May 15, 2023 Finance Administration and Economic Development Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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LET'S CALL THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO ORDER IT IS MONDAY MAY 15TH. OUR MEETING STARTS AT 3 P.M. AND PLEASE STAND FOR POLITICAL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR THEIR STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE PUBLIC OF THIS MEETING

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION WILL PROVE THE AGENDA WITHOUT OBJECTION IS

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- April 10, 2023]

THANK YOU, MR. HAMRICK. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NO DISCUSSION.

WE WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 10TH. WITHOUT OBJECTION THERE ANY OBJECTION? I SEE NO OBJECTION. THE MINUTES APPROVED AND THAT OPENS UP AND TO OUR CITIZENS PERIOD. IS THERE ANYONE ON LINE MISS SARAH OR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK 3 MINUTES FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS YES SIR. NO ONE TIME. ALL RIGHT.

[7. BUDGET PRESENTATION BY THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT]

SO THAT BRINGS US THEN TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE BUDGET BUDGET PRESENTATION BY THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COME ON FORWARD AND MS..

TONYA CROSBY, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT. YOU'RE A FAMILIAR FACE HERE.

SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN. MY NAME IS TONYA CROSBY.

I SEE A FEW FAMILIAR FACE LESS FAMILIAR FACES THAN TODAY BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. SO FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. DO WITH YOUR SUPPORT THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FROM OUR TEACHER SALARIES FROM 53RD IN THE STATE TO NUMBER ONE SO WE OBTAINED OUR WE ARE THE HAVE THE HIGHEST STARTING TEACHER SALARY IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS YEAR SO I SAY THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF ATTENTION SURROUNDING THAT AND WE ARE GETTING PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS CONSTANTLY ABOUT HOW WE ACCOMPLISH THAT AND WE ARE VERY WE'RE VERY OPEN WITH OUR PROGRESS AND HOW WE'VE MANAGED TO DO THAT WITH OUR FELLOW COUNTIES OR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND. SO THEY'RE ALL VYING FOR THE TOP FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR BUT WHAT WE LIKE IS THE ATTENTION AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY RAISING THE BAR FOR THE REST OF THE STATE. WE HAD AN ARTICLE FROM THE PALMETTO TEACHERS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION THAT REALLY SET THE STANDARD AND AND MENTIONED TO THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS REALLY COMPELLED THEM TO TRY TO KEEP THE PACE AND DO THE SAME AS BEFORE.

SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT COUPLE AND STILL A COUPLE OF MAJOR SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES THAT ARE HAVE EMERGED OUT OF THE PANDEMIC BUT REALLY THE TWO THAT BRING TO THE TOP IN THIS IS THE LATEST LABOR SHORTAGE IT'S REALLY STILL AN ISSUE FOR US GETTING TEACHERS ON STAFF AND RETAINING THEM AND OUR RISING COSTS IN EVERY AREA NOT JUST FOOD, NOT JUST SUPPLIES. IT'S IN SERVICES IT'S CONTRACTED SERVICES IN EVERY AREA ACROSS THE BOARD IS STILL REFLECTING THOSE INCREASES COSTS AND THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THAT IN OUR OPERATING COST IN MANY OF OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES .

SO ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THAT WE DO IN THIS BUDGET IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PLENTY OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT THINK WE GOT MORE THAN EVER BEFORE THIS YEAR WE HAD BUDGET SURVEYS THAT WENT OUT TO LOTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE A STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ADVOCATING WE HAD A JOINT BOARD AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL MEETING AND WE HAD TWO PUBLIC FORUMS ONCE ANOTHER NORTHERN ONE SOUTHERN AND THEN OF COURSE ALL OF THE BOARD MEETINGS WE'VE HAD ABOUT MONTHLY CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING THE BUDGET AND THEN MANY OF THESE ITEMS OR THE FEEDBACK IN THOSE IN THOSE SESSIONS AND ONE THAT I DIDN'T MENTION NOT TEACHER PAY IS ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST 2000 OF OUR 3000 EMPLOYEES ARE TEACHERS SO. THEY'RE TIED TO THE TEACHER

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WE'RE CURRENTLY AT THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE LEVEL AT ONE AND WE HOPE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT THERE. SO I PROVIDED A SUMMARY HERE. OUR BUDGET IS PROPOSED 200.

IT'S CURRENTLY 298.1 MILLION 79% OF THE INCREASES IN THIS BUDGET EQUATE TO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AS I MENTIONED 3000 EMPLOYEES MAKE UP ABOUT 80% OF OUR BUDGET SO 17.6 MILLION AN INCREASE. IS THERE SOME ADDITIONAL STATE SCHOOLS ALLOCATIONS DUE IN HIGH NEEDS AREAS? THERE ARE MULTILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION IS PRIMARILY THE STAFFING ALLOCATIONS HERE AT 1.1 AND OTHER OPERATIONAL INCREASES I MENTIONED EARLIER 4.4 MILLION AND THEN WE HAVE SOME REDUCTIONS IN OUR BUDGET. OUR CHARTER SCHOOL IS BASED A STATE FORMULA AND THEREFORE AS A RESULT OF THAT FORMULA IS HAS SOME REDUCTION THIS YEAR WHERE YOU HAVE ONE DISTRICT SPONSORED CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE NEWER FOLKS AND THE OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE IN THE COUNTY ARE STATE OR OTHER AFFILIATED WITH THE STATE AND SO THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET IS 320.4 MILLION.

THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 22.3 AND IT'S A 77.5% INCREASE. SO THIS IS THE MAKEUP THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. A THIRD IS STATE REVENUE AND THE TWO THIRDS IS LOCAL.

SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS PROJECTED REVENUES OF 313.8 MILLION BASED ON CURRENT REVENUES THAT WE'RE PROJECTED TO RECEIVE AND WE'RE REQUESTING A 4.4 MIL INCREASE TO PROVIDE ANOTHER 6.6 MILLION TO BRING US TO THE 320. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED IN THE VALUE OF THE MIL VALUE OF THE MILL IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE IS ESTIMATED AT $1.5 MILLION PER MIL AND THAT THE VALUE OF REVENUES PER MIL THAT WE RECEIVE SO IF YOU ASK ANYONE WHO'S PULLING DATA DIRECTLY OUT OF YOUR TAX SOFTWARE THAT VALUE WILL BE DIFFERENT THAT ARE DOLLARS THAT WE ACTUALLY SEE IN OUR BANK ACCOUNTS AND SO PROPOSED EXPENDITURES AGAIN JUST REITERATES THE SAME SLIDE THAT WE HAD FOR SUBTOTAL OF INCREASES THAT $320 MILLION AGAIN SEVEN 79% OF THE BUDGET INCREASES ARE COMPENSATION SO OUR SCHOOL OPERATIONS MILLAGE IS CURRENTLY 125.6 MILLS WE'RE PROPOSING 4.4 TO GET TO A 130 MILL OPERATIONS OPERATIONS MILL . I PUT A BIG RED BANNER HERE BECAUSE THE ROLLBACK WILL WILL HAVE SOME EFFECT ON ON THESE NUMBERS AND THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NOT BEEN QUITE FINALIZED AND SO I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN I CAN TALK MORE ABOUT WITH YOU I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW WHAT'S AVAILABLE STATE LAW CURRENTLY BASED ON THE CURRENT MILLAGE SITUATION THIS AGAIN WILL CHANGE WHEN THE ROLLBACK IS CALCULATED SO PRE ROLLBACK OUR CURRENT MILLAGE ONE 25.6 THE CPI FOR BOTH THE AND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS 8% OUR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BASED ON THE INFORMATION FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OFFICE AND GROWTH FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS 2.61%.

THE COUNTY'S GROWTH WAS THIS YEAR 2.28 I BELIEVE SO WHY THE TWO ARE DIFFERENT I'M NOT SURE

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NOW WHEN THESE ARE CALCULATED BASED THEY COULD CHANGE AS MUCH AS A MILL AND A HALF.

SO RELATIVELY MINIMAL CHANGE THAT 18 MILLS COULD REDUCE TO 17 OR 16 AND A HALF OR SOMETHING. SO THE WE'RE AT REQUESTING 4.4 WHAT'S AVAILABLE IS 18 OR WORST CASE SCENARIO 16 MILLS 16 HAVE MILLS. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WELL UNDER THAT STATE CAP AND DUE TO THE HIGH CPI OF COURSE YOU LIKE US HAVE NEVER SEEN CPI THAT LARGE IN THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BUDGETS AND WE DON'T EXPECT THEM TO BE THAT LARGE GOING FORWARD. SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DISCUSS MAKE SURE WE ARE COMMUNICATING THE IMPACT THE TAXPAYER. WE PUT A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS IN THERE.

I'M REMINDED THAT WE DON'T SEE MANY $250,000 HOMES ANY LONGER. SO YOU CAN SEE SCENARIO HAS A $400,000 HOME. THIS WOULD BE A NON RESIDENTIAL HOME OR NON OWNER OCCUPIED A 4.4 MILL EFFECT AT A 6% ASSESSMENT RATIO WOULD BE ABOUT $106 PER YEAR.

THERE'S ALSO A $40,000 VEHICLE AT A 6% RATIO WHICH BE ABOUT ANOTHER $10.56 PER YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT THOSE VALUES OF HOMES AND AGAIN SCHOOL OPERATIONS, TAXES ARE APPLICABLE ONLY TO NON OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND THESE RATES APPLY TO HOME LOAN PRIMARY HOMEOWNERS AS YOU ALL NOW SO SO OUR BOARD IS PLANNING THIS TOMORROW EVENING TO CERTIFY THIS BUDGET WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ALMOST AS LATE AS MAY 2ND WAS OUR LAST MEETING I AND SO WE ARE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT TO HOPEFULLY FINALIZE BUDGET AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH OUR BEGIN OUR FIRST OF THREE READINGS WITH YOU ALL SO THAT'S ALL AND I DID PROVIDE SOME HAND A HANDOUT AS WELL SO I HAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION THERE WERE TWO DOCUMENTS TODAY THE HANDOUTS WERE TO PROVIDE MORE OF THE DETAILS OF SOME OF THE INCREASES AND IN OUR BUDGET AND PROVIDES A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF EXACTLY WE'RE DOING AND HOW IT MAKES UP THE DOLLARS THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THIS BUDGET.

SO THERE ARE A SERIES AND THEN FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REALLY LIKE TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS THERE'S A COUPLE SCHEDULES IN THERE AND IT ALL WE ALSO HAVE A LISTING OF ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND ABOUT A THREE YEAR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE AFFECTED IN THIS BUDGET SO THAT I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TYPE OF QUESTIONS. YES. MR..

GOOD SO I WE HAD THIS SOMEWHERE BUT THEY DIDN'T ALL GET IT. THIS WAS SORT OF THE GLANCE AND I THINK THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE FOR EVERYBODY THAT DON'T WANT TO CRUNCH EVERY NUMBER BECAUSE. WHAT'S IMPORTANT ON THIS IS THE $3,000 INCREASE FOR TEACHERS INCLUDES 1000 OF THAT MOVING FROM THE LOCALITY SUPPLEMENT WHICH MAYBE NEW MEMBERS DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW PLUS A STEP INCREASE 27 AND ALSO FUNDING FOR STATE MANDATED CARE AND RETIREMENT COSTS AND WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE WE HAVE TO DO IT BUT SOME OF THESE FOR EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK A GLANCE THROUGH THAT IT WAS IT WAS GOOD I'D LOVE TO SEE ONLINE YEAH BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY GOOD I'LL FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE AND IF NOT I'LL MAKE SURE WE SEND ANOTHER EMAIL IN AND GET THAT I FORGOT IT WAS IT WAS THERE I WAS LOOKING AT IT IN EITHER QUESTIONS OR WAS FROZEN WAS PROBABLY JUST JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY.

NOW THIS YEAR YOUR BUDGETED 320 MILLION THIS YEAR IT'S 298 AND THEN LAST YEAR WAS 290.

RIGHT. THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR THAT WE'RE IN IS 298 AND WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR NEXT YEAR IS 320 WHAT WAS THE THE THREE PREVIOUS YEARS? 274 WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR OKAY. AND THEN BEFORE IT WAS 2 TO 50 SOMETHING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY JUST WAS CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT HAD GONE UP EACH YEAR. YEAH AND JUST SO ANYONE ONLINE

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WE'LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY NEXT MONDAY. ALL RIGHT.

YOU ALL RIGHT? LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO A NUMBER EIGHT OH, I'M SORRY.

YES, I DO NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD SECOND THAT FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT. SO YOU GOT THAT AND ANY SEEING NO DISCUSSION WE PASSED THIS WITHOUT IS THERE ANY OBJECTION SEEING NO OBJECTION IT WILL BE MOVED TO COUNSEL FOR FIRST

[8. BUDGET PRESENTATIONS BY THE SPECIAL FIRE DISTRICTS WITHIN BEAUFORT COUNTY]

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. GOOD SEE YOU. HELLO EVERYBODY.

HELLO. GOOD PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. THE BUTTON DISTRICT BRINGS ITS F 24 BUDGET FOR APPROVAL THIS GONE THROUGH MONTHS OF WORK WITH OUR FIRE BOARD AND THEY ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS NEW POINDEXTER AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SIGNED A RESOLUTION MOVE FORWARD WITH IT CURRENTLY OUR MIL RATE AT 25.6 MILLS AFTER THE ROLLBACK PROJECTIONS THAT MR. HAYES AND HIS GROUP HAVE PROVIDED WITH US WE ARE PROPOSING A OPERATION MILL VALUE OF 24.1 WHICH IS ONE AND A HALF MILLS LESS WE CURRENTLY ARE WITH THAT NEW INCREASE VALUE WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. THE DISTRICT LOOKS TO BRING IN TOTAL REVENUES OF $20,183,000 FOR OPERATIONS. MOST OF THAT IS INCREASE IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS. OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE LOOKING TO BE $20,709,201 WITH

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WE ONLY NEED A POINT FOR AFTER THE ROLLBACK CALCULATION SO OUR TOTAL OVERALL MILL SAVINGS TO THE CITIZENS WILL BE A 1.1 DEFICIT IN OUR MILL RATE SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCREASE BUDGET AND AND PROVIDE A TAX SAVINGS FOR THE CITIZENS. RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU FOR FOR VOTING FOR ANY QUESTIONS ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF MOORE.

OH, WELL IT'S GOING TO BE AN EASY DAY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE SO KEEP IT SHORT.

LET ME SAY I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. IT'S NOT REALLY RELATED TO THIS BUDGET. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S IT COST TO BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION TEMPORARILY? SOME NUMBER OUT THERE FOR ME. 3 MILLION.

OH, THAT'S LESS THAN I THOUGHT. OH, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S TODAY OR BECAUSE I WAS JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR MONEY TO BUILD A NEW ONE.

I KNOW YOU JUST BUILT TWO SO THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING FOR SUNCITY WE ARE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AND WE'VE SECURED THE LAND SO TAKE ME ABOUT TWO YEARS OF IMPACT FEE COLLECTION BECAUSE WE ARE PARTNERING THE COUNTY FOR FIRE EMS SO IT'LL TAKE ME ABOUT TWO YEARS A COLLECTION FOR IMPACT FEE TO HELP FUND THAT PROJECT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ADD STAFF IN YOUR BUDGET CORRECT BUT LOOKING AT THE AT THE VALUES THAT'S GROWING IN BLUFFTON, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO BLUFFTON LATELY AND YOU LOOK AT THE IMPACT FEES YEAH I MEAN WE CAN DO IT.

I WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT A GRANT TO STAFF THAT SAY FOR GRANT OH TO HELP FUND PART OF THAT FOR THREE YEARS OKAY SO YOU'LL HAVE A BUILT NEXT YEAR NOT ONLY WOULD YOU DO IT THAT'S JUST BUILDING TRUST. THAT'S NOT LAND COST. YOU START TAKING MONEY THAT'S THE THERE'S NO LINK THE LAND IS DONATED. IT'S $10.

YEAH YEAH. WELL WE WILL HOPEFULLY DEAL WITH THIS AS WE DO THE BUDGET ISSUE. I'LL EXPLAIN TO THEM MORE DETAIL TO YOU WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE. OKAY. THANK YOU CHIEF.

ANY OTHER 44 NO QUESTIONS AGAIN THANK YOU BOTH NICE GOING FOR IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO BURTON FIRE DISTRICT CHIEF ROUNDTREE. HE'S ONLINE. HE'S ONLINE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. GREAT CHIEF FLOOR IS YOURS SO THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU FINE. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT.

WE LIKE TO THINK THAT BUDGET PRESENTATION LAST WEDNESDAY WE CURRENTLY AT QUARTER IN FISCAL YEAR 23 WE HAD 73.5 FOR OPERATIONS AND 4.2 FOR DEBT WITH AN ESTIMATED REAL VALUE $79,738 THIS YEAR WITH THE ROLLBACK WE ARE ASKING FOR AN OPERATIONAL EDGE OF 69.1 AND A DEBT KNOWLEDGE OF 3.9 REDUCING FROM OUR 4.2 AND THE ESTIMATED MILL VALUE THIS YEAR $94,066 WE FEEL THAT THAT WILL HAVE MORE IN TAXES THE SMALLER USE OF ONE OF OUR FOR ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR DEBT SERVICE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONLY USED THE 4000 FOR IMPACT FEES WE'RE OUR TOTAL REVENUES AT 6977 526 WHICH MEANS THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OUR OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR THE DAY THE BIGGEST IMPACT THAT WE HAVE THAT IN 2015 THE 35 DISTRICT INCREASE THE SEVENTH LEVEL THE FIREFIGHTERS ON SHARE AND THEN STARTING IN FISCAL 19 THE CALL THAT WE WERE FORCED TO REDUCE THE STAFFING LEVELS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO WE ARE HOPING THIS YEAR TO ADD THREE FIREFIGHTERS WHICH AT 1% BRINGING OUR TOTAL DAYTIME TO 17 FROM THE 16 THAT WE'RE AT CURRENTLY THE THE THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS ARE THE ADDITIONAL INCREASES ARE REALLY BASED WITH COLA AND THE BENEFITS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WE SAW A MANDATED INCREASE IN MIDYEAR IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE AND 1% OVERALL INCREASE IN OUR RETIREMENT AND THEN WE FALL THE SAME INCREASES THAT EVERYBODY IS SEEING IF YOU WILL IN THE AS WE WERE

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SO IF I WANTED TO REPLACE THE TRUCK IN THREE YEARS, I ALMOST HAVE TO START LOOKING RIGHT AWAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK AND OF COURSE WE WILL GET OVER TO CHIEF ROUNDTREE. I NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE A VERY TIGHT BUDGET AND SO IS THAT PURPOSE AT THIS TIME TO REDUCE YOUR FUND BALANCE? THAT WAS WELL, I THINK WE ALWAYS LIKE TO REDUCE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE ARE THE VALUES OF OUR JURISDICTION ARE NOT AS GREAT AS OF THE OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE RUN WITH AND THAT WE ALSO DO HAVE TO FIGHT OR NOT FIGHT BUT WE ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF ANNEXATION FROM THE CITY IN THE TOWN THAT KIND OF EATS INTO OUR TAX BASE. SO SO ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD LIKE MORE WE JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A GOOD RESPONSE IN ORDER TO PRESENT TO OUR SYSTEM.

THANK YOU, SIR. CHIEF ROUNDTREE, THIS COUNCILMAN DAWSON.

SAID YOUR TOTAL TAX RATE OF AND BEST SERVICE YOU'RE COMING IN WITH A 4.0 MIL DOLLAR INCREASE AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR A BUDGET THAT DOESN'T WEIGH HEAVILY ON THE TAXPAYERS OF THE BURTON FIRE DISTRICT. GOOD JOB DISCOUNTS FORMULA DECREASES DECREASE I'M SORRY BUT IT ACTUALLY DECREASES THAT I DO HAVE THAT YEAH OKAY GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU. SO GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROUNDTREE? NO. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

APPRECIATE YOU COMING PRESENT. AND YET BOTH YOU AND MR. BOULWARE ARE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR EVERY PERSON THAT COMES UP HERE. SO WE APPRECIATE DECREASES ANY TIME WE CAN GET THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. UM NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. SHANE CHIEF SHANE COMPARADO AND HE IS FROM THE ISLAND FIRE DISTRICT CHIEF COPYWRITER THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY WE APPRECIATE MAKING THE TRIP OVER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU GUYS. I DON'T HAVE THE MILL VALUES LIKE THESE OTHER GUYS HAVE SO BUT OUR VALUE THIS YEAR LOOK GOOD FOR US GOOD FOR THE FIRST YEAR WENT UP SUBSTANTIAL FOR US SO THE ROLLBACK GOT US TO 58.8 AND WE'RE ASKING FOR 61.2. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 2.4 MILLS OF THE ROLLBACK MILLAGE THAT MILLAGE WILL GIVE US WE HAD 66 MILLS LAST YEAR SO THAT'S DROP IN MILLAGE AND GET SOME TAXES BACK TO OUR TO OUR RESIDENTS WE ARE LOOKING AT COLLECTING $1,445,000 FOR TOTAL REVENUE OR SALARY IS INCLUDE A 3% COLA AND SOME STEP INCREASES OUR BENEFIT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE WENT UP AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WITH OUR PURCHASE SERVICES ONE

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OKAY. SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP, THE CHIEF HOW MANY FIRE STATIONS DO YOU HAVE ON THE FIRST YEAR? WE HAVE ONE. THE MAN THAT WE HAVE A BAR THAT WE A COUPLE US AND SO ONE STAFF THE ONE TOLD YOU TO HOLD THE COMPLEX YOU DON'T YOU OKAY THANK YOU GOOD AGAIN NEXT WE HAVE LADY ALLEN ST HELENA FIRE DISTRICT CHIEF CHIEF BRUCE KLEIN MR. KLEIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL LT AS AS YOU STATED BRUCE KLEIN FIRE CHIEF AND LADIES AND THE FIRE DISTRICT LAST YEAR'S MAIL RATE AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FORUM WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TWO COLUMNS ON THE RIGHT LAST YEAR'S MAIL RATE FOR US FOR OPERATIONS WAS 43.7 ROLLBACK MILL CAME IN AT 38.7.

OUR REQUEST FOR OPERATIONS MAIL RATE FOR THIS YEAR IS 39.2 WHICH IS 8.5 ABOVE THE ROLLBACK CALCULATION WITH GROWTH OF CPI . WE'VE YOU'VE HEARD THAT ALREADY TODAY 10.28 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT IN FUTURE YEARS BUT I'M SURE WE WON'T THAT ALLOWED US TO GO TO 42.6. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THAT ASKING 4.5 TO BE AT 39.2 FOR OPERATIONS OUR VALUE HAS INCREASED FROM 166 163 TO 1 9273, 39.2 TIMES OUR VALUE GIVES US OUR ADMIRAL TAXES AT 7,458,000 701 IN THE FEES AND INTEREST THAT IS A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORT TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE ANNEXED AREAS THAT WE'RE PLEDGING 350,000 OF THAT TOWARDS BUDGET. SO FOR A TOTAL OF REVENUE OF 7,808,701 OUR EXPENDITURES 7808 TO 91 WE WILL PUT A WHOPPING $410 INTO OUR FUND BALANCE BUT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH OUR FUND BALANCE. AT $1.5 MILLION IS ROUGHLY NINE AND A HALF PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET STAFFING REMAINS THE SAME.

OUR DEBT REQUIREMENT IS 3.5 MILS. LAST YEAR IT WAS FOUR.

WITH THE NEW VALUE WE'RE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO 3.5 AND STILL MEET OUR DEBT REQUIREMENTS SO OUR TOTAL OPERATIONS AND DEBT MILL WILL BE 42.7 WHICH IS FIVE MILLS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR.

WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU TODAY. MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAD A QUESTION.

YES, YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD, JIM CLYDE. THANK YOU.

I'M VERY INTERESTED IN FUNDS THAT THE CITY REIMBURSES YOU HOW HOW IS THAT AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT? HOW DID YOU DETERMINE TO GO UP ON IT? OH, I UNDERSTAND. I MEAN THEY'RE INDEXING MORE PROPERTY ON LIKE SOUND BUT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THEM EVER WILL THAT INCLUDE LIKE THE NEW GROCERY STORE LESS BEING BUILT IT BEING COMPLETED? WILL YOU BE COVERING IT TO WITH YOUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT? YES, MA'AM. REAL QUICK TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS, OUR WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORT IS AGREED UPON 27 YEARS AGO AND IT IS THAT 80% OF WHAT WE WOULD CHARGE SO IF WE'RE CHARGING 40 MILLS IT'S 80% OF 40 MILLS THEY ANTICIPATE THAT GOING UP TO $400,000 NEXT YEAR. IT IS MY GOAL TO STAY DOWN BELOW WHATEVER IT WOULD COST FOR THEM TO COME AND PROVIDE THAT PROTECTION AND LADIES OUT.

SO CURRENTLY WE RECEIVED ABOUT HUNDRED AND 67 LAST YEAR. THAT'S WHY I'M PLEDGING 350 AND DO YOU BASED IS THERE CONTRACT BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THEY HAVE ANNEXED OR OR OR I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS TOO MUCH BUT I JUST WONDERED HOW HOW THE CONTRACT

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF KLINE? SURE.

I GOT ONE. YES. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL FILE FIRE STATIONS IN THE FUTURE. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ON SCENE HELENA IN THE ZONE AS FAR AS POTENTIAL FIRES SITES? THERE'S NO FIRE STATIONS AND WE HAVE AREAS THAT FOLKS WILL BE DONATING LAND TO US. I WOULD LOVE FOR SOMEBODY TO DONATE LAND FOR US. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THE HOOK RIGHT NOW FOR THAT BUT WE ARE WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT OUR PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL STATION 3 TO 5 YEARS OF I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. YOU HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE ONE FTE IN FIREMAN 68 FTE.

GOOD GOOD GOOD CATCH SO I THINK THE OTHERS MAY LIST THEIR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF I LIST ARE ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE NON FIREFIGHTER SORRY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IS LISTED AS THE ONE OF ALL THE REST INCLUDING ME ARE STILL A FIREFIGHTER I COULD BE FIREFIGHTERS AFTERNOON GOT IT OKAY BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKED REALLY LEAN ONE ADMINISTRATOR WE ARE LEADING ADMINISTRATIVE BUT YES MA'AM OKAY ONE ADMINISTRATIVE PLUS THERE'S FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE CHIEF OFFICER OKAY THANKS GOOD G IF I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BUDGET AND I'M CERTAINLY ON BOARD WITH THIS I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL YOU'RE ABLE TO DO SIT DOWN.

THANK YOU SIR. WE'RE VERY PROUD TO COME IN AT POINT FIVE AND STILL BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. GREAT.

SO CHIEF ON LADIES ISLAND BEER SO IS YOUR RESPONSE TIME SIR VISION TO SERVE ALL THE RESIDENTS? I MEAN ONE OF THE REASONS BOSTON'S PUTTING ONE IN S.D. IS BECAUSE OF RESPONSE TIME. SO I THINK THIS GOES TO MR. GLOVER'S QUESTION IS YOUR RESPONSE TIME ADEQUATE OR YES MA'AM, WE HAVE WELL, IT'S IT'S NOT AS QUICK AS I WOULD LIKE AND WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE A LONG RESPONSE TIME. BUT IN YOUR ANALYSIS OF A FIREHOUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RESPONSE TIME. IT'S CALLED VOLUME FOUR.

IT YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMPLIMENT TO CHIEF.

LAST YEAR THERE WAS A MAJOR FIRE ON SAYING HOLDER AND THE CHIEF RESPONDED IN SOME DE FACTO IN THE FIRE HYDRANTS BUT IN ALL IT WAS BECAUSE OF BEFORE JUST WITH WATER AUTHORITY NOT THE CHIEF HE WAS LOOKING FOR WATER HE COULDN'T FIND IT AT THE HEIGHT OF PARTICULAR HAD IT BUT SINCE THAT TIME IT WAS A MAJOR PR ON THE CHIEF'S PART TO GO OUT AND CHECK EVERY FIRE HYDRANT RIGHT JUST FOR MAINTENANCE MAKING SURE THAT THE VESSELS CAN OPEN ETCETERA GREASING THEM ETC. IS REALLY BEEN A GOOD PR FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SEES YOU AND THEY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK FOR THAT JAQUELINE THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU SIR. BY NEXT UP WE HAVE THE SHELTON FIRE DISTRICT AND THAT'S CHIEF BUDDY JONES. HE'S ONLINE MR. JONES THERE FOR THE NEW AND OH YES GO AHEAD YOU'RE HEARING YES WE HEAR YOU GREAT ALL OUR WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET IS 1,765,000 FOR 71 AGAINST SERVICE THE 133 100 LAST YEAR IT WAS 40.30 3.2 AND WE'RE DROPPING TWO MILLS DECREASE IN OUR OPERATIONS AND WELL NOW WE WANT FOR 3.2 TO 2.90 IN OUR DEBT OUR WILL BY LAST YEAR WAS 41 JULY THIS YEAR 4667 FIVE AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ANSWER THEM.

BUT MOST OF OUR INCREASES ARE DUE TO SPAIN. THE OTHER PART IS HEALTH INSURANCE SALARIES AND WE ARE DOING A 3% FOR RATE ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF JONES WILL GOOD JOB CHIEF WE DON'T HAVE ANY GROWTH OUT THERE SO YOU'RE YOUR PARTNER WITH YOU.

GREAT. THANK YOU, CHIEF JONES. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND MR. WALLACE, YOU CAN COME UP PLEASE. I JUST WANTED TO RETURN SO MUCH ABOUT MILLAGE AND ROLLBACK TAXES AND IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE US A REAL QUICK EDUCATION ON

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OKAY. YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE FIRE DISTRICT BUDGETS APPROVED AND MOVED TO COUNTY COUNCIL.

I ALSO SAY THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.

WE WILL PASS THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION IS THERE ANY. NO, NO OBJECTION.

IT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO BE MOVED COUNTY COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING.

UM ALL RIGHT AND THEN SO LET'S THEN MOVE ON AND NEXT UP SO OUR CHIEFS CAN ALL GO RIGHT? YES THEY WITH THE LATEST DEAL IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.

YEAH YEAH IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE. YEAH.

[9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE YOUNG MEN’S SOCIAL CLUB AND SOUTH PINE LADIES UNION FOR A PORTION OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 242 AND 228 SCOTT HILL ROAD]

GOOD TO BE HERE. UM THIS IS A THIS IS KNOWN AS THE CENTER THIS HAS COME UP THROUGHOUT A TIME WE WERE ASKED TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SCOTT CENTER PROPERTY.

WE INFORMED COUNCIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THAT WE HAD NEVER HAD A LEASE WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT REQUIRED US TO DO IMPROVEMENTS YOU KNOW THE LEASE SAID THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PROPERTY WERE RESPONSIBLE BUT THEY KEPT ASKING FOR US TO DO IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY LIKE REBUILD THE CONCESSION STAND AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO COUNCIL ASK US NEGOTIATE THIS LEASE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ALL WANT TO ENTER INTO THIS IS UP TO YOU ALL IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE SITUATIONS WE CAN'T DO RECREATION PROGRAMING INSIDE THE SCOTTS IN OUR BUILDING OKAY SO JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THEY'RE THERE'S AN AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM GOING ON THERE THAT WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO BUT THIS LEASE WILL OBLIGATE TO DO IT PRETTY MUCH BOTH TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY AND POTENTIALLY TO THE BUILDING OVER TIME AS NECESSARY I I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO GIVING THE ADMINISTRATION THE ABILITY TO GO IN IN AND WORK OUT A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THIS GOOD COMMUNITY.

SO THE LEASE AGREEMENTS WORKED OUT WHICH I JUST NEED TO AUTHORIZE JUST NEED AUTHORIZATION FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL AFTER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ENTER INTO THE LEASE BUT THE LEASE IS PRETTY MUCH DONE THAT'S WHAT YOUR THAT'S WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDED THE COUNCIL TO BE OKAY THE COPY OF THE LEASE WAS NOT INCLUDED NOR WAS IT INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTS I THINK IT IS INCLUDED IT IS NO LEASE ONLY IN THE RESOLUTION THE RESOLUTION SO BEING THAT THE COUNTY RECENTLY ADOPTED THE LEASE POLICY THE SAME TEMPLATE IS BEING USED THROUGHOUT SO UNLESS THAT TEMPLATE IS OTHERWISE CHANGED ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THAT LEASE TEMPLATE ARE IN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF. OTHERWISE LIKE I SAID THE SAME VERBIAGE HAS BEEN USED FOR THIS ENTIRE POLICY. OKAY IF YOU WOULD LIKE WE CAN ALWAYS ADD THOSE IN AT THE COUNCIL MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO PUT THE AGREED UPON TEMPLATE IN THERE. YEAH I'D LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S BASICALLY IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT RESOLUTION YOU KNOW BUT LIKE TO SEE I MUST GREENLEE I NEED YOU TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF THE COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING COUNCIL THE

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW? I YOU KNOW YOU IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE RESOLVED IN ABOUT THIS LEASE AGREEMENT YOU FROM WHAT I GATHER THERE WERE THREE LEASES BLAH BLAH BLAH A PERIOD OF TIME AND WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE WAS STAND AT THE TIME AND ETC. SO WE ASK YOU TO GO INTO THE LEASE AGREEMENT ON COMPILING ALL THOSE COME UP WITH A ONE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME RIGHT RECREATION STARTED THE SOME YEARS AGO AT THE SCOTT CENTER WITH THE COUNTY HAVING THE LEAD ON THAT OF THE SCOTT COMMUNITY OWNED THE LAND OWNED THE BUILDING SO BUT THE COUNTY ENTERING INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM TO PROVIDE REC REC CENTER ACTIVITIES I JUST NEED TO KNOW IS THAT STILL SOMETHING THIS ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO PURSUE AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN PROVIDE REC PROGRAMS THERE. YES, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE RECREATION PROGRAMS BUT THAT'S NOT MANY OF THESE RURAL CENTERS AND ONE PARTICULAR FACILITY HERE IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT IS LOOKING FOR US TO DO THEY WANT US TO DO SOMETHING BEYOND RECREATION PROGRAMING. THEY US TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY CLINICS AND SEMINARS AND YOU KNOW, TAX PREPARATION CLASSES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT IS NOT PARKS AND RECREATION. SO IF THE COUNCIL FEELS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THAT BALL GAME. WELL PARKS AND THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY NOT ENTER INTO A LEASE ON THE BUILDING. THERE IS NO GYMNASIUM IN THIS BUILDING.

THERE IS VERY LITTLE RECREATION ACTIVITY THAT PARKS AND REC DO INSIDE THE BUILDING ITSELF THE GROUNDS DIFFERENT SITUATION THERE'S BASKETBALL COURTS, THERE'S YOU KNOW FIELDS THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS OUT THERE WHEN WE CAN DO RECREATION PROGRAMING SO WE HAVE THE SAME SITUATION A COUPLE OF THE CENTERS AND A COUNCILMEMBER AND ALSO ALSO THE DISTRICT WHEREBY PEOPLE WANT US TO DO THINGS THERE BUT IT'S VERY BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF NORMAL PARKS RECREATION PROGRAM. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. YOU KNOW WE, JUST NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT IF YOU ALL ENTER INTO THIS LEASE THAT MAY PUT PRESSURE ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE OFFERING PROGRAM AND THAT FITS OUTSIDE OF THE PARKS AND REC AND AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR I'M NOT GOING TO RECORD RIGHT NOW THERE WAS A STUDY DONE OR SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WHERE IS THAT AT THIS TIME THE STUDY IS WE'RE WAITING ON THE FINAL PRODUCT TO COME IN AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU COME UP HERE AND EXPLAIN AND THAT WILL GIVE US A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNTY MOVING FORWARD. SURE. SURE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. SO A LOT OF LAYERS TO THAT QUESTION TO SPECIFICALLY ASK ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE DONE. TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEIR STAFF. THEY HAVE EVERYTHING DONE WHAT DID IS WE WENT THROUGH THE FACILITIES AND MADE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMING, THE STAFFING, ALL OF THAT STUFF MATCHED WHAT WE KNOW IT TO BE AND WHAT THE CONSULTANT KNEW IT TO BE BASED ON OUR MEETINGS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH THEY'RE REFINING THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUR TARGET WAS JULY TO HAVE THE FINAL PRODUCT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS IN JULY IF WE DON'T IT'LL BE AUGUST AND IT'S IT'S A VERY DETAILED SO WITH THE LATEST FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF AUGUST IS WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED AND I WILL SAY THAT ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO CAME AND THEY WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED UP TO THAT POINT.

SO IT'LL BE THE WHOLE PRODUCT BY ABOUT 1ST OF AUGUST. OKAY.

YES, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IT AT LEAST IN JULY JULY SO WE CAN REALLY WE HAVE TIME OFF IN JULY SO WE CAN READ IT BEFORE. SURE. I MEAN HISTORICALLY I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS IN JULY BUT IF WE DO KNOW SOMETHING I THINK WE'LL JUST MAKE IT AVAILABLE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE LEAST PROPERTIES THAT STUDY HAS A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS AROUND THOSE AND THE REASON WHY IS WE'RE LIMITED ON WHERE WE GET FUNDING FOR PROPERTIES WE GET PART GRANTS WE CAN USE IN TAX FUNDS. THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR COUNTY OWNED PROPERTIES WHEN YOU LEASE PROPERTIES THAT LIMITS THE DOLLARS THAT WE CAN GO AFTER.

WE CAN TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SCOTT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE TABLE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FACILITY NEEDS THERE THAT COULD EASILY MAKE THE NUMBER GO WELL UP YOU KNOW HALF MILLION PLUS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL IS BUT JUST KNOW

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THE COUNTY SPENDS MONEY BUT THE COUNTY DOESN'T OWN WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS YOU DO ON THESE LEASED PROPERTIES SO WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE DIFFICULT YOU KNOW DO YOU WANT TO PUT $1,000,000 INTO A FACILITY THAT WE DON'T OWN DO WE YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? AND THAT'S REALLY QUESTION WITH THESE LEASES, YOU KNOW WE HAVE BOOKER T HAVE SOME OTHER LEASED PROPERTIES THAT HAVE NEEDS. WE ARE MAINTAINING THEM WE'RE PUTTING MONEY IN THEM TO KEEP PROGRAMING MOVING FORWARD. BUT THEY'RE ALL OLD. I MEAN THESE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT BACK IN THE SEVENTIES. I THINK BOOKER T WAS BUILT 78 OR 79.

I THINK SCOTT CENTER WAS BUILT AROUND THAT SAME TIME. YOU HAVE FENCING ISSUES, BALL FIELD ISSUES, LIGHTING ISSUES, THE CONCESSION STAND ISSUE THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL SET OF BATHROOMS. SO SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE WAITING WITH THESE LEASES IS YOU KNOW, IS THAT IS THAT THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO? IS THAT HOW WE WANT TO SPEND COUNTY RESOURCES KNOWING THAT WE DON'T REALLY OWN IT, WE LEASE IT, WE'RE PROVIDING IT BUT IT'S AND THEN WHO OWNS IT WHEN THE LEASE ENDS? SO THAT'S I HOPE THAT I'M SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. I AM JUST WANT TO DO KNOW WHERE THE FUTURE IS PARTICULARLY THE SCOTT COMMUNITY AND I THINK ONCE WE GET THAT STUDY DONE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS LAID OUT, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE, WHAT IS RECOMMENDED TO BE DONE WE CAN MOVE FROM THERE.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A QUESTION. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO PROVIDE RECREATION THINGS TO THE SCOTT COMMUNITY BUT DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE SIGNED THE LEASE NOW SO THAT MAKES US RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BUILDING. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SPEND TO BRING IT UP? AND I THINK IF I HEARD MR. GREENWAY SPEAK THAT WE CAN'T USE THE INSIDE THIS BUILDING FOR RECREATIONAL EVENTS OR BECAUSE IT'S BEING USED BY A OR PRESCHOOL RIGHT NOW. AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON YOU DEFINE RECREATION. I MEAN FOLKS SOME FOLKS IN THE COUNTY WANT US TO FIND RECREATION VERY LIBERALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO INSIDE BUILDINGS, PARKS AND REC FACILITIES AS YOU KNOW, FITNESS CLASSES THAT'S BASKETBALL IT'S YOU KNOW, LIFTING WEIGHTS, WALKING ON TREADMILL, THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS BUILDING THAT WOULD BE VERY TO ACCOMMODATE OF WHAT WE CONSIDER AS PROGRAMING CARRIED OUT BY PALS OR PARKS AND REC.

SO THE WHOLE FACILITY YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S FIELDS THERE THAT WE CAN AS PART OF OUR OH YES YES THERE ARE FIELDS THERE'S OUTSIDE THERE'S FIELDS AND THERE'S THERE'S A PLENTY OF RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

OKAY. BECAUSE IT GOES SMALL BECAUSE OF THE SIZE I MEAN THERE'S NO GYMNASIUM. THERE'S YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A COMMUNITY BUILDING. AND IF WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE TO USE FOR BIRTHDAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH COUNCIL ELECTING DO THAT. I JUST WANT COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE BUILDING AND BE ON RECORD AS STATING THAT JUST JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ENTERING INTO THIS LEASE ON THE BUILDING DOES THAT THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO ANY TYPE OF PROGRAMING IN THAT BUILDING THAT DOES NOT FIT TO TO THE GENERAL PARKS AND RECREATION FOOTPRINT OR MOTIVE WE WE CAN'T WE WE CAN'T GET IN THE BUSINESS OF YOU KNOW, OFFERING TAX CLASSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US AND COME IN THERE AND DO IT, WE'LL BE GLAD TO LET THEM DO THAT. BUT PARKS AND RECREATION IS NOT THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION BUSINESS RIGHT. UNDERSTAND IT. I MEAN THE THE THERE ARE A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT ARE PROVIDING TAXES AND THE LIBRARY ALSO SO I MEAN BUT YOU ARE WE ARE PROVIDING THE SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAM HERE. YEAH.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. WE WAIT FOR THE STUDY TO COME OUT AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. WE KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO COST US AND THAT IS IS OBVIOUSLY THE QUESTION THEN FINANCIALLY COMES IS THIS THE BEST LONG TERM THING FOR US IS THERE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN THE IN THE IN THAT COMMUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ELSE KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY. I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS BETTER IF WE OWN IT THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I MEAN WE YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LONG TERM CAPITAL REQUEST WOULD BE. I HAVE A YOU KNOW AND I'M NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SPECULATE AS TO WHAT THAT WOULD BE AT THIS POINT.

WE WE DO NEED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BECAUSE THERE A CONCESSION STAND THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT ON THE PROPERTY AT LEAST ON THE OUTSIDE.

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SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE CALLED OUT BUT THEY'RE VIEWED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE PROPERTIES. BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF HOW MANY FIELDS WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC LIKE THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY SO AND OF COURSE THEY'RE THE OUTSIDE OF FACILITIES OPPORTUNITIES TENNIS YEAH BASKETBALL BASKETBALL COURT AND STUFF AND SO ON THE OUTSIDE SO KNOW THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE HAPPENING ON A REGULAR AS FAR AS PROGRAMING YOU KNOW THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY AND WE CAN LOOK FOR THE STUDY TO TELL WHAT CAN BE OR SHOULD BE OR WE YOU KNOW WHAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE AND I WANT TO LOOK AT IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IT THAT AREA IS TOUGH BECAUSE IT'S IN A MAJOR AREA OF SAINT HELENA AND THE COUNTY IS INVESTED IN THERE OVER THE YEARS. YEAH I THINK THAT THE ESSENCE THE THE TIMELINESS REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED OF STAFF THE DOLLAR THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED SPENT THERE. THAT'S WHAT'S SORT OF DRIVING THIS THE TIMELINESS OF THIS IS STAFF DOES NOT WANT TO GO OUT AND INVEST HALF MILLION PLUS DOLLARS IN SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT HAS A LEASE THAT'S EXPIRING RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LEASE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAS SAYS THAT ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY BECOME THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WHEN THE LEASE EXPIRES. SO I THINK THAT SORT OF IS A TWO EDGED SWORD.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE STRUGGLE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. YES.

AS A COUNTY YES, SIR. YEAH. IS IS JUST WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IN THE STUDY HAS BEEN LONG WE'LL DO IT IN KNOW BUT AS SOON AS WE GET THIS I MEAN I HATE TO INJECT ANYTHING UNTIL THE STUDY IS COMPLETED AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN GO FROM THERE BUT YOU KNOW, THAT STUDY HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE. SO WHEN DOES THE CURRENTLY YOU KNOW PROBABLY IT EXPIRED. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT IT'S A VERY RECENTLY WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION THAT. YES, THERE ARE THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEASES THERE'S I THINK A ONE ACRE PIECE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER SITS. THERE'S A MULTIYEAR I WOULDN'T SAY A THREE OR FOUR ACRE TRACT THAT'S BEHIND THAT. AND THEN THERE'S A BALL FIELD IS ACROSS THE STREET AND THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE LEASES WITH ABOUT THE SAME TIMELINE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE THIS YEAR I BELIEVE IS WHEN THEY EXPIRE NOT LONG AGO AND WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING THROUGH THIS BUT YOU COMBINE ALL OF THAT INTO YOU.

NO. YES THERE WOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT LANDLORDS THAT ARE TWO NONPROFIT GROUPS. UH, OKAY, GOOD. AND COVER THE PROPERTY, BOTH THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE FIELDS BUT THE TIME TABLE WILL BE COMBINED.

IS IT IS SEEN? YES. YEAH.

OKAY. SO WE DON'T AT LEAST THAT'S SINCE THE CURRENT COUNTY ONE.

SO WHAT'S THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT LEASE AND WHAT'S THE RENEWABLE DATES AND HOW IS OUT HOW DOES THAT WORK THE THE LEASE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY WOULD BE FOR A TEN YEAR PERIOD WITH A RENEWAL EVERY FIVE TIMES SO IT WOULD BE A 50 YEAR LEASE.

UM, SO AGAIN TEN YEAR TERM CAN BE RENEWED FIVE TIMES SO THERE IS POTENTIAL OF ITEING A 50 YEAR LEASE. OKAY. SO IF I UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LEASING THIS TAKING ON MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AS WELL AS UTILITY COST. HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT PURCHASING IT? THEY WERE NOT. I DID ASK INQUIRED THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED BUT NO NEITHER PARTY WERE INTERESTED. YEAH.

AND DOES THIS FACILITY SERVE THE PURPOSE OUT THERE IN YOUR IN YOUR VIEW?

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OH YOU KNOW WELL THAT WOULD BE VERY ONE SIDED IF ONE PARTY COULD JUST ARBITRARILY AND YEAH BUT THERE ARE REASONS FOR TERMINATION. YES YEAH YEAH YEAH.

IF EVER DEEMED UNNECESSARY OR NOT NECESSARY FOR THE COUNTY FOR ITS PURPOSES OR INTENDED PURPOSES. YES BUT MY LAST MY LAST QUESTION IS SO WE'RE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY IN A MULTI-MONTH LEASE AT THIS POINT WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.

WOULD THEY BE OKAY GIVEN A FEW SHORT MONTHS FOR A STUDY TO COME BACK FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION? I HAVE TO INQUIRE THEY I HAD TOLD THEM THAT WAS COMING FORWARD OF TODAY TO BE READ A COMMITTEE CLEARLY THERE IS A DESIRE FOR THE PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE SO AT THIS POINT I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY IT'S AT A MONTH TO MONTH.

YEAH THERE NO CURRENTLY AND AND NO PAYMENTS ARE BEING MADE AND THE CURRENT ONE OR IN THE FUTURE IT'S A NOMINAL RATE OF DOLLAR A YEAR SO EITHER WAY THERE'S NOT MONEY GOING TOWARDS THAT OTHER THAN UPKEEP ANY ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT THE LEASE THAT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH THEM DOES CLEARLY STATE THAT NO REQUEST CAN BE MADE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT IS AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE COUNTY ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE PUT INTO THE PROPERTY SO WHICH IS NOT CLEAR IN THE CURRENT LEASE AND I HAVE A QUESTION YES SO ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WE WOULD BE USING PUBLIC FUNDS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH NO ABILITY TO RECLAIM ANY OF THAT. THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE MIGHT HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT. YOU'RE USING PUBLIC FUNDS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR A LEASE A CONTRACTUAL LEASE TO PROPERTY? YES. BOY I WANT TO SAY THE THE ONLY CAVEAT TO YOUR STATEMENT IS THAT IS VERY PUBLIC PURPOSE AND WILL REMAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT IS THAT THAT IS THE CAVEAT IT YES THAT ANY IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING FOR THE PUBLIC USE PUBLIC OKAY THANKS. ALL RIGHT SO THIS WOULD BE A RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT COUNTY MEETING IF WE DECIDED TO PASS THIS AND MOVE THIS FORWARD. SO AT THIS TIME IS THERE IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD THE COUNTY COUNCIL AS A RESOLUTION IF DID BUT WE DID THAT YEAH FIRST DUDE SECOND THERE A SECOND I THOUGHT THERE WAS SECOND I WAS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AGAIN NOW YOU DIGRESSED FOR THE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON SUBJECT IF I IF I MIGHT WHEN YEAH I REALIZE THAT THIS LEASES BEFORE PERTAINING TO THIS AND HOW IN THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCILMAN GLOVER'S DISTRICT AND AS ERIC SAID I HAVE THE SAME IN MY DISTRICT WHICH IS THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE I'M SORT OF HOARSE SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME WHAT I LET COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTAND IS THAT IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY THERE IS VERY LITTLE ACTIVITY FOR THE FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. AND SO IN THE EARLY 70 LATE SEVENTIES THE FEDERAL FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN IN THE RURAL OF THE COUNTY. AND SO THAT'S HOW THESE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND AND BALLPARKS AND STUFF CAME INTO EXISTENCE.

THE COUNTY THE COUNTY DOESN'T OWN IT BUT I WOULD SAY TO US AS COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES WE ARE RESPONSE FOR PROVIDES FOR PROVIDING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS AND BEFORE I REALIZED THAT WE'VE GOT A DILEMMA HERE WITH PROPERTY THAT WE DON'T OWN AND IT'S BEING LEASED SO AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION AS TO ASK COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION WHERE WE GO WITH THIS WHERE DO WE GO WITH A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITY COUNTY WAY? SO THAT'S THAT'S A FUTURE DISCUSSION THINK AND I THINK IT'S COMING OUT IN THE STUDY

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I'M GOING TO OBJECT. ALL RIGHT. SO ONE OBJECTION YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD TAKE TAKE THE ROLL ON THIS JUST ONE OBJECTION TO THIS ONE OBJECTION ANY OTHER ANYONE ELSE OBJECT AT TIME TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO COUNCIL AS A RESOLUTION? SO WE HAVE ONE OBJECTION ALL THE OTHERS ARE YEAS AND THIS WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL AS A RESOLUTION WITH A PUBLIC HEARING MY GOOD THINK MR. GREENWAY YOU UP HERE AGAIN? I ALL RIGHT UNTIL THE WAY YOU WERE HANGING OUT THERE SO LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO NUMBER TEN ON

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER, INC. FOR A PORTION OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1511 NORTH STREET]

YOU HAVE ALLOCATED $40,000 IN A BUDGET AMENDMENT NOT LONG AGO FOR US TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE TREE AND THIS LEASE WILL SOLIDIFY THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TREE AND ALLOW THE PAT CONROY CENTER TO ESTABLISH THIS POCKET PARK AROUND THAT TREE TO PROTECT THE TREE.

THE COUNTY HAS NO MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION IN THE ANYTHING. THE ONE THING YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT IS WANT IRRIGATION FOR THE LANDSCAPING AROUND TREE I NOT I AM NOT PROVIDING THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER 20 GRAND I THINK 40 GRAND TO ESTABLISH A WALL AROUND THIS TREE IS APPROPRIATE FOR TAXPAYER MONEY ALLOCATION TO THIS AND THEY'VE ALSO ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT PAT CONROY CENTER AS INTERIM DID AN AGREEMENT WITH BARTLETT TREES SERVICE TO PROVIDE FREE TREE MAINTENANCE TO THE TREE AND BARTLETT HAS ALREADY DONE SOME WORK THE TREE THE WALL WILL PROTECT THE TREE BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'RE IN THE WATER BIG TRUCKS GET PARKED ON THE ROUTE MAP THIS TREE WE HAD A SITUATION LAST YEAR THERE I WENT THERE I MADE A DECISION THAT BECAUSE THE HEAVY WOULD NOT BE MOVING BACK AND FORTH EVERY DAY THAT WE WOULD JUST LET SIT THERE THROUGH THE WATER FESTIVAL BUT THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OCCUR THIS YEAR. WE WILL WE WILL BLOCK THAT OFF TO PROTECT THE DRIP LINE OF THE TREE OF . YOUR QUESTIONS FOR EVERYONE SO I NEED A MOTION THEN TO MOVE THIS AS A PARTY. SORRY COME LATE TO THE PARTY. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

YES SIR. GOOD ON THIS IS A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH A GROUP WHO WANT TO LEASE THE PROPERTY FOR A PARK. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT PARKING LOT THAT CONTAINS THE TREE? IS THAT STILL OUR PROPERTY AND DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS WITH REGARD TO A SALE OF THAT PARKING? WE WE WE DO ON THE PARKING AND WE DO HAVE PLANS I DO HAVE PLANS TO BRING FORWARD SHORTLY A PLAN TO THAT BY THE TWO DOES VEST OURSELVES OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT BECAUSE WE DO NOT NEED THAT AMOUNT OF LAND FOR THE PARKING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THE PAVED LOT ADJACENT TO THESE FROM THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AFTER WE PURCHASED THE DALLAS PARKING

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THAT'S CORRECT YES. RIGHT. SO HOW MANY OF THE DOWN LOTS WILL WE SELL? BOTH AND THAT LOT CONTAINS THE TREE.

THAT IS CORRECT. SO THEN THE LEASE WILL HAVE TO BE REENGAGED BY THIS GROUP WITH WHOEVER NEW OWNERS ARE. THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SAVING THE TREE.

WE'RE NOT KEEPING THE TREE ARE WE? WE ARE NOT THE LEAST WOULD TRANSFER TO WITH THE WITH THE TREE OR WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION SUBDIVIDE THE TREE OUT AND KEEP IT AS A COUNTY PROPERTY. OKAY WHERE IS THE PAVED LOT WITH REGARD TO THE DOWN THE 2000 LOTS DEPENDS ON WHICH ROAD YOU'RE STANDING ON SO IF YOU'RE OKAY YOU'RE STANDING BY THE IF YOU'RE STANDING BY THE COURTHOUSE LOOKING AT THE DOWLING LOTS IT WOULD BE THE PARKING TO THE RIGHT OKAY NEXT THING NEXT TO THE LAW FIRM.

YES YES SIR THAT'S RIGHT. IF I'M ON THE OTHER STREET IF YOU'RE ON THE OTHER STREET IT WOULD BE TO THE LEFT OF THAT WE OWN WE OWN ALL OF THOSE THAT WE OWN ALL OF THAT AREA.

YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS IS THERE A SECOND I'LL SECOND THAT I WAS NEVER GOING TO SECOND IT AND IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. NO DISCUSSION. MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT OBJECTION UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? I AN OBJECTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE ONE OBJECTION. DO WE NEED TO TAKE ROLL CALL? IS THAT THE ONLY OBJECTION? I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY OBJECTION IS MR. MCKELLEN. SO THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OBJECTION SO IT GOES TO RESOLUTION AND A PUBLIC HEARING A RESOLUTION AS A ONE TIME VOTE NEXT COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON HERE NUMBER 11

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT-FUNDED PUBLIC SAFETY RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES POLICY]

BUT FOR OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE ARPA FUNDS $500,000 TO HELP INCREASE OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS PRIMARILY WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMC AND DETENTION CENTER. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT WE HAVE UTILIZED AROUND 49% OF THOSE FUNDS. IT HAS EXPIRED AND WHEN THE FUNDS OR AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO USE WHICH IS DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. SO AS WE ALL KNOW, WHEN WE IMPLEMENT A NEW POLICY, A NEW PROGRAM THE WAY WE HAVE A FEW GROWING PAINS, WE SEE SOME AREAS FOR OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE COMING FOR YOU WITH. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE PROPOSED POLICY IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU ARE TO REFER TO THE FIRST HOW TO HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS THIS IS JUST A MERE FACT OF CLEANING UP A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE. IT'S NOT CHANGE IN THE INTENT OR DEFINITION OF WHAT YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BUT THE NEXT SECTION C, SECTION FOUR, ITEM B SO ITEM TWO THIS IS STATING THAT THIS IS REFERRING TO THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

SO IT INITIALLY HAD THAT YOU HAD TO BE 30 MILES OUTSIDE THE COUNTY OR EXCUSE ME OUT OF THE RADIUS OF THIS ADDRESS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR RELOCATION THEN WE ARE ADDING ON A PIECE OF THAT TO SAY THAT YOU ALSO NOW MISS RELOCATE WITHIN 30 MILES. AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, 30 MILE RADIUS IS COVERED ALL OF COUNTY SO 30 MILES WITH 30 MILE RADIUS IS STILL COVERING COUNTY. SO IT WOULD STILL BE INCLUSIVE THAT RELOCATE TO COUNTY WOULD BE AN EXTREME AREA OF 30 MILES AND WILL IMPROVE OUR COUNTY. SO THE MOST SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN POINTS BUT THE 30 MILE RADIUS DOES RUN ALL THE WAY UP TO 95 AROUND EDISTO BEACH AREA JUST ABOVE SAVANNAH AREA. SO MORE SAVANNAH AREA. OKAY.

OKAY OKAY. AND THEN THE NEXT MAJOR SECTION OF CHANGE YOU'LL FIND IS ON PAGE TWO THAT THAT'S UNDER SECTION FOUR. LET'S SECTION FOUR ITEM SEE ITEM THREE SUB SUB ITEM TWO. SO THAT'S PRETTY FAR DOWN IN THERE.

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YES, MA'AM, BUT I MEAN THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OF A HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COLLECT IT? I LEFT AND VOLUNTARILY YOU'RE NOT ON OUR PAYROLL THAT'S COLLECTED FROM YOUR PAYCHECK THAT A GREAT QUESTION. SO IF THEY DO STILL HAVE A FINAL PAYMENT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER POLICY PLACE THAT WE CAN RECRUIT FROM FINAL PAYMENT AND WAGES AND WE HAVE HAD A SITUATION WHERE ALREADY WE'VE HAD SOMEONE THAT DID COVER THE PAYMENT OUT OF THEIR FINAL CHECKS. SO WE HAVE SENT A LETTER WE SET UP A PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS. WE SPEAK WITH THAT PERSON, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT TOO MUCH OF A FINANCIAL BURDEN WITH THEM AND THEN WE PUT A TIMELINE TO MAKE SURE IT IS PAID BACK BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF 1231 2024. SO PLAN WOULD BE THE SAME FOR INVOLUNTARY.

THANK YOU YES MA'AM AND MR. YES THIS DOESN'T VIOLATE ANY OF THE SALARY AND WAGE CLAIM ACT DOES IT FOR SOUTH NO SIR IT'S OKAY TO WITHHOLD WITHHOLD THAT LAST PAYMENT IF THEY YES YES YES SIR BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED WE ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER IN PLACE TO COVER THAT.

SO YES I WOULD QUESTION IS THERE A REASON IT'S A TWO YEAR PAYBACK WELL TWO OR TWO YEARS OR WE CLOCK BACK CITIZENS CORRECT. SO IT STARTED AS A ONE YEAR BUT I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF MIXED OPINIONS ON THAT WITH COUNCIL AND THAT WE YOUR DESIRE WE CHANGE THAT TO THE TWO YEAR PERIOD. OKAY I WASN'T HERE FOR THAT I MEAN I COULD SEE THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE RELOCATION BONUS BUT AS FAR AS THE HIRING BONUS AFTER A YEAR 20 $500 THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I HAVE MADE IT ONE YEAR BUT IF YOU ALL DECIDED THAT'S FINE SO AND IT ALSO IS UP TO 5000 SO THEY GET A FIRST INSTALLMENT OF 2500 AT THEIR INITIAL DATE OF HIRE AND THEN WANT TO SAVE A SIX MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD.

THEY GET A SECOND INSTALLMENT OF 25 AND ADDITIONAL 25 AS THEY GET UP TO $5,000 FOR THEIR SIGN ON AND AN ADDITIONAL 2500 FOR THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE. BUT THAT WAS DESIRE COUNCIL WHEN THIS WAS PASSED LAST YEAR TO MAKE IT A TWO YEAR RETENTION PERIOD.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE FOR ME? JUST JUST ONE CURRENT STAFF, THE DIFFERENCE IN STARTING OFF TO COMPARE TO LONGEVITY STAFF MEMBER IS WHAT YOU MEAN WHAT IS OUR LOIS BRINGING IN FOR THE LOWEST GRADE ON HER PAY SCALE IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME COMPARED TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING PAID TO CURRENT STAFF? UM, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY TO SEE THIS.

WE'RE HERE IF BRINGING A NEW EMPLOYEE IN POSITION OF IS YOU GOING TO PAY SOMEONE $2 THAT SAME POSITION IS ALREADY HERE WITH A CURRENT STAFF MEMBER. HOW APART THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT SALARY SO AND DOES A 5000 TAKE THEM OVER IT IT ABSOLUTELY YES IT ABSOLUTELY AND MY QUESTION BECOMES WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOING TO THE MORALE OF WHO ARE CURRENTLY HERE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ESPECIALLY IN THE DETENTION CENTER FOR YEARS DO IT ALL THEY CAN EVEN OVERTIME ETC. ETC. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THEIR MORALE? SO I KNOW ONE THING I'M WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THAT HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A PLAN TO COME FORWARD WITH YOU IS LOOKING AT INCREASING OUR OUR MINIMUM WAGE FOR OUR CURRENT AT LEAST THEM FIRST AND THEN WE'LL ROLL THAT OUT TO EXTERNAL APPLICANTS IF THERE IS ANY DESIRE TO SUPPLEMENT A TYPE OF RETENTION BONUS THAT IS WE CAN LOOK AT IF THAT'S THE DESIRE FOR COUNTY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW I KNOW THE MAIN PROJECT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OUR PAY BANDS AND BRINGING THOSE UP. YEAH YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE HEARD SOME STAFF MEMBERS BASICALLY IS THAT BECAUSE OF THIS AND THERE'S NO PROBLEM THEY HAVE WITH IT.

IT'S JUST THAT THEY'VE ALSO SACRIFICED A LOT AS WELL AND HOW ARE WE TRYING TO REWARD

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AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO GOING TO GO INTO PLAY TO SOME ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS.

I KNOW WE'RE BEING HELD WITH MERIT INCREASES, LONGEVITY INCREASES AND HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT FOR OUR CURRENT STAFF. I MEAN I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE CAUSE OF THESE STAFF WE HAVE CURRENTLY ALL OF A SUDDEN LEAVE I MEAN WE WILL BE IN A ROUGH POSITION IN THIS COUNTY. SO THAT'S THE CONCERN I'M BRINGING FORWARD. I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN AT LEAST ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR CURRENT WHO HAVE REALLY GIVEN THEIR TIME AND ENERGY WELL AND HUNG IN THERE WITH US. SO YEAH THANK YOU. I WILL WORK WITH ADMINISTRATION ON THAT. ALL RIGHT IN OTHER QUESTIONS AND BEFORE WE MOVE THIS FORWARD, IS THERE ANY IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS OH MY GOSH.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND PART? THANK YOU AND THIS IS TO MAKE A AS A RESOLUTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO COUNCIL. UM AND IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION SO YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION THERE'S ANY OBJECTION TO MOVING THIS AS A RESOLUTION COUNCIL SEEING NO OBJECTION THANK YOU MISS ME FOR BEING HERE.

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A MOTION TO CORRECT SCRIVENER'S ERRORS IN ORDINANCE 2023/8 - TEXT AMENDMENTS TO BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 82: IMPACT FEES, ARTICLE I, IN GENERAL; ARTICLE II, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE III, PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES; ARTICLE IV, ROAD FACILITIES - SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY SERVICE AREA; ARTICLE V, LIBRARY FACILITIES; ARTICLE VI, FIRE FACILITIES; ARTICLE VII, ROAD FACILITIES - NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY]

GOOD AFTERNOON. SO AT LONG LAST IN MARCH COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE AN UPDATE TO THE IMPACT FOR YOU ORDINANCE THAT WE ACTUALLY STARTED IN 2017.

IT WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS UM STAFF WORKED CLOSELY WITH MUNICIPALITIES TO AGREE ON CERTAIN TABLES FOR CERTAIN IMPACT FEES. UNFORTUNATELY THREE OF THE TABLES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN MARCH DON'T ACCURATELY REFLECT THE AGREEMENT OF THE COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE EXCUSE ME HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH UPDATES TO THOSE THREE TABLES. ONE IS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BROAD ONE IS FOR ROAD IMPACT FACILITIES NORTH OF THE BROAD AND THE OTHER IS FOR THE SAME THING FOR SOUTH OF THE PARK. THE QUESTION THEN BECAME WELL WELL HOW DO WE FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE THREE TABLES THAT ARE AN ACCURATE OR AN ACCURATE DON'T ACCURATELY REFLECT THE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES. AND SO COUNCIL'S ACTUALLY PROVIDE HAVE A PROVISION THEREFORE SCRIBNER'S ERRORS I THINK THE LANGUAGE OF THE OF THE RULE ITSELF IS UNFORTUNATE IT SAYS SCRIBNER'S MAY BE MADE TO AN EXISTING ORDINANCE AND APPROVED A MINUTES WITH A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF COUNCIL. I THINK WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT THE SCRIBNER'S ERROR MAY BE CORRECTED TO AN EXISTING ORDINANCE BY A TWO THIRDS VOTE.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS USING COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES WHICH UNDER STATE LAW IT HAS THE ABILITY TO ADOPT AND IT DID ADOPT AND ASKING IT TO ASK AND WE WILL ASK COUNCIL FOR A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO AMEND THESE THREE TABLES THAT ARE SET FORTH THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS MOVE UP. GOOD.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. WE MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT OBJECTION. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION SEEING NO OBJECTION.

THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR AGENCY BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND APPOINTMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS WE HAVE FOR APPOINTMENTS.

[14. DISCUSSION OF ELIMINATING CERTAIN AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS, AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF AN INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR MEMBERS]

SO BACK HERE WHICH I TO DIRECT IS YES THANK YOU. NUMBER 14 DISCUSSION OF ELIMINATING CERTAIN AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR MEMBERS SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT BEFORE WE TAKE THE FINAL NUMBER 13. GO AHEAD. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE WE STOOD UP THE GREEN SPACE BOARD AND THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WAS DONE WITH THAT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE NEEDED TO INSTITUTE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPOINTEES BEFORE THEY ARE APPOINTED. CURRENTLY THE PROCESS IS A LITTLE FRAGMENTED AND NOT VERY CLEAR AS TO WHO WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING ON OUR BOARDS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THERE WE KNOW WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS ARE, WHAT THEY WRITE DOWN PAPER WITH BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO FORMALLY AND ENGAGE WITH THOSE FOLKS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT THEM ON THE BOARDS

[01:25:01]

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO REVIEW OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND SEE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS . MR. CHAIRMAN.

YES, GOOD. I'D LIKE I LIKE TO OFFER THAT WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND TAKE THEM OFF LIST. WE DID THAT WITH THE SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY CORONER BEAUTIFICATION BOARD WHICH HAS BEEN DISSOLVED.

THERE'S SOME OTHERS SUCH AS THE FORESTRY COMMISSION IS AN ACT OF I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIRECTED BY STATE LAW OR NOT TO HAVE THAT BUT IT'S NOT ACTIVE. BUT I GET QUESTIONS WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR IT EVEN THOUGH WE SAY IT'S INACTIVE BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD START THERE.

THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND TOWN OR ROYAL BOTH INTERVIEWED PEOPLE FOR THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. IT'S A VERY CASUAL PROCESS. THEY DO IT AT A MEETING AND IT DOES GIVE IT DOES GIVE THE COUNCILS AN IDEA OF WHO THE PERSON IS, NOT JUST WHO THEY ARE ON PAPER. I DON'T THINK WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE ANYTHING AS STRENUOUS AS THE INTERVIEWS WERE FOR GREENSBORO SO THEY WERE EXCELLENT INTERVIEWS BUT IT WAS QUITE INTENSE. BUT SO I WOULD SUGGEST SCRUB THIS LIST OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEN WE TALK AGAIN ABOUT A POSSIBLE INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT WOULDN'T BE A BURDEN FOR EVERYBODY BUT STILL SERVE A PURPOSE OF GETTING TO SEE THE FACE OF THE PERSON BY ZOOM OR IN PERSON AND A FEW QUESTIONS STANDARD QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE THEY ARE APPOINTED. SO THE SECRETARY THOUGHTS ARE YOU YOU THINK THAT STAFF WOULD COME BACK TO US WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION OR WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO GOING TO SIT DOWN AND SCRUB THIS LIST? I THINK WOULD NEED TO SCRUB THIS LIST.

YES, DEFINITELY. IF SOMETHING CAN COMBINED I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH. THEY'RE THE BEST PEOPLE TO THAT .

MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT MS. SAID. I WOULD PUT ONE OTHER LITTLE PIECE AFTER THEY COME BACK SCRUBBING THE LIST. I LIKE THE INTERVIEW PART NOT THE WAY WE GREENSPACE THAT WAS WAY LONG BUT I ALSO WANT ANOTHER PIECE THERE AND THAT WOULD BE SOME KIND OF TRAINING FOR PEOPLE COMING ON TO COMMITTEES.

FOR EXAMPLE DON'T DROP INTO THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP YOU JUST DON'T DROP IN.

SO I WOULD PUT THAT IN THE RECOMMENDATION IF IT COULD COME FROM ADMINISTRATION.

I WOULD AGREE THAT THE TRAINING IS IS ESSENTIAL AND I ASSUME THAT THESE AGENCIES PROVIDE SOME TYPE TRAINING THEMSELVES. I DO KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION DOES SO I DO KNOW THAT THE RULE IN CRITICAL LAND WHERE WE HAVE ADVISED SOME TRAINING SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T LIKE PART WHERE AS A AS A COUNCIL MEMBER I HAVE A DISTRICT AND I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THAT'S MY COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEMBER THE SAME THING WITH THE RULE IN CRITICAL LAND BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME I THINK WE PROBABLY THERE ARE SOME BOARDS THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS TO TO INTERVIEW AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO SERVE. BUT THEN THERE'S SOME THAT THINK THEY REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER I LIKE APPOINTING MY REPRESENT.

SO I JUST LIKE THAT TOO. MR. CALLAN, I THINK I HEARD YOU SPEAK OR ARE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT COMMISSIONS THEY'RE ALL REQUIRED TO BE NOMINATED BY MEMBER OF COUNCIL, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH. IS THAT WRONG RIGHT THAT ANYONE CAN APPLY? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. BUT WELL I'M SURE ANYONE CAN APPLY BUT THE SELECTIONS AND NOMINATIONS FLOW FROM A MEMBER OF COUNCIL.

IS THAT WRONG OR RIGHT? WELL YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE NOMINATED MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITHOUT A COUNTY COUNCIL PERSON ENDORSING ANYONE UNLESS THEREBY UNLESS BY COUNTY RULE AND CRITICAL USUALLY YOU MAY HAVE TWO APPLICANTS BUT THE COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE MAY NOMINATE THE ONE THAT THEY PREFER BUT OTHERS I MEAN THE QUESTION RIGHT OUT DOES NOT GET

[01:30:09]

THAT'S CORRECT AND THEY WE ARE THEN GIVEN SOME PAPERWORK TO REVIEW AND THEN A VOTE IS TAKEN WITHOUT EVEN MEETING THEM. THAT'S CORRECT. COULD COULD COULD COULD SHOULD TO VARIOUS POINT HI. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT COUNCIL HAS THE LIBERTY TO A REPRESENTATIVE FOR FIRST DISTRICT TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSION NOT IF NOT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE APPOINTED BY A DISTRICT. RIGHT.

YEAH THERE'S THERE'S CERTAIN SPECIFICITY THERE'S LAYERS TO THEM.

I THINK THE PROCESS SHOULD BE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT 28 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND SEE IF SOME MAY BE ELIMINATED, SOME MAY BE COMBINED. SOME HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS.

YOU CANNOT ON THE AIRPORTS BOARD UNLESS YOU HAVE CERTAIN QUALIFIED RIGHT.

THERE ARE OTHERS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT REQUIRE SPECIFIC TRAINING AND ANNUAL REVIEW AND CERTIFICATIONS. SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BREWING FOR A LONG PERIOD TIME. IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IN TOTALITY SO THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WE ARE ACTUALLY APPOINTING SOMEONE THEY HAVE THOROUGHLY BEEN VETTED TO BE APPROPRIATE TO THAT BOARD AND COMMISSION. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF IS BEING ASKED OF US. ALL RIGHT. SO WE JUST YOU NEED A RECOMMENDATION FROM US THEN OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON? I JUST NEED I DON'T WANT TO GO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS AND THEN BRING IT BACK AND I'LL SAY, OH, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S GOOD.

KNOW ONE THING BEING NEW ON HERE AND SEEING AND SEEING THESE NAMES COME UP IT'S BEEN A LOT OF RE APPOINTMENTS WHICH YOU KNOW I'VE DONE THE RESEARCH ON MOST OF THEM AT LEAST ARE IN MY DISTRICT. I KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE COME IN IN FRONT OF US THAT ARE UP FOR NOMINATION OR APPROVAL OR APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND JUST DON'T HAVE TO BE LONG.

I MEAN IF YOU WANT TO VET THE APPLICATION APPLICANTS IN THERE DON'T HAVE A PRESENT.

I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO GET ON THAT LIST UP THERE YOU HAVE IT. YOU HAVE A HISTORIC ROOM.

YOU HAVE A HISTORIC REVIEW BOARD. THEY NEVER MEET AND SO WE COLLECT THE HISTORIC REVIEW BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES FALL UNDERNEATH THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD WHICH WE DO AS LONG AS THIS PROCESS DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE RIGHT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HIS DISTRICT TO REPRESENT TO THE DISTRICT ON A GIVEN BOARD OR COMMISSION. I DON'T KNOW WE WANT WE WON'T RECOMMEND CHANGING THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE DISTRICT APPOINTEES BUT NOT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DISTRICT OFFICERS RIGHT. I JUST DO WE UNDERSTAND MR. GREENWAY, WE QUESTION HOW MANY PEOPLE IN TOTAL ARE ON ALL THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SET PROCESS HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE THERE ON YOU IF YOU CAN HELP SO COUNT IT. SO LET ME A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY FIRST OF ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS NOT A COUNTY ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE. IT IS A COUNTY COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CLERK COUNCIL HANDLES THAT BUT WE WILL HELP THEM SET UP THE PROCESS BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME ABOUT 211 PEOPLE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY HEAR THE DIRECTOR FROM US WOULD LIKE TO SIMPLIFY PROCESS AND ALSO THEN HAVE MORE INPUT ON ON IT IMPORTANT SELECTIONS AS WE DO SO WE'LL WORK ON TRYING TO LIKE MR. GLOVER WAS CORRECT THAT SOME BOARDS ARE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER BOARDS NOT THE ONES THAT TRACK WHAT PEOPLE DO IS IS ALSO NOT MORE IMPORTANT MORE SKILLS OF THIS KIND. THANK YOU VERY SPECIFIC.

YEAH WHEN IT BEING AN ENGINEER OR SOMETHING. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR SAVING ALL THIS WORK IS DONE AND UNDERTAKEN. IS IT POSSIBLE ALSO TO WHERE THE AUTHORITY DIRECTION FOR ACTIONS ON THE PART OF GORDON WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO

[01:35:06]

YES. OKAY, GOOD. SO YOU DO HAVE DIRECTION FROM US THEN? I MEAN GOOD AND THEN LET'S MOVE ON.

DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT OF AGENCY AGENCY BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS I NEED FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER HOLDING THE BOARDS REAPPOINTMENT. LOOK, I DO NOT WANT TO CALL OUT ANY NAMES BUT WE NEED TO DO LITTLE MORE. LOOK INTO THAT FROM A FROM A FROM AN ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT. OKAY. SO HOW MANY HOW MANY POSITIONS

[13. AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS & REAPPOINTMENTS]

ALL RIGHT. SO NUMBER 13 ON OUR AGENDA IS AGENCY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND APPOINTMENTS AND RE APPOINTMENTS. UM, AND WE HAVE THREE APPOINTMENTS COMING UP AND. IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT WE HOLD OFF ON THE AIRPORTS BOARD.

IS THERE SOMEONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

I HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT. IF WE'RE A COUNTY COUNCIL IS THE COMMISSION DOING WHAT WE RECOMMEND SOMEONE ACTUALLY I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HOLD UP.

I'D LIKE KNOW WHY SINCE IT'S OUR DECISION WHETHER OR NOT WE APPOINT SOMEONE I DIDN'T THAT THE EXECUTIVE STAFF WAS INVOLVED WITH US. WELL I THINK THAT IS AS WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT WE NEED TO GET MORE INVOLVED. WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THAT WE NEED IS WHAT I'M WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE I MEAN I DON'T MIND ELABORATING THIS WAS HESITANT TO DO IT IN OPEN SESSION WE DON'T WANT ELABORATE ON WE A POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH SOME COMPLIANCE WITH AIRPORT REGULATIONS AND PROTOCOLS AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH UM WITH POTENTIAL PROFESSIONALISM AS A RESULT THIS REAPPOINTMENT THAT I NEED THAT I NEED TO LOOK FURTHER INTO. HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO THE BOARD REASSESSMENT? JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS, YES. SAY WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL I MAYBE TELL YOU ALL YOU ALL CAN RECOMMEND THAT IT GO TO COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO WITH THE APPOINTMENTS AND WE TRY THAT WE WILL TRY TO HAVE IT VETTED JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY HAVE TO WE MAY BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION AT THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT ONE OF THESE PROPOSITIONS NOT GO FORWARD BUT WHAT'S THE WISH OF THE COMMITTEE SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO MOVE FORWARD TO COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. FIRST IN A SECOND, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. SO UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALL OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOARDS COMMISSIONS BOARD TO COUNTY COUNCIL, UH, FOR APPROVAL AS AN OBJECTION TO THAT SEEING NO OBJECTION.

UM, THERE HAS BEEN MOVE FORWARD AND. I THINK THAT IS OUR FINAL ITEM THAT WE'VE GOT I THINK TOOK LONGER THAN USUAL BUT I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.

SO AGAIN YOU ALL FOR COMING? WE ARE. BUT GO AHEAD.

YEAH. POINT OF PERSONAL PROS. YES.

UM, YOU KNOW AUDIENCES. MR. SMITH SMITH WHO'S VICE PRESIDENT OF THE YOUNG MAN'S SOCIAL CLUB AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ACTION. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE HAS ANYTHING HE WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN'S SOCIAL CLUB AT THIS TIME AS FAR AS THIS AGREEMENT. BUT I KNOW HE CAME HERE ALSO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY ON THAT. SO IF YOU DON'T, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM IF HE HAS ANYTHING ABSOLUTELY GOOD. MR. SMITH OH YEAH. I JUST GO AND SAY THAT I THINK I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE YOUTH FOR THAT FOR THIS BOARD, THIS BODY.

YES, I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT AND I WOULD JUST SAY MR. DODSON MADE SOME GREAT POINTS AS WAS DISCOVERED TODAY AND IN TERMS OF MOVING IT FORWARD IN TERMS OF BEING GOOD STEWARDS TO THE COMMUNITY AS IN AS WELL AS TO THE WHOLE DISTRICT OF COUNTY AND NOT JUST ANY INDIVIDUAL

[01:40:04]

I WILL DO MY HOMEWORK MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK I THINK I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND FOR GIVING US THE TO DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

YEP, ABSOLUTELY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU REMEMBER, COUNCILMAN? ANYTHING ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WITH? WE REALLY HAVE ONE

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