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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, SO WE WILL BE LIMITED ON WHAT ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE, BUT WE CAN HEAR REPORTS.UH, TYPICALLY WE DO INTRODUCTIONS.
[4. INTRODUCTIONS]
SO STARTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, SIR, IN THE UNIFORM.I'M SERGEANT MATT BUFORD, COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
VICTORIA HOFFMAN, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.
SALLY MCLEOD, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.
AND I'M MARK FEINBERG, VICE CHAIR OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.
UH, IT LOOKED, CAN'T APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF APRIL 3RD.
UH, WE'VE DONE, UH, INTRODUCTIONS, UH, SINCE THERE IS NO PUBLIC HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
[6. SWR REPORT]
WILL MOVE DIRECTLY INTO, UH, SOLID WASTE, UH, REPORTING.AND, UH, WE DO HAVE THE LITTER SUPERVISOR HERE.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY REPORTS? SURE.
I'M THE LITTER CONTROL AND ADOPT HIGHWAY COORDINATOR FOR BUFORT COUNTY.
UH, JUST HERE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF ON THE STATS OF WHAT WE ACCUMULATED THUS FAR UP UNTIL YESTERDAY.
UM, THIS YEAR WE DID, UH, CONDUCT THE ZERO TOLERANCE.
WE DID HAVE THE ZERO TOLERANCE MONTH DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.
UH, WE HANDED OUT TARPS AND ALSO BROCHURES AT THE FOUR MAJOR CONVENIENCE CENTERS BEING BLUFFED IN, UH, SHANKLIN, HILTON HEAD, AND ST.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE THE STATS FOR ADOPT THE HIGHWAY UP TILL OR FOR, FOR THIS YEAR SO FAR.
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 84 ADOPT THE HIGHWAY GROUPS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO HAVE 13 THAT ARE INDEPENDENT.
THAT'S REPORT BACK TO US WITH THE STATS.
UM, CLEANING EVENTS SO FAR, 157 VOLUNTEERS THAT PARTAKE IN ALL THE EVENTS THAT WERE REPORTED.
UH, 1445 I'M IN, THEY COLLECTED OVER 36,705 POUNDS OF WASTE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
MOVING ON TO BEAUFORT COUNTY LITTER CRUISE.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF WASTE COLLECTED IS 164,278, PLUS OTHER WASTE.
SO IT COMES OUT TO 197,048 POUNDS SO FAR THIS YEAR.
COLLECTED OFF THE, THE, UH, SIDE OF THE ROADS THAT VARIES FROM JUST YOUR BASIC LIT DEBRIS TO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, ILLEGAL DUMPINGS FURNITURE, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, MOVING ON, THE MILES COVERED UNDER THAT IS 28,563.
AS OF YESTERDAY, 35% OF THOSE CALLS WERE IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
65% WERE IN THE NORTHERN END PORTION, UH, PORTION OF THE, UH, COUNTY, UH, COMPLAINTS.
MOVING ON TO COMPLAINTS FOR THIS YEAR.
SO FAR, I'VE ISSUED OUT OF MY, OUTTA MY TICKET BOOK, SHOULD I SAY, A CITATION, TWO WRITTEN WARNINGS, ONE 50 AND 1 51.
TOTAL COMPLAINTS IN COMBINATION WITH BUFORT COUNTY, UH, CONNECT AND OTHER COMPLAINTS MADE VIA EMAIL, IN PERSON OR PHONE CALLS.
WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF 75 THAT WERE RESOLVED, OPEN AND CLOSED.
AND CURRENTLY, AS FAR AS THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH THE LITTER CREW, WE'RE LOOKING TO EVENTUALLY IMPLEMENT TWO ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS SOMETIME IN THE PHYSICAL YEAR OF 2026.
AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, SIR? UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON YOUR LITTER CREW NOW? CURRENTLY WE HAVE SIX.
WE HAVE FIVE, UH, GETTING READY TO ONBOARD ONE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
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SO FIVE OF THEM, UH, COLLECTED OVER 164,000 POUNDS OF LITTER.AND 84 GROUPS DID ABOUT THE SAME AT 157,000 POUNDS.
SO THEY'RE ALMOST EQUALING EACH OTHER.
SORT OF HELPING OUT EACH OTHER THERE.
WELL, IT, IT JUST TELLS THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOUBLING THE EFFORT.
IN OTHER WORDS, EACH ONE IS CONTRIBUTING 50% TO THE LITTER COLLECTION WITHIN THE, THE COUNTY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
SO WITH THE ADDITION OF EXTRA PEOPLE, YOUR, YOUR NUMBERS MAY GO UP YES.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING ON WITH THE COUNTY IN ADDITION TO ADOPT HIGHWAY AND OTHER MEMBERS THAT GET INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT YEAH, ADDING ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO, TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF OUR, UH, OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUFORT COUNTY.
[7. STAFF REPORTS]
RIGHT.SO THIS IS A NEWSLETTER THAT WE SENT OUT WITH THE BOARD PACKET.
UM, JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZES WHERE WE ARE, UM, FINANCIALLY, UM, AT THE END OF QUARTER THREE AND A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THESE FIGURES.
UM, KIND OF MOVED INTO, UH, THE MONTH OF APRIL A BIT.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED, UH, TO BRING ABOUT, UM, IS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT.
THEY'VE ALREADY INSTALLED SOME SECURITY CAMERAS, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON INSTALLING SECURITY CAMERAS AT, UH, THE REMAINING CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
UM, AND THESE ARE LIVE FEED, UM, AND THEY'RE FOR SAFETY.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, RISK MANAGEMENT PURPOSES.
OH, WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET.
UM, PUTTING A CAP ON MOST OF OUR PROJECTS AND PURCHASES.
AND THEN, UM, ALREADY PLANNING, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.
UM, AS WE MENTIONED, LAST MEETING, OUR BUDGET REQUEST WENT TO COUNTY COUNCIL, AND THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH ONE READING OF THE BUDGET AND IT WAS APPROVED.
SO LOOKING HOPEFUL, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT OCCURRED WITHIN OUR SOLID WASTE BUDGET.
SO WE'LL KNOW THAT AFTER THE WHOLE BUDGET IS APPROVED, IT'S GONNA BE, WHEN'S THE WHOLE BUDGET GOING TO BE APPROVED? IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THREE READINGS, AND IT'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH ONE.
SO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA.
IT IT WITH CALENDAR WITHIN THE NEXT, YEAH, I'M, I, I DON'T HAVE THE CALENDAR WITH ME, BUT, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, I BELIEVE BEFORE WE RECESS FOR JULY, IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED.
SO WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT HAS TWO MORE READINGS TO GO THROUGH.
UM, RESIDENTIAL HOLLER DECALS FOR FY 26, UM, ARE AVAILABLE.
APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ISSUING THOSE NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED, SEEN A NOTICEABLE INCREASE, UM, IN THE APPLICATIONS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HAULERS, UM, IN BEAUFORT.
SO THAT TELLS US THAT, UM, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER PEOPLE ARE COMING TO BEAUFORT AND STARTING BUSINESSES.
UM, WE'RE COMPLETING OUR RESURFACING PROJECTS, UM, AT THE LIGO AND BIG ESTATE CENTERS.
THAT'S PART OF OUR FY 25, UM, PROJECT PLANNING.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UM, A COMPARTMENTALIZED ROLL OFF CONTAINER THAT'S GOING TO BE A PILOT PROGRAM, UH, TO BRING RECYCLING TO OUR MORE RURAL CENTERS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ONLY RECEIVE RECYCLED, RECYCLED, RECYCLED MATERIALS AT THE FOUR MAIN CENTERS.
UM, YEARS AGO, WE DID HAVE CONTAINERS AT ALL OF THE CENTERS.
AND, UM, MY PREDECESSORS DECIDED THAT, UH, BASICALLY IT WAS A WASTE OF MONEY, SO THEY DID AWAY WITH THOSE, UM, BINS BECAUSE THEY JUST NEVER FILLED UP AND IT WAS COSTING MONEY TO SIT THERE.
UH, SO WITH THESE COMPARTMENTALIZED CONTAINERS, THE HOPE IS THAT THE MATERIALS WILL FILL UP QUICKER BECAUSE IT'S ONE 40 YARD CONTAINER WITH DIFFERENT COMPARTMENTS FOR PLASTIC, UM, CANS, PAPER, AND THE OTHER MATERIALS.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING THAT PILOT IN, UM, FY 26.
WE'VE, UM, REALLY MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY WITH OUR COMPOST MASCOT, WITH OUR VENDOR MOONDOG.
UH, WE HAVE RECENTLY STARTED TO COLLABORATE, UM, WITH, UM, OUR GO GEECHEE LEADER, QUEEN KUT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND SHE HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT OUR MASCOT.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, WE REALLY WANTED IT TO
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EMBODY THIS CULTURE THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IN BUFORT, UM, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND, UM, DOING SOMETHING THAT THAT COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE AND ENJOY, AND ALSO, UM, HELP PROMOTE.UH, WE ASKED HER TO LOOK AT OUR DRAFTS, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT WITH THAT VENDOR AND
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, PURCHASED SOME COMPOST STORAGE SHEDS WITH OUR SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GRANT TAX MONEY OR STATE GRANT MONEY.
UH, ONE IS S ALREADY INSTALLED AT THE SHANKLIN CONVENIENCE CENTER.
UM, THE FOOD WASTE BINS WILL GO UNDER THERE AND THERE'LL BE SIGNAGE, UH, TO DISPLAY WHAT'S ACCEPTED, AND THEN ALSO GET RESIDENTS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN I BELIEVE LAST TIME WE MENTIONED THAT WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING THE INVE COMPOST UNIT.
WE HAVE SINCE PROCURED THAT, AND WE HAVE OUR KICKOFF MEETING WITH THAT COMPANY, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE COMING WEEKS.
'CAUSE NOT ONLY WAS THAT A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE UNIT, IT WAS ALSO A CONTRACT FOR THEM TO INSTALL IT AND TRAIN US, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT, UM, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, JUST IN CASE, UM, SOMETHING GOES AWRY.
UM, CHLOE IS BACK FROM MATERNITY LEAVE.
SHE'S NOT HERE TO GIVE HER A REPORT.
UM, BUT IT'S SUMMARIZED IN THE, UM, PAMPHLET AS WELL AS VALENTINA.
UH, SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY EITHER.
UM, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO COME, BUT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUTREACH FOR BOTH SOLID WASTE, UM, AND STORM WATER.
UH, SHE DID A REALLY GREAT JOB AT THE EARTH DAY EVENT, UH, ALONG WITH JESUS, UM, COMBINED.
THEY PLANNED A WONDERFUL EVENT.
AND AS YOU ALREADY HEARD, WE PICKED UP OVER 9,000 POUNDS OF LITTER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND JESUS HAS ALREADY GIVEN HIS LITTER UPDATE.
UM, SO WE CAN GO ON AND MOVE TO OUR DATA.
SO THIS IS OUR YEAR TO DATE FISCAL THREE DATA.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MR. BRYANT
UM, SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE WITH THIS FIRST COLUMN IS OUR OVAL OVERALL TONS DISPOSED OF.
UM, SO THE LEFT COLUMN IS OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS, AND THE RIGHT IS CURBSIDE.
UH, SO WE DO LIKE TO SEE THAT CURBSIDE IS RECEIVING MORE.
UM, OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS, YOU'LL SEE IN OUR TRAFFIC PATTERNS, UM, MANY OF 'EM ARE QUITE BUSY.
UH, SO WE DO LIKE TO SEE MORE WASTE BEING COLLECTED CURBSIDE AS OPPOSED TO THE CENTERS, UM, BECAUSE OF JUST THE HAULING COSTS EACH TIME WE HAVE TO TRANSPORT THAT WASTE.
UM, AND THEN MOVING DOWN, THIS IS JUST OUR TONNAGE BY SOLID WASTE DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THAT'S CONVENIENCE CENTER AND CURBSIDE SERVICES COMBINED.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE FIGURES? UH, A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE, YOU WANT MORE CURBSIDE PICKUP THAN CONVENIENCE CENTER? ALTHOUGH THE RECYCLING EFFORTS IN THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, WE GET A REIMBURSEMENT FOR IN SOME CASES.
WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING RECYCLING HERE.
SO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IS OUR MSW WASTE, WHICH ISRA BASIC TRASH, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS, AND THEN YARD WASTE.
SO RECYCLING FIGURES WILL BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
SO FOR WASTE, YES, WE'D LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE CURBSIDE SERVICES SO OUR CENTERS DON'T GET INUNDATED, UH, WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC BACK UP.
SO HILTON HEAD FOR ONE, IS REALLY BACKED UP AND TRAFFIC GOES OUT INTO THE ROAD SOMETIMES.
UM, AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY THE ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, THE MORE RURAL AREAS, WE DON'T HAVE THE ISSUE, BUT WITH HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON, WITH THE RESIDENCE, RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE AREAS AND THE POPULATION, UM, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THOSE MUNICIPALITIES TO HAVE THAT CURBSIDE SERVICE.
SO IT'S TO NOT PUT A STRAIN ON THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS BECAUSE, UM, WE JUST CAN'T FIT EVERY RESIDENT IN HILTON HEAD AND VISITOR AT A CENTER.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.
IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING MM-HMM
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UH, I'M NEW, FORGIVE ME, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS A, A, A, A PROPOSAL, UH, A PILOT TO MAKE HILTON HEAD A HUNDRED PERCENT CURBSIDE PICKUP.IS THAT NOT TRUE? THERE, THERE WAS, THEY, I CAN'T SPEAK ON THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY'S HERE REPRESENTING THAT DISTRICT TODAY.
UM, BUT FROM WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THEY DID HAVE A CONTRACT TO DO THAT.
AND THE CONTRACT WAS NOT WRITTEN, UH, TO PROVIDE BACKDOOR SERVICE.
SO IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK WELL BECAUSE OF ALL THE RENTAL UNITS ON THE ISLAND.
HELP ME WITH BACKDOOR SERVICE.
BACKDOOR SERVICE IS WHEN THE PROVIDER COMING ALONG TO PICK UP YOUR, UM, CURBSIDE BINS, GO AND COLLECT THE BIN FROM EITHER LIKE THE SIDE YARD OR THE BACKYARD, TAKE IT TO THE CURB, DUMP IT AND BRING IT BACK.
I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IF WE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY SAY, OH, WE AIN'T DOING THIS AGAIN.
WHAT GOOD IS IT? THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT HILTON HEAD IS FACING RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SOUR TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH FROM THEIR LAST CONTRACT, THEY'RE A BIT APPREHENSIVE.
IT, WAS IT, WAS THAT BECAUSE HILTON HEAD CONTRACTED WITH, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE WRONG, BUT WITH, WITH A CONTRACTOR.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT COASTAL DOES SIDE YARD PICKUP MM.
I WASN'T, UH, INVOLVED IN THAT CONTRACT.
UM, I'VE, I'VE NEVER WORKED FOR THE, UM, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, AND I WASN'T IN BUFORT COUNTY WHEN THAT TOOK PLACE.
SO I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK ON IT ON, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT, UM, MAYBE IF YOU CONTACT A HILTON HEAD CONSTITUENT, THEY CAN ASSIST YOU.
NO, I, UH, IT'S, IT IS JUST, I THINK THAT IF THE COUNTY MM-HMM
SAYS THAT OUR CONVENIENCE CENTER IS OVERFLOWING OR AT ITS, NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT OR THAT WAS NOT MY COMMENT.
ARE WE AT CAPACITY? WE'RE WE'RE PERFECTLY FINE.
MY COMMENT WAS BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE RECEIVE, WHICH WE WILL, IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC, UM, WE RECEIVE AT EACH OF THE CENTERS.
AND HILTON HEAD ESPECIALLY IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST, UM, YEAR TO DATE, 203, 230,000 AND QUARTER THREE OF 24, 200 15,000 PEOPLE.
UM, OR NOT REALLY JUST DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CENTERS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, HILTON HEAD MOST POPULATED AREA AND THEN GO DOWN TO SHANKLIN ALMOST A HALF.
SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF MORE RESIDENTS OPTED FOR CURBSIDE MSW PICKUP AS OPPOSED TO LEANING HEAVILY ON THE CENTERS.
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, OR THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT'S GOING ON FROM THIS END, THE NORTHERN END.
I DON'T SEE HOW HILTON HEAD, 'CAUSE THERE'S JUST AS MANY PEOPLE LIVING UP HERE ON THE NORTHERN END, THEN IT'S LIVING THAN MM-HMM.
YOU DON'T THINK SO? NO, NOT AT ALL.
THE POPULATION IS HEAVILY DENSE IN BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD PER CAPITA AND HILTON HEAD.
AND IN BLUFFTON, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF BEAUFORT COUNTIES POPULATION.
EVERYONE'S SPREAD OUT IN THE MORE RURAL AREAS.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT CONVENIENCE CENTERS IN MSW? WE'LL MOVE ON TO RECYCLING, OR NO, THIS ISN'T RECYCLING YET.
THIS IS MORE DATA PERTAINING TO CENTERS.
SO THIS IS OUR HAULING COSTS AND DISPOSAL COSTS.
UM, THE NUMBER OF POLES, WHICH IS EVERY TIME WE HAVE TO TAKE A BIN AWAY, AND THEN OUR RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO TONNAGE.
AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S COMPARED, UM, TO FY 24 IN QUARTER THREE AND FY 25 IN QUARTER THREE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE'RE STEADILY INCREASING EACH YEAR AS THE POPULATION DOES CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND WE HAVE RECENTLY, UM, BEEN APPROVED TO MOVE BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, WE WERE ONCE CONSIDERED AN ENTERPRISE FUND WITHOUT REALLY A FEE.
SO TECHNICALLY WE REALLY WEREN'T AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
SO NOTHING REALLY IS CHANGING WITH THAT.
JUST THE VERBIAGE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL DETERMINE YOUR BUDGET.
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THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN, THAT'S WHY WE WERE NEVER REALLY AN ENTERPRISE FUND.THEY ALLOTTED US MONEY, SO WE REQUESTED MONEY JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TONNAGE CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
THAT'S WHY THE DISPOSAL COSTS AND HAULING COSTS ARE INCREASED.
SO THE MORE, UM, WASTE PEOPLE ARE GETTING RID OF, THE MORE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
UH, SO OUR FIRST CHART IS DISPLAYING A, UM, SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON FOR CONVENIENCE CENTER TONNAGE AND RESIDENTIAL ROUTE TONNAGE.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN DISTRICT ONE, CITY OF BEAUFORT, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL ROUTE TONNAGE BECAUSE CITY OF BEAUFORT, UM, THEY HAVE CURBSIDE SERVICES.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SAME WITH PORT ROYAL.
AND THEN GOING INTO DISTRICT THREE, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, CONVENIENCE CENTER TONNAGE FOR RECYCLING IS, UH, A LOT MORE THAN OUR RESIDENTIAL ROUTE TONNAGE.
AND THAT IS AN INDICATION THAT MORE RESIDENTS ARE RELYING ON THAT CONVENIENCE CENTER AS OPPOSED TO A RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE SERVICE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE ZERO TONS FOR DISTRICT FIVE SHELDON TOWNSHIP, AND WE ARE WORKING ON OUTREACH EFFORTS TO TARGET THOSE COMMUNITIES, UM, AS WELL AS DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, THAT'S A BIT LOWER THAN WE'D LIKE TO SEE.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING FOR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THERE.
AND THEN DUSKY, IT DOES SAY THAT THERE'S ZERO TONAGE, HOWEVER, UM, DUSKY IS RECYCLING CARDBOARD AND THEY REPORT DIRECTLY TO, UM, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ANNUALLY.
UH, SO THEY DO GET, UM, TOTALED INTO BEAUFORT COUNTY'S TOTAL RECYCLING TONNAGE.
AND THEN YOU CAN JUST SEE THE TREND ON THE BOTTOM, UM, SUMMER MONTHS, SPRING MONTHS, HEAVIER RECYCLING DAYS, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, IN THE WINTER.
AND THEN, UM, DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN FY 24, UH, WE HAD A DIFFERENT RECYCLING VENDOR.
AND THE WAY THAT THEIR FEES WERE CALCULATED, WE WERE ONLY DISPLAYING, UM, THEIR PROCESSING FEES.
AND THIS YEAR IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE HIGHER, BUT THIS ISN'T ONLY OUR PROCESSING FEES FOR RECYCLING, THIS IS ALSO OUR HAULING FEE.
UM, SO WHEN YOU COMBINE OUR PREVIOUS VENDORS, HAULING FEE PLUS PROCESSING IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE PAYING NOW.
AND ALSO ON THIS FEE, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, OUR REBATE IS NOT CALCULATED INTO OUR RECYCLING COST.
UH, SO THIS LAST SLIDE IS OUR REBATES.
SO ON THE LEFT SIDE, UM, WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT WE DO RECEIVE OUR REBATES FROM.
AND, UH, BEAUFORT METAL AND HARDY HARDY METAL, UM, IT IS ONE COMPANY, HOWEVER, THE BEAUFORT METAL, THEY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS.
SO BEAUFORT THAT'S RECEIVING THE SHANKLIN AND ST.
HARDY IS RECEIVING OUR SOUTH SIDE OF THE BROAD.
AND, UM, WE WERE RECEIVING A QUARTERLY POOL, SO WE'RE NOT, WE DID AWAY WITH STOCKPILING A MASSIVE METAL YARD AT SHANKLIN AND CLEANED THAT YARD UP.
AND NOW WE'RE RECEIVE RECEIVING THIS MONTHLY REVENUE, UM, OR REIMBURSEMENT REALLY, UM, FROM THEM.
AND THEN UNIVERSAL ENVIRONMENTAL, THEY, UH, GIVE US A REIMBURSEMENT OFF OUR VERY USED OIL.
PREVIOUSLY WE COMPACTED CARDBOARD.
WE NO LONGER DO THAT IN HOUSE.
UH, SO THIS IS COMING FROM OUR BOOKS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE LIBRARIES, AND WE SEND FOR THAT TO THEM TO RECYCLE.
AND THEN ALSO OFFICE PAPER THAT WE COLLECT FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY FACILITIES.
AND THEN THE DOR TIRE FUND, THAT'S DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.
UH, WHEN YOU BUY TIRES IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, A PORTION OF THAT FEE GOES TO THE STATE.
AND THEN THEY ALLOT THAT OUT, UM, TO THE COUNTIES.
AND THEN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHART, IT SHOWS YOU AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE WASTE MANAGEMENT WAS OUR PREVIOUS VENDOR, AND THIS IS THEIR PROCESS AND HAULING.
SO IN THE MONTH OF JULY, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN, UM, OUR LAST MONTH WITH THEM, UM, WAS, WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM.
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YOU CAN SEE WITH I TWO, UH, WE HAVE IT, UM, DESIGNATED OUT BETWEEN MONTHLY PROCESSING COSTS, OUR HAULING COSTS, AND THEN REBATE.SO IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, IT UM, COSTS US $76,000, UH, TO RECYCLE.
AND THAT'S INCORPORATING THAT REBATE AMOUNT.
SO AFTER THE CHECK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STILL COME OUT IN THE RED TO RECYCLE.
UM, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL COSTS WITH ALL REVENUES COMBINED TO RECYCLE.
SO, SO WE'RE SEEING IT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE SEEING TO DATE WE'VE SPENT 368,000 AND CHANGE TO RECYCLE.
IS THAT THAT BOTTOM LINE THERE? YEP.
CAN I JUST ASK IF, IF YOU INCORPORATE ALL OF OUR REIMBURSEMENTS VERSUS COSTS, THE NET COSTS FROM I TWO IS 620,000.
SO I JUST WANT TO, FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION, IS IT, IN YOUR VIEW, IS IT BETTER FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE COUNTY TO HAVE CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR HOUSEHOLD TRASH AND RECYCLE AT OUR RECYCLING CENTERS, CARDBOARD, GLASS, METAL, AND PLASTIC? OR WOULD IT BE MORE BENEFICIAL? AND THERE'S FINANCIAL VERSUS ECOLOGICAL, UH, UH, SITUATIONS THAT COME INTO PLAY.
BUT IF, IF WE WERE TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY HAD CURBSIDE PICKUP WITH NO RECYCLING, SINCE IT'S NOT MANDATORY, THEN OUR COSTS WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE IN THE COUNTY.
WOULD THAT BE A, OH, IT COSTS US $4 MILLION TO TAKE MATERIAL TO THE LANDFILL LAST YEAR? NO.
IT COSTS US $4 MILLION DISPOSE OF MSW AT THE LANDFILL LAST YEAR FROM OUR CENTERS.
NO, BEAUFORT COUNTY PAYS ANYTIME BEAUFORT COUNTY PAYS FOR WASTE TO LEAVE THE CENTERS AND GO TO THE LANDFILL.
BEAUFORT COUNTY ALSO PAYS FOR ANY RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE HAULER TO TAKE WASTE, NOT RECYCLABLES, WASTE TRASH TO THE LANDFILL.
SO BETWEEN THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS AND THE RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE TRASH, ALL GOING TO HICKORY HILL AND OAKWOOD LANDFILL MM-HMM
IT COSTS $4 MILLION TO DISPOSE OF THAT WASTE IN 20, IN FISCAL YEAR 24.
AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GONNA BE HIGHER THIS YEAR BECAUSE, SO NO, IT'S MORE TRASH.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
ARE YOU SAYING WE SHOULDN'T RECYCLE? NO.
WELL, I, WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR QUESTION? COULD YOU JUST SUMMARIZE IT? YES.
MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS, IS IT BETTER FOR US, NUMBER ONE, TO HAVE CURBSIDE PICKUP? FIRST QUESTION.
WELL, YOU WOULD HAVE, THAT'S AN OPINION.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BETTER, BETTER MEANING LESS COST.
WOULD THE COST BE THE SAME? UM, PROBABLY NOT.
IF YOU'RE LIVING IN A, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN OPINION AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES.
SO IF YOU LIVE OUT IN SHELDON AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES TO AN MUNICIPALITY, BUT THEN THE COUNTY COMES AND SAYS, WELL, GUESS WHAT? NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CURBSIDE AND YOU HAVE TO PAY US EXTRA MONEY.
SO IF YOU'RE LIVING IN SHELDON, YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE, THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T LIVE IN A MUNICIPALITY AND I'M OUT HERE IN THE COUNTRY.
SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL CHANGE FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY IS FOR THE COUNTY TO OVERSEE NOT JUST THE CONTRACT FOR WASTE DISPOSAL AT THE LANDFILL, BUT ALSO FOR RECYCLING DISPOSAL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PAY FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS CURBSIDE RECYCLING TO GO TO ONE MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE ISSUE OF HAVING DIFFERENT NARRATIVES OVER WHAT IS ACCEPTED IN THE BIN.
AND THAT WOULD ALSO TAKE AWAY THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, THE, HMM, THERE'S NO REALLY NICE WAY TO PUT IT.
UH,
IF I'M A HAULER, IT'S MORE BENEFICIAL FOR ME TO TAKE IT TO THE LANDFILL, 'CAUSE THE COUNTY'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT.
BUT IF I PAY THE HAULERS TO ALSO TAKE THE MATERIALS TO A RECYCLING FACILITY, THEN THERE'S THAT INITIATIVE BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE HEAR
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THE COMPLAINTS, WE'VE CONTACTED THE STATE, AND OTHER THAN PUTTING SOMEBODY AT THE LANDFILL EVERY DAY AND LIKE INSPECTING LOADS AND ASKING WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, LIKE HOW REALLY CAN WE MANDATE THAT? UM, AND IT'S TO INCENTIVIZE RECYCLING.AND BY DOING THE CONTRACT TO OVERSEE THE RECYCLING IN ALL OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, I THINK IT WOULD ALLEVIATE SEVERAL ISSUES, BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY COST MORE.
IT'S ANY, ANYTHING, AGAIN, YOU A FINANCIAL VERSUS AN ENVIRONMENTAL.
WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT MM-HMM
UM, SO TO RECAP EVERYTHING, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING TO BEAUFORT COUNTY AND IT'S COSTING US MORE MONEY TO DISPOSE OF WASTE AND TO RECYCLE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE NOT IN THE GREEN FOR RECYCLING.
IT'S COSTING US, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE RECEIVING THESE REBATES.
UM, IT JUST, IT JUST COSTS MONEY TO DO ANYTHING.
IT COSTS MONEY TO RECYCLE, IT COSTS MONEY TO DISPOSE OF WASTE.
SO WE DO WANT TO INCREASE MORE DIVERSION SO WE CAN DECREASE BECAUSE, UM, LIKE I SAID, IT COSTS US $4 MILLION LAST YEAR TO DISPOSE OF WASTE IN THE LANDFILL.
IF YOU LIVE IN A MUNICIPALITY, IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, WE PAID FOR THAT TO GO TO THE LANDFILL.
AND, UM, NOW IT'S JUST SITTING IN A PILE OF WASTE FOREVER AND IT COSTS US $4 MILLION.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID,
ANYWAY, UM, SO WE ARE FACTUAL FACTS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I, I DO, I DO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN CONSERVATION BEFORE I GOT INTO THE SOLID WASTE BUSINESS ANYWAY.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE GOALS GOING TO FY 26.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO JUST GET THIS COMPOST PILOT PROGRAM STARTED.
UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE OUR END VESSEL UNIT THAT SHOULD BE HERE, UM, WITHIN, UM, I REALLY CAN'T REMEMBER THE WEEKS NOW.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S MONTH OR WEEKS, FOUR TO SIX, SIX TO EIGHT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WANNA SAY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS IS THEIR TURNAROUND TIME TO GET OUR END VESSEL.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WORKING ON OUR CHARACTER.
IT'S GOING TO BE A ROBUST EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PLANT PROGRAM, UH, PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS.
AND WE REALLY WANNA INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING INTO WORKING WITH DUSKY TO INCREASE RECYCLING ON THE ISLAND.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY HAVE A CARDBOARD AUGER COMPACTOR.
UM, AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO OUT THERE.
UM, AS FAR AS RECYCLING, IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE, UH, YOU HAVE TO BARGE IT OFF THE ISLAND AND THAT IS COSTLY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST DRIVING IT, UM, TO THE RECYCLING FACILITY IS ALSO COSTLY.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN OUT THERE.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR OPERATIONS AT THE CENTERS.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, REPLACE MANY OF OUR COMPACTOR UNITS, WHICH HELPS US DECREASE OUR CALLING HAULING COST.
UH, SO WE'LL BE, UM, INSTALLING THE NEW ONES AT THE SHANKLIN CENTER WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS.
HELENA WILL BE OUR LAST ONE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE AN FY 26 AS LONG AS OUR, UM, BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, LIKE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, WE WANNA DIVERT MY MORE WASTE.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE THAT COMPARTMENTALIZED CONTAINER THAT WE'RE GOING TO PILOT TO START ACCEPTING RECYCLING AT THE COFFIN POINT CENTER.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING DIVERT IT TO? I'M SORRY? YOU SAID DIVERT MORE WASTE.
SO WITH, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DIVERT IT TO WITH WASTE DIVERSION? UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE FOOD WASTE.
30% OF THE WASTE, UM, OR 30% OF THE WASTE THAT, UM, AMERICANS DISPOSE OF IS FOOD WASTE.
SO THAT IS ONE WASTE DIVERSION TECHNIQUE.
AND THEN RECYCLING IS ALSO, UM, A WASTE DIVERSION TECHNIQUE.
SO DIVERSION JUST MEANS DON'T SEND IT TO THE LANDFILL, FIND SOMETHING ELSE FOR, UM, FOR THAT.
YOUR LAST MEETING YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU WERE PLANNING ON, UH, AT LEAST AT THE FOUR MAJOR CENTERS, UH, USING AN AUTOMATIC ARM SCANNER OF DECALS TO FREE UP THE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP, UH, KEEP THE WASTE, UH, THE RECYCLABLE WASTE STREAMS BETTER BY THAT, BY REP, BY REPURPOSING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOW SCANNING DECALS.
YEAH, THAT'S A PROPOSED PLAN FOR FY 26.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE REQUESTED.
UM, AND THAT WAS TO PILOT A PROGRAM AT THE SHANKLIN CENTER TO SEE, UM, HOW IT WORKED.
SO ONCE WE RECEIVE OUR FY 26 FUNDS AND RECEIVE OUR APPROVED PROJECTS, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER WAS APPROVED.
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UM, HOUSE MORE PEOPLE AT THAT RECYCLING AREA TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS BECAUSE OUR VENDOR, I TOO, UM, HE HAD VOLUNTEERS GO TO THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS IN BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD AND ASSIST RESIDENTS AND JUST EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE PLACED INTO THE BINS.AND IT WAS, UM, IMPACTFUL RESIDENTS REALLY ENJOYED THAT EXPERIENCE, THAT LEARNED A LOT THAT I KNOW THAT USE THE BLUFFTON CONVENIENCE CENTER.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY THERE TO ASSIST.
AND THEN, AND AND, UM, EMPLOYING PEOPLE AT THE CENTERS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, IN PUBLIC WORKS.
A YEAR OR SO AGO WE HAD SEVERAL VACANCIES, UM, AND NOW THAT NUMBER, UM, HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
BUT WE DO HAVE VACANCIES AT OUR CENTERS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE DO HAVE TURNOVER SOMETIMES.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
BUT A LOT OF OUR CENTER ATTENDANCE ARE, UH, RETIREES.
BUT IT IS, IT'S A DEF IT DEFINITELY A DIFFICULT, UM, LOCATION TO STAFF.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OUTSIDE IN THE ELEMENTS.
UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, LIKE SOME RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF MEAN AND SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT.
BUT, UM, SO IT'S DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO, UH, HAVE THAT FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE HOT AND UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AROUND GARBAGE HOLIDAY.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PROPOSING WE'D LIKE TO, UM, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CENTER AT ATTENDANTS THAT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE FULL-TIME STAFF AT THIS, UM, RECYCLING LOCATIONS.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? SINCE WE'VE
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COVERED SOME OF THE OLD BUSINESS, IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? ANYTHING FROM OUR LIAISON? FROM COUNSEL? UH, I GUESS THIS MAY ACTUALLY FALL UNDERNEATH DO BUSINESS.UH, ANOTHER WE CALLED AROUND WITH THE, UH, SOLICITOR'S OFFICE TRYING TO PICK UP THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA DO IT, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WEEK, UH, DURING THE WEEK.
THEY WANNA DO IT DURING THE WEEK.
WE WANNA DO IT DURING THE WEEK.
WE WANT TO DO IT DURING THE WEEK, BUT THEY WANT TO DO IT ON THE, BUT THEY WANNA DO ON THE WEEKEND, WHICH REQUIRES US TO HAVE A P TI.
THIS WAS, UM, YOU EXPLAIN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT ACRONYM? YES.
AND, UM, IT'S A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM FOR, FOR FIRST OFFENDERS.
MAYBE GET THEM ON THE ROAD AS PART OF THEIR VOLUNTEER HOURS IN ORDER TO GET THEIR RECORD EXPUNGED AND COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
IF THEY COULD BE PART OF A LITTER, LITTER PICKUP, I THINK THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
THERE WERE SOME LOGISTIC ISSUES THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK OUT AND UH, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP WITH THAT.
AND WE'RE STILL HAVING DISCUSSIONS.
WE'RE KIND OF WAITING FOR THEM TO KIND OF COME BACK, BUT WE'RE, WE CAN DEFINITELY FACILITATE DURING THE WEEK LIT OR CREW.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR US TO YEAH, I GOTCHA.
YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE, WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD OF BLUFF AND SELF-HELP, UH, WE HAD PTI, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, AND IT WAS DURING THE WEEK.
UH, SIR, UH, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I DO NOT.
UH, JUST ATTENDING ON BEHALF
WELL, THANK, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OR THE CAUSE?
WITH, UH, SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THIS SHEET, I BECOME LALA LAND.
'CAUSE I'M, WHEN I LOOK AT IT TOO,
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UNTIL YOU START, I GUESS EXPLAIN BECAUSE LIKE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS FINE WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND IT.BUT WHEN YOU ARE OVER THERE GOING, OKAY, I GOT IT HERE.
START THROWING A BUNCH OF OTHER NUMBERS IN THERE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU GOING, OH, IT'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF DATA THAT WE TRACK.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT THAT GOES ON WITH THESE CONTRACTS AND, UH, WHAT WE DO WITH THE WASTE AND RECYCLING IN THE COUNTY.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN SUMMARIZE IT.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME IDEAS OF, UM, WHAT WOULD BETTER SERVE THE BOARD AND HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATA, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHORTEN IT FOR YOU.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP HELP ME WITH THE PROBLEM.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT COMES IN OFF THE STREET AND YOU START TALKING ABOUT THIS DATA AND THAT DATA, YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON I SAY IT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO HELP ME IS BECAUSE FOR 20 YEARS, I, I CAN DO IT, YOU KNOW, SAY, UM, JOBS THAT I CAN USE ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL JOBS, HOW TO STRING STRING THE WIRES AND GET IT PASSED AND DOWN THE LINE, I'M FINE.
AND I START THROWING THAT AT YOU AND YOU GO, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS GUY TALKING ABOUT? AND THAT'S, I GUESS IT, WELL, YOU DO IT EVERY DAY, BUT FOR ME IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I THINK, I THINK WHAT SHE WAS SAYING IS WE CAN DEFINITELY, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR HER TO SUMMARIZE IT IN ONE BIG SUMMARY, WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT IT COSTS US, YOU KNOW, PER YEAR.
I MEAN, THAT'S AS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MORE SIMPLE THEY CAN BREAK.
WE CAN SHOW YOU PER CENTER, YOU KNOW, THE TONNAGE AND WHAT IT COSTS PER CENTER.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, VICTORIA, SHE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MUCH WASTE AND RECYCLING COMES OUTTA EVERY CENTER.
DO YOU WANT AN OVERALL SUMMARY OF EACH CENTER? WELL, IF YOU CAN SUMMARIZE IT OR DO YOU WANT TELL, TELL ME WHAT I'M LOOKING AT BECAUSE I I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT NOW WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF WE CAN SUMMARIZE A LITTLE BETTER AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T WRONG WAY, BUT WE'LL KIND OF, AND I HAVE TO TOO.
I LIKE FOR ME, I LIKE FOR YOU TO GIVE IT TO ME AND KIND OF, I LIKE IT DUMBED DOWN FOR ME.
GIMME THE OVERALL PICTURE AND LEMME SEE WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE END RESULT IS.
AND, AND I LIKE THAT AS WELL TOO.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE YOU, IS GIVE THE BOARD AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE SO YOU UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW MUCH WASTE AND RECYCLING IS COMING FROM EACH DIFFERENT PART OF THE COUNTY.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS SUMMARIZED.
I WAS GONNA SPREADSHEETED THIS COMES FROM, IS THIS, THE SPREADSHEET THAT IT COMES FROM IS
UM, AND, AND I WANNA GIVE, UH, MS. HOFFMAN DOES A ABSOLUTE VERY GOOD JOB OF COLLECTING ALL THIS DATA.
IT WAS MORE THAN I EVEN THOUGHT SO WHEN I STARTED IN TUNE.
SO, SO YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT A LITTLE MORE FOR YOU IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE.
BUT YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
YOU UNDERSTAND? THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I LOOKED AT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT THERE.
WELL, YOU WANT, UM, TWO 40 ON THIS LINE, BUT YOU GOT TO GET X, Y, Z TO GROUND IT OUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE A GROUND.
'CAUSE YOU GO OUT, GO IN THERE AND YOU GOTTA SHORT, YOU GOING TO GET, YOU GOING TO FRY SOMEBODY ELSE.
I WE'LL LOOK INTO TRY AND GET IT SUMMARIZED FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
YOU ARE WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV LIVE, WORK, PLAY.
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THIS IS NATALIE HEFTER AND THIS IS YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.STARTING IN THE 1740S, INDIGO WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CAROLINAS.
ELIZA LUCAS AND ANDRE DEVEAUX ARE CREDITED WITH BRINGING THE PROCESS TO FRUITION HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
WHILE IT WASN'T INTRODUCED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY UNTIL THE 1750S, BY THEN IT HAD ALREADY EXPANDED TO BE ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOST IMPORTANT EXPORTS.
IN THE LATE 1740S, ENGLAND PASSED A BOUNTY ON CAROLINA INDIGO, WHICH GREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION.
HERE, THE PROCESSING OF INDIGO INVOLVED ALONG SEVERAL DAYS OF FERMENTING THE PLANT IN VATS OF URINE AND WATER.
ONCE THAT HAD HAPPENED, THEN THE DYE WAS LEFT OUT OF THE SOLUTION TO DRY PACKAGED UP IN BARRELS AND SHIPPED TO ENGLAND.
BY 1775, OVER 1 MILLION POUNDS OF INDIGO WAS EXPORTED FROM THE CAROLINAS BY 1802.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO LONGER AN EXPORT FOR INDIGO, AS MOST PLANTERS HAVE TURNED THEIR EYES TOWARDS SEA ISLAND COTTON.
THIS IS NATALIE HEFTER FROM THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM.
AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.
UH, I WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TALK ABOUT IN A, ALL OF THIS IN A VERY SMALL KIND OF PRESENTATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
UH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, WE STARTED WORKING ON A NEW SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE KNEW, AND WE HAVE KNOWN THAT TRYING TO RECRUIT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE CLASS ONE CERTIFIED, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE REQUIRED.
UH, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH ARE, IS, IS A SPECIAL, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT IS REALLY A SPECIAL CANDIDATE, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THAT CLOSE IN ASSOCIATION TO OUR KIDS.
UM, AND, BUT WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FACTORS IT CREATES, NOT ONLY IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WHAT OUR WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS A MELTING POT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
SO HAVING THAT RIGHT PERSON IN THAT JOB AND THAT ROLE TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO OUR KIDS LEADERSHIP, TO OUR KIDS, UH, AND GIVING THE CONFIDENCE TO THE STAFF TO WORK IN THE SCHOOLS.
I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND THAT RIGHT PERSON.
SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A CLASS ONE OR A CLASS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IS ONE THAT GOES TO THE ACADEMY FOR 12 WEEKS, SPENDS 12 WEEKS FOR THE MOST PART IN COLUMBIA.
AND WE DO SOME OF THE TRAINING HERE LOCALLY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, HAS TO BE DONE IN COLUMBIA.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO BE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR LIFE AND THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO COLUMBIA AND GO THROUGH BOOTCAMP TO BE A CLASS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
SO I HAD OUR TRAINING STAFF PUT TOGETHER A TRAINING SYLLABUS FOR A, WHAT WE CALL A CLASS THREE.
UH, AND IT WAS A CLASS THREE DESIGNATION FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
WHAT THAT DID IS IT ALLOWED US TO CREATE A TRAINING SYLLABUS THAT WE COULD TAKE A PERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, OF, OF ANY AGE.
UM, AND THAT WE WOULD BRING THEM INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BLUFFTON OR BEAUFORT OR PORT ROYAL OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UH, AND WE WOULD TRAIN THEM HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
ALL OF THEIR TRAINING WOULD BE DONE RIGHT HERE.
UH, IT WOULD BE EIGHT WEEKS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS OF TRAINING.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO START THIS, UH, THE, OUR FIRST CLASS.
WE'D LIKE TO START IT IN JUNE.
UH, THAT WAY WE CAN GET 'EM THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND BE READY FOR DEPLOYMENT, UH, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST.
UH, I, I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM.
WE, WE, WE SENT THE TRAINING SYLLABUS TO THE ACADEMY THAT TRAINS ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY APPROVED IT, UH, WITH THE BLESSING OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRAINING COUNCIL.
SO WE ARE READY TO GET THIS THING MOVING AND GET IT STARTED.
AND I THINK FOR US, UH, WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF TELL OUR CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? UH, THE ROLE IS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
IT'S A CLASS THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT DESIGNATION.
UH, IT'S A UNIFORM POSITION, IT'S AN ARMED POSITION.
UH, THEY HAVE ARREST POWERS, UH, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE POWERS OF ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, UH, THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOE, SHERIFF? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING LEAD ON THIS.
UM, WE HAVE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN BLUFFTON THAT CURRENTLY
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ARE NOT STAFFED BY CLASS THREE OR HIGHER OFFICERS.AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THESE POSITIONS AND IT'S GONNA PROVIDE MORE OF A SECURITY BLANKET FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT.
WHO, WHO DO WE WANT TO ATTRACT? I THINK WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF RETIRED MILITARY FOLKS HERE MM-HMM
THAT ARE ABLE TO RETIRE FAIRLY YOUNG AND MAY BE LOOKING FOR THAT JOB.
THEY MAY HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WITH THE, WITH THE PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER.
UM, THEY'LL BE HOME WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE HOME, NOT IN SCHOOL.
AND, UM, AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, SHERIFF, WE NEED TO GET INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IF WE, IF WE WAITED UNTIL HIGH SCHOOLS WERE TOO LATE.
I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU TOOK THE LEAD ON IT.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME PEOPLE IN, BUT I REALLY THINK THE YOUNG RETIRED MILITARY PEOPLE ARE, THEY'RE JUST MADE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGHOUT OUR CAREERS, UH, IN THE COUNTY OF BEAUFORT AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION AFTER CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M RETIRED, I'D LIKE TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO.
AND THEN YOU START TALKING TO 'EM AND THEY'RE RETIRED TEACHER OR RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT, RETIRED FIRE DEPARTMENT, RETIRED MILITARY, RETIRED BANKER AS A RETIRED, I MEAN, RETIRED, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER ARE STILL, STILL AT AN AGE THAT THEY COULD, UM, THEY COULD DO THIS JOB WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL OF ANY KIND.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE STILL, THEY STILL FEEL LIKE THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT MAYBE HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS BEING A JOB, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PAY AND BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND FAMILIES AND, AND ALL THAT, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANNA DO IT.
BUT HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MAKE $45,000 A YEAR STARTING PAY TO WORK BASICALLY THE SCHEDULE OF THE TEACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD SCHEDULE.
IT IS, UH, TO HAVE BENEFITS, UH, TO BE IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR MATURITY, UH, THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE AND, AND YOU KNOW, TO TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE KIDS WHO WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM JUST HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SOCIALIZE AND BE AROUND, UH, THESE FOLKS THAT BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE.
AND I, WE AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU TAKE BLUFFTON AND BEAUFORT AND, AND IN THE COUNTY AND THEN IN PORT ROYAL, THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO.
AND I JUST THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST DO IT KINDA LIKE NIKE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, THE TRAINING IS, I THINK THEY'LL ENJOY THE TRAINING.
AGAIN, IT'S ALL DONE RIGHT HERE.
THEY, THEY'LL STAY AT HOME, THEY'LL SLEEP IN THEIR OWN BED, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN PILLOW, AND THEN THEY CAN COME TO TRAINING.
AND ONCE THEY'RE CERTIFIED, UH, THEN THEY'LL START THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
SO, I MEAN, I KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTS THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
SO WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK THIS, UM, THIS PROGRAM'S GONNA DO IN TOTALITY FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? I THINK, I THINK THIS PROGRAM, ONE WILL BE ABLE TO GET US OVER THE TOP.
I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY SCHOOL IN BEFOR COUNTY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
A POLICE OFFICER AND I, AND I, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS JOB.
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A SECURITY OFFICER.
THIS IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE WELL TRAINED, UH, IN THIS.
AND I, I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK WITH THE YOUNG CHILDREN TARGETING THE RETIREES MM-HMM
WHETHER THEY'RE RETIRED TEACHERS, RETIRED MILITARY IS IMPORTANT.
THEY'VE GOT THE LIFE EXPERIENCE FOR THE, FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND, AND TO GET THAT STARTED OFF.
SO I THINK
POSSIBLY A THIRD COMING ON BOARD.
SO, I MEAN, IN TOTAL, AND HERE'S THE THING.
IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WORK AT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT OR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UH, OR PORT ROYAL OR FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO COME TO WORK YES.
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO BE A CLASS THREE SRO.
DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU GO, DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY.
THE WORK ENVIRONMENT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.
THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE IN UNIFORM THAT YOU WEAR AT THE SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO, UH, THE PAY.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY THE SAME.
SO ALL WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO IS PUT THEIR APPLICATIONS IN, GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM IN DETAIL.
AND IF YOU REALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT,
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UH, THEN LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET STARTED.AND, AND ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIT ON IS THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT AND, AND REASON BEING IS NONE OF OUR KIDS SHOULD FEEL AFRAID GOING TO SCHOOL.
UM, THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL TO LEARN AND NOT QUERYING ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.
UM, AND WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS PROVIDES ANOTHER LAYER OF SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
UM, IT ALSO PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN MM-HMM
UH, AS THEY'RE COMING UP THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND SO, LIKE THE SHERIFF SAID, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, THIS IS A POSITION THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WILL BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
I JUST HOPE THE APPLICATION START POURING IN.
AND IF YOU GET MORE THAN, THAN YOU NEED THEN AND, AND WE NEED TO GO TO BEAUFORT OR WE NEED TO GO TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR, OR PORT ROYAL.
WE JUST NEED, WE NEED TO PUT THESE PEOPLE TO WORK.
WE NEED TO FILL THESE VACANCIES, UH, AND LET'S MAKE OUR SCHOOLS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS SAFE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
AND I THINK THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PROGRAM, THESE OFFICERS WILL BE TRAINED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHILDREN IN THESE SCHOOLS.
THEY HAVE THE SAME DESIRES, THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WELL, I MEAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE ARE, WE WILL BE DOING THE TRAINING TOGETHER.
IF YOU GET, IF YOU GET, IF YOU HIRE ONE OR TWO AND YOU HIRE FOUR AND YOU KNOW, AND I CAN FILL THE NINE THAT WE NEED, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE TRAINING TOGETHER.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE ONE TRAINING SYLLABUS TO BENEFIT, UH, THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.
I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE, THIS, THIS PROGRAM IS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA AS A WHOLE.
THIS IS NOT JUST FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.
BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING START THIS AND INITIATE, YOU KNOW, THE SRO CLASS THREE POSITION HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE STATE IT WORKS.
AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE TRAINING TOGETHER, SHERIFF, IS YOU'RE CREATING A NETWORK BEFORE YOU EVEN GET STARTED.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WHERE IF YOU CAN RUN INTO A PROBLEM, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU CAN CALL AND GET SOME ADVICE OR TALK TO THEM ABOUT THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOL AND CURRENT TRENDS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THEIR SCHOOL.
SO IT'S A GREAT COLLABORATION OF ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS AND THE ENTIRE COUNTY GETTING TOGETHER BECAUSE HAVING THAT NETWORK AND PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN RELY ON FOR ADDITIONAL ADVICE IS INVALUABLE.
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN, I WANT, I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS OR GO ONLINE AND RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST THE, THE, THE CLASS THREE SRO, UH, THROUGH ALL AGENCIES.
SO I THINK LINDSEY, IF WE CAN, I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, I THINK IF WE PUT THAT INFORMATION ON THIS VIDEO FOR BLUFFTON, BEAUFORT, PORT ROYAL, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBPAGE AND PHONE NUMBERS, UH, I THINK WE'LL HOPEFULLY WE'LL START GETTING CALLS.
THAT SOUND GOOD TO Y'ALL? YES, SIR.
THE FIX IT TICKET IS ACTUALLY REALLY GREAT 'CAUSE IT GIVES SOME ANIMAL OWNER A CHANCE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GIVE THEM A TICKET.
UM, AND IT RANGES FROM ANYWHERE FROM LICENSING AN ANIMAL, UM, VACCINATIONS, UH, FOR RABIES, WHETHER AN ANIMAL IS RUNNING AT LARGE, UM, UM, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE PIT BULLS BECAUSE IT'S MANDATORY FOR THEM TO GET NEUTERED.
SO IT GIVES THE OWNERS A CHANCE TO GET THEM NEUTERED, GET THEM FIXED BEFORE WE ISSUE THEM A TICKET ALSO.
YES, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT, UH, POPULOUS NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, GREATLY, UM, JUST THE ANIMAL, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL THAT WE INTAKE HAS GONE DOWN.
NOW, IF ANYONE NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH FIXING, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEIR ANIMALS SPAYED OR NEUTERED, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY AND WE CAN ASSIST THEM, YOU KNOW, THE BEST THAT WE CAN IN MAKING SURE THAT THEIR ANIMAL IS FIXED AND UP TO DATE, UM, PER OUR CLINIC.