* 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. GOOD EVENING. [00:00:01] I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF [1. CALL TO ORDER] THE OCTOBER 13TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE RISE. UM, MARK LARSON WILL LEAD US IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION. CAN YOU HEAR IT IN THE BACK? NO, I DIDN'T THINK SO. ALRIGHT, HOW ABOUT NOW? NO. OKAY. THEY USE, USE THIS ONE. MINE'S ON. OH, NOW IT'S ON. OKAY. OKAY. OPERATOR ERROR. THANK YOU. . I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE IN DUE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. OUR PROBLEM. I CAN ALL ASK, UH, TO, UH, FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UM, REMEMBERING THE FOLKS THAT, UM, WERE, UH, KILLED UNNECESSARILY, UH, YESTERDAY ON ST. HELEN. AND THEN I'LL PRAY. LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING. LET US BE QUICK TO LISTEN, SLOW TO SPEAK, AND SLOW TO ANGER. LET US USE THE WISDOM YOU'VE GIVEN US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FOR MANY AND NOT JUST A FEW. LET US PROTECT THOSE WHO CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELVES. LET US PUT OUR PRIDE AND PERSONALITIES ASIDE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL WE REPRESENT. PLEASE BLESS THE CITIZENS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, ITS EMPLOYEES, STAFF, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, ESPECIALLY BLESS AND PROTECT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS, AND KEEP THEM SAFE. LORD, OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE TRAGIC SHOOTING IN ST. HELENA YESTERDAY. WE SEEK YOUR STRENGTH AND COMFORT FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK THAT YOU BRING PEACE AND HEALING TO ST. HELENA COMMUNITY AND TO ALL BEAUFORT COUNTY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LAWSON. THIS MEETING WAS ADVERTISED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. AND CONFIRM THAT WITH MS. BROCK. YES, MA'AM. IT WAS. OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA [4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA] IS OUR APPROVAL OF OUR AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. A SECOND. BY MS. BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS. AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS. WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ON ONLINE, UM, TODAY. AND, UH, COUNCILMAN GLOVER WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LATE, I THINK, TO THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT. UH, WE HAVE [5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] MINUTES NUMBER FIVE ON OUR AGENDA. THAT WAS FROM A CAUCUS AND COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MARK, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR BY SIGNING OF HANDS AND THE MINUTES FROM THAT SIGNIFICANT MEETING. LONG MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, I SHOULD SAY LONG MEETING. MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. YES, MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE LOCATION OF OUR OCTOBER 27TH MEETING FROM ST. HELENA LIBRARY TO THE BLUFFTON LIBRARY. UM, WE MOVED, WE DID SOUTH OF BROAD NORTH ABROAD TO ACCOMMODATE BUCKWALTER. SO I'D LIKE TO GET US BACK ON TRACK FOR SOUTH OF THE BROAD. SO OCTOBER 27TH, MOVING TO BLUFFTON LIBRARY. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. AND SECOND BY, UM, COUNCILMAN BARTHOLOMEW. THANK YOU. CUING. NO CUNNING. I'M SORRY. WHO? WHO SECONDED IT? MR. CUNNINGHAM. OH, YEAH, CUNNINGHAM. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR BY SIGN OF HANDS TO MOVE THAT MEETING LOCATION. AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS. OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. YES. THANK YOU. I SAID THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA'S [7. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT] ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO, I I EXPLAINED WHAT WE'RE DOING. OKAY. UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR COUNSEL. UM, WE HAVE A FEW RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. UM, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, CAROLYN FURMAN, IF SHE'S HERE, DR. FURMAN. IF NOT, UM, THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS CENTER FOR WOMEN'S VETERANS HAS NAMED BEAUFORT COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DR. CAROLYN FURMAN, ONE OF 28 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN VETERANS TO RECEIVE THE 2025 WOMEN VETERAN TRAILBLAZERS INITIATIVE AWARD THEMED WOMEN FORGING A PATH. THIS AWARD CELEBRATES WOMEN VETERANS WHO INSPIRE AND UPLIFT, MAKING A LASTING IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITIES, SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED WITH VALOR AND CONTINUE TO PLEASE TRAILS FOR WOMEN FOR VETERANS TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS. UH, DR. FURMAN IS A RETIRED US MARINE CORPS LIEUTENANT COLONEL. SHE SERVED 25 YEARS AND WORKED WITH HER DEPARTMENT STAFF TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN [00:05:01] RESOURCES AND SERVICES FOR COUNTY VETERANS SINCE SHE WAS, UH, HIRED IN JUNE OF 2023. OKAY. NEXT, UM, THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SOME, UH, RECOGNITIONS OF EMPLOYEES, UM, FOR YEARS OF SERVICE. SO WE'VE GOT SEVEN EMPLOYEES. I'VE GOT, UH, HR DIRECTOR HERE TO ASSIST WITH THAT. FIRST ON THE LIST IS, UH, KATRINA PATTERSON, ADMIN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE 14TH CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. UM, COME ON UP. UM, SHE SERVED 15 YEARS AND, UM, SOME, UH, NOBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND RECOGNITION BY YOUR DEPARTMENT. INCLUDES SHE'S KIND AND DELIGHTFUL TO WORK WITH. INCREDIBLY CONSCIENTIOUS. UH, SHE TAKES THE INITIATIVE AND HAS A GREAT REPORT WITH THE CLIENTS AS WELL AS THEIR PARENTS. AND SHE'S A GLUE THAT KEEPS THE JUVENILE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT TOGETHER. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MR. TRAVIS HOVIS, UH, WITH THE DEPUTY. HE'S A DEPUTY SHERIFF WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. HEY, UM, TRAVIS HAS SERVED 20 YEARS AND SOME, UH, CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS OR NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. UH, THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HE HAS BEEN A PART OF THE JOINT ENFORCEMENT TRAFFIC TEAM. WORKED, UH, ROAD PATROL AS A DEPUTY AND A SUPERVISOR HAS BEEN AN INSTRUCTOR IN VARIOUS AREAS AND ASSISTED WITH TRAINING NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS. HE RECENTLY TRANSITIONED TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING IN THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THAT SECTION. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE MR. ANTHONY MONTGOMERY, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR, BEFORD COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. WE GOT, UH, ULA AND TEAM COMING UP. I KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN. WE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT HERE. I KNOW. OH, YEAH. LOOK AT THIS. SO, UM, AGAIN, 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. UH, ANTHONY BEGAN HIS CAREER AT THE SHELTER AS A KENNEL TECHNICIAN. IN ADVANCED TO THE ROLE OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, HE AND HIS TEAM PROVIDE 24 7 RESPONSE TO SERVICE REQUESTS AND CITIZEN COMPLAINTS RELATED TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGHOUT BUFORT COUNTY. OVER HIS 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, ANTHONY HAS MENTORED NUMEROUS NEW STAFF MEMBERS, UH, HELPING TO UPHOLD AND ADVANCE THE SHELTER'S MISSION OF COMPASSIONATE AND EFFECTIVE ANIMAL CARE. SO, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU. THANK SURE. TOGETHER. MIKE, I CAN ATTEST TO ANTHONY'S WORK. HE WAS, HE HELPED ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS LAST YEAR. HE MAY NOT REMEMBER ME, BUT YEAH, HE, HE REMEMBERS ANTHONY . HE DID A GREAT JOB. ALL, EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME. GIMME A BIG SMILE. 3, 2, 1. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANTHONY. THANK YOU. WHAT A GREAT SMILE. MM-HMM . OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MR. MICHAEL LEE. UH, LANCE CORPORAL WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, UH, RECOGNIZE A FEW NOTABLE, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS. UH, HE SERVES AS A DIRECT CONTACT CORRECTIONS OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR OBSERVING AND INTERACTING WITH INMATES WITHIN HOUSING UNITS DURING EVERY SHIFT. HE ENSURES SECURITY AND SAFETY FORCES, UH, FACILITY POLICIES AND WORKS TO PREVENT AND DEESCALATE INCIDENTS. UH, THE POSITION DEMANDS CONSTANT VIGILANCE, SOUND JUDGMENT, AND A SHARP AWARENESS OF INMATE BEHAVIOR. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANKS. OKAY. NEXT. UM, ALSO FROM THE DETENTION CENTER, WE HAVE MS. KIMBERLY BROWN, WHO'S A SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR, 25 YEARS OF, SO A FEW, UH, UH, COMMENTS. UM, SHE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERTISE IN MANAGING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLERICAL AND FINANCIAL [00:10:01] OPERATIONS OF THE DETENTION CENTER. SHE EFFICIENTLY OVERSEES PURCHASE REQUISITIONS. SHE ADMINISTERS THE DEPARTMENT PAYROLL AND PLAYS INTEGRAL ROLE IN PREPARING THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL BUDGET SUBMISSION. SO THAT'S A BIG JOB, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, UM, WE HAVE MR. ANTHONY MCCOLLUM. UH, HE'S AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TOO, AND HE'S FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS ROAD AND DRAINAGE, UM, DEPARTMENT WITH 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. SO A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. UM, WITH 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, UM, ANTHONY HAS CONSISTENTLY EXEMPLIFIED EXCELLENCE AS A MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, A TRUE TEAM PLAYER. HE BRINGS PRECISION, RELIABILITY, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING THE BEST OUTCOME IN EVERY TASK. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. MOORE, IF I COULD, YES. I'VE KNOWN ANTHONY FOR PROBABLY NINE YEARS NOW. SO WHEN HE IS NOT HERE AT THE COUNTY, THANKFULLY I GET TO GET HIM ON THE EVENINGS OVER AT 300 AS WELL. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WORK ETHIC THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN HIM DEFINITELY GOES OVER THERE TOO AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE, UM, UH, MS. DOREEN PLYLER, UH, FISCAL TECHNICIAN, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, YEARS OF SERVICE, 25. A FEW, UM, CAREER HIGHLIGHTS. UH, DOREEN ARRIVED AT EMS IN APRIL OF 2018 AFTER SPENDING 18 YEARS WORKING WITH THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE DEPARTMENT. HER OFFICIAL TITLE IS FISCAL TECHNICIAN, BUT LIKE MOST COUNTY EMPLOYEES, SHE DOES WHATEVER'S NECESSARY TO KEEP THE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD. STAFF CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HER TO LEND A HELPING HAND AND SHARE SOME LOW COUNTRY HISTORY. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANKS. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, RECOGNITIONS. UM, I HAVE ONE UPDATE AND ONE LAST, ONE LAST COMMENT. UM, A A COUPLE, UH, I GUESS IT WAS PROBABLY TWO MONTHS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MILITARY ENHANCEMENT FUND GRANT AWARD. WE GOT GOOD NEWS AND WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT, BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS THAT THE MILITARY ENHANCEMENT, UH, FUND GRANT AND THE AWARD OF, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THE PARAS ISLAND AND WATERLINE REPLACEMENT. OH, WOW. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE COUNTY. YEAH. RIGHT. UM, THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO REPLACE THE DUAL 16 INCH, UH, STEEL WATER TRANSMISSION MEANS TO PROVIDE WATER SERVICE TO MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT. ADDITIONALLY, A PROJECT REMOVE THE EXISTING PIPE FROM THE ARCHER'S CREEK BRIDGE AND POUR THE PIPE UNDER THE CREEK TO THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION DRILLING PROCESS. APPROXIMATELY LAST, BUT NOT TODAY, OCTOBER 13TH. SO I'LL RECOGNIZE THAT AND I'LL RECOGNIZE ALL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND CIVILIANS, NAVY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES A HAPPY 250TH BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK. DO WE HAVE ANY NAVY VETERANS BESIDES YOURSELF? THERE WE GO. JOHN ROBERTON. YEP. MARINE CORPS. WELL, YOU'RE NOT NOVEMBER. HE GETS TWO IN NOVEMBER. ARE YOU IN NOVEMBER? AND THEN SPOUSES OF NAVY. I KNOW THERE'S ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. . THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. THANK YOU ALL AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YEP. SUBJECT, ANY QUESTIONS? THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR ADMINISTRATOR? NO. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU MEANT TO GIVE YOU A HOOAH TOO. . I'D LIKE, WHERE IS THAT? I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE, UM, PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT GOT AWARDS TODAY. SO IMPORTANT, YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO US. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG [8. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD] OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAD ONE PERSON TO SIGN UP AND I'D LIKE TO READ OUR STATEMENT WHEN, WHEN SPEAKING, UM, ADDRESS THE CHAIRMAN, AVOID DISRESPECT TO COUNSEL AND ANY PERSONALITIES CAN FIND YOURSELF TO WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR SUBJECT IS. AND ALSO, UH, BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCH WATCHING ON TELEVISION. [00:15:01] AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE ONE PERSON TO SIGN UP. DO WE HAVE ANY LATE SIGNEES? OKAY. UM, MARK. OH, WE ONE, I THINK MS. MAJOR. OH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK MS. MAJOR? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST PERSON THAT SIGNED UP IS, UM, MARK FEINBERG. OH, OKAY. GOOD EVENING. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRPERSON. FOR THOSE OF YOU ON COUNCIL AND STAFF WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH ME, I AM MARK FEINBERG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD SINCE DECEMBER OF 2014. I HAVE WITNESSED THE GROWTH AND PROFESSIONALISM OF THE COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT STAFF AND EMPLOYEES. THEY HAVE A CHALLENGING TASK IN MAINTAINING THE EXTENSIVE ROADWAY DITCHES AND ASSOCIATED AREAS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. IT IS EVIDENT THAT MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED THAT WE HAS THE COUNTY, HAS EXPERIENCED, HAS EXACERBATED THIS CONDITION. SEVERAL OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE NEWS ARE A RESULT OF INADEQUATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY CITIES AND IN SOME CASES, SOUTH CAROLINA, DOT. CONSEQUENTLY, WE NOW FIND OURSELVES IN A REACTIVE RATHER THAN A PROACTIVE POSITION. CAREFUL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN BY COUNSEL TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF STORMWATER ON EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR LOW LYING AREAS WITH THEIR PROXIMITY TO WATERS AND MARSHES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AS CHAIRMAN OF STORMWATER OVER THE YEARS. ALL RIGHT. UH, MS. CARRIE MAJORS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THIS, UM, OPPORTUNITY. I'M SORRY I WAS LATE, BUT SHE WAS NOT AT THE BACK WHEN I CAME IN. UM, AGAIN, I'M CARRIE MAJOR. I'M A RESIDENT OF ST. HELENA ISLAND. AND OUR HEARTS RIGHT NOW, AS I SAID EARLIER, IS GRIEVING AND PRAYERS ARE GOING UP FOR THOSE, UM, WHO HAVE SUFFERED A TRAGEDY. BUT I'M ALSO CONTINUING TO PRAY AGAIN FOR A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER ON ST. HELENA ISLAND. WE ARE FOCUSED ON THAT. AND, UH, WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE COUNCIL THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN. AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO US HAVING A PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR YOUTH TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY HAVE, UM, SPORTS AND EXERCISE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE HOMEWORK CENTERS AS WELL AS AFTER SCHOOL, UM, PROGRAMS. AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONSET, HELENA. AND, UH, WE BLESS YOU FOR JUST BEING A BLESSING TO US. AMEN. THANK YOU, MS. MAJORS. APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. UH, NEXT ON THE [9. LIAISON AND COMMITTEE REPORTS] AGENDA IS OUR LIAISON AND COMMITTEE REPORTS. UH, I WILL, UM, START, DOES THE AIRPORT BOARD, I'LL START IN THIS DIRECTION. IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT FROM THAT BOARD ON COUNCILMAN RES? NOT, NOT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ANYTHING FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AT THIS TIME? ANYONE? I ATTENDED THAT MEETING, BUT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO REPORT. ALL RIGHT. UM, THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THAT'S MINE. I MISSED IT BECAUSE WE WERE IN ANOTHER MEETING. UM, BUT IT'S, IT IS VIEWABLE ONLINE. ALL RIGHT. UH, WE HAVE BLUFFTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND DUSKY FIRE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM, UH, YES MA'AM. I DO. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM? UM, JUST THAT THEY ARE NARROWING DOWN THEIR SEARCH FOR, UM, THEIR INTERVIEWS FOR, UH, THE NEW CHIEF. AND HOPEFULLY MR. MOR WILL HAVE THAT ON HIS DESK THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. OKAY. OUTSTANDING. ALRIGHT. UM, MARK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM DUSKY? UM, NO, NOT FROM DUSKY. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND RECORD ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SINCE, UH, YES. UM, WE HAVE TWO THINGS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ONE IS, UH, PURCHASE OF 12 LIFE PACK, UH, CARDIAC MONITORS. AND THEN, UH, ALSO A, UM, BOOM MOWER FOR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT. OUR NEXT FINANCE MEETING IS, UH, FINANCE ADMINISTRATION MEETING IS NEXT TUESDAY, NEXT MONDAY, THE 19TH AT TWO O'CLOCK. OKAY. COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LIAISON TO THE CITY ON THE WATERFRONT. YEAH. SO, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE, UH, LAST TIME. THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE AGENDA, SO THAT WAS CANCELED. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME ITEMS MOVING FORWARD INTO NOVEMBER. UM, COUNCILMAN STI WITH THE CITY OF BUFORT HAS DRAFT. HE'S TAKEN ON HIMSELF TO DRAFT A SURVEY THAT'S GONNA BE GOING OUT FOR THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, WE WELCOME, AND I GOTTA GO BACK AND ACTUALLY SEND SOME SUGGESTIONS BACK TO HIM, BUT ONCE FINALIZED, A SURVEY WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UH, TO GET THEIR INPUT ABOUT THE DESIGN AND, AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE AT THE WATERFRONT PARK. OKAY. UH, SO THAT'S MOVING FORWARD. [00:20:01] AND IF I CAN, WHILE YOU'RE ON ME MM-HMM . I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UH, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING MEETING. HOWEVER, I DID GET AN UPDATE. UH, NOTHING REALLY TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT WE ARE, I THINK WE'RE FULLY, FULLY, UH, BOOKED FOR MEMBERS THERE. AND THEY SEEM TO BE AT LEAST ABLE TO HAVE MEETINGS NOW AND THINGS BE, THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD IN A BETTER DIRECTION NOW THAN THEY WERE. YOU HAVE A FULL COMMITTEE? YES. GOOD. UM, COUNCILMAN MCALLEN, HOW ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? ANYTHING TO REPORT? WE, YOU'RE MUTED. YEAH. WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS, UH, THAT ARE COMING FORWARD IN THE LAST QUARTER. UH, WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL, I THINK, THE MEETING IN, UM, OCTOBER, BUT WE'LL HAVE ONE, UH, IN NOVEMBER AND AGAIN IN DECEMBER. UH, WHERE WILL WE, WE WILL BE CONSIDERING, UH, THOSE WE HAVE PENDING, UM, WITH THE COUNTY, UH, COMING FORWARD TO COUNCIL, UH, NEXT, UH, MEETING WITH REGARD TO APPROVAL FOR SOME DUE DILIGENCE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PACKAGES. UM, WE DID COLLECT, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, ABOUT, UH, 111,000, $111 MILLION MM-HMM . AND WE STILL HAVE A BALANCE, UH, CLOSE TO 75 TO 80 MILLION. UM, AND WE'RE, UH, AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING, UM, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCELERATE CONSERVATION, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY AND IN, EVEN IN THE ADJOINING COUNTIES AS WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR, UH, SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, UH, FOR, UH, CO PURCHASE, UH, PROPERTIES. SO, UH, THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG, UH, VERY WELL. UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING A, UM, A MONTHLY, UM, STATEMENT TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, WITH THE REFERENDUM. MM-HMM . HOW MUCH WE HAVE SPENT AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE ALLOCATED, AND WHAT OUR MONTHLY BALANCE WILL BE. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILMAN PASS SMITH, THE KEEP BUFORT, BEAUFORT COUNTY. BEAUTIFUL. AND THE LIBRARY BOARD. ARE THERE ANY, UH, THE LIBRARY BOARD WILL NOT, HAS NOT MET. THEY WILL MEET NEXT MONTH AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UH, THE OTHER BOARD MEETING. AND I THINK WE HAVE, WHAT, TWO VACANCIES ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, MAYBE? UH, THEY'RE UPCOMING. YES. AND THEY'RE, UH, GETTING INFORMATION, UH, THOSE VACANCIES OUT TO VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON ANY COMMITTEES? YES, MA'AM. SO I'LL REPORT ON THE STATE ATEX COMMITTEE. I'M THE LIAISON TO THAT. BRIAN AND I ATTENDED THEIR SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING. WE HEARD PRESENTATIONS, I THINK, FROM 35 GROUPS THAT ARE REQUESTING GRANT FUNDING FOR EVENTS AND PROJECTS THAT STATE A TAX COMMITTEE, THEN MET AGAIN ON OCTOBER 6TH TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, DISCUSS THE PRESENTATIONS, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL FOR POSSIBLE FUNDING WITH THAT MONEY. UM, MYSELF, LARRY, MR. MOORE AND YORK ATTENDED THE BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY OUR HOUSING TRUST FUND. THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH AT INDEED PRESENTED ECONOMIC DATA AND CHALLENGES TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THERE IS A FOLLOW UP SESSION WHERE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL BE INVITED. ALL OF YOU RECEIVED THE INVITATION. IT'S NOVEMBER 12TH FROM NINE TO 1130. IT'S AT PALMETTO ELECTRIC ON 2 78. AND, UH, SEVERAL OF US ATTENDED A JOINT MEETING WITH BUFORT SCHOOL'S BOARD OF EDUCATION ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. AND, UM, THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS THERE, A LOT OF OUR STAFF WAS THERE. AND DR. PNU FROM USCB PRESENTED CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR PROPOSED ARENA AND CONVOCATION CENTER, AND THEN MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE, UM, COUNCIL THAT WERE PRESENT, WEIGHED IN ON THAT. AND JUST A REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY, THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH AT 6:00 PM IS CHAT WITH COUNCIL. WE HAVE 'EM EVERY MONTH. THIS ONE IS AT THE, IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE BUILDING AT 100 CLEARWATER WAY. WE'RE STILL WANDERING AROUND UNTIL THE ADMIN BUILDING'S DONE, BUT THIS ONE WILL BE NORTH OF THE BROAD. SO WE HOPE YOU ALL JOIN US THURSDAY, 6:00 PM ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, I HAVE, YES. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN BROWN, THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN DAWSON. UH, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN OCTOBER. OKAY. AND THE STORMWATER MEETING WILL BE THIS WEDNESDAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE AT THE STATE OF THE STATE, UH, LUNCHEON WITH GOVERNOR MCMASTER. MM-HMM . YEAH. ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN DAWSON. THE, UH, LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTOR MET LAST MONTH, UH, IN SEPTEMBER. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT MEETING, THE COUNTY DIRECTOR, MS. SABRINA GRAHAM, ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT AT THE END OF [00:25:01] THE YEAR, UH, DECEMBER 31ST. MM-HMM . UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE BEING INTERVIEWED NOW FOR HER REPLACEMENT. SO HOPEFULLY, UH, WE WILL HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR ON BOARD PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31ST WHEN SHE OKAY. LEAVES BEAVER COUNTY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, SHARON, MAY I JUST, UH, COMMENT ON ONE OTHER MEETING? UH, YES, SIR. ON THE WEEKEND, I ATTENDED THE, UH, HISPANIC BUSINESS EXPO THAT WAS HELD AT DUB BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL FROM UH, NINE IN THE MORNING TILL ABOUT MIDDAY, UH, I'M SORRY, TILL ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK. AND, UH, THERE WERE, UH, DOZENS OF, UM, HISPANIC OWNED BUSINESSES, UM, THERE, UM, PROVIDING INFORMATION TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WHO CAME. THERE WERE ALSO A VARIETY OF OTHER SUPPORTERS, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHO HAD PUT OUT, UM, EXHIBITS, UH, TO DISCUSS THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THOSE BUSINESSES FOR EMPLOYMENT. THERE WERE SEMINARS CONDUCTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON THAT WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED. AND SPEAKERS, UH, WERE COMING IN FROM, UH, NOT JUST FROM THIS AREA, UH, FROM OTHER AREAS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS. IT WAS, UH, VERY WELL ATTENDED, UH, VERY WELL ORGANIZED. UH, THERE WERE TERRIFIC EXHIBITS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE TO, UH, WALK AROUND AND SEE. AND IT WAS AN EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE DAY AT THE BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCALLEN. AT THIS TIME, UH, [10. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA] WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED. SO MOVED. SECOND, THAT SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LAWSON. ALL IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS TO APPROVE A CONSENT AGENDA. AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE [11.a. 2025/43: An Ordinance amending the FY2026 Budget Ordinance to re-purpose millage allocated from TCL & BMH to the County's Debt Service. (Public Hearing)] SEVERAL ORDINANCES FOR READING. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU. ORDINANCE FOR THIRD READING 2025 SLASH 43 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FI FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET ORDINANCE TO REPURPOSE MILLAGE ALLOCATED FROM TCL AND BMH TO THE COUNTY'S DEBT SERVICE. UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THE VOTE AT THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH WAS SIX ZERO THE VOTE AT THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, SEPTEMBER 22ND WAS 11 ZERO. AND THE VOTE AT SECOND READING OCTOBER 6TH WAS EIGHT ZERO. UM, OUR CFO IS AT A CONFERENCE, BUT WE'VE ALREADY PRESENTED THIS THREE TIMES. SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS READ. SO, MOVED SECOND HERE IF YOU NEED ME. TAB. OH, YOU ZOOMED IN? YES, MS. HARRIET'S ONLINE IF NEEDED. THERE'S MRS. HARRIET, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS FOR ANY OF THE PUBLIC THAT I FORGOT YOU WERE GONNA ZOOM IN? NO, THAT'S FINE. UM, AS, AS PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET ORDINANCE. UM, SIMPLY PUT, WE ARE, UH, REPURPOSING THE MILLAGE THAT WE PREVIOUSLY GAVE TO BMH AND TCL FOR THEIR DEBT SERVICE AND BRINGING IT BACK TO OUR DEBT SERVICE SINCE WE WILL ASSUME THE DEBT FROM THE 2025 BOND ISSUANCE. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT? NO ONE SIGNED UP, BUT I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR. OKAY. HEARING NOTHING, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE FROM COUNCIL THAT HAS A COMMENT OR A QUESTION? OKAY. THEN I'LL ASK FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE, THIS MOTION. RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. HART. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY WITH US IF YOU LIKE. PROBABLY HAS MORE FUN THINGS TO DO OVER THERE, . OKAY. UM, THAT'S OUR ORDINANCE FOR THIRD READING. NOW I'M ON ORDINANCE FOR [12.a. 2025/42: Text Amendments To The Community Development Code (CDC): Division 5.10 (Historic Preservation), Section 7.2.120 (Certificate Of Appropriateness), Section 7.3.80 (Historic Designation), Section 7.4.50 (Public Hearing Scheduling And Notice), And Section 7.5.40 (Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB)).] SECOND READING 2025 SLASH 42. TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE, DIVISION 5.10, WHICH IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION SECTION SEVEN 20, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, SECTION 7.3 0.8, HISTORIC DESIGNATION, SECTION SEVEN POINT PUBLIC HEARING, SCHEDULING AND NOTICE AND SECTION. HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD. THE VOTED NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND WAS EIGHT ZERO. THE VOTE AT FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND. I'M SORRY, THE FIRST WAS NATURAL RESOURCE. SEPTEMBER 2ND. THE VOTE AT FIRST READING IN PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND WAS NINE TWO. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AS READ? SO MOVED. THANK YOU MR. PASSMAN. SECOND. I'LL SECOND MS. HOWARD SECONDS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 42. UM, MR. MERCHANT, YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT ON THIS ONE? OKAY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS IF THERE'S ANY TAKEAWAYS [00:30:01] TO, TO SUMMARIZE THE, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT. THE FIRST IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS HAD A HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. AND AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE UPDATE OF OUR ABOVE GROUND SURVEY, WE LEARNED FROM OUR CONSULTANT THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL DEFICIENCIES IN OUR CURRENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, COMING BOTH FROM, UH, MATCHING WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT, UM, UH, HAVE REGULATIONS FOR, UM, PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OR NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS, AND THEN ALSO FROM THE STATE ARCHIVES. AND SO THESE RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS OR RESPONSE TO THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR CONSULTANT AND FROM THE STATE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF, UH, ARCHIVES. SO IT'S NOT, SO, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW TYPE OF REGULATION, WE'RE JUST PROPOSING TO CLEAN UP WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO. I THINK THAT THE SECOND IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY IS THAT ONCE WE ADOPT THESE CHANGES, WE WILL HAVE A, UM, LOCAL DESIGNATION, BUT NO PROPERTIES ON IT. SO THE NEXT STEP WILL BE FOR, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD IS TO COME TO COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT TO INCLUDE AS LOCAL DESIGNATION AND LIKELY WHAT THAT WILL BE OUR PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THOSE TWO THINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING THESE AMENDMENTS WILL NOT MEAN NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE COUNTY. IT'LL BASICALLY MEAN IMPROVING AND BEING MORE IN SYNC WITH WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO REGULATE. SO, AND FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS BEGINS ON PAGE 84 IN THE PACKET. IT'S VERY LENGTHY. AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL. MS. BROWN, I HAVE A QUESTION. I ALSO HAVE COMMENT. MM-HMM . UM, YOU SAID THE CONSULTANT WHO'S THE CONSULTANT? UM, THIS WAS, UH, STANTEC. WE HIRED THEM TO, WE HAVE A, AN ABOVE GROUND SURVEY OF HISTORIC RESOURCES. UM, AND THE CURRENT VERSION WAS ADOPTED IN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SURVEYED AND ADOPTED IN THE LATE NINETIES. AND SO THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN REVISITING THAT. AND SO THAT, SO IT WAS STANTEC IS THE CONSULTANT AND WE HAVE USED 'EM BEFORE. YES. UM, I HAVE A COMMENT. MADAM VICE CHAIR. GO AHEAD. UM, I'M GONNA BE WRITING NO ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, IS A GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. IT IS NOT OUR JOB AS COUNTY COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHAT IS OR ISN'T HISTORIC THAT BELONGS TO THE STATE AND THE PRESERVATION EXPERTS, NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS. THIS GIVES GOVERNMENT TOO MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PERSONAL LAND DECISIONS. WE ARE ELECTED TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS NOT TO DETERMINE HISTORY. SO I'LL BE VOTING NO. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE? YES. MR. . SO I, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME AMENDMENTS TO THIS AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA MAKE A MOTION HERE IN A MINUTE TO SEE IF WE BACK WELL, NO, NOT NOT REMAND IT BACK. JUST SEE IF WE CAN PUSH IT FORWARD TO GET, TO CIRCULATE THOSE AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT. UM, BUT MY QUESTION, YOU SAID IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES REALLY, BUT, BUT IT DOES, IT EXPANDS THE POWER OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD BY GRANTING THEM THE POWER TO MAKE DISTRICTS, WHICH WAS NOT IN THEIR PURVIEW BEFORE, BUT THEY'RE NOT MAKING DISTRICTS OR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS. IT, THE, THE POWER COUNSEL. RIGHT. BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION. POWER BEFORE. THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE. MM-HMM . AND THEN ALSO SAW THERE WERE SOME TYPE CITATION ISSUES IT LOOKS LIKE, TO, UH, THE C FFR 36 CFR 67, WHICH DEALS WITH THE, THE WHOLE FEDERAL SCHEME FOR IT. AND I GET, WE WERE TRYING TO EXTRACT A PORTION OF IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN PROPERLY CITED IN THERE, IN THE ORDINANCE. AND THERE WAS SOME OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THAT WERE RELATIVELY OPEN-ENDED AND OPEN TO A LOT OF SUBJECTIVITY. UM, WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR IS TRYING TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS IN SOME OF THOSE, UH, CRITERIA. NOT MAJOR CHANGES TO IT, BUT THERE ARE SOME SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES. AND I THINK PERSONALLY FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE TIME TO WORK ON IT AND GIVE, LET LEGAL HAVE A CHANCE. 'CAUSE I JUST SENT IT TO BRIAN, HAVE LEGAL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, UM, CIRCULATE IT TO COUNSEL AND LET THEM REVIEW IT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. NOW IT'S THE TIME TO DO IT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND. UH, IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO IT. SO DID YOU WANNA AMEND THE MOTION? YEAH, ACT ACTUALLY I WOULD. WELL, IT'S A NEW MOTION TO POSTPONE. UM, UNTIL, WHEN'S THE NEXT MEETING? DEFER UNTIL, UH, YEAH, DEFER. OCTOBER 27TH. 27TH TO NOVEMBER TO GET MORE. LET, LET'S DO NOVEMBER. WHEN'S THE NOVEMBER? YES, NOVEMBER. 'CAUSE I WON'T BE HERE [00:35:01] 10TH, SO NOVEMBER 10TH. OKAY. UM, I MAKE A MOTION SWIMMING POOL. IT'S A FIRE. YOU HAVE A LITTLE STREAM. WHAT? ABSOLUTELY NOT. ANYWAY, , UH, ANYWAY, SORRY. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING, UM, IN ORDER TO GIVE US TIME TO OKAY. UH, REVIEW SOME AMENDMENTS AND WORK ON A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. DISCUSSION ON MR. BAROLOS MOTION. I KNOW I HAVE TO GO BACK. ANYBODY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE ON MR. BAROLOS MOTION. DO YOU NEED HIM TO REPEAT IT OR YOU HAVE IT? NO. UM, TO POSTPONE IT TO NOVEMBER 10TH. NO, NOVEMBER 10TH. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING THIS ORDINANCE. AYE. UNANIMOUS. OKAY. OKAY. MR. MCDONALDS A YES. NOW I GOTTA GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL. THAT'S [13.a. 2025/46: An Ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of Utility Easement #907041 for Right of Way Owned by Beaufort County known as Dolphin Watch Point Located on Lady’s Island (Public Hearing)] IT? NO, THAT'S IT. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW I'M ON ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING 2025 SLASH 46. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF UTILITY EASEMENT NUMBER 9 0 7 0 4 1 FOR RIGHT OF WAY, OWNED BY BUFORT COUNTY, KNOWN AS DOLPHIN WATCH POINT, LOCATED ON LADIES ISLAND. UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THE VOTED PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH WAS SEVEN ZERO. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AS READ TO MOVE? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 46. UM, BRIAN WAS GONNA EXPLAIN THIS OR JARED, YOU'RE GONNA DO IT. OKAY. JARED, YOU'RE UP. MR. FICK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS. UH, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO THIS IS A COUNTY DIRT ROAD THAT WE OWN AND MAINTAIN THE PROCESS OF PAVING. WE HAVE A PAVING PROJECT OUTSTANDING. THERE'S AN EXISTING OVERHEAD POWER LINE AS PART OF THE PAVING PROJECT. THAT POWER LINE HAS TO ADJUST A LITTLE BIT. SO WE'RE JUST ADJUSTING THEIR UTILITY EASEMENT, UM, WITH THEIR ADJUSTED POLE THAT'S BEING RELOCATED. AND FOR THE PUBLIC, IT'S ON PAGE ONE 50 IN THE PACKET. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE SIGNED UP. BUT IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO COMMENT, STEP FORWARD, OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE? OKAY, I SEE NONE. SO I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? ALRIGHT, LET'S VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, THIS IS ORDINANCE [13.b. 2025/47: An ordinance to appropriate excess funds collected from the 2018 Transportation Sales Tax (Public Hearing)] 2025 SLASH 47 IS AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE EXCESS FUNDS COLLECTED FROM THE 2018 TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THE VOTE AT PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH WAS SEVEN ZERO. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AS READ? SO MOVED. MR. PASSMAN MAKES A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, MR. BERTELL. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ORDINANCE 20 25, 47. MR. FRA, YOU ARE UP AGAIN. YES. SO THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT COUNSEL TOOK OVER THE SUMMER, UM, FOLLOWING THE FAILED REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER. UM, SO WE HAD EXCESS FUNDS THAT HAD BEEN COLLECTED BUT NEVER APPROPRIATED. AND THEN IN JULY WE TOOK THE COUNSEL, TOOK THE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO, UH, UH, REPRIORITIZE THE RE-SCOPE PROJECTS LIST. SO THIS IS THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT ACTION. AND SO THIS IS TAKING THE EXCESS MONEY THAT WAS NEVER REALLOCATED AND NOW REALLOCATING IT TO THE PRIORITIZED LIST THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN THE PACKET RESOLUTION 25 46. AND FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT STARTS ON PAGE 1 57. UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT OR ASK A QUESTION? ALRIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? I, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND I WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE PROJECTS COMPLETED HERE SOON. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU, MR. MCKELLAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, THAT'S IT ON ORDINANCES? NO, ST. JAMES. OH, ST. JBI MISSED IT. OKAY. THIS IS [13.c. 2025/48: An Ordinance to appropriate $848,912 to St. James Baptist Church from the established project funds for the associated furniture and fixtures related to the overall project (Public Hearing)] ORDINANCE, UM, 2025 SLASH 48 IS AN ORDINANCE THROUGH APPROPRIATE $848,912 TO ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH FROM THE ESTABLISHED PROJECT FUNDS FOR THE ASSOCIATED FURNITURE AND FIXTURES RELATED TO THE OVERALL PROJECT, THE VO PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH WITH SEVEN ZERO. I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS READ. SO MOVED. ARE THE REST OF YOU JUST GONNA LET MR. PASSMAN DO ALL THESE? NO, THAT MR. RE OH, THAT WAS RE OKAY. WHO'S GONNA SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. AL, YOU SECOND. THANK YOU. WE [00:40:01] HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE ORDINANCE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. JARED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE TOO? IT'S LIKE WHACK-A-MOLE. YOU KEEP COMING UP. THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, Y'ALL ARE TAKING 'EM FAST, SO WE'LL GO WITH THEM. SO THIS ONE'S AS OLD OR IF NOT OLDER THAN THE LAST ONE. UM, IN 2018. SO THIS PROJECT'S BEEN GOING ON A WHILE. UM, THE FULL COST OF THE PROJECT IS AS REPRESENTED IN YOUR PACKET, IS $9.8 MILLION. INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL COST IS THE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THIS IS WE'RE, UM, THAT'S TYPICALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR, IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE. IT'S SEPARATE. AND SO THESE FUNDS ARE BEING ALLOCATED FOR THE CHURCH TO TAKE ON THAT SCOPE OF THE WORK OF THE PROJECT. AND THEY HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROJECT. UM, THEY'RE ESTIMATED ABOUT $1.3 MILLION IS WHAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE FOR THEIR PURCHASE OF THE EXISTING SITE THAT THEY ARE PUTTING INTO THE NEW PROJECT. AND SO THIS IS, THIS PORTION IS OBVIOUSLY COVERED BY THEIR AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TO. I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, COUNCILMAN KELLEN. WAS IT GO BACK TO 2015 OR EARLIER THAN THAT? 2015 AT LEAST? YEAH. YEAH, IT'S, UH, YEAH, . YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UH, ACTUALLY, AND IT'S FINALLY REACHING, UH, A CONCLUSION THANKS TO, UH, THE GOOD WORK THAT JARED'S DONE WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE THAT MEET ALMOST ON A, UH, THEY WERE MEETING ON A MONTHLY BASIS. IT MAY NOW BE, UH, UH, THEY MAY BE MEETING LESS BECAUSE THEY'RE REACHING THE END. AND, UM, UH, WE'VE RAISED A, A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY STARTED OUT, UH, WITH A FEW MILLION DOLLARS. AND NOW YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST ABOUT TRIPLED TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE USING, UH, BECAUSE TIME PASSES AND INFLATION BITES IN. AND, UM, THE PROPERTY THAT IT, THE CHURCH IS GOING TO MOVE TO IS, UH, REALLY FABULOUS. UM, AND IT WILL BE A VERY IMPRESSIVE FIVE ACRE SITE, UH, RIGHT OFF OF 2 78. SO, UH, ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO CREATE THE SANCTUARY AND FURNISH THE SANCTUARY AND ARRANGE FOR THE PARKING LOTS AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE COSTING A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A SHOCKING NUMBER TO DEAL WITH, UH, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. SO, UH, I THINK, UH, THANKS FOR THE VOTE FROM EVERYONE. IT, UM, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. MR. MCKELLEN, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, COULD YOU JUST TELL THE PUBLIC THAT MIGHT NOT BE AWARE? WHERE IS THIS LOCATED AND WHY IS IT MOVING? UM, SURE. UH, I'VE ONLY BEEN IN IT SINCE THE MIDDLE. UH, THE BEGINNING BEGAN BEFORE I WAS, UH, ON COUNCIL, BUT THE, UH, CHURCH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED, UH, IN, UH, IN DISTRICT 10, UM, ON THE ISLAND. UM, IT'S AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WHAT THEY WOULD CALL, WHAT'S THE WORD, FORT THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY IN THE RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONE. YEAH. THE ONE WAY PROTECTION ZONE, IF THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD OF A ARRIVAL OR A DEPARTURE, UH, PLANE THAT WOULD BE GOING DOWN, IT WOULD BE GOING DOWN RIGHT THERE. SO IT BECAME NECESSARY FOR THE, UH, PARISHIONERS TO GIVE UP THE, UH, GIVE UP THE CHURCH, UH, WHICH IS A HISTORIC, UH, UH, CHURCH AND A HISTORIC PROPERTY. BUT THEY'LL BE MOVING, UH, DOWN THE, UH, DOWN THE ROAD TOWARDS 2 78 TO A MUCH BIGGER, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY AND WITH A SANCTUARY THAT WILL BE, UM, UM, WHEN YOU SUB THE CONGREGATION. UM, AND THE, THE, UH, THE CHURCH AND PROPERTY THAT IS HISTORIC WILL BE, UM, PURCHASED BY THE TOWN. UH, AND THE, UM, THE TOWN WILL MEMORIALIZE THAT. THE, THE CHURCH WILL PROBABLY, UM, BE DEMOLISHED, BUT THE HISTORIC SITE WILL BE APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZED. CHERRY HILL SCHOOL WILL ALSO BE MOVING DOWN TO THE NEW SANCTUARY SITE, AND IT'S GONNA BE A VERY, A VERY IMPRESSIVE, UH, UH, LOCATION AND A VERY IMPRESSIVE SET OF BUILDINGS THAT WILL CREATE ALL OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE CHURCH. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. UM, AND THE, UH, THERE'S BEEN A GREAT MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT. AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S PROBABLY BEEN GOING ON FOR LONGER THAN 15 YEARS, BUT WE'RE, AS I SAID, REACHING YET. SO, UH, I SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO STUCK, STUCK WITH THIS, WORKED THROUGH IT, AND, UH, REACHING A, UH, SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION. THANK YOU. AND MR. FRAILER, YOU'RE REALLY MOVING THIS ALONG, KEEPING HIM ON TRACK MONTHLY. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, NO ONE SIGNED UP, BUT DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT OR ASK A QUESTION ON THIS MOTION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, ANYONE FROM COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? WE'VE GONE OVER THIS MANY TIMES, SO. ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ORDINANCES. OKAY, WE'RE [14.a. Resolution 2025/60: A Resolution updating the Beaufort County Freedom Of Information Act policy] BACK ON. RESOLUTIONS. RESOLUTION 2025 SLASH 60 IS A RESOLUTION UPDATING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT POLICY. THE VOTE AT THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [00:45:01] COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 WAS SIX ZERO. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 25 60. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. RESOLUTION [14.b. Resolution 2025/61: A Resolution authorizing the County Administrator to enter into memoranda of agreement with wet utility providers to comply with the provisions of South Carolina Act 36] 2025 SLASH 61 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH WET UTILITY PROVIDERS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA ACT 36. THE VOTE AT PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 WAS SEVEN ZERO. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO PASS RESOLUTION 2025 SLASH 61. SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PASSMAN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. AND, AND MS. COUNCILMAN BROWN? ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS. AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THE LAST [14.c. Resolution 2025/62: A Resolution to implement a Customer Facility Charge (CFC) on rental car contracts and direct the collection and application of the CFC proceeds] RESOLUTION IS RESOLUTION 2025 SLASH 62. A RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT A CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE CFC ON RENTAL CAR CONTRACTS AND DIRECT THE COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF THE CFC PROCEEDS. THE VOTE AT THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 WAS SEVEN TO ZERO. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION? 2025 SLASH 62? I MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. I THINK I HEARD MS. TAVERN AT FIRST AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PASSMAN. ALL IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS. AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS TOO. UH, JUST ANOTHER REMINDER THIS WEEK IS CHAT WITH COUNCIL AT THE DS NBU BUILDING, WHICH IS OFF CASTLE ROCK ROAD. AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME DIRECTIONAL SIGNS FOR THAT. IT'S ON CLEARWATER WAY, BUT IT'S OFF OF CASTLE ROCK ROAD. AND WHAT TIME DOES THAT START? SIX. SIX O'CLOCK. NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * 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.