* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] WE'RE AT. UM, OKAY, LET'S GO GET STARTED. BACK STARTED, UM, WITH THE ATION. THIS IS A MULTIPLE DAY EVENT. UM, INHALE TO HEAD. ALRIGHT. YES. LAST YEAR, UH, UM, WE, I GO AHEAD AND RECUSE MYSELF. OH YES, YOU CUS LAST YEAR WE AWARDED THAT 2000 INITIATIVE REQUEST IS FOR 30,000. IT WAS VALIDATED THAT, YEAH. THE USAGE HERE. THE, UH, THEY DO GET ED FUNDING FROM THE HEALTH AND ED, I THINK IT'S 205,000 AT LEAST, EITHER REQUESTED OR RECEIVED. HOW MANY DAYS? YOU SAID THAT IS THREE EVENT. I LOOKED AT IT AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT FESTIVAL, A GREAT ACTIVITY, LOT OF SUPPORT. I DON'T SEE A REASON TO INCREASE FUNDING OF ELECTION. AND I WROTE DOWN HERE, 1,660 PEOPLE ATTENDED. 14% WERE GREATER THAN 50 MILES AWAY. SO NOW YOU GOTTA LOOK AT YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENTS. MM-HMM . YEAH. THE REQUEST IS, BUT IT'S, IT'S HIGH LEVEL, BUT IT, IT IS, IT IS ALL FOR MARKETING. THE REASON THAT I, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT THESE FOLKS SAY HOW THEY CAME TO A FESTIVAL IF ASKED THAT. RIGHT. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE HAVE COME, COME BACK THERE? SO I DON'T THINK WE, ME OUR APPLICATIONS, BUT THE IMPACT BE, BUT THAT SEEMED TO RECALL THE COUNTY OF THE TOWN PUT 30 MILLION IN. SO GIVING THEM SOME EXPOSURE HIGHLIGHTS. WE, THAT REASON TODAY, RIGHT. 15,000 MORE ALMOST DOUBLE. AND, AND IT, AND IT'S AN ENOUGH ADD. RIGHT. SO I WOULD UH, I WOULD MOTION THAT WE AWARD THE SAME AMOUNT AS LAST YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE $20,000. OBJECTION. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. NEXT IS THE, SO ORAL FOUNDATION, THIS ONE'S MINE TOO. UM, WHAT THE USE OF THE QUALITY SEEMS NOT TO BE COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WE DO. IF WE CAN CONNECT THAT TO WHERE IT SHOWS, I THINK HAVE BROUGHT HEADS AND BEDS. I WILLING TO LISTEN, BUT I THINK THIS IS FOR, WELL, THE QUESTION, QUESTION WAS ASKED, THEY HAD NO WAY TO SHOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY BRING KIDS IN BEDS. SEE WHAT'S HIS, I'M LOOKING AT, LET'S SEE, LAST TIME, 52,000 I RECALL PERSON. THIS IS TO CREATE A VISITOR CENTER AT THE PORT ROW MUSEUM. THIS IS NOT THE PORT. YEAH. IT'S EASY TO CONFUSE THEM. THE RENOVATION. UH, MY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THE RENOVATING, THE BUILDING THAT THEY'RE JUST LEASING. THEY GOT NO INSURANCE. THEY CAN BE THERE PASSING. THAT'S WHAT YES. MM-HMM . SHOULD WE DIRECT THEM TO GO TO THE TOWN OF WE CAN'T DIRECT, WE JUST MAKE A MOTION TO GET 'EM MONEY, NOT GIVING MONEY. THEY CAN FOLLOW UP ANYWAY. THEY WANT WAY THEY WANT. I BELIEVE THEY HAD RECEIVED MONEY FROM YEAH, BUT DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION OR YOU WANT, WHO'S GONNA MAKE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REJECT THIS ON THE BASIS OF, UH, IT'S NOT AX SHOOTING USED FOR IS THAT'S CORRECT. [00:05:03] OKAY. DISCUSSION. UH, THEY, A PORTION OF WHAT THEY'VE REQUESTED, UH, IN THE BUDGET WOULD PROBABLY APPLY. RIGHT. THEY'VE GOT, UM, AN ONLINE PRESENCE OF $3,000. PRINTED MARKET MATERIAL 1000, SIGNAGE OF 8,000. JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE. THERE ARE THE, AND THEN THE BALANCE IS, OR THERE'S ANOTHER CHUNK THAT'S MORE AROUND STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT WOULDN'T, THAT WOULDN'T COMPLY. AND THEY SAID THEY GOT 40,000 FROM COURT. MM-HMM . WHICH WHERE WE HAVE A MOTION. WHAT WAS THAT MOTION? YOU HAVE A MOTION TO DENY MR. GREEN? YES, IT WAS TO DENY THAT. WHAT IS THE PORTION THAT DOES, CAN GO HAVE FOR 3000? THERE'S, WELL THERE'S, THERE'S AN ONLINE PRESENCE OF 3000 PRINTED MARKING MATERIAL OF ONE 1000 AND THEN SIGNAGE OF 8,000. SO I DON'T KNOW IF SIGNAGE IS NOR THE EXTERIOR TRUCTURE SIGNAGE, WHICH PROBABLY WOULDN'T REALLY BE MARKETING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE 4,000 OF IT TO WALK. IT'S WHAT IS THE MOTION? YOU SECOND IT SECOND. OKAY. SO IT'S IN DISCUSSION PHASE NOW. OKAY. MORE DISCUSSION. ARE YOU ASKING AND I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEN. TO COVER THOSE, THOSE ITEMS THAT DO COMPLY. OKAY. I WOULD SECOND THAT. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE DISCUSSING THE MEN SPECIFICALLY. HOW MUCH IS IT? YEAH, HOW MUCH IS IT? THERE IS A, A BUDGET CALLS FOR, UH, $1,000 OF PRINTED PARKING SHOW AND $3,000 FOR ONLINE PRESENCE. AND THEN 8,000 FOR SIGNAGE. BUT NOT WHAT, WHAT? THOUSAND, 30,004. YEAH. YEAH. I, I WOULD DO EVEN THE SIGNAGE BECAUSE IT'S, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN FOR MILITARY GRADUATION AT DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO FIND PLACE TO SIGN IT. HELP PEOPLE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY COME, MAYBE A DATE, STAY A DATE LONGER. AND I'M THE ONLY PERSON THIS, HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN THERE? I HAVE NOT. I WOULD SUPPORT 4,000, NOT THE 8,000 BECAUSE I DUNNO WHETHER CAN FIT THIS. THE BUILDING IS BACK PARKING LOT ON THE BUILDING. DRIVING DOWN. YEAH. I'M GONNA TAKE THE 4,000 LOCATION. BUT I WAS THINKING OF SIGNAGE. I WAS THINKING OF SIGNAGE JUST FOR THAT ON THE MAIN. OKAY. WELL, I, I GO, I GET PROMOTION AND WE AMEND IT TO COVER THE 4,000, THE UNDERLYING PRESIDENT. I'LL SECOND THAT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SO THAT WAS THE AMENDED AMENDMENT. . BACK TO THE MOTION. YES. AMENDED. YOU SHOULD AMEND. UH, ALL IN FAVOR VOTING. ALL ALL IN FAVOR? YES. OKAY. DO THANK YOU. NOW VOTE ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED. OKAY. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS AMENDED. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. UH, BUT WAS THIS FREEDOM FESTIVAL? OKAY. THAT'S ME. UM, LOVE CALLS. LOVE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. I DON'T SEE MUCH TRUCTURE ORGANIZATION THAN HAVING DONE ANYTHING BEFORE HERE. UH, I VIEW THIS TO BE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH SPECULATIVE, BUT NOT ENOUGH ACTIVITY. LIKE THE LAST FOLKS MUSEUM TRAINED RUN MUSEUM, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A HOME AND THEY'RE ASKING US TO IMPROVE SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I'M RELUCTANT, SO I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME ENCOURAGEMENT, BUT I'M WORRIED THAT IF WE GET OUT AND HALF THE FUNDING GONNA BE HARD TO THAT BACK. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD GIVE THEM HALF. WHAT THEY 25,000? I'M RECOMMENDING 12 FIVE. ONLY A REIMBURSEMENT. NOT THE FIRST HALF FRONT. SO COME BACK. I'M SORRY, SAY IT AGAIN. MOVE. WE GIVE THEM $12,500 OVER ADVANCE. HALF OVER THAT FRONT. ONLY DO IT ON REIMBURSEMENT AND THEY EXPEND IT ON MARKETING AND . CAN WE DO THAT WHEN OUR ORDINANCE SAYS WE GIVE THEM HALF UP FRONT, [00:10:01] WOULDN'T WE HAVE TO GIVE 'EM HALF UP FRONT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER? AND THEN IF THEY DON'T VERIFY, THEY DON'T GIVE THE SECOND HALF OR WE CLAW IT BACK. I THINK THE SECOND WAIT IS HE SAYING NOT GIVE HIM ANY UNTIL THEY REVERSE THAT, THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT'S THE MOTION I MADE. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S A BIT DISCRIMINATORY, FRANKLY, BECAUSE WE GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE HALF UP FRONT. I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE FAIR TO THEM. YEAH, BUT THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. MOTION FAIL. IF HE DOESN'T GET A SECOND MOTION FAILS, THEN SOMEBODY ELSE MAKES A MOTION. WE NOT IN THE DISCUSSION, WE DON'T HAVE NOBODY SECONDED. I SECOND. OKAY, NOW WE'RE IN. DISCUSS THAT THE COUNTY ORDINANCE, ABOUT HALF THE FRONT, UH, IS THAT WAS LIMITED TO NO MORE THAT INTENDED GUARANTEE USED TO DO HUNDRED PERCENT. SO THE NEWER IS HALF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GETS HALF. CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. I THINK THIS THIS LIKE THE FESTIVAL DO BETTER IF THEY TAKE IT BACK IN TOWN AND YOU DON'T GET THE PEOPLE COMING ON THE ISLAND RATHER THAN . BEFORD. THAT'S PART OF THE QUESTION. YEAH. EAST BE, YEAH. ISN'T IT? UH, , I SAID ISN'T IT THE PENCIL? DEPENDS. YEAH. IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE CONFUSION THERE FOR ME. MM-HMM . BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU SEE PAM, IF I WANTED TO HAVE AN EVENT AND I, I THINK PEOPLE MAY NOT CARE WHAT MY EVENT IS, THEY ONLY KNOW THAT. UM, SO THIS HAS THE LOOK THAT IS A PART OF THE FAMILY. YOU'VE NOT YOURSELF, I HAVE TO KNOW. DID NOT ASSOCIATE WITH YOU OF THE TENANT. IT'S USING THE LOCATION, THE LOCATION'S BEING USED. UM, THE RENTAL SPACES ARE BEING USED ON CAMPUS. WHICH, SO THEY'RE RENTING THE LOCATION. THEY'RE RENTING THE, THEY'RE RENTING THE BILLINGS. THEY RENT THE BILLING AND THE, AND, UH, USING ON CAMPUS. MM-HMM . YEAH. COST 20,000. SO WHERE DID GET 25. OKAY. 5,000 FOR UTILITY. 5,000 FOR EMERGENT PREPAREDNESS SUSTAINABILITY. 25,000 FOR MARKETING ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION BUDGET. MANY. HOW MANY? WELL, HOW MANY DAYS DO HAVE THREE DAYS? THREE DAYS. JUNE 4TH TO THE SEVENTH. NOW MY NEXT MINE WOULD SAY FIFTH ANNUAL. SO IS THE, IS THE THE CHANGE HERE, THE VENUE CHANGE, IT'S DIFFERENT. IT USED TO BE HELD. SO JUST A BIG PICTURE. IT'S A VENUE CHANGE. IT'S BEEN ONLY BEEN THE ONE LAST YEAR WITH THE FIRST YEAR ANNUAL. YES. IT, UH, THIS, THIS YEAR WILL BE THEIR FIFTH YEAR AND IT'LL BE THE SECOND YEAR AGAIN. I THINK YOU RECUSE SO YOU CAN'T SPEAK ON IT. OH, I'M SORRY. DISCUSSION. NO, YOU NEED TO HAVE, BE SECONDED IT. YEAH, I SECONDED. WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT'S THE MOTION? MOTION. 12 FIVE. AND USE IT. YEAH. NOW HOW WE USE IT, THAT NOT BEING HALF, NOT THE FRONT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN EVEN BE, IT CAN'T BE SO LIKE ME TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION OR AMEND IT. UH, IT'S CLEAR TO WITHDRAW. , IF YOU WITHDRAW, IT'S GOOD. YOU WITHDRAW. OR SECOND I'LL WITHDRAW MYSELF. I'LL REPLACE THE MOTION. SAME. 12 FIVE EXCLUSIVELY. MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. THE BEAVERT INTERNATIONAL FILM SOCIETY. UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, UM, APPLICATION, UM, VERY GOOD PROJECT FOR THE UNIVERSITY. AND THEY RECEIVED ASKING FOR 60,000. AND I LOOKED AT THEIR MARKETING, I WENT THROUGH THE MARKETING. WHAT I FOUND OUT, UM, APPROXIMATELY 10,100 WAS THAT WAS SPENT ON ACTUALLY MARKETING AND I, I NEED, I NEED TO FACTOR IN, [00:15:02] UM, EQUIPMENT RENTAL. AND THEY, THEY ALSO HAD RECEIVED A TAX MONEY FROM THE CITY. SPONSORSHIP FEES. THAT NATURE. I DON'T HAVE, I, I MADE MY MATH MAY BE OFF IN MY CALCULATION. I, UM, CAME WITH ABOUT 10,000, ACTUALLY 10,000 SOMETHING ACTUALLY WENT TO THE ACTUAL MARKETING. BUT AS I LISTENED TO OTHERS, THEY HAD CELEBRITY TRAVELING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE A PART OF THAT OR NOT. I DIDN'T ADD THAT IN OR FACTOR THAT INTO WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. SO I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR OF, BUT I DIDN'T PUT ENOUGH BIG PHOTOGRAPHY ON IT EITHER. YOU WANT ADD A 9,000 MORE THAN THAT? I SEE ABOUT MAYBE 20,000. THAT'S ACTUALLY MARKETING WHEN I LOOK THROUGH IT. DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ALLOCATE, UM, UM, $20,000 TOWARD THE, FOR THE, THE FILM FESTIVAL THIS YEAR USING THE COMBINATION TAX DOLLARS FOR MARKETING. FOR MARKETING. DID SHE MADE A MOTION? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. MR. GREEN, OUR DISCUSSION. I NOTICED THE CITY GIVES 'EM 15,000. I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED IT WAS A PALTRY AND I REALIZE THEY DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF A TAX WE DO. BUT THIS IS A BIG EVENT IN THE CITY. AND, AND, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, IT'S NOT, IT MARKETING IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE SPEND THE AT TAX DOLLARS ON, BUT OTHER THINGS TO HELP EVEN PRODUCE THE EVENT TO NEED THE MARKETING. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER EXPENSES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ATEC SPENDING. SO, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS CONTINUOUSLY BE, IS GROWING AND IT FILLS IN THAT VOID OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS A LOW, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS BIM FESTIVAL. UM, I GUESS FEBRUARY WOULD ALMOST BE A WASH FOR, UH, A LOT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE, UM, THE MILITARY BASE, UH, PARIS ISLANDS, UM, THING. SO THIS BRINGS A LOT OF HEADS AND BEDS THAT PUTS THE MONEY INTO A TAX PARK. SO MY, MY, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THERE. I WOULD SAY I WOULD GIVE THEM THE 60,000 BECAUSE IT TAKES, FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY DO OVER THAT, WHAT IS IT, ABOUT 10 DAYS, SEVEN, 10 DAYS? THAT'S A AND YOU MULTIPLY WHAT THE AVERAGE, UM, HOTEL COSTS ABOUT $200 MM-HMM . AND YOU MULTIPLY THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF TAX DOLLARS COMING IN THROUGH THIS EVENT. SO YOU MEAN AMENDING THE MOTION, AMENDING, LIKE, AMEND THE MOTION, SAY WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS. SO EVERYBODY, UH, WELL I AMEND THE 20,000 TO 60,000 TO THE, UM, THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. SECOND BY MR. STEWART, NOT DISCUSSION. 60,000 AMENDMENT. WELL I, I, UH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE FULL FUNDING AS WELL. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY BAD, RIGHT? I MEAN, SOMETHING THAT'S SEEMS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU KNOW, GROWING FROM 500 TO 13,000, YOU KNOW, UH, PARTICIPANTS, 60% COME FROM A OUTSIDE TOWN. SO IT'S GOT, IT CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES IN THE, AND WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A, I MEAN THIS IS LARGELY FOR THESE DAYS, RIGHT? WHAT THEY NEED, UM, EQUIPMENT RENTALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO, UH, TO, TO ACCOMPLISH IT. SO ANYWAY, UM, ANYMORE DISCUSSION. OKAY. OKAY. UM, THE VOTE ON THE, ON THE AMENDMENT RIGHT, ON THE AMENDED, THE 60,000 AMENDED. AYE, DO YOU HAVE ONE? NO. MARIE, NO OR YES? WELL, I, UNTIL I MAY THE FIRST, UM, IM SAY NO, UH, JUST NOW. YEAH. 1, 2, 3, 4 TO ONE. NOW FOR THE AMENDMENT. NOW THE MOTION IS AMEND, MOTION IS AMENDED. ALL IN FAVOR. FORWARD ONE AGAIN, THE ORIGINAL GULL FESTIVAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA. YES. WE, I'M ACCUSING MYSELF. OKAY. UM, DOLL FESTIVAL AT LONGSTANDING FESTIVAL. IT'S CONDUCTIVE. IT'S USEFUL. IT'S WORKED WELL IN WHAT THEY'RE THINKING TO DO. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WATERFRONT PARKED THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF THAT BEING BLOCKED [00:20:01] OFF. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO PROBABLY THINK WE'VE GOT SOME LOCAL ISSUES HERE, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENED. UM, IN TERMS OF PEOPLE COMING TO THIS FESTIVAL, THE AMOUNT WE GAVE LAST YEAR WAS, IT'S 25, 20,000, 25. I'M SORRY. I'M HELPING YOU WITH YOUR EYES. THANK YOU. I, MY PREFERENCE IS TO KEEP THE NUMBER WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR. 25. MM-HMM . JUST TO MAKE A MOTION. I MAKE THAT MOTION. THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANTED TO. I AGREE. YOU GOT A MOTION? I MADE THE MOTION FOR 25. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. THANK. NOW. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. IT'S A GREAT MOTION. I LIKE IT A LOT. . HE DOESN'T WANNA DISCUSS. WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO ABOUT THE WATERFRONT PARK? THAT, WHERE WOULD, WOULD THIS IMPACT? NO. YEAH, I KNOW. THEY ONLY NEED THE 40 FEET ALONG EDGE. SO THIS SONG PACK THE FESTIVAL? NO, THEY JUST HAD FESTIVAL THERE THE PAST. ALRIGHT, SO YOUR MOTION'S 25,000. NO. AND THAT'S BEEN SECONDED. RIGHT? SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? AYE. OKAY. UM, AND CENTER BILL. AGREE. REASON MYSELF FROM THIS. SO THIS ONE IS HUGE. SO BEING HELD AT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST BEING, OH, THAT PEN. UH, I DON'T SEE MY, MY WORK SHEET THAT I HAD FOR THEM, BUT IF I REMEMBER THE, UH, DISCUSSION. THIS IS A NEW JUNETEENTH FOR PAM. WHAT'D THEY PUT IN THERE? IS IT NEW? SHE'S RE REPUTED. SHE CAN'T STOP. . MY QUESTION IS, HOW DOES IT COMPETE WITH THE ONE AT MITCHELLVILLE? WE JUST FUNDED THEIR JUNETEENTH. WELL SUSPECT WHAT WE'LL END UP WITH IS JUNETEENTH FESTIVALS AT MITCHELLVILLE. AT . PROBABLY THIS ONE AS WELL. BECAUSE HOLIDAY TRIPS BACK TO THE REAL, SEE LIKE WE SEE OTHER CELEBRATIONS FROM THE HOLIDAY SEASON. WELL, COMPETING FOR QUALIFIED VISITORS. LOCAL EVENTS A DIFFERENT THING. I'M TALKING ABOUT RETRACTING HEADS AND PETS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WHO IS THIS ONE? THIS IS, OKAY, GO THEN. DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? NO. JUST SO WE HAVE TWO RECUSALS HERE. IS THAT CORRECT? WHO IS THE OTHER RECUSAL? OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A PROBLEM. SIX. CORRECT. THAT'S A PROBLEM. WELL, AS I UNDERSTAND THE LAW, UH, AND THAT AND MR. RULES WERE FOLLOWING. IF YOU HAVE AN FORUM WHEN YOU CAN CONVEN, THEY HAS TO RECUSE, YOU STILL VOTE THE REMAINING NUMBER AS LONG AS IT WAS EQUAL TO A GREATER THAN OFFICIAL. THE ORIGINAL ATTENDEES, WELL YOU, THEY HAD THREE VOTES ON THE SIX ON THE COMMITTEE. WE, WE HAVE FIVE FOR THE ATTENDEES. THE ATTENDEES. WHEN YOU CALLED THE COURT TOWARDS GOVERNING. AND MY UNDERSTANDING, THREE'S NOT GONNA FLY TO COUNCIL. S EVERYTHING. THAT WAS WHERE WE GOT STUCK IN 20, 23. THREE PEOPLE MAKING A DECISION. THAT'S WHY WE NEED SEVEN PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS JUNETEENTH THAT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE HERITAGE DAYS TO DO MORE WITH THAT. SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE. I MEAN IT JUST, IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO HAVE, UM, AN ISSUE WITH, UH, IT BE PARTIAL AS A COMPLIMENTARY. SO IT'S, I MEAN SO WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR BASIS FOR RECUSING? THIS? YOU NOT, SO PEN SEVEN, I JUST RECUSED MYSELF. 'CAUSE I DO, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS, UM, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT WAS FOR THE JUNETEENTH. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THAT. MR. OBJECT QUESTION OF YOUR COMMENT. WHO'S CUS OH, YOU'RE RE REFUSED. CAN TALK. YEAH. YEAH, I CAN'T TALK. MR. GREEN, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? LEE, DID YOU FEEL CONFLICTED THAT YOU CAN I CAN VOTE. IM, YEAH. SO YOU'RE NOT RECUSING? NOT FOR THE JUNETEENTH THING. I CAN, YEAH. A FOUR FOR THE MOTION POSSIBLE. FOUR. YOU VOTED FOR IT? YEAH, I VOTE FOUR. WHAT'S THE MOTION? HOW MUCH? WHO MADE THE MOTION? [00:25:01] MR. BUT I HAVEN'T, I'M NOT STOPPING. BEFORE, BEFORE WE, PARDON ME? WE STOPPED IT BEFORE THE MOTION WAS MADE. SO MOTION STILL YET TO BE MADE? I WOULD MOTION THAT WE AWARD 10,000 AS REQUESTED. I SECOND THAT DISCUSSION. IS THAT FOR MARKETING? WHAT IS THAT? YES. OKAY. YEP. THE, IT IS FOR MARKETING. UM, IT'S THE RIGHT PART OF THE GEOGRAPHICALLY FITS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. UH, IT'S A GREAT CULTURAL EVENT. SO IT, UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. OKAY. UH, NEXT IS PENN CENTER. UH, 2026. HERITAGE DAYS. THIS ONE. THIS ONE YOU REFUSE? YES. I'M REFUSING TO SEE NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THREE. SO WHAT, SO, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO OR SHOULD WE DO? I MEAN, THREE PEOPLE ARE DECIDING HOW TO SPEND MONEY. THAT'S WHAT RAISED THE RED FLAG IN 2023 WHEN I STOPPED IT ALL. MM-HMM . I DON'T THINK YOU VOTE WITH THREE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? TELL, I THINK IT IS SAFEST TO FOLLOW THE COURSE OF ACTION THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR THIS COMMITTEE. I MEAN, THERE, THERE ARE INTERPRETATIONS OF SOME OF OUR, OF THE RULES, THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE RULES WHERE YOU CAN, IF YOU HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM THAT WAS CONVENED AT THE TIME, THE MEETING WAS INITIATED, AS MR. STEWART SAID, THAT IS CORRECT. UM, THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT. UM, IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE, THE BOARD AS TO WHETHER IT WANTS TO PROCEED WITH THAT. HAVING THREE MEMBERS VOTED AS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, VIEWED BY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY AS AN ISSUE OR, UM, TO HOLD IT OVER TO ANOTHER. I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA DEFER, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THAT TO ANOTHER MEETING TO GIVE A CHANCE TO HAVE, UH, SIX FOLKS PRESENT AT THE OUTSET OR, UH, MAKING ANOTHER MEETING THEY'LL NEVER . WELL, I'LL BE CLEAR ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF RECUSAL. THE CONCEPT AND THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE RECUSAL PROCESS IS THAT THAT PERSON WHO IS RECUSING HIMSELF WOULD LOGICALLY BE EXPECTED TO VOTE IN FAVOR BECAUSE THEIR INTEREST OR AFFILIATION WITH THE ORGANIZATION MAKE A REQUEST. THE REFUSAL OF THEM IS NOT INTENDED TO IMPLY THAT THEY DON'T SUPPORT IT. IT'S INTENDED TO PREVENT THEM FROM INFLUENCING THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS. HAVING SAID THAT, THEN I THINK THAT FITS INTO ONE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND HAVE THE REFUSAL, UH, IS GOVERNING FACTUAL. ROBERT MOORE. THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS WE'RE A RELATIVELY SMALL COMMUNITY AND GETTING PEOPLE TO SERVE AS DIFFICULT AS WE KNOW BY NOT HAVING THE SEVENTH PERSON HERE TODAY TO TAKE PEOPLE LIKE OUR MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY AFFILIATED WITH VARIOUS CHARITABLE AND OTHER WORDS BY ORGANIZATIONS AND PENALIZE THOSE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT'S DOING MORE THAN THAT. IT CAN BE APPROPRIATE. I THINK WE SEND THE VOTE UP AND THEN WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL. YOU CAN DO THE VOTE AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL, I'LL SAY SOMETHING AND THEN IT'S THERE ON ONE VOTE. THERE'S 11 PEOPLE. LAST STRIKE. DIDN'T SUPPORT ALL YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, LOGAN AND I VOTED NO ON SOME, BUT YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT. AND THEN THERE'S 11 COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEY'LL DETERMINE. SO YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE CAN VOTE OR CANNOT? NO. YOU TWO ARE REUSED. MY QUESTION IS, ARE THREE, CAN THREE PEOPLE VOTE TO SPEND MONEY? DID SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION? WE MOTION IT, WE ALLOW THREE PEOPLE TO VOTE. WE SECOND IT. YES. HOW MUCH IS THE MOTION? 10,000. 10,000. OKAY. AND WHO SECOND IT? MR. GREEN. OH, MR. STEWART, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? FOR 10,000? IS IT FOR MARKETING? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? 10,000 MARKETING. OKAY. UH, GO TRAVELING THEATER. USE MYSELF AGAIN. MR. GREEN. YEAH. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S, EXCUSE ME. YEAH, MY REQUESTED IS, UH, 87. THIS ONE IS I BELIEVE 36 5, RIGHT? OH NO, THAT'S, YES. THIS IS FOR THE DECORATION DAY. [00:30:01] THE 13 FIVE, I THINK IT'S 36. 36 5 LAST YEAR. 36. FIVE 13. YEAH. 36 5. THEY GOT 30,000 LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR. MM-HMM . DID THEY EXTEND ALL THOSE FUNDS? THEY DID AND I JUST APPROVED. OKAY. I BELIEVE I MAKE A MOTION THAT THEY, UM, GET THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. THE 36 5. WHAT'S THE USE FOR MR. GREEN MARKETING? WELL, THIS, THIS INCLUDES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE MARKETING THOUGH. UM, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S IN THERE THAT'S NOT USING MY QUESTION WAS THEY HAD, THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN FUNDING TWO ROUNDS AGO. THERE WAS A PROBLEM DURING THAT PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR OF SOME MONEY THAT HAD TO BE RETURNED. IS THAT THIS ONE? THIS, THAT WAS THIS ONE. UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM TWO YEARS AGO. MM-HMM . AND THE WOMAN PRES, DENISE, I BELIEVE PRESENTING SAID IT AFFECTED THEIR REQUEST LAST YEAR, SAID IT AFFECTED THEIR REQUEST. SO I BELIEVE THE REQUEST WAS LOWER OR THE, THE AWARD AMOUNT WAS LOWER LAST YEAR. UM, BUT THEY'VE EXPENDED EVERYTHING FROM LAST YEAR APPROPRIATELY. UM, BUT THERE, THERE WAS DISCUSSION FROM TWO YEARS AGO. IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH SALARIES BEING PAID AND THAT WASN'T IN THE APPLICATION. BUT LOOKING AT DOCUMENTS FROM THIS PAST CYCLE THAT WE JUST CLOSED OUT AND REIMBURSED SAL, THE MAR THE PRESENTERS HAD TO GET PAID THROUGH THE PAYROLL AND THAT WAS THE SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTING THAT THEY HAD. SO EVERYTHING WAS FINE IN 2025? 24 25. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO THEY RECEIVED 13 FIVE IN 24, 25. CORRECT. I'M SAYING NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEARED WITH THEM AS FAR AS FUNDING AND WHAT, LAST YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GO BACK AND ADDRESS FROM TWO YEARS AGO. THAT DISCREPANCY, THEY'RE ASKING FOR 36 5. DOES THAT AFFECT WHAT THEY'RE GETTING? WHAT WE MIGHT ALLOCATE FOR THEM NOW THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED? NO, THAT SHOULD, OKAY. NO, THAT SHOULD NOT. OKAY. JUST SO I'M CLEAR ON THIS CONVERSATION HERE, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THE MONEY GAVE IT BACK BECAUSE DURING COVID THEY COULDN'T SPEND IT. UH, OR THEY CARRIED IT OVER SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT IT FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS LIKE, UH, A MATINEE THAT DIDN'T SELL OUT AND SO THEY DIDN'T SPEND THOSE DOLLARS AND THEY'RE RETURNING THOSE. THAT DOESN'T IMPLY A FAILURE ON THEIR PART. IT IMPLIES THAT SITUATIONS CHANGED AND THEY RETURN MONEY. I ONLY TAKE BIAS. YEAH. BUT WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING HAS NO BEARING OF WHAT THEY HAVE, WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING NOW. SO OUR JOB IS TO VOTE WHETHER TO GIVE IT TO THEM NOW OR NOT. RIGHT. OKAY. WHAT I WROTE DOWN WAS, THEY SAID FOR EACH $1 THEY USE, OR WE GIVE THEM, THEY GET A DOLLAR 15 TO A DOLLAR 48 BACK. MM-HMM . WHICH IS A VERY LOW RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND SHE HAD NO HARD DATA. HOW MANY PEOPLE COME? SHE SAID, I FEEL A LOT OF PEOPLE COME. THEY AVERAGE TWO 50 TO 350 PEOPLE. THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTION ON THIS ONE, MR. GREEN. THIS ONE'S IS YOURS. YEAH. SO NOW THAT WE, ARE WE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE? THIS IS A MOTION. A MOTION. WELL, YEAH, THERE WAS A MOTION. I DIDN'T DON'T, WE DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION. I WROTE DOWN. OKAY. OKAY. WHAT WAS THE MOTION FOR? MY MOTION WAS FOR THE 36 5. I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT A SECOND, BUT THAT WAS THE MOTION. OH, SECOND. GOTCHA. OKAY, LET'S FINISH THE DISCUSSION NOW. UM, WHERE ARE WE? NOT CLEAR. MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE OUT OF THE 36 5, IS ANY OF THAT FOR, UM, PAYROLL? NO, THE, THE, UM, THEY OUTLINED IN THEIR APPLICATION THAT, UM, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL MARKETING. SO, UH, PRINT, UH, DIGITAL RADIO MAGAZINE AND THEN, AND THEN THERE'S 1500 FOR SERVICE FEES, AUTO, AUDIO, VISUAL TECHNICIANS, AND $2,500 [00:35:01] FOR TRANSPORTATION SHUTTLE SERVICES. SO BASICALLY 4,000 OF IT. IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE DIRECT MARKETING INVESTMENT. AND THE BALANCE WOULD BE, SO 30, 32 5 IS, IS THEIR ACTUAL MARKETING SPEND. I WOULD REC, I WOULD, UH, AMEND. I CAN AMEND MY OWN MOTION. YEAH. OR YOU COULD WITHDRAW AND START AGAIN. BUT, BUT YOU WANNA START AGAIN? IT CLEAR? LET ME, LET ME WITHDRAW. IF YOU, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO THE 32. UH, WAS THAT 32? FIVE? 32 5. OKAY. 32. FIVE SECOND. ANY THAT'S A, THAT WAS NOT A AMENDED, RIGHT? THAT'S A NEW ONE. . NO, WE, SO ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. HILTON HEAD, UH, CHORAL SOCIETY? WELL, THAT'S ME. THE VIENNA BOYS CONCERT OVER AT HILTON HEAD AND ASKING FOR ANYONE ELSE. 5,000. 5,000. THAT'S AND FUNDING RENTED AT, UM, WHAT FOR, THIS IS FOR MARKETING ADVERTISING FOR THE CLIENT. AND THIS, THIS, FOR, THIS FOR TO TAKE CARE GO WILL BE HELD AT HILTON END. RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS CONFIRMED OR NOT. IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE VI VOICE CHOIR, IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT FOR THE WHOLE LOW COUNTRY IF THEY WOULD GET THEM. AND IT'S ALL GEARED TO MARKETING. AND DID THEY GETTING MONEY FROM ANY PLACE ELSE? LET ME LOOK. HILTON AX, I'M NOT SURE. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT. HILTON AAX OR, LET ME SEE. I SEE. UM, I, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH. IT SAYS, SEE, BLUFFTON, YOU'RE ASKING FIVE FOR BLUFFTON. BLUFFTON NOT CONFIRMED YET AND THEY PRINTED ADVERTISEMENT. 2001. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GIVING THEM 5,000 MOTION. I MOVE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GRANT THE, THE, WHAT IS IT? VIENNA BOYS CHOIR, CONCERT AND LOW COUNTRY, THE HILTON HEAD COLD SOCIETY, $5,000. OKAY. DISCUSSION. I LIKE THIS. LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK THEY DO HAVE THEM BOOKED, BY THE WAY. AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT IS FOR MARKETING. OKAY, THEN. OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. FINE. A MAY RAISE YOUR HAND. OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . A FRIENDS FORT FREMONT. UM, THIS IS FOR MARKETING CAMPAIGN. THE ASK IS 30,000. LAST YEAR THEY RECEIVED 12,000. PULL UP THE MARKETING BUDGET HERE. GOT THIS ONE FOR MO. YES. YEAH. THEY WORK WITH THE CVB ON THEIR MARKETING. UM, CAMPAIGN INVESTMENT. I MAKE A MOTION. WE AWARD THE AMOUNT REQUESTED FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES. THAT'S MY MOTION FOR THE COMMISSION. I'LL SECOND THAT. EXCUSE MY DISCUSSION POINTS. UM, AS YOU GUYS MAY KNOW, I'M THE COUNTY'S DESIGNATED MEMBER OF THE CVB BOARD. THE CVBD HAS BEEN WORKING AS OUR DMO FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. THE HUB AND SPOKE TOURISM. SO PEOPLE STAY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND GO TO CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH FOR THEIR DAY TRIPS AS OPPOSED TO DAY IN CHARLESTON AND JUST BUST THEMSELVES IN HERE OUT OF SAVANNAH. THERE WAS A POLICY PUT IN PLACE BY COUNTY COUNCIL ON PASO PARK SO THAT IF SOMEONE, FOR INSTANCE, WAS A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER AND THEY WANT TO GO IN THERE AND SHOOT A WEDDING ON A SATURDAY OR SOMETHING, HAD TO PAY IN ADVANCE AND REGISTER, THAT POLICY IS BEING APPLIED TO FORT FREEMAN IN FREMONT. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE INVESTED SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS AS A COUNTY IN A COMMUNITY AND AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS, THE APPLICATION OF IT IS THAT IF YOU RENT A CAR AND YOU GO THERE, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU COME IN AN UBER OR TAX, THAT'S FINE. BUT IF YOU COME IN, IN A TOUR BUS, YOU HAVE TO PAY A FEE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE. AND THAT MEANS THAT IF IT'S A RAINY DAY OR OTHER PROBLEMS OR SCHEDULING TO GET INTO PROBLEMS. NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TOURS THAT WERE CONDUCTED THERE WERE NOT USING ANYBODY PAYING FOR A GUIDE OR ANYTHING WHEN THEY WOULD ARRIVE THE DOCENT. SO THE PEOPLE [00:40:01] THERE FROM FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT WOULD SHOW THE PEOPLE AROUND. AND I ASKED SPECIFICALLY AT THE PRESENTATION IF THEY WERE ONE OF THOSE, UH, VISITORS THAT CAME BY BUS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY DID. SO I'M OKAY WITH PROVIDING THE MONEY, BUT IT SEEMS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO HAVE THIS UNNECESSARY SORT OF IMPEDIMENT THERE. IF IT'S THE MONEY AND THE COUNTY WANTS TO BE PAID SOMETHING 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO FOR FREMONT, LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT. IF IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED THAT SOMEHOW PEOPLE ARRIVING IN A BUS AS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE AS OPPOSED TO RENT A CAR OR A TAXI, UH, I NEED TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS AND WE REQUEST THE COUNTY TO REMOVE THAT RESTRICTION ON VISITORS WHO ARE ARRIVING BY PAID TRANSPORT. IT CAN'T BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE. YOU'RE WAY OFF BASE ON THAT. WE'RE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE A REQUEST. YOU, YOU CAN MAKE ANY REQUEST TO WRITING THE COUNCIL, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF AEX. EVEN DYLAN'S GIVING YOU THE EYEBALL ON THAT. OKAY, WELL, I THINK IT'S A STUPID PROBLEM THAT'S IRRELEVANCE. TELL EVERYBODY AND I WANT PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THE MOTION IS THAT 30,000 A SECOND DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. KATIE, KEEP GOING. EVERYBODY. UH, LIBRARIES FOR KIDS INTERNATIONAL. THAT WAS ME. THIS IS A FIRST TIME, UM, GRANT. UH, THEY HAD THE POOR ROYAL FOUNDATION SOUND, WHICH IS A GREAT, UH, ATTRACTION, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES. AND SO I MOVE THAT WE GIVE THEM THE 10,500 SICK DISCUSSION. THIS IS FOR A CHARITY EVENT AND ABOUT 200 PEOPLE. AND WHY AREN'T THEY USING OUR LIBRARIES? WOULD WE BE CROSS POLLINATING TO DO THAT? WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY BED WORTHWHILE THING? THEY SAID ABOUT 200 PEOPLE. THEY EXPECT COMING TO THE, THE EVENT. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE, RIGHT? YES. AND AGAIN, I THINK AGAIN, WE DON'T ALWAYS TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE CARRYOVER WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND I SEE THESE EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON SORT OF LIKE SUPER BOWL SUNDAY COMMERCIALS. THEY WANT FOLKS TO BUY WHATEVER THE PRODUCT IS FOR THE REST OF 364 DAYS, NOT JUST ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. SO I THINK THESE EVENTS THAT WE ARE HELPING TO, UM, GIVE SEED MONEY TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE, UH, FOLKS COMING BACK, I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT. SO WHAT IS THE MONEY USED FOR? DO YOU HAVE THE APPLICATION ON THAT? IT'S 10,500. WHAT ARE THEY USING IT FOR? UM, UM, EMAIL CAMPAIGNING, TV MEDIA COVERAGE, SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION, PRESS AND MEDIA OUTREACH. UM, WEBSITES AND PRINTED MATERIALS. THERE IS, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S 5,500 IS A RENTAL VENUE. COST IN THE BALANCE MARKETING. YEAH, THEY'RE RENTING THEIR OWN VENUE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR IN A SECOND. SO YOU'RE IN DISCUSSION. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? UM, YOU SAID THEY'RE RENTING A BUILDING FOR THIS AT THE PORT AND IT'S A NEW, THIS IS A NEW NEW APPLICATION? YES. THEY ASKING FOR TEN, TEN FIVE. TEN FIVE. THEY HAVE THE GROUND FOR KIDS. IT'S FOR INTERNATIONAL WORLD BOOK DAY, WHICH I'M GUESSING OUR LIBRARIES ARE GONNA DO TOO. WE'RE SITTING IN ONE RIGHT NOW. NOT A LIBRARIES DON'T SIT IN NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL BOOK REGULARLY. I SAID ARE THESE INTERNATIONAL BOOKS? THE BOOKS ARE GONNA BE SENT OVERSEAS, BUT OH, IT'S A BOOK COLLECTION. IT'S, IT'LL BE A BOOK COLLECTION SITE. IT BE A FUNDRAISE. CHARITY EVENTS. THEY SAID IT'S A CHARITY EVENT. BOOKS. OKAY. AND ASKING FOR 10. WHAT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME IS, UH, IT DOES THIS TARGET PEOPLE COMING INTO TOWN FOR IT. I DON'T REMEMBER. UM, IT'S GONNA BE A, IT'S GONNA BE A NATIONAL EVENT. IT'S LIBRARY IS AN INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY DAY FOR KIDS. SO [00:45:01] ALL LIBRARIES SHOULD, SHOULD BE DOING THIS. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL THAT IT'S ONLY PLACE YOU CAN GO. SO GIVING 10, OH, WHAT THEY ASKING? 10,000 THOUSAND. THE MISSION IS TO COLLECT, TO PURCHASE BOOKS AND HAVE THEM DELIVERED OVERSEAS. OVERSEAS. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING EVERY LIBRARY'S GONNA DO. SO THAT'S THE, OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THAT'S WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE MONEY USED TO PURCHASE BOOKS. YEAH, SO IT IS A CHARITY EVENT. FUNDRAISER. OKAY. IS THAT IN LINE WITH OUR ALLOCATION? I DYLAN'S FACE? UM, IS A PROMOTION OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL TO YOU, IS IT GONNA PUT THAT EMBEDDED THERE? YOUR QUESTION FOR ONE 90 EVENTS, I SEE THAT AGAIN AS A SEED TO GROW, UM, POSSIBLE RESIDUAL TOURISM COMING IN. AND SO, AND IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UH, I THINK IT'S A NEW EVENT AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR US TO, TO CONTINUE TO GROW TOURISM ON THAT LEVEL. BECAUSE PEOPLE COMING OUT, EVEN IF, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RENTING THE SPACE TO COME OUT AND SEE THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION TO SAY, OH, THIS IS SOMEPLACE I THINK I WANNA BRING MY GRANDKIDS. I WANNA BRING MY KIDS. I WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY ELSE ABOUT IT. I THINK WE GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THE QUESTION TO ME IS IT'S $50 PER PERSON. ARE YOU GETTING RETURN ON INVESTMENT? THEY'RE EXPECTING 200 PEOPLE AND THEY WANT $10,500. SO FOR ONE THING, AND IT'S A CHARITY EVENT? I THINK SO. I THINK, I THINK I THINK IT WILL BRING, AGAIN, SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT WE HAVE HERE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AN EVENT GOING ON THAT YOU CAN COME TO AND MAYBE STAY AN EXTRA DAY IN BEAUFORD. YOU MAY COME FOR ONE THING AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT THIS PORT ROYAL FOUNDATION IS THERE THAT YOU CAN SAY, WELL, WE GONNA STAY OVER ANOTHER DAY. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA EXTEND PEOPLE'S TIME HERE. WE HAVE, UM, MILITARY GRADUATIONS, PEOPLE COME IN. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HOLD THEM. MAYBE COME IN ON A TUESDAY AS OPPOSED TO A WEDNESDAY OR STAY UNTIL A SATURDAY AS OPPOSED TO LEAVING ON A FRIDAY. IT'S JUST NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM OUT OF TOWN. THEY DID SAY THEY HAD, THEY TRACKED. SOME PEOPLE COME FROM OUT OF TOWN. I THOUGHT I I THOUGHT I WROTE 16, BUT IT, UH, SO MAYBE I ADDED 200. UH, SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'D BE THE ONLY CONCERN. IS IT JUST GONNA BE MORE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT ARE ATTENDING THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF CONCERN? IT'S ON SATURDAY 90 DAY POST 25TH, GOING BACK TO THEIR APPLICATION TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL DATA ON PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN MANAGE. IT'S FROM FIVE TO SIX. CHECK IN. WHAT? IT'S APRIL. APRIL. APRIL 25TH. APRIL 23RD. APRIL 25TH. DOES ANYTHING, ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT THAT WOULD LEAD THEM TO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WILL COME FROM OUT OF TOWN? SATURDAY NIGHT? APRIL? THE ALLEGATION HAS BEEN MADE HAVE BEEN SOMEONE'S, UM, MADE A, UH, MY HAVE WE MADE THE, WE APPROVED THE 10 OF FIVE, 10. I JUST, I JUST MADE THE MOTION FOR YOU. MADE THE MOTION. 10,005 AND I, SINCE IT'S SOMETHING NEW, WE HAVE ALL THESE QUESTIONS. CAN WE AMEND THAT TO FIVE MAYBE? DO YOU MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND THE ALLOCATION TO FIVE. THEY WANNA PLANT A SEED. LET'S SEE THAT FIVE. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT 5,000 SEED CAN GO FROM THAT INSTEAD OF 10, SINCE IT'S NEW, WE HAVE ALL THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. LET'S TRY WITH 5 5, 5 IN FOR PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION. BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS. YES. IN THEIR BUDGET, THEY HAVE 5,500 TO RENT THE SPACE AND THEN THE BALANCE IS FOR MARKETING UNDER THE FIVE. WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO USE THAT JUST TO RENT THE SPACE AND THEY'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT MARKETING? OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO FIGURE ANOTHER WAY TO PAY FOR THE SPACE? AND THEN LET'S USE THIS FOR MAYBE, UM, MAYBE I'M NOT, UH, MAYBE I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT, UH, WE ALLOCATING MONEY FOR SPACE RENTAL. THAT'S MY QUESTION. AGAIN, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN DO THAT. WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, BUT WITH THAT THEN I, I, I WITHDREW, UM, WITHDRAW MY AMENDED AMENDMENT. I'M NOT SURE. REMEMBER THAT THEN YEAR WAS DURING THE SECOND, SECOND. SECOND. WHAT? THE ORIGINAL 10,005 WITH THE ORIGINAL. WHO THAT BEEN? HAS THAT BEEN, WE HAD A SECOND ON THAT. YES. OKAY. [00:50:02] ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? A I'M GONNA GO NO ON THAT. I, I MEAN WITH SO MUCH DISCUSSION, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE EVEN APPROVING IT, BUT, OKAY. YOU'RE A COMMITTEE. IT'S FOUR ONE, UH, THE BEFORD OYSTER, UH, UH, BEAUFORT OYSTER FESTIVAL. THIS WAS MINE AND I'M GONNA, LET ME CAN FIND IT. IT'S DOWN HERE. ASK FOR 30,000. ASK FOR 50, 50, 50,000 THIS YEAR. UM, HAVE HERE LOOKING AT ME. IS IT SAYING WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR 20,000 MORE? WAS 20 WAS 30,000. WHAT THEY ASKED FOR LAST YEAR? MM-HMM . OR WAS IT JUST 30,000 IS WHAT WE GAVE THEM? NO, 30,000. THEY ASKED, THEY HAD 20,000 IN 23. 30,000, THEN 30,000 AGAIN. NOW THEY'RE ASKING 50 WASHED THIS HIGH. JUST EIGHT. EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE. SO IS THAT VERY EXPENSIVE TOO? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. EVERYTHING IS GOING ON. I MAKE MOTION TO REQUEST. SECOND. SECOND IT, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVING OYSTER TRAIL. THERE WAS A GROUP PUT TOGETHER TO DO THAT. OYSTERS ARE A SIGNATURE PRODUCT HERE. WE GROW THEM AND SHIP THEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. OYSTERS IN BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON GROWN HERE ON ST. HELENA. AND, UH, JANUARY, A DEAD MARKET UP HERE. A LONG HISTORY OF DOING THAT. THIS IS WONDERFUL. IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO I THINK IT'S A RESIDUAL COMPONENT OF THAT. IT FITS INTO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING HERE. THE OUTREACH MARKETING IS CONTINUED TO BE EXP UM, THEIR INITIATIVES AND THINK THAT PRICE IS REASONABLE CONSIDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY DRAW. UM, IN PAST YEARS, I DO SEE THE AMOUNT KIND OF JUMPED UP, BUT THEY HAVE, I I DON'T SEE THEIR FIGURES, UH, FOR LAST YEAR. BUT THEY HAVE HAD A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. VERY GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. YEAH. BECOMING DIFFERENT. SO THIS WAS MINE. AND I, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, I, UM, THAT I, I MOVED THAT RE WE APPROVED THE, THE $50,000 REQUESTED FOR THIS YEAR. SECOND. OKAY. WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION TO SECOND DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION, OKAY. YEAH. JUST, UH, ON DISCUSSION. JUST I AGREE. I MEAN, REALLY GOOD EVENT BY TIME OF THE YEAR. BUILT IT UP FROM SCRATCH THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MORE INVESTMENT WILL ALLOW THEM TO GET A BROADER REACH. MORE PEOPLE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO BROTHERS, MOVING AROUND OVER THERE. OKAY. UH, CAMPBELL, UH, CAMPBELL CHAPEL, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY, THIS WAS MINE. AND I THINK THERE, THERE, THIS WAS FOR, UH, RENOVATIONS OF, UH, HISTORIC, VERY HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDING. BUT I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS, UM, FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR THAT IF, WELL, I THINK THE QUESTION WAS IS BECAUSE IT'S A CHURCH, UM, I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A CHURCH, UH, CHAPEL. UM, AND THAT BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF IS A, IS IS, UH, AT LEAST PARTIALLY PLANNED TO BE A, A TOURIST ATTRACTION OR INTEREST . DYLAN, THE QUESTION IS, IS IT ELIGIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE OPERATION OF FACILITIES FOR CIVIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ACCESS AND OTHER UNS AND UTILITIES? SO DOES IT FALL UNDER THAT HEADER OF FOUR B THREE, UM, OPERATION OF FACILITIES, PACIFIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, PACIFIC BUILDING, PACIFIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, OR DOES FOR PRIVATE CHURCH? RIGHT? WHERE IS THIS FROM? THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT BRIAN RAISED. I'M NOT, I'M JUST, AND IT SAYS 54 PEOPLE STOPPED TO SEE THIS SITE LAST YEAR. THE REST WERE CLICKS. VIRTUAL BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT'S UNDER, YEAH, IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT COMPLETE YET. RIGHT. SO THEY'RE IN, I THINK THIS IS THE, I THINK THEY HAVE SIX PHASES OF A PROJECT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE THE THIRD PHASE OF THAT. I'LL PULL IT UP TO GET MORE SPECIFIC THERE. LET'S, I NEED FAVOR OF THIS. IF IT MEETS THE CRITERIA. BELIEVE BLUFFTON DID USE THEIR STATE AT TAX HUNDRED 9,000 MM-HMM . YEP. I BELIEVE THIS, UH, ALLOWS THEM, [00:55:01] THIS WOULD, WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM ANOTHER MATCHING SOURCE. WHERE CAN'T I FIND IT HERE? LET'S SEE. I BELIEVE WE A BOARD THE REQUESTED AMOUNT. MM-HMM . ASSUMPTIONS. I DON'T NEED TO SAY, IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO STOP IT AT SOME POINT. RIGHT? IT'S, I, I MEAN FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, I DON'T HAVE A BASIS TO PRECLUDE YOU AS A COMMITTEE FROM CONSIDERING IT. UH, IT'S YOUR INTERPRETATION. AND THEN IF YOU APPROVE IT, COUNSEL IS AFTER THAT. BUT WE A SECOND. IT'S A SECOND. WELL, WE'RE IN DISCUSSION. THERE'S, PART OF THE REASON BEHIND THIS IS WE DID SOME STUFF WITH TABERNACLE BAPTIST AND COUNTY DID SOME STUFF OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS. THE HARRIET TUBMAN. I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL HAVE A CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL TO IT AND NOT, WELL, DOES IT SAY IT IN THE APPLICATION? WHAT'S THE GOAL? BECAUSE COUNTY FUNDED FUNDED IT 140,000 IN PHASE ONE. MM-HMM . WHAT'S THE GOAL OF IT AND WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO WITH THAT? THAT SHOULD BE IN THE APPLICATION. I'M, I'M REVIEWING THAT NOW. MEAN I RECALL THAT IT'S, I MEAN, IT, IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN AN ATTRACTION. WE COULD CERTAINLY, UH, WE COULD CERTAINLY AMEND THE MOTION TO, UH, MAKE THAT REQUIREMENT TO VERIFY THAT IN LATE 2026. OBJECTION IS SUPPOSED TO OPEN MAY. YEAH. 2026. WE WANNA HEAR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. ARE WE, CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS? YOU CAN HEAR THE CHAIR FROM, OKAY. YES. YES. YEAH. CAN YOU CLAR, WILL THIS BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ONES COMPLETE AND YES, IT WILL BE. UM, WE ARE, UM, ACTIVELY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS. IT'S A PUBLIC PLACE. UH, PEOPLE ARE INQUIRED ABOUT USING IT FOR, UH, CONCERTS OR FOR WEDDINGS. UH, SO YES, IT'LL DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND WILL YOU ALSO USE IT FOR REGULAR RELIGIOUS? NO, WE'VE GOT A CURRENT STRUCTURE WHICH SITS NEXT DOOR, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR REGULAR RELIGIOUS SERVICES TAKE PLACE. THIS WILL BE USED, UH, FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES, FOR, AGAIN, COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, FOR THINGS THAT, UH, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO HELP BUILD THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL SIT WITH THE HAYWARD HOUSE AND THE GARVIN GRIFF GARVIN GRIFFIN HOUSE. UH, THANK YOU. SO, SO THAT, UH, UH, IT STRENGTHENS THE TRAIL, TORICAL TRAIL IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. THANK YOU. THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. UM, OKAY, SO THEN I THINK IT MEETS THE WHOLE CRITERIA. MM-HMM . PLUS THE MONTH. MM-HMM . ANY MORE DISCUSSION? MM-HMM THEN ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED AMOUNT IN FAVOR. OKAY. UH, BE FAIR. SPORTS COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR, UM, A RESEARCH PROJECT TO, YOU KNOW, CRAFT AND IMPROVE THE STRATEGY OF, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS AREA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, OF THIS PRETTY BIG, YEAH. PRETTY BIG. UM, TOURISM OPPORTUNITY. THE REQUEST IS FOR $40,000. SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR A VERY SPECIFIC, USE ME IF I CAN UNDERSTAND. UH, I, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. WE GRANT THIS AND I'D LIKE A SECOND SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT SECOND. TOURISM IS A HUGE AND GROWING SECTION OF THE TOURISM MARKET. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE SPORTS COUNCIL. WE'VE HAD BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS, WE'VE HAD GOLF TOURNAMENTS, WE'VE HAD SOME PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. WE DON'T COMPETE WITH PLACES LIKE WALTERBORO AND PORT WENTWORTH WHO ARE MUCH BETTER AT ATTRACTING THESE THINGS. AS A GRANDFATHER, I HAVE TRAVELED TO SUCH EXOTIC SPACES AS STATESBORO AND, UH, THERE OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE NOT SO WELL KNOWN, UH, TO WATCH MY GRANDCHILDREN PLAY AREA SPORTS. WHAT WE FIND IS THAT REGARDLESS OF THE SEASON AND REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER, THE PARENTS AND THE GRANDPARENTS SHOW UP IS CHECK IN THE HOTELS AND THEY'LL DRIVE DISTANCES TO GET TO THE FACILITY. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AS A COHERENT PLAN ABOUT WHAT WE OWN IN THE COUNTY AND WHAT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE, THE COUNTY VALUES TO ATTRACT THIS SORT OF BUSINESS. UM, BUT WE KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO COME HERE. SO I THINK THE PURPOSE, PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS HAVE A PROFESSIONAL COME IN AND INVENTORY THE SPACES AND TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THOSE THINGS. RECOMMENDATIONS. SO IT'S NOT JUST, I'LL [01:00:01] DESCRIBE AS AMATEURS, LIKE US SITTING AROUND SAYING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR LOCAL PARK. I PUT MY RECOMMENDATION, RECOLLECTION OF WHAT THE PRESENTATION MM-HMM . THE COUNSELOR WOULD REQUIRE 40 DEGREE. YES. YOU CAN PROBABLY SPEND 200,000, BUT THEY THINK THEY CAN GET IT BEFORE. THAT'S A WHOLE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AS WELL. SO IT SHOULD BE PRETTY, PRETTY VALUABLE. YEAH. THAT A MOTION? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I MADE MOTION. WE HAVE SECOND. A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF GRANTING THE REQUESTED AMOUNT? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. UH, A BUILDING. BRIGHTER FUTURES. YEAH. UM, THAT'S, UH, MUSIC FESTIVAL AT OUR WARFRONT PARK. AND AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WATERFRONT PARK IS A BIG TOURIST ATTRACTION AND IF WE CAN KEEP THINGS GOING THERE, I THINK IT'S ONLY A PLUS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS, UH, TOURISM COMING IN. SO I MAKE THE MOTION THAT, UM, THIS IS A FIRST TIME REQUEST WE DIDN'T GET. UM, SO I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE GIVE THEM THE 40,000 A SECOND. ANYBODY SECOND IT? I'LL SECOND IT JUST FOR DISCUSSION, UH, TO GET THE DISCUSSION KICKED OFF. UM, DO YOU WANNA KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION, KIM? SURE. JUST IT'S . UM, I, I'M JUST GOING BACK TO, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M, I'VE, I'VE FACTUAL THE FIRST TIME EVENT, RIGHT? SO IT'S, THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS THE RISK THAT IT, THAT'S A BIG, FEELS LIKE A BIG INITIAL NUMBER FOR A FIRST TIME YOU MET. UM, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR SHE IN JUNE. JUNE. AND, AND LET ME SAY THIS. UH, I KNOW THE WEEKEND, I KNOW AFTER, UH, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WE HAVE A DIP IN TOURISM FOR JUNE. AND SO THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO SORT OF KEEP THOSE NUMBERS UP AND MAYBE HOLD SOME FOLKS OVERPASS, UM, JUST TO MORE OF THEIR WEEKEND TO MAYBE EXTEND IT. WHAT'S THE $40,000 GO FOR? IT'S SOME MARKETING, POLICE AND OPERATING TENTS AND THEY LIST, IF I READ IT RIGHT, $10,115 PROFIT FROM THE EVENT. AND THEY DID WORK WITH THE CDB TO PICK THOSE DATES. UH, SO YOU'RE RIGHT ANITA, ON THAT, WHAT IS THAT ACTUAL DATE? JUNE 6TH. JUNE 6TH. MM-HMM . I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME TIME AS THE, AS THE, UH, BLACK MOSES EVENT. MM-HMM . UH, LET'S SEE. MARKING, MARKING. PLAN OUT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITH THESE GUYS. YES. PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT. WE DIDN'T IT LAST TWO YEARS. WE DID 2024 AND 2025. THEY'RE IN THE DROPBOX. OKAY. UM, 20 20 25, UM, OR 2024. THEY HAD A GROSS PROFIT OF 91,000, 2025. A GROSS PROFIT OF 80,000. THEIR A, THEIR APP, THEIR APPLICATION INCLUDED A MARKETING PLAN THAT COMES TO $20,000. TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE BALANCE IS HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TO 20,000 FOR MARKETING ONLY ACCEPTABLE. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. YOU MY THOUGHT PROCESS, THIS HAS BEEN A CASH PRODUCING SITUATION AND THEY'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO MARKETING. UH, THEY WOULD INDICATE THEY WANNA WORK WITH THE CVB TO DO IT, AND IF WE DON'T GIVE 'EM THE FULL AMOUNT, I THINK THEY'LL STILL HAVE IT. 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST AND WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO GROW IT, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE 'EM THE FULL AMOUNT, IN MY OPINION. UM, SO, UH, DO WE GET A VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST? THAT'S FINE. MATT. I WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. [01:05:01] UH, UH, VOTE YES ON THE, FOR THE AMENDMENT AND THEN A VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION TO, UH, PROVIDE 20,000 FOR MARKETING PURPOSES. OKAY. UH, LET'S SEE. THAT WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE, UM, SC LOC STREET TOURISM COMMISSION. OH, THAT'S MINE. UM, FIND THIS IS ONE OF THE, I, I READ OVER THE APPLICATION. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE IN ORDER IN LINE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING, UM, WITH OUR TAXES TAX DOLLARS. SO I'M GO AND SAY I, UH, I'M GONNA APPROVE THEM GIVEN THAT, GIVEN THAT AMOUNT THAT REQUESTED. I'LL SAVE THAT ALONG. FAVOR? AYE. HI. I WONDERED WHY THEY ASKED FOR LESS. NOBODY EVER ASKED FOR LESS PEACH DOES, BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T THINK OUR ALLOCATION OF THE STATE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE. OKAY. THAT WAS GOOD. HER TO BE HONEST. , I'M GLAD. ACTUALLY, I THINK SHE ASKED FOR CERTAIN, WE GAVE THEM EXTRA. WE ARE PUSHING HER TO GET MORE FUNDING FROM OTHER LOCALITIES THAT ARE IN THE REGION. SHE'S WORKING ON THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. I'LL TRY TO DO IT. UH, GO LEAN BACK. ISLAND LAND TRUCK. MINE. UM, WHAT'S THIS FOR? OKAY. THE ER CAM, THIS IS THE EAGLE WATCH, RIGHT? GOT ONE CAMERA. NOW THEY WANT SOME MORE, TWO MORE CAMERAS OR SOMETHING. HAVE WE, WE FOLLOWED THIS TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY COMING. WELL, THEY DON'T COME. IT'S VIRGIL, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY DOLLARS FROM HILTON UNLESS THEY JUST GOT IT SEEMS 12 FIVE. I THINK THEY'RE NICE PEOPLE. I THINK PEOPLE LIKE BIRDS AND I THINK PEOPLE LIKE CAMERAS AND I LIKE BIRDS AND ALL THE REST OF THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING HERE. SO, UH, I, I THINK IT JUST ENCOURAGES THEM TO GO FORTH AND BE SUCCESSFUL. BUT WITHOUT ANY FUNDING. IT'S NOT GONNA PUT HEADS IN BEDS THERE ON THE TV. THERE A MOTION THERE. THAT WAS MY MOTION IS THAT ME ENCOURAGED HIM TO GO FORWARD AND BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT ANY FUNDING. I SECOND. I ALL IN FAVOR OF NOT AWARDING A, OKAY. OKAY. FAVOR COURT AS ME. UH, FAVOR CORP IS, IT APPEARS TO BE A PROFESSIONAL CONCERT COMPANY THAT DOES CONCERTS AROUND VARIOUS PLACES. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO COME HERE AND PROVIDE ONE. AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REFERRING TO IT AS THE, UH, 8 43 GOSPEL JUBILEE FESTIVAL, WHICH SOUNDS GOOD. UH, AND THEY AREN'T SURE WHICH PLACE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE IT. THEY GOT A LOT ON SANDY LANE AND THEY MAY DO ONE IN BERHAM. MM-HMM . WE AREN'T NOT SURE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THAT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE. NOT SURE ABOUT ZONING. UH, WE DIDN'T GET THEIR TWO YEARS AUDITED FINANCIALS AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. AND SO THIS SOUNDS TO ME LIKE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO HOLD A CONCERT HERE FOR A PROFIT, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US TO SUBSIDIZE THE MARKETING ON THE FRONT END. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ANY OF THAT SORT OF STUFF, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. I SORT OF, UH, I WILL YIELD TO THE REST OF THE GROUP, BUT, UH, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE HISTORY AND YOU DON'T HAVE FINANCIALS AND YOU DON'T HAVE A LOCATION, IF THEY WERE A LOCAL GROUP AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE DOING THIS AND THIS BUILDING CAPACITY, GONNA DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND MAKE IT BIGGER, IT'D BE ONE THING. BUT THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE A GROUP OUT OF GEORGIA THAT'S DOING A SERIES OF CONCERTS UP AND DOWN THE COAST. ISN'T THIS THE GROUP THAT WE GAVE MONEY TO LAST NIGHT FOR BLUES LINE STANCE AND HILTON NET? THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THIS MONTH. ARE THEY HOLDING IT? THEY ARE. IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. I GUESS THEY'RE AFFECTING SIGNIFICANT REVENUE OUT I NET. YEAH. YEAH. AND HAVE YOU SEEN THE MARKETING? WHO ELSE? I HAVEN'T SAY ANYTHING. I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT, EVERYTHING'S NOT GREAT. I'M JUST SAYING WE DIDN'T GET AUDITED FINANCIALS AND THEY'RE NOT LOCAL AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE DOING IT AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA DO IT, YOU KNOW. SURE. ABOUT THE DATE. IT'S NOT NO DETAIL. JUST A BIG FIGURE. MAKE A MOTION. NO. UH, I THOUGHT IT DID, BUT I WILL. OH, OKAY. I THINK WE RECOMMEND THEM TO GO FORTH AND BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THEIR CONCERT, BUT WITHOUT FUNDING, THIS GROUP DENIED. THAT'S A NICE WAY TO TURN THEM DOWN. GO FORTH AND BE SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD SECOND THAT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF NOT FUNDING. BE ANY FAVOR OF THE MOTION. WE'LL GET BASIC ENHANCEMENTS. SO THIS IS, UH, AN EVENT WITHIN AN EVENT. ALRIGHT. SO IT'S, IT'S DURING THE, UH, BLACK MOSES, SO, UH, FESTIVAL AND IT'S, YOU NEVER ACCUSED YOURSELF. OKAY. THE REQUEST IS FOR $22,000 OF WHICH $5,000 IS MARKETING. [01:10:02] UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, $75 FOR PERFORMANCES. $5,000 FOR FARM TO TABLE, UM, AGRICULTURE DEMOS, UM, 2,500 FOR WORKSHOPS AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, AND $2,000 FOR REEVALUATION IMPACT TRACKING. SO THAT'S, THERE'S THE 22,000 AND SAID MOCKING WAS FIVE. FIVE, MM-HMM . AND THIS ONE WAS TO ATTRACT STUDENTS AND HELP THEM WITH MATH AND READING. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID. I REMEMBER ASKING THAT QUESTION WHERE THIS POPULATION'S COMING FROM AND WHAT, WHAT DATE IS THAT? IS THE SAME JUNE 6TH. JUNE 6TH SCHOOL'S OUT? I DON'T RECALL HOW THE MERMAIDS CAME INTO THIS. I I DON'T EITHER. BUT THIS WHAT? IT'S LITTLE GIRLS MERMAIDS. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE MEAN WE GIVE THEM 5,000 FOR MARKETING. I'LL SECOND THAT. I QUESTION WHY DO THEY NEED THAT WHEN IT'S PART OF THE BLACK MOSES THING? YOU'RE ALREADY MARKETING. YOU GAVE THEM 12,500 FOR MARKETING. WHY WOULDN'T THIS BE PART OF THAT MARKETING? IT'S PART OF THE WHOLE EVENT. I GUESS THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BRING IN INCREMENTAL VISITORS TO THE EVENT. SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS EVENT. IT'S GONNA BRING IN SCHOOL CHILDREN. THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. SOMEBODY FROM THE BLACK MOSES. AND THIS IS PART OF IT. I MYSELF, I, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THEM BRINGING CHILDREN IN DURING JUNE FOR THIS EVENT SCHOOLS OUT IN AND SO UNKNOWN UNKNOWN EVENT. IT'S NEW. SO I I I'M NOT IMPARTIAL TO THIS, THIS PART OF IT. OKAY. ARE YOU, ARE YOU AMENDING, UM, ANYTHING OR JUST, JUST SOMEONE UP WHETHER WE, UM, YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR 5,000 FOR MARKETING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. IF YOU WANT AMEND IT, UM, I'M GONNA GO IN AND JUST REIN WHAT YOU SAID AND I I WOULD NOT, I WOULD DENY THIS BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE ALWAYS GETTING, WE ALREADY GIVEN FUNDING FOR THE EVENT AND THIS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA OF THAT SAME EVENT, YOU CAN, CAN MARK AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A PART OF IT. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THAT PRESENTATION WAS NOT MADE? IT WAS AS A JOINT, BUT WAIT, WE CAN'T TALK. SHE MADE TO AMEND IT. SHE'S AMENDING A MOTION. SOMEONE NEEDS TO SECOND IT. I'LL SECONDLY, OKAY, NOW YOU CAN DISCUSS BOTH. OKAY. IS A, A REASON WHY THIS WAS IT WASN'T PRESENTED TO US AS A BANK. THE INTERPRET SEVERAL AT THE SAME TIME. SHE SAID THOSE WILL BE PAYING SOMETHING. BE MAY SHARE SOME CALLS WOULD BE LIKE, THIS IS THE BURN THING OVER HERE. AND THIS IS THE OVER THERE. SHE SAID IT'S PART OF THE BLACK MOSES FREEDOM FESTIVAL. THAT'S HER QUOTE. AND IT'S FOR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM WITH MATH AND READING. SO YOU HAVE A MOTION, AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE FLOOR. MOTION NOT FUNDED. UH, CAN I VOTE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT? I WOULD APPROVE. I WOULD VOTE, I WOULD APPROVE. YOU'RE GONNA APPROVE YOUR OWN AMENDMENT, RIGHT? OH, YEAH. I, I, I PUT ON THE FLOOR, RIGHT? I THINK AS A GROUP, YEAH. WE HAVE TO STILL. OKAY. YOU NEED TO VOTE FOR IT TOO THOUGH. YEAH. OH, AND NOW WE ARE, NOW WE'LL ACTUALLY VOTE ON VOTE. SO YOU HAD THREE IN FAVOR? ONE OPPOSED? OKAY, SO IT'S THREE TO ONE ON THE AMENDMENT. MM-HMM . SO NOW YOU GO VOTE ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED. NOW A VOTE ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED THREE TO ONE. NEXT IS, UH, ZERO. THIS WAS, THIS IS A $96,000 REQUEST, UH, FOR, FOR THEIR, UH, FOR THEIR EXHIBITS. THIS NEW AND REFURBISHED EXHIBITS. RIGHT. I'M GOING THROUGH THE APP ONE MORE TIME. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A IMPORTANT CHOICE ATTRACTION. [01:15:01] THIS IS EXHIBIT. EXHIBIT FUNDS WOULD SUPPORT PHASE TWO OF OUR GO GEECHEE EXHIBIT, WHICH IS AN EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT DISPLAY IN COLLABORATION WITH A CONSULTANT. MY MOTION, UH, IS TO AWARD THIS AMOUNT. SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? OKAY. UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION I NEXT. IS ANYBODY OKAY WITH WE NEED A BREAK? WE CAN KEEP OFF. WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY LEFT. OKAY. UM, NEXT IS THE BUFORT JASPER, YMCA. THIS IS THE RIVER WIND THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO, AND IT'S KIND OF AN WITH THE MINORCA DO THIS. UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE SKETCHY IN TERMS OF BRINGING UP THE OUTSIDE 5,000. THAT IS STRUCTURAL. HOWEVER, I DO THINK THE WATER IS A PRETTY ATTRACTIVE THING HERE. AND I THINK WE 5,000 PARKING NOT HAVE ASKING DO. AND SO I'M SUPPORT THIS MAKE I HAS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THE FOLKS WHETHER THIS YEAR TALKED TO ABOUT WHETHER IT MM-HMM . THERE'S A LOT OF THIS, THE ONE THAT WAS ABOUT ON, ABOUT THE SWIMMING MEETS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SWIMMING, THE SPECIFIC EVENT FOR THE RIVER. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. I WOULD KICK OFF DISCUSSION JUST TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS HAS BEEN EXISTING EVENT THAT'S POPULAR. THE YMCA, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A NETWORK, RIGHT, THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY TO, UM, TO POTENTIALLY DRAW PEOPLE IN FOR IT, RIGHT? FROM OTHER, OTHER YMCAS AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S PRETTY, FEELS LIKE IT COULD HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY FOR SUCCESS. SO THAT REMINDS ME, THEY DID SAY IN THEIR PRESENTATION, JOINED PUSHING THEM TO DO MORE LIKE THIS. THIS CAN BE NUMBER WATER RELATED EVENTS IN VARIOUS TIMES. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR TO OUT. WASN'T THIS THE ONE WHERE THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, SWIM THEN A RUNNING LEG OF THIS EVENT, OR THAT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION OR A THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD GROW TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTION, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS. OKAY. OKAY. UM, A VOTE ON THE MOTION. OKAY. NEXT IS, UH, BUFORT WATER SEARCH AND RESCUE. OH YEAH. UM, DID WE EVER FIND OUT, WE DID FIND OUT. I ASKED. THEY SAID THEY RECEIVED 10,000 FROM THE COUNTY. YES. MR. ROBINSON GAVE IN. IT WAS FROM THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET, 10,000 FOR GASOLINE ON TOTAL ROAD, NOT TOWARD A BOAT OR ANYTHING ELSE. I DON'T KNOW WHY. I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA. THE SHERIFF APPROVED IT. SO THAT'S HIS BUDGET. IS THIS A ONE BUY A BOAT NOW? THEY WANNA BUY A BOAT FOR 20, THEY WANT 20,000 BUY A BOAT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN RECAP. AS I UNDERSTOOD, COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HAS BEEN PROVIDING SOME AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO SUCH RESCUE FOR THEIR OPERATIONS. WHETHER THAT WAS GASOLINES OR NOT, I DUNNO, I THINK THAT HAS HISTORICALLY 10,000. WHAT I FOUND FOR SOME REASON THIS YEAR, THAT'S MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET. I KNOW WHY THAT'S . I DO KNOW THAT WHEN ANY EVENT OCCURS, WHETHER IT'S A WATER FESTIVAL OR WHETHER IT'S HERITAGE GOLF TOURNAMENT OR IT'S SOMETHING ELSE OCCURRING, THESE VOLUNTEERS BE OUT THERE ON WATER FUNCTION. IF THEY WEREN'T THERE, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND PAY SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE UP THERE TO POLICE. SO, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THAT FUNCTION FOR A TOURISM VIS THING, AND THAT INCLUDES WHEN THE FIREWORKS, OFTEN HOLIDAYS. I THINK THAT SOME OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE WITHOUT OUT THERE. AND [01:20:01] IT WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE IF WE HAD GOVERNMENT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR SOMEBODY TO DO THIS. SO, UH, I WANNA SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION, UH, IF, IF NOT ILLEGAL, SOMEBODY CAN TELL ME THAT LATER, BUT I, I'LL MAKE MUCH. OKAY. DYLAN, WHAT WAS THE DECISION? CAN WE FUND PARTS BY THE BOAT? I KNOW BRIAN, UH, I WASN'T CONVEY THAT OF, BUT, UM, WEASEL OUT. IT, I I'M NOT AWARE THAT THERE WAS A DECISION THAT BRIAN HAD REACHED ON THAT, BUT THERE WAS, UM, I MEAN IT, LOOKING AT IT UNDER THE CATEGORIES, WE'D HAVE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT IT FALLS UNDER ONE OF SUBSECTIONS OF TWO. CORRECT. SO, WHICH SUBSECTION WILL FALL UNDER? I I DON'T SEE PUBLIC SAFETY OR ANYTHING AKIN TO THAT. I MEAN, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF TOURISM ARGUE, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A SPECIES ARGUMENT TO MAKE PROMOTION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS. UM, UM, I DON'T SEE THEM AS BEING PUBLIC FACILITIES OR ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. SO I, I THINK FOR ONE, JUST IN TERMS OF , I ALLOWED COMMENT AT THIS POINT OR YEAH, GOT A MOTION ON. IT'S, IT'S, I THINK THE RATIONALE IS, IS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENTS THAT, THAT DO BRING IN TOURISM. AND IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY A REQUIREMENT, RIGHT? IT'S TERRIBLE TO NOT HAVE IT SUPPORT THAT CONCEPT. WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME APPLICATION SECURITY AND FIVE ORGANIZATIONS CAME IN HERE WITH $2,000 A PIECE TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE PROVIDE SECURITY, THIS PARTICULAR CASE. SO IF THEY CAME IN HERE FOR SINGLE AMOUNT OF MONEY, OTHER SOURCES, PROPERTY SUPPORT THAT OUT HERE, I THINK, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE WHEN I LOOK AT THAT. BUT THE REALITY OBJECT, I DON'T THINK IT GOES, SAID, IT'S NOT LINE WHAT WE ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR WHAT HE SAID, I MADE THE MOTION. OKAY. DON'T HAVE LEGAL OPINION. WE SAID YOU HAVE TO CAPTURE THIS. I THINK PROMOTION AS ARGUMENT SUBSECTIONS. UM, I MEAN IT HAS, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PROMOTION OF THE SAFETY OF COMMIT. I, I MEAN, LOOKING AT IT, I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S NOT IN THESE SECTIONS QUITE FRANKLY, BUT, UM, IT'S RESPONSABLE WITH IT. LEGAL ADVICE DECISION APPLICABLE FOR A TEXT. YEAH. I MEAN, IN MY OPINION, NO, IT'S NOT TEMPLATE BY THE SEXUAL ORDINANCE. IT'S NOT, BUT UM, THAT'S, THAT'S APPLICATION. THAT IS MOTION FOR THE, DOES THE APPLICATION JUST SAY 20,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A BOAT OF 40,000? YEAH, I'M GOING FOR WHAT DOES THE APPLICATION APPLICATION USE THE MONEY FOR HALF BOAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, NOT HALF THE BOAT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. REPLACE REPLACEMENT BOAT IN THE AMOUNT REPLACEMENT OF BOAT. THE REPLACEMENT BOAT. AND YOU'RE SAYING IN YOUR OPINION, LEGAL, NOT LEGAL. OKAY. IN MY OPINION, IT'S NOT COMPLAIN OF THE SEXUAL WORKERS. IT'S AT. SO, SO THE MOVEMENT WORK THAT WE HAVE IS WATER RESCUE SERVICES AND WATER RELATED EVENT PATROLS. SO THE WATER RELATED EVENTS, IT COULD BE TOURISM EVENTS, WHAT FALL, I MEAN PHRASED LIKE THAT AS A WATER SAFETY, WATER RESCUE, ET CETERA. I THINK THAT'S A MUCH BETTER ARGUMENT. SECTIONS THERE. OKAY. BE SUPPORTED IF IT WERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS THAT IT IS TO PURCHASE CAPITAL, THE VOTE, UH, FOR REPLACING THE BOAT. FOR ME, THAT IS NOT CONTEMPLATED UNDER THIS SECTION HERE. THAT'S FREIGHT MASS FUNDS. NOW, IF IT WERE 70 FOR WATER RESCUE SERVICES AND WATER RELATED CONTROL TESTING ARE THE SUMMARY SHEET HERE, I THINK THAT IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO WHETHER MOTION SERVICES APPLICATION, THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS SECOND MOTION, THEN [01:25:01] IT GOES TO DISCUSSION. NOW IT'S DISCUSSION. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I JUST OUTLINED THAT IT'S NOT IN LINE WITH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IF IT WAS FOR RESCUE, WHEN THE APPLICATION SIMPLY SAID TO PURCHASE A BOAT, THEY SAY TO RESCUE WATER, RESCUE FOR BOAT, LET'S VOTE. WATCH. WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS, THAT'S WHY. YEAH. DO SEARCH RESCUE FOR THAT. OKAY, WELL SHE'S MAKING A, I'M JUST TELLING WHAT THE APPLICATION SAID IN THE PRESENT TO YEAH, THE BOAT. THE, WELL, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS AND IT'S GONNA BE TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE POST PERIOD. THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN THE RECEIPTS FROM SENDING POST. SO YOU CAN CHASE IT ANY OTHER WAY. BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS, WELL, I THINK ACCOUNTING OR LEGAL, YOU GOTTA MAKE A DECISION IF THIS IS WITH WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING, WHAT, WHAT WE ARE DESCRIBING HERE, THEY BRING YOU THE RECEIPT FOR THAT. YOU SAY, OKAY, THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE EXPENSE. WELL, WE CAN PROVIDE ADVICE, BUT LEGAL PARTNER IS A POLICYMAKER SO WE CAN PROVIDE OUR ADVICE AND MAKE YOUR DECISIONS ON SUBSEQUENTLY THEIRS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD SAY WHAT THEY DO ADDS TO TOURISM WITHOUT A DOUBT. WHAT CATEGORY AND HOW, IF WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF TABLING IT IS GOING OPEN, SEND IT BACK TO THE APPLICANT UNDER A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. JUST BEEN VOTED DOWN. I GUESS CONTINUING DISCUSSION OF IF THERE WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE, IF THERE WERE, IF IT WAS NOT SAFE ON THE WATERS DURING THESE EVENTS IN AND THERE, I, THERE ARE INCIDENTS THAT COULD DEFINITELY HURT TOURISM FOR SURE. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'D BE, COULD BE PRETTY MATERIAL TO THE ULTIMATE A TAX PLANNING IN THE SECOND IS THAT WE'RE, THE INVESTMENT IS IN SAFETY. UM, BUT THE SAFETY'S BEING ENABLED BY THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THAT. LET, LET ME ASK, UH, DYLAN SOMETHING. IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS IN HERE REQUESTING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY DOING TOURISM EVENTS, WOULD THAT BE APPLICABLE? UH, IT WOULD STILL BE THE SAME ANALYSIS. IT WOULD HAVE TO FALL UNDER ONE OF THE CONTEMPLATED. YEAH. YEAH. BUT OUR GOAL IS HERE IS TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATION AND DOES IT MEET THE, OR ALIGN WITH THE AT TAX COMBINATION MONEY. AND I SEE IT, THIS DOES NOT, WELL, I WANT TO JUST SORT OF, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I LED THE LAST COUPLE OF TRAINING SESSIONS. YEAH. AND I'M REASONABLY SURE HAD I SAID TO SOMEONE IN THOSE TRAINING SESSIONS, IF YOU NEED HALF A BOAT TO CONTINUE DOING SEARCH AND RESCUE, YOU CAN'T GET THAT. BUT IF YOU FILE FOR $20,000 TO REIMBURSE YOU FOR GASOLINE AND OPERATIONS AND INSURANCE AND MAINTENANCE AND OTHER SORTS OF THINGS, YOU APPLY FOR THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ELIGIBLE. HAD I SAID THAT, I'M REASONABLY SURE THAT WHAT WE WOULD BE READING TODAY WOULD BE A DIFFERENT APPLICATION. SO I'M DELIGHTED THAT THE FOLKS GAVE US A STRAIGHT UP WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. AND I THINK WE ALL, THE ORGANIZATION IS USEFUL. IT'S HELPFUL FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH TOURISM AND THE REST OF THAT STORE STUFF. AND IT'S SORT OF UNFORTUNATE THAT WE MAY HAVE FOUND OURSELVES IN THIS LEGAL GAME OF TWISTER WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET A RIGHT QUOTE LEFT FOOT ON THE RED.IN TERMS OF DOING THIS. SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE, EXCEPT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SUPPORT IF WE CAN MM-HMM . SO WE HAVE AMENDMENT. AMENDMENT OR NOT, WE JUST HAVE THE MOTION. WE JUST HAVE THE MOTION A SECOND FOR THE 20,000. OKAY. SO YOU CAN VOTE ON IT OR AMEND IT OR MOVE IT ON. IS THERE AN AMENDMENT? I'M GONNA AMEND THAT. I'M LISTENING TO WHAT DYLAN SAID. I'M GONNA AMEND THAT TO REALLY TO NOT APPROVE THIS AT THIS TIME. 'CAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE, A TAX FOUNDATION DOLLARS. IF WE ARE GONNA SIT IN AND VOTE ON IS BEING ALLOCATED, IT HAS TO, UH, BE ALIGNED WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE GUIDELINES FOR THIS MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED. THAT'S JUST ME. SHE NEEDS A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT. MR. GREEN, ARE YOU PONDERING OR IS WELL, I'M, [01:30:01] I'M IN THE MI I'M, I SEE A TREMENDOUS NEED. I JUST DON'T SEE IT COMING INTO US UNDER THE RIGHT THING. BUT YOU CAN SECOND THE AMENDMENT FOR DISCUSSION. YEAH. AND THEN IT GOES UP OR DOWN AND THEN IT GOES BACK. I, I SECOND THE, I SECOND FORWARD DISCUSSION. OKAY. NOW GO AHEAD AND COMMENT. UH, HOW MANY THINGS WOULD WE HAVE COMING AT US THAT DOESN'T FALL IN, IN LINE WITH WHAT SHOULDN'T, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHO IS GOING TO SAY WE DON'T NEED, WE, WE NEED TO IGNORE THE SAFETY AND THE WATER IN BEAUFORT FOR TOURISM. THAT'S, THAT'S A MAJOR PART OF WHY PEOPLE COME HERE. I NEED A NEW CAR. I'M RIPPING MY GAS INSURANCE COPY OFF. I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. . WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS WE GO AHEAD AND CALL IT. YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR THAT'S BEEN SECONDED THAT HE SAID. OKAY. OKAY. CAN WE DISCUSSION? DO WE NEED TO VOTE, UH, ON THE AMENDMENT ON AS STRUCTURED, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT ITSELF, WHICH IS ZERO FUNDING. YEAH, ZERO FUNDING. I SECOND THAT. SO, SO YOU HAVE TO VOTE UP OR DOWN ON THIS, YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT. JUST CASE SECOND. RIGHT? YOU SECOND IT FOR DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. WE VOTING ON THE, YOU'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT. ON THE, ON AN UP OR DOWN ON THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. A VOTE ON THE AND THEN YES OR NO ON TO FUND ZERO. SO THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE IS, DO WE VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT TO NOT FUND ANYTHING? FUND ZERO. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. ALRIGHT, NOW YOU'RE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. OKAY. THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS DEFUND THE MASTER, PLEASE. THAT ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME DISCUSSING LATER IS NOT IN THAT POSITION. THAT'S THE MOTION WE'RE DISCUSSING THEN. WELL, YOUR MOTION IS TO FUND IT FOR 20,000. THAT'S FORGET, FORGET THE LEGAL PART THAT HE'S ALREADY TOLD YOU IT'S NOT LEGAL. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE GOING AGAINST ATTORNEY ADVICE. THAT'S YOUR MOTION ON THE FLOOR. YEAH. LET'S BE CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I I DIDN'T HEAR HIM EMPIRICALLY SAY THAT, THAT THAT'S HIS, THAT'S HIS, THAT'S HIS CURRENT INTERPRETATION. WHICH, BUT I'M SORRY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IT GOES BACK, I MEAN ULTIMATELY GOES TO COUNSEL. SO COUNSEL WILL HAVE 11 PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE ARE IN SEND IT TO THEM. RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS IS A SUGGESTION FROM THE ATTORNEY. SO IT'S FROM TWO ATTORNEYS ACTUALLY BRIAN AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU SEND IT TO COUNSEL, THEY'RE TRUSTING THAT YOU ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE ORDINANCE AND STATE LAW. THEY'RE TRUSTING YOU ON THAT BECAUSE 11 OF THEM DON'T, UM, DON'T KNOW THE ORDINANCE AS WELL AS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND THEY HAVEN'T READ ALL THE APPLICATIONS. THEY'RE TRUSTING THIS COMMITTEE TO FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE AND THE LAW. LET YOU JUST ADD TO THIS. I'M NOT TRYING TO ROCK THE LAW. I'M NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. THE STATE THAT WE'VE HAD A FEW TRAINING SESSIONS AND IN THOSE TRAINING SESSIONS HAVE, WE SAID WHEN YOU COME IN AND APPLY FOR THIS STUFF, EVEN IF YOU'RE GONNA USE THE MONEY TO BUY A BOAT, GET FUNDING THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING ON OPERATIONS, INSURANCE, PERSONNEL, GASOLINE, WE CAN FUND THOSE THINGS AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THE MONEY YOU WERE DOING WITH THAT AND USE THAT TO BUY YOUR BOAT. THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT AND WE WOULD BE FUNDING IT THEN. AND THEN THERE'S NO FAULT OF THE APPLICANTS THAT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT BE THE CASE. IT DIDN'T THAT LEGAL REQUIREMENT. AND SO SINCE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BETTER EDUCATE PEOPLE WHEN PEOPLE IN THOSE SESSION, I'M SIMPLY TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GO FORWARD HERE AND RECOGNIZE THAT I THINK THEY PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. IT WOULD COST A LOT MORE IF WE HAD TO DO IT WITH EMPLOYEES THAN VOLUNTEERS. I'M NOT TRYING TO GET ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL. I AM SIMPLY TRYING TO, UH, MAKE THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO FIT INTO THE LEGAL CONSTRUCT IN THE TRAINING. DID YOU EXPLAIN ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE? NO. DID YOU SPEAK TO THEM PERSONALLY ABOUT IT? NO. OKAY. WELL IT'S CLEAR IT'S NOT IN IT, SO IT'S UP TO THE COMMITTEE. JUST LET'S MOVE IT ON. WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? TAKE A VOTE. THE MOTION IS 20,000. YES. YEAH. AND I WAS JUST REVIEWING THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH BRIAN AND MY, I INTERPRET THAT IT, AT LEAST THE PERSON HE HAS IS INCONCLUSIVE, SO YOU NEVER WEIGH IN ON THE STATE. OKAY. OKAY. SO ABOUT, UM, THEN WE'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO FUND $20,000. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 3, 2, 4 TO ONE. OKAY. UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'LL GO TO COUNCIL [01:35:01] AND THEN TAB, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN IT TO COUNCIL. I WILL EXPLAIN IT 'CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT IT. IT'S AN OUTSIDE THE FUNDING GUIDE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO YEAH. OKAY. FREEDOM. FREEDOM ARTS DISTRICT. THAT'S ME. UH, UM, YOU RECUSED THE CHALK IT UP, IT'S GROWING AND PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND UM, I, UH, I SO MOVE THAT WE GIVE THEM THE 60,000 FOR THE CHALK IT UP. UM, IT'S BRINGING, IT'S AGAIN FALLING IN THAT, UH, GRAY AREA OF BRINGING FOLKS WHEN TOURISM IS NOT QUITE UP TO WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE, BUT IT'S, IT'S RIGHT THERE. IN MARCH, I'M STARTING TO COME, UM, BRING TOURISTS IN. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION UNITS AS WE HAVE FUND THE 60,000 ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. UM, NEXT TO THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION HERE APPLICATION. I CAN'T SEE IT. WE SEND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF. IS MARK WALKING IT? YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE THE, WHO HAS THIS ONE? I DO. OKAY, YOUR HONOR. YEAH. OH, YOU GOT IT BY DEFAULT. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. . UH, YEAH. SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL UNDER THE ANCIENT OAKS. UH, THIS IS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH REENACTMENT EVENTS OCCURRING. UH, JO, UM, THIS IS IN OCTOBER. OCTOBER, RIGHT? MM-HMM . IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. THE REQUEST IS FOR 74 50 OR $7,400. $7,450. MM-HMM . NOT 74,000. I'M JUST CHECK CHECKING TO SEE IF IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR MARKETING. UH, YOU'RE DOING THAT. I JUST MENTION THAT MY WIFE WENT TO THE HOME EARLIER YESTERDAY. I DIDN'T KNOW SATURDAY. I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS GOING TO, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING, BUT SHE SPENT A NICE DAY DOWN AND HAD A NICE TIME AND ENJOYED THE ORGANIZATION. THEY PUT IT TOGETHER. SO IT'S THOUGHT I MENTION THAT. SO THE BREAKDOWN HERE IS, UH, OF, OF THE $7,450. 1700, 1700 FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF FACILITIES. SIX 50 FOR A PORTABLE RESTROOM, 1300 FOR MARKETING AND SIGNAGE, AND $3,500 FOR FOOD FOR THE CITADEL CADETS. THAT WILL BE THE REENACTORS. AND THEN $300 FOR VOLUNTEERS. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, IT, IT'S BEEN EXPENSES IN ADDITION TO MARKETING. WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? I JUST SEEN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST HERE. SO WE DID 8,000 LAST. NO, THAT WAS, YES, WE DID. 8,000 LAST YEAR HAS HAPPENED YET THIS YEAR. IT HAS NOT. IT HAS, IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER AND IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER. IN ANY, ANY, UM, SENSE OF THE INTEREST IN DEMAND HIGH. IT'S JUST GROWN UP. WHAT, WHAT DO YOU REENACT? UH, A DAY IN THE LIFE, PRIEST OF WAR, IANS LIVING THE DREAM AND THEN THE CITADEL KIDS ARE GOING TO BE DOING A CRIME STREET AND DOING FIRING DISPLAYS AND EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS ALONG WITH THE REENACTORS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ONE DAY THIS YEAR. DATES CONFUSED. THIS YEAR IT WILL BE HAPPENING ON NOVEMBER 8TH. NEXT YEAR. IT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THAT SAME WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER. FIRST WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER. UH, I MOTION WE APPROVE THE REQUESTED AMOUNT. SECOND DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? I THINK WE'RE, ARE WE? THAT'S EVERYBODY. OKAY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. HILTON ISLAND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL. UH, THAT'S ME. THE, UH, CAR ISLANDS FOUNDATION. DAVID CAR, MEMORIAL FOUNDATION PRESENCE ON BIG FESTIVAL. DO 81,000 REQUESTED FROM THE TOWN HEAD. UH, THAT KIND OF FILLS UP A LOT OF LOCATIONS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, INCLUDING FOR A WEEK. SO I SUSPECT THERE'S A BLEED OVER [01:40:01] INTO A FAIR AMOUNT OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. THEY'RE ASKING US FOR $20,000. 36. I'M SORRY. WE GAVE THEM 25 LIES. YEAH. BEFORE. I RECOMMEND GETTING SAME OUT. WE GAVE THEM LAST YEAR, THEY USED A PORTION OF THEIR PROCEEDS TO GIVE GRANTS TO OTHER PARTIES. SO IT, THAT WAS 25,000 LAST YEAR ON AGAINST THIS YEAR'S REQUEST OF 36. YEP. THEY, THEY FUNDRAISE FOR THE BUILT IN A DIRECT SENTENCE. CORRECT. THEY FUNDRAISE FOR A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS AFTER ONE. THEY GIVE, THEY'VE GIVEN GRANTS AT, FOR ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION. THEY'VE GIVEN GRANTS TO YEARS, HAD MARRIED YEAR TO YEAR. SO WE MADE A MOTION. DID SOMEBODY SECOND IT? SECOND. OKAY. DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? BORDERLINE. OKAY. OKAY. NEXT. UM, WE HAVE THE CONCOURSE ELEGANCE. OKAY. THIS IS THE CAR SHOW, RIGHT? MM-HMM . YEAH. UH, READING ABOUT, READING OVER THIS AND MAKE NOTES ON HILTON HEAD. AND HIS DATE WILL, DATE WILL BE, UH, THEY HAD IT, THEY HAD IT ALREADY, I THINK OCTOBER. FOR OCTOBER 1ST. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS? NO, THIS IS YOU. THIS IS WELL ESTABLISHED. WELL ESTABLISHED. OKAY. WELL, IS THAT THE RIGHT, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR THAT DATE. THE, IT'S THE RIGHT DATE. YEAH. THAT'S 2025. IS THAT THE RIGHT? 2025. YEAH. NUMBER, THE WRONG NUMBER. WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING, THEY PROMISED LAST YEAR THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THE CAR TO PARIS ISLAND AND OUTSIDE OF HILTON HEAD, DID THAT OCCUR? THAT WAS THE CONDITION. WE GAVE THEM MONEY LAST YEAR. THEY DID IT EITHER LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE. I JUST DON'T HAVE RECALL. IF IT WAS BOTH, YEAH, IT WAS LAST YEAR. THAT WAS THEIR CONDITION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID. I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT. I, I DON'T KNOW. SHOULDN'T THAT BE A PART OF THIS APPLICATION IF THEY FOLLOW THAT THROUGH OR NOT, OR SOMEWHERE IN THEIR DOCUMENTS? THEY HAVEN'T REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PAST IN THEIR REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST, BUT THEY HAVEN'T MADE THAT YET. THEY HAVEN'T REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT YET. WE JUST THANK EVERYBODY. WELL, THIS IS 19. I'M LOOKING THE RIGHT DATE. THEY HAVE NOT REQUESTED, UM, THEIR SECOND HALF REIMBURSEMENT FROM 24TH, 24TH, 25. THEY HAVE UNTIL HE'S ON THE 20TH. 26. MM-HMM . ASKING FOR 38,000. 28. HOW MUCH ARE THEY ASKING FOR FROM THE TOWN? IT'S A LOT. ASKING 35,000. 35,000 FROM TOWN. HILTON. YEAH. AK 35,000 FROM THIS AT TAX. A LOT MORE THAN THAT. FROM THE TOWN? YEAH. YEAH. IT'S LIKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FROM THE TOWN. I DON'T HAVE, THEY SAY HERE THEY'RE EXPANDING TO KASSI THIS YEAR. I'M CURIOUS, DID THEY EXPAND TO PARIS ISLAND, LA THIS LAST YEAR? THAT'S WHAT THEY PROMISED. DID ANYONE GO TO THE CAR SHOW AT THE TAPE? YEAH, I'VE BEEN THERE IN THE PAST. YOU'VE BEEN THERE IN THE PAST THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. IT'S A BIG DEAL. MM-HMM . WATCH. IT SAYS THEY'RE, THEY'RE PEOPLE MOSTLY STAY AT THE WEST AND ON HILTON HEAD. AND MY QUESTION WAS, DID THEY DO PARIS ISLAND OR GO ANYWHERE NORTH OF THE BROAD? THAT'S WHAT THE CONDITION WAS LAST YEAR FOR THE MONEY. THAT'S THE CONDITION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF LAST YEAR STUFF. THEY'RE APPLYING FOR THAT AGAIN. THEY SHOULD, THEY'RE APPLYING FOR KASI TO TAKE THEIR, THEY, THEY HAPPEN UNTIL 2026. RIGHT. TO GET ACTUALLY PUT THE REIMBURSEMENT IN. I MAKE AT LEAST. OKAY. WHAT LIST, WHAT THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THE TOWN OF HEALTH TO HEAD FOR THIS YEAR? THEY LIST IT. THIS ON PUTTING A AMOUNT IN. UM, I HAVE PAGE 2020. WELL THAT WAS 2025. THEY RECEIVED, THEY RECEIVED $350,000. YEP. FROM HAD ACCOMMODATION STACKS INTO 2025. ONE YEAR THEY DID ANTIQUE AIRPLANES AS WELL. SMALL WITH ANOTHER YEAR. THEY DID ANTIQUE BOATS. THEY'VE DONE CAR DRIVES AROUND ST. HELENA, PARIS ISLAND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. EVERY YEAR IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO THIS TIME APPARENTLY IT'S KWA KWASSA HAS AN ACTIVE CAR CLUB AND THEY HAVE SHOWS OVER THERE FOR ANTIQUE CARGO. [01:45:03] I, I ASKED ALLISON IF THEY RUN INTO A PROFIT, I'M SURE THEY DO. JUNE GROSS PROFIT 250, 2000 AND INCOME, NEGATIVE 100,000. AND PEOPLE THAT BRING IN THEIR, THEIR OWN CARDS TO PUT IN THE CAR, RIGHT? MM-HMM . YEAH. OKAY. WHAT WAS YOUR EXPENSES? I WOULD AGREE TO DO IT, BUT DECREASE IT SOMEHOW. DECREASE IT. BECAUSE THEY GETTING ALL THAT OTHER DOLLARS FROM OTHER PLACES OR, WELL, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION. THAT'S UP TO YOU FOR MARIA ALWAYS ASKING. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, I KNOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING HOW MUCH WE DECREASE IT BY, BUT $35,000, UM, DECREASE THAT AMOUNT TO MAYBE 25. IS THERE A SECOND TO A MOTION? AT LEAST FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. SECOND BY MR. GREEN, I'D LIKE TO FUND THEM FOR DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE TO FUND THEM AT THE SAME LEVEL WE DID LAST YEAR. EXPENSES ARE GOING UP. IT WILL GET LESS FOR IT. SO THE NET EFFECT, THE SLIGHT DECREASE FROM US, BUT I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AT THE SAME LEVEL WE HAD LAST YEAR. WHICH WAS WHAT? 35? 35? I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AT 35. CONSIDER IT. WHAT DID THEY USE THE MONEY FOR? DID THEY SAY? YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT'S JUST POT OF MONEY. 'CAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. UM, OH GOSH. 35,000, UM, AWARDS BREAKFAST JUDGING, HOTEL FEES, DINNERS, LICENSE PLATES, TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT SUPPLIES. ALI EVENT PRODUCTION GOES DOWN THE BUDGET. NOT WHAT THEY'RE, THEY THAT'S WHAT'S THE APPLICATION? THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN THE REQUEST. OKAY. I'M LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION THERE THEN SAY IT SAYS THEY HAD ALL LUMPS TOGETHER. YEAH, THEY HAD IT ALL COMPED TOGETHER. IT'S IT'S THE ENTIRE, IT'S A ENTIRE DID WE RESTRICT IT LAST YEAR? I DON'T HAVE RESTRICTED PARKING. I'M SURE IT'S BEEN MORE THAN THAT ON MARK. I DON'T REMEMBER IF RESTRICTING THAT. WE JUST SAID THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING OFF THE ISLAND. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT WE TOLD THEM. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF, OF FUNDING THE ENTIRE REQUEST. I MEAN, IT'S A FRACTION OF THE, WHAT THEY GET FROM HILTON HEAD. IT'S, IT'S A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. THEY'VE, THEY'VE COME OFF ISLAND TO DO SOMETHING IN CALCI, WHICH IS GREAT. SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE AT ON MOTIONS AND WERE IN DISCUSSION, RIGHT. THE THE, THE ORIGINAL BUT NO, WELL, WELL WE ARE, THE MOTION WAS, WAS TO ON 25 REDUCE THE 25,000. YEAH. AND YOUR SUGGESTION, WE KEEP IT. WE GOT WHAT'S THAT? NO, 35, RIGHT? FIVE. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR. THEY, WE AWARDED 35 LAST YEAR AND AND THE MARKETING BUDGET IN THEIR STATEMENTS WAS 2 59. YES. YES. 30, 20 25. SO I'M THE, THE MOTION THAT WE AMEND THE MOTION TO TAKE IT 35 TIMES. I SECOND THAT. SO NOW WE GET THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING 35,000 MILLION. YEAH. OKAY. AND AGAIN, JUST IT, IT'S, IT, IT'S A, UH, IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. THEY'RE, WE ASKED THEM TO DO SOMETHING OFF THE ISLAND. THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE IT. THEY'RE DOING IT. UH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT IS A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY, OF THEIR MARKETING INVESTMENT. SO FOR LAST YEAR, DID IT NOTE THAT THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING OFF THE ISLAND TO GET REIMBURSED? THAT WAS THE CONDITION. SO YOU'RE MAKING THE CONDITION THIS YEAR TO DO 35,000 CONDITION. THEY DO SOMETHING OFF THE ISLAND. YES. OKAY. [01:50:01] THAT MOTION. OKAY. GOOD. THAT WAS MY MOTION. YES. YOURS. HOW WOULD THEY KNOW? UM, YOU'LL GONNA PUT THAT IN THEIR REQUEST THAT THEY MM-HMM . I CAN PUT THAT IN A LETTER. OKAY, THEN. OKAY. I'LL GO WRONG WITH THAT. OKAY. CAN WE VOTE? VOTE ON, WE'LL VOTE ON THAT. THE AMENDED WAIT, VOTING THE VOTE ON THE, ON THE AMENDMENT. YES. OKAY. AND THEN ON THE ACTION, ON THE YES OR NO, SHE MET A HARD TIME WITH THAT LANGUAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT WAS NOT IN LAST YEAR. IT WAS NOT IN THE WARD LETTER THAT SAYS IT HAD TO GO OFF ON PARA IN THERE. THAT L RIGHT BEFORE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THE, UH, 30TH ANNUAL GOAL CELEBRATION. I GONNA RECUSE MYSELF. THIS IS HAPPENS IN FEBRUARY. UH, VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT HILTON BLUFF IN BUFF AND COUNTY REQUEST IS FOR 28,000. LAST YEAR THEY AWARDED 10 ALL MARKETING. IS IT, UM, I'M JUST OPENING THAT REQUEST THERE. AND THEY SAY VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT HILTON HAD LEFT IN COUNTY. WHERE EXACTLY DID THEY GO? WHERE? THAT'S WHAT THEY WROTE HERE. I CUS SHE, BECAUSE I'M WONDERING IF IT'S MOSTLY ON HILTON HEAD, WHICH WOULD IT, WHICH IS WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED AND THE COUNTY GIVES THEM FREE OFFICE SPACE THERE. SO WHERE DO THEY GO IN BLUFFTON AND THE COUNTY. DOES IT SAY IN THAT APPLICATION WE CAN, IF WE MAKE A MOTION THAT THEY DO STUFF IN BLUFFTON AND THE COUNTY AND TELL US WHAT IT IS IN ORDER FOR REIMBURSEMENT. DOES THAT, IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH OUR LAST MOTION ABOUT COUNTY? BEAR WITH ME HERE. I JUST GOT THIS GOING THROUGH HIS NOTES. OKAY. IT LOOK, IT'S ENOUGH TO COVER MARKETING AND, AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED IN THE LIFE OF THE GRANT. AT LEAST PARTLY IT'S THE PENN CENTER, I BELIEVE. NOPE. NOT I'M GETTING THAT RIGHT. I MIS THEN I MISINTERPRET THIS. NO WAIT. DETAIL MARKETING PLAN. UM, YOU AFFILIATED WITH THIS GROUP? NO. OKAY. WHEN YOU SAY, UM, DOES ANYBODY SEE WHERE, WHERE IT TRAVELS FOR THAT MONTH AND HOW LONG? HOW LONG PERIOD IS IT? A WEEK LONG EVENT? HOW LONG IS IT EVENT? TRY? YOU SAID TRAVEL IS TRAVELING THROUGH THE MONTH OF, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. I MEAN, YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. TRYING TO SEE, TRYING. I'M GONNA TRACK DOWN MY NOTES ON THIS. YEAH, SORRY. ALRIGHT, SO THE APPLICATION SAYS THE EVENT DATE IS FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026. VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THAN I BLOCKED ANY COUNTY. OKAY. THAT'S 30TH YEAR. MM-HMM . AND, BUT IT'S A MONTH LONG. [01:55:01] A MONTH LONG CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC SERVICE THAT HONORS THE HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF THE GOAL OF GEE PEOPLE HELD EACH FEBRUARY THIS CELEBR MEET TOGETHER ART EXHIBITS, CULINARY EVENTS, LIFE PERFORMANCES, LECTURES AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. IN THE PAST THREE DECADES, THE GOAL OF CELEBRATION HAS GROWN TO BE INTO A SIGNATORY EVENT FOR HILTON ISLAND IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. ATTRACTING VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE REGION AND NATION. IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE, WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ASK I MARKETING. IF YOU CAN SPECIFY IF IT'S PART OF THEIR BUDGET OR THEIR BUDGET SAYS MARKINGS OVER 28,000. IF THAT'S YOUR NUMBER, WE CAN SPECIFY THAT THIS TO BE USED FOR THAT. THAT'S OKAY. SO THE OVERALL MARKETING BUDGET'S 1 72. SO THIS WOULD YEAH, THIS WOULD BE A PORTION OF IT. I MOTION TO BE FUND THE REQUESTED AMOUNT. SECOND DISCUSSION. FOUR SECONDS I GUESS. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL. THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME ON THAT ONE. SORRY, THERE'S ONE MORE FROM THE GOLF. WE DO. WE OH. IS WE DON'T NEED TO DO, UM, OH, DID WE DO THE NORMAL CBB? YEAH, WE DID. BUT THE, UM, GOLF, THE, YOU HAVE LOW COUNTRY GOLF AND IT, I'M GONNA JUST REITERATE MY OPINION. THEY WERE LATE. THEY DIDN'T SEND EVERYTHING IN ON TIME. THEY CLAIMED THEY SENT IT. SHE DIDN'T GET IT THEN THEY SENT IT AFTER. CORRECT. CORRECT. THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. AND I'M SORRY, BUT I'M A RULES PERSON. BLACK AND WHITE. IF YOU HAVE A DEADLINE, YOU MEET THE DEADLINE OR YOU DON'T MEET THE DEADLINE, YOU OPEN THE DOOR, THEN YOU BETTER BE READY FOR THE NEXT ONE THAT DOES THIS. THAT'S MY OPINION. I DON DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT I WANNA UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. DID WE HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT FAILURES, OUR SYSTEM OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NO. NO. CONTRIBUTED TO THIS? NO. OKAY. NO FUNDING. WHAT'S WHAT'S THE MOTION? MOTION? WHO, WHO HAD THAT? WHO WAS THE PARTY THAT HAD, WHO HAS IT? YEAH. I DUNNO. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T CAME IN LATE. IT CAME IN LATE. SIGNED HAD IT, IT CAME IN LATE. SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE IT. HOW MUCH DID THEY ASK FOR? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T EVEN SAY THAT'S 20,000. 20,000? MM-HMM . I THINK IN THE PAST THEY HAD LIKE 7,000 AND I DID HAVE, I DID HAVE TO ALERT THEM THAT THEY, FOR THE LAST TWO GRANTS, THEY HADN'T SENT IN THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE SECOND HALF ALLOCATION EITHER. SO 23, 24 AND 24, 25. THEY STILL HAD MONEY. OUTSTANDING. LEMME JUST TELL YOU HOW THEY SUBMITTED MY POSITION ON THIS IS AN ACTIVE GROUP OF SOME OF THE GOLF COURSES AROUND HERE. AND THEY DO WHAT THEY DO. THEY DO IT. OKAY. BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE LIKE GOLF, GOLF FESTIVAL. THEY SORT, THEY'VE GONE OFF ON THEIR OWN AND THE BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVALS GONE OFF ON THEIR OWN. AND I THINK THESE GUYS ARE, THAT'S MY POSITION. YEAH. AND I'LL, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT OKAY. UM, WE INFORM THEM THAT, UH OKAY, YOU'RE NOT DEFUNDING THEM AND THAT THEIR APPLICATION WASN'T CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. IS THAT A VOTE? SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. WHAT ARE OUR TOTALS? ONE $1,141,550. WE HAD 1 MILLION, BUT PINKY AND I HAD SOME WIGGLE ROOM IN THERE. DID THAT NUMBER AGAIN? 1.14. 1 541. FIVE 50 OVER? YEAH, ABOUT 1 41. 1 42 OVER. WHAT WAS THE STORY ABOUT WIGGLE ROOM WITH YOU AND CASEY? . . SO THERE'S NO WIGGLE, THERE'S NO, IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS. THERE REALLY IS NO, IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS. YES. YEAH. NOW IT, WE COULD, AND I SAY WIGGLE ROOM DEPENDING ON WHO DOESN'T SUBMIT THEIR REIMBURSEMENT AND WHAT WILL EXPIRE TOO. SO WE DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT. SO, BUT WHAT WAS THE, [02:00:01] YOU'RE DIRECTING US TO GET 141,500 OUTTA THESE RECOMMENDATION. AND ONE THING I WOULD SUGGEST IS, REMEMBER, WHAT DO WE SAY, 78% IS FROM UNINCORPORATED BUFORD COUNTY. SO WE MIGHT LOOK AT OUR DISTRIBUTION. 78% OF WHAT? OH, ATEX FUNDS ARE GENERATED FROM UNINCORPORATED BUFORT COUNTY. UNFORTUNATELY FIFTH ISLAND DOESN'T GET MONEY THERE. A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COUNTY ATEX FUNDS GENERATED FROM UN INCORPORATED AREA. 72% OF THEM GENERATED NORTH FROM BROAD RIVER. OKAY, WELL YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE YOUR DECISION. YOU GOTTA COME UP WITH A HUNDRED FORTY ONE FIVE FIFTY. WE HAVE A LIST OF HOW MUCH WE RECOMMEND FOR EACH ONE SO WE CAN GO THROUGH AND CUT IT. I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. I'M TRYING TO GET FIVE. YOU PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN. DOWN THE SCREEN. CAN SHE PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN? THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. CAN SOUND, YEAH, YOU COULD PROBABLY GO TO ONE THAT YOU ALL DISCUSSED. SURE. I DON'T REMEMBER. I THINK I ABOUT HAVE TAKEN THEIR OWN NOTES. OKAY. OKAY. TAKE A BREAK WHILE HE IS DOING THAT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. TAKE, LET'S TAKE A BREAK. BIGGEST I'M GOING TO THE HISTORIC, UM, CHAPEL, CAMPBELL CHAPEL OR PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION. THOSE ARE THE TWO DAYS. SEE I JUST START AT THE TOP IF YOU CAN SEE THAT. OKAY. WE . CAN ANYBODY SEE THAT? YOU COULD SEE THAT. JUST CALL IT OUT. . JUST CALL IT OUT. OKAY. UM, ART CENTER IS 20,000. YOU RECOMMENDED. OKAY. CAROLINA SANCTUARY 36,200. MILTON HEAD SYMPHONY 0 28 0 FOR MEMORY MATTERS. MM-HMM . ZERO FOR FRIENDS OF HUNTING ISLAND STATE PARK, 20,000 FOR FRIENDS OF SPANISH MOSS TRAIL 1 95. 195,000 FOR GREATER BEFORD. PORT ROYAL CV CVB. HOW MUCH WAS THE SPANISH MALL TRAIL AGAIN? 20,000. MM-HMM . OKAY. B 1 95. LONG COVE CLUB. 16,500. PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER, 12,000 HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE FREEDOM PARK, 20,000 HISTORIC PORT ROYAL FOUNDATION, 4,000 BLACK MOSES FREEDOM FESTIVAL. 12,500. THE FILM SOCIETY 60,000. WHO? ORIGINAL GAH FESTIVAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 25,000 PENN CENTER. 10,000 PENN CENTER, 10,000 GAH. TRAVELING THEATER. 32,500 HILTON HEAD, CORAL SOCIETY, 5,000 FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT. 30,000 LIBRARIES FOR KIDS. 10,500 BAJA. 50,000 HISTORIC OR CAMPBELL CHAPEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 125,000. EXCUSE ME. GO BACK. THE WHAT? THE FESTIVAL, I'M SORRY, WHICH ONE? THE FESTIVAL. 50,050. OKAY. FROM 30. OKAY. 1 25. 30 CHAPTER. YEAH. 40,000 FOR THE SPORTS COUNCIL. MM-HMM 20,000 FOR BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES. MM-HMM . THE FULL AMOUNT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY TOURISM. THAT WAS 82. 900 ZERO FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND LAND TRUST. ZERO FOR FAVOR, CORPS ZERO FOR BASIC ENHANCEMENTS. PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION, 96,000. THE YMCA 5,000 BU BIRD WATER SEARCH AND RESCUE 20 [02:05:02] FRIEDMAN ARTS DISTRICT, 60,000 HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION. 7,450. UM, THE CARMINE FOUNDATION, 25,000. THE CONCOURSE FESTIVAL. 35,000 AND NATIVE ISLAND BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION. 28,000. AND THE GULF ZERO. AND THE GULF ZERO. OKAY. CORRECT. OKAY. THE NATIVE SIDE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. THE GU CELEBRATION HERE. YES. MM-HMM . BE ONE 40, RIGHT? 1 41. WHAT'S THAT? 1 45? UM, 1 41. 1 41 500. WHAT PROCESS WOULD YOU LIKE TO FOLLOW MR. CHAIRMAN? UM, EVERYBODY CAN, YOU KNOW, CAN WEIGH IN ON WHERE THEY THINK WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT TURN BACK. UM, WE COULD START WITH THE WATER RESCUE SINCE HE SAID IT'S NOT LEGAL USE AND YOU'VE DEBATED IT AND THAT'S GONNA GO TO COUNCIL. THEY'RE TRUSTING ON YOU TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND THE ORDINANCE. IT'S A DROP IN A BUCKET, BUT IT'S STILL 20 GRAND. LET'S JUST LIST OUT IDEAS AND THEN WE'LL UP THERE. EVERYBODY THROW IN WHATEVER IDEAS YOU, YOU HAVE. WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT, UM, CONSIDER REDUCING THE, UM, THE CHURCH RENOVATION DOWN TO A HUNDRED. THAT WAS A BIG, THAT'S A VERY BIG AWARD. THEY NEED, THEY NEED IT ALL TO MATCH, BUT THEY TRY TO COME UP WITH OTHER, OTHER FUNDINGS TO GET THAT MATCH PUT. WE PUTTING DOWN THE WATER RESTED 20,000, WE PUTTING THAT DOWN AND PUTTING DOWN THE CHURCH. 20. ABOUT THOUSAND FOR THE CHURCH. RIGHT. BRING THAT DOWN. MM-HMM . TRIM. OKAY. I RECOMMEND WE TAKE THE CONTOURS DOWN TO 20. SO WE TAKE 15 OUT OF THAT. THAT'S THE CAR CONTOURS. YOU ONLY GET THE CAR THING. YOU SAID THAT BEFORE . SO WE'LL LET YOU TAKE THEM OFF. I'M RECOMMENDING 15. 15. I'M JUST KEEPING IT TELLY WHAT WE'RE TAKING OFF 15. MM-HMM . OKAY. YOU HAVE A BIG AWARD TO THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION AND THEY ARE APPLYING FOR OTHER GRANTS. YOU HAVE 96 GRAND THERE. I WISH YOU COULD DO WE CAN DO THAT. SOME GO TO 80. YES. I SAY 20,000 FROM THAT. YEAH. 80,000 YOU'RE AT. GOOD JOB SO FAR. DID YOU TAKE THE PORT ROYAL SOUND DOWN TOO? THEY TOOK 20,000. I USED TO BE BIG ONE. MAYBE. UM, MAYBE THE, MAYBE THE LONG CO GOLF EVENT. AND THAT'S LOWEST THE'S BITS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A BIT. WE HAVEN'T FUNDED IT IN THE PAST. HILTON HEAD CENTRIC. HOW MUCH YOU WANNA REDUCE IT. WHAT THAT AGAIN? YEAH, THE LONG COVE GOLF CLUB. THE, THE, THE, THERE'S AN PLEGIA TOURNAMENT ON HILTON HEAD. IT'S A GREAT EVENT BUT IT'S, IT IS ON HEALTH AND HEAD. HOW MUCH YOU WANNA REDUCE IT. MAYBE WE TAKE THAT DOWN. 2 6500, REDUCE IT BY 10. 10,000 STATE. MM-HMM . I LOOK AT THE LIBRARY FOR KIDS THING IN HALF. LIBRARY KIDS THINGS. TAPE. THEY'RE GETTING 10 NOW. GETTING THE, GETTING THE FIVE FROM THAT. FIVE FROM THAT FIRST YEAR BE FINE. THAT'S 95,000 SO FAR. YOU THINK YOU WOULD TRUCK IT UP OR MAYBE 10,000 FROM OR 5,000 FROM THE OYSTER. IT PEOPLE WATCHED THE FESTIVAL. MAYBE 5,000. THAT SHOULD WE DO MAYBE FIVE GUESS THE ONLY THING I'D SAY ABOUT THAT IS, I MEAN THAT IS JUST RIGHT. YOU KNOW. RIGHT. EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO [02:10:01] ACCOMPLISH. RIGHT. I MEAN, ALMOST RATHER DO END. NO, I MEAN, I MEAN THE OYSTER FESTIVAL, JUST TRYING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT DURING OFF TIME. YEAH. MM-HMM . UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE IF THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT RIGHT. WITH THE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT. BUT A CENTER OF COAST OF CAROLINA, I MEAN IT'S, THAT'S REALLY HOOKED AND HEAD CENTRIC AND THEY DOUBLE IT. WE DEALT, DID WE? OH NO, I'M SORRY. WE ALREADY CUT THAT AWARD. 20. DID WE LOOK AT THE UM, FOR FRAME LINE? YOU CUT THE ART CENTER? WE DID NOT. I THOUGHT I HEARD WE WENT FROM 20 WE OH, DID WE AWARD 40 ON AON? OH, 20 WE AWARDED. NO, WE AWARDED 20 OR WE RIGHT. YOU RECOMMENDED 20. SO WE'RE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. YEAH. I WAS LOOKING AT THE REQUEST FOR 48. FIVE OUT TRUCK. HOW ABOUT THE BIRD? YOU HAVE THE BIRD SANCTUARY IT COME OUT OF THAT. YEAH. HOW MUCH THAT? 36. 36 2 NOW FIVE. 500. 5,000. SO THE BIRDS FOR 31 2. YEAH. GOT 110,000 SO FAR. MISSED 5,000 SOMEWHERE THEN. DID YOU CHALK IT UP? CHALK IT UP. 5,000. BIRD 5,000. GOT 1 0 5 RIGHT NOW. ARE YOU AT 1 0 5? I'M AT 1 0 5. HE'S GOT ONE 10. OKAY. GETTING CLOSE. DID WE, DID WE LOOK AT THE FEM FESTIVAL OR LEAVE THAT AS IT DON'T TOUCH THAT. HOW ABOUT THE USCB DECORATION DAY TAKING DOWN TO 30,000 INSTEAD OF 36 5. YOU GETTING 30,000 LAST YEAR? YEAH. DEVELOP A TRAVELING THEATER. SO THAT'S A REDUCTION OF WHAT? SIX. OF HOW MUCH? SIX. SIX FIVE. WAIT, I GOTTA GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. UM, COLLEGE REVENUE HERE. IT'S, WE'RE 32 5 NOW WHAT DID YOU DO FOR THE LIBRARIES FOR KIDS? DID YOU KEEP THAT AT 10? FIVE GOING DOWN 5 35. JUST 10,000. SO YOU'RE AT 32 5 FOR THE GOAL OF TRAVELING THEATER. YOU WANNA TAKE SOMETHING OFF OF THAT? ANOTHER 25? IT'S, IT'S THE BIG UP FROM LAST YEAR'S. 13 FIVE. SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT TAKE, LET GIVE 13 FIVE. HOW MUCH DOES THAT TAKE? THREE. WELL THAT TAKES A LOT. WE, YEAH, WE'RE GOING 32 5. SO WE GO 25. YEAH, JUST THAT DOWN. 72 5 RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S SEVEN 500. CAN YOU START AT THE TOP AND SEE WHERE WE'RE, AND JUST LIST DOWN WHAT YOUR REVISED NUMBERS ARE TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT MINE. I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT. OUR CENTER. 20,000 IN THIS DATE. AT 20? YES. LET SEE, I DIDN'T GET THAT ONE. CAROLINA BY 31,200. SHE'S CHANGING IT. KEEPING IT. 28,000 HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. MM-HMM . 20,000 SPANISH MOSS TRAIL. MM-HMM. YEP. 1 95 FOR GREATER PORT BEAVER, PORT ROYAL. MM-HMM. 6,500 LONG COVE CLUB. MM-HMM . 6506 16. 16,516. BUT DID YOU REDUCE THAT? WE WERE GONNA TAKE IT DOWN. HOW MUCH? WHAT'D YOU TAKE IT DOWN TO 10? WE WERE GONNA REDUCE IT BY 10. SO, SO THAT'LL BE 11. SO IT'S 6,500. RIGHT? 6,500. OKAY. OKAY. 12,000. PAT CONROY, 20,000 MITCHELLVILLE. 4,000 HISTORIC PORT ROYAL FOUNDATION. UM, BLACK MOSES FREEDOM FESTIVAL. I MISSED THAT ONE. 12 500. 12 FIVE. OKAY. THAT STATE? NO, NOBODY TOOK IT AWAY. THE FILM FESTIVAL, DID THAT STAY AT 60 SO FAR? YES. OKAY. UM, THE ORIGINAL GULLAH FESTIVAL 25 MM-HMM . PENN CENTER. 10,000. MM-HMM . AND THIS OTHER PENN CENTER. 10,000. MM-HMM . GULLAH TRAVELING THEATER. 25 25. 25,000. YES. OKAY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, OKAY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL. UM, CORAL HILL HAD CORAL 5,000 FORT FREMONT, 30 LIBRARIES FOR KIDS. 10 [02:15:01] THE OYSTER. DIDN'T WE CHANGE LIBRARIES FOR KIDS? YEAH. TO 55. 5,500. OKAY. UM, THE OYSTER FESTIVAL, 50,000 CAMPBELL MINISTRY. 100,000. 40,000 FOR THE SPORTS COUNCIL BUILDING. BRIGHTER FUTURES. 20, UM, SOUTH CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY COMMISSION. 82 9 PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION. 76, WAS THAT CORRECT? THAT? YEAH. 6 76, THE Y 5,000. THE CHOP FESTIVAL. 55,000 HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATIONS. 7,450 SHARP IS 55. YES. UM, CARMINE'S FOUNDATION. 25,000 CONCOURSE FESTIVAL. 35,000 NATIVE ISLAND. 28,000. MM-HMM . WE STILL HAVE 44,050. I THOUGHT WE REDUCED CONCOURSE. DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT? OH, OKAY. TOOK IT TO 15,000, DIDN'T 15. OKAY. SO WE GOTTA GO CHANGE THAT ONE. CONCOURSE IS 15. YOU NEED 24,000. $50 STILL. OKAY. WE DO 10 FROM THE, UM, FROM BAJAS FESTIVAL. YOUR HONOR. DID, DID EXPLAIN THAT FOR A MINUTE. RIGHT. HIT. WE DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING TOO. NO, WE DID. WE DIDN'T TAKE NO I THINK LEFT. NOT YET. OR WAIT, OYSTER, I SUGGESTED IT'S 10,000 BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING. YEAH, WE DIDN'T. IT STILL IS AT 50. YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT TO 40 MUCH. YEAH, 30. 30. SO BAHA WENT TO 40 AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING WHAT FOR FREMONT? WAS IT MAYBE FIVE AWAY FROM MA? 25? I GOTTA FIND THEM. HOLD ON. YEAH, WE GOTTA FIND THEM HERE. THAT 25? YES. OKAY. $9,050 LEFT SLEEP. BARGAIN MONEY. TAKE 10,000. THE FREEMONT FREEMAN'S ARTS DISTRICT OR THAT HAS TO STAY AS IT IS. WE'VE ALREADY CUT THAT ALREADY. OH, YOU CUT THAT ALREADY? YEAH, WE TOOK FIVE AWAY FROM THERE. LOOK AT SOMEBODY ELSE. INTER NATIONAL FAMILY FESTIVAL. YOU CAN GET 10 MEN. MAKE THAT SAY 15 INSTEAD OF 60. BUT YOU WANNA LEAVE IT AT 60. OH, YOU GOT THE FILM FESTIVAL, DIDN'T WE? YOU DON'T? NO. THAT'S STILL AT 60 I THINK. WHAT WAS IT LAST YEAR? 60, I THOUGHT WENT LEFT 60,000 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. YEAH. YOU WANNA CUT THAT ONE? I WOULD SAY TO TAKE 10 AWAY FROM THAT AND FIND 10 SOMEPLACE ELSE. OR 15. 'CAUSE THERE'S NO WHAT TO SAID. 10. YEAH. 10 TAKE 10 FROM THAT. HOW YOU DOING? AND THEN WE WORK FINE EVERY WE TAKE. YEAH. THAT DOES IT. MM-HMM . YEP. THAT DOESN ITON DOES THAT LIST? I SURE WILL. YES. YES. YOU'RE DOWN TO $999,050. OKAY. WE GOT NINE 50. DID I GET EVERYONE'S REFUSAL FOR YES. CABINET ON 1 20 45. THERE I BE HAPPY WITH. ARE YOU, YOU ARE WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV, LIVE, WORK, PLAY. I'M DENNIS ADAMS, AND THIS IS A BUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. FORREST GUMP, THE PRINCE OF TIDES, THE GREAT SANTINI. THESE ARE JUST A [02:20:01] FEW OF THE BIG HOLLYWOOD MOVIES FILMED IN BUFORT COUNTY DURING THE 1980S AND 1990S. BUT THE EARLIEST BIG SCREEN PRODUCTION, A SHOT HERE DATES BACK NEARLY A CENTURY. LATE IN NOVEMBER, 1917, AMERICAN FEATURE FILMS OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA SENT A COMPANY OF ACTORS ON LOCATION TO ST. HELENA ISLAND AND AMONG THE ANTEBELLUM MANSIONS OF BEAUFORT AND THE WORDS OF THE BEAUFORT GAZETTE. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERACY IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE AND STUPENDOUS MOTION PICTURE SCENARIOS EVER ATTEMPTED BY ANY DRAMATIST. IT CERTAINLY WAS A COSTUME DRAMA WITH OVER 640 PIECES OF PERIOD CLOTHING SHIPPED IN FOR THE ACTORS. JOINING THE PRODUCTION JUST BEFORE FILMING WAS ONE WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM OF PEERLESS FILM COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES. HE LENT A HOLLYWOOD TOUCH TO THE PRODUCTION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FILM HAS DISAPPEARED. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE STUDIO EXAGGERATED ITS CLAIMS OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MOVING PICTURE SINCE THE BIRTH OF A NATION. I'M DENNIS ADAMS, AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. TO SEE MORE BUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.