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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
UH, THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
THIS IS THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS OF BUFORT COUNTY REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
UM, CAN WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, AN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ON ALL.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SEEING NO PUBLIC PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 15TH.
AND IF WE CAN JUST TAKE A MOMENT PLEASE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THESE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
OH, YOU SENT THEM I SENT THEM WEEKS AGO.
HE HAD SENT OUT THE DRAFT NOTES PREVIOUSLY.
SO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MEETING MINUTES? EILEEN MITCHELL? SO, MOVE.
MS. JOHNSON, ANY COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, ARE COMMITTEE REPORTS STARTING WITH MR. BACKER FOR BUDGET AND FINANCE? NO REPORT FOR THIS MEETING.
I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH, MR. BECKER, AND PERHAPS FOR THE NEXT MEETING, UH, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THREE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY WILL BE IN THE BUDGET FOR FY 27.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, TR TRAFFIC CONTROL EXPENSES FOR EARLY VOTING AT, UH, THE BLUFFTON EARLY VOTING CENTER AND HERE AT 15 JOHN GALT.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET EITHER PAYING IN INTERNAL, UH, COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT OR IF WE NEED TO PAY A THIRD PARTY.
UH, SECOND IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, INSURANCE IN THE BUDGET.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INSURANCE LATER.
UH, BUT THE TOTAL COST THAT SHOULD BE IN THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT IS, UH, CALL IT $18,000.
AND THE THIRD ONE, UH, WHICH PERHAPS WILL BE ADDRESSED LATER IN THIS MEETING IS, AND PERHAPS WE HAVE MORE TIME, UM, BUT IT'S WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED NEW MACHINES OR DEVICES FOR 2026.
UH, NEXT IS THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE, MR. FORD.
OH, NO REPORT FOR THIS MEETING.
I WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH, UH, BEVERLY TO SEE WHEN SHE'S AVAILABLE.
AND I'LL FILE FROM LIZ AND MIKE TODAY WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR MEETING LATER THIS MONTH.
UM, AND A QUESTION FOR YOU OR PERHAPS, UH, MR. ROBERSON ABOUT THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY AREA THAT'S, UH, SECTIONED OFF OUT FRONT AND THE, THE LOT OVER THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON? NOT YET.
UM, THAT WAS THE THIRD TOPIC I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT IN THE MEETING, BUT IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS IT NOW, YOU CAN NOT YET.
UH, I'M TALKING WITH ARA AND SHE SAID AS SOON AS SHE HAS ANY MORE INFORMATION OR WHATEVER, SHE'LL LET ME KNOW ABOUT THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, EXCEPT ONLY THING WE KNOW IS THAT THEY'RE MAKING A CAUSEWAY FROM, FROM THIS SIDE, THIS, THIS PART OF, UH, JOHN GAL TO THE OTHER PART OF
THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY PUT IN A LITTLE PAVED ASPHALT THING STRIP IN THERE.
AND I TAKE IT IS FOR WHATEVER THEY PLAN ON DOING OVER THERE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS YET.
RIGHT, RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES.
IS IT THE UTILITY? SOME OF IT IS THE ACTUAL OWNER PROPERTY, BUT, BUT THE PLACE WHERE YOU SEE THOSE TWO SETS OF, UH, RIBBON OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN THERE, A STREET, BASICALLY.
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OKAY.UH, NEXT IS LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
UH, SO I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT, HOWEVER, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A HEADS UP THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF DECEMBER.
SO I'LL SEND OUT A NOTE AND ASK PEOPLE'S AVAILABILITY BECAUSE, UH, ALONG WITH THAT, IN REFERENCE TO, UH, KSI, THAT'S GONNA BE LEGISLATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO TRY TO COME UP WITH HOW WE WANNA FRAME THAT.
I GOTTA CALL, UH, UH, WILL ROBERTS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO TO GET THAT IN.
'CAUSE HE, HE MIGHT GO AHEAD AND, AND DO IT FOR US IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO DISCUSS WITH THAT.
UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
MR. CHAMBER, CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD IF WE COULD SCHEDULE A MEETING MAYBE EARLY DECEMBER AFTER YOU GET ALL THE NOVEMBER EXPENSES IN AND CAN KIND OF TABULATE ALL THE EXPENSES FROM THIS RECENT ELECTION.
AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, OKAY, THE ELECTION EXPENSES, THAT WOULD BE PROPER TIMING.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DO THAT BEFORE THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING? YEAH, I WOULD HOPE WE DO.
SHOULD, SHOULD WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO.
I MEAN, ALL OF THIS ONE SHOULD BE IN THERE.
YEAH, ALL OF THE ELECTIONS SHOULD BE IN THERE, BUT YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE IT FILED BEFORE NEXT.
SO I, I HAVE ONE ITEM RELATED TO THE INSURANCE.
SO, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TWO TYPES OF INSURANCE FOR THE BOARD.
UH, ONE BEING, UH, GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE, AND THE OTHER ONE BEING, UH, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS TYPE INSURANCE.
UH, THE D AND O POLICY IS ACTUALLY FOR, UH, THE TYPE OF BOARD THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S CALLED PUBLIC OFFICIALS MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT LIABILITY INSURANCE.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED AND AN INVOICE HAS BEEN APPROVED AND GONE THROUGH ACCOUNTING.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S BEEN PAID YET, UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED, SO THAT'LL BE BINDING.
UM, I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT DATE THAT WAS BINDING ON THE GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.
UH, WE WERE UNABLE TO GET QUOTES, UH, FROM THE COMMERCIAL MARKET.
UH, WE STILL HAVE THE OPTION FOR, UH, THE TORT POLICY FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE RESERVE FUND.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE CALLS INTO THE COUNTY'S RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO DISCUSS, UM, WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD DO TO PROCEED WITH PURCHASING GL.
CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT WHAT THE DNO INSURANCE IS ACTUALLY CALLED AGAINST? YES.
IT'S CALLED PUBLIC OFFICIALS MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT LIABILITY INSURANCE.
AND WE HAVE A POLICY FROM NORTH POINT, THE COST IS A $6,160 AND 72 CENTS.
THAT'S A QUOTE, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE INVOICED PRICE FOR ONE YEAR OF COVERAGE.
6,000 ONE HUNDRED AND SIX ONE SIX OH SEVENTY TWO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON INSURANCE.
HAS IT BEEN DETERMINED BY RISK MANAGEMENT IF LIABILITY INSURANCE IS ACTUALLY NEEDED FOR THE ACTIVITIES THAT
I, I HAVE SPOKEN A FEW TIMES WITH SOUTH CAROLINA IRF AND FOR THE 46 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THE LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I THINK THERE ARE NINE THAT HAVE STANDALONE COVERAGE, UM, FROM THE IRF.
UM, BUT THEIR, THEIR COVERAGES ARE VERY INCONSISTENT BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COVERED SEEMS TO INCLUDE STAFF.
SO IT MAY BE REDUNDANT WITH THE COUNTY'S INSURANCE.
SO, UH, I THINK WE, AT THIS POINT, WE REALLY NEED TO RELY ON RISK MANAGEMENT'S EXPERTISE TO DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR BOARD.
KEEPING IN MIND THAT EVERYTHING THAT OUR BOARD DOES WELL, THE DECISIONS THAT OUR BOARD MAKES, UM, THAT TOUCH THE VOTERS, UM, ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE PERFORMED BY COUNTY EMPLOYEES USING COUNTY ASSETS, WHICH ARE ALL COVERED UNDER THE COUNTY'S S-C-I-R-F.
SO AGAIN, WE NEED TO DEPEND UPON RISK MANAGEMENT TO HELP US IDENTIFY THE POTENTIAL RISKS TO THE STANDALONE BOARD FOR THINGS THAT
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ARE NOT ALREADY COVERED BY THE COUNTY.WHEN WILL THERE BE A FINAL DECISION MADE ON THIS? THIS HAS SORT OF BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW.
HAVE THEY GIVEN US ANY IDEAS OF WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION? WELL, THE D AND O PART IS, IS FINISHED.
SO THAT WAS HALF OF THE ISSUE.
THE OTHER HALF IS GENERAL LIABILITY.
UH, I AM WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM RISK MANAGEMENT ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH MY OWN TIMELINE AND SAY LET'S MAKE A DECISION, UM, BEFORE DECEMBER 1ST.
WE, WE DO HAVE A VALID QUOTE PENDING FOR $10,900 FOR, UH, TORT INSURANCE FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE RESERVE FUND.
UH, WE JUST NEED A DECISION FROM THE COUNTY ON THAT.
JUST THAT THE LIABILITY IS IN MY MIND, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, AND IF FOLKS EXPECT US TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM OUR JOB AND, AND IN A PUBLIC CAPACITY, WE NEED TO HAVE, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER PROTECTION FOR US PERSONALLY.
OTHERWISE, IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO SERVE IN THESE CAPACITIES IF THERE'S NO LIABILITY COVERAGE FOR THEM.
SO SOMEONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS AS BEING AS CRITICAL AS I THINK ALL OF US DO.
I KNOW IT DEFINITELY HAS HAD SOME, UH, IMPACT ON MY DECISION AS TO WHETHER THIS IS A TYPE OF BOARD I WANTED TO BE A PART OF.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT, THAT, UH, THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF IT.
ANY OTHER UNFINISHED BUSINESS? OKAY.
UH, NEXT SEC SECTION, NEW BUSINESS.
UH, THE, THE ONLY NEW BUSINESS I HAVE IS I, I WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A, A HOT WASH DISCUSSION, UH, FROM THE NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION.
UM, SO THE OBJECTIVE IS TO JUST CAPTURE OBSERVATIONS WHILE THEY'RE FRESH IN EVERYBODY'S MIND.
UH, WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORKED.
UM, AND WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN EMPHASIS IN THIS HOT WASH MEETING, UM, ON LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT.
NOT ANY BLAME OR FAULT FINDING.
SO, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SCHEDULE A HOT WASH MEETING FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO, UH, SUPERVISE POLLING LOCATIONS ON, UH, ELECTION DAY.
WHAT NOW? WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED A MEETING AND NOT A MEETING? THE HOT WASH? BECAUSE I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS.
A SESSION THAT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT ME IF I DON'T HAVE TO.
UM, SO, UH, WENDELL, COULD YOU HAVE SOMEBODY LOOK INTO THAT? WHETHER THE IN INFO HOT WASH MEETING IS INFORMAL, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE PUBLICLY NOTICED IF WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WOULD THAT COUNT AS A MEETING? AND THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION WERE, UH, BEVERLY, LIZ, JIM, AND A LIEN.
IF, UM, FOR THE HOT WASH, IF THERE'S, IF IT IS SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WOULD BENEFIT, UM, ALL OF THE AREAS THAT, UM, WOULD BE AFFECTED AND THOSE CHANGES COULD BE SHARED WITH ALL OF THE PICKUP CENTERS AND DROP OFF CENTER.
UM, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE A, A MEETING WHERE THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OR COULD WE JUST SHARE THAT AND THEN IT SHARED WITH ALL OF THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, BECAUSE IT COULD PROBABLY AFFECT, UH, THEIR DROP OFF CENTER.
ALSO, THE ONE MAJOR ONE THAT, THAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY, THAT WOULD AFFECT EVERYBODY, ALL OF THE, THE CENTERS.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A, A CALLING, A BOARD MEETING WHERE WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO THAT ONE BIG, THAT ONE THING THAT COULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY.
I, SORRY, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE.
SO, SO LET'S, UM, EILEEN, IF I COULD ADDRESS THAT, I, THERE WERE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE ELECTION ON THE FOURTH.
SO THIS HOT WASH WOULD HAVE TO BE PUBLICLY
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NOTICED.AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO ATTEND AS AN OBSERVER OR, OR A PARTICIPANT IF THEY LIKE.
SO WE WILL PUBLICLY NOTICE IT, WONDER THIS IS GONNA BE, WELL THAT'S THE NEXT STEP.
WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE TO DATE TO DO THAT.
THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE DECEMBER IS A BUSY MONTH, BUSY MONTH FOR, I, I RECOMMEND THAT WE TALK ABOUT A SPECIFIC DATE AT THE END, UM, IN SECTION 11, BUT THERE WAS A MOTION MADE AND A SECOND TO, TO CALL FOR A HOT WASH MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.
ANY OPPOSED? SO ONE ABSTENTION.
MR. FORD, DID YOU ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE THERE? NO, I VOTE FOR IT.
ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? THIS ALRIGHT WITH THAT? WE'LL GO TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT PLEASE.
I THINK EVERYBODY DID RECEIVE IT ON LAST NIGHT.
UH, A COUPLE OF ELECTION UPDATES AND A COUPLE OF MISCELLANEOUS AND WORKING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
EARLY ORDER DID TAKE PLACE TO 10 20 THROUGH 24 AND 10 27 31 WITH AN ACTIVE ELIGIBLE PHOTO COUNT OF 29,788.
WE HAD EARLY VOTER TONE OUT OF LESS THAN 0%.
UH, SO WE HAD 76 VOTERS IN BLUFF AND 177 VOTERS FOR 2 53 BETWEEN THE TWO EARLY VOTING SITES FOR THE ELECTION.
THAT, AND THAT DID COME OUT TO LESS THAN HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU HAVE LESS? IT'S LESS THAN ONE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE ELECTION ITSELF WITH THE ACTIVE ELIGIBLE COUNT OF 29,708, WE HAD 4% ON ELECTION DAY WITH 1452 BALLOTS CAST.
BUT WE HAD A TOTAL OF 163 ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE RETURN OF 21 THAT CAME IN AND OVERALL TURNOUT OF 1705 FOR A PERCENTAGE OF 5% FOR THE ENTIRE ELECTION ON ELECTION.
SO WHEN THAT, THAT SLIDE WILL BE UPDATED, RIGHT? TO SHOW THE OVERALL TURNOUT OF 1,736.
WE HAD A HAND COUNT AUDIT ON YESTERDAY AND WE AUDITED PRECINCTS, PORT ROYAL ONE AND BLUFFTON FIVE B AND BOTH PRECINCTS AUDITED EXACTLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH, CAME OUT OF THE RESULTS TAPE FROM TAPES CAME OUT THE SAME WITH THE HAND COUNT.
OKAY, NOW TO OUR MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES, UH, WE WILL BE HAVING OR SCARED WILL BE HAVING ITS 40TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON 27TH OF JANUARY THROUGH THE 30TH OF JANUARY.
UH, GOING FOR THE GOLD STRENGTHENING ELECTIONS THROUGH TRAINING, CONNECTION AND COMMUNICATION.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE NINE STAFF GOING AND FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.
THIS YEAR'S THEME WILL BE THE OLYMPIC GAMES, UH, AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING TEAMWORK, CELEBRATION, THE SHARED PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
SO GET YOUR COSTUMES AND STUFF TOGETHER FOR THE OLYMPICS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ON THE SKI CONFERENCE? OKAY.
WE WILL BE SETTING OUT OUR NEW VOTER REGISTRATION CARD SINCE THE ELECTION IS OVER NOW.
UM, SO THESE WILL HAVE UPDATED LOCATIONS THAT WE DID NOT USE IN THIS ELECTION.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO THOSE IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY FOR JUNE AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT AS POSSIBLE.
NEW POLAND LOCATIONS AT THE PEARL APARTMENTS.
PEARL APARTMENTS, THOSE ARE, UM, OH, MR. WICKI, IT WOULD, IT WOULD AFFECT USCB 1, 2, 3.
I THINK ONE, IT IS EITHER ONE OR TWO.
WE WOULD TRY TO MOVE OVER THERE IF WE GET THEM PEARL APARTMENTS OR OVER THERE BY, UH, WE DO OLD QUALITY INN.
THEY DO HAVE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY DO HAVE A MAJOR MEETING ROOM IN THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, I DON'T THINK THEY ADJUSTED IT, BUT WE
BUT I REALIZED IT WAS STILL BUILDING.
I FINISHED GONNA APPROACH THEM.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, WE ALL SPOKE ABOUT IT IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING AS FAR AS KASI AND ONCE AGAIN, UM,
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I THINK Y'ALL SAID 60 HOUSES MOVE THE LINE, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE QUALIFIER, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CREATE A PRECINCT, A NEW I SEE ONE THAT IS ALL OF KSE AND NOT INCLUDING, YEAH.
SO, UM, AND, AND WHAT I THINK BEFORE HE, UH, BERG WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING.
WE PROBABLY HAVE, BUT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE ACCESS.
IS IT BECAUSE, ALRIGHT, IS IT NOT
'CAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.
SO HAPPENS KIND OF, WE MAY BE ABLE TO OVERCOME IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FACILITIES THERE IS GENUINE INTEREST IN DOING IT.
YEAH, I I WOULD, YOU KNOW, WITH FACILITIES OR WHATEVER AS WELL.
WELL I THINK THAT IS AN EFFORT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT AS FAR AS THE BUILDING IS CONCERNED BEFORE WE DO TRY TO DO THAT.
SO I'LL GIVE Y'ALL A CALL AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD DAY FOR US TO COME OUT AND GO OUT THERE AND LOOK.
WE'LL TAKE THE CHECKLIST, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT THE BUILDING AND IF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, LINE OF SIGHT ISN'T SO MUCH A BIG DEAL AS, AS THE ABILITIES THAT NEED TO BE MET.
I MEAN THE, YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBILITIES THAT NEED TO BE MET.
SO LINE OF SIGHT I'M NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT, BUT ACCESSIBILITY THAT IS THE ISSUE.
AND MONDAYS WOULD BE A GOOD DAY BECAUSE IF THE GOLF COURSE IS CLOSED AND MONDAYS YOU, YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING MR. FOIA POTENTIALLY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY FOLKS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 'CAUSE IF YOU, YOU'RE MAILING OUT UPDATED POLLING LOCATIONS, I I'M ASSUMING SOON.
AND IF THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO MAIL OUT AGAIN.
IT WOULDN'T AFFECT, WE NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE UNTIL JUNE.
UM, THAT ONE COULD BE ANOTHER MAILING THAT WOULD NOT BE BECAUSE THE MAILING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND DOESN'T AFFECT THOSE AREAS AT ALL.
IF WE WERE CHANGING SOMETHING IN THERE, YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO WAIT.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS LOVE HOUSE.
THIS IS, UH, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? CHRIS? USCB.
NO, NOT U US CB BUFORT YET IT'S LOVE HOUSE.
GREGORY, YOU AND LOVE HOW I WAS SAYING GREGORY AND SOMETHING ELSE WE DID GET, IT'S NOT GONNA BE IMPACTED.
NO, IT'S NOT IMPACTED IN THIS AREA YET.
YOU KNOW, WE WILL MAKE IF BECAUSE I, I I DON'T WANT TO KEEP DOING THAT BECAUSE IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO MAIL THOSE OUT.
SO WHEN WE DO MAIL OUT AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE LIKE WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT PLACES ALREADY IN PLACE.
'CAUSE HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE LIKE MAYBE THREE MORE PLACES DO ANOTHER MAIL OUT BEFORE JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET THESE THINGS SPREAD OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, BUT THIS DIDN'T AFFECT THIS ONE AT ALL.
SO WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I, WE DO HAVE THE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE BARN IS IN NEW RIVERSIDE, MS. MS. LENE AND, AND MR. UH, MR. BACKER.
BUT WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN APPROVAL.
UH, LINDY SENT ME THE PAPERWORK AND I'M GONNA FILL THAT OUT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND DO THE A DA ON IT.
I'VE ALREADY DRIVEN OUT AND, AND SEEN IT AS A BEAUTIFUL, LOTS OF PARKING.
THAT'S THE ABILITY TO GET THE NEW PARK RIGHT.
WENDA, WHAT WHAT WAS THE IN INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED TO NEW RIVERSIDE, UH, THAT LED TO THAT POSITIVE RESPONSE FOR US? TALKING TO HER ON THE PHONE, BASICALLY I TOLD HER WE WOULD WANT, WE WERE INTERESTED IN USING IT FOR ONE OF OUR, A NEW POLAND LOCATION BECAUSE WE HAD FOUR AT MAY RIVER AND WE WANTED TO MOVE AND, AND ACTUALLY THAT IS TWO C WHERE THAT IS AND TWO F IS RIGHT NEXT TO, IT'S ADJACENT TO IT.
SO I TOLD HER WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING IT, UH, AS A NEW POLLING LOCATION.
IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE VOTERS.
AND I THINK IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE VOTERS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE, BUT THE PLACE HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY AND THERE ARE A TON OF VOTERS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE.
SO IT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR
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THEM TO GO THERE THAN TO TRY TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND TO MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.SO THAT WAS THE TALKING POINT.
YOU THINK THAT GOT THE APPROVAL WAS THAT IT'S BETTER FOR THE LOCAL VOTERS? YEAH, IT IS.
AND THEY, THEY'RE VERY GOOD WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN THEY'RE FEASIBLE, THE SITUATION'S FEASIBLE.
AND I MEAN, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE FIND IF WE FIND SOMETHING FOR TWO F AS WELL, WE PROBABLY GOING TO, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING DOWN THE LINE, WE PROBABLY GONNA NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT, YOU JUST NEED TO DRIVE AROUND THERE TO GET A JUST A FEEL.
AND THE SPEED WITH WHICH THEY BUILD THOSE THINGS OUT THERE IS AMAZING.
SO, UM, BUT THIS IS A VERY GOOD MOVE FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE IT DOES HELP THEM.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE LIKE, THERE'S, THERE ARE TWO MAJOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THAT JUST GOT THROWN UP AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MAYBE LESS THAN A MILE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET AS IT, AND THERE'S ANOTHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ABOUT ANOTHER HALF MILE BEYOND THAT.
AND ALL OF THOSE COME UP THAT WAY.
OTHER THAN THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN GOING TO, UH, MAYBE RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND ALSO WHEN THE RIGHT DOWN WHERE THE DOLLAR GENERAL IS IN VILLE, YOU KNOW WHERE THE DOLLAR GENERAL IS.
UM, WE WENT DOWN THAT ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH.
THEY BOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S 30 SOMETHING ACRES AND THEY'RE PUTTING A SCHOOL IN THERE.
AND THE PASTORS SAID THAT THE DEVELOPER, THEY'RE GONNA START BUILDING HOUSES AND THAT'S WHY THEY MOVED FROM BLUFFTON FROM WHERE NICKEL POEL WAS THERE IN BLUFFTON.
THEY HAVEN'T SOLD THE CHURCH YET, BUT THEY WANTED A SCHOOL.
SO THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE HOMES IN THERE NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE STREET.
IT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE ALL THESE OTHER APARTMENTS THAT YOU ALREADY SEE THAT IS BUILT.
SO, UM, WENDELL, COULD YOU BY THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, UH, HAVE A, A LIST OF PRECINCTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HELP YOU TO OBTAIN POLLING LOCATIONS IN? WE ALL AGREE IT'S BENEFICIAL TO VOTERS TO HAVE A VOTING PLACE IN THEIR PRECINCT AND BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, IF WE HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK TRYING TO FIND EVERY POSSIBLE LOCATION, LET'S GET THE BOARD MEMBERS HELPING.
YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO REVISIT SHELL HALL WITH THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET TOGETHER AS FAR AS WHO'S OUTSIDE VERSUS INSIDE.
SO THAT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, IF ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T YOU Y'ALL, YOU DO KNOW YOU CAN ACCESS, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE POLITICAL DISTRICT MAP WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PRECINCTS ARE AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE.
AND THE SUFFOLK COUNTY WEBSITE IF YOU GO IN THERE, IF YOU KNOW THE AREA, ANYTHING THAT WOULD FOUR E AND FOUR BLUFFTON, FOUR E AND BLUFFTON, WHATEVER THE TWO WERE THAT WERE IN BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE TOOK 'EM OUTTA HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS WE NEED TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING IN OR WHATEVER.
SO IF YOU KNOW THAT AREA, ANYTHING AROUND THOSE IN THAT, IN THAT GENERAL AREA, IF YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AS A, AS A BIG, WHICH PRECINCT? IT WAS FLUFF TO FOUR E AND WHATEVER WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS, IT'S ANOTHER FOUR.
THE OTHER LETTER IS LETTER DESIGNATION, BUT IT'S BLACKTON FOUR E FOR DI DON'T THINK IT WAS.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US THE PRECINCTS WHERE WE CAN HELP, WE'LL DO IT.
JEAN MET WITH 8 4 3 TV AND JEAN IF YOU WANNA JUST KIND OF GIVE THEM AN UPDATE.
SO ORIGINALLY THEY, UM, 8 4 3 TV WAS TRYING TO DO AN INTERVIEW WITH US TO TALK ABOUT THE NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION WHILE HANNAH AT COMMUNICATIONS THAT SAID, WELL, WE'RE ALREADY DOING A SEGMENT IF YOU WANNA BE A PART OF IT.
SO, UM, WE OPTED TO BE A PART OF THAT SEGMENT AND I TALKED TO LISA FROM 8 4 3 TV AND I DID A SECONDARY SEGMENT THAT SAME DAY.
SO THE INITIAL SEGMENT WAS KIND OF A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF ELECTIONS, WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON, WHAT'S NEXT YEAR, POLL WORKERS.
AND THEN THE SECOND SEGMENT WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EARLY VOTING'S, ALMOST OVER AND THE NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION AND WHAT VOTERS CAN EXPECT, HOW THEY CAN FIND THEIR BALLOTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO SHE WOULD LIKE TO SET UP SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO UM, KIND OF PUT OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY FORUMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE.
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JEAN AND VERNON AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SCHEDULING THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY FORUM AND OUTREACH.UH, NEXT YEAR WE PLAN ON HAVING FOUR BETWEEN JANUARY AND APRIL.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BOTH AGREED ON THAT WE ALL AGREED ON, UH, WE ACTUALLY GOING TO TITLE THEM UNDERSTANDING THE PRIMARIES BECAUSE WE KNOW FROM PAST EXPERIENCE PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND PRIMARIES AND THE THINGS THAT GO ON, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WE DON'T VOTE BY PARTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T UN DON'T UNDERSTAND.
FOR INSTANCE, THE CASE IN POINT IS THE SHERIFF'S.
NOBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW THAT WORKS.
WELL, WHY CAN'T I VOTE FOR SHERIFF? WELL IF THERE'S NO OPPOSITION IN THE OTHER PARTY AND YOU'RE VOTING IN THE OTHER PARTY, YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR SHERIFF.
SO WE WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT GEARED MORE TOWARDS, BECAUSE THE PRIMARY IS THE FIRST ELECTION COMING UP.
AND IRONICALLY, WE PROBABLY PROBABLY WILL HAVE OPPOSITION ON BOTH SIDES THIS TIME IN THIS PARTY AND OUTSIDE OF THIS PARTY.
SO PEOPLE PROBABLY WILL GET A CHANCE TO VOTE.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A CLARIFICATION OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT ELECTIONS.
BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THE, THE, THE, THE, THE BULK OF THE QUESTIONS WE GET ARE ARE ALONG THOSE LINES AND WE KNOW WHAT THE PRIMARY IS COMING UP AND IT BEING SO IMPORTANT NEXT YEAR THAT WE WANT TO GET DISPEL EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE MISCONSTRUED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN A PRIMARY ELECTION OR WHATEVER.
UM, THE SHERIFF POSITION IS NOT A NON-PARTISAN POSITION.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA VOTE FOR SHERIFF, BUT HE'S A REPUBLICAN.
SO THEY, AND IF THEY SAY, WHEN WE ASK HIM WHICH PARTY PRIMARY YOU WANNA VOTE AND THEY SAY DEMOCRAT, BUT THEN THEY LOOK, WELL THE SHERIFF'S NOT ON THE LIST.
WE SAY YEAH 'CAUSE HE'S ON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
YOU CAN'T VOTE IN THAT PRIMARY 'CAUSE YOU ASKED TO VOTE IN THE DEMOCRATIC.
IT'S BECAUSE FOR THE LAST FEW ELECTIONS, BOTH THE INCUMBENT AND HIS, UM, OPPOSITION, OPPOSITION, THEY'VE IN THE SAME PARTY.
THEY ALL BEEN IN THE SAME PARTY.
SO IF THEY'RE VOTING, IF THEY CHOOSE SAY THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, THEY WON'T SEE, THEY DIDN'T SEE SHERIFF AT THAT TIME BECAUSE SHERIFF AND ALL OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES WERE ALL IN THE SAME PARTY.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT QUESTION.
AND I THINK, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THIS WAS AN ASIDE BUT SIMILAR, WE WILL ADDRESS IT IN THE FORUMS, BUT ALSO, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT YEAR, UM, IS HAVE I, I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IS HAVING LITTLE YOUTUBE CLIPS, THEY MAY BE SCRIPTED, BUT WORKING WITH BCTV, UM, IN REFERENCE TO SOMETHING THAT A VOTER MAY NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PROCESS, THEY CAN GO AND WATCH IT ON THIS YOUTUBE THING AND SAY, OH, NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF WOKE US UP WAS THIS ELECTION, WE TURNED AWAY SO MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE TOWN, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DIDN'T GET TO VOTE.
AND WE SAID, WELL IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE TOWNSHIP, IT'S NOT, THIS ELECTION DOESN'T AFFECT YOU OR YOU'RE NOT PART OF THIS ELECTION.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO HAVE LIKE THESE LITTLE CLIPS THAT WILL BE ON THE, ON OUR WEBPAGE, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON YOUTUBE WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS IT AND, AND LOOK AND SEE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HELP THEM TO UN AND DON'T THINK THAT SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO GET OVER ON 'EM.
THEY SAY, OH WELL WHY CAN'T I VOTE? WELL YOU'RE NOT IN THE TOWNSHIP AND THIS IS A MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN, THEN MAYBE EVEN EXPLAIN THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS DO YOU PAY CITY TAX? NO, WELL THEN YOU'RE NOT IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'LL HIT HOME FOR 'EM TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DISPEL A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, NOT UNDERSTANDING PROCESSES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA FOCUS ON WITH THOSE FORMS NEXT YEAR.
WE ALREADY HAVE TWO THAT ARE, THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULED, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY REQUESTED BECAUSE WE TOLD 'EM WE WANT TO PUSH IT TO THE NEW YEAR WHEN THINGS ARE MORE RELEVANT FOR 'EM.
AND THAT'S WITH, UH, THE PENN CENTER HERITAGE AREA AND RIDGE STREET
SO AS SOON AS JANUARY HITS, WELL DECEMBER, WE'LL START SETTING UP THE DATES FOR THOSE.
BUT, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE FOUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE OR BEYOND THOSE TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE PROCESSES ARE ABOUT.
WE DO STILL PLAN ON HAVING SOME BETWEEN THE PRIMARY AND THE GENERAL THOUGH.
THIS IS OUR, OUR HARD PUSH TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
MEAN THE LITTLE VIDEOS IS A GREAT IDEA.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT VENUE.
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LAST YEAR AND THEY, THEY WERE ALREADY HAVING AN EVENT AND THEY ASKED US TO COME AND UM, THEY ONLY GAVE ME 10 MINUTES FOR MY 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION, BUT I GOT IT DONE AND THERE WERE LIKE A HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE FOR THEIR, BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY THEIR EVENT.SO IF WE COULD DO THAT AGAIN AND GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME, I THINK IT WOULD GIVE MORE TIME FOR THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE, THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS WE PROBABLY, BECAUSE THEY HAD THE PERFECT VENUE FOR US TO COME IN THERE, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE IT.
LIKE I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD RATHER IT BE US JUST SO EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO GET OUT CAN GET OUT AT THAT POINT.
NOT HAVE TO SPLIT IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE OTHER THING THAT WAS BEHIND US, I THINK WE TOLD Y'ALL LAST MONTH, BUT WE WANT, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PUSHES, WE ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, HEY, IF YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THE AREA DURING ANY OF THESE ELECTIONS OR YOU, YOU HAVE A, YOU'RE SICK OR CAREGIVER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, YOU WANNA VOTE ABSENTEE JANUARY THE SECOND, PUT IT IN.
WELL WE TELL 'EM THAT IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, IT DOESN'T REGISTER.
SO AS SOON AS THE YEAR KICKS IN EVERY TIME WE SAY IT, OH I CAN DO THAT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DEFINITELY WANNA PUSH.
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DO THE ABSENTEE THING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT DONE AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY WE FELT IT WAS MORE FEASIBLE TO DO IT IN THE NEW YEAR VERSUS TRYING TO DO IT IN NOW AND TRY TO HAVE THEM REMEMBER JANUARY I CAN APPLY FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
'CAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING LAST WEEK WANTING ABSENTEE FOR THIS ELECTION.
WELL IT'S ALREADY PASSED THE DEADLINE AT THAT POINT.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO THAT LITTLE TRI-FOLD PIECE THAT YOU DID? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT.
SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES ALSO.
UM, IT JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
DID YOU DO ANYTHING IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SCHOOLS AT ALL IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS? ANY KIND OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM? WELL, WHAT WE CAN SAY, WE CAN DO STUFF IN THE, WELL WHAT WE NORMALLY DO WITH THE SCHOOLS.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY INPUT ONLY IN INSIDE THAT WE HAD WITH THE SCHOOLS WAS WHEN WE WERE GETTING POLL WORKERS.
WE WERE THE STUDENT POLL WORKERS OR WHATEVER.
AND NO JUNE THEY'RE GONE OR THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE DID HAVE A FEW, WE TRIED TO GO BUT IN, UNLESS WE'RE GOING IN IN LATE MARCH TO THE SCHOOLS, NOTHING WE DO IN THERE IS GONNA BE WORTH IT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYBODY'S GETTING READY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEY DON'T SORT OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM, HOW THE PROCESS WORKS WORKS, YEAH.
WE CAN TALK TO THE COUNSELORS.
I HAVE CONNECTION WITH ALL THE COUNSELORS.
AND UM, WHAT I CAN DO IS SET UP SAY, HEY, FOR YOUR JUNIORS AND SENIORS, WELL NOT EVEN JUST ANYBODY, IF Y'ALL WANT TO HAVE A, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UH, LIKE CIVIC ATION CIVIC YEAH.
CIVICS CLASS THING ABOUT ELECTIONS OR WHATEVER AND UNDERSTANDING ELECTIONS.
WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME IN THERE AND SET IT UP.
IF YOU NEED HELP, LET ME KNOW.
'CAUSE I KNOW DR. RODRIGUEZ AND UH, DICK GEER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY OF THIS.
THESE ARE OUR POLL WORKER CLASS.
OH, I, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THESE ARE THE CLASSES WE HAVE BEEN SETTING UP FOR OUR NEW POLL WORKERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
THESE ARE, THIS IS THE SCHEDULE WE HAVE SO FAR.
BUT, UM, I WAS TELLING JEAN THE OTHER DAY 'CAUSE I GOT A CALL, UH, DURING THE ELECTION FOR ONE OF MY VETERAN CLERKS AND UM, I SAID, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE HANDS ONS, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING CLERKS AND SOME OF THE CLERKS WE NEED TO DO MORE HANDS ON.
AND IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING OF BEING A POLL WORKER, IT IS JUST THOSE THINGS THAT YOU AS A CLERK OR YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE, WE GOTTA GO BACK TO THE PROVISIONAL BALLOT ENVELOPE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT.
HOPEFULLY THE MIFI SITUATION WILL BE DEALT WITH OR SOMETHING ELSE WILL BE BETTER ON THE HORIZON.
BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO STARTING IN THE SPRING.
'CAUSE I SEE IT, I LOOK AT THE, I LISTENED TO 'EM AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE COMING, I'M LIKE, Y'ALL KNOW THIS.
AND APPARENTLY THEY'RE FORGOTTEN.
SO, UH, WENDELL, THE SEC HAD THE SPECIAL POLL CLERK TRAINING A MONTH OR TWO AGO.
AND I KNOW NOT EVERY POLL CLERK CAN ATTEND THAT, BUT THERE, WERE THERE ANY TAKEAWAYS OR TRAINING MATERIALS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT THAT COULD BE LEVERAGED FOR OUR OWN HANDS-ON TRAINING WITH CLERKS? WE PROBABLY DO MORE THAN THEY DO.
AND I, AND I, AND I DON'T WANNA BE NEGATIVE TOWARDS THE STATE, BUT I KNOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND BASED ON WHAT UH, CAME, WHAT WHEN TALKING WITH SHAQUILLE AND WHAT SHE GOT, IT WAS MORE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OTHER CLERKS AND LEARN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR PROCESSES ARE.
WHICH MAY NOT BE LIKE BEAUFORT, BUT JUST DISCUSSED WITH PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THE SAME THING THAT I DO AND FIND OUT HOW THEY DO CERTAIN THINGS.
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FAR AS, SO BOTTOM LINE IS IT, IT'S NOT GOING, IT'S NOT GOING TO BENEFIT US FOR FUTURE CLERK TRAINING HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.NOT, I DON'T, I WON'T BEGRUDGE US SENDING OUR PEOPLE OF COURSE, ONCE, ONCE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
I WOULDN'T SEND ANYBODY UP THERE.
THEY'RE NOT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
AND THE WAITING LIST IS REALLY LONG ALREADY AS IT IS WITH THE STATE CLERK CLASS.
BUT UNTIL THEY GET WHAT THEY'RE NEED TO GET STRAIGHT UP THERE, IT DOESN'T HELP US TO SEND OUR PEOPLE UP THERE RIGHT NOW FOR THAT.
I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN THINGS THAT WERE LEARNED THERE OR TRAINING MATERIALS THAT COULD BE USED HERE BECAUSE WE, WE CANNOT SEND EVERYBODY UP THERE.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS IS THAT THINGS THAT WE TEACH OUR PEOPLE IN OUR HANDS ON CLASSES WE'RE ALWAYS MORE INTENSE AND IN DEPTH AND SPECIFIC TO BEAUFORT THAN ANYTHING THEY WOULD GIVE THEM UP THERE.
SO WE, WE WANNA FOCUS ON WHAT WE DO HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
ANY, ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD TEACH 'EM UP THERE.
WE'VE ALREADY TAUGHT 'EM, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ENHANCE IT DOWN HERE AT OUR LEVEL, WHICH I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT.
UM, HOW MANY CLERKS DID WE SEND? ONE, ONE ENDED UP GOING OKAY.
ONE, UM, DID THAT CLERK UM, HAVE ANY HANDOUT THAT MAYBE YOU AND YOU GUYS, YOU AND JEAN COULD PROBABLY LOOK IT OVER AND SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD TO SEE IF IT'S, LIKE I SAY IF IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT, I'LL ASK HER DID SHE BRING ANYTHING BACK? I DIDN'T ASK HER.
DID YOU BRING ANYTHING BACK? I JUST ASKED HER HOW WAS IT WHEN YOU WERE UP THERE AND HER, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT LAST BOARD MEETING.
HER RESPONSE WAS, IT WAS JUST GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE OTHER CLERKS AND SEE WHAT THEY DO AND TO LEARN ABOUT WHATEVER THEIR, THEIR EXCUSE FOR US NOT BEING ABLE TO, TO, TO AUDIT THE CLASS WAS THEY DIDN'T WANT THE CLERKS TO FEEL HINDERED ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR PEOPLE WAS THERE.
THAT WAS THE EXCUSE THEY USED FOR US NOT BEING ABLE TO GO AND SIT IN THE CLASS.
'CAUSE ALL WE WANTED TO DO WAS SIT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE TEACHING THEM.
WELL WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CLERK TRAINING IS MORE INTENSIVE THAN WHAT THE SEC PROVIDES.
SO I'M HEARING THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BENEFIT FOR US TO RUSH AND SEND ANY MORE CLERKS UP TO TO THE SEC RIGHT NOW IT ISN'T AND IT, IT WON'T BE OPEN.
I I I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE OPEN BEFORE FEBRUARY OR, OR, OR, OR MARCH OF NEXT YEAR ANYWAY.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE IN DECEMBER.
BUT SHE ALREADY HAD THAT FILL.
YEAH, SHE ALREADY HAD THAT FILL.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK I, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY A BENEFIT.
I, I WOULD PREFER US TRAINING OUR PEOPLE HERE THAN THE STATE TRAINING OUR PEOPLE ON STUFF THAT WE, 'CAUSE THERE'S SPECIFICS THAT WE ASK FOR THAT THE STATE WOULD NEVER KNOW.
AND I THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.
WE, AND JEAN, THE ONLY THING I CAN, I CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD HELP, IS FROM EXPERIENCE MYSELF, IS THAT BEFORE THE ELECTION, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO RENT LIKE THE, UM, TECHNICAL SCHOOL, THEY HAVE THAT, THAT CLASSROOM THERE THAT, UM, IS TO GET ALL THE CLERKS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE ELECTION FOR A TYPE OF REFRESHER.
'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU TAKE THE CLASS EARLY AND, AND THE, AND THE UH, EARLY VOTING IS MONTHS LATER, YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO FORGET.
BECAUSE I KNOW I, I USED TO GET CALLS AND SAY, GEEZ, I FORGOT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO HERE OR HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET THEM LIKE ONE CLASS ON A, ON A SATURDAY MORNING FOR, FOR TWO HOURS JUST TO GET ALL THE CLERKS TOGETHER IN A UNDER ONE ROOF.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN A THING OF HAVING THE CLERK SECTION AT THE END OF THE, UH, THE ACTUAL POLL WORKERS CLASS.
UH, I THINK WITH THE HANDS ON, IT'S JUST A THING OF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE, UM, HAVING AN INTENT, NOT THE INTENSIVE, BUT A MAJOR CLERK REFRESHER BEFORE, RIGHT BEFORE EARLY VOTING.
DID YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB? MOST OF THE CLASSES ARE RIGHT BEFORE EARLY VOTING, BUT MAYBE A CLERK SPECIFIC CLASS WITH JUST CLERKS AND NOT STAYING AFTER OR SOMETHING.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD JUST MAYBE THINGS WE WANT TO ADD.
AND I THINK WITH THESE PRIMARIES, WE ACTUALLY, WE PROBABLY DO WITH THESE PRIMARIES COMING UP BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE GONNA TRY TO THROW AT 'EM AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND PREPARED WHEN THE PEOPLE DO.
SO THAT IS, THAT IS A CONSIDERATION FOR THIS YEAR.
I MEAN, WELL NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GET STARTED WITH THAT AND NOT JUST THE UM, I GUESS THEORETICAL, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE DOES THIS OR THAT, BUT LITERALLY LET 'EM SET UP A PRECINCT.
WELL THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO DO.
YOU KNOW, LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO DO THAT.
WALK IN, GO OVER TO THE WAREHOUSE, GET THEIR EQUIPMENT, WALK IN WHAT WOULD BE DELIVERED TO BE IN THE ROOM AND HAVE 'EM SET IT UP FROM START TO FINISH.
UM, AND EMPHASIZE BEFORE THEY START THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, I KNOW
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LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE MIFI.YOU SAID THAT YOU YEAH, I CAN SEE YOU ROLLING YOUR EYES THAT THEY DID.
BUT YOU KNOW, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN WALK AROUND AND CRITIQUE.
DID YOU DO THIS RIGHT, YOU KNOW, HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP 'EM REMEMBER BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING, I MEAN FOR ME, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE ACTUALLY DOING IT AS OPPOSED TO HEARING ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT IN OUR HANDS ON THIS WAS.
WE USED TO, IN THE HANDS ON SOME CLASSES WAS LIKE, WE HAVE, WELL SOME CLASSES WE HAD WE ALL, WHEN IT WAS ALL CLERKS, WE HAVE 'EM BROKE OUT IN GROUPS OF FIVE HAD, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WE HAD IN THERE.
AND WE WOULD SAY, ALRIGHT, OPEN UP THE PRECINCT AND THEN I WOULD GIVE THEM, I WOULD, I ACTUALLY HAD VEON VERNON WAS A BLIND MAN AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED, NONE OF 'EM EVER WORKED WITH A BLIND PERSON BEFORE.
AND VERNON WAS A BLIND MAN AND HE'D COME IN AND HE, HE HAD HIS LITTLE, HE HAD HIS ID CARD AND EVERYTHING AND HE CAME IN AND, AND THEY WERE LIKE, THEY WERE JUST SITTING THERE 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WHAT DO YOU DO? AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING BACK TO THE THING OF ACTUALLY SETTING UP, ACTING IT THROUGH AND ALL OF THEM ARE ALL CLERKS.
THEY'RE NOT ANY POLL MANAGERS.
AND, AND THEY WERE STRUGGLING AND WE WERE LIKE, WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON FOR REAL IF Y'ALL DON'T SEE THIS? SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING BACK TO A ROUTE WHERE WE DO HAVE THEM SET IT UP, RUN IT, DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THAT'LL COME UP, THROW MONKEY WRENCHES OUT THERE AND SEE HOW THEY AFFECT IT.
AND WE'RE STANDING HERE SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THAT LOOK LIKE, LIKE WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN NOW AND THEN WE GIVE 'EM A LITTLE HINT AND THEN THEY SAY, OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE, WE DID, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GO BACK TO THE HANDS-ON CLERK SITUATION ALL, WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON WENDELL.
THESE ARE ALL THE CLASSES ONCE AGAIN, AND WE HAVE, WE'LL DETERMINE WHEN WE PUT IN THOSE HANDS-ON.
UH, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE DO HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL OF THESE HERE BECAUSE ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS HERE AND IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE IT HERE.
I THINK THAT'S, YEP, THAT'S IT.
WE HAVE LIKE SUGGESTIONS THAT, UM, WE WANT YOU AND JEAN TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF A GROUP WHERE WE JUST EMAILED JEAN AND JUST SAY, HEY, WE HAVE A GROUP OF 25.
YEAH, LET ME KNOW EMAIL WENDELL, BECAUSE YEAH, LET KNOW WENDELL BECAUSE SINCE HE'S THE DEPUTY RIGHT NOW, HE, HE HAS TO APPROVE THAT.
IF YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT'S INTERESTED, PLEASE.
I, I KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE GROUPS THAT I'M ABOUT TO REACH OUT TO AND SAY, HEY, I WANNA, I WANT, HEY, UH, WE'D LIKE TO COME OUT THERE AND, AND TALK TO YOU OR WHATEVER.
I, I DEFINITELY WANNA GET IN TOUCH WITH HAMPTON LAKE BECAUSE IT HAS A BIG AREA AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
AND WHAT WE FIND WHEN WE REACH THOSE GROUPS, WE GIVE COWORKERS TOO.
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, OH, CAN I BE A POLL WORKER OR WHAT DO I NEED TO, SO WE, WE TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AT THE SAME TIME, THE MINIMUM SIZE GROUP, THAT WOULD BE WORTH COMING OUT FOR I THINK 25, LIKE HE SAID.
I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, IF YOU CAN GET 25, I THINK THAT'S WORTH US COMING OUT THERE AND DOING IT.
BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S A WASTE OF TIME, BUT I MEAN, JUST TO BE EFFICIENT I THINK IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE.
UM, EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIRMAN, BEFORE YOU GO INTO ANYTHING ELSE, I JUST HEARD FROM YY, THEY CERTIFIED THEIR RESULTS AND THEY SAID, UH, FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER JAY COOK, HE HAS 112.
JERRY THOMPSON 43, ALFRED WASHINGTON 111.
SO THEY CERTIFIED THE TOWN COUNCIL, THE WINNERS AS JAY COOK WITH 112 LORI GOODWIN POSTIN AS 172 FOR MAYOR BEN.
THERE WAS ONE BRIGHTON VOTES TOTAL CASH 320.
SO THEY CERTIFIED THE MAYOR AS COLIN MOORE.
HAVING READ THIS, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE NO RUNOFF.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF BUFORT COUNTY'S VOTES? YES.
I I AM UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OF YES, YES IT DID.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I JUST ASKED A SUGGESTION? YES MA'AM.
UM, THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR A GOOD JOB ON THAT.
SO THAT MEANS WE ARE MOVING ON UP INTO NEWER HEIGHTS.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, I REMEMBER YEARS AGO, WENDELL, UM, WHEN, UM, THE
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CLERKS, YOU HAD ALL OF THEM TO ACTUALLY SET UP, BUT THEN BALANCE RECONCILE.AND I THINK WE AND THEY DID THAT THIS LAST YEAR TOO.
DO THAT BECAUSE, UM, THAT WILL HELP THEM TO GET CLOSED PROPERLY AND BE OUT OF THERE.
WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN AND DEVELOP WHAT THAT HANDS-ON CLASS.
WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE PAST INFORMATION ON THE HANDS-ON 'CAUSE IT WAS A SPECIFIC CLASS AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND, AND UPDATE IT TO FIT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND EVERYTHING.
UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 34 70 A ONE TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS, INCIDENT TO EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR COMPENSATION OF A PERSON REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY IN THIS CASE A DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS OF, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY DIRECTOR.
UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION? SECOND.
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MEETING IS CALLED BACK INTO GENERAL SESSION.UM, THERE WERE NO VOTES TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED.
SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS CLOSING COMMENTS.
UM, FIRST CLOSING COMMENT IS A QUESTION, UH, JUST TO, TO, TO RE-ASK OR CONFIRM, WENDELL, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, RESEARCH THE DEFINITION OF A MEETING FOR, FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND, AND THE ISSUE IF YOU MISSED THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE CANVAS MEETING AND THE BOARD MEETING TODAY QUALIFY AS TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS? UM, AND IF WE HAVE A HOT WASH MEETING, IS THAT COUNTED AS A MEETING? AND IF WE WERE TO HAVE THE HOT WASH AND THE BOARD MEETING AT ON THE SAME DAY, IS THAT TWO MEETINGS? SO IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE CONFIRM THAT FOR US.
UM, SO NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION, I, I THINK FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS, UH, VERY SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE STAFF, UH, THAT WORKED HARD TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, AND THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED TO THEIR ASSIGNED PRECINCTS ON THAT DAY, UH, THERE WERE SOME MINOR TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT WERE, UH, NOT IN THE CONTROL OF OUR BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
UM, SO I THINK EVERYTHING WENT AS WELL AS IT COULD GO.
UM, ALSO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE POLL WORKERS.
UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE POLL CLERKS AND POLL MANAGERS, UH, WORKED VERY PROFESSIONALLY FOR THIS ELECTION.
UH, WERE COURTEOUS WITH VOTERS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN BLUFFTON IT SEEMS WHERE WE HAD AND, AND ALSO UP IN, UH, FOR THE EMBASSY ELECTION WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF TURN AWAYS FROM PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THEY WERE NOT IN THE MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, NEXT IS ITEM 11 ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WHEN WE HAVE OUR DECEMBER BOARD MEETING.
SO I PROPOSE, UH, THAT WE HAVE A HOT WASH MEETING, UH, FOLLOWING THE BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER AND PROPOSE THAT WE DO IT ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10 OR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17, DEPENDING UPON AVAILABILITIES.
WILL THIS BE THE MEETING AND THE HOT WASH ON THE SAME DAY? YES.
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DEFINITION OF MEETINGS, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
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BUT, UH, WENDELL IF YOU COULD JUST ADD THAT ON CLARIFICATION BECAUSE, UM, JIM, POSSIBLY A FINANCES COMMITTEE OR A FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE IT JUST TO NOT, I'D RATHER BE HERE A LONG TIME THAN COME MANY TIMES, RIGHT? I BELIEVE YES, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL CLARIFY THAT.WAS ALREADY, YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE BOARD MEETING ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? CORRECT.
SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING IT? NO, IF EVERYBODY'S AVAILABLE THE 17TH, WE'LL STICK WITH THAT.
IS THAT GOOD FOR EVERYONE? YOU WANNA DO THE HOT WASH THAT DAY AFTER THE, RIGHT AFTER, AFTER THE BOARD MEETING.
WHAT TIME DO YOU THINK WE'LL HAVE IT? UH, WHAT'S IT ON THE CALENDAR FOR? IT'S O'CLOCK, PROBABLY TWO O'CLOCK.
YEAH, I DIDN'T WANNA RAISE IT.
YEAH, SO WHY DON'T WE START AT ONE O'CLOCK.
YEAH, WE'LL DO THE 1:00 PM ON THE 17TH FOR THE BOARD MEETING AND THEN FOLLOWED BY A HOT WASH MEETING.
UH, I GUESS THE HOT WASH MEETING NEEDS TO BE PUBLICLY NOTICED, SO WE DO NEED A SPECIFIC DATE.
UH, I I DON'T EXPECT A LOT OF ISSUES AT THAT BOARD MEETING.
SO WHY DON'T WE PLAN ON THE BOARD MEETING FROM ONE TO TWO AND THEN THE HOT WASH AT TWO O'CLOCK HOT WASH IS FOR THIS RECENT ELECTION, CORRECT? YEAH.
NOW IN, IN, IN THAT, WHAT FORMAT DO YOU WANT THAT? OR LIKE, WILL YOU SEND SOME LIKE, UH, I DON'T, I'M, I'M, WHAT, WHAT'S THE FORMAT? DO YOU WANNA SEND US SOME THINGS FOR US TO LOOK INTO OR HOW YOU WANNA DEAL WITH THAT? YEAH, THANKS FOR REMINDING ME.
UM, I LIKE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SEND ME THEIR HOT WASH ISSUES FROM THE ELECTION THEN RIGHT FROM THE ELECTION WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION.
SO IF YOU COULD SEND ME ALL OF YOUR HOT WASH ISSUES AND I WILL COMPILE THOSE AND GET THEM TO THE STAFF JUST AS WE'VE DONE WITH PRIOR HOT WASH MEETINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER TO DO THIS WHILE IT'S FRESH IN EVERYBODY'S MINDS.
SO COULD I ASK, UH, FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND ME THEIR HOT WASH ISSUES BY NEXT THURSDAY? THAT'S THE 13TH.
SO BOARD MEMBERS SEND ME HOT WASH ISSUES BY THE 13TH AND THEN, UH, THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, WHAT IS THAT? THE 17TH? I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO THE STAFF.
JEAN AND WENDELL, I HAD ALREADY ASKED SOME OF THE CLERKS THAT I WAS WORKING WITH TO SEND ANY OF THEIR OBSERVATIONS.
YEAH, CARMEN, IT, IT'S A COPY USE.
SO PROBABLY ALREADY STARTED SEEING SOME FEEDBACK.
AND PLEASE INCLUDE WHEN YOU SEND THOSE HOT WASH ISSUES, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDS-ON CLERK TRAINING TOPICS OR POLL MANAGER TRAINING TOPICS.
INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR HOT WASH ISSUES, PLEASE.
HEY, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COMMENTS? OKAY.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I SO MOVE ILE SECOND.
I AM AM CAMPBELL AND THIS IS BEAUFORD COUNTY MOMENTS.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD TODAY.
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BEEN A GREAT PART OF OUR LIFE IN TERMS OF GATHERING FOOD AND PREPARING THEM.OUR FOOD IS BASED ON THE LAND AND THE SEA.
THE LAND FOOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN RICE.
WE DON'T FEEL WE HAVE EATEN DINNER UNLESS WE'VE HAD RICE.
RICE WAS MIXED WITH VARIOUS ITEMS FROM THE SEA, LIKE OYSTERS OR SHRIMP.
AND WHEN THEY'RE COOKED WITH RICE IN ONE POT, WE CALL IT A RICE OR A SHRIMP OR AN OYSTER PERLOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE WATERMELONS AND THE SWEET POTATOES.
SWEET POTATOES WAS ALWAYS EATEN WITH FISH AND FRESH FISH WITH GRAVY AND THE SWEET POTATO.
OKRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FOOD WAYS.
WE, WE, WE RAISE THEM AS WELL AS WE PREPARE THEM WITH SHRIMP AND TOMATOES.
AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL THAT A GUMBO.
AND THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
AND SO ENJOY THE FOOD OF THE LOW COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR HISTORY.
THIS HAS BEEN YO BEFORD COUNTY MOMENT.
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