.
OR DID YOU JUST PICK THESE SIX TO GET BIPOLAR IONIZATION? I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAYBE EXPAND THAT THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING OFF OF.
THE ONE THAT YOU'LL SEE NEXT WEEK.
ON TUESDAY IT'S FOR A LOT MORE PROJECTS THAN THE LISTED HERE.
ALL THAT'S WHAT I WAS KINDA, I'LL MAKE A NOTE HERE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED NEXT TIME.
UM, BUT THE BACKUP THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE, THAT AMENDMENT CLEARLY LIST EACH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS GET YEAH, I JUST, AT THIS I WAS STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE LOST.
CAUSE I KNOW THAT FOR THE BOTTLE FILLERS, I THINK THE LOCATION COUNTS 32.
UM, SO THE OTHER THING, UH, WHETHER THE AREA I HAVE A QUESTION ON IS MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
I MEAN WE HAVE 7.5 MILLION THAT IS APPROPRIATED FOR ATHLETICS, WHICH IS JUST TENNIS COURTS FOR SOMETHING.
SO, AND THEN WE ONLY HAVE 518,000.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR TECHNOLOGY.
AND THEN THERE'S A $500,000 ADJUSTMENT YOU JUST, AND THEN THERE'S A 790,000 FOR A CAPE EXPANSION.
LIKE THOSE NUMBERS DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
SO I CAN CARRY ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
UH, THE NEWER SCHOOLS BEING MARY RIVER AND
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RIVER RIDGE, UH, DID NOT HAVE IN, THEY WERE BRAND NEW, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART WHEN WE BUILT THE REFERENDUM LIST.SO THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED WITH TECHNOLOGY.
BUT THERE IS A 518,000 PROGRAM ADJUSTED FOR IT.
UM, I, I'D HAVE TO, THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WE SHOWED WITH MID PROGRAM RESET MERCHANT 2.0 FROM A RIVER, AND YOU ARE CORRECT, THE ORIGINAL FUNDING FOR ATHLETICS IN PARTICULAR WHEN EVALUATING WHAT SCOPE, AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE SCOPE THAN WHAT YOU'RE RECALLING.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE MID PROGRAM WHERE HE SAID THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT COULD, UH, RELEASE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO ADDRESS OTHER CONCERNS.
SAME THING FOR THE, UH, KATE EXPANSION PROJECT.
THOSE DOLLARS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY APPROPRIATED WOULD NEVER BUILD IT, BUT WHAT WAS TREATED AS AN ADVANCED DESIGN AND IN LOOKING AT THE SIZE AND A ROUGH COST OF THAT, WE'VE CALCULATED WHAT THE ADVANCED DESIGN FEES WOULD BE TO MAKE IT SHOVEL READY SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT REFERENDUM APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS, THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT PROJECT INTO CONSTRUCTION.
SO ARE WE WORKING ON THE DESIGN FOR PAY EXPANSION? WE ACTUALLY, THEY'VE TALKED TO THE ARCHITECT.
I THINK IT'S SCHEDULED TO START IN THE NEXT, UH, 34 5 DAYS I BELIEVE.
BUT SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS HAVE, I WASN'T ON THE BOARD WHEN THE REFEREND ENDED HAVE, DO WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT KATE WERE PUTTING IN THERE? I THOUGHT THAT WAS STILL UP FOR DEBATE.
WELL THAT KAREN GILBERT DOES HAVE A PLAN THAT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS WHAT'S GOING KAREN GILBERT AND THEIR TEAM, MY STUDENT, THEY STILL HAVE A LOT, A LOT LEFT TO DO.
BUT, UH, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THAT JOB, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS GOING BACK AND BEFORE THIS SUMMER TO TRY TO NUDGE THAT INFORMATION ALONG SO THAT IT'S NOT GOING SLOW US DOWN.
AND WE'RE PLANNING THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THOSE THAT LY PUT INTO THE DESIGN.
SO IS IT THE PROGRAMS ARE IDENTIFIED ALREADY? OH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE FINALIZING.
THERE IS ONE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'VE KIND OF BUILT IT ON AS FAR AS SOME PRELIMINARY, BUT IF WE DO RECOGNIZE THERE'S STILL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE BOARD AND YEAH, KAREN GILBERT ON WHAT THOSE ACTUALLY ARE.
SO THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN THAT FOR THE MOST PART.
IT'S A BUILDING THE SAME SIZE AS THE EXISTING BUILDING, HOW YOU REARRANGE THAT.
UM, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS OF, OF WHAT GOES WHERE AND UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WE CAN ADJUST THAT AS WE GO.
THERE'S ALSO CONVERSATIONS OF THE JUNIOR ROTC BEING A WING THAT PART OF THAT.
SO IT'S A BUILDING PRETTY MUCH A CARBON COPY OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE PLUS A JT C.
YEAH, I, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE LIKE, LIKE, WELL WE'RE GONNA PUT AN AUTO SHOP AND YOU DESIGN THAT.
LIKE NO, WE'RE GONNA PUT IN A BAKERY
NO, WE'RE GONNA PUT, I MEAN, WHAT YOU BASICALLY HAVE JUST LIKE IN THE EXISTING BUILDING IS TOO HIGH BASE BASE.
SO TOO HIGH BASE SPACES CAN ACCOMMODATE IF YOU WANTED TO DO AUTO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO DO, UM, WE'VE DONE WELDING IN HIGH BAY YET, RIGHT NOW IT'S AUTO AND WELDING.
UM, THE THOUGHT IS TO COPY THAT AND DO AN ADDITIONAL, UH, CLASSES FOR THAT.
BUT IF YOU WANTED TO DO AEROSPACE, IF YOU WANTED TO DO CONSTRUCTION, MANY OF THOSE WOULD REQUIRE HIGH PAY.
AND THEN THERE'S TWO SMALL, UH, BAY AREAS WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN ANY OF YOUR NURSING SCIENCES, ANY OF YOUR, IF YOU DID A BAKERY, THOSE COULD ALL BE IN THE LOW CEILING AREA.
SO REALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING IS TOO HIGH CEILING, TOO LOW CEILING.
AND THEN IT'S DECIDE WHAT'S THE BEST FIT FOR THOSE SPACES.
I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T, I MEAN WE'VE JUST GOTTEN THE ARCHITECT TO START THIS THINKING ABOUT TO GET ENGAGED AND START LOOKING AT THE SITE, TALKING WITH THE SCHOOL, TALKING WITH KAREN GILBERT.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED, RIGHT.
THAT, THAT'S THAT PRELIMINARY STEP AND THEN WE RECEIVE A DESIGN FEE PROPOSAL AND WE EVALUATE IT, MAKE SURE IT'S FAIR, AND THEN WE CAN PUT 'EM UNDER AN AMENDMENT AND MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE DESIGN TECHNICALLY STARTS.
JUST SEEMS THAT CONVERSATION SHOULD BE, HAVE SOONER.
THAT'S HOW I THINK WE WOULD LOVE FOR THAT.
AGAIN, THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES ON US AND, AND THE, AND ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF DETERMINING WHAT GOES THERE, IF ANYTHING GOES THERE IN LIGHT OF THE GROWTH AND WHAT THE PROSPECT WILL BUILDING MORE THINGS.
YOU, WE DON'T PUT HATE PROGRAM.
THERE'S GONNA BE REMAPPED IN THREE YEARS IN REFERENDUM, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO I DUNNO, ROBIN, CAN YOU JUST MAKE A NOTE TO THAT, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, UM, WE NEED TO
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HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.A MOTION COMING OUT HERE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT KATE.
MOTION IS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT KATE AND RIVER, UM, TO ASK MS. GILBERT TO I'M, I'M SORRY.
TO PRESENT, UM, CAPE OPTIONS FOR MAY RIVER FOR, IS THIS MOVE TO THE FULL BOARD OR JUST FOR US? I THINK TO THE FULL BOARD, PROBABLY.
MOTION TO HAVE CAPE OPTIONS PRESENTED FOR MAY RIVER.
AND MR. CAMPBELL, ARE YOU SECONDING? I DID SAY.
YOU WANT ME TO, IF I CAN CLARIFY THAT YOUR FUNDING? YEAH.
WOULD MY CONFUSION ON THE PART OF WHAT I PROBABLY CONFUSE THINGS WITH HIS SR TWO MONEY WAS USED AT 12 BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THIS SR THREE MONEY, WHICH IS THE PROJECTS LISTED, ALTHOUGH APPLICATION, THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS.
IF THERE'S MONEY REMAINING WHERE IT COULD BE, IT'S EITHER THE DIS, THE ECC, BROAD RIVER AND ELEMENTARY BLUFF, BEFORD HIGH, ALL THE LOCATIONS ARE LISTED.
WHAT I'M MOSTLY IN IS HOW THOSE DECISIONS GET MADE.
YOU KNOW, IF NOT EVERY SCHOOL IS GETTING HIT AND IT'S NOT A HELP LIFE THING, IT'S JUST HOW, YOU KNOW, ARE WE USING WHAT INFORMATION WE'RE USING TO FIGURE OUT WHO GETS BIPOLAR ORGANIZATIONS, WHO GETS THE H V A C, WHO GETS DIFFERENT THINGS.
THAT WOULD'VE COME THROUGH SURVEYS OF OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND OUR ENERGY MANAGER ON WHAT H V A C SYSTEMS WERE IN THE MOST NEED OF BEING, NEEDING TO BE PLACE, WHICH THAT'S HOW WE DID IT PRIOR TO FACILITIES CONDITIONS FORWARD WE USE.
UM, ROB, JUST IN, IN TERMS OF LA OAKS ELEMENTARY, UM, ABOUT THE, THE, UM, AMENDMENT, JUST LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IS I'M, UH, 43.
SO IT'S, YOU'RE ANTICIPATING IT'S GOING TO COME IN HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU EVEN ANTICIPATED IN THE RESET VERSION TO, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
SO AS A GENERAL INDUSTRY, ARE WE NOT? AND SOME OF THE, UM, BUILDING MATERIALS OR TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLY CHAIN AND ACCESSIBILITY OF PRODUCT, WE'VE NOT SEEN ANY KIND REALLY.
WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO SEE THAT PEAK COME AND PASS AND THINGS START TO GET BETTER, BUT AS QUICKLY AS IT CAME UP, YEAH, IT'S GONNA COME DOWN LIKE FUEL PRICES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AS FAST.
BUT, UM, BUT SINCE YOU'RE, UM, MEAN, THIS RESET WAS REALLY VERY RECENT.
SO, SO WAS, I CAN GET INTO THE DETAILS OR I'LL SHARE 'EM NOW IF YOU PREFER.
A LOT OF THIS CAME FROM SOME COST ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE DURING THE MID PROGRAM RESET THAT BASED THE FIGURE THAT WAS INCLUDED ON THE FACT THAT THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL WORK AND PRIMARILY NOT NEEDING AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR.
BUT THAT WAS BACK BEFORE THE ENGINEER HAD FINISHED THE DESIGN.
NOW THAT HE'S FINISHED IT, HE'S FIGURED OUT THERE'S NO WAY WE'VE GOTTA PUT A NEW GENERATOR OUT THERE.
IT'S A LOT BIGGER, IT'S EX REALLY EXPENSIVE, AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA REDO ALL OF THE EXISTING EMERGENCY CIRCUITS, ADDITIONAL ONES.
AND IT JUST HAD A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT THE, IT, IT REALLY BOILED DOWN TO THAT ELECTRICAL COMPONENT PIECE JUST CAME IN SUCH HIGHER BECAUSE OF THOSE ITEMS. BUT THAT'S WHAT PUT US INTO THE SITUATION THAT IT EXCEEDED THE PROGRAM RESET FIGURE, OH, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.
ROB, YOU WANT TAKE THAT SLIDE, SLIDE THAT SLIDES, ROBIN, BEGIN ON SLIDE A.
UH, BUT IF YOU GO TO NINE, THERE'S A NOTE THERE.
THAT YELLOW LIGHT, UH, IS ALL RELATED
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TO THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR DELIVERY CONCERNS.THAT'S NOW I'VE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY FOR A FEW MONTHS.
IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 10, THAT LAST BULLET POINT ON SLIDE 10 SHOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DETAIL BEHIND IT, WHERE IT HAS THE SHIFT DATE OF OUR APRIL 13TH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT PROJECT, JE DUNN HAS ALREADY MAPPED OUT A, A WORKAROUND PLAN TO UTILIZE TEMPORARY GENERATORS AND TEMPORARY H V A C UNITS SO THAT THE WORK CAN CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.
AND THEIR JE DUNS ALSO WORKING WITH DOMINION POWER TO WORK OUT THAT SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE UNDER THE TEMPORARY POWER PLAN.
SO WE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A, A, A GOOD PLAN TO ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE WE WAIT ON THE DELIVERY OF THIS, UH, SWITCH GEAR AND SOME OF THIS ELECTRICAL AND EVEN H V A C EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW.
NOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE BEFORE H V A C EQUIPMENT.
IT'S EVERY BIT OF 30 PLUS WEEK STILL.
AND THE, THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR IT OVER A YEAR.
AND THIS WAS IN FEBRUARY, 2022.
AND SO WE GOT AHEAD OF IT BEST WE COULD, ANTICIPATING THAT THERE WAS SOME LONGLY TIMES, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALIZED IT WAS THAT LONG.
BUT LIKE I SAID, JA DUNN'S DONE A GOOD JOB.
THE KEITH BUS UPDATED AND IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE OH, FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 20, COMING MARCH.
AND THAT'S NOT GONNA WOOD THAT THAT APRIL 13TH DATE DON'T SLIP.
YEAH, THAT'S THE, THE, UH, YELLOW LIGHT IS ON A, THAT'S WHY 2023 8% CAPITAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO REPLACE THE H V A C SYSTEM IN THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND THE WAREHOUSE, UH, THE PROPOSAL CAME IN.
IT'S EXCEEDING THE BUDGET AND BECAUSE WE HAVE CONCERNS OVER THESE COSTS AND IN GENERAL, COMING FROM FY 23, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS, LET'S SEE HOW SOME OF THESE OTHER COSTS COME IN.
LET'S REEVALUATE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
AND FINGERS ACROSS THAT WE CAN BRING IN A RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD THAT, PRIORITIZING THAT IN TERMS OF NEED.
WE, WE PRIORITIZED IT MORE THAT WE BETTER TAKE CARE OF NEEDS IN THAT SCHOOL LEVEL BEFORE WE TAKE CARE OF THIS, THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.
THAT TAKE CARE OF ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, MR. CAMPBELL.
I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THINGS TOO.
MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING REPORT.
DOING THAT TODAY IS BRAND MAJORS IS UNDER THE WEATHER.
SHE'S ON THE ZOOM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT NEED HER.
UM, SO I'M GONNA START ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE.
AS FAR AS INTRODUCTIONS, UH, ED MILLER IS HERE, UH, WITH ABM.
SO HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE.
UM, WE DO START WITH SOME PICTURES OF JUST SOME PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE RECENTLY.
ONE NORTH BROAD, ONE SOUTH ABROAD, NORTH ABROAD BEING THE RAS ISLAND FREEZER PROJECT WHERE THEY REPLACED AN INDOOR, UM, OR UNITS THAT WERE INSIDE THE FREEZER AND ON THE ROOF.
AND THEN A HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL FLOORING REPAIR PROJECT.
UM, AS AN EXAMPLE OF PROJECT SOUTH OF, WELL IS THIS THE COMPUTER ROOM? I THINK IT WAS WHERE IT WAS LIKE, LIKE THAT EXACTLY.
WAS IT? YEAH, IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE RIPPLE, LIKE THE FLOOR WAS RIPPLE.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THEY TAKE OUT, UH, SEVERAL SECTIONS OF IT.
UM, THE NEXT SIDE, ROBIN, IS THE WORK ORDER SUMMARY.
JUST KIND OF TRACKING, UH, WHERE WE ARE, UM, WITH WORK ORDERS AND BEING COMPLETED IN THE, KIND OF THE FIRST THING THAT JUMPS OUT IS THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THAT 16,000 IS THE MOST TO DATE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IS AN INCREASE IN, UM, WORK ORDERS.
YOU ALSO SEE THE COMPLETING PERCENTAGES ONE OF THE LOWER, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY.
SO, UM, IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES THERE, AN INCREASE IN AMOUNT AND JUST KEEPING UP.
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TOTAL WORK ORDERS PER YEAR.AND THERE, THERE YOU SEE IT IN A GRAPH FORMAT THAT IT'S GONE MOST TO THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND YOU'RE SEEING AN INCREASE, UM, KIND OF SEEING THAT COVID DIP AS TEACHERS WERE OUT OF THE BUILDING AND NOW WE'RE BACK TOWARD THE INCREASE, UH, TOTAL WORK ORDERS PER WORKER PER YEAR.
YOU'VE SEEN THAT'S BEEN, UH, AS WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF WORKERS THAT HAS BEEN GOING DOWN, BUT NOW IT APPEARS TO BE KIND OF AT THE TROUGH AND COMING BACK UP GETTING AS FAR AS TOTAL WORKERS.
AND WE DID INCREASE, UH, MAINTENANCE BY TWO WORKERS THIS YEAR, UM, WITH, UH, COVID FUNDING.
JUST HOW ARE WE DOING? WE INCREASED JUST BY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT AS FAR AS SQUARE FOOTAGE BASED ON THE BEAUFORD HIGH EDITION.
UH, AND SO HOW THAT CALCULATES TO TOTAL SQUARE FOOT PER WORKER.
UM, WE WE'RE HOLDING PRETTY FLAT AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
ANY QUESTION ON THOSE BEFORE WE GO TO THE SURVEY? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, TOTAL WORK ORDERS FOR WORKERS LEVEL LOW, BUT AT THE SAME TIME OUR COMPLETION WORK ORDER COMPLETION RATE IS, IS MUCH LOWER.
IS THAT HOW, HOW DO YOU INTEND TO ADDRESS? SO, AND I'M GONNA, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN IN THAT AREA WHEN WE GET IN THE SURVEY.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE, ALL THESE NUMBERS OF WORKERS IS BY FULL STAFF AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH STAFF AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET INTO A CONVERSATION WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED.
SO THESE ARE, THESE CHARTS ARE IF THEY HAD BEEN FULLY STAFFED, BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT ACTUAL STAFF, UM, THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY SEE THIS GRAPH GO WAY UP.
IF THAT'S, UM, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? NOT TO ME, BUT IF I CAN, I'M THINKING YOU USE SAYING THESE NUMBERS ARE HYPOTHETICAL IN TERMS OF NO WORK WORKERS OR IT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
IF YOU WERE FULLY STAFFED, IF YOU HAD ALL YOUR WORKERS, YOU'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED, BUT WE ARE NOT, SO IT'S NOT REALLY RIGHT WHAT YOU'RE TRACKING.
BUT REALLY WHAT THIS IS FOR IS, IS TO SEE MORE HOW IS OUR WORKER, OUR NUMBER OF WORKERS LOOKING, YOU KNOW, ARE WE THAT'S WE WHAT IT WAS.
THAT'S WHAT I, I WANTED TO BE, BUT IF YOU YOU'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED, THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT, THAT OUGHT SHOW TOO.
SO WE CAN RESPOND TO QUITE IF SO, IF, IF WE'RE LOOKING OKAY.
IF THEY HAD BEEN FULLY STAFFED.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH STAFF.
WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS NOT BEING FULLY STAFFED, THAT'S MORE A QUESTION ON HOW DOES THE CONTRACTOR NEED TO ADDRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE ISSUES? RIGHT.
I BE ABLE KNOW WHICH ONE I'M ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? RIGHT.
THAT'S THE, SO I, I GUESS ROBERT, I WOULD'VE EXPECTED THAT WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, FIXING AIR CONDITIONERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, 8% PROJECTS AND REFERENDUM PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING, I, I, I WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED THAT OUR WORK ORDERS WOULD BE AT THE HIGHEST THEY'VE EVER BEEN.
I MEAN, JUST IS THERE IS THAT ILL ILOGIC CORRELATION.
AND I'LL, I'LL TACKLE THIS, ED, AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD AT THE END, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, ON THE AIR CONDITIONING SIDE, I WOULD SAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SEEING US DO A LOT OF AIR CONDIT CONDITIONING WORK AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
I'D SAY WE HAVE MORE UNITS AGING INTO A CRITICAL AGE, THEN WE ARE REPLACING, WE NEED TO BE REPLACING MORE.
UM, I, YEAH, ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS ARE GETTING OLDER AND A LOT OF 'EM WERE PROBABLY DONE, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO OR 20, 25 YEARS AGO.
AND THEY'RE COMING TO AN AGE WHERE THEY'RE GETTING CRITICAL.
SO YES, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK, BUT ARE WE DOING ENOUGH? IF OUR AC MANAGER WAS HERE, HE'D SAY, NO, WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE OTHER THING I, I THINK WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THIS YEAR IS WE'VE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH ACADEMIC RECOVERY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'VE INCREASED STAFF, UM, TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
AS YOU INCREASE STAFF THAT CAUSES ITS WHOLE,
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THERE'S MORE MOVES, THERE'S MORE, THERE'S MORE NEEDS FOR THAT, THAT INCREASED STAFF.SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE.
ED, DO YOU WANT TO ADD, ADD ANYTHING? YEAH, I, I CONCUR.
THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LOT MORE MOVES GOING ON THIS YEAR.
UH, PEOPLE ARE STARTING BRINGING BACK TO THEIR SPACES.
UH, SOME DELAY LIKE IN FURNITURE AT, UH, LADIES ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOOKCASE WERE LATE AND THEY JUST GOT THERE.
THEY WERE SITTING OUT IN THE HALLWAY.
SO IT FELL ONTO MAINTENANCE TO COME TAKE OUT THE OLD BOOK CASES, DO BOOK CASES IN JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT JUST, THAT TAKES FOUR OR FIVE GUYS OUT FOR A DAY OR TWO TO JUST TAKE CARE OF THAT INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING ON WORK.
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT, UH, ALL THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOT NEW RUGS.
ONE SCHOOL HAD 29 RUGS AND WE HAD TO TAKE A TEAM INTO THERE, PULL ALL THE RUGS OUT OF THE SCHOOL, EACH ROOM TAKE, PUT NEW RUGS IN THE SCHOOL.
AND THAT TAKES TWO OR THREE GUYS.
SO, SO ED, DO YOU HAVE A, A BREAKDOWN OF YOUR WORK ORDERS AS FAR AS, UM, CLASSIFY DELINEATED FOR CLASSIFICATION? LIKE THIS IS HVAC WORK ORDERS AND THIS IS, UH, MOVING FURNITURE, REPLACING RUGS, WORK ORDERS.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY FALL INTO EACH CATEGORY THERE? IT'S NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE.
THEY, THERE ARE CATEGORIES, BUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEEN FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER OR NOT, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET, WE GET ABOUT 20, 22,000 VOTE WORDS A YEAR AND THE SCHOOL PUT THOSE IN AND WE DON'T ALWAYS CHANGE THAT CATEGORY.
ONCE IT GETS YOU, WE TRY TO YEAH.
BUT, BUT WOULDN'T THAT BE GOOD DATA? BECAUSE WE'RE, MY THOUGHT IS GOING WITH THIS IS THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE FIVE MAINTENANCE WORKERS OUT OF THE ROTATION FOR TWO OR THREE, TWO DAYS OR FIVE DAYS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, DELAY RUGS AND MEANWHILE YOU HAVE AN AC UNIT THAT'S NOT BEING, AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST USING, SO WOULD, I MEAN IN SOME REGARDS, IF YOU HAD THAT DATA TO SUPPORT IT, YOU COULD HIRE AN ANCILLARY GROUP TO JUST COME IN AND DO THAT TYPE OF WORK SO THAT YOUR MAINTENANCE DOES NOT FALL BEHIND.
I MEAN, BUT THAT DATA WOULD BE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT.
WELL I THINK ALSO PICKING BACK ON THAT, I THINK IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE YOU'RE GETTING PULLED INTO SOME OF THE 8%, LIKE WHERE'S THE DELINEATION, RIGHT? WHAT A JD DUNN'S SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY CLOSE OUT A PROJECT VERSUS ABMS SUPPOSED TO DO, LIKE YOU SAID WITH BOOKCASES, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE SORT OF PICKING UP SOME SLACK FROM A CONTRACTOR.
IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, THAT'S EXACTLY, THAT'S EXACTLY, YEAH.
I SEE MR. SMITH, WE'LL GET YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
IN THAT SITUATION, THAT'S EXACTLY, UM, WHAT HAPPENED AND TRY TO LIMIT THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THEY CAN DO, THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE EXCUSE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX THAT THE NO, BUT IT DOES JUST TO BE THAT.
UM, AND MR. SMITH, I SEE YOUR HAND.
I I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS RIGHT QUICK.
UM, ALSO ABOUT THIS ONE QUESTION IS THE, WE HAVE, WE GAVE TWO COVID MONEY FOR TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF, BUT WE CAN'T HIRE ANYBODY BECAUSE THERE'S A WELL DOCUMENTED LABOR SHORTAGE.
CAN THEY USE THAT MONEY FOR SIGNING BONUSES? CAN THEY USE THAT MONEY FOR OTHER I INCENTIVES? WE DID NOT TAKE THIS.
SO, WELL, UM, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS USE THIS GESTURE
SO CONTRACTUALLY THEY WE'RE GONNA, AND WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS, THEIR CONTRACT IS FOR A SET OF POSITIONS, SO THEY WOULD NEED TO RESTRUCTURE THAT CONTRACT, WHICH WE COULD DO TO CHANGE 'EM AROUND OR, OR GIVE DIFFERENT BONUSES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO YES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING INTO DOING, BUT WE DID THAT.
SO IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE TWO ADDITIONAL FTE FULL TIME, RIGHT, RIGHT.
THAT HAD ADDED, THAT HAPPENED.
BUT TO ADD THEY HAVE NOT FILLED IT AND THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN OR BEEN PAID FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND ANYONE VERY, WE GOT THAT POOL OF MONEY AND WE GOTTA, YOU KNOW, OF GOING DOWN WORK ORDER PERCENTAGE MAYBE.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, IS COMING OUT WITH A PLAN ON HOW TO USE THAT TO BETTER ORGANIZE THEIR GROUP.
AND THEN I JUST FROM INFORMATION, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE WORKERS ARE ABM INITIATED? WHAT DOES THAT TELL? WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WANNA SEE BECAUSE IF, IF I'M A WORKER OUT AND FIXING THIS TABLE AND I TRIP ON THE CARPET OVER HERE, WE WANT THEM, THAT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING I DO, BUT WE WANT THEM TO PUT IN THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST WALK PAST IT, FORGET ABOUT
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IT.BUT IF THEY DO WANNA PUT IN A WORK ORDER BUT THE CARPET OVER THERE NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED CUZ I JUST TRIPPED THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN A SCHOOL DOING SOME JOB AND THEY NOTICE SOMETHING ELSE, WE WANT THEM TO, AND SO THAT'S A SIGN THAT THAT'S A HURRY.
THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST PASSING BY BECAUSE THAT'S DROPPED PRECIPITOUSLY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT IT'S ALSO, IT'S LOWEST.
SO DOES THAT TELL YOU ANYTHING OR JUST THAT THERE'S NOW MAYBE I'M NOT THE ABM INITIATED AS A PERCENTAGE.
UM, THE NUMBER HAS GONE UP, BUT YES, IT, IT, IT HAS GONE DOWN AS A NUMBER TRACKING THAT.
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT THAT CRITICAL OF A DATA.
WELL IT IS SOMETHING TO TAKE NOTICE OF YOU MR. SMITH.
MR. SMITH, ARE YOU WITH US? YES, I AM.
UM, SOME OF WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL WAS SAYING WAS WHAT, WHAT I, WHAT I'VE ALSO HAVE BEEN, UH, HAVE BEEN KIND OF, UH, BASICALLY TOLD BY, BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH SOME CONCERNS WAS THAT WE WERE HAVING CUSTODIAL STAFF TAKE UP THE SLACK OF THE, AND WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING.
THAT'S WHY I WANNA SPEAK BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT WAS MY POINT GETTING TO MY POINT WAS THAT WE HAD CUSTODIAL STAFF DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK JOB AND THAT'S WHY THEY COULDN'T GET TO SOME OF THE WORK ORDERS.
AND TO ME THAT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S NOT WHY THEY'RE THERE.
AND THAT, AND THAT, THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE A, A DRAW LINE DRAWN IN THE SAME IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHY CUSTODIAL WORKERS ARE DOING CONTRACTORS WORK, THAT THEY'RE SITTING UP THERE, UH, AND THEY LEAVE TRASH BEHIND AND THEY'RE DOING IT, THEY'RE DEALING THE TRASH AND SO THEREFORE THAT'S PULLING THEM DIRECTLY AWAY FROM THEIR WORK TO DO SOMEONE'S ELSE TO DO SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE BEHIND GETTING, GETTING, GETTING DIFFERENT, GETTING DIFFERENT, OUR WORK ORDERS DONE.
UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, CUSTODIAL OR MAINTENANCE, CUZ WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW, WELL, MAINTENANCE, CUSTODIAL, ALL THAT'S, I MEAN PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME BOTH OF THEM.
I MEAN POINT WHAT MAKE, AND I THINK WE KIND OF HAD THAT CONVERSATION EARLIER.
WE'LL DEFINITELY TALK WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGERS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT'S NOT OCCURRING AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
IS THAT IF I COULD WHILE TO IT, IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT OCCURRING AS MUCH.
BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, MY, MY MY POINT IS THAT THERE NEED TO BE ONLINE DRIVEN, DRIVEN DRAWING IN THE SAME WHERE THIS IS WITH WHAT'S IN YOUR PERIMETER, WHAT'S WHAT'S IN YOUR JOB AND THIS IS WHAT'S IN THE NEXT PERSON'S JOB.
I MEAN, CAUSE YOU KNOW, I MEAN I'M NOT SURE HOW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT'S SPELLED OUT, YOU KNOW, WAS GONNA RESPOND.
SO YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC SINCE I'M STILL HERE.
THIS IS NOT OCCURRING ON A WIDESPREAD BASIS.
IT'S MORE A ONE OFF TYPE OF SITUATION.
AND IN THOSE ONE OFF SITUATIONS, IF YOU LOOKED INTO THE DETAIL, THE CONTRACTOR MAY HAVE ALREADY FINISHED UP HIS WORK AND HAS WRAPPED THINGS UP AND TO KEEP HIM PRESENT ON THE SITE WOULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT GENERAL CONDITIONS TO KEEP MANPOWER AROUND.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE TRY TO WORK A LITTLE BIT HAND IN HAND WITH THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO SEE, OKAY, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY TO GET THE CONTRACTOR? IS THIS SOMETHING THERE? BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE OUR DEPARTMENTS CAN LOOK AT A LITTLE CLOSER.
SO, UM, WELL ALSO IT ALSO, JUST TO GO BACK IN TERMS OF THAT, I, I DIFFER THAT BECAUSE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, MOLD PROBLEMS, SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS COULD BE DEALING, COULD BE DEALING WITH, UH, ESPECIALLY ON, ON THIS SIDE OF THE BROAD VERSUS DEALING WITH, UH, THOSE CONTRACTORS PROBLEMS. THAT THAT MONEY COMES OUTTA EIGHT OUT, OUTTA EIGHT, OUTTA 8% BUDGET.
SO THEREFORE THAT, THAT, THAT THOSE JOBS SHOULD BE STRICTLY DEALT, DEALT WITH FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OUT OF, OUT OF, OUT OF THAT BUDGET.
SO TO ME THOUGH, THAT THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU'RE PAYING PEOPLE OUT OUT DOUBT OF DIFFERENT PARTS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE YOU, WE ARE USING MANPOWER AND IN PLACES THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE.
I MEAN, SO TO, SO, SO TO ME THAT IS VERY PROBLEMATIC.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE SHOULD SKIP OVER BECAUSE AT SOME DEGREE IT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE PARENTS AND START CALLING AND SAYING THAT THEIR KIDS ARE IN, IN, IN HOT BUILDINGS AND HOT SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CORRECT AIR CONDIT CONDITION BECAUSE MAINTENANCE CAN'T GET OVER THERE TO EVEN TO TO DEAL WITH IT.
SO, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BIG ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ELEPHANTS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED AND UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT MUST BE TAKEN CARE OF AND, AND NOT JUST BE PUTTING A PUT A BANDAID ON.
AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MR. CORBIN IS THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT, TAKE A LOOK AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH US
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AT THE NEXT MEETING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT.UM, CUZ I AGREE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO ONTO THE MAINTENANCE.
ARE WE GOING TO THE MAINTENANCE SURVEY NOW? IS THAT THE NEXT? YES.
UM, SO, UH, THE MAINTENANCE CUSTOMER SERVICE RESPONSI RESPONSIVENESS, I MEAN THERE, THERE'S NO, NO GOOD WAY OR OR WAY TO TO AVOID IT, BUT, UM, THIS IS SOME OF THE WORST SCORES MAINTENANCE HAS GOTTEN, UM, IN THIS CATEGORY SINCE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING IT.
UM, IT, YOU SEE THAT WE PRETTY MUCH USUALLY ARE ABOVE EVEN THE THREE FIVE AND NOW YOU'RE SEEING SOME SCORES THAT, UH, ARE EVEN BELOW A THREE.
SO I, I WOULD SAY THIS, THIS IS AN AREA OF CONCERN.
SO MR. MILLER, DID YOU WANT TALK ABOUT THAT FIRST OR TAKE QUESTIONS? I CAN TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, LIKE ROBERT SAID, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO I THINK WITH OUR LOSING GOOD PEOPLE AND BEING SHORT STAFFED, MAKING THE OTHERS OVERWORKED, UH, FEELING THE PRESSURE ANYWAY.
UM, WE WERE PRETTY IMMUNE TO LABOR ISSUES UP UNTIL JUST THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND THEN IT SEEMED LIKE IT ALL HIT US REALLY HARD.
SO, UH, DEALT WITH MY UPPER MANAGEMENT AND WE'RE SOURCING, TRYING TO FILL THESE POSITIONS AND AGGRESSIVELY AND MAKE CORRECTIONS.
UH, THE GUYS ARE WORKING OVERTIME AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE UP GROUND UNTIL WE DO GET THESE POSITION.
WE DO TAKE SERIOUSLY THIS, UH, NOT MEETING EXPECTATIONS, NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO MR. MILLER, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THOSE THAT ARE LEAVING? I MEAN IS IT COMPENSATION BASED? AND SO YOU'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
COMP, COMP, COMPENSATION BASED, UH, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF MOBILITY IN THE TRADES RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN INCREASING THE WAGES YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU HAVE INCREASED WITH WAGES.
ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE CONTRACT? CAUSE THE CONTRACT ASSIGNED WE ARE IN YEAR THREE CONTRACT.
IS THAT A FAIRLY LIMITED FACTOR IN TERMS OF BEING COMPETITIVE WITH SOME LABOR? YES.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AS FAR AS REORGANIZING AT THEIR COUNTRY.
AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING? ARE THEY LEAVING THE AREAS? IS IT A HOUSING MANAGERS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE, USE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND UPGRADE THEIR POSITION SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT STAY HERE LOCALLY.
AND, YOU KNOW, GOING TO WORK FOR THE BASE MM-HMM.
SO HOW IS YOUR UPPER MANAGEMENT RESPONDING TO YOU? UH, WELL PAYING WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE, SO UH, WE JUST HIRED A NEW H V A C MANAGER.
UM, WE LOST ONE NORTH OF BROAD MANAGER.
UH, WE'RE PROPOSING FROM THIS END, WE HAVE A SUPERVISOR THAT BEEN WITH US FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS, I THINK FOR DISTRICT.
AND WE'RE PROMOTING IN WELL KNOWN, A GOOD HEAD ON THE SHOULDERS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD TEAM LEADER.
SO YOU JUST KEEP AGGRESSIVELY DOING THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE OUR COMPENSATION ANALYSIS LISTED THINGS LIKE MAINTEN.
DO YOU GUYS DO YOUR OWN INTERNAL SORT OF ASSESSMENT? YES.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ON THAT? I KNOW, UH, WE DID MEET, UH, AND HAD A REVIEW AVM MANAGEMENT, UH, LAST WEEK.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW THEY WERE DOING SALARY STUDIES AND, AND LOOKING AT, UH, THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE AREA AND, AND WHAT IT WAS GONNA TAKE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
AND THAT'S ALL PART OF YOUR CONTRACT DISCUSSIONS? YES.
WE, WE TALK ABOUT, UM, CUZ YEAH, THEY ARE CONTRACTUALLY HELD TO POSITIONS AND THE, THE, THE COST OBVIOUSLY.
SO WE'RE HAVING THEM LOOK AT THAT AND COME BACK TO US WITH, UH, A AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS ON WHAT DO WE NEED WHERE WE ARE.
CAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN THREE YEARS AGO.
AND, AND, BUT STILL THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
NO, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AT ALL.
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YOU KNOW, JUST SO MUCH TO THE DATA THAT ENLO IN HERE THIS TIME IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO GETTING ON BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES UP TO, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE CLIMATE THAT WE WANT.AND SO WE, WE JUST CAN'T HAVE, WE CAN'T HAVE THIS.
AND SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
MR. CAMPBELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, YEAH.
AND JUST CONVERSATION, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO, TO BUILD THE MORALE OF THE EMPLOYEES, WHEREAS, I MEAN, TO BE SAID AROUND ANYTHING FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING INCENTIVES OR, OR WELL, HOURLY, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR ON THE JOB.
IS THERE ANY INCENTIVE FOR PASSING THE INSPECTIONS, THE SUPERVISORY INSPECTIONS.
EXAMPLE? I'M LOOKING HERE OF YEAR OF, OF THE CLEANLINESS OF THE BUILDING NOW.
SO AS FAR AS WELL INCENTIVES, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT ANY INCENTIVES Y'ALL HAVE FOR EMPLOYEES FOR MORALE? I WILL SAY, I MEAN I DO KNOW THAT THE GUY THAT THE WORK GUYS KNOW, THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR WORK ORDERS AND AS WELL AS THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND, AND IT DOES BEAT 'EM DOWN.
I MEAN, THAT IS HARD FOR A LOT OF THESE GUYS.
THEY, THEY SEE THE WORKLOAD AND BEING SHORT STAFFED THAT DOES AFFECT NOW.
AND THEN BRINGING THAT BACK UP WILL HELP.
ALSO BRINGING IN SOMEBODY FROM WHAT AND RAISING IT UP TO A, A MANAGE YOUR POSITION.
I'M HOPING THAT HELPS MORALE, SEEING THAT THERE IS MOVEMENT INTERNALLY.
WE AREN'T ALWAYS BRINGING SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE.
AS FAR AS APPRECIATING THE GUYS, UH, I'VE HEARD HIM, WELL WE WERE HERE, WE WERE THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING COVID AND WE WERE WORKING WHEN OTHER PEOPLE WERE SITTING HOME COLLECTING A PAYCHECK.
WE WERE WORKING, COLLECTING PAYCHECK.
YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S THOSE THE POINTS THAT, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
I THINK THAT AFFECTS SOME MORE THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY MIND.
UM, YEAH, THAT I APPRECIATIVE OF BEING ABLE TO WORK AND NOT SITTING HOME AND DOING NOTHING.
BUT OTHER PEOPLE SEE SAME THINGS GOING ON.
HEALTHCARE, UM, MR. SMITH, UM, YEAH, I HEAR WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING, BUT IT'S BEYOND SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, UM, THE COMPANY GOT A BONUS AND THE WORKERS FOUND OUT ABOUT IT TOO.
AND THAT'S WHY FROM MY SAY, SOME OF 'EM WERE FRUSTRATED TOO BECAUSE NOT ONLY WERE THEY, THEY, THEY WEREN'T JUST SAYING THAT WE WERE THE WORKERS AND WE WERE SITTING HOME DURING, DURING THE, UH, AND WE WERE ESSENTIAL.
WE WAS THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND PEOPLE WERE JUST SITTING HOME.
NO, THEY WERE SAYING THAT THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES GOT BONUSES AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WAS THEIR BONUS AT OR WHERE WAS, WHERE WAS THEIR APPRECIATION AT IN FORMS OF, IN FORMS OF INCREASE OF PAY IN THAT.
AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AS A BOARD MEMBER, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE GIVING THE COMPANY, UH, BONUSES AND THAT FOR HAVING THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS THERE AND THAT THE WORKERS WERE NOT GETTING PAID ESSENTIAL PAY.
LET'S LET MR. MILLER RESPOND TO THAT.
MR. MILLER, BECAUSE YOU SAID HE SAID THE COMPANY RECEIVED A BONUS FROM THE DISTRICT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR. SMITH? YES.
IS THAT TRUE? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
SO I THINK WHAT MR. SMITH IS REFERRING TO AS SOME OF THE INCREASES, UH, FOR CO WITH COVID FUNDING MAINTENANCE DID GET INCREASED BY TWO POSITIONS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FILL 'EM, THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR THEM.
SO THEY'VE GOTTEN NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
MAINTENANCE HAS HAD ZERO ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO THE COMPANY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL, THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN, UH, 0 CENTS EXTRA.
BUT YOUR POINT, MR. SMITH, WITH REGARDS TO THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES IS, IS WELL TAKEN.
I KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO BEFORE HE SHUTS DOWN.
IS IT OKAY? YEAH, GOOD CHOICE.
SO, SO JUST TO BE SO, SO TO BE CLEAR, MAINTENANCE OR CONSTRUCTION, I MEAN, I MEAN MAINTENANCE OR ABM IN TERMS OF CUSTODIANS, NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
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GOT, UH, GOT A BONUS OR GOT IN GREASE.SO YOU WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT CUSTODIAN A SECOND.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND MAINTENANCE DID NOT GET ANY INCREASE DUE TO COVID.
AND SO THEN THE QUESTION I WILL ASK TOO, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, COULD THEY NOT COME TO BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND ASK THE DISTRICT FOR MORE MONEY THAN THEY MAY NEED TO PUT PEOPLE ON THE JOB UNDER, UNDER THE CONTRACTS? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
MR. SMITH WITH THE EARLIER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE IN NEGOTIATIONS OR IN SOME SORT OF A PROCESS LOOKING AT HOW TO INCREASE, UM, MAINTENANCE WORKER PAY TO TRY AND, UH, DEAL WITH THE LABOR SHORTAGE.
AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO AND THEY'RE GONNA BRING THAT BACK.
ONCE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FIGURED OUT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THERE WAS NOT A BONUS PAY TO THE COMPANY THAT DIDN'T SOMEHOW TRICKLE DOWN TO THE WORKERS.
IF THAT MS. CDRE, MR. CAMPBELL, YOU GUYS ARE GOOD? YEAH.
UM, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING SOMETHING BACK FROM YOU, HEARING A LITTLE BIT AND, UM, WORK SOMETHING OUT BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LABOR SHORTAGE AND THAT THOSE ARE HARD WORKING FOLKS.
I HAVE TO SAY ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I HEAR NOTHING BUT COMPLIMENTS ABOUT, BUT THEY ALL, WHAT PEOPLE SAY IS, I THINK, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE GUY'S NAME THAT WORKS THAT EVERYONE LOVES HIM, BUT THEY KNOW HE'S GOT MORE WORK THAN HE CAN DO.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
UM, AND UNLESS WE'RE INTRODUCE, UH, ATS OR WE GONNA, OH, TONIGHT WE HAVE JIMS, MYSELF, CURTIS BENNETT, THE, UH, SENIOR REGIONAL MANAGER.
WE HAVE, UH, SOUTH ZIMMERMAN, THE, UH, REGIONAL SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR, UH, CUSTODIAL.
AND THEN WE HAVE ED PULLING THE, UH, DISTRICT MANAGER IN THE, UH, BEAUTIFUL MARKET.
AND ON THE LINE WE'VE GOT ON ZOOM, PHILLIP GILBERT, WHICH IS OUR HR, UH, VICE PRESIDENT.
SO LET ME JUST START AND THEN, UM, AS QUESTIONS COMES UP, WE'LL LET Y'ALL, UH, TAKE OVER THE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WE START WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME, WELL FIRST OFF PICTURES OF SOME WARDS AND UM, ACTUALLY THE ONE THERE ON THE FAR LEFT IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF TOKEN.
THAT HE GAVE TO ONE OF THES EMPLOYEES FOR RETURNING A, A WALLET THAT WAS FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT AT MAY RIVER.
SOME OTHERS I BELIEVE ARE, UH, SOME EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH TYPE OF AWARDS THAT ARE GOING ON.
THE, UH, THE SECOND SIDE ARE SOME PRETTY PICTURES OF, OF CLEAN FLOORS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN FINISHED UP AFTER THE SUMMER CLEAN AFTER ALL THAT WORK WAS DONE.
UM, AND AFTER THAT, I'M GONNA GET DOWN INTO THE SURVEYS NOW.
UM, IF Y'ALL MAY REMEMBER, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS WITH CUSTODIAL LAST TIME.
WE, WE, UM, HAD SOME ISSUES, UH, SCORES WERE FALLING.
UH, I, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'RE SEEING AN, AN IMPROVEMENT IN A LOT OF THE AREAS.
UM, WE STILL HAVE ROOM TO GO, BUT THERE ARE SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS GOOD.
YOU START WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RESPONSIVENESS.
YOU'LL SEE FOR THE MOST PART THEY'RE ABOUT A MIXED BAG.
THEY'RE EITHER FLAT, A COUPLE OF FLAT, A COUPLE WENT DOWN AND A COUPLE ACTUALLY IMPROVED.
UM, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE, UH, HEADED TOWARDS THAT 3.0.
SEE THE CLEANLINESS, THE CLEANLINESS OF YOUR SCHOOL IS LOWER THAN WE'D LIKE, BUT IT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FROM THE LAST TWO TIMES.
I WILL GO ON TO, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE SURVEYS REAL QUICK IF I CAN AND THEN WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT ONCE.
UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS ENTRANCE AND HALLWAYS.
AGAIN, EITHER EVEN OR IMPROVEMENTS.
DUSTING, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A CONSTANT STRUGGLE, UH, WAS DROPPING DOWN ALMOST A 2.5.
UM, CUSTODIAL ADMIN AND OTHER OFFICES, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PAST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SLIGHT DECLINE ON, AGAIN, DUSTING CLASSROOMS. UH, LOOKING AT EITHER EVEN OUR, AN IMPROVEMENT IN A COUPLE AREAS LIKE THE FLOOR CARE AND RESTROOM.
THE NEXT TWO ARE ACTUALLY MEDIA CENTERS AND GYM OR WHERE IT'S EITHER EVEN OR GOING INTO DECLINE ON AVERAGE.
SO, UM, LOOKS LIKE THERE CAN BE SOME IMPROVEMENT DONE IN THE MEDIA CENTERS.
AND THEN AS YOU GO OVER TO GYMS, YOU'RE SEEING THE SAME KIND OF THING, A LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE, UH, IN THE CLEANLINESS OF THE AREAS.
AND THEN CAFETERIA, YOU'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENT, UM, FROM PREVIOUS SURVEYS IN THE CAFETERIA AREAS.
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GOOD TO SEE.AND, UH, WE'LL THE LAST SLIDE JUST TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS WE'VE GONE BACK.
AS WE REPORTED LAST TIME, DOING OUR MONTHLY WALKTHROUGHS WITH DISTRICT STAFF AND MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL WORKERS.
AND THEN MEETING WITH, UH, ADMINISTRATION.
WE'VE BEEN PUSHING PRETTY HARD FOR BOTH MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL.
AND I THINK WE'RE, WE GOTTA, WE GOT MOST OF THEM GOING TO MEET REGULARLY WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
A RECOMMENDATION IS HIGH SCHOOLS TO MEET WEEKLY MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BIWEEKLY IN ELEMENTARY AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.
AND, UM, IT WAS THE ONE MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER RESPONSE CARD THAT WAS RECEIVED.
CAUSE IT WAS A QUESTION WHETHER THEY WERE DOING THOSE.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF NEEDS TO BE THE MAINTENANCE SECTION.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP AND THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, I GUESS QUESTIONS YOU HAD BEFORE WE ASK THE QUESTIONS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THE, THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WE HAD, OR THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, PREPARATION MEETING THAT WE HAD, THERE WERE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED US TO COME BACK WITH YOU REGARDING SOME DATA SUPPORT THAT, UH, ED PULL, THE DISTRICT MANAGER HAS A COPY THAT HE COULD HAND YOU OUT THAT ACTUALLY, UH, PROVIDES SOME DETAILS OF THOSE ITEMS AS WELL AS TALK YOU THROUGH, BUT NOT NECESSARILY READ IT TO YOU, BUT MORE OR LESS TALK TO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT REPORT FOR THAT DATA.
AND THEN THAT WOULD GENERATE, UH, UH, SOME QUESTIONS WHERE WE CAN BE VERY SPECIFIC TO, AS WELL AS, UH, AND THEN WE DEFINITELY OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
AGAIN, WE GOT PHILLIP ON THE, UH, ON ZOOM THAT CAN ANSWER ANY HR OR, UH, BENEFIT 401K TYPE OF ISSUES, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS.
YOU WANNA JUST GO AHEAD AND THE HIGH, SOME OF THE, UM, YEAH.
SO WE DID A FIVE QUESTION SURVEY ACROSS THE, UH, THE, THE, THE DISTRICT, UM, YOU KNOW, FIVE BASIC TOOLS.
HELP US UNDERSTAND, UH, BASICALLY SET SATISFACTION, UH, OF THE EMPLOYEES, UH, IN THE DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, FIRST ONE, DO THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND SUPPLIES? PROBABLY DO YOUR JOB.
BUT I SAID NUMBER A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
NOW THE DISTRICT, UH, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE PART OF THE OVERALL SCHOOL FAMILY? 85% SAID YES.
THAT'S A GOOD, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THAT NUMBER.
UM, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO YOUR SUPERVISOR WITH PROBLEMS? 85.4% SAID YES.
HAVE 171 PEOPLE WHO RETURN THEIR, THEIR SURVEYS.
IT WAS QUESTION TWO AND THREE WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL.
UM, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO DO YOUR JOB EFFECTIVELY? 88.3 OR OR BEST SCORE WAS, UH, THEY SAID, NO, THEY ARE GOOD.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THESE, UM, VERY PRODUCTIVE COMMENTS FROM THE EMPLOYEES, UM, ACCUMULATED THOSE.
AND I TRIED TO WORK TOWARDS, CUZ THEY'RE ALL ANONYMOUS.
WE TRY TO INSTITUTE A LOT OF THOSE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS, PUT OUT SOME POSTINGS FOR THE, FOR THE FOLKS.
UM, AND THE LAST QUESTION, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE FAIRLY COMPENSATED FOR THE JOB YOU DO? UNFORTUNATELY, 67% SAID NO.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
I, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WAS, WE ALMOST EXPECTED IT REALLY, UM, WE, WE DO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOULD BETTER THEMSELVES AND WE WEREN'T EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU KNOW, YES, WE, WE, WE THINK WE HAVE THE GREAT PAY.
UM, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME WAGE DATA HERE FROM WHEN WE STARTED TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE.
WHEN WE STARTED, UH, 23, UM, MONTHS AGO, WE WERE AT $10 AND 82 CENTS.
IS THAT THE STARTING SALARY? THAT THAT'S OUR AVERAGE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE MAKING AS A GROUP COMBINED AS THE COLLECTIVELY AN AVERAGE.
NOW THEY'RE AS A GROUP, UH, THE AVERAGE WAGE RATE, $13 IN 78 CENTS.
SO WE'VE INCREASED OVER THE LAST 23 MONTHS, ALMOST $3 IN AVERAGE RATE OF BANK ACROSS THE, THAT'S ABOUT 30%, 27.4.
APPROVAL,
WE'VE GOT SOME BASIC STATISTICS THAT I WAS ABLE TO PULL FROM INTERNETS OR OTHER SOURCES.
YOU CAN FIND VARYING DATA FROM THE DIFFERENT SOURCES.
I JUST TRIED TO FIND AN AVERAGE MEAN WHEN I WAS FINDING OUT THERE.
SO BASED ON THE, YOU KNOW, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS LAST YEAR IN MAY, THE AVERAGE RATE OF PAY WAS $14 AND 31 CENTS.
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THAT WAS, THAT WAS A YEAR AGO ON, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.AND THAT WAS THEIR, THAT'S THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE, THAT'S ON THAT WEBSITE.
I THINK ANECDOTALLY, IF YOU GO AROUND THERE, IT'S 15.
I STOPPED AT, UM, THE PARKER'S GAS STATION ON THE WAY UP HERE STARTING WAGE RATE 14.
STARTING, STARTING CASHIER BEHIND THE COUNTER.
SO, AND, AND THEY, AND IF THEY WORKED AT NIGHT, THEY GOT 15, IT'S A DOLLAR AT PARKERS.
AND THAT WAS JUST ME STOPPING TO GET FOLLOW UP.
SO DO YOU BUY A CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR MEDIAN POWERLY WAGE? CUZ THIS SAYS YOU'RE COMPARING AN A MEME TO A MEDIAN.
SO THIS, YOU KNOW, THE MEDIAN HERE IS
AND SO WHEN YOU DO AN AVERAGE, YOU'RE ABOUT $15 IS IS THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT SHE'S TALKING YOU'RE MEDIA.
NOT YOUR MEAN YOUR MEDIAN ONLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO AVERAGES, YOU'VE GOT THAT HIGH PAYING FOIN AND THAT BRINGS THAT AVERAGE RIGHT UP.
BUT IF YOU DO THE MEDIAN, IT SHOWS YOU, WHAT IS THAT? YOU KNOW, KIND OF RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
YEAH, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WRITE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, KNOW WE'VE GOT ABOUT AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF STAFF ACROSS THE YEAH, I, I CAN PULL, I CAN PULL.
BUT I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, IT'LL BE, BUT WE'LL GET IT TO YOU.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ENTRY LEVEL IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YOU HAVE THE, YOU IS THAT WE HAVE A GOOD MIXTURE.
80% OF OUR STAFF HAS BEEN HERE OVER SIX MONTHS.
70% OF OUR STAFF'S BEEN HERE OVER A YEAR.
SO THEY'RE, MOST OF 'EM ARE IN THE HIGHER.
SO, AND WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THE, UH, THE SAME POSITION CONTINUE TO TURN OVER.
WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHY THAT IS.
USUALLY IT'S AT THE, THEY'RE PROBABLY AT THE SAME SCHOOL.
THEY'RE PROBABLY THE SAME POSITION THAT TURNS OVER BECAUSE AS, AS HE SAID, 70 80% OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE OVER A YEAR, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR OR MORE.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THAT OTHER 20% ONES THAT'S CONSTANTLY TURNING OVER FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOTTA ISOLATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, GET THAT ADDRESSED AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AT THESE SAME PLACES OVER, OVER HERE.
AND WITHIN OUR COMPANY EITHER THE COMPANIES I WORK FOR A TURN LIKE THAT, YOU'LL SEE DOWN HERE WHERE WE, OUR OVERALL IS 60%.
THAT, THAT'S KIND OF MISLEADING BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A SCHOOL WITH, UH, WITH 10 EMPLOYEES, EIGHT OF 'EM WORKED THERE ALL YEAR, BUT WE TURNED TO OF 'EM OVER, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES 60% TURNOVER.
BUT REALITY, WE'VE KEPT THE VAST MAJORITY OF 'EM FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
SO WE, WE STILL HAVE 50% OF THE ORIGINAL STAFF WE STARTED MM-HMM.
UM, AND I HAVE THAT DOWN HERE IN THE TENURE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A 12% CONTINUED ROTATIONS OF 90 DAYS HIT ON THAT BOX.
THOSE COMMENTS REQUEST SOME FOLLOW UP THOUGHT ON.
BECAUSE IF YOU GOT A CONSTANT AND YOU HAVE, UH, TURNOVER RATES, WHICH THE SAME PEOPLE WITH PREPARES TO BE ENTRY LEVEL, THEN CERTAINLY YOUR, YOUR MEDIA SCHOOL AND MEAN SCORE SHOULD BE, UH, A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING FROM THIS? OR, OR NO, BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR STAFF IS FAIRLY CONSTANT THE WAY IT'S TALKING MM-HMM.
AND, UH, EVENTUALLY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING.
THEY'RE NOT AFFECTING YOU, THEY'RE NOT AFFECTING ANYTHING.
IF THE ENTRY LEVEL PEOPLE, EXCEPT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME PEOPLE LEAVING ALL THE TIME.
AND AT ENTRY LEVEL THINGS ARE CHANGING THE NUMBERS.
WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO BRING PEOPLE IN AT 15.
I MEAN, OUR, OUR MANAGERS WOULD LOVE IT.
YOUR SCHOOL PERSONNEL WOULD LOVE IT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, THE, THE FINANCE TEAM AT THE DISTRICT CUZ THERE IS A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE WORKING WITH AND WE'RE WORKING WITH YOUR MONEY.
SO WE'VE GOTTA REALLY BALANCE THIS.
WE'VE HAD WAGE INCREASES, SUPPLY INCREASES, YOU KNOW, PAPER GOING UP OCTOBER 1ST, 18%.
I SAID PAPER TOILET, PAPER HANDOUT, 18%.
THEY DON'T WANNA ASK US IF IT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF DOING THAT TO YOU GUYS SAYING, HEY, OUR PRICE IS GOING UP, WE'RE GONNA INVOICE.
IS LUXURY OFFERING THE CONTRACT THE LUXURY LUXURY THAT YOU HAVE? YEAH, I I, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMPETITIVENESS THAT YOU, THAT YOU ARE SHOWING US AND, AND I'M SURE YOU ARE CONCERNED WITHIN THEM
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NOW.IT HAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE FINDING WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN THE DOOR.
IT WAS HARD, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHICH MONTH IT WAS CURTIS, BUT IT WAS, WE COULDN'T GET PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THESE JOBS.
SO THAT WAS BURNING OUT MANAGERS.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WERE RUNNING INTO LOTS OVER TIME, WHICH IS JUST A BUDGET BUSTER TOO.
I MEAN WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO INCREASE OUR WAGES AND I THINK THERE'RE SUSTAINABLE RIGHT NOW, BUT STILL GONNA HAVE SOME CHURN.
WELL ACTUALLY NO MATTER WHAT YOU PAID, I THINK YOU'LL STILL HAVE SOME TURN IN THE, UH, THE ENTRIES OF OPPORTUNITIES.
SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UM, ARE YOU SHORT STACKED AT ALL? LIKE WE JUST HEARD FROM MAINTENANCE WE'RE ABOUT 95%.
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES? THIS IS OUT OF 2 0 6.
HOW MANY? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY, WE ARE NOW CURRENTLY RIGHT AT, UH, 212.
AND TWO 12 IS 95% EMPLOYEE COUNT REALLY DOESN'T COUNT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, BASED ON FTE, SOME OF EM HAVE PART-TIMERS AND ALL THAT.
SO EMPLOYEE COUNTS, VERY HARD NUMBER TO TACKLE.
SO I MAY HIRE AN EIGHT HOUR PERSON THAT REPLACES TWO A FOUR.
SO EMPLOYEE COUNT FLUCTUATES QUITE A BIT IN OUR, IN OUR WORLD, 95% FULL ONE IN MY BOOK.
I MEAN THAT'S 10 PERCENT'S MORE PROBABLY LIKE IT ACROSS THE BOARD, OUR COMPANY AND OTHERS.
LAST WEEK I THINK I WAS OVERSTAFFED BY ONE FTE, BUT THIS WEEK I'M SURE SEVEN AT PE AND IT FLUCTUATES.
NOW WE'VE HIRED TWO PEOPLE THIS WEEK ALREADY.
SO THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE, RIGHT.
AND UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, SO WE MAKE MOVES AND ADJUSTMENTS.
SO IT, IT REALLY FLUCTUATES A LOT DEPENDING ON THE WEEK OUR NEEDS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT THEY, THE, IT CHANGES AND UM, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THOSE CHANGES IS WHERE MY MANAGERS REALLY HAVE TO KNOW THEIR BUILDINGS, KNOW THE PEOPLE AND HAVE EVERYBODY RUN IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
SO HAVING HAPPY PEOPLE REALLY MAKES OUR JOB A LOT EASIER BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE WILLING TO HELP AND ASSIST AND, AND ON THE COVER FOR NEEDS AS THEY ARISE NOW HAVE A VERY MOTIVATED MANAGEMENT TEAM NOW HAS GREAT ATTITUDE AND THEY'RE REALLY OUT THERE COME MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND COMING OUTTA THE COVID AND STUFF, EVERYBODY'S JUST KINDA WORN OUT AND DRAINED AND DEPRESSED, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
EVEN OUR, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUR FRONTLINE CUSTODIAN.
SO IT WAS A REAL TOUGH ADJUSTMENT THIS LAST YEAR JUST GETTING, GETTING BACK INTO THE FLOW OF EVERYDAY SCHOOL.
CAUSE IT WASN'T AS, YOU KNOW, IT JUST WASN'T NORMAL FOR SO LONG.
AND I'VE HAD THAT, UH, MR. CAMPBELL ACTUALLY MADE A VALID POINT REGARDING THAT, THAT WAGE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN HERE WILL PROBABLY MAKE MORE THAN THE FIRST PERSON THAT WE BRINGING IN THAT ENTRY LEVEL POSITION.
SO IS OUR ENTRY LEVEL PAID ENOUGH TO KEEP THAT PERSON ON BOARD? YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S NOT, OH MAYBE IT IS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I MEAN, I MIGHT JUST, IF YOU OFFER ME $11, I MIGHT JUST TAKE A JOB BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I GOT AT, AT THE MOMENT.
BUT AS SOON AS SOMEBODY COMING OFF ME, 12 TO 13, I'M OUT THE DOOR AND OUR WAGE RATES WILL LOSE SOMEBODY OVER 25 CENT.
SO THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW VOLATILE OUR WAGE RATES.
SO IT'S, IT'S, I HAVE MY HAND UP TOO.
WE KNOW I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS REAL QUICK.
THE ONE THING THAT UM, I NOTICED WAS THAT I THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED THAT WAS A DOWNTOWN WAS THE COURTESY LEVEL OF CUSTODIAL DISTRICT MANAGER'S.
FOUR GUYS GOTTEN CALLED OUT BY NAME, BUT THAT'S GONE DOWN QUITE A BIT.
AND THAT TO ME, THERE, THERE ARE VARIABLES YOU CAN'T CONTROL.
BUT SOME OF THE COURTESY LEVEL ISSUES, HOW'S THAT BEING ADDRESSED? IT DOESN'T EVEN WORKY.
THIS IS A NEW, I DON'T THINK I SAW.
I IT BECAUSE HE WASN'T HERE HERE NOW.
SO I'LL BE ABLE TO THAT'S EVERYBODY.
HE WAS VERY OVERWHELMED WITH THINGS AND IT JUST, IT WASN'T WORKING OUT.
SO I'D WORKED WITH ED IN THE PAST COMPANIES FOR YEARS AND I KNEW HIS PERSONALITY AND I KNEW WHAT HE COULD DO.
SO WE MOVED HIM DOWN FROM OHIO JUST FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS.
I'M ACTUALLY, I LIVED IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR 22 YEARS AND MOVE TO OHIO BECAUSE OF THIS GUY AND FINALLY BROUGHT ME BACK.
AND ONE MORE, UM, QUESTION AND MR. EARL CAMPBELL HAD MENTIONED THIS AS WELL, YOU GUYS DON'T OFFER ANY KIND OF BENEFITS, RIGHT? IT'S STRICTLY A SALARY.
DO YOU CHIME IN ON THAT? YEAH, WE OFFER, YOU KNOW, HEALTH BENEFITS, UH, DENTAL VISION,
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YOU KNOW, MEDICAL PLUS 401K OFFERING AFTER THEY'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR.WE JUST ROLLED THAT OUT AND COMMUNICATE ON THAT 401K AFTER A YEAR.
BUT HEALTH BENEFITS A DAY OF HIGHER, NO HEALTH BENEFITS BEGIN THE FIRST OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING 60 DAYS, THEY GET TO ENROLL IN THAT.
AND WE JUST REDID ALL OF OUR HEALTH BENEFITS TOO.
EVERY YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO, AS WE GROW, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE GOOD BENEFITS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE AND RETAIN 'EM.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE AS WE GROW, PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS HEALTH BENEFITS.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR CEOS AND UH, CFOS IN MY, IN MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THAT TO HELP THE TEAM OUT THERE.
DO YOU GUYS MATCH THE 401K? I KNOW MR. CAMPBELL WAS ASKING, EARL CAMPBELL WAS ASKING, THERE'S A, IT'S A DISCRETIONARY 401K.
IT IS NOT A, LIKE A, WHAT'S CALLED A SAFE HARBOR? CAUSE YOU GOTTA HAVE DISCRIM UH, DISCRIMINATION TESTING IN THERE.
SO IT'S A, THERE IS, THERE COULD BE A MATCH.
AND I THINK I TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME.
IT'S DISCRETIONARY AND IT'S A LUMP SUM MATCH.
LIKE WE COULD GO UP TO 5% OF THE, OF LET'S SAY PEOPLE PUT IN A MILLION DOLLARS IN ONE IN IN THAT YEAR THAT WE COULD, IF WE DID 5%, IF A COMPANY DOES WELL, THEN WE COULD TAKE 50,000, SAY WE'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE IT OVER THIS OVER ALL THE, UM, ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.
AND THE WAY THAT WOULD WORK WOULD BE LIKE, SO IF WE, IF WE TOOK THAT 50,000, THEN THAT'S MULTIPLIED BY LIKE, SO IF EMPLOYEE MADE, YOU KNOW, $30,000 AND THE PEOPLE ALL IN THE PLAN IS DIVIDED BY THEIR TOTAL SALARIES 500, THEN THEY WOULD PROBABLY GET LIKE A $2,200 LUMP SUM DISTRIBUTION FOR THAT ONE TIME.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THAT'S MORE ABOUT, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
MR. SMITH HAS BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING.
MR. SMITH, UM, SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS AS THE SAME AS IT LASTS, UM, HAVE THIS COMPANY BEEN PAID ANY BONUSES? SO I I MEAN IT'S NOT TERM BONUSES, BUT THERE WERE SOME INCREASES DUE TO COVID THAT CUSTODIAL DID RECEIVE.
UM, WE DID ADD WORKERS AS FAR AS, UH, FOR TOUCH POINTS AT, UH, YEAH, AND I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT OTHER, IT WAS ELEMENTARY ADD ADDITIONAL DATE FOLDER, UM, AND TOUCH POINT CLEANING.
BUT AS FAR AS ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS A BONUS, THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
SO THOUGHT THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT Y'ALL GOT WAS NOT FOR A BONUS? NO SIR.
THERE WAS NOT NO, THERE WAS NOT A BONUS PAY OF ANY KIND? NO.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I WANTED, I WANTED TO ANSWER.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FIR THE FIRST QUESTION.
THE, UH, THE SEC THE SECOND, THE SECOND QUESTION IS, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND IN TERMS OF THE PAY.
I MEAN, BUT, BUT LEMME GO BACK.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE, THE, UH, THE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT Y'ALL SENT OUT, HOW DID, WHO DID THAT QUESTIONNAIRE AND HOW DID, HOW DID THAT, WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? YOU MEAN THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE TO EMPLOYEES? YES.
SURVEY, THE FIVE, THE, WE PRINTED THEM OUT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND UM, WE SENT THEM OUT TO THE SCHOOLS THROUGH THE MANAGERS.
NOW THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ANONYMOUS.
NO NAMES WERE PUT ON THESE NO SCHOOLS, NO LOCATIONS.
UH, AND THEY WERE TO COLLECT THEM.
UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO TELL THEM WHEN THEY WERE GOING BACK TO COLLECT SURVEYS.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T GET 'EM ALL BACK.
CAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T COMPLETE THEM.
BUT, UH, THE SURVEYS WERE COMPLETED BY THE THREE OF US HERE.
PLUS ON THE, YEAH, WE CONSULTED, UH, WE GOT HRS INPUT AS TO IF THESE QUESTIONS WERE ADEQUATE TO ASK.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I'VE BEEN COLLECTING THEM SINCE, UH, MONDAY.
I MEAN THE, ALL THE MANAGERS BEEN BRINGING THEM BACK TO ME MONDAY.
CUSTODIANS COMPLAIN ABOUT SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, THEIR MANAGERS BEING, UH, OVERLY TOUGH ON 'EM OR WE DON'T GET SUPPORT OR WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE PART OF THE SCHOOL.
SO WE JUST HIT ON THE, THE, THE HIGH POINTS OF USUALLY WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT.
MR. CAMPBELL, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, QUESTION, COMMENT.
UM, WHAT DO YOU DO TO THE PHASE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE AS OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, I SUSPECT THAT THEY'D BE HAPPY IF THE PEOPLE THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEM AROUND ARE HAPPY
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ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.AND IS THERE COMMUNICATION? IS THERE, UH, BUILDING A MORALE, SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THOSE PEOPLE? NOT JUST YOUR MANAGER, BUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH AND THEMSELVES AND YOU KNOW, WHO'S MONITORING THAT? CAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALONG TO AFFECT THE, THE ATTITUDE OF, OF OF, OF THE ABILITY.
YOU KNOW, JUST THE FACT THAT THEY, LIKE, THEY LOVE AND THEY WANT BE THERE.
THESE PEOPLE IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, A LOT OF OUR DAY BOARDERS, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE IN BUILDINGS WHEN THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED.
A LOT OF OUR NIGHT STAFF, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE FACULTY, THE STAFF.
AND UM, UH, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE TYPICALLY TRYING TO AVOID THOSE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN DO THEIR JOBS.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT, NOT TAKING THEM LONGER TO DO WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
WE ALSO TRY TO WORK WITH THEIR SCHEDULE SO THEY CAN GET TO WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T RIGHT.
EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING SHOULD HAVE, UM, THEY SHOULD KNOW WHO THE PEOPLE ARE, RIGHT? UM, THESE ARE HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE INITIATIVES I'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD.
LIKE TO GET PICTURES OF OUR CLEAN AND STAFF, PUT THEM IN PROMINENT PLACES TO WHERE NAMES ARE MANS ARE IMPORTANT, WHO WANNA KNOW EVERYBODY'S WHO THAT GUY IS.
EVERYBODY HAD THEIR OWN AGENDA CLOSET, MAYBE ON THE OUTSIDE HAVE LIKE A PICTURE KIND OF NAME, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT THEM SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
UM, SOME SYSTEMS ONCE A QUARTER AT A TEACHER'S MEETING ROOM, THEY'LL BRING IN THE EVENING CUSTODIANS.
BUT IT DOESN'T WORK IN EVERY SENSE.
AND WHICH ADMINISTRATORS TOO, IN TERMS OF HIGHLIGHTING THAT CUSTODIAN ONCE IN A WHILE THAT THE FACULTY MEETINGS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE DID THE, UM, I WAS ACTUALLY, I GOT LUCKY.
I GOT HERE JUST IN TIME FOR, UH, MONTH AWARDS AND AT BE ELEMENTARY WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, GIVEN THE, THE GENTLEMAN HIS AWARD AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO GET FACULTY INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US, THIS BIG DEAL FOR HIM.
THEY ACTUALLY, THE GENTLEMAN'S SON WENT TO SCHOOL THERE AND THEY BROUGHT THE KID OVER AND SO IT WAS A BIG MOMENT.
ALL THE FACULTY WANNA BE INVOLVED.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED TO ALL MY MANAGERS.
WHEN WE DO EMPLOY THE MONTHS, WE WANT TO LET THE SCHOOL KNOW WHO THE, IF THEIR PERSON HAS BEEN SELECTED, UH, WHEN WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THE AWARDS.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE THERE, THEY CAN BE INVOLVED AND THANK THEM OR SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE I'M TRYING TO DRIVE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO, TO ANNOUNCE THAT AT LEAST THEY CAN'T BE THERE, ANNOUNCE IT ON THE INTERCOM OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BUY IN BUT ALSO IT GIVES THEM TO STEP THAT YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE TO TALK TO THAT STUDENT AND GET TO DO SOME THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
ONE IDEA WE USING, I DON'T KNOW THE POLITICS OF YOUR BOARD OR THE TIME CONSTRAINTS.
ONCE A QUARTER WE'D BRING OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH AND KIND OF LIKE Y'ALL'S RECOGNITION FOR STUDENTS AND JUST RECOGNIZE 'EM IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
SOME OF 'EM ARE NERVOUS AS COULD BE AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL THAT THEY WANT.
WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE SOME GOOD INITIATIVES THAT ARE COMING DOWN FOR EMPLOY.
IMAGINE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON BOARD NOW WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB OF PUBLICIZED.
THERE WAS MORE BETWEEN US AND SCHOOL, BUT IT NEED TO BE MORE, UH, WHERE OTHER KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO BE AS REACTIONARY NOW.
AND LET'S LET, LET'S MANAGE THIS PROGRAM THE WAY WE WANT TO.
AND, AND I THINK PEOPLE, EMPLOYEES ARE MORE WILLING NOW.
CAUSE IT USED TO BE, UH, A YEAR AGO OR SIX MONTHS AGO IS NOT, I'M GONNA WORK THE HOURS I WANT TO WORK.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S, WE CANNOT MANAGE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE WAS ATTITUDES OUT THERE LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, YOU WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, AS GENERAL AS WE CAN ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE CAN CONDUCT IS IT'S NOT FAIR TO OTHER EMPLOYEES.
SO I THINK, UM, FROM BOTH, FOR BOTH COMPANIES HERE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS, OR AT LEAST MR. BENNETT AND MR. MILLER.
I DON'T THINK THE WHOLE TEAM EVERY SEE YOU GUYS IN SIX MONTHS AND YOU, I THINK IT'S
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REALLY GREAT TO TELL THE BOARD ABOUT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES YOU'RE DOING CUZ WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE STAFF SHORTAGES AND SOME OF THE, THE, THE TROUBLES.UM, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BOARD HAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR BETWEEN AND FUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS.
UM, SORRY, MR. SMITH, WHAT I, I STILL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.
UM, YEAH, CAUSE WE NEED TO WRAP THIS UP, BUT GO AHEAD MR. SMITH.
UH, IN TERMS ALSO TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE POINTS THAT MR. CAMPBELL WAS SAYING, UM, UM, HOW OUR ADMINISTRATORS ALSO BEARING TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT CERTAIN CUSTODIAL AND BUSINESS AS WELL, BUT CAN THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY THAT, BUT CAN YOU GIMME, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
QUESTION THE PACIFIC QUESTION AND THE QUESTIONS ARE, ARE ADMINISTRATORS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT, OR HAVE THERE BEEN ANY SITUATIONS WHERE ADMINISTRATORS SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT CUSTODIAL WORKERS IN SCHOOLS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
WE, WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE 'EM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TOO, MR. SMITH IS THAT YOU COULD HAVE A SITUATION WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE CUSTODIAL ON A PRINCIPAL OR WHOEVER.
AND IF THEY SAY TO 'EM, MOVING 'EM FROM THE SCHOOL, WE'LL REMOVE TO SCHOOL NOW.
WE WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED FIRST, YOU KNOW, FROM AN HR SIDE SO WE CAN DEAL WITH IT.
I'M DEALING WITH AN ISSUE WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW AT ONE OF OUR, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN, IN FLORIDA.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE THAT TO WHERE WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL SAYING THEY WANT SOMEBODY REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOL CAUSE OF BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.
SO IF WE HAVE THAT, WE ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES TOO.
AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP BEAUFORD COUNTY OR ANY CUSTOMER WE HAVE AROUND THE COUNTRY OUT OF IT.
SO THERE'S NO CO-EMPLOYMENT ISSUE.
BUT YES, THEY DO, THEY DO HAVE THAT.
IF, IF THEY DID WANT TO COME FORWARD AND HAVE US TO REMOVE SOMEBODY.
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, MR. SMITH? UH, YEAH.
AM AM AM ALSO, AND MY QUESTION WAS TOO, ALSO IN, IN TERMS OF THE SURVEY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HE SAID MAYBE I MISSED IT, HOW MANY PEOPLE, HE SAID THAT COMPLETED THAT SURVEY, THAT SURVEY 1 71 OUT OF 206, WE HAD A 83% RESPONSE RATE.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? HUNDRED 76 OUT OF 212 AND 83%.
71 AT A 206 83% RESPONSE RATE.
IS THERE ANYTHING, MR. SMITH? UH, NO, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND LEAVE IT THERE.
BUT I, I DO HAVE, UH, STRONG CONCERNS IN TERMS OF THIS, BUT I, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN SIX MONTHS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE, THE BARS GETTING THE OTHER WAY, MY SON.
AND, AND WE'RE AWFULLY GLAD THAT YOU CHOSE US OVER OHIO.
SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S REAL ENERGY BEHIND THIS, BUT YOU GOT VERY, YOU KNOW WHAT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SOME HUGE IMPROVEMENTS HERE.
SO THE ONLY THING WE HAVE LEFT ON OUR AGENDA, THANK YOU.
IT IS, UM, FUTURE TOPIC, RIGHT? I STRUGGLE TO CARRY ON WITH NEED.
UH, SO FUTURE TOPICS, AND I HAVE ONE, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE ANY, FIRST, ANY FUTURE TOPICS I WANNA TALK ABOUT PRINCIPAL REQUESTS IN LINE OF THE FC TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT PRINCIPAL REQUESTS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE 8% PROJECT.
IT WAS A LITTLE, SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A FUTURE TOPIC MEETING IN NOVEMBER ABOUT PRINCIPAL REQUEST.
UM, ALSO, WHERE ARE WE WITH THE GO, RIGHT? LOA? I'D HAVE TO ASK WENDY.
YOU TALKING ABOUT A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY OR, OR ARE THEY BUYING IT FROM, I MEAN, SO THEY'VE SHOWN AN INTEREST.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD AN INTEREST IN, UH, PURCHASING IT, BUT, UH, WE, WE CAN, THAT SEEMS TO BE LANGUISHING.
CAN MRS UH, BULLRIGHT, CAN SHE ELABORATE WHEN SHE SAID THE PRINCIPAL'S REQUEST IN TERMS OF OH, FOR THE 8% FUNDING.
SO YOU WANT BASICALLY SAYING THAT YOU WANT SOMETHING IN WRITING ABOUT WHAT THE PRINCIPALS ARE REQUESTING.
I WANTED A DISCUSSION IN LINE OF THE FCA ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE PRINCIPAL REQUESTS PER
SO IT'S MORE OF A DESIRE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
WHAT'S OUR PROCEDURES AND HOW WE DO, CORRECT.
AND THE ONLY OTHER, UM, BUFORD, JASPER WATER AND SEWER WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THIS MEETING, BUT THEY SAID THEY WILL BE READY FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
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AND MR. SMITH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A TALK.THEY'RE GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT BLANKET EASEMENTS AT THAT TIME.
AND NOVEMBER, HAVE A REQUEST FOR JOSEPH.
SO WE'LL HAVE EASEMENTS, WE'LL HAVE THE VICO PROPERTY AND WE'LL HAVE PRINCIPAL'S REQUEST AND WE'LL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION AS OF WRITING, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT.
MEL, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FUTURE TOPIC REQUESTS FOR OPERATIONS? NO.
WELL, UM, DO YOU WONDER FOR OPERATIONS? I THINK THERE IS A FUTURE TOPIC FOR THE SECURITY, UM, ON THE OE IS DUE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE COMING IN NOVEMBER.
AND HR, THE HRS ANNUAL REPORT IS DUE IN NOVEMBER, BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE MEETING, DON'T YOU? RIGHT.
BUT BUT THAT USUALLY COMES IN NOVEMBER AS WELL.
YEAH, I SAW THAT ON TO, UH, DO THE JULY 28TH MEETING.
CAUSE MEL'S HERE, SO WE, SHE ABSTAINED FROM THE MEETING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JULY 20TH MEETING MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE JULY 20TH, 2022 MINUTES MEETING.
SO THAT'S, AT LEAST THAT'S COMPLETED.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING LIKE, DO WE WANNA ADD TO FUTURE TOPICS? I LIKE NO
SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS.
BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO AUR MOTION? BY BY CONSENT.