* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:18] GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, THIS IS, UH, WE WILL CALL THE MEET ORDERS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2046, MEETING OF PETE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY. BEAUTIFUL. FOUR. UH, THANK EVERYBODY. SO YOU, SO WE HAVE, UM, WELL SHOW YOU PROVE AGENDA. LET'S DO INTRODUCTIONS. THERE'S NO, NO, WE GOTTA GO. BYEBYE. GOTTA GO. OH, GOT IT. WORRIES. . WE'RE ALL I KNOW. I KNOW. YOU GOTTA HURT 'EM. KEEP ON GOING. YOU THE ALL IN FAVOR. UH, THOUSAND 45 BEING CHANCE NIPS TOGETHER. , PLEASE. GOOD. NOW WE'RE GETTING INTRODUCTIONS. UH, WE'LL START BY EAR WITH YOU FOR ROLL. DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU. I'M GOOD. CAMPBELL. HI, PAM. DISTRICT THREE FRIEND MC. I'M WILL. CHURCH VOLUNTEER. THANK YEAH. S ACTUALLY AIR CONTROL FURTHER. MATTHEW RANARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BRADLEY ERIC COUNTY WORKS. VALENTINA AND BRAD, LITTLE EDUCATOR FOR PUBLIC TIPS. JOE PASS AT BEAUFORD. KERRY COUNCILS LIBRARY, ARKANSAS DISTRICT FIVE. AND I'M THE LEGACY EXHIBIT. YES. AIR STREAMING FOR GELS. READY? I'M GENE ZEPPO. I AM REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN AND I'M SELLING THE CLOUD. ALL THE WASTE AND RECYCLING. IF DON'T LET, IF I GO BACK, UM, ONE MORE DIAL CHAINS. . YOU WE'RE ON INTRODUCTIONS. JEAN. HELLO. I'M SORRY. TALKING. TAKE CARE. OKAY. IT'S YOUR INSTITUTION. YOURSELF. EVERYBODY RECORDING STAND. ? YEAH. I'M JEAN FRU. UM, I LIVE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OUTSIDE FOUNDATION. AND THAT'S DISTRICT M. THIS YEAH. LONG TIME. I SHOULD NOT. UM, BUT I MEAN, UH, LITERARY FOREIGN THEM, WHICH THAT PHIL. FAMILIAR. YES. THIS WELCOME TO BO. VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND ISH. AND IT'S A DIFFERE. WE DO, YOU LET US KNOW AND SAY HOW BOTHER YOU ABOUT RIGHT THERE IN YOUR FOUR. OKAY. MOVING FORWARD. UH, UPDATES, UH, NUMBER ONE, ONE ALL A, THE NEW FACIAL DEPARTMENT IS ONE. UH, PIZZA FOUNDING IS SORT OF PLAN ALL THE VAULTS FOR 15. TED, THIS IS NICK STADEL FOUR THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A RATED FROM THE CITY RATE. I OKAY. TWO AND THAT'S WHEN I ORDERED . AND ALSO THERE, UH, THERE MR. HARRIS'S DEPARTMENT IS, IS DOES SOME PLANNING. UH, S GOOD. AND I'M TELLING YOU, I DRIVE BY IT EVERY DAY AND IT'S A AWARD OF THE JOB. AND SO HOPEFULLY FROM HERE AS YEARS GO BY, WE CAN, WE HAVE A LITTLE THING NOW THAT CAN GO AROUND AND DO JOBS THAT NOT BIG DOCS WOULD IMPROVE US. ANY PART OF OUR DISTANCE THAT ANYBODY COULD LIKE TO DO. I THINK WE'VE GOT, UH, GOING ALONG. SO IN MY LIST, COME FORWARD WITH THAT AREA AND LET THAT BLUE DISTRICT NEWSLETTER STUFF GO. WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO THE 1 72 78 INTERSECTION NEXT YEAR AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF CLIENT. AND ARE WE GONNA SAY, WE'RE [00:05:01] GONNA TRY, WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO PLAY TRAFFIC CIRCLE FRAZIER CIRCLE FOR SEVERAL YEAR. SO THEY CREATED A PLANT FOR US. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ORDER THE PLANT. SO, RIGHT. YES WE ARE. AND SO PLAN FOR THERE. SO WE'RE GONNA SO CAN SAID IN THE COUNTY, AND, AND AGAIN MR. HARRIET, HIS CREW IS SAID WITH WHEN, THANKS SCOTT. BANG DUCK UP. WE HAD AND GET TREE BIDS. I MEAN, THERE'S NO PRODUCT OUT THERE YOU COULD DO FOR 4,000. POSSIBLY FOUND OUT IS SO ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE AS VOLUNTEERS FOR HAVING, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET THAT DONE. WE, EUGENE WILL TELL YOU, DOING SCIENCE, NO MEETING. WE GOOD. IT, IT'S A REWARD. WE GET IT DONE, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT. BUT TO HAVE YOU SELL US THAT'S YOU. THE WHAT? GO AHEAD. SO WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED SOME, INCLUDES THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL PLANTS FOR WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA DO, LINING THE BUDGET. SO YOU'VE GOTTA MOVE ON IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE MONEY DISAPPEARS. AND SO WE HAVE HAVE TO STEP BY JUNE 1ST. WELL, YOU CAN'T DO ANY MORE PROCUREMENTS AFTER JUNE 1ST. YOKA PUBLIC WORKS PROCUREMENT PEOPLE BASICALLY STOP US, WHICH IS GOOD. IT'S THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. I STOP AS SOON AS YOU CAN. WE, WE GOT A LITTLE LANDSCAPE PARK TO THIS HOPE US OUT TOO. WHICH REALLY TEAM YOU THINK YOU WANT IN THAT BAR, UH, MADE IT EASIER. YOU, YOUR EIGHT BOTH. UH, HE'S PRETTY GOOD. I LIKE HER AND SHE'S FUN WORK WITH, BUT, UH, HER, OUR GUYS AND, AND I KNOW YOU CAN CHOOSE, BUT THEY, THEY'LL GO OUT AND BUY THE PLANT PERKS FROM THE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A CENTRAL PLANT PLACE DOWN NEAR, NEAR IN GEORGIA ON 17TH. COMPANY BUYS PLANTS FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED. YOU NEED. HE A THEY THEY GIVE ABOUT, SHE WILL GET TO FOR US AND SHE ADD A LITTLE ON BOSTON, THEM, THEY'LL GET PLANTS. WE, OKAY, SO IF, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU THAT CHOOSE YEP. PASTOR CAN PLAYERS TO GET HELP, HOLD STRESS TO LOOK AT. WE'LL PROBABLY LET HER WORD PASS. ALRIGHT. I HAVE WELL THAT'S, LET'S TALK THAT THROUGH. CAN ARE DOING THAT WELL. RIGHT. 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT PASS MONEY THROUGH LEAH, NOT THROUGH WE RIGHT. SHE CAN. SHE, WE, WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET OUT AND, 'CAUSE I MEAN, SALLY CAN ACTUALLY BUY IN STOCK BECAUSE TOBACCO WELL, SO THAT SEES THAT CAN AND OUR EVERY MORE WE CAN ADD. SO WE'RE LOOKING WHAT PLANNING? 2046 TO FINISH IN 20 FOOT OUT OF THIS YEAR BUDGET. 2 78 AT ONE 70. NO, WE PROBABLY, WE'LL PLAN. AND FOR THE 2 78, 1 70, UH, FINANCIAL PRACTICE. SO 20 26, 20 27. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GET, JO. OKAY. SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS, DO WE, ARE YOU PLANNING THAT CROUCHING TO COME OUT OF OUR CURRENT FUDGE BE 1 72 78? NO, THAT'S MY NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AND, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IF MY ITEM AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET ON HAND, THAT WE WILL CLOCK TO TODAY AND WE'LL AGREE TO THAT BUDGET SO THAT IT CAN BE SUBMITTED IN TIME FOR THE COUNTY'S MOTION. THUS THERE'LL BE STILL ENOUGH MONEY INJUNCTION ISH. WE MISS HIM. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU TAKE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. AND IF I MAY INTERJECT THAT THERE'S ALSO, UH, SOME PLANNING FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AT THE 1 72 78 CIRCLE, UH, THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD, UM, AS PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO SEE IF THAT BECOMES PART OF THE ORUM. SO WE WILL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHERE WE CLAIM WHERE WE MIGHT, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE CONSTRUCTION ROOM YOU NEED THEM ON AND SET, DEVELOP. WE MAINLY WANNA PUSH THIS FORWARD YEAR. YES. AND SO IF WE JUST PUT THE ON THE YES. ANYTHING ELSE, CHRIS? UM, LET'S START, GET BACK WITH THE YELLOW CHAT. SO I'LL TAKE 2 78 SIGN UPDATE. OKAY. THAT'S THE NEXT BULLET POINT. LEGISL. NOPE. 2 78. WELCOME SIGN UNDER [00:10:02] UP THERE. THE THIRD BULLET POINT. YEAH. THIS IS 12TH YEAR. YEAH, IT IS NOT THE AGENDA. THINGS ON THAT. OKAY. MANY REPORTS. UM, A WEEK COULD AGO MONDAY WE MADE THE FINAL PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THEY DECIDED THEY PICKED THE SIGN, SIGN. DO IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN SHOW? NOT REALLY. I HAVE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHICH SIGN THAT THEY SELECTED. YEAH, I I'M JUST GONNA COOL. UH, I THINK LINDA GREEN DOWN. YEAH. UM, NO, I DON'T. I'LL SHOW, I'LL JUST PUT IT ON MY SCREEN HERE AND JUST SHOW YOU. I CAN'T PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN OUT THERE THOUGH. I, SO THIS ONE HERE, INTEREST, THIS IS, THIS WAS THE CHOICE THING. WE HAD TO MAKE A COUPLE CHANGES TO IT, WORRYING CHANGES, ET CETERA. UM, OUR MEETING WITH HANNAH OR AFTER THIS MEETING GOING BACK HER OFFICE AND WE'RE LIKE, C**K ABOUT FOR CHANGES HAVE TO HAPPEN. UM, ONCE WE DO THAT, THEN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT JARED, I GUESS, AND, AND, UH, BRADLEY WILL FIGURE OUT PACKAGE AND SUBMIT THE DOT FOR THE AGGRESSION REQUIREMENT. OR IS YOUR CALL CONSISTENT? A WORK? OKAY, GREAT. BECAUSE THIS BOARD CAN'T SUBMIT AN GROSS PERMIT'S GOTTA COME FROM, UM, THAT HOPEFULLY WILL HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH. UM, WE'RE TOLD IT'S A TWO WEEK CHART. AS LONG AS EVERYTH MEETING IS OKAY, THEN IT'S GREAT. AND IN MARCH WE'LL ACQUIRE SIGN. WE ALREADY HAVE RAN PROCUREMENT. WE KNOW GLOBAL IS A LITTLE BETTER AND IT'S THE, UM, THE BEAR THAT GAVE US SOME GOOD IDEAS AS WELL. UM, SO NOW SHARING THE CONTRACTOR ON US, HE SAYS HE EATS TWO WEEKS TO BUILD THE SIGN. PROBABLY ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS TO PREP AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO IF IT ALL GOES WELL, WE'LL BE INSTALLING SIGN IN, UM, APRIL. UM, IT'S ON ROUTE 2 78 RIGHT HERE. US CV, UH, AS YOU COME INTO THE COUNTY AND IT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL SIGN. IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF THAT SCREEN GOING BY EIGHT. YEAH, IT'S, IT'S SIX BY FOUR. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT STATE APPROVAL, BUT WE TALKED TO THE STATE OF CG FT SEVERAL TIMES. RIGHT. SO WE THINK WE'RE ALL ON TRI CENTER. UM, SO ANYWAY, THE PRESENTATION LAST MONDAY AT ONE GRAY COUNCIL PICK, IT WAS EIGHT TO THREE FEBRUARY OF THAT PARTICULAR DESIGN. UH, WE THEN WE HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER ENTRANCE POINTS IN THE COMING AND, UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE AND WE ALREADY LAY OUT FOUR MORE ENTRANCE POINTS. UM, MY COMMITMENT WAS WE'RE THE 2 78 SIGNED OUT THIS FISCAL YEAR PERIOD, WE'RE GONNA GET A DUCK. THE OTHER ONES IT DEPENDS ON MONEY. DEPENDS ON TIMING. JOE. I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT A BIT. SO WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE OUT, AND IF WE HAVE, WE GET TO APRIL, BUT EXPORT ME TOO MUCH FROM NOW AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE MONEY THAT WILL ONE SPEND, WE CAN BUY IT SIDES AND THEN HAVE THEM INSTALL PHYSICALLY THE YEAR, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE CAN EFFECTIVELY SPEND THE MONEY. MM-HMM. AT WHAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY IS BUDGET FINANCE SESSION IS, UM, WE'RE ABOUT, WE WILL HAVE SPENT ABOUT HALF OUR MONEY EXCEPT , MAL NEW PLENTY PROLAB. BUT WE WILL, WE HAVE COMMITTED ABOUT 21,000 OF THE, UH, 50,000 S SURVIVE. SO WE MIGHT HAVE MONEY A YEAR TO BUY SOME STUFF. I'M KIND OF LIKE AN OUT THAT IF WE HAVE IN GERMAN. RIGHT. BUT WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT PUTTING IN THIS YEAR. AND THAT SAYS SO WHOLE PROCESS STAY LIKE THAT OUT. BUT WE CASH EM DOWN THE S**T THAT, AND THE ONLY CHANGE WE ASKED THEM TO SIGN WAS PERFECT. WOULD YOU SWEAR THE WORDS WELCOME TO GIVE AND COUNT? SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON. I PUT THAT LETTER IN THERE. DID THEY, DID IT MAKE, KAREN DID FIND THAT STEVE? NO. SO NOW WE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO SAY, WELL, AND AND SIZE LAB CHARACTER SIZE IT, DEBATE SIGN IS ADDING FAST. SO YOU DON'T WANT TOO SMALLER CHARACTERS. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO WORK. SURE. UM, AND HANNAH AND I ARE IN INSIDE THAT CONVERSATION TODAY. AND THEN DOT IS GONNA HAVE AN OPINION. RIGHT. AND SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT THING IS. BUT THAT'S THE BASIC PLAN. OKAY. WE HAVE TO RE SAVE SPACE, REMOVE AREAS BY SEA AND EXPAND THE SAMPLE 1769 OF IT AND ELEVATOR AND THEN GO UP INTO A ACCOUNT. SO I THINK WE GOT A GOOD PILE OF . BE UNDER SOME, SO WE WILL HAVE YES, IT DOES. TODAY'S SIGN. UM, THE PLAN THOUGH IS TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME DISCUSSION AND EVERY ENTRANCE POINT OF CONSEQUENCE TIME. SO FIVE DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAT EACH SIGN MAY BE A DIFFERENT SIZE BECAUSE YOU DON'T PUT THAT SIZE SIGN TOO LATE. SO THAT ALL THE DETAILS TO WORK. SURE. WHAT, UH, DID, WHAT IS SARAH BEACH CALLED? [00:15:01] APRIL? YEAH. I SAY THEY WROTE 10 11. SO, WHICH ARE FOR THE OH LAW, THE SHOT. YEAH. THAT WELL. SO, SO AFTER THE COUNTY, IT'S UP TO THE S-D-D-O-D OR IT'S THE LONG IT 15TH. THAT LINKS THE FIFTH COPY. THE 12TH. THE 12TH THROUGH THE, YEAH. 18TH. NO, 18. 13TH THROUGH THE 19TH. YEP. APRIL. WELL IT ACTUALLY GREEN. YEP. JUST BEFORE, JUST UP OUTTA THE SCREEN. DATE LEDGE SELECTION YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT? UH, SURE. SO, UM, I KNOW BRENDA WORK DILIGENT MASS, NOT FIXED BAG ORDINANCE. AND THEN PARTICIPATED ALSO IN THE FUTURE. RUN AS THEN PAM. THEN UM, CHRIS, MYSELF AND TINA, SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE BEEN MEETING NOW FOR EIGHT MONTHS. BRADLEY'S THAT, THAT'S A COUPLE OF THEM. UM, ALICE, HOWARD, ISABEL, ALMOST EVERY ONE OF 'EM. JULIANA Z FROM PLANNING, IT'S CALLED THE ORCHESTRATOR OF THIS. BUT A, UM, NEW ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED, IT'S VENTURE LEGAL. UM, IT'S NOW BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE OTHER MISS WITHIN THE COUNTY. UM, JULIANA'S TAKING COMMENTS THAT, UH, LOT OF COMMENTS WERE VERY MUGGY, FORWARDLY, SHE SAID WORKING VERY. THAT WAS IT. UM, THERE A PRESENTATION SESSION WITH, UH, CITY OF BEAUFORT COMING UP NEXT WEEK. UM, CHAT TO THE CENTER, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, ACTUALLY TWO WEEKS AGO. WE MEETING EVERY OTHER WEEK. SO IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY, UM, ENGAGED, UM, AT THE MEETING, NOT LAST WEEK, BUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT THE TEAM, INCLUDING PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION, UM, WORSHIP ANTHEM. CONVERSATION. CONVERSATION. DO HER BOSS, UH, ALICE, THEY SAID THAT THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE GOOD IF KEEP YOU FOR TELLING BEAUTIFUL WAS THE ORGANIZATION THAT DROVE COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE, WHAT'S THE ORDINANCE OF PATCH. SO INFORMING BUSINESSES, INFORMING THE CITIZENS, ENGAGING, COMING UP WITH WAYS TO HOW DO WE HELP BUSINESSES MAKE THIS TRANSITION. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A STARTUP KIT OR CAN TO BUY, I DON'T KNOW, 5,000 CLIENT SHELLS THAT ARE PAPER BOXES AND SHARE THEM WITH DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESSES AT THAT. SO IT'S BY SHELF. SO CYCLE TO FIND. WE KEPT FAST AS AS WE CAN. SO, BECAUSE IF IT'S PAPER, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PUNCH. SO ANYWAY, THE, THE DETAILS OF THAT, WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT YET. WE STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, UM, AND WE'VE GOT A PRETTY DECENT PLAN BILL. UM, THE REASON I SAID LOOK, TIME ON IT IS THAT IT'S A BIG PART, POTENTIALLY OF WHAT WE DO. EMPHASIS LIKE A REALLY BIG PART AS WE, WE'VE GOT, IT'S A BIG JOB AND A FUN JOB. I MEAN, I THINK IT'LL BE JUST, IT'LL BE GREAT. IT'LL BE REALLY GREAT. UM, AT A FUTURE MEETING. I CAN PREFO ON WHAT THAT IS KIND OF COMING TO LOOK LIKE. UM, AND I THINK IT'S, THE PRESENTATION NOW IS ABOUT 25 PAGES AND JUST THINKING THROUGH WHAT ARE WE DOING, HOW ARE WE DOING IT, ET CETERA. BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE LOOK LATER. WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, KC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN COMMUNICATING THE NEW ORDINANCE, WHICH I THINK IS A WONDERFUL THING FOR US. SO THEY CAN PASS THIS. HOW'S IT GONNA BE COMMUNICATED IN FIRST BUS? SO THE, THE OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION FROM THE COUNTY COME DIRECTLY FROM THE COUNTY. SO THEY PASSED AS A EMAILS. IT, IT'S PASSED. WELL, A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST, UM, YOU, YOU, I THINK YOU REMEMBER WE DID A SURVEY? YES. UM, WE THEN HAVE, I KNOW, 15,000 EVALS THAT THE COUNTY HAS. WE DON'T HAVE. COUNTY IS GONNA SEND A UPDATE. WHERE WE STAND A COUNTY ASAY IS, JULIANA IS ORCHESTRATING EARNING PLAN. UM, THEN THEY'RE ALSO GONNA CONTACT ALL THE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE COUNTY. JULIANA IS THE COUNTY IS, UM, ONCE IT'S PASSED THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL, THERE'S A PROCESS. THE COUNTY USES THAT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU MUST KNOW OF IT WHEN AN ORDINANCE IS ASKED, HERE'S HOW IT GETS COMMUNICATED TO THE COUNTY. YEAH. THE, THE ORDINANCE IS GOING TO START IN THE COMMITTEE. THEY WILL RECOMMEND IT TO FULL COUNCIL AS AN ORDINANCE, WHICH IS A LAW. IT'LL HAVE THREE READINGS AND A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, AND THEN IF HE TURNS THE LAW, AND THEN WE CAN MEDICATE TO THE WORK ONCE, ONCE IT GOES TO THAT. SO IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN MARCH, FOR SURE. HE WOULD. SO, BUT OUR QUESTION IS WAS ONCE WE USE IN THIS PROCESS IN WITH HANDS S [00:20:10] HI, I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE WILL BE FROM MEDIA, YOU WILL USE SOCIAL MEDIA. UH, THAT WILL BE ONE AVENUE. IT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. UH, AND WE'LL DETERMINE HOW BEST TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT. YES. IT ALSO WILL GET PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS, LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS. THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THIS YOUR, EVERY LOCAL, YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA WILL MORE LIKELY PICK UP ON PICK UP. PICK UP ON IT. AND NOW I'M SURE THEY'LL BE, 'CAUSE THIS WILL BE A BIG DEAL. YEAH. YES. YEAH. SO THE SCHEDULE WE CAME OUT WITH JUST THREE DAYS AGO WAS THE BEAUFORT CITY WORKING SESSION IS FEBRUARY 24TH. SO THAT'S THANKS. 12 DAYS FROM NOW. YEAH. UH, IT GETS PRESENTED TO THE NRC ON APRIL 6TH, THEN IT GETS FOR THE, UM, NRC THEN HOPEFULLY EVOKES THE APPROVE IT. THE FIRST READING IS APRIL 27TH. THE SECOND READING IS MAY 11TH. AND THE FINAL READING IS MAY 26TH. SO THIS IS, THIS IS JULIE AND THE TEAM PLANNING. THIS IS NOT A RIP FROM ABOVE. WE HOPE THIS IS A SCHEDULE. UM, IF IT FOLLOWS THAT SCHEDULE, MAY 26TH, WE KEEP YOU FOR KIND OF BEAUTIFUL TAKE THE BALL FOR COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THAT OFFICIAL IFICATION IN THE NEWSPAPERS, ET CETERA. WE DON'T DO THAT, COLLEAGUES DO THAT. BUT FROM THEN ON, WE WILL BE THE ONES WHO STOCK WILL ENGAGE WITH THE CITIZENS AND THE VISIT. THAT'LL BE OUR JOB. AND IT'S A BIG JOB, JULIE. WE A NATIONAL SYSTEMS . NOW SOME ACROSS SOME SHOES, IT COULD BE ACTUALLY KIND OF IN BRING WITH THAT WILL BE, HEY, WELL THAT'S A, I I THINK SO. BUT THAT IS THE ARTICLE THAT I NEED THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH. YOU HAD IS PUBLICLY HAS TO GO THROUGH. YES. YES. ANYTHING ELSE? WE PUBLICLY YES. SOME, SOME NEED TO GO. SO ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SHARE HA WILL BE MORE HEAD ACADEMY MORGAN. WE ARE HAPPY TO, TO SHARE HOWEVER YOU ALL CAN YOU OPEN UP. BUT IT'LL BE MULTIPLE COM COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CITIZENS, MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS TO BUSINESSES. AND THEN WE AS INDIVIDUALS ARE GONNA HAVE TO GROW HELP TOP TO BUSINESSES. I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE ARE GONNA TAKE ON AS A RESPONS. THOSE, UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE FUN. I MEAN, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT OH, THANKS. WE'VE PUT A, WE'VE PUT A BUNCH OF MONEY IN THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR TO PROVIDE MONEY TO, FOR ADVERTISING. IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT MONEY FOR SAMPLE STARTUP KITS, IT COULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT. THESE ARE ALL IDEAS. WE AS TEAM HAVE TO DECIDE EXACTLY THE DETAILS OF WHAT WE WANNA DO. WELL SIT THEN TELL EVERYBODY WHAT THIS ORDINANCES KIND OF LOOKING TO DO. 'CAUSE I WON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY NARROWS EXACTLY. YOU KNOW. OH, SURE. DON'T KNOW. SURE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING SORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. SO THE, WITHOUT ALL THAT HISTORY, THE NEW ORDINANCE, WE'LL BAN PLASTIC BAGS AT, UM, RETAILERS AND FOOD, ANY ATION, ANY KIND OF ER NO, I, IT'S THE THIN OR ANY HEAT OF THE ONES THAT SAY RECYCLABLE AND TARGET, WALMART, THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES. AND PUBLIC DOESN'T DO IT TOO MUCH, BUT THEY'LL BAN THOSE. IT'LL BAN STYROFOAM FOR FOOD SERVICE. YOU CAN'T GET A STYROFOAM CUP ANYMORE. SO YOUR CHICKEN SALAD CHICK CUPS WILL BE BANNED. AND YOUR, UH, ENCLOSURES, YOUR CLAMS SHELLS, THOSE WILL ALL BE BANNED AT THE MADE OF STYROFOAM. THAT'S WHY THE STARTUP KIT CAME IN. HOW DO WE HELP THESE BUSINESSES TRANSITION? UM, THEN PLASTIC SILVERWARE THAT YOU GET IN TAKEOUTS, YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK FOR IT. UM, AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, THE BUSINESS HAS SAVED MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PUTTING PLASTIC IN EVERY SINGLE BAG ANYMORE. SAME WITH PLASTIC STRAWS. BUT YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT I NEVER ACCEPT A STRAW ON PERSONALLY, BUT THEY'RE PUTTING STRAWS EVERYWHERE AND PUTTING STRAWS. BUT THOSE YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT CAN WE BAN THEM? AND EVERYBODY AGREED IT'S JUST TOO MUCH, TOO HARD, TOO MUCH CHANGE AT ONCE. THE LET'S JUST MAKE THEM, UH, UPON DEMAND ON REQUEST. UM, AND THAT'S, I THINK WHAT THE COUNCIL WAS AND THAT'S WHAT THE SURVEY SHOWED YEAH. WAS THOSE TWO ITEMS TO BE REQUEST ON THE FIRST YEP. TOTAL BUNDLE. THOSE, BUT THE OTHER THREE. YEP. SO THAT'S WHAT THE SURVEY SHOWED THEN PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WANTED TO GET RID OF. YES, CAN. SO, UH, THE BASIC IMPLEMENTATION IS IF IT PASSES MAY 26TH, IT GOES INTO EFFECT AT EIGHT MONTHS. OKAY. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER MAY 26TH, IT GOES INTO EFFECT. UM, BUT IT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNLESS ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, FOUR MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALSO PASSED. THEY ARE SOMETHING SIMILAR OR, YEAH, [00:25:01] NOT EXACTLY, BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR. BUT ALL THE MUNICIPALITY STAFFS HAVE THE ORDINANCE TODAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL HERE TO START THAT CONVERSATION. UM, SO IF THEY DON'T PASS IT, THEN THE COUNTY ORDINANCE DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT. ONCE THEY DO PASS IT, THE COUNTER ORDINANCE WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO EFFECT WITHOUT THE GRACE STREET. AFTER THE GRACE PERIOD IS DONE AFTER EIGHT MONTHS, IT'S HILTON HEAD HAS DRAGGED THEIR FEET, HASN'T PASSED IT YET, AND THEY PASS IT TWO WEEKS LATER. IT GOES INTO EFFECT THE DAY HELD AT BEST. SO ABOUT . SO, YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT A YEAR'S WORTH OF WORK. THE COMMUNICATION, THE PLANNING, THE STARTUPS SUPPORT, AND THEN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE ORDINANCE. THAT HAS TO BE PART OF OUR PROCESS. SO DO WE DO REMOTE SURVEY? BUT THAT COMES DOWN TO, AND PROBABLY THE COUNTY WILL DO THE SURVEY FOR IT. ACTUALLY. WE'LL SEE, ENFORCE THAT MECHANISM. IT'S THE SAME ONE USED TODAY. UH, IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT AND IT'S, THERE'S A ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTY. IT WAS FOUR EMPLOYEES THAT DO CODE ENFORCEMENT. UM, WE TALKED TO THE CODE ENFORCER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND HE SAID AFTER THE BAN IN 2018 ON THE THIN PLASTIC BAGS SINCES, THEN THEY'VE GOT I THINK FOUR COMPLAINTS, FOUR OVER SIX YEARS. SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT. THAT MEANS THE PUBLIC'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION OR NOT KNOWING AND DOES, DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DO KNOW HOW. AND THEN SO NY, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE ADMITTED OUR APP STOPPED WORKING. YEAH. AND SO YOU WENT IN AND PUT IN, YOU PUT YOUR NOTE IN AND THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP. AND ACTUALLY I TRIED IT AND MY COMPLAINT NEVER GOT PROCESSED. SO WE, THERE'S SOME WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THERE'S NO NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE TODAY. I HAVE RESULTS IT, IF SOME OF THE GREAT BOARD ENDS, UH, AND ALL THE RESULTS IN FINDING IT RESULTS IN LETTERS AND THEN HARSHER LETTERS AND THEN A FINE. AND THEN AT THE END, THE COUNTY CAN PULL THE BUSINESS LICENSE, BUT THEY DO GO CODES, GOES TO THE BUSINESS OR WHATEVER TO SEE IF IT IS BEING VIOLATED AND GIVES THEM THE FIRST WARNING. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. BUT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PUT OUT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW THEY CAN YEAH. NOTIFY A A LOT MORE EFFECT. THAT PART IS, YEAH. I THINK REMEMBERING TO THAT, AFTER WE FACT PASS THE FIRST PASSING BAG BAND, WE'RE VERY QUICKLY INTO COVID. AND WHEN COVID HIT IT, IT SEEMED WE ABANDONED A LOT OF THAT. SO THE REASON WHY IT PROBABLY DIDN'T CONTINUE TO BUILD ON MOMENTUM AND SEE SOME MORE COMPLAINTS AND HAVE IF 'CAUSE RIGHT AWAY, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO, TO TOUCH ANYTHING. AND IT SEEMED AT THAT TIME NOT A HIGH PRIORITY INQUIRY AND I THE BAG. SO, SO I THINK STARTING FRESH WITH, YOU KNOW, CLEAR, UM, WAYS IN WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN, UM, REACH OUT TO COMPLIANCE CODE, CODE CODE COMPLIANCE IS, IS, UH, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE STARTING FRESH. YEAH. IT'S IT'S VERY MUCH FRESH. IT'S NOT LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THIS, THIS IS SO I NEW FORM, I MEAN YEAH. THE PROCESS, RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WENT THROUGH IT WITH THE INITIAL , RIGHT? WE DO HAVE, SINCE COVID A VERY DIFFERENT POPULATION. AND SO I DO THINK THAT, AND MANY WE'RE THAT SWEET. IT JUST, WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WE, WE COULD FORGET A LOT OF STUFF THAT DIDN'T GO WELL AND COULD START IT. I MEAN, IT WAS WITH, AGAIN, A, I THINK A FOOD OF SALT. I THINK MORE THE OUTREACH AND GET THE SOUTH DO. SO ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO IT MM-HMM . I'M SURE BETWEEN JULIANA, VALENTINA AND THAT TEA, UM, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF A PUBLIC, UM, TO INVITE BUSINESSES, INVITE PUBLIC IN. YEP. AND THEN WE CAN JUST, YOU CAN KIND OF JUST PUBLICLY KIND OF GIVE 'EM THE PLAN, EDUCATE 'EM FOR, ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. I THINK THAT'LL HELP TOO. AND GET THAT ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, BRING THE BUSINESSES IN, LET THEM HAVE AN OPINION. YEP. YOU SAID WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ALL, WE ALL SHOP AND EAT AT ALL OF THESE RESTAURANTS, RIGHT? SO WE DO, WE ALL WANNA MAKE IT TOUGHER RAIN THE BUSINESS THAT'S HERE TOO. AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT BRING THEM IN AND GET THEM INVOLVED. WELL, UH, COURTNEY FROM THE PORT ROYAL SALMON FOUNDATION SENT US A NICE NOTE YESTERDAY. UM, THE, UM, SOME OF THE BIG SUPPLIERS, ONE OF THE BIG SUPPLIERS IN PARTICULARLY WORKING WITH THE, UM, HILTON HEAD LEFT DOWN. YEAH. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I CAN SPEAK TO. PLEASE, PLEASE SIT, PLEASE. YEAH. SO IT ACTUALLY BEGAN IN OUR ROTARY, UH, THE ION ROOF, WHICH I ADMIRE. HOW WEARY COMPANION GROUP. AND JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF WORKING AT OUTSIDE BRAND AND I AS A SMALL OUTDOOR OUTFITTER, WE USED TO USE A CONSORTIUM TO BUY, WHICH WE CAN'T REALLY COMPETE WITH BIG GUYS, REI. SO WE USED TO CONSORTIUM WITH SMALL OUTDOOR OUTFITTERS. AND SO IT OCCURRED TO ME, WHY CAN'T WE DEVELOP THE [00:30:01] SAME SORT CONSORTIUM FOR SMALL DISTANCES? SO WE HAVE APPROACHED US FOODS AND THEY'RE EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN PROVIDE THESE TYPES OF CONTAINERS AT AN INCREASED AMOUNT AND AT A REASONABLE COST TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS. AND SO WE'RE WORKING AND HAVE MADE PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS IN, IN KIND OF, WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY PRICES AND THINGS, BUT WE'RE, WE'VE MADE PROGRESS IN THAT SENSE, IN THAT WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER INTERESTED, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES, WHETHER THEY'RE CHAMBER MEMBERS OR NOT ON TILTON HEAD ISLAND WITH, UM, A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THESE TYPES OF NON-PLASTIC TO GO CONTAINERS BECAUSE US FOODS WILL BE BRINGING THEM AND, AND, AND HUGE BULK. AND, AND SO THEREFORE, AND AND, AND IT WOULD BE PURCHASED IN HUGE FOLKS. SO IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE IN THE KIND OF THE SORT OF MIDDLE PROCESS OF THAT. AND, BUT IT LOOKS REALLY KIND OF LIKE A NEAT PILOT. AND WE'VE TALKED TO COURTNEY ABOUT THE FACT THAT IF WE CAN GET THIS GOING ON HILTON HEAD, IT WOULD BE A NICE THING THAT COULD BE REPLICATED WITH OTHER FOOD DISTRIBUTORS PERHAPS. UH, AND TELLING WHAT, TELLING YOU WHY WE COULD. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE JUST FOCUSING RIGHT NOW ON HILTON HEAD TO SEE KIND OF HOW, HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET THIS TO WORK? AND UH, AND, AND IN TALKING WITH US FOODS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO MOTIVATED BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE SEEN, UH, AS BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE GREEN IN TERMS OF THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMPANY CULTURE. SO YEAH. SO THAT'S KIND OF A REALLY COOL THING. SO, SO INCORPORATING THOSE KINDS OF INITIATIVES, UM, INTO THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE'RE GONNA RUN FOR THE COUNTY IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT. HOW DO THESE THINGS ALL WORK TOGETHER AND HOW DO YOU TALK TO THE BUSINESSES? IF YOU CAN BRING THAT STORY AND THAT CAPABILITY TO A SMALL BUSINESS CONVERSATION, IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN SAYING, YOU GOT A NEW LAW, YOU GOTTA COMPLY. IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE YEAH. AND THE REPS WILL BE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO THEIR PARTICULAR CLIENTS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US. I, OKAY. I I POSITIVE I WANNA KEEP MOVING BECAUSE THE NEXT YEAR'S PLAN IS REALLY WHERE WE SPEND, NEED TO SPEND TIME. SO LIKE, WE'LL CRUISE A LITTLE BIT FASTER. UM, I, OH, NOPE. NOT, UH, NOT YET. I DIDN'T, UH, . IT'S, IT'S TEMPERAMENTAL . OKAY. UM, I'M, SO ONE MORE POINT OR TWO MORE POINTS. UM, CHRIS AND I WENT TO THE RICHLAND COUNCIL AND PRESENTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. UM, I'M PRESENTING AT THE JASPER COUNTY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. AND HARVEY BILL IS INFILE. SO WE'RE PRESENTING THIS PLASTICS REDUCTION STORY. OKAY. HI THERE. SURE. UM, OKAY. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD ANY EVENTS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF ANY PARTICULAR EVENTS? OKAY. UM, THE STATUS OF THE COLLATERAL ACQUISITION, WE HAVE SPENT SOME MONEY IN BUYING, UH, COLLATERAL IS LIKE, UM, HANDOUTS AND, AND STICKERS. I MEAN, AND LITTLE KIDS BOOKS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THINGS YOU HAND OUT, UH, CONFERENCE OR AT A EVENT. UH, WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT. UM, SALLY AND I ARE GONNA MEET JUST AFTER THIS MEETING AND KIND OF SUPERCHARGE THE REST OF THE ACQUISITIONS FOR THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, WE GOTTA GO THROUGH THE MECHANICS OF BANKING MANHATTAN. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH? UH, CHRIS, WE DID A TALK TO THE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL. NOTHING, UH, READ THE INTERACTIONS WE HAD. WE SHOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN BEAUTIFICATION. DO YOU WANNA SPEND JUST A MINUTE TALKING ABOUT OUR MEETINGS WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOLS? UM, WHAT THING? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE RIGHT OUTSIDE. WE WITH, WE, WE, FOR A LONG, UH, LONG PERIOD OF TIME HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TRYING TO GET IN THERE AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT THEIR, UH, WASTE REDUCTION AND, UH, THEIR WITH WASTE UP THE FOR, UH, BUT, UM, THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN. AND, AND THEN WE MET WITH A OLD, LIKE SWORD FROM THEIR PEOPLE. UM, IT VERY FRIENDLY. THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF IT. UM, THEIR PROBLEM IS THEY HAVE LONG TERM CONTRACTS HERE, LOST CUT TRAFFIC TRACKS THERE THAT, SO THIS ONE JUST GOT SIGNED. IT, IT'S UH, UH, UPHILL BATTLE. BUT IF WE COULD REDUCE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WASTE BY F THAT VILLE, I GO WEST 50 AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LANDFILL. AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON, WE WE'RE GONNA HELP 'EM. THEY'RE, THEY'RE UP, THEY'RE A, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THEIR OWN BI MEAN, CA THE, THE COUNTY HAD SEPARATE FROM KIND OF A, YOU SEPARATE COMPLETELY. SO IT, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR [00:35:01] US TO GO IN AND WELL, WE ONLY MADE SUGGESTIONS AND THEY WERE YOU AGREE? THEY MET, THEY WERE POSITIVE. YEP. UM, IS IT GONNA CHANGE OVERNIGHT? NO. UH, BUT COULD WE CHANGE IT FIVE YEARS? YEAH. AND IF YOU COULD CHANGE IT IN FIVE YEARS. THAT'S TRUE. SO THERE'S PROBABLY A LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD. WE'RE TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS AND VALENTINA IS PROBABLY GONNA TAKE THE CHARGE ON ONE, WHICH IS THEIR ACADEMIC AND EDUCATION AND HOW DO YOU GET IT BACK INTO THE CLASSROOMS? YEAH. AND HOW DO YOU TEACH THE SEVENTH GRADERS THAT RE RECYCLING IS IMPORTANT AND HERE'S HOW TO DO IT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THE WHOLE INITIATIVE THAT VALENTINA DRIVES THAT CHRIS AND I ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THE FACILITIES. LIKE THEY HAVE 31 CAFETERIAS, 31 CAFETERIAS THAT FEED THOUSANDS OF MEALS A DAY. THOSE CAFETERIAS PRODUCE A LOT OF CARDBOARDS, METAL, PLASTIC, ET CETERA. CAN WE HELP THEM CHANGE THE WAY THEY RECYCLE? THEY ALMOST DO NO RECYCLING TODAY. SO THIS, THIS IS A BIG, AND THEY'RE THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN ACCOUNTING. SO THIS IS A BIG EVENT. BIG THING THAT IF WE CAN MAKE HAPPEN, GREAT. BUT LIKE CHRIS SAID, IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN TURN ON A DIME, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED. IT IS, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE PUT IN THE BUDGET TO PROVIDE SOME MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR FOR US TO SUPPORT VALENTINA TO DO MAYBE WE EVEN PROVIDE A RECYCLING PAIR AND PAY FOR IT FOR SIX MONTHS. YOU KNOW, A BIG DUMPSTER OUTSIDE THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL. I DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW YET. BUT THAT'S CONCEPTUALLY, THAT'S KINDA WHERE IT'S SHOULD. I LIKE TO ADD THAT. UM, BRADLEY AND VICTORIA AND WE WERE ALL, WE WERE ALL AT THE MEETING AND WAS WELL SUPPORTED BY NOT ONLY KE BEAUTIFUL COUNTY, BEAUTIFUL BUT THE COUNTY. AND UH, I THINK WE MET BRUSH AND ON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY THAT. I FIGURED IT WAS GOOD MEETING. AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE. JEAN AND I ARE GONNA SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S OUR NEXT APPROACH, HOW WE NEVER GET THAT. WE'LL FRAME THAT UP MAYBE TO THE NEXT MEETING, BUT, BUT IT'D BE A GOOD THING IF WE GET OUR GOING. HOW POOR DID THE CITY MAKERS LIKE IMAGINE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION? YES. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION KIND OF OWNS THE SCHOOLS. SO TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM COUNTY COUNCIL. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET. THEY PRODUCE THAT. THEY CAUSE TAXES TO BE PAID. THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES. SO WE MET WITH ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR ACADEMIC PERSONS AND THE HEAD OF FACILITIES. THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR US TO MEET WITH. UM, AND THEY WERE BOTH ENTHUSIASTIC. IT'S A QUESTION OF THE MECHANICS OF HOW DO WE DO IT AND HOW FAST DO WE DO IT? BUT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THEY'RE INTERESTED. THEY'RE YEAH, IT'S A GOOD START. THAT'S A GOOD AT THIS TIME THEY DON'T DO ANY RE GO ZOOM NOW. THEY HAD SOME RECYCLING, THEY HAVE CONTRACTS FOR, UH, FACILITY FOR THEIR BUILDINGS, FOR THEIR SCHOOLS. I THINK THEY SAID THEY HAVE, IT'S OFTEN NINE FIVE SCHOOLS. YEAH. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE THE PRINCIPAL, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING WITH THE PRINCIPAL HAD TO SPECIFICALLY REQUEST THERE TO BE RECYCLING DUMPSTER IN ABOUT, AND THAT BE TO BE ADDED ON THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL PROPERTIES. UM, AND I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING ON MONDAY, UM, AND ONLY FOR SCHOOL SET THAT THEY HAVE AN EXISTING SECONDING PROGRAM. SO THEY GOT BACK TO US IN THAT. UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, THEY DO IT IF JUST SAID COVID DIDN'T JUST LIKE THAT DETERMINATE KIND OF EVERYTHING KIND OF FELL OFF. AND SOME THAT SAY THAT THEY WANT A RECYCLING DUMPSTER IN THE BACK, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, GET THEM GOING. SO I THINK THE FACILITIES PART IS DEFINITELY WHERE KIND OF, UM, WILL YOU KEEP YOUR GEAR TO THE GROUND AND LET US KNOW WHERE DO OUR IMPRESSIONS ARE, WHAT THEY WANT. COULD YOU RAISE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE? YEAH. AND HOW, HOW WE GOT IN THE, WAS THAT BRADLEY AND I PERSONAL FRIENDS WITH THE FIRST SECOND RATES DECISIONS THE SCHOOL HAS THIS HOW THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL HAS TO OWN THE PROMISE. THEY DON'T LIKE SISTER THEM, BUT IT'S THE PRINCIPALS. I'M YOUR SCHOOL IS VERY CONSTRUC. YEAH. WE DID IT. DIFFERENT LAN INDIVIDUALS, THESE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. IT WASN'T SCHOOL BOARD DECISION. RIGHT. WE, WE WENT TO, UH, WITH THE PRINCIPAL FIRST AND THEN BROUGHT IN A TEACHER THAT'S WHOS IN OUR, IT'S USUALLY LIKE THE SCIENCE CLUB. SCIENCE CLUB. AND THEY'LL COME IN. BUT THAT USUALLY THAT TEACHER OR THAT PERSON WHO REPRESENTS THAT, THEY KIND OF HAVE TO, I'M REALLY RUN THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE SCO OLD BUSINESS, THESE SCHOOLS LIKE OLD BUSINESS AND THEY HAVE, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO OWN RUN KNOW THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT SET. OKAY. SO THE THE CONTEXT EXISTS. THEY CAN DO IT IF THEY WANT TO. YEP. LOTS OF WORK TO DO. THAT'S UM, IT'S GONNA BE A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT AND WE WANNA BE ENGAGED SO WE CAN ENGAGE WITH FUNDING, WE CAN ENGAGE WITH REASONABLY SMART PEOPLE TO HELP AND MEET WHAT YOU WANT. BUT FROM AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE, PLEASE KEEP US ENGAGED IN, BUT WE'RE THAT CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE FACILITY. I, YEAH, I THINK THAT [00:40:01] THAT'S, AND THAT'S ANOTHER WHAT, AS I MENTIONED, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE, WE ALL KIND OF KEEPING THAT AT THE FOREFRONT. YEP. BECAUSE I ALREADY TRY TO WORK ON THE, THE CURRICULUM TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCE AND GETTING IN THAT PART. PERFECT. THAT'S NICE. AND OPPORTUNITY AT SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT COME UNDER THESE FOREIGN EDUCATION AND WE'RE OR TO YOU, YOU LIKE FLYING BE TAKE THE FIRST GET AGAIN DISTRICT. OR IF I COULDN'T MULTIPLY IT TO LIKE TED , JUST WHY POINT OUT CONTRACTS. THEY BE MANANA. YEAH. THEY, THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH SOME CAB AND SOME THAT STUFF. STUFF FOR THESE HAULERS. THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. 'CAUSE WE'RE IN A CONTRACT WITH A HAULER. YES. AND I MEAN ANYTIME WE COULD POTENTIALLY STOP THE CONTRACT, BUT IT'S THE DIS THAT'S WHERE THESE HAULERS, LIKE THE PUBLIC, WE SHOULD ADD ALL THAT OUT. BE THEY'RE VERY COLD MAKE TO IT, BUT KIND OF GET A BIT WHAT YOU ALL RIGHT. THEY CAN'T BE A THING. YOU CAN ADD BY TIME YOU CHANGE, YOU'LL DO IT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A FINANCIAL STATE. WELL ALL YOU CAN CHANGE IT. WE, SO THAT COST SEEMS SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID A GOOD JOB WITH THE DESIGNS OF THE CONTRACT. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO AMEND THE CONTRACT TO ADD RECYCLE. IT'S ALREADY THERE ON A LIST OF THINGS THEY CAN BUY. THEY HAVE PRICES ALREADY SET. ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS TELL THE HAULER, I NEED THREE X AND FOUR WATTS. AND THAT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT. SO THE, THE PRICE MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. OF COURSE, COURSE. BUT THERE'S NO ADMIN, THERE'S NO LONG CONTRACT NEGOTIATION PROCESS. THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT. BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT USING WHEN THEY HAVE FOR MENTION CONTRACT THAT YES. WASTE MANAGEMENT CAN, THAT COMBINES THEM WITH ABSOLUTE . YES. IT'S IN THE CONTRACT. YET. WHAT I DO FIND INTERESTING IS THAT THEY'RE ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO DO SEPARATE TIMES AS SHOULD WE. AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THROUGH THAT MEETING, WHICH THEY TOLD US IS ODD. AND THE PRINCIPLE BASICALLY ASKED THE DEGREE, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUTURE BUREAU BOARD AND I'LL, LIKE, I COULDN'T IS THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPECIAL YEAH. EMPLOYEE THAT ACTUALLY DO THAT. NOT THAT'S BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ACCEPT THE BUDGET. IT'S ONLY INTERNAL ETHICS. AND THERE'S, THERE'S NO BUDGET IN GOLD. YEAH. SO I RAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 46 YEARS IN EDUCATION. NEVER ONCE DID I ALLOW A INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL IN MY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DETERMINE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. SCHOOL BLOCKS. SO I FIND THIS LITTLE UNUSUAL WE DAY, BUT EVERYBODY YOU ANSWER KEEP OUT, KEEP AN, KEEP AN EYE ON . KEEP IN MIND THERE'S TWO SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT ASPECTS HERE. ONE IS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS THE CAFETERIA, THE SUPPLIES, THE AT THE, UM, CUSTODIAL THAT IS ALL ONE AT THE COUNTY, AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. CORRECT. THE RECYCLING, IF IT HAPPENS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL IN THE CLASSROOMS, THEY LET THE PRINCIPAL DO THAT. SO THAT'S THE REALLY TWO DIFFERENT BEASTS AND RECYCLING TYPES ARE DIFFERENT. THE MATERIALS THAT GETS RECYCLED DIFFERENT GENE, THE SCREENS I CONNECT THAT FAULT HAS SO MISSED. UM, GOODNESS. PLASTIC BOTTLES. I LIVE IN EVENTS. THAT'S ALL IT WAS. SO, AND IT WAS THAT THEY WERE CONTAINERS AT SPECIFIC POINTS AROUND THE SCHOOL AND IT WAS A VOLUNTARY THING. STUDENT BASE, THE P THE CONTAINERS WOULD EMPTY FIVE STUDENT GOVERNMENT, ER TO ELEMENT. AND THEN THE SCIENCE TEACHER DROVE THAT OVER AND TOOK RECITE. SO IT IT, AND IT WAS NO BUDGET INVOLVED. AND, AND LIKE JEAN WAS SAYING, IT WASN'T A SCHOOL EFFORT, IT WAS STUDENT AND TEACHER TO, BUT APPROVED FROM CODING. SO YEAH. LET'S, LET'S IF WE CAN MOVE ON. OKAY. SO LA AGAIN NEXT YEAR. UM, LOTS TO DO WITH THE NEW, UH, PLASTICS ORDINANCE. LOTS TO DO WITH THE SCHOOLS. UM, SCHOOLS ARE BEING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. I'M GONNA KEEP CRUISING THROUGH HERE 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA GET TO NEXT YEAR. WE'RE NOT GET THERE YET. UM, SPENDING TODAY WE SPENT FOUR OF OUR, OF OUR UM, UH, 50 K, UM, DID NOT SPEND MUCH SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET. UM, THE NEXT FOUR BULLETS IS WHERE WHAT WE COMMITTED TO ALREADY. UM, THE SIGN, I SAY IT'S ABOUT $7,500 JUST FOR THE SIGN THAT'S, THAT'S UH, COMMITTED. UM, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE GOING TO THE CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK. I THINK IT'S NEXT WEEK, GO WEEK AFTER WE DID, UM, THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS IS GOING. AND CHRIS AND I, EVERYONE WAS INVITED. I THINK IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE NOW, BUT MAYBE NOT. IF YOU WANNA GO, UM, AND KVCB US, [00:45:01] WE'LL PAY FOR THAT. AND THIS CONFERENCE IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE BOARD, NOT BY CHRIS AND I PERSONALLY. UM, SO THAT'S ABOUT 5K. WE'RE DEDICATED. WE'VE GOT SOME MORE COLLATERAL IN THE PIPELINE THAT WE'RE GONNA APPROVE, UH, AND BUY TODAY. THAT LEAVES US ABOUT 21 PLUS OR MINUS TO SPEND BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU THE PURIFICATION COMMITTEE, IF YOU ARE GONNA SPEND MONEY ON PLANTS, ET CETERA, THAT BRADLEY'S GONNA PLANT GREAT. WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED IT. YOU JUST NEED TO DO IT. AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WAY WE CAN THEN SAY, LOOK AT OTHER THINGS WE WANNA DO. BUT COMING DOWN TO MORE PLANTS AND SAUCE, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF AND MORE COLLATERAL. BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE LEFT. DO WE HAVE ANY WARRANT THAT IS YARD SIGNS THAT SAY ? I KNOW, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN IT IN MY UNLESS I CLAUSE. OKAY. 'CAUSE I'M, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ORDER MORE UP. RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO ORDER THAT. UM, WE ALSO WANNA ORDER SIGNS FOR WHEN WE DO A PLANT A PLANTING, WE WANNA PUT IN A THIS THIS DELIVERED TO YOU BY KEEP YOU FOR KIND OF BEAUTIFUL SIGN. IT'S KIND OF SEMI-PERMANENT, WON'T REQUIRE A MENT AND GO AND STICK IT. BUT IT'S NOT THAT CHEAP FLEXY STOP. SO WE WANNA MAKE IT NICE ENOUGH THAT IT'LL LAST YOU COMPANY OF YEARS. UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA BUY, PROBABLY BUY 10 OR 15 OF THOSE AND THEN HAVE THOSE TO YOU PUT 'EM WHEREVER YOU'D LIKE TO FIND THOSE. MAKE SENSE? YEAH. YEAH. BUT THIS WOULD INVOLVED, SEVERAL YEARS AGO I WAS ON FIL ISLAND AND WE WERE GIVING OUT TARTS MM-HMM . YEAH. TO YES. SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING THERE IN PICKUP TRUCKS. YEAH. THAT'S TO JUST ADD STUFF FLYING OUT AT YEAH. THAT WAS A GREAT INITIATIVE. AND YEAH. COMING UP WORKED VERY WELL WITH SOME PEOPLE SAYING, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS. THIS IS GREAT. IF YOU GIMME ONE, I'LL USE IT. EXACTLY. PLAY LAW THAT YOU JUST YEAH. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. RIGHT. WE DID THREE WHAT? SOME TAR THAT WAS TRUE. HOW BAD. OH YEAH. GREAT. WE HAVE SEVERAL YEARS THAT PRIDE ON ORDERED AND DISTRIBUTE THAT AND THEN OUT ALWAYS OUT SPEND THAT CENTER CONVENIENCE CENTER. DO WE HAVE ANY TARPS NOW? YEAH. YES. THEN WE CONTINUE TO HANDLE 'EM OUT AT THE CONVENIENCE CENTER. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THEY HAVE LIKE UP THREE, YOU HAVE LIKE A DAY THAT WE DO LIKE, UM, IT'S LIKE THE ONE BILL. THERE'S A, THERE'S A TALK LOAD INITIATIVE STARTING IN APRIL AND THERE WILL BE BILLBOARDS GOING UP. WE HAVE ALL ALREADY, UM, BACKLOADED IN SEVERAL, SEVERAL A HUNDRED, SEVERAL HUNDRED, UM, TARPS, UH, THROUGH SOLID WASTE RECYCLING THAT ARE READY TO GO. SO A HUNDRED RIGHT NOW? YES. UM, UM, S RILEY AND I ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN APRIL TO, TO BE HANDING A OUT FOR ZERO TOLERANCE, UM, AT THE MAJOR FOR CONVENIENCE CENTERS. UM, AND ALSO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH BCT DOY, UM, SORT OF BROADCAST TO THIS. YOU CAN TALK IN THE GOOD SHOT. THIS LAST STORY REACHED OUT HANDS FOOT, BUT YEAH. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO, UH, THIS IS THE FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WE KEEP. THAT COUNTY DOES THE BOOKS FOR US. WE DON'T ACTUALLY DO OUR OWN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING WORK, BUT THIS IS JUST A SPREADSHEET TO KEEP TRACK. THIS BASICALLY SAYS WHAT I JUST SAID. SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO OVER THIS AGAIN UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A SPECIFIC QUESTION AND THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU, THIS IS WHAT TO SPEND BY DETAILS. WE GET A REPORT FROM THE COUNTY FROM FROM SALLY THAT SAYS, YOU BOUGHT THIS AND I JUST KEEP TRACK OF IT ON THE SPREADSHEET. THAT'S ALL. OKAY. UM, STAFF UPDATES. ALRIGHT. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, VICTORIA ISN'T HERE TODAY, SO I'M GONNA KIND OF PINCH HIT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE STAFF UPDATES. YOU ALL HAVE THE NEWSLETTER THAT YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. UM, SO I'M JUST KIND OF GONNA HIT SOME HIGH POINTS. VICTORIA DID ATTEND THE COMPOST 2026, UM, CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO LAST WEEK AND WA AND SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK HER CERTIFICATION, UM, EXAM AND WAS AND PASSED HER CERTIFICATION EXAM FOR OUR COMPOST FOR HERSELF AND FOR OUR PROGRAM. SO, UM, WE ARE ALL SYSTEMS GO ON THAT, ON THE, THE COMPASS POST PILOT. UM, WEBINARS ARE GOING ON. EDUCATION IS, IS IS CONTINUING TO GEAR UP FOR, UM, FOR GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. THERE IS AN ONLINE QUIZ IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY TAKEN IT. GO WANNA TAKE IT, UM, TO GET YOUR PASS YOUR, YOUR COMBINATION, THE COMBINATION LOT TO BE ABLE TO, TO UM, DISPOSE OF YOUR COMPOST. WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DISPOSED IN, IN THE PROPER WAY TO DO THAT. AND AS YOU'LL SEE OUT IN THE LOBBY, THERE ARE COMPOST CROCS, UM, THAT ARE [00:50:01] OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO PICK UP ONE PER, PER HOUSEHOLD. TERRIFIC. SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW. YEP. THERE'S COMPOST, CROC . IT'S FINE. YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS ONE. , VALENTINA AND HER, UM, TEAM ARE WORKING ON THE EARTH DAY, UH, EARTH DAY PREP FOR UM, APRIL. AND UM, JESUS AND KELLY ARE WORKING FOR THE ADOPT A HI ON THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY APPRECIATION, UH, LUNCHEON FOR, IS IT FEBRUARY SET TO MARCH 20? MARCH 25TH. F**K WALL. CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT. GOOD. AND THEN, UM, T COUNTY WAS AWARDED $8,250 FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2026. SO, OR THE PALMETTO PRIDE, UM, GRANT, THOSE MONIES WILL BE SPENT FOR, UH, THE SIGNAGE, BILLBOARDS, AND INITIATIVES BY THE LITTER CREW FOR, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY. UM, NOT Y'ALL, SORRY. . IT'S GOOD. NO, THAT, THAT DOESN'T MATTER. GOOD STUFF. IT'S JUST GOOD STUFF. GOOD STUFF. ONE MORE THING FOR US TO WORRY ABOUT THIS MIKE. WHAT? RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AS FAR AS STAFF UPDATES, THERE HAS BEEN AN OFFER, UM, GIVEN AN OFFER PLACED FOR, UM, AN EDUCATED OR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, UM, COORDINATOR FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING. SHE HAS ACCEPTED AND IT'S IN HER ONBOARDING. SO IT'LL BE UP WITHIN A MONTH, WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOMEBODY COMING ALONG. UM, AS FAR AS NEED. RIGHT. AS FAR AS TER ENFORCEMENT, UM, ALL OF THOSE, THE DATA IS ON THE, THE SHEETS. OOPS. WENT TOO FAR. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, JESUS IS HERE AND CAN HELP US WITH THOSE QUESTIONS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR STEP UPDATES BRADLEY? THE ONLY THING I HAD, UM, YES. JUST ALL OUR REGULARS ARE SAYING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, NOT IT REALLY, AND THIS IS KIND OF NEW TO THE RECYCLING SOLVE TO ME GIVING THAT CONDUIT BUT KIND INTO IT. TRY TO SPREAD THE WORD INTO IT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE RECYCLING DATE, UM, THAT BUILDING SAY HOUSE. SO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL YOUR LEGISLATORS REPRESENTED, EVERYBODY'S THERE. AND THIS WAS KIND OF FOCUSED JUST ON, YOU KNOW, RECYCLING ASSOCIATION KIND OF PUTS IT ON. UM, IT'S KIND OF OPEN TO KIND OF WHOEVER. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE TAMMY CB TRUST AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE SOMETHING GOOD IF COUNTY, COUNTY GO FORWARDS SHOULD BE THERE. I THINK IT'S A GOOD INTERACTION, UM, TO GET A LITTLE DELTA FROM THE STATE LEVELS. I MEAN WAY THESE. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT IT SAYS A REALLY GOOD EVENT. UM, IS IT, IS IT QUARTERLY? IS IT ANNUAL? IT'S ONCE A YEAR. ONCE A SO IT, THEY HAVE IT RIGHT BEFORE THE CONFERENCE. THEY HAVE NEXT WEEK IN MERRILL BEACH. NO, NEXT BLOCK. THIS IS YOUR NEXT WALK. UM, SO NEXT MONTH THEY HAVE A CONFERENCE, MERRILL BEACH TO KIND CENTERED AROUND THE SAME THING. AND SO THIS IS KINDA LIKE THIS, YOU MUTUAL LEGISLATOR KIND, THEY LOOK PRETTY, IT'S LIKE, SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT. UM, OUTSIDE THE STATE HOUSE. JUST, SORRY. WELL THEY DON'T HAVE IT AT THE STATE HOUSE. IT'S ACTUALLY THEY CALL IT. I DON'T THINK THEY, THE CAROLINA STATE HOUSE ON THE HILL, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE IT AT THE STATE HOUSE ANYMORE BECAUSE THE CONFLICT IS BUT THEY HAVE IT AT THE UM, THE PALMETTO THING, WHICH IS LIKE RIGHT, RIGHT THERE. REALLY NICE. IT WAS, YES. THANKS. IT STILL BE THE SAME TIMEFRAME. UM, BUT ONCE, ONCE I GET IT MISS SALLY. UM, WE'LL GET IT MORE. WE CAN PUSH IT OUT TO THESE PEOPLE THAT GOOD. LIKE AND LET WE KNOW THAT PRIVATE BUSINESS IS THERE. IT'S, IT'S OPEN TO KIND OF ANYBODY THAT DOES THIS IN THE RECYCLING INDUSTRY. OKAY. UM, SO FOR COUNTY LEVEL AND WE WERE ON LEGAL, WE A COUPLE COUNTIES REPRESENTED, WHICH I FELT WAS KIND OF, I MEAN I WAS THERE FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY. THINK THERE MIGHT BEEN LEXINGTON COUNTY MAYBE PERSON THERE. UM, I THINK IT'D BE A REALLY GOOD UH, ISSUE OF STATE, YOU KNOW, STATE REPS. UM, IF ALL KNOW THERE YOU MAKE NEW FE KNOW WE WE'RE GONNA REACH OUT AND SOME OF THESE UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, I'LL WRITE UP JERRY TO REACH OUT. WE POSSIBLY HAVE THEM COME TO UH, . I THINK HE'D BE GOOD. AND YET, UM, I'M DRIVING NOW HIS NAME, HE'S THE COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR UM, THE LABOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY BILL, UH, HERB KIRS KI HERBS. I THINK IT'D BE REALLY GOOD FOR HIM TO COME BECAUSE PART OF THAT IS IS HE'S LIKE KIND OF ENERGY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S PUBLIC, PUBLIC FACILITIES, SOLID WASTE FOR CYCLING CENTER OR SEWER STUDY. ISN THE CHAIR OF THAT AND HE BOUGHT ME A BAD IDEA AS A THAT I'D LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IN THAT AREA TO REACH OUT FOR CONDUCT. HEY, WE CAN GET A FULL BITE OF OR TASTE. I'LL MAKE GIVE REALLY GOOD OATH CALLED STATE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES THURSDAY. GOOD FOR YOU MATT. BRI THEY'LL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND TAKING CARE OF THE SCHOOL. . I'LL COME BACK THOUGH. OKAY. I KNOW CHRIS SPOKE AT THE LAST THURSDAY LAST YEAR. IF THERE'S MORE SUPPORTING YOU NEED WHATEVER YOU NEED, JUST ASK ME. YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE KBCB WAS THAT AGAIN? EVEN IF IT'S SHORT [00:55:01] THAT'S FINE. BUT IF YOU NEED MORE THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL TRY TO GET A TABLE THIS YEAR, UM, SO THAT WE CAN BE REAL BIT MORE ACTIVELY EACH. OKAY. JUST KEEP THIS IN THE WORK. SO WHAT IS THAT BE APRIL 23RD? APRIL FRIDAY I SAY WILL BE LOOKING FOR APRIL, 2024. YEAH. AND I'LL SEND, I'LL INFORM HER NOTES THE SAVE THE DATE TO SALLY. I SENT IT TO UH, LIKE DREW BEAVER, LIKE TO THE EMPLOYED BEAVER COUNTY . I NEED TO SEND IT UP TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS THAT WE CITY LINK SEND IT TO. UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OF PEOPLE TO SEND INTO LIKE BOB THESE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS ALSO THEY FOUND WE USUALLY, UH, . SO. NICE. NICE CHEER. YOU HAVE VERY CROSS. THANKS FOR WE THANKS. BETTER THIS YEAR. YEAH, THANKS TO BIGGER WILL VOLUNTEERS. MORE GOOD. WE'RE IN A HUNDRED. S**T. OKAY. IS IT GOING BE HELD THERE? NO, WE'RE DOING IT AT THE REBOUND ROAD. SO ADMIN, WE HAVE LIKE VARIOUS PICKUP LOCATIONS. UM, PRIMARILY ON THE MAIN HIGHWAY. WHAT IS IT? 41 7 1 SAYS I WAS, I WAS LIKE JUST COME AT AIRPORT OR LAST YEAR OR THERE'S SOME ALSO SOME PICKUP LOCATION THAT'S WHOEVER IS LIKE WORKS IN KIAN KOREA. YEAH. WELL THAT STUFF WILL START ROLLING OUT. UM, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THANK GREAT. IF YOU COULD NEED ANY THAL ENTERPRISE SPEAKERS TO COME DOWN HERE, LET ME KNOW. YEAH. DELEY. I SPOKE WITH THEM YESTERDAY THERE. HEY, THAT'S IT. IT'S THE GOOD FIN AND THE STOMACH THEN? YES. UM, PRETTY EXTENSIVELY. A FEW THINGS. WE'LL SUPPORT YOU . THANKS. GOOD. RIGHT. CONTINUE TO MOVE. YES. ANY THOUGHT FOR JESUS? UM, AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT UNDERSTANDING YOUR DATA A LITTLE BETTER. WE NEED TO, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF BEERS BE ABLE TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THE NEW ORDINANCE WORKS. IS IT HAVING AN IMPASSE? WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT EXCEPT MAYBE CAN YOU GIVE US A DISTRIBUTION? HOW OFTEN ARE YOU SEEING THIS TYPE OF KILLER? YOU'RE SEEING THICK PLASTIC BAGS A LOT. WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THAT PROBABLY WELL ENOUGH. WE STYRO FROM THE LOT. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT UP. THAT'S KIND OF THE DATA WE'RE LOOKING TO GET RIGHT NOW. HOPEFULLY. ONE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS SOME AI CAMERAS AND THE VEHICLES. SO WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THEY LIKE SHIFT THEY UP AND YOU TELL IT WHAT IT IS AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHAT THAT IS. SO WE CAN SEE FROM NOW TO MAYBE ONCE WE GET THIS FULLY IMPLEMENTED, THEY HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON THE ALTERNATING SOME OF THOSE THINGS SLOWLY. UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S COMING UP FLOODING MONEY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE MAKE THAT BUILT BY LITTER. GOING OLD. WE TELL IS THERE ARE VARIETY OF CRS ON A MEMBER OF ONE. OURS IS CALLED THE UH, UH, RIVERBED ROB WARRIORS. AND ONCE A MONTH WE PICK UP THE LITTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HANDS-ON OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PICKING UP. AND IT MAY BE COMFORT IF WE GET SOME DIALOGUE THAT WAY AMONGST ALL OF THOSE SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE COUNTY. ARE YOU USING THE STATE OF CAP SOUTH, UH, DATA COLLECTION TOOL AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE. SO THAT IS THE TOOL THAT EVERYONE IS USING. JEAN KNOWS BOTH. YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO THAT YOU COULD USE. WE USE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUAR ONE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A LITTLE APP SUPER EASY TO USE. AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND ONE THAT YOU CAN USE THAT'S OUT OF UM, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN THE STATE OR IT'S ADOPT THE BEACH, WHICH, WHICH ONE WE ARE USING WITH THIS WE ARE USING ONE. IT I ALWAYS KEEP TRACK THE NUMBER OF STATICS. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, WE DO THREE MILES OFF ONE SEVEN, WHICH IS CONSTANTLY LITTERED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO THE LANDSIDE THAT DON'T HAVE COVERAGE ON THEM. SINCE THINGS ARE FLYING OUT, UH, I I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME A SIGNIFICANT QUERIES OF STYROFOAM. WE JUST STILL HAVE TONS OF STYLO. WELL AND WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH. SO YOU GUYS KNOW JEAN'S REQUEST IS COMING OUT OF MAYOR TOMA IN BLUFF SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THIS, THIS KIND OF INFORMATION UNDER THE LENS SPECIFICALLY WHAT DOES THAT PREVIOUSLY AND YEAH. SO WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? SO YOU JUST PUT HERE, UH, SUMMARY IS WHAT WE WE'RE DOING. WORKING CONCERN, AS MR. KERRY MENTIONED FOR AVE CAN IMPLEMENT THE ICE AI, SOFT, UH, AI SOFTWARE ON THEIR CONTROL CAREER GOALS. SO THAT WAY IT ELIMINATES HAVING TO, I MEAN RIGHT NOW JUST BE REALISTIC, UM, TO THE, THE MEMBERS OUT THERE, THE CREW MEMBERS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE TIME. OKAY. NOT TO COPS EVERY UP ITEM GOING INTO. CORRECT. [01:00:02] SO RIGHT NOW THE SCALE IS WE DETERMINING HOW MUCH BY JUST THE WEIGHT OF BAG, IF GOLF FOR ENOUGH. THAT'S THE STATISTICS AS YOU'RE SEEING NOW. UM, WE DO A METRIC SYSTEM WHICH DOESN'T WORK THAT WELL. IT'S NOT AS ACCURATE. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA RELY, HOPEFULLY DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE AI TOOLS AS THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED. IT'LL JUST SAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME. SO WITH THAT SAID, IN ADDITION TO THAT, STA WISE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS I AM ACTUALLY CONVERTING AS WE SPEAK ALOUD THIS DATA ONTO OUR SMARTSHEETS THAT WE'RE GOING WITH TO, I'M HOPING TO GIVE US A NICE DRAFTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ACROSS THE BOARD. I, THAT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WORKING TIME WITH SMARTSHEET CURRENT QUAD. MM-HMM UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, LOOKING AT OTHER TOOLS THAT WE CAN SORT OF IMPLEMENT TO SORT OF, UH, WHATEVER DATA WE'RE COLLECT AND MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT. YOU WANT ACT IT IS ACTUALLY . HEY. IS YOUR AI PLAN PART OF YOUR BUDGET FOR NEX FISCAL YEAR? WELL, IT'S KIND, WE CAUGHT THROUGH OUR, IT WE'RE STILL WORKING. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WE LIKE PAY PLEASE. WE GIVE LOAD A COUPLE AND FLEET FLEET DOESN'T, AMONG A COUPLES. ALL I DID LIKE, WE'LL JUST TRY TO SEE HOW THEY WORK AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT PART OUT FROM, I'M NOT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY PUT BY PRINTING YEAR, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T BUY A CAMERA. IT COULD JUST BE AND THEY'RE NOT THAT EXPENSIVE. YEAH. 'CAUSE I NEED LOOK AT THE ONES FOR LIKE THE BONNIE TAIL AND THEY'S LIKE, YOU COULD ACTUALLY, THE, THE PERSON'S PICKING A LITTLE ROPE AS THEY'RE PICKING IT UP. IT'S JUST, IT'S COUNTING. IT'S ALREADY FUN. JASPER COUNTY TO ASK ME THAT QUESTION. YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU'RE PICKING UP? SO THEY'RE GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION. I'D LIKE THAT COMMITMENT, BUT T JUST PICKING UP OKAY. YOU BACK. ALRIGHT. WOULDN'T JUST SAY GOOD. WE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION NOW, MR. HARRIET, YOU GET TO AND EVERYONE ELSE, THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTED. YEP. AND NEW IMPLEMENTATIONS ACROSS VERY, I MEAN, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MEDICAL CONTROL KIND OF MOVE BOTH WITH, BUT AGAIN, THE SUPPORT IS THERE AND I, AND I VERY APPRECIATE THAT NOW WITH THAT. SO I JUST WANNA HAVE THE LAST THING MS. FELL, ARE THEIR CONTROL SUPERVISORS WORKING ON MAPPING SYSTEM WITH GIS? UM, AND MAYBE ME CAN STICK ON THAT. WE'RE NOT FAR INTO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S ALSO GONNA HELP WITH THE COORDINATES. OKAY. WHERE WE'RE THINKING 'EM MOSTLY LATER PEN. GOOD. WOULD THEY BE, I GUESS SHE'S GONNA BE DIVIDING IT BY, I DON'T WANNA INSULT TOO MUCH 'CAUSE THAT'S HER, HER PET BEDS, HER FOND, BUT KIND WALK THROUGH THERE AND AGAIN, WE'RE, TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT. OKAY. YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT YOUR GIS BURGER? UM, JUST IMPROVING EFFICIENCIES WILL, YOU KNOW, ALMOST RE RIGHT OFF BAND. HOW THAT IT'S OVERWHELMING AND, AND TWIST, IF WE CAN GREEN ABOUT EFFICIENCIES SO THAT THEY ALLOWSS MORE TIME TO, TO WORK, OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP ONE UNDER PUT IT, UM, JUST THINKING CAPABILITY OF THE GIS SYSTEM TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, BY SECTION AND BY STREET, BY, YOU KNOW, IT WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE ADVICE. GREAT. AND TO, UM, DATA CLIENT INTUITIVE. SO THAT'LL HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS TO INTERNAL REPORT THAT'LL HELP US IDENTIFY, OKAY, LOOK, WE KNOW THIS AREA IS BAD, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THIS, THIS, THIS STREET DESTROYED MAN. IT'S LIKE EVERY WEEK HAVING ABOUT, OKAY, YOU GOTTA PICK IT UP AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF PUSH THAT, HOPEFULLY EITHER MAYBE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SOMEBODY SAY, LOOK, WE NEED TO, WE GIVE US AN IDEA WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD AND WE CAN PUT IT UP TO THE PUBLIC TOO. WE SAY, I AIN'T LOOK WE'RE PICKING THIS UP EVERY WEEK. IT'S CAUSING YOU MUDDY. YEAH. SO, I MEAN YEAH. BUT THAT'S GONNA HELP US, THAT HELP US. INSTEAD OF THE FALL. I'M GONNA ABOUT TARGETING, YOU KNOW, ING ALL THE AREA, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL, THE CHURCH. THAT'S WHATEVER'S C UNITY S HALL AREA. AND THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IN 71 SIDE TELLING THE OTHER SIDE IS GASTRIC COUNTY. YEAH. ITS, AS I SAID, FROM 2 78, THE THREE MILES WE DO IS UP HAND JUST AS OUR ANIMAL SHOP AND BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. WE HAVE LIKE 17, 18 PEOPLE THAT GO OUT THERE AND PICK UP 64 DAGS A TRUCK. IT'S, IT'S BAD. YEAH, IT IS. BUT WE'RE ON TO WORK WITH THE, THE HAULER, THE CONTRACTORS WORK ATTENTION THAT TILL TOO. 'CAUSE A LOT OF IT IS, AND IT'S THEIRS. THAT'S A LOT OF OFF CONTAINERS AND, AND THEY'RE TRYING, THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING. YEAH. WE MEET WITH THEM. WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM, BUT WE'RE STILL PUSHING Y'ALL. Y'ALL GOT DO BETTER. YEAH. FAR ENOUGH. I I HAVE A QUESTION, MOLLY. ON THE HANDOUT THAT WE HAND YOUR OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE METRICS, YOU HAD YOUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS PROFESSIONAL CREW LIST ARE THE BUFFERS YOU GAVE US ON THAT. UH, THAT'S, UH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. YEAH. I THINK IT GAVE YOU THE [01:05:01] STEIN CREAM AS TO WHAT THOSE STATS. MM-HMM. THEY SAY JOHN, IF IT'S THE NOTES, SO, SO THE, THE STATS I TRY TO PROVIDE ARE MONKEY STATS. OKAY. SO WE, WE CAN FIGURE THIS, YOU, YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE ANNUAL AS 33,500 POUNDS. THEN THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS, IT GAVE ME FOURTH SIX. THIS, THIS JANUARY. THERE IS, IT SHOULD BE DATES. IT'S LIKE THAT CREDIT. YEAH. IT'LL, SORRY, THIS PAGE. OKAY, THANK YOU. ON THAT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. BOTTOM AND THEN THE TOP OF THE NEXT PAGE. THAT'S JANUARY PAGE. OKAY. SO AT THE BOTTOM THAT IS JANUARY. YEAH. IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE UNDER LETTER ENFORCEMENT. IT SAYS IN JANUARY THE LETTER CONTROL CREW DID THIS THAT YOU, THAT IT'S A FIRST IN JAN. SO THIS IS JUST JANUARY TIMEFRAME. YEAH. SO YEAH. SO WHAT I TRY TO DO IS THAT'S, SURE. I ACTUALLY INCLUDED JANE MONTHLY, UH, I CALL IT THE MONTHLY STUDY. THERE'S NOT REALLY A NEW LETTER AS TO WHERE TOP HIGHWAY WOULD STAND, WHO MEMBERS STAND, SO ON AND SO FORTH. UM, THAT WAS HAD COULD RAISE AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME LAST YEAR CONFER SEATS WHERE WE ARE NOW AT THIS POINT. OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT. SO DO A NICE ELECTION THIS YEAR. WE'LL ALL COME DOWN. NO, I'M SAID WE'RE IT ALL COMING DOWN THERE WITH ALL WELL WE, I SIT AT BELFAIR TWO YEARS AGO. YEAH. NO, IT'S, WAS THIS GOOD? I'LL SIT THERE AND HAVE A LITTLE CHAT AND SOON. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA GO TO NEW BUSINESS. SO THIS LET'S, WE'RE GONNA FILE THE AGENDA STILL. SO WE HAVE NEXT EXTENDED AGENDA IS, UH, APPOINTMENT OF 26, CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR. RIGHT? THAT WAS DONE AT THE UH, LAST WELL IT IT'S AN ANNUAL THING THAT IS THAT BY COUNTY ORDINANCE. YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO APPOINT ANNUALLY. SO WE'LL NEED THE BOARD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. REC MOTION. WE A NOMINATION? YEP. YEP. MM-HMM . FIRST FOR CHAIR, THEN FOR CO-CHAIR. YEAH. I'M GLAD DIDN'T CUT ME. . HIS WIFE WANTS YOU NOT TO BE HIM, BUT , SORRY. UM, . CHRIS CAMPBELL FOR CHAIR. LINE. WHAT? OKAY, WE GOT GOOD. VOTE FOR THAT. FOR ALL IN FAVOR FOR THAT. AYE. OKAY. VOTING MEMBERS. BYE. SECOND. ALL. NOTHING EASY ENOUGH. HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES THAT FAST. . MOVING ON. UM, SO ITEM B, THE SPENDING PLAN FOR REMAINING FUNDS. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN. UM, 27 DRAFT BUDGET. OKAY. I'M GOING TO ADMIT THIS IS JEAN SITTING IN HIS KITCHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE WANNA DO, AND THEN TAKING IT AROUND AT WHAT I THINK THE BUDGET REQUEST SHOULD LOOK LIKE. SO ME VOTING MEMBERS HERE SHOULD KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF YOU AGREE TO THE, EACH ONE OF THEM. AND THEN THE FUNDING WE'RE GONNA REQUEST. THIS IS NOT THE FUNDING. WE'RE GONNA, I CAN'T SEE IT. CAN YOU READ? I'LL, I'LL DO THAT. I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE. AND IT WAS IN YOUR, GO AHEAD IN YOUR PACKETS BECAUSE I'LL GO BACK TO 2026. FINANCIAL PLAN. YEAH, SURE. I, WE, WE JUST CUT IT JUMPED A NO, WE, WE ALREADY TALKED IT THROUGH, BUT YES, WE CAN GO BACK TO IT. WE MAY HAVE DONE IT IN THE LAST MEETING. AND, AND I'M SORRY , I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SURE. THE SIGN, THE WELCOME TO BEAUFORT COUNTY SIGN ON 2 78. DO WE HAVE A FINAL TOTAL AMOUNT, INCLUDING THE LANDSCAPE? THERE'S NO LANDSCAPE OF PAIN. CAN INVOLVED LANDSCAPE. WELL, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. YEP. 1200. THEY, HOW MUCH IS THE TOTAL FOR THAT SIGN? SO THE SIGN WILL BE ABOUT $7,500. THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OR THAT SIGN WILL BE ABOUT $600 AND HALF THAT TAX FEE. I DON'T KNOW WHO PAYS THE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT COST. I'LL PICK ALL THE MAIN MAY NOT BE RIGHT. LET THE COST. OKAY. SO IS HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET? THAT'S IN, IN THE RANGE OF, UM, $8,000 AND THE RANGE OF $8,000 AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE THAT'S PROBABLY ONE 600. AND IN THAT INCLUDE THE, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS? IT DOES. UH, YES. YES. THAT IS THE 7,500 FOR THE SIGN. AND SIX, 600 FOR THE ARCHITECT. NOW 7,500 THAT INCLUDE AS YES MA'AM. IT DS. OKAY. HOW ABOUT THOSE FINGERS DON'T MATCH UP WITH ANY IF WAS ON THIS FINANCIAL BECAUSE THAT THOSE ARE, WE'RE TALKING ACTUALS. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS BUDGETS. WE HAVEN'T, WE'VE, WE'VE ALLOCATED ENOUGH MONEY. WE'VE ALLOCATED THINGS 13 OR, AND OUR HOURLY ACTUAL SPENDS TODAY ON THAT IS 1200. THAT IS CORRECT. [01:10:01] THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE SPENT IS THE 1200 FOR THE ARCHITECT. BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME 600 IS ALL FOR, FOR THIS SIX FOR THIS SIGN WAS THE QUESTION. IT WAS FOR THIS SIGN. THIS SUMMIT IS $600 UHHUH. THE, WE HAVE NOT CONTRACTED WITH THE SIGN COMPANY YET. OKAY. WE HAVE THE PROP MINUTE. SURE, GO AHEAD. YOUR BUDGET SHOWS ACTUAL EXPENSE FOR THAT SIGN. $1,200. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. TO SEVEN FLU. SO THAT INCLUDES TWO SIGN LAYOUTS, BUT THEY'VE ONLY DONE ONE. THEY'RE GONNA PAY THE, WELL WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT. THEY HAVE TO DO THE SECOND SIGN LOCATION. THEY HAVE A NIGHT. ALRIGHT. COURSE THE 600 FOR WEALTH MINE STABLE. THAT IS THE 600. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. IT'S PART OF 12. THE 1200 IS TWO SIGNS. THAT'S THE LANDSCAPE. I'M KIDDING. RIGHT. SO WHEN WE GET A BUDGET LIKE THIS, IT WOULD HELP TO BREAK THIS DOWN BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN LOOK AT THIS BUDGET AND SAY, OH, WE'VE SPENT X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS ON THIS SUM. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT WAS SPENT, WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN CONTRACTED FOR BY THE COUNTY. NOT WHAT WE HAVE GOT PRICES FOR. SO WE'VE GOT A PRICE FOR 7,500 FOOT SIGN. YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT. IT'S IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUAL. 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T BOUGHT THE SITE YET. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT IF YOU WANT THE ACT, THE, THE DETAILED ITEMS THAT GETS BOUGHT, IT'S ON THE, THE SCREEN THAT SALLY HAD UP HERE A MINUTE AGO. THERE'S THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN GONE THERE, BUT IT'S ON THE BACK OF OUR PAGE. THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE . RIGHT. AND WITH LUCK NEXT MONTH, THE SIGN WILL BE ADDED TO THAT LIST AND 600 OF THAT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WILL MOVE TO ANOTHER BUDGET. IT'LL, YES, IT'LL LIKELY MOVE TO THE UM, EITHER THE PLANTINGS, WE CAN USE THAT 600 FOR PLANTINGS OR WE CAN USE IT FOR ARCHITECTURE WORK FOR OTHER SIDE. THIS NUMBERS DON'T BE ENOUGH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. ALRIGHT. SO BACK TO FY 27. ALRIGHT, I'LL TALK THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEW ITEMS ON IT. UM, OKAY, FIRST ONE IS JUST THE PLANTINGS. IT'S SAYS, SAME THING WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I PROPOSED $20,000. DO YOU ALL THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAKE THAT $5,000 OR $50,000? STICK WITH, IS THAT ENOUGH? 20 FOR 20 ENOUGH FOR NINE. DEPENDS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. 1 72 70. YES. YEP. YEP. OKAY. TWENTIES. GOOD FOR BUDGET SUBMISSION. OKAY. UM, WELCOME SIDES. YES. SO IT ACTUALLY SAYS UP THERE, UM, FIVE SIGNS. I DID THIS BEFORE WE KIND OF DECIDED THAT FIVE IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SIGNS. ALTHOUGH THAT MAY CHANGE BECAUSE THE COUNCIL, COUNTY COUNCIL NEEDS TO DECIDE HOW MANY SIGNS THEY WANT. I PUT $8,000 TO SIGN TIMES FIVE AND THAT'S 40,000 BUCKS. AND I THINK 8,000 IS PROBABLY GOOD. THE NEXT SIGNS WILL BE A LITTLE SMALLER. UH, ARCHITECT FEES ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS, NOT SUBSTANTIALLY LESS. AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY OTHER FEES. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR 8,000. AGAIN, YOU GOTTA WORRY ABOUT INFLATION, ALL LITTLE KIND OF STUFF. BUT, AND PROCUREMENT SAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THE SAME VENDOR SIGN VENDOR TO MAKE THE OTHER SIDES. THAT SHOULD SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF ECONOMY OF SCALE OR, BUT THERE AS WELL. SO THAT'S THAT, THAT $40,000, UM, SUPPORT. NEXT ONE. SUPPORT BEFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CHRIS AND I IN, IN TALKING ABOUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, RENT A DUMPSTER FOR THREE MONTHS? IS CAN WE CREATE A NEW PROGRAM OR PROVIDE MATERIALS TO THE SCHOOLS? HOW CAN WE HELP THE SCHOOLS MOVE FORWARD AND 15,000 FELT LIKE A GOOD NUMBER. IF SOMEBODY THINKS THAT'S NOT A GOOD NUMBER, THEN WE CAN CHANGE IT. RIGHT. AGAIN, IT'S JUST A GUESS. SHOULD BE 50. WANNA MAKE IT 50? I THINK IT'S OKAY. I THINK IT'S OKAY. I CAN DO THAT. EASY CHANGE. UM, THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT. UH, BEAUTIFUL COUNTY PLASTIC REDUCTION INITIATIVE. I SPENT TIME THIS MORNING TALK AS EARLY AS SAID ONE. SORRY, DID I RAISE? YES. CREATED, UM, TOLD ME THAT INSTALLED THE VOICE TRIAL. OH, RACE TRIAL. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO CHRIS HAS HAD A VISION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO THE STYLE RICE TRUNK. IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE THE STATE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO USE IT AS A ROADSIDE. MM-HMM . SO THEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CAN WE MAKE IT A MEMORIAL AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE, AND WE TALKED BADLY ABOUT THIS AS WELL. CAN WE CREATE, BUY A RICE TRUMP, PUT IT SOMEWHERE AND MAKE IT A HISTORICAL MONUMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. MAYBE DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT IN BEAUFORT. MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER PLACE TO PUT IT. UM, BUT [01:15:01] WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. THIS, THIS, YEAH. THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE WILL DO A FINAL ADJUSTMENT OF FY $26 IN APRIL. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT TODAY, BUT WE'LL DO A FINAL TWEAKING OF THOSE DOLLARS IN APRIL. OKAY. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY MOVING THE RICE TRUNK THE NEXT YEAR. EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT AS A AGAIN, INITIAL BUDGET REQUEST? THIS IS AGAIN, A REQUEST. WE'RE NOT GONNA MESS AWAY TO GET FUNDED, BUT EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? DAVE? CHRIS, CAN WE PUBLISH YOUR FUNCTION BUILD FOR TO BE GOOD OF COST FOR BUILDING THAT RESTAURANT? IT DEPENDS WHERE WE WE'RE GONNA BUILD IN A REAL ONE. BUT PARK OR SMALLER ONE, WE COULD ALL THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ONES ARE ABOUT 7,000. WE CAN'T GET 'EM ON THE SIDE. YEAH, WE CAN. WELL ACTUALLY THAT'S ALL THE SEVEN. SO 2020 IS A, IS A GUESSTIMATE. I MEAN, WHAT'S A GUESS? AND IF IT'S MORE THEN WE'LL THINK ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD IT'S ON FACT WHERE CASH. YEAH. OKAY. I'M GONNA KEEP MOVING IF THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. SUPPORT FOR THE PLASTIC REDUCTION INITIATIVE. THIS IS ALL THE COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENVISIONING BUYING MEDIA TIME. WE'RE ENVISIONED BUYING LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THAT. AGAIN, 20 5K IS JUST A, THE GUEST THAT WE HAD. UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT GOES. BUT THAT'S THE, THE IDEA BEHIND IT. UM, THE NEXT THIRD SINCE I MADE A YEAR AWAY. YOU WANT THAT ONE 30? I I IT'S GOING, WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES OUT THERE SCREAMING AND HOLLERING ABOUT. OKAY. WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE COMBINE THOSE TWO? BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE COUNTY IS COMFORTABLE WITH IS WE'RE GONNA BUY, WE ENVISION BUYING STARTUP KITS, WHICH IS STACKS OF PAPER FRIEND ECO-FRIENDLY CONTAINERS AND DISTRIBUTING THEM SMALL BUSINESSES. CHURCH, WE WANT CHURCH. YEAH. ANYBODY WHO, ANYBODY WHO WANTS THEM. BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT ISN'T A BLACK OR WHITE. LIKE THE COMMUNICATION EFFORT HAS TO HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT. WHETHER WE DO THE STARTUP KITS IS CAN BE SEPARATE. I THINK IT'S A HUGELY IMPORTANT PART IN IT. BUT IF THE COUNTY SAYS, WE DON'T WANT YOU DOING, I DON'T THINK WE WANNA PUT THEM TOGETHER. THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE POINT. ONCE WE GET A BUDGET, WE CAN ADJUST THESE. AND IT MAKES SENSE BRENDA, AT THAT POINT WHEN WE GET SUPPORT, PUT 'EM TOGETHER. I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT. IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF, AS WE COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE, THE COUNCIL, THEY'RE THE ONE NRC USUALLY THE ONES WHO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE, UH, FIRST. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, THE NUMBER SEVEN THERE. UH, KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL CONVERTS ATTENDANCE. UM, I PUT IN SIX ATTENDEES AT $2,500 EACH. WE HAVE NOT SPENT THAT HISTORICALLY, BUT I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO BOOK CONFERENCE. MM-HMM . AND IF YOU DON'T, IF THERE'S NO MONEY THERE, IT'S EASY TO SAY NO. PEOPLE ARE SAYING NO ANYWAY. BUT MAYBE WE COULD GET PEOPLE TO GO. IT'S REALLY FUN. IT IS. IT IS . BUT THEN MORE CONFERENCES LIKE THE RECYCLING CONFERENCE. THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE AS A TEAM SHOULDN'T BE THINKING ABOUT, WELL WE SHOULD BIGGER THE CAN RECYCLING CONFERENCE TO THAT LINE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, UM, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO MORE WASTE, WASTE EXPO IS A REALLY GOOD ONE. THAT'S A BIG ONE. WASTE, WASTE EXPO. YEAH. LET'S, WELL YOU DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT, JUST TO END UP THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE, IT'S THE CATCHALL PHRASE AND OTHER UN SO GOOD. SEE YOU. THAT'S GOOD. YEP. OKAY. SO WE, AGAIN, $2,500 IS ABOUT WHAT IT COSTS TO GO TO A CONFERENCE OUT. ITS WITH TRAVEL AND WE'RE FLYING TO NEW ORLEANS NEXT WEEK, SO TWO WEEKS. SO THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS. UM, OUTREACH MATERIALS. UM, WE HAD 30,000 IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR. WE COULDN'T SPEND IT. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH MATERIALS IN OTHER PLACES HERE. SO 15, WE JUST BRING THAT DOWN. WE MIGHT DO SOME MORE GENERAL, LIKE WE MIGHT WANNA BUY SOME MORE SHOPPING BAGS AND WATER BOTTLES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THAT'S WHAT THAT 15 K IS ABOUT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN NEXT YEAR IS THE MARINE CORPS AIR SHOW. MM-HMM . UM, I, IT WE CAN DO BIGGER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR. WE CAN DO BIG, WE CAN'T DO MORE. I PUT IN 5K. EVERYBODY SUPPORTS THE AIR SHOW. SO EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING AT THE AIR SHOW. SO I FELT LIKE THAT'S A SEPARATE ITEM THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT. GOOD ITEM MIGHT AS A LOT TOO. THAT'S GOOD TO JUST SEPARATE THAT OUT. SO YOU CAN'T HAVE HISTO FOR THIS. YOU HAVE MEAN THAT'S A BIG DEAL. YOU IT WAS A GREAT SHOW. A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. WE CAN DO MORE. AND I GOT THE YOUNG LADY'S PHONE NUMBER WHO'S IN CHARGE TOO? SO WE'LL GET EXCELLENT. WHAT DATE? EXCELLENT. WHAT'S THE DATE? OH, APRIL. APRIL SON. NO, WE PUT IT ON THE QUENCH BUGGY. OH, WE HAVE THE, OH YEAH, I WANT QUE BOOK. WELL WE HAVE TO RESERVE IT SO THAT YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED BACK. NO, NO, IT'S THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR. NO [01:20:01] IT'S NOT. IT'S NEXT YEAR. NOT THIS YEAR. NO, IT'S NOT HERE. THERE NO MARINE CORPS? NO, NO. IT'S EVERY OTHER YEAR. THE SPIKE. CAN WE BE COMMITTEE 20 STEP? YES. NO AIR. OH, IT'S STILL YEAR 20. YOU NEED TO RESERVE THAT EARLY TO, YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL SEE IF I CAN GET, OKAY, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THAT ESTIMATE THAT I CAME UP WITH. UM, WE'RE GONNA UPDATE SCHOOLS TO 50 K FROM 25. KENNY, WE'RE GONNA UP UPGRADE THE, UM, PLASTICS INITIATIVE FROM 25 TO 30. I'LL TWEAK THE CONFERENCE LANGUAGE OR MAYBE NOT. UM, SO THAT'LL ADD 25 AND FAST. SO WHAT, THAT'S ONE 90 NOW. SO IT'LL GO TO, WHAT'D YOU SAY WE'RE GONNA CHANGE ON THE TWO GOALS? 50 GOALS WILL GO FROM 15 TO NO, NO, IT'S UH, UM, SUPPORT. IT'S 1 1558. IT'S ONE 50 NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IT'S ONE 90, I'M SORRY, 4 9 1 91. SO, UH, SCHOOL INITIATIVES RECYCLING PROGRAM IS LINE THREE THAT'LL GO FROM 15 TO 50. OKAY. UM, JUST AS A, AS A, UM, LOGIC CHECK. LAST YEAR I THINK OUR BUDGET REQUEST WAS 330. WE HAD A BIG NUMBER IN THERE FOR RECYCLING SUPPORT. SORRY. OR LITTER PICKUP SUPPORT. AND TWO YEARS IN A ROW THAT CONSUL DIDN'T REALLY WANT US TO BE THAT. HELLO? UH, AND THAT'S FINE. AND SO WE JUST, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT THIS YEAR. NOT TO I CENTER IN NOT THINK LIST BUDGET WHILE THEY PUT A A SOLID NUMBER LIKE YOU'RE DOING THIS AND THEN REALLY STICK TO THAT BUDGET. BEING WANT HAVE TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT YOU CAN ACCURATELY USE TO USE WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YEAH, THAT'S, I MEAN WE DO IT ENVIRON EACH DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE YEAH. EVERY TRY TO USE EVERY DIME OR . SO SAY APRIL WE HAVE, WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, TWO, THREE MONTHS IN APRIL WE'LL MAKE THIS FINAL REALIGNMENT OF THE BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY OR THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE US MORE NEXT YEAR ACTUALLY. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO DO GOOD THINGS WITH IT. DON'T WASTE IT. BUT TWO GOOD THINGS. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WAY BETTER OFF THIS YEAR THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR. UH, WE ONLY SPENT 14TH OF THE WHOLE YEAR LAST YEAR. AND THIS YEAR WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THE 21 AND WE WILL COMMIT THE REST. SO, AND THE SCIENCE PUT 80 AND SEVEN. JUST MAKE THAT, UH, UM, KBCB AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CONFERENCES GET WE'RE INTO THE WORD ATTENDANCE NOW. YOU GOT IT CUPBOARD? YEP. IT IN OUR DESENSE THAT I WAS PHA LAST SHOW. IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFICULT. YEAH. WAS 30. RIGHT. WHAT EVER ONE THAT VOLUNTEER. BUT YOU KNOW, I LEAVE, IT'S HARD TO DO. AND SO YES, THERE'S A LEARNING CURVE THERE, BUT WE'RE AT THE END OF IT. SO WE'RE MM-HMM . YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THE BUDGET? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. SO WE'LL, WE'LL PACKAGE THIS UP. WE'LL HAVE TO DO A JUSTIFICATION FOR EACH ONE OF THEM. EACH BUDGET LINE ITEM. I'LL DO ALL THE FINANCING ONES AND THE MARKETING RELATED ONES WORKING WITH JESSICA. BUT THE BEAUTIFICATION ONES YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE TO WRITE SAME THING WE WROTE LAST YEAR. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TWEETS TO IT. IF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE IT IS, IT'S ON THE PORTAL, YOU NEED A HARD COPY, ASK ME AND EITHER SALLY OR I'LL SEND YOU THE WORD DOCUMENT THAT YOU GUYS CAN M THERE. OKAY. WE'LL DO THAT. SORRY. WE'LL DO THAT. WE'VE GOT MY COMPUTER WORKING. WHEN YOU VOTING ON THE SUBJECT AND WHERE ARE WE? UH, GUESS NO, WE, SO WE HA WE HAVE TO AGREE RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS THE BUDGET REQUEST WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH. SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY MOVE TO DO THAT. OH, WE, I SO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THIS PROPOSED AS CHANGE AS, HEY, UH, FOR THE, THIS CLEAN YEAR 2026 TO 2020 FOR THE FY 27 BUDGET SUBMISSION. OKAY. TELL ME, I'M, I'M SORRY. I, TELL ME AGAIN. YOU'RE DETECTIVE LINE THREE, SUBSIST TEAM TO 60 AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE YOU WERE CHANGING. YES. WE'RE CHANGING THE, UM, PLASTIC REDUCTION INITIATIVE INITIATIVES ARE STRONGER BY FIVE FROM NUMBER FOUR FROM 20, NOPE, NOPE. NOT FOUR. SORRY. NUMBER FIVE. NUMBER FIVE FROM 25 TO THREE. OKAY. AND YOU'RE REDUCING THE PLASTICS INITIATIVE? NOPE. NOPE. OKAY. SO OUR CHANGES ARE MINE THREE GOES FROM 15 TO 50 WINE FIVE GOES FROM 25 TO 30. YES. YES. THIS THE ONLY CHANGE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU BET. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A RULE BABE ONE, WE NEED A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. BUDGET IS PASSED. OKAY. TRIAL THAT PROPOSED MS. DRAFT FUDGE. AND NOW, OR TO YOUR LOVELY WIFES NOW, UM, EVERYBODY, [01:25:01] I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY WIFE TO DEATH. SHE EDIT NUMBER ONE, SHE'S THE WORLD'S GREATEST SUICIDE. AND SHE USED SAID, BUT SHE ALSO, WE GOT THE CALL TO GO DOWN AND UH, MIKE FOR THIS MORE THIS TO, TO GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER OR BE IT THE RECYCLING CENTERS. MM-HMM . TRY TO EXPLAIN PEOPLE HOW IT WAS GOING. UM, I UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T TO DO WITH DALE, MIKE, AND DAN, BUT TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HEAR THE RESPONSE OF THE PEOPLE, THE CHANGE FOR WHEN HAD RECYCLED WITH BETH. UM, WE JUST BY WIFE BETH ICK. SO FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL, 'CAUSE I, I VOLUNTEERED AT A CLINIC AND I WAS TELLING HIM I WAS COMING HERE TODAY AND THEY SAID, OH, SO RN STANDS FOR RECYCLING NAZI, WHICH IS WHAT HE CALLS ME. I . SO, BUT MIKE, UM, UH, YOU ALL PROBABLY KNEW THAT HE TRIED TO GET THIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER AND HE DID. AND THEY'RE, WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT VOLUNTEERED FOR SHANE LIN. SO THAT WAS WHERE I WAS. UM, I WAS, UH, UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF FUN, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING OVER COMMITTED, SO I DON'T WANT SAY ANYTHING TO IT. BUT, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO CAME THERE, I, FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN F*****G VICTORIA SAYING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT ALL THOSE PEOPLE ON THAT OTHER SIDE. HE, AND THEY'RE JUST TRASHING THE, THE, HE RECYCLING EVERYTHING. HE PUTS THE WRONG STUFF IN. THEY CAN TELL STUFF. YEAH. SO I, UM, I SAT THERE WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME UP, I WOULD SAY, OH, LET ME HELP YOU. YOU KNOW? UM, AND IT WAS AMAZING THERE, PEOPLE WHO CARE ENOUGH TO COME AND RECYCLE. THEY HAD NO IDEA. I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE PUTTING, YOU KNOW, NUMBER FIVE IN THERE AND THEY WERE PUTTING THE, THE CLAMSHELLS AND THE PAPER AND THEY WERE THROWING IN BIG THINGS. SUPPOSED TO BE FLAT. I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT. BUT, UM, THEY, THEY WERE RECEPTIVE. AND THEN WE GIVE, I'D GIVE HIM THE BROCHURE AND SAY, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS TELLS YOU MORE ABOUT IT. HE, AND THEY WERE SO INTERESTING IN IT. UH, AT LEAST I HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE. THERE WAS ONE GUY THAT WAS BRINGING EVERYTHING ON A PLASTIC BAG AND HE WAS, YEAH. HE WASN'T NASTY, BUT HE WAS KINDA LIKE, OH, I MEAN THE CYANIDE ON THE THING KNOW PLASTIC BAG, BUT THE PEOPLE DON'T LOOK AT THE SIGN. SO YEAH. MY THING IS WE THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA RECYCLE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE BECAUSE EVEN THE MOST WELL MEANING ONE VERSUS SCREWING IT UP. YEAH. YEAH. UM, CLAMSHELLS WAS THE, A ALARM PROBLEM IS EACH CONTRACTOR RECYCLES DIFFERENT. YEAH. AND PEOPLE LIVING IN DIFFERENT PARTS ARE GOING, WELL I DO THIS. AND SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL I LIVE HERE AND I DO THIS. YEAH. AND EVERYBODY IS GETTING A MIXED MESSAGE ON WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T RECYCLE. AND WHAT CONSISTS OF HENRY TALENT IS SURE IS, IS REALLY GOOD. THE GETTING PEOPLE TO, WE HAVE GIGANTIC SIGNS NOW. THEY'RE GIGANTIC. USED TO BE THE BIGGEST SIGN WAS THIS, YOU CAN'T BRING YOUR GUN. NOW THEY'VE KIND OF SWITCHED IT UP . AND THE BIGGEST SIGNS NOW ARE THAT, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, I, I HELPED OUT AT, AT THE, UM, HILTON HAD ONE AND AT, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY THE CLAMSHELLS WERE THE BIGGEST ISSUE BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A ONE AND IT SAYS A ONE AND THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL IT SAYS ONE. AND YOU'RE LIKE JUST SAYING, WELL, AT, AT OUR, THAT'S JUST KEEP THE PARA SERVICE ON THE ROW BIT. SO YOU JUST CUT 'EM. IT IT JUST SAYS, IT SAYS, IT SAYS BOTTLES AND IT JOS. YES. BOTTLES AND JOS. BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE A PERIOD EDUCATION. OH YEAH. EVEN IF THEY JUST SEND SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, LIKE BRING BLUNT TO SOME KIND OF EVENT. IF THEY COULD STAFF IT, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WHAT? OKAY. THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL VOLUNTEERING. YEAH. IT'S A HUGE HELP. WE KNOW THAT'S BEEN A DEFICIENCY IN THE CENTERS. SO IN THIS YEAR OF BUDGET, WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA CALL A, UM, COLA MAKE A, A SITE UM, LEADER. SO THIS WILL BE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AT THIS, THE FOUR BIG CENTERS. AND THEIR JOB WILL BE TO MONITOR THE RECYCLING AS WELL AS MONITOR TO THE ENTIRE CENTER. SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND FROM A SPOT, SPOT ABOUT, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAYBE SHIFT ONE CURS OVER TO RECYCLING. UM, AND KIND OF GIVE SOMEBODY A BREAK SOME. SO WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COVERAGE ON RECYCLING BECAUSE WE'VE, WE SHIELD WE STILL YOUR PAINT SOME PEOPLE WELL, OH YES, GO ON THE OTHER SIDE. THEY, THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN RECYCLE AND BECAUSE I, I TALKED TO THEM TOO AND THEY WERE LIKE, AND THAT'S WHERE VALENTI AND REVIEW, WE'VE ACTUALLY HIRED, WELL WORKED, WE'VE ACTUALLY HIRED ANOTHER EDUCATOR THAT'S KIND OF HELPED FINISH THE OTHER TEAM. VALENTINA THE OTHER KIND OF SHIFT A LITTLE MORE TOWARDS STORMWATER. UM, 'CAUSE WE REALLY NEED THAT EDUCATION [01:30:01] THERE AS WELL. WE MIGHT REALLY SEIZE THE STORMWATER SIDE OF IT. MM-HMM SO, AND THAT THIS THE NEW UH, PERSON COMING IN, THEY GOTTA KIND OF TAKE TINO'S PLACE IN THE RECYCLED WORLD. WE'LL DETERMINE TO TEAM UP AND DO IT TOGETHER. SO WE HAVE TO SPREAD THAT EDUCATION. YOU HAVE THAT. THANKS. YOU HAVE, I MEAN FACT I KNOW BECAUSE I CATCH THAT I HAVE FRIENDS THAT DIDN YOU DESERVE CANADIAN BU BECAUSE THEY GOT CAUGHT SPEEDING, STEPPED IN , THEY ON ACT. THE THEN WHY COUNTY? THE COUNTY SAID WE'VE ACTUALLY OFFERED THAT TO UH, I THINK IT ADE THAT ALL WE'VE ACTUALLY FROM TRAIN THAT KIND WASTE TO DETENTION. YEAH. YEAH. SO ONCE THE, ONCE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS, ONCE THEY UH, MAY GET ARRESTED, WHATEVER THEY'VE DONE AND THAT PERSON GETS THERE SET, THEN IT'S HANDLED THROUGH THE DETENTION. THE COURTS ARE THE COURT AND DITCH DEJECTION CENTER. SO IF THEY HAVE WHAT WE GOT TO WORK THEN SO WE GET SOME OPTIONS TO HELP AND WORK AT THE CENTERS. UM, WE WITHOUT FINE FIVE TO FINE TUNE THAT YET WE NOT BE ABLE LOSE OPTION. BUT THEY THAT ACTUALLY THAT SOMEBODY, THEY KIND OF MONITOR THAT SOLUTION. YEAH BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE USED TO HAVE THE, THE, THEY COME OUT PICK UP LITERAL SATURDAYS BUT OUR TEAM DOES NOT WORK ON SATURDAYS OUR LEADERS. SO WE, WE DON'T B******T FOR OVERTIME FOR OUR TEAM TO GO OUT AND JUST WATCH ONE PERSON PICK THEM TRASH BLOOD. WELL STAFF ALL WATCH THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS 'CAUSE THEY ARE OPEN ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. UM, 'CAUSE SO MANY THE NURSE WITHOUT THE JOB SO THEY DON'T, AREN'T ABLE TO DO IT DURING WEEKS. AND OUR CENTERS ARE OPEN ON SATURDAYS. SO WE HAVE FOCUS WHOLE THOUGHT OUT AND WE ALL WILL. THAT'S GREAT. WELL ANY, ANYTHING IN THAT DIRECTION IS UH, ONE HELP MIKE THAT MIGHT AND THE GUYS WHO ARE TRYING TO RECYCLE. WELL AND I THINK IT'S JUST NOT, NOT PUNITIVE BUT TO SAY, OH I KNOW YOU CARE IS SOME NICE THAT YOU RECYCLE, BUT LET YOU P AS YOU KNOW. AMEN. I WANTED TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MS. PAMS SAID, UH, IN REGARDS TO LACK OF HER CONSTANTLY AND WHAT FOR ME ACCEPT ME TO RECYCLING AND WHAT CANNOT. UM, AND I'VE HAD SO MANY RESIDENTS THAT I CAN TO ACCOUNT BE LIKE, WELL I GET CURBSIDE. SO I CAME TO THIS V THIS TALK ABOUT RECYCLING AND IT STILL DIDN'T REALLY APPLY TO ME. I WAS LIKE, WELL TECHNICALLY MOST OF IT DOES, BUT THERE'S STILL MORE THINGS THAT YOU THAT CAN BE ACCEPTED IN FIRM SIDE THAT WE DON'T ACCEPT. WE HAVE THE MOST STRINGENT PER SE LIKE LIST PER SE IN THE WHOLE COUNTY. AND JESS WILL ACTUALLY CALL BEING EPIGENIC HERE, UM, FROM FROM KBCB BOARD COURSE WOULDN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. SO THAT WOULD SAY THAT I DIDN'T BRING IT UP. BUT THE SAME THING ABOUT HOW UM, I THINK SHE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BEAVER ON SOME STUFF, UM, WANTING HER REAL JOB AND SHE WAS TALK, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO LEARN A MORE ROAD ROBUST RECYCLING EDUCATION PROGRAM. UH, OR HAD A ROBUST RECYCLING, UM, JUST EFFORT FROM THE HAULER, UH, TO BE PUT INTO THE NEW CONTRACT. AND SHE WAS LIKE, BESIDES THAT I THINK IT'S BEEN SEASON I GUESS IS COMING UP THAT SHE'S AWARE OF WITH ALL MUNICIPALITIES AND MAYBE WORKING ON GETTING TOGETHER WITH THEM ON WRITING IT INTO CONTRACTS. 'CAUSE LIKE VISA CONTRACTS WILL BE AVEED. HAVING THEM KIND OF PLACING AN EPISODE, ALL THAT AND TRYING TO KIND OF SOMEHOW DO THE CATCHALL TO CREATE A MORE UNIFIED LIST. UM, THAT WAY IT MAKES SENSE AND PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CUT WHEN THEY GET A LITTLE, TAKE AN OBSTACLE OUT OF IT. AND WE HAD A ROUND TABLE WITH, WITH WASTE HAULERS THAT UM, SALLY AND VICTORIA MOS I'D LET YOU WIFE TO SAY A LITTLE BIT. NO THAT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD MEAT. UH, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS SINGLE STREAM IN AT NOW, YOU KNOW, SO SEPARATED. SEPARATED, RIGHT. SO THESE, THESE CURBSIDE ARE SINGLE STAIN. THROW EVERYTHING IN THERE AND I'LL BET THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUFF THAT ACTUALLY GETS RECYCLED IN LESS SINGLE FRAME IS PROBABLY LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE, THAN WHAT WE'RE WITH. IT'S IT'S OUR ONE WE'RE THIS HIGH GRADE REALLY SOFT ORDER ARCH. THEY SAID YOU GOTTA SEPARATE I ALL MINE BEN WHEN I GET JUST . RIGHT. SALT ARCH. THIS IS WHY I THINK PEOPLE ARE LAZY. THAT'S ONE THING. IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST LA IT'S LAZINESS. AND THEN JUST NOT HAVING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE END PRODUCT IS REALLY. WE CAN TEACH 'EM WHAT YOU PRODUCT IS AND WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT. AND THAT'S WHERE VALENTI, WE CAN SHOW THEM WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS AND TEACH 'EM AND EDUCATE THEM WHY THEY'RE DOING IT AND WHY IT'S GOOD. THAT'S THEIR PART. THAT'S WHAT MIKE COMES IN AND I TOO, HE CAN NOW, WE CAN PHYSICALLY SHOW WHERE NOW AND PAST WHAT YEAR, TWO YEARS WE CAN SHOW WHERE OUR PRODUCTS ARE GOING. I MEAN THAT ABSOLUTELY WHAT RECYCLING CAN SHOW WHERE IT'S GOING, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD THING. UM, BUT THE THE HAULER THING ROUND TABLE WAS TELL IT WAS IT LOOKED GOOD. UM, BUT ALSO I'M GONNA LOOK AT DOING A APPLICATION ON ALL OF OUR CONTAINERS THAT ARE PULLED. SO WE KNOW EXACTLY. SO WHEN THE, THE ATTENDANT CALLS [01:35:01] AND SAYS HEY THIS CONTAINER'S FULL, THEY TAKE A PICTURE OF IT TO AN APP AND THEY BASICALLY TAKE A PICTURE AND WHERE IT'S AT, WHAT IT IS AND THEY COULD SEND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE HAULER TO THEIR DISPATCHER. AND IT'S LITERALLY HAPPENS LIKE THAT. IT'S LIKE A DECK MESSAGE GOES TO THE DRIVER, DRIVER KNOWS THAT CONTAINER'S FULL. AND THEN WHEN LEFT DRIVER GETS DONE TAKING THAT CONTAINER TO WHEREVER IT'S IN PLACE IS THEY TAKE A PICTURE OF IT, IT'S UNLOADED AND THEN WE GET, WE SEE THE RETURN PRODUCT OF WHERE IT WAS PLACED, WHERE IT WAS DONE, WHAT WAS IN IT. IF IT WAS THEY CAME IN IT. SO WE'LL GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AS THAT WAY TOO. SO THAT'S GONNA HELP US. UH, NOT GONNA FEEL A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT BUT IT, BUT IT'S THERE. YEAH. AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING TRUCKS COME PICK UP THEIR GARBAGE AND THEY LATER THAT SAME TRUCK IS COMING AND PICKING UP THEIR RECYCLING AS MAY LITERALLY SAID, WELL THAT'S STAYING TRAPPED. SO THEY'RE JUST DON'T GET IT ALL TOGETHER AND THEY'RE NOT STILL. SO AGAIN, EDUCATION, I THINK EDUCATION, THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE CAN SHOW ONCE WE GET THIS MORE DATA AND MORE INFORMATION BACK ON THESE HOARDS, WE CAN SHOW THE PUBLIC LOOK DON DON'T THINKING SHOW THIS. WELL CHANGE SOME RECYCLED. WELL AND WE SEPARATE ALL YOUR STUFF IN THIS 'CAUSE THIS HERE, THE RAW DATA I SHOWED YOU WHAT WE BEFORE WE GOT GO WITH . YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT TALK PLUS, UH, WRAPPING UP. OKAY, SO BCSD MEETING NUMBER E ON THE AGENDA. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. UH, KELLY COUNCIL PROCEDURES FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. MEMBERS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PUT SEVERAL NAMES FORWARD. I'VE ASKED FOLKS TO VOLUNTEER. UM, AND THE COUNTY'S CHANGED THE WAY THEY DO THAT. DO YOU WANNA TALK JOE? JUST FOR YEAH. AND THEN THE COUNTY HAS A PROCEDURE. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU AS A BOARD CAN INTERVIEW WHOEVER YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE ON THIS ORG. IT THEN GOES TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COUNTY COUNCIL. THEY THEN INTERVIEW THOSE CANDIDATES. THEY HAVE TO DO A LETTER, A RESUME, UM, THEY GET INTERVIEWED, THEN THEY MOVE ON TO THE BOARD AS A STATE TO BE APPROVED. IT IS A MUCH MORE INTENSE PROCESS THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. UH, WE JUST APPROVED SOMEONE FOR THE BOARD. AND CAMERON ONE, ONE PERSON, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME BOARD. I HAVEN'T BEEN, I HAVEN THIS FOR YET. I HAVEN'T BEEN. I THINK IT'S, WE'VE BEEN THAT IN THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT SUPPOSED COME OUT IN FEBRUARY. UH, YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THIS JUNE UP UPCOMING JUNE. OKAY. SO WE'LL GET A NEW BOARD MEMBER WILL IN APRIL ON APPROVED. WE YOU ARE REAPPOINTED IS FOR NEW. PLEASE ARE FOR NEW. FOURTH IS, I PERSONALLY, I IDENTIFIED AND ASKED TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION HAS NOT HEARD ANYTHING AT ALL. SO I'LL GET A CHECK WITH THE BOARD MANAGEMENT PERSON, , UM, WHO WORKED WITH KIND, I'M ALSO THE LIAISON TO LIBRARY BOARD. THEY INTERVIEWED FOUR PEOPLE, SET THEM, UM, IN BACK IN DECEMBER KNOWING FULL WELL THEIR FISCAL YEAR STARTS IN ARCH AND WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE FOUR OF THEM FINALLY IN, UM, COMING UP NEXT MONTH. SO IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO DO THIS. YEAH. SO THAT THE PROCESS IS A LITTLE LONGER. YEAH. PEOPLE MORE SO. YEAH. SO WE NEED MORE PEOPLE NOW. WE ARE SEVEN ON OUR BOARD AND WE HAVE SLOTS FOR 11. SO WE HAVE FOUR NEW BOARD MARKET. YEAH. AND ONE OF THEM WILLIAM I SEVEN. VERY GOOD. SO WE HAVE SEVEN GREAT ONES THAT ARE GETTING GREAT STUFF DONE. . SO DON'T, AND THEN COMMENTS. WE ANY, ANY PUBLIC AND THAT'S ANY POP, ANY PUBLIC, ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL UH, GIVE SAYS, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE MAINTAINING EACH DEFENSE. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS FAR AS LEADER IS CONCERNED, LIKE YOU, UH, VERY MUCH FEEL BATTLE. UM, AND I THINK IT'S ONE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN UNLESS THERE'S FORCE MEN THERE. THERE'S NOT, I MEAN NOBODY'S TRYING THESE PEOPLE IN. UH, IF YOU, IF YOU PULLED OVER ON MY JOB TRASH DRUM, IT'S THE EMPLOYEE ISN'T THEN TAKING NOBODY'S FAULT OVER. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S PHONE THESE PEOPLE THERE. UM, I'M GONNA STOP YOU SAYING, UH, AND WE SEE OVER AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THE EMPLOYEE THAT GETS SICK GRADUATE WITH, I FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE THE EMPLOYEE OR I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL WORK FOR, UM, THE PUBLIC OR FOR THE COUNTY OR STATE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AUSTIN. SO YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SAY MUCH, BUT I THINK LOBBYING EFFORTS TOWARDS THE LAWS [01:40:01] CHANGING THE ENFORCEMENT IS WHAT'S GONNA NEED TO HAPPEN. UH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A OUNCE PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUNDING. YOUR YOU'RE YOU'RE JUST NOT GONNA MAKE A DENT AND LITTER UNLESS YOU MAKE CHANGE HIS. UM, SO WASTE MANAGEMENT, YOU'RE NOT REALLY INCENTIVIZED TO, TO COVER THEIR TRUCK PROPERLY OR ADD MAGNETS TO THEIR TARPS OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO ANYWAYS. YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEBODY OUT PICK UP LYRICS, FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT AND NOT FEEL LIKE A CHOMP THE SAME KIND YOU BE AND YOU KNOW, I AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, I NEED TO BE THE ONE TO STEP UP TO START LOBBYING EFFORTS. UM, I CAN, I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PROMOTE, TALK ABOUT THE NEW ORDINANCE OR WHATEVER, DID A REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS NEEDS TO BE A HUGE PART OF THAT COMMUNICATION. AND UM, 'CAUSE MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA THAT YOU CAN CALL LETTER CONTROL 100 LETTER OR WHATEVER. UM, AND USUALLY THOSE PEOPLE, IF YOU, THE FEW TIME THAT PEOPLE CALL AND IT'S JUST SENDING THE WARNING, THE THING THAT'S IS NOT STEMMING, THERE'S NO TEAM THAT COOK IT. YOU CAN, YOU CAN DUMP 500 POUNDS OF DELIVERED AND GET A $5 FONT THUS ON IT TOO. WE BE, AND AS A STATE, I THINK WE BACK OFF OF SOME OF THOSE RULES BECAUSE THERE ARE LIKE PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE BILL. WE'LL MAKE 'EM GO OUT THERE, PICK UP TRASH. YEAH, MAYBE THEY'LL THINK ABOUT IT THE NEXT TIME. BUT PEOPLE JUST, THEY DON'T CARE. SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE 'EM CARE. SO WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN THE APPROACH THAT JESUS AND PLUME HAVE DONE SO MUCH ON LITTER. HILTON HEADED THE BEACHES IS DOING MUCH ON LITTER FE. RIGHT. THEY'RE FE CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT. YEAH. AND I LOOKED AT THE COUNTIES AND THE COUNTY'S WORKING HARD. YEAH. WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO REDUCE THE STREAM. SO BY TAKING THE STYROFOAM OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE STREAM OF PRODUCTS WE THINK WE CAN HELP THERE. I LOVE THE IDEA OF ADVOCATING BOOKING AT NEW BRAND BECAUSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE WORK YOU'VE DONE BEFORE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT? ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE OF INCREASING IN ? WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT I KNEW I ASKED ONE TIME AND AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ONLY HAVE TWO ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE COUNTY. FIRST CHAIR VAULT LITTER DEVELOPERS NOW. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS. WE'RE JUST, THEY'RE NEST STEP, THEY'RE EMPLOYEES. WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT BE I , WALWORTH IS NOT GONNA, THAT'S, THAT'S IF, IF WHEN COMES TO ENFORCEMENT OR THE WALL THAT'S CHAIR FAULTS PAUL, THAT'S NOT OURS. WE'RE GO CLEANING UP, WE'LL CONTINUE CLEANING UP. WE REPORT EVERYTHING. IF IT'S ILLEGAL DUMPING, WE TAKE THAT, WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT OF IT. WE, WE KILLING UP, THEY TEAR FROM THE TRASH TO GET THE MAIL. INVEST, UM, SORT AND HE DOZENS MAKES THE PHONE CALL PROBLEM AND HE GOES TO COURT. WE GO, WELL YOU KNOW, I EVEN SHE HAD THROW IT OUT AGAIN, SEND THE SAYING YOU NOT DOING. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY, WHEN WHEN IT GETS TO THE COURT, THEY'RE NOT DOING, THEY'RE NOT COMPANIE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ONE. AND I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE. I THINK WHERE IT GOES BACK TO THE CONTRACTORS COME UP THE CALLERS. SO WHEN THESE CONTAINERS ARE ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION COLLECT RIGHT, THINGS ARE BULL OUT BACK IN THESE TRUCKS LIKE TEAMS THAT BLCH MAGS DID A STYROFOAM CUP. THERE'LL A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT. SO TO THE, I'M LETTING THE HALL MEANS THEY COULD BE BETTER. ABSOLUTELY. BUT I THINK IN ALL DEPENDS LITTLE BIT THINGS. THE THESE THEY CONTRACTORS THEN THE DRILL WORK LANE, NO ONE SUPPOSED TO BE SKINNY AND I'S WELL THE THING IS I THOUGHT IT'S THE EMPLOYEE THAT'S GETTING THE TICK. YOU JUST, AND IT NEVER FALLS BACK ON ALL. SO THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR INCENTIVE AND IF YOU, IF IF YOU STARTED SITTING ON THE CONTRACTORS THAT AND EVERY TIME THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL STEP UP IN BUYING, THEY WOULD START CHANGING THEIR HABITS. THE WAY I'LL DISAGREE WITH SANTA. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE IS RIVER TRASHED ONLINE THAT THE ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WE HAVE WITH OUR HAULERS ON, UH, THEY WAS A ENOUGH ALL WASHINGTON COUNTY, UM, WAS A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION. WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE OUT, WE'LL TRY TO PROVE THAT. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE THAT AS A COMMITTEE WE, WE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, UM, SAY AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE, NOT YOU, ANY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THIS DON NEED THE COUNCIL MEETINGS START SCREAMING AT COUNCIL. YEAH. BECAUSE CAN CHANGE THE LAW. WELL THIS WAS STABLE. THEY COUNTY CAN CHANGE THAT. WELL, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN HAVE MAKE OUR OWN. THAT WOULD BE, WE CAN COME NOT WORK BUDGET TO RE TO ENFORCE. BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE THE, HAVING THE LAW IS ONE THING, BUT IT'S NOTHING IF YOU DON'T ENFORCE. SO, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COUNCIL IS WHERE WE HAVE TO START BEING WARM VOCAL ABOUT, [01:45:02] UH, TIM, AND JUST REAL QUICK, UH, JUST A QUICK THOUGHT ON, UH, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS. MAYBE IF YOU CAME UP WITH THE PROGRAM THAT YOU HAD IN TEMPLATE OF WHAT THIS IS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, GRADE A SCHOOLS, UH, OR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINTS LOOK LIKE. THESE ARE THE KIND OF CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAVE. THIS IS KIND OF RECYCLING THAT YOU DO. THIS IS THE KIND OF MATERIALS YOU ORDER FOR YOUR CAFETERIA. UM, AND HAS LIKE A SET PROGRAM. SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LOOSEY GOOSEY LIKE THIS IS THE GOAL AND THEN SORT OF AWARD THE ONES THAT THAT DO IT. YOU MIGHT HAVE, UM, SOME CONTINUITY IN YOUR MESSAGING AND BUT UP AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, , WE, WE ARE JUST BREAKING GROUND IN THE, YOU KNOW, GET SEXY. YOU BE KEY IN ON THAT. WE, WE, WE GONNA DO KEN, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND , THESE ARE OPEN MEETINGS. ANYTIME YOU WANNA CALL, THEY'RE PUBLICIZED. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. AND THERE'S FOUR SLOTS OPEN ON THE BOARD. , AS LONG AS YOU LIVE IN THE CAR. UH, YEAH. YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTY. UH, YEP. EVERYBODY GOOD? EVERYBODY GOOD? THANK YOU ALL FOR SAVING. IT'S GOOD NOW. ALWAYS BIG TO WORK. * 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.