Mar 17, 2025 Finance Administration and Economic Development Committee

SARAH, UH, WE HAVE COMPLIED WITH, UM, THE FOIA REGULATIONS.

AND, UH, MS.

[3. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH FOIA: Mark Lawson, Committee Chair]

YES, SIR.

WE HAVE.

UM, AND IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR SOMEONE TO, UH, APPROVE THE AGENDA OR THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

A MOTION.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MS. BROWN.

IS IT, UH, SECOND PLEASE.

I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU MR. CUNNINGHAM.

UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SO, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION, WE'LL APPROVE IT WITHOUT OBJECTION.

SO OUR AGENDA IS APPROVED.

I WOULD NOW LIKE TO

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - February 18, 2025]

MOVE ON TO OUR MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025.

IF I CAN ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR MINUTES.

SO, MOVE MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU MR. CUNNINGHAM.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL MAKE THE SECOND.

HAS TOLD US THAT THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU MS. TABER.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL APPROVE THOSE WITHOUT OBJECTION.

AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

SO THOSE ARE APPROVED.

UM, AND WE'LL NOW GO TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SEEING NOBODY? UM, AND THEN, UH, ONLINE, UM, MS. BRENA

[6. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD- 15 MINUTES]

UM, I WOULD THEN LIKE TO MOVE ON TO OUR,

[7. CFO REPORT- YTD FINANCIAL REPORTS - Pinky Harriott, Chief Financial Officer]

UH, NUMBER SEVEN, UM, OF OUR AGENDA.

AND THAT IS, UM, CFO REPORT, YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL REPORTS.

AND THAT THIS IS MS. UH, HARRIET, WHO'S OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

TWO DOCUMENTS, THE ONE THAT'S, SO THAT'S AT THE END.

GOOD MORNING, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, NOT MORNING.

UM, SO WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR, AND YOU SAID, SORRY.

OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, THESE ARE OUR REVENUES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE AT 85%.

SO COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY STRONG.

UM, IT LEAVES A LITTLE LESS THAN 15% FOR US TO, UM, COLLECT FOR THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

HERE WE ARE EXPENDITURES BY DIVISION.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY EXPENDED 63% OF THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MORE MONTHS LEFT OF PAYROLL.

SO THEY'LL, IT'LL SLOWLY, UH, TREND UP AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

AND I DID A SUMMARY OF YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

CURRENTLY SOLID WASTE, UM, IS AT 70% FOR REVENUES.

STORM WATER IS AT 67%.

BEFORD EXECUTIVE IS AT 23%.

AND THEN HILTON HEAD AIRPORT IS AT ALMOST 60%.

AND THESE ARE YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS EXPENDITURES.

AGAIN, SOLID WASTE, ABOUT 56%.

UM, STORMWATER IS AT 39%.

BEFORD EXECUTIVE IS ABOUT 26%.

AND THEN HILTON HEAD AIRPORT IS AT 55%.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE CHANCE.

COULD YOU, UM, SORRY IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SURE.

COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT, UH, TO THE STORM WATER AND THE BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT? UM, THIS IS THE, ALMOST THE END OF THE YEAR AND IT IS 39 AND 26 PERCENTAGE.

UH, IS THAT BEAU? I KNOW BEAUFORD EXECUTIVE IS PROBABLY JUST CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

THERE WAS A ARPA TRANSFER FOR ABOUT ONE POINT.

I'M LETTING JARED TALK A LITTLE BIT.

'CAUSE HE WAS HERE DURING THAT BUDGET PROCESS.

YEAH, I, I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH BEEF EXECUTIVE, THE CAPITAL PROJECT, UM, BEING BUDGETED FOR.

BUT UH, SOMETHING LIKE STORM WATERS, THE DIFFERENCES CAPITAL AS WELL.

UP IN THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT.

SO THE ARPA THERE WAS 1.5 OR 1.4 APPROPRIATED.

PART OF THAT IS THE SITE WORK TO THE HANGERS PROJECT, AND WE HAVEN'T EXPENDED THAT YET.

GOT YOU.

AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS, UM, JUST CURRENT EXPENDITURES, REGULAR YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

UM, WE'RE USUALLY PRETTY LOW DURING THE WINTERTIME AND THEN SPRING WE TAKE OFF AND A LOT OF THE SALES AND EXPENDITURES GO HAND IN HAND.

WE BUY FUEL AND THEN WE SELL FUEL.

AND SO THAT REALLY TAKES OFF IN THE SPRING.

SO WE'LL SEE THE NUMBERS TREND

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UM, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO KICK OFF THE CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE THAT PERMITTED, APPROVED, COUNCIL'S APPROVED IT, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE NOTICE PROCEED.

GOTCHA.

AND THEN SOLID OR STORM WATER.

UM, SO THAT IS, WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE THAT HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED AND PLANNED FOR, IS JUST GETTING THEM, UM, RUNNING UP AND RUNNING AND ACTUAL EXPENDITURES BEING EXPENDED UPON.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND THERE'S ALSO SOME CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IN STORMWATER THAT HASN'T, UH, BEEN DELIVERED.

SO IT'S ENCUMBERED BUT NOT YET QUITE RECEIVED.

SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. C? YES.

DID MM-HMM .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR HEADACHES? OOPS, DID I DO THAT UP? IT'S A SEPARATE SHEET, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS KINDA SMALL.

WE'VE, AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO A FISCAL YEAR END.

SO WE'RE HAVING DEPARTMENTS ANALYZE THEIR BUDGETS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CLEANING UP A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS PROBABLY BETTER TO READ IN YOUR BACKUP THAN ON THIS SCREEN.

UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL BUDGET TRANSFERS THAT ARE, UH, HAPPENING, KIND OF DOING SOME CLEANUP ON SOME LINE ITEMS, MAKING SURE ANYTHING THAT'S OVER EXPENDED IS COVERED.

UM, SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THIS HERE TOWARDS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AS WE TRY TO CLEAN UP AND PREPARE FOR OUR AUDIT.

SO, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME FOR FLEET WHERE THERE, THE JUSTIFICATION COLUMN STATES EXACTLY WHAT THE TRANSFER WAS FOR.

SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ YOU EVERY LINE ITEM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UM, BUT A LOT OF THIS IS DEPARTMENTS GETTING READY TO SPEND UP THE REST OF THEIR BUDGETS FOR THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE? SPEAK UP, WE CAN'T SEE IN THE SCREEN, SO IF, UH, MR. TABER OR, OR, UH, NO, I'M GOOD.

AND MR. PASSMAN, JUST SPEAK UP IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR US.

IT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND.

ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S THE END OF THE CFO REPORT, BUT, ALRIGHT, WELL YOU'RE THINK I'M FINE.

ALRIGHT, YOU'RE STAYING UP HERE, SO DON'T, I'M UP NEXT .

ALRIGHT, SO, UM, UH, SO WE'LL GOING ON TO NUMBER EIGHT OF OUR AGENDA.

AND THIS IS FISCAL YEAR

[8. FY2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FUND 4000 - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND (FISCAL IMPACT: The impact of the budget amendment will result in the budget for Fund 4000- Capital Improvement Fund to be reduced due to the amount of the 2025 Bond Issuance being lower than initially budgeted. We currently have $70,000,000.00 budgeted for using the bonds, but now only plan to allocate approximately $58,000,000.00 of bond proceeds towards County projects. An additional $16,000,000.00 of the bond proceeds will be allocated towards projects approved for Beaufort Memorial Hospital & Technical College of the Lowcountry) - Pinky Harriott, CFO]

2025.

BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FUND 4,000.

UM, AND THIS IS THE IMPACT OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL RESULT IN THE BUDGET FOR FUND 4,000 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND TO BE REDUCED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF THE 2025 BOND ISSUANCE BEING LOWER THAN INITIALLY BUDGET.

SO, GO AHEAD, IF YOU WANNA TAKE OVER MS. MS. HART.

SURE.

UM, DURING YOUR PRESENTATION LAST FISCAL YEAR WHEN, UH, FIRST TRYON WAS HERE PRESENTING YOUR, UM, BOND ISSUANCE THAT WAS GONNA OCCUR IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AT THAT TIME, THE AMOUNT WAS AT $90.3 MILLION.

UM, SINCE THEN AND SINCE THE CURRENT YEAR HAS BEEN ACTIVE AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND RE-LOOKED AT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THERE AND KIND OF DWINDLED IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, A LOT OF IT, $72 MILLION, UM, IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY ISSUED BONDS FOR LAST IN FEBRUARY.

WE CLOSED ON FEBRUARY 6TH.

UM, AND IF YOU, CAN YOU, IS IT THAT ONE? THE, UM, THE DETAILED LIST ATTACHED IS, UM, EXACTLY WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO COUNSEL FOR THE $90.3 MILLION AND WHAT WAS GONNA BE THAT ISSUANCE.

BUT BECAUSE, UH, ADMINISTRATION KIND OF REELED IN SOME OF THE PROJECTS, DWINDLED IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, WE GOT IT TO 68.6 MILLION FOR, UM, AND THE REASON THE PEACH IS AT THE BOTTOM IS 'CAUSE THOSE ARE OUTSIDE ENTITIES.

UM, BMH IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE NEW, UH, HOSPITAL PROJECT AS WELL AS TCLS.

UM, I BELIEVE IT'S WORKFORCE, UH, DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

SO, UH, AS IT STATES IN THE A IS, UH, 58 MILLION WILL BE FOR COUNTY PROJECTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 16 MILLION FOR THE OUTSIDE AGENCY.

SO WE ARE AMENDING THE, UH, FUND 4,000, UH, BUDGET, WHICH IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET ORDINANCE HAD ABOUT ROUGHLY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS BUDGETED.

BUT WE'RE REDUCING IT BASED ON WHAT WE REALLY ISSUED, UM, IN BONDS.

SO THAT BACKUP AS WELL AS THE PROJECTS THAT THE REVISED LIST OF PROJECTS IS THE NEXT DOCUMENT HERE AND EXACTLY EACH AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO EACH SPECIFIC PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. HART? GOOD? NO, I, NO QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS? NO.

DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THIS MR. CHAIRMAN? UM, THIS, YES, PLEASE.

WE WILL TO MOVE THIS TO COUNCIL 'CAUSE THIS WILL REQUIRE FREE READINGS AT, AT COUNCIL.

SO, SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. GAN MADE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND.

I'LL SECOND IT.

JAMES CHURCH 3.5 MILLION.

UM, AND MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

UM, PINKY, UNDER ADMINISTRATION IT SAYS ST.

THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT,

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CORRECT? CORRECT.

THAT IS A PART OF THE, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE NEW BOND ISSUANCE AND THAT IS OUR FULL COMMITMENT AT THIS POINT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION WITH THAT.

MS. HOWARD, IF WE WERE TO GET REIMBURSED DOWN THE LINE FROM FAA WOULD, HOW WOULD THAT BE HANDLED FOR THAT PROJECT? UM, AT THAT TIME WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS, I'LL PROBABLY SPEAK TO, I'M GONNA LET JARED HELP WITH THAT ONE.

UM, DEPENDING ON HOW THE FUNDS ARE RECEIVED OR REPORTED EITHER THERE OR TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

SO AS THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE, THE OVERALL PROJECT'S $12 MILLION, WE HAVE $5 MILLION.

WE SENT A REQUEST TO HILTON HEAD TO SAY WE'D LIKE TO SPLIT THIS 50 50.

UM, SO OUR HALF IS THREE AND A HALF AND THEIR HALF IS THREE AND A HALF.

WE'RE WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM THEM TO THAT.

AND THEN THE GOAL IS THAT IS OUR, OUR UPPER END MM-HMM .

AND THEN AS WE GET MORE FUNDS, WHETHER IT'S FAA OR MORE STATE FUNDS, THAT WOULD REDUCE THAT 50 50 SPLIT AND THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO OUR DEBT.

THAT'S OUR PROPOSAL AND, UH, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

BUT WE HAVE OUR HALF, THREE AND A HALF MILLION ESTABLISHED SITTING THERE FROM THE BOND FUNDS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS, UH, TO BE MOVED TO COUNCIL.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE WILL APPROVE THIS AND SEND THIS TO COUNSEL.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, THIS

[9. AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCE 2021/24, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ENTERPRISE SYSTEM (FISCAL IMPACT: No change in fiscal impact; the millage (3.2mils) associated with the SWR Enterprise Fund will return to the County Operations millage as was before) -Pinky Harriott, CFO]

HAS BEEN APPROVED.

SO AGAIN, THIS, THIS WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL, WHICH WILL REQUIRE, UH, THREE THREE READINGS.

AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS TO GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE THIS DONE BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR END.

AND THERES SOME UPON US BEFORE WE KNOW IT AND THERE'S SOME ENTITIES WAITING ON SOME FUNDS.

WELL GOOD.

UM, ALRIGHT.

UM, SO THEN, UM, UH, MS. HART, LET'S MOVE ON TO YOU AGAIN FOR OUR, UH, AGENDA NUMBER NINE, AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCE 2021 SLASH 24, WHICH ESTABLISHED A SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.

UH, FISCAL IMPACT, NO CHANGE IN FISCAL IMPACT.

THE MILLAGE OF 3.2 MILLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMWATER, UH, ENTERPRISE FUND WILL RETURN TO THE COUNTY OPERATIONS MILLAGE, AS WAS BEFORE.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU WANNA GIVE THIS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF THAT, OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

'CAUSE IT SEEMS KIND OF REDUNDANT, LIKE A DOG CHASING OUR OWN TAIL HERE.

SO TELL US, SO AS, AS PRESENTED AT THE, UM, COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, UM, AND I'M GONNA LET JARED GIVE THE HISTORY 'CAUSE JARED WAS HERE WHEN THE SOLID WASTE USER FEE WAS, UH, TALKED ABOUT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT AND PUT IT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPEALED IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT.

BUT JARED, START OFF WITH THE HISTORY.

SO THIS STARTED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I GOT HERE IN 2020, BUT THE TALK WAS, UM, WE HAD DONE, UH, AN ASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE OVERALL.

AND THERE WAS A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUTTA THE REPORT.

ONE WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF BRINGING THIS INTO AN ENTERPRISE FUND AS IT HAS A BUSINESS LIKE, UM, PROFIT SIDE OF, OF, UM, THE RECYCLING AND REVENUE GENERATION.

SO THAT WAS MOVED FORWARD.

PART OF THAT WE HAD A USER RATE STUDY SIMILAR TO IMPACT FEES.

WE HAD THE, A USER FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

UM, AND THAT WAS PRESENTED TOBY THAT DID THAT STUDY.

WE CAME TO COUNCIL AND SAID, OKAY, IF WE DO THIS, THIS IS WHAT A USER FEE KIND OF PAY AS YOU USE, UM, WOULD BE ASSESSED ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, USERS.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME WE HAD A POSITIVE HEAD NOD FROM COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ENTERPRISE FUND.

BUT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON THAT USER FEE OR NOT.

SO IN A, IN REPLACE OF THE USER FEE, WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED IS TO UTILIZE MILLAGE.

SO WE PICKED OUT THE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE GOING TO FUND THE PROGRAM WITH.

UH, AND THEN FROM THERE WE, INSTEAD OF USING A USER FEE, DID THE MILLAGE EQUIVALENCE OF THAT.

AND THEN THE INTENT WAS THAT WE WOULD COME BACK WITH A USER FEE AND REALLY, UM, TRY TO TRY TO LET THAT BE THE, THE WAY WE FUND THE ENTERPRISE FUND.

BUT WE, WE NEVER REALLY CAME BACK.

UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A CHANGEOVER WITH, UM, COUPLE CFOS, PROBABLY MORE THAN A COUPLE CFOS.

AND, UM, ANYHOW, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IS IT'S BEEN FUNCTIONING MUCH LIKE A DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

PART OF THE REVENUE GENERATION IS THE MURPH.

UM, WE ARE DOING MURF LIKE ACTIVITIES, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A MURF ITSELF, UH, BUT THE REVENUE PRODUCTION ISN'T, ISN'T REALLY CARRYING THE FULL WEIGHT WITHOUT A USER FEE.

SO RATHER THAN CONTINUE THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE AUDIT, UM, HAVING MILLAGE FUND AND ENTERPRISE FUND.

AND SO, UM, IF IT'S NOT FUNCTIONING AS INIT, AS AS WOULD BE PREFERRED WITH THE USER FEE, THEN BRING

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IT BACK IN HOUSE.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE OPERATION, IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY, THE, THE TAXES, ALL THE OPERATION COST WOULD BE THE SAME MILLAGE EQUIVALENT THAT THERE IS TODAY IS BASICALLY PUTTING IT BACK IN ORDER.

UM, SO IT DOESN'T PRESENT A FINDING ON THE AUDIT.

AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK AS WE ARE IN THE FIELD ON SOLID WASTE.

SO THAT WASN'T CONFUSING ENOUGH.

HOW I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO, SO BASICALLY IT'S IT'S GOOD ACCOUNTING PRACTICE FOR US TO MOVE THIS BACK OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IT WILL STAY AS THE MILLAGE WHEN IT, WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR TAX BILLS, IT'S STILL GONNA SAY, NO SIR.

NO IT WON'T.

WELL, WELL, SO TODAY IT SAYS ON YOUR TAX BILL THERE'S SOLID WASTE IS BROKEN OUT, SOLID WASTE IS BROKEN OUT JUST LIKE OPERATIONS IS BROKEN OUT AND IT HAS A CERTAIN VALUE OF YOUR MILL THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

NOW.

AND WHEN YOU TOTAL THE TWO, JUST SAY, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS, BUT JUST SAY IT'S THREE MILLS AND THEN 47 MILLS IS THE OPERATING.

SO IN TOTAL, BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS 50 MILLS FOR THOSE TWO COMPONENTS.

SO NOW THIS WILL GO BACK UNDER BEAUFORT COUNTY GENERAL FUND AND YOU ONLY SEE ONE LINE ITEM THAT SAYS BEAUFORT COUNTY OPERATING FOR A TOTAL OF 50 MILLS.

SO THEY'LL JUST COMBINE THE LINE ITEMS IN THE MILLAGE, BUT IT WILL BE OKAY MILLAGE.

WELL, AND THAT, AND I ACTUALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT TO SEE THE MILLS, 'CAUSE THEN PEOPLE KNEW HOW MUCH IT COST US, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS THAT 10, 11, $12 MILLION A YEAR JUST FOR SOLID WASTE.

I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE PART OF OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, EIGHT 9% OF OUR BUDGET IS JUST BASED UPON THAT, UM, OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

SO, UM, SO IT'S GONNA GO BACK JUST IN OUR OPERATING FUND, BE PAID FROM GENERAL FUND, UM, AND NOT BE SET ASIDE IN ANY WAY ANYMORE.

SO JUST BE UNDER OUR THAT'S CORRECT.

AND IT USED TO PREVIOUSLY RESIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE IT WAS A GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDED.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, UM, PER GASB STANDARDS, AVALARA TAXES SHOULD NOT BE FUNDING AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

HAD WE GONE FORWARD WITH THE USER FEE, IT'D BEEN GENERATING ITS OWN REVENUE, KIND OF LIKE STORMWATER DOES NOW.

UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, SINCE IT'S MOVED TO THE ENTERPRISE FUND, IT HAS ENDED ITS FISCAL YEAR IN THE RED PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR.

SO YOU DON'T WANNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE AT SOME POINT THAT WILL NOT HELP NOT SET IT UP FOR SUCCESS.

DOES THAT HELP? YES.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEP, MR. SURE.

UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE, YOU MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND, UM, I WAS HERE WHEN WE ACTUALLY WENT TO THE ENTERPRISE, UH, THOUGHT MOSTLY THAT THE ENTERPRISE WAS A GOOD CONCEPT, UH, GENERATING INCOME, ET CETERA.

BUT IF THE INCOME IS NOT COMING IN, IF WE ARE NOT DOING, UM, WITH THE MURF AND EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, THEN IT MAKES IT VERY HARD, UH, TO, TO, UM, VALIDATE US TO STAY WITH THE ENTERPRISE.

HOWEVER, I THINK AT THE SAME TIME, ONE OF THE ISSUE, UM, WITH COUNCIL WAS THE, THE INCREASE OF SOLID WASTE.

AND, UM, SO IN THAT MEANTIME, WE ACTUALLY, UM, WENT AFTER THE, UM, DECAL, THE DECAL, THE I NEED A PASS TO GET INTO A DECAL SYSTEM.

YEAH, YEAH.

UM, AND THAT HAS HELPED TO LOWER THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, SOLID WASTE THAT'S COMING IN PARTICULARLY WITH THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT AND, UM, IN OTHER NON-RESIDENT.

SO, UM, AT LEAST WE GOT THE, TO ME THE COST HAS COME DOWN, UM, CONSIDERABLE, UM, UM, SINCE WE WENT INTO THIS WHOLE ENTIRE EFFORT, UM, OF MANAGING.

SO I'M HOPING THAT AS WE PICK UP WITHIN IT, WITHIN OUR BUDGET, WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF SOLID WASTE COMING IN DOWN TO A MINIMUM.

SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, BACK IN 2020, THERE WAS A REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF HOW WE'RE DOING SOLID WASTE AND THERE WAS REALLY TWO MAJOR FINDINGS.

IT WAS THE ENTERPRISE SUGGESTION AND THEN THE, UH, DECAL SYSTEM SUGGESTION DECAL.

THAT'S WHAT I COULDN'T THINK OF.

FORWARD TO ONE DAY ESTABLISHING OUR OWN IN-HOUSE TRANSFER, UH, FACILITY STATION TO MANAGE OUR WASTE IN SOLID WASTE BECAUSE OF THE COST OF TRANSPORTING IT TO HICKORY HILL, IN ADDITION TO TRANSPORTING HICKORY HILL, THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF HICKORY HILL WAS GOING TO CLOSE DOWN AND I FORGOT SOMETIME SOON.

AND SO WE IMPLEMENTED THE DECAL AND WE FEEL NOW THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT WASTE, LIKE IT IS INTENDED FOR RESIDENTIAL BEAUFORT COUNTY WASTE ONLY.

SO OUR OUT OF TOWNERS AND OUR CONTRACTORS ARE BEING MONITORED AND NOT ALLOWED IN.

UM, NOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH IN THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS, BUT THAT GROWTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH POPULATION GROWTH AND USER TRASH.

SO, UM, AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE POPULATION GROWTH AND THE COST OF DISPOSAL COST INCREASES, THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW JUST AS THE, THE ECONOMY REQUIRES.

BUT WE HAVE THE RIGHT USERS USING IT NOW BASED OFF THAT.

IN ADDITION TO, UH, MR. GLOVER'S COMMENT, UM, JARED, UH, THE ENTERPRISE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH US MOVING

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SO WE WERE TRYING TO POSITION OURSELVES AND PROP PREPARE OURSELVES SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, IN-HOUSE FACILITY TO ACTUALLY, UH, UH, TAKE IN PROCESS AND THEN, UH, SHIP OUT OUR OWN SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING, UH, PRODUCTS.

SO BEING THAT WE ARE REPEALING THIS NOW, WHERE DO, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US WITH THAT SCENARIO? YEAH, SO THAT SCENARIO, UH, IN THE NAME OF THE GAME IS HOLLOW WASTE.

WHOEVER CONTROLS THE FINAL LANDING SPOT CONTROLS THE COST AND IEA LANDFILL, WE DON'T HAVE A LANDFILL.

UM, OUR SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LANDFILL WAS TRANSFER STATION AS, AS POINTED OUT.

UM, AND SINCE THEN SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS IS AT THE TIME, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT'S LANDFILL, HICKORY HILL HAD AN EXPIRING PERMIT, UM, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND 2025 OR 2027, SOMEWHERE AROUND SINCE THEN, THEY'VE INCREASED THE CAPACITY AND EXPANDED THAT.

SO THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO RECEIVE IN THE ACCEPT WASTE FOR A, A LONG MEASURE OF TIME.

UM, THEY ALSO, I BELIEVE, HAVE AN EXPANSION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WITH DES.

UM, SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS SOMETHING WE EVALUATED, WE FEEL LIKE THAT HAS KIND OF PUSHED FAR INTO THE FUTURE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONCERN AT THE MOMENT.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

AND I'M GLAD YOU, YOU, YOU REMEMBER AND MR. DORSEY BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, 2025, WHICH IS HERE TODAY AND STUFF, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, UM, ONE OF, ONE OF MY, UM, CONCERN I ACTUALLY HAD WAS THE COST.

HOW, HOW ARE WE MANAGING WITH HICKORY HILL? THE COST? UM, WELL, I MEAN, WE GET A LETTER, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM, UM, AND WE GET A UPDATED LETTER ANNUALLY IF THERE'S ANY EXPECTED COSTS.

WE ACTUALLY JUST RENEWED IT CAME BACK TO COUNTY COUNCIL MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO, UM, FOR A NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM.

AND THEY'RE TAKING THE CONTRACT THAT THEY HAD THE VALUE THAT WAS THE BASIS OF OUR CONTRACT WITH SOME, I THINK WE HAD 5% OF GROWTH BASED OFF POPULATION AND DISPOSAL COSTS.

UM, BUT THE COST THAT THEY PROVIDED LAST YEAR IS THE SAME COST WE USED AS THE BASE OF THIS NEGOTIATED FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WE JUST ENTERED INTO.

SO WE'RE MANAGING IT, UM, IN CONNECTION WITH OUR PARTNER WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.

FOLLOW UP IF I MAY.

UM, AND THAT BEING SAID, WE KNOW THAT THE GROWTH IS NOT GOING TO STOP.

WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING.

SO NOW WE PUT THE TRANSFER FACILITY ON THE BACK BURNER.

AT WHAT POINT DO WE AS CONS IN STAFF INITIATE THE PROCESS OF, OF STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH US, THE COUNTY COUNCIL, BEFORD COUNTY DEVELOPING OUR OWN TRANSFER FACILITY? YEAH, I THINK, UM, WE HAVEN'T LOST SIGHT OF THAT AS, AS STAFF AND EVALUATING AND UM, PART OF THAT IS THE TRANSFER STATION IS FOR HOUSEHOLD WASTE.

SO WE HAVE A PILOT COMPOST PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KICK OFF AND, AND THAT HAS A LARGE, UH, WEIGHT VERSUS VOLUME RATIO.

SO, UM, IF WE'RE ABLE AND SUCCESSFUL TO GROW THAT, THAT'S, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, UM, MOVE THE WASTE TO A DIFFERENT ARENA IS THE LESS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAUL OFF IN THE FUTURE.

UM, WE WE'RE GONNA STILL TAKE A LOOK AT, AT EVALUATING THE TRANSFER STATION TO SEE IF THAT IS APPROPRIATE.

IN THE MEANTIME, UM, WASTE MANAGEMENT'S LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL PERMITS LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER.

SO ANY COMBINATION OF THOSE, IF IF THEY'RE HIT AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER PERMIT THAT THAT'S 25 YEARS, THEN WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSFER STATION IF, IF THEY HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY.

SO IT'S A CONFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

I, I JUST LIKE FOR STAFF AND CONS TO KEEP THAT CONCEPT BEFORE US BECAUSE, UH, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WAY WE SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE GOING.

YEP, ABSOLUTELY.

I UNDERSTAND.

GONNA AT LEAST MAKE IT FLAT NEUTRAL OR, OR NOT COST US ANYMORE.

SO QUESTION IS, UM, SO OBVIOUSLY, UM, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WE KEEP SPENDING MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR FOR OUR, OUR SOLID WASTE.

UH, WE PUT THE DECAL SYSTEM IN PLACE HOPING THAT WAS

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AND CURRENTLY THE SOLID WASTE, I, AGAIN, I SAID 89% IS PROBABLY LESS THAN THAT.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE, OUR, OUR, OUR OPERATING BUDGET, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GONNA BE FOR SOLID WASTE? UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, THEIR 25 BUDGET WAS ABOUT 12.2 AND 12 MILLION, CORRECT? MM-HMM .

SO YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE AT THAT STILL, THAT SEVEN, EIGHT, 9% OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS JUST FOR SOLID WASTE.

THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF WHAT WE SPEND IS JUST FOR SOLID WASTE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO, UM, WE THEN NEED TO UM, MOVE THIS ON TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR THREE READINGS AND UH, CAN I HAVE SOMEONE ACTUALLY, UM, WE'VE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION SO, UM, WE DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION.

WE DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION.

ALRIGHT, WE SHOULD HAVE MADE THE MOTION FIRST BEFORE WE STARTED THE, UH, PRESENTATION.

I'M LEARNING THAT BRIAN GIMME A CHANCE.

UM, SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION THEN TO, UM, UM, APPROVE THIS, UM, ORDINANCE SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD ALREADY? SEE NO DISCUSSION.

UM, WE WILL APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION TO MOVE TO COUNSEL FOR THREE READINGS.

ALRIGHT, I

[10. A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2025 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH - Audra Antonacci-Ogden, Assistant County Administrator - Community Services]

SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

SO THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD.

UM, ALRIGHT.

AND SO MS. HARRIET, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE FINALLY DONE.

SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING UP HERE.

UM, NUMBER 10 OF OUR AGENDA, A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL, 2025 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH.

AND AUDRA, UM, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THIS IS OUR ANNUAL RESOLUTION, RECOGNIZING APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH FOR 2025.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

SECOND.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WE HAVE? ANY COMMENTS? NOPE.

SO THEN WE WILL MOVE THIS TO COUNTY COUNCIL AS A RESOLUTION.

ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, NUMBER 11.

UM, SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL MOVE THIS FORWARD.

I SEE.

NO OBJECTION.

SO THIS WILL MOVE TO COUNTY COUNCIL.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[11. A RESOLUTION APPROVING BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COPORTATION’S REQUEST TO PURCHASE 14.77 ACRES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT 134 PARKER DRIVE, BEAUFORT (Fiscal Impact: $460,000.00 from Account 1010-10-0000-55240 (Current Balance $3,293,237.10)) – John O’Toole, Executive Director, Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation]

THIS ALSO IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING BUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS REQUEST TO PURCHASE 14.77 ACRES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT 1 34 PARKER DRIVE.

BUFORT.

UH, THE FISCAL IMPACT ON THIS IS $460,000 FROM ACCOUNT.

UM, 10, 10, 10 0, 0, 0, 5, 5, 2, 4.

UM, AND THE CURRENT BALANCE IS, UH, 3.2 MILLION, $3.3 MILLION ALMOST.

UM, AND MR. O'TOOLE, WHO IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

OH, I SEE HANDCUFF HERE AS WELL.

I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE MY FRIEND JOHN.

BUT JUST A LITTLE HISTORY LAST YEAR, UH, JOHN MADE A PRESENTATION ON YOU STUDIED, UM, NEED A MOTION.

PUT THIS ON A MOTION.

GOOD JOB.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

I I ALWAYS WANNA JUMP RIGHT IN.

I ALSO MOVE, MR. CHAIRMAN.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND I'LL MOTION.

ALRIGHT, GOOD.

SO, UM, YES, SO HOPE FOR DISCUSSIONS.

I'LL GO AHEAD MR. ALRIGHT.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

LAST YEAR JOHN MADE A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION ON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND THAT WE NEED MORE SITES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, YOU GUYS APPROVED A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING A MILL OF FUNDING ANNUALLY TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.

IN THAT RESOLUTION, IT STATED THAT THE COUNT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WOULD COME BACK FOR APPROVAL FOR PURCHASES, AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING TODAY.

'CAUSE THIS IS A VERY GOOD PURCHASE THAT HE'LL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF.

UH, ADDITIONALLY IN THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU IN THIS APPROVAL IS THAT THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY WILL ALSO COME BACK FOR A SIMILAR ACTION SO THAT YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE THE MONEY GOES OUT AND COMES IN.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOHN FOR A GOOD PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO BUY.

GOOD.

MR. O'TOOLE, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE GREEN SHIRTS BEING AN O'TOOLE.

I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT MR. O'TOOLE WEARING GREEN TODAY.

, I I THOUGHT ABOUT IT LAST MINUTE, BUT, UH, IT IS, IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.

AND THEN TO HANK'S, UH, LAST POINT, UH, UH, ON THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY, THE PROCEEDS HAD COME BACK TO THIS COUNTY FUND.

MILLS, UH, TO THIS FUND, WE SAID, WHEN WE BOUGHT PROPERTY OR WE WANTED TO BUY PROPERTY, THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

SO, UM, UH, AND YOU PROBABLY NEED, TH THIS PURCHASE IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

IT'S 14.

WHAT WE NEED IS PRODUCT.

AND WHEN YOU, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT GROWTH IS GONNA CONTINUE TO OCCUR.

WE NEED TO KIND OF PRESERVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO, UH, MAKE A LIVING.

WE NEED TO, UH, CREATE, UH, THE DIVERSE TAX BASE, UH, WHICH WE WERE CHARGED TO DO.

SO THIS IS A GREAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

WE'VE DONE DUE DILIGENCE ON IT AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND AS HANK SAID, WHEN YOU ALLOCATED THE 1.3

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WE DID THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS.

AND WHAT'S GREAT IS ALL OF IT IS UPLAND ACRES.

SO IT'S, UH, A PRETTY GOOD BUY.

UH, WE, WE KNOW RIGHT BEHIND HERE IN THE BEAUFORT COMMERCE PARK, WE'RE SELLING LAND AT 40,000 AN ACRES SO THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING THIS, UH, AND WE'VE HAD APPRAISALS ON IT.

UH, SO IT'S A, UM, IT'S A GOOD PURCHASE.

WHAT I THINK YOU NEED TO KNOW THOUGH, ALSO IS IN THE CONTEXT OF OTHER LAND PURCHASES THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.

SO WE HAD BEEN BEFORE, UM, UH, THIS COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHILTON PURCHASE, RIGHT? SOME 500 ACRES UP IN YY.

WE TEAMED UP WITH, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND, UH, THE, OUR DUE DILIGENCE SHOWED THAT ACROSS 1400 ACRES.

AND WE WERE WORKING WONDERFULLY WITH, UH, UH, THE OPEN LAND TRUST AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAND BANK TO LOOK AT 1400 ACRES IN BEAUFORT AND TRY TO IDENTIFY 500 THAT WOULD, COULD BE PURCHASED AND WOULDN'T DO HARM TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

WE DID THE DUE DUE DILIGENCE ON IT AND ONLY FOUND 58, UH, CONTIGUOUS ACRES THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED.

SO WE HAVE PULLED THE PLUG ON THAT, THAT PURCHASE AND, UH, ARE, ARE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE MONEY WE HAD ESCROWED FOR THAT PURCHASE.

WE'LL TAKE THAT BACK INTO THIS FUND AND BUY THIS LAND WITH THOSE FOUR, THAT 400,000 WILL GO TOWARDS THIS.

NOW, OTHER THINGS THAT YOU, AND I'M, I'M SURE, UH, COUNCILMAN DAWSON WOULD WANT TO KNOW THIS, UH, UH, THE LIBI O SITES, THERE ARE TWO, UH, THERE'S 117 ACRES THAT ARE RELATIVELY CLEAN AND LIKO WILL BE COMING BACK WITH A, A PLAN TO PURCHASE THAT SHORTLY.

UH, WE, UH, ARE WORKING WITH HANK AND THE ADMINISTRATOR, UH, UH, TO, UH, ON THE CHEMICAL SIDE WORK WITH, UH, DHC AND EPA TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY TO CLEAN IT UP FOR, TO SELL IT, UH, UH, UH, WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE.

AND THEN, UH, JUST THIS MORNING MY UH, UH, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, KELLY BRUNSON AND I HAD A MEETING WITH A DEVELOPER ON THE WHALE BRANCH, UH, SOME 370, UH, 372 ACRES SOUTH OF THE WHALE BRANCH.

AND WE'LL START TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT.

SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY, AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT AND IT'S NOT MY LINE, BUT TO THOSE WHO MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED ON THE CHILTON, WE WERE REALLY EAGER TO HAVE 500 ACRES.

YOU HAVE GIVEN US THE RESOURCES TO BUY IT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD PURCHASE.

SO WE'VE DECIDED TO PULL THE PLUG ON THAT.

UH, ON THE SITE WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE TODAY, UH, IT'S ADJACENT TO 11 ACRES OWNED BY THE CITY.

SO THE, WE BELIEVE, UH, IN, IN OUR DESKTOP EXERCISE THAT MAY BE FIVE ACRES OF THE CITIES ADJACENT ACRES COULD COMBINE BE COMBINED WITH THIS.

SO WE WOULD HAVE A, A PARCEL, UH, NEARLY 20 ACRES, UH, TO DEVELOP.

AND THEN ON MARCH 28TH, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IS COMING DOWN AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PASSING THE SITE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGH THEIR PALMETTO SITES, UH, PROGRAM.

UH, AND THAT WOULD HELP US ONE, MARKET THE SITE AND THEN POTENTIALLY RECEIVE GRANTS TO PUT A PAD ON IT.

AND, UH, IN OUR PRELIMINARY, UH, UH, LOOK AT THIS SITE, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE, ONE, UH, CONCEPTUAL PLAN WOULD SHOW, UH, NEARLY, UH, WELL, EXACTLY, UM, EXACTLY.

MY FATHER'S A MATH TEACHER, SO I DON'T WANT TO GET THIS WRONG.

87,000 SQUARE FEET ON, ON THAT SITE, WE COULD PROJECT TO BUILD ON THE SITE.

WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON TODAY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH SITE DEVELOPMENT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR DO AS DIRECTED.

I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

YES, GO AHEAD.

UM, YOU SAID YOU DID AN APPRAISAL.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE APPRAISAL OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? THE APPRAISAL CAME IN AT, UH, 35.

35.

AND WE WERE BUYING IT FOR WHAT, 31.

OH, GOOD.

UM, WHAT PROJECT WAS THIS? WAS THIS LAUNDRY OR GERMAN? THIS HAS NO PROJECT NAME.

NO, THIS IS, WE WOULD CALL THIS GUY MAR, WE'RE BUYING IT FROM GEMAR.

UH OH.

WHICH IS OKAY.

THEY'RE GONNA STAY IN THEIR BUILDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY.

OH, OKAY.

GEIS MART IS, WHAT IS THAT A, WHAT IS IT? IT'S A, A FRENCH RAIL COMPANY.

OH.

THEIR NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS ARE THERE IN BUFORT.

UH, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE FACILITY, THAT'S OKAY.

NO, IT'S VERY, IT IS VERY COOL.

THEY MAKE, UH, HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOR, UH, RAIL SERVICE AND UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION.

SO THEY MAKE LARGE TRUCKS THAT CAN DRIVE ON THE ROAD AND THEN PUT DOWN RAILS AND THEN DRIVE

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ON THE RAIL AND USE AN ARMS, PULL OUT RAILROAD TIDES, THROW 'EM IN THE BACK AND SLIDE A NEW ONE IN.

IT'S A FRENCH COMPANY.

HUH.

SO, UH, BIG, BIG EQUIPMENT IS MADE HERE.

SO WE'RE BUYING THIS, WE'RE BUYING THIS BUILDING? NO, WE'RE BUYING 14.77 ACRES.

I'M SORRY.

WE'RE BUYING THE LAND LAND TO, YEAH, FOR, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FUTURE, RIGHT? YEP.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, I, I SAW ON GOOD, BUT I, I SAW ON THE, THE SURVEY THAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS THE, UH, COASTLINE RAIL SPUR BEHIND.

SO IS THIS SOMETHING THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS OR BE ABLE TO USE RAIL TO, UM, SEABOARD, COASTLINE RAILWAY? NO, THERE'S NO RAIL THERE.

LIKE SAID BEND MOST REALLY, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A SHORT RAIL, LIKE A LITTLE SPUR OFF THE MAIN RAIL.

OH, THAT RAIL LEADS, THAT WOULD'VE LED INTO WHAT IS NOW THE, THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL.

GOOD.

MR. GLOVER, OH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING MR. GLOVER? JUST, JUST, UM, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR FUTURE PLAN FOR THIS? YOU, FOR LOOKING AT A SITE? YEAH.

BUILDING.

I, I COULD, I COULD PASS THIS AROUND, BUT WE KIND OF PROJECT CUTTING IN A ROAD.

ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS HERE AT THE STREET.

SO YOU'VE GOT GAS, ELECTRIC, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, UH, WATER AND SEWER RIGHT AT THE STREET.

SO WE CUT A ROAD IN HERE, 60,000 SQUARE FOOT AND A, UH, 60, A 60,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

AND THEN POTENTIALLY A 27.

THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT RIGHT NOW.

UH, OR WE COULD GO WITH ONE LARGER BUILDING, UH, ONE, ONE KIND OF PLAN.

I, I, I WOULD HOPE TO PITCH MAYBE THIS COMPANY, UH, GEMAR, WHICH IS STRAPPED FOR SPACE TODAY, TO MAYBE BUILD THEM THEIR BUILDING AND THEN MARKET THE ONE THEY'RE IN.

SO HELP THEM EXPAND POTENTIALLY RIGHT NOW, UH, UH, UH, THIS PURCHASING THIS HELPS THE COMPANY, WHICH, UH, COULD USE THE CASH FLOW TO BE VERY, VERY HONEST WITH YOU.

SO MR. UL, THE, THE, THE WHAT IS SHOWN IS ACTUALLY NOT WE'RE PURCHASING, THAT'S THE BUILDING IN FRONT.

THAT'S THE GUY MORE, YEAH, THAT'S THE EXISTING BUILDING.

WE WE'RE BUYING THE PROPERTY BEHIND THAT.

TRACK TWO IS BEHIND TRACK TWO TO THE LEFT AND BEHIND.

YEAH, ON THE, YEAH, THE WAY THAT'S FRAMED, IT'S, UH, WE SENT YOU THE WHOLE THING.

MAYBE YOU CAN ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT, ZOOM BIT ZOOM.

WE'RE BUYING TRACK TWO.

SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE TRACK, ONE IS 12.97 ACRES.

TRACK TWO IS 14.77.

SO 14.77, TRACK TWO BEHIND.

SO WE CLARIFIED THAT.

ANY OTHER, I HAD ONE.

I'M SORRY, I'LL GO AHEAD.

OH, THAT'S OKAY.

UM, GOING BACK TO THE 500 ACRES, THAT WAS THE PRE ONE THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS GONNA WORK.

WAS IT, WAS THAT PROPERTY JUST TOO WET? TOO WET? YES.

ALRIGHT, WELL I I, I'LL MAKE A POINT OF, UH, SENDING YOU A COPY OF IT 'CAUSE UH, WE'VE, WE'VE PROVIDED THAT BACK TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

JOHN, IF I MAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR, UH, YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE, UH, 500 ACRE AT THE CHILTON THAT WE JUST PUT YOU RECORD RECOMMENDED THAT WE PULL A PLUG ON.

AND I, UH, I THINK, YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD WORK.

UM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

HAVE WE, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE IT FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UM, THROUGH YOUR HARD WORK WE REALIZED THAT IT'S MORE WETLAND THAN, UH, ANYTHING ELSE.

SO, WELL, WE THANK YOU.

UM, BUT THIS PROJECT, I, I WOULD, UM, IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE THAT, UM, MOTION'S ALREADY BEEN MADE, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO I'LL JUST ASK YOU TO CALL THE QUESTION.

WILL THEN MOVE TO COUNTY COUNCIL, UH, AS A RESOLUTION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF, IF I, IF I COULD, I APOLOGIZE.

UH, UH, COUNCILMAN DAWSON'S COMMENTS REMIND ME WHEN, WHEN THE 500 ACRES FELL THROUGH.

UH, I, I, I WAS CRESTFALLEN, I WAS DISAPPOINTED, BUT I THINK IT'S KIND OF, UH, FATE TELLING US PROBABLY THE BEST PROJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT TUCK IN AND DON'T, UH, DISTURB WHAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT PROJECT IN YY WAS LOOKED AT IN, IN, IN, AND ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS PROGRESSING TOWARDS A $27 MILLION, UH, PURCHASE AND, AND PROJECT.

AND SO AT LEAST BY WORKING WITH THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WHICH THEY PAID FOR HALF OF THE DUE DILIGENCE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT AGAIN.

WE'VE GOT DATA THAT SHOWS IT'S NOT A DEVELOPABLE SITE.

GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE WILL CALL THIS TO, UM, TO, TO VOTE.

UH, MS UH, WE'LL PASS THIS ABOUT OBJECTION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NO OBJECTION.

UM, THIS

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UM, THANK YOU MR. O'TOOLE.

AND, UH, LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO

[12. RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF A CHANGE ORDER OF $135,649.66 REFERENCE RFQ #092520E: A & E SERVICES; BUCWALTER RECREATION ATHLETIC COMPLEX EXPANSION (BRACE) (Fiscal Impact: $135,649.66) - Dave Thomas, Procurement Services Director]

OUR NUMBER 12.

AND THIS IS RATIFICATION APPROVAL OF A CHANGE ORDER OF 135649.66.

UM, AND, UH, IT IS BUCK WALL RECREATION, ATHLETIC COMPLEX EXPANSION, AND, UH, FISCAL IMPACT IS A, UM, AS I MENTIONED, 135,000.

AND, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A HOUSEKEEPING, AGAIN, BEING TRANSPARENT AND, AND, UH, GOING BACK AND DOTTING ALL OUR I'S AND CROSSING OUR T'S.

SO, UH, MR. DAVE THOMAS, WHO'S OUR PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, TO SET THE STAGE, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND WE STARTED THIS PROJECT BACK IN, UH, WITH AN RFQ BACK IN 2020.

AND SINCE THEN WE HAD A COUPLE CHANGES IN STAFF.

UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH LIKE THREE OR FOUR PURCHASE ORDERS EACH YEAR TO KEEP UP WITH THE, THE PROJECT.

UH, IN THIS CASE, UH, WE DID IN 2023 APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER WHEN WE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE.

IT WAS OVER 10% OF THE ACTUAL CONTRACT AMOUNT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO COMMITTEE AND COUNSEL.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

UH, THE ACTUAL CHANGE ORDER IS $135,649 AND 66 CENTS.

UH, WE DO HAVE IT IN OUR BUDGET TO COVER THAT, UM, WITH YOUR COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL'S APPROVE OF IF WE YOU APPROVE THIS, WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD.

BUT THE CURRENT BALANCE IS 909,770,000 $128, WHICH IS AVAILABLE.

SO THERE'S PLENTY OF FUNDS IN THERE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH, THE CURRENT PO WHICH WE HAVE SITTING IN MUNI, WHICH IS OUR ELECTRONIC, UM, PURCHASE ORDER, UH, PROCESSING IS, UH, THE CURRENT BALANCE FOR THE VENDOR IS $205,061 AND 92 CENTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE OWE THE DESIGN CONTRACTOR WOODS AND PARTNERS.

UM, THEY'VE DONE THEIR WORK, THE DESIGN IS JUST ABOUT FINISHED OR THE DESIGN IS FINISHED.

WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON IS THE PERMITTING, AND I THINK YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE AND THE PFC COMMITTEE WILL GET A FURTHER, UH, REPORT ON THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

SO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, WE JUST GOTTA PAY THE DESIGNER THEIR, THEIR FEES THAT THEY'RE OWED.

UH, IT IS LEGITIMATE, UH, SO WHERE I'M ASKING YOU TO, UH, PROVE THE RATIFICATION AND, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE 135,000 AND SOME CHANGE.

LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO OUR NUMBER 13, OUR FINAL ITEM, UH, BEFORE ADJOURNMENT.

AND BRIAN, I DID IT AGAIN.

I FORGOT TO DO THE UM, UH, .

SO, UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF THIS.

UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, FROM ANYONE ONLINE OR HERE? NO QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS.

AND CHUCK, DO YOU WANNA JUMP IN AND, AND I DO.

SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MOVING PARTS TO FINALIZING AND GETTING THE PERMITS FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT'S A VERY BIG PROJECT, BEEN A LOT OF MOVING PARTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO WE HAD THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, WE HAD THE, THE CONTRACT AS AMENDED BY THIS CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT TOOK PLACE UNDER THAT DESIGN CONTRACT.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WETLANDS AND SOME HABITAT FOR WHAT IS KNOWN AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES CALLED A HOGNOSE SNAKE.

UM, THAT, THAT CAME THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

SO THERE'S AN, THERE'S ADDITIONAL DESIGN WORK, THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER THAT'S GONNA COME FORWARD IN APRIL TO ADJUST AND FINISH UP THE SITE DESIGN FOR THE WETLANDS AND FOR, UH, THE HOG KNOWS HABITAT MITIGATION.

SO IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, I WANNA SAY $80,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT CHANGE ORDER, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THIS IS AN $11 MILLION PROJECT.

IT'S A VERY LONG-TERM, UM, PROJECT, UH, VERY IMPACTFUL.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT RIGHT AND IN ORDER TO GET THE PERMITS THROUGH THE STATE AND EVERYTHING WE NEED TO PUT IT OUT TO BID.

YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER COMING FORWARD IN APRIL AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

SO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? NO ONE ONLINE AS WELL.

SO NO ONE HERE.

SO, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, APPROVE THIS, UM, WITHOUT OBJECTION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.

SO, UM, THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU MR. THOMAS.

UM, THANK TON, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UM,

[13. THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ANDREW DISALVO TO THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM WITH THE EXPIRATION DATE OF FEBRUARY 2029.]

AND THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT OF ANDREW DESALVO TO THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM WITH EXPIRATION DATE OF FEBRUARY, 2029.

AND CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? A MOTION.

THANK YOU MS. BROWN.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU MS. HOWARD FOR A SECOND.

UM, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION?

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SEEING NO DISCUSSION? THIS WILL GO TO COUNSEL FOR A, UM, UH, A VOTE.

SO WE WILL APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? NO.

AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, UH, THIS WOULD MOVE TOWARDS COUNSEL.

ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE DOWN TO OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE, UM, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 2 45.

AND WHAT TIME WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? MR 3:00 PM 3:00 PM SO 15 MINUTES.

WE WILL START

[14. ADJOURNMENT]

3:00 PM 3:00 PM WE WILL START THE, UM, PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING AT 3:00 PM YOU ARE WATCHING BBC TV LIVE, WORK, PLAY.

HEY, I'M RANGER LEOLA SMITH.

I'M A RANGER TWO AT LITTLE PD STATE PARK.

COME SPEND A DAY WITH ME.

TYPICALLY IN THE MORNINGS I LIKE TO DO SOME GROUNDS WORK AROUND OUR DAY USE BATHROOM AND INCLUDES RAKING A PATH DOWN HERE AND RAKING OFF OUR PICNIC PAD OVER HERE AND TOUCHING UP THE TABLES.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

BROKE A SWEAT .

ALL RIGHT.

AND NOW OUR LAST THING EVER GONNA RANK IS GONNA BE THIS PICNIC PAD.

IT, IT DOESN'T GET RESERVED OFTEN, BUT A LOT OF, UM, HAND RADIO PEOPLE COME AND THEY USE THIS AREA TO, UM, SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THEY'LL BE TALKING TO PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE US AND OVERSEAS.

ALL RIGHT, AND THAT KIND OF COMPLETES SOME OF MY NORMAL DAY USE, UM, PROJECTS.

JUST KEEPING THE GROUNDS CLEAN, PICKING UP TRASH, UM, RAKING AND RAKING AROUND THE FACILITIES, KEEPING THEM OPEN UP, INVISIBLE TO PEOPLE.

SOME OF MY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES BECAUSE ONLY TWO PEOPLE WORK HERE IS KEEPING UP WITH MAINTENANCE SAFETY OFFICER AND HOST COORDINATOR, AND OF COURSE ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS IN THE OFFICE.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT THING.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO INSTALL A NEW HANDLE ON THIS BATHROOM DOOR.

IT HELPS WHEN WE HAVE TO CLOSE IT DOWN FOR THE SEASON AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CLOSE IT FOR LIKE PAINTING AND THINGS AND IT'S HARD CLOSING THIS DOOR WITHOUT A HANDLE.

OH, WELL THERE WE GO.

IT'S ALL FIXED.

AND NOW WE CAN SHUT THIS DOOR.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LAP THROUGH THE CAMPGROUND.

I USUALLY TRY TO CHECK ON EVERYTHING THAT I PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON, MAKING SURE OUR PROJECTS ARE STILL INTACT AT LEAST TWO DAYS AFTER WORKING ON THEM.

AND THAT WAY JUST GIVES ME SOME REASSURANCE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND WORK ON IT, MAKING SURE ALL OF THAT'S IN GOOD SHADE.

OF COURSE, MY PARK HOSE, THEY KEEP UP WITH MY CAMPGROUND SINCE I'M EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE PARK.

BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A LAP IN OUR

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CAPPER CABIN AND CHECK IT OUT AND SEE IF IT'S ALL IN GOOD SHAPE.

COME ON IN.

AND SO IN OUR CABIN CABIN WE LIKE TO KEEP IT CLEANED AFTER EVERY RESERVATION AND WE, UM, STRIP THE BEDS.

WE DO NOT PROVIDE SHEETS OR ANYTHING, BUT SAY IF SOMETHING WAS LEFT, WE LIKE TO WASH ALL THE BED PROTECTORS.

WE KEEP IT THE FLOORS CLEAN AND STOCKED WITH COFFEE, OF COURSE.

UM, NOT THE CAP AND HOT COCOA.

AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST ROLES IN HERE IS I HAVE TO KEEP A CHECK ON OUR SMOKE DETECTOR THAT I RECENTLY INSTALLED.

UM, CHECK THE HVAC AND MAKING SURE IT IS ON THE RIGHT MODE DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.

LIKE YESTERDAY WAS COOL.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE HEAT ON, BUT TODAY IS VERY HUMID AND HOT.

AND SO WE HAVE THE AC ON NOW TO HELP COOL OFF THIS BUILDING.

AND OUR NEXT UM, ADVENTURE IS GOING TO BE CHECKING ON ELECTRICAL.

UM, ALEX ON OUR CAMPSITE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE ARE AT SITE 12 IS ONE OF OUR SIX FULL HOOKUP SITES.

WE PROVIDE 30 AMP SERVICE WITH LITTLE 20 AMP OUTLET.

NOW THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS I'VE RECENTLY HAD TO WORK ON BECAUSE THE WIRING BELOW HERE WHERE YOU SEE IT, THE PANEL IS TAPED.

IT WAS ALL BURNT UP IN FRONT.

SO THE MAKING THIS TOP COURSE NOT WANNA WORK AND WE'VE HAD TO RECENTLY GET THE SEPTIC, UM, DRAIN IN FROM BOTH SIDES.

SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TEST FOR 20 AMP HERE WITH OUR LITTLE BUDDY HERE.

THIS LITTLE GUY IS LIKE A RANGER'S BEST LITTLE TRICK AND GUIDE BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT GOOD WITH ELECTRICITY, IT HELPS LET YOU KNOW IF THIS PANEL IS ELECTRICITY.

AND BY THESE TWO LIGHTS HE SW ORANGE LINES SHOW THAT THE WIRING'S CORRECT AND THERE'S A PROBLEM AND EVERYTHING'S ALL SET WITH THAT ONE.

AND WE HAVE THIS LITTLE TESTER PIN.

AND OF COURSE IF IT'S GREEN, I MEAN THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY.

AND THEN IF IT'S RED, THAT PLUG IS GETTING ELECTRICITY AND IT'S ALL SET FOR A CAMPER.

AND THEN I JUST TURN OFF THE BREAKERS UNTIL SOMEBODY RESERVES THIS SIDE.

WE ARE JUST GONNA GO CHECK ON OUR NEW HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONER AND OUR BIG BATHHOUSE AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

LET'S GO.

SO THIS IS OUR BIG BATHHOUSE THAT WE KEEP IN THE CAMPGROUND.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT IS MUCH SMALL.

THIS IS THE POPULAR ONE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE NEWLY INSTALLED MINI SPLITS FOR HEATING AND AIR.

AND THERE'S FRESH PAINT ON THE WALLS.

SO LET'S GO AND CHECK THEM OUT.

GONNA REMOVE THIS WEB PAINT SIGN BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER PAINTING IN HERE AND IT SHOULD BE DRESSED.

SO LET'S CHECK HERE.

ALRIGHT, YEP.

THESE ARE PRESSURE PAINTED, THEY'RE ALL SET AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FIXING THIS AS WELL ON.

COOL.

ALRIGHT, GET THAT GOING.

MAKING SURE.

OH YEAH.

NICE AND COLD.

ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S GO .

HEY, NOW WE'RE AT SCIENCE 26 AND 27.

A LOT OF OUR CAMPERS, WHEN THEY STAY ON THESE TWO SITES, THEY LOVE TO COME DOWN HERE TO THIS LITTLE SPOT THAT IS MANMADE AND COME FISHING AND THINGS I JUST LIKE TO CHECK ON AND, UM, IS MAKING SURE THERE'S NO HOOKS OR FISHING POLES BEING LEFT ALONE.

SO AT THE MOMENT IT'S LOOKING ALL GOOD, BUT BESIDES FISHING POLES, SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE UM, FISHING HOOKS TIED TO THE TREES ALL ALONG THE BANK HERE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE MINDFUL OF BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING LEFT ALONE BECAUSE OF POSSIBLY WILDLIFE GETTING HOOKED ON IT AND JUST BE LEFT.

AND NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT THING.

SO, UM, AS

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I'M GOING DOWN PARK ROAD, SOME TIP OF THINGS IS WHILE WE'RE GOING SLOW AND BEING MINDFUL OF THE SPEED LIMIT, IT'S JUST BROWSING FOR TRASH ALL ALONG THE ROADS BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE NO TRASH CANS OUT IN OUR, ANY OF OUR DAY USE AREAS.

WHATEVER THEY BRING IN, PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE OUT OR USE OUR DUMPSTER.

THAT'S FOR OUR CAMPGROUND AND SHELTERS.

AND WE ARE COMING UP, WE HAVE SOME BRANCHES HERE IN THE ROAD THAT FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE TREE.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA WORK, PUT OUR HAZARDS ON AND GET THAT REMOVED.

ALL RIGHT, AND THEN THE REST WILL JUST BLOW OFF LATER.

LET'S GO.

HERE WE ARE, WE ARE UP HERE AT THE FRONT OFFICE, WHICH IS, IT'S THIS LITTLE BUILDING, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF OUR DAY AREAS AND WE'RE ABOUT TO RESTOCK ALL OF OUR FARM WOOD BUNDLE.

SO WELL NOW THAT OUR PRIORITIES RESTOCK, UM, CUSTOMERS, THEY'LL JUST COME PAY FOR IT AND WE ALSO KEEP 'EM STOCKED IN THE STORE.

SO OUR NEXT THING IS WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THE OFFICE AND GET ALL THAT GOING.

THEN WE ARE GONNA GO PUT OUT OUR GINORMOUS SIGN.

ALRIGHT, I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR JOINING ME TODAY.

AND GENERALLY, UH, MY DAY, IT ALWAYS GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ASSISTING CUSTOMERS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND ALSO WORKING THE OFFICE AND HANDLING ALL THAT.

AND FEEL FREE TO COME CHECK US OUT AT LITTLE PD STATE PARK AGAIN.

HAVE A GOOD ONE.

I'M JOE BOGUS AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM.

FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER MOST RECENTLY, A FINANCE CHAIR FOR THE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY REWARDING AND ENRICHING EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I BEGAN THE BOARD, MY BOARD TERM DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE GREAT RECESSION WHEN HE HAD VERY FEW BOOKS AND VERY FEW VISITORS.

BUT OVER TIME, THE BOARD AND LIBRARY LEADERSHIP HAVE MANAGED TO REBUILD OUR FINANCE THAT WE'RE SPENDING MORE MATERIALS NOW THAN EVER BEFORE, AND IN A GREATER VARIETY.

BOTH HARD COPY AND DIGITAL GROWTH IN BUFORD COUNTY MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO CAREFULLY HUSBAND OUR RESOURCES.

AND THIS IS WHERE VOLUNTEERS IN THE LIBRARY COURT DO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SUSAN AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 18 YEARS AND WE KNOW THE POSITIVE IMPACT LIBRARIES CAN MAKE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

TODAY'S LIBRARY IS A NEW TOWN HALL FULL OF VIBRANT MIXTURE OF PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS.

AS A BOARD MEMBER, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THAT WE CAN MAKE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO HAVE PEOPLE SPEND THEIR TIME AND TALENTS ON MAKING BEAUFORT COUNTY A BETTER PLACE.

THIS IS OUR HOME AND THIS IS WHY I MAKE THIS INVESTMENT IN BOTH MY TIME AND, AND MY COMMUNITY.

THIS VERY BRIEFLY IS WHY I SERVE, WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER SPENDING YOUR TIME ALSO FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY.