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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE BUFORT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON A SPECIAL MEETING ON THIS FEBRUARY THE 25TH.
CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? KIM GORDON? HERE.
CHRIS, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU AGAIN.
DID AK THEY CALLED YOU MS. GINNY.
NEWMAN ARE EVEN WEARING A SPECIAL T-SHIRT.
HOW'S TERRY? HAVE A HAVE A QUORUM.
THE, THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR US IN THE 11 YEARS I'VE CHAIR THIS COMMITTEE.
I'VE NEVER HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING CALLED BEFORE, BUT THIS IS UNDER SOME VERY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE CAUSED BY, UH, TWO QUOTES THAT WE HAD, UH, FOR OUR YEAR NINE PAVING.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS CLAIMED THAT HE WAS A LOCAL CONTRACTOR AND TRIED TO USE IT, THE 5% REDUCTION IN HIS BID TO GET THIS, TO MAKE HIS BID SUCCESSFUL.
JUST MAKING SOUNDS OF HOW TACKY IT WAS.
ANYWAYS, UM, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE RUSTY, I'M GONNA LET YOU GO OVER THE TWO BIDS AND, AND WE'LL PROCEED ON FROM THERE.
UM, WELL BASICALLY THE TWO BIDS CAME IN, UH, WITHIN $57,000 OF EACH OTHER.
UM, SO AGAIN, UH, APAC WAS THE LOW BID.
UM, BLYTHE WAS TRYING TO GET THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY CONSIDERED THEMSELVES A LOCAL VENDOR.
UM, BUT THE, UH, THE WAY THE COUNTY EXPLAINED IT TO THEM THAT THEY STILL DIDN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE IT WAS WITHIN, STILL OVER THE $10,000 THRESHOLD.
SO THEREFORE THE COUNTY WENT AHEAD AFTER QUITE A BIT OF DELIBERATION THAT THAT APAC WAS STILL GONNA, YOU KNOW, GET THE BID.
UM, SO THE, THE, UH, SO THE DOT 500 TO 2000 A DT ROADS, THOSE, THAT ONE CAME IN AT, UH, 605,000 AND I BELIEVE I MAYBE SENT THIS TO YOU ALL.
UH, BUT THE $605,738 50 CENTS, THE, UH, ZERO TO 500 A DT ROADS CAME IN AT $904, 9 65 AND 40 CENTS.
AND THE BEFORD COUNTY YEAR NINE ROADS CAME IN AT 1,977,108 AND 97 CENTS FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF THREE TH $3,487,812 AND 87 CENTS.
UM, SO THAT'S THE NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO GET APPROVED FOR RESURFACING, NOT INCLUDING A CONTINGENCY OF, UH, 30, UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER.
10%, 300, 340 $8,000 OF CONTINGENCY.
UM, THE REASON FOR THIS, THE REASON FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING IS THAT THE STATE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE BY ONE JULY AND WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH PUBLIC FACILITIES AS WELL AS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO THOSE STEPS HAVE TO BE TAKEN FOR US TO CONTINUE ON WITH THESE PROJECTS.
AND THIS DELAY WAS PROBABLY IN EXCESS
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OF A MONTH TO, TO FIVE WEEKS.SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.
SO WITH THAT ALL SAID, WE'RE GOING, UH, TAKE A VOTE ON APPROVING OF THE THREE CONTRACTS, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A, A VOTE ON APPROVING, UH, A FIRM TO DO THE, UM, CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
ICE WILL BE THE, WILL BE THE, UM, COMPANY THAT DOES IT'S C-C-E-I-C PERFORM THE CEI CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION.
SO WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I JUST WANNA GET THIS CLEAR.
I, YOU KNOW, I HAD READ THIS STUFF BEFORE AND I'M STILL, SO WE ARE NOT REALLY GETTING INTO THE WHOLE THING ABOUT A COMPANY BEING LOCAL VERSUS NON-LOCAL NO.
OR HAS BEEN, THAT'S ALREADY DECIDED.
I JUST WANTED TO GET, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING ON.
AND SO WE'RE JUST VOTING ON BASICALLY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OR THE YES OR NO? YES.
SO IT'S JUST A YES OR NO? YES.
ON THE YES OR NO ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE THREE CONTRACTS.
THAT'S, I I SAY I REALLY WASN'T TOO CLEAR.
I READ IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I STILL COULDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, JUST QUICKLY? YES, SIR.
UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE LOCAL CONTRACTOR THAT THEY, THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO BID, BUT THE COUNTY WANNA KEEP IT WITH THE COMPANY THAT THEY ALWAYS USE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY? NO, NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
BETH WAS TRYING TO SAY THEY'RE A LOCAL CONTRACTOR, WHICH MM-HMM
TECHNICALLY THEY'RE, THEY HAVE AN OFFICE IN BEAUFORT.
UH, BUT THEY'RE AN, THEY'RE AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY OWNED, I BELIEVE, OUT OF FRANCE.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOCAL OFFICE AND BECAUSE OF THE, THEY WERE WITHIN 5%, THEY TRIED TO SAY THEY WERE LOCAL, BUT ALSO PART OF THAT, UM, ORDINANCE THAT SAYS, OR $10,000, WHICH THEY WERE $57,000 OVER THE NEXT LOWEST BID, WHICH IS APAC, WHICH IS ANOTHER COMPANY WE'VE, WE USE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE JUST AS LOCAL.
THEY JUST DON'T HANG A SHINGLE IN BEAUFORT
UM, THEY DO A PLANT HERE AND I MEAN, THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF COUNTY HERE.
AND I'M LOOKING YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR TOTAL.
YOU GOT RIGHT THAT 1977 THAT FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.
WHAT WAS THAT NOW? YES, THOSE ARE THE COUNTY ROADS THAT WE'RE GONNA RESURFACE.
SO THAT WAS A LIST THAT YOU, THAT WAS A LIST THAT YOU GAVE TO US WHERE I SAW MY LIST AND EVERYBODY ELSE LISTED.
YOU HAD IT BROKE DOWN, RIGHT? YES, CORRECT.
HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CHRIS, DO A ROLL CALL IF YOU WILL, PLEASE.
I JUST HEARD A LITTLE SQUEAK AND THAT WAS ALL I COULD HEAR.
NOW I'LL HAVE A SECOND MOTION DISCUSSION AND MOTION NEEDED FOR THE PROOF APPROVAL.
WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE CEI WITH THAT VOTE, BY THE WAY.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO TAKE THE CEI SEPARATE AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE CEI, RUSTY IS WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR.
UM, AND NOW THIS IS GONNA INCLUDE RESURFACING.
IT'LL ALSO INCLUDE THE CEI FOR, UH, THE REJUVENATOR AND THE MICROSURFACING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
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TOTAL FOR THOSE IS, UH, $146,375, UH, FOR ALL THREE.UH, WELL I'LL SAY ACTUALLY IT'S, UH, THREE FIVE CONTRACTS.
UM, BASICALLY THE RESURFACING CONTRACT IS REALLY ONE CONTRACT, BUT IT'S THREE DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THREE DIFFERENT OR PIECES.
SO 146,375 FOR ALL OF YEAR NINE CEI WITH ICE, NOT ICE, ICE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, PERRY OR CHRIS? LET'S MAKE IT SIMPLE.
UM, WE'LL APPROVE THIS WITHOUT ANY OBJECTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NO OBJECTIONS OF THE CEI CONTRACT WITH ICE IS APPROVED.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND TROUBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
WE WILL ALSO, UH, HAVE RUSTY GO OVER THIS, UH, JUST FOR POINT OF INFORMATION AGAIN AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT BEYOND THAT, I THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME COMING OUT ALL.
THE COUNTY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
EARLY SETTLERS FROM ENGLAND BROUGHT THE TRADITION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO AMERICA.
TODAY, MORE THAN 3000 COUNTY GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE SERVICES THAT AFFECT ALMOST EVERY CITIZEN'S LIFE.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S 46 COUNTIES ARE VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS EVOLVED NATIONALLY.
THE COUNTY UNIT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WAS REGARDED AS A LOCAL EXTENSION OF STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY 1970S LED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PASSING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOME RULE ACT.
IN 1975, THE HOME RULE ACT GREATLY EXPANDED COUNTY AUTHORITY AND CHANGED THE NATURE OF COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION TO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.
BEAUFORT COUNTY WENT FROM HAVING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A COUNTY COUNCIL.
MEMBERS OF THE 1975 COUNCIL INCLUDED CHAIRMAN ARTHUR HORN, VICE CHAIRMAN GRADY THAMES, LEROY BROWN, GARY FORDHAM, WILLIAM GRANT, HARRIET KAISER LING, DAVID JONES, BILL MCBRIDE, AND BOOKER WASHINGTON.
AS THE NEW COUNCIL SOUGHT TO DISTINGUISH ITSELF, COUNCIL MEMBERS DESIRED AN OFFICIAL SYMBOL THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE JURISDICTION'S IDENTITY AND UNIQUE CHARACTER COUNCIL APPOINTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE THE TASK AND CARRY OUT A CONTEST FOR THE BEST COUNTY SEAL DESIGN.
HARRIET KLIN WAS A MEMBER OF COUNTY COUNCIL, AND IT WAS HER IDEA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IDENTIFY OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL COUNTY.
WE MET THEN UP AT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A CAROLINA BANK AND SOME YEARS AGO BACK THERE ON WEST STREET.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, GOOD, BAD MAYBE UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT IT DOWN TO THE ONE THAT WE NOW USE.
COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SEAL COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH REFLECTED THE COUNTY'S HISTORY, TRADITIONS, AND NATURAL BEAUTY.
THE SEALS COLORS OF BLUE AND GREEN REPRESENT THE COLORS OF THE COUNTY'S OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT WITH ITS MANY WATERWAYS, MARSHLANDS, AND MARITIME FORESTS.
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FIVE IMAGES WITHIN THE SEAL DEPICT SOME OF THE COUNTY'S DISTINGUISHING FEATURES, ANCIENT LIVE OAK TREES, THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, RICH NATURAL RESOURCES, AND A RARE MARINE ECOLOGY, LOW COUNTRY ARCHITECTURE, AND MILES OF RIVERS, CREEKS, AND INLETS.I THOUGHT IT ENCOMPASSED WHAT THE, WHAT WE AS A BODY WAS LOOKING FOR A SEAL.
IT WOULD, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, IT REALLY COVERS THE ASPECTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SO HE DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, WHOLE SO THERE AND WHAT WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY.
COUNCILMAN BILL MCBRIDE WAS IN OFFICE WHEN THE CONTEST WAS HELD AND WAS PRESENT WHEN THE COMMITTEE REVEALED THE WINNING DESIGN.
I THINK COUNCIL WAS ECSTATIC ABOUT IT.
UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THE, THE SIMS ON THE SEAL REPRESENTED, UM, ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BEFOR COUNTY.
THERE IS A SLANG CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL ON DRAFT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WHERE YOU HAVE THE SHRIMP BOAT TODAY.
INITIALLY, THAT WAS A PLEASURE CRAFT, A SAILBOAT AND YACHT TYPE BOAT.
AND, UH, IT WAS CHANGED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE SHRIMP BOAT WAS A BETTER REPRESENTATION, UM, OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ASPECT OF BECA COUNTY LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAD OTHER THINGS ON THE SEAL THAT REPRESENT THE PLEASURE AND RECREATION, THE FISHING AND THE BEACH.
SO THEY THOUGHT THE SHRIMP BOAT, WHICH WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF BEFORD COUNTY CULTURE, SHRIMPING, ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME, WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE SEAL.
THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST WAS AN ARTIST FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE LATE LEE PAYNE, WHOSE DESIGN WAS SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 126 CENTURIES SUBMITTED FROM AS FAR AWAY AS INDIANA AND TENNESSEE.
HE WAS AWARDED $250 FOR HIS DESIGN.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE CAPTURED THE LEGACY OF OUTDOOR BEAUTY, CULTURE, AND HISTORY THAT HELP TO DEFINE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
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