Feb 21, 2023 Finance Administration and Economic Development Committee

SEVEN ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SECOND, AND SECONDED.

UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE MINUTES BEING APPROVED? SEEING NO OBJECTION.

WE WILL THEN MOVE ON.

UM, AND THEN MS. BRENNA, IS THERE ANYONE THAT, UM, HAS A PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE? NO.

AND OBVIOUSLY ANYONE, UH, PRESENT, UM, SEEING NONE THEN, UH, WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST, UH, NUMBER

[7. DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF YEAR-TO-DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FY 2023.]

UH, MR. HAYES WILLIAMS, A LITTLE TOO QUICK FOR YOU, MAYBE I GOT MY STUFF FROM HIM.

AND I SEE YOU'RE START TODAY.

WE HAVE YOU ON A BUNCH OF STUFF, SO WE'RE A ROCKSTAR.

I, I, I HOPE THAT Y'ALL ARE READY TO LISTEN TO ME FOR THE NEXT, HOPEFULLY NOT ALL THAT LONG, BUT ANYWAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE BU COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

WE'RE BASICALLY GOING OVER THE GENERAL FUND TODAY.

UM, WE WON'T GO OVER THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER, UH, FUND BALANCE POLICY.

THE, THE ROLLOVER OF THE, UH, SURPLUS FROM LAST YEAR TOO.

UM, YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL WANNA FOLLOW, UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER HANDOUT IN HERE, UM, THAT Y'ALL ARE USED TO.

Y'ALL, Y'ALL SAW THAT? MM-HMM.

BUT, UM, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE REALLY HAVE WHAT I WOULD CALL THE BIG THREE, UH, WHICH ARE AD VALOR TAXES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES, AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

UM, THEY CH THEY MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR AD VALOR TAXES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED ABOUT 92%.

UM, THAT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE TREASURER, UH, BE BEFORE WE CAME IN, UH, WHICH IS PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD.

SO WE'VE COLLECTED ALMOST A HUNDRED MILLION OUT OF 109 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL IS STILL LAGGING A LITTLE BIT.

UH, THAT'S REALLY 10 MILLION AND IT'S TWO BIG POTS OF MONEY.

8 MILLION IS STATE AID TO SUBDIVISION, AND IT'S, IT BASICALLY COMES IN QUARTERLY, AND THAT'S LAGGING IN.

THE OTHER ONE IS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AND WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE THAT UNTIL MAY.

SO THAT'S GOING TO IT.

IT'LL, IT'LL LAG UNTIL KIND OF THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN IT'LL ALL CATCH UP.

BUT WE'RE PRETTY FIRM ON THOSE NUMBERS.

UM, CHARGES FOR SERVICES ARE MEETING OUR EXPECTATIONS.

IT'S KIND OF DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AND WE'RE NOTHING REALLY TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

UH, INTEREST INCOME IS GOOD NEWS.

AS MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW, THE INTEREST RATES ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST OR BUDGETED FOR.

SO WE'RE SEEING, UH, BIG JUMPS IN INTEREST.

SO, AND GO OVER THE EXPENDITURES.

THEY'RE KIND OF, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING GOOD.

THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.

UH, THERE'S ONE, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PERFORMING CLOSE TO WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS.

UH, ONE THING THAT WE'RE SEEING IS A WIDENING GAP IN PROFESSION, IN PERSONNEL SERVICES, WHICH IS RELATED TO GAP POSITIONS, WHICH ACCUMULATES AS A YEAR GOES ON, AND PEOPLE CANNOT REALLY FILL ALL OF THEIR, SUE, SHOW ME THE NEXT ONE, SORRY.

UM, BUT YEAH, WE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN, UH, IN, IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO, TO WHITTLE DOWN THAT, UH, EXPECTATION AND GET IT CLOSE TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

NEXT ONE IS THE CAPITAL BUDGET IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE THE LAST TWO PAGES.

AND CURRENTLY THEY'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY.

UH, AND THEY MADE ABOUT 12 MILLION THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT AND ENCUMBERED IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO FAR, I'VE GOTTEN WORRIED THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SPEND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO GET IT DONE AND DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY.

BUT THAT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE

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BEEN TALKING ABOUT SURPLUSES AND FUND BALANCE, UH, A LOT.

AND Y'ALL HEAR IT A LOT, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THE POLICY IS.

SO I KIND OF WANTED TO UPDATE Y'ALL ON WHAT OUR POLICY WAS AS FAR AS FUND BALANCE AS IT IS CURRENTLY.

AND OUR, OUR FUND BALANCE IS, UH, DEFINED IN THE CODE ORDINANCES SECTION 2 4 2 DASH 4 0 3.

AND IT SAYS, BUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL HEREBY ESTABLISH A GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE POLICY, WHICH SHALL REQUIRE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FUND BALANCE OF AT LEAST 30% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS UNDEDICATED GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE.

AND I GUESS THAT SHOULD, SHOULD BE A DASH IN THERE, BUT THAT'S FOR THE FUND FUND BALANCE.

IT, IT IS KIND OF HARD TO SAY, BUT ANYWAYS, UH, AND SO, BEING A GOOD ACCOUNTANT, AS WHITNEY WOULD ATTEST, YOU ALWAYS WANNA MAKE A CALCULATION.

AND SO I BASICALLY TOOK THE, UH, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR LAST YEAR.

NOW, WE, WE DID INCLUDED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ON HERE.

I I WOULD ARGUE THOSE ARE ONE TIME EXPENSES AND NOT REALLY OPERATING EXPENSES.

YOU COULD LEAVE THEM IN OR LEAVE THEM OUT.

I LEFT THEM IN HERE.

AND AT 30%, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY $36 MILLION THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

OUR LAST YEAR FISCAL SURPLUS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN HITTING AROUND, IS ABOUT 15 MILLION.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE ON THE, UH, ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, IT WAS 74,000 886, 68, 70 $4,868,056.

SO BELOW IT, I, I, I SPLIT, I SPLIT OUT WHAT WE HAD TO HAVE REQUIRED BY LAW OR BY ORDINANCE SO FAR, AND THAT'S 36,000.

WE'VE ALSO TRANSFERRED OUT ABOUT, OR 36 MILLION, SORRY.

MM-HMM.

WE'VE ALSO TRANSFERRED OUT ABOUT 20 MILLION TO THE CAPITAL FUND FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING TWO MULLET WAY FOR 2 MILLION.

UH, WE HAVE IN, UH, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE DSN PARKWAY FOR TWO 50.

AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR CIP P NEEDED FOR EXISTING FACILITIES TO FIX HOLES IN ROOFS OF ABOUT $2 MILLION.

AND THAT REALLY LEAVES US WITH UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $14,000,208, $208,000 CURRENTLY.

NOW, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS, AND SOME OF 'EM ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN ANOTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SOME ARE IN DISCUSSIONS, BUT A, SOME, A LOT OF THIS $14 MILLION WILL BE USED ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS ON, BASED ON Y'ALL'S SUGGESTIONS.

THAT'S FUND DOLLARS GONNA HAVE THERE.

NEXT IS THE UPCOMING FINANCING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE THREE BONDS THAT WE'RE GOING, THAT ARE GONNA BE CALLABLE IN MAY, UH, 2013, A, B, AND C.

UM, WE'RE GETTING TOGETHER WITH, UH, OF EMAILED DAVID CHEATWOOD, AND WE'RE GONNA GET TOGETHER AND GO OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFIES DEF, FEASANCE AND REFUNDING OF THE BONDS FOR SAVINGS TO Y'ALL.

I'M HOPING TO GET THAT TO Y'ALL IN THE NEXT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND I WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, UM, I GUESS THE LAST, UM, PRESENTATION THAT I HAD AT FINANCE, A LIST OF ALL THE, UH, AGENCIES THAT HAVE SUBSIDIES THAT WE MM-HMM.

GIVE TO, UH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO GET ALL THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TOGETHER, AND WE WILL BE REQUESTING THAT THEY PRESENT TO Y'ALL ON MARCH 20TH.

SO MARCH 20TH, ALTHOUGH IT'S GONNA BE A FINANCE MEETING, IT WILL PROBABLY BE A BUDGET WORKSHOP.

SO, UH, THE WAY IT'S KIND OF SCHEDULED TODAY, Y'ALL ARE GONNA GET AS MUCH OF ME AS POSSIBLE.

PROBABLY NOT THAT MUCH ON THE 20TH, WHICH THAT'S OKAY.

BUT Y'ALL, Y'ALL WELCOME TO CALL ME ANYTIME.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I DO ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION.

MM-HMM.

, BUT CAN YOU GO, GO BACK TO THE FIRST, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES THERE.

THE, OKAY.

WHAT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES? UH, WELL, I CAN SEE THAT'S WAY UP IN 2022, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT WELL, THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES, UH, A LOT OF THAT, IF, IF, AND, AND THIS IS OFF THE CUFF ANSWER.

WE HAD SEVERAL SALES LAST YEAR THAT WERE, THAT WERE IN THERE LAST YEAR, THAT I WOULD THE FRONT PROPERTY SALES.

PROPERTY SALES.

GOTCHA.

THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD'VE LED TO THAT SPIKE.

YOU'RE UP AGAIN THEN WITH

I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD.

YOU'RE DONE? UH, YOU WANT ME TO SIT BACK DOWN AND COME BACK UP FOR THE NEXT ONE? YEAH, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO HEAD NOW JUST OKAY.

UM, AND, UH, JUST, I, I, I BRUSHED OVER REAL QUICK, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, MR. BARU, MS. TABERNAC, UM, AND, UH, MR. DAWSON.

AND THEN, UM, UH, MS. BROWN IS ONLINE, SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH, WITH OUR COMMITTEE THAT THAT'S HERE RIGHT NOW.

SO, AGAIN, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T POINT THAT OUT BEFORE.

BUT AGAIN, WHO WAS ATTENDING TODAY AND WHO WAS ONLINE TODAY? SO, UM, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD, UH, HAY,

[8. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND BEAUFORT COUNTY ORDINANCE 2022/33 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BEAUFORT COUNTY BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY FOR THE PORT ROYAL LIBRARY, TRANSFER FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE BATHROOMS AT BRUCE EDGERLY FIELD AND BURTON WELLS, THE USE OF FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE EMS/ FIRE HOUSE IN BLUFFTON, FUNDING OF THE PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK FOR THE USCB CONVOCATION CENTER FACILITY, FUNDING OF A PATHWAY AT THE DISABILITY AND SPECIAL NEEDS BUILDING, FUNDING OF REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS OF CIP, ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE ISLAND RECREATION CENTER, FUNDING OF A COST OF LIVING]

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OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, UH, NUMBER EIGHT.

UM, AND AGAIN, THIS HAS COME BEFORE US BEFORE AND BROUGHT BACK TO US FROM, UM, UH, ACTUALLY HAD THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, HAVING BEEN BROUGHT TO US.

AND AGAIN, YOU WANTED TO COVER, UM, THE, UH, RIGHT, I, I, I CAN JUST GO OVER THE LIST WITH THE, ALL OF EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THERE.

MM-HMM.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE PORT ROYAL LIBRARY, AND, UH, THAT'S THE USE OF THE IMPACT FEE FUND BALANCE THAT WE JUST NEED Y'ALL TO SIGN OFF ON, UH, THE BRIEF EDGER, THE BRIEFLY, UH, BURTON WELL BATHROOM, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRANSFER THAT FROM FUND 1000 TO 10 40.

UH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT IT MAY OR MAY NOT GET DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

IF IT DOESN'T, WE WANT IT TO CON, WE DON'T JUST WANNA STOP CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE GONNA KEEP ON GOING WITH THAT.

UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EMS SLASH FIRE STATION IS IN A BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT, AND CURRENTLY IT'S OVER BUDGET.

UH, THERE'S A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A CONTINGENCY FUND WITHIN THAT FUND, AND WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING THERE SO WE CAN GET THAT EMS FACILITY COMPLETED.

UM, THERE'S PLANNING IN DESIGN OF CONVOCATION CENTER AT C B FOR $300,000.

UH, WE HAD A PROJECTED SURPLUS AT BE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

UH, WE WOULD BE PLANNING ON USING THAT.

UM, THE PATHWAY OF THE DISABILITY AND SPECIAL NEEDS BUILDING, UH, IS A PATHWAY AROUND THAT BUILDING, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THE CLIENTS AND STAFF.

UM, THAT'S GONNA BE USE OF CURRENT YEAR SURPLUS AND FUND BALANCE, UH, THE CIP P NEEDED FOR REPAIRS.

I ALLUDED TO IN MY, MY OPENING SESSION FOR 2 MILLION.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, PROBABLY WON'T GET DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE USE OF CURRENT YEAR SURPLUS AND FUND BALANCE.

UH, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL FOR ISLAND REC CENTER OPERATIONS FOR THE POOL, I BELIEVE, AND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, UH, USE OF THE CURRENT YEAR SURPLUS AND FUND BALANCE.

UM, AS I ALLUDED TO IN MY PREVIOUS, UM, UH, DISCUSSION WHERE SALARIES AND, UH, PERSONNEL, PERSONNEL SERVICES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW, AND WE HAVE TALKED IN THE BUDGET RETREAT ABOUT DOING A COLA AND A MERIT INCREASE, BUT WE'VE TALKED TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND RIGHT NOW WHAT HE WANTS TO PROCEED WITH IS, IS A COLA AND POSSIBLY REDOING THE, THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE'S WORK SCHEDULE.

BUT WE LOOKED AT WITHIN THE BUDGET, AND WE THINK THAT WE CAN EASILY ABSORB A 3% COLA AND IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AS OF FEBRUARY 4TH, WHICH IN THE, I HAD TO TALK TO CATHERINE AND SHE CORRECTED ME.

IT WAS, I HAD IT AS FEBRUARY 11TH, BUT I NEEDED TO ROLL IT BACK A WEEK BEFORE.

SO IT'D BE EASIER ON MY, ON STAFF TO GET EVERYTHING IN THERE, BUT IT, IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE ON THE FOURTH GOING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION.

UM, THERE'S A TRANSFER FROM THE HOSPITALITY TAX FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST TO SUPPLEMENT, UM, I GUESS SAFETY PERSON SAFETY SERVICES FOR OUR PEAK SEASONS.

THAT'D BE SHERIFF AND EMS IN DETENTION CENTER.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING A SURPLUS THIS YEAR.

WE DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY.

WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT WITHIN THE HOSPITALITY TAX FUND SO WE CAN PROGRAM IT FOR, UH, OTHER NEEDS.

UM, BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST IS, UM, WE HAVE A DIRT ROAD CONTRACT, AND THEY HAVE IT FOR, UH, THE DUFUS ISLAND WHERE THEY'RE GONNA ROCK, I BELIEVE, THREE ROADS.

THREE ROADS, YEAH.

SO THEY'RE GONNA BE ROCKING THREE ROADS OVER THERE.

IT WAS OVER BUDGET, AND THEY, THEY HAD IT IN THE CAG FUNDS.

THERE'S ANOTHER FUND THAT'S THE LOCAL, UH, ADMISSIONS TAX THAT IS DEVOTED SOLELY TO, UM, TO ROADWORK AND REPAIRS.

AND IT HAS A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $3.3 MILLION.

SO THIS KIND OF FELT LIKE A PERFECT FIT.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S BEING FINANCED OUT OF THAT IS THE, THE PAYMENT FOR THE, UH, BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

SO, UH, WE WANTED TO REPURPOSE THAT.

IT WOULDN'T COST THE TAXPAYERS ANYTHING AND GET THREE ROADS THAT ARE NEED, NEED PAVING OVER THERE.

DONE.

AND THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I HAVE FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND THE WORD I WAS SEARCHING WAS BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT I COULDN'T COME UP WITH A SECOND AGO, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE SURPLUS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ABOUT 14 MILLION PLUS.

AND SO THIS, THIS AMOUNT WOULD BE THEN, UM, USED AGAINST THAT SURPLUS AS IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, THAT 2.3 MILLION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUB SURPLUS OR FUND BALANCE IN, IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THIS IS AT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FUND.

THIS IS THE ADMISSIONS, THE LOCAL ADMISSIONS TAX FUND.

AND, BUT, BUT THE OTHER ITEMS THERE ARE ALL WOULD BE COMING, WELL, IT, IT IS SET FOR, IT'S SET FOR THE PORT ROYAL LIBRARY, THAT, THAT'S THE USE OF, UH, IMPACT FEES IN THE CONSTRUCTION

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OF THE EMS STATION THAT'S IN A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND.

I KNOW, IT'S, I OKAY, GOOD.

I WORDS AWARE.

WHAT, WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM AND WHERE, WHERE, WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT'S GOING.

SO, OKAY.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

HAY.

SO RIGHT NOW FOR US, THIS WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL FOR THREE READINGS.

UM, SO TODAY, IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, BUT, UH, LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO THEN MOVE THIS TO QUESTION FIRST.

YEP.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE, UM, CAPITAL PROJECT FUND TO COMPLETE THE EMS FIRE FIREHOUSE.

WHICH ONE IS THAT NEW RIVERSIDE.

I MEAN, THERE'S HALF A DOZEN BLOCKS.

THE THERE IS, OR THE WILLIAM POE, WHICH ONE IS, I THINK THAT'S THE NEW RIVERSIDE.

THE NEW RIVERSIDE.

ANYBODY KNOW? NO, THAT'S WHERE THE, THAT'S THE ONE THEY'RE COMPLETING RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE ONE OUTSIDE THE GATE.

THAT'S WILLIAM POE.

OH, THE RENOVATIONS? MM-HMM.

GOT IT.

THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT LOOKED A LITTLE, THAT WAS A MONTH.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO.

JUST MORE OF A CLARIFICATION.

IT'S KIND OF GOING OFF YOUR QUESTION.

SO, UM, WOULD IT BE ABOUT $4 MILLION ROUGHLY COMING OUT OF THE, THE SURPLUS MM-HMM.

, IS THAT RIGHT? SO IT'D BE ABOUT 10, ROUGHLY NINE 10 MILLION LEFT IF I DID MY MOUTH RIGHT IN THE BALLPARK CASE? YEAH.

SO THAT, SO THE OTHER THINGS ARE, ARE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE IMPACT FEE AND THE LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAG.

THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T TOUCH OUR, OUR SURPLUS, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT DOESN'T TOUCH, SIR.

WOULD THIS WIPE OUT THE IMPACT FEES IN PORT ROYAL? BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO USING FUND BALANCE, THIS IS USING THE FUND BALANCE IN THAT IMPACT FEES TO FACILITATE THE CHANGES AT THE PORT ROYAL LIBRARY, AND IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE THE MAJORITY OF IT.

BUT IT, BUT THEN IT GIVES, IT'S USING THE IMPACT FEES WITH THE IMPACT FEES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR AND GIVEN THE CITIZENS OF, CORRECT.

I NEED A LIBRARY MM-HMM.

AND NOT RAISE THE FACTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.

IF NOT, IF WE COULD ASK FOR A MOTION THEN TO MOVE THIS TO COUNSEL.

SO, MOVE, MR. CHAIRMAN.

AND SECONDED.

UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO US MOVING THIS TO COUNSEL FOR, UH, THREE READINGS? SEEING NO OBJECTION.

THIS THEN, UM, UH, HAS PASSED.

IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE STATE.

AND, UM, MR. HAYES, YOU'RE GONNA STAY UP HERE AGAIN.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO SIT DOWN FIRST.

UH, I'M BEING .

THIS IS MY LAST ONE, THEN I'M OUTTA HERE.

UM, AND, UM, THIS

[9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE STATE 2% ACCOMMODATIONS TAX FUND AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO]

2%.

UM, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, THEY'RE FROM THE STATE 2% ACCOMMODATIONS TAX FUND.

AND AGAIN, THIS HAS COME BEFORE US, BEFORE WE MOVED TO THE COUNCIL, AND IT CAME BACK TO US HERE.

MR. FARMER WAS, WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY FOR US.

HOWEVER, UM, UH, FOR, FOR REASONS OUT OF HIS CONTROL, HE IS NOT HERE.

SO I THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA FILL IN FOR HIM ON THE, ON, ON WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.

RIGHT? YEAH.

MR. FARMER, UH, REGRETS THAT HE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

HE WAS FEELING A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, WEATHER, AND GOD KNOWS EVERYBODY'S CATCHING SOMETHING HERE, THE BEEFER FUNK.

BUT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY WENT THROUGH AND THEY BASICALLY, THE PLACES THAT THEY GAVE AWARDED MORE MONEY TO THAN THEY, THAN THEY ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR.

THEY REPEALED THAT MONEY AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT'S ABOUT 135, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO, UM, THEY'RE ONLY ASKING FOR AWARDS OF $865,000 ISH, ROUGHLY.

UM, WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET THE RECOMMENDATIONS STAND AS THEY ARE.

UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE OKEE RIVER PARK, UH, BUT COMING NEXT IN THE LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX THAT HAS BEEN FULLY FUNDED THERE.

SO WE REALLY DON'T NEED THE $135,000 HERE, BUT WE, WHAT WE'LL DO, WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT IN FUND BALANCE AND AWARD THAT AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO IT, IT, IT, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS, IS THAT THE, UM, THEY WENT BACK AND REVIEWED EVERYTHING MM-HMM.

, UM, THEY CAME BACK AND, AND DECIDED NOT TO AWARD ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, MONEY.

UH, AND THE FUNDS THAT WERE AWARDED THAT WERE OVER WHAT THE REQUESTS WERE FOR, FOR THE, THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, THEY HAVE TAKEN THOSE NOW BACK, LET ME SET ASIDE FOR THE NEXT, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE NEXT AWARD, WHICH WILL HAPPEN, UH, NEXT YEAR.

NEXT YEAR.

UM, SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS, IS THEY, THEY ARE STILL STANDING BY THEIR ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, EXCEPT THEY'RE GONNA DROP THE, THE TWO AWARDS, UH, TO WHAT WAS REQUESTED FROM THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS.

CORRECT.

UM, SO OUR JOB TODAY IS THEN TO, UM, UH, PROVE THIS, THIS WOULD AGAIN, GO THROUGH COUNSEL AND, AND BE THREE READINGS TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THEIR RECOMMENDATION, UM, THAT THEY HAVE MADE AS, AS, UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

UH, BUT AGAIN, AS, AS COUNSEL, THIS COMMITTEE AND, AND COUNCIL HAS THE, THE, THE RIGHT, UM, TO, TO ACTUALLY CHANGE AND, AND MAKE WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.

UM, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO FIRST

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ON MY FEELING.

I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY WE, WE HIRE, WE DON'T HIRE THEM.

WE APPOINT THESE PEOPLE, UM, TO MAKE, UH, DECISIONS FOR US.

UM, AND THAT THEN MAKES IT VERY TRANSPARENT THAT, THAT WE AREN'T HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, INFLUENCING FOLKS.

SO, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND ACCEPT WHAT THEY'VE SAID AND MOVE FORWARD.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, IT'S UP TO THIS COMMITTEE, WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO, AND, AND, UH, EITHER MOVING IT FORWARD, THE COUNCIL AS IT IS, OR US MAKING ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

SO ANY DISCUSSION ON, ON THAT? YEAH, IF, IF I MIGHT, UM, HAYES, UM, DICK IS NOT HERE.

UM, SO, UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE OKEE RIVER, UH, PARK CONSTRUCTION WHERE THEY'RE NOT FUNDING ANYTHING OUT OF, OF THIS, UH, 2%.

I, I, I, OKAY, I, I, I, I, I, I WILL SPEAK FROM WHAT, WHAT HE SAID, BUT YOU WANT, I DON'T MIND ANSWERING THAT IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE.

NO, I CAN GO AHEAD.

THEY, THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WAS TOURISM RELATED ENOUGH, ALTHOUGH IT WAS, IT WAS CLEARLY ONE OF THE DEFINED PARAMETERS IN WHAT CAN, WHAT THE MONEY COULD BE SPENT ON.

THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT HAD A BIG ENOUGH TOURIST STRAW.

SO THEY, THEY DECIDED NOT TO FUND IT.

AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE RECOMMENDATION BACK, THAT'S WHAT THEY GAVE US.

SO, BUT IT, BUT IT, ON THE FLIP SIDE, ON THE GOOD NEWS, AND AS SOON AS I GET TO SIT DOWN AGAIN, , UH, RI RYAN WILL BE COMING UP HERE AND PRESENTING, AND, AND IT IS FULLY FUNDED, SO IT WILL BE A PARK THAT CAN BE USED FOR TOURISM AND, AND, AND CA AND, AND RESIDENCE AND TAXPAYERS.

WE'RE, WE'RE FUNDING IT OUT.

THE NEXT ITEM.

I, I WAS AWARE OF THAT, BUT I WAS JUST QUESTIONING WHY WE COULDN'T FIND IT OUT.

FUND IT OUT OF BOTH.

UH, AND AGAIN, YOU, I'M SO SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

YOU ALL CAN CHANGE THE RECOMMENDATION IF YOU SO DESIRE, UH, OTHER, OTHER COME IN, UH, AND TAKE SOME OF THAT.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU ALL.

WELL, WE DO FEEL LIKE PARTS AND BEING THAT IS FULLY FUNDED IN THE, IN THE OTHER, UM, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS TAX, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE, WHY, WHY DID THEY FUNDED IN THE, IN THE FIRST ONE.

THAT'S, UH, I'M GOOD.

I'M GOOD.

NO, MR. JIM.

IT, YES.

I, ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SO WITH NO OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, AGAIN, WE WOULD, UH, LOOK FOR A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THREE READINGS.

IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION FORWARD TO COUNTY COUNCIL.

AND IS THERE A SECOND? ONE SECOND.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS WILL THEN, UH, BE, UH, PASSED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UH, WE WILL THEN, UH, BE MOVED TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR, FOR THREE WEEKS, BUT THANK YOU, ACE.

I MEAN, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE LAST YEAR THERE WERE OVER 6 MILLION IN REQUESTS, AND THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO GRANT TWO POINT, I THINK 2.1 MILLION, WHEREAS THIS YEAR WE ONLY HAD 2.67 MILLION IN REQUESTS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GRANT ALMOST ALL OF IT.

UM, NEXT UP, NUMBER

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX AND LOCAL HOSPITALITY TAX FUND AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO.]

SO, MR. MOTH, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AND YOU ARE OUR GRANTS COORDINATOR? YES, SIR.

I'M THE GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.

THAT IS JUST FINE.

UH, SO YEAH.

AND, AND, AND AGAIN, SO THIS IS THE, THE PREVIOUS ONE WE TALKED ABOUT WAS A STATE ACCOMMODATION TAX, AND THEN, UM, THIS IS, UH, FOR THE, UM, LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX AND LOCAL HOSPITALITY TAX.

SO, UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE DID WAS WE CAME TOGETHER, IT WAS ON, UM, UH, FEBRUARY 2ND.

WE HAD A COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER MADE UP OF THE, UM, THE ACAS AS WELL AS, UH, ERIC LARSON AND FRANK, I MEAN, UH, HANK AMUNDSON COME TOGETHER, LOOK AT ALL OF OUR, UM, APPLICATIONS FOR THE LOCAL STATE.

I MEAN THE LOCAL ATAC.

UM, THERE ARE 19 APPLICATIONS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, WHICH IS, UM, A LOT LESS THAN LAST YEAR.

I BELIEVE THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE STATE, A TAX WHERE THERE WERE A LOT FEWER APPLICATIONS.

UH, LAST YEAR THERE WERE ABOUT 30, AND THIS YEAR THERE WERE 19.

UH, WE WENT THROUGH EACH ONE, UM, ONE BY ONE AND EVALUATED EACH OF THEM.

AND THEY, UM, CAME TOGETHER AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION.

UM, ALMOST ALL OF THEM WERE, UH, WERE FUNDED.

UH, AND THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT WAS FOR 2,000,560, UH, $4,230.

UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, BASICALLY I'M UP HERE TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.

SO YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK OR IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MR. ICK? GO AHEAD.

I'M, I'M QUESTIONING YOU SAID, AND FORGIVE MY VOICE.

WHY IS THERE, WHY WERE THERE LESS APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR IN BOTH CATEGORIES? UM, I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE.

UM, I HAVE, I'M, I'M NOT SURE AT ALL.

I MEAN, IT, IT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL BECAUSE,

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SO, I MEAN, THAT SEEMS, THAT SEEMS GOOD TO ME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE AS TO WHY THERE WERE FEWER APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE TO ME, WHEN THERE'S FEWER APPLICATIONS, THERE'S LESS COMPETITION, AND I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THERE WAS A DROP.

I'M, I, I, AND I KNOW I CAUGHT YOU OFF GUARD.

OH, THAT'S OKAY.

UH, I MEAN, I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

UM, AND, UH, THE STATE ATEX COMMITTEE WAS ALSO PRETTY, UH, FLABBERGASTED AS TO WHY THEY HAD SO MANY FEWER APPLICATIONS.

YEP.

MR. THERE ARE TWO ENTITIES ON, ON THIS, UH, UH, HOSPITALITY ATTACKS THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY FUNDING AT ALL.

CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN BLACK CHAMBERS AND BEAUFORT AREA SPORTS COUNCIL? YES.

SO, UM, BEAUFORT AREAS SPORTS, UM, WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS A, A LOCAL NONPROFIT.

THEY DO, UM, THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, SPORTS THAT AREN'T EXACTLY COUNTY RELATED OR, WELL, THEY'RE COUNTY RELATED, BUT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY JUST KIND OF FACILITATE, UH, SPORTING EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS, THAT'S THEIR, THAT'S THEIR GENERAL IDEA.

UM, THEY APPLIED FOR A STUDY TO DO, UM, A TOURISM STUDY.

HOWEVER, UH, THE FUNDING, UH, THE GUIDELINES FOR ACCOMMODATIONS, TAX FUNDING DON'T ALLOW FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, UH, TOURISM MARKETING BEACH NOURISHMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WAS JUST, UM, AN EXPENSE THAT JUST WASN'T ALLOWED BY THIS.

SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FUND IT.

UM, AS FOR THE, UH, BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, WELL THAT ONE, THE, THE COMMITTEE JUST DECIDED THAT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THAT ENTITY IN THE PAST HAS HAD ISSUES WITH REPORTING AND CONSISTENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND THE, THE COMMITTEE JUST DECIDED THAT THEIR, THEIR REQUEST JUST WOULDN'T BE, WOULDN'T BE FUNDED, BUT THEY WERE FUNDED FROM THE STATE TAX GROUP.

THEY, THEY WERE FUNDED FROM THE STATE.

AND, UM, THAT'S CORRECT.

THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS, UH, REASONS WHY WE ARE UNDER A DIRECTIVE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO COUNCIL, WE'RE UNDER A DIRECTIVE BY, BY PREVIOUS COUNCIL TO NOT PROVIDE, UH, FUNDING.

UH, THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL DMO OF THE COUNTY.

UH, SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WHY THE COMMITTEE, UH, MADE THE RECOMMENDATION NOT TO FUND THEM.

AND JUST TO REITERATE, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

ALL OF THESE ENTITIES FROM BOTH OF THESE, UM, CATEGORIES ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A WRAP UP OF THEIR EXPENDITURES.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO IT IS TRANSPARENT FOR THE PEOPLE LISTENING OR WATCHING THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY.

THEY DON'T GET TO JUST GO ON VACATION TO JAMAICA SOMEWHERE.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

WITH THESE, UH, WITH THESE LOCAL AT TAX ONES SPECIFICALLY MM-HMM.

, UH, WE REIMBURSED THEM.

AND SO, UM, WITH, WITH THE STATE, I BELIEVE HISTORICALLY THEY'VE JUST GIVEN SENT OUT CHECKS, BUT WITH MM-HMM.

LOCAL, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE REIMBURSE THEM.

THEY HAVE TO SEND ME PERSONALLY A, UH, QUARTERLY REPORT, UM, THAT HAS TO BE, UM, APPROVED BEFORE WE SEND THEM THE FUNDS.

UH, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A FINAL REPORT AFTERWARDS.

AND IF THEY SEND YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULDN'T APPROVE, YOU JUST SAY NO.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE DON'T, WE DON'T APPROVE IT AND THEY DON'T GET THE MONEY.

I'M JUST ASKING THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK THE QUESTION.

OH, YEAH.

AND, AND ERIC, LET ME, UM, UM, JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY.

I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE, UM, UH, THE, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEY HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN IN THE PAST.

UM, I THINK THAT WE ARE ASKING THEM FOR RECEIPTS FOR, FOR MONIES FUNDED.

ANY OF THAT MONEY FROM THE, FROM THE LOCAL? THEY, THEY USED THE LOCAL 50,000, BUT THEY DIDN'T DO THE STATE ACCOMMODATIONS.

UM, BUT I THINK AT LEAST LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, THEY HAVE NOT USED, THEY HAVE NOT COME TO US FOR THAT, FOR THAT MONEY.

SO AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY STILL HAVEN'T USED THEIR MONEY FROM LAST YEAR.

THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, SO IS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT HAY HAYES CAN FILL YOU IN ON THE DETAILS? OKAY.

WE, WE, WE, WE NEED, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE HAVE, WE'VE ASKED THEM FOR RECEIPTS E EITHER RECEIPTS OR WE'LL PAY THE INVOICES FOR THEM.

UH, WE, WE, THEY DID THE $50,000 FOR THE LOCAL HOSPITALITY TAX LAST YEAR THAT THEY DID THAT.

THEY HAVEN'T SENT US ANY FURTHER DOCUMENTATION YET.

WE'D BE HAPPY THAT TO DO IT IF, IF THEY HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION.

BUT, UH, THE, THE GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED FOR THEM TO PROPERLY DO IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST.

IT, IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, UH, ONGOING.

AND THAT'S WHY WE DID NOT FUND THEM THIS YEAR.

UM, BUT THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S BASICALLY, SO IS IT, IS IT CORRECT TO SAY THEN THAT WE FUNDED 'EM LAST YEAR, BUT THEY, HAVE THEY USED

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THEY DIDN'T HAVE HAVE ANYTHING APPLIED THERE.

WHAT THEY WANTED US TO DO IS BLANKET THAT WE, WE, WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE THEM MONEY.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR PROPERLY.

AND EVEN WITH THE STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX, ALL THAT MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IT, IT BEFORE THEY RECEIVE ANY MORE MONEY THE NEXT YEAR.

THAT, THAT INFORMATION WAS CRITICAL.

AND IT'S GOOD FOR US TO, TO, TO SHARE THAT WITH US SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS, KNOWING THAT WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM.

BUT, BUT, UH, I WASN'T AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT GIVING US THE RECEIPTS AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED.

I MEAN, WE, WE WENT, WE WENT AS FAR AS TO, THEY SENT US AN INVOICE AND WE PAID THE INVOICE FOR THEM, UH, THE ACCOMMODATION OF FACT, UH, THE HOSPITALITY FAX FUND LAST YEAR.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND RYAN JUST HASN'T BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW A LOT OF THESE DETAILS WHERE I'M A LOT MORE INTIMATE.

SO WE, HE JUST HAD THIS, HAD A STRONG HOLD ON THIS PODIUM.

TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING AS WELL WITH THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COVERED WITH YOU.

WE ARE ASKING ANYONE THAT PRO, A LOT OF TIMES BUFORD COUNTY PROVIDES A LOT OF FUNDING TO AGENCIES, AND WE'RE NEITHER INVITED TO EVENTS, UH, THAT WE'RE SPONSORING, NOR ARE WE RECOGNIZED IN THE SPONSORSHIP.

SO WE'RE REC, WE'RE REQUIRING THAT ANYONE THAT'S RECEIVING THIS FUNDING TO PLACE OUR LOGO ON WHATEVER MATERIALS THEY PUT OUT, SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT IT IS A BURE COUNTY SPONSORED EVENT, UH, THROUGH ATAC.

AND WE ALSO ARE REQUIRING THEM TO COORDINATE THEIR MARKETING PLAN WITH THE DMO SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT BEING SPENT EFFECTIVELY, SO WE'RE NOT DOUBLE DIPPING ON ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE SAME MAGAZINES OR SAME JOURNALS OR WHATEVER.

SO THEY HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE DMO S TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED THE MOST EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

DO WE THINK THEY WEREN'T DOING THAT IN THE PAST? UH, THAT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY OUR DMO.

SO THIS CLEANS THAT PIECE UP.

IT DOES.

AND I DO KNOW THAT THEY DO, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT MANY AGENCIES THAT WE SO-CALLED PARTNER WITH DO NOT RECOGNIZE BEFORD COUNTY AS A FUNDING PARTNER.

AND LEMME JUST SAY AS WELL, WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR NOW ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, THAT, UH, WHENEVER I FIRST GOT HERE, IT WAS THE WILD, WILD WEST.

THERE WAS NO RULES, THERE WAS NO APPLICATION PROCESS.

UM, SO IN THAT FIRST YEAR, WE DID PUT AN APPLICATION PROCESS IN THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME WITH APPLICATIONS AND PEOPLE HAD A SET DEADLINE, THEY HAD TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.

AND EVERY YEAR WE'VE LEARNED SOMETHING.

WE KEEP KIND OF TIGHTENING THE SCREWS OF THINGS THAT WE'VE MISSED OR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING.

AND THEN WE CAN EVEN THEN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH, UM, WHERE THE MONEY WENT AFTER IT'S, IT'S GIVEN.

SO, UM, THIS, THIS IS A FLUID MOTION, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHOM HE HAS ITS SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WE DO NEXT YEAR TO KEEP TRACK OF THIS AND, AND WHAT WE REQUEST.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOTTA DO ON OUR, ON OUR SIDE TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ARE DOING THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVEN, UM, TO BE PRESENTED.

SO, UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THIS? AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'D MOVED TO COUNSEL FOR THREE READINGS.

SO IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, WE WOULD, UM, I'D ASK FOR A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO COUNSEL.

I'LL MOVE.

CHAIRMAN, YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE, UH, ITEMS 11, 12, AND 13 UNDER ONE MOTION SINCE THEIR APPOINTMENT.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK MR. DAWSON.

SO, UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO US MOVING THIS TO COUNSEL? SEEING NO OBJECTION.

UM, WE WILL, UH, MOVE THIS, UH, IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND MOVED TO COUNSEL.

SO MR. MOH, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

AND, UM, AGAIN, FIRST TIME.

SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU HAVING ME BACK AGAIN.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MR.

[Items 11- 13]

TO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION AS ONE OF THE TWO COUNTY COUNCIL SEATS AVAILABLE.

SO, UH, SEEING OUR, UM, 11, 12, AND 13.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WHAT IS 14? IT'S ALSO 14.

THAT'S, I WAS GONNA SAY, CUZ YOU, YOU CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD THEN.

YOU SAID NOT, YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE 14.

SO, UM, IS THERE, UH, WELL, IS THERE A MOTION FOR US TO TAKE THESE ALL AS ONE? SO, ALL RIGHT.

AND, UM, SECOND.

SECOND.

AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? IF NOT, FOR THE RECORD, I THANK, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, KNOWING WHAT WE'RE DOING, IF YOU WOULD JUST READ, READ THEM.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.

UH, MR. DAWSON.

SO, UM, WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ASHLEY FEASTER, THE EDC CHAIR, AND PAULA BROWN, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOUTHERN CAROLINA ALLOWANCE BOARD, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DENNIS ROSS

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AND THEN THE LAST ONE, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER LARRY MCKLELLAN, TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO FILL THE COUNTY COUNCIL SEAT THERE.

SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT? NO.

SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO US MOVING THIS FORWARD AND ALL, ALL THREE OF THESE BEING APPROVED, SEEING NO OBJECTION.

UM, IT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

AND THEN, UM, YES.

SO COULD YOU, YOU TOOK A VOTE ON THE, THE MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE IT.

YES.

DID YOU GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THEM? NO, I DID THAT ALL AS ONE AS WELL.

SO, BACK UP, JUST GET A SECOND.

SO, UH, WE HAVE MADE THE MOTION HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED WITH OBJECTION TO PUT 'EM ALL AS ONE.

SO NOW, UM, I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, ALL THE, UH, THE ONE MOTION, UM, TO HAVE ALL THESE THREE TOGETHER.

AS ONE MOTION, SIR, AS ONE MOTION.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT? SEEING NO DISCUSSION IS ANY OBJECTION? NO OBJECTION.

I ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY DO HAVE A, A QUESTION.

UH, DOES THIS GO TO COUNCIL NOW OR IS THIS A DIRECT FROM THE COMMITTEE? HE GOES COUNCIL, BUT IT JUST GOES FOR THE ONE, ONE READING IT COUNSEL.

SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD DEFINITELY GO TO COUNSEL.

UM, SO SEEING HIM, NO OBJECTION.

UM, ALL THREE HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO BE SENT TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL.

UM, AND, UH, SEEING THAT, UM, UH, WE WOULD THEN MOVE INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, AND, UH, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSE CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS FROM PROPOSED PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY, UM, 3 33 AND 3 35 BUCK WATER PARKWAY.

UM, NUMBER 16, PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE, DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSE CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSED PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY 1505 SALEM ROAD.

UM, AND THEN IF WE HAVE SOMETHING, WE'D COME BACK, UH, WITH ANY MATTERS THAT ARISE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH, DID WE SKIP 14? YES, THAT INCLUDED.

THAT WAS PART, YEAH, THAT WAS PART.

UNNECESSARY IS UNNECESSARY.

JUST FINE.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE MOVING FAST, MAN.

I AM .

I DON'T THINK 14 WAS PART OF THAT MOTION.

NO.

WELL, 14 IS 14.

GOT IT.

SO THERE IS NO 14.

14 WAS 11, 12 AND 13.

GOT IT.

UM, SO WE ARE NOW

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

LOOKING AT GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE AT A MOTION TO DO THAT? A MOTION TO GO TO SESSION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SEE NO OBJECTION.

WE WILL THEN NOW GO INTO, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UH, WHEN WE COME BACK OUT, THERE WILL POSSIBLY BE MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BUT, UH, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION? YOUR, YOUR HONOR, THIS IS THE SECOND.

ARE WE, WAIT, ARE WE, ARE WE BACK UP THE SECOND ONE FIRST? HMM.

THAT CAMERAS ARE ON.

LET ME, YOU WANT ME TO DO BOTH OF THEM? NO, HE SAID THAT WAS FIRST.

WHICH ONE? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE, UH, THE BULK WATER ON FIRST.

I THINK, UH, I GOT THAT ONE.

BROADCASTING IS LIVE.

GOOD.

SO WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ARE THERE ANY MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MR. CHAIR.

UM, I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE TO COUNSEL, EXCUSE ME, IN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO PURCHASE AND TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 33 AND 3 35 BUCK WALTER PARKWAY.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND HONOR.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU MR. GLOVER.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE OBJECTION? NO.

AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, THIS WILL BE MOVED TO, UM, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL.

UM, AND THEN, UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH, YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE THE MOTION TO MOVE TO COUNSEL AN ORDINANCE, UH, AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO PURCHASE AND TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF PORTION OF RIO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1505 SALEM ROAD.