Apr 17, 2023 Finance Administration and Economic Development Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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WELL, WE'RE NOT INFLUXES TO 59 BUT I'VE GOT 3:00 ON MINE SO IF EVERYONE COULD WE'D LIKE TO BRING THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO ORDER ON MONDAY, APRIL 17TH. THAT IS NOW 3:00. EVERYONE COULD STAND FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SAYS ONE MISSION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED,

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

SO WHEN YOU SAY BIRTHDAY TO LARRY WHAT YOU'RE WAY AHEAD OF ME SO GO AHEAD MR. RICK.

SO. WELL, HAYES WAS GOING TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR. MCMILLAN . PLEASE SPARE ME. WELL WE KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY A BIG ONE LIKE 1995. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, I'M TELLING YOU I'M COMPOSING 80 THAN I AM THE 70. OH, LARRY, YOU'RE LUCKY CAUSE WE HAD HAYES COME TO JUMP OUT OF A CAKE FOR US. SO I GUESS WE HAVE TO PUT THAT OFF NOW.

SO SORRY I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM. WELL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU VERY. SO IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- February 21, 2023]

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT PLEASE? SO MOVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND IS THERE SECOND PERSON? GREAT. THANK YOU. AND ANY DISCUSSION ANY OBJECTION SEEING NO OBJECTION. THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 23RD HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IF WE CAN LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS DO WE HAVE ANYONE SARAH WHO WAS ONLINE OR

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ALL RIGHT. GREAT. WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I THINK WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MS.. HOWARD LIKE TO MAKE. YES.

ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND MR. COUNCILMAN GLOVER'S CONSTITUENTS, WE ARE HAVING A WORKSHOP WITH MS. EBONY SANDERS ON 25TH OF APRIL STARTING AT 6:00 WILL WHERE SHE WILL EXPLAIN THE 2023 PROPERTY REASSESSMENT AND IT WILL BE IN THIS BUILDING SO 6:00 ANYONE IS WELCOME BUT IT'S FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND THERE'LL BE MORE PUBLICITY OUT ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. WHAT DAY WAS THE 25TH AT 6:00. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE HAVE SINCE THE FLOOR IS OPEN? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, THEN LET'S JUMP RIGHT

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

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE USE OF GOSPEL. YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME I'M KIND OF BETWEEN YEARS RIGHT NOW I GOT ONE FOOT IN 2024 AND ONE IN 2023 AND I HOPE TO KEEP THEM STRAIGHTENED OUT BUT IT IS HEAVEN. IT CAN BE TRICKY SOMETIMES.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH WHERE WE WERE ON THE GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW.

AND THE FIRST SLIDE THAT I HAVE IS IS A BASIC OVERVIEW OF OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE COLLECTED 96% OF OUR AD VALOREM TAXES THROUGH THE END OF MARCH WHICH YOU CAN SEE OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE STILL LAGGING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

TYPICALLY THAT COMES IN MAY THAT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION THAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING.

OUR FINES AND FORFEITURES ARE STILL LAGGING A LITTLE BIT BUT HOPING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CORRECT BY YEAR END AND OUR INTEREST INCOME IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IT IS A LOT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED DUE TO INTEREST RATES ARE NO LONGER 0.1% WHICH REALLY HELPS US OUT A LOT.

SO IT'S JUMPED OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT I'VE SEEN. SO ANYWAY THAT AND THEN DOWN IS I GUESS THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE DETAIL THE DETAIL BREAKDOWN OF THE REVENUES IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK INTO THAT THERE'S A THERE FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT NEXT WE HAVE OUR EXPENDITURES AND IF YOU LOOK OVERALL ENCUMBERED IN IT'S BEEN AN ENCUMBERED IS ABOUT 73.18% I KIND OF DID THE SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT THAT I DID THE REGULAR SCHEDULE THAT Y'ALL NORMALLY HAVE WE DON'T

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SO YOU KNOW THESE ROUGH NUMBERS AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPENDING THAT GOES ON IN THE LAST QUARTER SO IT'S HARD TO DO A TRUE PROJECTION WITHOUT YOU KNOW, KNOWING MORE ABOUT THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BEFORE YEAR END AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF SOMETHING TO JUST JUST THINK ABOUT AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT I WANTED TO SHOW IT AND YOU JUST KIND OF PUT IT OUT THERE THAT THAT'S ALL THAT SCHEDULE IS AND NICE SORT OF QUESTION ON YOUR MIND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO HOME. SO IF I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BIG NUMBERS IF I LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY I SEE THIS SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE 2022 SURPLUS DEFICIT WAS SURPLUS 1.3% AND THE DETENTION ONE 1 MILLION. IS THAT BASICALLY I'M GUESSING PERSONNEL THEY CAN'T SEE A LOT OF GAP POSITIONS THERE. THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO GET POSITIONS AND IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU JUST KIND OF WANT TO SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND SEE LIKE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT WE HAVE COMING IN A LOT OF LAND PURCHASES AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WON'T BE COMING THROUGH TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $7 MILLION WE'RE TRACKING TO MILITARY THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THERE TOO. SO YOU KNOW, MITIGATING A SURPLUS OR DEFICIT AT THIS TIME THAT THAT THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP MITIGATE THAT THEY WANT US I HAD A QUESTION.

YES, GO AHEAD. SO UNDER THIS IS UNDER RISK MANAGEMENT.

YES. WE HAVE THE SURPLUS SEEMS PRETTY HIGH AND AND AND WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT IN THE IN THE YEAR BUDGET. IT HAS TO DO SO IT HAS TO DO WITH PREPAID EXPENSES IN WHEN YOU SO YOU GET AN INSURANCE POLICY THE INSURANCE POLICY RUNS FROM APRIL 1ST TO MARCH 31ST SO FOR ACCRUAL BASED ACCOUNTING YOU ONLY GET TO RECOGNIZE THREE MONTHS OF THAT IN ONE YEAR AND THEN NINE MONTHS IN THE NEXT YEAR AND I THINK WHEN THE I DIDN'T I WAS I DON'T KNOW HOW THE BUDGET I DIDN'T IN THE BUDGET PERSONALLY LAST YEAR BUT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS OVERESTIMATED AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO FURTHER THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT NUMBERS PRETTY WELL OKAY THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS AND THE QUESTION. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT IF Y'ALL HAVE A QUESTION FOR ME, JUST GO AHEAD AND BE ASK ME THE QUESTION. THE NEXT IS A CAPITAL TRIAL AND THAT'S THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND AND WHERE WE TO DATE ON THAT AND SO WE SPENT ROUGHLY ALMOST $13.2 MILLION WHICH WAS PRETTY GOOD. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET DONE BUT YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS GOING TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE SPENT AND ENCUMBERED TO DATE. SO AND THEN NEXT COUPLE OR SCHEDULES Y'ALL HAVE NOT THERE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BUT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A PARTICULAR INTEREST IS PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE IS THE DEBT SERVICE FUND WHICH IS FUNDED BY MILLAGE AND LAST YEAR WE HAD WE HAD 5.6 MILLS TO SERVICE DEBT AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND WHAT THE DEBT FUND IS NON IT IS NON REFERENDUM DEBT THE ONLY REFERENDUM DEBT THAT WE HAVE IS FOR REAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM THIS IS THIS IS JUST GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DEBT THAT WE'RE SERVICING RIGHT NOW AND SO IT KIND BREAKS DOWN KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WE STILL HAVE ABOUT $420,000 TO PAY IN PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST BUT SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR PROBABLY 21 TO $22020 MILLION WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REDEEM THE WE HAVE JEREMY COOK WITH US TODAY.

HE'S OUR BOND COUNSEL FROM HAYNSWORTH CINQUANTA BOYD AND THAT'S THAT'S AN AGENDA I

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BUT WE FEEL THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FINANCE REDEEM THIS ONE OF OUR 2013 A BOND AND SAVE ABOUT $850,000 OVER THE LIFE REMAINING LIFE OF THE BOND WHICH IS FUND BALANCE AND AS YOU ALL KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF ALL KNEW OR NOT BUT DEBT SERVICE FUNDS YOU CAN'T USE THEM TO FINANCE CAPITAL YOU COULD IF YOU'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WE'RE ONLY USE WE ONLY ABLE TO USE IT TO PAY DOWN PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THEM SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO USE THAT FOR THE WORLD THE NEXT IS THE DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY OR THE RUIN CRITICAL AND PROGRAM AND THAT WAS AT 5.3 MILLS LAST YEAR THERE WE DON'T HAVE AS LARGE OF A FUND BALANCE AS WE DID IN IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BUT WE STILL HAVE REMAINING A $1.4 MILLION LEFT TO PAY IN THERE. AND SO AND THEN OKAY AND THEN THE VERY LAST SLIDE IS ONE YOU ALL HAVE KIND OF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE AND IT'S WHAT IS REMAINING OF THE RUINED CRITICAL WINS REFERENDUM THAT WE WE HAD $25 MILLION BOND THAT WE ISSUED IN 2020 I BELIEVE. AND RIGHT NOW THIS IS SHOWING ALL THE ACTIVITY IT AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT $14 MILLION LEFT IN THERE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT MARCH 31ST WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS BUT JUST FROM THE EDUCATION CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE VARIANCES ON SOME OF THOSE GEORGIAN WHICH ONES JUST LET ME JUST TAKE FOR AN EXAMPLE THE THE REAL PROPERTY DEBT SERVICE FUND.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE VARIANCES ME WHAT JUST WHAT THAT MEANS IN GENERAL.

WELL I MEAN THE VARIANCE IS BASICALLY WHAT WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED VERSUS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND GOT TO FIGURE THAT WE'RE NOT THROUGH THE YEAR YET SO ANYTHING WITH PROPERTY TAXES PROPERTY TAXES WILL GO THROUGH I MEAN YOU HAVE YOUR JUNE 30TH CUT OFF BUT THEN YOU HAVE A 60 DAY PERIOD THAT YOU CAN BRING BACK IN AND THOSE RECEIVABLE SO WE WON'T HAVE A FULL NUMBER ON PROPERTY TAXES REALLY UNTIL AUGUST 30TH. SO THAT'S THING BUT SOMETIMES THE ESTIMATES THAT PEOPLE PUT IN ARE AS TIGHT AS SOMETIMES THEY'RE OFF MEAN IT IS IT IS HUMAN ERROR BUT WE TRY AND GET THEM AS CLOSE AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE LIKE SO AT THIS POINT YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED LIKE IF I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME CHART YOU'RE NONE OF THESE VARIANCES REALLY PUT A RED FLAG UP BECAUSE ONLY WE HAVE MONTHS TO GO.

WE HAVE MONTHS AGO AND WE'RE REALLY PUSHING STAFF TO TRY AND GET COMPLETED WHAT PROJECTS THEY CAN COMPLETED IF YOU KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER THINGS ON THE AGENDA LIKE THE AMBULANCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE NOW HOW TO CUT YOUR FUNDS INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL NEXT YEAR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATIONS AND IN THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY ALL TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS WE CAN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT YOU KNOW AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE YOU ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT DIDN'T RAMP UP UNTIL KNOW THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC A PRIME EXAMPLE MOSQUITO CONTROL YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT REALLY SPRAYING MOSQUITOES WHEN IT'S 32 DEGREES OUTSIDE. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR THE NEW SYSTEMS AND THE MOSQUITOES APPEAR WITH A SMALL BABY SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T REALLY FACTOR INTO IT BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE MONTHS KIND OF THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE THE BUDGET THE PAST IS IS JUST ONE BIG BUDGET NUMBER FOR ALL 12 MONTHS AND IT'S NOT REALLY YOU COULD DO MONTHLY BUT WE THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN THE PAST SO I REMEMBER FROM THE LIBRARY BUDGET FOR EXAMPLE CERTAIN SERVICES DIDN'T COME DUE TILL APRIL OR MAY SO THAT MONEY SITS THERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A GIANT SURPLUS BUT THEN WHEN THAT INVOICE COMES. IT'S GOT TO BE PAID. YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH SO BY THE TIME OF YEAR END SOME OR YOU HAVE LESS TAKING ON SERVICES FOR EXAMPLE.

SO YOU HAVE THE HILTON HEAD HUMANE ASSOCIATION THAT YOU MAY AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I'M GOOD AT NUMBERS BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THERE'S MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT BUT THAT CONTRACTS ENCUMBERED ON JULY 1ST SO IT'S SHOWING UP.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF ON JULY FIRST WHERE WE DON'T ACTUALLY PAY OUT THAT AMOUNT BUT MONTHLY YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A FULL 12 MONTHS BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN NORMAL SERVICES LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE WHOLE WELL IF YOU AT WHAT THEY HAVE ENCUMBERED THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF ENCUMBRANCES FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS THAT WILL WHEN EVERYTHING GETS SHAKES THROUGH THE SIFTER IT SHOULD EQUAL OUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SO

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IDEALLY IDEALLY IS GOOD AND IDEALLY IT'D BE ZERO AND THAT WOULD BE THAT DEAL THAT YOU SPEND EVERY PENNY THAT YOU GOT AT THE END OF THE DAY. NOW IS THAT PRACTICAL MEAN THERE IS BETTER IS BETTER TO HAVE SURPLUSES THAN DEFICITS IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEFICIT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A SMALL DEFICIT THAN A $7 MILLION DEFICIT.

BUT THEN AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DEFICITS TOO, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BUYING SOMETHING WITH FUND BALANCE. SO THERE'S NOT A CHECKING ACCOUNT CALLED FUND BALANCE AND I CAN JUST WRITE A CHECK OUT OF AT THE END OF THE DAY TO TO USE UP THAT FUND BALANCE MAY HAVE TO HAVE A DEFICIT WITHIN THE GENERAL TO UP SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE TO GET IT WHERE IT NEEDS GO. WE'VE TRANSFERRED OUT I THINK ROUGHLY ABOUT $22 MILLION RIGHT NOW ALREADY IN THE END THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS SO WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE YEARS GET THESE PROJECTS DONE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET IT DONE. YOU FROM FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE IN A YEAR SOON AS PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN NOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DONE I MEAN ALMOST ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IN AT LEAST YEAR IF IT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT AND SO WE'VE MOVED A LOT OF THAT BUT YEAH DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION I THINK I WENT OFF ON A DATE. WELL THE OTHER THING IS IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT AS WE JUST NOTED BEFORE PERSONNEL COSTS OR PERSONNEL THERE'S ALWAYS A GAP.

YOU'RE NEVER HUNDRED RARELY 100% STAFFED FOR MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE MONEY. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THIS BUDGET YEAR THAN WE HAVE OTHER BUT EARS IS WHITNEY DENICE AND I AND MAINLY WHITNEY AND DENISE HAVE REALLY BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT IN THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS SO WHILE THEY WERE DOING THAT I WAS TRYING TO WRITE THESE THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YOU BUT THEY'VE BEEN REALLY BEATING THEM UP FAIRLY WELL I WOULD SAY AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD NUMBER. SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO THIS YEAR WAS INSTEAD OF PUTTING YOU KNOW, ALL OF JOHN'S SURPLUS INTO THE DETENTION CENTER, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS PULL IT OUT AND WE KIND OF HAVE A PAYROLL CONTINGENCY.

SO IF THEIR NUMBERS SHOW LOOKING REALLY WON'T BE, THEN WE CAN WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT IN THERE IDEALLY WOULD LOVE FOR ALL THE EMS PEOPLE ALL THE DETENTION, ALL THE SHERIFFS I LIKE TO BE FULLY STAFFED BUT IT'S JUST A BATTLE. WE CAN'T FIGHT.

WE CAN'T WIN BUT WE WE KEEP FIGHTING SO IT'S A GOOD THING. GOT IT.

THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTIONS. I HAVE TWO FOR YOU.

ONE IS THE ACTUAL DEFINITION OF WON'T BE WON'T BE. I'M JUST KIDDING.

IT'S MUCH MORE THE BOONDOGGLE AND THEN IT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL PEOPLE AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR FOR PEOPLE ONLINE AND PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS.

TELL US REAL QUICK AND EXPLAIN THE THE MILLAGE BASED COMPENSATION COMPENSATION WHO THAT IS FOR US THAT WE FUND THAT COMES FROM MILLAGE BASE AND WHETHER IT'S UCB TCL HOSPITAL IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE US YOUR ALMOST WHAT YOU'RE HALFWAY THROUGH LIVE THROUGH BUT GO AHEAD AND JUST TO EXPLAIN THAT AND HOW THAT WORKS IN PRIOR COUNCILS THAT THEY SET A MILLAGE TO DO SPECIFIC THINGS ONES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND THEY GET ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND THAT'S TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS USC BEING TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THE TCL THERE'S AN INTEREST IN CARE IN THAT.

SO BEFORE HEALTH AND BEFORE MEMORIAL HEALTH AND THAT'S TYPICALLY BEEN 900 TO $1000000 A YEAR. YOU KNOW, I I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS AND THIS IS I'M CLOSE BUT I'M NOT EXACT. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH A MILL FOR THE JOB AND WORKSITE FUND THAT WE TYPICALLY THAT JOHN O'TOOLE SPENDS YOU KNOW HE HAS HIS INCENTIVES IN HE SPENDS OUT OF THERE THOSE ARE THE FIVE THAT ARE MILL BASED THERE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY GIVEN MONEY TO THAT THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE BOOKS AND YOU KIND OF KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE THAT'S I HAVE KIND OF A MORE BREAKDOWN BUT IT'S NOT BY A MILL IT MIGHT BE I GOT TO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE.

IT'S BROKEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THE BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT I'LL GIVE YOU AN 1520 MINUTES. OH GOOD. THIS SHOULD HELP.

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[8. FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET FUNDING REQUEST PRESENTATIONS: Beaufort Memorial Hospital- Russell Baxley, MHA Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation- John O'Toole Military Enhancement Committee of Beaufort County- Ian Scott or MEC Chairman Neil Pugliese Hilton Head Island - Bluffton Chamber of Commerce- Kayla Boyter]

SO LET'S JUMP ON TO OUR BUDGET FUNDING REQUEST AND I THINK MR. BAXLEY IS ON HIS WAY.

HE IS ASKED IF HE COULD BE MOVED BACK BECAUSE AGAIN HE SHOULD BE HERE SHORTLY.

MR. O'TOOLE IF YOU ARE PREPARED WOULD JUMP YOU FIRST THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE SOONER BUT WE'VE GOT MR. JOHN O'TOOLE FROM THE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND MR. TOOLS, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR COMING THIS IS THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.

I WILL TRY TO LIMIT MY COMMENTS TO ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. I'M GOING TO BE ADVANCING THIS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO.

OKAY. GOOD DEAL. LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR ANY OF THE TRANSITIONS AHEAD OF TIME BUT OUR FOCUS IS TO DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY FOSTER INVESTMENTS GREEN, LIST GROWTH AND TRANSFORM LIVES AND I BEGIN OUR COMMENTS TODAY I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE LOOK BACK I'M NOT DOING VERY WELL SIR. SO I'M IN BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. AND WHAT I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF AS WE LOOK AT THE THE NUMBERS WE'VE PUT UP OVER THE LAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS IS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT ALIENATING BEING AT ODDS WITH RESIDENTS. WE'VE PLAYED SOME 6060 PROJECTS AND IN SYNC WITH PEOPLE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. SO I'M KIND OF PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN TERMS OF I'M SORRY I'M JUST GETTING USES HAYES HAS IN HIS STAFF HAS SHOWN YOU THIS BEFORE I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DO AS AN INVESTMENT AND IF WE'RE NOT HITTING THE MARK AND GETTING DONE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE JUST LET US KNOW OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS BETWEEN OPERATIONS AND THE SITE AND JOBS FUND YOU PUT OVER $5 MILLION INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE KEEP TRACK WHEN WE YOU ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEN I PUT THIS TOGETHER WE WERE AT $320 MILLION WE HAVE SINCE LAST MONTH GONE UP ANOTHER $7 MILLION.

SO PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF THE JOBS EITHER RETAINED OR CREATED IN THE COUNTY OVER 1450 JOBS. AND IF YOU JUMP DOWN TO THE BOTTOM WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT $47,000 PER JOB. SO WE THINK THAT IMPROVES IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE THERE GETTING SOUTH CAROLINA TAX DOLLARS BACK INTO THE COUNTY BETWEEN DIFFERENT INCENTIVES WE PROVIDED TO COMPANIES SOME $15 MILLION MOST OF THAT MADE UP BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ABSORB SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT I HOPE I SAW THE PRESENTATIONS LAST MONTH I THINK LOOKING FOR YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF WHAT YOU'VE INVESTED AND SO THEY'VE BEEN GOOD I THINK WHAT'S WORTH NOTING IS THAT IN THIS TIME WE WERE INTERRUPTED BY COVID. WE HAD GREAT MOMENTUM GOING INTO COVID AND WHEN I SPOKE TO MY BOARD IN JANUARY WE'RE LIKE 7% A GOAL AND YOU KNOW YOU COULD SEE WE HAD A THIS YEAR OF $70 MILLION AND NOW ALL OF A A SUDDEN SINCE JANUARY THIS IS WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT NEXT 4 TO 6 MONTHS THESE PROJECTS AND I GAVE THEM A LITTLE RATING ON THE LEFT IN TERMS OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE PROJECT GOING BUT SAFELY WE HAVE $150 MILLION THAT ARE GOING TO HIT IN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 MONTHS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE CLOUD I'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS CRAB IS A 100,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY THAT WOULD RAISE SOFTSHELL CRABS GOING IN TO THE COMMERCE PARK.

WE JUST WANT TO SEE HOW THEY GET THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITH DIRECT AND ALSO WITH MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF BAYOU FOR JASPER WATER AND SEWERS FACILITIES IF THEY WERE

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WE HAVE A JAPANESE, A VIETNAMESE AND WE SHOULD HAVE A SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY OR TWO LOCATING THERE SHORTLY. SO THAT'S DRAWING A LOT OF ATTENTION OUR FOCUS.

I'M AT 5 MINUTES AND 9 SECONDS REMAINS THE SAME TO WORK ON WORKFORCE MARKETING OR COUNTY SITE DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING STEADILY WITH HANK AND ERIC AND THE STAFF HERE ON BUILDING THAT OUT BUSINESS RETENTIONS IS IS IMPORTANT RECRUITING SOMEBODY AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO THAT WE'RE NOT OUT OF STEP WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANT BEAUFORT COUNTY TO BE AND I APOLOGIZE AT 537 I'M DONE WE DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOUR RUSH YOU KNOW. NO I WAS HERE LAST TIME SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE MIC WHICH I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR AND THE I DIDN'T WANT YOUR OWN ON ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. O'TOOLE I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO GET 10 MINUTES.

WELL I SEE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 10 MINUTES BUT HE IS SELF-REGULATED.

YEAH. YOU GET THE MEMO. IS IT THE SAME 4 MINUTES AND NINE TONIGHT? YEAH. YOU KNOW I GOT POINT ACROSS I HOPE I HOPE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU SPEND YOU OF IT AS AN INVESTMENT THAT'S YIELDING A IS YIELDING A PROPER AMOUNT FOR THE COUNTY AND I DO THINK WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON AND THE CHAIRMAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN TALKS ABOUT LIVE WORK AND PLAY PEOPLE DO WANT THOSE BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T DISRUPT WHAT WE ALL LOVE ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN KIND OF CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT AND MAKING SOME PROGRESS AND I THINK THERE'S MORE TO COME AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB. LET ME ASK A QUESTION THEN SO OBVIOUSLY YOU SAID LEVEL FUNDING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LEVEL FUNDING BUT THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT A $10 MILLION OR WHAT WAS THAT $10 MILLION PROJECT? YEAH, I WOULD THINK IT'S I WOULD CALL IT A BOGEY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE A LOT CONVERSATION HAS TO OCCUR. I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO GIVE ME $10 MILLION.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE COUNTY EARMARK THAT AS YOU'RE DOING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDS IF POSSIBLE OR WE BUILD THAT OVER TIME WHEN I LAST SPOKE BEFORE THE CHAIRMAN AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN YOUR YORK'S BEEN AFTER ME GERALD'S BEEN AFTER ME OVER TIME TO MAKE SURE WELL WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DEVELOP MORE PRODUCT? WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE BEAT GO THAT CAME UP LAST TIME MY PRESENT HERE THERE'S A COMMERCE IS ALREADY INTERESTED IN A 850 ACRE SITE UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY UMC THAT COULD BE IN PLAY.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS SOME PROPERTIES SOUTH OF THE WHALE BRANCH BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME ONE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS SAYS WHY MARKET IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING SELL SO WE AS YOU AS YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT HOW QUICK THIS COMMERCE PARK IS FILLING IN AND I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HAVING THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IN A COMMERCE PARK HOW TO HOW TO MARKET A A COMMERCE PARK IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND SO I FORESEE THIS I THINK I'VE TOLD THIS COUNCIL BEFORE IN TO FIVE YEARS THIS WILL BE FULLY SUBSCRIBED SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT DIVERSE ECONOMY YOU HAVE TO FENCE WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT YOU HAVE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM BLUE CHIP BLUE CHIPS, BLUE CHIP PORTFOLIO BUT IT'S LIKE HAVING A TWO LEGGED STOOL. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD A DIVERSE ECONOMY.

THIS IS GOING TO FILL IN PRETTY QUICK AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL SITES TO DEVELOP

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BUT WE'LL CONTINUE GARNER ATTENTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE PROJECTS ARE RIGHT OR WILL FIT IN BEAUFORT BUT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST.

GOOD. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OF COURSE AND I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THE APPRECIATE MR. TO SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE AND THE KIND OF WORK HE'S DOING AND BRINGING IN THE KIND OF INDUSTRY THAT COMPATIBLE TO YOU FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND I THINK THAT'S WILL YOU SAYING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND THAT WAIT UNTIL HE GETS HERE BUT WE HAVE TO PLAN FORWARD SO THE FUTURE'S COMING.

WE JUST GOT TO PLAN FOR IT. YEAH, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO I CAME TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT CHARLESTON.

NEVER ENVISIONED I WOULD HAVE THE GREAT, GREAT PLEASURE OF LIVING HERE.

BUT THE FOLKS WHO SPOKE AT THE CONFERENCE WERE FROM RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK IN OUTSIDE OF RALEIGH OR INCLUDING RALEIGH AND AND THEY SAID IT WAS AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS OVER 50 YEARS YOU KNOW THE WORK WAS DONE IT'S LIKE FARMING IF YOU DON'T TURN THE SOIL AND PLANT THE SEED NOT GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING NINE NINE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD THESE PROJECTS DO TAKE A WHILE.

THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS OUT THERE FOR 15 OR 20 YEARS. THE IN PLACE THE VALUE I THINK IN THE PAST WE USED TO HUNT FOR ELEPHANT AND I THINK DEER AND RABBIT ARE REALLY A BETTER FIT BEAUFORT COUNTY SMALLER TO MIDSIZE PROJECTS AND COMPANIES AND SO I THINK WE KIND OF KNOW OUR NICHE AND COMMERCE IS WORKING WELL WITH US TO BRING LEADS AS WELL AS THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH YOUR FUNDING. I SHOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS POINTED OUT HERE THAT THE COUNTY IS OUR LARGEST FUNDER AND YOU AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. WE HAVE GONE TO THE TOWNS IT'LL SOUND LIKE A NOMINAL INCREASE BUT FOR $15,000 INCREASE AND WHICH IS A 60% INCREASE AND THEY SAID YOU'RE ASKING FOR 60%. I SAID NO WE'RE ASKING FOR 15. I BELIEVE THE COUNTY WANTS TO SEE THAT THE TOWNS ARE INVESTED IN THIS WELL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO LEVERAGE YOUR WITH THE MONEY WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO RAISE WITH THE REQUEST TO THE TOWNS WILL START TO BUILD OUT A PRIVATE FUNDING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO LEVERAGE AND AUGMENT WHAT YOU PROVIDE FOR US. WELL, GREAT. MR. TOOLE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION AND YOU DO GREAT JOB. WE APPRECIATE THAT AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT YOU'VE DONE AND SOMETIMES I THINK YOU DON'T THE ACCOLADES YOU SHOULD.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. WE DO APPRECIATE SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I KNOW YOU THINK YOU'RE DONE WITH ME ONE MORE THING I CAN'T TAKE THAT I HAVE 5 MINUTES OR NO I HAVE TO I HAVE TO I CHARLIE STONE IS OFF TODAY.

HE DESERVES A GREAT DEAL. THE CREDIT FOR OUR SUCCESS ABSOLUTELY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PITCH IN WE'VE KIND OF A WE HAVE SO MANY TEAMMATES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT'S NOT JUST CHARLIE AND I THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK MR. O'TOOLE. GREAT.

LET'S MOVE ON THEN. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE MILITARY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE OF COUNTY, MR. IAN SCOTT AND ALSO CHAIRMAN NEIL PUGLISI. THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST CALL YOU NEIL.

THAT MAKES ME SO THAT'S GOOD BY ME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY FOR ALLOWING US TO CHAT WITH YOU HERE TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO TALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MILITARY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE. OF COURSE I'M CHAIRMAN OF THAT VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE THE CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN OF THAT. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND 34 YEAR RETIRED MARINE IN MY CAREER I WAS STATIONED IN PARIS ON THREE TIMES 1991 2004 AND THEN 2014 UNTIL I RETIRED IN 2016 AND THEN DECIDED AFTER THE THIRD TIME TO MAKE GUILFORD COUNTY MY HOME AND VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE HERE IN HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HISTORY WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY. I'VE SEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY SINCE 1991 A FANTASTIC PLACE TO BE.

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WE'VE GOT A WEBSITE, GOT A BLOG. WE ALSO HAVE POST ON OUR WEBSITE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL OF 2022.

THE OTHER THING TOO IS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER RESPONSES FROM WHEREVER THEY MAY COME FROM WHETHER IT'S THE MARINE CORPS, WHETHER IT'S THE ANY OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS AND YOUR LOCAL ONES AND WE TALK ABOUT VALUE PARTICULARLY OF THE TRI COMMAND AND THIS COMES UP ESPECIALLY WHEN FOLKS START TALKING ABOUT HEY WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? WHY DON'T WE MOVE RECRUITS SOMEWHERE ELSE OR WHY DON'T WE MOVE TRAINING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR WHY DON'T WE CUT BACK ON THE SERVICES OR THE OFFERINGS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE IN THE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY I THINK AGGRESSIVE IN RESPONDING TO THOSE AS AS POSSIBLE WHAT'S OUR VALUE THE IS A TRUSTED LIAISON TO THE TRI COMMAND WE HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF PARRIS ISLAND THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AND, ALSO THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION.

IT'S AN EARLY COLONEL ARBOGAST AND MYSELF SERVED TOGETHER BACK IN 2000 2003.

AND SO WE HAVE A VERY, VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP. WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE, TIGHT, TIGHT. AND WHAT ELSE DO WE DO? WE TRACK AND ANALYZE POLICY DOCUMENTS. SO FOR INSTANCE, WHEN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT COMES UP WILL GET A CUT OF THAT, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND WILL DETERMINE A WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS YOU KNOW THE THINGS THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK TO OUR FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS OR OTHER OFFICIALS AS IT'S NECESSARY.

MOST RECENTLY WE DID AN ANALYSIS ON THE CBO REPORT THE CBO REPORT DID OR DIDN'T SO SAYING WE CAN CUT BACK ON D.O.D. AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BY THESE MULTIPLE POINTS THAT WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT UPON YOU FOR COUNTY RATHER SIGNIFICANT WE

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WE ADVOCATE FOR COVERING GAPS FOR MEDICAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND THE HOSPITAL AND RUSSELL WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING OUT THE MILITARY WITH A WITH A GAP IN SERVICES THEY THAT THEY HAD VERY VERY BUT WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL THURMAN SHE'S IN THE BACK THERE SOMEWHERE.

OUR NEWLY SELECTED VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR THE COUNTY SHE AND I ARE ADVISERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED ADVISORS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WHEN THEY CONSTRUCT THE NEW VETERANS ADMINISTRATION FACILITY CLINIC HERE IN BEAUFORT. SO ONCE THAT GETS PUT IN HERE, CAROLINE AND MYSELF WILL BE BROUGHT AND WE WILL ADVISE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ON THE SCOPE OF THAT FACILITY. WE ALSO PROVIDE ADVICE TO OUR ELECTED WHETHER IT'S AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR THE LOCAL LETTER LEVEL ON ALL THINGS RELATED TO RELATED TO THE MILITARY AND OF COURSE TO STATE SUPPORT AND COORDINATION. I APPOINTED TO THE THE MILITARY BASE TASK FORCE THE GOVERNOR'S MILITARY BASE TASK FORCE AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE THAT STRONG REPRESENTATION FROM BEAUFORT I'VE BEEN UP IN COLUMBIA.

WE ALSO PLAYED A PART IN SPOUSAL PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND ENROLLING MILITARY STUDENTS IN YEAR FOUR KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BEFORE MILITARY FOLKS HAD ACTUAL ORDERS TO COME THE AREA AND OFTENTIMES MILITARY KIDS THEY KIND OF ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE A MILITARY MEMBER MAY NOT GET IS IS ORDERS TO FROM STATION TO STATION UNTIL AFTER REGISTRATION FOR SCHOOL HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE STATE IN ORDER TO MODIFY POLICY AND THE LAST THING THAT WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO WORK ON THIS YEAR WAS THE WHOLE VACCINATION THING. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN DUKE DID NOT ACCEPT VACCINATION RECORDS FOR MILITARY KIDS INTO THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE STATE IN ORDER TO CREATE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO GET AROUND THAT. SO THE VALUE THAT WE BRING TO THE AREA TO THE COUNTY I THINK IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO IAN SCOTT IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU NEAL AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF NEAL JUST GAVE YOU KIND OF A BIG PICTURE OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE MEK HAS BEEN DOING SINCE ITS INCEPTION 2003. THERE'S SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS PARTICULARLY COUNCILMEMBER HOWARD WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE MEK.

ONE OF THE NEW PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR WITH SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY AND FRANKLY NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY IS A TASK FORCE FOLKS CHARTERED BY THE MEK FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE OF THE NAVAL HOSPITAL FACILITY AND THIS IS US KIND OF READING THE TEA LEAVES OUR IMPETUS WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AMBULATORY CARE CLINIC AT THE AIR STATION THAT WAS LAST APRIL.

THE VA IS NEAL MENTIONED ALREADY HAS ANNOUNCED THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A NEW PURPOSE BUILT RIGHT SIZED MODERN STANDALONE FACILITY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THEN AT A MEETING WHERE KNOW COUNCILMEMBER HOWARD AND ADMINISTRATOR GREENWAY WERE THERE WITH ME AS WELL THE OUTGOING CEO OF THE NAVAL HOSPITAL CONCERN SOME OF OUR SUSPICIONS ABOUT WHAT THE LIKELY OUTCOME FOR THE NAVAL HOSPITAL OVER THE NEXT DECADE WOULD BE BRAND PURPOSE BUILT REPLACEMENT FACILITIES WILL OFFLOAD THE BULK OF THE MISSION THAT'S CURRENTLY EXECUTED AT NAVAL HOSPITAL BEAUFORT INTO NEW FACILITIES. THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBSTANTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT SITE AND IF WE BEGIN NOW AS WE WERE ABLE TO DO THANKS TO THE COUNTY'S SUPPORT WITH SOME OTHER FUNDING FROM THE STATE THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, WE BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON THE OUTCOME OF WHAT HAPPENS AT 114 ACRES THAT COMPRISE THE INSTALLATION NAVAL HOSPITAL.

BEAUFORT SO WE PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE CHARTERED BY THE MEK WITH APPOINTEES FROM THE CITY,

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WE NEED SOME HELP TO GET THERE AND MATRIX DESIGN GROUP HAS BEEN THAT HELP THEY ARE A MILITARY SPECIFIC PLANNING AND ENGINEERING FIRM THE MEK HAS WORKED WITH MATRIX PREVIOUSLY ON A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN TO GET ALL OF OUR TALKING POINTS PARTICULARLY ABOUT RESILIENCY AND THE RESILIENCY ISSUES RELATED TO PARRIS ISLAND ON TRACK WE CONTRACTED MATRIX TO HELP US THEY'VE LED FOUR SUCCESSFUL REPOSITION AND IN PROJECTS WHERE EFFECTIVELY TRYING TO DO WHAT HAPPENS IN A OUTSIDE OF A BRAC AND KNOWING THAT THERE IS UNLIKELY TO BE ANOTHER BRAC ROUND ANY TIME IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WE HAVE A BASE THAT'S RIPE FOR REALIGNMENT. THERE ARE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO THE DOD WE BELIEVE THE NAVY CAN LEVERAGE THOSE AND HAS AN INTEREST IN LEVERAGING THOSE.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE A PATHFINDER PROJECT FOR THE NAVY FOR HOW THEY MIGHT LEVERAGE ASSET TO GENERATE NEW FUNDS THAT WILL STAY LOCAL OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS ,RESILIENCY AND INSTALLATIONS AND MISSION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AT OUR OTHER TWO INSTALLATIONS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY BY LEVERAGING THE ASSET THAT THE NAVY CURRENTLY OWNS WHICH IS THE LAND AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL . SO TO DATE WE'VE CONVENED IN SEPTEMBER HELD OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING AT THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL ACTUALLY CONVENED IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN SEPTEMBER OUR FIRST MEETING IN IN PORT ROYAL PUBLIC MEETING PORT WELL IN NOVEMBER WE'VE BEEN MEETING BIWEEKLY SINCE THEN THIS GROUP HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN ITS TIME SCHEDULE WE JUST WRAPPED UP IN THE LAST MONTH MEETINGS WITH THE CEO IN OUR OFFICES AND A COMPREHENSIVE SITE TOUR TOP TO BOTTOM BASEMENT TO CEILING AND THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF THE INSTALLATION SURVEYING AND TESTING ALL OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN THERE.

WE HAVE PRELIMINARY SITE PLANS AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OVER THE COMING WEEKS TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BRING A PROPOSAL TO THE NAVY FOR WHAT THEY MIGHT DO IN SEVERAL PHASES AS WE THE EXPECTED DRAW THAT OF OF ACTIVITIES IN NAVAL HOSPITAL BEAUFORT HAPPENS OVER THE COMING YEARS SHOW THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE SOME REVENUE SUPPORT NEW JOBS NEW INVESTMENT AND NEW TAX BASE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN A WAY THAT AUGMENTS THE EXISTING MILITARY THAT WE HAVE THAT IS THE BIG THE BIG GOAL WE'RE ON TRACK TO BRING A PROPOSAL TO THE NAVY IN JUNE.

THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL STATED GOAL AND WE'RE IT WE DO BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING NEEDS. THIS IS NOT THIS IS GOING TO GET US THROUGH THE END OF PHASE ONE, NOT TO THE END OF THE PROJECT. WE STILL HAVE TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVITY BY THE NAVY ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE TO GET THEM TO PUT OUT AN RFP ASSUMING THEY DO AND BELIEVE THAT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. WE BELIEVE THERE'LL SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WE WILL NEED TO PROVIDE TO GET THAT PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH AND THAT IS THE REASON WE ARE ASKING FOR RENEWED FUNDING AT A LEVEL STATE IS LAST YEAR AND I THINK THAT'S IT. I KNOW THAT'S MY TIME SO WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS WE FOR MR. SCOTT AND IF GIVEN I DO I KNOW YOU CAME AND TALKED TO MY ROTARY ABOUT THIS THIS PROJECT WITH THE NAVAL HOSPITAL WHEN YOU CAME TO TALK TO US KIND OF WIDE OPEN HAVE YOU ALL STARTED TO NARROW THAT DOWN AND IF SO CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF YOUR IDEAS WITH US? WE ARE NARROWING IT DOWN. I'D LOVE TO DO SOME INPUT ON A SMALL GROUP BASIS WITH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IF WE COULD JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TRACK BEFORE WE GO PUBLIC WITH ANY OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN THERE. BUT THE PUNCH LINE WE ARE LOOKING AT A MIXED USE REDEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOME HOUSING WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AN ECONOMIC CATALYST, A PIECE OF THAT SITE THAT WILL GIVE PRODUCT FOR MR. O'TOOLE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADERS ACROSS OUR REGION TO GO PROMOTE AND THEN WE ENVISION AN ADAPTIVE REUSE THAT'S COMPLEMENTARY TO THE REGION WITH THE EXISTING NAVAL HOSPITAL FACILITY IT'S INCREDIBLE STRUCTURE THAT'S INCREDIBLY WELL MAINTAINED AND HAS A LOT OF MERIT. WE BELIEVE THERE'S AN ADAPTIVE REUSE THAT COULD BE COULD BE, COULD SELL WELL, THANK YOU. YES, GO AHEAD.

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ANY QUESTIONS? MR. ABBOTT, GO AHEAD. IT'S NOT A QUESTION AS A COMMENT I READ THROUGH YOUR REPORT WAS VERY SUCCINCT, VERY INFORMATIVE.

I NOTICED HERE IT SAYS IN THE FISCAL YEAR THE MESSAGE IS FUNDING FROM COUNTY WAS MATCHED AT AN 80% RATE BY FROM THE STATE AND FROM LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING HERE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DENY YOUR REQUESTS. SO I FOUND IT YOU KNOW GOOD THAT 80% YOU HAD A MATCH RATE THERE AND YOU HAVE SOME PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT AS WELL.

RICK, TRULY THE MEK WAS FOUNDED IN I BELIEVE THREE. IT HAS LEGS THAT ARE LONG OLDER THAT BUT IT WAS FOUNDED AS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. I SEE THE CHAMBER AS A STEWARD OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. IT WAS HOUSED AT THE CHAMBER AT ITS INCEPTION.

IT'S CERTAINLY INTEGRATED INTO OUR MISSION AND IS INTEGRAL TO THE SUPPORT THAT WE TRY TO BRING TO ALL LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR US THAT'S IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

I THINK THE MILITARY IS A COUNTY WIDE ECONOMIC ASSET. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR COUNTYWIDE GDP CAN BE TIED DIRECTLY TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN AT THE AIR STATION AT PARRIS ISLAND, THE NAVAL HOSPITAL BEAUFORT AND IS A BIG PART OF THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY THE PATRIOTISM THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS AND I THINK WHY PEOPLE TO BE HERE. SO YES WE WERE REALLY HAPPY THIS TO BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE EFFORT IN THIS NAVAL HOSPITAL PROJECT GOING FORWARD AND WE DID ENJOY SOME SUPPORT FROM THE STATE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FROM THE STATE AND FROM MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS BUT AGAIN THE FIRST DOLLARS IN WERE FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY AND WE WANT IT TO AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT SUPPORT THAT ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD CONFIDENTLY. WE WERE ASKED THE CHAMBER ACTUALLY PUT THE FIRST DOLLARS IN PRIOR TO THE LAST BUDGET YEAR SO WE COULD GET STARTED EARLY. WE ONLY HAD THAT CONFIDENCE BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP FROM COUNTY COUNCIL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MR. GLOVER YEAH, SO LET ME LET ME IS NO QUESTION THAT THE MILITARY BASES VITAL TO US TO THESE AREAS AND WOULD TO BE HERE HUNDREDS OF YEARS FROM NOW AND I THINK THAT'S THE MISSION OF VIEW OF OF OF THE MEK AS WELL.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO BEFORE SENATOR THURMOND DIED HE GOT FUNDING FOR BARRACKS ON PARRIS ISLAND WHICH GAVE ME THE ASSURANCE THAT IF HE'S FUNDING THAT HE'S INVESTING IN PARRIS ISLAND IS GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE. DO YOU FORESEE ANY FUTURE INVESTMENT AS IT RELATES TO STORM SEA LEVEL RISING AND THE CONCERN WITH PARRIS ISLAND IN PARTICULAR DEALING WITH SEA LEVEL RISING? YES, SIR.

AS AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'M INVOLVED IN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN WITHIN COUNTY AND SO AND I'VE ALSO HAD LIKE I SAID THREE TOURS ON PARRIS ISLAND.

I ENDED UP AS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR PIERCE ISLAND IN 2016.

BUT I HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING. PARRIS ISLAND IS VERY WELL SET RIGHT NOW TO WEATHER THE IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE CLIMATE CHANGE.

VERY, VERY WELL SET THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE ABOARD PARRIS ISLAND RIGHT NOW WILL TRULY MAKE THAT THAT LOCATION VIABLE FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS. SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE AND PARRIS ISLAND. NOW THAT SAID I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRAC IN 2005 SO I COLLECTED THE DATA FOR THE BRAC FOR THE MARINE CORPS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANALYZING WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD A GOOD LOCATION. AND SO I HAVE A VERY VERY ACUTE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE TRIGGERS THAT WOULD WOULD MAKE THIS AN ATTRACTIVE ATTRACTIVE TARGET. I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE TRAJECTORY THAT THE COUNTY IS ON AND THE COMMUNITY IS ON DOES NOT MAKE THIS AN ATTRACTIVE TARGET FOR A BRAC OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW. GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU WANT TO CAN YOU ALL US THROUGH THE MAKE UP OF THE EXPANSION OF THE INCLUDE BLUFFTON HILTON HEAD WHO'S GOING TO DO THOSE APPOINTMENTS AND DID I SEE SOMETHING THERE ABOUT THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL PLAYING A ROLE THERE NOT REALLY AN AUTHORIZED BODY.

SO WHY ARE THEY GETTING TWO VOTES ON THE COMMITTEE AT THE TWO QUESTIONS THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL THE MEC PRIOR TO EITHER OF OUR TENURES TO INCLUDE THE WITH THE GOAL

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WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWNS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND BLUFFTON ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE THE WAY THE CHARTER HAS BEEN DRAFTED AND THE THERE IS A COPY OF OUR CHARTER IN THE PACKET OF MATERIALS THAT WENT AROUND AND WE HAVE AN EXTRA COPY FOR STAFF WHICH INCLUDES THAT THOSE APPOINTMENTS THAT WOULD BE FOR THE MAYORS OF THOSE RESPECTIVE TOWNS.

OKAY SO WHAT'S THE FUNDING LEVEL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAP.

WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO COMMIT FUNDING TO BE A PART OF MECCA AT THE FRONT.

WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE THEM AT THE TABLE ENGAGE INVOLVED IN UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES THAT THE MEC WORKS ON WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL DELEGATION. WE THINK A WHOLE COUNTY WIDE APPROACH WOULD GIVE US A STRONGER POSITION IN RESPONSE TO ANYTHING COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON. SO SO. SO WHAT'S SAFEGUARD AGAINST BLUFFTON IN TOWN THE HILTON HEAD OUT ON FROM DOMINATING THE MAG AND TAKING OVER MOST OF THE PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY LIKE THE TOWN HILTON HEAD IS PRONE TO DO I'M SURE I HAVE THAT SAFEGUARD IN PLACE AT THE MOMENT. I'D BE DELIGHTED TO TALK YOU AND WORK WITH YOU IF WE NEED TO STRUCTURE SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTIONS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

GLOOMILY THANK YOU FOR COMING MR. SCOTT AND ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU. AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL FURMAN, THANK YOU FOR COMING AS WELL.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND. JUST YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED MY TURN TO HEAT UP SO THAT WAY WE GET DOWN SOONER AND IT WAS HOT. I'VE JUST THAT'S A JOKE.

I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT IF WE GET THE AIR CONDITIONING TURNED ON, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US ALL HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT IS WARM IN HERE.

BUT LET'S MOVE ON MR. BACK MAX YOU WANT TO GO NOW? YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND WOULD YOU GUYS WALK AN HOUR LAST ONCE YOU GO LAST IF THAT'S OKAY OBVIOUSLY THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MISS ARIANA PERNICE WHO WAS THE VP OF VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU I MUST PRODUCE YOU CAN COME FORWARD.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME AND SPEAK TO US TODAY. THANK FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS UP.

I APPRECIATE IT MY NAME IS ARIANA PERNICE NINE WITH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MY OVERSEE VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND YOU WILL I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WALK THROUGH OUR FISCAL YEAR 324 DEMO MARKETING PLAN AS A DEMO FOR OUR DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION FOR SOUTHERN COUNTY, THE HILTON THAT ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS CHARGED WITH DRIVING AWARENESS AND CONNECTING NOT ONLY TO THE DESTINATION BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESSES. SORRY. IT'S OKAY.

WE DO THIS WITH A MISSION EXCUSE ME WITH A VISION A WELCOMING WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY EMBRACING NATURE, CULTURE, ECONOMIC VIBRANCY FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS FOR VISITORS WITH A MISSION TO STIMULATE THE REGIONAL ECONOMY WHILE ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. BUT HOW ARE WE GOVERNED? I THINK WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE OVERSIGHT OF TOURISM AND WE ARE CHARGED WITH RESPONSIBLE AND TOURISM ON A DAILY BASIS BUT WE DO THAT THROUGH THE OF THIS WE ARE WHICH IT WAS REALLY BIG ON MY PRESENTATION BUT LOOKS A LITTLE SMALLER THERE SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT OR HAVE HAD A PRINTED PIECE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT. BUT WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD WAY TO SHOW SYNERGY AND PARTNERSHIP WE ARE THE ORGANIZATION OURSELF.

WE HAVE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS BUT WE ALSO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AS A AS A PARTNERSHIP WE ARE ACCREDITED BY DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL YOU OVERSIGHT FROM THE STATE TOURISM ENTITIES AS AS TURK AND WE ALSO PROCEED WITH AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT BEFORE WE CAN LOOK FORWARD WE HAVE TO LOOK BACK DO THAT QUICKLY WITH OUR YEAR IN REVIEW. SO AGAIN THIS IS CAPTURING THE CALENDAR YEAR OF JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER AS WE'VE ALL SEEN PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND

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WE START FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THE WEBSITE AND THAT HAS BECOME FROM WHAT WE'VE KNOWN AS A WELCOME CENTER HAS BECOME A VIRTUAL WELCOME CENTER THAT WE DO HAVE STAFF ON HAND THAT WOULD DO WELCOME WHEN THEY GET HERE. WE WITH THAT VIRTUAL FRONT DOOR AND THOSE WEBSITES ARE VISIT BLUFFTON VISIT TO FESCUE DAWG SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE WE ARE UP 31.8% THE YEAR PRIOR WAS 304,000 WEBSITE VISITS AND SO THAT'S GREAT. PEOPLE ARE COMING THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE WEBSITES, THEY'RE LOOKING ALL THE WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL IMAGERY THAT WE HAVE THE VIDEOS BUT.

THEY'RE ALSO SHAKING HANDS OF OUR BUSINESSES RIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TOUCHING THOSE THAT LIVE AND BREATHE IN OUR PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE CALL THOSE REFERRALS AND WE CALL THEM HANDSHAKE. SO THOSE HANDSHAKES ARE CONNECTING THE VISITOR ONLINE TO THE BUSINESSES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE DID THAT WITH OVER 70,000 PARTNER REFERRALS HANDSHAKES WHICH WAS UP 8.6. 8.6% TO LAST YEAR. BUT AS WE KNOW WE CAN'T REST ON JUST THE WEBSITE ALONE IT'S REALLY THIS ALL ON ALWAYS ON APPROACH THAT WE TAKE WHEN IT COMES TO TOURISM SO WITH THE HOW ARE PEOPLE FINDING US? WELL THEY'RE FINDING US THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS BUT SOCIAL MEDIA AS WE ALL KNOW IS A WONDERFUL PLATFORM THAT GETS A LOT PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION AND IT PUSHES THE WEBSITE TO VARIOUS PAGES WITHIN THE WEBSITE AND WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH EXPLORER BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS VISIT BLUFFTON SOUTH AND THOSE ARE BOTH UP TO LAST YEAR BY AND TOTAL FOLLOWERS WE GREW BY 26% ALMOST 27% AND WE GREW OUR IMPRESSIONS ARE THE EYEBALLS THAT SEE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS BEING PUSHED ON SOCIAL 11.4% THE END OF THE DAY AGAIN THAT'S THAT FIRST TOUCH POINT WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN TO SEE ON THE WEBSITE OR IN SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT ARE THEY MAKING A CONVERSION? ARE THEY COMING TO PUT A HEAD IN THE RIGHT? AND THAT'S REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO THAT HOTEL OPPORTUNITY WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT BLUFFTON THE OCCUPANCY YOU SEE HERE AT 61% IS SLIGHTLY DOWN JUST UNDER 10% AT 9.3% DOWN TO LAST YEAR.

NOW WHY IS THAT? WELL, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE WORLD OPENED UP RIGHT? SO THERE ARE A LOT MORE CHOICES OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES TO ACCOMMODATIONS.

AND SO AS WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES BACK OPEN AND QUITE EARLY ON IN THE COVID PROCESS, OTHERS ARE JUST NOW OPENING UP AND SO THOSE THAT HAD FREQUENTED US OR CALLED US HOME FOR OVER THOSE THREE YEARS OR HAD EXPERIENCED FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW HAVE A FEW MORE CHOICES. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CLOSELY BUT AGAIN TEN 10% OR JUST UNDER 10% DOWN IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS RAISING RED FLAG BUT WE'RE WATCHING IT WATCHING IT MINDFULLY. THE GOOD PIECE OF THAT IS THAT OUR AVERAGE DAILY RATE WAS UP BY 4.6%. WE WERE GARNERING $306 PER ROOM NIGHT WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE SEE THE OTHER PIECES AND I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU HAVE IN HAND BUT I BROUGHT A COUPLE EXAMPLE ARE PHYSICAL PIECES OF FULFILLMENT SO WE PRODUCED BOTH A REGIONAL BOOK FOR THE REGION OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND BLUFFTON AND OF HUSKY AND WE ALSO CREATE A BLUFFTON BOOK THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE AS WELL. THESE ARE DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL AMOUNT OF FACILMENTE THAT WE PUSHED ON BOTH THESE WERE FOLKS WAS JUST UNDER 100,000 UNITS. HOWEVER WE PRODUCE 110 IN TOTAL SO THERE'S 25,000 OF THIS BOOK PRODUCED AND 85,000 OF THIS BOOK PRODUCED AND ARE THEY SENT WELL, THEY'RE SENT TO ALL OF OUR TRIPLE-A OFFICES ALL TO OUR SOUTH CAROLINA WELCOME CENTERS. THEY ARE FULFILLED AT ALL OF OUR MEDIA EVENTS AND OUR TRADE SHOWS AS WELL IN OUR OFFICE FOR FULFILLMENT AS WELL AS MAILED OUT FOR AN EMAIL INQUIRIES OR PHONE CALLS THAT WE RECEIVE. SO I'M HAPPY TO LEAVE THESE BEHIND AND SHARE THESE WITH YOU LATER ON BUT THESE ARE BEING FULFILLED.

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IN ADDITION TO THE PAID EFFORTS ON MEDIA, WE ALSO HAVE OUR EARNED MEDIA.

SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR MEDIA EFFORTS WE PAY FOR AND THE EARNED IS WE HAVE A TEAM BACK IN THE OFFICE LED ONE OF MY COUNTERPARTS AND SHE AND HER TEAM WORK CLOSELY TO RELATIONSHIPS WITH JUST THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE PUBLICATIONS AS TOWN AND COUNTRY SOUTHERN LIVING GARDENING TOWN THAT WORK ON EDITORIAL SIDE AND SO THEY'RE FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS ALL THE TIME LEARNING THEIR INTERESTS ARE WHAT ARTICLES THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRODUCING AND SHE'S WORKING WITH THE TEAM TO KIND OF PLANT LITTLE SEEDS INTEREST OKAY WE HAVE THIS OVER HERE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT. WE HAVE THIS COMING DOWN PIPELINE AND SO BY BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SHE WAS ABLE TO EARN WITH AGAIN NO CHARGE OR FEE TO THIS OVER 148 MENTIONS WITHIN THE SOUTHERN COUNTY AREA AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S OVER 540 MILLION IMPRESSIONS. AGAIN IF WE PUT DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THAT THAT WOULD COST NEAR THE $397,000 IN AD VALUE. AGAIN WE DID NOT PAY FOR THAT THOSE WERE EARNED AND PUT THROUGH EDITORIAL AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO THAT COMPLIMENT ALL OF OUR MEDIA EFFORTS THAT WERE IN PLACE WITH A SUCCESSFUL YEAR BEHIND US.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO WHEN WE GO FORWARD IN THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR? WE FIND IT VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COUNTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PIECES THAT WE KNOW TRAVELERS ARE LOOKING FOR TODAY EVEN WITH ALL CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH COVID, OUR ATTENTION SPANS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS AND EVEN WITH THE WORLD OPENING BACK THESE SIX THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU CREATE UNIQUE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT SOUTHERN COUNTY SO I HAVE THOSE SIX WE'RE LEADING WITH OUR GARLIC GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEEP HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARTS THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER DESIGNATIONS TALKING ABOUT OUR NATURAL BEAUTY WATERWAYS AND PARKS LOCAL CULINARY, LOCAL MARKET EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS OUR UNIQUE FESTIVAL AND EVENTS WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER OUR TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC AND THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS IS DRIVEN THROUGH OUR VISITOR PROFILE STUDY WHICH WE DO ANNUALLY FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THAT PRODUCES OUR EFFORTS OF WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO TARGET WHO ACTUALLY SKEWS A BIT MORE MALE IN THIS OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS A UNIQUE EFFORT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN QUITE SOME TIME.

HOW ARE WE GETTING TO THAT INFORMATION? SO 61% ARE SKEWING MALE SO WHEN THEY ARE IN LEARNING ABOUT SOUTHERN COUNTY OR TOWN OF BLUFFTON IN OR UNINCORPORATED BLUFFTON THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO OUR WEBSITES.

THEY'RE RAISING THEIR HAND TO SAY THEY'RE INTERESTED BY INQUIRING ABOUT ONE OF OUR VACATION PLANNERS OR SIGNING UP FOR NEWSLETTER AND WE ASK THEM IN THEIR QUESTION JUST A SIMPLE QUICK QUESTION WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON TRAVELING AND BY THEM IDENTIFYING A DATE WE CAN REACH BACK TO THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THEIR PROPOSED TIMEFRAME AND WE FOLLOW WITH HOW WAS IT? WHAT DID YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE INTO SOUTHERN AND THE PERSON WHO'S FILLING THAT OUT HE MIGHT OR MIGHT BE THE PERSON MAKING THE DECISION IN THE HOUSEHOLD BUT THEY ARE THE INSTANCE SINCE THE MAIL WAS MORE PROMINENT IN THOSE RESPONSES SO HE AND THIS THIS EFFORT IS SKEWING A BIT MORE MALES THE DECISION MAKER THEY ARE AN AFFLUENT TRAVELER 150000 TO 250000 HOUSEHOLD INCOME 53% HAVE RECEIVED AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE OR HIGHER. THEY HAVE A PROPENSITY TO TRAVEL WITH 2 TO 4 TRIPS PER YEAR AND THEY'RE STAYING LINK FOR FOUR NIGHTS. SO WE WE ACTUALLY FUNNEL THAT A

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BUT NOW WITH OUR ATTENTION SPAN AND WE CAN ALL THINK OF THIS AS CONSUMERS THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE SITTING HOME AND WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT AND WE HAVE OUR TABLET, OUR PHONE, THE TV, THE STREAMING RADIO SOMETHING'S ELSE IS ON AND IT'S VYING FOR OUR ATTENTION.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN .

WE'RE APPROACHING OUR EFFORT OF REACHING OUR DESIRED CONSUMER WE HAVE TO CAST A PRETTY BROAD NET RIGHT. AND WE'RE GOING TO PULL THEM THROUGH.

BUT WHAT'S THAT ONE PIECE THAT'S GOING TO SAY HEY, I TO THINK ABOUT SOUTHERN COUNTY I WANT TO THINK ABOUT BLUFFTON OR DUSKY AND I WANT TO TRAVEL DOWN AND I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT THESE. THESE ARE INTERESTS THAT I LOVE AND I WANT TO SEE MORE OF IT.

SO WE MIGHT DO THAT BY REACHING THEM WITH A KEYWORD THAT THEY RECOGNIZE IN AN ARTICLE IT MIGHT BE THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL PRINT PIECE THAT THEY SAW AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALL OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THOSE THINGS OVER TIME THAT'S PULLED THEM THROUGH THAT FUNNEL THAT SAID I'M A QUALIFIED VISITOR AND I'M GOING TO SHAKE THAT HAND AS A THROUGH THE WEBSITE INTO A PARTNER AND SO THAT ON APPROACH WITH THESE PIECES THAT YOU SEE AROUND THIS ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HAVE ON AT SOME POINT THEY'RE ALWAYS FIRING OUR APPROACH TO REACHING THAT DESIRE CONSUMER ARE THROUGH THESE FIVE STRATEGIES WITH ONE OVERARCHING GOAL THE OVERARCHING GOAL US REGARDING TOURISM IS TO ENSURE THERE'S A QUALIFIED VISITATION TO THE DESTINATION. WHAT DOES QUALIFIED ME REALLY THE BOX OF WHO THAT VISITOR PROFILE DETAIL WAS WHAT WE OUT BUT IT'S ALSO ARE THEY PUTTING THEIR HEAD IN THE BED AND ARE THEY INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY WHILE THEY'RE HERE AND ARE THEY INVESTING IN IT NOT ONLY WITH SPENDING TIME AND IN SOME OF THEIR DOLLARS HERE BUT ARE THEY BEING RESPECTFUL ALSO AS A VISITOR ARE RESPECTING THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR DESTINATION THAT WE LOVE SO MUCH. SO THOSE KIND OF PUT THROUGH AS AN OVERARCHING GOAL AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIVE STRATEGIES I BELIEVE THIS PRESENTATION WAS SENT BIT EARLIER TO YOU SO I WILL GO THROUGH THE FIVE BUT JUST KNOW IN THE BACK I HAVE EACH ONE BROKEN OUT AS A SAMPLE OF WHAT I WOULD DO WITHIN EACH FIVE WITH THE TEAM WE WANT TO BUILD BRAND AWARENESS SUPPORT QUALIFIED VISITATION TO THE DESTINATION AMONG OUR TARGET MARKETS. WE'D LIKE TO DRIVE THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF THE DESTINATION THE DEEPER AND DESTINATIONS KEY ATTRIBUTES.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. HOW CAN WE POUR A BIT DEEPER INSIGHT TO OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO THAT RICH HISTORY AND CULTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE THOSE PIECES OR WHATEVER GOING TO PULL AND DIFFERENTIATE US AND SEPARATE US FROM OUR DESTINATIONS THAT SURROUND US THAT PEOPLE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO VISIT.

WE WANT TO LEVERAGE A STRATEGIC MIX OF TARGETED METHODS TO IDENTIFY AND REACH THOSE OUR USERS SO AS WE THINK OF A FUNNEL WE HAVE BROUGHT PAST THAT BROAD NET.

WE WANT TO PULL THAT QUALIFIED VISITOR THROUGH. THEY'VE RAISED THEIR HAND, THEY TRAVEL, THEY RAISE THEIR HAND, THEY MAKE 250 TO 250000 PLUS HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

THEY HAVE A PROPENSITY TO TRAVEL BUT NOT ONLY THAT AS AS THE FIRST OR SECOND LEVEL THAT THEY'RE COMING THROUGH IN FUNNEL, ARE THEY QUALIFIED MORE BECAUSE THEY LOVE SOME OF THE ATTRIBUTES THAT WE HAVE THEY LOVE THE LOWCOUNTRY. THEY WANT TO BE HERE.

THEY WANT TO BE WITH US. THEY THE ACCOMMODATIONS WE HAVE TO OFFER THEY LOVE OUR CULINARY EXPERIENCES SO ON, SO FORTH AND WE'RE PULLING THEM THROUGH. SO EVENTUALLY THEY'RE HERE.

WE WANT TO CREATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF AND RESPECT FOR THE DELICATE ECOSYSTEM THE DESTINATION RESPONSIBLE TOURISM IS IS PARAMOUNT FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND HAS BEEN IN OUR DNA SINCE WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING TOURISM WE LOVE TOURISM WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR US HERE IN THE COUNTY AREA. HOWEVER WE WANT TO VISITOR VISITOR THAT HAS RESPECT FOR OUR OUR AREAS WELL WHEN THEY WALK BY WE WANT THEM TO BE RESPONSIBLE WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE HEADING TO BED AND THEY'RE ENJOYING OUR TOUCH POINTS, YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO JUST BE NILLY AND WALK AWAY AND SAY OKAY AND ON TO THE NEXT WE FIND THAT WHEN YOU TIE OUR CORE VALUES AS A COMMUNITY TO TOURISM THEY THEMSELVES END UP LOVING IT JUST LIKE WE DO AND THEY CALL IT HOME FOR EVEN IF IT'S 2 TO 4 NIGHTS, SIX NIGHTS SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE INVESTING.

WE ALSO WANT TO ENHANCE THE LEISURE AS WELL AS THE GROUP BUSINESS THROUGH QUALIFIED VISITATION. SO YES WE ARE LEISURE FOCUSED BUT THERE IS A FAIR SHARE

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THESE ARE NICE. THANK I MEAN I SEE YOUR BUDGET IS THREE FIVE 300 RIGHT.

AND THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH I BELIEVE YOU WORK WITH OUR CONTROLLER AND WE ANTICIPATE BASED ON ACTUALS AND FORECASTS GOING FORWARD, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THEY RECEIVE TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS IS BY ORBITZ. THEY RECEIVE THE LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX WHICH IS $150,000 A YEAR FOR THE DMO AND THEN THEIR SECOND FUNDING SOURCE IS A STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX WHICH IS THEY GET 15% AND THE CVB GETS 15% AND IT DEPENDS ON REALLY WHAT'S COLLECTED IN IN THE STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX THAT NUMBER CAN VARY YEAR TO YEAR BUT IF Y'ALL NEED IT I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WHAT THEY RECEIVE IN THIS REQUEST IS IN ADDITION TO NO, NO, NO.

THIS WAS JUST TO KIND OF SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU AND GIVEN US A HEADS UP. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OBVIOUSLY THE HILTON HEAD BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS, OUR DESIGNATED MARKETING ORGANIZATION. SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BROAD SO ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WE SIT HERE TODAY? NO, MISS BRITISH YOU ALL DO A WONDERFUL JOB. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.

AND AGAIN THE ORGANIZATION HAS OBVIOUSLY WON MANY, MANY TOP AWARDS THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT OVER THE PAST OF YEARS AND BEING CHAMBER OF THE YEAR TWICE OR THREE TIMES IN THE PAST TEN YEARS I THINK IT'S THREE. YEAH OKAY ALL DO A GREAT JOB SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. OKAY YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. YEP. OH, WE MADE HIM WAIT LAST TIME AND HE PATIENTLY WAITED. THEN WE KICKED HIM OUT. SO MR. BAXLEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME UP TO SPEAK TO US TODAY AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS SO RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME AND ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEMORIAL AND OUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR AND IN THE RESPECT EACH OF YOUR TIME I WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION. THERE IS A LOT OF SLIDES I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE ABOUT AND WHAT OUR MISSION IS AND SO I'LL TRY TO DO IS HIT THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION AND THEN I GET TO MY REQUEST. SO I THINK SPECIFICALLY JUST WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE SERVE WE ARE 201 BEDS THE ONLY NOT FOR HOSPITAL THE LARGEST HOSPITAL BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON WE WELL OVER 300 PHYSICIANS OUR MEDICAL STAFF REALLY HAS 2000 EMPLOYEES INCLUDING CONTRACT STAFF AT THIS POINT AS WE'VE GROWN SOUTH THE BROAD WE HAVE AN INPATIENT REHAB UNIT, AN 18 BED MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, THE ONLY MENTAL HEALTH UNIT IN A THREE COUNTY AREA, SEVEN OPERATING ROOMS, TWO CANCER CENTERS WITH THE STATE OF THE ART LINEAR ACCELERATORS SAME AS YOU'D FIND THE SAVANNAH ROOM USC YOU HAVE AN INVENTORY SURGERY CENTER JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN RIVER ROAD AS WELL AS INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, LABOR DELIVERY, SEVERAL ROBOTICS PROGRAMS THAT TURN IN TERMS OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY AND MOST RECENTLY WE DID PURCHASE 30% OF A HOME HEALTH COMPANY WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION AND YOU SEE SOME OF OUR LOCATIONS SO YOU SEE WE SERVE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH THE BROAD AND YOU SEE A LITTLE DOT UP THERE AND THE COUNTY AS WELL WHERE WE HAVE A RURAL HEALTH CLINIC HERE'S A PEOPLE'S HEALTH CENTER BUT YOU

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COUNCILWOMAN. SHE HELPS US ON THE BOARD. SHE SEES THE VOLUMES AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT I'M TALKING AND THEN OUR FINANCIALS LAST YEAR ULTIMATELY WE ENDED UP SPENDING ABOUT $290 MILLION. WE MADE ABOUT $290 MILLION THIS YEAR THAT'S PROJECTED MORE AROUND $300 MILLION IN TOTAL EXPENSES MOSTLY BEING MADE UP OF STAFF WAGE INCREASES, BENEFIT INCREASES AND HEAVY INFLATIONARY PRESSURE IN TERMS OF SUPPLIES AS WELL I TELL YOU WE ARE STILL SEEN AS SOME OF YOU PROBABLY UNDERSTAND MAJOR SUPPLY CHAIN INTERRUPTIONS STILL EVEN TO THIS DAY AND OUR VENDORS ARE TELLING EXPECTED AT LEAST THROUGH CHRISTMAS OF THIS YEAR SUPPLY CHAIN INTERRUPTION YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU NORMALLY COULD GET PRIOR TO COVID OUR TERRIBLE SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW WE HAVE A FOUNDATION THAT IN FOUNDATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE DO. THEY HELP PROVIDE $500,000 A YEAR IN CAPITAL PURCHASES FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE ENDOWMENT PAYS OUT ABOUT $1,000,000 IN TERMS OF OPERATING EXPENSES AND THEN THEY HELPED FUND A FEW NEW PROGRAMS WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE LAUNCHED DURING COVID AND IS STILL GOING TODAY IS OUR FOOD INSECURITIES PROGRAM.

WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE 50 MEALS A DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WORK WITH MARCI ORGANIC FARMS AND A FEW OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO DELIVER THOSE MEALS ON HELENA ISLAND THE LADIES ISLAND EVERY DAY AND THAT ENDS UP BEING ABOUT TWO OR 50 MEALS A WEEK.

WE ESTIMATE THAT TO BE ABOUT 65 TO $70000 IN DONATED FOOD A YEAR.

PRETTY SIMPLE ACTUALLY. WE JUST PREPARE AN ADDITIONAL 50 MEALS EVERY TIME WE PREPARE DINNER FOR OUR PATIENTS AND WE HAVE A CENSUS ABOUT 110 220 WE JUST MAKE AN ADDITIONAL 50 MEALS AND THEN DELIVER IT EACH DAY WE STARTED A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE AGAIN.

WE FOUND THAT A LOT OUR PATIENTS WHO COME TO EITHER THE EMERGENCY ROOM OR TO CHEMO OR RADIATION ONCOLOGY SOMETIMES HAD TROUBLE WITH TRANSPORTATION.

WE HAVE TWO VANS NOW AND YOU SEE THAT LAST YEAR THEY DROVE ABOUT 900 MILES IF YOU SAY UBER $2 A MILE THAT SAME PATIENTS ABOUT $18,000 IN UBER WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A SECONDARY VAN AND SO WE EXPECT TO DRIVE 18000 TO 20000 MILES TO HELP PATIENTS GET TO AND FROM APPOINTMENTS. AND AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE ARE CANCER PATIENTS OR SICKLE CELL ANEMIA PATIENTS OUR SICKLE CELL CLINIC OR DISCHARGED PATIENTS WHO CAN'T AFFORD A RIDE.

YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THE MOBILE WELLNESS UNIT THAT IS NOTHING NEW.

WE DID UPGRADE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT YOU JUST SEE THE VALUE OF SOME OF THE FREE CARE THAT WE PROVIDE AT COMMUNITY CENTERS AND CHURCHES OUR OUR PROGRAMS. BUT YOU CAN SEE FOR EXAMPLE WE DID 45 HEALTH SCREENING EVENTS LAST YEAR SERVING 960 PEOPLE AND THEN OUR MISSION IS ALSO TO SERVE THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE CARE THAT THEY RECEIVE OF THAT IS IN PARTNERING WITH THE GOOD NEIGHBOR MEDICAL CLINIC.

THEY NOW SIT ON OUR CAMPUS IS RENT FREE FOR THE GOOD NEIGHBOR MEDICAL CLINIC WE VALUE THAT ABOUT 75,000 AND THIS IS THEIR NUMBERS NOT OURS BUT THESE ARE THE FREE TESTS WE PROVIDE TO THEIR PATIENTS. SO 399 LAB TEST 140 IMAGING PROCEDURES AND THEY USE THAT THEY VALUE AND APPLY FOR THEIR FUNDING AND GRANTS EACH YEAR. SO THOSE ARE THEIR NUMBERS THEY NOT OUR NUMBERS AND THEN JUST SOME THE CHRONICALLY ILL LOW INCOME UNINSURED THAT WE PROVIDE THIS IS THROUGH OUR ACCESS HEALTH PROGRAM. I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO INCLUDING IMAGING PROCEDURES, SCREENING MEMOS, COLONOSCOPIES IS ABOUT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FREE CARE THROUGH COORDINATED CARE AND ACCESS HEALTH AND YOU CAN SEE THE REDUCTION IN ED VISITS FOR THESE PATIENTS AS WELL AS A 23% REDUCTION IN INPATIENT ADMISSIONS WHICH IS REALLY WHAT THE POINT OF THE PROGRAM IS IS TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND THEN OUR SICKLE CELL CLINIC HAS BEEN WHAT I THINK IS A HUGE SUCCESS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 56 PATIENTS ENROLLED.

YOU SEE EMORY GULCH ACTUALLY JUST WON A NURSE OF THE YEAR AWARD.

50 NURSES WERE HONORED THIS PAST YEAR AND SHE WAS ONE OF THEM FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WE DID 700 ALMOST 700 SICKLE CELL ENCOUNTERS LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY REDUCE THESE PATIENTS VISITS TO THE E.R. BY 3730 5% AND DECREASE THEIR HOSPITAL STAYS 47%. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE

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SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE SICKLE CELL CLINIC. AND THEN AS YOU GUYS WE ARE TREATING BE HIT AN EPIDEMIC SO WE MOVED ON FROM COVID NON TO THE OPIOID PANDEMIC AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE YOU SEE DR. PHIL CUSUMANO THERE BUT WE DID OPEN A SUBSTANCE ABUSE CLINIC IN THE LAST YEAR TWO YEAR AND A HALF. HE TREATED 109 PATIENTS ON AN ONGOING AND YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF THESE PATIENTS ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS TREATMENT AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO ACTUALLY RECRUIT MORE PROVIDERS TO THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE CLINIC ON ADDICTION MEDICINE AS WE SPEAK. DON'T HARM ME, HEAL ME, BE NICE TO ME THIS IS WHAT WE OPEN UP EVERY WITH THIS IS WHAT OUR PATIENTS EXPECT INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF AWARDS THAT WE'VE WON. I'M GOING TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MOST RECENT ONE WHICH IS A TOP FIVE IN THE NATION.

SO WE WERE NAMED THIS PAST YEAR AS A TOP 30 HOSPITAL FOR OUTCOMES IN THE ENTIRE NATION SO THAT'S OUT OF 3000 ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS WE'RE IN THE TOP 5% AND THAT TALKS ABOUT MORTALITY RATES, READMISSION RATES, BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS, SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS WITH INJURY WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT PREVENTING OUR PATIENTS FROM MEDICAL HARM AND MEDICAL ERROR AND MEDICAL DEATH. RIGHT. AND WE KNOW THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE A YEAR DIE FROM MEDICAL CARE IN HOSPITALS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS AWARD. AND YOU SEE IT ON BILLBOARDS AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH IN THE BLUFFTON AREA A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR IS SUPPORTING OUR WORKFORCE.

YOU GUYS ARE VERY AWARE OF THE PATH FORWARD AND I APPRECIATE HALEY IN PARTICULAR FOR HELPING SPEARHEAD THIS AS WELL AS ERIC GREENWAY. THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL HELPING TO WORKING WITH THE THE HOSPITAL IN DEVELOPING THIS PROGRAM BUT REALLY THE TRIPLE AIM APPROACH FIRST WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL WELLNESS AND BURNOUT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC HEALTH CARE WORKERS EXPERIENCED A GOOD BIT OF BURNOUT AND FATIGUE WE TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL WELLNESS AND LASTLY WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION AND UPWARD MOBILITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. WE LAUNCHED A BUNCH BURNOUT A NUMBER OF BURNOUT MITIGATION PLATFORMS. WE HIRED A WELLNESS COORDINATOR .

WE OFFER HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THROUGH COMMUNITY WORKS $10,000 FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO BUY HOUSES AND TO BE FOR COUNTY AREA. WE'VE CREATED FAMILY MEAL DEALS AND THEN ALSO WE LAUNCHED LIKE THE HUB WHICH IS A COMMUNICATION PLATFORM FOR US.

WE DID OPENING LEARNING CENTER THROUGH COVID AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING TO MOVE THAT DAYCARE LEARNING CENTER ON CAMPUS. YOU SEE A PICTURE OF THE MODULAR IT'S ABOUT A ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AND WILL HOUSE 100 CHILDREN RIGHT NOW OUR PROGRAM HOUSES 60 AND ULTIMATELY WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR A SLIDING SCALE TUITION WHERE IS 60% AT THE HIGHEST OF WHAT YOUR NORMAL RATE WOULD BE AND BEFORE COUNTY BUT FOR SOME SCHOLARSHIP MODELS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE FOR THEIR CHILDREN DEPENDING ON INCOME AND NEEDS SO WE DO LOOK TO OPEN THAT. UP NEXT YEAR AS WE BREAK GROUND IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS NEXT TO THE CAMPUS THE PATH PROGRAM ITSELF WE'VE SEEN CLOSE TO NOW WE'LL WILL GRADUATE ANOTHER 7 TO 8 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PATH PROGRAM THIS WEEK.

SO WE'LL HAVE GRADUATED WELL OVER 60 AND THIS IS REALLY THE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE ISSUE THAT WE'RE SEEING AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT WE'RE HEADED OFF A CLIFF.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FOR NURSING WE'RE SCHEDULED BE SHORT 10,000 NURSES IN SEVEN YEARS. THAT'S THE FOURTH WORST IN THE NATION PER CAPITA.

THAT'S THE FOURTH WORST IN THE NATION. SO SOUTH CAROLINA IS IN A BAD WAY IN TERMS OF THE WORKFORCE IN HEALTH CARE SPECIFICALLY. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO TRAIN OUR OWN RIGHT AND RIGHT. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GONE INTERNALLY, WE HAVE RECRUITED FROM ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS AND ALLOWED THEM TO GET THE EDUCATION WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, BECOME PATIENT CARE TECHS AND PHLEBOTOMISTS AND EKG TECHS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND HAVING JOB FAIRS TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD ASKING THEM HAVE HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCE NOT REQUIRED WILL TURN YOU INTO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER? WE JUST NEED THE RIGHT ATTITUDE AND WORK ETHIC AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE TRYING TO GENERATE THINK NEW HEALTH CARE, NEW PEOPLE TO THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE IF YOU WILL AS A PICTURE OF THE CLASS RIGHT THERE IN THE INAUGURAL CLASS. ONE THING I'M VERY PROUD OF OF THE 13 THAT ARE YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE 12 OF THEM PASS THE CERTIFICATION EXAM. THAT'S A 92% PASS RATE.

THAT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL. ANY SCHOOL MUCH LESS ONE THAT WAS STARTED AT THE HOSPITAL IN JUST THE PAST YEAR 92% PASS RATE FOR THE CERTIFICATION EXAMS. AND THEN LASTLY WITH THE PAT PROGRAM THIS IS OUR NURSING SCHOOL AND.

I MENTIONED AGAIN THAT WE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE SHORT 10,000 NURSES IN SEVEN YEARS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO DOUBLING THE ENROLLMENT OF THOSE ENTERING THE WORKFORCE THIS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US UCB OBVIOUSLY COUNTY AND THE CITY BEAUFORT THIS IS GOING TO DO TWO THINGS IN THE IMMEDIATE WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THIS ON THE CAMPUS. WE WILL LEVERAGE OUR STAFF BE ADJUNCT FACULTY.

THIS WILL ALLOW UCB TO DOUBLE THEIR ENROLLMENT AT THEIR PROGRAM IN THE NEXT YEAR TO TWO YEARS THAT IS NEEDED OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE NEED TO GRADUATE A WHOLE LOT MORE NURSES THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN COMMUNITY. BUT SECONDARILY TO THAT WE WANT TO CREATE AN ACCREDITED ACCELERATED NURSING PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A CAREER CHANGE. SO YOU HAVE A FOUR YEAR DEGREE, YOU WANT TO BECOME A NURSE.

THE ACCELERATED PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO BECOME AN R IN ONE YEAR'S TIME THROUGH THE YOUR

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I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS NOT WITHOUT TRYING HAVE 110 EMPLOYED PROVIDERS IN OUR MEDICAL GROUP. THESE JUST THE PROVIDERS WE RECRUITED LAST YEAR AND THAT IS NOT ALL OF THEM I JUST KIND OF THE PICTURES ON THE SLIDE WE'VE RECRUITED 70 PROVIDERS IN SIX YEARS TIME NEW TO THE AREA AND YOU SEE A FEW OF THEM ARE ONCOLOGY SURGEONS LIKE TERRY GROSS JOVIC PSYCHIATRIST LIKE DR. SCOTT WALMER YOU SEE ROB SMITH IS A FAMILY MEDICINE DOCTOR, PULMONOLOGIST, SPINE SURGEONS ETC. WE'VE RECRUITED A TON OF PROVIDERS BUT WE STILL CAN'T GET AHEAD OF POPULATION GROWTH AND THOSE THAT NEED APPOINTMENTS.

BUT WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO RECRUIT ABOUT TEN A YEAR NEW TO THE COMMUNITY OUR OKATIE FACILITY WE HAVE OUTGROWN THE SPACE THAT IS 70,000 SQUARE FEET AND WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING FOR NEW SPACE ICE THE BUSIEST FACILITY HAVE BUT WE GET A LOT OF GOOD REVIEWS ON THIS FACILITY AND WE NEED MORE AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S SUCH A LONG WAITLIST TO SEE PATIENT.

I SEE PHYSICIANS IN THIS MARKETPLACE BRIT'S COOKS AND PEOPLE IS REALLY ARE OUR ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS PRIMARY CARE AND YOU SEE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TELEMEDICINE KIOSK PUBLIX BUT WE HAVE NOW FOR KIOSK AND PUBLIX GROCERY STORES BUT I THINK THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS PUBLIX DELIVERS MEDS TO OUR PATIENTS BEFORE DISCHARGE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY WHICH MEANS EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE AND YOU CAN'T YOUR MEDS POST-DISCHARGE YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEM AT LEAST BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOSPITAL IN A 30 TO 60 DAY SUPPLY IN HOPES TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND THEN OUR URGENT CARES WE OPEN THREE OF THESE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS THESE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN RESPONDING TO COVID 19. BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW BUSY THEY ARE, OUR SLOWEST ONE SEES ON AVERAGE ABOUT 50 A DAY AND OUR FASTEST ONE OUR MOST BUSY SEES ON AVERAGE ABOUT 60 TO 70 A DAY. YOU PUT THAT ON TOP OF 120 VISITS IN THE E.R. WE'RE SEEING WELL OVER 200 PATIENTS A DAY ACUTELY IN COMMUNITY JUST TRYING TO AGAIN MEET THE NEED AND OUR HOME HEALTH AGENCY WE DID BUY 30% OF A MEDICINE THAT'S PART OF THAT BECAUSE DURING COVID WE LEARNED THAT CARE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUTSIDE FOUR WALLS OF THE HOSPITAL. HOSPITAL AT HOME BECAME A PILOT PROGRAM MEDICARE SKILLED NURSING FACILITY HOME BECAME A PILOT PROGRAM WITH MEDICARE MEDICARE IS GOING TO MAKE THESE PERMANENT PROGRAMS PARTNERING WITH THE MEDICINES US TO START UNDERSTANDING HOW TO PROVIDE CARE IN THE FOUR WALLS OF THE HOME VERSUS IN THE HOSPITAL AND SO WHY WE PARTNERED WITH THE MEDICINES THEY'VE GOT A GOOD REPUTATION HIGH QUALITY SCORES AND THEY'VE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS TO US. WE PURCHASE 30% OF THEM A YEAR AGO A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THE HORIZON FOR MEMORIAL THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.

SO CURRENTLY THE STATE IS ASKING HOSPITALS TO RESPOND TO THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AS I DISCUSSED WE ALREADY HAVE AN 18 BED MENTAL HEALTH UNIT BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY PERSON APPROPRIATE FOR THAT INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. SOME HAVE DUAL SUCH AS SUBSTANCE ABUSE OTHERS ARE JARROW, SOME ARE PEDIATRICS SOME DON'T NEED AN INPATIENT ADMISSION BUT THEY DO NEED STABILIZATION AND SOME FOR THREE FOUR OR FIVE 6 HOURS.

SO WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO BUILDING A NEW SITE SPECIALIZED UNIT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO INCLUDE OBSERVATION AREAS, QUIET ROOMS, A NURSE'S STATION ETC. THIS IS BETTER FOR US.

IT'S BETTER FOR THE PATIENT CREATES IT CREATES OR REDUCES ELOPEMENT RISK AS A SAFER ENVIRONMENT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS IF YOU WALK THROUGH A BUSY DAY IN THE YOU MAY SEE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE HALLWAYS WITH STRETCHERS BECAUSE WE ARE SOMETIMES FOR SOME OF THOSE PATIENTS ARE MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS WITH SECURITY SITTERS BESIDE THEM THAT'S NOT A PLACE FOR SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS TREATMENT TO BE IN A HALLWAY AND A BUSY OR ON A STRETCHER WAITING FOR PLACEMENT. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO SEE TREAT THEM AND DISCHARGE THEM IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. WE PROJECT TOTAL CAPITAL COST TO BE $1.2 MILLION THE TOTAL ONGOING OPERATIONAL COSTS AT ABOUT $950,000.

THAT'S SPECIFICALLY STAFF FOR VERY SPECIALIZED PSYCHIATRIC TRAINED NURSES MENTAL HEALTH LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHIATRIST TO STAFF THIS I ALSO DO BELIEVE THIS COULD BE USED AS A DUAL DIAGNOSIS UNIT TO ALSO TREAT SUBSTANCE PATIENTS IF NECESSARY.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH MR. GREENWAY ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN IN TERMS OF RESPONDING THAT EPIDEMIC AS WELL USING THIS CENTER WE ARE INSTALLING A NEW CARDIAC CATH LAB AS WELL AS REFRESHING OUR PATIENT TOWER RIGHT NOW AND INSTALLING A NEW NURSE CALL SYSTEM. THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE VALUED AT ABOUT $5 MILLION.

WE DO ABOUT 500 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION OR INTERVENTIONS A YEAR I.E. YOU ARRIVE IN OUR E.R. HAVE CHEST PAIN. WE CAN TREAT THAT RIGHT THERE VERSUS SHIPPING YOU OUT TO CHARLESTON OR SAVANNAH. WE DO AGAIN 500 OF THOSE PROCEDURES A YEAR AND AND THEN TWO OTHER BIG PROJECTS STILL COMING.

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WE'RE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY AS TO WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN WITH THE CEO IN LAWS AND THAT LEGISLATION. BUT AS OF TODAY AGAIN WE HAVE A COURT DATE IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURTS TO DEFEND NEED FOR A HOSPITAL AND THOSE CHALLENGING IT WILL TRY TO DEFEND WHY BOSTON DOESN'T NEED A HOSPITAL AND THEN OUR RENOVATION THAT IS SET TO KICK OFF IN SEPTEMBER. FORTUNATELY AIR HANDLING UNITS TAKE 46 WEEKS TO PROCURE AND SO WE'RE A LITTLE DELAYED ON NEEDING NEW AIR HANDLING UNITS AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

BUT AGAIN MOST OF THIS IS FUNDED BY A HEARSE A GRANT ABOUT $18 MILLION AND THEN THE OTHER 5 MILLION OR SO IS FUNDED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION AND CHARITABLE DONATIONS.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE $24 MILLION IS COMING TO RENOVATE YOURS. BUT THAT WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL 2 HOURS TO OUR COMPLEMENT OF SEVEN TURNING TO NINE IN THE HOSPITAL AND I CAN TELL YOU GOOD LUCK FINDING BLOCK TIME RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE NEW SURGEONS WE'VE RECRUITED THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL 2 HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE NOW THE 14,000 SURGERIES WHEN I ARRIVED HERE IN 2016 WE WERE DOING 8000 SURGERIES A YEAR.

NOW WE'RE DOING 14 GROWING 15,000 SURGERIES YEARS WE'VE ALMOST DOUBLED THE OF SURGERIES WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS AND THEN LASTLY OUR BUDGET REQUESTS.

SO HERE THE THREE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE ONE IS ONGOING. SO OVER THE LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS BEFORE MEMORIAL THE COUNTY IS GENEROUSLY BEFORE MEMORIAL $1 MILLION TO FUND INDIGENT CARE PSYCHIATRIC CARE. I WILL TELL YOU OUR BUDGET HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE SINCE I THINK 2016, 2017 AND WE'RE ON A BUDGET $300 MILLION AND OVER 2000 EMPLOYEES AT THAT TIME. WE HAVE 1400 EMPLOYEES BUT WE DO ABOUT $14.3 MILLION SPECIFICALLY IN CHARITY CARE IN THE E.R. 40% OF OUR PATIENTS HAVE NO INSURANCE TO THE E.R.

AND IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE, ONE IN THREE OF OUR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS NO INSURANCE WHEN WE ADMIT THOSE PATIENTS THEY STAY AN AVERAGE OF SIX DAYS AND WE LOSE ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR ON PSYCHIATRIC CARE. UNFORTUNATELY PAYERS DON'T PAY WELL FOR PSYCHIATRIC CARE THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY'VE CAUGHT UP WITH MEDICARE, MEDICAID, TRICARE ETC. THEY JUST DON'T PAY WELL FOR PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND PSYCHIATRIC PROVIDERS AND NURSES ARE COMING AT A PREMIUM THESE DAYS AND SO WE SIT AT ABOUT $2 MILLION LOSS TO TO BASICALLY FUND THAT INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH UNIT AND OUTPATIENT CARE. WE'RE ALSO THE ONLY FACILITY THAT ACCEPTS OUTSIDE OF OUR COASTAL EMPIRE ALL INSURANCES NO INSURANCE FOR OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CARE AS WELL. I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT WE BELIEVE THROUGH PRO FORMA AT THAT $900,000 THROUGH BILLING INSURANCE RECEIVE ABOUT $450,000 BACK. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR $500,000 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION. AGAIN SPECIFICALLY WE THINK THIS WILL DO A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE. IT WILL IT WILL REDUCE TRANSPORTS.

SO RIGHT NOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS CONTRACTS OUT ANY TRANSPORTS TO PATIENTS THAT NEED FACILITIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF MEMORIAL SCOPE.

WE BELIEVE THROUGH THIS EMPATH MODEL AND IF YOU'VE READ THE WHITE PAPERS 80% OF ALL THOSE PATIENTS CAN ACTUALLY BE SEEN AND DISCHARGED FROM A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.

SO WE THINK THERE'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE NEED TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS TO SAY CHARLESTON OR COLUMBIA OR AT TIMES GREENVILLE IS AS FAR AS WILL TRANSPORT THESE AT TIMES AS WELL AS AGAIN I THINK WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO DO ADDICTION MEDICINE IN HERE AS WELL IN TERMS OF CRISIS STABILIZATION WITH PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST. AND THEN LASTLY A ONE TIME ASK FOR THE LEARNING CENTER. AGAIN, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE REALIZED IS THAT TO GET CHILD CARE IS A BIG ISSUE IN BE FOR COUNTY AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE AND THIS IS ANOTHER WAY WE'RE TRYING TO COMBAT COST OF LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOWER THE COST OF CHILD IS ANOTHER WAY TO FIGHT INFLATION BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU TRYING TO FIGHT INFLATION BY JUST RAISING WAGES BY 5 TO 10% EVERY YEAR A IS THE CALCULUS DOESN'T WORK FOR US AND SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LOWER THE COST LIVING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND DAYCARE AND THEN WORKFORCE HOUSING WHICH IS PROBABLY A WHOLE NOTHER MEANING IS VERY HIGH ON OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW.

SO TOTAL ASK ON A ONE YEAR BASIS IS $2.75 MILLION AGAIN PREVIOUSLY THE COUNTY FUNDED $1,000,000 APPROXIMATELY OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ,CONCERNS ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BAXLEY? I DO, YES. GO AHEAD.

SO WITH ALL THE FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH FROM THE GOVERNOR I'M TALKING FEDERAL NOW AND ALL OF YOU TO HELP I THINK PROVIDING MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES YOU HAVE 202 MILLION FOR ONGOING SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY ROOM INDIGENT ARE FEDERAL FUNDS INVOLVED IN THAT YOU HAVE STATE FUNDING. I MEAN THIS IS THEIR BIG THING TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SO

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WE DO GET THIS PAYMENTS THESE PAYMENTS JUST GO TO COVER THE COST OF CARE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY LOSE MONEY MEDICAID AND IT'S MOSTLY MEDICARE PATIENTS.

SO WE SUBMIT A COST REPORT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THROUGH THOSE PATIENTS THEY HELP WHATEVER WE LOST ON CARING FOR THOSE PATIENTS. BUT THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFICALLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS HELPING TO FUND THAT ER CARE OUTSIDE OF DISH PAYMENTS AND EXPANSION OF MEDICAID SERVICES AND I SEE HERE THE LITTLE LINE UNDER 500,000 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION IT SAYS WITHOUT THIS FUNDING WE MAY NOT ABLE TO SECURE 1.2 MILLION FROM THE STATE. SO INTERESTINGLY HOW THIS HOW THIS WORKS IS THE IMAGE IS &-PY FORWARD. BUT SECOND ON MEDICAID FOR FOR WHATEVER REASON IS FORWARD SOME MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES THROUGH THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING THEY HAVE ABOUT $35 MILLION IN GRANT MONEY THAT IS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT IT'S ONLY FOR CAPITAL BUILD OUT. THEY WILL NOT USE THAT MONEY FOR ANY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ASK EACH APPLICANT TO DO IS ESSENTIALLY SHOW US HOW YOU WILL FUND THIS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS BASED ON OUR PRO FORMA AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE DO THINK THAT WE WILL SEE ONE IN THREE THAT ARE UNFUNDED, WE DO SEE ONE IN THREE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MEDICAID AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF INSURANCE PAY IF YOU WILL. WE WILL PROBABLY SEE ABOUT 450 TO $500000 A YEAR IN REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH LEAVES ABOUT $400,000 IS THE DELTA OR GAP. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER THE COUNTY TO HELP FUND SAID THING TO BREAK EVEN ON SAID UNIT VERSUS TRYING TO FUND IT THROUGH OTHER RESOURCES BECAUSE IF WE TAKE FROM SAY OTHER RESOURCES THAT MEANS WE FOREGO OTHER PROJECTS POSSIBLY IF WE'RE FUNDING THAT 500,000 OURSELVES SO THAT $2 MILLION GAP ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TERMS OF $2.5 MILLION GAP ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND THAT'S ONE THING WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID IS LETTING THAT THAT THAT GAP GROW EVEN WIDER ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING A LITTLE SUSTAINABLE SO WHAT IF YOU DON'T GET THE INCREASED FUNDING FROM COUNCIL WHAT'S YOUR FALLBACK? WE'LL GO BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN PULL IT FROM I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S OUR ONLY FALLBACK I MEAN RIGHT NOW I MEAN THAT'S WE WOULD PULL IT FROM IF IF THE COUNTY COUNCIL DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD THAT THREE YEARS 500 THEN WHAT WE WOULD PROBABLY DO IS GO BACK AND SAY WOULD WE TAKE IT FROM IN THE BUDGET AND AGAIN OUR BUDGETS 300 MILLION SO WE'D HAVE TO REDUCE SOME EXPENSES AND IN OTHER AREAS TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A BREAK EVEN BUDGET YOU KNOW COVID'S NOT BEEN KIND TO HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS I CAN TELL YOU JUST GOOGLE HOSPITAL HEALTH SYSTEMS BANKRUPTCIES, LAYOFFS OR FORECLOSURES OR MERGERS.

HOSPITALS ARE LOSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHERE ONCE THEY WERE PROFITABLE MOST OF THEM WERE NOW IN THE RED. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN THE RED BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WERE THREE YEARS AGO DUE TO CONTRACT LABOR AND WE'VE TAKEN A PATH SPECIFICALLY AT MEMORIAL WHERE HOSPITALS ARE CUTTING ALL CONTRACT LABOR AND THAT'S CREATING I WOULD SAY PROBLEMS EMERGENCY ROOMS YOU CAN'T ADMIT PATIENTS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE BEDS AVAILABLE.

WE'VE KEPT OUR CONTRACT LABOR AT GREAT EXPENSE BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALL THE PATIENTS FROM THE E.R. AND SO PATIENT THROUGHPUT HAS NOT BEEN SACRIFICED NOR IS PATIENT SAFETY. BUT THAT IS PUTTING STRAIN ON OUR FINANCIALS BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO EMPLOY LABOR AT WHAT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS PRIOR TO COVID AS WELL AS RECRUIT MORE NURSES, INCREASE WAGES, BENEFITS HAVE INCREASED ETC. SO I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THE THE PRESSURES HOSPITALS RIGHT NOW ARE GREATER THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN BEFORE. SO A NOTE HERE THAT BASED ON YOUR 2022 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YOU SHOWED AN INCREASE IN NET POSITION OF ABOUT 20 MILLION.

WHY DO YOU NOT FUND SOME THESE ADDITIONAL NEEDS FROM THAT FUNDING? WELL, WE SAW A NET INCREASE IN $20 MILLION REVENUE BECAUSE WE SAW AN INCREASE OF $20 MILLION IN EXPENSE AS WELL. SO BACK THAT TO OUR POSITION INCREASED BY 20 MILLION IN TERMS OF NET REVENUE GOING FROM 272 TO 90. BUT OUR EXPENSES ALSO INCREASED TO ABOUT TO SO IF I GO BACK TO THE THIRD OR FOURTH SLIDE WE ENDED UP DOING 270 AND EXPENSES TWO YEARS AGO VERSUS 219 EXPENSES THIS PAST YEAR. WE EXPECT THAT TO BE 300 MILLION THIS YEAR. AGAIN MOST OF THAT IS LAST YEAR WE GAVE OUR INCREASE OF ABOUT 10 TO 15% IN WAGES AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 12 ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST WAS 20%.

THE LOWEST WAS ABOUT 5 TO 6% DEPENDING ON YOUR JOB CATEGORY AND OUR BENEFITS INCREASE ABOUT

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SO BETWEEN THAT AND THEN SUPPLIES GOING UP ABOUT 10 TO 15% POST-COVID AND AND CHEMO DRUGS BEING A PART OF THAT AS. WELL AND EVEN RIGHT NOW WE'RE EXPERIENCING CHEMO DRUG SHORTAGES SO EVEN TODAY WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET THE CHEMO DRUGS THAT WE NEED.

SO WE'RE HAVING FIGURE OUT SUBSTITUTES EVEN FOR ONCOLOGY CARE THESE DAYS AND DRUG COSTS ARE GOING UP SO SUPPLY GOES DOWN. THAT MEANS COSTS GO UP ESSENTIALLY WHICH IS ANOTHER THING WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE IT WAS EARLY ON AND IT SAID BASICALLY OPERATING REVENUES AND SAYS TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT 1.3 MILLION YEP SO COULDN'T SOME THAT BE USE THE FUNDS OF SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS? I WOULD SAY THAT 1.38 MILLION IS GOING TO FUND THE NEXT ROUND OF RAISES THAT WE'RE GIVING AND THE BENEFIT EXPENSE AS WELL AS THE 1% INCREASE ON THE PENSION PLAN THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS YEAR. SO YOU RUN THESE PROGRAMS LIKE THE SUMMER PATH AND THE NURSING SCHOOL. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT THEY WORK IN COUNTY WHEN THEY COME OUT IF THEY TAKE THEY ARE SCHOLARSHIPS AND SO THEY COMMIT TO A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT IF THEY TAKE IT THEY GO THROUGH THE PATH PROGRAM. OKAY, I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE GO AHEAD. THAT WAS OUR TOTAL COMMITMENT FOR THE 10,000 FOR FOR SOME OWNERSHIP PROBABLY FIVE YEARS. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I THINK YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR THE OPIOID GRANT MONEY THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE RECEIVING AND NOT YET.

WE'VE HAD ONE MEETING THUS FAR AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD MEETING AND WE'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION AND THAT'S NOT JUST THIS HAS NO IMPACT ON YOUR BUDGET NO THAT THAT'S THAT'S I THINK VERY NEW TO US AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH MR. GREENSMITH AND HIS TEAM AS TO WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING WITH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR OUR DIRECTOR OF THE E.R. AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO EXPAND TO TREAT ADDICTION. YOU KNOW THAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD YOU ESTIMATE OF YOUR NURSES OR CONTRACT NURSES RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THAT TO GO HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE. I CAN TELL HOW MANY NURSES ARE CONTRACT NURSES WE ABOUT 50 CONTRACT NURSES IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEY'RE THERE BASED OUT THE CONTRACT NURSES VERY VERY MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CORRECT THEY'RE ABOUT $90 AN HOUR AND WE'RE ALSO RECRUITING INTERNATIONALLY AND JUST FOR COMPARISON IN THE U.S. WHO AS A NURSING SCHOOL HAS RECRUITED 120 FILIPINO NURSES TO FILL THEIR GAPS. SO IF ANY USC IS STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT NURSES IN RECRUITING INTERNATIONALLY AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN NURSING SCHOOL, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE KIND OF WHAT COMMUNITY HOSPITALS ARE DEALING WITH.

MR. GLOVER A YES. A BEXLEY. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS JUST LIKE GO COUNCILMEMBER AND DID ON MENTAL HEALTH. WELL I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR BUDGET REQUEST . I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANYTHING THAT WOULD GIVE AN IDEA INCREASE IN THE BUDGET SIMPLY THAT A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE ALONE. I DO HAVE A PERSONAL ONE. IS THERE ANYTHING IT'S A LOADED QUESTION SO LET YOU KNOW BEFORE YOU EVEN ANSWERED IN YOUR PROGRAM OR WHO HOME HEALTH THAT YOU GOING AND VISITING VISITING THE PATIENT. HAVE YOU RUN INTO ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR WORK IS COMING BACK AND SAYING THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF ROADS THEY CAN'T SERVICE THESE PATIENTS I WOULD SAY NO NOT YET. I'VE NOT ASKED THE QUESTION EITHER. IT'S GOOD ENOUGH. YOU SAID NO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MR. PRESSMAN? YEAH. OH, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

RUSSELL, YOU SAID THAT THE OKATIE PAVILION IS KIND OF MAXED OUT.

YOU'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT. IS THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED AFFECTING THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THAT FACILITY THAT IS WELL, NO. YES. YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO EXPAND IF WE WERE TO EXPAND ANOTHER FACILITY WOULD DO BOTH PHYSICIAN CLINICS WHICH DON'T REQUIRE SEE A WIN BUT ALSO LOOK AT MAYBE SOME MORE OUTPATIENT FACILITY HOSPITAL BASED SORT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE WOULD REQUIRE A SEE A WIN IN TODAY'S.

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I FEEL LIKE FROM A MORAL WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IN A BETTER POSITION TODAY IF WE WERE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT HOSPITAL IN BLUFFTON THREE YEARS AGO THAN THAN TO STILL STALL AND WAIT AND WAIT TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICES.

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I TELL YOU EVEN NOW WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE AMBULANCES AND PEOPLE COMING FROM HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON ZIP CODES TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THAN WE EVER HAVE BEFORE.

SO TO SEE A WIN HAS BEEN I THINK A BARRIER TO US EXPANDING CARE AND TO US BECOMING AN EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM THAN WHAT WE ARE TODAY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BUT THERE IS A LOT OF DEBATE ON THAT RIGHT NOW. UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF ZIP CODES IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION COVERING 23 ZIP CODES. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND I KNOW 23 ZIP CODE DOESN'T EXIST WITHIN BEAUFORT COUNTY SO . HOW FAR OUT DO YOU EXTEND YOUR TRANSPORTATION? EMC HAMPTON, CHARLESTON AT TIMES WE'VE GOT CROSS GEORGIA BORDERS AT TIMES B FOR COUNTY OBVIOUSLY HAMPTON COUNTY, JASPER COUNTY COLLEGE AND COUNTY. YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY FAR REACHING IN TERMS OF WHERE OUR PATIENTS COME FROM ON HOW THEY IN OUR THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE IN COUNTY.

I MEAN WE SAY 23 ZIP CODES BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE IN R&B FOR WITH A GOOD BIT IN HAMPTON GIVEN OUR RURAL HEALTH CLINIC POSITION UP THERE. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD. SO QUESTIONS FROM ME WOULD BE SO YOU'RE THINKING YOU'RE BEING THROWN $1,000,000 COMING UP HERE AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS HAVE GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN AND OUR PORTION HAS STAYED THE SAME OR HAS NOT UP WITH WHERE YOU ARE.

SO IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN CLOSER ONE THIRD OF PERCENT. SO YOU'RE ASKING US TO GO TO THAT THAT 1% INCREASE TOO TO TRY TO STAY WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WE ARE ALL VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO REAL QUICK TELL US HOW MUCH OF YOUR BUDGET IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THAT $3 MILLION AND THEN ALSO IF YOU CAN JUST TOUCH ON WHAT KIND OF SURPLUS YOU'VE HAD IN THE PLANT PAST AND WHERE YOU ARE NOW BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW YOU'RE A NONPROFIT, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A AND WHERE YOUR SURPLUS IS AT THIS TIME.

SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE OPERATING ON A BREAK EVEN BUDGET A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THE BREAK EVEN THROUGH WHEN ARE WE IN MARCH THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

OUR DAYS CASH ON HAND SITS AT ABOUT 90 DAYS NOW PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK THEY'RE DAYS CASH FOR US $100,000 SO IT TAKES ABOUT THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY. NOW PRIOR TO WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO COUNTY COUNCIL TO REQUEST A RAISE, CASH FOR US WAS 500,000. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS OR DAYS CASH HAS INCREASED $300,000 A DAY TO RUN THE HOSPITAL AND SYSTEM. 90 DAYS CASH RUNS RIGHT NOW IS EIGHT IS 800,000.

SO WAS THAT $6,070 MILLION IN RESERVE? WE HAVE NO DEBT.

SO WHAT I WOULD SAY PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK IS THAT GOOD OR BAD FOR NONPROFIT HOSPITALS? WELL, I WOULD SAY A LOT OF NONPROFIT HOSPITALS WILL TELL YOU THEY HAVE 200 DAYS CASH ON HAND BUT THEY HAVE $2 MILLION IN DEBT. SO THE BANK OWNS A LOT OF THAT, RIGHT. WE HAVE NO DEBT SO YOU KNOW, WE OWN ALL THAT SO WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED ON ANY SORT OF NOTE SO THAT 90 DAYS IS OUR 90 DAYS AND NOT OBLIGATED TO REGIONS OR TDI OR ANYTHING ELSE OF THAT NATURE CAPITAL BUDGETS DIFFERENT.

SO THIS YEAR'S OUR CAPITAL BUDGET NOT INCLUDING THE BIG PROJECTS OVERALL WAS ABOUT $6 MILLION AND THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY SAW SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS BUT FOR EXAMPLE THE NURSING SCHOOL IS FUNDED A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIP DOLLARS, GRANT DOLLARS ETC. THE RENOVATION OF 24 MILLION IS FUNDED AT GRANT DOLLARS AND FOUNDATION AS WELL.

SO THAT IS NOT INCLUSIVE IN THAT. AND SO YOU'RE AT AND WE HAVE SOME DEFERRED CAPITAL SO I SAY THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL 5 MILLION BUT FOR EXAMPLE IN THE NURSE CALL WE'VE DEFERRED FOR TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET PARTS BECAUSE OF COVID SO WE ORDERED OUR NEW NURSE CALL SYSTEM TWO YEARS AGO AND IT'S TAKEN US TWO YEARS TO GET ALL THE PARTS IN TO ACTUALLY START THE PROJECT. SO SOME OF THAT WOULD BE CAPITAL. SO THIS YEAR WAS ABOUT SIX DEFERRED CAPITAL ABOUT TWO FOR THE PREVIOUS YEARS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET WHAT WE NEEDED. WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT AN $8 MILLION CAPITAL PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THE BIG ONES THAT YOU SEE TODAY.

GREAT QUESTIONS FOR MR. BAXLEY. MR.. BUT HE COMMENTED THAT YOU COMMENTED YOU HAVE NO DEBT, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

SO IF WE DON'T THIS THE 2.75 MILLION IS IMPOSSIBLE. YOU'D HAVE TO AND DO A DEBT SERVICE FOR SOME OF THAT. IT'S POSSIBLE I MEAN WE HAVE A REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT $20 MILLION WITH REGIONS THAT HAVE I WOULD A FAIRLY GOOD RATE BECAUSE WE TOOK IT OUT WELL BEFORE THE INTEREST RATES SKYROCKETED SO YEAH WE COULD GO TO THAT I PREFER NOT TO IF IT ACTUALLY PASSED WE WORKED PRETTY HARD TO GET OUT OF DEBT AND AND WORK PRETTY HARD TO STOP ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE BANKS EVERY MONTH AND AND SO WE PREFER NOT TO BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT AN OPTION MR. CHAIRMAN. YES GOOD.

MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE WE'RE CURRENTLY FUNDING ABOUT $1,000,000, RIGHT?

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OKAY. AND THE REQUEST IS 2.75. RIGHT.

AND JUST TOTAL. YES. AND A MILLION OF THAT IS IN ADDITION TO 500 IS IS SPECIFIC TO A PARTICULAR PROJECT AND THEN TO 75 IS A ONE TIME ASK FOR THAT $1.5 MILLION PROJECT FOR THE LEARNING CENTER DAYCARE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND THAT CURRENT MILLION IS TIED TO THE MILLS. RIGHT.

OKAY SO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. YES, SIR. YOU GOT IT.

GREAT. NO MORE QUESTIONS. MR. BAXLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE PERSONALLY AND BEING GRILLED BY US AND YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB AS USUAL AND WE VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU LEADING BEFORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. YOU DO A PHENOMENAL JOB SO PLEASE STICK AROUND. DON'T GO ANYPLACE ELSE WE YOU TO STAY HERE AS LONG AS YOU CAN. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN SO THANK YOU.

SO MY WIFE YOU SAID THAT SHE AGREES. GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN AND TRY GET THROUGH THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE REMAINING. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WAS

[9. PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND BUDGET STATUS]

SO LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO LET ME SEE NUMBER NINE ON OUR AGENDA PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND MR. WILLIAMS BACK TO YOUR LOAN. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY. I NEED TO SET A FIVE MINUTE TIMER.

IF YOU WON'T GET ALL THAT, THAT'LL BE FINE. BUT I WANT TO KIND OF LET YOU ALL KNOW WHERE WE ARE. SO ON FEBRUARY 28TH EVERYBODY GOT THEIR BUDGETS AND WE HAVE BEEN SIFTING GOING THROUGH THE BUDGETS PIECE BY PIECE. PAYROLL EXPENSES LOOKING AT YEAR OVER YEAR AND TRENDS LOOKING AT DETAILS OF THEM. I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DETAILED REVIEWS THAT WE'VE DONE IN I WOULD SAY EVER WHITNEY SHOWED HER TRUE COLORS. SHE SHE WANTS TO COME BACK TO FINANCE.

SHE'S BEEN A BIG HELP AND SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T BEING DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ANY MORE AND SHE WANTS TO COME BACK. THAT'S. PROBABLY NOT WITH ERIC BUT ANYWAY BUT BUT SHE'S BEEN A SHE UNDERNEATH HAVE BEEN IN I'VE WORKING ON IT IT'S BEEN A GOOD PROCESS. WE'RE ABOUT DONE WITH THE GENERAL FUND.

THE BIG THING THAT WE NEED IS A REASSESSMENT WHICH WE GOT ON FRIDAY SO WE CAN CALCULATE THE ROLL MILLAGE IN THE VALUE OF A MILL AS YOU KNOW IN A QUADRANT MAY OR MAY NOT MOVE IN THE QUADRENNIAL REASSESSMENT. YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED ROLLBACK MILLAGE WHICH IS A FORMULA AND BASICALLY RECALCULATE IT SO A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY DOESN'T HAVE A WINDFALL BECAUSE OF A CHANGE ASSESSED VALUES AND THEN YOU GO OFF THAT AND YOUR MILL VALUE CHANGES WHICH IT WILL BE HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR AND TECHNICALLY IT SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO AND GETTING THAT DONE. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO COVER IS WE ARE HAVING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH ON PALM OIL REVENUE MILLAGE SETTING AND ROLLBACK MILLAGE SEMINAR HOSTED BY CITY IN THE HOUSE THE SOUTH ON REVENUE THAT'S ON APRIL 27TH AT 1030 AND SOME COUNCILMEN ARE ATTENDING LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE BUT I'VE PUT IN THERE BUT WE'RE THE GENERAL FUND IS RIGHT NOW IN IT'S ONE OF CHANGE AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO CHANGE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT $1,000,000 LOSS BUT WE GOT TO SHORE UP SOME MORE EXPENSES. WE GOT TO SHORE UP SOME MORE REVENUES.

WE'RE GETTING THERE BUT THERE'S A HANDOUT IN THERE AND IT'S ABOUT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR PAGER THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK THROUGH THE FIRST PAGE. THIS HAS IT CONDENSED AS LIKE TOTAL CATEGORY. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK THAT I WANTED TO DOVE THAT FAR DOWN INTO REVENUES AT ALL. THAT WOULD BE KIND OF MIND NUMBING.

BUT WHAT I THOUGHT I MIGHT WANT TO DOVE DOWN INTO IS ON THE NEXT TWO PAGES WOULD BE THE EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT VERSUS WHAT THE PRE BUDGET WAS LAST YEAR AND THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND THEN WE HAVE AN INCREASE AND DECREASE COLUMN SO YOU KIND OF SEE WHERE THEY ARE THERE AGAIN THESE AREN'T THE FINAL NUMBERS. THEY MAY CHANGE AS TIME GOES ON BUT THAT'S OUR FIRST SHOT AT IT AND THEN THE VERY LAST PAGE WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE EXPENSES BY FUNCTION PERSONNEL SERVICES, PURCHASE SERVICES, SUPPLIES CAPITAL OUTLAY SUBSIDY DOLLARS CONTINGENCIES OTHER EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS IN KIND OF WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR WHERE THEY ARE THIS PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THESE NUMBERS.

SO I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. I THINK DENNIS HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND THE THE FINANCE DEPUTY FINANCE, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, FINANCE

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SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'RE BETTER OFF ASKING THEM TODAY, SENDING YOU INFORMATION THROUGH EMAIL OR WAITING FOR MAY 8TH TWO TO GO THROUGH. WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION YET AND PROBABLY SEND IN MORE DETAIL STUFF OUT THE ALL BEFORE SO YOU ARE AND JUST SO THE TSUNAMIS THAT WON'T COME AND JUST WASH OVER Y'ALL ON THE EIGHTH OF FOUR REAMS OF PAPER THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRINT OUT THE BUDGET BUT WE CAN DO IT DIGITALLY WE HAVE A DIGITAL PDF BUT IF YOU SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE OLD PAPER THAT FLIP THROUGH AND WE WANT TO HAVE A REQUESTED COLUMN AND A RECOMMENDED COLUMN PROBLEM WITH THE REQUEST BUT SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT COME IN AFTER WE ROLL TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND WE CAN'T PUT THE NUMBERS BACK IN SO A LOT OF THEM ARE OR WHY OR SWAGS YOU KNOW KIND OF WILD GUESSES ABOUT WHERE THEY WOULD NOT WILD GUESSES SOME EDUCATED WILD GUESSES THEY KIND OF SEE WHERE THEY WOULD BE BASED ON PRIOR YEARS AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE THERE BUT WE'LL BE SENDING SOMETHING OUT BETWEEN NOW AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING GOING TO BE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE. THEY'RE NOT GOOD. LET'S LET'S MOVE ON THAT AND HEY AS YOU STILL THE PERSON IS CHEERING I GUESS I WANT TO GET THE UNDERSTANDING IF TO TO INSERT SOMETHING INTO THE BUDGET OR CONSIDERATION SHOULD IT COME TO ASSIGN IT TO YOU SO YOU WILL SEND IT TO WHO I AM IT OKAY THANK YOU AND IT WILL DEFINITELY FILTER DOWN TO ME SO THAT YOU'RE OKAY A COUPLE OF TIMES. JIM THANK YOU.

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTION OF THE OUTSTANDING BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2013A, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO]

EXCUSE ME. I'M IN MY 25TH YEAR OF PRACTICING BY LAW IN SOUTH CAROLINA EXCUSE. ME WE PRACTICE EXCLUSIVELY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

MY FIRM WAS THE FIRST BOND FIRM IN THE STATE STARTED ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO BY EUGENE TINKLER IN CHARLESTON TO COMPETE WITH NEW YORK CITY FIRMS. AT THAT POINT ALL BOND ISSUES YOU KNOW $50,000 BORROWING BY COUNTY WAS DONE BY NEW YORK CITY FIRM IN 1920.

IF YOU LOOK IT UP FOR EXAMPLE. SO MY FIRM IS A STATEWIDE FIRM. I'M CO-LEADER OF OUR DEPARTMENT. WE REPRESENT MANY OF THE LARGEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE FROM GREENVILLE COUNTY, FLORENCE COUNTY, SPARTANBURG COUNTY, BERKELEY COUNTY, MANY OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE STATE CHARLESTON, NORTH CHARLESTON SUMMERVILLE NOW MOUNT PLEASANT. SO WE HAVE A PRETTY WIDE SPECTRUM BUT WE REALLY VIEW THIS AS A RELATIONSHIP. SOME OF THE COUNTIES THAT I WORK WITH TODAY I BEGAN WORKING WITH ON THE DAY I BEGAN PRACTICING LAW 25 YEARS AGO AND I'M STILL WORKING WITH THOSE COUNTIES IN SOME CASES SAME PEOPLE IN THOSE COUNTIES. SO WE REALLY VIEW IT AS A RELATIONSHIP. SO I WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY SO Y'ALL COULD SEE ME.

YOU THIS IS A RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD MATTER BUT Y'ALL ARE GOING HAVE A LOT OF FINANCING MATTERS BEFORE YOU IN THE YEARS AHEAD. SO WE REALLY WANT IT TO BE A RELATIONSHIP TO ASK AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AND. I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE HERE.

I'VE DONE A LITTLE WORK FOR THE COUNTY OVER THE YEARS. I ADVISED THE COUNTY A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WERE SOME ISSUES ON THE NEW RIVER TIFF THAT THE COUNTY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT AND I WAS BROUGHT IN TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IT WAS A FEW YEARS BACK AND WE'VE ALSO DO FINANCINGS FOR LARGE LARGER NONPROFITS SO.

WE DID THE FINANCING FOR THE SEAFORD YMCA A FEW YEARS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO APPEARED BEFORE YOU ALL FOR THAT WE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING BUT AGAIN THRILLED TO BE HERE JUST JUST A LITTLE WHILE UP ROAD COMING DOWN FROM CHARLESTON PARTICULARLY THE RIGHT TIME OF DAY SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING A 3:00 MEETING MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO GET HERE TO LEAD

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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY AND IT WAS JUST REFERENCE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THREE BOND ISSUES THAT ARE CALLABLE TYPICALLY WHEN YOU SELL PUBLICLY SOLD BOND ISSUES. SO THOSE ARE BOND KNOW THEY'RE RATED LIKE A VERY HIGHLY RATED BY BOTH MOODY'S AND S&P DOUBLE-A ONE IN DOUBLE-A PLUS SO IT'S ONE NOTCH FROM THE HIGHEST TRIPLE-A IS THE HIGHEST SO VERY VERY HIGHLY RATED TYPICALLY WHEN YOU SELL PUBLICLY SOLD DEBT SO THAT'S BOUGHT BY RETIREMENT FUNDS INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE COUNTRY BUY IT IN $5,000 INCREMENTS THROUGH WELLS FARGO, THROUGH STIEFEL OR THROUGH BANK OF AMERICA. TYPICALLY THERE'S TEN YEARS THAT YOU CAN'T FIND OR REFINANCE BONDS. THAT'S JUST A MARKET MARKET NORM AND IF YOU TRY DO LESS THAN THAT YOU'LL PAY A PREMIUM. SO YOU NOW HAVE THREE SERIES THAT HAVE ARRIVED AT THAT.

SO THEY WERE 2013 BONDS SO NOW WE'RE TEN YEARS LATER 2023 AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALL MATURE UNTIL 2026 AND 2033 IS THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO PAY THEM OFF NOT DO ANYTHING EXCEPT KEEP PAYING THEM PAY THEM OFF OR REFINANCE THEM. SO WE WORKED WITH HAYES AND THE FINANCE TEAM PARTICULARLY BUT ALSO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO LOOK AT THAT.

SO WHAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY FIRM IS TO LOOK AT PAYING OFF THE BONDS WHICH IS ABOUT $4.2 MILLION FROM FROM CASH BALANCE THAT CAN BE DONE ON MAY 1ST OR AFTER AT PAR. SO YOU DON'T PAY A PENALTY FOR PAYING IT OFF EARLY.

YOU JUST PAY OFF WHATEVER THE ACCRUED INTEREST OF THE DAY. YOU PAY OFF THE AVERAGE COUPON THERE IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT AND SO YIELDS I BELIEVE ABOUT 800,000 OF SAVINGS BY PAYING THAT OFF. THERE'S A THERE'S ANOTHER SERIES OF BONDS ISSUED IN 13.

THEY MATURE IN 2026. SO IT'S A SHORTER SO NOTHING'S BEEN RECOMMENDED AT THIS POINT FOR THAT ONE AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER A LONGER MATURITY GOES OUT TO 33 THAT IS A CANDIDATE FOR REFINANCING BUT PART OF WHAT THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY FIRM WILL DO SAY HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO PAY MOODY'S FOR A NEW RATING HOW MUCH YOU TO PAY HOW MUCH IT'S PAY ME HOW MUCH IS TO PAY THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE SAVINGS JUST LIKE ON A REFINANCE OF A MORTGAGE IS IT WORTH DOING THE REFINANCING ON A MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOUSE TO SAVE $75 A MONTH YOU MIGHT SAY WELL NO I WON'T DO IT FOR $75 BUT I CAN SAVE $300 A MONTH.

I WANT TO REFINANCE MY HOUSE. IT'S A SIMILAR ANALYSIS. SO AT THIS POINT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM FINANCIAL ADVISORY FIRM IS NOT TO DO A REFINANCING DON'T LOSE THE ABILITY TO REFINANCE LATER ONCE THAT WINDOW OPENS STAYS OPEN FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

SO THE IDEAL TIME TO DO IT WOULD BE IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT A NEW MONEY BORROWING SO YOU'RE ALREADY INCURRING THOSE COSTS OF OF RATINGS AND THOSE AND THEN TACK THAT ON BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE INCREMENTAL COST TO DOING A REFINANCING AND A NEW BORROWING AT THE SAME TIME. SO WITH THAT WITH THE NEEDS COMING FORTH FOR THE COUNTY THE RECOMMENDATION WAS WAIT ON THAT REFINANCING UNTIL THERE'S A NEW MONEY BORROWING JUST FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE SO THE THE ORDINANCE BEFORE Y'ALL TODAY IS JUST TO PAY OFF THE 2013 BONDS ONCE THE ORDINANCE AND WE CAN GIVE 30 DAYS NOTICE IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND JULY FIRST THAT THAT PAY OFF COULD HAPPEN. SO SO MAYBE THAT WAS TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WERE HOPING FOR BUT A HOPEFULLY IN THE AMOUNT OF 4.5 IT'S THE BALANCE IS 4.19 OKAY THOSE BONDS HAVE A A CURRENT BALANCE OF LIKE 4.5 BUT THERE'S ABOUT 400,000 OR 300,000 THAT PAYS OFF ON MAY 1ST. THAT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THE PAY OFF BECAUSE THAT PAYMENT WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE THAT IT MAKES THE OUTSTANDING SMALLER AND YOU HAD A BOND THAT MATURED JUST A FEW FEW YOU SIX WEEKS AGO AND Y'ALL HAVE FAIRLY COMPRESSED DEBT SO MOST OF YOUR BONDS MATURE BETWEEN NOW AND LIKE THE MID 2030S YOU DON'T HAVE LONG TERM DEBT IN TERMS OF THERE'S NOTHING GOING OUT 30 YEARS FROM NOW SO SO YOU'LL BE I'LL HAVE THE SAME DISCUSSION. THERE ARE TWO OTHER SERIES FOR EXAMPLE THAT ARE CALLABLE MARCH 1ST OF YOU KNOW 11 MONTHS FROM NOW SO YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME DISCUSSION AGAIN.

SO WITH TODAY'S INTEREST AT 6% THESE ARE AT 3 TO 4%. SO WE'RE STILL ADVISED TO DO

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IT WAS FOR 15 YEARS SO SO THE TAX MARK IS OBVIOUSLY BELOW THAT OTHER MARKET BUT TO YOUR POINT RATES HAVE CERTAINLY MOVED UP AND TAX STAMPED LIKE THEY HAVE IN EVERY OTHER FACTOR BUT BUT I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION WAS WHEN YOU FACTOR IN KIND OF THE STRENGTH OF WHEN YOU GO BACK TO MOODY'S AND S&P AND YOU KNOW THEY RUN THEIR VARIOUS RATIOS THAT THIS IS A POSITIVE SIGN YOU KNOW TWO TO THEM IF YOU HAVE THE CASH TO DO IT BUT.

SO THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE COUNTY COUNCIL WITHIN THREE VOTES IS REALLY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COOK AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD. SO LOOK FOR A MOTION THEN MOVE THIS TO COUNTY COUNCIL.

MR. PRESIDENT, IS THERE A SECOND ASSERTION THAT MR. GLOVER THANK YOU.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SO NO DISCUSSION OR OBJECTION TO THIS MOVING TO COUNTY COUNCIL SEEING NO OBJECTION. THIS HAS PASSED AND HAS MOVED TO COUNTY COUNCIL.

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE AN AMBULANCE FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE BUDGET SURPLUS ($328,530.00)]

I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THIS IS A WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS AMBULANCE.

IT SHOULD ARRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE WHICH IS REALLY GOOD FOR US.

WE'LL MAKE THIS PURCHASE WITH FUND BALANCE FROM OUR PERSONNEL SERVICES THAT LINE ITEM FROM UNFILLED POSITIONS BECAUSE IF WE BUY THIS NOW WE WILL REMOVE THAT FROM OUR 2024 ZIP.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR US IN THIS NOW THIS IS A CUSTOM AMBULANCE THAT WAS ORDERED BY ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON MONTHS LATER DECIDED TO BACK OUT OF THE DEAL. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US RIGHT NOW EMERGENCY VEHICLE LIKE THIS IS ANYWHERE FROM 2418 TO 24 IN SOME VEHICLES 30 MONTHS TO PURCHASE.

SO OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE COUNTY AND MR. ROBERTS WILL MAKE SURE THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WELL YOUR FIRST TIME IS BEING ABLE TO COME COME FORWARD FOR US AND MR. ROBINSON IS OUR NEW PUBLIC SAFETY ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

TWO GREAT THINGS ABOUT ABOUT SO FAR. SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AMBULANCE PURCHASE JUST ONE IS IT IS IT IN THE BUDGET WE THIS THIS WAS GOING TO BE IN THE 2024 ZIP SO BECAUSE IF WE PURCHASE IT NOW WE REMOVED THAT FROM THE 2024 CPR SO WE SAVE SOME MONEY NOW OKAY SIR SO I'LL SECOND THAT THANK YOU. IN THE DISCUSSION DISCUSSION IS THERE ANY OBJECTION SEEING NO OBJECTION. THIS IS PASSED AND THIS WILL GO TO COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. CORRECT. OKAY.

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LARRY MCELYNN, GERALD DAWSON, YORK GLOVER, ALICE HOWARD, AND ANNA MARIA TABERNIK TO THE LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AS THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPOINTEES.]

NUMBER 12 RECOMMEND APPROVAL OR APPOINTMENT MR. MCKELLEN MR. DAWSON MR. GLOVER MISS, HOWARD AND MR. TABACHNICK TO THE LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AS THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPOINTEES I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION. THANK YOU SIR.

A SECOND WELL I'LL SECOND THAT MY NAME IS ON IT. YOU BETTER SIGN A ANY ANY DISCUSSION ANY DISCUSSIONS? NO DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT.

[13. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF WARREN PARKER AND ED SAXON TO THE MILITARY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE AS BEAUFORT COUNTY'S REPRESENTATIVES FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM WITH THE EXPIRATION DATE OF JULY 2026.]

LET'S GO THEN ON TO NUMBER 13 APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENTS TO HAVE WARREN PARKER AND ED SAXON TO THE MILITARY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE AS BEAUFORT COUNTY AS REPRESENTATIVES FOR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH THE EXPIRATION DATE OF JULY 2026. THANK YOU.

THERE A SECOND SO APPRECIATE THAT AND ANY DISCUSSION IS THIS A REAPPOINTMENT RIGHT THEN THESE ARE REAPPOINTMENT APPOINTMENTS, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

SO THEY ARE REAPPOINTMENT AND THE REASON WE'RE HANDILY SEPARATE IS THEY ARE NOT PART OF OUR COMMITTEE'S WHICH WILL BE OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. SO AGAIN THAT WE HAD A FIRST AND SECOND NO ANY DISCUSSION NO DISCUSSION. ANY OBJECTION SEEING NO

[14. AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS]

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WE HAVE RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF JONATHAN HENNEY TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A THREE YEAR TERM AND THEN THE DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD WE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF LEAH STEFANIK A MCFADDEN TO DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD AND THEN THE AIRPORTS BOARD WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR DAVID NELMS TO THE IMPORTANT AIRPORT BOARD AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE ALL THOSE AT THE SAME TIME TO HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT. I MAKE THE MOTION TO THE SECOND AND ANY DISCUSSION SEE NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION SEEING NO OBJECTION WE HAVE THAT AS APPROVED ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE IF NOT AGAIN I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENT STICKING AROUND AS USUAL THIS TIME OF YE

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