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CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, I HAVE BEEN READING THE ORDINANCES OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN REGARDS TO LOCAL AT TAX AND STATE AT TAX TO ENSURE THAT I AM ADHERING TO THE RULES AS UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THEM, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO TURK, WHICH IS TOURISM EX, UM, OOH, I JUST GOT NERVOUS, SORRY.UH, TOURISM EXPENDITURE REVIEW COMMITTEE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF.
AND UM, AND I'M IN AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR DUTIES AS STATED FOR THE STATE, UM, AT TAX.
NOW THAT JUST MAKES ME COME TO, MY FIRST QUESTION IS ACCORDING TO THE TOWN OF LEFT IN ORDINANCE SECTION 24 19, WHICH I'LL READ, SO I'M SURE IF IT DOESN'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED.
OKAY, SO IT'S A COMMENDATION TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHMENT.
THE TOWN HEREBY RATIFIES AND CONFIRMS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TAX ACCOMMODATION TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DE FORM SUCH DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS AS REQUIRED OR AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OR STATE LAW.
IN PARTICULAR, THE ACCOMMODATION TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO TOWN COUNCIL CONCERNING THE EXPENDITURES OF REVENUE GENERATED FROM ALL ACCOMMODATION TAX IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS AND ALLOCATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE.
ANY GUIDELINES ADOPTED BY THE TOWN AND THE ACCOMMODATION TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IT SAYS ALL ACCOMMODATION TAX.
IT DOESN'T SAY ONLY STATE OR ONLY LOCAL.
SO I JUST WANNA SEE IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE EXPEDITION OF THAT.
SO I HAVE NOT REFERENCED WHAT STATE LAW SAYS, BUT THIS IS ON THE TOWN OF BLACKTON.
RIGHT? AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO REPLICATE, SORRY, IT WAS INTENDED TO REPLICATE WHAT IS IN STATE LAW.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT STATE LAW, IT SAYS ACCOMMODATIONS TAX, RIGHT? BUT IT ONLY QUALIFIES THAT SECTION FOR STATE.
SO I'LL, I BELIEVE THE INTENTION WAS THERE TO REFERENCE STATE LAW, AND I'LL CONFIRM THAT.
OKAY, THIS IS WHAT IS SET IN THE TOWN.
SO THEN IT JUST GOES, SORRY, I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE.
SO THEN IF YOU GO UNDER POWERS AND DUTIES, SO THIS IS SAME SECTION, SO IT'S 24 POINT 19, AND THIS IS B, THIS IS POWERS AND DUTIES.
THE ACCOMMODATION TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW ALL APPLICANTS FOR FUNDS OF THE SPECIAL FUNDS USED FOR THE TOURISM RELATED EXPENDITURES CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND OR STATE LAW, AND SHALL SUBMIT WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO TOWN COUNCIL AT LEAST ONCE ANNUALLY REGARDING THE EXPENDITURES OF SUCH ACCOMMODATION TAX FUNDS.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS MUST BE CONSIDERED BY TOWN COUNCIL IN CONJUNCTION WITH REQUIREMENTS OF SE CODE 1976.
THE ACCOMMODATION TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALSO SHOULD REVIEW AND ELEVATE, EVALUATE ALL TENDER'S RESPONSES AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED BY THE TOWN PURSUANT TO ANY REQUEST FOR REPO PROPOSALS OR OTHER PROCUREMENT INCENTIVES.
AND THEN ON THE VERY END, IT SAYS, NO APPLICANT MAY RECEIVE FUNDS FROM SPECIAL A ACCOMMODATES FACTS UNLESS THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION HAS BEEN FIRST REVIEWED BY ACCOMMODATION, TAX AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, MY QUESTION OF WHAT THAT MEANS, AND MAYBE I'M READING IT WRONG, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT MY PERCEPTION OF READING THIS IS THAT ALL ATAC FUNDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DISPERSED BY REVIEW OF THE ATAC COMMITTEE.
SO LOCAL WE'RE NOT DOING OR WE'RE NOT BEING PART OF THAT.
BUT ACCORDING TO THIS, IT SAYS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT AT LEAST A CHANCE TO, TO EVALUATE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THAT.
I NEED TO RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND.
REVIEW THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN LINE.
UM, AND I WAS GOING OFF OF STATE CODE AND WHAT THEIR PARAMETERS WERE.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY PUBLIC CLARIFICATIONS, YOU'RE REFERENCING TOWN CODE, SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU PULLED UP THE TOWN CODE.
ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE VERY, VERY CLEAR, UM, IS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S ROLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO THESE ARE NOT THE COMMITTEE'S FUNDS.
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UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS GO TO COUNCIL FROM YOUR, UH, SO YOU ARE TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT FOR THE D M O YES.IN ORDINANCE THAT IS IN THERE.
UH, YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ACCOMMODATIONS, TAX FUNDS, AND, UM, ANY APPLICANT FOR ACCOMMODATIONS TAX FUNDS WOULD COME BEFORE YOU ALL FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.
THE TOWN, UM, THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS PURED YOU OVER TOWN FUNDS IN ITS ENTIRETY.
SO EVEN THOUGH RECOMMENDATIONS MAY COME FROM YOUR COMMITTEE, ULTIMATELY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOCATE, UH, THESE FUNDS PER THE, UH, BUDGET PROCESS.
DID TOWN COUNCIL MADE, DID TOWN COUNCIL MAKE A OFFICIAL ON RECORD RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CHANGE THE WAY THAT, THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING THE FUNDS? UH, IT WAS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
DID THEY MAKE AN ON THE RECORD AT THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING SAYING WE ARE CHANGING A LONGSTANDING POLICY.
I APPROVE THE BUDGET WORDS THAT INCLUDED THE ALLOCATIONS OF LOCAL PARTY TAX.
SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT IS, UM, TOM, COUNCIL TO GO OVER THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING.
AND THIS IS WHERE I, I JUST WANNA JUST UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BETTER IS THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M ASKING THIS IS THAT FROM WHAT I READ OF THIS AND I HAVE CREDIT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT SHOULD WHAT THEY ARE USING IN THEIR BUDGET COME TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT ALSO LIKE, 'CAUSE IT'S ASKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS MONEY.
SO IT'S THEIR JOB TO DO THE BUDGET.
IT IS NOT MY JOB TO MAKE A BUDGET, NOT MY JOB AT ALL.
MY JOB, I THINK FROM READING THIS IS THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOMETHING SO WE CAN GET A SPECIFIC, UH, UH, LEGAL OPINION ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S REQUIRED FOR ALL ATAC FUNDS TO COME BEFORE YOU, BEFORE IS RECOMMENDED AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
UM, IT HAS BEEN INTERPRETED IN THE PAST THAT, UH, COUNCIL HAS AUTHORITY TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND FUNDS AND APPROVED BUDGETED FUNDS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THEY COME FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UH, BUT WE CAN GET A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ATTORNEY ON THAT TIME.
HAPPY AND SAID, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, FIRST OF ALL, UM, IF IT CAME OUT ANY WAY OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR STAFF, UH, FOR TOWN, FOR, FOR REVIEWING ALL THE APPLICATIONS, PROVIDING US INSIGHTS INTO THE APPLICATION PROCESS, PROVIDING US WHAT THE BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS ARE, UH, CONSTRAINTS ARE, AND THEN, UM, PROVIDING US ALL THE INFORMATION FORWARD AND BACKWARDS THAT THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
UH, I THINK IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE IN THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE OF DIRECTION THAT WAS UNKNOWN TO BOTH STAFF FOR AT TAX AND FOR THE ATAC COMMITTEE AND THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, I, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THE ULTIMATE RIGHT TO APPROVE OR, UH, ALLOCATE THE AVAILABLE FUNDS, UH, IN THEIR, UH, OPEN SESSION.
AND, UM, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TO PRESENT THEM WITH A OVERVIEW FROM TOWN, UH, MEMBERS IN, IN THE, AT LARGE OR IN A SPECIFIC VENUE OF THE TOWN, AND PROVIDE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A LAY PERSON THAT'S A TOWN MEMBER AND, AND HOPE THAT, UH, THE INSIGHT WE GIVE 'EM IS BENEFICIAL.
UH, BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING IT, WHICH IS A LONG TIME, UM, THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD PURVIEW OVER ALL OF A TAX, AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN THE STATE LEGISLATOR MADE A RULE THAT ALLOWED AT TAX FUNDING TO BE USED FOR, UH, OTHER PURPOSES, THEN IT HAD BEEN IN THE PAST AND IN THIS CASE TO, UH, TO HELP WITH, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, FUNDING, UM, THAT THE WRITING ON THE WALL WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA LOSE SOME OF OUR FUNDING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
UM, I, I BELIEVE CHRISTIE'S ON THE RIGHT ROAD IN THAT, UM, IT WOULD BEHOOVE TOWN COUNCIL TO AT LEAST GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ALLOWING ATAC TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR EXPENDITURES FOR ATAC ARE IN THE PAST.
I CAN SAY THAT THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN A TOWN PROJECT THAT WANTED ATAC TO COME UP FOR USE WAS EVER, UH, APPROVED.
UH, AND SO, AND THAT'S GOING BACK A LONG WAY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANNA SAY NUMBER, IF IT EVER CAME ACROSS THAT WE WERE, UM, LESS THAN,
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IF WE WERE LESSUM, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT IF THERE'S ANY FRUSTRATIONS UP HERE, IT'S NOT WITH STAFF, IT'S WITH COUNSEL RE REMANDING THIS BACK TO US TO MAKE A DECISION THAT THEY ULTIMATELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ON THEIR OWN.
IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE ADD TO IT.
AS YOU SAID, I'VE BEEN ON, UH, THE ATEX COMMITTEE BACK IN 1999 UP UNTIL ABOUT 2007.
AND, UH, WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS SITUATION.
SO WE DEFINITELY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND IT WILL BEHOOVE CONS TO GO AND MAKE IT RIGHT WITHOUT BRINGING IT BACK TO US.
SO IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THE CHANGES.
SO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN LEGAL, BUT I WOULD SIMPLY SAY THAT, IS THERE NOT A WAY THAT WE CAN USE THE NEXT QUARTER'S TAX AAX FUNDS TO MAKE UP THE $109,000 DIFFERENCE OF WHAT WE'VE SUGGESTED AS AN AWARD? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE APPROVE THAT ALL OF THE APPLICANTS AND THEY HAVE TO SPEND AND THEN GET REMITTED FOR.
SO THERE'S A LAG TIME IN THERE.
AND SO WE, WE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE EVERY QUARTER, EVERY QUARTER.
AND ROUGHLY THREE TO $400,000 PER QUARTER IS TOTAL.
SO A STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX REPORTER IS ROUGHLY 10 IN THE YEARS.
UM, WE, WE HAVE SEEN A DECLINE IN STATE RECENTLY.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS FROM THE STATE, EVERY QUARTER THERE IS A DISTRIBUTION.
UM, THE FIRST 25 GOES TO THE TOWN AND THEN 5% GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN 30% GOES TO OUR D M O AND THEN THAT REMAINING 65% IS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION.
SO AFTER YOU DO ALL OF THOSE DISTRIBUTIONS, IT COULD RANGE FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 175,000 THAT'S AVAILABLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS NEXT QUARTER'S GONNA BRING.
UM, SO IS, IS IT A POSSIBLE SOLUTION THAT WE COULD ALLOW OUR, UH, INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL TO STAND PURSUANT TO THE USE OF THE NEXT QUARTER'S FUNDS? IT'S THE COMMITTEE'S VOTE ON, ON WHAT THEY WANT TO RECOMMEND TO HAPPEN.
YOU NEVER HAD TO YES, GUIDANCE.
THE GUIDANCE WAS PROVIDED TO REMAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO CAN WE MAKE A MO JUST SO WE WANNA MAKE A MOTION? OH, YOU HAVE A, YEAH, SORRY.
SO I WANTED TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE BEFORE I CHIMED IN.
UM, THE IDEA THAT TOWN STAFF AND TOWN COUNCIL WILL NOW CONTROL THE ALLOCATION OF LOCAL AID TAX FUNDS.
IT'S NOT INHERENTLY A BAD THING.
UM, I'VE SEEN THE PLANNED ALLOCATIONS FROM THE BUDGET.
THERE'S A CASE HAVE BEEN MADE THAT EVERY ALLOCATION WILL BE BENEFIT TOURISM.
UM, THE FUNDS HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE HAVE GROWN FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS TO MILLIONS.
UM, I, THE FACT THAT WE'RE CALLED HERE TODAY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO ALL OF US.
UM, AND I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO REPEAT ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE SAID.
UM, EACH MEETING WE'VE BEEN TOLD AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, AND JUST IN TERMS OF RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE WITH PAST MEMBERS, THAT IT'S BEEN GOING ON AS LONG AS THEY CAN REMEMBER, WE'RE TOLD STATE A TAX FUNDS AVAILABLE LOCALLY, TAX FUNDS AVAILABLE, THEN THEY'RE ADDED TOGE TOGETHER TO GIVE US THE TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS.
UM, SO THE CONCEPT, THIS, THIS WAS A TOWN STAFF ERROR, IT JUST DOESN'T HOLD WATER.
AND, AND I'M FRUSTRATED THAT, THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE ALL ATTEMPTED TO FALL ON THE SWORD THIS WEEK, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.
THE COMMUNICATION HAS FALLEN FAR SHORT OF WHAT'S NECESSARY.
AND I, THE COMMUNICATION FROM TOWN COUNCIL, WE ARE FRIENDS,
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WE ARE COLLEAGUES WITH EVERY MEMBER OF TOWN COUNCIL.NOW THERE'S, THERE'S STATE LAW AND I, I WON'T ARGUE WITH, WITH WHAT YOU SAID, CHRIS, AND I RESPECT WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THEN THERE IS COURTESY AND RESPECT AND THAT WAS NOT ALLOCATED HERE.
AND IT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S FRUSTRATING THIS PROCESS, THIS MONUMENTAL CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THAT LOCAL A TAX FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED HAPPENED MONTHS AGO, HAPPENED BEFORE OUR LAST MEETING OKAY.
HAPPENED BEFORE OUR LAST MEETING.
NOW, SHOULD WE HAVE KNOWN BY, I, I MEAN, AS CHRISTIE SAID, I, I'M HERE AS, AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S FRUSTRATING.
THIS HAP THIS PROCESS AND, AND THIS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WENT INTO PLACE JULY 1ST, CORRECT? UM, WELL ACTUALLY I'M NOT FRUSTRATED.
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA TURN THIS.
PLEASE PAY ME THE RESPECT OF, OF LETTING TURN THIS INTO SOME KIND OF CAMPAIGN SPEECH.
I RESENTED YOUR EMAIL AND I RESENT YOU SAYING IT HERE.
WELL, I'M SAYING IS HERE SO IT CAN BE AN OPEN, FAIR ENOUGH.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT FAIR, NATE, WHY IS IT FAIR? IT'S NOT FAIR TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT FAIR.
WHAT YOU DOING? HOW IS THIS NOT FAIR? 'CAUSE WE HERE TO SOLVE THIS.
WE ARE HERE TO SOLVE THE SCENE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WIPED, WE SWIPE IT UNDER THE CARPET.
WE'RE NOTING UNDER THE CARPET.
WE'RE NOT GOING TRY TO, I TRIED TO RESPECTFUL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO MAKE TIME ATED.
HE'S THE ONE THAT WE ARE HERE TO REMEDY A SITUATION.
IT IS, IT IS NOT FAIR WHAT YOU SAID.
NATE, THAT'S, THAT'S MY OPINION.
YOU WANT, YOU WANNA DRAW THAT LINE IN THE SAND? GO AHEAD.
UM, I'M SORRY TO THOSE THAT WASTED THEIR TIME THROWING OUT THE APPLICATIONS AND IT CAME UP BEFORE US LAST TIME, ONLY TO FEEL LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON? UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT MISTAKES HAPPEN, I MAKE 'EM EVERY DAY.
BUT WE JUST, WE SHOULD HAVE COMMUNICATION.
WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD HAVE RESPECT.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S FRUSTRATING HERE PERSONALLY.
I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS.
HEY, WELL I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GATHER THIS NOW.
YOU ALL YOU WANNA FOLLOW ROBERT HERE? YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ALL NIGHT WITH YOU.
LISTEN TO I I AM, I'VE I'VE SPOKEN FOR LIKE A MINUTE, NATE.
WELL, THAT'S A MINUTE TOO LONG.
SO, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
YOU HAVE AS MUCH POLITICAL, YOU, I'M, YOU WANT TO CALL OUT PEOPLE NATE, I'M NOT RIGHT.
YOU HAVE AS MUCH POLITICAL INTEREST HERE AND THAT'S WHY YOU ARE SPEAKING OUT.
LET'S CALL US, LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS IF REALLY WANNA CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
DO I HAVE GENTLEMEN? LET'S, UM, KEEP ON TRACK, PLEASE.
UM, SO NATE, DULY NOTED THAT YOU THINK HE'S POLITICIZING IT AND DULY NOTED THAT YOU DON'T THINK YOU ARE.
AND SO IS, WERE YOU, HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO BEING FINISHED? I'M, I MEAN, I'M, I'M PRETTY CLOSE.
UM, WE DID, WE DID WHAT MET STATE GUIDELINES.
I JUST, I DON'T BELIEVE I, I JUST, I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED.
AND I, I'M NOT GONNA APOLOGIZE FOR BEING FRUSTRATED BY THAT.
I'VE TRIED TO, IF I HAVEN'T, I APOLOGIZE.
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I JUST, WE APPROVE THE PROJECTS BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE THERE AND WE FOLLOWED THE MANDATE GIVEN TO US, PERIOD.AND I'M FRUSTRATED THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? SO I REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT YOU, UH, MENTIONED, SAM, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF BORROWING FROM THE NEXT QUARTER, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WELL WORTH DISCUSSION.
UM, IF I CAN GO, YOU GOT SOMETHING? I GO, GO AHEAD.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK.
I WOULD MAKE A MOTION, BUT DONNA, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY.
BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANNA REMIND THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER QUARTER COMING UP WITH A DEADLINE FOR APPLICANTS ON OCTOBER 2ND.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE REMIT TO COUNSEL OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MADE AFTER OUR LAST MEETING WITH THE CAVEAT THAT SHOULD WE HAVE A SHORTFALL AT, UM, THE AWARD SET, THE AWARD PROCESS THAT IS MADE UP WITH FUTURE FUNDS FROM THE STATE FUND AND APPROVE WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THEY SEE FIT BASED UPON OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SET UP TO COUNSEL LAST MEETING SESSION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT MOTION DISCUSSION.
ANY OPPOSED? SO, UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED THAT THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.