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201. AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA SO
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MOVE. I MAKE A MOTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.YOU A SECOND SET OF OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
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I OKAY. AND THEN WE ALSO WILL NEED TO APPROVE SETS OF MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025 AND DECEMBER 18TH, 2025 MINUTES. SO I'D A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH SETS OF MINUTES. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE BOTH MINUTES AS SUBMITTED FOR BOTH DATES I'LL SECOND THOSE IN FAVOR. I RIGHT AND THEN GUESS NOW[4. INTRODUCTIONS]
INTRODUCTIONS SALLY DENNIS DISTRICT SEVEN MEGAN FITZPATRICK AT-LARGE THAT'S LONGER I THINK I'M AT LARGE AS WELL. MARK FEINBERG NINE RUNNER CITY TO BE FOR HELEN MCLEOD SOLID WASTE RECYCLING. VICTORIA HOFFMAN CELEBRATES AND RECYCLING. WE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR SOMETHING ANYBODY ELSE VERY?[6. SWR REPORT]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON INTO SOLID WASTE REPORTS. ALL RIGHT YOU HAVE RECEIVED SOME ATTACHMENTS TO YOUR BOARD PACKET. WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE CURRENT STATUS THE FY 26 BUDGET SUMMARY. SO THIS CLOSED OUT OUR QUARTER TWO AND WHAT I HAVE LISTED HERE IN THIS TABLE ARE SOME OF OUR LARGE EXPENSE CATEGORIES.UM SOLID WASTE AND DISPOSAL. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE 46% USE AND THAT SOLID WASTE ACCOUNT IN HAULING WE'RE 41% RECYCLING 48% AND THEN SOLID WASTE TOTAL COST WHICH I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU ARE NOT A SUM OF THE DISPOSAL HAULING AND RECYCLING. THIS ALSO INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES AND MATERIAL EQUIPMENT AND THAT TOTAL COST IS 39%.
SO THIS IS TRENDING WELL WITH CLOSING QUARTER TWO AND MOVING INTO QUARTER THREE AND THEN BEYOND THAT IS JUST A SIMPLE PARAGRAPH TO DISPLAY THAT THE OF OUR SPENDING IS WITH SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FOLLOWED BY HAULING AND THEN RECYCLING YOU HAVE SOME UPCOMING COST SO WE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING OUR ACCOUNTS DOWN SO WE HAVE OUR EARTH DAY EVENT PRETTY LARGE EVENT THAT WE HOST EACH YEAR FOR LITTER UP. WE ALSO HAVE OUR TARP YOUR LOAD CAMPAIGN FOR ANTI LITTER AND THEN CONTINUING OUR WASTE EVENTS MAY AND THEN THAT WILL CONCLUDE THAT CONTRACT WITH THOSE AND WE DID RECEIVE $127,132 AND ONE PENNY REVENUE FROM RECYCLING AND THAT'S NOT JUST OUR BIG FIVE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING REVENUE FROM AT THE CENTERS BUT ALSO OUR BULKY METALS AND THEN OIL. SO MOVING ON TO OUR QUARTER TO REPORT THE SECTION THAT IS OUR OVERALL TONNAGE SUMMARY AND THIS SHOWS OUR TOTAL MATERIALS DISPOSED AT THE CENTERS WHAT WAS COLLECTED CURBSIDE AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN. RECYCLING THAT WE COLLECTED IN THE CENTERS WERE ABOUT 20 TONS CURBSIDE COLLECTED 1200 TONS AND THEN SOLID WASTE CURBSIDE OVER 25,000 TONS BEFORE KIND OF CONVENIENT CENTERS 8000 TONS. SO MAJORITY OF THAT WASTE IS COLLECTED CURBSIDE AND THEN IN SECTION TWO WE HAVE OUR WASTE BREAKDOWN BY COMMODITY AND DISTRICT AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES BOTH CURBSIDE AND CENTER COLLECTIONS SO THIS IS DOWN
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INTO DISTRICTS COLLECTED BOTH CENTERS AND RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE THIS IS ALSO DISPLAYING TONNAGE SENT TO THE LANDFILL AND TONNAGE TO BE RECYCLED OUR TOTAL LANDFILL TONNAGE 39,826 TONS AND OUR TOTAL TONNAGE 4755 TONS SO FAR .THEN IN SECTION THREE WE HAVE OUR COST SUMMARY BY MONTH AND COMMODITY AND THIS IS OUR FROM RECYCLING OBVIOUSLY SUBTRACTED TO SHOW OUR ACTUAL INCORPORATED IN WITH THOSE TOTALS AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE HERE WHEN IT'S BROKEN DOWN MONTHLY ARE THOSE SEASONAL TRENDS SO WE'VE GOT A PEAK WASTE IN DECEMBER AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT PEAK WASTE MONTH AND JUNE AND THEN OR JULY RATHER AND THEN TEETER OFF UNTIL AUGUST IN SEPTEMBER THEN SIMPLE GRAPHS AND VISUAL JUST TO DISPLAY YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN THE TABLES AND THE FIGURES ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT BEFORE I GET INTO THE FBI 27 BUDGET PROPOSAL ANYTHING THAT'S OF NOTE OR CONCERN I MEAN ON THE OLD STUFF BEFORE YOU GO INTO THE NEWS OF NO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TRACKING REALLY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE. WE ARE SEEING SLIGHT INCREASES WITH DISPOSAL AND HAULING BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT YET IF LOOKED AT THAT TREND ON A FIVE YEAR BASIS IT WOULD LOOK PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN COUNTY BUT WE ARE TRACKING THOSE TRENDS AND BUDGETING ACCORDINGLY. THE COSTS AND THE VOLUME ARE THEY RELATED MEAN YOU GOT MORE TONNAGE BECAUSE YOU GOT MORE PEOPLE? YEAH EXACTLY. YEAH. THE AND VOLUME IS RELATED SO THE OF THIS DATE IS FOR PEOPLE TO DISCARD LESS THAN #2 OF WASTE PER DAY BUT I BELIEVE OUR NUMBERS ARE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT IF YOU DO WHAT THEY'RE CALCULATIONS IN RATIO ARE BASED OFF OF TONNAGE GOING TO THE LANDFILL AND PEOPLE RESIDING IN COUNTY, IT'S A BIT DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE THAT ENTIRELY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE VISITING IN THE SUMMERTIME SO HEAD HUNTING ISLAND WE GET A LOT OF VISITOR TRAFFIC IN A LOT OF VISITOR WASTE SO IT'S A BIT DIFFICULT TO REALLY PINPOINT WHAT. RESIDENTS IN COUNTY ARE WASTING BUT OUR RECYCLING PERCENTAGE IS NOT HIGH SO IT COSTS TO RECYCLE.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S COSTING US TO RECYCLE IT ALSO US TO DISPOSE OF THE WASTE.
SO EITHER WAY IT'S A DOUBLE FOR OKAY WELL IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE HAULING MEETING AND BEFORE IT'S ECOLOGICALLY GOOD TO RECYCLE AS OPPOSED KNOW NOT JUST FOR THE ENVIRONMENT BUT FOR LANDFILL SPACE BOTH OF THOSE TWO THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED HOWEVER NEVER GET AWAY FROM COLLECTING WASTE AND HOW MUCH PER PERSON HOW IT GOES I GUESS IS HOW WELL WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO WHETHER COMPOSTING OR RECYCLING MAJOR THINGS LIKE TIRES THEN AGAIN WHAT WE DO ON THE BACK END OF THEM.
AS MEGAN YOU TALKED ABOUT SHREDDING AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF HAULING CHARGES BEING ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST NUMBERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN WAYS THAT WE CAN MAYBE CUT COSTS BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS WE ARE WE HAVE CURRENTLY SELECTED A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR AND THIS POSITION REPLACE THE RECYCLING COORDINATOR POSITION IT JUST TOOK A BIT TO RECLASSIFY SO VALENTINA WILL STILL BE WITH THE COUNTY SHE'LL BE PRIMARILY STORMWATER EDUCATION THEN WE'LL HAVE THIS SOLID WASTE SO IT'LL BE LIKE WE'RE GETTING A FULL TIME PERSON AGAIN TO HELP PUSH THE MESSAGE ON SOLID WASTE AND THEN THEY WILL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH VALENTINA ON ALL THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. WELL THAT PERSON OH WE TALKED ABOUT TRAINING PEOPLE TO WORK AT THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF CONTAMINATION AND I GUESS WE FOUND OUT THIS WEEK THAT I TOO I GUESS IT IS IT'S A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT'S NOT ALL YEAR ROUND AND IT'S NOT SO MANY DAYS PER DAY LIKE OTHER VOLUNTEER EFFORTS HAVE IT. I THINK THAT WE COULD GET
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VOLUNTEERS ON AN ONGOING BASIS AT SOME OF THESE CONVENIENT CENTERS TO WORK YOU KNOW LIKE EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR 4 HOURS. BUT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A COORDINATED EFFORT BY SOMEBODY. YEAH. IN OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR YEAR WE'VE REQUESTED FROM H.R. SEVEN NEW POSITIONS TO DEPLOY AT THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS SO WE ALREADY CREATED THE POSITION THIS YEAR AND WILL BE INTERVIEWING FOR THOSE POSITIONS BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A CONVENIENT CENTER CREW LEAD AND THESE NEW SEVEN POSITIONS THEY'LL BE AT THE CENTERS AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO ACT AS THE LEAD TO THAT CENTER.SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY GOING TO BE ASSISTING ATTENDANTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE SOMEONE TO REPORT TO AT THE FOUR LARGE CENTERS, THEY'LL ALSO AT THAT RECYCLING AREA AND BE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS WHEN THEY COME THROUGH WITH RECYCLING.
BUT OUR CONVENIENCE WE ALREADY HAVE A REALLY GREAT RECYCLING RATE.
WE ALREADY HAVE LOW CONTAMINATION RATE. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING TO TACKLE IS OUR CURBSIDE WHICH IS KIND OF IT IS OUT OF HANDS A BIT SO BUT ABSOLUTELY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO BRING MORE OF TO RESIDENTS. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUICK QUESTIONS, GO AHEAD. SORRY IN IN THAT REGARD FOR EDUCATION OUTREACH, HAVE YOU GUYS EVER THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE IN EDUCATION KIND OF PRESENTING IT AS THE COST OF RECYCLING I DON'T THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWS THAT I MEAN THERE IS A BIG COST TO RECYCLE SO KIND OF MAYBE TO PREFACE IT SUCH AS THAT. AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY OUTREACH WITH THE VARIOUS PPOS? YEAH. SO VALENTINA WORKS WITH PPOS.
SHE IS WRAPPING A MEETING WITH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TEAM TO ASSIST IN GETTING INTO THE SCHOOLS MORE. SO YEAH SHE IS SHE'S BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND REACHING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN SO IT DOES BRANCH OUT FOR SO WHEN SHE HOSTS SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARIES SHE PEOPLE KNOW I CAN COME OVER TO YOUR ARCHWAYS AND SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORT TO THEY HOST WANT TO SAY BI MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE THE CITY CONSTITUENTS AND THEY TRAIN PEOPLE SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON THAT TOO SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN SO IF YOU DO HAVE ANY PEOPLE INTERESTED IN EDUCATION OUTREACH WE'RE DEFINITELY READY AND WILLING TO GO TO A MEETINGS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE RIGHT NOW.
MEGAN I THINK IT'S MORE THE POWER'S INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE BACK NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. OKAY. ONE MORE QUESTION YOU YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I LIVE ON HILTON HEAD SO I KNOW IN THE SUMMERS HAVE A TREMENDOUS INFLUX OF VISITORS AND THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO OUR DISPOSAL HAULING EVERYTHING CENTERS EVERYTHING HAS IT HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY LIKE ATTACKS FOR THAT NOT FOR SOLID WASTE? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING. IT'S A BIT MORE ON FINANCE LEVEL.
I JUST HOLD MY HAND OUT AND THEY GIVE ME MONEY. I MEAN I LINE ITEM OUT WHY I NEED IT WHICH I'LL GO INTO SHOWING YOU WHAT I PROVIDE THEM BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE I'VE ASKED TO AND THEN ALSO THERE ARE DIFFERENT FEES AND TAXES THAT THE COUNTY GETS FOR EVERY TIME THAT THERE IS A NEW COMMUNITY BEING BUILT BUT CURRENTLY WE RECEIVE TAXES FROM THE MILITARY BASE FEES. BE NICE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT ATX BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT THAT POT GOES TO SO THAT YOU KNOW MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL. YEAH, IT DEFINITELY I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE REALLY LOOK AT SOLID WASTE PART OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY POPULATION GROWTH YOU KNOW IT GOES TO PUBLIC SPACES AND LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS THAT'S GREAT I'M NOT SAYING THEY DON'T NEED THAT BUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE MAKE WAYS TO GO. ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE IN THE PAST YEAR, YOU KNOW BUT CURRENTLY OUR FUNDING HAVE BEEN MET EACH YEAR SO WE HAVEN'T RUN INTO A ROADBLOCK TO WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TO COLLECTING OUR REVENUE.
GO BACK TO ANOTHER STATISTIC SO I CAN USE IT TALKING POINTS OR POUNDS THIS IS SOUTH CAROLINA IS #4 OF WASTE PER PERSON PER DAY. OH YOU HAVE TWO OF TWO LOOK AT THE EXACT EXACT AMOUNT THAT THEY WANT WHAT THEIR GOAL IS BUT IT'S A INITIATIVE BY
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CAROLINA US AND THEY BASICALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE RESIDENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA ONLY WASTING CERTAIN POUNDS PER DAY OF SO IT'S BASICALLY A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT A RECYCLING GOAL SEE IF I CAN LOOK IT UP FOR YOU REALLY QUICK IT'S OKAY WE CAN DO IT ANOTHER TIME.I WANT TO SAY THEIR GOAL IS AROUND TO A LITTLE MORE THAN #2 PER DAY ACTUALLY 3.2534.25 IS THEIR GOAL POUNDS AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PER PERSON PER DAY ANYWAY ONWARD TO THE APRIL 27 BUDGET PROPOSAL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OKAY ALL RIGHT SO MOVING ON THAT BOY 27 BUDGET
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PROPOSAL I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT ACCOUNTS OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL NEEDS AND JUST KIND OF AN OVERSIGHT ON UPCOMING DATES. SO THE FIRST COUPLE OF COUNTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE TABLE ARE GRAYED OUT THOSE ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND THEY'RE OVERSEEN BY FINANCE IN H.R. SO THOSE ARE BASICALLY YOUR SALARY WAGES AND OUR INSURANCE RETIREMENT STUFF LIKE THAT. THEN SOME OF OUR OTHER MAJOR ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE OUR SERVICES AND UNDER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WE HAVE VARIOUS VENDORS WHO WE CONTRACT TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE OPERATIONS. SO WE HAVE OUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL CONSULTING SERVICES, OUR TIRE HAULING AND RECYCLING ,OUR DUFFY ISLAND WASTE SERVICES COMES OUT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, SHREDDING EVENTS AND THEN SOME OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS AT THE CENTERS FENCING TREE TRIMMINGS STUFF LIKE THAT AND. THEN GOING ON TO OUR SOLID WASTE HAULING WE ARE REQUESTING 2.3 MILLION FOR THAT PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY THAT IS TO OVERSEE THE CONTRACT TO HAUL THE WASTE FROM OUR COLLECTION CENTERS AND THEN DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING THAT ONE ACCOUNT SO BOTH ARE TONNAGE FEES FOR THE LANDFILL AND ARE TIPPING FEE FOR RECYCLING COME OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT. SO WE JUST OBVIOUSLY BREAK IT OFF INTO DIFFERENT PURCHASE ORDERS AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH THESE FIGURES IS BASED OFF OF HIS HISTORICAL DATA WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TRENDS AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING SMALL PERCENTAGE TO ACCOUNT FOR INCREASES IN PRICES BECAUSE THIS BUDGET WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL JULY ONE OF 2026.SO A BIT OF A LAG TIME AFTER GETTING ALL THESE QUOTES AND SO PRICES GOING TO CHANGE.
LET'S SEE I HAVE SOME OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT ARE ACCOUNT GRAYED OUT AND THESE ARE OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT ARE OF OUR BUDGET AND WE SUBMIT THESE REQUEST BUT TECHNICALLY JUST OVERSEEN BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO OUR VEHICLE AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SO CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IS ANYTHING OVER $10,000 OUR PURCHASE BY THE FLEET DEPARTMENT AND SO WE HAVE REQUESTED I BELIEVE I HAVE MY LISTS SOMEWHERE BUT WE HAVE REQUESTED NEW VEHICLES FOR THE NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE'VE REQUESTED AND THEN WE'VE ALSO REQUESTED FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS A ENGAGED TRAILER TO HAUL OUR ACREAGE W JUST TO BE A MORE SAFE ON THE ROADWAYS AND ANOTHER COMPARTMENTALIZED RECYCLING COLLECTION CONTAINER WE ALREADY HAVE ONE DEPLOYED AT OUR COFFIN POINT AND IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ACCOUNT IS STILL PART OF SOLID WASTE JUST IT'S IT'S I DON'T KNOW IT'S A FINANCE THING IT'S HOW DO I EXPLAIN IT IT'S UNDER PUBLIC WORKS BUT IT'S IN A DIFFERENT CODE .
YEAH. SO WE KEEP IT SEPARATE DIFFERENT CODE SO STILL OURS BUT IT'S JUST ACCOUNT. YEAH. SO SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED ARE CONTINUE OUR CONVENIENCE CENTER UPGRADES SO WE DO HAVE CONTRACT THAT IS READY TO BE SIGNED BUT IT WILL GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR ITS APPROVAL FOR ASPHALT AT FIVE
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OF OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS. SO NEXT YEAR WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE RESURFACING NEEDED CINTAS CENTER REPAIRS OUR BLUFFTON CONVENIENCE CENTER THE SERVICE AREA THAT WAS HIGH COST SO WE ADMITTED IT FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SO IT WILL GO INTO OUR 27 AND THEN SAINT HELENA SERVICE ROAD IT GETS REALLY MUDDY AND MUCKY BEHIND THERE SO WE LIKE TO PAVE THAT AREA AND THEN JUST WIDEN THE ROAD SO WE HAVE JUST BETTER OPERATIONS AT THAT CENTER AND IT'S NOT SO TIGHT. I SAID THOSE WILL BE SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE MOVING INTO F 27 BUDGET PROPOSAL AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO IMPROVE OUR H W WHICH IS THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION AREAS AT THE CENTERS AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO IMPROVE AND RENOVATE THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE FACILITY THAT'S LOCATED ON THE PUBLIC WORKS CAMPUS. WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT REQUESTED IN OUR BUDGET BUT THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN SENT TO FACILITIES TO OVERSEE BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THEY'RE NOT PROJECTS, THEY'RE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. SO SOME OF OUR REQUESTS THEY DIDN'T GET SHUT DOWN, THEY JUST GOT MOVED TO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT WHO'S SUPPOSED TO OVERSEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS? WHAT LIKE WHAT WHAT EXAMPLES THAT'S RELEVANT.NO UPDATING UM UPDATING THE CONVENIENCE DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WHAT DID FACILITIES TAKE? UPDATING UPDATING CONVENIENCE CENTER SHEDS AND THE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO FACILITIES. I HAVE A SPREADSHEET IT'S NOT OPEN RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST BASICALLY JUST DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. OKAY.
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PUT OFF OVER THE YEARS. OKAY.
YEAH I HAVE SOME OF THE LIST NOW SO FENCING TREE TRIMMING REMOVAL THAT LEFT OUR CAPITAL PROJECT AND WE'VE NOW PUT THAT INTO OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET SO THAT'LL INTO THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CATEGORY. SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING A CAPITAL PROJECT JUST GOING TO GO INTO OUR OPERATIONS BECAUSE IT'S MAINTENANCE AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WERE ELECTRICAL PANELS AND OUTLETS FOR COMPACTORS THAT ALL THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS MOVING FROM SOLID WASTE TO FACILITIES BECAUSE IT'S TECHNICALLY A FACILITIES UPGRADE OR OH OKAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT YOU SAW THAT RIGHT? IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS WAITING UNTIL YOU FINISHED BEFORE I MENTIONED ANYTHING TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING. NO, NO, NO, I IT'S SO FAR IN FACE HERE. I MOVED IT UP SO I DON'T HAVE MY NOSE.
OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO IN YOUR NOSE.
YOU DIDN'T I THOUGHT YOU FOR ME . ALL RIGHT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I HAVE ON HERE AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ALL AWARE WHEN WE DO SUBMIT OUR BUDGET WE DO HAVE TO ALREADY TELL THEM WHAT GRANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO, WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR THE MONEY THAT WE NEED. IT NEEDS TO BE THERE SO WE DO ALREADY HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE OUR BUDGET FOR THE PALMETTO PRIDE GRANT THAT WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE USDA NEPA GRANT THAT WILL BE BEING ROLLED OVER INTO FISCAL YEAR 27 AND THEN OUR SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SOLID WASTE AND OIL THAT WILL BE APPLYING TO WILL HAVE THOSE FUNDS ALREADY IN A GRANT PIGGY BANK READY FOR US TO UTILIZE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT SO YES WE ARE ASSET WITH OUR GRANT FUNDS AND CARRYING OVER AND HAVING EVERYTHING WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE BEFORE NEPA THAT'S THE ACRONYM THAT THEY USE FOR THE USDA GRANT. YEAH.
SO IT'S USDA PARTNERED WITH NIVEA NEPA IS I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT THE ACRONYM STANDS FOR F STANDS FOR FOOD SO BASICALLY USDA IN THIS NEPA PROGRAM COMBINED AND THAT'S WHO'S PROVIDING US WITH THE FUNDS FOR THE GRANT AND DO WE GET TO USE THOSE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES? I'M POSTING YEAH THAT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE NEPA WAS SOMETHING FOOD ADMINISTRATION YEAH SOMETHING FOOD IT WAS A NEW PROGRAM I'VE NOT HEARD OF IT BEFORE BUT. GOES TO COMPOSTING.
YES EXACTLY. THAT IS THE COMPOST GRANT PALMETTO PRIDE IS LITTER AND
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LITTER PREVENTION AND THEN OF COURSE THE DSA GRANTS WE'RE REALLY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE RIGHT I ALREADY HIT ON WHAT THE DIFFERENT CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE.UM OH I DID NOT MENTION ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO PURCHASE IS AN EF 550 FLATBED TRUCK WITH RAILS ON THE SIDE WITH A HYDRAULIC LIFT AND THAT'S FOR COMPOSTING AS WELL AS OTHER SOLID WASTE ACTIVITIES. BUT WE CHOSE THAT A ROBUST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAUL SOME OF THE STUFF AND THEN SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE REQUESTED WAS THE END CAGE TRAILER, A COMPOST SCREENER WHICH I'M HOPING I'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME GRANT FUNDS FOR A SKID STEER AND THEN AS I SAID THE COMPARTMENTALIZED ROLL OFF CONTAINER TO START COLLECTING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AT THE SMALLER AND THEN JUST A QUICK UPDATE AND I KNOW WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS REALLY QUICK BEFORE SALLY NEEDS TO HEAD OUT BUT WE DID KICK OFF OUR COMPOST PROGRAM NOTICE WENT OUT IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS WE HAD OVER 230 RESIDENTS SIGNED UP AND REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM IS REALLY GREAT.
OVER 5000 PEOPLE WERE REACHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUTUBE. WE RECEIVED 1400 CLICKS TO THE WEBSITE AND COMPOST SO OUT OF A COUNTY POPULATION OF 190,000 RESIDENTS AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT SHOWS REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD AND EXCITED TO IT OF QUESTIONS. YES.
ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST IS SINCE I'M NEW ON THIS BOARD AND I GUESS THE BOARD MET FORMALLY IN PAST YEARS OH ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THIS BOARD TO GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION TO SEND TO COUNTY COUNCIL THAT WE APPROVE OF YOUR BUDGET REQUEST BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR OTHER LOOKS TO HAVE THAT THAT'S NUMBER ONE. YEAH IT'S SIMILAR TO STORMWATER WHERE YOU HAVE TO I, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND APPROVE WE RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL TO THE COUNCIL. WELL AND IT'S NOT A BUDGET. YEAH YOU'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR ME TO SEND MY PROPOSAL TO NOT EVEN COUNTY COUNCIL YET NATURAL CFO AND FINANCE. ALL RIGHT. SECONDLY I'M USED TO SEEING A A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY IN A BUDGET PROPOSAL JUST LIKE ALL THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE BROKEN OUT OF HOW MUCH IT COST. I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE 26 VERSUS 27 TO SEE WHICH ONES WENT UP AND DOWN. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUR APPROVAL AND AND ADVANCED IN OTHER WORDS A MONTH BEFORE WE MEET GETTING THE INFORMATION SO THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD CAN INTO IT NOT JUST AT THE TIME YOU PRESENT IT FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL I HAVE COMMENTS FIRST THE COMPASS STUFF LOOKS GREAT WE'RE IN A TIME CRUNCH A LITTLE BIT NOW FOR ME FROM IS DENNIS ACTUALLY NEEDS TO MOVE AND THEN AND THEN WE HAVE TO KEEP THEN WE'RE NOT DONE WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM SO WE CAN'T MAKE ANY MOTIONS IF IT'S IN 30 OH MY GOSH.
SO LET'S VOTE. I DON'T HAVE THAT MANY QUESTIONS.
I'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER. GOOD JOB. AND I DID I DID WORK WITH SALLY VICTORIA ON THE BUDGET AND WHAT YOU SAID IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE, RIGHT? WE SHOULD KNOW BUT I WILL SAY I HAVE THE SPREADSHEET. WE HAVE THE SPREADSHEET.
YOU GUYS WANT THE DETAILS LATER THEY TRACK MY WORDS YOUR EARS, THE TRACKS PRETTY MUCH WE'VE GOT MORE INFORMATION. YEAH WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DETAIL THAT THEY'RE DOING YEAH THEY GOT TO THAT IT LOOKS LOOKS SPOT ON SO YEAH YEAH YEAH. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
THE CHECK IN KIOSKS AT THE VARIOUS CONVENIENCE CENTERS WAS THAT ALLOCATED IN THIS BUDGET? I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO. SO THAT WAS A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WE SUBMITTED AND IT WAS INCLINED OH WOW. YEAH DECLINED THE AUTOMATED KIOSK ANSWER. OKAY SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BUT IT'S NOT.
MM. OKAY SO THEY THAT WAS EXACTLY MY QUESTION.
WHO WHO AND WHY THE. WELL WE FUDGE IT COORDINATOR I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHO THE
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BUDGET COORDINATOR AND CFO LOOKED AT THE CAPITAL REQUEST AND WHAT WAS THE PRICE POINT OF THAT. DO YOU KNOW UH. YES.QUESTION THE PRICE POINT FOR AUTOMATED ARM LIKE $100,000 OF AND THE THE THE STAFF WERE IN THE SALARIES WHICH IS THE NOT THE SEVEN STAFF THAT WERE AT THE.
THAT'S AN UP ABOVE. SO THAT'S NOT OUR BUDGET. RIGHT.
RIGHT. YEAH THAT SO WHEN WE OUR REQUESTING THAT STAFF THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL LOOK AT AS WELL SO IF WE DO APPROVED FOR THE SEVEN ADDITIONAL STAFF AND THEN THREE TECHNICAL POSITIONS FOR OPERATIONS THEN THEY'LL INCORPORATE THAT INTO SALARIES AND WAGES AND BENEFITS CATEGORIES AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR BOOT ALLOTMENT AND OUR UNIFORMS ALLOTMENT SO AS MR. SONGER SAID HE HE'S HE'S SEEN OUR BREAKDOWNS AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE ITEMIZED LIST. SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT I PRESENTED A BUDGET REQUEST TO THE SOLID WASTE SO I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT SO I WILL DO IT. YOURS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN ENTERPRISE FUND I THINK I, I UNDERSTAND YOU AS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY THAN THIS ONE IS GOT IN THE FUTURE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BUDGET PROPOSAL OR ANYTHING IN MORE DETAIL FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME OR WE CAN GET ON THE CONFERENCE CALL AND I CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I GIVE YOUR PRESENTATIONS YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE. PERFECT.
OKAY. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REJECTED THEN IS THAT THE AND I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE WAS THE WHAT ELSE WAS RIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW WE WANT VOTE BUT NOT ON THE TABLE OR WHAT IS IT OFF THE RECORD. YEAH OFF THE RECORD.
I GOT OFF THE RECORD HE TOLD ME NO BEFORE I SUBMITTED A LOT OF STUFF.
YEAH BUT THE ONLY THING REALLY WAS THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IT JUST WEAR AND TEAR ON THE CENTERS IS WHAT WE REQUESTED. THE ONLY NEW THING LIKE THAT IT WAS THE AUTOMATED ARM WHICH IT DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY RATIONALE ? YES BUT YEAH IT WAS A LOT OF IT WAS MAINTENANCE, A LOT OF PROJECTS WE WERE CALLING PROJECTS WEREN'T PROJECTS THEY WERE MAINTENANCE JUST DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
I WAS I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE AUTOMATED ARM OH THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE ARM SCRAP METAL.
YEAH AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE BUDGET SO THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT WAY UP HERE ON PRIORITIES ON WHAT WHAT'S NEEDED. IT'S NOT OUT OF THE PICTURE YET BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET GRADED OR RATED LOW IT MAY FALL IN IT MAY NOT BUT IT DIDN'T GET A HIGH MARKING SO THEY RANK THEM OFF BASED OFF OF NEED RESIDENTIAL.
SO THAT WAY WE ACTUALLY ARE SPENDING RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER SO WHENEVER THEY'RE LOOKING AT OUR CIPS THERE'S A RANKING SYSTEM AND A LOT OF IS WE ACTUALLY GOT TO KEEP BECAUSE A OF IT IS MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE CENTER SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THREE STEPS BACK TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND BUT IT GOES BACK TO WHAT SCOTT SAID. YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR TO HELP GET WHAT YOU NEED THAT WE THINK IS IS REQUIRED OR NECESSARY VERSUS SOMEONE WHO WHO'S NOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK AT SOME POINT WE'VE PROPOSED APPROVE THE BUDGET CORRECT AND BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT POINT WE GOT TO DO PRETTY QUICKLY LIKE 5 MINUTES AGO UM MY ONLY MY ONLY COMMON IS THAT THIS A MY MY OPINION OF THE BUDGET IT'S TOTALLY IT'S DEFENSIVE IT'S LIKE IT'S A MAINTENANCE BUDGET. SO IF WE HAD THINGS WHICH MIGHT COME IN THE COMING MONTHS SINCE THIS IS A NEWER BOARD THAT WE NEEDED TO DO OR WE IDENTIFIED IS NOT IN HERE RIGHT THIS IS JUST TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE FOR THE GROWTH THAT IS COMMON, RIGHT? I MEAN IN OF IT IS JUST PAYING MORE MONEY FOR THOSE TRASH HAULING. I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S THE BULK OF THIS BUDGET AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE MY OPINION IS IT'S APPROPRIATE IN THAT MANNER. IT'S LIKE A 3 TO 5% GROWTH RATE. SO OKAY. SO THAT'S WE'RE APPROVING UM IT WAS THERE'S OTHER THOUGHTS I MOVED TO IMPROVE IT AND I DO HAVE A APPROVING RECOMMENDATION OR APPROVING RECOMMENDATIONS HOW WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS BUDGET VERSUS LAST YEAR'S WHAT DOES THAT INCREASE THE NUMBER? UH MORE MILLION RIGHT? IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY BECAUSE THE BUDGET LAST YEAR INCORPORATED SALARY ALREADY.
OH IT DID. YEAH SO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS UNDER A YOU KNOW IT HAS ALL
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OF THAT THAT WAS UNDER ENTERPRISE ONE LAST FISCAL YEAR SO THE ENTERPRISE FUND GOT OF YOU KNOW NOT ENTERPRISES WAY MORE MOVE BACK IN THE YEAR FUND SO THAT FUND WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE JUST KEPT TO ASK FOR MONEY BECAUSE WE WERE WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY IN THAT BUDGET SO WE KIND OF KEPT HAVING TO ASK FOR MONEY SO IT WAS KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT THIS YEAR WE'LL BE BACK ON A GOOD NORMAL BUDGET SCHEDULE SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK IT BETTER AND THEN BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL BETTER TO IN THE ASSUMPTIONS ACCOUNTS WERE CONSOLIDATED AND THEN GIVEN TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SO SOME STUFF THAT WE HAD LIKE WATER SEWER AND ELECTRIC TELEPHONES TECHNICALLY WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO FACILITIES BECAUSE WE'RE NOW GENDER TURNED OFF AND SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT PAST BUDGETS BECAUSE IT HAS CHANGED BECAUSE WE WERE ENTERPRISE AND NOW WE'RE GENERAL. EXACTLY. SO MOVING FORWARD IS THIS GOING TO STAY IN THE GENERAL FUND? YES. FOR THE DURATION? YES. SO THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. AN ENTERPRISE FUND IT JUST HAD THE TITLE. OKAY. SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY MOVING FORWARD. YEAH I THINK IT'S GREAT. YEAH.SO WE'VE HAD A BUMPY COUPLE OF YEARS. YEAH.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOLID WASTE HAULING DISPOSAL RECYCLING WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE'RE APPROVING HERE IT GROWS, IT'S GROWING PER INFLATION 3 TO 5% SO IF THAT'S WHAT PRIMARILY APPROVING IT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE. LANDFILL CALL CIRCULATION IS DOWN ECONOMY YEAH THE INFLATION'S GAS IS DOWN WELL IT'S POPULATION IT'S POPULATION IT'S SO INFLATION IS A DIRECTIVE BUT LIKE YOU THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GROWING AND BEFORE ACCOUNTING THAT MIGHT EVEN BE A LOW YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE THAT'S WHAT PREDICTING THAT'S THE NUMBER JUST YES WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG YOU CAN YOU CAN QUESTION ABSOLUTELY BUT THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBERS REFLECT APPROXIMATELY AND AGAIN THAT TAKES ME BACK TO THE WHOLE TAX THING BECAUSE IF WE HAVE VISITORS COMING IN AND THEY ARE THESE COSTS THEN WE SHOULD THERE BECAUSE THAT COULD HAVE MAYBE PAID FOR THE THE YOU KNOW THE ARM.
SO WE NEED TO START GETTING CREATIVE. I WOULD SAY OUR INPUT THAT WE NEED TO VOTE. YEAH I AGREE WITH THAT. OKAY WELL LET'S LOOK INTO THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT MR. SALLY SALLY SHOULD MAKE THE MOTION WHILE SHE SHOULD. BUT MY MOTION IS APPROVE AS A POINT OH CHAIR.
OH, NO, THAT'S NOT THAT'S THIS IS THE OH YEAH. SO THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED FY 27 SA WASTE RECYCLING BUDGET I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OKAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
OKAY GOOD JOB VICTORIA. WE HAVE ONE MORE REAL QUICK VOTE HAVE TO DO THE CHAIR ON THE CO-CHAIR APPOINTMENTS AS WELL WHILE WE'VE GOT A QUORUM OKAY SO I GUESS I'M MAKING IN A MOTION TO FOUR ARE YOU WILLING TO STAY I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT OUR CURRENT CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING BOARD. SECOND ALL IN FAVOR YOU THINK YOU ACT, YOU CAN TAKE IT YOU CAN ADJOURN IT. YEAH.
OTHERWISE IT WILL BE OPEN FOREVER. WHAT DO WE OPEN FOREVER IF WE ADJOURN BEFORE YOU LEAVE? WELL, THAT WAS YOU CAN DO IT. OKAY.
YEAH YOU CAN YOU CAN GO. YEAH HE TAKES OVER YOU GO AHEAD GO WHEN SHE LEAVES WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. I LOVE IT. ROBERT 29 ADJOURNED.
EVERYBODY GO HOME. YEAH, WE'RE DONE. MEETING ADJOURNED.
WELL, QUICK, QUICKLY. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S PUBLIC HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO WITH SAID WE'LL ADJOURN THANKS GOOD WORK
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.