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CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY ATTENDANCE.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF COUNTY COUNCIL LAWRENCE MCKELLEN, WHO IS THE VICE CHAIR WHO IS ABSENT.TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE ONLINE.
THAT'S GERALD DAWSON AND TOM REEDS.
THE OTHER REMAINING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE IN CHAMBERS.
THEREFORE, WE DO HAVE, UH, AN AMOUNT NECESSARY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS OF COUNCIL.
WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
THAT A MEMBER OF COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TODAY'S AGENDA BY REMOVING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS. I'LL MOVE MR. CHAIRMAN SECOND.UH, SARAH, DID YOU GET WHO MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
NOW I WOULD LIKE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE AMENDED AGENDA.
DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED BY MR. CUNNINGHAM AND MS. TABER, ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.
THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.
[5. CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD- 15 MINUTES TOTAL]
C UH, CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.UM, PLEASE BE ADVISED YOU ARE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.
UM, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM BEING PROFANE, ABUSIVE, AND, UH, FOLLOWING OUR PROCEDURES, GIVING OF A SPEAKER'S TIME IS NOT ALLOWED.
OUR FIRST PERSON UP IS MR. ROBERT NEW.
AND, UH, EVERYTHING SHROUDED IN SECRECY IS CERTAINLY NOT HELPING.
HOWEVER, HOWEVER, THERE IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO RADICALLY ORDER THE CORROSIVE CULTURE THAT HAS ENGULFED THIS PAST ADMINISTRATION.
JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE CORROSIVE CULTURE, JUST ONE.
ON JANUARY 5TH OF THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A THREE HOUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING REGARDING A STAFF PROPOSED TERM AMENDMENT TO THE C C P O.
IT WOULD'VE QUICKLY TURNED ST.
HELENA ISLAND INTO ANOTHER HILTON HEAD.
IT WOULD'VE DESTROYED A WAY OF LIFE THAT HAS EXISTED FOR LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
THE SURPRISE TERM AMENDMENT WAS APPARENTLY DRAFTED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
THE PROPOSAL WAS FORCEFULLY PUSHED BY HER AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
THE EFFORT HAD ALL THE APPEARANCES OF A SLEAZY BACKROOM DEAL THAT WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT A SPECIFIC DEVELOPER.
LITERALLY WITHIN MINUTES OF THEIR PRESENTATION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION SMELLED THE RAT AND PHIL RECOGNIZED THIS WAS A PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO CREATE A GO AROUND FOR A DEVELOPER.
THOSE STAFF MEMBERS HAD APPARENTLY BEEN HOLDING DOZENS OF SECRET MEETINGS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND HIS TEAM.
THE COMMUNITY WAS KEPT IN THE DARK, APPARENTLY NOT THE DEVELOPER WITH HUBRIS AND ARROGANCE, THEY INSISTED THE TERM AMENDMENT HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH PINE ISLAND.
NOT THE COMMUNITY, NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, NOT THIS COUNCIL.
YOU ALL DESERVED FULL ACCOLADES FOR REFUSING TO HAVE THE WORLD PULLED OVER YOUR EYES BY THESE TWO STAFF MEMBERS.
THERE SHOULD BE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF EVENTS.
LEADING UP TO THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING EIGHT WEEKS AGO, I STOOD BEFORE THIS BODY AND REQUESTED MR. GREENWAY'S TERMINATION.
I WAS VERBALLY ASSAULTED BY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DOING SO.
CHANGE THE CULTURE, CLEAN HOUSE WHERE NEEDED TIMES OF THE ESSENCE, NO CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT, AND PAY OUT THE GREENWAY WHEN WE'RE CLEARLY IN INDICATE A COVERUP.
ADDITIONALLY, GIVEN HER ACTIONS OF POOR JUDGMENT, PLEASE TERMINATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF MS. WARD.
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THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND COUNTY ATTORNEY ARE PART OF THE CORROSIVE CULTURE THAT HAS PERMEATED THIS ACCOUNT IN RECENT YEARS.MR. PASSMAN, YOU MUST BE REPLACED AS CHAIRMAN.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WERE AS BAD AS ROBIN AND SOMERVILLE.
I ASK YOU TO NEVER DISRESPECT ME AND INTERRUPT ME NOR STORM OUT OF THIS ROOM, AND VIOLATE MY LEGAL P O A LEGAL DOC TO SPEAK.
THREE MINUTES FOR MS. GREELEY OR ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS ME TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
MR. PASSMAN, YOU SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
COME HERE TO SPEAK, TO HELP THIS COUNCIL AS PROFESSIONALS AND SHOULD BE THANKED FOR COMING.
LAWYER, KEVIN AND HALBERT, YOU BOTH LIED.
THERE IS NO LAW THAT PREVENTS MY P O A TO SPEAK FOR OTHERS AND ALSO MY OWN THREE MINUTE COMMENT.
HAND IT TO ME RIGHT NOW IF IT EXISTS.
ALSO, IT'S ABSURD TO EVEN CARE WHO SPEAKS THREE MINUTES.
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE, WHOSE VOICE IT IS? IT'S THE MESSAGE IT SEEMS YOU'RE DISDAIN FROM MY FACTS AND VOICE OVERSHADOWS YOUR ANY REALITY OR LAW COMPLIANCE.
I PROVIDE COUNSEL TODAY A ROADMAP TO FOLLOW THE CLEANUP, OUR FINANCIAL, LEGAL, AND JUDICIAL CORRUPTION IN THIS COUNTY.
FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU HIRE A FORENSIC AUDIT FIRM MADE UP OF CPAS AND EITHER FORMER F, FORMER F B I AGENTS THAT HAVE A TALENT FOR FORENSICALLY AUDIT, AUDITING, GOVERNMENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHAMBERS, ET CETERA.
I OFFER YOU A STUDY BY THE YANKEE INSTITUTE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT WASTE AND CORRUPTION AND HAD A FORENSIC AUDIT STUDY ON SMALL TOWN AND COUNTY CORRUPTION BY COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL AND HOW TO, HOW INDEPENDENT CPAS AND F B I AUDITS WILL WORK.
A COPY OF THE OUTDATED BUT RELEVANT, RELEVANT, RELEVANT FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE PALM BEACH C B B D M O OR CHAMBER AUDIT THAT RESULTED IN PRISON IN PALM BEACH.
UH, THIS COUNCIL MUST NOT ONLY AUDIT ALL THE CHAMBERS AND CCB, CBBS AND DMO, BUT TERMINATE ALL OF THEM AND HIRE AN AD AGENCY TO RUN THIS IN-HOUSE LEGALLY AS A PROFESSIONAL.
I I WILL WORK WITH YOUR COMMITTEE TO FIX THIS AND DO THIS FOR FREE, NO CHARGE.
AND PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THE LAWYERS KNOW MORE THAN I DO ABOUT THE LAWS.
LASTLY, WE NEED TO AUDIT MARIA WALL, OUR TREASURER AND THE ARTICLE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE PACKET ON THE LAST AUDIT.
IT WAS PERFORMED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO ON OUR TREASURER, AND WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN.
IT IS WAY PAST TIME TO CLEAN UP BEAUFORT COUNTY.
WE MUST STOP THE WASTE, THE ILLEGAL TAX, USE THE CRIMES INSTEAD OF RAISING TAXES TO FEED THE CORRUPTION WE AND, AND WASTE.
IT'S TIME THAT WE LOWER TAXES AND STOP THE WASTE AND, AND THE CORRUPTION.
WHO CARES IF THE COST IS 1 MILLION TO CONDUCT THESE FORENSIC AUDITS AGAINST BUFORT COUNTY, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, TOWN OF BLUFFTON, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TREASURER, ALL THE CHAMBERS, ALL THE NONPROFITS.
IT'S A PIDDLY AMOUNT TO STOP THE WASTING CRIMES ON A BILLION.
IT MUST BE MANDATORY EVERY THREE YEARS.
THE $50 MILLION JUDGMENT AGAINST ME WERE MURDOCH LAWYERS, MAYOR SOCA, PERJURY MAYOR PERRY CAUGHT LYING ON CHAMBER ACCOUNTING LAWYER'S, FINGER COLTRANE, RUBER OVERCHARGED LEGAL FEES, DRAFTING ILLEGAL CONTRACTS.
THE COUNTY IS CORRUPT CORRUPTION AND WHAT I CALL MORAL MURDOCH WITHOUT THE MURDERS.
THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST IS MS. GREELEY.
DO YOU INTEND TO SPEAK FOR YOURSELF? I AM GIVING MY PO A TO SKIP HOAGLAND NOT SHE IS.
SHE IS VIOLATING HER FIRST AMENDMENT AND RIGHTS AS A POA.
I ASK EVERYBODY TO STAY IN HERE AND FINISH PUBLIC.
IF YOU WANNA STORM OUT, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.
I'M ASKING EVERYBODY ELSE TO STAY STORM OUT.
WE'RE WALKING ON WALK OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHAT'S PROVIDE, PROVIDE THE LEGAL.
WOULD YOU, UH, TURN OFF CAMERAS? WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAFE? DON'T PROVIDE EASY ACCESS, ESPECIALLY TO NARCOTIC MEDICATIONS, INVENTORY OF MEDICINE CABINETS, ESPECIALLY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
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SAFELY DISCARD, OUTDATED OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS PROPERLY.DID YOU KNOW BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS MANY LOCATIONS FOR YOU TO DISPOSE? YOU ARE OUTDATED OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS? UM, I WOULD
[6. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR A MODIFIED MILLAGE RATE FOR THE LEVY OF TAX FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2023, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2024, AND TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SAID PURPOSES.]
LIKE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR A MODIFIED MILLAGE RATE FOR THE LEVY OF TAX, FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES FOR BUFORD COUNTY, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024.AND TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SAID PURPOSES.
UM, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO MAKE COMMENT ABOUT THIS ITEM? REPEAT THAT ITEM AGAIN.
I WAS FIDDLING WITH MY HEARING AIDS, THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DID YOU HAVE TO TELL? YES I DO.
HERE IT IS AND YOU'RE GONNA GET IT.
ENDING CORRUPTION AND WASTE IN YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL.
HERE IS YOUR ROADMAP AND I'M GONNA HAND IT TO YOU ON HOW THE F B I, UH, FORMER F B I AGENTS, CPAS ARE GONNA DO THE AUDIT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I CAN READ THE, JUST THE FIRST LITTLE BIT OF THIS FOR YOU AND IN ORDER FOR SCHOOL BOARDS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES TO PROTECT AND MONITOR SCHOOL RESOURCES.
DO YOU KNOW THIS IS ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATE? PARDON ME? YOU DO KNOW THIS IS ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATE THAT WE'RE SETTING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WELL, WELL THE MILLAGE RATE NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS WELL.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE AUDIT, I GUESS IS THE MILLAGE RATE TO FEED WHAT ALL OF THE, ALL ALL THIS FUNDING THE MILLAGE RATE IS, IS PART OF THAT.
THE MILLAGE RATE IS GOING DOWN.
WELL IT MIGHT WANNA GO DOWN MORE BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE WE'RE GONNA DISCOVER A LOT OF WASTE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT GONNA GO AHEAD AND COMMENT.
I'M GONNA JUST LET YOU READ THIS.
I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE FORENSIC AUDITS, EVERYTHING'S GONNA GO DOWN.
OKAY? IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.
IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
THIS WILL BE THE THIRD READING AND ACCEPTED, UH, FOR THE THIRD READING OF THE ORDINANCE WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.
[7. PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE SECTION 30-04-70(A)(2) DISCUSSIONS OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSED CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS (RETENTION OF OUTSIDE LAW FIRM TO CONDUCT REVIEWS AND AUDITS AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL)]
I WOULD LIKE A MEMBER OF COUNSEL TO MOVE THE FOLLOWING.I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AND RATIFY THE DECISION AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO HIRE LAW FIRM B TO PERFORM THE REVIEWS AND AUDIT WE AUTHORIZED ON JULY 24TH, 2023 AND TO PERFORM ANY ADDITIONAL WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES THE FIRM TO PERFORM.
MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
OH NO, MS. BROWN, MR. BARTHOLOMEW MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DO I NEED TO CALL THE ROLL OR CAN WE ACCEPT THIS ITEM WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THIS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.
THEREFORE, I AM NOW CAPABLE OF TELLING YOU THAT FERN B IS HAYNESWORTH SINKLER BOYD.
SECOND, I WOULD ASK A MEMBER OF COUNSEL TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 24 ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 SLASH 22 TO APPROPRIATE $350,000 TO COUNCIL'S BUDGET TO RECOVER THE ANTICIPATED COSTS OF PERFORMING THE REVIEWS AND AUDIT WE AUTHORIZED ON JULY 24TH, 2023.
AND ANY ADDITIONAL WORK, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES IT TO PERFORM.
MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION? SO MOVE MR. CHAIRMAN.
MR. BAR MULE MAKES THE MOTION.
MS. TABER MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THIS ITEM WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.
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THAT[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TAKES US TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.I WOULD NEED A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE FOLLOWING.
TWO ITEMS PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR 70 A ONE DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT OF A PERSON REGULATED BY COUNTY COUNCIL.
AND PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE REGARDING MR. ERIC GREENWAY.
UH, MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
MS. BROWN MAKES THE SECOND DO MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION? WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THERE WILL BE MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, IT'S ACROSS, YOU KNOW, THE UNITED STATES.
EVERY DISPATCH HAS ACCESSIBILITY TO THAT.
AND, AND, AND THE REASON WE WANT PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR PETS IN THERE IS THERE'S A LOT OF SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S IN A CAR WRECK, UM, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKEN SOMEWHERE AND, AND NOBODY KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE ANIMALS LEFT IN THEIR HOUSE OR THAT THEIR ANIMALS HAVE MEDICATION, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY NEED.
UM, AND SO THAT PUT, ALL THAT INFORMATION IS PUT ON THERE SO THAT AS SOON AS YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS, UH, DISPATCH IS CALLED, ALL THAT STUFF PULLS UP JUST FOR THEM.
BUT IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE, ESPECIALLY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, ALSO THE ANIMALS THAT THEY HAVE AT HOME BECAUSE WE FOUND A LOT OF ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT, YOU KNOW, IN HOMES FOR A VERY, UH, LONG PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE OWNER'S IN THE HOSPITAL AND THERE'S NOBODY THAT KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE ANIMALS AT THEIR HOUSE IS, UH, BROADCASTING READY? OKAY.
[10. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION]
OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, I WOULD ASK FOR A MEMBER OF COUNSEL TO OFFER A MOTION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN ROBINSON AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.MS. HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THE INTERIM CONTRACT WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COUNSEL? SEEING NONE.