[00:00:03] . GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH. WE HAVE A COURT ORDER PLEASE ROLL CALL GLENN HERE VICE CHAMPION. EXCUSE AFTER HERE HAVE PARENTS DANIEL YEAH PRAY FOR US HERE. JOHN GLOVER UNEXCUSED. DAVID JOHNSON HERE. VIRGINIA COZADD I'M HERE. CHARLES FERRY HERE. 17 YEAR. AND WITH THAT WE'LL HAVE AN INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEWEST MEMBER DAVID JOHNSON WHO'S JOINING US FROM DISTRICT 11. DAVID, WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. NICE TO BE HERE. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE. LET'S DO A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE . I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RELIGIOUS HANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IT'S ALSO CUSTOMARY TO GO AROUND THE ROOM AND HAVE INTRODUCTIONS. BRYAN, WE'LL START WITH YOU. RIGHT NOW OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR MATTHEW HARRINGTON. YOU KNOW RUSTY EXCUSE ME RUSTY BROTHER, YOU REALIZE PLENTY OF SCIENCE INFORMATION HERE WITH AND CHURCHES HEAR HERE. JASON FARRELL, AREA MANAGER CONSTRUCTION. JIM I WANT TO KEEP TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER CHRIS AND ROOT CAN'T BE HERE WITHOUT TALKING YOUR TEAM LIKE ALIENS AND DOTTIE ARE WE JUST REASONS AM I GETTING READY TO HEAR IT YES MA'AM I'M SURE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT HAS A PUBLIC COMMENT TO OUR AGENDA [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] ITEMS? C NO. WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL MINUTES. JULY 17TH YOU'VE HAD THEM. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR OBJECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE SOON AND WAY OF A MOTION TO MOVE ANY WOULD BE THE SECOND IN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WISH I'M CURIOUS O BUSINESS TRACY YOU'RE UP FIRST. [5. OLD BUSINESS] GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE WE FINALLY FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WE ACTUALLY GOT UPDATES FOR WHAT'S GOING ON WHAT LANDS IN THAT THE SUBCONTRACTOR WILL START MIXING ON THE 23RD WHICH IS A MINING FOR ABOUT FOUR DAYS THEN THEY'LL START DOING MILLING ON THE 27TH WHICH SHOULD TAKE ABOUT A DAY AND THEN THAT SATURDAY ABOUT ANOTHER DAY TO DO PAVING. SO WE FINALLY GOT SOME MOVEMENT . WE FINALLY GOT THE MC DESIGNS IN BALTIMORE MORE COORDINATED THE CONTRACTOR WHO HAS COME TO AGREEMENT NEXT LINE ON IN CAUSEWAY YOU KNOW THIS WORK IS CURRENTLY GOING ON. THEY'RE GOING TO START MIXING THIS FRIDAY AND NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT TWO DAYS TO DO MILLING AND THEN ANOTHER TWO DAYS TO DO PAVING AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT TO WHAT HOLES THEY BE FINISHED THAT FRIDAY. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAD SOME COORDINATION. WE HAD A FEW CALLS COME IN AS YOU WERE IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS THE RESIDENTS BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS JOB TO START. SO ONCE IT STARTED EVERYBODY IS EXCITED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE CONGESTION IN TERMS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO WORK AND TO GET TO SCHOOL. SO COORDINATED WITH THE CONTRACT TO SEE IF NOT TO HOLD ON TO IT TO, SEE IF MAYBE MAYBE MOVE IT AT ABOUT 8:00 IF PART IF NOT, YOU KNOW THEY'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT. WE DID HAVE THEM USE A PILOT CAR TO KIND OF HELP LEAD THAT TRAFFIC TO KIND OF HELP WITH THAT. NEXT SLIDE. HOLLY ROAD WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 15 DAYS OF MIXING, FIVE DAYS OF MILLING ABOUT FIVE DAYS OF PAVING. SO THE WAY THIS IS WORKING IS THE SUB IS WORKING FROM ALLEN CAUSEWAY THERE CURRENTLY HAVE WORK GOING TO HOLLY HOLLY HALL [00:05:01] ROAD. ONCE THEY GET DONE WITH THAT THEN THEY'LL MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO LAND'S END. NEXT SLIDE THIS WAS HERE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WE HAD ABOUT THREE SLIDES OF THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS WHAT PETE WAS GOING TO DO. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REVISED TO ABOUT 27 ROWS AS YOU CAN SEE. AND SO RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING WITH THE CONTRACT TO KIND OF REVISE OR PROVIDE PRICING FOR AN ADDITIONAL ROAD TWO ROADS THAT WERE ADDED IN CHARLESTON AND THEN RIBAUT ROAD THAT WAS OUT AS WELL. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT AROUND THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK IN OCTOBER TO HAVE THEM STARTED BECAUSE AS WE GET TOWARDS IN THE WINTER MONTHS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY DO THAT THERMOPLASTIC SO HOPEFULLY THEY GET STARTED BY NOVEMBER 30TH THEY'LL BE DONE THAT NEXT SLIDE AND THIS ONE HERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH CHANGED. THIS IS A CORE COORDINATED WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WORK GOING ON FROM IN CHARLESTON TO GET DOWN THIS WAY. THEY'RE LOOKING AT STARTING IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR BUT AS YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT COMPLETING THIS JOB UNTIL ABOUT SEPTEMBER 30TH OF NEXT YEAR NEXT LINE AND THE SAME WETLANDS IN BLYTHE HAS PART OF LANDS IN ZIMBABWE AND THEN APEX COME IN WITH THE OTHER PART OF IT AND THIS IS THE SAME THING AS WELL THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET STARTED ON THIS ONE UNTIL THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE SAME THING WITH ALLEN CAUSEWAY WE HAVE THE TWO CONTRACTORS BLACK ON ONE SIDE WITH SANDERS AND THEN WE HAVE APEX. SO THIS WON'T FALL INTO THE SAME CATEGORY IN TERMS OF SPRING OF NEXT YEAR BUT I'VE BEEN PUSHING APEX TO SEE IF MAYBE POSSIBLY SOMETHING FREES UP THEY'RE ABLE TO GET DOWN THERE TO START WORKING IT. IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THIS STATE LEGISLATURE GIVES US MORE MONEY TO SPEND BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CONTRACT TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. EXACTLY. SO I GUESS IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE OF A BACKLOG ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE BEING I'M SURE THEY'LL TELL YOU THE SAME THING IS GOOD. YOU KNOW IT KEEPS THEM BUSY AND KEEP IT MOVING SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT IT IS HAVING TO WORK OUT YOU KNOW CHASE WAS ABLE TO GET THE STUFF DOWN HERE THEY MOVED ALL THE EQUIPMENT DOWN WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON THAT AND CAUSEWAY WHICH THE REST IS A HALF WE DIDN'T DO HOLLY HALL IN LAND'S END SO AT LEAST THEY SEE SOME MOVEMENT SOMETHING HAPPEN VERSUS THE SIGNS BEING OUT THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR SO WHICH IS GOOD TO SAY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE. ANY QUESTIONS AS USUAL I HAVE A QUESTION IT'S A VERY SIMPLE ONE IS ARE THE LISTS OF THE SCHEDULED IMPROVEMENTS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET FOR LIKE THE AVERAGE PERSON? YES, MA'AM. BECAUSE I KNOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA THERE'S ALWAYS OH, THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT. AND SO IF SOMEBODY IS DOING THAT I CAN SAY GO TO AFTER ME WEBSITE, THEY CAN GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND ALSO TO WHENEVER THE CONTRACTORS GET TO PERFORM WORK WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO POST THE MEDIA NOTICES SO IT LETS THEM KNOW IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE STARTING OR WHEN THE END AND FOR THE DURATION WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO DO IT. SO THEREFORE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF BECAUSE IT MAY PUT THEM OUT A WAY ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE LANE CLOSURES. SO YES MA'AM YOU. GUYS TO HAVE PEOPLE GET KIND OF YES, I'VE BEEN FIELDING QUITE A FEW CALLS THERE SINCE WE GET STARTED SO BUT I GOT TO SAY BLAKE, THEY'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE VERY THRILLED. SO GREAT THINGS. YES, MA'AM. VERY WELCOME QUESTIONS. THANKS FOR DOING WHAT RUSTY? YOU'RE UP FOR DIRT ROAD PROJECT 53 AND 55. GOOD AFTERNOON GERMAN MANY DIRT ROAD 53. THESE ROADS ARE ALL PAVED. RAINBOW ROAD IS COMPLETE. NORTHVIEW AND TWICKENHAM ARE BOTH PAVED NORTH. WE'RE WORKING THE FINAL WALK WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND TAKING TWICKENHAM WAS PAVED ON TIME AND MR. STROMAN SAID HE'S HAPPY. IS IT GOOD? YEAH AND THEY'RE WORKING ON SHOULDERS AND DITCHES ON THOSE RIGHT NOW GET THAT UP SO WE CAN MEET WITH DAVISON FLOYD TO DO A WALK ON THIS TWICKENHAM WILL BECOME A RACE STREET WHERE THEY CAN JUST READ THEIR CARS UP AND SEE HOW FAST CAN HAVE ONE MILE STRETCH IT. IT'LL BE A GOOD IDEA DON'T DO IT IT'LL BE A GOOD ALL RIGHT DIRT ROAD 55 LITTLE GREEN JAMES YOU WASHING DOLPHIN WATCH DAVISON FLOYD IS WORKING ON DESIGN AND PERMITTING ON THAT RIGHT NOW GOOD DEAL QUESTIONS ANYBODY ON 53 AND 55 DIRT ROAD AND ALL RIGHT SO LET'S MOVE ON TO YOUR SEVEN RESURFACING PRESERVATION REJUVENATE OR CRACK SEAL PATCHING MICRO SEAL THOSE ARE ALL COMPLETE AND ALL THE PRESERVATION ROADS THE REJUVENATE HAS BEEN COMPLETE FOR QUITE SOME TIME RIGHT WE FINISHED UP THE HILTON HEAD ROADS THIS WEEK OR LESS LAST WEEK. NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING PAINT AND THERMO TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN PLACE SO WE CAN FINISH [00:10:04] THOSE UP THEN THAT WE'RE DONE PAVING ONE ROAD WE'RE WAITING TO LOOK INTO A TREE REMOVAL ON THE ROAD WE ADDED OVER ON SHEPHERD LANE SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE HAVE HANGING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT VIDEO AND QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE ALL RIGHT WE'RE UP TO 170 AND A TRAINED WHAT I BELIEVE GOOD DEAL I SEE THEY'RE INSIDE THAT NOTE IT WAS ADDED THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED AND BRIAN RUSTY TO GET THIS KEEPS OUR RUNNING TOTAL OF WHAT WE PUT UNDER CONTRACT COMPLETED WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE IN A SECOND YOU'LL FIND IN YOUR PACKET YOU'RE SEVEN CONTRACTS AND THEN THE UPDATE 2016 TO 2024 RESURFACING MILEAGE THIS GIVES US A RUNNING TOTAL OF 197 MILES THAT WE'VE TOUCHED SINCE 2016. THAT'S A MAJOR PORTION OF YOUR FOUR COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITIES YES BRIAN GO AHEAD PLEASE. AND JUST ON THAT LAST NOTE, I MEAN THE COMMITMENT THAT THE COMMITTEES MADE TO PAVEMENT PRESERVATION HAS GONE A LONG WAY TO AFFECTING THE NUMBER OF MILES THAT WE CAN TOUCH ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I GUESS JARED'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY SO I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST TO FILL IN THE ONCE VERY NEAR TERM PROJECT STILL ONGOING THEY'VE BEEN PAVING ON 170 AND 278 OUT THERE. I THEY STILL HAVE SURFACE HORSE TO GO IN PERMANENT THERMOPLASTIC BUT NEXT THEY'LL BE DOING THE CONCRETE AND THAT PROJECT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW ITEMS SHOULD BE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE ON SCHEDULE OR CLOSE TO MINUS TWO DAYS FOR DEBRIS THAT WERE IN THERE AND TRIANGLE HAD A CONVERSATION ON THAT TODAY WE'RE GOING TO START BUILDING THE SCOPE FOR LPA APPLICATION HERE SOON SO WE CAN START TRYING TO PULL THAT AND GET IT OUT FOR LPA. SO ONE THING I HAVEN'T SEEN THE WALL WITH THE DEMISE A WALL BETWEEN OF TRAFFIC GOING UP ON THE 278 YEAH THAT WILL BE ONCE THEY GET THE PAVING COMPLETE THEY'LL COME BACK AND DO THOSE MEDIANS I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE THAT NOW BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LOW PROFILE MEDIAN AND AS WE HAVE SKIP'S IN THERE FOR DRAINAGE BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ACTUAL LIKE PARAPET WALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LOW PROFILE MEDIAN BUT HOPEFULLY THEY SHOULD BE GETTING THAT THOSE CONCRETE PLACED IN THE NEXT THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE DID ADD WITH THE MONEY THAT Y'ALL ALLOCATED FOR THAT PAVING THERE WAS A 20 FOOT STRETCH AT 170 THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE TOUCHED BECAUSE OF THE STOPS AND STARTS THAT WERE IN THE PLAN SO WE INCLUDED THAT THOUSAND FOOT STRETCH IN THERE ALSO SO THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH THE PAVING THAT'S ONGOING SO DO WE GET A PRICE FOR THAT? I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS I DON'T RECALL RIGHT OFFHAND WE DID PRICE AND WE DID A CHANGE OR FOR I'LL GET THAT FOR YOU THOUGH PLEASE DO WE HAD ROUGHLY I THINK WE WERE PLANNING SPENDING SOMETHING CLOSE TO $1,000,000 ON IT. YEAH AND ON THAT ONE I'M SURE THIS WILL COME UP IN A LITTLE BIT BUT WE REQUESTED PRICING TO DO FROM THE TERMINUS THE OKATIE CREEK BRIDGE TO THE NEXT SIGNAL AND WE'RE JUST WAITING GET THAT PRICING BACK FROM THE CONTRACTOR NOW SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE WELL WE'LL HAVE JARED GIVE US AN UPDATE THEM ON THE TRIANGLE WHAT'S ON WITH IT? LOOK YOU KNOW I SAID WE SAW A BUILDER ARE GOING TO START WORKING ON THE SCOPE THAT ONE SO WE CAN SUBMIT OUR LPA APPLICATION SO DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MAJOR UPDATES ON THAT COMING FORWARD BUT YEAH HE GETS HIM WE'LL GET HIM TO UPDATE THAT BUT THANKS. OKAY. I'M LOOKING AT SLIDES HERE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE'RE SEEING SOMEWHAT YOU SEE IN THE SLIDES WE'VE USED FOR AND HAD A MAP SHOWING OUR PAVING PROJECTS BUT RUSTY SAID HE HAD ONE OF THE SIGNS SWIPED OVER IT. YOU KNOW THAT WAS STOLEN FROM SHAMROCK. REMARKABLE. YOU COULD HAVE A RACE TO SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE FIRST EITHER CONE OR SIGN TO BE. [6. NEW BUSINESS] I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE OKAY. MOVING ON TO A NEW BUSINESS BOOKING IN A PACKAGE THAT GOT NEWS WE GOT A NEW DONOR BUMP BONUS READJUSTMENT AND ESSENTIALLY THAT READJUSTMENT [00:15:04] REDUCED SOME THE DOLLARS WE WERE GETTING IN OUR DONOR BONUS FUNDS WILL WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO EVERYONE TO EVERYBODY WE GOT IT REDUCED DOWN FROM 700 AND SOME THOUSAND TO 646,000. THEY MADE A MISTAKE IN YORK COUNTY AND A NUMBER OF GALLONS OF GASOLINE SOLD BECAUSE OF IT . IT WAS OVER PROJECTED ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THEY HAD SOLD. SO WE WOUND UP REDUCING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT REDUCED. THERE'S 15 OF US THAT GET DONOR FUNDS BUT AND JUST A REMINDER FROM THE STANDPOINT THE DONOR FUNDS ARE NOT REQUIRED NOT REQUIRED TO SPEND 33% OF THE DONOR FUNDS ON STATE PROJECTS. WE'RE RIGHT TO SPEND STRICTLY ON OUR OWN PROJECTS. OKAY. THAT KIND OF TAKES CARE OF DONOR PORTION 30 QUESTIONS ON BRIAN YOU'RE UP ONE UPDATE ON 528 STATUS. SO FOR THE 528 PROGRAM THIS IS ONE THAT WE BID OUT OVER THE SUMMER WE SELECTED AMT WE WERE GOING THROUGH CONTRACTING IT GOT TIED UP IN LEGAL AND PURCHASING SO WE JUST GOT THEM A EXECUTE CONTRACT LAST WEEK. THEY'RE GETTING STARTED WITH IT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THEM TO REEVALUATE THEIR CDO SECONDARIES FROM 520 80 AND TO COME UP WITH A FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR THAT. BUT IN THAT WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SCOPE FOR THEM TO REVIEW THE CURRENT COUNTY PROGRAM FOR YEARS EIGHT AND NINE AND THE CURRENT THREE YEAR THREE AND FOUR PROGRAM FOR THE DOT SECONDARIES LOW VOLUME LESS THAN FIVE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE SIZE THOSE REVIEWS SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO BID SO AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THAT BACK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH BIDDING YEAR EIGHT OF THE COUNTY PROGRAM AND YEAR THREE OF THE D.O.T. LESS THAN 500 PROGRAM. SO THAT'S GOING BE UPCOMING. WE CAN PROBABLY GET THE REJUVENATE OUT TO BID SOONER BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. SO WE CAN PROBABLY LOOK TO EXPEDITE THAT ONE AND GET IT OUT A LITTLE BIT SOONER AND THEN THEY WILL WORK ON THE YEAR FIVE YEAR PROGRAM FOR 528 AT THE SAME TIME SO BID PACKAGE BE ABLE TO BE OUT BY DECEMBER. I WOULD THINK SO YEAH. FOR THE ONE FOR THE YEAR EIGHT OR NINE YEARS THREE AND FOUR THEY'RE JUST REVIEWING THAT COMING UP WITH QUANTITIES AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE STILL APPLICABLE. SO I WOULD THINK DECEMBER IS PROBABLY STILL STILL DOABLE. SOUNDS GOOD ON BLUFFTON. BLUFFTON PARKWAY RESURFACING SO IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT RUSTY UPDATED WE INCLUDED PATCHING OF BLUFFTON I THINK YOU ALL ALLOCATED FOR YOUR THREE OR 400,000 FOR PATCH AND THEY DID A FIRST ROUND OF PATCHING THAT WAS IN THEIR ORIGINAL SCOPE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND DO MORE. I THINK JASON SHOULD BE STARTING OUT THERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SUNDAY OKAY. SO START OUT THERE SUNDAY WHAT THIS IS FOR IS FOR ACTUAL RESURFACING FROM BLOCK ISLAND ROAD RED CEDAR SO THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT TO BID WERE BEEN SLAMMED THE DEPARTMENT BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT OUT TO BID IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE TO GET THE QUALITIES AND THE BID PACKAGE TOGETHER WE HAVE A NEW PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS SNOWBALLED AND SLOWED THAT ONE DOWN BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GO OUT TO BID IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE. WE WOULD I UNDERSTAND FROM CHRIS AND SHE'S GOING TO A TRAINING CLASS TOMORROW TO GET UPDATE THE NEW PURCHASING OR THE NEW PURCHASING PROCEDURES. YEAH IT'S DEFINITELY YOU KNOW IT'S GREAT THE TOWN THE COUNTY COUNCIL TOOK CARE OF ALL THE ISSUES FACING PURCHASING AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT IT'S REALLY SLAMMED THINGS UP AND SLOWED THINGS DOWN. IT'S REALLY BEEN A PAIN IN THE REAR. YEAH. SO LAST WEEK WE HAD TRAINING ON THE NEW PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE AND THIS WEEK WE'RE HAVING ON THE NEW PROCUREMENT CODE SO IT'S JUST A LOT GOING ON AT THE SAME SO HOW WONDERFUL IT'LL BE WHEN IT'S ON WORK. YEAH AND YOU KNOW THE NEW SOFTWARE LOOKS GREAT SO HOPEFULLY WE GET IT THEY WILL EXPEDITE THE PROCESS SO WE'RE NOT FACING BACKLOGS LIKE THIS AND ONCE GET IT OURS STILL GOT WAIT 30 DAYS BUT HOPEFULLY GETTING IT TO THAT POINT WILL EASIER AND SIMPLER. SO THE BIG QUESTION AND THE BIGGEST QUESTION I HAVE BECAUSE WE ARE SEPARATE AND YES WE ARE ALLOWED TO FOLLOW THE PROCUREMENT CODES BEAUFORT [00:20:05] COUNTY BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN WE MUST ADHERE TO THE PROCUREMENT CODES OF THE STATE AT THE SAME TIME AND THOSE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT OCCURS BECAUSE DON'T WANT TO BE SITTING HERE NEXT FALL WORRIED ABOUT BEING AUDITED. YES SIR. AND THAT'S NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE NEW SOFTWARE DOESN'T MEET THAT CRITERIA. YEAH, NO THEY THEY'VE MADE SURE THAT ALL THAT MATCHES AND THAT EVERYTHING FOLLOW STATE PROCUREMENT CODE SO I MEAN WE'RE HERE THAT THEY HAVE A SOFTWARE THAT THEY USE NOW CALLED VENDOR REGISTRY IT SO IT'S JUST AN UPDATE SOFTWARE TO STREAMLINE THE SYSTEM SO BUT THEY'VE CHECKED IN ALL THAT MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING FOLLOW THE STATE CODE SO I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD WORKED OUT IN THE MEETING MINUTES YOU GET SOME FEDERAL FUNDS COMING IN TO ADD TO THE IT WAS ROOM YEAH YES MA'AM NEXT AS THE BERG SPEECH AND GO THROUGH ROAD THE TURN OVER TO MUNICIPALITIES BEFORE WE GO ON WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE APPROVED THE OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY WE'VE WE'VE PUT 400,000 OUT TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AND THEN WE APPROVED THE PAVEMENT FROM BUCKEYE ISLAND DOWN TO RED CEDAR SO I'M JUST REGROUPING SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH AND THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IF NOT MOVE ON TO THE OKAY SO THIS CONCERNS THE ATTORNEY OVER SOME COUNTY ROADS OVER TO MUNICIPALITIES SO WITH BURGES BEACH AND THE ROADS SURROUNDING THAT AREA. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IS AWARE I KNOW THE CHAIRMAN IS AWARE BUT THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AT HILTON HAD RECENTLY LEFT SO THAT HAS PUT A KIND OF A STOP ON THINGS THERE FOR COMMUNICATION WE'VE HAD COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF OVER THERE ABOUT THIS BUT WITHOUT HAVING A CONTRACTOR OR SOMEONE IN CHARGE WE CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION. BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING ON GUERNSEY ROAD. THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT DID NOT SEEM THAT THEY WERE AS INCLINED AS THEY ONCE WERE BUT THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE GOING OUT TO BID HOPEFULLY FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY ONCE WE CAN GET THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING SOME TRAFFIC CALMING INTO IT THAT THEY REQUESTED SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN AND GET THAT ONE TURNED OVER AS WELL AS A BACKDROP GO ROAD WAS IN OUR YEAR SIX YEARS SIX I BELIEVE IT WAS SO AND YEAH IT GOT POSTPONED BECAUSE OF SIDEWALK WORK THAT WAS BEING IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. THEY WERE MISSING DOING A LOT OF REPAIRS AND NEW SIDEWALK WORK SO THEY ASKED US TO POSTPONE IT BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'VE SAID TO THEM YOU KNOW HOW TO ANNEX IT AND STUFF INSTEAD OF TAKING A ROAD THAT'S IN THEIR DOWNTOWN AND I MEAN THIS SECTION OF GO THREE ROAD IS NEXT TO DOWNTOWN BLUFFTON THAT SHOULD BE ON THE TOP OF OUR LIST TAKE IN MAKING TROUBLE WITH ZONING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THE OTHER ONE WE HAVE TO PUT BACK ON THAT LIST. I WAS DELINQUENT IN DOING THAT IS OUR ROAD DOUBLE THOUSAND FOOT STRETCH OF ARROW ROAD TIME HILTON HEAD I DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL HAVEN'T TAKEN THAT WE'VE I ADMINISTRATOR HAS WANTED AT ONE POINT IN TIME ONE OF THE CAME TO US DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM I WILL ASK PLEASE DO THANK YOU MUCH NEXT WE'LL THE THEN I HEAR BURKS BEACH ROAD YES SIR TRANSFER TO AND HIM WE WOULD LIKE TO YES SIR BUT THAT'S MIKE. WHAT WHO IS THAT? A REQUEST FROM THE TOWN OR IS THAT A REQUEST FROM US IS A REQUEST FROM THE COUNTY TO THE TOWN? IT WAS ACTUALLY BOTH WAYS. AT ONE POINT IN TIME THEY CAME TO AND TALKED ABOUT IT AND THEN WE PROVIDED THEM WITH THE MEATS AND BOUNDS OF BERKS BEACH THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE BECAUSE SOCCER FIELDS AND STUFF THAT'S ADJACENT TO IT THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE PARKING AND SO ON ALONG IT AND BECAUSE IT THEY WANTED TO TAKE OVER CONTROL OF IT SO IT HAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH CURRENTLY IN THEIR HANDS THEY HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO TOO. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SIGN. WE GAVE THEM THE DOCUMENTS EVEN TO SIGN IT OVER TO THEM. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO BEFORE THE TRANSFER IS EFFECTED I MEAN WE NEED TO LIKE SO THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP OVER THERE SINCE THESE DISCUSSIONS HAPPEN AND THINK WE NEED ONCE A NEW DIRECTOR IS ESTABLISHED THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO SEE WHAT'S [00:25:03] STILL VIABLE BECAUSE THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS EARLY ON LIKE THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED ABOUT THEM WANTING TO BUILD THE PARK AND WANTING TO DO IMPROVEMENTS OF OUR BEACH AS PART OF THE PARK PROJECT. EVERY TIME I'VE ASKED ABOUT THE PARK I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, THAT PART MAY HAVE BEEN DELAYED. I DON'T HAVE A BETTER UPDATE THAN THAT BUT YEAH SO WOULD BE THE GOAL IS WHEN THEY DO THAT PARK PROJECT TO TURN OVER BERKS BEACH AND THE ROADS OFF OF BURGES BEACH BECAUSE BY THAT TIME I BELIEVE WE WILL RESURFACE ARE TREATED EVERY ONE OF THOSE ROADS SO HAVE HAVE WE RESURFACED AND TREATED THAT ROAD WE HAVE RECENTLY PATCHWORKS BEACH WE DID SIGNIFICANT PATCHING THERE AND IT WAS RESURFACED BEFORE I CAME OVER TO THE COUNTY BUT IT WAS RESURFACED SOMETIME WITHIN THE I'D SAY TEN YEARS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DID RE STRIPING OVER THERE SO BUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO THE COUNTY NO. YEAH NO WE'VE JUST DONE PATCHING RECENTLY SO WE'VE GIVEN THEM THE DOCUMENTS I MEAN EVERYTHING THEY COULD SIGNED IT IN THE BEEN DONE AND HAS TO DO IS GO FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AND GET COUNTY APPROVAL BUT WE HAVE WOULDN'T DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT THE TRANSFER BEING SIGNED RIGHT I DON'T THINK IT OCCURS ON OUR PLANS IN THE NEAR FUTURE NOW BUT YEAH I THINK THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE DID ANYTHING KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO IT BECAUSE WE WOULD HATE TO RESURFACE A ROAD AND THEN TO HAVE THEM COME BACK TO REBUILD IT. SO I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY KNOWING THAT THERE WOULD BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT PROJECT COMING FOR PARK LIKE SEMI RECENT OR NEAR FUTURE DATE. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON R&D ? OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM RESURFACING THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE CONTRACTOR WAS ON THE ISLAND DOING SOME PAVING IN A PRIVATE COMMUNITY. WE WERE HOPING TO PIGGYBACK WHILE THEY WERE OUT THERE AND GET AN AREA RESURFACED IN FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION THAT IS CAUSING SOME ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLES THE FIRE VEHICLES AND EMS OVER THERE. WE COULD NOT MAKE HAPPEN DUE TO VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES THERE. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE ABOUT GETTING A PATCHING MATERIAL TO GET OVER THERE AND TO PATCH THOSE POTHOLES AS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION UNTIL WE POTENTIALLY DO A LARGER TERM LONG TERM REPAIR HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT NEXT YEAR. SO AGAIN THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD APPROVED. IT WAS A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT. IT WAS LIKE $200,000 SOMETHING LIKE THAT 200 QUARTERS. YEAH. I WANT TO SAY THE FINAL QUOTE ENDED UP BEING AROUND 260. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE EXPECTED BUT. IT WAS ABOUT TO 60 AND WE'VE STUDIED IT AND WE'RE GIVEN A FEW OPTIONS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, A NEW ASPHALT TO IN A CONCRETE SECTION THERE AND IT JUST HAPPENED THAT YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DOING ASPHALT WORK ON THE ISLAND. WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WE'LL GET BACK TO THE DRAWING TABLE, FIND OUT AND FIGURE OUT A LONG TERM SOLUTION . THE PATCHING MATERIAL WE'VE LOOKED AT USING THEY A DEMO FOR US OVER ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY PERSIMMON AND THAT WAS SIX, EIGHT MONTHS AGO AND THE LAST TIME I DROVE BY IT WAS STILL THERE. SO WE HIGH HOPES WE NEED TO GET WITH THEM AND FOLLOW UP BUT SO THAT'S WE'RE HOPING TO DO OUT THERE IS HUGE THIS THERMOPLASTIC PATCH MATERIAL THAT'LL HOPEFULLY HOLD UP A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN COLD PATCH ASPHALT I THINK I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF IT IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF WHAT WENT ON ON BENTON HILL WE HAVE THE TRUCKS COMING OUT TORE UP THE FRONT END AREA YEAH EXACTLY WELL YEAH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT YEP THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED SO AND SO THAT WAS THE HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON HAVING PAVING CONTRACTOR THAT WAS THERE AND PIGGYBACKING WITH IT. SO THAT WAS OUR GOAL. YOU'RE STILL UP, RYAN. WE'LL GO TO YOUR NUMBER IF YOU HAVE AN EIGHT WE ARE WAITING ON EMT TO GET THEIR EVALUATION REEVALUATIONS UPDATED AND ONCE WE GET THAT WE'LL GET THAT OTHER BID HOPEFULLY BY DECEMBER AND WE WILL WORK TO GET THE REJUVENATE HER OUT PRIOR TO THAT SO ANY QUESTIONS ITEM THREE THAT'S UP TO YOU ANGIE IS WE'VE REWORKED THE 2425 TRANSPORTATION PLAN AGAIN IT DOESN'T TO BE SIGNED UNTIL NOVEMBER SO I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO IF ANYTHING PLEASE TAKE FEW [00:30:01] MOMENTS WE NEED TO BRIAN INCORPORATE OUR YOUR FUTURE YOUR PAVING PROGRAMS IN IT AS IT CURRENTLY IS WE NEED TO INCORPORATE OR YOUR FIVE YEAR PROGRAM WE NEED TO INCORPORATE OUR 502,000 IN IT SO CHRIS AND BRIAN KIND OF MAKE CERTAIN THEY GET ADDED TO IT AND ADD INTO IT WHATEVER 500 AND LESS EMT IS OUR ADT IS. YEAH THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS COMING UP WITH SO NOT YOU KNOW YOU THREE IN THIS PIONEER ONE IN THIS ONE YEAR NINE AND THIS ONE COMING UP WITH AN OVERARCHING PLAN SO AS SOON AS WE GET OF A PLAN FROM A AND B WE WILL LONGER TAKE THAT TOGETHER. GOOD. JARED WAS HERE FOR HELPING HIM BRIDGE REPORT THERE'S THE SLIDE THE LABS LOOKING FOR ACTUALLY SHOWS UP. THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THIS KIND OF GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A ROADMAP OF WHEN THINGS CONSTRUCTION BEING COMPLETED BY 2030 SO IF THEY FIND THE DOORS TO BE TO FINISH ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY HERE BEING GOOD CRAIG I PROMISE YOU I WOULDN'T BEAT THIS THING TO DEATH. I'M KIND OF SURPRISED. SEE IT ON THE AGENDA AGAIN. I KNOW WE HAD A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT. WELL, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS WAS OUT. THE COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED TO SEE IT POP UP OCCASIONALLY. IT'S SUCH A SMALL PROJECT BUT IT WAS THIS DEFINITE THIS TIME I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. THAT'S ANOTHER A ROOM WITH THIS IS THE INTERIM UPDATE HOW'S THAT OKAY I MEAN I JUST BECAUSE I HADN'T SEEN ANYTHING SOMEWHERE THAT IF I WAS IN SPAIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS I MIGHT HAVE A CRISIS RESPONSE THEY ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED OR IS THAT PROJECTED TO BE APPROVED? THAT'S PROJECTED TO BE APPROVED AND SO IT WAS A 60% DESIGN. YES, BUT THOSE WERE ALL PROJECTS. OKAY. [7. TREASURER’S REPORT] TREASURY REPORT BEFORE WE TALKED MR. BACKER, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU CHRIS. THIS IS LARGE ENOUGH AT LEAST WE CAN READ IT WITHOUT A MICROSCOPE. WELL, WHAT YOU WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE IN THE PACKAGE IS REALLY THE YEAR END REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 FISCAL YEAR ENDED IN JUNE BUT IT WASN'T EVERYTHING WASN'T CLOSED UNTIL SEPTEMBER FIRST SO THIS IS THIS IS THE FINAL SNAPSHOT OF 24 JUST SOME SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR WE STARTED FISCAL YEAR 24 WITH A BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER NINE $49.3 MILLION. WE HAD REVENUE OF JUST OVER $4 MILLION EXPENDITURES OF APPROXIMATELY 7.8 MILLION THAT LEFT US A BALANCE OF JUST ABOUT $5 MILLION AT YEAR END AND THAT INCLUDES THE 500,000 THAT WE HOLD IN RESERVE AS PART OF THAT RIGHT NOW CHRIS IS ROLLING OVER A LOT OF THE REQUISITIONS THAT ARE CARRYING OVER FOR PROJECTS THAT CARRY OVER INTO 25 AND THEN PUTTING IN NEW PILLOWS FOR THIS CURRENT USE. SO AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A VIEW WHERE WE ARE YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL AND THEN ALSO PROJECTIONS FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR. BUT LOOKING LOOKING AT 25 FISCAL YEAR 25 ESTIMATED REVENUE SEE FUND RECURRING REVENUES ABOUT TWO ALMOST 2.7 MILLION AS CHAIRMAN GOING NOTED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO DONOR BONUS WAS ADJUSTED TO 646,000 AND THE NON-RECURRING FUNDS FROM THE 200 MILLION STATEWIDE ALLOCATION VIEW FOR COUNTIES PORTION WAS ABOUT 4.6 MILLION. SO WE'RE EXPECTING IN 25 OF LIKE $7.9 MILLION. AND IF YOU ADD THAT ON TO OUR YEAR END BALANCE OF 5 MILLION, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY TO SPENT [00:35:01] AND THE CONSTRAINTS OF BEING ABLE TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY YEAH WE'VE GOT THE PROJECTS BUT HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE PROJECTS WITH CONTRACTORS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE TO ACTUALLY SPEND THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE. I MADE THAT QUITE A POINT WHENEVER I WAS AT THE STATE CTC MEETING THEY TYPICALLY WHEN THEY GIVE US THE FUNDING THEY GIVE YOU ONE YEAR TO SPEND IT IN AND ONE THAT'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT MONEY TO UP IN ONE YEAR 5.8 MILLION OF THE 200 MILLION THAT WE GOT IT'S IT'S A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF CONTRACTORS THAT ARE HERE ABLE TO PERFORM THE WORK MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. SO IT'S A BIT OF A HEADACHE AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS DO OUR BEST TO SPENDING IT. GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE MADE YOUR FUNDS WELL AND AS EVERYBODY REMEMBERS I'M SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED UP TO 300% OF OUR ANNUAL FUNDING TO HAVE IN OUR BALANCE SO IT'S MONEY THAT WE NECESSARILY HAVE TO THROW AWAY WE CAN STILL IT AND USE IT IN THE OUTYEARS JUDICIOUSLY AND TAKE ON ADDITIONAL YEAR'S WORK . ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND QUESTIONS OF JIM ON THE PURCHASE HEARING ON WE'LL MOVE ON AGAIN TO PUBLIC COMMENT SAME . [8. PUBLIC COMMENT (TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY)] PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN BE MADE ANY MONEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YES MA'AM YOU JUST REMIND ME MANY MILES OF DIRT ROADS HAVE BLESSED SOMEONE ASKED ME THAT QUESTION I THINK THAT NUMBER AND I'M CHECKING MY BRAIN I THINK IT'S LIKE 66 OR 68 SOMETHING THE THAT IS RIGHT 7871 IS WHAT I THOUGHT THAT'S A AROUND 70 AND WE DO THREE MILES A YEAR SO ONE AND A HALF SO ONE MAN YEAH SO IT WOULD BE IN PERPETUITY. YEAH RIGHT NOW YES BUT. ALSO ALSO REMEMBER TO THE I THINK THERE'S 45 MILES OF IT AFTER THAT 45 OR 48 MILES OF IT THEY DON'T HAVE EVEN RIGHT AWAY OR ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT. IT'S A LARGE NUMBER. SO THE NUMBER MILES ARE LEFT TO BE DONE AND DIRT ROADS IS RELATIVELY SMALL IT'S PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 20 MILES OF DIRT ROADS 1425 MILES OF THE WHATEVER IS RESIDUAL BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING RIGHT AWAY. IT'S A AND THOSE RIGHT AWAY I THINK ALSO FIND A LOT OF THOSE ROADS THAT AREN'T GIVING UP THE RIGHT AWAY THAT THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS STILL USES GRADERS AND GOES OUT AND MAINTAINS THEM EVEN THOUGH COUNTY DOESN'T OWN AND THE REASON I ASK IS WHEN WE OUT AT BOUNDARY CREEK TALKING ABOUT REFERENDUM PEOPLE SAID WELL WHY CAN'T YOU DO ALL THE DIRT ROADS IN ONE YEAR? AND I REMEMBERED SOMETHING ABOUT THREE IN A YEAR AND THIS IS IMPORTANT WHEN OF WAY COMES INTO THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS OTHER DAY IN COUNCIL I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND RIGHT OF WAYS IN THE SNAP OF YOUR FINGERS IT TAKES TIME SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT THING FOR RESIDENTS TO HEAR IT'S A IT'S A LONG LONG TERM PROCESS AND WHAT'S EVEN WORSE IS THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE AREAS ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE AND PEOPLE HAVE ROAD OR THAT LIVE ON LOTS THAT A STATE ROUTE THEY ARE GRANTING THE RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE BEHIND THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS AROUND A PUBLIC HIGHWAY SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM GIVE UP THE RIGHT OF WAY ON PROPERTY THAT'S ADJACENT TO IT. IT'S IT'S A LARGE IT'S A LARGE NUMBER OF 45 OR 48 MILES OF DIRT ROADS THAT ARE WE DO NOT HAVE RIGHT AWAY ON AND THERE'S NO I KNOW THE RIGHT AWAY DEPARTMENTS SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT AND THERE'S NO FUTURE IN THOSE 48 MILES OR PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP THE RIGHT AWAY THEY'VE MADE PRETTY ADAMANT I JUST WANT TO CORRECT INFORMATION TO REPORT HAVING COUNCIL ON MONDAY YES MA'AM YES SIR YES OUR JASON THE I WANT IN THE CONTRACTORS BRIEFLY REAL QUICK I'VE HEARD THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES I JUST CAME BACK FROM COLOMBIA WE MET THE DFC OVER THERE WE HAVE A BIG PROJECT ON 95 WHERE WE SAID CHANGE OR EXECUTE US WHICH ASPHALT DESIGNS BECAUSE OF RESOURCES YOU YOU CONSIDER THAT BLIND AND AFPAK ARE OWNED BY CAGR AND WE'RE INVOLVED IN THE TWO LARGEST CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN THE WORLD. I COULD GET MULTIPLE CREW DOWN [00:40:01] HERE TOMORROW BOTH US ASPHALT PRODUCERS I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. I'LL BE FOR RIGHT WE ARE ON A SAND ALLOTMENT OF 100 GUNS A DAY OUT DEERFIELD C-MAX SO FAR THE WEEK AT 20% I KNOW EVERY TIME I'VE EVER DONE THAT'S ALL I WANT TO WITH SAND IT OKAY THAT'S ONE DAY'S WORK PRODUCTION FOR BOTH OF US RIGHT THERE IS A GROSS ALLOTMENT TIME THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE MADE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH YOUR TWO AGRI PRODUCERS. IF YOU TAKE THAT PERCENTAGE OF BROUGHT IN AS WELL 35 MILLION GIVE OR TAKE ONLY 10% OF THAT ROCK IN IRAQ ALL IN NUMBER SEVEN THREE THAT NUMBER SEVEN STONE HAS BEEN SHIPPED BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE APPARENTLY EVERY PROJECT IN THE STATE SOUTH CAROLINA RIGHT. SO IF I HAD A CREW IN CHARLOTTE OR GREENSBURG I WON'T GO AND I MORROW I COULDN'T SO THE CHANGE OR I JUST CHANGED ON I-95 DORCHESTER WAS A PRODUCT OF THE QUARRIES NOT GIVE US THE MATERIAL THAT WE NEED. SO THERE A LIST BUT THIS MATERIAL TOGETHER SO WHILE IT DOES FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DOWN WAY AND HAVE TO IN CHARLESTON IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS THERE ARE THINGS THAT HANG THE HANDCUFF OFF AND DOING OUR JOB RIGHT AND 0 TO 8 WIDE AND ALL STUFF THAT'S COMING UP AND ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES THAT IS SO WHAT WE CAN DO I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE LETTERS EMAILS WE'VE ALREADY DONE IN COLUMBIA WE HAD TO MAKE THE SAME KIND OF CONVERSATION AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO SPEAK. THIS IS NOT IT'S LIKE CONTRACTORS CAN'T PERFORM THERE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT THAT ARE KIND OF HAMSTRINGING US FROM WHAT WE CAN DO IT AS MEGAPROJECTS COME DOWN HERE YOU'RE FLAT IRON BALFOUR EIGHTIES LAYING THAT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT BEFORE YOU WAIT THEY'VE GOT A BIG PROJECT AND START CHARGING TO OUR TONS $200 AN HOUR OR FOUR TRUCKS AND YOU WAIT AND SEE HOW MUCH IS MADE. I THINK WAY OF GOING THROUGH THE COST OF BATTLE OF FIGHTING THE FIRST WITH THE GAS TAX AND IT HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME VALUE WHAT IT IS YOU KNOW I THINK WE SPOKE IN THE PARKING LOT LAST NIGHT WE WERE HERE YOU WON'T GET TO LOOK AND SEE HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE MAKING OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS GO TO MARTIN MARIETTA OR VULCAN EARNINGS REPORT THEY'LL BE GLAD TO SAY I'M AS MOTIVATED. THEY'RE MAKING A LOT. SO WE WERE PAYING $17 A TIME FOR AGGREGATE. I CAME DOWN HERE EIGHT NINE YEARS AGO. I GOT EMPLOYED IN THE HIGHWAY LENDING THIS MONTH OR EIGHT OUT OF THEM. SO Y'ALL RUN THAT NUMBER OF EIGHT YEARS WITHOUT PERCENT RETURN IS IT'S TOUGH AND THEN WE'RE TIED RAIL WE'RE TIED TO TRUCKING. I MEAN CSX HOLDS THE DEMAND SO THEY'RE NOT GOING SHIFT FROM ZERO TO US. I MEAN WE CAN'T DO IT. YEAH. SO IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU OPERATE I THINK YOU ARE WRONG. YEP. I WISH WE HAD MORE BUT YOU KNOW YOU DO HAVE FEW RESOURCES AND FEW PLAYERS IN THIS MARKET WHO COULD TOMORROW MAKE STUFF HAPPEN BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET MUCH AND WE GENERATE SO MUCH YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. [9. CHAIRMAN COMMENTS] MY COMMENTS ARE PRETTY SIMPLE TODAY I HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING HAVING A RETREAT AGAIN IN FEBRUARY AND THE IDEA BEING SOMEWHAT WHAT WE DID BOOT OF WHAT WE DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH PAVING CONTRACTORS COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PRODUCTS AND SO ON OF WE'VE HAD ENOUGH TURNOVER IN COMMITTEE WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT MICRO SURFACING OR REJUVENATE OR ANY OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS WE'RE USING. I THINK IT'S GOOD TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD WITH WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING WITH THAT AND I WOULD INVITE SOME CONTRACTORS AS WELL TO IF ANYBODY HAS IDEAS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH ME DO IT AFTER THE MEETING OR SIMPLY SEND ME AN EMAIL OR GIVE ME A CALL. I WOULD CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF PLANNING MID-FEBRUARY FOR US TO HAVE A RETREAT AGAIN AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE AND WHERE'S THE FOOD COMING? WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE I MEAN THAT'S THE KEY WAS WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE LET JIM AND NEXT YEAH WHEN WAS THE LAST AND NOW IF ANYBODY ELSE I JUST THAT OUT I MEAN I'M OPEN I WAS I'VE GOT HARD TO GET ALONG WITH ALL RIGHT THANKS. SAY NOTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THIS MEETING * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.