Oct 28, 2024 County Council - old

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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. OH YOU MEAN TO STARTLE EVERYONE YOU THREE SMALL FOREST ANIMALS OUT THERE APOLOGIZE VERY MUCH. THEY ARE YOUR CALL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING OF TODAY OCTOBER 28TH STARTING A BIT LATE TO ORDER AND IF YOU WOULD STAND AND JOIN ME AT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I WOULD APPRECIATE IT AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION AND I UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I NEED TO YOU IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE YOU'RE WISE AND LOVING GOD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY AND ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.

WE THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF AND FOR THE MEASURE OF HEALTH GIVEN US TO FULFILL OUR DUTIES.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED, USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY. WE ASK THAT AS A BODY WE PROMOTE PEACE, ORDER AND JUSTICE AND YOU GRACIOUSLY GRANT US THE WISDOM TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS AND ISSUES OF OUR TIMES TO HAVE A SENSE OF THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS, HAVE KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE TO UNDERSTAND AND TO CLEARLY WHAT IS GOOD FITTING AND APPROPRIATE AND TO HAVE THE ABILITY WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY EVEN WHEN THERE IS HONEST DISAGREEMENT AND TO HAVE PERSONAL PEACE IN OUR LIVES AND JOY OUR TASKS. FINALLY, PLEASE HELP US TO ENSURE THAT OUR DELIBERATIONS HERE TONIGHT BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN OUR EXTENDED COMMUNITY. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. I WELCOME EVERYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT IN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - August 26, 2024; September 9, 2024; September 16, 2024; and September 23, 2024]

THANK YOU, MR. DAWSON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES HEARING NONE.

[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

MR. MOORE AND YOU JOIN US YOUR ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT, PLEASE .

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COUNSEL HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT FOR MY REPORT. I'D LIKE TO FIRST START OFF WITH INVITING OUR COUNTY EMS VIRGINIA MARSHAL TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT OUR THIRD ANNUAL BEAUFORT COUNTY FIRST RESPONDER FOOD DRIVE. SO PLEASE THANK YOU. EVENING COUNCIL CHAIRMAN.

MY NAME IS VIRGINIA MARSHALL. I WORKED WITH COUNTY EMS FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS AND DURING THAT TIMEFRAME I'VE BEEN PROVIDING 911 SERVICES TO RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT COUNTY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED NOT ONLY IN THEIR TIMES OF EMERGENCY IS WHEN WE GO IN FOR MEDICAL REASONS ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED HELP IN OTHER CAPACITIES. WE SEE THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO MAKE HARD CHOICES WHETHER TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLES TO GET THEIR MEDICATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF LIKE THEIR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DIABETES. SEVERAL FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE OVER THE YEARS INDIVIDUALLY OR AS GROUPS ADOPTING FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE HOLIDAYS AND ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AFTER SPEAKING WITH SOME OF THESE FIRST RESPONDERS AND WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES WE PUT TOGETHER THE COUNTY FIRST RESPONDER FOOD DRIVE.

WHAT THAT IS IS STARTING NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 13TH WE ARE COLLECTING NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE HELP OF BEAUFORT AND BLUFFTON SELF-HELP. BOTH OF THESE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY ARE PROVIDING A LOT OF FOOD TO FAMILIES OVER 500 FAMILIES A MONTH. FOR THOSE WHO FOOD INSECURITIES SO I'M JUST HERE TONIGHT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AND JUST ALSO THAT IF YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE

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SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OPEN IT FOR QUESTIONS FROM. THIS.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE ONE. IT'S RUNNING NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 13TH. DECEMBER 30TH? YES, SIR.

AND WE WILL DISTRIBUTE IT THE FOLLOWING TO THE TWO AGENCIES SO THAT THEY CAN ASSIST WITH KEEPING THEIR FOODBANKS AND FOOD SHELVES STOCKED THROUGH THE NEW YEAR.

THIS IS THE SORRY IT'S THE THIRD ANNUAL EVENT THAT YOU'VE HAD.

YES, SIR, IT IS. HAVE YOU HAD A BIG SUCCESS? YES, SIR.

WE STARTED OFF SMALL THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE AND THEN LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED OVER 1500 POUNDS OF FOOD THAT WE DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES. SO WE USUALLY STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE YEAR BUT DUE TO THE WEATHER AND ISSUES THAT OCCURRED IN UPSTATE AND OF NORTH CAROLINA WE WANTED TO ALLOW THOSE THOSE TWO COLLECTIONS AND YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT WERE GOING ON TO THAT FOCUS. SO WE'RE STARTING OURS NOW NOVEMBER 1ST TO KEEP THE LOCAL AGENCIES AFLOAT THROUGH THE NEW YEAR HOPEFULLY. WELL, WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN MATCH OR EXCEED WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED IN THE PREVIOUS THREE TOO. SO. THANKS VERY MUCH.

ANY COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS? MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST ONE FROM HERE.

THANK, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. CHAIRMAN? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

OH, SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND. LISTEN, MR. CHAIRMAN.

IT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO ASK MR. MARSHALL HERE ARE THERE ANY DROP OFF LOCATIONS ON THE ISLAND ANYWHERE? WE HAVE THEM ON DELAYS ON HEADQUARTERS FOR FILING THERE IN BLUFFTON. CITY HALL PORT ROYAL HAS THEM AND IF YOU CHECK YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE A LIST THAT HAS THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF 21 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE'LL ALSO BE POSTING IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST ANY MEDIA OUTLETS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE ALSO BEAUFORT COUNTY IS GOING TO BE DOING AS WELL TO EMPLOYEES OR I HOPE THAT THEY DO IT TO THEIR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AND ANY OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. OKAY.

I THINK YOU WILL FIND ONE ON HILTON HEAD THEN. I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M SORRY, SIR. WE DO NOT HAVE WE DO NOT HAVE ONE ON HILTON HEAD BECAUSE HILTON HEAD FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES THEIR OWN FOOD COLLECTION THIS TIME FRAME AND WE DID NOT WANT TO COMPETE WITH THEM. THANK YOU. OKAY, MISS MARSHALL, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR MR. RICH WITH HIS VOLUME? THERE IS CONTROLLED WHERE HE IS. THERE HAS BEEN TIME.

JUST STANDBY A SECOND. WHAT? I HAVE LITTLE TROUBLE HEARING YOU BASED ON REVERBERATION. GIVE ME A COUNT. WOULD YOU TOM.

TOM TESTING ONE, TWO, THREE. HOW ABOUT NOW? NOW YOU MAY HAVE TO JUST SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER, OKAY? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

YEAH, I CAN YELL. THANK YOU. OKAY.

NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR COUNTY VETERANS DIRECTOR CAROLINE FURMAN.

SHE'S HERE. I THINK SAW HER. YES.

SO OUR DIRECTOR HAS BEEN NAMED THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING VETERAN ALUMNI. DR. CAROLINE FURMAN HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S OUTSTANDING VETERAN ALUMNI. SO PRESENTED TO A GRADUATE WHO SERVED THE U.S. MILITARY WITH HONOR DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN HIS OR HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND SHOWN REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP THAT INCLUDES SERVICE, INTEGRITY, CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP. DR. FURMAN IS A NATIVE EVERTONIAN GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1985. SHE SPENT FIVE YEARS THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS GLOBAL ASSIGNMENTS THAT TOOK HER FROM HAWAII TO JAPAN TO WASHINGTON D.C.. SHE IS A MASTER IN ECONOMICS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY MASTER'S IN MILITARY STUDIES FROM MARINE COMMAND STAFF COLLEGE MASTER'S IN NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIC STUDIES, THE MARINE CORPS WAR COLLEGE AND A DOCTORATE IN LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION SAINT THOMAS UNIVERSITY. AS A WOUNDED WARRIOR SHE BEEN A PEER MENTOR FOR THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT ASSISTING FELLOW IN THEIR RECOVERY JOURNEY. SHE ALSO SERVES A WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT WARRIOR ADVOCATE LEADER ADVOCATING FOR VETERANS AND GRASSROOT EFFORTS SOUTH CAROLINA.

SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL OPERATION ADVOCACY LIONS ON CAPITOL HILL AND THE FIRST WOMAN WARRIOR SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. LAST FALL. IN THIS CAPACITY SHE ACTIVELY WITH OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATURES, LEGISLATORS FOR VETERANS BENEFITS SUCH AS THE PACT ACT

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AS DIRECTOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY CAROLINAS EXPANDED THE BREADTH AND SCOPE OF OPERATIONS, INCREASING THE OF VETERAN SERVICES. SHE HAS ESTABLISHED A VETERAN ADVISORY COUNCIL AND A BEAUFORT COUNTY VETERAN COUNSEL WHERE SHE BRINGS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE VETERAN POPULATION.

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, THE DEPARTMENT HAS EXCEEDED ALL GOALS IN ITS FIRST YEAR NOTABLY REDUCING THE UNTETHERED POPULATION BY 5% IN LESS THAN TEN MONTHS.

WE CONGRATULATE DR. FURMAN ON THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION AND FOR HER CONTINUED SUPPORT OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND ITS VETERANS AND CAN'T KEEP ALL THE WAY UP THERE NOT SAYING EXACTLY. WELL IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED BY MY MY ALMA MATER USC. I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED WHEN I GOT THE NOTIFICATION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. SO THIS FRIDAY WILL ACTUALLY ATTEND THE AWARD CEREMONY AND THEN THE HOMECOMING GAME ON SATURDAY. SO GO GAMECOCKS.

CONGRATULATIONS CAROL. CAROL, PICK YOUR PICTURE. YOU'RE I TOLD YOU DID.

COOL. WE'D ALSO TO RECOGNIZE VIRGINIA AND MCGOWAN AS VETERAN'S OFFICER OF THE YEAR. IN THE BACK. OKAY.

SO SHE WAS SELECTED SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATE OF COUNTIES OR CAC VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE YEAR FOR 20 2023 2024 RECIPIENT ACKNOWLEDGED FOR BEING THE BEST VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER IN THE STATE HER PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE EXPANDING ITS BREADTH AND SCOPE OF SERVICE PROVIDED TO OUR VETERAN POPULATION. MOREOVER AND SINGLE HANDEDLY HELD DOWN THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE TRANSITION OF DIRECTORS BEING THE ONLY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER ACCREDITED PROCESS CLAIMS FOR SIX MONTHS.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEVOTED SERVICE TO BEAUFORT COUNTY, ITS VETERANS AND.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT CAROLINE FURMAN FOR NOMINATING FOR THIS POSITION AND OUR SOUTH CAROLINA VETERANS ASSOCIATION FOR ELECTING ME. I LOVE WHAT I DO.

IT'S WONDERFUL WORK. IT'S A PLEASURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL GET A PICTURE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMENT LAST FRIDAY WE HAD THE GRAND OPENING OF A SECOND VETERANS OFFICE SERVICE OFFICE IN BLUFFTON AS TABACHNICK WAS THERE AND IT WAS A GREAT CEREMONY SO WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A NEW AWNING.

YES, THAT IS ON ORDER. NOW I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SOME AWARDS THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED THIS YEAR. THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES OR CAC HOSTED A YEARLY AWARDS LUNCHEON AND THIS YEAR BEAUFORT COUNTY WON IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE. THE FIRST ONE IS THE 2024 J.

MITCHELL GRAHAM BARRETT LARIMORE MEMORIAL AWARDS AND. THESE AWARDS RECOGNIZE INNOVATIVE PROJECTS COMPLETED BY COUNTIES DURING PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS.

WINNERS REPRESENT THE BEST QUALITIES OF LOCAL ATTENTION TO DETAILS SERVICE TO CITIZENS EFFICIENT OF TAX DOLLARS, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE THEY DEMONSTRATE CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND COLLABORATION CAN ACHIEVE IMPRESSIVE RESULTS AND OFFER NEW IDEAS FOR OTHER COUNTIES TO CONSIDER EACH PROJECT IS JUDGED ON THE WRITTEN ENTRIES SUBMITTED VIA THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM BY THE DUE DATE AND AN IN-PERSON PRESENTATION FOR PANEL OF JUDGES ON THE COMPETITION DAY.

SO WE THE COUNTY RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MENTION FOR EMERGING LEADERS WOMEN'S CONFERENCE WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE IN YES WE DO HERE THEY ARE I THINK YOU MAY RECALL THIS THEY WERE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL FEW WEEKS AGO AND THE WOMEN COUNTY WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT BEGAN A JUNE 2023 IS AN ANNUAL EVENT FEATURING PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSIONS AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN LEADERS FROM VARIOUS SECTORS. THE PROGRAM IS EXPANSION COUNTY EMERGENCY EMERGING LEADERS GROUP ESTABLISHED IN 2021 SUPPORT CAREER DEVELOPMENT

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THEY HELPED US CREATE A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO TO PUT INTO THE PRESENTATION THAT REALLY WRAPPED IT ALL TOGETHER AND JUST TO BE EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY ARE REALLY FORTUNATE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE AS EMPLOYEES I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JARED AS WELL.

JARED REALLY KIND OF NUDGED US TO APPLY FOR THIS AWARD WHICH KIND OF PUT VICTORIA AND I TO THE TEST AND KIND OF PUT US IN ROLES THAT WE WEREN'T TO BUT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT BOOST OF CONFIDENCE THAT HE HAD AND US CONFIDENCE HE HAD FOR US TO GET THE JOB DONE AND FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND FOR BEING THERE TO SUPPORT US, CONGRATULATE THE AWARD THIS YEAR IS IT OKAY NEXT WE THE 2024 REGIONAL COOPERATION AWARD RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION FOR COASTAL AREA COOPERATIVE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP OR CHARLESTON BERKLEY AND COUNTY COUNTIES SOUTH CAROLINA AREA COOPERATIVE WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE RELIABLE 911 SERVICE ACROSS ITS REGION AND MEET PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS FOR CONSISTENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE FORMED HONORARY MASTER AGREEMENT IN 2018 AND AMENDED IN 2023.

THE PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES BEAUFORT, BERKLEY, CHARLESTON AND ORI COUNTIES THE CITY OF GOOSE CREEK AND THE TOWN OF SOMERVILLE. THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES AUTOMATIC AND MUTUAL AID, DISASTER RECOVERY, RESOURCE COORDINATION, INFORMATION SHARING AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION. THE PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED BACKUP CALL TAKING AND DISPATCHING DURING EMERGENCIES AND IT AIMS TO MAINTAIN 911 SERVICE CONTINUITY WITH THE INTEGRATION OF VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AND SO DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FOR THAT SO AND IT WILL PRESENT THAT OKAY THANK AND NOW I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF THE 2024 BARRETT LAW AND WAR MEMORIAL REGIONAL COOPERATION AWARD THIS IS STRING STRENGTHENING REGIONAL CORNER CAPACITY SO WE HAVE A CORNER HERE DAVID GEE IT'S CHIEF DEPUTY CORNER OUTSTANDING. SO READ THIS AND NOW YOU CAN MAKE SOME REMARKS.

SO BEAUFORT AND COUNTY CORNERS ESTABLISHED A FRAMEWORK FOR SHARING RESOURCES INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS AIMED AT IMPROVING DATA STANDARDIZATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COUNTIES SUPPORTED BY GRANT FUNDING. THE INITIATIVE ENHANCES CAPACITY TO MANAGE FATALITIES AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO OVER 630,000 RESIDENTS.

THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ADDRESSES CHALLENGES SUCH INCONSISTENT DATA STANDARDS AND LIMITED INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES WHICH CAN DELAY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS AND THE ISSUANCE OF DEATH CERTIFICATES PARTICULARLY IN CASES INVOLVING NATURAL DISASTERS.

THE OPIOID CRISIS MASS FATALITIES ON AUGUST 12, 2024, BEAUFORT IN CHARLESTON COUNTY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2020 FOR CORONER BOBBY JUNIO CHARLESTON COUNTY AND CORONER DAVID ART OF COUNTY WENT BEFORE THE PANEL JUDGES AT S.C. ETV AND COLUMBIA AND TOGETHER THEY PRESENTED A LIVE PRESENTATION TO THE JUDGES ON OCTOBER 17TH SJC HELD THEIR AWARDS LUNCHEON IN COLUMBIA TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE AWARD AND BEAUFORT COUNTY CHARLESTON COUNTY WERE AWARDED FIRST PLACE AND TOGETHER THEY RECEIVED THE LAURA MOORE MEMORIAL AWARD WITH TROPHY GIVEN TO EACH COUNTY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG AWARD FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY AND BEAUFORT COUNTY, NOT JUST A CORONER'S OFFICE BUT ALL CITIZENS. BEAUFORT CHARLESTON COUNTY STILL HOLDS THE ONLY OFFICE IS IN STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND HAS ALL PATHOLOGY OWNED STAFF WHERE. WE DO AUTOPSIES RIGHT HERE IN-HOUSE AND TO BE ABLE TO SEND ONE OF MY DAD PLEASE TO CHARLESTON COUNTY TO HELP THEM WITH NO TRAINING AND LIKEWISE THEY CAN COME TO OUR COUNTY WITH NO TRAINING FOR A PAST FOUR YEARS MI CORNER O'NEAL ALONG WITH THE HELP OF BOTH STAFFS HAVE PUT A PLAN TOGETHER THAT EYES AND OUR TEAS THAT ALL

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BUT THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN YOU TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO HOLD ON TO THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU IN YOUR OFFICE FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB THAT YOU DID FOR MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR JOHN MURRY.

AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE. YOUR OFFICE IS INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL AND I WONDER RELAYED TO YOU THAT THEY WERE SO IMPRESSED AND SO I MEAN I CAN'T TELL YOU THE COMPANY WE GAVE THEM THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU BECAUSE THINK SUBJECT ANY QUESTIONS THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE A OF PROCLAMATIONS TO PRESENT COMING BEFORE WE DO THAT I JUST WANT TO DO AN ADD ON TO THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. THERE'S A REQUEST THE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT AND THE BEAUFORT JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY TO ALL OF ITS CUSTOMERS NOT TO RUN THEIR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OCTOBER 29TH AND 30TH BECAUSE THEY ARE SHUTTING ONE OF THEIR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS AS PART OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT THE PLANT SO THEY HAVE ASKED EVERYONE TO PLEASE TURN OFF THEIR IRRIGATION FOR THOSE TWO DAYS IF YOU CAN REMEMBER TO DO THAT OCTOBER 29TH AND OCTOBER 30TH BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXPECT THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE SUPPLY OF WATER THAT WE HAVE. BUT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION THEY'RE ASKING US.

PLEASE WHAT ARE YOUR SHRUBS AND YOUR DAYS. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.

HAVE THE YOUNG MARINES ARRIVED? I KNOW THEY WERE IN A DETOUR. OH, YOU HEAR? OKAY. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THERE? OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION FOR RED RIBBON.

THEN THERE'LL BE ONE RECOGNIZING OPERATION GREEN LIGHT AND THERE'S ONE RECOGNIZING THE PEN CENTER'S 162ND ANNIVERSARY AND THEN THERE'LL BE ONE FOR THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND COMMITMENT OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY YOUTH CONFERENCE CONFERENCE AMBASSADORS. I WILL NOT BE DOING ALL OF THOSE.

DON'T WORRY THERE'LL BE OTHER PEOPLE COMING DOWN THERE TO DO THAT.

I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF TAKING MUCH TOO MUCH WHEN I DO THE TALKS EVERYONE SEEMS TO THINK I ENJOY SO MUCH. BUT YOU DO. I DO.

YOU DO? YES. THIS THIS PROCLAMATION IS GOING

[7. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR RED RIBBON WEEK- YOUNG MARINES - Vice-Chairman Lawrence McElynn]

THEY'RE GOING TO COME HERE AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND THEY ACCEPT IT BECAUSE THEY DO A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN THE IN TRYING TO HELP WIN THE WAR ON DRUGS BY CONDUCTING INFORMATION SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATION AND SO WE GIVE THIS TO THEM EVERY EVERY YEAR THIS PROCLAMATION THIS PROCLAMATION IS HAS BEEN ISSUED I'M SORRY THE RED RIBBON WEEK BEEN CREATED AS A RESULT OF AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED BACK IN 1985 WHEN A YOUNG SPECIAL AGENT FROM DEA WHO WAS WORKING IN GUADALAJARA MEXICO WAS KIDNAPED AND KILLED BY THE DRUG TRAFFICKERS WHO ARE OPERATING IN THAT AREA. HIS NAME ENRIQUE CAMARENA.

THOSE OF US WHO KNEW HIM CALLED HIM KIKI. HE DIDN'T OBJECT TO THAT SO WE KEPT CALLING HIM THAT. HE WAS WORKING IN GUADALAJARA BECAUSE DEA HAS SPECIAL AGENTS OPERATING ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES. BUT OVER 60 DIFFERENT FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND THE TRAFFICKERS THERE LEARNED THAT HE WAS BEING VERY EFFECTIVE IN THEIR AREA ELIMINATING A VERY LARGE MARIJUANA FIELD. SO THEY WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT HE KNEW AND WHO WAS TELLING HIM ALL THIS AND DURING THE INTERROGATION THAT OCCURRED HE WAS TORTURED AND KILLED ALONG WITH HIS PILOT I WAS WORKING FOR DEA AT THE TIME AND I WAS DISPATCHED TO CALIFORNIA BY THE HEAD OF THE DEA TO ARRANGE FOR THE RETURN OF THE REMAINS

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I TOLD HIM HE HAD BEEN A FIREMAN AND THAT HE HAD BEEN A POLICEMAN AND THEN HE WAS A SPECIAL AGENT WITH DEA AND HE STOOD THERE AND HE WATCHED ME AND HE LISTENED TO ME AND SAID AND I SAID I SHOULD ALSO MENTION HE'S A FORMER MARINE. SO THE COLONEL STOOD UP, GAVE ME A QUICK SALUTE AND SAID I'LL HANDLE THE REST OF THIS ONE. AND HE DID VERY DISPATCH THE SCENE 32 MEXICO BROUGHT THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO BACK TO THE AIR STATION BROUGHT FAMILY AND THERE WAS AN HONOR GUARD FOR THE RETURN OF AGENT CAMARINES REMAINS.

THEY STAYED WITH THIS THROUGH TRANSPORT TO CALEXICO, HIS HOMETOWN TO THE FUNERAL AND TO THE CEMETERY AND DID REMARKABLE JOB. SO THIS PROCLAMATION THAT I'M TO READ RECOGNIZES WHAT HAPPENED AND THE FACT RED RIBBON WEEK BECAME RED MONTH AND WE CELEBRATE IT EVERY YEAR TO AND SEND THE MESSAGE THAT IF YOU GO TO YOUR CENTER FOR WISDOM, COURAGE AND GUIDANCE AND YOU HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM, YOU MAY FIND THAT WHEN GO THERE THERE'S NOTHING TO DRAW ON. SO THEY ARE TRYING DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM ABUSING SUBSTANCES WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO GO TO THEIR CENTER FOR COURAGE WISDOM AND GUIDANCE WHEREAS COMMUNITIES ACROSS HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY THE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLICIT DRUG USE AND THOSE THAT TRAFFIC IN THEM.

AND. WHEREAS THERE IS HOPE IN WINNING THE WAR ON DRUGS THAT HOPE LIES IN EDUCATION AND DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION COUPLED THE HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION OF ORGANIZATIONS SUCH THE YOUNG MARINES OF THE MARINE CORPS TO FOSTER HEALTHY DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE WHEREAS GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS KNOW THAT CITIZEN SUPPORT IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOLS IN THE EFFORT TO REDUCE THE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND. WHEREAS THE RED RIBBON HAS BEEN CHOSEN A SYMBOL COMMEMORATING THE WORK OF ENRIQUE CAMARENA, A DEA AGENT WHO WAS MURDERED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND REPRESENTS THE BELIEF THAT ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND. WHEREAS, THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN WAS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 1988 TO ENCOURAGE A DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE AND THE INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG PREVENTION AND REDUCTION. AND. WHEREAS OCTOBER 23 THROUGH 31 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED NATIONAL RED RIBBON WEEK WHICH ENCOURAGES AMERICANS WEAR A RED RIBBON TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR A DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH THE 31ST AS RED RIBBON WEEK IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THIS SPECIAL.

SO CAN I INVITE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE YOUNG MARINES TO COME UP? YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN ME MY RED RIBBON AND I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN WEARING THIS FOR 40 SOME YEARS NOW. I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU AND ALSO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE FROM YOU A DEA CHALLENGE POINT THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME JUST A WEEK OR SO I THINK I GAVE YOU ONE ONCE BEFORE BUT THIS IS THE NEW MODEL AND I ALSO BROUGHT ONE FOR YOUR ESCORT SO I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE THAT TO OKAY IF YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING IT'S ALWAYS LOVELY TO SEE THE PUBLIC COME OUT AND JUST SEE THESE MEETINGS. WELL IS IT'S LOVELY TO BE PRESENTED THIS AND AMAZING TO SEE COUNTIES AND CITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA UP AND JUST REPRESENT THIS OUR PROGRAMS FOR AGES EIGHT TO THE COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT'S A BROAD RANGE RIGHT I'M 15 MYSELF AND IT'S LOVELY IT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND BE PRESENTED THESE IT SHOWS THAT AMERICA'S YOUTH IS NOT FORGOTTEN THAT WE CAN STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR.

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APPRECIATE IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH.

[8. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OPERATION GREEN LIGHT - Council Member David Bartholomew]

WHEREAS, COUNTY COUNCIL SEEKS TO HONOR INDIVIDUAL WHO HAVE MADE COUNTLESS SACRIFICES FOR FREEDOM BY PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.

AND. WHEREAS, VETERANS CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THE AMERICAN LEGION VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS, CIVIL SERVICE AND BY FUNCTIONING AS COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS IN 29 STATES TO HELP FELLOW FORMER SERVICE MEMBERS ACCESS MORE THAN 52 BILLION IN FEDERAL HEALTH, DISABILITY AND COMPENSATION BENEFITS EACH YEAR. AND. WHEREAS, APPROXIMATELY 200,000 SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITION CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES ANNUALLY AND WHERE OUR STUDIES SHOW THAT 44 TO 72% OF SERVICE MEMBERS EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT STRESS DURING THEIR TRANSITION MILITARY TO CIVILIAN LIFE AND THOSE TRANSITIONING FROM ACTIVE ARE AN INCREASED RISK OF SUICIDE DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING MILITARY SERVICE.

AND. WHEREAS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ENCOURAGES ALL COUNTIES, PARISHES AND BOROUGHS TO RECOGNIZE OPERATION GREEN LIGHT FOR AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT COUNTY COUNCIL HEREBY DESIGNATES THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS A TIME TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICES OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO ARE TRANSITIONING FROM ACTIVE DUTY AND IN OBSERVANCE OF OPERATION GREEN LIGHT.

COUNTY COUNCIL ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEANINGFUL TRADITION OF DISPLAYING GREEN IN THEIR HOMES OR BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE PROFOUND SACRIFICES TO SAFEGUARD OUR FREEDOMS DATE OF THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2024 THANK YOU. FIRST OFF I'D LIKE TO THANK MEMBER OF COUNTY COUNCIL FOR VOTING ON THIS PROCLAMATION. THE OPERATION GREEN LIGHT IS A VISUAL DISPLAY OF THE SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT THAT OUR VETERANS ARE ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY HAS HAS GIVEN THIS COUNTRY. SO I THINK I THANK COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND I THANK COUNTY FOR SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE BY BY SHINING GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER PRESENTED TO YOU. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. PROCLAMATION WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER YOUR FIRST FOR A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AND SINNERS HUNDRED AND 60 SECONDS AND THE SECOND ONE THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND OF THE COUNTY. YOU HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL ADAMS IS ON THIS SIDE HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO STAND ON THE SIDE HERE.

[9. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING PENN CENTERS 162ND ANNIVERSARY- Council Member York Glover]

WHEREAS IN 1862 THE PEN CENTER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ACADEMIC SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH ESTABLISHED BY TWO NORTHERN MISSIONARIES LAURA MOTON AND ELLEN MURRAY TO PROVIDE FORMAL EDUCATION FOR FORMERLY ENSLAVED AFRICANS. AND WHERE IS FOUR 162 YEARS IN SETTING INC LOCATED ON C HELENA HAS BEEN AT THE CITY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DESCENDANTS OF FORMERLY ENSLAVED AFRICANS LIVING IN THE SEA ISLANDS KNOWN AS THE GULF PEOPLES WHEREAS SCHOOL CLOSED IN 1948 AND BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN SITE IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHOSE PRIMARY WAS TO SAFEGUARD THE HERITAGE OF THE GULLAH BY PRESERVING DISTRICTS AND LANDMARKS, THE EFFORT EPITOMIZED ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF ITS CULTURAL HISTORY TO PROMOTE USE OF CONSERVATION OF SUCH LANDMARKS FOR THE EDUCATION. AND.

WHEREAS, IN 1960 PINSON ASSUMED THE MANTLE OF SOCIAL BY USHERING IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS

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AND. WHEREAS IN 1994 CONSIDERED OPEN TO THE YORK W BAILEY MUSEUM, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM IN BEAUFORT COUNTY TO INTERPRET HISTORY OF PENN CENTER AS WELL AS THAT OF THE GULLAH COMMUNITY OWNED CITY OF SEA ISLAND.

AND. WHEREAS, IN 2008 PENSION AGE DEMONSTRATED RESPONSIVE RESPONSIVENESS IN MEETING THE OWN AND EVOLVING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BY ENTERING UNIQUE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY LIBRARY AND THE JASPER HAMPTON COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICE INC TO BUILD A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LIBRARY AND HEALTH CENTER COMPLEX ON PROPERTY LEASED AND OR DONATED BY THE PEN CENTER. AND.

WHEREAS JANUARY 2017 PEN CENTER AND OTHER HISTORIC SITES IN COUNTY WAS DEAD WAS DEDICATED TO THE NATIONAL FIRST RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL MONUMENT BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND THE PEN CENTER. I'M GETTING TO THE LAST ONE THE COMMEMORATES IN ITS 162 ANNIVERSARY IN 2004 IT HAS CONTINUED TO ENDURE BOTH AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT PROMOTING HISTORIC PRESERVATION AS WELL AS A CATALYST FOR ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE SEA ISLANDS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL CELEBRATES BENSON AT AS ITS COMMEMORATES ITS 162 ANNIVERSARY IN IS DATED THE 20TH DAY TO OCTOBER THE 24TH AND IS SIGNED BY JOSEPH PASSMAN CHAIRMAN.

THAT'S A LOT OF I DEFINITELY LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTY COUNCIL THE PROCLAMATION AND ALSO ADD A NEW DESIGNATION. UNESCO'S IN PARIS LAST WEEK ANNOUNCED THE PEN CENTER AS ONE OF THE 22 SITES AROUND THE WORLD. THAT IS A SITE OR PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE OF ENSLAVEMENT AND THE SLAVE TRADE THERE ARE ONLY FOUR SITES NAMED IN THE IN THE U.S. AND PEN CENTER IS ONE OF THEM AND IT'S JUST A REMINDER THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD. THANK YOU SO THANK YOU. AND MRS. MAJOR AND MRS. WHITE AND MRS. SINGLETON WHO ELSE IN WHOLE GROUP PLEASE? OH, I I'M GOING TO TURN THIS AROUND SO I WANT YOU ALL TO BE HERE AND THIS IS OPEN SO YOU IS THAT OKAY? YEAH. THIS YOU CAN THAT AROUND HERE. YEAH.

THIS IS THE GROUP OF AMBASSADORS ALONG WITH THEIR LEADERS AND IT'S THE 40TH WHAT IS THE 40? THE 32ND YOUTH CONFERENCE CELEBRATION AND THESE ARE YOUTH ALL OVER BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THIS OKAY. YEAH.

YOU LOOK GOOD. YOU REALLY DO GOOD. LOOK.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M WEARING MY T SHIRT TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THEY GAVE IT TO ME SO I WILL TALK NEXT TIME YOU GIVE ME WHAT I WHAT YOU THINK OKAY THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION WHERE IS THE 2024

[10. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND COMMITMENT OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY YOUR CONFERENCE YOUTH AMBASSADORS - Council Member York Glover]

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SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I HAVE ONE OF MY AMBASSADORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY YOUTH CONFERENCE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR HONOR FOR THIS HONOR AND YOUR RECOGNITION AND EVERY EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE US GOOD PEOPLE SEE THERE'S A THREE YOU YOU SEE WELL JIMINY THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER HE DOESN'T GIVE THEM HE'LL STAND UP DURING THE MARINE CORPS PRESENTATION YOU JUST HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU SERVE THEIR YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE THEM A MINUTE TO EVEN YEAH YEAH LOOK THERE'LL BE MANY MORE SEATS AVAILABLE FOR STANDING IN THE BACK WANTS TO SIT DOWN LET'S MAKE THAT GREAT YOU ARE A GREAT IDEA YOU CAN I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME CITIZEN

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

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YOU'LL HEAR A BELL. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.

IT MEANS YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO WRAP IT UP AND THEN YOU'LL GET SIGNAL.

YOU WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD STAY WITHIN THAT 3 MINUTES.

SO THE FIRST SPEAKER I'M GOING TO CALL IS EDDIE ROGERS AND HE'S STILL HERE 1880 SORRY EE YOU CERTAINLY ARE NOT AN EDDIE THAT'S FOR SURE I APOLOGIZE. WELCOME AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S NO EARTHLY WAY I COULD SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY IN 3 MINUTES SO I'VE GIVEN ALL OF A REAL 90% MAYBE OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE TAX REFERENDUM BUT.

I WANTED TO ADDRESS IT AND I DREW UP A QUICK SUMMARY AND I'LL TALK AS FAST AS I CAN BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOUNG LADY WITH THE PURPLE FLOWER ON HER SHIRT FOR GETTING TO THIS MICROPHONE SO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM COULD HEAR HER.

I GO CITY COUNCILS AND I'VE BEEN IGNORING COUNTY COUNCIL FOR YEARS NOW AND I REPRIMAND THE COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY WHO GETS UP TO THE PODIUM BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO THEIR MICROPHONE TO BE HEARD. HAVING SAID ALL THAT IT I'M SORRY BABY.

OH THANK YOU IT SADDENS ME TO HAVE TO TELL MY COUNTY COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE STAFF THAT I'VE LOST MY TRUST IN YOUR ABILITY TO DO THE BEST THING FOR ME FOR COUNTY AND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO JOIN ME IN THAT FEELING IT DIDN'T HAPPEN SOLELY ON BROKEN PROMISES FROM THE 2018 REFERENDUM. THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE LATEST THINGS ADDED TO THE LIST WE UNDERSTOOD WHY YOU FELT THE NEED TO THROW IN 30 MILLION FOR LADIES ISLAND PROJECTS TO GET OUR VOTE AND. WE VOTED FOR THE TAX BUT YOU HAVEN'T KEPT YOUR WORD.

WE SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN PUT PRICE ON SOMETHING THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN DESIGNED AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. IMAGINE TRYING TO BUILD A HOUSE KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD AND THEN I'M GOING AND GETTING A LOAN FOR SO WHATEVER SOUND MONEY ANYWAY THE 2024 REQUEST IS A REPEAT OF THAT PROBLEM AS I SEE IT THE LAW STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE PROJECTS BE DEFINED SPECIFICALLY IN THE PAPER IN THE NEWSPAPER I BELIEVE IT SAYS FOUR TIMES OR CONSECUTIVELY WEEKS PRIOR TO THE REFERENDUM.

OURS IS SO VAGUE AND GENERAL WHEREAS I CHALLENGE YOU GET LOOK AT JASPER COUNTIES AND HOW THEY SPELLED OUT ALL THEIR PROJECTS ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE MONETARY SHORTFALL FOR THE 2018 PROJECTS WAS CAUSED BY COVID AND INFLATION BUT I SAY PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE IS WHAT REALLY CAUSED THE SHORTFALL. PLEASE NO WE AND THAT'S AN EDITORIAL WE BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY SPOKEN WITH ANYONE WHO LIKED THIS IDEA WE ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS REFERENDUM I DIDN'T TODAY AND YOU WON'T REGAIN TRUST UNTIL YOU GET THE HORSE IN FRONT OF THE CART AND BY THAT I MEAN DO THE PROPER PLANNING EXPLAIN THE PROJECTS TO THE PEOPLE AND PUBLISH THEM AND THEN THIS IS A QUOTE IN THE NEWS A NEWSPAPER OR GENERAL CIRCULATION AND THE JURISDICTION REQUIRED BY LAW GIVE SOME ESTIMATES SO YOU REALISTICALLY PRICE THE PROJECTS AND SHOW US SOME REAL AND TRANSPARENCY AND IF I MAY BE SO BOLD I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THE COUNTY AND EACH MUNICIPALITY SHOULD DECLARE A MORATORIUM ON APPROVING NEW RESIDENTIAL UNTIL EACH ENTITY PREPARES A SPREADSHEET OF PROJECT ALREADY APPROVED TO BE BUILT SO. WE CAN COMBINE THAT INFO AND COMPILE THE DATA NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED NEW ROADS, NEW SCHOOLS, POWER GRIDS, SEWER ETC. ETC.. I'M AFRAID THAT THE I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE TIMER BUT THE SIGNAL THAT I HEARD WAS SO VAGUE I DON'T THINK THAT YOU HEARD IT.

OH I WOULD ASK YOU IF I'M SURE YOU'RE RIGHT THAT I DIDN'T HEAR IT BECAUSE OH OH GOOD I COULD LEND YOU ONE HEARING AID. WELL, WE JUST WANT YOU TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET AHEAD OF THIS CONSTANT INFLUX OF NEW RESIDENTS. AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT STARTS WITH INFORMED PLANNING. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE VOTING NO THANK YOU IS THAT THE FIXED ? YES. NO.

MAYBE THOSE ARE COMING IN BACK WITH THE ALARM. GO OFF AT 30 AND ZERO.

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AND AGAIN YOU ALL KNOW THAT UNTIL THAT GROUND IS BROKEN. I'LL BE BEFORE YOU AS THE LORD ALLOWS ME TO AND I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE PLANS OR EVEN TALK WITH MR. BROWN A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND NOT WHAT YOU ALL DESIRE TO GIVE US AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YOU ALL HAVE THE PEOPLE'S HEART. OKAY. AND WE THANK YOU CONSIDERING YOUR CONSTITUENTS, CONSIDERING THE PEOPLE AND NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT COMMUNITY ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND AND AGAIN, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. CARE MR. SMITH CENTER.

OH, WILLIAM. HOW YOU DOING, SIR? YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

YES, SIR WHERE I'M FROM WE SING A SONG AND I HEARD JUST CALL ALL THE BLOOD ALL THE BLOOD AND SIGN NAME ALL THE BLOOD THAT'S ALL GOOD SPIRITS YOU WHEN I WHEN I WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT IN TERMS OF COUNTY COUNTY AS A COUNTY AND I LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF CASKETS THAT WE ARE PUTTING BEFORE US AS A COUNTY AND THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN EVERY EVERYONE HAS A PIECE OF THAT PIE AND I'VE COME TO THIS COUNCIL SEVERAL TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING. I'VE BEEN WAITING BUT WHILE I'VE BEEN WAITING WE ARE IN THE IN THE RANGE NOW WHERE WE'VE PROBABLY BURIED ABOUT MAYBE ABOUT 20 SOMETHING OUR KIDS THIS YEAR MAYBE IN THE RANGE OF 20 TO SOMETHING BABIES FROM OUR STATE MAYBE 25 OR 20 MAYBE EVEN YOUNGER THAN THAT I MAYBE FROM 20 DOWN AS ELECTED OFFICIALS ALL THE BLOOD WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING AND WILL NOT WILL POWER IN AND I WILL HOUSE TO BRINGS DIFFERENT IN THIS COUNTY THAT CAN GIVE OUR YOU ARE YOU A SAFE PLACE GO TO AND HAVE GREAT CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT THAT THEY PRETTY MUCH THEY THEIR JOB IS TO BRING BUSINESSES HERE THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THEY DOING THE TAXPAYER MEMBERS MADE YOU JUST BOUGHT THAT'S GREAT WE NEED THAT BUT WE ALSO NEED BUSINESSES WHO CAN BRING PLACES WHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN OUT AND AT WHO HAVE FAMILIES AND THEY CAN AFFORD TO TAKE THEIR KIDS OUT. NOT THAT SOME OF THESE PARKS BUT DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE THE KIDS CAN ENJOY IT AND IT CAN HAVE QUALITY FAMILY TIME BEFORE AND ALL OF THAT. I APPRECIATE THE MILITARY. I APPRECIATE THE RETIREES I APPRECIATE ALL THAT. I APPRECIATE THE HOSPITALITY OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY.

BUT THE QUESTION IS WHAT IN THE IS IT FOR THE KIDS TO DO HERE? WHAT IS THERE FOR THE KIDS TO DO WHAT THE LIBRARIES AS WELL BEYOND THAT, WHAT ELSE IS THERE FOR THE KIDS HERE TO DO? WE DON'T HAVE NO BOWLING ALLEY ON THE SIDE, NO MOVIE. THERE IS A COUNTY DISTRICT.

YOU SAID THAT EVERY KID IN THE COUNTY NEEDED A FREE OR REDUCED .

WHAT DOES THAT SAYS ABOUT THIS COUNTY? MY TEAM AS MY TEAM IS THIS EVERY KID DAY IF WHAT WE DOING UP HERE IT INVOLVE EVERY KID EVERY DAY, EVERY FAMILY EVERY DAY WE GOT SOME BLOOD ON OUR HANDS WE GOT TO WASH THE BLOOD OFF OUR HANDS AND IT'S VERY PERSONAL. I APPRECIATE THE WORK. I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THE KIDS TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU I DO I COME UP TO BEAT YOU BUT I'M COMING HERE JUST TO REMIND YOU WE GOT WORK TO DO. LET'S GET TO IT.

THANK YOU THANK YOU. REMEMBER SIR CYNTHIA HOLMES STILL HERE? YES, EVERYONE. OH, MS.. HOLMES, HOW ARE YOU?

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OKAY. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE YOUTH OF BEAUFORT COUNTY I WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT I ALSO AGREE THAT WE DO NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE NEED SOMETHING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 31 YEARS AGO I MADE A DECISION ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND HE'S A NATIVE OF THIS THIS AREA AND WE MADE A DECISION TO MOVE FROM HARTVILLE HERE SO THAT I COULD START MY MY YOUNG CHILD 35 IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE BECAUSE I FELT AT COUNTY AT THAT TIME IT WASN'T ADEQUATE FOR HIM AND I WANTED TO GET HIM STARTED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOKED UPON WAS THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE ONCE HERE AT THAT TIME I REMEMBER ALL THE BASEBALL FIELDS EVERY SATURDAY WERE FILLED WITH CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE YOUTH. NOW THAT'S NOT SO MOST THE PARKS ARE EMPTY NOW BECAUSE THINGS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS AND LOCAL AREAS AND MOST PEOPLE HAVE PUT THEIR OWN IN THERE WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AMENITIES AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT OUR KIDS CAN'T USE. SO ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WILL AGREE THAT WE DO NEED THINGS FOR YOU THERE WAS A MOVIE WHERE THERE WAS TWO MOVIE THEATERS WHEN I CAME HERE BOWLING ALLEY SKATING RINK THERE ONCE WAS PROJECT FOR LIKE A LITTLE FUN AREA THAT DIDN'T LAST LONG AT ALL SO THERE'S THINGS HAVE MOVED I DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE FOCUSING ON IN THIS AREA ANYMORE BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE CHILDREN OUR CHILDREN NEED SOMEWHERE TO GO. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A GYM THAT THEY CAN GO TO ON HELENA WE HAVE TO COME INTO TOWN EVEN MYSELF AS BAD AS I NEED TO EXERCISE WHEN I THINK ABOUT I HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY INTO TOWN TO DO THAT THEN I DON'T GET THERE, YOU KNOW? SO PLEASE WE NEED THINGS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT STOOD HERE I WAS SO GLAD TO SEE THEM IN AND I ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET INVOLVED IN BEING AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING SO THAT THEY COULD VOICE OPINION AT A YOUNG AGE.

SO PLEASE YOU ARE HUMAN OTHERS HAVE BEEN SAYING WE'VE BEEN PAYING OUR TAX MONEY I KNOW I'M A COME HERE. THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD. I'M NOT A NATIVE BUT I LOVE THE COMMUNITY I LOVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I HAVE GRANDKIDS AND IN THIS AND I WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN BLOSSOM. WE'RE TRYING CREATE THINGS THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED IN. IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD IT. I HAVE THE LUXURY TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS FOR MY GRANDKIDS BUT NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO IT SO WE NEED SOME AFFORDABLE THINGS.

I THANK GOD FOR THE INFORMATION THAT I HEARD TODAY ABOUT BUILDING A COMMUNITY CENTER IS NECESSARY IS NEEDED. GROWING UP I HAD A TEEN CLUB THAT I COULD GO TO THAT WAS JUST FOR TEENS. WE HAD PEOPLE THAT MONITORED US, WE HAD A SWIMMING POOL ALL OF THOSE THINGS OUR KIDS NEEDED . SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AND HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL MOVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S THANK YOU THAT CONCLUDES

[12. LIASION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON IN COMMUNITY THIS THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT IN NINE YEARS THIS FALL THEY HAD 2458 STUDENTS ENROLLED THAT COUNTS THE DUAL ENROLLMENT THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM WHICH IS BOTH THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS AND THE COLLEGE DEGREE PROGRAMS IT JUST GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. IT'S GROWN 21%.

IT'S OFFERED THROUGH ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS. NOW IN COUNTY YOU CAN START OUT AS A FRESHMAN IN A HIGH SCHOOL AND EITHER GET A CERTIFICATE AND OR A LOT

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COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAND USE COMMITTEE THE THIRD READING OF A ALLOWING SINGLE FAMILY IN OUR COMMERCIAL ZONES WILL BE APPROVED THIS TIME WITH WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADDED THE HOUSING IMPACT STUDY AS AN APPENDIX AND WE'VE GOT NUMBER THREE WAS THE HEALTH AND SANITATION ORDINANCE WE'VE REPEALED THE BOARD FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE BECAUSE THOSE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH STAFF NUMBER FOUR WAS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE SOME PROPERTY KNOWN AS ROSTRUM ROAD AND NUMBER FIVE WAS TO ALLOCATE MONEY WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER MR. LAWSON TO CONVERT TO SEWER IN THE HALL JOY COMMUNITY WHICH IS NOW TO FULL COUNCIL WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE THANK IT'S HOWARD APPRECIATE THAT MR. LAWSON YES. AND AGAIN LET ME SAY THANK YOU.

MR. STONE IS HERE THE FOR JASPER WATER SEWER WHO IS A BIG PART OF THAT THE ALL SO JUST WANT TO THROW THAT IN THERE BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD NOT JUST BY ME AND MR. STONE BUT MR. MCCALLUM YOU HELP WITH IT AS WELL AS PAST COUNCIL SO AND THANK YOU TO ALL THAT IT WAS MOVED TO THIS POINT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE COOPERATION FROM OUR DELEGATION AS WELL AND JUST FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WE JUST HAVE ONE THING WHICH IS TO CLOSE OUT THE FIRE STATION FOUR PROJECT OF $11,000 TO CLOSE THAT AND WE WILL BE FINISHED COMPLETELY WITH WITH THE THAT PROJECT FINANCIALLY AND ALSO WITH THE PHYSICAL BUILDING. THANK YOU MR. BARTHOLOMEW I HATE TO SAY THIS WE'VE GOT LIKE TWO PAGES. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY HOW MUCH DETAIL TO YOU BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE A SKILLED OR JUST GIVE US THE SHORT I'LL SEE WHAT I DO.

SO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WE HAD A OF REALLY AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST GO ROUND NUMBER SEVEN IS DEALING ESSENTIALLY WITH A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR US TO HOUSE COUNTY BUSSES WITHOUT PUTTING IN A BREEZE BUSSES ON A FACILITY THAT WOULD BE WAS NOT UTILIZED SO THAT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD NUMBER EIGHT THAT'S JUST AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN UPS TO RENT SPACES AT THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THAT.

IT SHOULD GENERATE SOME FLOW FOR THE AIRPORT AS WELL. NUMBER NINE IS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED BUT IS IN PLAIN ENGLISH. WE'RE ESSENTIALLY GETTING INTO AGREEMENT WITH SIDOTI AND COUNTY GOING TO BE MANAGING THEY'RE GOING BE LOOKING AT THE U.S. TO 78 AND 170 U.S. 21 C 46 U.S. 17 SEVERAL OF THE ROADS THAT INTERJECT INTERSECT BETWEEN MULTIPLE COUNTIES. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ANALYZING WE'RE GOING TO BE ADMINISTERING THE MASTER PLAN FOR NUMBER TEN. LET'S SEE HERE.

SO BASICALLY NUMBER TEN IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. STATE OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICES AND WILDLIFE SERVICES .

THEY'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING GEESE AND OTHER WILDLIFE OUT OF OUR AIRPORT AND HELPING US MANAGE THAT. SO THAT'S GREAT SERVICE ME PROVIDING THERE WE ARE.

WE'RE ALSO A GRANT FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA AIRPORT AERONAUTICS AND WE'RE GONNA BE ADMINISTERING THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADIO TOWER EQUIPMENT SO IT'S TO REPLACED NUMBER 12 IS GOING TO BE A LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR THE AIRPORT AND A SHUTTLE SERVICE WITH BEST OF HILTON HEADS ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FROM THERE FROM THE AIRPORT HOTELS NUMBER 13 WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE

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AND NUMBER 13 IS ALSO WHILE THE SEVEN APART WE ALSO DISCUSSED NUMBER 16 WHICH IS $1.6 MILLION FOR THE PORT ROYAL RECLAMATION FACILITY PROJECT WHICH IS ALSO TIED TO JASPER WATER SEWER AUTHORITY AND THAT IS ALSO FOR SOUTH KOREAN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GOING BACK TO NUMBER 14, IT'S ANOTHER GRANT FROM CAC WHICH IS THE NEW SOUTH CAROLINA AERONAUTICS COMMISSION FOR RUNWAY REHABILITATION PROJECTS 15. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE IS THAT ONE WAS THAT ONE FOR HILTON HEAD? WAS THAT BEAUFORT AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT WAS ANYWAY HILTON HILTON HEAD YEAH I THINK HILTON HAD 15.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ACCEPTING A GRANT AND AID FROM SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND I APOLOGIZE I'M TRYING TO SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT ONE WAS FOR TRYING TO GET THROUGH ONE OF THESE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. I'LL GO BACK TO 15 NUMBER 17 WE APPROVED THE CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN WITH KIMBERLY HORNE FOR THE REALIGNMENT OF S.C. 4462 AND S.C. 170. THIS IS ALSO A NUMBER 18. WE APPROVED THE WORK AUTHORIZATION STEMMING FROM THE RUNWAY REHABILITATION FUNDING TO GO TO TALBERT BRIGHT AND ELLINGTON AND 19. WE DID ANOTHER RUNWAY REHABILITATE STATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WHICH WAS THE ACTUAL CONTRACT BEING AWARDED TO QUALITY ENTERPRISES AND 20 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.

THE CITY OF BEAUFORT HAS ACTUALLY ASKED US TO HELP REPAVE OR RESURFACE IN A CITY ON ROAD AND BATTERY SHORES NEIGHBORHOOD THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING ARPA FUNDS FOR US TO DO THE REPAVING PROJECT AND IF BEAR WITH ME I GO BACK AND FIND OUT WHAT 15 IS BECAUSE I CANNOT REMEMBER SO THIS SECOND FEMA EMS. THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS TO WHY I DON'T HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT BUT SEVERAL OF US WENT TO SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.

A COUPLE OF US TOOK A PROPERTY TAXATION PROCESS CLASS WHICH WAS THE BEST ONE I'VE TAKEN WAS RUN BY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. YEAH THEY WERE STELLAR. THE NEXT CLASS TOOK WAS EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEDIA TAKE IT OR IT BUT WE DID THAT AND WE WERE THERE FOR THE AWARDS. IT WAS VERY REFRESHING TO SEE THE OUR GROUPS WIN AWARDS LAST FRIDAY I DID GO TO THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE VETERANS FAIR BLUFFTON OFFICE.

IT'S GREAT TO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES AVAILABLE SOUTH OF THE BROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE MILITARY RETIREES DOWN SOUTH OF THE BREAD AND.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE SECOND SESSION OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT UNIVERSITY.

THE FIRST ONE WAS ON FINANCES WAS ON FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.

VERY INTERESTING AND THERE'S FAR MORE PLACES TO GO. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? NO. NO MORE LIAISON COMMITTEE

[13. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I MEAN ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS HOWARD SECOND A SECOND.

THANK YOU. TAB IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.

[14. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOT EXCEEDING SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($70,000,000) GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF 2025 OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA; TO PRESCRIBE THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE PROCEEDS SHALL BE EXPENDED; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF; AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO]

[15. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED AT 1 FLAMINGO COVE ON PARCEL R200 005 00A 0040 0000]

OH, OKAY. ONE NO ANYTHING FURTHER IN DISCUSSION VOTE.

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OKAY. YEAH YOU WILL THEN. OKAY FINE.

[16. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED AT 10 QUAIL RIDGE CIRCLE SOUTH ON PARCEL R100 030 000 0268 0000]

THANK YOU. SECOND PLEASE MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU AND YOUR DISCUSSION, MR. GLOVER, YOUR ABSTAINING ON THAT ONE AS WELL? YES, I JUST MAKE A COMMENT.

GO AHEAD. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WE DISCUSSED ALL THESE AT LENGTH WHICH I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, APPROVING THEM WITHOUT DISCUSSING THESE WERE ALREADY APPROVED AT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. CHAIRMAN. I ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE PUT ON THE RECORD BOTH THE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING THAT THIS IS AN EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS PROPERTY WE'VE GOT YOU SAY THAT AGAIN IT'S A WHAT IS A PROPERTY THAT WE'RE GETTING THE EASEMENT THERE'S NO MONETARY EXCHANGE HERE BUT I DO WANT TO PUT IN ON THE RECORD THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THIS ON NUMBER 16 ON THE 16TH. OKAY.

OKAY. SHE'S A NO SHE'S PASSIVE PARTICIPANTS AT PRACTICE.

OKAY. I WAS RIGHT WHEN. I SAID OKAY, THANK YOU DAVID.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT NUMBER 16 WILL PASS WITHOUT OBJECTION ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS WE HAVE ONE ABSTENTIONS. OKAY NUMBER THIS NO OBJECTIONS

[17. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ACCEPT RIGHT OF WAY ON FISH HAUL ROAD]

[18. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF RIGHT OF WAY PROPERTIES ON PARCEL R200 011 000 0007 0000 ASSOCIATED WITH SHEPPARD ROAD, CAUSEY WAY AND DOCK BUILDERS DRIVE ON LADY’S ISLAND]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OVER THE OBJECTIONS I'M STAYING AT ALL THESE TWO ON 88 AND 17 YOU GOT ME I GOT YOU ON THAT WILL GET YEAH OKAY 18 IS WANTING TO OKAY OKAY MR. GLOVER IS ABSTAINING SARA ON 18 AS WELL

[19. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO PURCHASE AND TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 247 ROBERT SMALLS PARKWAY (FISCAL IMPACT: $2,720,000 to be funded by ARPA funds)]

WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE NEXT YEAR? WELL, THEY'RE NOT DOING EC ANYMORE.

OBVIOUSLY WE DO WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION STATUTORY OBLIGATION TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM AND WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND ONE. RIGHT THERE IS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. YEAH IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SEARCH.

I'M GLAD WE FOUND THAT AS WELL. THERE ARE ANY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 19 SEE NONE.

[20. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO ACCEPT CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON LOCATED AT 140 BUCK ISLAND ROAD WITH TMS NO. R610-031-000-00003-0000]

THANK YOU, MR. LAWSON. MAY I HAVE A SECOND SENTENCE THAT I HEARD MUMBLING DOWN THERE? SO YOU GO FOR IT, MR. BROWN ANY DISCUSSION HERE? NO DISCUSSION. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS MOTION? NO OBJECTIONS. THIS MATTER PASSES AS WELL. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE CITIZEN

[01:15:01]

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO DO TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE RELATING TO PENDING LITIGATION AND TO DEAL WITH OTHER MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE? I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE. SO MR. DAWSON THANK YOU AND A SECOND MR. BARTHOLOMEW ANY DISCUSSION AND? OBJECTION.

YES. BRYANT THANK JUST BEEN READING FOR YOU HAVE TO READ THEM GIVE THE REASON FOR EACH ONE OF THEM I THOUGHT I DID THAT THE NAME OF OKAY WHERE VERSUS BEAUFORT COUNTY BEAUFORT COUNTY VERSUS BROAD CREEK DEVELOPMENT RED FISH HOLDINGS LLC VERSUS BEAUFORT AND BEAUFORT COUNTY VERSUS OKATIE RIVER SLASH RIVER PEPPER HALL LLC.

THAT'S A MATTER OF LEGAL ADVICE RELATING TO PENDING LITIGATION AND OTHER MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. I'LL DO IT. YEAH.

OKAY. I HAD NO OBJECTION. IT CARRIES WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO TELLING HOW LONG WE'LL BE THERE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO STAY AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE COME BACK WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY ACTION TAKEN OUT OF MATTERS ARISING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION IF YOU'RE NOT HERE WHEN WE COME BACK.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IT'S ALWAYS A

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.