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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY. 
          EVERYONE, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          IT'S A SPECIAL CALL. 
          COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING OF THURSDAY, MAY THE 16TH, UH, ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE PRESENT, SO THEREFORE WE CONSTITUTE A QUORUM. 
          UH, WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. 
          LIBERTY. 
          LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE ROYAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. 
          I WOULD ASK A MEMBER TO APPROVE OF TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND MS. TABER NECK AND MS. BROWN MADE THE MOTION AND SECOND DULY MOTION. 
          AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, THE AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          NEXT, WE WILL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A ONE TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS, INCIDENT TO EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT, OR COMPENSATION OF A PERSON REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY. 
          A MOTION PLEASE. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SIR. 
          MR. MCKELLEN MADE THE MOTION. 
          MR. DAWSON MADE THE SECOND DULY MOTION. 
          AND SECOND IT. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, UH, THIS WILL PASS. 
          AND WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          MORNING, YOUR HONOR, 
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THERE IS A MATTER RISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I WOULD ASK FOR A MEMBER OF COUNSEL TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE OUR ATTORNEY TO ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH ONE OF THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES INTERVIEWED FOR THE POSITION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION? NO MOTION. 
          MS. BROWN MAKES THE MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND IT. 
          MS. TABER MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION? THAT MOTION IS ADOPTED. 
          THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION. 
          AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 2:23 PM UM, WOULD LIKE TO, UM.
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