[Board of Elections and Voter Registration on March 27, 2024.]
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GOOD. THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER TIME IS 1:31 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 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. MAYBE SEE THAT OKAY WE ARE NOW AT PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE IS ANYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS PLEASE STAND GIVE YOUR NAME AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS.
5 MINUTES. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS AMY. I AM YOUR NEW SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE. WHAT'S THE NAME AGAIN PLEASE? AMY PERKINS.
I JUST WANTED TO STOP BY IN TO MEET WITH OR MEET ALL OF YOU AND LET YOU KNOW THAT SHOULD YOU NEED ANYTHING JUST GIVE ME A CALL OR AN EMAIL AND MARY AND WENDELL HAVE ALL OF MY CONTACT INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
GOOD NEWS . ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE. WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR MINUTES.
THE PREVIOUS MEETING. FEBRUARY 29TH 2024. YEAH, WE HAD OUR KANSAS HEARING AND ALSO ON THAT SAME WE ALSO HAD A BOARD MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES? MOTION TO ACCEPT. OKAY.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED IN SECONDS AT THE MINUTES BE ACCEPTED FOR THE KANSAS HEARING AND ALSO THE BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 29TH. NOW WE ARE AT OUR COMMITTEE.
FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS THE AD HOC. MATTHEW SWEENEY I'M I'M SORRY.
YEAH. MOTION WAS MADE IN SEPTEMBER. CAN WE VOTE? OH, I'M SORRY. I'M MOVING TOO FAST. OKAY.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND THAT THE MINISTER ACCEPTED ALL IN FAVOR OF ANY OPPOSE.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.
NOW WE WILL HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS AD HOC MATTHEW SWEENEY. OKAY.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AT THE MOMENT FOCUSING ON RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE PREPARING THEIR LISTS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD HELP US IN RECRUITING COWORKERS WITH DETAIL ENOUGH TO DO TARGETING RECRUITMENT. WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH A COUPLE OF TARGETED PLAYS FOR EXAMPLE THE BRAND MANAGER AT HAY POINT HAS AGREED TO HELP US.
WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH IMC RESORT SERVICES WHICH IS A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
THEY MANAGE 60 OVER 60 PROPERTIES ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
MOST OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE THE GATES. THEY'VE GOT 25 IN THE BLUFFTON AREA AND TWO IN OKATIE AND THEY ARE TALKING US ABOUT POSSIBLY RECRUITING AMONG THEIR RESIDENTS. WE HAVE ALL FOUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN COUNTY THAT HAVE AGREED TO HELP US AND THAT'S REALLY ABOUT IT FOR THE HOC COMMITTEE.
ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. WELL, WE'LL MOVE TO FACILITY MR. HERBERT FOR THIS AND HERE. IS ANYONE ON THAT COMMITTEE. ATTEND THE MEETING AND WISH TO COMMENT. MR. FORD DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM AT HIS MEETING BUT THERE WAS A LOT DISCUSSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AND I THINK HE SENT A WRITTEN REPORT AND YOU WILL HAVE YOU THAT IN YOUR PACKAGES SO YOU CAN JUST MAKE REFERENCE TO THAT AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING OR BOARD MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE YOU CAN EXPRESS THAT TO MR. FORD. WHY THANK YOU, MR. MURRAY. FINANCE COMMITTEE.
JAMES PACKER ON MARCH 11. AND WENDELL PRESENTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET YEAR OF 25 TO
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ADMINISTRATION. I ALSO INTEND ATTENDED THAT MEETING.I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS WAS WELL RECEIVED. WE MADE SOME LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKS IN THERE TO ADD $100 THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED FOR POLL WORKERS INTO OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR FOR 2025. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT THINGS COVERED PRETTY WELL AT LEAST IN TERMS OF BUDGET. I HAVEN'T MARY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK SINCE THAT MEETING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
AT THIS POINT NOTHING OFFICIAL . THERE'D BE ABOUT THE $25 GOOD $45 AT THE MILL WORKERS THAT WERE DIDN'T CHANGE IT DIDN'T ADD ANYTHING EVEN YOU KNOW WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT IS BEING PROPOSED THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION COMMISSION IS REQUESTING THAT COUNTIES PAY AN ADDITIONAL $25 TOWARDS POLL WORKERS SALARY.
BUT OF COURSE IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION.
IT WAS BEING RECOMMENDED BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE A COUNTY UNFUNDED UNFUNDED MANDATE.
SO WITH THE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ADMINISTRATION A TENSION AND THEY PRETTY MUCH SAID AFTER WE THROUGH THE BUDGET REVIEW THAT THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED.
IT IS GOING TO BE IN ADDITION TO SO WITH THE IT WOULD IT WOULD NOT BE $125 BUT IT WAS STILL JUST BE THE $100 AND JUST A POINT I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE OF IT BUT ON THAT SAME DAY MARCH 11TH COUNTY COUNCIL FORMALLY APPROVED THE $100 ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL PAY POLL WORKERS JUST FOR JUNE 11. JUST FOR THAT YEAH. THEY APPROVED IT FOR THAT MEETING AND THEN FOR JUNE ELECTION ADDITIONAL COVERAGE THAT THEY NEED TO COVER FOR THIS YEAR AND THEY CERTAINLY ENDORSED AND RECOMMENDED WHICH IT WAS DONE THAT WE INCORPORATE INTO OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHICH HAS BEEN DONE MR. SWEENEY POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE DURING THAT SESSION COUNCIL PERSON CABINET MAY ASK THE QUESTION COUNTY EMPLOYEES BEING ABLE TO WORK THE POLLS AND I DON'T THINK THE INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR HEARD OR RESPONDED DIRECTLY TO THAT QUESTION. SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO MOVE BACK TO THAT TO THAT GROUP TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY CAN ACTIVELY WORK ON. MY QUESTION WOULD BE DO WE START WITH AUDRA TO GET THAT QUESTION BACK TO UNION STATION THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT COUNTY EMPLOYEES SHOULD SERVE AS POLL WORKERS IF THEY COULD SERVE POLL WORKERS RECEIVE A DAY OF COUNTY PAY BUT NOT RECEIVE HOMEWORK. YEAH, THE CAVEAT THAT WAS PUSHING BACK ON THAT HE HE FELT POLL COUNTY POLK COUNTY EMPLOYEES MAY SERVE AS POLL BUT ALL THE OLD TIME NOT ON THE COUNTY'S TIME HE SAID THAT AT THE MEETING AND IN OTHER WORDS THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR THAT DAY BECAUSE OF A PERSONAL LEAVE THEY AND THE RE I DO REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT AT THE MEETING THAT WE WERE IN THAT HE DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WOULD REALLY WANT TO ACTUALLY DO THAT, YOU KNOW. SO IN THE MEANTIME SINCE WE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING US TO RECRUIT I BELIEVE AND I FEEL WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND AND IF THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN MERIT IF THEY ARE ON VACATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES IF THEY REALLY WANT TO I THINK THEY SHOULD MAKE THAT DECISION THEMSELVES WITHOUT IT COMING FROM THE BOARD REQUESTING A VACCINE FOR THEM TO DO THAT. THAT IS JUST MY TAKE ON IT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN BANKING WAS THE SAME THING AND I WOULD USE MY VACATION TIME IF I WAS
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ON VACATION AND I WOULD GIVE BACK BUT THE BANK DID NOT PUSH THAT TO SAY TO THE EMPLOYEES YOU DO THIS AND WE WILL DO THAT . BUT TO TO JIM'S POINT IT SEEM I WATCHED THE VIDEO FROM THAT COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING AND IT DID SEEM THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER THE ASK WAS WHETHER COUNTY EMPLOYEES COULD GET BOTH THEIR COUNTY PAY AND POLL WORKER PAY AND THAT'S WHEN THE ADMINISTRATOR SAID THAT THEY COULD GET THE POLL WORKER PAY BUT THEY HAVE TO DO THE WORK ON THEIR PERSONAL TIME SO .TO JIM'S POINT, I THINK PERHAPS WE SHOULD GO THROUGH AUDRA JUST ,GIVE HER KIND OF A WRITTEN VERY CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF OUR QUESTION JUST TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THIS I FEEL IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE POOL OF POTENTIAL POOL OF I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY THEY WOULD BE CHARGED A PERSONAL DAY OR A VACATION DAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL.
THERE'S A RELUCTANCE TO WORK THE POLLS THAT DAY BUT IF THEY BECOME AWARE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE CHARGED A PERSONAL I THINK THAT THE RESPONSE MIGHT BE GREATER.
THAT'S THAT'S POSSIBLE AND I'M NOT DISAGREEING I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT NEGATIVE BUT WHEN LOOK AT THE HOURS AND THE TIME THAT THESE WORKERS COME TO WORK, ARE THEY WILLING TO SACRIFICE UP AT 5:00 TO BE AT A POOL AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND STAYING UNTIL EIGHT OR 9:00 AT NIGHT? SO THEY WILL BE WEIGHING ALL OF THAT. THAT'S A WEIGHTED QUESTION FOR THEM AND THAT'S MY REASON WHY I'M SAYING THAT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP PUSHING ON IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE THINKING POSITIVE TOO. WOULD YOU WANT TO DO IT YOU HAVE TO PUT YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND YOU WILL THEN COME UP WITH AN ANSWER BUT IT'S LEFT UP TO THE ADMINISTRATOR IN ORDER TO BRIEF THEM ON AND THEN IF THEY DECIDE THAT'S THEY WANT TO DO THEN THAT'S GREAT BUT I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD FOCUS ON GETTING ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS TO HELP US TO GET WORKERS AND THAT WAY WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING THE AMOUNT OF WORK WE NEED. SO I PROPOSE THAT WE CONTINUE WORKING THE PARTNERSHIPS FOR RECRUITMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT SEND A LETTER TO AUDRA JUST CLARIFYING QUESTION GIVE AUDRA AN ADMINISTRATOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO THAT AND WE WON'T PUSH IT ANY FURTHER BEYOND GETTING CLARIFICATION OF OUR RESPONSE. ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T NEED A VOTE FOR THAT VOTE THIS WE'LL JUST ACT ON THAT AND SEND THEM A LETTER FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE LEGISLATIVE SO THAT I'M SORRY THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS MATT SWEENEY HAVE NO REPORT REALLY THANK YOU DO OKAY. REPRESENTING BEVERLY DORE SHE ISN'T HERE I DON'T KNOW.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN LOOK THROUGH AND SEE IF ANYBODY DID ANYBODY SEE ANYTHING BEVERLY ANY REPORTS FROM BEVERLY AND THEY'RE NOTHING. OKAY.
I DID NOT. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE THIS WAS FACILITIES COMMITTEE QUESTION BUT WENDELL, IS THERE A A FREEZE DATE FOR IDENTIFYING NEW LOCATIONS? WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE THAT. WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT YOU ON THE 5TH OF APRIL. SO THAT'S THE FREEZE DATE FOR IDENTIFYING NEW POLLING LOCATIONS FOR JUNE 11. OKAY, GREAT. WENDELL, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO YOUR ADA DATABASE FOR ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS? I KNOW I'VE BEEN I GOT A MESSAGE FROM PEOPLE ACCUSING POINT BLANK WHY HAVEN'T WE HEARD FROM MORE THAN THURSDAY.
OKAY. OKAY SO THEY'LL BE ON TIME. ANY OTHER PLACES THAT YOU'RE DOING LAST MINUTE THE ONLY ONES RIGHT NOW. WELL, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
YEAH, IT'S OKAY. WELL WITHIN LET'S NOT DUPLICATE .
OKAY. RULES COMMITTEE ELIZABETH JOHNSON OKAY.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH A COPY OF PROPOSED DRAFT OF THE AMENDED OPERATIONS MANUAL. I KNOW CHRIS SENT THAT OUT AND YOU ALSO HAVE A HARD COPY HERE.
THIS IS THE FORMAT IT WOULD BE IN IN THE HARDCOPY YOU GOT AND I THAT THERE ARE CHANGES ALREADY THAT NEED TO BE MADE SO AS AN EXAMPLE ARE THEY COMPOSITION IS LISTED AS VACANT
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AS SOON AS WE HAVE A PERSON WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT.ADDITIONALLY THE CHARTERS FOR THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND THEM TO DO THOSE BECAUSE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS ONE FOR THE RULES COMMITTEE BUT THEN THAT PROVIDES A MODEL OTHER ONES TO FOLLOW.
NOW IF LET ME HAVE PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THIS THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING IT TODAY I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT OKAY ASK AWAY OKAY SO THE FIRST ONE IS YOU KNOW BASICALLY BASED MY EXPERIENCE WITH CONTRACTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS YOU TO TRY TO AVOID PUTTING INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T AGE WELL WILL REQUIRE FREQUENT UPDATES AND ALSO AVOID INFORMATION THAT'S REDUNDANT WITH OTHER READILY AVAILABLE. SO WITH THAT SPIRIT IN MIND THE BOARD CONTACT LIST MAY SUGGEST COULD YOU GIVE ME A PAGE NUMBER PLEASE? YES, 21 OKAY. SO MY BASIC GESTURE IN HERE IS THAT WE MAKE A REFERENCE TO THE LIVE DOCUMENT WHERE BOARD MEMBERS WITH THEIR ASSIGNED PRECINCTS AND CONTACT INFORMATION ARE LISTED BECAUSE THAT WILL CHANGE MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THIS OPERATIONS MANUAL. HOW DOES EVERYONE ELSE FEEL ABOUT THAT? WE AS BOARD MEMBERS WE GET LISTS A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR OF THE BOARD MEMBER INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION, ASSIGNED PRECINCTS AND IN FACT THE ASSIGNED PRECINCTS MAY CHANGE FROM TO ELECTION. AND WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT'S TRUE HOWEVER I KNOW IN DISCUSSION WITH OUR COMMITTEE A LOT OF MY MY MEMBERS FELT THAT IT WAS NICE TO HAVE ONE LOCATION TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO DON'T HAVE TO DIG THROUGH ALL THE PAPER THAT WE RECEIVED I KNOW I MEAN THAT IS A VALID POINT ON THIS POINT OUT THIS WOULD BE IN A BINDER WHICH MAKES IT EASY WHICH MAKES IT EASY TO SWITCH IT IN AND OUT SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THIS AND IT'S VERY EASY JUST TO CHANGE ONE PAGE AS THINGS CHANGES BUT THERE'S A ONE PAGE CHANGE. DOES THE REVISION TABLE NEED TO BE UPDATED AND DOES THE BOARD NEED TO VOTE TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE EVERY PLACE THAT INFORMATION IS LOCATED WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED. YES. AND WHAT IT SAYS IS FOR EVERY CHANGE THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE IT . SO I MEAN AS AN EXAMPLE WHEN MR. COOPER IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR ASSUMING THAT HAPPENS THEN WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE. SO IN THAT CASE IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE PLACES THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE MINIMIZE IT BY NOT INCLUDING IT.
IN THIS WE CAN INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN THE LIST OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS BUT NOT MAKE ANOTHER DOCUMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON OR TWICE A YEAR WITH CHANGES WHERE WE DID THAT IF WE MADE A REFERENCE TO IT, WHERE WOULD THAT REFERENCE BE? THIS WOULD BE IN THE FRONT LET'S SAY WHO WOULD NEW THE PAGE HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS PAGE 20 AGAIN 21 OF THE DRAFT AND YES WELL THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT WE BOARD MEMBERS GET A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR WITH UPDATES. SO THIS DOCUMENT BE REFERENCED IN THE OPERATIONS MANUAL AND SO IT'S REFERENCED IN THE OPERATION BUT WHAT WOULD IT SAY PLEASE REFER TO DOCUMENT 123 LOCATED AT WHERE IS IT OKAY FOR A CURRENT LIST OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS? I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE STANDS OTHER THAN BEING HANDED TO US AND BOARD MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT BE FOUND. YES.
YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PRETTY SOON BOARD SEATS COMING UP FOR APPOINTMENT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR HERE AGAIN YOU WILL BE DOING A LOT OF UPDATING AND REVISING.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WITH THE LISTS THAT WE GET BECAUSE THAT GOING TO CAUSE US TO HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. YES EVERY TIME EVERY TIME IT'S GOING TO BE CONSUMING.
WHAT WAS THE PROCEDURE IN THE PAST? WE JUST GET THIS LIST OF BOARD MEMBERS I MEAN AS FAR AS THIS DOCUMENT BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT WAS WHEN I WENT TO A COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE DOCUMENT WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 2014 AND MRS. COMING IN BUT
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YOU TWO ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN HERE SHOULD HAVE HAD A COPY OF THE OVERVIEW I DIDN'T GET I DIDN'T COME TO THE BOARD AT 20 I THINK I THINK MAYBE WE CAN JUST MAKE REFERENCE TO THE WEBSITE WE HAVE THE CURRENT LIST OF BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE AN OR CONTACT OFFICE NOW BUT I THINK REFERENCE TO THE WEBSITE AND YEAH FOR THE MOST RECENT I THINK THE KEY TO THIS IS THAT IT'S CLEAR EXACTLY WHERE THAT DOCUMENT CAN BE FOUND. YEAH SO WE NEED WHILE AND YOU KNOW NOT JUST MAKE A REFERENCE TO THE WEBSITE BUT THE ACTUAL LENGTH.OKAY WELL I HOPE MY HOPE IS THAT THAT WILL NOT DETER US FROM GETTING OPERATIONS MANUAL IN EVERY BOARD MEMBERS HANDS BECAUSE THE MORE WE WORK ON IT AND TWEAK AND KEEP CHANGING NOTHING IS GOING TO GET DONE WELL BEING THAT THAT IS A CHANGE TO THE RECOMMENDATION OR THE DOCUMENT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. MAYBE YOU CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE EMOTIONAL MAKING THAT CHANGE NOW I HAD A COUPLE OF MORE COMMENTS AND THEN WE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT CONTINGENT ON THESE CHANGES. OKAY.
THE SECOND ONE IS ON THE ORGANIZATION CHART ON PAGE 30 AND THIS IS A SIMILAR COMMENT ON THE MAIN ORGANIZATION CHART IS IS DYNAMIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND YEAR TO YEAR AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE WHAT IS A GENERIC ORGANIZATION EVERY TIME A CHANGE IS MADE. SO FOR EXAMPLE WORK CHART SHOWS THAT WE HAVE FOUR ELECTION SPECIALISTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE BUT WE REALLY BE BOUND BY FOUR FOUR BOXES ON THIS ORG CHART. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO MAKE IT MORE CONCEPTUAL BY JUST MAKING A BIG BOX THERE THAT SAYS ELECTIONS WHETHER WITH A FOUR PAGE NO VOTE NO NEED TO PUT FOUR, THREE, THREE OR FIVE . WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE ARE ELECTION SPECIALISTS THAT REPORT TO THE OFFICE MANAGER AND THE SAME THING FOR ELECTION TEXT SPECIALISTS. WE MAY HAVE TWO NOW BUT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TWO IN SIX MONTHS SO JUST MAKE A BIG BOX THAT SAYS I CAN ALMOST LIST I CAN ALMOST PROMISE YOU THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE AFTER. OKAY. BECAUSE ALL OF THAT'S BUDGET DRIVEN. YEAH. SO SO MY SUGGESTION IS JUST TO MAKE THIS A CONCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION CHART INSTEAD OF AN ACTUAL SPECIFIC ONE FOR THIS MOMENT IN TIME THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO UPDATE IT EVERY SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES IN STAFFING. MARIE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THIS WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE STAFFING CHANGED FOUR YEARS AGO SO THIS IS NOT THE HYGIENE WELL I WILL YEAH. WELL YEAH I MEAN I'M TRYING TO GET A FOR HOW OFTEN THIS WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED AND WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T BECOME VERY OFTEN NOT VERY OFTEN LIKE I SAID MOST OF IT IS BUDGET DRIVEN AND IF IT IS CHANGE IT'LL BE RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR A NEW POSITION OR A CHANGE OR RECLASSIFICATION OF A POSITION AND THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT MAYBE THE TITLE AND OR A NEW BILL IT I'M NOT SURE BUT NOT CHANGED VERY OFTEN I CAN PROMISE YOU THERE'D BE A LONG LEAD TIME.
WELL YES SO WELL I GUESS I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO SHOW FOR SEPARATE FOR ELECTION SPECIALISTS? BECAUSE THAT'S SHOWING HOW MANY OF THE POSITIONS WE HAVE ON BOARD THAT'S CURRENT COUNTED. THAT'S THE CURRENT COUNT. WE HAVE 11 STAFF IN OUR OFFICE INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR. SO THAT'S JUST SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF STAFF IN THEIR ROLE. NINE, TEN, 11 OKAY. AND THAT WAS ALSO WHY THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO PUT THAT LITTLE ASTERIX AT THE BOTTOM ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DO ADDITIONAL PART TIME EMPLOYEES ON A TEMPORARY KNOW TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ONLY AS YEAH OKAY OKAY. MY NEXT COMMENT IS MINOR IT'S ON PAGE 31 AND I BELIEVE THE PRECINCT REPORTS COMMITTEE IS CALLED REPRESENTING COMMITTEE. SO PAGE 31 I THINK THIS SMALL COPY PAGE 30 OH I'M SORRY YEAH I'M LOOKING AT IT YEAH YEAH YEAH IT'S ON PAGE 30 RE PRECINCT IN COMMITTEE WHAT IS SO WE WILL CHANGE THAT REPRESENTING THE COMMITTEE EACH
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OF OC I HEAR ANYTHING ELSE ONE MORE COMMENT PAGE 18 OLD 1860 WHAT IT'S CALLED PAGE 17 IN THE SMALL PAPER 17 REFERENCE REFERENCE DOCUMENT OF WHICH ONE? YES THE FIRST BULLET UNDER REFERENCE DOCUMENTS THAT TALKS ABOUT FEDERAL LAW ESTABLISHING THE NEW COLLECTION RIGHTS AND REQUIREMENTS. I BELIEVE OUR BOARD DOES NOT REFERENCE THESE DOCUMENTS. I BELIEVE THAT WE PRIMARILY REFERENCE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF WHICH CONFORMS WITH THE FEDERAL LAW. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE THAT BULLET BECAUSE THE OUR BOARD ARE NOT READING, INTERPRETING AND INTERPRETING THOSE LAW DOCUMENTS. WE CANNOT ANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN THOSE FEDERAL LAWS AND SOUTH CAROLINA LAWS. SO OUR FOCUS IS FOR 400 7173 SO I DON'T THINK IT'S THE INTENTION OF THIS DOCUMENT TO BE LIKE A WIKIPEDIA WHERE WE'RE REFERRED TO EVERY DOCUMENT RELATED TO VOTING I THINK IT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH SOUTH LAWS SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO READ THAT BULLET. I MUST SAY THAT WE DO OPERATE ON THE FEDERAL AS WELL. YES, SOUTH CAROLINA LAW CONFORMS TO THE FEDERAL LAWS.WELL THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THIS IS JUST A GENERIC REFERENCE THAT'S BEING AND IT'S UP TO YOU ALL OF COURSE BUT IT'S JUST GENERIC INFORMATION WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON ELECTIONS THE LAW OF ON A FEDERAL BASIS SO BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL.
WHY ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THAT BE REMOVED? BECAUSE WE ON OUR BOARD OPERATE THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAWS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE REFERRING THESE LAWS AND TRYING TO EVALUATE THE CONFLICTS IF CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE FEDERAL LAWS AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAWS I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO REPRESENT THAT. WE AS A BOARD HAVE READ AND CHOSEN THE FEDERAL LAW VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA LAW IN THE WAY WE COMPLY WITH ELECTIONS.
BUT TO REFERENCE A DOCUMENT MERELY STATES THAT IF YOU NEED FURTHER CLARITY YOU CAN SEEK JUST REFER THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT. MY CONCERN ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT'S AN IMPLICATION THAT WE AS A BOARD ARE REFERENCING THESE IN EVALUATING ANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN THESE LAWS AND THE PROCEDURES THAT WE FOLLOW AS A BOARD.
IT'S MERELY MEANS THAT YOU CAN REFERENCE THAT IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO DO SO NOT THAT YOU MUST.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, MADAM CHAIR. YES? MR. SWEENEY'S MADE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE AS A BOARD WHICH CHANGES TO ACCEPT.
ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON EACH OF THESE PROPOSED CHANGES INDIVIDUALLY WOULD NEED TO BECAE OF THEM IS NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO BE CHANGE. WELL, THAT THAT TAKE THE OPINION OF THE BOARD AND YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON IT BUT SO SHOULD THE PROCEDURE TO BE THE VOTE ON EACH OF THESE CHANGES INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN BASED ON WHAT THAT VOTE IS BUT ACCEPT THE RIGHT AS A WHOLE. YES CORRECT. YEAH.
CHRIS, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. SURE.
GO AHEAD CHRIS, I JUST WANT TO PUT ON YOU REMEMBER THIS IS A MILITARY TOWN SO FEDERAL LAW IS ALL OVER AND THAT'S THERE. WELL, WE WERE YES THERE WERE ONE YEAH I'D READ ON THE BOTTOM I'VE READ THAT IN THERE AND I WAS JUST GOING SAY THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO REFERENCE THE FEDERAL LAW IS THERE IF YOU IF YOU NEED TO DO SO OKAY ANYTHING THEN NO THAT'S IT FOR ME. OKAY SO WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO START WITH FIRST SINCE I THINK YOU'VE HAD WHAT THREE OR FOUR WE CAN START WITH THIS ONE THE REFERENCE DOCUMENTS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE REFERENCE DOCUMENTS. OKAY. I NEED A MOTION.
OKAY. TO REMOVE THAT AND IT NEEDS TO BE SECOND AND WE WILL VOTE ON REMOVING THAT. I'LL MAKE EMOTION SO MOVED TO REMOVE THE FIRST BULLET OKAY IS
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THERE ANYBODY WHO WANT TO SECOND IT I WOULD SECOND BUT I'D LIKE TO POSSIBLY CLARIFY BECAUSE THE UNIT COVER IS A REASONABLE REFERENCE AND IT'S ONLY IT'S ONLY 111 AND THAT WOULD PUT IT IN ADDITION. OKAY SO I USE SECOND. OKAY ANYBODY ELSE.OKAY ALL OPPOSE. NO WE'RE GOING TO OPPOSE BECAUSE HE'S THE SECOND THAT SO THE MAJORITY WILL SO IF WE IMPOSE WE'RE VOTING TO MAINTAIN THIS DOCUMENT IT'S WRITTEN WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AS WRITTEN THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT AND THAT'S OPPOSED I JUST THINK OPPOSING ALL IN FAVOR FIRST OKAY ALL IN FAVOR OF OPPOSING THIS DOCUMENT.
NO, NO, NO NO ALL IN FAVOR OF REMOVE THE FIRST BULLET DOCUMENT.
KEEP IN MIND THE FIRST BULLET TO REMOVE THE FIRST BULLET SAY I I KNOW OKAY ALL OPPOSE REGIME OKAY MOTION IS CARRIED TO KEEP THE AS STATED FOR BULLET ONE OKAY SO GOING TO PUT KEEP OKAY WHAT'S NEXT PAGE 20 I BELIEVE YES 20 SO I MAKE MOTION THAT UNDER APPENDIX A BOARD CONTACT LIST THERE IS A REFERENCE TO THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE WHERE BOARD MEMBERS ARE LISTED WITH THE LINK. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR THIS IS I'M SORRY.
OH YES. CAN I GET A SECOND? OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVING SECOND ALL IN FAVOR TO PUT THE BOARD CONTACT LISTS THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND A REFERENCE IN REFERENCE IT YES IT MAY MAKE ONE COMMENT FIRST THAT LIST THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE DOES IT HAVE THE DATES THAT OUR TERMS EXPIRE CURRENTLY WILL WE HAVE TO AMEND THAT WAS ON THE WEBSITE I I BELIEVE THE WEBSITE HAS THE TERMS ON IT THIS LIST OF CONTACT INFORMATION DOES NOT SO IF WE'RE GOING TO ADMIT I KNOW WE'RE GETTING MESSY HERE BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THIS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE WE PUT IN. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE DURING DISCUSSION WE SAID THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING THE LIST WE WOULD MAKE REFERENCE TO A WEBSITE WE WOULD INCLUDE A HOT LINK SO PEOPLE COULD GO EASILY TO GET THAT INFORMATION. AND MY POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS AT YOUR SUGGESTION MR. SWEENEY WE ADDED THE TIME THAT EVERYBODY'S TERMS EXPIRE AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEREVER WE SEND PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION CHRIS THROUGH VERIFICATION OKAY, WE BE SAYING YOU WILL NOT BE PUTTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION HIS NAME I RECEIVED AND TURNER WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T POINT. YEAH OKAY NOW CAN I GET A MOTION HERE WE HAVEN'T ZOOM YEAH THERE WAS A SECOND. OKAY.
OKAY IT'S PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR I NEED TO AMEND IT.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO AMEND IT AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST PUT THE WEBSITE WILL HAVE YOUR NAME AND TERM TERM AND PRECINCT AND PRESENT OKAY. OKAY MOTION CARRIED TO DO THAT OKAY NUMBER THREE FOR ORGANIZATION CHILDREN THAT NEED APPENDIX C WHICH IS PAGE 29 I THINK 29 TO 2. SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE THE LOWEST LEVEL FUNCTION ARE COMBINED INTO SINGLE BOXES AND THE DESCRIPTIONS PLURAL SO IT WOULD BE A BOX UNDER MANAGER THAT SAYS ELECTION SPECIALISTS WITHOUT A SPECIFIC COUNT AND A BOX UNDER ELECTION TECH MANAGER THAT SAYS ELECTION TECH SPECIALISTS PLURAL WITH NO SPECIFIC COUNT HERE THE ON THE FLOOR ON THE TABLE IS OKAY ALL THE POLLS ALL IN FAVOR THE EYES FIRST ALL RIGHT OKAY ALL THE POLLS OKAY LET'S SEE THE NEED OKAY MOTION CARRIED. WE WILL KEEP THE ORGANIZATIONAL
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CHART AS THIS OKAY WHAT'S THE LAST ONE LAST ONE IS PAGE 30 JUST CHANGING PRECINCT REAPPORTIONMENT TO RE PRECINCT . OKAY.THAT'S AN EASY ONE. YES. YEAH.
OKAY SO OKAY WE NEED A MOTION TO CHANGE FROM PRE SENT TO REPRESENTING CAN I GET A MOTION TO MAKE THE CHANGE MOVE. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR I I MOTION CARRY AND WE WILL CHANGE THAT REPRESENTING NATALIE DO YOU HAVE A REPORT I I'LL COME INTO OUR DESCRIPTION WE MEET THIS THIS BUSINESS OUR OUR COMMITTEE IS COMPLETE ALL RIGHT LIZ DOES ANYTHING ELSE WHETHER KNOW ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW THAT TO SOME EXTENT YEAH I'M ASKING LIZ THAT SHE HAVE ELSE FIRST SO AS I SAID WILL BE MAKING CHANGES AND I JUST WANT HER TO BE AWARE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW CAN WE INCLUDE IN THIS MOTION CHANGES THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING WITH NEW BOARD OR DO WE HAVE TO REVOKE THEM? WE HAVE TO WAIT. WE HAVE TO SELECT CASE NO NOTHING ELSE. OKAY. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THE GOOD THING IS THEY WON'T BE LISTED HERE.
THEY'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE A YEAR FROM NOW. A MOTION TO ACCEPT AS ED YEAH WHAT THE CHANGES. OKAY. I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE OPERATIONS MANUAL WITH THE CHANGES THAT THE VOTED ON SO A SECONDARY ALL IN FAVOR.
OKAY MOTION CARRY LIZ THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME JAMES.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, VERY GOOD TO HEAR. COULD I MOVE IF WE GET A HELICOPTER YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE WITH THE SO BAD. OKAY, GOOD.
ANY DISCUSSION IS THEN IN THE BUDGET. OH SURE.
WELL FOR THE BUS PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. NEW BUSINESS.
DO WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS? NEW BUSINESS. NEW BUSINESS WINDOW LOOKS AT IT. HOW IS YOUR DRIVE? YOU CAN TELL IN OKAY DIRECT THIS REPORT. OKAY AM I GIVE YOU AFTERNOON? OH YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU AND WE WILL GO OVER THAT REAL BRIEFLY AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS US. ONE OF THEM EFFECTS AFFECTS US PERSONALLY WHICH IS HOUSE BILL 5079 AND THIS IS RELATED TO A POST OR A PARCEL OF PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN THE BELLS AND ROSEHILL COMMUNITY MOVING THE LINE A LITTLE BIT BEING TWEAKED BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME BELLFLOWER RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN BUT DOING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AS THE LINES WERE MOVED TO FALL OVER TO THE TWO ONE SIDE AND IT DREW THEM OUT OF THE BELLFLOWER SO A BILL HAD TO BE INTRODUCED TO MOVE THE LINES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OVER AND ONCE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND ACCEPTED BY AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR THEN THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE AFFECTED THE THE LINES BEING IN THE WRONG OF THE ROAD WILL BE BACK IN THE BELLFLOWER PRECINCT.
SO THAT'S GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE DONE BEFORE JUNE IN THE NEXT PIECE ALLEGES IS HOUSE 45 MIAMI THOSE YOU WHO WERE AT THE SCARE CONFERENCE THERE WAS A HEALTHY DEBATE ABOUT THIS BILL TO THE LEGISLATIVE PANEL THAT WAS THERE THIS BILL IS TALKING
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ABOUT TO SUM IT UP IS CHANGING THE EARLY VOTING HOURS FROM 830 TO 6:00 FOR ALL WELL THERE ARE TWO SETS OF CHANGES REALLY FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS FROM 830 TO 6:00 CHANGING THOSE HOURS FROM 30 TO 7:00 AND FOR ALL OTHER ELECTIONS FOR MUNICIPAL SPECIAL ELECTIONS CHANGING THE HOURS FROM 830 TO 7:00 AS WELL. SO EARLY VOTING WILL BE IS BEING CONSIDERED NOW TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ELECTION DAY VOTING AND OF COURSE THERE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THIS BILL THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THE MENTAL IMPACT, THE PHYSICAL IMPACT ON POLL WORKERS AS EVERYTHING ELSE BUT LEGISLATORS DON'T TYPICALLY LOOK AT ALL THE EFFECTS. THEY USUALLY LOOK AT THE FISCAL IMPACT AND THIS WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON ALL OF OUR COUNTIES AND THE COUNTY OF COURSE IS INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF HOURS ONCE THE POLL WORKER GO OVER 40 HOURS THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE PAID OVERTIME AND IT'S GOING TO IMPACT US FINANCIALLY.SO THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE IT IS IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS I THINK IT WAS SENT TO THE SENATE AND I THINK IT'S IN SOME COMMITTEE BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT MAKING THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION ANY EASIER FOR THOSE INVOLVED BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. IF IT'S PASSED OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE TO COMPLY.
MR. MURRAY CAN I ASK A QUESTION YES? WOULD THEY CONSIDER SINCE WE HAVE THESE LANGUAGE HOURS HAVING PART TIME FOR EARLY VOTING WE ALREADY DO THAT.
YOU KNOW OUR EARLY VOTING POLL WORKERS THEY WE ONLY HAVE A FEW I THINK THAT WERE PART TIME BUT THAT'S WHAT KEEPS AFLOAT. WE WORK WITH FOLKS AND THEY ARE FLOATING SCHEDULES.
WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAY WORK SEVERAL A DAY AND GO HOME SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FROM THE TIME WE HAVE THE EARLY VOTING CENTERS SO AND IT WORKS FINE BECAUSE WE PAY THEM ON AN HOURLY BASIS. WE DON'T PAY THEM ON OR ON ON A FLAT RATE BASIS.
SO THE NEXT WILL BE WE'RE GOING TO DO SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING LEGISLATIVELY? OKAY. THE NEXT WOULD BE ELECTION UPDATE. YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE AS WELL A COPY OF OUR PROPOSALS BRIEFING SCHEDULE. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING ANY ONE SESSION. SO AND OF COURSE THAT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION THAT WE WILL BE HAVING THE BRIEFING SO ONCE WE SEND THIS OUT TO OUR POLL WORKERS.
PEOPLE WILL BE SIGNING UP TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE BRIEFINGS AND IT'S NOW BEING REQUIRED AND AMY CAN BACK ME UP BY THE STATE THAT ALL BRIEFINGS BE DONE IN PERSON AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S EXEMPT ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THAT EMERGENCY PURPOSES. OKAY.
AND BRIEFINGS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED BY STAFF SO AGAIN ONLY IN EMERGENCY SITUATION SHOULD BOARD MEMBERS BE CONDUCTING TRAINING. SO QUESTION ON ALL THAT.
YES IS CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE I MIGHT LOOK AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT MY EMERGENCIES THAT I GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC I DIDN'T HAVE A HELICOPTER TO GET TO BEAUFORT WELL I'LL TELL YOU I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO WEIGH THAT WE HAVE TO WEIGH THAT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT COME UP WHERE FOLKS CANNOT ATTEND ANY OF THE SCHEDULED BRIEFINGS AND AND WE TRY TO A SESSION AT LEAST THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION WHERE CAN ATTEND IT MAY NOT BE CONVENIENT FOR SOME PEOPLE BUT WE TRY TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW
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EMERGENCIES DO COME UP FAMILY SITUATIONS SO. WE TRY TO BE FLEXIBLE AND IF WE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE A PERSON WE HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS THAT CAN FILL IN FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT TRAINED . OKAY.OKAY. ALSO YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE IS THE IDEA I HAD A QUESTION HERE IS THERE A POLL CLERK TRAINING INCLUDED IN THIS MANDATORY BRIEFING SCHEDULE CLERK SPECIFIC TRAINING? OKAY. WE ARE WE'RE DOING HYBRID RIGHT NOW? UNLESS THE STATE COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR POLL WORKERS TRAINING I MEAN FOR CLERKS TRAINING WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST SESSION IN THE LAST SET OF TRAINING THAT WORKED WELL WAS WE HAD A HYBRID SESSION WHERE ALL THE REGULAR POLL DID THE TRAINING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE A ONE HOUR SESSION TO TRAIN THE CLERKS AND THEY HAVE I HAVE THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND ALL OF THAT IN THAT ONE HOUR SESSION BUT WE DID A SUMMARY OR BRIEFING OF WHAT'S REQUIRED AND THEN WE WENT INTO DETAIL IN THE SECOND PORTION OF THE TRAINING. SO YES IT WILL BE CLARK'S OKAY ON THAT TOPIC.
I UNDERSTAND THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION WORKING ON WHAT THEY CALL A STATE CERTIFIED POLL.
CLARK PROGRAM IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR? DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WHEN WE FIND OUT WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THANK YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE MULTIPLE PRECINCT LOCATIONS IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU'RE DOING TO BETTER QUANTIFY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LEAD CLARK AND WHAT THE LEAD CLARK SHOULD BE DELEGATING TO THE OTHER BOARD FOR IS THAT KIND OF ALREADY IN THIS HYBRID SESSION OF THE LEAD VERSUS THE OTHER? OH YES. I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT ROLE THE LEAD CLARK IS PLAYING BUT YES, WE WILL INCORPORATE THAT.
WE WILL REITERATE THAT IN OUR TRAININGS TO, MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND. OF COURSE WE OPERATE ALL THE TEAM CONCEPT SO WHEN YOU START IDENTIFYING A ROLE SPECIFICALLY YOU KIND OF SET YOURSELF UP FOR NO HELP FROM ANYBODY ELSE.
SO WE EVEN THOUGH WE IDENTIFY THAT AS A LEAVE CLARK WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ASSIST THE CLARK IN ACCOMPLISHING THE TASK DURING THE DAY SO AGAIN WE WILL MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT DOING TRAINING SESSIONS AND YOU KNOW LEAVE CLARK IS A POSITION THAT WE DEVELOPED IN OUR COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE DUAL PRECINCTS. NOW EVENTUALLY IF WE DO WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO ALL OF THAT WILL GO AWAY. IF WE TRY TO FIND POLLING LOCATIONS FOR EVERY PRECINCT WHICH IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT IS NOT GOING HAPPEN EVENTUALLY. NO I UNDERSTOOD BUT I GUESS MORE OF MY POINT THERE WAS TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE LEAGUE, CLARK THAT THEY SHOULD DESIGNATE AND DELEGATE SOME THINGS SO THAT EVERYBODY IS PARTICIPATING. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WERE DOING THAT BUT IF NOT WE WILL REITERATE IT REITERATED OF THE TIME I'M MAKING THE COMMENT FROM MY PERSONAL INFORMATION OH OKAY. OKAY YEAH AND YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER YOU KNOW THAT SO EVEN THOUGH MAYBE SOMEONE DOESN'T TAKE IT ON LIKE THEY SHOULD BUT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD YOU REMIND THEM WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND YOU CAN HELP THEM MAKE A DECISION ON THAT IF YOU FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS.
I THINK IT'S MORE IT'S MORE OF A POTENTIAL ISSUE YOU HAVE LESS EXPERIENCED EXPERTS IN GENERAL AND THAT LESS EXPERIENCE IS BUMPED UP TO THE CLARK OKAY LET'S NOTES TAKEN YOU OKAY ALSO OUR NEW POLL WORKERS TRAINING IS IN FULL NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE HAVING OUR SECOND SESSION FOR THIS GO ROUND LATE APRIL THE MARCH CLASSES ALREADY TAKING PLACE WE
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HAD 22 PEOPLE TRAINED APRIL CLASS WILL IS ALREADY SO WE HAVE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING 20 THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 30 PEOPLE IN EACH OF THOSE SESSIONS IN APRIL AND MAY AND JUNE WE HAVE TWO SLOTS LEFT IN AUGUST WE HAVE 12 SLOTS LEFT SO I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO AS MANY PEOPLE ON BOARD AS WE CAN THE JUNE ELECTION SO PLEASE WE STILL HAVE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY BUT GIVE US A CALL IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK THE JUNE ELECTION AND WE WILL SEE GEE THIS NOT A WAITING LIST IF WE GET ENOUGH FOR THAT WAITING LIST WE WILL TRY TO IMPLEMENT A NEW BUT IF WE ONLY HAVE FIVE PEOPLE I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE JUSTIFIED TO SINGLE CLASS OR FIVE PEOPLE AM I RIGHT? OKAY THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO JUSTIFY A CLASS? WHAT DO YOU THINK 1025 IS NOT ENOUGH ABOUT 12 PEOPLE, MAYBE 12 ABOUT YES. OKAY. I'LL JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.
IF YOU SCHEDULE A CLASS FOR 12 PEOPLE, PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR OF THEM NOT GOING TO SHOW UP.
OH, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE TO HAVE JUST A FEW PEOPLE A STANDBY ON A WAITING LIST SINCE? THE LAST TRAINING SEVEN DID NOT SHOW. WOULD THAT BE FEASIBLE TO ALL OF THOSE THOSE SEVEN PEOPLE? I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS I HAVE A COWORKER THAT WANTS TO SIGN UP FOR THE JULY FIVE SO LIKE IF THERE WAS AN OPENING EARLIER LET ME KNOW. SO I HAD A COUPLE OF DROPS PRIOR TO THIS CLASS I CALLED THEM SAID HEY I HAVE A DRAFT DO YOU WANT TO COME ON SATURDAY? AND THEY DID.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW I WORK IT OKAY IF THEY TELL ME I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE SO SOMETHING OPENS UP THAT I WELL I DECIDED TO MORE THAN ONE THIS MORNING FOR THAT REASON ALL RIGHT WE HAVE ALSO SCHEDULED SOME COMMUNITY I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE OUR GOAL IS TO BE OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY SHARING ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESSES AND WHAT'S COMING UP SO IF YOU NOTICE ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY FORUMS ARE BEFORE THE JUNE ELECTION JUST TO TRY AND EDUCATE THE VOTERS ON WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS IN JUNE AND WE HAVE SOME BROCHURES THAT WE'VE PRINTED OUT AND BEEN SHARING WITH FOLKS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT OF COURSE ANY REFERENDUMS AND OR CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS WE WILL NOT KNOW THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW BUT WE WILL PROBABLY KNOW THAT SOMETIME IN AUGUST AND AGAIN WE WILL TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE FOLKS AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE WE INITIALLY SCHEDULED FIVE AND WE GOT A CALL FROM THE CITY SAY WELL WHAT ABOUT SO WE DO HAVE A TENTATIVE TIME SLOT AVAILABLE FOR THEM. WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THE DATE YET.
WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE AT CITY HALL. WE JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE DATE QUESTIONS THIS YEAR. I KNOW ONCE I THINK LAST YEAR I CAME ACROSS A REAL ATTRACTIVE WOULD THERE BE FLIERS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF SHARE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS? YES. WILL WE WILL WE WILL HAVE FLIERS OUT ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY FORUMS. IT'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE. WE ARE ADVERTISING THROUGH THE COUNTY WEBSITE AS WELL SO NO FLIERS, HUH? YOU SAID NO FLIERS.
I WE WE WILL HAVE FLIERS. OKAY. IF I COULD GET OKAY.
MOST APPRECIATIVE NO PROBLEM. AND FACILITIES I THINK SOMEONE WAS ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT THE FACILITIES WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ASSESSED AND THEY ALL MET THE
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REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT WELL THE ONES THAT WE DID NOT MEET ON YET ARE BEING PROPOSED WHICH IS PARK SIDE AMENITY AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE WITH PARKSIDE AMENITY MR. BACKER WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE JUST PRETTY MUCH SAID NO NO THEY THEY HAVEN'T OUTRIGHT NO IT'S JUST THE DISCUSSION THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE OKAY EXTENDED BETWEEN THE SEA PINE CLUB IS ON HOLD RIGHT NOW BUT MR. SWEENEY WILL LET US KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A POSSIBLE POLLING LOCATION SAID POINT WHICH IS ON THE LIST YOU'RE GOING IN THURSDAY IS THAT TOMORROW OR ARE WE GOING WELL? OKAY. WHAT TIME? OKAY, THAT'S ON THE NEXT PAGE WINDOW. COOL POINT RIVER CLUB.OKAY I DIDN'T SEE THAT. SO WE WILL BE ASSESSING ON TOMORROW AND WE WERE HAVING SOME REAL EXPERIENCE VISITING THESE FACILITIES THE. FOLKS ARE JUST REALLY GRACIOUS AND THEY MAKE US FEEL WELCOME AND THEY ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE US FOR ELECTIONS . I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEY ARE FOLKS THAT COMMUNITY THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP PROVIDE A LOCATION AND TRY TO ACCOMMODATE OUR NEEDS SO FAR AS CHAIRS, TABLES, SECURITY YOU KNOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BOARD MEMBERS WHEN YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU WERE THE INITIAL CONTACT PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO THANK ALL FOLKS THAT ARE HELPING US IN THE ELECTION PROCESS OKAY YES UNITARIAN CHURCH WHICH UNITARIAN CHURCH IS AT THE ONE ON SAMS POINT ROAD NO THIS IS IN BLUFFTON ON MATHIS ROAD THE NAME IS SO LONG I I DIDN'T KNOW I JUST PUT UNITARIAN THAT'S MY ABBREVIATION BUT IS IN BLUFFTON LADIES ISLAND AS WELL YEAH THIS ONE IS IN BLUFFTON. OKAY. OKAY.
UM THE I THINK THE LAST SLIDE FOR FACILITY IS ABOUT OUR MAIN OFFICE.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS SEMI COMPLETED. WE HAVE RECEIVED PERMISSION THAT WE COULD OCCUPY THE ROOM AND THERE IS A SMALL THING PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE WHICH IS PUTTING PLYWOOD ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL AND PAINTING IT AND ONCE THAT'S DONE IT WILL BE FINISHED BUT WE CAN UTILIZE IT NOW IN THIS STATE IS IN ITS PRESENT STATE OKAY A STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE SCHEDULED ON OFF BOARD MEMBERS OF SCHEDULE BUT I STAFF ARE SCHEDULED TO GO UP TO THE PRIMARY WORKSHOP. WE ARE LIMITED TO FOUR PEOPLE.
WELL I THINK WE WERE LIMITED TO TWO BUT WE ALWAYS PUSH IT TO FOUR.
OH YES COME IN AND THEN THE SCHEDULE HERE FOR THE YEAR AFTER THE PRIMARY WORKSHOP CHRISTINE I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BUT APRIL 15TH IS A MONDAY NOT A WEDNESDAY.
YEAH OKAY. YEAH IT IS A MONDAY. IT IS A MONDAY SO IF THAT'S AN ERROR WE WILL CORRECT THAT. BUT WHAT I NEED YOU TO TO KNOW IS AND THIS I'LL LEAVE.
GUESS THIS WILL BE UP TO YOU WHO ATTEND WE CAN'T HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD THERE SO FOUR MEMBERS CAN ATTEND IT SAID WE WOULD FOR ONE WANTS TO ATTEND OTHER THAN ME I THINK I'VE READ THROUGH I'VE ALREADY REGISTERED DID YOU REGISTER DO ? NO, I DIDN'T SO WE GOT TWO PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, I'LL NO WELL THAT ONE. YEAH. OKAY.
MR. BAKKER, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO GO SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT. OKAY JIM BAKKER AND DON AND I HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED. OKAY BUT ON THE THIRD YOU YOU QUICKLY I WILL.
OKAY. I LIKE TO BE ON THE WAIT LIST BEHIND WHICH OKAY TO BE IN THE WAITING ROOM. YES. OKAY.
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ALL RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR FOUR NAMES BUT YOU GET THOSE NAMES TO CHRISTINA SO SHE CAN MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS. THANK YOU.AND CANDIDATE IS UNDERWAY. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT.
I PROVIDED YOU WITH A LIST OF CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED AT OUR OFFICE SO FAR AS OF YESTERDAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT SO THOSE ARE THE CANDIDATES THAT'S FILED OF COURSE YOU CAN FIND THIS INFORMATION ON THE SC VOTES WEBSITE JUST GO TO THE CANDIDATE TAB AND CANDIDATE TRACKING AND YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH WHO ALL FILED.
ALL RIGHT ON A DAILY BASIS IF YOU LIKE. ALL RIGHT ALL MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE. THOSE OF YOU WHO ATTENDED IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ATTENDED FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'M HOPING THAT YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION OUT OF THAT EDUCATIONAL THAT ALL THE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US I SAW A LOT OF YOU PARTICIPATING TAKING NOTES SO THAT THAT MEANS THAT YOU WERE ABSORBED INFORMATION AND I THINK EVERYTHING WENT WELL WE DID HAVE A AN INCIDENT THAT KIND OF SHOOK US LITTLE BIT. THERE WAS A FIRE AND BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT WE GOT THROUGH AND WE GOT THROUGH IT BUT IT DID NOT TAKE AWAY FROM ACTUAL SHARING OF INFORMATION. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE ON FRIDAY.
WE HAD THE LEGISLATIVE PANEL THERE. THERE WERE LOTS OF MARIE ARE THE PRESENTATION MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM DID THAT ALSO ABOUT YEAH THE HOLLY DID OKAY THE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION I THINK IT'S AVAILABLE.
WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. BUT THE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ITSELF WAS IS ALWAYS GOOD TO ME BECAUSE WE GET TO HEAR FROM OUR LEGISLATORS AGAIN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BEAUFORT LEGISLATORS THERE BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE DID HAVE OTHER LEGISLATORS FROM ACROSS STATE THERE AND THEY TOOK AN INTEREST IN WHAT WAS BEING SAID AND IT WAS LIKE A SORT OF HEALTHY DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH AS TO WHAT IS EXPECTED, WHAT WOULD BE NICE TO DO TO SEE IN THE FUTURE SO FAR AS ELECTION LAWS ARE CONCERNED AND LIKE I SAID THE LEGISLATORS ALWAYS OPEN OUR EYES AS TO WHY THINGS HAPPENED THE WAY THEY DO IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT WE AGREE BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS ITSELF, THE BUDGET PROCESS. MR. BACA IN HIS REPORT WE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY REVIEW WITH A MINISTRATION AND I THINK THAT WENT WELL.
IT OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW THE END RESULTS YET BUT INITIALLY IT WENT WELL LIKE I DID WHICH ONE? THE ONE THAT SAYS YOU OWE THE AWARDS OH DID I DO THAT.
THAT'S A YES I THOUGHT OH THIS REALLY IS PUT IN FOR THE MORE AND MORE BUT IS THAT YOU THE MORE AWARD IS TANTAMOUNT TO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN A PROFESSION AND KNOW EVER SINCE THE THE WAS STARTED BY THE LADY WHO WHO HELPED CREATE THE ANYMORE AND OVER THE YEARS WE LOOK IS VERY ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WON THE AWARD AND I I WANTED AN INTERVIEW BUT I'M SURE IT IS A HANDS DOWN SITUATION WHERE HER HER PACKET WENT UP I WAS CALLING ON THAT AND IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR YOU KNOW THAT 19 MURDERS AND WAITING FOR THE TO I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT NEEDLES AND ALL THE THESE NEVER SEEM TO BEFORE BUT 19 AGAIN SO YOU KNOW SHE SHE WOULD WANT TO GO UP AND
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WE'LL GO TO SERVICES SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY EXCITED AND I THINK IT'S JUST EVIDENCE OF THE KIND OF WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS AND HERE THE COUNTY REVENUE TEAM WOULD BE WITH AROUND WAS KIND OF EXCELLENT. WHAT SHE DID WITH THAT AWARD WAS AWARD AND THAT ORGANIZATION IS IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE STATE SO CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH CONGRATULATIONS CLOSE TO YOU I'M A VERY MODEST YOU MENTION THAT I WAS THERE TO WITNESS MARIE RECEIVING THE AWARD I WAS VERY VERY PROUD BECAUSE I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW HARD SHE HAS WORKED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO MAKE THIS NOT JUST AN EXCELLENT EXEMPLARY EFFORT FOR VOTERS IN THIS COUNTY BUT ALL OVER THE STATE SHE IS RECOGNIZED AND APPLAUDED. SO I AT MANCHESTER GO ALONG MADAM CHAIR TO WITNESS THE APPLAUSE AND THE GOOD NEWS THAT SHE RECEIVED FROM HER COLLEAGUES AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF MARIE AND BEVERLY MADE SURE THAT SHE WENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME SO I COULD GET MY PICTURE TAKEN EITHER I WAS TRYING TO TAKE PICTURES TO PRESERVE. YEAH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE ACCOLADES AND THE KIND WORDS THAT WERE THAT I RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL AS WELL AND I APPRECIATE THAT I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO ALMOST ANY ELECTION OFFICIAL IN THE STATE AND I'M HONORED AND I'M HUMBLED AND I SAY THAT A LOT BECAUSE I AM HUMBLED BY THE FACT THAT I WAS RECOGNIZED BY MY PEERS IN THE STATE. SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR CONGRATULATE REMARKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND LIKE I SAID IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANYONE SO I IT AND COUNTY COUNCIL ALSO DID A LOSS ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL SO THAT KIND OF SOLIDIFIED MY HOME FOLKS YOU KNOW. YES I'M SORRY KNOW FOR SOMETHING NOT THE WHOLE PARTY. SO I KNEW I WOULD HEAR YOU. YES.OH, APPARENTLY ON BROADBAND ALSO SHE SAID YOU DID OKAY OKAY .
THANK YOU. MANAGED TO GET INTO ONE OF THE PICTURES AND THERE WAS ALSO AN ARTICLE IN THE OUR NEWS ABOUT IT AS WELL. SO AND IT WENT VIRAL.
IT DID IT THE WINDOW MADE SURE IT WENT VIRAL. OH I COULDN'T PULL IT BACK I COULDN'T TAKE IT BACK ONCE IT WAS GONE SO BUT LET'S MOVE ON WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE CLASSIFICATION COMPENSATION PLAN AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING AND RIGHT AFTER THAT WE GOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. SO THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY BY THE COUNTY.
THIS IS DONE BY CONSULTANTS THEY COME IN EVALUATE OUR POSITIONS AND OUR JOB TITLE AND ITS COMPARE OUR JOB AND OUR SALARIES ARE COMPARED TO OTHER JOBS WITHIN THE COUNTY OTHER JOBS WITHIN THE STATE AND SOME PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS AS WELL AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP IDENTIFY ANY DISCREPANCIES WE MAY HAVE IN OUR SALARIES AND BRINGS OUR SALARIES UP TO A I WON'T SAY PAR BUT UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER POSITIONS OUR PROFESSIONS AND THAT'S NOT JUST OUR OFFICE BUT THE WHOLE COUNTY RIGHT ON THE BUDGET FOR OUR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT DUE TO OUR 31 NEW PRECINCT I TALKED I THINK MR. BACKER DID AS WELL SO HOW WE WHEN WE WERE UP AT SQUARE CONFERENCE AND HE PRETTY MUCH TOLD US THE MONEY IS HAS BEEN PLACED IN HIS BUDGET AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TO SENATOR DAVIS AS WELL AND HE ASSURED US
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THAT IT WENT THROUGH THE WHATEVER SENATE COMMITTEE IT NEEDED TO GO THROUGH AND HE SEEM TO THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM IN APPROVING THE FUNDS FOR THE ADDITIONALLY.SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT AN ABSOLUTE DONE DEAL IT WAS FAVORABLY BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE THAT TO APPROVE THE SBC BUDGET. SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THAT TAKEN CARE OF . UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW QUICKLY WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE EQUIPMENT IN SO AS SOON THEY ARE READY I'M SURE IF IT'S APPROVED THE MONIES APPROVE IS A PURCHASE I THINK THEY DO PURCHASE ORDERS AND THINGS THE REQUISITIONS OR WHATEVER WE WILL BE GETTING THOSE EQUIPMENT. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
WOW. OKAY. WHAT TIME IT IS 240.
OKAY. CLOSING COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK A SPECIAL THANKS TO, ELIZABETH JOHNSON FOR TAKING ON THIS OPERATION MANUAL.
AND SO FAR WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL ALL HAVE A MANUAL IN OUR HANDS AND I THANK YOU AND THE BOARD. THANK YOU. AND NEXT WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT MATT SWEENEY? HE'S BEEN KICKING UP A LOT OF DUST ON HILTON HEAD HITTING ALL THESE PLACES THAN ME. I DON'T HAVE A ONE ON MY LIST SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING. I CAN SEE IT NOT BY HEARSAY BUT TO SEE THAT MOST OF THESE PLACES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN OUT RECRUITING WE HAVE ALREADY HAD THE ADA REQUIREMENTS AND MY PRAYER IS THAT WHEN WE GET READY TO START UTILIZING THESE FACILITIES WE HAVE ANY HICCUPS OF LAST MINUTE MOVEMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAPPENED IN BLUFFTON AT THE ROTARY CLUB, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO IN BEL AIR WHEN ENTITIES HAVE THEIR MEMBERS PAYING DUES AND IF THEY SAY WE NEED TO USE THIS FACILITY IF THERE'S A WEEK AT THE LAST MINUTE IT'S OVER.
RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS TRY TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF IT EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW AND FROM SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD OUT THERE AND I WAS TOLD BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON THAT DID NOT KNOW THAT WE WERE HAVING A SATURDAY ELECTION SO THEY HAD ALREADY TAKEN A DEPOSIT. SO YOU SEE THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN WE ARE NOT USING THE GOVERNMENT FOR SOME OF THESE THEY HAD ALREADY TAKEN THE DEPOSIT BUT STAFF WAS ENOUGH TO GET SIGNS POSTED AND I WENT OUT THERE MYSELF CHECK AND SEE SO WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THOSE VOTERS KNEW THAT THEY NEEDED TO GO ELSEWHERE TO VOTE AND I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. IT JUST HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT SHOW PREFERENCE PRIMARY WAS THAT SATURDAY BECAUSE NORMALLY WE DO NOT HAVE THE ELECTIONS ON A SATURDAY SO HOPEFULLY WITH ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO GET ALL THESE GREAT PLACES WE WILL DO WELL IN THOSE AREAS. SO I YOU FOR THAT ALSO AND I THINK ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE THERE WORKING TO OUR GET PLACES AT POLLING PLACES AND ALSO RECRUIT POLL WORKERS MY THING IS IS THAT YOU KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VISITING OUR POLLING LOCATIONS ,WE ARE VISITING OUR POLLING LOCATIONS AND IF WE SEE THAT LEAD CLERK OR A CLERK IS NOT DOING HIS OR HER JOB, YOU KNOW, WE TALK TO THEM TO THE SIDE AND LET THEM KNOW I REMIND THEM IF THEY ARE NEW JUST TO REMIND THEM OF WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NEW PEOPLE WORKING YOU KNOW AND WE WILL JUST HAVE TO GUIDE THEM AS BOARD MEMBERS AND AS LONG AS THE BOARD MEMBERS AS LONG AS WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THEN WE CAN TELL THEM HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT PROCESS
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KEY ETHICS FORMS FIRST OF ALL, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I MOVE ON BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A WORKSHOP COMING UP SOON AS WE ADJOURN.ETHICS FORMS ARE DUE MARCH THE 30TH SO PLEASE PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD YOUR ETHICS FILED BECAUSE IF NOT YOU'LL GET A LETTER AND A FINE OKAY SO I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR 24TH 2 P.M. SO WE'LL BE BACK AT NORMAL SCHEDULE SO I'M QUITE SURE YOU'LL GET UPDATED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE THE CHANGES FROM THAT 130 SO EVERYONE WILL KNOW THAT WE ARE BACK WE'RE BACK TO BASICS. ALL RIGHT CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO WE CAN GO INTO OUR WORKSHOP SO MOVE OAK IS SECOND SECOND ALL RIGHT IT'S BEEN MOVED THE SECOND THAT OUR BOARD MEETING HAS NOW ADJOURNED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.