May 08, 2025 Finance Administration and Economic Development Committee

CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD.

WE GOT THE FIRST AND A SECOND, UH, MS. BROWN AND MS. TABER.

UM, IF ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT, SO YOU NO DISCUSSION.

WE'LL PROVE IT WITHOUT OBJECTION AND IT IS APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UM, WE NOW HAVE OUR, UH,

[5. CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD- 15 MINUTES]

UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY? AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE, SO, UM, ALRIGHT, WE WILL CLOSE OUR CITIZEN'S COMMENT THEN.

AND, UM, GET TO NUMBER

[6. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT]

SIX ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.

THERE IS NONE OF THAT.

OKAY, WE'RE

[7. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT REGARDING LIVE COVERAGE, PUBLIC BROADCAST, RECORDING, AND ARCHIVING OF GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND EVENTS (FISCAL IMPACT: The estimated fiscal impact on revenues generated by such MOA's has historically been between $50,000 and $75,000 annually. For FY26, annual revenue is projected to be $110,000 to Beaufort County Broadcasting Services) - Vincent Virga, Broadcasting Services Director]

GONNA, ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER SEVEN THEN.

UM, AND THAT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT REGARDING LIVE COVERAGE, PUBLIC BROADCASTING, RECORDING AND ARCHIVING OF GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND EVENTS.

UM, IF I COULD ASK FOR SOMEONE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION.

AND, UM, THINK YOU, YOU'RE GONNA, NO.

OH, MISS, OH, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE.

UM, DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO STEP UP.

YEP.

VINCENT, THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING.

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

MR. MR. BERGER IS OUR BROADCASTING SERVICES DIRECTOR.

IS THAT YOUR CORRECT TITLE? YES, SIR.

YOU RIGHT? YES, SIR.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.

SO YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST OR SIR? YEAH.

THIS IS A, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, FOR, UM, TO GIVE, UH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR COUNCIL TO VOTE, TO GIVE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UH, THE AUTHORITY TO, UM, EXECUTE MEMORANDUMS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BROADCAST COVERAGE, UH, AND ARCHIVING OF THEIR, UH, BOARD MEETINGS, COUNTY MEETINGS, COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A WHILE.

AND, UH, THE REASON FOR THE, UH, ASK TODAY IS, UH, WE LOOKED, UH, SPOKE WITH, UM, CLERKS AND WE LOOKED OURSELVES AND WE COULD NOT FIND A RECORD OF COUNSEL APPROVING, UM, FOR, FOR THIS, FOR THE, UH, ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THESE MOAS.

SO, UM, WITH THE CONSULTATION OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, THEY SAID, LET'S JUST GET IT ON THE BOOKS, LET YOU GUYS VOTE ON IT AND MAKE IT, UH, MAKE A RECORD OF IT.

SO, UH, MOVING FORWARD, MR. MOORE CAN, UH, EXECUTE THESE AGREEMENTS.

IS THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR MR. VIRGA? AND THIS WOULD MOVE TO COUNSEL AS A RESOLUTION.

SO, UM, IF, UH, THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION TO MOVE TO COUNCIL.

AND, UH, I SEE NO OBJECTION.

SO THIS WILL THEN MOVE TO COUNCIL.

MR. BERGER, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

A REQUEST TO PURCHASE A PETERBILT TANDEM DUMP TRUCK WITH A GOODWIN BODY.

YOU ARE VERY GOOD FOR YOUR FIRST TIME.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

I APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE GOOD MORNING.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US AND FOR THE, UH, DEPARTMENT AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN, UM, TO OUR ITEM NUMBER, UM, NUMBER EIGHT, APPROVAL OF

[8. APPROVAL OF A REQUEST TO PURCHASE A PETERBILT TANDEM DUMP TRUCK WITH RS GODWIN BODY. (FISCAL IMPACT: $183,352.38 The funding for this purchase will be GL account number 4000-80- 3500-54000 with a balance of $1,586,990.14 (as of 4/7/2025) - Bradley Harriott, Public Works Director]

UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

ALRIGHT, MR. UH, UH, PASSMAN.

AND THEN, UM, UM, THIS, THIS, UH, TABER SECOND.

IT, UM, AND UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? ANY REASON FOR US TO GO THROUGH THIS? I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE ON THE AGENDA.

NO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

AND EXCUSE ME, NUMBER NINE.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE IT HAS THE REAR TARP SINCE APRIL WAS REAR TARP MONTH OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.

AND SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURE, IT'S GOT THAT TARP

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THAT COMES OFF.

IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY, UM, NICE TRUCK ACTUALLY.

AND I THINK JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, IN CASE THEY DON'T READ THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL, IT SAYS IT'S 21 YEARS OLD.

THAT'S A LONG TIME.

UM, SO I THINK WE OBVIOUSLY NEED IT.

20, THE ONE WE'RE REPLACING THE, THE ONE WE'RE REPLACING.

THAT'S A LONG TIME.

WE WERE BUYING WHEN 20.

NO, NO, NO.

I THOUGHT THE SAME THING TOO, WAS LIKE WE'RE BUYING A 21-YEAR-OLD TRUCK.

IT WAS BUILT IN 2004.

UH, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SO NO DISCUSSION.

UH, CAN WE APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.

SO THAT ALSO WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UH, LET'S MOVE ON NOW TO OUR NUMBER 10

[9. DISCUSSION OF A RESOLUTION PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TO COMMIT FUNDS TO BE PROVIDED FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY TO THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARTHUR E. BROWN REGIONAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER (FISCAL IMPACT: $1.5 Million was supposed to be over a 3-year period. $6M was issued via 2025 Series GO Bonds, but Council needs to discuss if they would like to fund the remaining $1.5M.) - Pinky Harriott, CGFO-Chief Financial Officer. ]

UM, AND DISCUSSION OF A RESOLUTION PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TO COMMIT FUNDS TO BE PROVIDED FROM BUFORT COUNTY TO THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF LOW COUNTRY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARTHUR E. BROWN REGIONAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER.

UH, FISCAL IMPACT 1.5 MILLION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

6 MILLION WAS ISSUED VIA 2005 SERIES GO BONDS.

BUT COUNSEL NEEDS TO DISCUSS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO FUND THE REMAINING 1.5 MILLION.

AND, UH, MS. HARRIET, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

UM, CAN I FIRST HAVE A MOTION FOR US TO, UH, TO TAKE THIS UP? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALICE.

AND I THINK MR. PASSMAN WAS THE SECOND.

UM, AND, UH, WE NOW WILL OPEN THIS UP TO DISCUSSION AND WITH A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, MS. MS. HARRI AND MS. HAR, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

I KNOW THAT YOU LOOK GOOD, UH, AFTER, UH, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS WEEK.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

FORGIVE ME IF I'M ONE EYEING IT FROM TIME TO TIME.

I'M NOT WINKING AT YOU, I'M JUST TRYING TO FOCUS.

UM, THIS RESOLUTION, UH, CAME BEFORE COUNCIL LAST YEAR, AND WE DO HAVE STAFF FROM PCL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

BUT IT WAS DISCUSSED AS A PART OF THE 2025 BUDGET OR BOND PRESENTATION TO INITIALLY FUND UP TO $7.5 MILLION, 6 MILLION OF IT COMING FROM THE 2025 BOND AND $1.5 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

UM, THAT 1.5 WAS NOT BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR 25 AND CAME TO LIGHT WHEN WE WERE PREPARING THE BUDGET.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE COUNSEL AWARE THAT THE PREVIOUS COMMITMENT WAS FOR 7.5 OVER THREE YEAR SIX BEING FROM BOND AND 1.5.

UM, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. KAS AND SOME OF HER STAFF, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND THERE WAS A LETTER OF COMMITMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.

ASHLEY, YOU WANNA COME TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? UM, THEY HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE AND REQUESTED ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE FULLY HAVE THOSE FUNDS AS OF YET.

AND SO THE 1.5 COULD WE, COULD, WE COULD WALK BACK FROM THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE HERE.

SORRY, GO AHEAD.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

UH, ROFF, UH, PRESIDENT, TCL, UH, WE ARE, THE PROJECT IS, UH, HAD SOME ESCALATION IN PRICE AND, UH, SURPRISE, SURPRISE SOMETHING AT THE TUNE OF ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

UM, WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE ARE A BIT SHORT ON OUR TOTAL REQUIREMENT.

WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE ASK IN THIS YEAR FOR THE STATE, WHICH WE THINK MAY BE FORTHCOMING.

WE HAVE SOME REASON TO BELIEVE IT WILL BE, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IN THE WORKS.

UH, SO AS A RESULT, THE PRO THE PROJECT DIDN'T IS ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND FROM WHERE WE HOPED TO BE.

THEREFORE, THE BOND, THE BOND AMOUNT, PAYMENTS AMOUNT THAT WAS REFERRED TO, UM, BEING DELAYED BY A YEAR IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR THE COLLEGE.

GO AHEAD.

I HAD A QUESTION.

UM, I MEAN, YOU'RE ANTICIPATING LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT, BUT IN LIGHT OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT NO EARMARKS? YEAH, THE EARMARKS, I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE CUTTING BACK OR ELIMINATING EARMARKS.

WE HAVE HOPE THAT, UM, OUR FUNDING WILL BE WRAPPED INTO ANOTHER AGENCY'S FUNDS AND IT'LL BE FORTHCOMING THAT WAY.

THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

SO AT THE POINT, AT THIS POINT WE HAD DISCUSSED MAYBE NOT CONTINUING WITH THE 1.5 SINCE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE 6 MILLION AND UNTIL THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR FUNDING IS GOING TO BE FROM THE STATE, REVISIT THIS AND, AND APPROPRIATE IT AT THAT TIME.

YORK'S GONNA ASK A QUESTION.

UM, ME.

OH, YOU TOO.

IS THAT BETTER? I CAN HEAR YOU .

IT'S NOT JUST ME.

IS IT ON NOW? YEAH.

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, UM, IS THERE ANY, UM, FUNDING EVEN FOR A QUARTER OF THAT TO BE PUT ASIDE SO THAT WE WE DON'T PUT OURSELF ON A LOT OF PRESSURE? YEAH.

UM, LEMME JUST ASK IS BECAUSE IT'S 1.5 YES.

THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH

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WHAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS OUR COMMITMENT.

WE HAD TO COMMIT TO THE STATE.

WE HAD THE FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND IF WE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT 1.5 MILLION COMMITTED EVEN AT A LATER DATE, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE NOT GONNA RUN INTO PROBLEM WITH THE STATE.

UM, SO WE THAT'S FINE.

THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY, MY THOUGHT AT THE MOMENT.

SO, SO WHAT WOULD BE, I'D BE, UM, CAUTIOUS, I THINK OF DECOMMIT THAT 1.5 AT THIS POINT.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE'VE, LAST YEAR WE COMMITTED TO THE 1.5 AND, AND IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID AS A, AS A COUNCIL, UM, AND VOTED ON THAT AND APPROVED THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'D LIKE TO PUSH TO NEXT YEAR JUST BY PUSHING IT THE NEXT YEAR DOES NOT CORRECT.

WE'RE NOT DECOM COMMITTING BY ANY MEANS.

WE'RE JUST POSTPONING.

UNTIL WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEED FROM THE CITY OF WELL, AND, AND THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE AND PROPER.

SO THAT, SO THAT, THAT IS, I NEED SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY MAKE, MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR US TO DO THAT.

AND THEN, UH, SOMEONE TO SECOND IT, AND THEN FOR US TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER IF WE WOULD LIKE TO.

DO YOU WANNA MAKE IT YORK OR, OH, I, I'M, I'M MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THE FUNDING TO TCL IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.5, UH, UNTIL, UM, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

THE, UH, SPECIAL, UH, MEETING ON, ON MONDAY.

AND, UH, SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION WITH A, UH, FIRST AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT? AND EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE JUST MOVING THE FUNDING TO NEXT YEAR.

'CAUSE AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'VE PROVED IT LAST YEAR.

SO, UM, WE WILL APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? I SEE NO OBJECTION.

SO AGAIN, UH, WE WILL JUST MOVE THE POSTPONE THE FUNDING UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

GOOD.

ONE MORE TIME.

THANK YOU DR. GOFF FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE BEING HERE.

ALL RIGHT, PINKY, YOU'RE STAYING UP THERE NOW? I GUESS.

SO.

, AND THIS WAS THE REASON THAT WE, UH, CALLED

[10. AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; TO LEVY TAXES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF; TO ADOPT SERVICE AND USER FEES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SAID TAXES AND OTHER REVENUES COMING INTO THE COUNTY; AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO (By Reading Only) (FISCAL IMPACT: The ordinance will outline the revenues to be collected and the estimated expenditures for the fiscal year 2025-2026) - Pinky Harriott, CFGOChief Financial Officer]

AND OBVIOUSLY I HAD TO MOVE IT TILL THIS MORNING.

BUT, UM, IT WAS WHENEVER THE WE AS A COUNCIL DECIDED TO CHANGE, UM, OUR, OUR, UM, UH, WHAT WAS IT? THE, THE COST OF LIVING.

WE WENT FROM PERCENT PERCENT TO A, TO A FLAT RATE, TO A FLAT RATE, WHICH THEN CHANGED.

THE VOTE IS MISSING , EVERY NUMBER AND EVERY DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE THEN REDONE AND REEVALUATED AND, AND, AND COME BACK.

SO AGAIN, THAT IS WHY WE'RE CALLING THIS NOW.

SO THEN WE CAN HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVED WITHIN AN APPROPRIATE TIME BY THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

UM, SO, UH, NUMBER 10, UH, IS AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE, UH, APPROPRIATIONS FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026 TO LEVY TAXES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF TO ADOPT SERVICES AND USER FEES TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SAID TAXES AND OTHER REVENUES COMING INTO THE COUNTY AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO.

UM, AND, UM, UH, I WOULD NEED A MOTION THEN FOR US TO, UH, UM, UH, TALK ABOUT THIS, MOVE THIS FORWARD.

MOVED.

THANK YOU, MR. BRAMAN.

IS THERE A SECOND, PLEASE? A SECOND.

SECOND.

MR. MR, I THINK WAS FIRST OVER THERE, SO SECONDED.

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION, BUT FIRST WE'LL HAVE MR. MR. HART, UH, DO A PRESENTATION FOR US.

GREAT.

SO WE JUST UPDATED A LOT OF OUR NUMBERS FROM OUR APRIL, UH, WORKSHOP WHERE WE PRESENTED ORIGINALLY WITH A 3%.

AND THEN, UM, NEXT SLIDE.

IT'LL SHOW UP SOON ENOUGH, I HOPE.

UM, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE, UM, YEAH, THERE WE GO.

SO WE CHANGED THE COAL AMOUNT FROM THE 3% TO THE FLAT RATE OF 1885 PER FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

AND 943 FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.

UH, AGAIN, MOVED SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

AND WE ALSO MOVED GARAGE BACK OUT TO THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND.

UM, THERE'S SOME NEW PERSONNEL REQUESTS, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, AND WE HAVE FOLKS FROM FLEET AND FROM CAPITAL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND OR REQUESTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE 20 FISCAL YEAR, 26 CIP BUDGET AND THEN ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

ESTIMATED VALUE OF A MILL.

NEXT SLIDE.

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THIS IS A, UH, REMINDER OF WHAT OUR VAL ESTIMATE ESTIMATED VALUE OF A MILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 IS.

IT IS $2,980,406.

UH, FISCAL YEAR 25 WAS 2.7.

IT'S AN INCREASE OF ALMOST A LITTLE OVER 10% IN THE VALUE OF A MILL.

SO OUR VALUES FOR OUR PROPERTIES ARE UP.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR'S MILLAGE FOR 26.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE REMAINING MILL NEUTRAL, BUT WE ARE CHANGING SOME OF THE, UH, ALLOCATIONS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY GONE OUT.

UM, WITH SOLID WASTE MOVING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT INCREASED THE MILLAGE CAME WITH IT.

SO THEREFORE, COUNTY OPERATIONS IS INCREASED TO 47.2.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DU REDUCE DEBT SERVICE DOWN TO THREE MILLS TO COVER OUR DEBT DEBT FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTIES.

DEBT IS ALSO REDUCED BY HALF A MILL TO COVER THAT DEBT PAYMENT.

UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IS REMAINING AT 3.2 AS WE HAVE A TON OF PENDING PROJECTS, UH, MOVING FORWARD INTO 26.

ALSO SOME CARRYING FORWARD FROM 25.

UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING TO REDUCE THAT ADDITIONAL MILL THAT WAS, UH, AWARDED LAST YEAR FOR THE JOB AND SITE FUND.

WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT BACK TO THE 0.3 MILLS FOR THE JOB AND SITE FUND AND WE'LL NEED THAT EXTRA MILL IN OPERATIONS, COUNTY OPERATIONS.

SO WE REMAIN MILL NEUTRAL.

UH, INDIGENT CARE REMAINS THE SAME.

UH, IT'S 0.4 MILLS FOR BEAUFORT, JASPER HAMPTON COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND 0.6, UH, 0.4 MILLS IS FOR OPERATING.

POINT TWO IS FOR THEIR DEBT SERVICE, WHICH WAS RECENTLY ISSUED IN THE 2025 BOND.

UM, SAME WITH HIGHER EDUCATION.

I JUST BROKE OUT THE TWO BECAUSE, UM, USCB GETS 1.1 IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UM, WHICH IS THE SAME RATE THEY'VE GOTTEN FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.

AS WELL AS, UH, HIGHER EDUCATION FOR TCL.

THEIRS IS 1.2 MILS, 1.1 FOR OPERATING.

AND THE ADDITIONAL 0.1, UH, MILL FOR DEBT SERVICE.

SO THIS KEEPS THE COUNTY'S, UM, OVERALL MILL NEUTRAL.

WE'RE NOT INCREASING TAXES BY ANY MEANS.

WE'RE REMAINING FLAT.

UM, JUST REALLOCATING SOME OF THE MILLAGE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED.

HERE'S OUR ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

UM, AVALARA'S AT 140 MILLION LICENSES AND PERMITS.

UM, 4.2 AND ALL OF OUR OTHER, UH, REVENUE CATEGORIES.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THE CONTRIBUTION FROM PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE IS 17.5 MILLION.

15 OF THAT AT OUR WORKSHOP BACK IN FEBRUARY WAS, UH, REQUESTED FOR THE CIP FUND.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE 15 MILLION IS.

2.5 IS, UH, ADDITIONAL FOR OPERATING AND THEN TRANSFERS IN FOR THE $1.6 MILLION OR IN RELATION TO SOME OF THE ARPA, UM, INTEREST THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THAT IS NOT, UH, ALLOCATED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

AND HERE'S OUR ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND, UH, EXPENDITURES BY CATEGORY.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT'S LOOKING TO BE ABOUT $70 MILLION.

UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, 66 MILLION PUBLIC WORKS, 28 PUBLIC HEALTH, 2.3.

PUBLIC WELFARE, A MILLION, LITTLE OVER A MILLION.

CULTURE AND RECREATION, WHICH IS ELABORATING YOUR PARK.

AND PASSIVE PARTS, OR I'M SORRY, IT'S LAND PRESERVATION NOW IS 15.2 MILLION.

AND THEN THE TRANSFERS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS THE $15 MILLION THAT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CIP FUND FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED BACK IN FEBRUARY.

ALRIGHT, UM, IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR, THESE ARE THE NEW POSITION REQUESTS BY DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS A SUMMARY IN YOUR BUDGET BOOKS.

I PUT DETAILS OF EXACTLY EVERY, UM, POSITION THAT WAS REQUESTED THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

AND I WILL GIVE SARAH A COPY FOR AN ADD-ON.

UM, THE, THE ONES IN RED IS THE NEW E-M-E-M-S SHIFT.

SO THAT WAS WHAT WE WAS DISCUSSED BACK IN FEBRUARY AT THE, UM, STRATEGIC RETREAT.

AND THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS REQUESTS.

OTHER THAN THAT, THE REST OF THEM ARE GENERAL FUND EXCEPT FOR FLEET.

BUT THIS WAS, UH, IN A SUMMARY FORMAT.

GO AHEAD.

YOU'RE GOOD, .

THESE ARE THE VEHICLE, UH, REQUESTS.

WE HAVE TODD HERE FROM FLEET, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE, UM, REQUESTS, BUT TOTAL IS 4.9 FOR ALL ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS.

GO AHEAD.

AND THESE ARE THE EQUIPMENT REQUESTS.

TODD HANDLES THE EQUIPMENT AS WELL SO HE CAN ANSWER ANY, UH, SPECIFICS YOU MAY HAVE.

BUT THESE ARE THE, UH, UH, APPROVED REQUESTS THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR AND I, UH, VETTED.

KEEP GOING.

THESE ARE THE OTHER FUNDS.

UM, THAT AND, AND THEIR VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REQUEST.

SO WE SEPARATED OUT GENERAL FUND FROM OTHER FUNDS.

'CAUSE OTHER FUNDS HAVE TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING.

SO THESE ARE ALL THE OTHER FUNDS THAT REQUESTED, UH, VEHICLES AND OR EQUIPMENT.

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AHEAD.

HERE IS OUR FISCAL YEAR 2026 CIP FUND SUMMARY.

UM, THEY RECEIVED 3.2 MILS, WHICH EQUATES TO, UH, 9.5 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $9.5 MILLION.

WE HAVE 92 PROJECTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 26 CIP.

AND WE HAVE BOTH CAROLYN AND ROBERT GETY HERE.

UH, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

UM, IN YOUR BUDGET OR IN THE BACKUP THAT I SENT OUT, THERE WAS A LIST SPECIFIC TO, UM, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE 26 CIP.

SO, UM, THAT IS ATTACHED IN YOUR BACKUP IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

UM, WE HAVE A ROLLOVER OF 24, I MEAN $15 MILLION COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN THE ROLLOVER IS $11.5 MILLION, WHICH IS ALREADY ENCUMBERED FOR OTHER PROJECTS.

SO TOTAL CIP UH, BUDGET WILL BE 36 MILLION, LITTLE OVER 36 MILLION HERE.

OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WE HAVE OUR GARAGE, WHICH WE'RE MOVING BACK OUT TO AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, WHICH AGAIN, IS A TYPE OF PROPRIETARY FUND.

SO IT CAN START GENERATING REVENUE FOR TO, TO COVER ITS EXPENSES.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, HILTON HEAD, AND THEN STORMWATER.

THESE ARE YOUR TOTALS FOR THOSE, UH, BUDGETS FOR THOSE FUNDS.

ALRIGHT, I GUESS I KIND OF WENT QUICK, .

WE'RE BACK TO NEXT STEPS.

HERE WE ARE.

UM, IT IS OUR SPECIAL CALL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 12TH.

UM, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, NO CHANGES, WE WILL, WE'RE REQUESTING TO MOVE THIS IMMEDIATELY TO THE MU TO THE UPCOMING MONDAY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FIRST READING AS WE WANNA STAY ON TRACK WITH THE BUDGET CALENDAR THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE BUDGET PASSED BY THE FIRST, UM, THE THIRD READING OR SECOND READING AND THIRD READING DONE BY THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN JUNE.

SO I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND I BROUGHT PAPER COPIES.

DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A PAPER COPY OF THE BUDGET IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE ELECTRONIC VERSION? ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COPY OF THAT.

YES, YOUR HONOR.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT.

I HAVE A COPY OF UM, SHE SURE.

I'M NOT GONNA DO IT ALL.

UH OH.

OH, OKAY.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANNA ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT PINKY DID ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL THEY MIGHT FIND SOME OF THEM INTERESTING.

I LOOKED AT WHY SOME OF THE FEES IN REVENUE WERE ZEROED OUT FOR 2026 AND SHE SAID THAT WAS AN ERROR ON THE EXCEL SHEET.

BUT IT'S INCLUDED IN THE BOOK, IT'S INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL REVENUES NUMBER.

CORRECT.

BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, MAGISTRATE CIVIL FEES WENT FROM 175,000 TO ZERO.

LIVE, THERE WERE REBATES.

THAT'S A PRETTY STEEP DROP.

UM, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS IN THERE I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE FAMILY COURT.

SO THEY MADE AN ERROR ENTERING THEIR SALARIES BECAUSE I NOTICED THE DROP WAS FROM, THEY HAD 500 3025 DROP TO 2 69 AS A REQUEST IN 26.

SO, UM, PINKY AND THE ADMINISTRATION TOOK IT UP TO 5 99 AFTER THEY DISCOVERED THE ERROR THE COURT ENTERED.

SO THAT'S IN THERE.

AND COMMUNICATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WE HIRED NEW FOIA EMPLOYEES FOR FOIA AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHY THOSE SALARIES WENT UP.

AND, AND ALSO JUST AN OVERALL SALARY NOTE, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE NOT BUDGETING PAYROLL CONTINGENCY ANY FURTHER.

ALL VACANCIES ARE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SEE SALARIES AND WAGES INCREASED IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING EVERYTHING IN APPAREL CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT, WE'RE PUTTING IT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OR THERE'S A VACANCY.

CORRECT.

THEN I LOOKED AT EMS SALARIES AND WAGES.

I UNDERSTAND THE FOURTH SHIFT WENT IN.

WE DID HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT.

UH, I STILL AM SKEPTICAL AND WE'LL WAIT TO SEE HOW, UH, PANS OUT FOR FISCAL 26.

IT IS A 23% INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THAT COMES OUT.

UM, AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO BUY UNIFORMS FOR NEW PEOPLE.

I GET THAT.

UH, THE OTHER ONE I HAD THAT MAYBE PEOPLE MIGHT, I HAD OTHERS, BUT SHE ANSWERED 'EM ALL THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. I NOTICED WE, THEY CUT THE SENIORS FROM 300,000 TO ONE 70.

SO I THOUGHT, IS IT BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS SENIORS OTHER THAN ALL OF US SITTING UP HERE OR MOST OF US SITTING UP HERE? AND THE ANSWER WAS NO.

THEY SPLIT THE PROGRAM TO HAVE SENIORS AND THEN GENERIC REC PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN IN THE CIPI THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT ALL THE HVAC WE'RE REPLACING, ALL THE ROOFS WE'RE REPLACING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, THAT'S PART OF OUR MAINTENANCE.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THERE.

THEN WE DID LED RETROFIT.

AND MY QUESTION WAS IF THERE'S REBATES, AND I KNOW YOU'LL LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE DID IT WHERE I

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I DON'T KNOW IF THERE STILL ARE.

I MEAN I COULD PROBABLY GET, UH, ROBERT TO COME UP HERE AND ANSWER ABOUT THAT BECAUSE HE'S MANAGING ALL THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, BUT I'M SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO TO SEE IF WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY KIND OF REBATES.

THEY PROBABLY CUT IT THIS YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW, .

SO THOSE ARE MORE FACILITIES PROJECT, THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE FACILITIES PROJECTS.

AND WE HAD LOOKED AT DIFFERENT REBATES FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND BASICALLY DOMINION WILL PROVIDE REBATES BASED ON THE CHANGE IN POWER CONSUMPTION.

BUT THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AND IT WOULD TYPICALLY BE SWITCHING OUT A, THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AS WELL.

AND THERE'S, WE HAD LOOKED AT IT FOR DIFFERENT, UH, OPTIONS, BUT AS FAR AS JUST THE LED REPLACEMENTS, IT WAS, IT WAS NOT A REBATE THAT WE WOULD QUALIFY FOR, UH, DURING THAT.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT.

WELL, THANKS FOR LOOKING INTO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I WAS CURIOUS.

AND THEN WIMPY CREEK PIER DON'T, I THINK I REMEMBER THE, THE MAN THAT STOOD UP HERE THAT IT SAID IT WOULD BE A $10 MILLION REPLACEMENT AND WE'RE GONNA REPLACE 200,000 AND THE REST IS FROM AT TAX.

HOW MUCH IS THE TOTAL REPLACEMENT? I THINK THERE WERE SOME PREVIOUS PRIOR, I THINK LAST YEAR THERE WAS A, A TAX HVAC AWARD FOR WEBY CREEK.

JARED, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? IT WASN'T 10 MILLION.

NO, NO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS 10 MILLION.

UM, BUT THERE WAS PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS THAT, UM, APPROPRIATED MONEY FOR WEBY CREEK.

THAT'S JUST THE REQUEST IN 26 CIP BUDGET.

ON WEBY CREEK.

THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE, HE GAVE US A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND, AND WHAT WE DECIDED WAS LET'S JUST FUND THE DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND DETERMINE, UM, THE CAPITAL PLANNING AND PUT THAT INTO A FUTURE BUDGET WHEREVER THAT NEEDS TO FIT.

SO, SO IT'S DESIGN ONLY.

THIS IS TO GET DESIGN AND PERMITTING.

I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU GOT A REALLY GOOD PRICE WHEN HE SAID IT WAS LIKE $10 MILLION.

YEAH, NO, NO.

THAT WOULD, THAT'S FAR OFF FROM WHAT IT WILL ACTUALLY COST.

AND MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION WAS THE ENTERPRISE FUND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.

UM, THE AV G THE AV GAS REVENUE WENT DOWN A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

DON'T THEY ALL NEED GAS WHEN THEY COME? I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK I SENT YOU A LITTLE SNIPPET ON WHAT WAS ACTUALLY THERE.

UH, I DON'T REMEMBER.

I DIDN'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT ONE.

I GOT THE HELICOPTER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OH, IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WAS ACTUALLY COLLECTED IN PAST YEARS.

SO WE TOOK, TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY COLLECTING VERSUS WHAT THEY WERE PROJECTING TO COLLECT.

AND LAST YEAR'S NUMBER WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY COLLECTING IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

THANKS.

AND JUST OVERALL, I MEAN, I ASKED A QUESTION.

SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DEPARTMENT DID A RECOMMENDATION, LIKE YOU GAVE US FISCAL 25 AND THEN PEOPLE ASKED FOR 26 AND THEN ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE RECOMMENDED FOR 26.

SO I JUST THOUGHT OF CASE PEOPLE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T.

SOMETIMES THE RECOMMENDED WAS LESS, SOMETIMES IT WAS MORE.

UM, MORE TIMES IS LESS AFTER UNDERSTAND SPEEDS UP.

I DON'T KNOW.

ENGINEERING GOT A GOOD SLICE, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

UM, ALSO, YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND I SENT 'EM TO PINKY KINDA LATE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE REAL DETAILS OF SOME OF 'EM.

JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW.

UM, I, I JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THESE NEW POSITIONS, I'M MAKING A STATEMENT THAT I THINK IS TRUE.

THEY'VE ALL WERE PART OF THE COMPENSATION STUDY UNLESS THE ADMINISTRATOR THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT NEEDED A NEW POSITION.

UM, THAT'S A GENERAL QUESTION PROBABLY FOR MR. MOORE.

THERE.

THERE'S LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE A LONG LIST OF NEW POSITIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THE STUDIES AND WE HAVE JUSTIFICATION.

WE DID TAKE SOME VACANCIES AND RECLASS THEM.

FOR EXAMPLE, ENGINEERING HAD SEVERAL VACANCIES THAT WE USE AND WE RECLASS THE VACANT POSITIONS TO FUND THEIR NEED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

OH, OKAY.

SO SOME OF THEM ARE NOT NEW.

THEY'RE JUST RECLASSING.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY THEY ARE IN THE, UM, COVERED UNDER THE CLASS AND COMP STUDY.

SO THE PAY BANDS ARE WHAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN, THE NEW POSITIONS WILL BE CLASSIFIED AND THEY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEW PAY BAND.

THEY ARE NEW POSITIONS.

IN THE CASE OF ANIMAL SERVICES, WE HAVE NEW POSITIONS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT EMS MM-HMM .

SO THAT'S ALL PART OF, UM, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS.

THAT WAS ONE QUESTION ABOUT CORRECT.

SO THE STUDY MORE LOOKED AT, AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMPENSATION FOR THOSE POSITIONS, NOT NECESSARILY THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE POSITION.

SO, SO THE REQUIREMENTS WERE GENERATED BY THE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THEY CAME TO US, WE REVIEWED THAT AND THEN MADE A DETERMINATION TO FUND OR NOT FUND.

VERY GOOD.

THAT CLARIFIES IT BETTER.

UM, WHAT I, UH, THE, UM, ARE WE GONNA HAVE, I THINK YOU SAID WE WERE, WE'LL HAVE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS MAKE PRESENTATIONS, UM, OR NOT IN PARTICULAR.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS OF SOME OF THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES.

DISTRICTS, UM, I THINK A COUPLE OF OUR MALE RECEIVING ENTITIES.

SO AT OUR APRIL FINANCE MEETING, WE HAD SOME AGENCIES PRESENT THEN FIRE

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AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER, UM, FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING COMING UP IN MAY WHERE THE REST OF THEM WILL PRESENT.

UM, BUT WE, WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL'S DESIRE IS AFTER THOSE PRESENTATIONS.

AS LONG AS IT'S BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, SO I HAD A, I HAD SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THEM, BUT DOES THE, UM, SALARIES FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY INCLUDE HIRING THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY? YES.

YES, WE MADE THAT CHANGE AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT WENT OUT.

AND, UM, PARALEGAL AND PARALEGAL, YES.

WE HAD, WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL COUNTY ATTORNEY POSITION, BUT THEY RECLASSED IT TO FUND TWO PARALEGAL POSITIONS.

AND I DON'T AND THAT IS INCLUDED? YES.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY MM-HMM .

THE LAST, THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE FOUR ATTORNEYS.

THIS IS GONNA BE THREE, ONE COUNTY ATTORNEY, TWO DEPUTIES, AND AN ADDITIONAL PARALEGAL.

SO THAT'S THE CHANGE TO THE, THE ATTORNEY POSITIONS THIS YEAR.

I GOT IT.

THAT'S THE QUESTION ON THE PARALEGAL.

IS THAT A NEW, NEW POSITION OR ELSE? WELL, THERE'S ONE NEW POSITION.

WE HAD A PREVIOUS PARALEGAL POSITION THAT BECAME VACANT.

WE HIRED A NEW PARALEGAL FOR THAT AND WE HIRED AN ADDITIONAL PARALEGAL.

SO THERE'S TWO PARALEGALS.

IS THAT PERSON COMING ON BOARD SOON OR THEY'RE HERE? THEY'RE BOTH, BOTH PARALEGALS ARE ON BOARD.

OH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN.

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE INTRODUCE 'EM.

HOW'S THAT NEXT TIME? I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

I HAD, THANK YOU.

I HAD A FEW MORE.

UM, AND, AND I CAN GET THESE LATER, THE MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES, JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

I'D JUST LIKE SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THAT IS 'CAUSE IT'S A LARGE NUMBER.

BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY I, I, I, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY IF WE KNOW.

UM, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR, AND I'VE LISTED IN THERE THE AGENCIES THAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM BECAUSE, UH, WE EITHER KEPT, KEPT IT THE SAME IN ONE CASE WE DECREASED IT FROM THEIR REQUEST, PARTICULARLY THE COASTAL MENTAL HEALTH.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THEY PRESENTED, UM, WHAT THEY, THEIR, THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.

MM-HMM .

WHAT THEIR FUNDS ARE USED FOR AND UM, WHY WE RECOMMENDED TO REDUCE IT.

'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW MENTAL HEALTH IS AN ISSUE THROUGH, AND IT'S A CYCLE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DRUG ABUSE, DETENTION AND HOSPITAL.

SO, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.

AND, UM, DO YOU KNOW WHY THE TELEPHONE CONTRACT IS SEPARATE FROM THE SHERIFF? HIS IS SEPARATE FROM OUR CONTRACT.

IS THERE A REASON FOR HIS EXPENSES FOR TELEPHONE BEING SEPARATE? I DON'T KNOW.

I, I, THAT'S FIRST TIME I HAD NOTICED THAT, TO BE HONEST.

UM, I, I WISH I WOULD'VE TOLD SUZANNE TO BE HERE, BUT SHE ENTERED THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET MM-HMM .

SO, UM, I CAN FIND OUT TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.

I KNOW THAT IN HIS SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WE KEEP THOSE OBVIOUSLY SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO IN THE GENERAL FUND.

BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

I MEAN, IF THERE'S A NECESSITY TO HAVE THOSE SEPARATE MM-HMM .

FINE.

BUT I DIDN'T MR. ANDERSON, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT OR? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS OF WHAT THAT EXPENSE IS FOR THEIRS, BUT I KNOW THAT WE RAN INTO IT THIS PAST WEEK.

THERE ARE A FEW NUMBERS THAT THEY MAINTAIN ON A SEPARATE ACCOUNT THAT THEY MANAGE.

IN FACT, THIS, THERE WAS A NOTICE THAT WENT OUT THIS WEEK THAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE NOT FUNCTIONAL.

SO THEIR NON-EMERGENCY CALLING HAD TO BE ROUTED THROUGH OUR NUMBERS THAT WE, UH, DO MAINTAIN AND IT SUPPLIED SOME REDUNDANCY THERE.

I, I, I GET THAT.

AND OVERALL I, THE INFO FROM SUZANNE FOR YOU OVERALL I NOTICED, UM, DIFFERENT REQUESTS FOR UNIFORMS. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT OF COURSE.

BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE, UM, ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK INTO, DO WE HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY ABOUT ISSUING UNIFORMS? WHO DO WE DO ONE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM? I NOTICED THE CORONER HADN'T HAD ANY REQUESTS FOR UNIFORMS FOR YEARS AND NOW THEY NEED THEM.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

MM-HMM .

BUT, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, OVERALL DO WE HAVE A, A POLICY ABOUT UNIFORMS? I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THE PUBLIC CAN IDENTIFY A EMPLOYEE FROM THE COUNTY AND THAT'S, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE OKAY.

HOW WE, HOW WE, UM, HOW WE ISSUE 'EM AND IS THERE SOME KIND OF POLICY? DO YOU GET SO MANY A YEAR DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU WORK? I KNOW WE DO OUTSOURCE SOME OF THAT WITH CINTAS CURRENTLY, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S AN, AN OFFICIAL POLICY, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

AND THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE, UM, REPORT.

SO THAT, THAT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT.

JUST GOTTA GET THE UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE ON STATUS.

THINK THEY SHOULD EXPLAIN TO US, FOR EXAMPLE, WHY YOU WENT FROM 37,000 TO 112 OR WHY YOU WENT FROM 717 TO 1,000,002.

THAT, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS, CHAIRMAN, I WAS GONNA BACK PINKY TO THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES.

I KNOW THEY ALL SENT YOU SOMETHING YOU SAID CORRECT.

WHAT YOU LOOKED IT ON THAT IN OUR NEXT PACKET, BECAUSE I'M WITH MS. HOWARD, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO PRESENT, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE ASKING FOR A GIANT INCREASE.

THESE ARE SUBSIDIES TOTALING OVER $3 MILLION OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.

SO I

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THAT'S A, THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY HEFTY JUMPS AND RIGHT.

WELL, I'D LIKE THEM ALL TO PRESENT TO US.

AND I BELIEVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRESENTED AT APRIL'S FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO YOU'VE GOT THAT ONE, BUT THE REST OF THESE ARE SCHEDULED.

IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE SCHEDULE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY'RE THERE FOR THE MAY MAY FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM, THE, THE ONE, THE SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM, THE B-J-W-S-A, THAT WAS DUE TO A RESOLUTION APPROVED LAST YEAR FOR THE AJOY DRAINAGE SO FORTH.

SO THAT WAS A COMMITMENT THAT WE HAD ALREADY MADE, SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE BUDGETED IT THIS YEAR.

SO, AND FOR LCOG, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOME CONSORTIUM PART.

WE GO TO THOSE MEETINGS AND GENERALLY I DON'T SEE FUNDING FOR HOMES IN BUFORT COUNTY, NOT TO THE TUNE OF $75,000.

SO I'M CURIOUS.

IS THAT OUR ALLOCATION MAYBE RIGHT? IT HOW MUCH IT TO GIVE IT IS, BUT SHE'LL PRESENT ABOUT THAT ON, UM, MAY 19TH.

GREAT.

QUESTIONS.

UM, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR MR. HARRIET? WELL, I'LL JUST ASK A QUESTION JUST TO BE ASKING.

UM, ANY, ANY, WHEN YOU HAVE CAPITAL AND PROJECTS, UM, THEY'RE NOT ATTACHED TO THE OPERATION BUDGET FOR ELECTED OFFICIAL, ARE THEY FOR, FOR ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS? YES.

WELL, THEY'RE IN OUR FRONT 4,000.

WE HAVE, UH, DEPARTMENT CODES ATTACHED TO EVERY DEPARTMENT.

MS LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER, ANOTHER WAY.

UM, WE, WE, UH, BECAUSE WE CANNOT, UM, CUT AN, AN ELECTED OFFICIALS BUDGET, UM, THEIR OPERATING FUNDS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS IS NOT CONSIDERED PART OF OPERATION, RIGHT? NO.

WE BUDGET CAPITAL IN A DIFFERENT TIME SEPARATELY.

UM, AND THAT'S, WELL ONE TIME RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S A ONE TIME PROJECT WOULD NOT GIVE THEM RECURRING FUNDING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S COMPLETE.

THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS DEALING WITH THE ONE POINT, UM, YOU, YOU ARE CUTTING OR PROPOSED CUTTING FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE ONE MILL MM-HMM .

UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IF YOU WOULD.

UM, I BELIEVE, AND YOU GUYS WERE PROBABLY HERE, I REMEMBER THIS MORE THAN I DO.

UM, LAST YEAR AN EXTRA MILL WAS ALLOCATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE JOBS AND SITE FUND.

AND, UM, I BELIEVE A PROJECT THAT WAS SLATED TO MOVE FORWARD DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.

SO THIS WILL IN TURN CREATE A SIGNIFICANT, A SIGNIFICANT FUND BALANCE FOR THEM TO CARRY OVER.

FURTHERMORE, WE'LL NEED, BASED ON ALL THE INCREASES THAT WE'VE GOT IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET, WE'LL NEED THAT MILL BACK FOR COUNTY OPERATIONS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSE TO BRING IT BACK SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THE REST OF THE COUNTY IS FUNDED ADEQUATELY.

NOW THAT, THAT COMMITMENT WE MADE, I THINK WAS FOR FIVE YEARS, WASN'T IT? CORRECT.

BUT THE COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO MODIFY THAT.

THAT IT .

YEAH, I'M, I'M GOOD.

I JUST WANT TO, I WANT YOU, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MADE, WE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THEM FOR THE, UM, ONE MILL OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

WE HAD COUNSEL HAD VIA RESOLUTION COMMITTED TO THAT 1.5 OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

BUT CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED ON BOTH ENDS.

SO WE'RE NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE THAT, BUT WE JUST MOTION THAT WE WILL, UM, POSTPONE CORRECT.

FOR THE TCL.

SO THE COMMITMENT IS STILL THERE.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, COMMITTED TO, UM, WHATEVER THEY NEED.

I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN A REASSESSMENT OF THEIR NEEDS AT THIS TIME, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO RIGHT.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA REMAIN WITH THE 0.3 MILL.

SO THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A PORTION OF THAT MILLAGE TO GET, TO KEEP THAT FUND FUNDED.

BUT AT THE MOMENT IT, WE NEED THE ADDITIONAL MILL FOR OUR COUNTY OPERATION.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES MAY CHANGE NEXT YEAR.

SO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RE-APPROPRIATE THEM ADDITIONAL MILLAGE.

TARGET PROPERTIES AND THE MAIN ONE, WHICH WAS THE CHILTON TRACK WAS, HAS COME OFF.

TO HAVE YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW, I THINK HANK ONE MAY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, LET HIM SAY SOMETHING.

ONLY THE, THE COMMITMENT'S STILL THERE.

LIKE I SAID WITH THE, WITH THE 0.3 MILLS, THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY WRITTEN.

BUT THE ONE POINT THE EXTRA MILL WAS IN THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY READ THAT IT WAS FOR UP TO FIVE AND IT WAS BECAUSE PREVIOUS TO THAT, IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION MADE OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT THAT NEEDED UPWARDS OF $18 MILLION BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE HAR LARGE

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AND SO THE, WITH THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY, THIS COULD BE A ONE YEAR ROLLED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

YOU COULD REASSESS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.

BUT IT WAS NOT A ONE MILL FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

IT WAS FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON THAT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

UM, THEY DO HAVE OTHER TARGETS THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO GO AFTER.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO THEIR MEETING TODAY AT TWO O'CLOCK TO DISCUSS THAT.

UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR THE LARGE SUM OVER TIME WAS, IS IT IS NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS YOU GUYS IN THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD IDENTIFY A PROJECT WOULD BRING IT TO YOU GUYS FOR THE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS IF SOMETHING WAS TO ARISE IN THE COMING YEAR THAT THEY COULD STILL DO THAT SAME THING.

JOE.

THANK YOU HANK.

JUST TO THAT POINT, UM, ANYTHING EXPENDED FROM THAT FUND, WHICH WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY I BELIEVE SHOULD COME TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

THAT IS TAXPAYER MONEY.

WELL, THE RESOLUTION READ THAT ANY PROPERTY ACQUISITION OR IMPROVEMENT OF PRODUCT WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

NOT EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION.

'CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALL TRANSACTIONS THAT HAPPEN OUT OF THE SITE AND JOB FUND THAT MAY BE TO HIRE AN ENGINEER OR TO, TO MASTER PLAN A PIECE OF PROPERTY OR, OR TO THE DUE DILIGENCE NECESSARY.

SO THOSE ONE Z TWO Z TRANSACTIONS ARE WHAT THEY SUBMIT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO US FOR REIMBURSEMENT THAT I GO THROUGH, BUT WOULD'VE READ IN THE, THE COUNCIL APPROVALS REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OR MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TO THOSE SITES.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THAT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GRANTS, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.

AND I THINK THAT, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT LATER TODAY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS, UH, KIND OF REFINING WHAT THE EXPENSES OUT OF THE SITE AND JOB FUND CAN OR SHOULD BE.

UM, YEAH, YOU WERE MENTIONING THE 0.3 MILLS.

YES MA'AM.

PLEASE.

THE 0.3 MILLS IS ACTUALLY FOR THE JOB AND SITE FUND.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ALLOCATING FOR MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS.

SPECIFICALLY FOR JOB AND SITE FUND.

THEIR OPERATING REQUEST IS 513.

IT'S IN YOUR BINDER AS WELL.

UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY ASK FOR ANNUALLY FOR OPERATING.

UM, AND IT'S 3 93, THEY ASK FOR A 5% INCREASE THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S 393, UH, THOUSAND 750 FOR OPERATING.

THAT'S THE PORTION THAT YOU ALLOCATE THEM IN THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES OKAY.

FOR OPERATIONS.

AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THE 1.3.

ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND, UH, AS I'M SITTING HERE, I WAS JUST CALCULATING HOW MANY, UH, CFOS IN MY SHORT TIME ON COUNCIL THAT I'VE HAD, I THINK I'VE COUNTED FIVE.

THE, THAT EVERY, EVERYONE GO THERE, GO THERE, EVERYONE THAT COMES ALONG AND THINK, WOW, THIS ONE IS THE BEST.

I THINK WE, WE'VE GOT THE BEST NOW THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THIS AND DO THIS.

AND AGAIN, NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE COME ALONG, BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND ALL AND YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE ADVICE THAT WE GET.

I MEAN, WE SIT HERE AND, AND MAKE THESE DECISIONS, UM, BUT IT'S BASED UPON THE EXPERT ADVICE THAT WE GET FROM, UM, OUR ADMINISTRATOR, OUR OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, UM, OR OTHER DEPUTY ADMINISTRATORS AND, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU.

I KNOW WHAT YOU PUT INTO THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

UM, BUT UH, YES, GO AHEAD.

JUST ONE COMMENT IF, IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE, SO JUST GO AHEAD AND FORWARD 'EM TO US AND WE'LL, WHAT WE'LL LIKE TO DO IS COMPILE ALL THAT AND THEN WE'LL SEND IT BACK OUT TO YOU ALL SO YOU HAVE ALL THE, UH, RESPONSES YOU NEED THAT.

BYE.

FRIDAY.

FRIDAY WOULD BE GOOD.

SO WE COULD BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS IT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY ON FIRST READING.

IF WE COULD GET THAT.

WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND, UM, FOR US TO MOVE THIS TO COUNCIL.

UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO US DOING THAT AND SEEING NO OBJECTION.

THIS WILL BE MOVED THEN TO COUNCIL.

AND AGAIN, PINKY, I KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK YOU'VE PUT IN, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE, THE CHANGES THAT WE CREATED FOR YOU AND ALL THE HEADACHES WE WE CREATED FOR YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND, UM, APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING TO THIS SPECIAL CALL CALL MEETING THAT WE HAD CHANGED FROM MONDAY TO TODAY.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? LEMME CHECK MY AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO COME BEFORE US TODAY? SEEING NOTHING, UM, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV.

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HEY GUYS, I'M SAM WORLEY.

I'M THE OFF PARK RANGER HERE AT DREW ISLAND STATE PARK.

COME SPEND THE DAY WITH ME HERE.

WE ARE AT DROWN STATE PARKS MARINA.

I AM OVER MANAGING THE SLIPS HERE AT THE MARINA.

UM, WE HAVE 50 SLIPS.

48 OF 'EM ARE 25 BY 15 FOOT SLIPS, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO 50 FOOTER SLIPS.

UM, I'VE BEEN OVER THE MARINA PROGRAM FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND, UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WE HAD EIGHT SLIPS FILLED OUT OF 50.

AND, UM, AFTER RUNNING IT FOR ABOUT 13 MONTHS, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH FULL OCCUPANCY.

UM, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'VE HAD A WAIT LIST WITH ABOUT 15 EVER SINCE.

UM, WE GIVE SPECIAL OFFERS ON, UH, SLIP PRICES FOR THE 25 BY 15 FOOT SLIPS.

UM, IF YOU, YOU CAN DO A SIX MONTH OR A 12 MONTH IS THE ONLY TWO WE OFFER.

IF YOU DO THE 12 MONTH AND YOU CHOOSE TO PAY UP FRONT, YOU GET A 10% DISCOUNT.

IT'S $2,700 RATHER PAYING, UM, MONTH BY MONTH.

IT'S TWO 50 A MONTH, WHICH ADDS UP TO THREE GRAND.

AND THEN THE SIX MONTH LEASE IS $1,500, WHETHER YOU PAY IT ALL UP FRONT OR IN $250 PAYMENTS.

I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING INVOICES FOR OUR CURRENT LEASERS AS WELL AS SETTING UP NEW CONTRACTS, UM, AS WELL AS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING OF THESE PEDESTALS, CHECKING THE UTILITIES, THE WATER, THE POWER.

WE HAD A COLD SNAP RECENTLY HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I SET A DRIP SO THESE WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT, UM, RUNNING WATER FOR THE, UM, PEOPLE THAT COME OUT HERE OFTEN.

UM, AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING UP WITH THE LEASERS THEMSELVES AND GETTING TO KNOW 'EM ON A FACE-TO-FACE BASIS.

AND KNOWING, UM, KNOWING WHO I HAVE HERE AT THE MARINA, WE HAVE A FEW REGULARS, UM, AND THEY'RE A VITAL PART IN KEEPING THE, UH, MARINA UP TO DATE.

THEY LET ME KNOW IF SOMEONE'S BOATS COME LOOSE OR IF THERE'S BEEN DAMAGE TO A STORM.

UM, THE WATER'S DOWN RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S, UH, UM, IT IS A BIT OF AN ISSUE KEEPING TRACK OF, UM, THE SAFETY OF THESE BOATS.

UM, THE MARINA'S LIKE MY BABY, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, UM, WATCH IT GROW.

UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BY THE MARINA.

UM, WE HAD AN OLD MARINA THAT USED TO BE RIGHT HERE.

UM, AND THEN IN 2008 WE HAD A REALLY BAD STORM THAT CAUSED ENOUGH DAMAGE THAT OVER THE YEARS AFTER THAT, UM, THE MARINA BEGAN TO SINK.

UM, LATER WE GOT THE BUDGET TO REDO THE MARINA, UM, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE, AS WELL AS REDOING THE, UH, BATHHOUSE UP ON THE HILL, REMODELED ALL THE BATHROOMS, UM, SHOWERS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, ADDED HEAT AND AIR TO IT.

UM, SO YEAH.

SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA GO TO ANOTHER FACILITY WHERE I'LL DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES I HAVE AS OUR SAFETY OFFICER HERE AT DRY ISLAND STATE PARK.

HERE WE ARE AT ALLENS GAS STOCK RIGHT NEXT TO OUR TACKLE SHOP.

UM, AND HERE I'M GONNA SHOW YOU ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS SAFETY OFFICER IS CHECKING ALL OF OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.

UM, THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE WE HAVE ON PARK.

IT'S A 20 POUNDER.

UM, IT'S RATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GAS STOCK.

AND WHAT WE DO WHEN WE INSPECT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, UM, IT'S FIRST TAKE IT OFF ITS STAND AND YOU CHECK THE GAUGE, UM, SEE IF IT'S NOT UNDER OR OVERCHARGED.

BUT THE MAIN THING THAT YOU WANT TO CHECK, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A, UM, A CERTIFIED FIRE TECH IS, UM, IF YOU TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN, LIKE SO IF THE WEIGHT SHIFTS GRADUALLY, THAT MEANS YOU KNOW THAT THE CONTENTS ISN'T CLUMPED UP TOGETHER.

YOU CAN KEEP DOING THAT JUST TO SEE, BUT IF YOU FEEL A BIG PLUMP, THAT MEANS IT'S CLUMPED UP TOGETHER.

IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

UM, AND I DO THIS WITH ALL 42 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.

WE HAVE ON PARK, WE HAVE 'EM IN THE CAMPGROUNDS, EVERY FACILITY, OUR CABINS, VILLAS, UM, OUR TACKLE SHOP AS WELL AS THE GAS STOCK.

AND THE MAIN THING IS TO CHECK THAT AND TO CHECK THE CHARGE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU CAN JUST HANG IT BACK UP AND THEN YOU CAN SIGN OFF ON THIS SPECIFIC MONTH, UM, WHICH THIS IS JANUARY.

UM, AND I'LL NOTE THAT ONCE A YEAR I HAVE, UM, A CERTIFIED FIRE TECH COME OUT AND HAVE THESE SERVICED.

I JUST HAD THIS ONE SERVICED, UM, IN DECEMBER, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

SO THIS ONE'S PRETTY MUCH GOOD FOR A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR.

UM, ANOTHER ASPECT OF BEING A SAFEST OFFICER HERE AT DREW ISLAND STATE PARK IS, UM, FACILITY INSPECTIONS, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S SAFE, MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING UP TO DATE ON, UM, SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON OUR, UM, HVAC, ON ANYTHING THAT NEEDS IT, LOOKING FOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT NEED REPLACING OUR ATTENTION.

UM, AND OF COURSE FILING THE, UM, MONTHLY PAPERWORK FOR OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSPECTIONS AS WELL AS THE FACILITIES.

UM, SO WE CAN STAY UP TO DATE AND BE OFFICIAL.

NEXT, WE'RE GONNA GO AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE LAKE.

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HERE WE ARE ON OUR MAIN CAUSEWAY BRIDGE HERE AT DREW ISLAND STATE PARK.

UM, PERSONALLY THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT COMING TO WORK, IS DRIVING ACROSS THIS CAUSEWAY BRIDGE AND LOOKING OUT AT THE LAKE EVERY DAY.

UM, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE LAKE'S DOWN PRETTY LOW RIGHT NOW.

UM, EVERY WINTER THEY DROP THE LAKE A FEW FEET, BUT THIS YEAR IS THE 10 YEAR LOW.

EVERY 10 YEARS THEY DROP THE LAKE SIGNIFICANTLY LOW, UM, TO KILL AN INVASIVE HYDRILLA PLANT AS WELL AS FOR PEOPLE TO WORK ON THEIR DOCKS.

AND SINCE THE DAM AND THE TOWERS ARE SO OLD, IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO MAINTENANCE THOSE AS WELL.

UM, LAKE MURRAY IS 50,000 ACRES, UM, OF MANMADE LAKE ANDRE ISLAND.

UM, BENEFITS FROM THIS LAKE HEAVILY.

UM, IT BRINGS SO MUCH, SO MANY GUESTS TO OUR PARK.

UM, THEY COME TO HANG OUT HERE AT THE SHELTERS.

UM, PITCH A HAMMOCK LAY OUT AT THE LITTLE BEACHY AREA WE HAVE AT OUR OLD OFFICE.

UM, IT BRINGS A LOT OF VISITORS COME SUMMERTIME.

UM, ALSO IN THE SUMMERTIME, UM, BRINGS ALL OF OUR BIG GAME TOURNAMENTS.

DREW ISLAND'S KNOWN FOR ALL OF ITS FISHING TOURNAMENTS.

WE HAVE 'EM YEAR ROUND JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEKEND.

UM, TO HIGHLIGHT ONE BIG ONE, DREW ISLAND GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE WORLD BASS CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE WE HOSTED 25 COUNTRIES, UM, FOR A WEEK AND WATCH THEM SHOOT OUT EVERY DAY AND COME IN AND SAW THE BIG WEIGH-INS.

AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY BIG ONES THAT WE HAVE HERE.

UM, THAT'S A BIG JOB FOR OUR OPENING SHIFT HERE AT DREW ISLAND IS TO, UM, DIRECT ALL THE BOATERS FOR THOSE TOURNAMENTS AND, AND PARK 'EM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HOUSE ALL THOSE FISHERMEN FOR, UH, FOR THOSE TOURNAMENTS.

WE HAVE THE BIG BASS, UH, CHALLENGE AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BUNCH OF SMALL TOURNAMENTS RANGING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 BOATS ALL THE WAY UP TO 150.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE, OVER HERE IS OUR FRONT CAMPGROUND, WHICH IS NEWLY RENOVATED.

UM, IT RECEIVED, UM, UPGRADES FOR ELECTRICAL, UP TO 50 AMP SERVICE, UM, NEW WATER, AND EVEN ADDED, UH, SEWER HOOKUPS AS WELL.

SO, UM, WHEN THIS ONE OPENS UP, HOPEFULLY EARLY SPRING, UM, IT'LL BE OPEN FOR THE GUESTS TO ENJOY A BRAND NEW CAMPGROUND WITH, UM, BRAND NEW FACILITIES.

UM, NEXT WE'RE GONNA GO AND WALK THROUGH ONE OF OUR VILLAS AND MAKE SURE IT'S READY FOR A GUEST CHECK-IN HERE WE ARE AT DREW ISLANDS VILLAS.

UM, THIS IS VILLA ONE BEHIND ME, BUT WE HAVE FIVE VILLAS, UM, VILLAS ONE, THREE AND FIVE ARE THREE BEDROOMS AND VILLAS TWO AND FOUR ARE TWO BEDROOMS. UM, THESE ARE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T INTO THE, THE CAMPING LIFE OR THE TENT LIFE, UM, GLAMPING AS PEOPLE CALL IT.

UM, THESE PRICES RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 35 A NIGHT TO MAYBE EVEN, UH, AS FAR AS TWO 50 A NIGHT, DEPENDING ON TIME OF YEAR, TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM.

UM, IF IT'S A WEEKEND WEEKDAY OR IF IT'S THE ONLY ONE LEFT.

UM, VILLAS ONE AND TWO ARE THE NEWLY REMODELED INSIDE AND OUT, NEW FURNITURE, NEW PAINT FLOORS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

UM, THERE IS A DOCK BEHIND VILLA ONE.

IT IS THE ONLY DOCK THAT WE HAVE, UM, HERE AT THE VILLAS, BUT IT IS A COMMUNAL DOCK.

AND THE REASON THAT IT'S, IT'S ONLY BEHIND VILLA ONE IS BECAUSE VILLA ONE IS OUR HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE VILLA.

UM, BUT ANY VILLA CAN USE THAT DOCK AS THEY PLEASE.

UM, BUT WE'RE HERE TO DO A WALKTHROUGH OF THE VILLA, SO IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW ME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A WALKTHROUGH AND, UH, I'LL LET YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN WITH THAT.

SO, AS YOU'LL SEE, I USED A KEY CARD.

UM, THESE ARE NEW TO US.

WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL, UM, KEY CARD LOCKS AT ALL OF OUR VILLAS IN OUR CAMPER CABINS, AS WELL AS THE BATHHOUSES FOR THOSE.

UM, MAKES IT EASIER IN CASE, UH, OUR METAL KEYS GET LOST.

UM, AND IT'S BEEN A REAL, UH, TREAT TO USE.

SO THIS IS THE INSIDE OF VILLA ONE.

UM, WHAT I'M IN HERE TO DO IS TO WALK THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S READY FOR A GUEST DOWN TO THE NITPICKY STUFF.

MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, IT WAS CLEANED PROPERLY AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS OUT OF OUR GUESTS WHILE THEY STAY WITH US SO THEY HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE TOTAL.

SO WE ALWAYS CHECK THE FIREPLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS GREAT, WHICH IT DOES REMOTE'S PROGRAMMED AND EVERYTHING.

I'M TURN THAT BACK OFF BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE WARM IN HERE.

UM, WE TRY TO CHECK EVERY LAMP TO MAKE SURE THAT IT LIGHTS UP.

UM, EVERY LIGHT IN THE VILLA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WORKS.

THERE'S NO BURNED OUT BULBS.

UM, OF COURSE WE, WE CHECK THE TV, MAKE SURE THEY WORK.

UM, I'LL DO THAT AS WELL.

WE'LL TURN THAT BACK OFF.

AND IN THE BATHROOM WE'RE GONNA CHECK AND MAKE SURE ALL THE LIGHTS WORK LIKE THE REST OF THE VILLA.

MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE TOWELS HAVE BEEN, UH, PUT IN PROPERLY AND, AND STORED.

WE WANNA CHECK THE CLEANLINESS OF THE, UH, THE TUBS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DIRT HAIR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.

UM, FLOORS THAT LOOK DECENT.

UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE RUNNING WATER,

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FLUSH THE TOILETS, YOU KNOW, CHECK BEHIND, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CLEAN.

THEN WE GO IN TO CHECK IN THE FIRST BEDROOM.

I LIKE TO DO IT IN A BIG CIRCLE SO I DON'T MISS ANYTHING WALKING THROUGH THESE VILLAS.

WE CHECK ALL THE DRAWERS TO MAKE SURE THAT A GUEST DIDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND IN PREVIOUS STAY.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO CHECK UNDER THE BEDS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING UNDER THERE THAT, UM, WE'RE CAUSING ISSUE FOR A GUEST.

EVERYTHING LOOKS CLEAN.

CHECK AROUND IN THE NIGHTSTAND AS WELL.

CHECKING THE LAMP.

WANNA RUN OUR HAND ACROSS THE TABLE? MAKE SURE THERE'S NO DIRT OR CRUMBS LEFT FROM ANY PREVIOUS DAY.

WE'RE GOOD.

WANNA CHECK THESE LIGHTS RIGHT HERE? MAKE SURE ALL THAT'LL TURN ON.

WE'LL GO OUTSIDE REAL FAST AND WE'LL CHECK THE, UM, PORCH TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.

MAKE SURE THE LIGHTS OUT HERE WORK FOR OUR GUESTS.

ALSO DO A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FIRE PIT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING ON OUR OUTDOOR PATIOS WORK PROPERLY.

ONE, TWO, AND THREE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THIS, UH, OUTDOOR PATIO RIGHT NOW.

BUT, UH, IT IS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE TO HAVE THE REST OF THEM INSTALLED.

WE'LL GO BACK IN AND FINISH THE WALKTHROUGH.

SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME DISHES THAT ARE STILL LEFT IN HERE.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, CLEAN AND IF SO, PUT THEM AWAY, UM, AND WIPE DOWN ANYTHING THAT NEEDS IT.

UM, ON THE COUNTERS, WE WANT TO RUN OUR HAND ACROSS THE COUNTER, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CRUMBS OR ANY RESIDUE STILL LEFT.

UM, AS WELL AS CHECKING THE MICROWAVE AS WELL.

YOU ALWAYS WANT TO CHECK THE DISH, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UM, STUCK ON STAINS OR ANYTHING, ANY KIND OF SPATTER INSIDE THE MICROWAVE AND CHECKING EVERY CABINET TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE AND THAT EVERYTHING'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE.