[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          IT STARTED ON TIME TODAY. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LARGE UNIT UNDER AN 11 THAT PROBABLY TIME TODAY WE HAVE A FINANCE ADMINISTRATION'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          IT IS MONDAY, APRIL 21ST 2 P.M. IF RISE FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA AND SINCE SENSE OF NATION THIS ALL AND 
          [3. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH FOIA]
STATEMENT BUT I WANT TO WELL MISSOURI WE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS SIR WE HAVE I HOPE 
          [4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
YOU AND I DIDN'T ASK SOMEONE TO THE APPROVAL THEY HAVE DONE THIS TODAY I NOW MAKE THE MOTION YES PLEASE DON'T SECOND VETO IN A MINUTE AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE MISSED OUR AGENDA AND I THINK BRIAN YOU'RE SAYING THAT EVEN WITH MAJORITY OF GOT OUR GET BACK ON TO OUR AGENDA YOU CAN ADD IT TO YOUR AGENDA I'M RIGHT ALL THE COMMITTEE HAS THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THAT AMOUNT YOU CAN'T EVEN FIND WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO OPTIONS RECOMMEND TO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR THREE WEEKS OR OF THE SPECIAL FINANCE MEETING MAY 5TH AND IT MAY NEVER MAKE THAT AND THEN THIS COMMITTEE WILL TAKE THE ACTION WITHIN YOUR AS OF EITHER WAY WE I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT TO BE DONE TODAY WHEN WE TO AGENDA ITEM AND THAT WAS RELATED ITEMS WE WILL ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE AGENDA. 
          WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ADVICE AND WE WILL DO THAT AND MAKE OF I WOULD ASK SOME OF THEM TO GET THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA. SO NO DISCUSSION ABOUT APPROVAL. WITHOUT OBJECTION WE'RE GOING TO BE AGENDA AS IT IS APPROVED. 
          [5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - March 17, 2025]
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WILL THEY MOVE ON TO ASK FOR SOMEONE TO APPROVE OUR FROM MARCH 17, 2012 BY WHICH IS THERE A SECOND 1/2 DO SEE A SECOND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE SAYING NO DISCUSSION WE PROVE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I DO NOT SEE ANY OBJECTION UNLESS WE 
          [6. CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD- 15 MINUTES]
VOLUNTEER OUR CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD AND WE HAVE 15 MINUTES FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS. 
          I THINK WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON THAT HAS SIGNED UP SO FAR IN ADVANCE THAT MR. KEVIN DUKES AND TO ME JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THEN GO DOWN TO SPEAK MY MIND. 
          YES, MR. JAMES THANK YOU. KEVIN DUKES 1001 PREVIOUS THREE IN HERE BEFORE AND I'LL TRY NOT REHASH OF WHAT I SAID EARLIER IN OTHER COMMENTS BUT A PROBLEM ALONG GENDER BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT WE MENTIONED BEFORE THE REDUCTION IN DENSITY BY 67% PEOPLE REDUCE TRAFFIC BY 60% LESS IMPACTS LESS COST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SAID BEFORE BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF SCHOOLS IS THAT WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THIS PROJECT OVER WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED FOR WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE $1,000,000 A YEAR IN SCHOOL COST AND THAT'S BASED ON THE COST PER STUDENT ABOUT $30,000. AND SO THAT AND RECURRING SAVINGS THAT WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT AND NOT WHAT YOU PROBABLY DESCRIBED ON HIS OWN. 
          IN ADDITION, IF WE LOOK BACK AND WHAT THIS PROPERTY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN IT HAS BEEN A PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT HAS BEEN A RESORT IN THE PAST BELIEVE IT OR NOT OWNED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL OR OUT OF TOWN FOLKS COMING IN. BUT MOST OF THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN TAX AGRICULTURAL AND RESULTED IN ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE TAX COLLECTIONS FROM THAT STAPLE. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THE NATURE OF THE HOMES THAT WILL BE BUILT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A REDUCTION 66% OF DENSITY THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE AN INCREASE OF 24% IN TAX REVENUES ALONG THAT DECREASE IN DENSITY. 
          SO HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? I JUST RAN A QUICK CALCULATION USING THE COUNTY STACKS CALCULATOR AT $1,000,100 MILLION VALUE WHICH GENERALLY WAS GOING TO BE INVESTED IT WOULD GENERATE $554,000 IN TAXES. MOST OF THOSE WOULD BE PRIMARY RESIDENCES UNDER THE LARGER RESIDENTIAL MODEL THAT WE IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR. 
          HOWEVER, UNDER THE MODEL THAT WE WERE LOOKING WITH SECONDARY RESIDENCES AND A LIMITED LOW ON A GOLF COURSE THE REVENUES WOULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO $44 MILLION REDUCED BY 60%. 
          THE REVENUES WOULD BE 687,000 192. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $133,192 
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AS I MENTIONED 24%. SO WE'RE REDUCING DENSITY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INCREASING TAX REVENUES AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN DISCOUNT HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR FROM THE STANDPOINT SPECIFICALLY OF REDUCING DENSITY. 
          AND SO WE'VE ALSO POINTED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE CREATION 35 TO 70 PERMANENT FULL TIME JOBS THE OTHER THAT WILL OCCUR IS THERE WILL BE 300 TO 650 PERMANENT EQUIVALENT FULL TIME JOBS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT NOT JUST IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTY BUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNTY AND. 
          WE MENTIONED YOU HEARD FROM GREG REEVES AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THIS WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY OUR VERY IMPORTANT SHRIMPING INDUSTRY AND ONE LAST THING I'LL CLOSE WITH YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT FROM CHIEF ONE IN HIS BUDGET FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT WE'VE SUBMITTED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS. 
          ONE REALLY UNIQUE THING ABOUT THAT IS AGAINST THE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO CRAFTING TO CREATE CERTAIN BENEFITS OR CERTAIN INVESTMENTS . 
          THE ONE THING FROM THE STANDPOINT YOU FIND AS WE PUT IN THERE THAT WE WILL SPRINKLER ALL OF THE BUILDINGS SO IT'S BETTER THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO SERVE 66% LESS HOMES BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT'S SO AWAY THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT BY HAVING ALL THE SPRINKLER WE PUT THAT IN. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PROBLEMS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN REVIEWING. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH . 
          IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TODAY THAT DID NOT SIGN UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? 
          [7. PRESENTATION OF FY2025- 2026 BUDGET BY TREASURER'S OFFICE]
SO YOU KNOW, WE WANT EVERYONE TO OUR NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA IS THIS PRESENTATION OF THE 2020 526 BUDGET BY THE TREASURER'S OFFICE THE STORY ALONG WITH THE COUNTY TREASURER WE'RE GOING HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUR TREASURER NOW IS THE OPEN DOOR SO I DIDN'T MARK THEM FOR 14 YEARS THERE IS TODAY YOU'VE BEEN HERE BUT SO AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE FLEXIBILITY AND ESPECIALLY TO THE JACKSON FAMILY FOR YOUR WELL-WISHES AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT I WAS ABLE TO COME TODAY SO SIMILAR I'M JUST CHATTING THIS OUT AS IT LAGS JUST A LITTLE BIT GET AND SO BEFORE I BEGIN I HAD KIND OF TWO VERSIONS TO MAKE SURE I WAS PREPARED FOR TODAY I KNOW HAVE A FULL AGENDA DID YOU ALL GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND REVIEW WHAT I SAID HERE BECAUSE I CAN GO IN MORE DETAIL BUT I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT MYSELF. 
          I HAVE TO SAY I WORKED. THAT'S OKAY. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WHAT LEVEL I CAN GO INTO TODAY BECAUSE I DO WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MY GOAL BEING BEFORE YOU TODAY AND ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR IS THAT MY TEAM I HAVE HERE WITH ME TODAY AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT RECOGNIZE MY DEPUTY TREASURER MISS TANYA WARD, OUR SENIOR DATA ANALYST MS. OF THE WAY AND TAX COLLECTOR REALLY TO MAKE MY ROLE THE END OF THIS DISCUSSION AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS AFTER THIS IS THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AND IN OUR OFFICE ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS TO CONTINUE BEING AS OFTEN AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR COUNTING THAT TO REMIND ALL OF YOU AND FORGET THE FACT THAT MY JOB YOU BUT ALSO OUR CITIZENS WATCHING OUR VISION IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE IS THAT WE'RE PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE NOT TRANSACTIONS. WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO SEE THAT THEY ARE CARED FOR, HANDLED THEIR ISSUES ARE HANDLED AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND PERSON NOT JUST AN ACCOUNTANT. OUR MISSION IS THAT WE'RE PROFESSIONAL SERVING WITH INNOVATION AND ENTHUSIASM AND WE'RE STRIVING ACCOMPLISH THAT EVERY DAY. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO ACHIEVE TO BE INNOVATIVE AND ENTHUSIASTIC IN OUR ACTIVE PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUR VALUES ARE WHAT WE MEASURE OUR DECISIONS BY TAKING OWNERSHIP FOR EVERYTHING. ARE WE EVOLVING WITH PURPOSE? WE'RE INTENTIONALLY AND DEVELOPING OURSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A TEAM AND ARE WE SERVING WITH PASSION BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A WORD THAT TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GOVERNMENT. 
          SO I LOVE THIS GRAPH. THIS IS I TRIED TO BE CONSIDERED FIT WITH WHAT I'VE PRESENTED IN PRIOR YEARS. SO THOSE OF YOU ON COUNCIL HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE. THIS IS THE NEXT TWO SIDES ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAST YEAR AND FRAMEWORKS TRYING TO SEE WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND THIS IS A RECORD OF OUR CASH BALANCES FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS SO THE GREEN IS GOING TO BE FUNDS INVESTED IN THE STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL FOR MEMBERS OF PUBLIC. 
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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE LIKE A HIGHLY LIQUID MARKET FUND. 
          OUR STATE TREASURER IS ALLOWED TO INVEST IN INVESTMENT OPTIONS THAN A LOCAL TREASURER. 
          WE USE THAT QUITE HEAVILY. THE YELLOW IT ARE OUR LONG TERM STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND DON'T MISCONSTRUE THE LONG TERM FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OR EFFECTIVELY LONG TERM BECAUSE GENERALLY SPEAKING THE WE COLLECT IS BEING SPENT WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD SO THE YELLOW IS OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND THE RED IS WHAT WE ARE KEEPING AS FREE CASH IN WELLS FARGO AND THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR BANKING RELATIONSHIP WITH AND WHAT I WANT TO MAKE KNOW AND IF YOU SEE THE MOVEMENT IF YOU SEE THE MOVEMENT ACROSS THE GREAT ACROSS THE YELLOW CROSS THE RED THEY ARE MOVING INTO YOU SEE A BUILD UP TO WHEN OUR MASSIVE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE WE HAVE LOW CASH VOLUME TIMES AND THAT'S AROUND MARCH, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER OUR HIGH VOLUME CLIENTS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE ONCE THE BILLS ARE SENT OUT AND OUR AVERAGE DOLLARS UNDER MANAGEMENT HAS INCREASED TO 1.14 BILLION. WHAT THAT SHOWS YOU IS THAT EVERY DAY WE ARE EVALUATING WHERE EVERY DOLLAR IS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND PUTTING IT TO WORK. IT YIELDS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT REVENUE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE EARNED. SO IN OUR ON OUR TEAM NOW I HEAR THE OUTRAGE ABOUT IT ON OUR TEAM EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE CAN EARN IN INVESTMENTS IS A DOLLAR THAT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR TAXPAYER POCKETS. SO OUR FISCAL YEAR STARTS WHERE WE ARE THE PAST 12 MONTHS OUR AVERAGE LIKE I SAID IS $1.14 BILLION NUMBER INFUSION. THAT IS NOT JUST DUE FOR COUNTIES MONEY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MONEY AS WELL. IT ALSO INCLUDES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THE MONEY FOR EVERY OTHER JURISDICTION LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FOUR COUNTY WE HAVE A PROJECTED RETURN OF $34 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 
          WE HAVE MANAGED THE BUILDING OF $657 MILLION THIS YEAR OUT OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE EARNED THAT CUMULATIVELY HAS AVOIDED A 13% TAX INCREASE IF WE HAD NOT INVESTED AND HAD THE PROGRAM WHICH WE WON AWARDS FOR IT WOULD NOT HAVE THAT PROGRAM. OUR TAXES TOTAL WOULD BE 13% HIGHER. OUR COLLECTION RATE THIS FAR IS 98.85 BY THE TIME WE GET THROUGH THE TAX HAVEN EXPECTS THAT TO BE WELL OVER 99% WHICH IS USUALLY JUST WORKING GAMBLING NOW OVER 445,000 ACCOUNTS ARE THE VOLUME OF BILLS HAS GROWN BY ALMOST 7% AT OR $42 MILLION. SO WE ARE HANDLING MORE EARNING AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD. 
          I THINK THAT'S TIME NOW THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL DATA BUT ALSO IMPORTANT WE HAVE OR IN PERSONALLY NOT SOMEONE WHO DONE TO USE OUR SOMEONE WHO HAS CHATTED WITH US CALLED US FOR COMMENT THE OFFICE WE HAVE HANDLED OVER 226,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE PAST 12 MONTHS. WE HAVE ENGAGED 240 STUDENTS AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE TIME TO EXPLAIN IT NOW BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING TAX GAME PROGRAM WHICH SOME OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND WITH ME TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS AND FOR THAT WE RECEIVED THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE COUNTING OUR SECONDS THAT WE'VE EARNED SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE GIVEN US A 96.4% SATISFACTION RATING. WE INTRODUCED TESTING SERVICES AND THAT'S PHASE ONE. 
          IT IS TESTING PERTINENT INFORMATION TO OUR CUSTOMERS. THEY CAN PRESS THE NUMBER AND RECEIVE A TEXT WITH THE INFORMATION AND ARE LOOKING FOR THIS SUMMER WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT TESTING INSTEAD OF TRYING SO THEY WILL OUR CUSTOMERS WILL BEGIN TO GET A PHONE NUMBER AND THEY EXPECT THAT NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND OUR STAFF WILL RECEIVE IT JUST LIKE YOU WOULD THE TEAM'S MESSAGE AND AGAIN OUR APPROACH FOR PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE NOT TRANSACTIONS WE'RE TRYING TO ACTIVELY CONTINUALLY EXPAND THE WAY WE ARE SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS IT LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF WORK WE HAVE CONTINUED DOING 360 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SINCE SINCE THE LAST TIME I HAVE PRESENTED TO ALL OF YOU ANY QUESTIONS I DON'T GET WAITED TILL THE END TO AND AS YOU'VE RECEIVED OUR GENERAL 
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FUND BUDGET REQUEST IS JUST OVER 2,600,000 AND I LISTED THE EXECUTION FIND ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT COME FROM OUR TAXES SO THAT YOU WERE AWARE AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIG PICTURE AND WHILE THE INCREASE WE'RE REQUESTING IS A COMBINATION OF REQUESTS FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WERE NOT CREATED AS WELL AND A DESIRE TO PROVIDE A MERIT INCREASE FOR MY I WAS VERY PLEASED ON MY 15 HOUR CAR DRIVE TO SEE THAT THE SHERIFF AND OUR SOLICITOR ECHOED THE IMPORTANCE I TRIED TO EMPHASIZE FOR AT LEAST YEARS NOW OF INVESTING IN THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS EMPLOYEES YOU CANNOT HAVE GOOD GOVERNMENT WITHOUT GOOD EMPLOYEES. IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. WE HAVE NEVER STOPPED DOING PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. WE NEVER STOPPED ADVANCING AND WE HAVE NEVER STOPPED HANDLING AN EVER INCREASING AMOUNT OF VOLUME OF WORK WITH INNOVATION, ENTHUSIASM AND PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE. AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA BECAUSE I THINK HAVE FAILED SOMEWHERE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DO A JOB YOU CAN DO IT SO WELL THAT IT LOOKS EASY AND I CAN ASSURE YOU IF YOU ASK ANY ONE OF THESE LADIES HERE TODAY OR IN OUR OFFICE THERE ISN'T A JOB ON OUR TEAM THAT IS EASY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMPARED TO THE DOLLARS WE'RE MANAGING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT IS POINT 2% OF EVERYTHING WE ARE HANDLING ADULT DOLLARS 6.4% OF THE BILL DOLLARS WE ARE HANDLING AND IN AND AS IT RELATES TO INVESTMENT EARNINGS ,IT'S 7.2%. 
          THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS WE ARE EARNING ANNUALLY WILL PAY FOR OUR BUDGET 13 TIMES OVER. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ANY DEPARTMENT THAT THEY ARE AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT AT THE END THE DAY FOR ME THIS IS TRUE IT'S ABOUT I CARE ABOUT EVERY PERSON ON OUR TEAM AND THE FAMILIES THAT THEY REPRESENT WHO ARE ALSO OUR SHARED CONSTITUENTS. 
          I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE AND I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO BE THEIR LEADER BECAUSE NOTHING I HAVE SAID TODAY COULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT THEM. SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTION BUT I WOULD ASK THAT THE BUDGET RELATED QUESTIONS MAYBE THE QUESTIONS FOR WAS RESPONSE WAS NEVER GOOD. 
          OKAY. YEAH SO IF MY ARITHMETIC RIGHT AND FORGIVE ME I DID THIS LATE LAST NIGHT AFTER I GOT BACK FROM EAST VALLEY DUTY. IF MY RECORDS IS RIGHT YOU'RE ASKING A 11% INCREASE IN THE OVERALL BUDGET OF THE REGULAR BUT WAGES ARE A 17% INCREASE. 
          YES. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT I LOOKED AT TO ADD ITEMS MONITORING BUT AGAIN THAT IS A REFLECTION OF MY REQUEST FROM THE TWO YEARS IN ADDITION TO THE YEAR SINCE MY PAST REQUESTS WERE NOT MEANING YOU WANT TO GIVE THREE YEARS OF MERIT BUT NO. OKAY IT'S THE WHOLE THING. THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SAID PREVIOUSLY IN INCLUDING A MERIT FOR THIS YEAR. 
          SO I ALSO HAD A QUESTION WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOUR TO DATE YOUR ROUGHLY 60% SPEND AND WE'RE 81% INTO THE BUDGET YEAR AND YET WE INCREASE YOU'RE INCREASING 11% WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH I'M ASSUMING A CARRYOVER OR A SURPLUS. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL THAT IS ACCURATE AND IS THE NORM IF YOU LOOK AT YEAR OVER YEAR, YEAR TO DATE ONE OF OUR LARGEST EXPENDITURES WHICH OF COURSE I THINK THE LARGEST THAT'S PERSONAL ONE OF OUR LARGEST EXPENDITURES IS BEING SERVICES EVERY DAY IN SERVICE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS CHARGED THE TREASURER'S OFFICE BECAUSE WE'RE USING THIS BIG SAVINGS CONTRACT WHICH IS APPROPRIATE AT THE OF THE YEAR THE BANK CALCULATES WHAT THOSE BANK FEES ARE GOING TO BE AND THEN CHARGES THEM AT TIME THAT AT THE VERY END. 
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YES MA'AM. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IS THAT THROUGHOUT THE WE EARN THROUGH AGAIN OUR BANK IN RELATIONSHIP WHAT'S CALLED AN EARNINGS CREDIT RATE AND. 
          THINK OF IT LIKE AN INTEREST RATE BUT IT'S THE MONEY THAT YOU EARN ONLY GOES TOWARDS THE BANK SERVICE FEES SO IT'S SEPARATE FROM AN INTEREST RATE IF WE OFFSET THESE LIKE LET'S SAY DREDGING WHERE IT WOULD A VERY VOLUME AND OUT OF CASH. WELL WE'RE EARNING MORE RIGHT WE WILL EARN THAT THOSE DOLLARS WOULD GO THOSE BANK FEES. SO WE HAVE NEGOTIATED IN OUR CONTRACT THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM CHARGING US MONTH TO MONTH BECAUSE IN MONTHS THAT WE HAVE A HIGH VOLUME CASH. YOU WANT THAT TO OFFSET MAYBE A LOW VOLUME TIME THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST SO THEY CALCULATE ONCE A YEAR. SO WHEN I LOOKED AT FISCAL 24 AND I KNOW IT'S BACK YOUR ACTUAL BANK FEES WERE 61,000 FOR 44 AND OF COURSE TO DATE ACTUAL IS 35 599 CORRECT. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR BANK FEES. 
          SORRY IF WE WERE TO SO PAST COUNSEL PROVIDED THAT THING THAT BUDGET IN THAT ORDER SO THAT WE HAD THE FREEDOM TO INVEST AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO THINGS TO DEAL WITH YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH AN EARNED CREDIT RATE WHICH IS THINK ABOUT LIKE EARNED CREDIT AND WHAT THOSE THINGS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INTEREST RATE WHETHER THAT'S THE INTEREST RATE AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL OR AN INTEREST RATE FROM SOMETHING LIKE A TREASURY. WELL WHEN WE AND OUR TEAM AND MISTAKE IS INTEGRAL IN ASSISTING WITH THAT ON A DAILY BASIS WE'RE WEIGHING HOW MUCH IS NEEDED FOR THAT WEEK'S FUNDING SO THAT'S THE SCHOOLS PAYROLL THE COUNTY PAYROLL APP AND DECIDING WHAT IS THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION FOR THE CASH WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND FREE CREDIT RATE IS NEVER AS HIGH USUALLY AS WE'RE AT TREASURY RATES MAYBE THERE HAVE BEEN &-PE INTEREST RATES WERE FAR LOWER THAN THE BCR THAT WE NEGOTIATED IN OUR CONTRACT. 
          WELL I DON'T CARE WHERE I'M GETTING A DOLLAR FROM BUT A DOLLAR THAT YOU SAVE IN EXPENSES IS THE SAME THING IS GETTING AN EXTRA DOLLAR EARNED FROM AN INVESTMENT SO WE WILL MOVE THAT BACK AND FORTH MONEY TO MAXIMIZE THE EARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT DOLLAR. 
          IT MAY MAKE MORE SENSE TO PUT IT IN WELLS FARGO OR THE TIME IT COULD BE LOOKING IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO RELIEVE DOLLAR IN THE BANK TO OFFSET A BANK THING THEN WE WILL DO BECAUSE IT'S EARNING MORE THROUGH THAT. BCR BUT IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO PUT ME INVEST THE MONEY IN WORK NEEDING INVESTMENT HAS A HIGHER INTEREST RATE WE WILL GO AHEAD AND INCUR THOSE BANK FEES AND THEN FOR THAT INTEREST INCOME RIGHT NOW INTEREST RATES ARE HIGHER BUT ON AVERAGE IF WE WERE NOT TO USE DCR OUR BANKS THEY WOULD BE IN ACCESS OF AT LEAST 250,000 DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME THAT HERE IS IS A VERY VERY SIZABLE COST THE OTHER ASPECT OR ANOMALIES THAT YOU TO OF TRANSITION IN THEIR DISTRIBUTION THERE WERE EXTRA FUNDS LET'S KEEP PUTTING IN WELLS FARGO THAT OUR TEAM DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING ELSEWHERE WHICH INCREASED OUR EARNINGS CREDIT RATE AND WILL OFFSET MORE FEES. SO IT WAS MORE MONEY SITTING IN THE BANK WE WOULD HAVE TYPICALLY WANTED BUT ALSO TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSITIONS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN ADMINISTRATION. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PUT HER BUDGET UP THERE? SO I I'M TALKING AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I DO WHAT THINK THAT FOR ADDING THAT IF ANY OF THE GENDER BACK UP BECAUSE THAT HAD NOT BEEN THERE PREVIOUSLY YES THEN I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THIS AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT JUMP TO STOP ASKING QUESTIONS THAT IT'S OKAY. WELL WE MEAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IS YOUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL 25 IS 65,000 YOU SPENT 41 TO DATE YOU'RE ASKING FOR 85,000 NEXT YEAR WHAT DO YOU WHAT ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND WHY MORE SO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE TO BE THINGS LIKE MAINTENANCE OF OUR WEBSITE FOR COUNTY WHICH FOR ANYONE WATCHING YOU CAN ALSO GO AND SEE SOMEONE DETAILED EXPLANATION FOR OUR BUDGET IN RESPONSE TO BUT IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO THINK LIKE PRINT VENDOR SERVICES AND I SHOULD EXPRESS MY PROUD IT'S NOT JUST A PRINT VENDOR THEY ARE THINK OF THEM LIKE DATA ORGANIZATION AND A LOT OF WHAT THEY PROVIDE AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT THE 
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FUNCTION OF OUR TAX BILL THAT SO ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS WHEN OUR CUSTOMERS NEED A COPY OF THEIR TAX BILL FOR TAX PURPOSES OR THEIR RECEIPT IT GETS ABOUT 20,000 VISITORS PER MONTH ON AVERAGE ON JUST THAT PAGE ON OUR SITE ALONE. 
          AND SO IT'S GOING TO DATA SERVICES LIKE THAT CAN BE MUCH LOWER NEED I'M EXPECTING FOR 2026 IS GOING TO BE FOR ZENDESK WE OVER THE YEARS YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT LINE ITEM HAS INCREASED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OUR GROWING USAGE OF ZENDESK AND FOR ANYONE WHO IS NOT AWARE OF WHAT THAT IS A CUSTOMER SERVICE MONITORING IT'S COOL. 
          SO HOW I WAS ABLE TO GIVE YOU CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATING IS BECAUSE OUR CUSTOMERS ARE CONTACTING THROUGH ZENDESK WHETHER THEY'RE WE'RE NOT NOT OUR PHONE NUMBER, OUR CHAT AND SOON OUR TESTS GO THROUGH THAT AND IF YOU'VE EVER CALLED AN ORGANIZATION AND HAD TO TELL THEIR STORY TEN TIMES OVER TO SOMEONE HELPING YOU IT THAT COMPLETELY ELIMINATES THAT WE ARE GROWING AND IT'S OUT OF THAT OUT OF THOSE SERVICES THE PHONE MINUTES ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND WE CAN'T CONTROL HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CALL BUT THE LONGER YOU PAY YOU PAY IN BUNDLES OF MINUTES AND I'M EXPECTING THAT TO EXCEED IN THE NEXT YEAR. 
          OKAY. LOOK IN JUST FOR THE PUBLIC LOOKING ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR IN THE NEXT SO IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS ONE OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO EXECUTE SOME THINGS I AM NOT QUITE SURE IT SAID THE PRODUCT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY YOU KNOW BUT I CAN BACK TO YOU. 
          OUR ORIGINAL WAS 250000 MINUTES I BELIEVE WE'RE WE'RE BUILDING ABOUT 336 PHONE CALLS ON AVERAGE IN PERSON. SO THINK OF THAT 229,000 I THINK IT WAS CUSTOMERS THAT WE'VE PERSONALLY THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE CHAT I WISH THEY WERE THE FASTER AND BUT THEY WERE PHONE CALLS AND OF COURSE YOU HAVE VARYING DEGREES TIME AND WE'RE SIMPLY NOT GOING TO GET THE CUSTOMER OFF THE PHONE OR NEEDS US THAT'S A OKAY IF I COULD MOVE TO THE EXECUTION TIME JUST IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US ROB SO PEOPLE THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN YOUR GENERAL FUND AND YOUR EXECUTION THAT WAS MY FIRST PLACE YOU ARE A TAXPAYER THAT RECEIVES YOUR TAX BILL BUT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE BUDGET IS NOT PAID FOR FROM THAT BILL AT ALL BUT THE OTHER COST IS WE CALL IT ADD MORE TAXES THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT DO IS ON THE BILL IF ARE IN THE POSITION WHERE YOUR TAX BILL IS THERE ARE PENALTIES APPLIED BASED ON STATE LAW AS WELL AS A LATE FEE AND THAT FEE IS WHAT PAYS FOR AND THE REVENUE THAT ADDRESSES THE OTHER HALF OF THE TREASURER'S OFFICE BUDGET. WE ARE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT COUNTY THAT I AM NOT JUST TREASURER TECHNICALLY I'M THE TAX COLLECTOR AS WELL OTHER COUNTIES SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITH IN MY OPINION REDUNDANT SERVICES. 
          THEY EACH HAVE POWERS THAT HAVE PEOPLE HANDLING PHONE CALLS THAT EACH EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT YOU DOUBLE OF EVERYTHING IN COUNTY WE'RE ONE IN THE SAME AND LIKE I SAID REALLY CHESNEY IS OUR IS OUR TAX COLLECTOR TITLE ON OUR TEAM BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH CURRENT TAX COLLECTIONS AND DELINQUENT AND THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WATCHING BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND EXECUTION FINE IS OUR TAXPAYERS WHO PAY ON TIME DO FOOT THE BILL OR COVER THE EXPENSES RELATED OR DERIVE FROM SOMEONE WHO IS NOT PAYING ON TIME. SO YOUR COMBINED BUDGET IS ABOUT 5 MILLION. 
          OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON REDUCING SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TRAINING AND CONFERENCES. ARE THOSE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT YOUR GENERAL THE ONES YOU HAVE IN THE GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS ? SOME OF THEM ARE THERE IS SPECIFIED TRAINING FOR OUR DELINQUENT STAFF THAT NEEDS STAFF DEALING WITH DELINQUENT. 
          YES. YES THAT IS VERY TRUE. OH AND BY THE WAY YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR TAXES TO WORK ON MY TEAM JUST IN CASE THAT COMES UP. 
          NO IS THE LIQUID THEY ARE THE STAFF THAT WORK ON DELINQUENCY AND YES THERE IS THERE ARE SPECIFIC TRAININGS WE MAY HAVE THEM ATTEND THAT NO ONE ELSE IS ATTENDING ANY EXPENSES RELATED 
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TO THE MEMBERS WILL ONLY HANDLE DELINQUENT MATTERS IN THEIR ENTIRE SALARIES ARE ISOLATED TO THE EXECUTION BY THE REST OF OUR STAFF IT IS ALLOCATED 6040 BETWEEN THE GENERAL EXECUTION FUND SO THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PERSON ON OUR TEAM WHOSE ENTIRE PERSONNEL COSTS ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE ARE ALL DOING BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE TRIBE HERE, IT DEPENDS ON THE SUBJECT MATTER WHAT OUR VOLUME IS BUT THE EXECUTION IS WHERE THAT WILL COME FROM. 
          NOW IT IS MYSELF, THE DEPUTY TREASURER, SOMEONE IS NOT SOLELY TASKED WITH HANDLING DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX ACCOUNTS ANY OF THEIR PERSONAL EXPENDITURE ARE ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE EXECUTION. SO THERE'S TRAINING THAT THAT'S PUT ON QUARTERLY AT LEAST FOR THE PART FROM DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND OUR STATE ASSOCIATION IS SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN I GO TO THAT TRAINING THE COST FOR ME TO ATTEND IS SPLIT BECAUSE MY TIME MY EFFORTS TO MY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE SPLIT BETWEEN CURRENT TAX COLLECTION EFFORTS AND DELINQUENT COLLECTION EFFORTS. 
          THAT IS OKAY. THANK YOU I'M DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ROLAND IF YOU DID NOT HAVE SOMEBODY IN THIS WORLD IF ALL YOU'VE DONE IS PROPERLY AND OBJECTIVELY FROM MY EXPERIENCE I WOULD YOU WOULD NEVER GO THE DIRECTION OF BEING THE LEADING MINORITY THAT ARE MAKING A VERY DIFFICULT THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE READING WELL SO SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXECUTION PROTOCOL WHERE YOU GAVE THAT DEFINITION BECAUSE I WAS OH I KNOW THAT YOU EXPLAINED IT. 
          THERE IS A COST FOR THAT AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU BRINGING IN PEOPLE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE SO THE INTENTION IS NEVER TO MAKE A PROFIT. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S NUMBERS ARE GIVEN 12 MONTHS BEFORE WE'RE GOING TO COME TO FRUITION BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT THE GOAL IS TO IT WOULD NEVER BE TO MAKE A PROFIT BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL NEVER WE HAVE COVER THE COST BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER SOURCE THE GENERAL YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T PAY FOR THE EXECUTION BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE VERY NATURE OF WHAT OCCURS IT IT CAN RESULT IN IT IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE ZERO IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET TO ZERO BUT THAT'S THE GOAL. SO I KNOW YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE YOU COME ALL YOUR EXPENSES ETC. ETC. BUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOU THEM THEN MAYBE IT'S ALL BEGINNING AND YOU MAY LOWER THAT PENALTY LATER THEM WRONG BECAUSE IT'S THE CITIZENS PAYING THE PERSON YOU'RE WITH AND THEY HAVE A WITH THE REST UNLESS YOU A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE IS THIS A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OR A HYPOTHETICAL HYPOTHETICAL THEN YES OF COURSE THE LANGUAGE TAXES ARE VERY DIFFERENT AND IN THAT TAX COLLECTION THAT IS THAT IS CURRENT TAX COLLECTIONS IT'S TIC TAC TOE AND DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTIONS, IT'S CHESS. YOU DON'T PLAY IN THE SAME WAY AND IT TAKES TIME. 
          IT TAKES A LOT LONGER TO WORK THROUGH A DELINQUENT ACCOUNT NUMBERS 40 OF ACCOUNTS THAT BECOME DELINQUENT ARE NOT RECTIFIED OR RESOLVED UNTIL 18 MONTHS AFTER THEY'VE BECOME LEGAL. SO FIRST YEAR THEY'RE DELINQUENT. 
          GENERALLY SPEAKING IT'S MORE NOT PAYMENT. IT'S NOT FOR THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE START SEEING IN CLASS AND THAT CAN PROVE ITSELF TO BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE DON'T PUT IF YOU'RE DELINQUENT ON THIS YEAR'S BILL BUT IF YOU DON'T PAY IT BACK ON NEW YEAR'S WE DON'T PUT NEW FEE ON EVERY YEAR. IT'S JUST ONE TIME BUT WE'RE STILL EXERTING EFFORTS CONSTANTLY ON THAT ACCOUNT REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG IT TAKES. AND SO WHEN WE DO ALTER OR CHANGE THE FEE FOR DELINQUENT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A LAG. SO WE DO IT VERY VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE AGAIN WE HAVE TO 
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COVER THE EXPENSES AND WE THINK THERE IS THERE IS NO OTHER REMEDY. 
          AND MY FINAL QUESTION REALLY IS EXACTLY AS WE INVITE DISCIPLINE AND THE QUESTION OUT OF THIS IS THE ULTIMATE DECISION ON THE ABILITY OF THE TAXPAYER. I THINK WE WON'T BE ABLE QUARTERLY SO I'M SITTING AND WONDERING WHETHER THAT NOTICE CAN BE SO POWERFUL AND I'M NOT ASKING IN THE WAY THAT YOU CAN THEN NOTICE OUT TO ME PROBABLY WITH A TAX NOTICE OR WHATEVER SO YOU CAN PAY THIS BILL AND IT MAY BE THE ASSESSOR OR AUDITING OFFICERS DOING A PUNITIVE IS OUR OFFICE SO WE OFFER AN INSTALLMENT. I KNOW YOU DO BUT I WOULD WANT ALL OF THAT. YES. AND SO HERE'S IT YOU NUANCES TO THAT WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE DELINQUENT STRUGGLE WHEN STATE LAW MANDATES THAT IT WILL PAY IN ADVANCE PROGRAM YOU CAN'T ALREADY BE DELINQUENT IS NOT IN ARREARS SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO ISSUE OR KIND OF HURDLE SOMETIMES FOR SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS THE THE AUTHOR IS THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES WE CAN DO THAT AND AS LONG AS THEY SIGN UP THEY CAN PAY ANY AMOUNT AT ANY TIME WE WILL SEND A BILL EVERY OTHER MONTH TO REMIND THEM BUT THEY CAN PAY ANY AMOUNT IN THE OFFICE AND SO NOTICE ANYBODY ELSE SAYING LIKE YOU KNOW WE WE DO IT THROUGH OUR EMAIL LAST YEAR IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP GET OUR NEWSLETTER IF YOU PUT THAT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A BUDGET. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY MAILING IN THE LINE ITEM POSTAGE AND PRINTING PRETTY EXPENSIVE THE WAY YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THAT FOR LESS EXPENSIVE MEANS LIKE OUR MAIN THINGS LETTER OUR WEBSITE AND THEN SOCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP IN MIND THE MAJORITY OF REAL PROPERTY IS PAID BY ONE INCH MAYBE FOR COUNTY IT NOT SO YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW CORRECT THERE IS AN ISOLATED AMOUNT AND YES WE CAN ABSOLUTELY WE ADDED THAT BECAUSE YOU ALLOWED CITIZENS NOT MOVIE COSTUMERS AND IF CREATED A SOCIAL YOU WOULD NOT DO THIS ARE STILL HERE BUT WE APPRECIATE WHAT HAPPENS YOU YOU OKAY ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. I GET A QUESTION UP AND THEN LYRIC MIME IS NOT FINANCIAL THOUGH SO WE HAVE ONE PERSON EITHER PRIMARY OR JUST A QUICK QUESTION IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A SNAPSHOT WHAT THEY MEAN BY THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR CHARGE POSTAGE, ADVERTISING. 
          BUT IF YOU COMBINE THEM ALL FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE LEDGER COMES UP TO ABOUT THAT AMOUNT. 
          JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S POSTED IN ADVERTISING AND SO POSTAGE I MEAN THAT PERSON IS TO BE POSTED A BIG MAJORITY AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF THAT COST IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE THE ANNUAL TAX MAILING WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT AS WELL IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH THE EXECUTION AND GENERAL FUND TOGETHER, THE OTHER ASPECT IS GOING TO BE OUR CERTIFIED NOTICES. THERE ARE MULTIPLE REQUIREMENTS AND STATE LAW THAT REQUIRE MAILED NOTICES AND ONE OF THEM IS A CERTIFIED DELIVERY THROUGH THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE WHICH CAN GET VERY EXPENSIVE AND THEN YOU ADD IN A FACTOR THAT IF THERE IS MULTIPLE OWNERS WE ATTEMPT TO REACH MULTIPLE OWNERS SO THE MAJORITY OF POSTAGE IS GOING IT'S GOING TO BE THE BILLS THAT WE HAVE TO SEND OUT FOR ADVERTISING ADVERTISING. 
          WE CURRENTLY DO INFORMATION PIECES IN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS THROUGH PRIMARILY ABOUT MY MY COUNTY BEFORE COUNTY TREASURER DECLINED ON STAGE TO MAGAZINE AND HHI PREDOMINANTLY WE FIND THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUE RESIDENTS ARE THEY ARE COMING IN WE HAVE CUSTOMERS STILL COMING INTO THAT OFFICE WHICH WE DON'T MIND BUT IF YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THERE TAKE AN HOUR OUT OF YOUR DAY YOU DON'T YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THE FIRST TIME THEY INTERACT WITH COUNTY THEY ARE COMING IN PERSON AND THEY NEED TO BE AND ONCE THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE HAVE AN TOOL THAT MIGHT BE FOR COUNTY THEY DON'T COME IN AGAIN SO WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY TRYING TO CUSTOMERS THAT ARE NEW TO THE AREA ANOTHER WAY WE DO THAT IS OUR 
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NEW RESIDENTS BROCHURES AND SOME OF YOU HAVE ASKED ME FOR THEM PARTICULARLY THEY'VE BEEN THAT CITY A LOT AND ARE REALTORS IT'S WHEN YOU MOVE HERE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO DON'T GO TO DMV FIRST TO GET YOUR TO GET YOUR VEHICLE REGISTRATION YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE ACCOUNT YOU HAVE TO EMAIL THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE OR COME TO THE BUILDING TO REGISTER YOUR VEHICLE TO GET A TAX BILL SO THEIR PUBLIC ON THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE GOING TO ENSURE OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE. THE FIRST TIME YOU COULD COULD YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR CURRENT LOAN BALANCES IN THE EXECUTION TIME OR BOTH? I DID NOT THAT UP TODAY SO I CAN GET BACK TO YOU OR I'M SURE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BUT THERE IS NO FINE BALANCE IN THE GENERAL ANY ACCESS GOES BACK TO THAT. 
          CORRECT. BUT SHE TRIED THE DROP ON ROLLOVER INTO THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE OVERALL GENERAL PLAN BUT I THINK IT WAS LAST TIME IT WAS LIKE 400 AND SOME CHANGE FOR STAFFORD REVENUE THAT'S GOOD THAT'S KEEPING MIND THAT WE'RE NOT YET THROUGH OUR CERTIFIED NOTICES AND AND OTHER EXPENSES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION WE WILL GET TO YOUR NOT YOU'RE GOOD YOU KNOW I LOVE YOUR BACKUP TO GET IT YOU'RE JUST OUT OF MY CURIOSITY ON THE GENERAL FUND WITH THAT A NICE SPREADSHEET THAT HAS 2425 AND WE REQUESTED 26 BUT IN THE EXECUTION BUT NEARLY SHOWING US WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING FOR 26 AND JUST NOW CURIOUS WHY THAT IS DIFFERENT THAT NOT ACCEPTABLE I'D BE HAPPY TO UPDATE THAT IT WOULD YOU SENT US 25 AT LEAST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GREAT AND I'LL MAKE SURE I ADD THAT TO OUR BLOG POST I'LL BE PREPARED BY TREASURER AS WELL SINCE I KNOW AGENDA PACKETS DON'T GET HEY HOW ARE YOU HOPING WE'LL RIGHT TO IT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR YOU AND THAT'S A LOT THAT YOU CAN PUT IN THERE. I APPRECIATE COMING OUT TODAY ARE YOU ARE BRING IT UP YOUR BUDGET THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE SUPPORTED YOUR BUDGET THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES I THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO OF US THAT DID WITH THAT SAID I ASKED THE QUESTION IN OUR MEETING A WEEK TWO AGO ABOUT WHEN WE WERE GOING TO PUT IN MARRIED ON BASE RAISES BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING SINCE I GOT ON COUNCIL AND I BELIEVE WE'RE MOVING IN THAT RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN WE TALKED LAST TIME. 
          SO MY QUESTION ON NOT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME OUT OF IT WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAVEN'T STOPPED BEEN DOING IT I LIKE THE IDEA MY QUESTION IS HOW IS IT WORKING OUT FOR YOU OR SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON COUNCIL AND I LOVE THAT QUESTION GIVE A MINUTE AND LISTEN AND ANYBODY HERE TO TELL SAY YOU AND I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING WE'VE GONE BACK FORTH BUT I'M CURIOUS I DO LIKE SINGLE PERSON I AGREE WITH ALL TIME VISITING THE THREE LADIES BEHIND ME BUT THAT WOULD BE A MIRACLE OKAY I THINK THE EASY ANSWER IS YOU HAVE TO BE AN IDIOT TO THINK THAT MERIT PAY DOESN'T WORK WHEN APPLIED EFFECTIVELY ANYONE WHO HAS EVER WORKED A JOB IN THEIR LIFE AND ATTEMPTED TO IT WELL THAT'S NOT A TRUST FUND BABY OR SOMETHING THAT THERE TO GET A PAYCHECK AND GROW THEMSELVES AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE MERIT PAY I DID THAT AND TO CLARIFY YOUR STATEMENT I DON'T WANT I THINK I DON'T WANT OUR VIEWERS TO MISINTERPRET WE HAVE NOT STOPPED DOING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. THE COUNTY HAS NOT DONE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS SINCE BEFORE HOPE THAT MAYBE HERE AND THERE THEY'VE BEEN DONE BUT AS A WHOLE AS AN ORGANIZATION THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DONE. I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AND I KEEP ON DOING THEM NOW AND JUST FOR AWARENESS I IMPROVE EVERYTHING BUT I WOULD SAY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE EVALUATED I ONLY WANT HIGH ON MY TEAM. I ONLY WANT PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN THE FIRST INTERVIEW OR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE TALKING TO A CANDIDATE LET ALONE THE STAFF THAT GETS TO CONTINUE WORKING ALL OF US TOGETHER WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE A PAY STRUCTURE THAT FAIL THAT REGULARLY RAISES IT FAILS TO RECOGNIZE PERFORMANCE IT IS DONE WELL OR EXCESSIVELY WELL YOU'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE JUST LIKE EVERY SINGLE PERSON WATCHING TODAY I TOOK A PIC OF A LETTER FROM THE POST OFFICE TO BE A PERSISTENT MAIL CARRIER $19 AN HOUR THAT'S NOT EVEN A REAL ONE LIKE THE RURAL CARRIER WHO GOES THERE. APPARENTLY THE ASSISTANT MAIL CARRIER IS $19 AN HOUR. 
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YOU ONLY NEED WE NEED WE'RE GROWING HOW WE SPEND YOU SPEND SO TIME DISCUSSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHAT BUSINESSES COME IN AND I THINK AND I THOUGHT IT I THINK I SAW A SEARCH GROUP MEMBER HERE THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE COUNTY. 
          WE'RE NOT JUST COMPETING WITH GOVERNMENT. WE'RE COMPETING WITH EVERYONE AROUND US AND WE SAY WANT THESE GREAT PROFESSIONS, THESE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE AND I DON'T HAVE KIND OF ROLE THAT I CAN HIRE TEAM MEMBERS WITH BUILT IN KNOWLEDGE THAT ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS IF YOU'RE MANAGING AN ACCOUNTING TEAM TO HIRE SOMEONE WITH ACCOUNTING KNOWLEDGE YOU DON'T TRAIN THEM THAT I CAN'T TRAIN SOMEONE HOW TO HANDLE A CUSTOMER WITH THE TAXPAYER WITH A TAX QUESTION I HAVE TO BRING THAT IN TO THAT PERSON AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS ARE CAPABLE OF WORKING YOU NEED WE NEED IT AS A COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION AND COSTS RELATING TO OUR PARTICULAR AREA. WE TO COMPENSATE OUR PROFESSIONALS AS TO USE THE SOLICITOR'S PHRASING I HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP FOR MULTIPLE YEARS BECAUSE. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT IT BUT I WILL FIGHT FOR MY PEOPLE AS MUCH AS I HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IN EVERYTHING I'VE SAID TO YOU ANY TIME I'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE THIS IS BECAUSE OF THEM AND A LACK OF MERIT PAY ONLY GUARANTEES THAT AT BEST YOU HAVE MEDIOCRE EMPLOYEES AND LIKE I SAY YOU CANNOT HAVE SOME GOVERNMENT WITHOUT GOOD QUALITY MERIT PAY AND JUST A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS . 
          IT WOULD BE VERY TEDIOUS TO IMPLEMENT WELL BUT IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT. 
          THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          NO, I HEAR YOU WANT ME ALL NOW BE HERE ALL THIS OH NO I DON'T WANT THE TWO QUESTIONS REALLY EVERY ONE. DO YOU HAVE ANY VACANCIES YEAR AND DID THEY GET FILLED NOT FILLED WHERE YOU ARE STAFF WISE THERE WE HAD SIX VACANCIES RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAD A RESIGNATION. SO I THINK THAT SINCE WE ARE FILLING THEM AND LOSING THEM AT THE SAME TIME AND AND WE ARE LOSING THEM TO OTHER OPPORTUNITY AND MY QUESTION ON THIS FOR YOU OR FOR ME AND YOU ARE WE THE BUDGET MEN AND WE JUST PUT IN LAST WEEK DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR OFFICE AS WELL? I'M LIKE COUNTY EMPLOYEE WHY'S THAT RAISE 80%? WELL CHANGED IT TO A FLAT RATE BUT I THINK IT'S 1884 YES WE WOULD IN THE PAST IT'S APPLIED TO EMPLOYEES IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. YES AND THAT WHAT THE I THINK REQUESTING INCLUDES THAT. OKAY SO THAT MAY MEETING IT WOULDN'T BE YOU PASSED AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IT'S JUST WHAT I'M ASKING FOR OKAY THANK YOU. SO TO CLARIFY WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR A 3% RATE COLA OR A 3000 FLAT COLA? WHAT DID YOU EXPECT 3000 PLUS BECAUSE YOU'RE THE DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME AT 3000 IS MORE IMPACTFUL ON A LOWER EARNING EMPLOYEE THAN 3% WOULD BE SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT I'M REQUESTING INCOME THE 3000 PLUS THE DIFFERENTIAL IS THE METRIC THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TO MY STAFF AND JUST ENLARGE WASN'T 3000 THIS TIME IT WAS THEY TOOK THAT 3% AND DIVIDE IT UP AMONG THE EMPLOYEES. 
          SO IT'S LIKE 1850 1981 OKAY PURPLE 2940 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON YOUR FIRST READING OR HAVE YOU COME BACK WITH A FINAL NUMBER? I'M HAPPY TO ADJUST BECAUSE I'M NOT LOOKING BE YEAH I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO DOUBLE COUNT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY SO IF I NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. I'M ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO DO THAT AND I WAS I PRESENTED SENT YOU ALL MY BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE FORMAT THAT I DID BECAUSE. 
          I WAS PROHIBITED FROM SUBMITTING IT THROUGH THE SAME AVENUE FOR MY PERSONAL LINE ITEMS AND SO I WOULD ASK WHICH I, I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION WHEN WE MET LAST NIGHT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS. I'VE MADE A REQUEST AND SO YOU YOU MADE A MOTION IN A PRIOR YEAR FOR MY TO CONSIDER MY REQUEST AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL BUT ASSUMING THAT SEVEN 
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QUESTIONS FOR ME MY QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU IS IS THAT IS THAT THE PROCESS I SHOULD EXPECT I THINK WE SHOULD DEFER TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR ALSO IF YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE PAYROLL CONTINGENCY ALTHOUGH I SHOULD KNOW THAT WHAT WOULD I I THINK YOU'RE JUST GOING TO COME BACK JUST THAT THE FACILITY PROCESS BUDGET WILL START TO GET I GUESS ME I GUESS WHEN YOU PUT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT TO EVERYBODY ALL THE OFFICIAL DEPARTMENTS WHAT THEY'RE COMPETING SEVEN FEBRUARY TO PROVIDE INPUTS TO STAFF AND SO WITH THE PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS TERMS CORRECT THOSE WERE LOCKED BUT WE LOOKED AT WHERE HER BUDGET POSITIONS AND WE WERE GOING TO TAKE COMPONENT POSITIONS I MEAN AND YOU INCREASE THE AMOUNT ON MONEY AND THAT'S WHY WE LOCKED THE ACCOUNTS BECAUSE IF EVERY DEPARTMENT WENT IN AND PUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS IN IT BECOMES INCORRECT. AND SO WHAT WE LOOK AT SINCE THEY'RE CLASSIC PROBLEM EMPLOYERS IS WE STANDARDIZE THAT PROCESS AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL REQUESTS WHERE THAT IN THE COURSE GOING TO COME TO REALIZE THAT SPECIFIC. SO THAT'S WHAT WE NORMALLY WOULD PROCESS BUT I WILL TELL THEY WEREN'T WE HAD OUR CFO ON BOARD AND WE INTEND TO START THAT THE NEXT YEAR. 
          I THINK THINGS ARE GOING QUESTION ON 30 INCHES THE PAYROLL CONTINGENCY? YES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEY WERE WORKING SIMILARLY ON STAFF LIKE I RECOMMEND THAT THIS YEAR SO IF THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE IN AN APARTMENT WE'RE GOING TO FULLY FUND AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO ADVERTISE WITH THE INTENTION OF THOSE POSITIONS THERE'S NO INTENTION TO FILL A POSITION THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO ELIMINATE THAT POSITION TO SAVE THE TAXPAYERS BECAUSE OVERALL IF YOU FUND POSITIONS WE LOSE FROM THE FUND POSITIONS THAT ARE ALSO ON A 700 AND EXAM THIS WHAT MR. MOORE SAID IS CORRECT WHAT IT DOES LEAVE OUT IS THE PROHIBITIVE FUNDING REQUEST OTHER THAN ONE PERSON WAS INCLUDING AND LIKE I SAID I I'VE NEVER STOPPED EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF OUR STAFF THEY ARE PERFORMING EXCEEDINGLY WELL AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE THAT ABOVE AND BEYOND COST IT INCREASE JUST 1.37% OF WHAT IS NOT THE OPERATING BUDGET SO THAT PERSONNEL AND UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO AN SORT OF ISSUE OR OVERSIGHT I COULDN'T SEE OUR PERSONAL LINE ITEMS ALL UNTIL LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE SO AT THE END OF THE DAY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING JOE OR GERALD WE CAN ALWAYS SEE YOU ON LINES AND PLEASE SPEAK UP. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. MS.. WALSH, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN . IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU. 
          ALWAYS VERY THOROUGH. WE WERE SURE SO MANY AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND 
          [8. PRESENTATION OF FY2025- 2026 BUDGET REQUESTS BY FIRE DISTRICTS]
YOUR STAFF URGING YOU TO WHEN WE SAW THIS WORD ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS ON BUDGETS THE NEXT STEP IS AS WE GET WE GET PEOPLE'S REQUESTS FOR A DOLLAR WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY MONTH THEY'RE ALL GETTING IT. IT'S ALREADY I THINK I HEAR A LONG LIST BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND THEY REPRESENT THEIR PEOPLE THEIR $0.20 FOR QUESTION GUYS, THEIR BUDDIES ARE IN YOUR BACKGROUND MATERIAL SO YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH FOUR WAYS I THINK BECAUSE THE QUESTION WAS OUR NEXT STEPS WE DID PRESENTED THESE BUDGETS LIKE CORRECT RESPONSE BUDGET BUT WHERE DOES IT GO NEXT? HOW DOES THAT COME BACK TO US AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT. I THINK WE HAVE TO GO ON IF YOU WOULD LIKE HAVE YOU REEVALUATE NUMBERS BASED ON YOUR FLAT RATE VERSUS THE COUNTY'S DOING THAT 1885 NOT WITH A LOT OF 3000 OR 3%. WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET HALF THE REASON HER BUDGET WE'RE LOOKING AT WE BETTER DO NUMBERS BASED THE 1885 FOR THE SALARY ROSTER THAT IS WITH H.R THAT'S 
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WE'VE HAD OUR BEING ADMITTED FOR AND RECOMMENDED BUDGET BUT I EMPLOY ONE READING OF SCARCE REVENUE THAT HAVE NO NO BUDGET UPDATE 21 THAT'S 21 ALL WE HAVE TO GET TO THAT SHE'S GOT YEAH SO WE HAD A PRESENTATION POINT 25 BUDGET REQUEST BY FIRE DISTRICTS ERIC DO YOU WANT TO START OFF BY SORT OF SAYING THE DOTTED LINE OUR LAID DOWN TAKING ALL OF OUR BUDGET THANK YOU FOR COMING IN YOU I WAS TELLING OUR YOU FIRST I'D LIKE TO DO IT LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT NOT ALL WHO WOULD CHARACTERIZE AND NELSON WHO IS OUR CHAIRMAN BUT WE ARE VERY PROUD PRESENT A BUDGET THIS YEAR THAT HAS NO INCREASE IN BILL NO INCREASE IN TAXES. OUR MIL RATE IS 42.7 FOR OPERATIONS WE NEED 40 BILLS AND FOR DEBT WE NEED TO QUANTITATIVE WE HAVE BEEN AT 42.7 FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS NO INCREASE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. IF YOU HAVE OUR ONE PAGE BUDGET REQUEST RIGHT HERE IF YOU FOLLOW THE RIGHT HAND THE FIRST THING IS THE BILL RATE FOR OPERATIONS THAT 40 WHAT VALUE OF THE BILL IS HUNDRED AND 70,000 894 THAT'S AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR OF $14,000. OUR TOTAL REVENUE IS 9000157/6 OUR EXPENDITURES FOR SALARIES, BENEFITS AND IS 8,000,921 FOR 95 IN REFERENCE SALARIES WE ARE FOLLOWING THE COLLEAGUES LEAD AND DOING FLAT RATE AND I INVITE ALL THE COLLEAGUES LEAD. I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BALL COLLEAGUES LEAD IN YOUR DISCUSSION A MONTH OR SO AGO AT $3,000 FOR ME THAT'S A HIGHER FOR THE ENTRY LEVEL SALARY THAN THE 3% EVER WOULD HAVE BEEN. SO I'M FOLLOWING FLAT RATE AND WE'RE USING THAT $3,000. YOU MAY ASK ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS IS I'M ABLE TO DO THAT. WE WERE LOOKING AT 3% ACROSS THE BOARD AND WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE FOR. THE FIREFIGHTER RANKS ON THE OFFICER RANKS. SO YOUR FIREFIGHTER DOCTOR RECRUIT, RIGHT. 
          SO THAT WAS ANOTHER 2% I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT 5% IS ALLOWING ME WITH THE STAFF OF 69 TO DO THE FLAT RATE OF THREE THAT TO PROVIDE AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU LOBBY TO DO BECAUSE WE ARE WOEFULLY BELOW THE AVERAGE REGIONAL STARTING SALARY SO GIVE ME CLOSER WHAT'S YOUR STARTING SALARY? MY STARTING SALARY TODAY IS 41 SOMETHING THIS WILL MOVE TO 44 IF I DID 3% BULLET IT ONLY BEFORE TO DO SOMETHING SO THIS HELPS ME TO GET THERE MUCH FASTER. ALL RIGHT. CONTINUING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IN FUND BALANCE I'M INCREASING THE $594,265. THE ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THIS COMING YEAR WILL BE 2,000,270 239. THAT WILL BE 25% OF OUR BUDGET. 
          I KNOW COLLEAGUE IN YOUR MEETINGS SHE REALLY LIKE 30% THIS WILL TAKE ME TO 25 AND I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT GOING FORWARD OUR TOTAL FTE PERSONNEL IS 69 OUR DEBT PAYMENT HAS REDUCED THIS ALLOWING ME TO ADJUST THAT OPERATIONS BILL BY POINT WHY THAT PAYMENT THIS YEAR IS 598,309 REQUIRING ONLY 2.7 BILLS. 
          SO AGAIN OUR TOTAL MILLAGE IS 42.7 AND THAT IS NOT A BILL RATE INCREASE OR A TAX INCREASE FOR IS THAT PRESENT? I PREPARED FOR ANY QUESTION. I THINK I'M PREPARED FOR ANY QUESTION BUT WHAT I YOU JUST A HUGE BUDGET A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION I HAVE THE CAPITAL BUDGET YES I WOULD INCREASE THAT BY $100,000 THIS YEAR. OKAY. 
          SO WITH THAT IS IS A MULTIYEAR PLAN TO REPLACE FIREFIGHTER TACTICAL THE ACTUAL WHAT WE CALL A BUNKER GEAR THAT WAY WEAR INSIDE OF A FIRE IT HAS A TEN YEAR SHELF LIFE OR A TEN YEAR REDUCED LIKE WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE TWO SETS WHICH IS AN OLD SET THAT'S REACHING THAT TEN YEAR MARK. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO COMMISSION ALLOWED A FEW YEARS BACK TO REPLACE OUR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WE WEAR EVERY DAY AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE A FIRE? OUR GUYS GET ALL THAT CARBON AND ALL THAT BAD STUFF ON. THEY COME TO THE FIRE STATION, THE HEADQUARTERS STATION, THEY REMOVE THAT GEAR. IT GOES INTO WASHER EXTRACTOR AND STARTS THAT PROCESS. WE ISSUE THAT THE OLD SET OF THAT ARE RIGHT BACK LIKE 
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WE'RE READY TO GO AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR THAT WET CANCER RIBBON BEER IS BEING ATTRACTIVELY THE $100,000 INCREASE THERE IS OR CENTS A YEAR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. WHAT ABOUT INCLUDING SO THE EQUIPMENT IS THE ADDITIONAL 75 WHICH IS REPLACEMENT AND NOW HOSE HOSE WE HAD A FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON LITTLE ISLAND THAT WE HAD TO GET THROUGH BY NOT AND UNFORTUNATELY THROUGH SUCH THE HOSE GOT BURNT YESTERDAY YOU HAD TO REPLACE NOW WE HAVE TO BETTER WHAT WE HAVE REPLACED. 
          GOOD. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU HAVE TO APPRECIATE THE FIRE SERVICE. 
          WELL, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT TALKED ABOUT 24% TAX REVENUE INCREASE ON PINE ISLAND SO I CAN'T EXPLAIN CAN SAY IS SUCH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH PINE ISLAND WE SAT WITH THEM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLERS IN EVERY BUILDING EVERY HOME THEY HAVE OVER THERE. 
          THEY'VE AGREED TO DO THAT. THAT'S GOING TO HELP US IMMENSELY WITH WHAT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM BY NOT ONLY AND THAT PERCENT I'M NOT SURE I WILL RUN THOSE NUMBERS BUT YOU KNOW IOWA IS A PIECE OF PARADISE WHICH IS KIND OF OUT THERE JUST FROM CURRENT PAVED ROAD. IT'S TWO MILES BY AN HOUR TO GET ACTUALLY BY ANOTHER STATE HOW TO BUILD SO IF THEY COULD SPRINKLE EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE FIRE PROTECTION PRODUCT NOW WE'RE STILL NOT RESPONDING. 
          WE'RE STILL GOING TO HANDLE AND OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO BUT SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WOULD IF THEY DON'T WANT IT THEY'LL HOLD IT. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD. 
          WE HAVE A WHOLE WORLD COMMUNITY . I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET DEVELOPERS TO DO THAT FOR YEARS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE LOSE OUT THROUGH NO FOSTER FIXTURES FOR A SPRINKLER IN THE YARD WHEN A RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLER IN A HOME IS ONE OF THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE THINGS YOU WILL PUT THE POINT I'M GLAD I DID. I WISH I GET EVERY DEVELOPER TO DO THIS WELL, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOUR AGREEMENT WITH SYDNEY? YES. JUST THE FACT THAT TO BEING REMOVED HOW OFTEN DOES THAT REMOVE YOU GO EVERY FIVE YEARS. WHAT YEAR? WE'RE BEYOND THE FIVE YEARS. 
          WHAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT CONTRACT IT HAS A RENEWAL CLAUSE IN IT AND THAT IS AS YOU SEE IN OUR REVENUE THAT HAS GONE UP BECAUSE HOMES THEY BUILT ON THE ISLAND AND THAT HAS GONE UP BEFORE THEY THAT WAS AN UNPLEASANT 400,000 TO KEEP THE TAXES DOWN IN OUR FIRE DISTRICT IT'S WORKING WELL IT IS BUT THANK THIS MAN TO HAVE AND THEN WE'VE GOT LOTS OF SCRIBBLE ALL OVER IT BUT SOME OF THEM WE ALREADY HAVE SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN 68 ENVIRONMENT WELL SO I GLUED MYSELF WE STILL HAVE A FIREFIGHTER FIREFIGHTER SO THAT ONE ADMINISTRATOR WAS OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND SO MIND MYSELF I'M STILL FIREFIGHTER I WAS FIREFIGHTER LAST NIGHT AND MY DEPUTY CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER MY FIRE MARSHAL SURVIVED BUT I DON'T THINK EVERY DISTRICT DOES THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION. 
          THE OTHER THING I HAD WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS COLA THAT'LL BE ISSUED JULY ONE THIS YEAR, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER PAY RAISES COMING JANUARY 2026 NOVEMBER. SO JUST A FLAT 3000. 
          YES, MA'AM. FLAT 3000 FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY FOR ALL OF CHIEFS IN THEIR WHITE SHIRTS HERE I WANT YOU TO BLUFFTON TOWNSHIP FOR MR. BILLING GET OUT OF TOWN AND I SAID TO INTERIM CHIEF CHURCH I LIKE TO SEE SOME OF YOU PRESENTED COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR EXAMPLE. THERE WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION ON THIS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT AND MAYBE SAFETY TIPS SO INSTEAD OF SEEING YOU ONE TIME OF YEAR JUST TO TALK MONEY I THINK THE PUBLIC COULD BENEFIT FROM OTHER TIPS FROM MY ABSOLUTELY. YOU INVITE AND WE'LL BE THERE WE'LL PUT OUT A PRESENTATION, WE'LL COORDINATE IT TOGETHER AND WHATEVER PRESENTATION YOU ARE GIVES IS A GREAT AS WELL I NO QUESTIONS JUST COMPLIMENT ON WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE REDUCTION CONTAMINATION OR NOT YES I HOPE PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT THE CONTAMINATION IS AND DOES THAT REALLY DO THE FIREFIGHTERS BUT WHAT THEY TAKE HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES IS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION THAT I WOULD USE FOR THAT BUT I ALSO LIKE THE CALCULATION WRITES ABOUT A CHILD THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO IF I MAY EXPAND ON EVERY PLAYER WHO IS ABOUT THE CANCER THAT WE DEAL WITH OUR CANCER RATES IN THE SERVICE ARE 20 AND 25% HIGHER THAN ANYBODY ELSE'S 
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AND IT IS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE DEAL WITH. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE WE HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. WE HAVE TO MAKE WE'RE WASHING OUR GEAR AND TAKING CARE OF THAT. YES, SIR. I GOING THE OTHER QUESTIONS GERALD OR GERALD ANY QUESTIONS DECLINED BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOOD OR BAD. 
          YOU GET TO GO FIRST BUT I'M GLAD YOU MADE IT THROUGH SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT. 
          YOU HAD ALL RIGHT. MY NEXT STEP UP CHIEF ROUNDTREE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT KEEP WATCHING TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON. BUT I'M ALSO VERY THAT ON MY FIRST AGAIN UTILIZING THE SAME BEFORE WE ALSO ARE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY INCREASE IN OUR KNOWLEDGE RATE OR OUR TAXES YEAR AND WE'RE STILL FUNCTIONING ALSO JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH THE SAME NUMBER WHICH HAPPENS TO BE OUR THIRD YEAR WITH OUR OPERATIONS WE'RE AT 69.1 AND OUR DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE AT 3.9 A MILL BRINGS IN $106,035 FOR US OVER AND OVER IN TAXES. ALL RIGHT. EIGHT $327 WE ARE REQUESTING AGAIN THIS YEAR JUST LIKE WE DID YEAR THE USE OF 100,000 FROM OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND TO BALANCE TEAM TO PUT US AS A DOWN PAYMENT FOR TWO PUMPERS THAT WE HAVE. 
          BUT WE ALSO REQUESTED FOR 200,000 OF OUR NEW PRODUCE FOR THE SAME PURPOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE USING $54,000 FROM OUR PRIOR CONTRACT BONDS WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE CLAIMING YOU DON'T HAVE. 
          AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE ANY PRIORITY ARE YOURS ON BALANCE IN THE GENERAL. 
          SO OUR TOTAL REVENUES ARE $7,681,019. OUR SALARIES WHICH INCLUDES OVERTIME 4,301,000 6007 THE BENEFITS OF TWITTER 2,000,123 IN 20 MAY I'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT DOWN TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THE 394,000 300,000 THAT IS GOING TOWARDS A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE 26 WHAT WE CALL THE 26 TRUCK WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THE 28 TRUCK BUT MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THOSE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GOT THE 26 TRUCK WAS CONTRACTED AT 951,000. 
          I HAVE IT SET UP NOW IF AT 451,000 WELL WE FINANCE AFTER THOSE WATER SUPPLY AND SO THEY ARE ON THAT LATER BUT WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY THE FINANCING A MUCH LESSER AMOUNT SO THE INTEREST IS MUCH LESS FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND WE ARE AT 1 MILLION ON THE 28TH OUT OF WHICH HOPEFULLY WITHIN OUR BALANCE WHEN THESE DOWN PAYMENTS LET'S SEE AFTER YEARS WE ARE LOOKING 56 THIS YEAR I HAVE TRANSITIONED THROUGH 17 PERSONNEL IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOUR OF WHICH WERE TERMINATED FOR REASONS WHETHER IT BE DISCIPLINARY OR THEY DIDN'T SCORE HIGH ENOUGH IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE SENT THEM TO THE REST THEM HAVE TAKEN THEIR TRAINING AND EDUCATION THAT WE PAID FOR UNDER ORGANIZATIONS. WE LOST SOME OF THEM THERE. 
          IT'S A PROMOTION FOR TWO OF THE 1112242 LEFT PACCAR DEPARTED FOR OTHER LOCAL DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WISH THEY WERE PROMOTED AND OTHER TAKING CARE OF THEIR TRAINING TO BERKELEY COUNTY AND OTHER REGIONAL AREAS OTHER WE WE'VE LOST A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND THIS YEAR I AM GOING TO FOCUS ENTIRELY ON A PAYROLL ADJUSTMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO TO BE THE PERSON WE WANT TO HAVE LEFT WITHOUT SENDING MONEY ELSEWHERE IF WE GET APPLICATIONS ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS BUT THEY ARE FOR BRAND NEW PEOPLE WOULD REQUIRE TO TRAIN YOU GAVE ME PERMISSION TO ADD ONE PERSON OR ONE FIREFIGHTER PER SHIFT LAST YEAR WHICH IS TO 18%. 
          I JUST GRADUATED THOSE THREE PEOPLE STARTING THEIR TRAINING AT THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR. THEY JUST GRADUATED AND GOT ON THE TRUCK LAST WEEK AND IN THAT SAME TIMEFRAME I LOST TWO PEOPLE TO THE LOCAL IN OREGON SO I AM FOCUSING ON 16/1 SHIFT THE REST OF OUR PEOPLE ARE RECLASSIFIED AS FIREFIGHTERS IN THE STATE WHERE THEY ARE THE SAME JUST LIKE MY EXAMPLE I COUNT AS A FIREFIGHTER MY DEPUTY, MY TRAINING OFFICERS THEY ALL COUNT AS FIREFIGHTER SO MY STAFF IS BASICALLY MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND MY 
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MAINTENANCE PEOPLE WENT ELSEWHERE TO PATIENTS IT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY PAID. 
          I SHARED WITH MY BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING THE REASONS THEY LEFT, WHAT DAYS THEY LEFT AND I ENCOURAGE THEM TO REACH OUT AND AND TALK BUT IT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY PAY SO OUR BASE BASE SALARY FOR A RECRUIT IS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT LADIES ARMS WAS . 
          IT WAS 41 731 AND WITH THE ADJUSTMENT I MADE IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO 45 FIVE IS WHAT OUR BASE PAY WOULD DO. IT'S STILL NOTHING QUITE HONESTLY COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER REGIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS. WELL I DON'T INCLUDE A LOT OF THESE BECAUSE THEIR BUDGETS ARE MUCH GREATER THAN OURS BUT THE A LOT OF THEM CALL IT IN A HEARTY BILL AND MOST OF OUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN RECOUNTING THE FIRES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY OR ARE FAIRLY CLOSE BUT WE'RE IN LINE STATE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE YEARS AS THEY HAVE WHEN WE HIRED SOMEBODY AS RECRUIT AND THEY PROMOTED TO FIREFIGHTER ONE IT WAS A 5% BILL FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM FOR THE NEXT AND WE HAVE NOT KEPT OUR RETURNING OPERATORS. WE'RE GROSSLY UNDERPAID BY COMPARISON. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY DRIVING A FIRE TRUCK NOT JUST THE FIREFIGHTERS BUT THE TRUCK . SO I'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND MARKET AGAIN DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM GETTING OUT OF THE BRAND NEW FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM BRINGING PEOPLE THAT REQUIRE TRAINING. WE'RE NOT DRAWING WITH ANY EXPERIENCE OR TRAINING FROM OTHER AREAS WE HAD FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS WE HAD WHAT I CALL THE BEST OF LUCK SCHEDULE. WE WERE 48 HOURS ON AND 96 HOURS ON. YOU WOULD STRUGGLE THE FIREFIGHTER DEPARTMENTS NOT HAVE 4896 NOW BECAUSE THERE WERE VERY SOLID BENEFITS THAT WERE DRAWN FROM ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAD DRUG WORK POINTS AND HAD TO REALLY WORK IN YOUR STATE FOR 48 HOURS. BUT NOW A LOT OF COMPANIES ARE UP FOR THE ACCESS. 
          SO PAY IS ONE THAT IS. BUT THE OTHER QUESTIONS CHIEF ROBERT, I JUST WOULD YOU VARIOUS ME QUESTION DIRECT FOOD SO YOU'RE GROWING YOUR BASE RIGHT NOW IS 41 731 AND YOU MADE IT JUST MINUTES AGO TO 45 FIVE SO DID YOU DO A 3% SO A FLAT RATE WHAT DID YOU DO TO GET TO THAT? IT WAS ACTUALLY JULY ONE BUT I TARGET IT AFTER DOING THE COMPARISON ALL THE OTHER LOCAL DEPARTMENTS I TARGETED THEIR CURRENT NUMBER FOR BASE PAY AND THEN I INCLUDED 3% WOULD BE YOU GOING BY WHAT WE RECEIVED SOUTH CAROLINA REVENUE WAS GOING TO BE 2.95 THIS WAY THE CPI WAS SO I TARGETED ALL THOSE THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS BASED ON THEIR PREVIOUS TIME I JUST TO FINANCE AND I I THINK THAT THE LOCAL PARTNER SERVICE NEEDS TO TAKE A REAL HARD LOOK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A REALLY QUICK LOOK AT WHAT OUR SALARIES I KNOW THE COUNTY PAYROLL ADJUSTMENTS FOR ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES LAST YEAR I KNOW THE CITY OF YOUR FOUR IS ESSENTIALLY GO TO STUDY ALSO TO LOOK AT THEIR SALARIES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS STILL FUNCTIONING BASED ON ALL OF THAT I WAS NAMED FOR MY WIFE BUT RIGHT WE'RE STILL FUNCTIONING LEVEL AND YOU KNOW EACH DEPARTMENT IS NOT I MEAN JASPER COUNTY HAS A RECRUIT FIREFIGHTER AND FIREFIGHTER ONE AND A FIREFIGHTER TWO AND THEY'RE PAYING THEIR ENGINEERS THE 60,008 IS THEIR BASE PAY AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THAT YOU NEED TO COME CLOSE THAT AND THAT'S JASPER DOWN THE STREET SEPARATE FIREFIGHTER ONE A FIREFIGHTER ONE AND ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT MAKES 43 EIGHT AND THIS IS BASED ON NATIONAL STANDARDS THAT'S OUR CURRENT AND WITH OUR JASPER IS 53 THREE THE MIDDLE IS WHERE I WAS OUT OF WHACK NECESSARILY OUR OUR RECRUITS ARE BRAND NEW GREENFIELD THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS ALL WE'RE ALL FAIRLY CLOSE WITHIN A FEW THOUSAND TO JASPER THEY CAN'T SAY WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO WHAT SAID 4890 $6 IF I MAY INTERJECT EVEN IF THEY'RE 2448 IT'S STILL TEN DAYS ONE. RIGHT. SO IT'S SAME NUMBER OF DAYS WORK. YES, CHIEF DOES YOUR BUDGET INCLUDE A CONSIDERATION? IS THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE FOURTH SHIFT THREE EMT BECAUSE I SEE YOU HAVE EMT YOU FIND THAT ALMOST EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THIS COUNTY HAS EMT? I DIDN'T SEE THAT ANYBODY ELSE IS WE I'M NOT GOING TO GET IN THE WEEDS ON THAT BUT I DID I 
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LOST TWO PEOPLE TO BE FOR COUNTY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK 2470 TO SCHEDULE AN ADDITIONAL $10 AN HOUR WHEN I WAS CALLED NOW MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE TO DECLARE DESIRE TO BE PARAMEDICS AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT MY DEPARTMENT IS FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          WE FOCUS ON EMT EVEN IN WHAT WE CALL ADVANCED INITIATIVES THE NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE I ONLY FOCUS ON THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF EMERGENCY COUNTY IS GOING TO SHOW UP AND TAKE OUR PATIENTS AND TRANSPORT THEM TO THEM. BUT WE'RE STILL DOING IVS, WE'RE STILL PURCHASING LIMITED MEDICINES, WE'RE STILL DOING ALL THOSE THINGS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THIS COUNTY STANDS APART FROM EVERY MEDICAL CALL IN HER JURISDICTION WHICH MANY TIMES I SENT TO WE HAVE A FULL ARREST I'M SAYING SIX FARMINGTON WHICH I CALL THE HELP GROUP CPR ON PEOPLE LIVE IN SINGLE WORD MOBILE HOMES THAT ARE ELEVATED TO BE OPEN TO THE AIR AND I NEED A OF PEOPLE THERE TO HELP GET THAT PERSON OUT OF THAT AN AMBULANCE ON THE ROAD SO WE HAVE ANSWER THAT QUESTION ACCURATELY. YOU KNOW, HOW CAN FIRE TRUCKS RESPOND TO CALLS UP FROM PROJECTS RESPONDING TO CAR ACCIDENTS AND QUITE HONESTLY, IS THERE NEWS IN THIS TOWN THEY US WELL THEY WANTED TO IF YOU HAD A CAR YOU DRIVE THAT YOU 000 WHAT'S IT COST TO ROLL A FIRE INTO THE ROLL I DON'T HAVE A GOOD HARD CORE DOLLAR AMOUNT . 
          WE MOST CERTAINLY BEAT THAT HORSE WHEN WE WERE IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOME OF YOUR OTHER AGENCIES. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          I'VE EARNED $600 JUST TO ROLL IT OUT THE DOOR BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY THOSE I MIGHT HAVE TO GET FEDERAL NUMBERS ON WHAT HAPPENS BUT IT'S I IT'S IT'S REALLY IT'S NOT THE NUMBER OF MILES THAT WE PUT ON FIRE TRUCKS 16 HOURS A WEEK SO WHEN WE GO TO A FIRE CALL IT MAY ONLY TOOK US FOUR MILES TO GET THERE BUT THAT'S NOT RUNNING FOR 3 HOURS NOW WE'RE SITTING ON SCENE AT A HIGH AUTO PROVIDER. WE DON'T FOCUS ON MILEAGE AT ALL. EVERYTHING'S FOCUSED MAINTENANCE WISE ON OURS. 
          IF I MAY SUBMIT TO YOU RESPONSE OF FIRE SERVICE, THE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, THE ACTUALLY BEST USE OF RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE. I GUESS I JUST WONDER WHY YOU ALL DON'T GET TOGETHER. I CALL YOU WHITE SHIRTS, WHITE SHIRT BUT I MEAN YOUR PAY STARTED IS VERY LOW. THE SHERIFF FOR US THAT THE SOLICITOR APPROACHED US ABOUT THAT I ANTICIPATE OTHERS WILL. BUT IS THERE A REASON YOU ALL DON'T GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BASE PAY SHOULD BE AND THEN I MEAN IT'S PUBLIC SAME STEWARDS THE UNION THAT HAS ON THE FIRE CHIEF THAT OF PARTNERSHIP FOR 29 YEARS THE WORK CONSOLIDATION HAS COME THOUSANDS OF TIMES AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT MOST OF THE FIRE CHIEF JUST WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS THAT WE SERVE. I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT ONE BIG HAPPY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE PROBLEM IS REVENUE AND THEN YOU SEE WHAT MY REVENUE IS AND THEY'RE MY REVENUE TO THE HILTON HEAD OR BOOKED IN OR ANY OF THOSE YOU KNOW IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S NOWHERE NEAR THE SAME SO WE ARE AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS COME UP HERE AND ASK FOR AN INCREASE IN TAXES SO WE JUST ARE TRYING TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. WE'VE GOT SOME WONDERFUL MEMBERS FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR THEY WERE QUICK TO RESPOND AND GAVE US SOME SOME INFORMATION TO WORK WITH AND MY BUDGET REFLECTS WHAT THE MORNINGS ACTUALLY I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT CONSOLIDATION I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT MY STATE AND I HATE TO DO IT YOU KNOW YOU COME OUT OF JAIL BUT WE COMMIT YOU THAT WE DO TALK AND WE WILL GET TOGETHER AFTER THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND THEN COME TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER A STUDY ON SALARIES WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THOSE THAT ARE PAYING THE RATE THAT THEY SHOULD IN STILL NEED TO GROW TO COME DOWN TO WHERE SOME OF US ARE SO GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD THIS STUDY TO WHAT IS THE RATE LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, STATEWIDE AND THEN DEVELOP PLANS TO GET THERE. IT MAY TAKE LADIES ONE THREE YEARS TO GET THERE BUT WE MAY GET THERE IN A AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO THAT IS MADE IS MADE TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS BUT QUESTION STAFF ABOUT THE PLAN ON THE SPOT I QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS AND OUR STAFF AND I JUST RAN NUMBERS AND ADDED EVERYBODY UP FOR A $5,000 FLAT RATE. IT'S LIKE POINT 5 MILLION FOR THE ADVISOR FOR THE FIRES AND FOR ALL YOUR FIRE TO ALL YOUR ENVIRONMENT. YEAH 1.5 MILLION FOR A $5,000 
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RAISE FOR ALL OF THEM I GUESS. QUESTION NUMBER ONE TO YOU GUYS SINCE I WAS THE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS LATER ON ABOUT THE GO UP HAVING SO MANY FIRE MAYBE ALL IS THE WORKLOAD EQUIVALENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE FIRE STATIONS THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS SPLIT UP SO MUCH OR IS THAT WORKLOAD DIFFERENTLY? AND THEN QUESTION NUMBER TWO HOW DOES 1.5 MILLS OR $1.5 MILLION COME ACROSS ON A MIL RATES? SO OVER THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS IS BLOCKED BUSIER THAN THE REST OF US? YES, SIR. 
          WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO? A FIREFIGHTER ANY DIFFERENT SHELTER THAN BROCKTON? NO, SIR. CORRECT. COULD YOU ARGUE THAT CALL VOLUME THEY SHOULD BE PAID MORE I WOULD ARGUE SMALLER STAFF IS MORE AT RISK. 
          SO IF YOU IF YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK AT TRYING TO STANDARDIZE OUR PAY, IT NEEDS TO BE STANDARD JUST ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE IF SHELDON'S GOING TO TRAIN THEM LADIES, HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO TRAIN THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO WORK FOR THEM. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU AND I'M ON THE SAME PAGE SO I LIKE I'M SORRY DEFEND IT. 
          I'M NOT I'M ON THE SAME BOAT. I AGREE I JUST I MORE AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE YEAH NO THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M GOING TO FACE OR YOU KNOW YOUR GUT BUT SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS THAT BECOMES VERY CONVOLUTED. IT IS BADLY ABUSED BY VALUE AND THEY CAN UNLESS YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE US 1.5 IS RIGHT HERE BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE SUSTAIN THAT NEXT YEAR AND BECAUSE SALARIES GOING TO BE EVERY YEAR. RIGHT. 
          SO THE ISSUE IS HIS VALUE IS 100 MY VALUE IS 214 LOST VALUES OVER ME. 
          SO THAT THAT'S THE DILEMMA THAT WHEN IT COMES WHAT IT'S AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY THERE'S ONLY ONE WORK $500 YOU KNOW I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE RIGHT. 
          AND WE'RE NOT NONE OF US. WELL MOST OF US ARE COMING UP HERE EVERY YEAR AND WE DON'T NEED A TAX. WE DON'T NEED WE DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE TAX. 
          IF I MIGHT CHIME IN CAN HEAR ME? YES, SIR. 
          YEAH, I'M GLAD WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I REALLY AM BECAUSE CHIEF KLINE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT AND HE HE HE TALKS BASED ON THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE REGIONAL SALARY AND WHAT WHAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE RECEIVING HERE. 
          IF A COUNTY FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH CHIEFS FOR PRESENTING A BUDGET WITH NO MILLAR INCREASE AND I WANT TO THANK THEM AND ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES AS FIRST RESPONDERS WITH THE EMS AND FOR ALL FOR FIGHTING FIRES FOR THE VILLAGE AND SEE THAT THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE NUMBER ONE SERVICE OF FIRE PREVENTION FOR FOR THIS COUNTY BUT THAT HAVE BEEN SAID DISCUSSED THIS DISCUSSION IS NEEDED WE NEED TO CONTINUE AND SO I WOULD I WOULD ASK OUR CHAIR IF HE WOULD ASK THE ALL THE CHIEFS TO ACTUALLY GET TOGETHER AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND COME BACK US WITH A PRESENTATION OR A RECOMMENDATION OR SUGGESTION SOME SORT OF HOW WE MIGHT INCREASE THE SALARIES TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY STANDARDIZE OR OR MAKE MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE FOR ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE WILL BE TRAINING THEM YEAH HERE FOR COUNTY AND THEN BE LOSING THEM TO BLUFFTON OR EVEN TO THE MILITARY THE STATION IN PARASOL IF IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE. 
          YES, SIR. MR. DAWSON I'M NOT SURE WE COULD EVER MEET WITH THE DOD FIRE DEPARTMENTS, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, PARRIS ISLAND AVERAGE OF 80,000 STARTING WHAT I SUBMIT TO YOU SIR WHAT I SUBMIT YOU SIR AND AND TO THE CHAIR IS THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK OUT FOR NEXT BUDGET YEAR AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FULL PLAN AND SAY THIS IS WHERE IT IS AND THIS IS HOW WE CAN GET THEM VERY WELL. VERY WELL, VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD JAIL. WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY I KNOW THAT THAT THAT ALWAYS SURPRISED ME WHATEVER THEY WOULD ARGUE OVER, THEY PAY THE FIREMEN VERY, VERY WELL HOW MUCH MORE I KNOW THEY THEM MORE THEY START OUT MORE WHEN THEY'RE PAID FOR AN APARTMENT FOUR FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT EMT ALMOST ALL OF YOUR THINGS ARE EITHER GOING TO REQUIRE EMT IS RIGHT AFTER YOU THEM OR COME TO HAS THE TEAMS AND I'M SORRY SPEAKING AT A TIME BUT IT'S THE INFORMATION WE GOT WAS 50,846 I BELIEVE THAT'S LAST YEAR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS BASED ON. THAT'S CORRECT. 
          ALL OF MY NUMBERS BASED ON A 25 FISCAL AND THEN SOME OF THEM I ADDED ACTUALLY I GET THAT 
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NUMBER FROM UNION SO I THINK THEY'RE 25 NUMBERS AND THEN ALL THE LOCAL ONES I JUST HAD A 3% BECAUSE THAT WAS THE TALK UP UNTIL JUST A FEW AGO SO AND THEN WHEN YOU GET A NEW RECRUIT TRAIN THEM OR THEY GO TO TRAINING ON YOUR DIME. YES. 
          IN FACT AND THEN THEY GO TO BLUFFTON WELL OUT OF AUSTIN IN MY KNOWLEDGE THERE. 
          BUT WE JUST A RELUCTANT ACTUALLY I HAVEN'T LOST A TON I I LOSE MORE TO THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NOW I WOULDN'T IT'S LIKE BACK FROM I WE TRIED TO BE GENERAL BUT YEAH YEAH I MEAN USUALLY WHEN YOU REACH A CERTAIN POINT WHEN YOU HAVE DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO BUT YES WE HIRE THEM AND IN FACT WE JUST IN WHAT WE CALL AN IN-HOUSE RECRUIT SCHOOL WHICH IS 260 HOURS SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF TRAINING AND WE DID MINE YOU GUYS AND VERSUS BRUCE WE HAD 12 PEOPLE IN THE CLASS AS THEY GO THROUGH SOMETIMES THE SCORES DON'T MEET THE STANDARD PEOPLE AND OPENNESS NOW BUT WE GRADUATED WE GRADUATED WITH A 40 AND WE LOST TWO OR AND WE STARTED WITH 14 BUT YEAH WE LOST WE LOST TWO LOCAL WOMAN ACTUALLY QUITE WELL LET'S MOVE ON. WE GET MORE FUNDS GOT TO CAME IN SO YOU REDUCING YOUR Q IT WAS NO BIG DEAL MY QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF STRESSES THAT ARE PLACED YOUR COLLEAGUES DO THERE AND AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I'LL MAKE A COMMENT WHICH IS THAT YOU ALL START BUILDING A SALARY INCREASE IN BY ITSELF YOU MAY WANT TO INJECT HOUSING IN THERE ALL OF THAT SALARY BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T PEOPLE WON'T GROW YOU KNOW HOUSING WILL BE MORE MUCH CHEAPER THAN THAT WELL SO YOU MAY WANT TO USE HOUSING AND THOSE BENEFITS AS WELL. WHAT KIND OF DATA WOULD BE SOME OF THE WE HAVE SEEN NOW IN THIS FOR FIVE STATIONS THERE ARE FIVE FIVE FULL TIME MANPOWER STATIONS IN FRONT OF OUR DISTRICT SO THAT 16 GIVES ME ONE SUPERVISOR BATTALION TWO AND THREE PEOPLE ON EACH TRUCK ,THREE FIREFIGHTERS ON EACH TRUCK. 
          IF EVERYBODY'S AT WORK THEN IF SOMEBODY IS THAT TRAINING OR SOMEBODY PEOPLE ARE OUT SIX AND WE NEVER DROP BELOW TWO PEOPLE ON A TRUCK BUT WE WE HAVE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THOSE I'VE COME TO YOU AND ASKED FOR ONE EXTRA FIREFIGHTER I HAVE ALL OF THEM I'VE BEEN IN 16 FOR TWO YEARS SO I GOT EVERY TIME I GET CAUGHT UP SOMEBODY GOES HERE OR SOMEBODY LEAVES AND GOES THERE SO WE 16 IS AFTER OUR MEETING WITH OUR BATTALION CHIEFS AND VERY TO TRAIN OFFICERS 16 AS WELL WE'RE COMFORTABLE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE HAPPEN AND I JUST WANT TO LIKE I TOLD YOU EARLIER FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE AND DO MY BEST TO KEEP GOING TO HELP OUT NEXT YEAR HOPEFULLY AND ASK FOR MORE PEOPLE HAVE MONEY THAT YOUR BUDGET THE SIX TOTAL IS BASED ON NUMBER THAT GIVES ME 16% EVERY OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS CHIEF ROUNDTREE THANK YOU FOR COMING WE APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THERE IS NOTHING WE HAVE TO JONES FROM THE SHELTER AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN BE EASIER AN EASY ONE RECRUIT THEM SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO APPRECIATE IT CHATTING WITH YOU MY FRIEND AND MY STAFF SAVED AS ALL WE'VE DONE. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO GO OUR RATE IS WE'RE DROPPING A HALF A MILLION THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE WERE 38.5 THIS 38.3 THEREFORE NO OPERATION PERCENT OURS IS 1 MILLION 1783569 ARE BENEFIT OF 523,000 8073 PURCHASED SERVICES WHICH 68 800 SUPPLY OVER 6000 WERE A TOTAL BUDGET FOR PERSONNEL OF OPERATION 1872000 TO 42 OR DID WILL REMAIN THE OR ACTUALLY GO DOWN IF YOU CHECK YOUR MAIL AS THEY'RE ALWAYS ON FORBEARANCE LAST YEAR DOING 31,000,001 OR TWO OR OR FIVE OUR BUDGET INCREASED IT TO THE 100,000 BUT PART TWO OUR BIGGEST INCREASE THIS YEAR BUDGET PERSONNEL HEALTH INSURANCE WE HAVE COMBINED IN OUR TWO BIG SO TO MAKE UP THAT IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS GREAT SCOTT BROWN SAID BUT WHAT'S YOUR CALL I MEAN 3000 WE HEARD THREE THREE WE DID THE ORIGINAL 3000 THAT WE HAVE IT AND GOES TO JULY ONE THEY GET DESPERATE WHAT WE DO THE FIRST 
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ALL WE CAN DO ARE YEAH OKAY A IS THE QUESTIONS WE ALREADY GRILLED EVERYBODY ELSE BEFORE YOU SAID YOU GOT A LEGISLATIVE QUESTION I JUST MEAN I DON'T KNOW WE STILL HAVE MORE PRESENTATION BUT I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TRY THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          I REALLY DO. WE'RE THE LOWEST AMONG START PAGE 37 BILLION AND AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE BILL ON TOP OF IT. BUT LIKE WE NEED TO DO TO GO TO THE NOMINEE JOE YOU DO IT SO JUST OBLIGATION #1 ON MIDDLE CANNOT COMPETE WITH $1,000,000. RIGHT AND THEN I GOT TO BE NEXT. MY BIGGEST THING IS LIKE ANY BUSINESS THAT I'VE HELD TO OPERATE OR RUN ANYTHING ABOUT IT IS IF I COULD INCREASE SALARIES BUT STILL MAINTAIN THAT NUMBER AND PUT OUT A BETTER PRODUCT AND BETTER MORALE I'LL MAKE THE MONEY. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU FIGURE IT OUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER? BASICALLY DISTRICTS FINALLY GET A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH OR IS ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT REALLY START TO PAY PAUL RATES ON A SKILLED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SIX MONTHS TIME YOU KNOW WE'RE COMMERCIAL BUT WE'RE STARTING TO WATCH BOTTOM AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL USUALLY FOLLOWS THAT AND BUT WE WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH IT'S SMART GROWTH IT NEEDS TO BE TARGETED IS THE RIGHT AREA THE RIGHT TIME AND I JUST I REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL NEXT YEAR AT BY REAL I MEAN 11 MIGHT EIGHT OR OTHER TEN MIGHT BE WHAT I WOULD BE SHOOTING FOR A 5000 FLAT AND TRY TO GET THAT THING DONE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. YOU MIGHT GET IT YOU MIGHT NOT GET IT BUT SHOOT FOR IT. 
          YOU GOT TO BE COMPETITIVE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT FOR YOU TO WORK AND HELP ME. 
          I'M JUST BEING HONEST IN THIS COUNTY IS GROWING THERE'S THERE'S ARTICLE IN THE POST SUPERIOR TODAY ABOUT GIVING MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNCILS THE RIGHT TO GROWTH IF THE ROADS DON'T MEET THE CONDITIONS OR PUBLICS SERVICES EVEN IF THE ZONING ALREADY ALLOWS IT WE CAN STOP A DEVELOPER SAY THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT IN BY ROADS CAN MEET IT THAT'S AT THE STATE RIGHT NOW STATE SO THIS IS OUR CHANCE NOW TO CATCH UP, GET PREPARED FOR IT. 
          I ENCOURAGE YOU. THANK YOU. PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY SO IT'S ALL FOR CHEAP JOBS NOW YOU'RE OFFERING ONE WHICH WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE AND AT OUR LAST MEETING I WILL GO TO AROUND FIRE SAFETY BECAUSE OF COMMERCIAL BE NEEDING MORE I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE YOU KNOW WHAT I TELL YOU WHAT SO THAT'S WHY WE GOT TO BEHIND LITTLE DETAIL AND STUFF AREA WE JUST NEED TO BE DEVELOPED A LITTLE EVERYTHING GOOD WE DON'T WANT FOR UP HERE WE'VE GOT A ONE IN SALES OF FIBER OR GYM DOLLAR WAS COMING BACK BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY GOT APPROVED OR WHATEVER SORT OF SO WE START BUILDING ALL THE PRODUCTS THERE BUT WE'VE GOT TO GO ALWAYS. 
          YEAH I'M JUST GOING TO THAT YEAH WE DO THAT OR TRY TO MOVE ECONOMIC GROWTH YOU KNOW IN AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO THAT I THINK WHAT PEOPLE GET SCARED THERE TO BE BE MORE WILLING TO SAY I KNOW THEY GO WE KNOW THEY KNOW WE DID THAT YOU REALLY GOT TO OUR ROAD I'LL BE MORE BUT WHAT WATERLINE WATERLINES THEY'RE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THERE ALTERNATE MEANS OF WIRE REDUCTION THAT THEY DIDN'T DO AND IF YOU PUT THEM ON SITE WE DO EVERY DAY IN OUR DRY HYDRANTS SPRINKLER SYSTEMS THINGS LIKE THAT I CAN THANK YOU TO KNOW THAT TO KEEP JEALOUS THAT'S PART OF YOUR THAT'S FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID JUST ALPHARETTA THAT WOULD YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THE GERMAN BANK WELL I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO ASK THEM I SEE THAT WHEN I STARTED THREE YEARS AGO AS CHIEF WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON OUR WAGES AND IS MY THIRD YEAR BUT GLAD TO GET GET IT UP TO WHERE NEEDS TO BE COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVELY IN MY REGION SO ON BEHALF OF THE FIRST GALLATIN FIRE DISTRICT I FIRST WANT TO SAY YOU TO OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS THEY DON'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY DO THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE WORKING AND STUFF. WHAT WE LOSE THE BETTER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE WITH THAT THEY SHOULD BE COMMENDED AS WELL ON THAT WE ARE GOING TO RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THE BUDGET FOR APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET REFLECTS MONTHS 
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OF CAREFUL PLANNING TRANSPARENT MANAGEMENT THE COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FROM WITHIN AS WELL AS FROM THE YEAR 26 BUDGET INCLUDES 1,746,737 TO THE NECESSARY TARGET ADJUSTMENTS TO ADDRESS INFLATION REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS CRITICAL OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL PREPAREDNESS AND MAINTAIN STRONG RESERVE REDUCES THE DEBT MILLAGE AND STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO SERVE AS PART OF THIS REQUEST WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST TO APPROVE AN INCREASE TO OPERATE IN MILLAGE FOR 58 THE 60.36 MILLS. THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO SUSTAIN CORE SERVICES AND IMPLEMENT THE UPDATED STEP BY STEP PLAN AND PAY STRUCTURE FOR STAFF. 
          ADDITIONALLY THE DEBT SERVICE NOMINATED FOR CLOSURE DECREASE FROM 4.20 TO 3.93 MILLS REFLECTING CONTINUED PROGRESS RESPONSIBLE DEBT AND THIS RESULT IN ANOTHER COMBINED MILLAGE RATE OF 64.29 MILLS WHICH WILL FUND THE DISTRICT'S OPERATIONAL BUDGET OF 1,639,600 $0.67. DEBT SERVICE OF 106 $777. THIS BUDGET WAS REVIEWED, DISCUSSED AND BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHICH WILL REPLACE REPORT THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. WE APPRECIATE THE TOWN BOARD PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ONLINE. QUESTIONS WHAT'S YOUR STARTING SALARY? WELL THAT'S ADJUSTMENT THERE SO SINCE THE LIMITED NUMBER OF STAFF WE HAVE OUR STAFF HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF TWO ENGINEERS. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT ONLY FIREFIGHTERS OR ENGINEERS WHICH A HIGHER RANK WHEN YOU GO TO BOSTON, WHEN YOU GO TO ANY OTHER THAT'S A HIGHER RANK. SO WHAT I TRY TO DO THOSE HIRE PEOPLE THAT HAS BEEN GOING FORWARD LEVEL LEVEL WE HAVE FULL STAFF WE HAVE 1 TO 2 FTE POSITION RIGHT NOW AND SO OUR STARTING PAY SAY IF I HIRED SOMEBODY THAT WAS OFF THE STREET THIS YEAR YOU MIGHT GET UP TO FIVE AND WE'RE DOING OUR COLUMN. 
          WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM WITH EVERY YEAR THAT I HAVE? SO WHAT WE DID SOME PEOPLE GOT INCREASED LAST YEAR OF THE 12% OF THE PAYS ACCORDING RIGHT SO THIS YEAR IS THE LOWEST NUMBERS WE HAD TO BRING. OUR CAPTAINS AND OUR ENGINEER LEVELS ARE COMPETITIVE WAGE RATES WENT UP SO THIS YEAR OUR LOWER STAFF ARE LOWER NUMBER OF YEARS EMPLOYED PEOPLE WILL GET THAT SLIGHTLY IN THAT SEGMENT RATES AND THAT'S ABOUT IT BUT THAT'S THE THIRD YEAR THE TOP INCREASED SO LAST YEAR THE ORIGINAL PLAN WE HAVE I GUESS MY QUESTION IS LAST YEAR IT LOOKS LIKE THE RATE WAS THAN YOU ORIGINALLY PROJECTED THE WHAT THE MILITARY THAT'S WHAT WE WAS GIVEN WOULD IN 2546 AND THE VALUE YEAH THE VALUE WAS AND USUALLY WITH 98% OF COLLECTIONS BUT WE'RE JUST YOU KNOW THE AND OUR COST SAVINGS EXACTLY GUYS IT'S COST AND IT'S IT'S CHALLENGING BUT WE WANT TO PUT IT ON TO ONE OF THE BOTTOM LINE ATTACKS THEREFORE WE'RE A $500,000 HOME FOR 500 SO IT'S PROBABLY VALUE AT 4%. 
          IT'LL BE A $41 NAVY SO AND PRINCE TAXES TO HOW MUCH WILL IT COME UP TO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL 41 SO IT'S 1240 $4 AND THAT 525 THIS YEAR THE $485 DO ALL WELL ARE THEY ALL STATION THE LAST YEAR DO THEY GO BACK AND FORTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY HOW THOSE HOW DOES RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE ON DUTY 24 SEVEN ON THE ON OFF AT THE FIREHOUSE YEAH YEAH WE HAVE FOUR FIREFIGHTERS ON WE'RE GOING TO SHOW MYSELF AND EMS PERSONNEL HAVE A DISCOUNT NOW I MEAN I 
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AGREE NOT ONLY THAT YOU'RE LITERALLY WORKING ON AN ISLAND WITH NO BRIDGE. 
          NO, NO, NO, NO. I'M YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS YEAR ON THE MAINLAND THEY CAN ALL JUMP IN AND HELP EACH OTHER. WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK AND THAT WAS ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT. IF THERE'S A CALL THERE IS A NEED LOST IT GO TO 95 OR TO FOR OR WHATEVER THEY NEED MY DATA THAT DOESN'T EXIST FOR YOU. 
          WE SET UP A MUTUAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS TO BE OVERNIGHT AND WE'VE HAD EVERYTHING IMPORTANT TO US MOSTLY TO WATCH THE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE SIX MONTHS AGO. SO IT'S TIME CONSUMING IN MINUTES MATTER SECONDS BY IN THE FIRE BUT ALSO GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED IN FACT WE ALSO HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS ORIGINALLY GOING TO TRY TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS AND THEY HAVE TO BE TRAINED JUST LIKE WE ARE ALL THE TIME. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GET THE TRAINING SO. LET'S HELP THEM WITH LOOKING AT TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME MORE HELP. WE DON'T RUN CALLS LIKE LAWSON WHERE WE STILL RUN OVER 250 CALLS A YEAR. WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE ON THE I DON'T REALLY SEE THE INCREASE AND THE BEING A PROBLEM TO BE HONEST THAT'S JUST ME PERSONALLY BUT WITH THAT TYPE OF I'D SAY IT LIVING LIFESTYLE OF CHOOSING TO LIVE ON AN ISLAND IT DOES COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SAME THING I'VE SAID BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE VARIABLES OF ALL THAT IT'S A CHOICE SO AND THAT'S ONE OF THE COSTS THAT COMES WITH THAT CHOICE OF LIVING ON AN ISLAND WITH NO BRIDGE. SO THE OFFICIAL SUPPORT AND IT'S THE QUESTIONS FOR JUST QUICKLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO YOU JUST MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO LONG BEACH TRAINING. WOULD YOU GET THE BUDGET? YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. OKAY I THAT'S PRETTY DECENT LINE ON MY BODY. 
          OKAY. BUT THE QUESTION FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE AND JUST ASK IF THEY LIVE ON THIS HUSKY THAT WE HAD WE HAVE TWO FULL TIME MEMBERS LIVING ON THE BUS GETTING ONE LEFT FOR A BETTER PAYING JOB BUT WE HAVE THREE CERTIFIED VOLUNTEERS FOR A CONFERENCE EVERY SO I WAS LIKE COME ON, COME ON. YEAH. 
          AND THEN THE LESLIE COMMUTE AND SAYING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL STUDIES AND QUALITY OF THE PERSON THAT WAY TO WORK YOU AGAIN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE SO THAT'S PAST VERSION OF THEIR DRIVE AN HOUR AND A HALF A HALF HOUR AGO THAT INFLUENCE OVER AND THE MIDWAY OKAY WE TO GET A PRESENTATION FOR THEM JUST TALKING ABOUT A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR A YOUNG PERSON AND I'M TRYING TO WORK THROUGH TRYING TO IMPROVE THE YOUNG PERSON 50 TO 60 $100 FOR A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. NOW IF WE LOOK AT THAT $42,000 RANGE, WHAT'S THE ROLE OF WHAT SORT OF PARENTS ARE 8% BETTER 20% OF THOSE IN THE HOUSING THAT TAKES ALMOST 60% TO 70% OF THEIR ACTUAL WRITTEN ALL THE TIME. WHEN I STARTED THE THIS TIME THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD OUR PAID FOR ON TIME FOR A FAMILY HOME THAT WAY WE HAVE INSURANCE ONE RETIRED IT WAS ABOUT THE PEOPLE I WANTED FOR A PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS WAS ADVANCING AND WE'RE SEEING A STRUGGLE AND A PUBLIC SAFETY WILL NOT ALWAYS ALWAYS AT THE END OF THIS NATIONWIDE AND NOW IT'S GOOD NEWS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH MAKES A DONATION GIVES A THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SOMEBODY THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO GO TO AND WE ALWAYS HAVE AN JUST I WOULD SAY ANNOUNCE OR I'M ON MY SOAPBOX BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING OH MY SOAPBOX BUT IT MEANS A LOT TO I KNOW THEY OUT HERE AND TO US WE SERVE THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND WE WANT TO HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A LIVING TO SERVE AND GATHER QUESTIONS. 
          WE THINK THEY CAN KEEP UP COMING WITH APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO AND AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER AND LAST UP TO TAG TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT AND INTERIM FIRE ENGINE WE THINK THAT'S NOT GOOD AFTERNOON AND ONCE I COME TO YOU GUYS AS THE COUNTY AS YOU SAID EARLIER THE 
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BIGGER BUDGET WILL APPLY HOPEFULLY AS YOUR FUNDING IS DEMONSTRATING IS THE ONE MAJOR IS WILL BE SIMILAR TO OTHERS G THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR FIRST BUDGET WE GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE IT WILL SPARK OUR PICTORIAL NO WAY TO 24.7 FUNDAMENTALS OPERATIONS AND VERY WELL ACTUALLY PERMANENCE VALUE WAS MAYBE SOMETHING I WAS A $366 THAT WAS A SERVICE TO OUR LIMITED GROWTH OF WHICH WAS OUR RATE. SO MAYBE IT WILL ALSO CONTINUE SAYING THAT EVEN YOU LOOK BACK TO 2000 2043 OF US ARE GOING TO DROP CHOICE SIX MILLS WE WENT TO MAKE THIS THING AND THAT WAS THAT ELECTION BEFORE THAT WAS 2013 GOING BACK WE WERE ALSO A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER ALREADY GREECE SAID THAT'S NOT THE MUSTANG SO MOVING REVENUE PROJECTED THIS YEAR REVENUE IS $26,932,566. THE EXPENDITURE A PLAN ONLY DUE TO THE FACT WE HAVE A HEALTHY BALANCE OF DISTRICTS PLAN THE STIMULUS ALL THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR THIS WE HAVE THE CAPITAL IN OTHER CELEBRATIONS BUT THAT'S WE TRY TO LEVERAGE COLA AS WELL WE DO OUR DIFFERENTLY WE DO A LOT OF 2018 ON STATION SITE AND YOU MUST USE ANALYSIS OF THOSE VALUES THAT IS A LITTLE BETTER IN JULY AND THE JANUARY SEVEN BUDGET SO IT IT'S DOABLE ACTUALLY WAS WE'RE TO DO THAT YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING AND WE'RE SUPPORTING AS WELL THINK OUR PROGRAM LET'S START PROJECTING ON FOR TO THIS THIS NEW YEAR WILL BE A NOMINEE IN $403,068 THIS SUCCEEDS THE THIRD WAS RECOMMENDATION OF THREE MONTHS AND THE COUNTY'S RECOGNITION 30% AND SO WE FEEL THAT THAT'S IT'S HEALTHY ENOUGH TO HELP FUND THIS ARE CASE THAT'S OBVIOUS HAVE SPENT TO FUND A LITTLE BIT WHICH THERE'S PROJECT PROJECT FOR SO WE WANT TO GET AN INTERESTED IN THIS WHETHER IT'S ON BALANCE OR THINGS THAT ARE THAT WE SHOULD SORT OF THAT DO WITHOUT INITIATIVE THE NET REQUIREMENT FOR A FUNCTION IS TAXES ONE DAY TO $349,170 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE NEW VALUES THAT ALLOW ME TO REDUCE THE BURDEN WHICH DO 1.25.40 WHICH ONE ADDITIONAL WITHOUT THIS YEAR WE OPERATE WHILE MOST OF THESE HAVE BEEN FALLING WAY BEHIND IT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I'VE GOT A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT I'VE GOT SO WE HAVE SOME ISSUES ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THIS YEAR WE HAVE SMALL FACILITIES IN ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES BEING A WHERE YOU KNOW 2016 AND THOSE THAT EVERYONE NOT BUT A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE ROOM HAVE HAD THE STATUES IN THERE BUT IT WAS A BETTER TO COME OVER WHEN YOU WERE RETURNING THEM AND THAT OBVIOUSLY IS AN EXPENDITURE AS WELL. SO THAT'S OF THE FOUR ON THE COUNCIL ALONG SOME BASKETBALL RESTYLING AND THINGS THAT I NEED YOU TO TRY TO I THOSE AS A WHOLE IF YOU WOULD SEE THAT IF YOU WANTED TO JUST UPLOAD IMPROVEMENTS IT SNEAKS ON YOU THEN YOU'RE SPENDING MORE ON THIS PROJECTS THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TWO OR YOU HAVE TO GO OUT FOR A BOND OR SOME SORT TO TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE OR SOME OTHER SORT OF FINANCING. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT THIS YEAR WITHIN OUR OPERATING EXPENSE SHIFTING OUR OVERALL PERSONNEL COST TO ABOUT 87% AND 87.5% IS IN OUR NON PERSONNEL COSTS IT'S 12% SO SORRY. ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID I, WE'RE TAKING QUESTIONS ONCE THE QUESTIONS UP OF COURSE OBVIOUS IS A DIFFERENT SORT OF NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE DID YOU BREAK THAT DOWN OR TRIAGE THAT WAS FINAL? WHAT HOSPITAL AND DOES THAT INCLUDE YOUR MAINTENANCE? YES, MA'AM. 
          ONE THING THAT WE HAVE AS FULLY FUNCTIONING WELLNESS FACILITY AND THAT IS THAT ITSELF IS ESSENTIALLY MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE AND THE MAINTENANCE BATTALION CHIEF MANAGES THAT 
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PROGRAM. YES. TWO OF WHICH ARE MECHANICS AND QUARTERMASTER FACILITIES MAINTENANCE THE ONES UNDER HIM YOU YOU WORK THAT USING THE COUNTY'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT NOW MAINTENANCE OF WHICH IS MAINTENANCE WE HAD A OVER 90% OF YOUR EQUIPMENT REMAIN US OF OUR EQUIPMENT I JUST MY UNDERSTANDING IS REASONABLY BEEN KEPT RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO THAT THEY BE TAKEN OVER IN THE CONTRACT PROJECT THAT IT WASN'T OPTION HOWEVER WE ARE UNIQUE IN THE WAY THAT WE PROVIDE A ALSO AN AGENCY WITHIN THE WE ARE BASICALLY PEOPLE SERVICES AGENCY IN OUR BUDGET THAT IT'S SERVICES AND ACTUALLY THIS PROBABLY WE DISTRIBUTE MAKES MONEY TO SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE USING THEIR FACILITY FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE SOME OF THEM YES YES SOME OF THEM ARE AND SOME OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN IN-HOUSE AS WELL. 
          WE JUST WE HAVE A FACILITY DEDICATED TO IT BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE VARIOUS I MEAN EXPECTED GO THROUGH ALL 27 RECOMMENDATIONS YOU PROVIDE US JUST THE LINE ITEM WITH THOSE CONDITIONS WHEN THE BREAK NONDESCRIPT AND TITLE I GOT YOU SO WE HAVE A FULLY FULLY STAFFED UNIVERSITY ACTUALLY MISSION AND THAT'S THAT'S THE PRIMARY FALLS IN THERE AS WELL AS THE MANAGER OF THAT THEN TWO OTHER EDUCATORS AND THAT VISION THAT YOU THE FIVE MENTIONED STAFF WHO DOES ALL THE INSPECTIONS OF WELL THEY WERE COMING INTO THIS MOMENT 3000 BUSINESSES AND SO ANYWAY AND THAT'S WE FOUND MARSHALL AND FRISCO ADMINISTRATOR THE MY INSPECTORS IT'S NOW THAT WOULD BE NOT I DON'T KNOW I THINK PROVIDES YOU AN EMAIL WANT TO GIVE US A COPY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHART TO WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY IT SEEMS AS IF WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT JUST FOR JUST FOR INFORMATION AND IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE BUT THE FACT YES THAT WOULD YOU JUST TELL COUNCIL HOW MANY STATIONS YOU HAVE. 
          YES NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE NINE STATIONS AND WE'RE NEXT BUILDING AND THE TRAINING FACILITY AND THAT'S ALL THOSE THAT ARE WELL THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE BUT WHAT FACILITIES THAT WE MAINTAIN ALTOGETHER AND YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING AT US NOW. 
          SORRY THANK SELECT ABOUT READINGS OF THAT AS WELL AS THE STATION PARKING DOWN WHAT WE OUR ATTENTION I HAVE ANOTHER DETERMINANT COMPLETION DATE ON THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ONE MOMENT THAT I'M HEARING THAT IS SO WE WERE AND THAT WAS WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT BECAUSE I'M GETTING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS ARE VERY MUCH MORE NERVOUS THAN I AM PROBABLY AS TO HOW LONG IT TAKES TO ESTABLISH THE FUNDING THAT THAT HOWEVER PART OF MY BUDGET IS PLANNING FOR THAT GROWTH BECAUSE AS SOMEBODY GOT TO TALK TO YOU AS A LEADER YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE BRAND NEW FIREFIGHTERS AND THEN SPREAD IT ONE OUT BECAUSE YOUR DEPTH IN YOUR SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE CREATES UNSAFE MISSION. SO THE IDEA IS TO GET FOLKS ON EARLIER AND HAVE AT LEAST A YEAR OF TRAINING IF NOT TWO YEARS OF TRAINING OF THE BELTS BEFORE WE PUT INTO THOSE STATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY THEN EXPLORING SOME THINGS SUCH AS SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE LIKE SAFE AND THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE BUILDING HAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THOSE THAT STUDENT IS A LOT HARDER TO GET GRANTS ANY RECIPIENTS BUT I'M TRYING TO SAY I GUESS I SORT OF OTHER OPTIONS BUT THANKFULLY SOME OF THE GROWTH IS AROUND STUDENTS WHO FIND THAT AND ALSO WE CAN CONTINUE TO WITH THAT SAID WE'VE ALSO BEEN APPROACHED RECENTLY SOME OF THE WORK IS GROWING OUTSIDE OF THEIR THEIR DISTANCE OF DEVELOPMENT FROM THE CURRENT FIRE AND THERE'S BEEN TALKS ALONG OUR POPULATION OUR MARSHAL'S OFFICE WHATNOT ABOUT ESSENTIALLY ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          AND SO WE ARE WE ARE AS WE HAVE BEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS CHASING GROWTH AND EVEN WITH THE STAFF YOU SEE THAT PACE. I'M JUST COME OUT OF LOVE CAN GET BEHIND SOME CITY BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHAT'S THE STARTING PLACE FOR BLUFFTON TOWNSHIP OUR CURRENT I JUST JUST MENTIONED THAT WE WE JUST MOVED I CALLED COMMENTED RECENTLY AND THAT BROUGHT OUR OUR STARTING SALARY TO $51,270 YOU NOW YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT YOU TO GIVE AMERICA IN JULY AND OVER IN JAILER OR THE OTHER WAY THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT'S BOTH THE 2018 STUDY THAT WAS MARRIED IN JULY IN THOSE DAYS OF COURSE AVIATION AND WHATNOT AND THEN AND THEN A COLA AND IN JANUARY OR AROUND JANUARY. YES. 
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AND THE JANUARY COLD WAS ALWAYS BASED OFF OF WHAT YOUR COLLECTIONS WERE BECAUSE WE REALLY START OUT WITH A ZERO BALANCE UNLESS YOU WERE PUTTING OUT SOME WORK ALMOST. 
          SO BEING AT THE TIME RECOMMENDED THAT THAT WE DON'T BANK ON THAT OR WE CAN FUNDING FOR IT THAT WAS THE THE JANUARY DATE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY WELL WHICH IS YOU HAVE IN THE PAST GOING FORWARD THAT MAKES SENSE SO IF I WERE A FIREFIGHTER IN YOUR TOWNSHIP I GOT A MARRIED IN JULY AND A COLD IN JANUARY AND WHAT'S THAT AMOUNT TO 1% TOTAL IT HAS BEEN AS MUCH AS 6% TOTAL BUT IT HAS THOSE LITTLE 3.1 OR 3.2. IT'S ALL BASED ON THE THE IDEA BEHIND THE CONCEPT IS WHATEVER YOUR COLLECTIONS ON UNFORESEEN EXPENDITURES IS AND I'VE GOT A LETTER TRUCK THAT'S $26,000 OVER BUDGET COMPARED TO WHAT WE THOUGHT BECAUSE THEY HAD TWO MAJOR FIRES THAT WE HAD TO REPLACE THE RAIL SIDE OF WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. 
          SO THAT CREATES YOUR OWN UNFUNDED THAT YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE YOU HAVE TO DO ATTRITION OR SOMETHING RESORT THAT COSTS SOMEWHERE BUT YOU'RE THE ONLY FIRED YESTERDAY WAS GIVING MERIT AND COLA RIGHT I TO MY KNOWLEDGE I DON'T KNOW THAT FULL OPERATIONS VERY SCANT OKAY WELL I THINK SO YEAH BUT THAT WAS BASED OFF OF BEING OUR LIST OUR STEADY COMPENSATION STUDIES AND OUR BOARD APPROVAL. OKAY THANK YOU CHIEF. THAT'S ONE THING THAT YOU JUST SAID THIS IS PUT IN PLACE IN 2018. IS IT A LONG SHOT BUT TO INSPIRE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH A PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS LIKE THE STARTING SALARY I'M ASSUMING BASED ON YOU DOING THE COLA AND THE MERIT AND IT'S GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 8 TO 10 GRAND YOU'RE STARTING SALARY GROUP FIVE YEARS I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS TO GET YOU TO BE CLOSE BUT I SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FAR OFF WE WERE AND IT'S KNOW I WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY AN EXACT NUMBER OF HOW MUCH BUT IT'S ANYBODY CLOSE AND YOU HAVEN'T RAISED THAT KNOWLEDGE AND OR THOSE FIVE YEARS I BELIEVE IT'S CORRECT WE HAVEN'T RAISED THE MILLAGE BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY THE LAST FOUR FIVE WENT UP TO 25 BECAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF OUR RATES 20 1624 CLOSER TO FLAT AT 24.64 WAS A POINT FIVE INCREASE IN 1718 24 SEVEN IN 1924 TEN 2024 TEN 2121 TO 22 WAS 24.2 BUT THAT WAS A TRANSFER FROM THAT AND THEN 25.6 AND 23 WHICH IS A 1.4 INCREASE AND THEN AND THEN I'M REASSESSING THE YEAR 2041 ZERO AND THEN OUT OF THAT 525 24.6 FOR OPERATIONAL NO FOR TOTAL 26 AND THEN 12 OVER SEVEN FIVE THIS YEAR ACTUALLY SO WHICH YOU POINT IS NOW AND SEVEN YEARS OR $10,000 INCREASE ROUGHLY OR YOUR ENTIRE STAFF WITH AMERITRADE I'M I'M OBVIOUSLY FORESHADOWING FOR HOPEFULLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE WHERE IT'S MUCH BETTER NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET DONE THAT SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE TO GET TO THAT POINT IS BASED AROUND LEADING WITH IT AND OF THE THINGS IS WE DIDN'T FIND IT ALL THE WAY TO WAS REGION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNFORTUNATELY EVEN COLLEGE FOOTBALL FANS BUT WITH OUR SERVICES COMES IS WHAT ARE THE UNIVERSITIES SIMILAR TO WHAT THE TRANSFER PORTAL IS OF COURSE BUT WHEN EVERYONE'S CHASING IT OUT AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THAT REALLY HURTS US AS LONG TERM. 
          I MEAN I'M ALMOST 28 YEARS IN AND LOOKING AT THAT AND SAYING THAT THE TO YOU THAT'S I HAD TO BE ORGANIZATION IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY THE CASE FOR SOME SOME PEOPLE BUT IT'S IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE A LESSER PERSON IS JUST THAT'S JUST THE SOCIETY'S SHIFTING SO IT WAS NOT A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE AND I'LL TELL YOU THE THE DMS CHANGE IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BE BIGGER BUT WE BECAUSE IT'S THAT SHIFT SCHEDULE AND THEN THE MONEY THAT'S NOT NOT MENTIONED BETWEEN STARTING LONG BEFORE THIS ONE IS WHAT'S $80,000 WHICH IS KIND OF IN OUR STARTING SALARY OR OUR FIVE OR TWO SALARY AND. I WAS THINKING FOR THE REST OF THE STORIES FOR TODAY THAT THERE IS A AN IMBALANCE THERE. THERE IS A LEVEL AND I AGREE THAT THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO FIGHT FOR WHEN WE SAY RESOURCE SO WE 
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STRIVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS JUST LIKE YOU ARE WHICH TO HOWEVER WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL IS WE DON'T OUR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS WHAT WE HAVE CERTAINLY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE CHURCH THEN THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. YOU PROBABLY ARE SHOCKED HOW LONG THIS TOOK VERSUS IN THE PAST. WE JUST OKAY GO RIGHT AND UNDER THE QUESTIONS YEAH THAT'S TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT YOU EVER EVERYONE THAT CAME IN TODAY WE APPRECIATE THAT AGAIN THIS THINGS HAPPEN AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING. OKAY? 
          [9. PRESENTATIONS OF FY2025- 2026 BUDGET REQUESTS BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES]
ANYONE NEEDS A COFFEE . WE'RE IN IT FOR A LONG TIME. YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IT'S BEEN NICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND THISTSIDE AGENCY. 
          IT'S NOT ALL OF THEM. WE HAVE SOME GOOD DOING. THEY'VE FINANCED MY MEETING AND THEN THE ONE IN MAY AS WELL. WE WILL START WITH MR. RUSSELL BAXLEY FROM BEFORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IS OUR CEO AND VARIOUS MR. BUT ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR COMING IN EVERY DAY WE PASS VIDEO FIRST THEN YOU START WORKING ON THE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT YEAH YEAH I APPRECIATE THAT BUT I DON'T OR DO SO AROUND HERE. YEAH THEY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. 
          I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE I THINK FOR HOSPITAL ON THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE SO I'M GOING TO TAKE TIME TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SAID UNION THAT HAS FOR US IS REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN THE INDIGENT CARE PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND THAT'S NOT ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE'RE AT AS A HOSPITAL OF HEADWINDS THAT WE'RE FACING IN HEALTH CARE IN GENERAL THAT ROLE AT STATE LEVEL AND THEN JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON A FEW PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF THAT COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER. 
          SO QUICK REMINDER MEMORIAL 21 BEDS OR RESPONSIBILITIES BEING IN CHARLESTON WE HAVE OVER HUNDRED VISITS BY MEDICAL STAFF APPROACHING 2000 EMPLOYEES WE HAVE THE AREAS ALL WE CAN SEE ABOUT ADULT MENTAL HEALTH UNIT SO COUNTY PERSPECTIVE WE GET ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS COMING TO BE MEMORIAL OPERATING ROOMS FIVE OR SEIZURE ROOMS TO CANCER CENTERS. 
          IT'S EASIER SOMETIMES TO SAY WELL DON'T DO WHAT WE DON'T DO AS AN ART SURGERY AND WE DON'T DO NEUROSURGERY. THE REASON WE DON'T DO THOSE DO THINGS LIKE WHY DON'T YOU WE ONLY SUPPLY IN HEALTH CARE LIKE ANYTHING ELSE AND THE VOLUME REALLY IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IMPORTANT OPEN HEART PROGRAM. OUR FULL TIME NEUROSURGERY PROGRAM AND ASSET CAME THROUGH NOT PROVIDERS TO KEEP THEIR SKILLS WHERE THEY REALLY THIS IS US TODAY THIS MAP IS IMPORTANT I'M THEM TO YOU A MAP AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION WHERE WE'RE GOING BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LOT MORE PEOPLE, MORE REPRESENTATIVE LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY SOUTH THE RIGHT AS YOU LOOK AT THE NEW MAP AND THEN QUALITY OF CARE YOU CAN TRUST WHICH AREAS LIKE EVERY YEAR THAT WE PRESENTED BUT ULTIMATELY VALIDATES THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE CARE THAT WE PROVIDE WE HAVE LIKE A CLINICIANS NURSES THERAPIST WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL ALL THESE AWARDS ARE TESTAMENT THE GREAT FOR THAT AND THEN OUR VOLUMES TO GROW IN ALL OF WHAT I SAY ARE THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SO WE SAW ADMISSIONS LAST YEAR 9059 BECAUSE EXPECT THOSE TO INCREASE YEAR PATIENT REGISTRATIONS 200,000 THAT MIGHT BE AN MRI, CTE, A THERAPY VISIT OR, A FUTURE 45,000 PERSON DEPARTMENT VISIT SO IT ABOUT 117 OUTSIDE PART OF THE DAY BY MEDICARE STANDARDS THAT IS A VERY HIGH VOLUME E.R. 
          YOU SEE A MUCH LARGER SHOT BY COLUMN SEE LESS PATIENTS THE FIRST YEAR MODEL SINCE 12,000 SURGERIES LAST YEAR THIS YEAR WE BELIEVE THAT TO BE ABOUT THOUSAND SURGERIES THAT WE WILL DO AND EVEN MORE 1100 DELIVERIES AND AT LEAST STATE AS WELL 219,000 PHYSICIAN OFFICE VISITS AND GRANTED EVERY TIME I PRESENT TO ANY GROUP INCLUDING THE COUNTY COUNCIL WE ACKNOWLEDGE TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT PROBABLY IS NOT ENOUGH WE NEED MORE PHYSICIANS WE NEED MORE ACCESS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN TERMS OF OUR FINANCIALS YOU GUYS HAVE OUR I THINK OUR FINAL AUDITING SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY A COUPLE OF WEEKS ONCE WE GOT OUR PENSION PLAN NUMBERS BUT ULTIMATELY OUR TOTAL ARE ABOUT $343 MILLION TOTAL PATIENT OPERATING REVENUE WAS 331 MILLION SO REVENUE 305 MILLION. SO LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE A TOTAL PROFIT OF 12.70 MILLION. HOWEVER I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR PATIENT REVENUE WHICH IS OUR TRUE OPERATING REVENUE IS LESS THAN OUR EXPENSES WHICH MEANS PUT IT ANOTHER WAY WE LOSE MONEY ON EVERY PATIENT'S RIGHT. WHAT WE DO IS WE MAKE UP THAT ON GRANTS INVESTMENT INCOME FOUNDATION PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN TERMS OF FUNDING THE CARE BY BUT IN TERMS OF JUST PATIENT CARE WE ACTUALLY LOSE MONEY ON PATIENT CARE AND IT'S BEEN WAY SO IT'S CODE FOR REASONS YOU GUYS WOULD PROBABLY GUESS AUTOMATION I MENTIONED LAST YEAR TOTAL SUPPORT FOR THE HOSPITAL $2.7 MILLION SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY DO AND THEN A LOT OF WHAT WE DO THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET RECOGNIZED IS 
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OUR BALANCE SHEET OR THE INCOME STATEMENT OR SERVICES LIKE OUR PATIENT TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE. 
          SO WE'VE SEEN IT MORE THAN WITH THE LOGO AND RUN THAT IS A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. 
          WE DROVE 13,000 MILES LAST YEAR, SERVED 26 ZIP CODES TAKING MEASURES TO IMPROVE APPOINTMENTS A LOT OF TIMES THE PATIENTS ARE DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL. 
          WE ASK THEM QUESTIONS SUCH AS FOOD, INSECURITIES AND TRANSPORTATION AND WE'RE CURIOUS AND HOW THE SECURITY AND THEY PLAYING ON ONE OF THOSE OR CHECK YES THAT PUT THEM WITH OUR SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAN HELP ARRANGE OR FOLLOW UP VISITS WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM. WE SEE THE CHIP APPEAL AND, THE NUMBER OF FREE SCREENINGS THAT WE PROVIDE ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS OUR SICKLE CELL CLINIC, OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR MEDICAL CLINIC AND THEN ALSO OUR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM. SO WE'VE CONTINUED EVER SINCE COVID OUR 50 MEALS PER DAY TO FOOD INSECURE AND SO A LOT THOSE MEALS ARE GOING TO THOSE PATIENTS ON ST HELENA OIL AND RAIL AND AGAIN WE RECOGNIZE UPON DISCHARGE THAT FOOD INSECURE AND WE WILL PUT THEM ON THE LIST AND HELP DELIVER THOSE MEALS WE OBVIOUSLY ARE PREPARING LOT OF MEALS FOR OUR PATIENTS SO EXTRA BEING ABLE TO PAY OUR AND DELIVER THOSE ITEMS AND HEALTH CARE HEADWINDS SO A LOT GOING ON RIGHT ON HEALTH CARE IN PARTICULAR AT A FEDERAL LEVEL SO RIGHT AROUND A DIFFERENT 18.7% OF THE GDP IS SPENT ON HEALTH CARE SERVICES IT'S ABOUT $14.9 TRILLION OF DEFICIT CONTINUE TO EXPECT IT TO GROW AS WE CONTINUE AS THE BABY BOOMERS AGE AND THE MEDICARE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING TO MAKE MASSIVE CUTS WITH YOU GUYS FOR HELPING IN THE SERVICES LAY OFF I THINK IN PARTICULAR ONE THING THE HOSPITALS ARE WATCHING IS THE $808 BILLION IN HEALTH CARE CUTS WHICH RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE MOSTLY DIRECTED TO MEDICAID AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE. 
          WE HAVE PARTICIPATED, AS I SAY, A NUMBER OF NEW MEDICAID PROGRAMS WHILE SOUTH CAROLINA IT'S NOT A MEDICAID EXPANSION STATE. THERE ARE OTHER DIRECT PAYMENT MODELS THAT WE CALL HOT WHICH IS A HOSPITAL ACCESS QUALITY WORKFORCE INITIATIVES WHERE WE SEND A DOLLAR TO HOSPITALS, DO A LICENSE TAX TO THE STATE BASED ON THAT UP TO THE FEDS AND THE FEDS BASICALLY SEND MATCHING DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL DOLLARS BACK TO THE STATES THEN INTEREST SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY TO THE HOSPITALS THE THEORY BEHIND THIS IS THAT IT MAKES MEDICAID PATIENTS MORE ATTRACTIVE TO HOSPITALS AND PHYSICIAN SERVICES. 
          MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN MEDICAID IF MEDICAID PAYMENTS ARE INCREASED AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS PAIN THAT AS A NON EXPANSION STATE IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE HOUSE LEVEL NOW IT'S UP TO THE SENATE THAT THEY MAY CUT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WHICH AGAIN IS IMPORTANT TO BE MORE BECAUSE WE SEE A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF MEDICAID PATIENTS IF THAT IS CUT AND OBVIOUSLY THAT HURTS OUR BOTTOM LINE IN SIGNIFICANT WAY AND SO WE'RE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY WE'RE LOBBYING OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES IN HOPES OF FINDING OTHER WAYS TO WHAT THEY SAY IS CUT FRAUD WASTE IN THE SYSTEM. THE OTHER THING WE ARE WATCHING IT SEEMS TO BE GOING THROUGH IS PHYSICIAN MEDICARE PAYMENTS. SO THIS YEAR IF YOU'RE A PHYSICIAN AND YOU'RE PRACTICING INDEPENDENTLY OR WITH THE HOSPITAL MEDICARE PAYMENTS THAT THE DECISIONS BY 2.8% THAT IS ON TOP OF ABOUT 6 TO 7% OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND CUTS TO PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS WHICH IS DIFFICULT, RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MORE PHYSICIANS WE WON'T BE MORE ACCESS TO CARE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE MORE. THE AREA IS COMPETITIVE TO PAY PHYSICIANS MORE AND WHEN MEDICARE CUTS YOUR BIGGEST PAYER WE SEE ABOUT 50% MEDICARE SO 50% OF OUR PATIENTS THAT ENTER EVEN MORE WITH A MEDICARE PATIENT MEDICAID IS ABOUT 8%. SO GUYS UNDERSTAND HOW WHERE MEDICAID SITS AND IT'S DIFFICULT YOU SEE ABOUT 8% OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF CUTS TO PENSION PAYMENTS AND WE EMPLOY ABOUT 160 PROVIDERS. SO AS PART OF THAT WORKFORCE PART OF THAT 2460, THOSE PROVIDERS PHYSICIANS WE GO FOR THEIR SERVICES AND SO THAT CUT PASSES THROUGH TO BE MORE HELP. AND THE OTHER THING WE ARE WATCHING ARE THE EXCHANGE BY SUBSIDIES AGAIN AS PART OF THE BUDGET AT A FEDERAL IF EXCHANGE BY SUBSIDIES ARE CUT THERE IS A BIG CONCERN THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT 20% I'M SORRY I REMEMBER THERE IS ABOUT 2.2 MILLION THERE GOES WITHOUT INSURANCE COMPANY LOST THEIR EXCHANGE BY SUBSIDY SO WE ARE WATCHING THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE WERE LEFT WITH LESS PEOPLE IN MEDICAID. PEOPLE WITH OBAMACARE BY WAY OF EXAMPLE MEANS MORE WITHOUT INSURANCE MEANS A HIGHER SHARE OF CARE. 
          IN FACT AT AND WE'LL GO OVER CARE BECAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE BY THE NEXT HOUR AND EVERY HOSPITAL BED CRISIS YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A NURSING SHORTAGE BUT THIS IS A STUDY DONE BY UCLA BY 23 TO 8.5% OF HOSPITAL BEDS WILL BE OCCUPIED NOT BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE BUT BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF NURSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS AND LOCALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS CONTINUE AGE AT A RAPID PACE BY 2035 1.5 MILLION OF YOUR AGE 65. 
          THE NURSING SHORTAGE IS WELL KNOWN. WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT. 
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YOU CAN SEE OVERALL MYSELF ONE THAT TRIPLE DIGIT SHORTAGE WE ARE PREDICTED THAT IT WILL BE 3200 PHYSICIANS BY THE YEAR 2030 IF EVERYTHING HOLDS TRUE OUR POPULATION IN PARTICULAR IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT IS TODAY 44 COUNTY THAT IS 40 PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS AND 70 SPECIAL SURGEONS IT'S 184 COUNTY IS SHORT TODAY BASED ON OUR STUDIES AND THEN MEDICAID EXPANSION. SO WHILE WE ARE NOT AN EXPANSION STATE WHEN FORBID IT WE STOP WHAT WE CALL THE REDETERMINATION PROCESS. SO IF YOU WERE ENROLLED IN THAT DAY EVERY YEAR THE STATE WOULD SENT OUT OF LETTER OR MAYBE TRY TO GIVE YOU A PROTOCOL AND TRY TO VERIFY THAT YOU WOULD GET MEDICAID FOLLOWING YOU THEY START THAT PROCESS AND AS SUCH THE MEDICAID INCREASE PERIOD SAY WE STARTED IN A STATE THAT PROCESS CAN BY STUDIES DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL BELIEVE ABOUT 40 TO 44000 SOUTH CAROLINIANS HAVE LOST MEDICAID SIT THROUGH THE TERMINATION PROCESS LAST YEAR AND WE KNOW OF HOW MANY HAVE COME BACK TO FILL MEDICAID EMPLOYMENT OR THROUGH THE ACA AND THEN THERE'S OUR REVENUE WHICH IS WHICH I EXPLAIN IS SEE EXPENSES RISE IN INPATIENT REVENUE IS RISING BUT NOT CRITICALLY AS QUICKLY AS OUR EXPENSES BOTTOM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SO BACK TO ACCESS TO CARE THESE ARE JUST TWO SLIDES THAT WE TRY TO SHOW THAT WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT MAY TAKE SIX MONTHS TO GET IT PRIMARY CARE APPOINTMENTS UP A RIVER AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH NEUROLOGIST OR UROLOGIST REPLACEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE STILL RECRUITING PROVIDERS ARE HIGH BASE AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE GENERAL SURGEONS MEDICAL COLLEGES, PLASTIC SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY THAT FIRST LINE ALL PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND IN THERE JUST IS NOT ENOUGH PHYSICIANS OUT THERE FOR US TO RECRUIT VERY COMPETITIVE PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK WHAT PREVENTS PHYSICIANS COMING TO WHY CAN'T WE RECRUIT MORE PHYSICIANS? WELL, A NUMBER OF THINGS COST OF LIVING THIS I BELIEVE IT OR NOT EVEN FOR PHYSICIANS ESPECIALLY FOR PRIMARY CARE THEY COME OUT WITH HIGH STUDENT LOAN IS NOT A STUDENT THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT OUR HOUSING AND OUR CHILD CARE AND THEY COMPARE THAT TO SAY GREENVILLE OR COLUMBIA OR SPARTANBURG AND AGAIN OR ANYWHERE ELSE. IT IS A LOT LOWER IN THOSE AREAS THAN BEFORE AND SO WE TALK ABOUT COST OF LIVING FOR OUR HOUSEKEEPERS AND OUR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND OUR NURSES BUT FOR PRIMARY CARE PERSPECTIVE IT MATTERS AS WELL AS SPECIALISTS NOT AS MUCH BUT THEY TRY TO A SPECIALIST MORE AND MORE AND SO WE CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AT A HIGH CLIP BUT YET JUST CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH UP WITH THE GROWING POPULATION BEFORE AND IN THE PAT PROGRAM. I JUST APPRECIATE COUNTY YOU SUPPORT YOU GUYS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BELT ME THIS PROGRAM WE GRADUATED OR WILL GRADUATE OVER 100 NEW STUDENTS AND PATH PROGRAM YOU SEE OUR GRADUATION AND PASS RATES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN WE GRADUATE SOMEONE FROM HOUSEKEEPER OR PATIENT ACTUALLY REPRESENTATIVE TO A PATIENT CARE AT OR TO SAY AT BEST WE TAKE ON AVERAGE THEIR SALARIES INCREASING SIX OR $7,000. 
          SO IT IS A NICE WAY TO ALLOW PEOPLE JUMP INTO THE HEALTH CARE AND THEY GROW WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. THERE WERE A LOT OF THE GAP SCHOLARSHIPS AND BEING FEES THAT ARE COVERED UNDER CERTIFICATION IN THE SCHOOL AND . 
          THEN WE HAD THAT COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY TO DO DISCOUNT VERY WELL AND THEN TALKED ABOUT OUR HMO AND THEN USB CAREER CENTERS FOR SIMULATION LABS AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY HELP WITH THIS BUT THIS IS GOING TO HELP US INCREASE TO DOUBLE THE ENROLLMENT BECAUSE THEY ADD MORE 50 NURSES PER YEAR THEY WILL BE 100 PER YEAR WHICH IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE NURSING SHORTAGE WE NEED TO KEEP THEM WAS CAPABLE IF YOU BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE HUGE AND JUST INCREASE THE SUPPLY ESTIMATE GROSS AND THEN LEARNING CENTER SO THIS IS OUR CHILD CARE THAT HAS BEEN ON SITE THIS HAS BEEN A BIG WIN WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AGAIN WE BASICALLY FULL AND WE HOPE TO OPEN A SECOND LOCATED IN SOUTH BY MARKETPLACE AS WE GROW UNTIL THE HOSPITAL THERE AND THEN THE HOUSING PROJECT. SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNTY STAFF ON CLOSING THAT AND FINALLY THE LAND ONLY YOUR PROPERTY PLACE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE NOW IN FRONT OF THE TOWN LOCKED IN WITH BE OR HOW THEY BUILDING BREAKING GROUND SO REVERSE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE TIMELINE IS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PLANNING OR WETLANDS ISSUES THAT WE STILL ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT IF THE TIMELINE WAS TRUE THIS WILL BE 122 NEW UNITS THAT WE WILL BREAK GROUND ON THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT LEVERAGING THAT LAND TAKE FUNDING TO HELP US WITH FIRST WHAT WE THINK WE'LL GET THREE PROJECTS IN FIVE YEARS AND IN SEVERAL HOSPITAL RENOVATIONS JUST SHOWING THE COMMITMENT BURDEN OF THE BROAD RIVER AND SOUTH THE BROAD RIVER. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE CURRENTLY WE'RE UNDERGOING MASSIVE RENOVATIONS AT THE HOSPITAL. 
          WE'VE BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL YOU'VE PROBABLY RUN INTO THE GREAT LAKES ENTRANCE OR YOU'VE BEEN DRAGGED THROUGH ANOTHER HALLWAY TO AVOID CONSTRUCTION BUT STILL UNDERGOING THE 
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RENOVATION, THE CSU STABILIZATION UNIT IS A PSYCH UNIT EMERGENCY ROOM THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ON TO OUR INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY SOME PATIENTS ACTUALLY DON'T QUALIFY FOR AN INPATIENT. 
          THEY'RE NOT SICK ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BE ADMITTED FIVE, SIX DAYS. 
          THEY'RE NOT WELL TO BE DISCHARGED TO COMMUNITY OR HOME. 
          AND SO THEY SIT IN THIS WHAT I CALL NO MAN'S LAND OR LIMBO IN EMERGENCY ROOM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH PATIENTS . THIS IS A NEW UNIT THAT WILL BE AN OBSERVATION UNIT THAT ALLOWS PATIENTS STAY 24 TO 48 HOURS. WE MANAGE THEIR MEDS, WE FIND SOCIAL WORK RESOURCES AND HOPEFULLY THEY DO A BETTER JOB OF DISCHARGING THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THIS AND IN THE BIG TRAILER PARK DOWN FROM THE HOSPITAL IF YOU DRIVE BY RIVER ROAD THERE IS A NGO TEMPORARY GOT RID OF ADR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AND INSTALLED AND IT'S BEEN THAT AS WELL PRIMARY CARE SO WE ARE PLANNING ON BREAKING GROUND HOPEFULLY EARLY 26 ON A SITE THAT MAY RIVER CROSSINGS COMING DOWN ON 17TH CAME DOWN TO THE PUBLIX THAT WILL HOLD FOUR OR FIVE MORE PCBS. WE'VE ADDED NEW PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS, THE LOWCOUNTRY MEDICAL GROUP ALREADY AT ROYAL AND WE WORKING TO ADD TWO MORE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS TO ANY VIOLENCE AS WELL. SO IN TOTAL THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE WANT TO ADD AT LEAST 18 CONSTITUENTS TO THE MARKETPLACE AND THEN TO TWO MORE PROJECTS THERE THEN I WILL WRAP IT UP. SO THE NEWEST PROJECT THAT WE'VE ANNOUNCED AND WE HOPE TO BREAK GROUND END MAY IS THE NEW FREE STATE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, THE URGENT CARE AT ISLAND WE CLOSED ON THE GOODWILL BUILDING MONTHS AGO. THERE ARE TO 78 NEAR SEA PINES AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL NEW MODEL BECAUSE APPRECIATE IS NOT DIFFERENT IS NOT NEW AND UNIQUE I THINK WHAT IS UNIQUE IS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST SOMEBODY THIS IS A LEADING AND URGENT CARE AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU GO TO ONE ENTRANCE YOU'LL BE TRIAGED DIFFERENTLY BY A TRIAGE BUT UPON PRESENTATION AND TRIAGE YOU WILL GO DOWN IN AN URGENT CARE TRACK OR AN EMERGENCY ROOM TRACK THE GREAT IS AS WE GO DOWN THAT URGENT CARE TRACK YOU'LL GET AN URGENT CARE BILL IF YOU GO ON THE E.R. RIGHT. 
          YOU WOULD HAVE EVEN MORE WHICH MEANS ULTIMATELY IT TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT OF PATIENTS. 
          A LOT OF TIMES PATIENTS REALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR ACUITY EMERGENCY ROOM OR SHOULD GO TO THE URGENT CARE. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE AIR I'LL GO INTO THE URGENT AND EMERGENCY ROOM WHEN THEY COULD HAVE SEEN AN URGENT CARE THIS AGAIN IT TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT OF IT AND ULTIMATELY WE THINK IS THE RIGHT WAY IF WE'RE LOOKING TO SAVE COSTS IN THE SYSTEM. RIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING TO DRIVE DOWN COSTS TO THE PATIENT EMPLOYERS IF THESE MODELS THAT ALLOW US TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE SEE 60 PATIENTS IN THIS MODEL 40 WATCHING THE URGENT CARE PATIENTS AND 20 WILL QUALIFY TO BE IN YOUR PATIENT AND YOU CAN SEE A STUDY THAT WAS DONE THAT ULTIMATELY GET BACK TO THE GP AND HOW MUCH HEALTHIER WE BELIEVE ABOUT $90 BILLION A YEAR THE AFFORDABLE COST OF A PATIENT WENT TO THE URGENT CARE APPROPRIATELY VERSUS GOING TO MERCY AND THAT'S REALLY WHY WE LIKE THIS MODEL BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S THE RIGHT HERE AT THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT COURSE FOR THE PATIENT AND THEN BE GLAD BE A MEDICAL CAMPUS FOR NOW WE WANT THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SO WE HAVE BROKEN GROUND ON THIS FACILITY. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE OF THIS NEW 20 BED HOSPITAL. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE MUCH OF THE BUDGET $3 MILLION. 
          YOU SEE THE SITE AS EXISTS TODAY SO THAT IS AT THE CORNER OF LUMPKIN AND BUTLER PARKWAY. 
          WE DO BELIEVE THAT BY LATE 26 THIS WILL BE COMPLETE. WE WE'LL BE SEEING OUR FIRST PATIENTS, OUR GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY BROKEN GROUND. 
          OUR GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY MAY SET UP THE 2025. SO THAT IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING. 
          WE WILL CELEBRATE I THINK THE MILESTONE THIS MEANS COUNTING FOR AN EMPTY MEMORIAL AS THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PROJECT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          AND THEN BACK TO THAT MAP AND AGAIN THIS IS IF YOU GUYS HAVE THIS AND SO YOU CAN YOU CAN LOOK THIS BUT YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF NEW DOTS ON THIS MAP INCLUDE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ANY KIND OF CARE PRACTICE OR AN EMERGENT CARE ARE WHO HOSPITAL AND SO ULTIMATELY WHAT IT SHOWS WE HOPE IT'S JUST THE TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CARE AFFORDABILITY AS WE GROW AS A SYSTEM AND SO ULTIMATELY THE REQUEST IS ABOUT $1.1 MILLION OF ONGOING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE. REALLY WHAT WE ARE IS RIGHT NOW A NUMBER OF REQUEST SPECIALISTS THAT ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THEIR SUBSIDY FOR E.R. ASSIGNED. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS IS THAT WE HAVE 24 SEVEN COVERAGE FOR OUR SPECIALTY UROLOGY NEUROLOGY BACHELOR OF GENERAL SURGERY ORTHOPEDICS. THERE'S NOT CARDIOLOGY IT'S NOT A SPECIALTY WE DON'T HAVE ON A CALL 24 SEVEN WE PROVIDE COST SAVINGS TO THE PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIANS ARE LIKEWISE SEEING MEDICAID DECREASE SALT PAY GO UP THEIR REIMBURSEMENT CUT AND SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR CONTINUED INCREASES TO THEIR CALL SUBSIDIES AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT PLUS THE MEDICAID EXPANSION ISSUES AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR SMALLER PIECE 
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WHICH IS A LITTLE LESS THAN 200,000 TO COVER SOME OF THE COSTS OF INSTALLING SPECIALIST LEVEL PRICE THERE AND SEE IF ANY QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL ARE WE WATCHING AND THAT WAS WRONG. THAT'S ALWAYS VERY INFORMATIVE . 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT PERMANENT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ADMIRED YOUR PAST PROGRAMS THAT YOU STARTED IT GROWING YOUR OWN AND HELPING OUT PEOPLE IN STATE THAT PARTICULAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OUTSTANDING WELL THAT IS I THINK THIS MODEL BASED ON THIS COUNTY HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE ARC POSITIVE THINGS THANK YOU TO THAT THAT HAS BEEN VERY VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THAT AS WELL SO I APPRECIATE AND JOHN WHEN YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL OF GETTING VERY GOOD JOB AT HELPING PUSH THAT THROUGH THE LOVE AGAIN WHEN ARE YOU GUYS EXPECTING APPROVAL FROM THE COMMONWEALTH THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING PROPERTY RIGHT BY THE END I'M HOPING OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 MONTHS WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE WHAT THESE HAVE ORDERS REGARDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE BIG WAVE OF WHICH THE HOUSING WILL REMAIN FOR WHICH I HAVE TO SAID IT WILL BE MANY YEARS AND SO WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TO GET IT OFFICIALLY TRANSFERRED OR ORIOLE WANT TO HAVE THIS WORK FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, THE ORDINANCE THAT PASSED THE ORGAN GO THROUGH LOAN EXAMPLE SO IT'S SORT OF ONE OF MY PRIMARY RHETORIC RIGHT OBVIOUSLY THAT YOU'RE HAVING GREAT QUESTIONS DONE BUT ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR COMING ON AND SAY SAY IT IS EVERY YEAR THE KIDS GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE YOU'RE THAT THERE WAS A WE DON'T GET DOWN TO THE LAST THING WE WANT YOU TO WAS GOING MYSELF SO WE DON'T STAY HERE I WOULD SAY YOU'RE FROM WE APPRECIATE IT MY WIFE WOULD NOT MOVE TO MY COMMUNITY BUT AS AN IDEA SO WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          IT CAME DOWN YOUR BIG TONY FROM HER DEATH. WE'RE HERE DOING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICE THAT EVERYONE DO PER DAY RIGHT. WE ARE BROKEN. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. I DID WANT TO INCLUDE KNOWLEDGE MISSED MOST A MAJOR WHO IS MY NEW CFO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF GUYS WHO DECIDED TO RETIRE THE ONLY SOME SO MISTAKEN I ACTUALLY THOUGHT ALMOST TEN YEARS OF ACTUALLY WISDOM WAS GIVEN SO IT WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION AND APPRECIATE THAT IT WASN'T IT WASN'T BUT GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF UPDATE YOU ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST YEAR. SO OF COURSE WE START WITH OUR MISSION THAT IS THAT IS PARAMOUNT TO WHAT WE DO. JUST HAD A NEW CLASS OF NEW HIRES AND I TELL THEM EVERY TIME YOU'RE COMING TO JUST WORK AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT ACTUALLY IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO TAKING PATIENTS ESPECIALLY PATIENTS WHO USE THE MOST JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS I THINK MOST OF YOU DO. WE ARE A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER OR PRIVATE NOT FOR PROFIT. WHAT SETS US APART FROM OTHER NONPROFITS IS TWO THINGS ONE WE HAVE TO HAVE A SLIDING SCALE SO THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT BE IN A COMMUNITY CENTER SO PATIENTS UP TO 200% OF POVERTY WE ARE REQUIRED TO DISCOUNTS ARE THESE DOWN TO A NOMINAL RATE SO PEOPLE ARE AT 100% OF POVERTY THEY WOULD PAY MORE. 
          WE ALSO ARE DISTINGUISHED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS 51% OF THEIR MUST BE PATIENTS OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY SYSTEMS SO THEY THEY KEEP ME HONEST AND LET ME KNOW WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE TO BE CHANGED AND THEN OF COURSE PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE CARE SO WE'VE BEEN HERE 55 YEARS THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR SERVICES WE HAVE 11 CENTER LOCATIONS LAST YEAR WAS TEN WE'VE EXPANDED SOME HAMPTON COUNTY AND ALSO DONE SOME EXPANSIONS HERE WE HAD OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES. 
          WE HAVE TEN SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER LOCATIONS INSIDE THE SCHOOLS AND BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES THREE OF THE 2.5 MOBILE UNITS I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT AND THEN ALL THE SERVICES NEAR ADULT PEDIATRICS WE DO I EXAMPLE I DON'T WANT TO SAY RECENTLY INSTEAD OF CRADLE TO GRAVE WHICH IS NOT GREAT IT IS FROM TWINKLE TO WRINKLE ABOUT FIVE PHARMACY LOCATIONS AND THEN ALL OF A SERIES THESE ARE ALL BEAUFORT COUNTY LOCATIONS SO SIX OF OUR HEALTH SITES ARE IN DUPLICATE COUNTY AND THEN SIX MORE THAN EIGHT HEALTH CENTERS AND THEN TWO 
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MOBILE UNITS AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW DENSO WILL BE COMING IN FALL 2021 SO ANNUAL BUDGET 37 MILLION WE HAVE A STAFF OF 400 MORE THAN 300 I JUST ASK 325 NOW AND THEN LAST YEAR WE SAW THAT 18,000 PATIENTS ON TRACK TO SEE OVER 20,000 ISSUE AND THEN 60,000 AND THAT'S SO FOR RESIDENTS ACCOUNTS FOR 56% OF THE PATIENTS THAT WE SEE OF THE 18,000 PATIENTS THAT WE SEE AND THEN UNINSURED PATIENTS COUNTY PATIENTS 27% OF THEM SO ABOUT 2700. 
          THIS IS THE COST OF UNREIMBURSED CHARGES FOR PATIENTS WHO DON'T HAVE INSURANCE. SO IT'S ABOUT $4 MILLION IN CHARGES FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE UNINSURED. WE GET ABOUT A MILLION IN PATIENTS SO WE ARE REQUIRED SEE PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF THE PAYMENTS AND FOR SOME CAN BE A LITTLE AND AND SO ABOUT $1,000,000 AND SO THIS IS THE GAP BETWEEN ALL THE STUDIES SUBMITTED DENTAL RADIOLOGY I THINK I HIGHLIGHTED THIS BEFORE BUT LABCORP SUBSIDIES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PART SO WE CONTRACT WITH LABCORP GET A SPECIAL RATE FROM BLACKHAWK, WE PAY ALL OF THE LAB FOR PEOPLE UP TO 200% OF POVERTY. SO IN POVERTY THIS YEAR I THINK IT'S 30 TO 150 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IT WAS UP TO $64,000 FOR FAMILY FOR WE PAY THE LAB FEES AND THEN THEY MAY PAY A LITTLE SLIDING SCALE BUT WE COVER THE REST AND THEN PHARMACY SERVICES AND THEN INPATIENT THAT THEY HAVE SO OVERALL TRENDS IN THIS THIS SLIDE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME SO WE HAVE INCREASE IN UNINSURED CHARGES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS ABOUT 7.7% WHICH IS GOING TO BE ABOUT BY IT. BUT THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING SO BEAUFORT COUNTY ZIP CODES WITH A HIGH INJURY TO NINE OUT OF SIX DO NOT KNOW WHAT AN INTENSIVE CARE AND SO WE'VE GOT KIND OF BURTON BEAUFORT WE'VE GOT BLUFFTON AND THEN SACO. 
          SO THOSE ARE OUR HIGHEST UNINSURED BECAUSE WHAT'S INTERESTING THIS YEAR IS THAT ALMOST 1400 MORE CHILDREN WERE WITHOUT INSURANCE LAST YEAR COMPARED TO 2020. 
          SO AND THEN I HAD A DECREASE IN KIDS OF MEDICAID SO WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT MEDICAID REDETERMINATION THAT HAPPENS SO AT LEAST 700 KIDS THAT HAD MEDICAID THE YEAR BEFORE DID NOT IT THIS YEAR AND THEN WE HAD MORE UNINSURED BUT HAVEN'T ABLE TO TEASE OUT I'M STILL TRYING TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND JUST ABLE TO GET OUR REPORTS IS WHAT PERCENTAGE COUNTY WHAT PERCENTAGE AS WAS CAMDEN. BUT WE WENT WITH 60% OF COUNTIES. THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS WITHOUT INSURANCE. 
          WHAT WE ADD IS THAT THEY WERE MORE OF ADULTS WITH INSURANCE. SO THE AFFORDABLE SO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NAVIGATORS WHO HELP PATIENTS WHO ARE LOW INCOME GET INSURANCE AND WHATEVER THEY ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT WAS THERE'S SOME SUBSIDY RIGHT RIGHT NOW NOT SURE IF THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE YOU OR NOT. SO THE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE FOR NEXT BY THE WAY, WE STAND READY TO TAKE CARE OF THE REVENUE UNINSURED OR NOT, IT'S ABOUT 29% OVERALL UNINSURED ABOUT 22% MEDICARE FOR US MEDICAID IS HIGHER 2520 6% AND THEN WE HAVE SOME FINANCIAL AND MOST OF THAT IS AFFORDABLE CARE ACT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND THEN OTHER TYPES OF INSURANCE THAT SHOULD. 
          ALL RIGHT. NOW THIS JUST SHOWS SOME OF OUR THIS SPECIFICALLY YOUR NEIGHBOR JASPER SOME OF OUR SAVINGS COST SAVINGS TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM ABOUT $11 MILLION LAST YEAR, $26 MILLION OVERALL TO THE SYSTEM. A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH COST. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO HAD SOME EXPANSION I TALKED ABOUT OUR OKATIE LOCATION WE HAD A FEDERAL GRANT TO EXPAND VOTES SIZE OF OUR WELL WE ALSO THINK SHOWS SO WE ADDED TWO DENTAL AVERAGE WORRIES NINE MORE EXAM ONE WEEKS A PROCEDURE ROOM AND THEN A WALK AT FUN AND HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO DRIVE AND OTHER THINGS SO WHAT DO I KNOW GET A WINDOW IN THE SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS AND NOW WE ACTUALLY CAN SERVE PEOPLE IN THE EVENINGS AND THEN ON WEEKENDS AT OUR PHARMACY THERE AND THEN AN EXCITING PROJECT IS DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN SO CONSIDERING THAT THAT NUTRITION IS VERY IMPORTANT FROM DISEASE MANAGEMENT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN A DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN THAT 
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HAS ADEQUATE SO I COULD BE DEMONSTRATING HOW TO COOK A MEAL OR NUTRITION DEPARTMENT AND PEOPLE THINK I'M ZOOM THEY COULD BE AT ANOTHER SITE OR THEY COULD BE IN THE COMMUNAL SPACE AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE MONITORS LIKE THIS AND THEN WE ALSO EXPAND ON OUR NUTRITION SERVICES AND THE BEHAVIOR TO BEHAVIOR HEALTH SESSIONS TO EXCITING PARTNERSHIPS SO SO UCB IN THE BLUFFTON CAMPUS AND THE BUBER CAMPUS WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS THEY DON'T HAVE ON CAMPUS MEDICAL CARE SO STUDENTS HAVE TO GO OFF CAMPUS. SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THAT. SO SO OUR MOBILE UNIT WAS UP TO RECENTLY WENT TO THE BLUFFTON CAMPUS COMES TO CAMPUS AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE FOR NOW HOPEFULLY THAT EXPANDS AGAIN SO WE CAN SHARE THIS AND THEN WE ALSO STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH HEAD START WHERE WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS INVOLVED HEAD START AND PROVIDE LIGHTS. 
          THIS IS JUST SHOWING SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH DIABETES VERY WELL CONTROLLING DIABETES AND WE'VE IMPROVED ON OUR BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL SO IF YOU COME TO US IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY THAT YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE BE CONTROLLED AND YOUR DIET IN THE CONFERENCE AND THIS JUST TALKS ABOUT THAT AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST OF  CANCER SCREENING AMONG OTHER CITIZENS AND THEN ALSO TOP TWO OR THREE FOR THESE OTHER CERVICAL CANCER COLORECTAL CANCER SO GETS AT THE QUALITY. 
          SO THIS IS THE REQUEST WE WERE AT 1,000,082 LAST YEAR AND JUST ASK FOR A SLIGHT INCREASE OF AND THEN IN THE SLIDE DECK THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON YOU WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION WHERE I GO DOWN EACH OF OUR SITES AND SHOW YOU WHAT SERVICES ARE SITES AND OTHER SITES I HAVE A QUESTION AND QUESTIONS WE'RE SUPPOSED THEN OBVIOUSLY LOOKS LIKE FOR FIRE WHEN THEY BUY HERE WAITING WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO SO JUST LET ME KNOW AND JUST QUICKLY YOU ASK IS NOTHING IF NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING JUST THE 7.7% WHATEVER THAT IS IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN 10,000 IS DOESN'T CHANGE CONSUMPTION OKAY THAT'S AN INCREASE THE UNINSURED OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU. 
          RIGHT. I KNOW WE'RE WAY BEHIND. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND THAT'S ON THE RIGHT BACK HERE TO PEOPLE JUST TO CLARIFY THOSE FOR YOUR HOSPITAL AND BRING IN COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH POLICY FOR MALES AND BOTH OF THEIR REQUESTS ARE WITHIN YOUR ONE APPOINTMENT SO YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN INCREASE ABOVE THAT SO THERE'S A LOT OF THAT RIGHT BACK HER ARTICULATED. ALL RIGHT I DO MY PART RIGHT NOW SARAH THE THE KIND OF THAT WE YOU YOU LIKE SIX YOU LET'S SEE A LOT OF FOR COMING APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AS USUAL THANK YOU FOR WAITING WE RECEIVED DR.. 
          OKAY 2 MINUTES OF SLIDES. YEP THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE LOST. 
          SO FOR THOSE DON'T KNOW I WAS DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY THAT APPRECIATE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS THIS AFTERNOON AND I PLAN ON PROVIDING JUST A RECAP OF OUR ALL TOWARDS THE SEWER PROJECT AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW ON WHERE WE AT WITH OUR PRESENT FUNDING FRAMEWORK ON THE PROJECT AND THEN DISCUSS THE ONGOING ACTIVITY AND THE NEXT ON THE PROJECT BUDGET. LOOK BACK AT MY CALENDAR YEAR AND APRIL 16TH 2024 WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT MYSELF AND GUS IN THE WALLS OF OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WHENEVER I WORKED ON THAT NONE OF THAT WENT TO JASPER WATER AND WE DISCUSSED THE JOINT PROJECT IN THAT CONVERSATION WE REALLY WOULD SPRINGBOARD IT OUR EFFORT 
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AROUND THE SEWER PROJECT SO IT'S WE'RE ONE YEAR AND WE'VE BEEN FIVE DAYS OR ONE FROM THAT MEETING I TRULY FEEL THAT WE MADE A GREAT DEAL OF PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MARK'S EFFORTS AND ARE TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY ON COUNTY COUNCIL'S EFFORTS WHICH ALL HAVE ALL BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OVER THE PAST YEARS. WE WORKED ON THIS AND SO I'M REALLY TO BE BACK HERE TODAY AS I MENTIONED THIS TIME YEAR WHEN WE BEGAN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE REGION WE'VE BEEN WORKING DEVELOPING WITH THE RIGHT AS WELL AS OTHER LOCAL PUBLIC JURISDICTIONS SUCH AS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT THE MEETING WAS EXPERIENCING A REAL CHALLENGE WITH SEPTIC IN OUR BUILDING AND IN FOCUSING ON THAT AREA ALL THE WAY WAS SET IN DIRECT PROXIMITY OF THE RIVER WATERSHED WITH THE LOWEST ELEVATION AND WE OUTLINED A POTENTIAL PROJECT SO ABOUT 200 HOMES THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $15 MILLION PROJECT IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AT THE TIME AND OVER THE PAST YEAR WE RECEIVED COUNTLESS FIRSTHAND TESTIMONIALS ANECDOTES FROM COMMUNITY RESIDENTS THAT CAME TO US AND EXPRESSED THAT THEY HAD CHALLENGES THEIR SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND THAT THEY DESIRED A SOLUTION FOR THOSE CHALLENGES. WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR DATA AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THIS BUT WE LOOKED AT HARD DATA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THAT STUDY IN DIMINISHING WATER QUALITY AND LINKED THAT IN THE MAY RIVER TO SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN PROXIMITY TO THE WATERSHED. AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT HEART DATA FROM THE CIGARET CONSORTIUM A STUDY THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE COUNTY THAT LOOKED DIRECTLY AT ALL THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE RIVER VALLEY AND HOW AND SEA LEVEL RISE IS IMPACTING SEPTIC SYSTEMS ABILITY TO FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHIN OUR ULTIMATE PROJECT BOUNDARY THE STATE BY 2050 ABOUT HALF OF THOSE PARCELS WOULD HAVE IT'S SCARY IN 20 DAYS OF SEPTIC SYSTEM IMPAIRMENT ONE DAY OF SEPTIC SYSTEM IMPAIRMENT IS UNACCEPTABLE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS WITH GREAT SUPPORT FROM A NUMBER PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERS WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO BRING A SOLUTION TO THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH THE SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT AND SEPTEMBER OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED $4.6 MILLION TOWARDS THE PROJECT DOWN IN COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION $1,000,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IN OCTOBER AND THEN THE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY APPROVED ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN DECEMBER AND SUBSEQUENT TO THOSE FUNDS BEING APPROVED WE WORKED WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WHO IN MY MIND IT'S REALLY A GREAT GESTURE OF PARTNERSHIP HAS STEPPED UP AND APPROVED COVERING 50 50% OF THE CONNECTION COSTS FOR RESIDENTS WITHIN. 
          THE PROJECT BOUNDARY WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT A MONETARY VALUE OF JUST OVER $1.1 MILLION BASED ON THE 200 HOMES AND THAT OUR RIVER JASPER BOARD APPROVED MARCH COVERING THE OTHER 50% THAT WAS IN AN EFFORT TO BRING UP THE COST BURDENS ON RESIDENTS LOOKING TO CONNECT TO THE PROJECT. WE SPENT OF DOLLARS ON SEWER. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOR THERE TO BE BARRIERS OF ENTRY THAT WOULD THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON REALLY DOING A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THEIR CONTRIBUTION ADDITIONALLY WOULD BEEN WORKING WITH THE STATE ON SECURING ADDITIONAL AND FOR PRESENTLY WE'RE A $7.1 BILLION THAT'S ALLOCATED TO THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE COVERAGE OF THE ENERGY COST OUR REMAINS TO PRECIPITATE THE LARGER INVESTMENT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STATE IN OUR DELEGATION TO BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE TABLE AS ARNETT AND I WERE IN COLUMBIA JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND REPRESENTED AND REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTMAN REMAINED COMMITTED AND SUPPORTIVE TO THE PROJECT. WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. PRESENTLY WE'VE COMPLETED A MASTER PLAN FOR THE ULTIMATE PROJECT. WE'VE BEEN SURVEYING THE LARGER PROJECT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN 
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PROCESS NOW AND THAT WE ANTICIPATE THE SURVEY BEING COMPLETED IN THE MONTH OF MAY. 
          WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON SIGN UPS AND THEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND ONCE SURVEY IS COMPLETED I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT IN TERMS OF THE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY FUNDS WE DO HAVE DEADLINE OF DECEMBER OF 2026 AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO EXPECT US TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY ON THE PORTION OF THE PROJECT THAT IS PRESENTLY FUNDED AT THE $7.1 MILLION AND SO WE'RE FULL STEAM AHEAD ON THAT SURVEY HOPING TO TAKE OFF DESIGN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION DEADLINE WOULD NEED TO BE SET FOR 2026. THE LAST THING I'LL NOTE IS BEEN A LOT OF TALK AROUND COST OF LIVING INCREASES AND WE DID WORK FOR JASPER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH DOLLARS AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS SEES HIMSELF AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AND AS A PUBLIC SERVANT IN OUR JOB IS TO IMPACT OUR CONSTITUENTS LIVES ALSO FASHION AND YOU KNOW WHEN OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, OFTEN TIMES THESE ARE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A ISSUE WITH YOUR SEPTIC SYSTEM OR AN ISSUE WITH YOUR WELLS SYSTEM CAN SEE OVERWHELMING. AND SO AS YOU'VE HEARD JASPER AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR COMMITTEE INTERNALLY THAT'S FOCUSED ON AREAS AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS ALL THROUGH A PROJECT FOR PROJECTS LIKE THE STIRLING PROJECT OR THE DALE WATERLINE EXTENSION PROJECT I TRULY BELIEVE THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT PRIORITIZE PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIZE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THEN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR CONSTITUENTS LIVES. AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THIS ALL JOINT PROJECT. I THINK THIS IS ONE PROJECT THAT HAS A LOT OF VALUE BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A COMPREHENSIVE CHALLENGE. THERE'S ONE SEWARD AREAS ON WATER AREAS ACROSS OUR REGION AND WITHIN THIS PARTNERSHIP WE'RE ABLE TO START TACKLING THESE ISSUES. SO WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MORE IN THE FUTURE AUDIENCE OR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          LET ME JUST START OFF BY SAYING THAT YES, THIS IS THE ALL JOY INITIATIVE THAT CHARLIE REALLY, REALLY TO MOVE FORWARD. IT IS IT IS ABOUT HELPING THOSE DOWN THAT ARE ALSO RECEIVING THE OTHER SIDE WHERE ENVIRONMENTALLY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO JUMP AHEAD OF THINGS WE'RE MAKING SPAN ALL THE FLOODING THAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE WE IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND THERE'S MORE FLOODING THAT'S HAPPENING HIGHER TIDES THAT ARE OCCURRING AND MORE FECAL MATTER IS GETTING PUSHED INTO THE RIVER. 
          SO AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BUT ALSO TRYING TO PROTECT THE WAY RIVER I THINK AND THAT'S THE TOWN OF WALKER NOW IS ALSO TRYING TO HELP OUT AS WELL WE SEE THE HANDWRITING ON THE OF OTHER PLACES THAT THAT HAS TO BE SOMETHING SYSTEM SO WE'LL THANK CHARLIE FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE YOU'VE SAVED A LOT OF WORK TO GO THROUGH FOR JASPER WAS THERE THEIR NEW ADMINISTRATION OF PEOPLE OR THEIR PERCEIVED WORLD DIFFERENCE WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE AND EVERY SINGLE IS THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE JUST TO PRESENT PRESENTATION HOW WE'RE DOING CONSIDERING THIS SITE AS THE POSTER WAS AND THEN THE ISSUE WHICH I WOULD HOPE THAT BECAUSE OF THIS HEARING YOU HAVE SAID HOW DO YOU I HADN'T BEEN SAYING THIS TO YOU BUT WE'RE INVOLVED THE MAJOR NEWS FROM THE COUNTY DIDN'T YOU TAKE NOTE IMMEDIATELY THAT YOU KNOW WHAT COMMUNITIES THERE ARE IMPORTANT SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION I KNOW THE TOWN IS IN AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OUR TESTING WITHIN THE TOWN AND YOU ALL JOINT COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN THE FOCAL POINT OF THOSE TESTS REALLY ACROSS YOUR REGION. THERE'S BEEN CHALLENGES WITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE COASTAL FALLS AND CHALLENGES WITH SUBJECT SYSTEMS REGION AND WE DO HAVE A WATERSHED. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NOT CONDUCTED STUDIES BUT THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS WITHIN 
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PROXIMITY TO THE WATERSHED THAT YOU YEAH WELL YOU KNOW IT'S HARD TO POINT YOU KNOW, TRY TO EVERY YEAR BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN ATTEST TO THIS PARTICULAR AREA AS A MAJOR PROBLEM. 
          WILL YOU PUT THAT WAY SO I CALL ON I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER BECAUSE WATER QUALITY THEY REALLY DO YEAH I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT IT'S NOT SEPTIC SYSTEMS YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES THAT PLAY A FACTOR IN DIMINISHING WATER QUALITY YOU KNOW SOME OF IT'S DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS. 
          SO YOU KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE IT BECAUSE THAT'S CERTAINLY CAUSING THE DIMINISHING WATER QUALITY. IT'S ONE VARIABLE. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS YES ON SO WHAT THAT FOCUS ON ALL JOY AND THEN YOU JUST THE STATEMENT SOUNDED GREAT WAS GATHERING MY OWN INFORMATION HERE SO LESS ON NEAR THE WATERWAYS THE BEST WAY TO GO FOR IT IS SEEING THOSE HOUSES THAT HAVE SEPTIC TANKS ON ANYTHING NEAR THE WATER IS OUR TO TIE IN YEAH SO WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT BEFORE JUST FOR AN UNDERSERVED WOMEN THAT UNDERSERVED IS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT AREAS WHERE THERE'S A ADVERSE IMPACT TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR TO I WOULD SAY THIS IS VERY COMMUNITY DEPENDENT. SOME COMMUNITIES DON'T NECESSARILY WATER SEWER EXTENSION AND SO AS WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES WE WANT TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY DESIRES I THINK. BUT ONE THING AVAILABLE JOINT THAT HAS BEEN A POSITIVE HAS BEEN THE RESIDENTS ARE TRULY DRIVEN THIS PROJECT WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT POINT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND THEN WE HAVE TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY SO WE WORK WITH THEM TO DRIVE THIS SHOW THANK YOU. 
          LET ME JUST POINT OUT ONE THING WITH WITH SEWER GOING FROM SEPTIC TO SEWER IS THAT THAT DOES ALLOW HIGHER DENSITIES OF UNITS. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE SEWER SYSTEM SAYING INTO AREAS THAT ARE LESS POPULATED I THINK THAT EVEN WITH OUR CURRENT ZONING IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE MORE UNITS. SO AGAIN WORDS THAT GIVE A TASTE OF OF OF SOMETHING OF SEWER RIGHT HERE THAT SEWER YOU KNOW HIGHER LEVELS OF ESSENTIAL YES WE KNOW DOWN BELOW MARKET THIS IS NEXT TO THE PROJECTED PROPERTIES YES THAT THAT IN OUR QUESTIONS FOR CHARLIE THANK YOU FOR GOING APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND EVERYTHING YOU DO SPEND YOUR CAPITAL SORRY WE'RE ALWAYS RIGHT OUR LAST BUDGET PRESENTATION THANK NOT NEEDS TO GO FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU IT'S LIKE COMING UP FOR A FEW SLIDES SO MOVE THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. 
          I HAVE MORE ON THE AGENDA. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THERE IS A LITTLE LAG TO IT SO THANK YOU. YES SIR. WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU CATCH UP EARLIER WITH OF OUR CLIENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. OUR OUR JOB IS BE THE COLLABORATOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUR FOCUS IS NOT ONLY DIVERSIFYING THE ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING CREATING WELL-PAYING JOBS AND WITH WHAT CHARLIE SNOW JUST TOUCHED ON BEING RESPECTFUL THE ENVIRONMENT SO WE STAY FOCUSED ON THAT. 
          I'VE SHARED THIS SLIDE WITH YOU I SHARE IT WITH EVERY COMMUNITY GROUP WE SPEAK TO ABOUT WHAT WE CALL THE VIEW FOR BALANCE AND HOW I CAN DEVELOPMENT FITS INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL BEEN JUGGLE WITH AND NO DISRESPECT TO THE LAST SPEAKER WE DO HAVE AN EXCELLENT TEAM IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. KELLY BRUNSON IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND BRIAN WARNER JOINED US DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR NOT BRING ALL OF MY REQUESTS TODAY IN BUT OUR OUR REQUEST IS MODEST AGAIN FOUND A WAY THAT THESE THREE PILLARS THE ACCELERATING AREA THEIR READY WORKFORCE AND OUR PARALLEL NOW I WAS THINKING AS I WAS SITTING THERE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
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DONE WELL IS MORE THAN A FEELING DRIVEN BY DATA AND WE TO KEEP TRACK OF THIS WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF IN OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR TO DATE IN TERMS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS YOU CAN SEE THE CUMULATIVE IN THE THIRD COLUMN BEING NEAR A YEARLY IN THE FOURTH COUNT. 
          SO WE ARE GOING PROBABLY FINISH BASED ON A PROJECT WE JUST GOT IN ON FRIDAY AT ABOUT $125 MILLION OF OF PROMISED CAPITAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTY AND CREATION THE ONE THAT CAME IN THIS PAST FRIDAY. SO OVER 150 JOBS. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING A THE END OF OUR YEAR BUSINESS RETENTION. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY WE ARE OUT THERE ATTRACTING COMPANY BUT IN KEEPING WITH THE STATE'S MOTTO FROM LAUNCH THE LEGACY WE HAVE BRIAN WARNER OUT THERE MEETING WITH 7580 COMPANIES THIS YEAR MAKING SURE WE WHAT THEIR PAIN POINTS ARE AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEN LEADS WHERE WE'RE AT 80% RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD BE AT 80 AT YEAR'S END. OUR TARGETS OUR TARGETS ARE ALL CLEAN INDUSTRY AS YOU CAN SEE AND THIS COUNCIL HAS SEEN THEM BEFORE WE SHARE THEM AGAIN WITH EVERY COMMUNITY GROUP WE SPEAK WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING IS 375,000 I WOULD SAY THIS IS A MODEST BUT A 5% INCREASE. WE'RE ASKING EACH OF OUR FUNDING PARTNERS AND HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY THE TOWNS OF A 5% INCREASE SO THAT WOULD INCREASE IT BY JUST OVER $18,000 TO 393750 5% INCREASE. WE HAVEN'T HAD AN INCREASE IN SIX YEAR SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 8/10 OF A PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR REASONS FOR THE INCREASE WOULD BE GOING TO THREE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE NOW KEEP IN MIND 18,000 IS NOT THAT THIRD PLACE SALARY SO WE'VE INCREASED OUR FUNDRAISING AND SOME OF OUR OTHER INCOME EARNING IN EARNING INTEREST AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO KEEP OUR COST DOWN BENEFITS AND THEN EXPENSES WITH CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH FULL TIME EMPLOYEES LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT TRAVEL MEALS, CONFERENCES, LEAGUE MISSIONS SO ON. SO THAT IS ARE OUR REQUESTS IF THERE ANY I HAVE SOME MORE DATA IN THE PRESENTATION I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANY QUESTIONS VARIABLE SO DO THIS IS A MODEST INCREASE REQUEST. 
          SO MR. O'TOOLE, WHAT'S YOUR FISCAL 25 PROJECTED BALANCE IN THE JOBS FUND IN THE JOB SIDE FUND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. THE BALANCE SHOULD BE ABOUT A THREE POINT I WOULD SAY 3.2. WE HAVE SPENT WE WERE 24 CURRENT FUND BALANCE THE 1,095,000 AND THEN WITH THE ADDITION THE EXTRA MILL WILL BE ROUGHLY $3.2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL LOSSES ON THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW. CORRECT. 
          YEAH. SO AND I SAW HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA LATER TODAY SO WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET SO I HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO. WE DON'T GET A LOT WE DON'T GET A BUDGET SO ALL I KNOW IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME. I HAVE A QUESTION FROM THE LAST MEETING I ATTENDED THE FUNDS THAT YOU GIVE FOR GRANTS AND I'M NOT GOING TO NAME WHAT THEY ARE WE'RE WHICH WHERE ARE THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM? THEY COME OUT OF THE ACCOUNTING JOB FUND THEY DO ACCOUNT SO ANYTHING WE PROJECT TO DO AT YEAR END ON FRIDAY WE TOOK IN A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO INVEST $7.2 MILLION. IT'S 5152 JOBS ARE ESTIMATED TO PAY NEARLY 53,000. THERE MIGHT BE A GRANT THAT WE MAKE TO ENTICE THAT COMPANY TO COME TO WORK WITH. WELL I HAD THOSE FUNDS COME OUT OF THE SITE JOB FUND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GRANTS THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THE LAST MEETING THE SMALLER YEAH WHERE IS THAT MONEY COME FROM SITE AND JOB FUND BILL SO THE THREE I WON'T NAME WITH THERE BUT THE THREE GRANTS I QUESTIONED WHETHER THEY WERE REALLY ECONOMIC OR USE THE TERM GIVEAWAY THERE'S ANOTHER SITTING OUT THERE SO THAT'S COMING FROM THE JOB SITE FUND RIGHT? DO OTHER ENTITIES PUT MONEY INTO OUR FUNDING? NO. SO IT'S ALL IN THE COUNTY 1.3 MILLS, CORRECT? 
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YEAH. THIS COUNCIL SO IT'S NOT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL COUNCIL CONSIDERED THAT GROUP APPROVED THAT LAST APRIL BUT IF YOU HAVE A CARRYOVER HOW MUCH DID SAY 3.3 MILLION 124 ON BALANCE 1199 5000 AND THEN AT THE END OF CORRECT I MEAN ANY PROJECTS WE HAD COMING TO THE END OF THE YEAR SO I JUST QUESTION WHY WE WOULD CONTINUE TO PUT ANOTHER MILL IT WOULD MEAN 10.3 BUT ANOTHER MILL WE'RE FUNDING THAT AND NOT USING IT. 
          IT'S A CARRYOVER AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE THREE GRANTS YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT YOUR LAST MEETING I STILL QUESTION HOW THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE WE GET THOSE THOSE WERE APPROVED SO WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TO THEM IN OPEN SESSION AS TO WHY WE IT WE OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE IN OPEN SESSION AND I BRING THOSE TO OUR BOARD AND I BELIEVE THEY ALL APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY OUR BOARD SO I CAN UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND AND IF YOU THINK IF YOU THINK AND THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING OUR LAND PURCHASE IS TO THE COUNCIL IS BECAUSE WE'RE VERY RESPECTFUL THE FACT THE COUNCIL HAS ENDOWED US WITH THIS 11.3 MILLS AND THE THOUGHT WAS THAT WHEN THIS SITE FUNDS WAS FIRST CREATED AND WITH 2.3 MILLS IN 2017 WAS THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION SPENDING MONEY BECAUSE IT'S WITH USE IT OR LOSE IT PHILOSOPHY YOU WANT THEM TO SAVE IT SO THAT YOU COULD DO SOME PUBLIC GOOD AND CREATE PRODUCT AND CREATE JOBS AND THE GRANTS THAT WE APPROVED LAST MONTH I'D BE HAPPY TO PUT THOSE ON A COMMITTEE AGENDA OR FULL COUNCIL AGENDA AND EXPLAIN WHY WE WHY WE MADE THOSE GRANTS AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL IF THE COUNCIL SAID YOU KNOW WE WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO SEE IT THAT'S KIND OF OUT OF THE GUARDRAILS SO WE CAN WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AND DEVELOP GUARDRAILS BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD A FULLY ENGAGED BOARD OF LARGELY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND SO WE ARE WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING A REALLY OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND GET ON THE COUNCIL'S OPINION ON GUARDRAILS IT WAS ONE PIECE THAT CAME UP THAT WAS GOING TO BENEFIT THAT MR. EDMONDSON FOLLOWED UP ME AFTER THE MEETING MR. MOORE HAD A MEETING WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR OF HILTON HEAD AND THAT THAT ONE PARTICULAR GRANT IS NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON ON THE WORKFORCE OF THE NORTH PROJECT. I LOVE THAT BUT I ALSO HAD A CONCERN IT ONE FROM LAST YEAR BUT THERE HAVE BEEN FOR ANOTHER DAY I'M JUST QUESTIONING COUNCIL WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE ONE MILL IF WE IF YOU WEREN'T SPENDING YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO ASK FOR MONEY BUT TO RESERVE 1.3 MILLS WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPENDING IT IS GOES BACK TO OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE TREASURER YOU KNOW THAT'S MY CONCERN AND ALSO ONE OF THE PROJECT YOU ALL APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING WAS DENIED BY COUNTY COUNCIL LAST YEAR AND NOW WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING COUNTY COUNCIL MONEY THE MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THE SAME THING COUNCIL DENIED I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN'T EVEN RESPOND TO IT BECAUSE GIVEN THE DETAIL YOU GAVE ME I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHICH ONE IT IS. SO I'M $48,000. LET ME JUST SAY THAT SO AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER BUT THIS HAS TO COME OUT AND NOW I'M I MEAN I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK IT NOW WHEN NOT IF NO ONE ELSE. OH YEAH I I THE LESSON FOR CAN BE USING AND FOR DISCLOSURE I VOTED YES ON ALL THOSE PROJECTS AT THE LAST MEETING WHICH IS WHY I PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          SO ONE QUESTION JOBS SOMETIMES UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE GIVE A GRANT AN ORGANIZATION DO ARE THEY REQUIRED TO COME BACK WITH LIKE NEED TO SAY OKAY OKAY WE GAVE $100 THEY SPENT $10 A MESSAGE WELL THAT BOTH OF US ARE THEY ARE THEY REQUIRED TO DO THAT IN THE NO WE WE DON'T WE DON'T ASK FOR GROUPS ENTIRE BUDGETS BUT DO NOT BUDGET JUST WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT THAT WE GAVE THEM. YES YEAH. ARE THEY DO ANY OF THE ONES WE APPROVE AND WE HAVE ANNUAL REPORTING AND CLAWBACK IF THEY DON'T DELIVER ON WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO OFTEN TIMES WE WE AGAIN BRIAN WARNER IS OUT OUT VISITING WITH EVERY 
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YEAR SO IF SOMEBODY SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO INVEST $3 MILLION IN A BREWERY WE'LL WE WON'T BE OUT THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE OR THEY WEREN'T NOT AND IN THE LAST YEAR ACTUALLY IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS WE CLAWED ON A A $15,000 GRANT. 
          WE BOUGHT BACK $11,000 AND ON A $100,000 GRANT WE CLAWED BACK 35,000 AND THEY COULDN'T COME UP WITH BECAUSE THEY THE PROJECT DIDN'T MATERIALIZE THE WAY THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD WHEN IT AT INCEPTION AND IT WAS VERY ADMIRABLE IT WAS TRUE AND THEN WHEN THEY GOT MORE CONFIDENCE ONE OF THEM WAS THAT THE FUND WAS COOL TO DOLLARS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY A REPORT OVER FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE AND IT WAS NO HELP CLEARLY IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS NEEDED TO KNOW THE PROCESS AND ROLE OF REMODEL IN THE GOVERNMENT MOVING VERY DIFFERENT NOW CONTROL GROUPS LOOKING AT THE CORE 25 THAT I READ ALL THE TIME IT WAS ABOUT $7,000 WOULD NEVER BE DONE ESPECIALLY WITH IT KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE CO-OP IS NOW PROCESSING IT'S STARTING TO SO ALL OF THE STUFF THAT THEY WILL BE SELLING TO SCHOOLS SO YOU GO TO GRANTS THAT HAPPENED THROUGH THERE AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT IS VERY APPRECIATIVE AND IT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO WORKFORCE INITIATIVES YOUNG HEALTHY. 
          I WOULD COMMENT ON THAT THERE'S MORE TO GAIN FOR THIS BODY I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR YOU'VE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN PART OF DEVELOPING PRETTY CLOSE TO $18 MILLION IN BECAUSE OF THAT WE AS A BODY INITIALLY THE 1.111 DEAL ONE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S WHAT HE'S HERE TODAY LATER ON YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SCHOOL SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THOSE TWO COMMENTS WILL I BUT I DO THINK COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILPERSON DEBORAH NEXT POINT IS THE SORRY I DON'T GET IT. 
          OKAY THANKS THANKS TO ALL THE CARE. OKAY. 
          BUT I THINK I DO YOUR YOUR YOUR POINT IS WELL RAISED THAT MAYBE SHOULD LOOK AT THE 1.3 MILLS BECAUSE IT'S GOOD NOT TO DO IT THIS YEAR IF YOU COULD LEAVE IT IN PLACE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PRODUCT UP BUT WHEN WE WERE FIRST CONSIDERING IT WE WERE PURSUING THIS IDEA THAT THERE WERE SOME 500 RADIATORS UP IN UP IN THE EMBASSY MORE DEVELOPED AND SO WE WENT THROUGH PROCESS AND THIS IS I HOPE WHERE WE CAN TRUST EACH OTHER IS THAT IF IT'S A BAD BUY OUR GROUP IS NOT COMMITTED TO USING IT OR PURSUING BECAUSE WE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE A GOOD IDEA RIGHT NOW THAT THAT ONE HAS FALLEN OFF THE CART SO I WOULD AND WE I BELIEVE KELLY BRUNSON HAD SUBMITTED ACE TO GO OVER OUR ENTIRE PRODUCT PLAN AND BRING THAT COUNCIL UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR OUR OUR CONTEMPLATED PURCHASES AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT BUT WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE SOME PARCELS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND IF THERE IS A CHANGE FROM COUNCIL WE HAVE TO KNOW WHETHER WE SHOULD PURSUE THE FINANCING ROUTES WE'RE LOOKING AT IN ORDER TO GET MORE DONE DURING WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME. BUT AT INCEPTION WHICH IS ONLY 12 MONTHS AGO WE WERE TOLD PROMISE THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THIS FUNDING ARRANGEMENT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AND GO BACK TO THE 48,000 PARTICULARLY SINCE YOU SAID WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. I'M NOT SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTOOD THAT COUNTY COUNCIL OF INTERNET THAT ORGANIZATION DOWN ON YOUR THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO FOR THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS THOSE MENTIONED SCHOLARSHIPS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD THE PROBLEMS THE U.S. AND THE HOSPITAL TO DO GROW OUR OWN NURSES SO TO SPEAK I USE THAT TERM WE HAD THE PATH PROGRAM 
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PROGRAM WHERE PUT OUR MONEY ON THE USCCB FOR THAT WE TURNED IT DOWN AND I'M NOT SURE YOUR BOARD OF UNDERSTOOD THAT OR REMEMBER THAT SO THAT THAT WAS MY CONCERN TOO. 
          WHY ARE WE WHY THIS BOARD OVERRULING SOMETHING THAT WE HAD ALREADY TURNED DOWN WAS COUNTY COUNCIL. I GUESS NOTHING CAN REALLY CHANGE. 
          YEAH I DIDN'T KNOW AND THIS WHERE WE COULD HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION BUT I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE OVERTURNING WHAT THE QUESTION. YEAH WELL I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT I KNEW YOU HAD TURNED IT DOWN. I CAN ATTEST TO EVERY ONE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS KNEW THAT BUT MY THOUGHT WAS IS THAT IN A IN A IN A WORLD OF LIMITED RESOURCES THE COUNCIL DECIDED NOT TO AFTER IT AFTER THAT GROUP DID THE PILOT NURSING RETENTION PROGRAM SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE OUR OFFICE AND LEFT AND NO ONE'S LOOKING AT 1000 EMPLOYEES RIGHT ACROSS FROM WASHINGTON SQUARE AND USC IS BUILDING SOMETHING RIGHT FROM THE TOWNS OF BEAUFORT MEMORIAL IS BUILDING SOMETHING AT THE CORNER SO THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE A HIGH DEMAND. 
          WE DO WE DO FEEL THAT IT'S WITHIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO DO WORKFORCE HOUSING, TO DO RETENTION PROGRAMS THAT TOWN IN AND I THINK NO ONE'S GOING TO HAVE ROOM FOR THEM TO BUT AT THE TIME COUNCILOR KELLY PHELPS I DON'T THINK THOUGHT IT A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT THEY PROPOSED THAT OR THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF AND THAT THE CHAIRMAN THE VICE CHAIR AND YOUR LADIES ON AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU'RE AT OUR MEETINGS YOU CAN'T SPEAK UP SO YOU KNOW I DID BRING IT UP BEFORE THE MEETING THE SEVERAL OF YOU AND ALSO THE PRESENTER FOR THAT PROGRAM KNOWS WE TURNED IT DOWN SO THAT WAS DISINGENUOUS TO SOME MEMBERS AS FAR AS THEY KNOW COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED NO YOU KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS BECAUSE FUNDAMENTAL YOU WERE AGAINST IT I THOUGHT IT HAD TO DO WITH ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES . I'D LIKE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE JOURNAL AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE ABSENT. WE COULDN'T YOU KNOW, ONE ONE PIECE IN THIS BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS TO DO ECONOMIC IMPACT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEVEL OF ECONOMIC IMPACT WAS DONE ON THE ORIGINAL PILOT BUT WE'D WE'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH CLEMSON TO EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CHEATING VERSUS WELL FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL REMIND THEM WHAT YOUR $40,000 IS GOING TO BE FOR IT'S TO RETAIN NURSES SO ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME PROGRAM IT'S LEVERAGE AGAINST EITHER THREE OR $6,000 DEPENDING ON A PRIVATE AND SO WE'RE NOT GIVING AN ENTIRE ALLOTMENT TO ONE NURSE OR TWO FIVE NURSES IT'S TO RETAIN 13 TO 1616 AT 3000 EACH. YEAH. SO WHAT DID THEY USE THAT MONEY FOR THE GENERATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT IS IT'S SUSTAINED SO SIMILAR TO THE ISSUES THE TREASURER'S OFFICE HAVING IN TERMS OF RETAINING DOWN BUT THERE'S NO QUALIFIER HOW THEY SPEND IT THAT'S THE QUESTION WE'LL PUT IN THERE COLUMNIST ON IT THERE WILL BE AN WELL WE'LL DO SOME WE'LL DO SOME WORK ON. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION MR. PALMER MENTIONED MILLION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. WHAT'S THAT 3.5 MILLION OR WHATEVER? 1.3 MILLION IS OVER YEARS. WE'LL KNOW MORE THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS ONE YEAR INTO IT IF DO IT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND YEAR AND THEN IT WOULD BE THREE YEARS RETIREMENT BY MEAN SOME OF THOSE YEAH YES YEAH THERE'S A RESOLUTION LAST FALL THAT INCLUDE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT CAUSED IT WAS THAT EASY TO EVALUATE THE I THINK IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE BUT NOT MADNESS YET BUT THAT INCLUDES THAT PROJECT AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED TO WALK AWAY RIGHT. YEP. 
          BUT I BELIEVE I WAS READING WHATEVER WAS I WOULD LOOKING AT THREE OF 1.3 MILLS ENTITIES VALUE TIMES FIVE YEARS MILLS THANK YOU WITH YOUR QUESTIONS MR. TOLL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY THAT I WOULDN'T MIND SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR PRESENTATIONS NUMBER TEN 
          [10. PRESENTATION FROM THE CCDC ON NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY PROJECTS.]
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ON OUR AGENDA IS PRESENTATION FUNCTIONAL PRESENTATION CITY ON THE NORTHERN UTAH COUNTY PROJECT TEAM THAT IT PRESENTED TO ME TRYING TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES MR. CHAIRMAN I WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT LIST HAS COME ABOUT WE'VE GOT JOHN HERE BECAUSE WE GOT FROM MR. MACALLAN ALSO DAVID WE DO ASK THAT YOU ALL COME TO US TO SPEAK BEFORE US TODAY SO WE'RE GOING TO SLIGHTLY MOVE OUT OF OUR NORMAL AND AGAIN ONCE AGAIN WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY BALANCE BECAUSE I WANT ALL THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS DAVE WETMORE. I'M THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. ALLEN GROUP IS THE CHAIRMAN I'M SPEAKING FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PAGE TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT IN LIGHT OF THE TIME OF DAY AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU SPEND ON BUDGETS. I HOPE THIS BE WELL RECEIVED BASICALLY TWO YEARS AGO A GROUP OF BUSINESS PEOPLE DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING WORKFORCE HOUSING WORKFORCE HOUSING HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTY FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS AND YET NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. WE DECIDED WE WOULD PUT OUR TIME AND MONEY TO TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO. WE STUDIED THE ISSUE. WE CAME BACK THE MOST OF EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM INVOLVE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE THEN SOUGHT FROM COUNTY AND THE TOWN TO BUILD. LAST YEAR WE SOUGHT $600,000 FROM DIFFERENT VALUES AND RECEIVED THE APPROVAL LAST SUMMER AND WE'VE ALREADY USED ALL OF THAT MONEY. WE DID EXACTLY WHAT WE TOLD WE WERE GOING TO DO. 
          WE WENT OUT AND RAISED OTHER FUNDS WE HAD. WE RAISED ALTRUISTIC CAPITAL. 
          WE OFFERED WHO WERE INTERESTED IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM BY 3% RETURN ON PROMISSORY NOTES AND WE ALSO OFFERED A PRIVATE WE ALSO SECURED TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDING FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS. SO EVERYBODY IS WORKING FOR FREE AND THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR OWN MONEY TO WORK TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR BECAUSE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING TRUST PROVIDES FUNDS FOR DEVELOPING NEW WORKFORCE UNITS. HOW MUCH NOW TO TALK ABOUT THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT 10% DOWN AND OBTAIN 90% UNFAVORABLE FINANCING TERMS. THEY DON'T TELL YOU WHAT THE TERMS ARE UPFRONT BUT IF WE GET APPROVED THEN WE SECURE 90% FUNDING ON VERY FAVORABLE ON A PIECE OF GROUND IN LAUREL THERE . SO WE WOULD DO 39 UNITS TO START THEN THAT WOULD BE AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF $310,000 THEY'D BE BRAND NEW UNITS IN THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANOTHER 101 IF WE CONTINUE SO ALAN IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN ANY STATE MONEY IN THIS OF THE COUNTY IN THIS IS AN INVESTMENT WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU WE PROVIDE ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS SO WE HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE NOW WE MANAGE ALL OF OUR 40 UNITS WITH THAT ONE EMPLOYEE. THE REST OF US JUST DO THIS BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S A BIG PROBLEM AND WE GOT TO SOLVE AND . 
          SO IF THIS THING IS SUCCESSFUL AND AT THE END OF 20 OR 30 YEARS WE HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE WORTH 26 MILLION AT THE END OF 20 YEARS AND WE WERE 38,000 EVERY I'M SORRY IGNITED I GOT THE ZERO SO IT'S AN IT'S AN INVESTMENT ALL OF THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTY SO WE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE THIS SPECIFIC GRANT REQUEST IS FOR 10% OF LOCAL FUNDS FOR THE SMALL RURAL DEVELOPMENT OPERATION THE CITY HOUSING WHICH WOULD ALLOW REIMBURSABLE FUNDS FOR THAT PERCENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS WHICH ARE ROUGHLY $100. SO SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING HAD TEN APPLICATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ONLY ONE PEOPLE FOR COUNTY AND IT WAS NOT SELECTED FOR AN AWARD WHICH FOLLOWS A HISTORICAL STANDARD COUNTY NOT RECEIVING STATE FUNDING THROUGH THE S.C. HOUSING TRUST FUND OR THEIR OTHER. WE BELIEVE THIS ONE WILL SCORE VERY HIGHLY IN THEIR CRITERIA TO GET THE 10% LOCAL FUNDS THE MATCHING GRANT AS THEY INCREASE OUR POINT SCORING BY ROUGHLY 20 POINTS MAKING US MORE AGAINST OTHER APPLICANTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY OTHER APPLICATIONS WILL BE FILED. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A VERY STRONG CASE. THESE UNITS WILL BE FUNDED AND DELIVER UNITS FOR HOUSEHOLDS 30% TO 18% OF THEIR INCOME WAS A BID WAS SWING THAT SYSTEM AS SOON AS THEY BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM LONGER MY SIDE I THOUGHT ABOUT THE STARTING SALARIES OF FIREFIGHTERS AT $4,000 THAT IS THAT'S A 35% ON THE FIRST SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLD THERE'S 
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TWO OTHER THERE ARE 7595. SO THIS IS A SOLUTION THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BRONX RATE. IT DIDN'T ALLOW US TO CONTINUE AS HOUSING FUNDED AND WE SAW THEM DO OVER 20 YEARS BUILD OUR BALANCE SHEET SO THAT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD BANKABLE WITHOUT HAVING TO COME IN AND ASK FOR HELP FROM EVERYBODY UP AND DOWN THE BROADER I WANT TO MENTION IN THE CONTEXT AND SPEAK FOR MANY OF YOU FOR JUST HOW CONTRACTS ARE ACTUALLY ADMINISTERED $600,000 GRANT IS ALL MADE TO THEM AND OVERSAW OUR DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS AND WE PROVIDE A REPORTING QUARTERLY THROUGH THEM AS PER OUR EMAIL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND OBVIOUSLY HERE WE ARE ON A DEADLINE. YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THAT ON JUNE 2ND FOR THE STATE HASN'T GONE OUT AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED BECAUSE WE GET CONSIDERATION JUST FOR THE THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR $45,000 FOR PRE-DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS TO BE INCURRED RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FILL THE APPLICATION YOU NEEDED TO TIME AND AGAIN THE REASON THAT THAT WE ALLOWED YOU TO COME FORWARD WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND HOW THIS WORKS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS WHAT WAS THE CORRECT PROCESSES GOING TO MR. HICKS AND HOW Y'ALL ARE WITH US IS IN YOUR FACILITY AREA WHOLE THING BUT SO WHAT IS THE NEXT PROCESS THAT THEY GO THROUGH? HOW DOES THIS HOW DOES THIS WORK? THEY COME THROUGH WITH AN IDEA LIKE THIS AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY'VE GOTTEN PAST APPROVAL SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP THAT HAPPENS? I WOULD LIKE I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD AND TELL HOW WE DID IT BEFORE AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE OTHER THROUGHOUT THE PEOPLE ORGANIZATION IS ACTIVE AS I SWITCHING THE SCREENS AND THE MICROPHONE WASN'T ON THE CARDS THIS PROJECT WAS RIGHT HERE AT THE DIFFERENT JASPER HOUSING BEFORE THE PROSECUTION APPROVED THAT PROJECT JUST IMAGINE 600,000 LAST TIME RIGHT AND THEN YOU EXCEEDED THE FUNDS TO THE OF FUNDS THEM SO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND WAS THAT THOSE MONEYS WOULD NOT BE DEPLOYED UNTIL CLOSING AND THEN WHAT WE DID WAS WE SCORED THE FIRST AGREEMENT BETWEEN COUNTY AND CITY. WE AT WHAT THE OPERATING REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE IN A PRO FORMA THAT WE LOOKED AT IT 20 YEARS LONGER TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY TOLD YOU THEY WERE GOING TO DO IS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID AND THEN WE DISPERSED ESSENTIALLY IN FIVE ROUNDS THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD. BUT AS WITH THE REPORTS WE'LL PASS ON TO THIS BOARD SO THEY DID THAT TO THEIR BENEFIT BUT IT WAS A KIND OF A PAINLESS SCENARIO WHAT THEY ASSUME NOW IS PROBABLY ON THE PAIN SCALE AND 11 OUT OF TEN THIS IS A VERY STATE OR VERY WE JUST GOT THE RESULTS FROM LAST YEAR'S ROUNDS AND NOW SAID THERE WERE OVER 201 OF THE ENTITIES THAT DID NOT WAS FROM HERE SO WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE EVEN IF YOU WISH MOVE FORWARD GIVEN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE WOULD TO LOOK AT WHAT THE LETTER OF COMMITMENT IS REQUIRED IN ITS INITIAL APPLICATION. THIS IS THREE PIECES. 
          THE FIRST IS THE INITIAL APPLICATION IF YOU ARE TOLD YOU ARE OKAY GOING FORWARD THERE IS A BIGGER THEN IF YOU ARE TOLD EVEN FOR THERE IS THE FINAL ROUND WHERE YOU INSULATE I WILL TELL THIS BODY THAT LAST WEEK THE STATE DECIDED THAT IN AN EFFORT TO GET A 6.2% TAX DOWN TO A 6.6% TAX IT RESCINDED ALL EARMARK APPLICATION THAT WERE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND $7 BILLION IN LOCAL WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS WHICH ARE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO US AT THIS POINT. YOU WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF THIS WAS I WOULD ASSUME IS WHAT THE COMPANY TO DO OR NOT BUT USUALLY AS OF THAT IS A HUGE IS ACROSS THE STATE WE ARE BELOW SENATOR DAVIS TO THE HOUSING AGENCY TO ASK WHAT OTHER RESOURCES THEY MAY HAVE AND ONE OR TWO SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVES TO BE ATLANTA ADVISORY COUNCIL SO I'LL BE GOING THERE AFTER THIS MEETING MEETING WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO ASK WHAT THEY CAN 
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DO INCENTIVES LEVEL REGIONAL TRY AND HELP US IN SOME IMPORTANT ACCORD APPLICATION I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR PERFORMANCE WILL DO WHAT THE LETTER GOVERNMENT HAS TO SAY USUALLY IT'S A SOFT COMMITMENT IT'S A YES WE'LL COMMITTED TO THIS BUT A THOUSAND THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO FUND YOU ALSO THESE LOOKING CONSIDER THE FACT THIS IS NOT LIKELY TO BE FUNDED UNTIL NEXT YEAR PROBABLY SEARCHING FOR IT SHOULD IS NO ART IN IT UNTIL YOU GET TO THAT POINT SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU AS WE DID WITH THE COMMISSION FOR THE 600,000 WHATEVER HOWEVER WE CAN HELPFUL. THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT THERE WERE 7 MILLION WOULD WOULD BE PROJECTS FOR HOUSING TRUST FUND HAD ASKED FOR STATE LEVEL YES THOSE THAT WOULD ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN EARMARKED YES AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON THAT'S GOING TO THAT WE JUST THE ASK HERE AND WHAT SCHEDULE WOULD BE FLAWED OR I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE A JUNE 2ND APPLICATION AND DEADLINE IN THAT APPLICATION IS A REQUIREMENT TO SHOW SOME LEVEL OF COMMITMENT I DON'T THINK IT'S WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A SUPPORT AMENDMENT. WE ARE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? WHAT DO MISS IT IS IF THESE THINGS HAPPEN IF YOU SEPARATE THEM ALL AWAY THEN WE WILL CONSIDER THAT WITH THAT INITIAL APPLICATION IS THERE A DUE PACKAGE THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR IMMEDIATELY OUT OF THIS YEAR MONEY THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL DILIGENCE AND SO $45,000 I UNDERSTAND THAT IS WAS PRE-DEVELOPMENT FUNDS JUST ESSENTIALLY TO GET THE PACKAGE TOGETHER? YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THIRD PARTIES AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENGAGE THAT A LOT OF FINANCE PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENGAGE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ENGINEERING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENGAGE. THE STATE DOESN'T WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH GETTING ANY UNLESS IT HAS A REASONABLE CHANCE OF ACTUALLY GETTING A DEAL. THE $600,000 THAT WE JOINED THAT DID LAST TIME AND THEN THAT JOINED WITH OTHER MONIES THAT RAISED AND WE'RE UP IS ABOUT 30 UNIONS I THINK IN BLUFFTON 17 MINUTES OF THAT RIGHT WAS ACTUALLY 21 UNITS IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY, THE 17 UNITS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND TOLD THAT WE'RE AFFILIATED WITH THAT $6,000 GRANT WE PURCHASED TWO IN BLUFFTON PROPERTIES WHICH WERE UNAFFECTED BY THE SIX PARTY GRANT WITH THE 600,000 THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM US WHAT YOU EVENTUALLY ENDED UP WITH IN SO FAR AS FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT WAS ON OUR PREVIOUS SLIDE AND PUT IT BACK UP BY 5.35 MILLION IN TOTAL BUT WE RAISED THAT 4.75 IN DONATION NOW IS THE INVESTMENT IN MORTGAGES THE MATCHING FUNDS LOAN IF THERE'S A LETTER COMMITMENT OF 1.4 MILLION AND IS NOT APPROVED BY THE STATE HAPPENS TO THAT COMMITMENT THE STATE WOULD WE FIND OUT THERE WAS AN APPROVAL OR DENIAL OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR TO THE ONE THAT REALLY SAT WITH THAT POINT THE COUNTY WITH EVERY OPTION AS THEY WRITE THE REVIEW IF THIS WERE TO BE SELECTED AND FUNDED SO WELL AS DEPLOYED IN THE FIRST MANNER WOULD YOU SELECT A TREMENDOUS RESPONSE OR WHETHER THAT WOULD JUST GO UNFUNDED RETURN? I WOULD THINK OF YOUR CHOICE. 
          SO WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY PUT IN WOULD BE ONE LINE THAT SAYS ALL DISBURSEMENTS ARE UPON A FULL APPROVAL ON THAT ISSUE UNDER LAWYERS RIGHT. BUT LANGUAGE LIKE THAT I WAS YOU ENGAGE YOU LIKE SO I HAVE A QUESTION WHY WOULD WE COUNTY BE HAVE TO PAY THE 45 PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS IF WE'RE WILLING TO GO FOR THE 1.2 WHY YOU HAVE PRIVATE INVESTORS AND THE OWNER OF THE LAND I'M SURE THE DEVELOPER WHY WOULD THE COUNTY PUT FORTH THAT 45,000 AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS TO YOU MR. HIGGS DID YOU REVIEW THE PROJECT? DO YOU THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE PROJECT FOR YOU TO RECOMMEND TO US BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THERE AND ASK YOU THAT I OKAY. SO OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE A SHORTER WORKFORCE TO REPORT LESS THIS IS IN THAT CATEGORY BEFORE WE DID OUR STATEMENT THE PENDING APPROVAL BY OUR BOARD AND PENDING OUR DUE DILIGENCE WE WOULD LOOK WE WOULD GO FORWARD AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT TELL YOU WHAT IT EVEN A MINORITY OR A COMMITMENT LETTER THAT WAS SAW IN THE JUNE 2ND APPLICATION WE LOOKED AT THAT PUT THERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. THERE IS A PRO FORMA ISSUED IS A LEGAL ISSUE. 
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WE WOULD COME BACK AND SAY WAIT THESE THINGS NEED TO BE CLEANED UP. 
          WHAT WILL YOU DO? UNFORTUNATELY FOR THIS PROGRAM THIS IS THE ONLY TIME GOING TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE SO MISS IT THIS TIME THEY WOULD HAVE WAITED HERE. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE 45,000 PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS EACH TIME WE PUT TOGETHER A FUND WHAT WE CALL BUILDING ON ONE WHICH PURCHASED 17 UNITS AND THEN THE BLUFFTON PLANT TO A GREATER UNINCORPORATED BEAUTIFICATION WE RAISED FUNDS SPECIFIC FOR THE PURCHASE OF THOSE UNITS IN THAT WE EXPENDED ALL THOSE ONES. SO GETTING THE WORD OUT WE DON'T HAVE $45,000 SITTING AROUND FOR A NEW PROJECT THE PROXIMITY OF THIS IN THE AREA THAT WAS IN NORTHERN ROCK WAS IN THE CORPS AIR STATION WHERE ALL THE HOUSING IS NEEDED HAS IT'S TAKING A VERY RAPID APPROACH TRYING TO GET THIS APPLICATION DONE. 
          SO FRANKLY IT'S JUST A OF WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF AROUND TO DEPLOY THIS AT THE MOMENT AND I'M LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE TODAY'S APRIL 21ST NEED WE NEED I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS GETS DONE BY JUNE 2ND I'LL TURN IT AROUND I SHOULD MENTION IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE FUNDING RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BUILT HOUSING THROUGHOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOTH BLUFFTON AND NORTH THE BROAD ARE THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER THAT WANT TO DO THIS WORK. THEY HAVE A GREAT HISTORY AND THE TENURE OR MORE THAT YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PARTNER RESPONSIVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE SYSTEM OR ANY OTHER NONPROFIT THAT DOESN'T HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IS ABLE TO APPLY WITHOUT SCORING CRITERIA AND THEN THAT BRIDGE THEY'LL DO SO THEY HAVE ALL THE EXPERIENCE THAT ALREADY IN DUE DILIGENCE WORK TOGETHER TO HIT THAT JUNE 2ND DEADLINE PLUS AN APPLICATION THAT AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION WHY WOULDN'T THEY FUND THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS THAT ARE FUND A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM OF THE 45,000. IT'S NOT THE FULL COST. 
          NO IT'S IT'S BUDGETED UP TO NINE. NOBODY SAID THAT PART. 
          SO WE TRIED TO DO ONE PAGE OR LESS. SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL THIRD PARTY REWARDS ALL OF THE THIRD PARTY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT GO INTO THE APPLICATION YOU ARE ABLE AFTER THE CLASS GOES OUT RATHER ONE WAY TO SOLVE THIS IS TO TRY TO JUST MAKE A $45,000 LOAN OR GRANT OR SOMETHING WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT MONEY IN. 
          THEY WILL APPROVAL BY OUR BOARD THAT WAY THAT TAKES THAT OFF THE TABLE BEING NICE I JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME IT WAS OUR MONEY 600 RIGHT IS THAT WHY IT BUT YOU'RE NOT EXPERIENCING ANYTHING THAT EVERY OTHER PRINCIPALITY EXISTS WITH THE MOST PART OF MONEY NOW IT'S MADE ALL THESE COMMITMENTS I WOULD I WILL SAY SEE THE $6 LEVERAGE THAT AS WELL AS YOU KNOW THIS IS A MUCH LARGER AS 600,000 WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR A PRODUCT THAT FIT THE MOLD HERE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT REALLY CONVINCING THE STATE THAT THIS SHOULD BE ONE OR TWO SELECTIONS. SO IT'S VERY DIFFERENT HERE WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE OUR FACILITATOR ON ALL THESE TYPES OF THINGS. SO OBVIOUSLY WE COME TO YOU FOR ADVICE. SO HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU AT ALL TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT IS EASY GOING ON THROUGH THAT SO WE CAN THEN HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU OR? HOW WOULD YOU SEE EVEN FOR KNOWING WHAT YOUR DEADLINE IS KNOWING THAT THE ASK IS NINE WEEKS SAYING IT'S A HARD ASK WHAT WE'RE LEAVING WHAT OUR WHILE TO TO TO SPEND ALL OF THOSE ON SOMETHING LIKE YOU HAVE THREE MAIN ISSUES ONE IS THE AWARD AND ONE IS EXTRAORDINARILY GIFTED IN PUTTING TOGETHER ALL OF THIS AS IT IS TO HELP SELL IT. THEY ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          THE SECOND THING THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ASKING FOR ONE WHAT YOU WHILE IT IS RELATIVELY SMALL IN TERMS OF YOUR OVERALL BUDGET, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          WE RUN TO YOU AND SAY IF YOU MAKE $1.3 MILLION COMMITMENT YOU PUT IT IN IN THE DEAL WHICH WOULD MEAN YOU PUSH IT OUT TWO YEARS. WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT? AND THE THIRD THING IS IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT LETTER YOU AGREE OR YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE REALIZED YOU HAVE A DEAL THAT ACTUALLY WORKS, THEN THE HARD PART ACTUALLY GIVING THE APPLICATION THAT WE WOULD HELP 
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MUCH AS WE COULD ON YOUR SIDE ON YOUR BEHALF TO SAY OKAY I WAS GOING TO SAY HERE'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED A LETTER THAT SAYS THIS WE NEED A DOCUMENT SAYS THIS WE GET THIS OR THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY OKAY, EVEN IF IT IS A SOFT COMMITMENT THAT WE COULD RESCIND AND WE FEEL THAT WHAT YOU READ AND I TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ABOUT A BETTER SAME-STORE THAT ARE NOT SEEKING THIS MONEY BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO TRANSLATE SO I SUPPOSE AT THIS POINT TO A VERY GENEROUS OFFER TO PAY FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION REALLY COULDN'T OR WOULDN'T DO THAT UNTIL THE APPROVAL FROM THE TRUST THAT EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IN ORDER SO COULD MOVE THAT AWARD THAT MAKES SENSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID SIX ON A DOLLARS SO THAT THAT I DON'T KNOW I THINK WE COULD DO ANYTHING HERE TODAY YOU ARE GOING TO BE MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL WITH THE CONDITION THAT WE STAND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TRUST I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. 
          THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IS MAY 12. I THINK WE SHOULD URGE THEM TRY TO GET AN ANSWER BY MAY 12 AT THE COUNCIL MEETING YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER YOUR MOTION IN MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS THE $1.2 MILLION PROJECT BEING DONE THE OF THE PROJECT THEN IT CAN BE COMPLETED BY THEN GETTING THIS APPLICATION FORM EVENTUALLY GIVING APPLICATION AND REQUIRING THAT WE SEEK ALTERNATE FUNDING AND THE BEGINNING OF THE VOTING AND STILL FOR PROJECTS TO RESTORE IF THEY GET THE GRANT FUNDING TO REVERSE THAT YOU KNOW THAT $1.2 MILLION REQUESTED THAT'S GREAT HAVING SPENT THE DAY WHEN AT THE DIRECTION WE CONTINUE TO SEEK ALTERNATE FUNDING AND THEY'VE GOT THAT MORE THAN 90% THAT THEY'RE SEEKING FOR THE APPLICATION AND THEN MUCH OF THAT MOTION WOULD COME OUT OF COUNCIL. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT GETTING IT FROM HERE TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION WITH THE CONDITION TO BE APPROVED BY THE TRUST MOTION I'M SORRY ABOUT THIS TO MOVE IT DOWN DOWN TO THE BASELINE AREA WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO HAVE AN OPINION THAT THEY CAN REMAIN ON 12 2017 DECISION THAT THEY TIME TO MAKE THAT APPLICATION THAT THE REST OF THAT ROAD KNOW OKAY WE SAY TO MOVE THE SECOND PART OF SO WHAT DO YOU LIKE BUT I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT I HAS THE 45,000 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMES FROM THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS DUE FOR COUNTING MONEY IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND SO IT'S REALLY BEEN FOR COUNTY LET'S NOT WELL IT IS IT IS COUNTY JASPER COUNTY EXECUTIVE SALARIES YEAH AND IT'S NOT JUST THE COUNTY MONEY WHEN IT WOULD BE IN THAT 45,000. YES. 
          YEAH WELL IF THE MONEY'S ALREADY SITTING THERE THEN WE'RE THE PREDOMINANT FUNDER SO IF IT MAKES IT THE DOMINANT WORKFORCE AS WELL BUT IF IT MAKES IT EASIER WE HAVE SEPARATED THE FUNDS INTO THE HOUSING TRUST FUNDS WHICH INCORPORATE OF YOU AND THEN WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WE GET FROM WE KEPT THOSE SEPARATE BECAUSE ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE GAVE GOING TO LAST YEAR WAS DETERMINED BUT WE DID NOT WANT THE COUNTY TO SAY WAIT A MINUTE WE'RE USING BUT IT WASN'T SO WE GAVE THEM THEIR ALLOCATION AND STATE FUNDS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO HERE IS I WOULD TAKE THAT OF THE STATE FUNDS BUT NONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN HOUSING TRUST WOULD SAY I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT. 
          WE MEASURES THAT WERE A PRIORITY SIX YEARS AGO AND THEY'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS USING THIS GROUP SOUTH WAS BROUGHT WITH AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT THEY CREATED YET THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO ULTIMATELY DELIVER ABOUT 140 UNITS IF ALL GOES WELL NORTH OF THE BORDER IN PROPERTY THAT I THINK IS ALREADY OWNED BY MR. BENNETT NEAR THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IN AN AREA THAT'S OUTSIDE THE NOISE RESTRICTED AREA. 
          I MEAN THERE'S LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS HERE PARTICULARLY HAVING A PROJECT NORTH TO MIRROR THAT SUCCESS. THEY HAD SOUTH WOOD USING THE SAME SITUATION SO I WOULD RENEW MY REQUEST AND AT LEAST MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION BASED UPON 
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A FAVORABLE REPORT FROM FROM THE TRUST FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD ASSUMING WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS FULLY AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY UNTIL IT'S NECESSARY. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON THE PROPERTY ON OUR BUDGET. 
          I THINK IT WAS 3.7 MILLION RIGHT BEFORE THE REAL OF TOP OF MY HEAD GOT A DISCOUNT YOU KNOWS WHETHER IT IS COMPOSED OVER 3 MILLION FOR THAT PROPERTY, RIGHT? IT'S A 3.23.2 WE'RE GETTING 120 UNITS OUT OF THAT AND THAT'S OUR COST. 
          MY QUESTION IS WE'RE AT 1.2 MILLION WE'RE AT 39 UNITS. SO OR A THAT'S 120 SO OR 3.6 MILLION BREAK DOWN A NUMBER A LITTLE BIT MORE PER UNIT. MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU GUYS PLAN GROWTH IN THAT 39 UNITS INSTEAD OF 140? DOES THAT INCLUDE GUYS COMING BACK? THOSE GUYS GET SOME MORE FUNDING, GET TO THE 140. 
          IT MAKES SENSE FINANCIALLY EASILY AT ONE POINT IT MAKES SENSE THAT 70 OR RIGHT NOW ARE PAYING MORE PER UNIT ON THIS THIS PROJECT THAN WE ARE ON THAT MEMORIAL LINE. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE ALLY? HOW DO WE GET THERE? WHAT WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE NEXT OUT OF THIS THE MAXIMUM BUILD OUT WOULD BE 140 UNITS AND THAT WOULD BE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. OUR INITIAL PLAN WOULD BE TO GO BACK FOR ANOTHER SMALL WELL FOLLOWED APPLICATION FOR ANOTHER NINE UNITS THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS ONE OF OUR PATHS FORWARD AND THEN THE OTHER PATH WOULD BE A MORE TRADITIONAL FINANCING PROJECT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DO A FULL MONTH. I FINALLY GOT TO I CANNOT PROMISE WHETHER WE COME BACK OR BUT IT'S NOT ON OUR RADAR AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST SAYING ONE FOR TOTAL LAST CLASSIC AND WE WILL ONLY BUY THE LAND SO WE'RE 39 MINUTES FROM DEVELOPER SO ON THAT SOMEBODY TO TAKE ALL OF YOU TO A FULL ONE WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUY THE REST OF THE LAND AS WELL WOULD YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT ON THAT THAT YOU GOT FIRST RIGHT THERE? NO, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THAT'S ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS TO BE YOUR UNITS YOU DID LAST TIME IT'S 600,000. I REALLY DON'T CARE IN MARBURG IN VERMONT EITHER WAY THE POINT IS WE ARE GOING TO FUND PUBLIC EXACTLY WHY THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WE HOUSING SO THE VIEW FOR THE ONE ON BLOCK WALTER THERE'S ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS. SO WHAT DO THESE UNITS LOOK LIKE? ARE THEY ALL BEDROOM AT 39? THAT'S ONLY 39 PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO BE CUT IN HALF. 
          THERE'S TWO AND SOME OF IT THE COUPLE ARE STILL ONLY 60. SOME PEOPLE. 
          SO WHAT IS THAT PROJECT WILL BE ON THAT ASPECT? I SEE IT'S ROUGHLY 80 TO 100 PEOPLE WITH MY 2.3 I'M OFF WORK BUT COMPARISON IS WHAT IS THE AFFORDABILITY METRIC? WELL BUT WHAT RICHARD COMPARED TO 60 80% SO IN THIS CASE PROBLEM 38 OF COURSE IS MORE EXPENSIVE GET THOSE UNITS BUILT FOR THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM CERTAINLY GOING THE LAST THING THAT FRESHMAN WHICH LEAVES MY PART OF THE QUESTION WOULD BE IS IT GOING TO BE RESTRICTED DOING A LOT OF PLANT BASED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOUR RESEARCH ALSO IS NOT A BUSINESS SO ON SO ON AND SO ON SO THAT OPENS WHAT APPLICATION AND YEAH ALL THE HAS NO BEARING ON IF A PERSON'S APPROVED THE HOUSE AND YOU SAID CORRECTLY THERE'S NO PREFERENCE GIVEN AND A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THIS PROCESS AND THE PERSON LIVING OR WORKING CLOSEST THE UNITS ARE LOCATED IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY THE ONLY ONE THAT THE HIGHER IS OF COURSE AN OPEN SPACE IN THAT IMMEDIATE OR HAZARDOUS PLACE THEY WOULD BE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF NEED. 
          I JUST HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT I'LL LET IT GO. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH LOOK WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN THE PAST BUT NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THE COUNTY WHO HAVE DONE THE CITY PAPERS SOME SEVERAL THEY ACTUALLY WERE GIVEN GRANTS FOR PEOPLE TO RENOVATE THEIR HOMES THAT THEY LIVE IN AND ALL OVER THE CITY AND BEFORE THERE'S A PROJECT ALONGSIDE HELEN OF WHICH THEY HELD A CHURCH WHERE THEY'RE RENOVATING HOUSING THAT'S BEING ADMINISTERED THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. MY POINT IS THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ONE TO CONSIDER. THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT ON BOUNDARY STREET FOR ELDERLY THAT GOT MONEY THROUGH A SIMILAR DEPARTMENT. CORRECT? I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY APARTMENTS ARE THERE BUT THEY'RE ABOUT READY TO BE OCCUPIED SO I ADMIRE WHAT YOU'RE DOING DON'T GET ME WRONG BUT YOU BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOUGHT IN HISTORY TO SCREEN AND HELP US MAKE THESE HARD DECISIONS ON WHERE WE PUT OUR MONEY. I THINK THAT YOU DO ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT. WE'VE BENEFITED BY HAVING OPPORTUNITIES SIDE BY SIDE SO OUR BOUNDARY THAT FAMILY AND THAT SEEM TO BOTH THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WILL PROBABLY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN EVER HOWEVER THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS OPPORTUNITY 
          [03:40:04]
ZONES AND SENATOR SCOTT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY GOING TO DO WITH RESPECT TO WORKFORCE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE'S CURRENTLY SITTING IN THE SENATE THAT'S BIPARTISAN THAT HAS HUGE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT IF THAT BILL PASSED EVERY APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR LIKE TAKING THE STATE OF SOUTH WILL ISSUE ALSO A 50% INCREASE. 
          ACTUALLY YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO STAND UP HERE AS A RESULT OF THAT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY ONE POINT OUT OF HILTON HEAD. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HERE IS RENOVATING OR IS GOING TO DEMOLISH AND REBUILD. SO MY POINT AND I WANT TO KNOW YOU THE OTHER SMALL DEVELOPERS WE HAVE A LEGITIMATE NUMBER WITH PROJECTS THAT SENATOR DAVIS HAD IN THE BUDGET THEY WERE IN THE BUDGET AND THEN THEY MADE THE DECISION TO CUT ALL EARMARKS. 
          SO IT WASN'T JUST US BUT YOU YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS COMING TO YOU ASKING FOR MORE FUNDING AND HAVING BEEN A DEVELOPER 30 YEARS IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK. 
          YOU THINK YOU CAN BUILD 100 UNITS TO NOW BE FACING THE ECONOMICS OF BUILDING IT BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. DO YOU SPEAK TO POLICY? LET'S LOOK AT A LOAN VERSUS GRANT FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IF YOU WILL PAID $1.3 MILLION THAT IS TEN POINTS TEN POINTS IN ANY APPLICATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          THIS SCHOOL IS ANOTHER PROVISION THAT IF YOU GOT MONEY FROM ANOTHER SOURCE UP TO $300,000 IT WOULD GET ANOTHER ONCE THE PROJECT HERE FAILED AT NIGHT. 
          SO THEY WERE UP AGAINST THE WALL BEFORE THEY EVER STARTED SO YOU COULD TENTATIVELY GET A COMBINED 20 POINTS ON THE APPLICATION WHICH WOULD BE HUGE IF YOU DO IT AS A LOAN THEN YOU WOULD GET IT IN 17 POINTS YOU GET LESS WE DO THEY REDUCE THE GRANT THAT IS THAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE YOU GUYS COULD CONSIDER YOU COULD SAVE ONE PART OF IT TO BE A LOAN. 
          WE WANT ALL OF IT TO BE ALONE. WE WANT THESE CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN BUT WITH FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE YOU CAN SAY IF IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW YOU WANT A BALLOON PAYMENT WE COULD DO ALL KINDS BUILDINGS. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SIT THEM DOWN AND SAY OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT THE DEAL. WHAT CAN YOU WHAT IS YOUR WELL WHAT DO THE NUMBERS REALLY LOOK IF I ASK IF WE WOULD GIVE $900,000 GRANT ANTITRUST LAW TO GIVE A $300,000 GRANT, DOES THAT GET THEM A 24 INCH BECAUSE PENNINGTON GAVE 17 POINTS IF YOU GAVE THEM 1.1. 2 MILLION AND WE GAVE THEM 300,000, THEY WOULD GIVE IT ALL 20 POINTS FROM SUBDIVISION. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS 1000 JUST ON HOW MANY DWELLINGS IS THAT AND HOW MUCH DID IT COST ON BOUNDARY WE ONLY INVESTED IN SENIOR ONE I BELIEVE THAT IS 64 UNITS. 
          WE HAD THIS $500,000 FOR THAT PROJECT. WE DID NOT INVEST IN THE FAMILY BUDGET THAT WAS DONE WITH WHEN YOU RETIRE, HOW MUCH DID IT COST IN REAL IDEA IF I HAD TO GUESS JUST TRYING TO COMPARE IT IN THE COST ZONE IF I HAD TO GUESS I WOULD SAY THE FAMILY WANTED PROBABLY IT'S ABOUT MILLION DOLLARS SENIOR ONE WAS EIGHT OR 64 YOU IF YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THOSE ARE LIKE LAKE VILLAS SO YOU ARE USING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EQUITY YEAH. INSTEAD A 70% DEBT. 30% EQUITY. 
          YOU'VE 70% EQUITY AND 30% DEBT. YEAH. HOW MANY OF THESE UNITS ARE NOT GOING TO BE WORKFORCE HOUSING 39 THE OBLIGATION IS PRIORITIZED FOR WORKERS SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE THREE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD ABOUT FIVE BY WORKERS WE HAVE A 99 RESTRICTION ASSOCIATED WITH MY SECOND POINT I KNOW ABOUT SO WHAT WHAT I 
          [03:45:05]
THINK TYPICALLY A LOT OF APPEALS ARE SOME OF THE 30 YEARS WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON OUR HORIZON IS NOT TO BE AS LONG AS WE CAN MAKE IT SO 99 YEARS AND ALL YEAR IT'S AN APPLICATION WHICH IN OUR COMMUNITY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT. SO WHILE I STILL SECOND MR. MCKELLEN'S MOTION THE COUNTY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION SAID WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL PREPARE GOOD FOR YOUR MEETING WE'LL SEND YOU A RECOMMENDATION BUT WHAT IT'S IN LINES ALSO WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER ON DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU WOULD DO THIS DISTRICT LIKE FINANCIALLY STRUCTURE THE ADMINISTRATOR MR. WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT ANY MORE DISCUSSION THAT AND THE MOST OBVIOUS RIGHT ALL RIGHT THEN IT WAS LISTED YOU CAN MOVE THAT THIS PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AS MAY 12 MEETING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST AND STAFF WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OR NOT ONE OF THESE GRANTS OF $1.2 MILLION AND THEN BE CONTINGENT UPON AND THEN IT WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON THEM RECEIVING THE GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR ALL FUNDING FROM AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE AND IF THEY GET THE GRANT FROM THE STATE AND THEY DIDN'T FIND ALTERNATIVE FUNDING THAT ALTERED FUNDING TO REPLACE THAT $1.2 MILLION WOULD HAVE ALTERNATIVES. I MEAN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND WILL GIVE US MORE THAN ONE ALTERNATIVE. WHY IS IT THE MOTION JUST TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND HEAR FROM CLAUDE THANK YOU RELATION NOT ALL THAT OTHER STUFF THANK YOU YOU DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO SAY I JUST KNOW THE REQUEST IS TO BE BALANCED HERE BUT HE SAID IT COULD BE A LOAN AND THAT TAKES THREE POINTS I MEAN DISRUPTIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GERALD AHEAD. I SEE YOU ARE TRYING TO DRIVE IN LIKE THAT GERALD MOVE THEN HEAR ME OUT. ALL RIGHT. 
          I'LL LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION AND I WILL TELL YOU PERSONALLY I'M I'M IN A POSITION WHERE I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION THAT IS COMING FORWARD. 
          I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT THE GOAL SAYING BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL GO BACK TO BEGINNING OF THE GROUP AND IF WE COUNTY BACK IN 19 EARLY 1990S IN 1995 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS DRAFTED IN 99 IT WAS REVISED AND APPROVED AND IN THAT 1999 VERSION THE REPRESENTATIVES THE RURAL PARTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY BURTON NORTH OF THE AIR STATION WAS ZONED T TO RULE INTENTIONALLY TO PROHIBIT AND STIFLE THE GROWTH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THE GROWTH COMING HOW WELL IT IS COMING WAY AND THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECT THAT BEING PROPOSED BUT NEVERTHELESS I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE THE REQUEST FOR THE 45,000 TO SUPPORT THE GRANT APPLICATION WHEN TWO TAPS POINT EARLIER WHY TO INVESTORS FRONTING THIS PROJECT WHAT WHAT THE GRANT APPLICATION $45,000 I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AND SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND YOU CAN MOVE THE MOTION IN A WAY YOU WON'T BUT YOU WILL YOU WILL HAVE MY VOTE FOR GRANTED IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE CLEAR ON THE 45,000 WASN'T COMING FROM THE COUNTY WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT WAS THE REQUEST FOR THE 45,000 YOU SAID IT WAS COMING FROM THE COUNTY. 
          YOU OBJECT TO THAT? I DON'T THINK IT'S COMING FROM THE COUNTY ALL RIGHT OR IS IT COMING FROM STATE? IT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THE STATE PORTION OF THE STATE ALLOCATION, THE TRUST FUND. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED FROM THE COUNTY? WHAT AM I WHAT AM I MISSING IT WHAT IS FOR THE COUNTY IS FOR $1.2 MILLION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I I STAND CORRECTED THAT BUT MY POSITION IS STILL THE SAME. ALL RIGHT? ANY MORE NO MORE ACTION WE WILL ALL BE QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL AUDIT. 
          [03:50:04]
YOU TO CLARIFY THE MOTION YOU WANT THE BASIC MOTION PREPARED FOR MARY'S MOTION AND THE SIMPLE ONE IS THE BETTER ONE I THINK AT THIS POINT A MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE COME TO THE MAY 12TH COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRESENTATION AND RECOMMENDATION FROM REGIONAL HOUSING THEM FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT PART SO THAT'S EMOTIONAL FLOOR WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS SOMEBODY IS THE SECOND ITEM OR SHOULD I START ALREADY? WELL THAT'S FOR YOU TO HAVE THOSE THINGS AND SECONDED AND THERE'S ONE OBJECTION FROM THE OTHER SECTIONS UPON THAT ONE OBJECTION THIS ONE OBJECTION ONE OBJECTION. SO WE PASSED WITH ONE GO BACK AM SURE WE ALL DO. 
          MR. HICKS THANK SIX M RECORD TODAY HERE WE WE'RE GOING TO I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE NUMBER 
          [11. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE STATE A-TAX FUNDS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE A-TAX FUNDS COMMITTEE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS (FISCAL IMPACT: $332,470.00 from A-Tax fund)]
11 IN THERE AGAIN REPRESENTING 4 TO 5 INCHES THE REST OF THEM ARE COUNT ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS. ALL RIGHT LET'S LET'S MOVE FOR THAT NUMBER ONE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY NEED TAX FUNDS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE. 
          A TAX FUNDS COMMITTEE ONE IS A WORK ENVIRONMENT. SOUTH CAROLINA WAS THE GREATEST IMPACT. THERE'S ONLY $470 OF UNIVERSITY IN MOTION FOR THIS. 
          HOW TO MAKE THE MOTION RIGHT IS OUR SECOND CIRCUIT ALL RIGHT AND WE HAVE MR. GRANT HERE. 
          I A VICE-CHAIR THANKS FOR YESTERDAY BUT I JUST CAN'T PICTURE YOU BEING HERE BE COMING BEFORE COMMITTEE ABSOLUTELY. SO I'M REPRESENTING THE COMMITTEE THAT RECOMMENDS THAT PRESENT A TAX GRANTS FROM THOSE THAT IT'S THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND ROUND FOR THIS CYCLE AS YOU MAY RECALL IT WAS A FIRST ROUND OF NOT ALL OF THE FUNDS WERE AWARDED AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT THERE WOULD BE A SECOND ROUND OF APPLICATIONS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SAME WHERE THERE AN ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS THERE IS THE ORIENTATION THAT ALL ACTORS AND SO REALLY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CLEAR ON WHAT INFORMATION IS REQUIRED WHAT SO IMPORTANT CRITERIA GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO OF COURSE ASK QUESTIONS WHICH WHICH DISTRIBUTE SO THOSE ARE REALLY REALLY THE ALL OF THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED ON THE COMMISSION WHICH HAS MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE FOR SEVERAL YEARS A FEW OF THEM AND KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW THE PROCESS WELL ALL REVIEWED THEM AND THEN THERE WAS A PRESENTATION WHERE EACH APPLICANT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AND THEN THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD ACTUALLY ASKED QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS ITSELF. MY UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN REFINED OVER TWO YEARS TO REALLY BE TIGHTENED UP MORE CLEAR. SO IT INCLUDES A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ENDEAVOR THAT THEY'RE APPLYING THE GRANT FOR A BUDGET, A MARKETING PLAN IF APPLICABLE DESCRIPTION OF HOW THEIR INVESTMENT WILL BE DERIVED AND MEASURED AND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE MIGHT BE RELEVANT. WHY THEY BELIEVE IT'S AN IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR TO EARN A GRANT WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SOME OF SOME GREAT PEOPLE LIKE AND REALTORS THERE FOR OUR TIME AS WELL AS BRYAN TO MAKE SURE THAT PROCESSES ARE BEING FOLLOWED CORRECTLY AND GREAT HELP FROM PRICE YOU HAVE A RIGHT FOR THIS SECOND ROUND THERE WERE 17 APPLICANTS WHO IN SOME WERE APPLYING ASKED 687,000 AND CHANGE IN GRANTS AND THE NET NET IS OF THOSE 17 APPLICANTS THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT 14 OF THE 17 APPLICANTS BE AWARDED AND THE TOTAL OF THOSE GRANTS WOULD BE 330,000 OR 70 WHICH IS ACTUALLY A BIT LESS BIT IT'S ABOUT 200,000 LESS THAN WHAT'S STILL AVAILABLE IN THE FUND. 
          SO IF IF OF THOSE IF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE AWARDED THOSE $200,000 WOULD THEN BE ROLLED OVER INTO NEXT YEAR'S MICROSCOPE OF THE BUT THERE'S A LIST YOU HOPEFULLY YOU HAVEN'T 
          [03:55:01]
YOU YOU HAVE THE LIST OF THE OF ALL 17 APPLICANTS WITH THE 14 THAT THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING RECEIVE THE GRANTS AS WELL AS THE THE MEMO THAT WE THE NARRATIVE THAT WE SUPPLIED WHICH HAS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS ALONG WITH THAT COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION I WASN'T PLANNING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM SO THAT I WOULD STOP AND ASK IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OR WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LIKE YOU'RE INTEREST IS APPROVED THEY WOULD GO DOWN IN COUNCIL FOUR OR THREE READINGS. SO THIS IS DONE FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO GET THEM TODAY BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE WAITING BUT I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE SO KEN STEPPED UP TO THE VICE-CHAIR BECAUSE THE NEWLY ELECTED CHAIR MEANWHILE DECIDED WAS ON AN AIRPLANE TO SOMEWHERE AND OUR PREVIOUS CHAIR JONATHAN SULLIVAN YOU'VE ALL MET GOT A GREAT JOB OPPORTUNITY IN FLORIDA SO HE FLEW COOP SO WE'RE SHORT ONE MEMBER AGAIN WE GOT TO ANOTHER MEMBER BUT THEY DID A REALLY THOROUGH JOB OF VETTING ALL THESE AND WHEN YOU READ IT YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE CAVEATS ON SOME OF THESE IT HAS TO BE FOR TARGETED MARKETING AND FOR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE SPANISH MUST TRAIL. THEY ASKED FOR PLENTY OF MONEY. 
          THEY DIDN'T GET IT ALL BARELY A MEDIA PACKET. I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE BUT THERE WERE CAVEATS THERE. THERE'S ALSO A CAVEAT FOR THE HILTON HEAD ORCHESTRA THAT THEY NEED TO INCLUDE AN EVENT IN BEAUFORT IF YOU'RE GOING TO REFER TO AJAX YOU'VE GOT TO BRING IT HERE. THE FAVORITE PART IS SHELTER COVE . WE TOLD THEM TO APPLY TO HILTON HEAD. 
          THERE WERE SOME CAVEATS IN HERE THAT THE COMMITTEE DID A GOOD JOB OF LOOKING AT IT AND KUDOS TO BRICE AND AGAIN FOR ALL THEIR PATIENCE AND BRIAN WAS THERE FOR ALL THAT TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T STRAY JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THINGS THE REQUEST WAS THAT THE NEXT YEAR WITH AN EVENT NORTH OF THE BROAD AND THEN THEY CAN ASK FOR YOUR JOB YEAH THEY HAD MARKETING MONEY THERE AND WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR KEN WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO TO THE QUESTIONS TODAY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TONIGHT? I CAN'T PROMISE THAT. 
          OKAY, THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE WILL MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT OBJECTION OR ANY OBJECTION ONE OBJECTION. EXCELLENT. 
          ONE OBJECTION IS CAN WE FILL OUT A LOT OF DOCUMENTS? OKAY, LET'S BE REAL. 
          YOU WERE OUR NEXT COUNTY COUNCIL. I WOULD BE REPLACED BY AN OLD WELL, WE'RE TIME PEOPLE COMING, BRIDGET, TO DO ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND I THINK GOING TO DO THINGS HAVE A LOT OF WRONG WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE AS WELL. 
          [12. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND BEAUFORT COUNTY'S BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 (ORDINANCE NO. 2024/25) TO CORRECTLY REFLECT THE FUND 4000 CIP BUDGET (FISCAL IMPACT: the impact of this budget amendment will result in the budget for Fund 4000- Capital Improvement Fund being reduced by the erroneous fund balance figure of $20,147,100.00 to a total of $78,307,839.00)]
YEAH AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND UTAH COUNTY SO THAT IF WE WERE PLAYING BY THE INCORRECTLY OF 4000 GOT IT ON A REVIEWING PASSPORT CASUALTY BUDGET AND IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET WE HAD DISCOVERED THAT FUNDS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROPRIATED BY COUNCIL FOR PROJECTS PROJECTS JUST HADN'T STARTED YET SO THEY WANTED SOMEBODY AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 24 WERE THE STATE ME BROUGHT IN AS REVENUE TO THE FISCAL 25 FUNDING FOR THAT MARKET SO WE'RE WAITING TO DO THAT AMOUNT IN THE BANK BOARD THAT WAS IN OUR IN OUR CAPITAL MY MIND AND PUT THE FUNDS BACK TOWARDS THE PROJECT THE COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY ALREADY APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PROJECT. I THINK THIS KIND OF THAT I'M GOING TO LET VALERIE EXPLAIN ANYTHING ELSE SHE MAY REMEMBER SO THAT IF YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR THE BUDGET LAST YEAR AND I THINK MR. ROBINSON IS ALSO HERE WHEN YOU'VE BEEN OUR CFO, THE FIRST CHIEF THAT YOU SEE HERE THIS IS A VERY CARRYOVER. THIS ATTACHMENT WAS EXHIBIT A PART OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN JUNE AND THESE THREE BOTH WERE LISTED ON THESE HONESTLY AS EXHIBIT A BUT THEY WERE ALSO ENTERED TWICE ENTERED INTO THE AFROPUNK 1000 BUDGET. 
          THE WE ESSENTIALLY COUNCIL APPROVED THEM TWICE. THEY NEVER GOT REDUCED BACK DOWN ONCE THE PROCESS BEGAN. SO THIS TOTAL WAS $1.3 MILLION THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY TOTAL BUDGET. SO WE DO HAVE TO CORRECT THIS ERROR AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE AUDITOR WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS BOND OUT SO WE DON'T HAVE AN AUDIT FINDING IN FISCAL YEAR 
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AUDIT. SO THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF THIS NUMBER, THE SECOND ATTACHMENT AND THEN LAST FOR ANOTHER THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST SIX WAS IN YOUR BACKUP. 
          SO IN FISCAL YEAR 25 THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN FIVE 4000 AS I BELIEVE IT WAS LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE IS CARRYOVER FUND BALANCE WE'RE WAITING ON YOU HERE AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE FUND BALANCE THAT WAS SITTING IN THE OLD FUND WHICH IS BY 1040 THAT WE OPENED THE COUNTY OPEN SIGN 4000 SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT A MULTI-YEAR FUND TO PROJECT WILL CARRYOVER AUTOMATICALLY DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT $20 MILLION IS ONE OF THE ENCUMBERED YET REMAINS PART OF HADN'T STARTED SO IT WAS ALREADY APPROPRIATED BY COUNCIL FOR SAID PROJECT WE TOOK IT AND WE'LL GET A VERSION OF ON 4000 AND ADDED IT TO OTHER PROJECTS SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS GO BACK IN AND READJUST OUR ENTIRE BUDGET TO REDUCE BY THAT $20 MILLION BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY APPROPRIATED APPROPRIATED IN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL AND THEN PUT DOWN IN THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTION $1.1 MILLION WAS PAID OUT BY THE FISCAL YEAR END OF JUNE 38 INCLUDING THEIR GAIN SO IT LEFT A BALANCE OF 18.9 THAT ACTUALLY GOT TRANSFERRED OVER AND THOSE GATHERED HERE IN BERLIN. I GOT THROUGH THIS PROJECT BUDGET TO ABLE TO PUT THOSE LIVES BACK TOGETHER BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO WHAT WHAT I KNOW NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I CAN'T PROVIDE ANY DETAIL THAT WAS WASN'T HERE BUT I'M SURE BOTH JOHN AND I LIKE GOOD ANSWERS. 
          THE QUESTION OF YOU HAVE AN EQUATION YES I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION EVERY SECOND. 
          MOST SECONDS ARE ANY MORE DISCUSSION AND DISCUSSION THAT'S THE 20 YEAR THAT I'M ME TO BE AN EQUITY FIGURE IT OUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU STRAIGHTENED OUT SO RIGHT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT IT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING OTHER DAY AND LAST MONDAY AND THAT WAS THE $20 MILLION YOU REFERRING TO? YES. OKAY. 
          SO REALLY EXACTLY. WE'RE FIXING THE FUNDS TO NOT USE OF THAT ON BALANCE AT ALL THAT WILL CONFUSING BUT WHEN WE GET IT STRAIGHT THAT'S JUST ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT'S ACTUALLY MOVED US TO COUNCIL AS AN ORDINANCE WITHOUT OBJECTION ANY OBJECTION NO OBJECTION 
          [13. DISCUSSION AND RESOLUTION UPDATING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) POLICY]
THANK YOU. RIGHT OVER 30 DISCUSSION THE RESOLUTION UPDATING THE COUNTY FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT LAWYER POLICY GET A NOTE. THERE'S OUR SECOND IS NICHOLS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MORNING SO WE FOLLOW IN EVERY LIBERATION FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THEN WITHIN THOSE FAMILIES ACTUALLY WORKING IN THE STATE U.S. POLICY FOR THE UNIFORM HANDLING OF CIVILIAN REQUESTS AND COUNTY COUNCIL SO THEY IS TO THE POLICY IN 2021 TO DO THAT BUT WE'RE THE REASON ORGANIZATIONAL CHART CHANGES WE HAS MOVED FROM RECORDS MANAGEMENT TO COMMUNICATIONS ELIGIBILITY SO MOST OF THESE UPDATES ARE SWEETENERS THINGS TO UPDATE THE PHONE NUMBER, THE EMAIL ADDRESS, THE DEPARTMENT NAME BUT WHILE WERE DOING THAT WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY CALLS AND THE SPECIALISTS THEMSELVES IN THE CLASS SINCE THIS POLICY SO THAT IS THE BIGGEST CHANGE AS FAR AS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY MORE DISCUSSION SO THAT THE IDEA THOUGHT THEY WERE FINE MIGHT MY MY QUESTION WENT TO MR. MOORE I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON HOW WE'RE BILLING COMPETING FOR YOUR REQUEST AND HE'S AGREED TO DO MAYBE MONTHLY US KNOW ABOUT THAT PART OF WHY WE'RE THIS SUMMER AND I'M ALSO EXCITED SHARE WITH BUILDING TEAMS VACANCIES WITHIN 20 DEPARTMENTS AND WE REALLY THOSE TWO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME ON BOARD SOON WE ARE WORKING THROUGH A BIT A BACKLOG BUT FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE AND I'M GRATIFIED THAT IN SAVING OUR SECTOR LATER THAT DAY BRINGING RESOLUTIONS OR ADDITIONS IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR CAN WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT OBJECTION AND IS THAT OBJECTION 
          [14. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FROM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PURCHASE 117- ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 60 JOHN MEEKS ROAD, SEABROOK, SOUTH CAROLINA, (LOBECO) WITH TAX MAP NUMBERS R700 037 000 0181 0000, R700 037 000 0182 0000, R700 037 000 0183 0000, R700 037 000 0184 0000, R700 037 000 0185 0000 AND R700 037 000 0186 0000 (FISCAL IMPACT: $1,495,000.00 ($12,777.00/acre)]
ACTUALLY RAISED THE PROCEDURE THAT WE WANT TO GO ON THE NUMBER 14 RESOLUTION 
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AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN EXECUTING NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WILL BE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PURCHASED LARGEST 170 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 60 JOHN ROADS HE SOUTH CAROLINA AND WE GO WITH FAX MY NUMBERS ARE 700 0370000181000 AND ACTUALLY THE QUESTION RATHER ONCE I'M GOING TO WRITE OUT FOR THAT IS EXACTLY SO IT LOOKS LIKE ONE DECISION FOR FIVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RURAL PART OF THIS DOCUMENT SO JUST THROW IT ALL AWAY. GLAD YOU STUCK AROUND. BUT AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT A MOTION FOR US TO DISCUSS THIS THE MOTION DISCUSS HE WAS BROWN AND THEN SECONDED BY OUR AND SO YOUR TWO FOUR YEARS I GUESS WHEN WE THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT AGAIN I APPRECIATE WHEN THE COUNCIL PUT TOGETHER A SITE WITH FIND A SITE AND JOBS LAST YEAR WITH 1.3 MILLS BEING SET ASIDE THE IDEA WAS IS THERE WERE SEVERAL PARCELS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND WE ABOUT THEM IN OPEN SESSION CHILDREN THE CHILDREN UP IN THE MSA AND THEN SOME 200 ACRES IN LIVINGSTONE AND AS YOU CAN RECALL OR SO MOST OF YOU COULD RECALL YEARS AGO THIS WAS A CHEMICAL PLANT THE SAME CHEMICAL PLANT ACROSS THE STREET. THIS IS THE HUB ZONE. 
          SO THERE'S SOME VALUE TO IT FOR DEVELOPMENT BY DEFENSE COMPANIES THERE FOLLOWING THE DECADES OF CHEMICAL OPERATIONS THERE THERE WAS A JELLY BOARD PLANT THERE AND THAT DID THAT COULD DEVASTATE TO THE WELL BRANCH AND PLANT AND THE BIG THERE WERE JELLY OPERATIONS AT THAT FACILITY AND THAT'S STILL JELLY BALL UP THERE AND WE DON'T WANT JELLY ROLL THERE DON'T WANT TO SPOIL IT. I'M THE OUTRAGE IT WAS NOT BUILT THERE SO YOU KNOW BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE THERE WITH JELLY BALL OPERATION FOR SURE. DID WE SEE THE JELLY NOW? THERE WAS THERE WAS THANK YOU BUT IT WAS NOT REAL PLEASURE. IT WAS STOPPED REAL QUICK. 
          YEAH, YEAH. I'M NOT DISPUTING HOW LONG THEY WERE IN OPERATION BUT THEY THEY DID THIS JELLY BALL PROCESS AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THE ARRAY TECHNICIANS CALLED THE REMNANTS WOULD GO OUT ABOUT BE DISPERSED OVER THE WHALEY BRIDGE LIKE THAT LIKE THE SHEEN OF OF PLASTIC WRAP AND THEN THEN THEY WOULD COOK THAT AND KIND OF CREATE KIND OF A OF A GLASS HOUSE OF FACT BASICALLY IT WOULD HAVE HOT DAY EVERYTHING AFTER IT WAS ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION. SO SEVERAL ADMINISTRATORS AGO WE WERE OUT IN THE DISTRICT AND WERE WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS SITE COULD BE DEVELOPED AGAIN FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY. 
          NOW THERE ARE TWO PARTS ON THE SLIDE JUST SAY LOOK IN NORTH ON THIS MAP YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE EAST IS THE CHEMICAL PLANT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BY IT HERE. THIS IS 100 AND HUNDRED AND 17 ACRES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BUY OUT OF THE SITE OUT BUT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER FOR JUST UNDER $5 MILLION WE HAVE APPRAISALS HERE. I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU BUT THE APPRAISAL PLACE IS THIS VALUE AT BETWEEN POINT 6 TO $1.8 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, 11111825 AND 2.1 I'M SORRY THE APPRAISAL SO WE THINK WE'RE GETTING IT BELOW VALUE THINGS TO REMEMBER THOUGH AS WE LOOK AT PURCHASE WHEN THE FUND WAS RATED PLAY WE PROBABLY SAID ANY OF OUR WE WOULD BRING BACK AND AS WE DID LAST MONTH OR EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH THE GEISMAR PROPERTY WE WANT TO HAVE COUNSEL UNDERSTAND WE'RE DOING THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN CONSERVATION WORK DONE HERE THIS LAND ONLY INDUSTRIAL SO IT COULD ACCOMMODATE THE AREA IS SERVED BY WATER BUT IS NOT SERVED BY SEWER SO THERE WOULD BE PRESSURE ON US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT IF WE DO ANY KIND OF REDEVELOPMENT HERE, ANY KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPACT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ARE BY DISTRIBUTION WHICH MIGHT PUT PRESSURE ON THE ROADS. 
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WE'RE PROBABLY NOT INTERESTED IN THAT NOT GREAT PAYING JOBS. SOME RECENT PROJECTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BE DOING IT WITH US WOULD BE LAND BASED FISHERIES OR AG AGRITOURISM OR MEAT PROCESSING MIGHT BE A GOOD APPLICATION THERE. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OBVIOUSLY . THIS IS IN COUNCILMAN DAWSON'S DISTRICT. 
          HIS CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING HIM AND BY EXTENSION ME FOR THE SEVEN YEARS WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE BIG BILL ? WE'RE GOING TO BE REAL CAREFUL AS TO WHAT WE ARE DOING BUT GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND MAKE WE'RE ON TRACK IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WE'LL BE TO MOVE SOME OF THE SITE PLANNING GRANTS THAT WERE EARMARKED FOR GMAC DOWN TO THIS SITE AND DO SOME PRELIMINARY PLANNING AND CONCEPTUAL PLANS THAT MAKE THE PROPERTY VALUABLE. SO THAT IS THE INTENT HERE ON THESE HUNDRED AND THIRD 117 ACRES IT WOULD BE EVERY DISTRICT THAT WE'RE GOING TO I'M LOOKING AT 104 AND THE PACKET I JUST MY I DON'T UNDERSTAND NUMBER THREE SAYS ON A BEFORE EXPIRATION BLAH BLAH BLAH THE PURCHASER MAY CAUSE THE PREPARATION OF THE SURVEY AND THEN NUMBER FIVE SAYS THIS AND THAT WOULD BE THE PURCHASERS EXPENSE NUMBER FIVE SAYS THE SELLER AT THEIR EXPENSE SHALL DELIVER SURVEYING CETERA. 
          WHY ARE THOSE TWO IN CONFLICT? WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PREPARE THE SURVEY AND DO DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE WE CLOSE SO THE SELLER DOESN'T HAVE TO DO A SURVEY. 
          AND SO NUMBER FIVE SAYS WE FULLY EXPECT TO DO THAT YET I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME BUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS GOING TO DO THE SURVEY AND THE TO DO ANY OTHER INCLUDING WETLANDS YEAH SO I'M NOT MISTAKEN THERE'S NO REPRESENTATION FROM THE JELLY BOWL PREVIOUS BUT YOU'LL DO THOSE DETAILS AND SO ON THE YES IT WAS SHUT DOWN REALLY IMPORTANT BY THE FARMER. YES WHAT WE'RE REALLY UPSET ABOUT THEY NEVER OPERATED REALLY PROPERTY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST TALKING IT'S NOT WHERE THE DELI BALTIMORE OKAY. 
          YEAH IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT IT'S MORE HIGH DRY AND PLAINER. 
          OKAY, GOOD. THEY'RE THEY'RE THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATE ACTION ON THIS SITE AND WE WILL HAVE A FULLY EXECUTED VOLUNTARY CLEANUP CONTRACT WITH THE STATE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD FOR PROVIDE INFORMATION WHAT IS A JERRY BOWL SO WE'RE DOING WHAT ARE WE DOING? YEAH I GOT THAT PART BUT WHAT IT'S LIKE A LITTLE LITTLE CAMPBELL GRILLING FISH THEN THEY SELL THEY DRIVE AND SOLD TO MARKET. 
          OKAY. I'M FROM OHIO. THEY EAT ELK AND THEY ARE GOOD. 
          OKAY, GOOD. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ALL THEY DID WHEN YOU LOOK GOOGLE EVENTS THIS AND I'M JUST AN IDIOT THEY STILL WE GET THE 1.5 MILLION YOU FINALLY GET TO PROVE THAT I AGREE WITH YOU NOW I'M SURE BRANDON WILL TAKE YOU SELL THAT PROPERTY TO THE PERSON THAT WE DECIDED WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT DEVELOP ON IT WHAT I'M ONLY ASKING YOU THIS IS WHAT THE SECOND OR THIRD PROPERTY YOU ARE PROVING AND IT REMINDS AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO CLUE WHO IS GOING TO BUY IT WHAT'S GOING TO BE A DOG OR IT IS A WILDLIFE WHAT FOUR AND A HALF $5 MILLION IN THE PAST 90 DAYS? NO, NO TO THIS WOULD BRING IT TO ABOUT 2 MILLION JUST UNDER 2 MILLION IN THE LAST GIVING IS ONE ON 1.5 GEISMAR WAS 460 SO 1.495 PLUS 460 STILL BE BELOW 2 MILLION AND HAVE THE OTHER ONE WE DID THAT LAST MONTH IT WAS LIKE ONE ONE SOMETHING YOU KNOW IT'S 233 TIMES 33,000 OR SOMETHING SO I GUESS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THE PROCESS THAT THEY BUY THE PROPERTY BACK FROM US AND THEN GOES BACK INTO YOUR OUT FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY WHENEVER FIND OUT THAT IT GOES INTO THE COUNTY SITE JOB FUND WE SELL WHAT WE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO ON THIS ONE AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC PROCESS THEN WE WE'VE COME UP WITH A CONCEPTUAL PLAN WE WORK WITH AN ENGINEERING FROM THE PRIOR WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO UNDERWRITE 50% OF THAT AND WE ENGINEER COST AND THEN LET'S JUST SAY WE 
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WE'VE COME UP WITH A POSSIBILITY I'M THROWING THIS OUT THERE HAVE A LAND BASED A 200 WE SAW THIS IN THE NETHERLANDS BUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 200,000 SQUARE FOOT UNDER ROOF LAND BASED FISHERY AND THEN A PROCESS TO A MEAT PROCESSING PLANT WITH MAYBE SOME AGRITOURISM WE LAY IT OUT THERE THE CONCEPT WE GET A PRE PERMITTED AND THEN WE WOULD PUT IT OUT FOR BID SO THAT THE MARKET COULD DECIDE WHO WANTS THAT SITE YOU KNOW AND I'M NOT I'M NOT TIED INTO THOSE AND THIS IT COULD BE IT COULD BE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. 
          IT COULD BE A MUNITIONS PLANT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE BUT JACK THESE ARE THE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. YES, BUT DO YOU YOU DO YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY? YES. IT'S SORT OF THEY CAN CONTROL AND MARKET THE PROPERTY PROPERLY WITH A MASTER AND THEN DETERMINE THE BEST USE ON THE BACK SIDE AND THEY'VE DONE IN THE COMMERCE PARK THEY'VE DONE WHERE THEY'VE OR THEY HAVE RESOLD PROPERTY AND THAT'S WHAT THE GOOD PART ABOUT THIS AT A LOWER THAN APPRAISED VALUE THEN INCREASE THE THERE IS THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS IN THE TURNAROUND REMARK ETC. LET ME JUST SAY THAT WHEN JOHN CAME ON DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR I CAME ON COUNCIL AND I WAS PROBABLY VERY, VERY PROBABLY TOUGHER ON HIM THAN MOST OTHER PEOPLE WHEN IT CAME TO THINGS HE WAS DOING HE IS NOW CONVINCED ME I'M ON YOUR SIDE JOHN YOU PROVED THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT A FAR MAKING THINGS HAPPEN AND THINGS ARE GOING ON AND AGAIN IT'S IT'S BEEN PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 
          WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE MONEY AND TAKE SOME THINGS THAT SALUTE AND SO I'M A BELIEVER SO YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT THE BOARD BUT OBVIOUSLY ON OUR SIDE HERE ON OUR SYSTEM WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S MONEY SO THAT'S WHY YOU GET THE BIG PUSH BACK FROM US IS BECAUSE MAKING SURE WE'RE SPENDING WHERE YOU I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE THE DIALOG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          IF I MIGHT IF I MIGHT FOLLOW UP ON THAT JOHN I THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENT WORK TO ACTUALLY BRING THESE UNDER UNDER OUR CONTROL UNDER THE COUNTY CONTROL BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING IT WAS OPEN TO ALMOST ANYTHING AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE MORE THAN SATISFIED KNOW THAT NOW THEY ARE PROTECTED FROM ALL THE INDUSTRIAL POSSIBILITY THAT MIGHT DID EXIST THAT WE NOW HAVE CONTROL OF IT AND WE THE COUNTY WILL DETERMINE WHAT GOES INTO THAT INTO THAT PARK. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE . 
          LET ME JUST QUICK BEING VERY MEDIATORS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP BUT THE THREAT TO PROPERTY TO PROPERTY YOU'RE PURCHASING WHAT WOULD WAS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WE NEED TO DO WITH THE 93 ACRES THAT WE USED IS NOT BECOMING LIABILITY TO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO. THE 140 YES AND NO IT IS A PROBLEM TO HAVE 93 ACRES ACROSS STREET CONTAMINATED MITCHELL BROTHERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT SO AMONG MANY OF GERALD'S CONSTITUENTS I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CLEANED UP WE HAD THAT PARCEL OF APPRAISE AND THE OWNERS REPRESENTATIVE DECLINED OUR OFFER AND SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH FOIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND SO WE GOT IT APPRAISED. 
          THEY REJECTED OFTEN OUR ARCHITECT OR COMBINED FACT AND HOPEFULLY THE ACCURATE IMPRESSION THAT HANK AND I WORK VERY TOGETHER AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THE TACT IS IS TO PUT PRESSURE ON ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO GET THAT CLEANED UP IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. WE THINK THERE'S ENOUGH OF THAT ISSUE. YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL USED FUNDS TO RUN WATER LINES IN THAT AREA BECAUSE CONCERN SO I BELIEVE AS AS AS A TEAM WE WILL ADVOCATE TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES TO CLEAN THAT UP AND THAT SO THAT WILL DO IN CONCERT WITH THE WAY DESCRIBE THE GREAT WORK WE'RE GOING TO DO TO GET IT DESIGNED PLAN INCREASE VALUE APPRECIATE AGAIN ALL RIGHT TO YOU MORE DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THIS TO COUNTY COUNCIL AS 
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A RESOLUTION IS THERE ANY OBJECTION NO OBJECTION. THIS WILL BE GOING COUNCIL I 
          [15. DISCUSSION OF A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE FILING DEADLINE FOR THE COUNTY TO ACCEPT AN "AGRICULTURAL USE" VALUATION APPLICATION FOR TAX YEARS 2020, 2021, AND 2022 (R700 036 000 0052 0000) WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS NOT FILED PRIOR TO THE FIRST PENALTY DATE FOR EACH TAX YEAR (FISCAL IMPACT: TBD)]
DON'T MOVE ON TO NUMBER 15 DISCUSSION OF A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE FILING DEADLINE FOR THE SENATE TO ACCEPT AN AGRICULTURAL USE VALUATION APPLICATION FOR TAX YEAR 2020 2021 2022 FOR PROPERTY ARE 700 0360000 WAS NOT FILED APPLICATION WAS NOT FILED PRIOR TO THE FIRST PENALTY PAID FOR EACH TAX YEAR AND THE 70 SENATORS ARE WILL BE FOR ASSESSOR THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY YOU CAN BRUSH YOUR PATIENCE AND THE EMOTIONS OF JESUS I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE PRESS I THINK IT'S SO YES MA'AM. 
          GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR VOTING TODAY ON THE DISCUSSION THE TOPIC THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ALL RIGHT ON THERE FLOWSERVE WITH THE NAME OF PROPERTIES LISTED IN THE SURVIVORS TRUST UNDER ARTICLE TWO OF THE BOTTLES ARE AVAILABLE TO TRY TO THE I GUESS TWO OR THREE BACKGROUND PROBABLY ITSELF MR. VARGAS HARRIS ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY IN 1983 AND USE WAS APPLIED WITH NOW AROUND 1994 ON THE PROPERTY MAIN AND RECEIVING AGRICULTURAL USE UNTIL THE DEBT OR THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO MR. ROBERTS TO THIS TRUST HE IS THE INCUMBENT OF THIS AREA OF THE TRUST NOW DUE TO THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY INTO THE TRUST WITH THE RESIDENCE WE WERE LOOKING AT AGRICULTURE EXEMPTION WILL INCLUDE FROM PROPERTY REQUIRED DEVELOPER TO REAPPLY VIRTUALLY DUE TO MEDICAL REASONS AND FOR INJURIES HE SUSTAINED MR. BOND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY WHETHER IT WAS AGRICULTURAL USE OR THE LEGAL RESIDENCY EXEMPTION AND THEREFORE THOSE PROPERTY WERE RATED 6% UNTIL HONORABLE OCTOBER 20, 2023 WE GAVE OUR OFFICE TO DISCUSS THE WITH ME. 
          MR. GONZALES PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT OR PROVIDE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THAT HE HAD A TRAUMATIC AND THAT THE PROPERTY SHOULD REMAIN A LEGAL MATTER. AGRICULTURE NEEDS EXEMPTION THEREFORE I'M BRINGING THIS TO BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AS A RESULT OF THIS THE CODE OF WHICH IS 12.3 TO 20 WOULD SERVE IN THIS CASE FOR AGRICULTURE USE THE GOVERNING BODY WHICH IS YOUR SO ACTUALLY TO LOOK AT THE MATTER AND IT WAS DETERMINED BASED ON MR. HOUSER SITUATION IF YOU CAN ALLOW FOR HIS APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE TRIBE HIS APPLICATION WITH AGRICULTURE USE WAS GRANTED FOR 23 FORWARD BECAUSE IT WAS TIMELY THAT MATTER SURE FOR THE YEARS OF 2021 AND 22 DUE TO ALL INABILITY TO COME TO OUR OFFICE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AGAIN FOR HIS INJURY THAT HE SUSTAINED AS WELL AS DURING COVID OFFICERS WERE CLOSED WE DO NOT HAVE A FILING SYSTEM FOR THE AGRICULTURE AS WE DO AS WE DO TODAY. 
          SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO COME TO OUR OFFICE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN EXEMPTION TO THE CATTLE INSTEAD OF SO AFTER TODAY BROWSER HERE WITH HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE UNDER THE ATTORNEYS HERE AS WELL I THINK YOU MAY WANT TO BE AWARE THAT WAS THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT WE MAY FOR HIM THIS MORNING WILL BE THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING ATTORNEYS HERE SO MY REQUEST TO THE COMMUNITY IS TO ALLOW FOR THE TIME THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION CONSIDER FOR 2021 OR 22 A REQUEST IS NOT FOR A DETERMINATION OF A REFUND. 
          THIS COULD BE TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATION FROM WHERE MY TIME IS FOR ME AS A SEPARATE FACILITY TO SEE WHO QUALIFIES FOR USING THE QUESTION. THE DISCUSSION OF HAVING THE DISCUSSION AND THAT STATEMENT I LIKE THE SPIRIT OR WHATEVER I MIGHT DO INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY JUST ATTORNEY FOR WHICHEVER ONE WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT. 
          YEAH, PLEASE. THANK YOU GUYS. I WAS NERVOUS TO JOIN WITH BURNETT. I DROVE ALL THE WAY OUT IN CHARLESTON I'VE BEEN HELPING MR. ROUSER WITH THIS ISSUE. I HAVE HELPED PEOPLE DEAL WITH ACCESSIBILITY SO I WAS ABLE TO 
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TALK ABOUT YOUR FATHER. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MS.. SANDERS IS THE NICEST HELPFUL ASSESSOR I THINK EVER TRULY. BUT IT'S IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE. 
          MR. HOUSER, THAT A MONTH AFTER HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY SUSTAINED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND THEN HOPE IT HAPPENED. HIS LIFE WAS LIKE 2013 FUNCTIONALLY WITH THAT MOVIE. SO I THINK PROPERTY TAX ISSUES ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND TO BEGIN WITH I WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY BEFORE GOING OUT ON MY OWN SO THAT BRAIN INJURY THE PASSING OF YOUR PARENTS AND BE GOING ON AND I SUSPECT ENDED UP REALLY OUR THE LAW THAT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO GO BACK MORE THAN TWO YEARS NOW BUT OUT TO THE DISTRICT PERSON THAT IS REVIEWING IT OBVIOUSLY FOR EXAMINATION GOING THAT PRIOR WAS YOU WOULDN'T GET IT AGAIN IN 23 OF A PERSON THAT WAS THE PROPERTY USE WERE CURRENTLY BELIEVE IT IS GENERALLY ABOUT 86.43 SO THAT YOUR CULTURAL USE EXEMPTION FOR THAT WAS BUT IT WAS WASN'T MEANT SO I UNDERSTAND THAT INJURY HAPPENED IN 2019 AFTER IT CLOSED IN 2020 SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE 2021 IN 2022 IT WAS MORE SEVERE. YEAH. 
          SO WHAT DOES THAT IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRIES AND THIS IS IS WORKING THIS BROWSER WE CAN GO THROUGH THE THINGS AND THE FACTS IS WHY I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE SO YOU DID TRY AND 2020 FROM THE OFFICE WAS NO NOT INITIALLY BECAUSE OF THE INDUSTRY OKAY SO WE HAD NOTHING DO WITH IT THE OFFICE BEING CLOSED THAT'S THAT'S WHY I ABLE TO COME IN LATER AND BECAUSE OF COVID YOU HAVE TO QUARANTINE AND GO OUT AND THEY THEN ADD ON TO THAT PROCESS YOU KNOW THAT BUT I TOLD YOU I'M JUST ENTERING I'M READING RIGHT THERE FROM THE APPOINTMENT AND IT SAYS I'M ABLE TO COME IN 2020 BECAUSE OF COVID. BUT YOU'RE SAYING YOU DIDN'T TRY IN 2020 JUST WEREN'T OPEN? I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OFFICE BEING DO NOT BE ABLE TO COME. IT JUST WASN'T STARTING TO GET WORKED ON UNTIL 2023. 
          REMEMBER IN 2021 EVERYTHING I'VE EVER EVERY NIGHT I WENT TO THAT THERE WERE JUST LIKE 31ST DATES WE'RE GOING STANDING THERE EVERYTHING I WORKED ON FORGOTTEN. 
          YES. YOU DIDN'T EXPECTING BUT MY MEMORY THING WAS THIS ONGOING ISSUE AND YOU YOU GO TO THE OFFICE BUT NOT THAT I MEAN I'M GOING TO GET HELP YOU THERE BECAUSE OF BRAIN INJURY SO THAT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH WHATEVER I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT'S ON OUR HERE THAT SAYS OH IT STARTED TO THE OFFICES WERE CLOSED BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM NOT COMING TILL 2023 THAT'S NOT THE COMMON THAT NO DEBATE ON THAT WHATSOEVER I GUESS IF I'M VOTING ON SOMETHING AND SAYING THAT I WAS STOPPED BECAUSE OF COVID BUT IT WAS NEVER ENDED SO COVID REALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 
          I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE BECAUSE OF THE BRAIN INJURY. OKAY. 
          HE WAS ATTEMPTING RESOLVE THE ISSUE. RIGHT? RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND AND I DON'T KNOW THAT HIS INABILITY TO HEAR FROM ME MAYBE THE OPPOSITE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS YES THAT'S RIGHT YEAH WHICH IS FINE. I MEAN I JUST I JUST FROM OUR STAFF SIDE AND FOR ME VOTING ON SOMETHING SAYING COVID IS THE REASON THAT STOPPED IT AND IT'S JUST WHAT'S IN THIS DOCUMENT YOU WAS IT THAT'S THE PART I HAVE AN ISSUE WHEN I'M SUPPORTING OR NOT SUPPORTING BECAUSE THAT JUST OPENS UP A WHOLE ANOTHER REALM OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS COMING TO US SAYING THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING OF COVID NOW HE NEVER CAME TO THE OFFICES OR TO BECOME OFFICE 2020 BECAUSE OF THE INJURY. UNDERSTANDABLE. 
          BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT'S BECAUSE OF COVID AND WE SUPPORT SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THAT THAT'S THIS OPENS UP A WHOLE CAN OF WORMS FOR YOUR OFFICE AS WELL I COULDN'T IMAGINE THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWING YOU WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK AND I WAS ABLE TO HELP ARRANGEMENT BUT THE PRIMARY DRIVER WAS PRIMARY SO LIKE I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS BUT YES I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT HOW WE GET IT WE CAN EDIT THIS AREA AS IT WERE RIGHT NOW AND JUST THE LETTER I GUESS THE LETTER HERE WAS DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE IMPACT FROM THE HIS LETTER CLEARLY TOWARDS THE ISSUE AND HIS COUNSEL THE TIME NOT ON OUR STAFF, NOT ON ANYTHING OF US HIS COUNSEL DIDN'T DO DUE DILIGENCE. 
          [04:30:01]
THERE IS THAT PROBLEM AND THEN IMPEDING YOUR COUNSEL RIGHT FOR READING THE LETTER I READ THE LETTER I HEARD THE LETTER MENTION OF IT IN THE LETTER AND WHILE IT DOESN'T UP THE LETTER AND AS WELL YES AND AS WELL AS THAT SO I GUESS WITH SO REAL QUICK SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE WE THINK INSTEAD OF SAYING WE APPROVED HIS WHICH SORT OF SUPPORTS HIS REQUEST THE QUESTION I'VE GOT IS THAT GOING BACK WITH THE TAX RECORDS IN THIS IS A STANDARD QUESTION TO YOU IS IN 2019 THERE WAS ONLY NINE IMPACTS IF YOU HAVE 80 OR 92 ON THE TAXES BASICALLY THOUSAND $17.9. BUT NOW THAT HE DOES THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE NOW SUPPORTS 20 $400. SO HOW HOW THE $9 BILLION THAT BOTHER ABOUT IS THAT HE WAS THE HEART OF SAID DISABLED VETERAN SO FATHER AND SEE YOU HAD SEVERAL LAYERS OF EXEMPTIONS YOU HAD YOUR AGRICULTURE YOU YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR LEGAL RESIDENCY IN THE FATHER AND MOTHER THEY HAVE A THRESHOLD ADDITIONALLY THEY WERE HE WOULD BE BETTER HERE SO THE $90 REPRESENT WHAT WOULD BE MAKING FOR YOU KNOW 88 WHEN DAD PASSED AWAY HIS LAW WAS THAT WAY MOM HAD THE EXEMPTION THE VETERANS MOBILE CARD BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE WAS SHE PASSED AWAY IN ONLY THING THAT MR. VALDEZ IS QUALIFIED FOR IS LEGAL RESIDENCE IN AGRICULTURE USE BECAUSE NOT THAT EVERY GRANT DOES ANY MORE DISCUSSION I WOULD JUST SAY BEFORE THIS KIND OF COUNSEL THERE'S GOING TO BE THOSE QUESTIONS. I MEAN IT DEFINITELY CLEARLY STATES IN HIS LETTER NOT ONLY OUR DOCUMENTS THAT COVID WAS PART OF THE REASON KNOW AS WELL AS THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR COUNTY OFFICES BEING OPEN OR NOT OPEN OR ANY MEDICAL SO I'M JUST SAYING AGAIN THOSE TWO THINGS OPEN UP HEARD A LOT OF SCRUTINY OR A LOT OF OTHER PROPERTIES AND COUNTY FAR BACK AND THEY WANT TO GO UP TO 2019 JUST LIKE HIM. SO I AND I AGREE MR. CUNNINGHAM BECAUSE WHEN YOU READ IT AND I APPRECIATE THE LETTER HOWEVER THE ESSENCE OF IT IS THE ATTORNEY AT THE TIME DIDN'T DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU MS. WALLS GOT IN IT AND HELPED HIM EVERYBODY DO WHAT THEY DO BUT I THINK YOUR RECOURSE IS BACK TO THAT AN ATTORNEY SORRY THAT'S I MEAN THEY WERE REPRESENTING YOUR TRUST, RIGHT? THEY DID THIS ANY OBJECTION TO MOVING THIS TO COUNTY COUNCIL AS A RESOLUTION I KNOW THAT IT BE ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA NOT THE CONCESSION ITEM THAT'S MY CHAIR'S DECISION. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE WILL MOVE THIS MORE OBJECTIONS. THIS IS WORTH LITTLE MORE THAN 
          [16. PURCHASE OF AN UPGRADE TO THE EXISTING CISCO PHONE SYSTEM- CISCO WEBEX CLOUD-BASE CALLING (FISCAL IMPACT: The current quote is $588,755.09 - $117,751.02 annually for 5 years - which includes five years of service and maintenance. Funding will come from IT Systems Management data processing supplies budget (Account# 1000-10-1150-52600, balance $370,573.33)]
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON 68 TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM. THOSE SYSTEMS ARE STILL HOW THEY HOLD. THIS IS A CURRENT CALL WITH $588,074.09 AND IT WAS $70,000 OVER FIVE YEARS WHICH IT WAS IS FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE LEGAL COUNSEL THE MANAGEMENT THAT CAUSED THE SLIDES BUDGET IN THIS MANUAL. YES I WOULD HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THIS. YEAH SO I NEVER GOT THE SECOND TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, MR. SENATOR, YOU COULD GO AHEAD. I COUNSEL MY NAME IS SOMETHING ELSE I ALONG WITH RICHARD PHENIX. RIGHT. 
          WE ARE HERE FOR OR TO INFORM YOUR OF OUR MIGRATION POLICIES SYSTEM WHAT YOU HAVE WITH THE COMBINED MIGRATION THAT WE ARE HOPING TO RECEIVE IT IS ALLOWS FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT BENEFICIAL FEATURES FOR HOW ONE MAIN REASON OR HIGHLIGHT HIGHLIGHTING REASON IS FOR YOU ARE THINGS IN THE LAST TWO YEAR WHICH PROVED TO BE A VERY GOOD SCENARIO WITH CAPACITY BASED MIGRATIONS IN THE THROUGH THE CLOUDS THIS WAS A CISCO AND THAT IS WHAT IT ALLOW FOR THE COUNCIL TO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT LOCAL LIKE THAT THERE WOULD WHICH DURING THE HURRICANE SEASON THE 20 WAS FORWARD EVERYONE THAT THE CENTER WAS AFFECTED BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE THE NUMERATOR TRACKS SYSTEM BATTERY BACKUP AND SERVER THIS WAS A NATURAL 
          [04:35:08]
DISASTER THAT YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BUT THE THE SOURCE OF THE RESOURCES TO THE PART IT WILL BE ABLE TO LIBERATE YOUR PROPERTY THE CHANCES OF IN PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT HAVE COME TO A POINT WHERE THERE HAND WHERE IT'S 1/2 YOU CAN EVEN NOT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AND YOU SHOULD SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE WEB ALL IT IS REAL TIME MESSAGING FOR COLLABORATION WAS KNEW HOW INTEGRATED INTO PLATFORM DEMOCRACY OF COMMUNICATION WE HAVE THIS OPTION THAT IS VERY EFFICIENT WHEN EQUIPPED FOR MONITORING FEATURE THAT ALLOWS US TO SURVIVE MANAGERS TO LIVE DO QUALITY TRAINING FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THEN OUR OUR OUR COUNTY OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL IS WE CALL MONITORING SERVICE CURRENTLY WE HAVE CALL QUEUING THEY ARE BUSINESS WHICH WAS IMPORTANT FOR AUTOMATED SYSTEM THIS SERVICE WAS PASSED THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ALL AROUND IN AN EMERGENCY. THERE IS ALSO A CALLBACK TO OFFER ASSISTANCE IN REPORTING DETAILED ANALYTICS. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THE OF THE FEATURES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE WEBEX FEATURE EXCUSE COMPILED INTO. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF SPOOFING THAT CURRENTLY GOES ON WITH THE COUNTY WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT CALL US THAT EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THEY ARE BEING CALLED BUT THE CALLER BEING FOUR PLUS THE ACCOUNT NUMBER AND IT'S NOT THE COUNTY OR ANY OF THAT NUMBER THAT ARE HOME IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S LOSING CALLS USING THE NUMBER TO GETTING INFORMATION SO SENIOR CITIZENS ARE VULNERABLE TO THAT BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THE COUNTY IS ASKING FOR THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WE ARE NOT LICENSED WHICH IS EXPENSIVE IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS BUT MIGRATION TO SUPPORT THE MIGRATION WE HAVE THREE INTERNET PROVIDERS THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE MARK OF THE SERVICES THE SPARK LINE RIGHT AND FIVE ETC. THOSE ARE THE THREE INTERNET PROVIDERS THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR COUNTY NEEDS. SO WITH ROUTING TO THE TOP TO THE CLOUDS ENCRYPTION IS ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS THAT IS ALSO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE CALL QUALITY ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER YOU KNOW FEATURES THAT WE WERE CONCERNED TO MENTION. 
          BUT OVER TIME WE'LL JUST TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE'S ALSO A COMPONENT OF CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING TODAY WHICH IS AN OPERATING SYSTEM CALLED REDHAT OS. WE CURRENTLY USE THAT BUT THAT SERVICE OR THAT COMES INTO LINE AUGUST OF 2025 ONCE THAT SERVICE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IT WILL GREATLY IMPACT OUR CURRENT MEANS OF SUPPORTING COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 
          SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH YOUR APPROVAL MOVE FORWARD WITH FIVE MIGRATION TO SAVE THE KIND OF MONEY ON THIS OVER THE YEARS IT'S A FIVE YEAR PROCESS OR FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WILL DEFINITELY MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH OUR SERVICES WE TO GROW WITH TECHNOLOGY WE WANT TO GROW WITH OUR OUR STAFF AND OFFERING SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS THAT COVERS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR TODAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS BUT WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. 
          IF YOU DO LET ME JUST HELP YOU. OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL IN YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY OBJECTION TO US MOVING THIS FORWARD RIGHT NOW BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON? WE THANK YOU. REPLACING OUR OLD SYSTEM, RIGHT? THE SYSTEM IS REPLACING THE OLD SYSTEM 80 SOME THOUSAND FOR CURRENTLY A YEAR WE HAVE 30 CORRECT. 36 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE ACTUALLY IN OUR DISCUSSION LEARNING OBJECTION PROCESS MOVING THE STORM SO YOU KNOW JACKSON SO THE SPOTLIGHT THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING YOUR PRESENTATION VERY GOOD THANK YOU THANK YOU YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKS FOR STICKING 
          [17. APPROVAL OF A REQUEST TO PURCHASE (2) TYPE 1 AMBULANCES.(FISCAL IMPACT: $768,718 Fleet Services Vehicle Purchase Account Balance $1,556,991) - John Robinson, Assistant County Administrator]
AROUND ON OUR NUMBER 17 WE'RE WE'RE IN THE HOMESTRETCH A VERBAL REQUEST TO PURCHASE TO 
          [04:40:06]
TAKE ONE AMBULANCES THIS GO BACK $700,000.78 FLEET SERVICES VEHICLE PURCHASE ACCOUNT BALANCE OF 1,556,021 AND I COULD HAVE A MOTION WHICH WAIT A SECOND IS THERE ANY REASON THAT WE NEED MR. ROBSON PRESENT ANY THEN NO BUT WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION THIS IS GOING TO COUNSEL THAT'S GOING TO COUNSEL SO WE APPROVED THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          [18. APPROVAL OF A REQUEST TO PURCHASE (1) LT 40 BUCKET TRUCK FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. (FISCAL IMPACT $188,893 Fleet Services Vehicle Purchase for Public Works, Traffic Management Division - Account Balance $1,556,991)- Bryan Bauer, Director of Engineering, John Robinson, Assistant County Administrator]
IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? NO OBJECTION. THIS WILL GO TO COUNSEL. 
          LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO NUMBER 18 REGAL REQUEST TO PURCHASE ONE LTE 40 BUCKET TRUCK FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT THIS WILL IMPACT IS 188,893 FOR SERVICES VEHICLE PURCHASE FOR PUBLIC WORKS THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DIVISION THE ACCOUNT BALANCE 1,006,091 THE SAME THING IS THERE AN EMOTIONAL PURCHASE US I THINK SECOND SECOND ALL RIGHT IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR REASON FOR US BRING MR. ROBERTSON OR BRIAN POWER FORWARD 1970 RESIDENTS THIS WILL BE PASSED AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION HOW MANY OF THESE BUCKET TRUCKS DO WE KEEP BUYING? WE'RE ONLY THREE PEOPLE NOW I KNOW BUT WE HAVE REPLACED OVER IN THE PAST. 
          HOW MANY DO WE OWN? A BIG WITH FOUR TURTLE RIGHT ONES IN THE SHOP FOR YOUR TRUCK MANAGEMENT HAS TWO RIGHT NOW ONE WAS IN THE SHOP BUT WE HAD IT BACK SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE THIRD BROUGHT OUT OF THE REST. THAT'S JUST RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO AND ONE BE THE OLD ONE SITTING IN THE YARD THAT IS SO IF WE DON'T IMPROVE IT WE CAN'T DO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. THAT'S GREAT PROBABLY ROADS THAT WE CELEBRATE. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. THEY NEVER ARE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. 
          NOPE. NOPE. SO WE WILL THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION THE VERY OBJECTION I SEE NO HERE NO OBJECTION. SO THIS WILL BE ANOTHER ONE YOU CAN START HERE IF I WAS APPROVED HERE SO THIS WAY IT'S ONLY 208,000 SO THIS WILL OPERATE OUT OF FINANCE IT HOW DOES THIS WANT TO DO? WHEN I WAS 150 OVER THE THRESHOLD DID 200 TO 200 MORE. THIS WILL BE APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SEE NO 
          [Items 19 & 20]
OBJECTION THIS OUT OF DELIVERY. LET'S GO ON TO NUMBER 19 AND 20 DEGREES BOTH THE SAME TIME SO THAT'LL OBJECTION THAT WE'LL GET SOMEONE TO MAKE THE MOTION A SECOND RE-APPOINTMENT OF OF RICHARD SIMMONS NEXT NUMBER TO THE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX DUE PROCESS THE LAW FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM WITH EXPIRATION DATE OF APRIL 2029 AND ALSO THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF DAVID WILLIAMS TO THE AIRPORT'S BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM THE EXPIRATION THAT APRIL 2017 WAS LIKE ASK THE SAME MOTION TO TAKE BUT SO THAT MR. CHAIRMAN THAT CAN GET THE SECOND WE NEED DISCUSSION AND DURING OBJECTION TO NO OBJECTION THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED FOR APPROVAL OR OR 
          [21. FY 2026 DISCUSSION ON BUDGET UPDATE]
ARE YOU AT THE END FILING ON OUR OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY BESIDES AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS THIS THE YEAR 2014 DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET THE PARENT OF OUR FINANCIAL TEAM FINANCIAL OFFICER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND ALL OF OUR ALL OF THE ABOVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION THAT MOTION OF A LOT OF WORK UP THIS THIS JUST DISCUSSED ONE YEAH WHAT DO I KNOW AND WE ALL KNOW OKAY IT'S NOT GOING TO OKAY YOU'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW AFTER TODAY'S MEETING WE OBVIOUSLY ACTUALLY HAVE ACTUALLY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS I APOLOGIZE AGAIN BUT WE ARE UPDATING ALL OF THE FIVE WE HAVE SEVERAL FIVE YEAR SALARIES OFF OF IT AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING ALL THE FUNDS BOARD AT THE AGE OF EIGHT FULL TIME. 
          OBVIOUSLY YOU RECOGNIZE THAT A OF THE AGENCIES WE'RE FOLLOWING SAME TO WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY IN STOCK FEBRUARY WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR TEETH THAT MAY BE PRESENT SOME 30,000 I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MANY OTHER IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LIKE AS WE GO AND CONTINUE TO THIS BUDGET PROCESS BUT WE'VE ADJUSTED THE COUNTY BUDGET FOR THAT FOR A FULL TIME AND 943 PROGRAM WE'RE AND WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN BUT FURNITURE LOSS AND SPENDING CUTS WILL ARE PART FOR A 
          [04:45:02]
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON MAKE BID WHICH WILL BE RIGHT BEFORE THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THAT IS TO BE IN JUST LEARNING HOW THAT PRIOR TO THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PRESENTING THE 2026 BUDGET BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME GO BACK IN AND JUST SIT HERE AND UPDATE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU TO BE PRESENTED TODAY AND THEN I THINK YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS. 
          WELL THAT GOT LEFT UP TODAY BECAUSE OF THAT. SO THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING SOME OF THESE FUNDS FOR THE NEW BUILDING SO THAT WOULD BE 1:00 AND A DATE I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH US. YES, 1:00. SORRY, SORRY. 
          SAY I WAS ABSENT. SORRY. WAS THERE COURSE ARE OTHER GUESTS HERE INCLUDE AND THIS WAS AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHAIR WAS TO HAVE FOR FIRST READING OUT OF THAT FINANCE COMMITTEE AN EXPECTED CORPORATE SCREENING AND IN ORDER TO STAY IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE BUDGET CALENDAR WE NOT HAVING ADDITIONAL BUDGET BOARD MEETINGS WE WOULD REQUEST THAT WE MOVE THE BUDGET IMMEDIATELY TO THE FOLLOWING WHICH WOULD KEEP US BACK ON TRACK TO HAVE THE BUDGET PASSED BY THE FIRST READING BY THE WORK COUNCIL MEETING DO SO IN ORDER TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR ONE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING WHICH MAY BE AT THAT 1:00 PACIFIC REGION BUDGET WHICH IS CALLED RIGHT WITH A IT'S STILL IN A BUDGET AND CERTAINLY MORE DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT THE BUT SHE THAT FIRST READING WOULD BE COUNCIL MEMBER YES SHE SAID IS A SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE GOING TO BE WHEN YOU FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AT THE END OF THOSE MEETING NOW AND I'LL GET TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS GOING TO QUARTERLY SO I WILL GIVE YOU A MICKEY WARREN'S NAME RIGHT THIS IS YOU CALL ON THE SAME DAY WE HAVE OTHER MEETINGS. 
          YES. HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN MEET AT ALL BUT THE NEXT ONE WILL BE WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED THE FINAL THREE MEETINGS IT MAY 12 MEET WILL THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY AND THE FIRST MEETING YOU'LL HAVE IT DONE IN BEGINNING OF JUNE THERE WILL E-BOOKS ON A TEXT SCHEDULE AT AND EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT BUT 
          [22. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THAT IS OUR FINAL NOTE IT IS NOT EXCEPT FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BEEN WAITING? YEAH. OKAY SO GET OUT OF MY MEMORY SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IT WAS THERE FOR ALL THE REASONS LEGAL ADVICE ON THERE AND CAN DISCUSS EVERYTHING IN A FORMAL CONVERSATION PROMOTION VIRTUALLY DESTROYING A RELEASE OF A PERSON REGULATED BY THE PUBLIC NOT AN INTELLIGENT PLAN AND IT'S TAKEN NOW. NO NO I THINK I THINK THE THOUGHT YOU CAN PUT IN THERE WITH THE VOTE AND YET THERE WAS ONE OBJECTION THAT'S WHAT I GOT THE IS JUST BEING REALLY 
          [23. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION]
EXECUTIVE IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WOULD LIKE TO DESIGNATE YES MISS CHAIRMAN I THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN COUNCIL AT THIS NEXT MEETING WHETHER IT'S SPEND OR A SEMI APPOINTMENT OF MR. RICK CROWE, THE MEMBER OF THE TOWN FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSION AND AS A RESULT OF ITS CONDUCT OTHER RELATE TO THE INVESTIGATING AND INVESTIGATION PENDING CONCERNING TOWN'S FIRE DISTRICT I'LL SECOND THE SECOND PART AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION NO DISCUSSION IS THERE ANY OBJECTION IS NO OBJECTION OBJECTIONS IT'S GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT TERM COUNCILWOMAN OR ANY OTHER ACTION TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE. 
          YOU'RE HAVING NONE OF THESE ARE THE GERMANS AT 45 HOURS OR 32
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