Oct 05, 2026 Community Services and Public Safety Committee

MAY I GET A, I'LL SECOND THAT.

AND LET'S HAVE A VOTE ON THAT.

SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR TO REMOVE NINE C REMOVE IT TO REMOVE NINE C.

OH, OKAY.

TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY, MAYBE.

SO, UM, YEAH, PLEASE DO.

MR. ROBINSON.

I, I, DO YOU MIND IF I JUST SAY IT? SO, A CONTRACT CAME IN TODAY FOR THIS ITEM.

THEY WERE HOPING TO HAVE IT BEFOREHAND.

UH, THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO PREPARE AND REVIEW THE CONTRACT.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO IT'LL BE ON THE, HOPEFULLY ON THE NOVEMBER MEETING.

AND THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE.

I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT THANK YOU.

THE CONTRACT JUST, JUST CAME IN TODAY.

SO, UH, WITH THAT RATIONALE, UM, LIKE I SAID, DID WE ALREADY CALL THE VOTE ON THAT? I'M SORRY.

AND THEN, SO NOW WE NEED, WE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.

BUT WITH A SECOND.

WE ONLY HAD MR. DAWSON AS I'LL MAKE THE SECOND TO ALL APPROVE THIS, THE AGENDA AS, NOW BY SHOW OF HANDS, CAN WE AGREE TO APPROVE THE MOTION, THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? ALL RIGHT.

I GET A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 3RD, 2026.

THAT IS APPROVED.

AND NOW CAN

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

[6. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – 15 MINUTES TOTAL ]

JOE AND, UH, YORK, UH, BY SHOW OF HANDS, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, FAIR ENOUGH.

THAT TAKES US INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

LOOKS LIKE I ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S FELIC.

LAMARCA.

COME ON DOWN.

YOU DO LOVE US, DON'T YOU? I DO.

AND I'M NOT GONNA READ THE SO MUCH, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE COMPLIANCE THING.

A DISCUSSION OF ANIMAL SERVICE, CAMPUS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A WILDLIFE REHABILITATION RESOURCE CENTER.

I VERY MUCH WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SPEND MY TAX MONEY ON DOING THAT.

WE HUMANS HAVE DECIMATED THE ENVIRONMENT, AND TO ME, THE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES THE, UH, TREES, THE WATER, THE FISH, FISH, THE BIRDS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, NO PROBLEM.

SO ANY DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAVE TO PROTECT THESE CREATURES THAT WE HAVE DISPLACED, CONTINUED DISPLACED, DON'T LIKE THEM IN OUR YARDS, DON'T LIKE THEM IN OUR TREES, UH, KICK THEM OUT.

UH, PEOPLE LIKE ME AND EVERYONE SITTING IN THE BACK, UH, RESCUE THESE LITTLE CREATURES.

SO I DON'T JUST GO FINDING FERAL CATS AND KITTENS LIKE YOU ALL THINK.

I ALSO OCCASIONALLY PICK UP A RACCOON OR A BIRD OR SOMETHING THAT IS IN NEED OF HELP.

AND PERSONALLY HAVE FOUND THAT THERE'S VERY FEW PLACES FOR ME TO GO FOR HELP.

UH, THERE ARE A FEW VETERINARIANS THAT WILL HELP OUT, UH, BUT THEY GET OVERLOADED.

SO FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY AND BEAUFORT COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES TO TALK ABOUT THIS, RESEARCH THIS, AND KEEP PEOPLE LIKE ME FROM HAVING TO DRIVE TO CHARLESTON, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION, AND THAT TAKES US INTO THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I HAD SIGNED UP.

IS THERE ANYBODY THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE.

I WILL CLOSE

[7. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT ]

UH, WHO'S GONNA BE GIVEN THAT TODAY? JOHN, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

WE ARE GONNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND TALK ABOUT MOSQUITO CONTROL AND MOSQUITO CONTROL OPERATIONS.

OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF MOSQUITO CONTROLS, ROBERT CARNER IS, UH, IS HERE AS WELL.

UH, HE'S GONNA BE OPERATING THE, UH, THE SHOW AS WE GO ALONG.

SO I'M GONNA TALK WITH YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES ABOUT WHAT MOSQUITO CONTROL DOES, UH, WHY, WHY WE DO IT.

AND, UM, THROUGHOUT

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THAT PROCESS, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

'CAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME, SOME CITIZEN COMMENTS ABOUT OUR WEBSITE AND THE THINGS ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH IT REAL QUICKLY.

UM, SO WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE THINGS IN PUBLIC.

AND ROBERT WILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

AND THERE'S SOME NEAT THINGS HERE THAT PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE.

UH, SO FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROCESS BY WHICH MOSQUITO CONTROL GOES ABOUT ITS DAILY WORK.

UM, SO THIS IS A, UM, A SCIENTIFIC METHOD.

SO THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT MOSQUITO CONTROL DOES WITH THE TREATMENT OF VECTOR CONTROL SPECIES IS EVIDENCE-BASED, SCIENTIFIC, UM, WORK.

SO WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS, UM, THERE'S FOUR STEPS OR FIVE, IF YOU CALL THE RINSE AND REPEAT STEP THAT A TECHNICIAN GOES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SO TECHNICIANS GO OUT INTO THE FIELD.

UH, THEY, UH, HAVE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT THEY SERVICE.

SO THEY MAY GO INTO THE FIELD TO SERVICE OR SET MOSQUITO CONTROL TRAPS, WHICH ARE COLLECTING MOSQUITOES, LIVE MOSQUITOES THAT COME BACK TO THE LABORATORY.

THEY RESET THOSE TRAPS.

THEY COLLECT SAMPLES FROM THOSE TRAPS.

THEY ALSO DO INSPECTIONS AND STORMWATER, UH, DITCHES AND OTHER TYPES OF RETENTION PONDS TO LOOK FOR, TO LOOK FOR PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN, AS WELL AS WHILE THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD.

IF CITIZENS HAVE A COMPLAINT OR SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO, UH, TO INVESTIGATE, OUR FIELD TECHNICIANS WILL GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEY DO WHAT'S CALLED A LANDING RATE COUNT.

SO THEY PHYSICALLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES THAT LAND ON THEM WITHIN A, WITHIN A, UM, ONE MINUTE TIME PERIOD.

AND THAT TELLS A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARREST OF THE SCIENTIFIC MATERIAL THAT'S COLLECTED.

SO ONCE THE, THE NEXT STEP, ONCE THEY COLLECT THOSE MATERIALS, THEY BRING THEM BACK TO OUR LABORATORY.

UM, WE WILL BE TAKING COUNCIL MEMBERS ON A TOUR OF THE LABORATORY AGAIN IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY, VERY BUSY, UH, IN THE LABORATORY.

WE HAVE AN ENTOMOLOGIST THAT WORKS FULL-TIME IN THE LABORATORY, ALONG WITH OUR DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR WHO IDENTIFY MOSQUITO SPECIES.

UM, AND THEN IDENTIFY, THERE'S A FEW TECHNIQUES THAT THEY CAN USE TO IDENTIFY IF THOSE, UM, SPECIES OF MOSQUITOES ARE CARRYING, UH, SOME VECTOR DISEASE THAT WOULD BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD.

UM, SO FROM THOSE SAMPLES, THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT FROM THOSE SAMPLES, WE'LL KNOW THE TYPE OF MOSQUITO, WHAT TYPE OF DISEASE THEY, THEY COULD CARRY OR ARE CARRYING, AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT MOSQUITO CAME FROM.

THAT INFORMATION GOES BACK TO THE, UH, DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND THEY DESIGNED A TREATMENT MISSION AROUND THAT INFORMATION SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF DETERRENT WAS USED PREVIOUSLY.

WHAT TYPE OF DETERRENT SHOULD BE USED FOR THIS SPECIFIC BREED OF MOSQUITO, THE TIME OF YEAR, THE WEATHER, THE HUMIDITY.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS INFORMATION IS COLLECTED TO, TO ESTABLISH A TREATMENT MISSION.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE USED PREVIOUSLY IN THOSE AREAS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE A RESISTANCE LIKE AN ANTIBIOTIC TO THIS, UM, TO THIS, UH, INSECT.

YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE USING VARIABLE TYPES OF, UH, OF TREATMENT SO THAT WE DON'T CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT.

SO ONCE THAT, THEN, THEN HOWEVER, THAT TREATMENT MISSION IS DONE, THAT TREATMENT MISSION KIND OF, KIND OF, UM, PRACTICE HAS HAPPENED.

AND THEN STEP FIVE IS REPEAT AND RE AND, AND RINSE.

SO WE GO BACK OUT IN THE FIELD.

WE DO MORE SCIENTIFIC, UH, MEASURING.

WE DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT TREATMENT IS, HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THAT AREA THROUGHOUT TIME.

THERE ARE, UM, OVER 80, I THINK WE'RE AT 83 INDEPENDENT SAMPLING SITES ALL THROUGHOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY.

UH, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY, IF WE HAVE, UH, COMPLAINTS OR COMMENTS FROM A CITIZEN IN A SPECIFIC AREA, WE CAN GO OUT TO THAT AREA, UM, EDUCATE IN THAT AREA AND SET UP SPECIFIC SAMPLING, UH, LOCATIONS, UH, RIGHT IN THAT SPOT.

SO THIS IS VERY TECHNICAL.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, WEBSITE SINCE WE'RE HERE, RIGHT HERE ON THE HOMEPAGE.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE HOMEPAGE.

AND, AND ROBERT WILL SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND SHOW YOU SOME PRETTY NEAT STUFF AT THE BOTTOM.

ROBERT, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE, UH, DATA THAT'S THERE? SURE.

SO THIS IS, UM, DATA FROM ALL OF OUR SURVEILLANCE, AND I UPDATE IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

SO WE DO, AS HE SAID, UM, WE SET TRAPS AND COLLECT THEM AND TEST MOSQUITOES EVERY SINGLE WEEK OF THE YEAR.

THE ONLY TIME WE DON'T DO IT IS IF THERE'S A LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND, A HOLIDAY WEEK.

UM, SO 52 WEEKS A YEAR, UNLESS THERE'S A MAJOR HOLIDAY THAT STOPS US FROM DOING IT, WE'RE OUT THERE SETTING TRAPS.

BUT MOSQUITOES ARE, UH, HAVE A DIFFERENT SEASONALITY DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES.

SO SOME MOSQUITOES THAT YOU SEE IN THE SUMMERTIME, YOU WON'T SEE IN THE WINTERTIME.

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FOR EXAMPLE, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL WITH THIS, BUT, SO THIS IS OUR MOST, UM, SEROUS MOSQUITO SPECIES EIGHTIES.

SANDY RINK IS A SALT MARSH MOSQUITO.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S REALLY ONLY ACTIVE DURING THE SUMMERTIME.

SO THERE'S SOME SPECIES ON HERE THAT WE COLLECT IN THE WINTERTIME, AND SOME THAT WE COLLECT IN THE SUMMERTIME, AND SOME WE COLLECT YEAR ROUND.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS, WE'RE ALWAYS COLLECTING MOSQUITOES.

'CAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW IF WE CAN PREDICT WHEN MOSQUITOES ARE GONNA BE BAD.

UM, WHAT, WHAT FACTORS GO INTO CAUSING LARGE POPULATIONS OF MOSQUITOES.

SO THERE'S, THAT'S JUST ONE LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT'S RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT.

UH, ON THE HOMEPAGE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THERE AND PLAY WITH IT.

YOU CAN SEE HISTORICAL DATA.

YOU CAN SEE IT BY, UH, THE BREED OR THE, THE GENUS OF A MOSQUITO.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S, THAT'S THERE.

UM, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE HOMEPAGE? AND YOU CAN ALSO GO AND SEE THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND HOW IT, UM, AFFECTS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES THAT WE COLLECT EACH WEEK.

HOW MUCH NEAT INFORMATION? UM, ROBERT MENTIONED RAINFALL, SO I'LL TALK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY WHILE I WAS GETTING, WHILE HE'S GETTING BACK THERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, RAINFALL AND, UM, BODIES OF WATER OR DROUGHT HAVE TO DO WITH MOSQUITO CONTROL IN TIMES OF DROUGHT, YOU WOULD THINK WE MIGHT HAVE LESS MOSQUITOES AND THERE MAY BE LESS MOSQUITOES, BUT THEY'RE MORE ME MAY BE MORE PREVALENT.

DISEASE, A LOT OF TIMES THE, THE VECTOR TYPE OF DISEASE ARE MOSQUITO BORN, NOT MOSQUITO BORN DISEASES.

THEY'RE AVIAN BORNE DISEASES THAT MOSQUITOES BITE A BIRD AND THEN THEY TRANSFER THAT TO HUMANS.

AND THE TIMES OF DROUGHT, THERE IS LESS AVAILABLE WATER THAT PUTS THE MOSQUITOES AND THAT VECTOR CARRYING, UM, ANIMAL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.

SO THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, UM, FOR THAT VECTOR DISEASE TO BE TRANSMITTED.

UM, SO WHEN IT, WHEN IT RAINS A LOT, WE HAVE A PLUME OF MORE MOSQUITOES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'LL NECESSARILY HAVE MORE DISEASE.

SO IT'S VERY COMPLEX.

WHEN I TALKED ABOUT EVIDENCE-BASED, IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYTHING THAT MOSQUITO CONTROL HAS DONE IS EVIDENCE-BASED.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UM, IS, UH, THE MAPPING.

SO WHAT ROBERT HAS IS PULLED UP A A MAP RIGHT NOW.

IS THIS THE TREATMENT MAP OR THIS IS A POSITIVE? THIS IS, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT Z SO I THOUGHT WE PUT THIS ON THERE.

RIGHT? THIS IS THE, UM, POSITIVE AREAS THAT WE HAVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS RIGHT NOW.

WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS MAP, WHEN YOU PULL UP THE MAP, IT DOES LOOK LIKE A BLACK AND WHITE MAP.

IT'S, IT'S ALLOWS IT TO BE VERY HIGHLY CONTRASTING SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ANY AREA ON IT.

THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON RIGHT THERE IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER.

YOU, THE USER CAN MAKE IT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING YOU WANT.

YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY TYPE OF VIEW THAT YOU WANT TO SEE ON THAT MAP, WHATEVER YOU LIKE.

UH, IT JUST HAPPENS TO COME UP WITH THAT BLACK AND WHITE VERSION BECAUSE IT'S HIGHLY CONTRASTING.

NOTHING IS BEING HIDDEN THIS WAY.

WHEN YOU PUT THE TOPOGRAPHY MAP, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE MAP MARKERS REALLY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO PULL OUT EXACTLY WHAT THOSE MOSQUITO CONTROL SITES ARE.

SO YOU CAN SEE ON THAT MAP.

ROBERT, YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THERE? YEAH, SO THIS IS ALL, THIS IS THE CUMULATIVE, UM, UH, WEST NILE VIRUS, UH, MOSQUITO LOCATION.

SO THERE'S NO HUMANS, UH, HUMAN CASES ON HERE.

THOSE THAT ADDRESS INFORMATION IS, WE CAN'T RELEASE THAT.

BUT THESE ARE ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE DETECTED.

WEST NILE VIRUS IN MOSQUITO SAMPLES.

WE CALL 'EM MOSQUITO POOLS, BUT THIS IS ALL THE SAMPLES.

SO, SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE COLLECTED 130 MOSQUITO SAMPLES FROM 28 LOCATIONS THAT HAD WEST NILE VIRUS.

AND THAT'S MORE THAN ANY YEAR BY PROBABLY 120 SAMPLES.

I THINK THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD IN A YEAR WAS MAYBE 10, MAYBE, MAYBE A FEW MORE.

UM, THIS IS THE, BEEN THE, WE'VE NEVER COLLECTED THIS MANY SAMPLES OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN MOSQUITOES BEFORE.

SO EACH ONE IS, THESE ARE ALL, THESE ARE TRAP SITES.

SO WE'VE GOT WAY MORE TRAP SITES THAN THIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT THESE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT WE FOUND WEST NILE VIRUS IN.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ISOLATED AROUND THE, YEAH.

I'M ASSUMING THAT NUMBER 24 MEANS THAT IT WAS THE HOTSPOT.

THIS IS, YEAH.

THE WAY THE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD THIS MAP THIS YEAR FOR, FOR THESE CASES.

AND SO I'VE BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH HOW TO GET IT TO THE BEST WAY TO SHOW IT BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S, THERE HAVE BEEN 24, UM, WHEN YOU ZOOM IN, THE NUMBERS GO AWAY.

IT'S JUST, THERE'S 24 UH, INSTANCES OF THAT VIRUS IN THAT LOCATION.

IT IS THE HIGHEST.

BUT 'CAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE CLUSTERED, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ZOOM IN, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS BETTER.

AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT, UM, THERE ARE MANY SPECIES OF MOSQUITOES IN, IN, IN THE COUNTY, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE NOT VECTOR.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE'S ONE SPECIES THAT'S THE MAIN VECTOR

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FOR WEST NILE VIRUS.

THERE'S A FEW OTHERS THAT CAN TRANSMIT IT, BUT IT'S ONE THAT IS, THAT'S THE MAIN, UH, THE PRIMARY VECTOR.

AND, AND, AND IS THAT THE REASON WHY THAT SPECIES IS IN THAT AREA? UM, YEAH.

'CAUSE IT'S MORE ASSOCIATED WITH URBAN AREAS SO THAT MOSQUITO SPECIES OKAY.

PREFERS TO, TO LAY ITS EGGS IN WATER WITH A LOT OF ORGANIC MATTER.

SO IT'S NOT, NOT, UM, LIKE, UH, SALT MARSH, NOT REALLY.

YEAH, DEFINITELY NOT SALT MARSH, BUT NOT LIKE A LOW LYING AREA IN THE WOODS.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH MANMADE CONTAINERS.

A LOT OF, UM, CATCH BASINS ARE A BIG PROBLEM.

UH, THIS SPECIES LOVES TO BREED CATCH BASINS, WHICH IS WHY WE PUT EXTENDED RELEASE LARVICIDE TABLETS IN AS MANY CATCH BASINS AS WE CAN, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO TRY TO PREVENT THOSE FROM BREEDING.

AND ARE YOU ALSO DOING EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT AND WHAT NOT TO DO TO PREVENT THE HABITAT? YEAH.

THE FEW TIMES WE'VE SENT OUT, UM, PUBLIC PRESS RELEASES, REMINDING PEOPLE THAT WE STILL HAVE ONGOING WEST NILE OUTBREAK, UM, WHEN, WHEN A, WHEN AN INFECTION RATE, LIKE NUMBER CALCULATED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES WE COLLECT.

AND HOW MANY TESTS POSITIVE WOULD YOU TELL JUST TO A CERTAIN POINT? TELL, WE'LL CONSIDER IT AN OUTBREAK.

TELL, DO YOU ALSO EDUCATE THEM AS FAR AS WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING OR SHOULD NOT BE DOING? YEAH.

MM-HMM .

AND THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT YOU CAN, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PROTECT YOURSELF.

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WEAR INSECT REPELLENT OR AVOID GOING OUTSIDE IF YOU CAN.

WHEN MOSQUITOES ARE MOST ACTIVE AT DAWN AND DUSK, IT'S THE SAME MESSAGE ALL THE TIME.

UM, OR WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING, WEAR LONG SLEEVE, LONG PANTS, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM MOSQUITO BITES, THAT'S THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO.

A DEPARTMENT, I WAS MORE OR LESS REFERRING TO THE HABITAT FOR BREEDING.

AND SO THIS, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE TRICKY THING IS, IS THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF MOSQUITO SPECIES THAT BREED IN MANMADE CONTAINERS.

UM, AND THIS ONE WILL BREED IN MANMADE CONTAINERS, BUT IT REALLY LIKES CATCH BASINS AND STORM DRAINS, AND SOMETIMES ROADSIDE DITCHES, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S IN THE ROADSIDE DITCH, IF IT'S REALLY GRASSY, IT REALLY, IT'S NOT EVERY ROADSIDE DITCH IS A GOOD HABITAT.

MM.

SO THERE'S NOTHING HOMEOWNERS CAN DO.

IF THE CAN, IF THE, UM, CATCH BASINS ARE BREEDING MOSQUITOES, THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN AND WE HAVE TO INSPECT AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MOSQUITO LARVAE IN THERE.

IS THERE WATER IN THERE? UM, IT'S A LOT INVOLVED.

IT'S A LOT THAT'S INVOLVED.

UM, OKAY.

LAST YEAR, THE, THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER AN EDUCATION TRAILER THAT THEY TAKE OUT, UH, USUALLY TO LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS LIKE AIR SHOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, AND INVITES CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INTO, UM, THE TRAILER.

AND THEY CAN LOOK AT MOSQUITOES THROUGH MICROSCOPES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT AND LEARN ABOUT SOME PREVENTION TECHNIQUES, MAKING SURE THEY DON'T HAVE STANDING WATER AROUND THEIR HOMES OR JUST REPORTING IT.

'CAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU, THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN CANNOT TREAT THAT MOSQUITO CONTROL.

UH, CAN, YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY.

UH, ROBERT, THIS MAP SHOWS YOUR TESTING SITES, UM, FROM, UH, ST.

HELEN, THE PARISH ISLAND UP TO THE AIR STATION.

BUT DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER MAP THAT SHOWS ANYTHING NORTH OF THE AIR STATION AS FAR OUT AS THE BIGGEST STATE SHELDON AREA, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY? WE HAVEN'T, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY WEST NILE VIRUS DETECTIONS FOR ANY MOSQUITOES UP THERE.

WELL, YOU PUT UP, UM, WHERE YOUR, UM, YOUR SITES ARE PUT UP A PUT UP MAP.

THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC MAP FOR ALL OF OUR TRAP SITES.

OH, NO, NO.

I JUST SEE THAT ROBERT SENDS ME THOSE REPORTS.

I, I HAVE, I HAVE MAPS THAT I'M WORKING ON THAT HAVE THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT SURE.

YEAH, THEY'RE NOT READY FOR ANYTHING YET.

BUT DID I, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? YOU SAID THERE'S BEEN NO, NO, UH, NILE VIRUS DETECTED NORTH TO THE GAS STATION.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE'S BEEN NO, YEAH.

A NUMBER OF CONCERNS ABOUT AERIAL SPRAYING MM-HMM .

AND THAT, AND THAT MAINLY HAS TO DO WITH, IT'S, IT'S THAT MOSQUITO SPECIES IS MORE ASSOCIATED WITH URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

SO IT'S, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OUT.

THERE'S NO, NOT MANY CATCH BASINS UP THERE.

YOU JUST NORMALLY FIND THAT MOSQUITO SPECIES IN MORE URBAN AREAS, MORE, MORE OR MORE URBAN OR SUBURBAN, RURAL AREAS, YOU DON'T REALLY, YOU DON'T TYPICALLY SEE IT.

YOU JUST STILL DO GET 'EM.

UM, BUT JUST NOT AS MUCH.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE, TO THE HOME PAGE.

BUT WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF TRAPS UP THERE.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE HOMEPAGE AND WE'LL SKIP THROUGH THAT PRETTY QUICK.

LET'S, UM, LET'S LOOK AT THE SERVICE REQUESTS.

UM, SO IF A CITIZEN HAS A SERVICE REQUEST, THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT THEY CAN CONTACT MOSQUITO CONTROL.

THEY CAN CALL, UH, THEY CAN SEND, UH, AN ONLINE REQUEST RIGHT HERE TO ON, ON THE WEBSITE, FILL OUT THE DOCUMENT, WHAT THEIR CONCERN OR COMPLAINT IS.

THEY CAN ALSO, UM, ON THE, UM, THERE ARE SOME TIPS ON HERE, LIKE IF YOU HAVE SOME CONTAINERS, THEY CAN EMPTY THAT AND ANY CONCERNS THEY MIGHT HAVE, UM, IF THEY ARE GONNA GRANT PERMISSION TO THEIR PROPERTY OR GRANT PERMISSION TO TREAT, OR IF THEY HAVE AN ANIMAL, UH, A DOG OR A BULL OR SOMETHING ELSE IN THEIR YARD THAT THEY WANT TO WARN US ABOUT, THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM TO PUT THAT.

UM, YES, SIR.

RIGHT HERE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, GREAT PRESENTATION, AND I'M SURE IT'S COVERED, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED

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AND ORGANIC.

ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO GO 100% ORGANIC WITH OUR TREATMENTS? SO, WILL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK.

YOU WANT TO PULL UP THE, UH, BACK TO THE HOMEPAGE AND THE LIST OF, SO THAT THE, UM, YES.

WHAT'S THIS? SO THE ADULTICIDES AND THE LARVICIDES, SO THE, THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT WE USE ARE, ARE, UM, MANDATED BY THE STATE.

SO WE HAVE TO, WE USE STATE APPROVED CHEMICALS OR TREATMENTS.

SO WE DO, THERE IS A, AN ORGANIC TREATMENT THAT WE CAN USE AND WE RESERVE THAT FOR, UH, ANY TYPE OF TREATMENT NEAR CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE THERE, UH, NOT AS EFFECTIVE, UH, AS OTHER, UH, TYPES OF, OF TREATMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

UM, BUT THERE, THERE IS ONE, UM, THAT'S THERE.

SO OUTSIDE OF THAT, AND ALSO WHAT'S ON THE LIST, UM, IF, UM, IS THE, THE LIST OF OTHER, UM, SOURCES, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WITH WHAT IT SHOWS THE CDC, AND, UM, AND YES.

SO RIGHT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM ON THE HOMEPAGE IS THIS USE OF LIST OF USEFUL LINKS.

SO YOU'LL FIND IN THERE THE CDCS, UM, WEBSITE, THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND, UM, THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF, UH, PESTICIDE REGULATION.

SO THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION IS THE, UM, IS WHAT WE HAVE TO CONFORM TO.

SO THEY MANDATE, SO TO SPEAK.

THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, OKAY.

MY THING IS, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN INCORPORATE UPDATING THE WEBSITE ON OUR EFFORTS TO GO ORGANIC? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT SIR, OUR EFFORT TO GO ORGANIC FOR, UM, WHERE WE CAN VECTOR CONTROL OR MOSQUITO CONTROL WOULD BE RELIANT UPON THE STATE AGENCY WHO REGULATES OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT.

SO THAT ARGUMENT, I WOULD SAY IS NOT NECESSARILY WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY.

SURE.

THIS WOULD BE THE STATE AGENCY WHO REGULATES THE TYPES OF DETERRENCE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE WITH YOUR COMMUNICATION AND DAILY MEETINGS WITH THEM, WHETHER IT'S QUARTERLY, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? HOW ARE THEY ADDRESSING THIS? IT CAN'T JUST BE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THEY WANT TO GO ORGANIC.

IT'S GOTTA BE COMING FROM ALL OVER.

I, I CAN'T ANSWER ON BEHALF OF THE STATE AGENCY.

DO WE EVER MEET WITH 'EM? UM, ROBERT MAY MEET WITH THEM, BUT PROBABLY NOT ABOUT THAT.

THEY DON'T COME AND, AND THEY DON'T DO INSPECTIONS VERY OFTEN? NO, WE DON'T.

TYPICALLY, I MEAN, SINCE THEY MANDATE, DO WE NOT WANT TO GET WITH 'EM AND TALK TO 'EM ABOUT WHAT OUR PEOPLE ARE ASKING US TO LOOK AT? SO THE MAIN ISSUE WITH THAT IS THERE IS ONLY ONE, UM, OMRI CERTIFIED, WHICH IS ORGANIC CERTIFIED, UH, ADULTICIDE FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL THAT'S LABELED FOR ULTRA LOW VOLUME, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO, ULTRA LOW VOLUME APPLICATIONS.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW OF THAT EXISTS.

UM, THAT'S ALSO REGISTERED BY THE EPA.

THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE MAIN CRITERIA.

THAT'S SURE.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT SAYS IT'S ORGANIC OR ANYTHING ELSE, IT MIGHT BE EXEMPT FROM EPA REGISTRATION.

IT COULD STILL BE REGISTERED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT IT'S NOT LABELED FOR ULTRA LOW VOLUME APPLICATION.

AND WE CAN'T USE ANYTHING IN A WAY THAT IT'S NOT LABELED FOR.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THE MANUFACTURERS TO CREATE THINGS THAT ARE CERTIFIED ORGANIC THAT ARE ALSO LABELED FOR ULTRA LOW VOLUME.

BUT A PROBLEM WITH, WITH THINGS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM EPA REGISTRATION IS THEY DON'T GO THROUGH THE SAME, UM, TESTING REQUIREMENTS AS THINGS THAT ARE EXEMPT.

NOT TO ME, NOT TO SAY THEY DON'T WORK, BUT THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE RESEARCH INVOLVED IN THAT.

LISTEN, I APPRECIATE THAT.

CHAIRMAN.

I THINK, UM, MAYBE WE TALKED TO KIM CONTI AND WHERE SHE'S AT.

SHE'S A GREAT FORCE IN THIS.

NOT GONNA SEE A PLANNED MISSION WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME.

UM, I THINK MR. MR. PASSMAN HAD A QUESTION, SORRY.

AT ONE TIME, WE USED TO HAVE AN APP FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL, THE, UM, CONNECT, UM, OH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT NOW, BUT BC CONNECT, BC CONNECT AND THERE SHOULD, THERE SHOULD STILL BE A LINK ON BC CONNECT THAT FOLKS CAN, UH, MAKE A COMPLAINT ON THEIR, ON THEIR PHONE SERVICE THERE.

THERE WAS A SEPARATE MOSQUITO CONTROL APP, BUT I THINK IT WAS DEPRECATED WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH BC CONNECT.

THERE'S A LINK ON HERE TOO.

GOT A SECOND ONE DOWN FOR ME.

IT IS.

OH, THERE IT IS.

YEP, IT'S RIGHT THERE.

SO, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN KEEP GOING THROUGH THAT.

THROUGH THE, THE WEBSITE.

YOU CAN SEE SOME THINGS THAT ARE THERE.

THE TRUCKS, UH, TRUCK APPLICATIONS AND AERIAL APPLICATIONS.

SO THIS IS A, ANOTHER MAP THAT'S THERE.

YOU CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT PLANNED APPLICATIONS.

UH, AND TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IS, UH, AN AERIAL APPLICATION.

NOW, THE, THESE, UH, PLANNED APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS WE GO THROUGH, YOU'RE

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THIS IS DAYS AHEAD OF TIME.

WE'RE COLLECTING INFORMATION ON MONDAY, TUESDAYS, GOING TO THE LAB ON WEDNESDAYS, CREATING MISSIONS, AND THEN TAKING ACTION ON THOSE BY WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.

SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING THAT'S WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME.

THIS, WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, ROBERT SCOUT UP, IS A COMPLETED SPRAY MISSIONS.

SO ONCE WE HAVE, ONCE WE HAVE TAKEN ACTION, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, SELECT THE DATE RANGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

YOU CAN CHOOSE WHATEVER MAP BACKGROUND YOU WANT TO SEE.

AND THEN ON ANY ONE OF THOSE POLYGONS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION, THE TYPE OF APPLICATION, AND THE TYPE OF, UM, UM, AGENT THAT WAS USED, OR DETERRENT THAT WAS USED.

AND AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON THE, UM, MSDS AND SEE THE USER MANUAL AND THE MSDS FOR THAT INFORMATION.

SO EVERY SINGLE THING THAT MOSQUITO CONTROL DOES IS AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE ON THE SITE.

AND, AND THAT INCLUDES A TOGGLE OR A LINK TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE AERIAL SPRAYED, CORRECT? YES.

THE AERIAL, NOW AGAIN, THE PROCESS IS FAST.

THIS COULD BE 48 TO 24 HOURS AHEAD OF TIME.

ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU WANNA SHOW 'EM THIS LINK ON HOW TO REPORT.

SO THERE, WE HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE THAT ANY CITIZEN CAN OPEN AND THEY CAN REGISTER TO GET A NOTIFICATION.

SO IF THERE IS A MISSION THAT IS PLANNED IN THEIR AREA, THEY WILL GET A NOTIFICATION TO WHATEVER DEVICE, EMAIL, CELL PHONE, TEXT, HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE TO GET THAT.

AS SOON AS THAT MISSION IS PUT IN THAT SYSTEM, THAT NOTIFICATION GOES OUT OUT.

AND IT COULD BE 24 OR 48 HOURS AHEAD.

AND EVERY MISSION THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S A GROUND MISSION OR AERIAL MISSION, IS GONNA BE WEATHER DEPENDENT.

SO IF WE CHOOSE TO DO IT TONIGHT AND IT RAINS, IT'S GONNA GET MOVED TO ANOTHER NIGHT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO TREAT TWICE.

IT JUST MEANS THAT FOR SOME, FOR SOME REASON, WE DIDN'T GET TO FLY THAT NIGHT OR WE DIDN'T GET TO TREAT THAT NIGHT.

OR MAYBE ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS CALLED OUT SICK AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS TO GET ALL THE WORK DONE.

SO WE HAD TO SPLIT IT OVER A COUPLE NIGHTS.

ALSO, UM, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON, UH, FOR YOU TO BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE, UM, A MOSQUITO CONTROLLED TRUCK THAT MIGHT PASS BY YOUR HOUSE FOUR TIMES.

UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE SPRAYING ANY CHEMICAL FOUR TIMES.

AND YOU MAY EVEN HEAR THE ENGINE RUNNING IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

'CAUSE THEY DON'T GET OUT AND TURN IT OFF.

THERE'S JUST ONLY SO MANY WAYS TO GET BACK AND FORTH THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, AND, UM, WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE TECHNICAL DATA THAT WE COLLECT, THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE TRUCKS HAS A WEATHER STATION IN IT.

THEY HAVE A COMPUTER IN IT, AND THEY HAVE A GPS IN IT.

AND ROBERT CAN TELL EVERY SPOT THAT, THAT, THAT A TRUCK MOVES AND WHEN IT'S, UM, DETERRENT HAS BEEN TURNED ON OR OFF.

SO IT MAY PASS BY THE SAME LOCATION SEVERAL TIMES, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.

THE, THE PROGRAM TELLS THEM HOW TO, WHERE TO TURN, WHEN TO TURN AND, AND THAT INFORMATION.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE SPRAYING SOMEONE'S HOUSE FIVE TIMES.

IT'S JUST NOT REAL.

THIS IS A, UM, A VIEW OF WHAT A, UM, A MISSION PATTERN MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO FROM A GROUND-BASED, UM, APPLICATION, UH, THIS IS A GRID THAT'S IN DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT.

IT'S SETS ITSELF VERY UP VERY WELL FOR THIS TYPE OF MISSION BECAUSE THE TYPICAL SWATH OF DETERRENT IS ONLY ABOUT 300 FEET WIDE.

THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU WHY WE USE AIRCRAFT.

THIS IS WHAT A 300 FOOT SWATH WOULD LOOK LIKE IN A RURAL AREA.

HAVE WE REALLY PROTECTED ANYTHING THERE? NOT SO MUCH.

BUT THE, UH, IN A, AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS, THE, EITHER OUR FIXED WING AIRCRAFT OR THE AERIAL OR THE HELICOPTER REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THIS AREA.

UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS.

UM, I'VE GOT LOTS MORE TO TALK ABOUT HERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE YOU WANT TO HEAR.

YOU'VE DONE.

WELL, THE, THE, THE HISTORY AND WHY MOSQUITO CONTROL EXISTS.

WE, UH, THE MOSQUITO CONTROL DEPARTMENT FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY REALLY ONLY STARTED, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY IN 1974.

BUT MOSQUITO CONTROL AND VECTOR CONTROL GOES BACK TO THE 16 HUNDREDS.

UM, WE HAD DISEASE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, UM, YELLOW FEVER, DENGUE VIRUS, MALARIA, THOSE TYPES OF DISEASES DECIMATED.

BEAUFORT COUNTY, SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON DECIMATED THE POPULATION, DECIMATED THE ECONOMY MADE THIS MADE IT A MISERABLE PLACE TO LIVE.

THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF INFORMATION THAT TALKS ABOUT WHY MOSQUITO CONTROL

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EXISTS AND WHY IT'S A, A, A PUBLIC SAFETY AND A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD.

UH, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE.

UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS A REAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.

AND WITHOUT IT, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STEP OUTSIDE YOUR HOME.

HEY, JOHN, IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE, I, I DO HAVE, SO COMPLAINTS AND QUESTIONS KIND OF MOST COMMON THAT I'VE RECEIVED SO FAR.

UH, ONE NOTIFICATION.

I, I RECENTLY HAD TO SIGN UP, YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE REGISTRATION PROCESS TO, TO SIGN UP.

IS THERE A MECHANISM THAT WE CAN HELP TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT? YES, SIR.

WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS? UM, I THINK THE, THE BEST WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT, BECAUSE IT IS SO TIME SENSITIVE, IT IS ALL SCIENTIFIC BASED AND IT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY.

IS THAT, THAT ONLINE NOTIFICATION IF SOMEONE HAS THAT? YEAH.

BUT, BUT YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND MAKING PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO, LOOK, I GET IT.

I WENT, I TOOK THE TIME TO GO SIGN UP FOR IT.

'CAUSE I WANNA BE INFORMED.

I I WANNA MAKE SURE I PUT THE DOGS UP.

I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE DOGS OR, OR THE KIDS, UM, PERSONALLY.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA? CAN WE, CAN WE DO SOME TYPE OF PUSH TO GET IT OUT? BECAUSE THE, A BULK OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT CAME IN WERE ABOUT EITHER THEY FELT IN, IN UNSATISFACTORY NOTIFICATION OR WEIRD COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION.

'CAUSE I THINK THERE WAS ONE YOU REFERENCED WHERE IT WAS LIKE TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW, BUT IT WAS ONLY ONE SPRAYING.

UH, AND THAT WAS JUST A RECENT ONE THAT CAME UP.

BUT THE NOTIFICATION IS A HUGE COMPLAINT THAT I'VE BEEN RECEIVING BOTH EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS ABOUT.

UH, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, WHAT TRIGGERS DIFFERENT CHEMICAL USE? UH, IS IT HIGH LAND COUNT? IS IT VIRUS DETECTION OR IS IT COMPLAINT DRIVEN? HOW, HOW DOES THAT COME INTO PLAY ON THAT FRONT? SO THE, THE MISSIONS THEMSELVES, ROBERT, YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE ANY OF THE ABOVE.

SO WE HAVE POLICIES, UM, BASED ON THE LANDING RATE COUNT, TRAP COLLECTION, UM, DISEASE.

IF THE NUMBER OF ME, LET'S SAY FOR TRAPS, DEPENDING ON EACH TRAP TYPE, 'CAUSE EACH TRAP TYPE COLLECTS DIFFERENT SPECIES OR DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF MOSQUITOES.

UM, IF THAT TRAP COLLECTS ABOVE OUR THRESHOLD, THEN THAT COULD TRIGGER A MOSQUITO CONTROLLED MISSION.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE HIGH, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE IT'S AT.

AND THAT'D BE THE HIGH LAND COUNT THAT COULD BE, SO IT'S HIGH.

AND SO IT'S EITHER A HIGH LAND, SO THERE'S A NUMBER FOR A HIGH LANDING RATE COUNT.

THERE'S A NUMBER FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAPS, THRESHOLDS.

UM, ANY DISEASE POSITIVE MOSQUITO OR HUMAN OR BIRD, ANYTHING IN AN AREA WOULD TRIGGER THAT TOO.

UM, AND WITH, WITH SERVICE REQUESTS.

SO IF WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S NO NUMBER FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD TAKE TO, TO MAKE US GO, BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST, SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS THE MOSQUITOES ARE BAD, WE DON'T IMMEDIATELY SEND A TRUCK OR THE AIRCRAFT TO THE TECHNICIANS ALWAYS GO TO THE PERSON'S HOME.

SEE PART OF, USUALLY THEY'LL SET A TRACK.

THAT'S PART OF THE COMPLAINTS WE'RE GETTING IS IS ONE PERSON BEING ABLE TO DICTATE AN ENTIRE, NOW, NOW, RIGHT.

SO WHAT, JUST BECAUSE ONE PERSON CALLS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'LL IMMEDIATELY TRIGGER, UM, LIKE A TRUCK OR AIRCRAFT.

IT WOULD BE ONE PERSON CALL AND THEN WE DO SURVEILLANCE IN THE AREA AND FIND OUT THE MOSQUITOES ARE BAD.

UM, BUT IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING IN THE AREA WHERE WE'VE RECENTLY HAD LOTS OF RAIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THIS IS, I MEAN, A HYPOTHETICAL.

THEN WE MAY, THE TECHNICIANS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S HOUSE.

BUT IF THEY'RE CLUSTERED, LET'S SAY, UM, HILTON HAD, PLANTATION HAS AN ISSUE WITH THAT FREQUENTLY WHERE, UM, WE'LL HAVE SOME OF OUR TRAPS IN DIFFERENT PLACES WILL BE HIGH.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN ONE AREA CALL.

WELL, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO THERE, BE LIMITED TO OUR TRAPS AND ALL OF THE SERVICE REQUESTS.

WE KNOW THAT MOSQUITOES ARE BAD.

SO THERE'S NO NUMBER.

JUST BECAUSE 20 PEOPLE CALL DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GO AND DO A AND AND DO MOSQUITO CONTROL.

UNDERSTOOD.

WE HAVE TO HAVE DATA THAT WE COLLECT FOR THAT.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND THE LAST, UH, THE LAST QUESTION THAT THAT'S COME UP IS, AND I, AND I THINK YOU HAD IT UP A MINUTE AGO, WAS THE, THE BEEHIVE REGISTRATION, ORGANIC FARM REGISTRATION.

WHAT ABOUT A GENERAL OPTOUT FORM OR SOME TYPE OF NOTICE THAT, THAT THE INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T WANT IT? CERTAINLY, IT'S, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S FOR A SPECIFIC ADDRESS.

NO, SIR.

IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT POSSIBLE WITH, UH, WITH A TYPE OF, UM, THE TYPE OF DETERRENT THAT FOG.

WELL THEN HOW DOES THIS WORK? SAY AGAIN? HOW DOES THIS WORK? YOU MEAN IF YOU CAN'T, CAN'T DO IT CAN'T WORK A VERY LARGE, A VERY LARGE EXCLUSION AREA.

SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE ENOUGH SPACE THAT, THAT UH, NO, EVEN, EVEN NO CHEMICAL WILL DRIFT INTO.

LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

SO LET'S SAY MY NEIGHBOR HAD A, HAD A BEEHIVE AND HE REGISTERED FOR IT, RIGHT? SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE BUBBLE THERE THAT YOU DON'T SPRAY THE BUBBLE AROUND THE BEEHIVE? SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS, SO FOR A BEEHIVE, SINCE OUR TRUCKS HAVE A 300 FOOT SWATH, WE PUT A 300 FOOT BUFFER AROUND THE INDIVIDUAL BEEHIVE LOCATION.

'CAUSE THE, THE POINT IS, WE DON'T WANT THE, BECAUSE IT IS AN INSECTICIDE, WE DON'T WANT IT TO DIRECTLY IMPACT THE BEEHIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HOT.

AND THE BEARD BEES ARE BEARDING ON THE OUTSIDE.

UM, AND THAT'S ALL IT IS, IS

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A BUFFER.

WE TURN IT OFF, WE TURN IT ON RIGHT AFTER.

THE PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT FOR JUST SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY, DO YOU DO IT FOR THE HOUSE? DO YOU DO IT FOR THE PROPERTY LINE? BUT WE CAN'T G WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU USE AN ACTUAL EXCLUSION, THEN IF YOU MAKE AN APPLICATION AND ANY OF THAT PRODUCT DRIFTS.

'CAUSE THE POINT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS FOR THE TINY, TINY DROPLETS TO DRIFT AND HIT THE MOSQUITOES TO KILL 'EM WHEN THEY'RE FLYING.

SO IT HAS NO RESIDUAL EFFECT.

ONCE, ONCE IT'S NOT FLOATING AROUND, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT.

SO IF YOU, IF ANY OF THAT PRODUCT DRIFTS INTO AN AREA THAT WE TECHNICALLY HAVE EXCLUDED, NOT PROVIDED A BUFFER, THEN, THEN NOW WE'RE ALLOWING IT TO DRIFT OFF TARGET, WHICH IS AGAINST THE LABEL AND AGAINST OUR, UM, PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSES.

SO THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY, UM, WE'RE GONNA EXCLUDE YOUR PROPERTY COMPLETELY, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT AS WE'RE DRIVING BY AND YOU TURN THE SPRAY OFF BEFORE THE PROPERTY LINE, THAT THE WIND'S NOT GONNA BLOW IT ON THERE.

AND IF IT DRIFTS OVER THERE, NOW WE'VE, NOW WE'RE NOT IN LABEL COMPLIANCE ANYMORE.

WHAT ABOUT LEGITIMATE HEALTH CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IF THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONDITION OR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED OR, I'M NOT A DOCTOR, SO I COULDN'T SAY THAT THIS IS GONNA IMPACT THAT PERSON.

NO, NO.

I'M SAYING COULD YOU, INSTEAD OF IT BEING A BLANKET THING, COULD YOU DO A MEDICAL OPT OUT? I, I, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE HOW LEGITIMATE THE REQUEST ACTUALLY IS.

BECAUSE I, I CAN'T RE, I CAN'T LOOK AT SOME, AT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY RANDOMLY SENDS ME AND SAYS, I'M ALLERGIC TO THIS.

WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO HOW OTHER PEOPLE DO THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T, I CAN'T REVIEW ANY MEDICAL DOCUMENT AND SAY, YEAH, THIS IS GONNA CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR THIS PERSON.

IT'S NOT OUTTA THE QUESTION.

UNDERSTOOD.

THE, THE ACTIVE AGENT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NEUROTOXINS, AREN'T THEY? THE PESTICIDE? YEAH.

SOME OF THEM WOULD QUALIFY AS THAT IS, UM, 0.8 OF AN OUNCE TO 1.2 OF AN OUNCE.

THAT MEANS IT'S, THAT MEANS IT'S PRETTY CONCENTRATED AND POWERFUL STUFF, RIGHT.

PER ACRE.

BUT THAT'S STILL, SO THE, THE DROPLET SIZE IS, UM, A, THE LARGEST DROPLET THAT WE'RE, THAT WE WOULD USE IN AN ULTRA LOW VOLUME IS 0.06 IN COMPARISON.

UM, THAT'S LIKE A SMALL DRAIN RAINDROP.

A FOG DROPLET IS 0.04.

THIS IS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TINY.

'CAUSE REMEMBER, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DROPLET THAT HITS A MOSQUITO.

UM, SO THIS IS VERY, VERY, VERY LITTLE ACTIVE AGENT.

I, I APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR QUESTION, YOU ASKING.

AND, UH, IN ALL DEFENSE, UM, FOR BEEKEEPERS, UM, THEY HAVE TO REGISTER IF THEY WANNA PROTECT THEIR HIVES AND THEY GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND YOU CREATE A BUFFER ZONE FOR THEM.

UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DO KNOW THAT YOU DO SPRAY AND GENERALLY YOU DO NOT DO AERIAL SPRAY.

WHEN YOU HAVE BEEHIVES, YOU DO GROUND TREATMENT.

AND THEY ALSO TRY TO DO IT AT NIGHT, UH, WHEN THE BEES ARE IN.

SO THEY'RE WELL PROTECTED.

UM, I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE A PERSON THAT'S SENSITIVE AND EVERYBODY, UM, UM, CANNOT TOLERATE PESTICIDE, UM, I THINK TO, TO, TO ADDRESS MR. PATHOLO CONCERN, I THINK PE-PEOPLE WITH CONDITIONS, UH, SHOULD REGISTER WITH YOU TO SAY THAT I HAVE A CONDITION AND I'M SENSITIVE TO PESTICIDE.

AND YOU, YOU JUST LIKE THE BEEHIVE, YOU CAN SAY, HEY, WE GONNA BE SPRAYING.

BUT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, UH, AS A BEEKEEPER, A FORMAL BEEKEEPER, MY NEIGHBORS WERE NOT FRIENDLY WITH ME.

SO YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH THE WHOLE POPULATION BECAUSE, UM, EVEN THOUGH I'M IN THE RURAL AREA, THERE WERE SOME FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO JUST WANTED THEIR AREA SPRAYED BECAUSE OF THE MOSQUITOES AND STUFF.

SO IT'S A BALANCING ACT.

UM, AND WE TRYING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND, UM, YEAH.

SO I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND STUFF.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU MENTIONED IS THE DIFFERENCE IN TIME POLLINATORS ARE ACTIVE DURING THE DAY.

AND MOST OF THE MOSQUITOES ARE ACTIVE AT DUST AT NIGHT AND DAWN, AND, AND THAT'S WHEN WE TREAT.

SO THOSE ARE TIMES THAT WE AVOID CONFLICTING WITH THOSE TWO COMPETING, UM, UM, PURPOSES.

AND THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED TO ME.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'LL, SO AS FAR AS THE MEDICAL GOES, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SITUATION WHERE IF WE CAN GET MORE NOTIFICATION OUT, THEN THOSE PEOPLE CAN BE AWARE.

OUT, IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO WHATEVER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

THE TRUCK MIGHT COME BY, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS TIME, UM, WITH THE, THE, SO THE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM WE HAVE IS THROUGH RAVE MOBILE.

UM, AND THERE IS A, A SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT TO IT.

SO I CAN GET WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT OR COMMUNICATIONS AND FIND OUT IF WE CAN SET IT UP TO WHERE, WHEN I SEND THE NOTIFICATION

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WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

BECAUSE I TELL YOU OVER THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, MONTH OR SO, IT'S REALLY TICKED UP ON THE, UM, THE EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS WE WERE RECEIVING ABOUT.

AND THE NOTIFICATION ONLY GOES.

SO THE, THE POLYGONS THAT ARE DRAWN ON THE MAP THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE, THOSE ARE THE SAME ONES THAT GO ON THE RAVE MOBILE SYSTEM.

SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOUR ADDRESS THAT YOU REGISTER FOR ON THAT WEBSITE IS INSIDE OF THE DRAWN POLYGON, YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL RECEIVE THE NOTIFICATION.

USUALLY I ADD A BUFFER TO IT, SO IF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SEE IT STILL.

BUT IF YOU LIVE IN HILTON HEAD AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ON FRI, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A NOTIFICATION ABOUT IT.

THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, THAT WAS A LOT.

THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THERE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, TALK WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS, REMIND THEM WHERE THE WEBSITE IS, HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, REGISTER FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS, IF, IF THEY WANT A NOTIFICATION AND, UM, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.

ALL

[8. a. Discussion of animal service campus opportunity to create a wildlife rehabilitation resource center and teaching veterinarian medical clinic. (FISCAL IMPACT: na) - John Robinson ACA 5 minutes Tallulah Trice Animal Service Director 5 minutes ]

THANKS JOHN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROBERT.

UH, LET'S MOVING US INTO THE NEXT ITEM EIGHT, A, UH, PRESENTATION DISCUSSION.

UH, SO DISCUSSION OF ANIMAL SERVICE CAMPUS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A WILDLIFE REHABILITATION RESOURCE CENTER AND TEACHING VETERINARIAN MEDICAL CLINIC.

UH, JOHN, ARE YOU COMING BACK UP FOR TALLULAH? YES.

I AM.

WELL, THANKS SO MUCH.

AND THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

AND YOU SEE, WE HAVE WITH US TODAY, UM, UH, TALLULAH, OUR DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL SERVICES AND LOTS OF FOLKS FROM THE ANIMAL, UH, KINGDOM.

SMALL PERCENTAGE.

YEAH, A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT, BUT YET A LOT OF VERY ACTIVE FOLKS WHO, WHO DO, UH, WILDLIFE REHABILITATION.

UM, SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TODAY, WE ARE TRULY ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

ANIMAL SERVICES HAS A, HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE.

AND WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNCIL SUPPORT.

UM, STAFF IS SEEKING TO EXPLORE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, OPPORTUNITIES IN PARTICULAR THE CREATION OF A WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER, OR, WELL, YOU MIGHT CALL IT AN EDUCATION CENTER.

AND THE CREATION OF A, A VETERINARY CLINIC, AN EDUCATION CENTER, A TEACHING VETERINARY SCHOOL, UH, THAT COULD BE, UH, HOUSED ON BEAUFORT COUNTY'S, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES CAMPUS.

THE ASK FROM YOU TODAY IS NOT MONEY.

UH, IT, UH, AND IT IS NOT EVEN MONEY IN THE FUTURE.

THE ASK FOR YOU TODAY IS, UM, SUPPORT IN THE WAY OF LAND, UH, EXISTING, UH, PROPERTY.

SO I'LL TALK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE GOT THERE.

SO IN 2016, BEFORE THE CURRENT, UH, ANIMAL SERVICE CAMPUS WAS BUILT, UM, WE ANIMAL SERVICES WAS SEEKING A NEW CENTRALLY LOCATED SITE TO BUILD A CAMPUS.

THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SWAP TO A LAND SWAP WITH THE RULE AND CRITICAL PROGRAM WHO HAD A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS RIGHT WHERE THE ANIMAL SURFACES CAMPUS IS TODAY.

UH, TO DEVELOP THAT ANIMAL SERVICES CAMPUS.

UH, COUNTY COUNCIL THEN AGREED TO A LAND SWAP.

IT WAS A 47 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS SWAPPED FOR THAT 20 ACRE PIECE OF LAND.

THAT IS WHERE THE EXISTING ANIMAL SERVICES CAMPUS IS RIGHT NOW.

WHEN THE ANIMAL SERVICES CAMPUS WAS DEVELOPED, IT WAS BUILT ON 6.3 ACRES OF THAT 20 ACRES.

SO THERE'S 13.7 ACRES OF COUNTY OWNED LAND FOUR ANIMAL SERVICES THAT'S NOT BEEN USED.

UM, WHEN THE ANIMAL SERVICES CAMPUS, AS IT EXISTS NOW WAS DEVELOPED, THE LOT LINE WAS CUT AROUND THAT 6.7 ACRES, BUT LEFT THE REMAINING 13 ACRES.

UM, AS, AS WITH, WITH THE INCORRECT PROPERTY LINE, ESSENTIALLY WE'VE HAD THE, UH, SO WHAT INSPIRED THIS TO COME FORWARD WAS WE HAD THE NEED TO, UH, CREATE OR BUILD, UM, KENNELS FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CANINES.

RIGHT NOW, THOSE CANINES ARE HOUSED ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES CAMPUS, BUT THEY NEED THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT PLACE.

AND AS WE LOOKED AROUND THE EXISTING CAMPUS, THERE'S NO ROOM LEFT.

THERE'S NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO.

SO WE WENT BACK TO THIS, UH, 2016, UM, LAND SWAP AND, AND VERIFIED THAT THIS OTHER 13 ACRES DOES EXIST.

IT IS THERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANIMAL SERVICES.

WE HAD THAT PROPERTY SURVEYED, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THAT PROPERTY LAYING NOW.

AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE ON THAT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT MAP THAT MIGHT BE BETTER.

THIS IS IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL.

UM, YOU SEE THERE IN THE BO IN THE MIDDLE LEFT CORNER IS WHERE THE EXISTING CAMPUS IS.

AND THE, THE NEXT MAP, SARAH MAY SHOW THE, UM, THE

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LINE.

SO THIS IS FROM THE 2016 ZONING, UH, UH, REALIGNMENT.

AND THAT IS THAT 20 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO SINCE WE ARE MOVING ON THIS AND WE HAVE THIS 13.7 ACRES OF MORE PROPERTY TO USE, WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY CAN DO WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROPERTY? AS WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE TWO GREATEST NEEDS THAT COME TO LIGHT OR SOME TYPE OF WILDLIFE, UM, UM, REHABILITATION CENTER.

THIS IS A, THIS WOULD BE A, A PLACE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES, PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS, PARTNER WITH LOCAL FOLKS LIKE THE FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW WHO EVERY DAY PICK UP, UH, WILDLIFE THAT WE HAVE, UM, MOVED THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES BY BUILDING OUR OWN HOMES AND THEIR, AND THEIR HABITAT.

UM, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, EDUCATION HERE FOR A CLASSROOM, FOR SOME MEDICAL CARE FOR, UH, FOLKS WHO PRACTICE REHABILITATION TO COME IN AND WORK WITH VETERINARIAN VETERINARIANS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY DO THIS AND NOT, AND NOT CREATE PROBLEM.

UM, SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY IS A, UM, AN EDUCATION CENTER, A VETERINARY CARE CLINIC, UM, WHERE WE CAN BRING STUDENTS IN VETERINARY SCHOOL TO BEGIN TO LEARN VETERINARY PRACTICE BY CERTIFIED VETERINARIANS RIGHT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME UNIVERSITIES TO PARTNER IN THIS, UH, IN THIS OPPORTUNITY AND DEVELOP THIS, UH, RIGHT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY'S CAMPUS.

THE ADVANTAGE TO BEAUFORT COUNTY TO HAVE A FACILITY LIKE THIS IS THAT CARE THAT WE NOW, THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING THAT WE DO FOR THE ANIMALS THAT COME TO BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT ARE SURRENDERED OR PICK UP IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT HAVE NO OWNERS IS THE MEDICAL CARE FOR THOSE ANIMALS.

AND HAVING A PARTNER, UH, WITH A COMPANY AND WITH A UNIVERSITY THAT IS DOING, HAS A TEACHING HOSPITAL ON OUR CAMPUS.

IT BENEFITS BEAUFORT COUNTY IN THE WAY THAT NOW THESE ANIMALS CAN GET THE CARE THEY NEED IN A, IN A, WITH VETERINARIANS IN A TEACHING, UH, ENVIRONMENT AT A MUCH LOWER COST THAN WHAT WE ARE PAYING NOW FOR SERVICES.

THIS WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN GREAT, IN A GREAT WAY.

AND THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW COST VETERINARY SERVICES FOR CITIZENS WHO MAY QUALIFY FOR THAT IN THIS SAME LOCATION.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT PEOPLE SURRENDER THEIR ANIMALS TO OUR SHELTER FOR 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T CARE FOR THEM ANYMORE.

UM, THIS WOULD RELIEVE SOME OF THE BURDEN OF THE TAXPAYER TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AND ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE WITH A TEACHING HOSPITAL.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TODAY, UM, IS YOUR SUPPORT.

WE WOULD LIKE, UM, PERHAPS, UH, A, A MOTION, UH, FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR TO BRING A RESOLUTION BACK TO COUNTY COUNCIL AND I'LL PREPARE THAT RESOLUTION AND BRING IT TO COUNTY COUNCIL THAT DEFINES THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

THAT IF STAFF GOES OUT AND DEVELOPS THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOPS THESE OPPORTUNITIES, THAT COUNTY COUNCIL WILL BE WILLING TO CONSIDER ALLOWING THOSE TO TAKE PLACE ON BEAUFORT COUNTY'S PROPERTY.

SAY SOMETHING.

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THIS COUNCIL'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A LOT FROM OUR ANIMAL SERVICES, TALLULAH, FRANNY, FELICE.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM TALLULAH ON HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THIS, BUT I LISTENED TO THIS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND I THINK A-T-C-L-T-C-L IS A SHINING STAR IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR TRAINING AND RETENTION OF NURSES AND FOOD WORKERS AND ALL.

I LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TODAY AS A SHINING STAR AS WELL.

AM I READING THIS WRONG? OR MS. TALLULAH? IF YOU WANNA SAY A COUPLE THINGS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS BRING LAURA SO Y'ALL CAN PET A SQUIRREL.

DO YOU WANT ME TO HAND OUT ? DO YOU WANT ME TO HAND OUT ANYTHING? OH, I, I WILL IN JUST A MINUTE.

UM, BUT ONE THING, YOU KNOW, SAY YOU DON'T HAVE A CRITTER, THERE'S A CRITTER, THERE'S A CRITTER .

I ALREADY GOT BACK ONE MONTH AT LEAST.

IN THIS COMMUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF WILDLIFE.

SO SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW I DO LIVE WITH A BLIND RACCOON RIGHT NOW AND I'M NOT NOCTURNAL.

SO I ACTUALLY MADE NOTES FOR THE FIRST TIME.

'CAUSE I, I'M STAYING UP A LOT.

BUT ONE THING IS IT, IT, THIS DIDN'T START WITH ONE PERSON.

THIS STARTED WITH A PERSON LIKE LAURA, A PERSON LIKE ALICE AND CAROLINE AND DIXIE STEVENSON.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW HER, LOOK HER UP.

UM, SHE WAS A MENTOR TO A LOT OF PEOPLE

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AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HONOR HER BECAUSE SHE SAID IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

NOW.

THIS WAS 10 YEARS AGO AND UM, 10 YEARS AGO WE HIKED THAT PROPERTY AND WE KNEW IT WAS PASSIVE PARKS, BUT WE SAW BIGGER PICTURE.

UM, WE WANTED THE ANIMAL CONTROL THERE, BUT WE KNEW WILDLIFE WAS A HUGE PART.

WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED A VET AND WORKING WITH CLEMSON WOULD BE THE IDEAL.

AS SOON AS THEY BROUGHT UP THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO VET SCHOOL, THAT'S WHEN WE JUMPED ON IT.

DR. BARRY, UH, HAS CALLED MADE CONTACT, UM, BECAUSE WE SEE THE NEED AS I'M ENDING MY CAREER.

YOU KNOW, THE GAPS ARE WILDLIFE AND AFFORDABLE VET CARE.

AND SO THIS CAMPUS WAS SUPPOSED TO SERVE THAT PURPOSE.

UM, IT IT, IT, WITH THE PASSIVE PARK, WE HAD DOG PARKS, A 75 ACRE DOG PARK THAT WAS ENCLOSED THAT, YOU KNOW, WORKS WITHIN PASSIVE PARKS.

WE DON'T WANNA INVADE ON THE WILDLIFE ON THAT PROPERTY, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF, UM, TAILS FOR TRAILS.

WE HAD A LOT OF ENVISIONS OF THIS ACREAGE.

SO IT'S TAKEN 10 YEARS TO GET UP HERE TO FINALLY SEE SOMETHING GO FORWARD.

UM, THESE PEOPLE GIVE UP THEIR MONEY, THEIR TIME, THEIR HOMES.

IF Y'ALL SAW MY HOME, YOU WOULD, I MEAN, I, IT IS NOT WORTH ANYTHING NOW.

UM, AND SO WE OWE A LOT OF, OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT GIVE UP SO MUCH MONEY, NO SLEEP.

UM, IT IS, IT IS JUST, THEY'RE NOT APPRECIATED.

AND THE THING IS, WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE THERE'S WILDLIFE.

THAT, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND I DO HAVE THIS FOLDER.

DO YOU WANT PASS IT OUT? UM, AND I'LL ARE YOU WANNA DO IT? YEAH.

BUT ALL IT IS IS WE HAD A MEETING, UM, WE DID A PETITION ONLINE 'CAUSE I WANTED TO SEE THE NEED.

NOW WE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A THOUSAND, BUT WE DIDN'T QUITE DO IT BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT CALLED BILL HERB KERMAN RIGHT? CORRECT.

IS FOR US WHEREVER LAURA IS.

TOM DAVIS.

UM, WE'VE GOT DNR PEOPLE BEHIND US.

CAROLINE FURMAN'S MET WITH THE HEAD OF DNR, HE'S FOR US.

WE'VE GOT SOME BIG PEOPLE BEHIND US.

AND WE WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL THAT THIS IS NOT JUST THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE.

THIS IS A HUGE NEED.

AND IT'S, IT'S EMBARRASSING.

THIS COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE WILDLIFE.

THERE'S NOT A FLOW CHART.

AND SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW NOTES THAT WE HAD IN A MEETING AT ALLISON.

SHE GAVE, LET US COME TO HER HOME AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE DISPATCH WILDLIFE ANIMAL CONTROL.

WE HAVE PEOPLE SITTING THERE ANSWERING THE PHONES.

UM, WE'RE TALKING TO THE SHERIFF 'CAUSE HE'S WILLING TO ASSIST WITH HIS OFFICERS.

THEY'RE LOOKING INTO HAVING A WILDLIFE OFFICER BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOING IN PRIVATE PROPERTY GRABBING UP, YOU KNOW, ANIMALS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF, WE'RE MAKING A DISPATCH CENTER WHERE IT CAN COME IN AND WE CAN GET THE CORRECT DATA.

WE HAVE THE REHABBER THAT HAVE BEEN INOCULATED THAT WE'RE NOT PASSING OUT VECTOR SPECIES.

THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND I WISH I WAS YOUNGER, BUT WE'RE FINDING YOUNGER GENERATION, THANK GOODNESS THAT IS COMING FORWARD.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WE'LL SEE IN THERE.

WE JUST PUT IT OUT TO SAY HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE WILLING TO TRANSPORT AND IT BLEW UP.

AND I HAD TO SPEND MY OWN MONEY, NOT TAX DOLLAR MONEY, TO UP THE JOT FORM BECAUSE SO MANY REQUESTS WERE COMING IN FOR PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO HELP ALSO, WE HAVEN'T EVEN EVEN PUT OUT THE CLASSES OF REHABBER.

WE DON'T WANNA DUPLICATE, UH, BIRDS OF PREY UP IN DALE.

LOVE WHAT THEY DO.

WE LOVE, YOU KNOW, UH, KEEPERS OF THE WILD.

SO WE WANT TO ENHANCE AND ASK HOW CAN YOU HELP YOU? BECAUSE THEY'VE TAKEN THE BURDEN OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO STEP UP.

AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND WE WOULD'VE FILLED THIS WHOLE PLACE WITH REHABERS.

BUT I SAID, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE MEETING.

SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE WONDERFUL IDEA.

I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A LOCAL VETERINARIAN WHO IS ABSOLUTELY THRILLED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH US.

UM, HE IS INVESTING, HE WOULD LIKE TO INVEST IN THIS, UH, HIS PRACTICE IS ONE OF THE PRACTICES THAT'S GOING TO HOUSE, UH, VETERINARY STUDENTS TO LEARN TO BECOME A VETERINARIAN.

AND HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD TRAIN.

AND SO I WILL GIVE YOU HIS NAME.

TALK TO HIM.

A PLAN OF HOW WE COULD UTILIZE THAT PROPERTY.

AND WE TALKED TO HIM AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WITH, UM, WE HAVE DR. BARRY, WE HAVE A A AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES JUST TO SEE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING.

SO I THINK NOW IT'S GOING FORWARD AND FORWARD AND NOW IT'S TO THE POINT WE HAVE TO COME TO Y'ALL BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS WITH ATTORNEYS INVOLVED.

SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO MOVE ON THIS, HAVE ADMINISTRATION PUT TOGETHER

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I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TO DO? THIS IS TIED TO WHAT JASPER COUNTY, THE WHOLE AD HOC COMMITTEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

NO, I'M NOT.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

THIS IS, YEAH, I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD REGIONAL.

TODAY I'M FOCUSED ON WILDLIFE AND VET CARE AND THAT'S IT.

SO YEAH, EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE REGIONAL.

LET'S BE HONEST.

WELL, THAT'S NOT, I'M NOT, YEAH.

WHOOP, NOPE.

SIP .

AWESOME.

OH, AND BY THE WAY, I'VE SEEN YOUR RACCOONS ON FACEBOOK.

MUSKRAT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GREAT HAVING A BLIND RACCOON.

IT'S DAWSON HOUSE.

HOW THIS CENTER? HOW ARE WE GONNA STAFF? HOW ARE WE GONNA STAFF THE UH, WELL, MR WELL WHAT I'M GONNA EXPLAIN, 'CAUSE YOU ASKED BEFORE, IS THAT BIRDS OF PREY AS A NONPROFIT.

AND SO IT'S A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE, AND LAURA STERLING KNOWS WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OTHER NONPROFITS TO DO WILDLIFE OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA TO SEE IF THEY'D WANT A CHAPTER HERE.

THERE, THERE IS NOT THAT GROUP HERE.

SO WE, A GROUP OF US, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE INCLUDING, UM, DR.

BEN PARKER, DR.

MARY KAY CAMPBELL.

IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE GROUP THAT THEY'RE GONNA CREATE A, UH, A, A FOUNDATION BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED STAFFING.

THE STAFFING IS OUR HOMES, OUR STAFFING IS ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT TAKE THE ANIMALS HOME.

WE JUST NEED A PLACE TO BRING AN ANIMAL IN TO GET X-RAYED ULTRASOUND, A VET TO LOOK AT, AND THEN WE CAN DISPERSE IT TO THE RIGHT PERSON.

WE NEED ORDINANCES IN PLACE TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM VECTOR SPECIES.

SO THE STAFFING, WE ARE, THEY ALREADY DO THE STAFFING FOR FREE.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A BUILDING AND HOPEFULLY UNIFY WITH DNR SO THEY CAN HAVE A PLACE IN THAT BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE WILDLIFE.

SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR HIRING MORE COUNTY STAFF.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONATED FROM HOW MANY YEARS? FOREVER.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND A LOCATION WHERE EVERYTHING CAN COME IN ONE PLACE.

COORDINATION.

ALL THE SERVICES THAT THIS CLINIC WILL PROVIDE WON'T BE AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR TAX FEES.

'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, PRIVATE DONORS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

AND SO I CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND, AND, AND DO A, I DID A FEASIBLE STUDY BEHIND THE SCENES WITHOUT PEOPLE KNOWING WHAT I WAS DOING.

BUT THE MAIN THING IS THERE IS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN PRIVATELY.

MR. GLOVER.

UM, I'M NOT KNOCKING THE EFFORT.

I REALLY DO SUPPORT IT.

I, I'M, I'M LIKE, JOE, I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

HOWEVER, I THIS, UM, THE RULING CRITICAL LAND PROGRAM, ARE THERE ANY VIOLATION AT THIS TIME WITH, WITH US MOVING FORWARD, SIR? AND THAT'S NO SIR.

MY FIRST QUESTION.

NO, SIR.

UH, AND THE SECOND, UM, IS NOT A QUESTION IS ACTUALLY, UM, UM, KNOWING THAT THAT'S, IF THAT'S BEHIND US, THE RULING CRITICAL LAND.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD, WOULD BE IN CONFLICT WITH ANYTHING WE AGREED TO DO.

CERTAINLY ON THE LAND SWAP.

UM, THE, THE, I DO KNOW THAT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, UM, IS, IS GOING BACK INTO THE SCHOOL OF VETERINARIAN.

ABLE TO, TO TAKE A DOCUMENT TO A PARTNER AND SAY, THIS IS REAL.

UM, THEY, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM WITHOUT A SITE.

SO THEY ARE .

AND WHAT, WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE POINTING AT.

UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DEVELOP SOME RELATIONSHIPS, DEVELOP SOME PARTNERSHIPS, AND ANSWER SOME OF THE HARD QUESTIONS.

HOW ARE WE GONNA STAFF IT? HOW ARE WE GONNA FUND IT? WHERE ARE THESE THINGS COME FROM? SO WHAT WE'RE SEEKING, AGAIN, IS COUNCIL SUPPORT, THAT IF YOU PULL THIS OFF, WE'RE BEHIND YOU AND, AND IT BELONGS ON BEAUFORT COUNTY'S CAMPUS.

ON, ON YOUR DIRT.

UM, AND, AND, AND A VETERINARIAN SCHOOL.

IS THAT SUFFICIENT LAND THERE FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE? WE HAVE SOME, UH, WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS THAT ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS PUT TOGETHER WITH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH A SERVICE ROAD.

WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, DOT.

WE KNOW WHERE THE TURN SIGNALS CAN BE, WHERE TRAFFIC CAN MOVE IN AND OUT.

UH, SO YES SIR.

WE'VE, WE'VE PUT, WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK.

YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I THINK, UM, WITH, UM, OUR EFFORT TO WORK WITH THE STATE FOREST REMISSION, UH, UH, EFFORT TO WORK WITH DNR, I MEAN, THAT'S, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A, AS WITH YOUR WRITTEN REPORT, WITH YOUR WRITTEN SUPPORT AND A RESOLUTION, WHEN WE GO TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE THIS IS REAL.

UH, AND THAT'S MUCH LIKE THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BALL FIELDS AND MONEY, BEING

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WE HAVE COUNCIL SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

REALLY, UH, IT BECOMES MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR A PARTNER THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WORKING.

FOLKS, BEING THAT YOU SAID THAT, UM, UH, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UH, WE HAVE ENOUGH MUSCLE WHEN YOU, WHEN WE TALK, SO.

LET'S BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU THAT'S YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD.

MR. MOORE, YOU HAVE A LOT ALREADY TO WORK WITH.

UM, FELICE, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU SET UP FRONT? DOES THIS JIVE WITH WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND WHAT WE'RE DOING SINCE I FINALLY GOT YOUR PRESENTATION, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY YES.

THIS, SORRY, NOW'S NOT THE TIME FOR THE BACK AND FORTH.

THANK NO, NO, I GET IT.

BUT LISTEN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, EVERYBODY.

WE, WE CAN FOLLOW UP LATER.

JOAN, IS THE MOTION THAT I PROPOSE SUFFICIENT FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING TO MOVE FORWARD? YES, SIR.

I, I BELIEVE SO.

WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNTY COUNCIL WITH A RESOLUTION THAT, THAT IDENTIFIES SUPPORT OF, OF THAT.

UH, SO GUESS PREPARED, BUT I'LL BRING IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT THE RESOLUTION TO GO STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL FROM THIS COMMITTEE, BE PREPARED, OR DO YOU WANNA COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE? I THINK THAT'S FINE.

AND PUT IT STRAIGHT FORWARD TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE FINE WITH THAT.

PERFECT.

THE RESOLUTION DOESN'T HAVE PUBLIC INPUT.

WILL COUNCIL? YEAH, THERE THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES HEARING.

WAIT HERE.

WE WILL ENGAGE WITH THAT LATER.

UM, JOE, DID, DID YOU NEED TO INCORPORATE GOING DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL INTO YOUR MOTION? DID YOU WANT THAT'S FINE.

YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF OUR UNDERSTANDING, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER AND BRING IT TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BY COUNTY COUNCIL.

SECOND IT.

AND THAT WAS ALREADY SECONDED BY MR. DAWSON, CORRECT? MR. RE? OH, MR. RE.

CAN WE GET SOME, IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? DEBATE, COMMENT, UH, CAN BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

[9.a. A resolution to accept substance use block grant funding for prevention and treatment by contract with the SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Substance Use Services. (FISCAL IMPACT: This is a grant and no matching funds are required. ) - Rebecca Whitt Burgess, Director, Nexus Care of Beaufort County, 10 minutes ]

AND THAT TAKES US INTO, THANK YOU.

THAT TAKES US IN TO NINE A.

THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS HERE.

UH, THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT SUBSTANCE USE BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT BY CONTRACT WITH THE SE, DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OFFICE SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE.

AND I BELIEVE MS. YEP.

MS. BURGESS, HOW YOU DOING? WELL, LOOKING HAPPY.

WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL, SUCCESSFUL, UH, SEPTEMBER AS RECOVERY MONTH AND DID A, A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND TODAY I'M HERE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO PROVIDE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES EACH YEAR.

THE, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, APPLIES WITH THESE SOUTH CAROLINA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OFFICE OF SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES TO RECEIVE FUNDING THAT PROVIDES PREVENTION SERVICES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, UH, AS WELL AS TREATMENT SERVICES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

UH, THIS IS A, UM, A CONTRACT THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD SIGN, ALLOWING US TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING TO PROVIDE THOSE TO THE OFFICE OF SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.

THESE ARE, UM, FUNDS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY CASH MATCH.

THERE'S NO MATCH REQUIREMENT, SO IT WILL NOT COST THE COUNTY ANY FUNDING FOR US.

UH, TO RECEIVE THESE GRANTS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT RECEIVING 166,000 IN FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR PRIMARY PREVENTION.

THIS HELPS US TO FOCUS ON TARGETS OF REDUCING, UH, UNDERAGE ALCOHOL USE, TOBACCO USE, INCLUDING VAPING, UH, REDUCING CAR CRASHES RELATED TO ALCOHOL USE, AND PREVENTING SUBSTANCE MISUSE FOR THE WELLBEING OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

ADDITIONALLY, UH, TREATMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING HELPS TO PAY FOR OUTPATIENT TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY CITIZENS WHO ARE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, INDIGENT, AND HAVE NO OTHER RESOURCES TO RECEIVE, UH, TREATMENT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THIS APPLIES TO PRIORITY POPULATIONS, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN, PEOPLE WHO USE IV DRUGS AND

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PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

SO THESE RESOURCES ENSURE AGAIN, THAT THOSE BEAUFORT COUNTY CITIZENS ARE RECEIVING CARE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED OR INDIGENT AND, AND HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY FOR CARE.

SO THIS RESOLUTION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THOSE BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AGAIN THIS YEAR AND MOVE THAT FORWARD TO COUNSEL, UH, AND A RESOLUTION SO THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CAN SIGN THE CONTRACT.

ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

AND WE HAD A MOTION TO SECOND ON THE FLOOR ALREADY.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS.

[9.b. Approval to purchase three FY 2027 EMS replacement ambulances. (FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for the three replacement ambulances was approved in the FY 2027 budget under account 5000-10-3500-54000. The current available budget is $1,897,387.11. The contract price is $410,635.00 per ambulance, for a subtotal of $1,231,905.00. After applying an HGACBuy discount of $52,434.00 and adding the $1,000.00 HGACBuy processing charge, the final purchase price is $1,180,471.00. This represents an average final cost of $393,490.33 per ambulance. The remaining account balance after this purchase will be $716,916.11.) - Todd Davis, Fleet DIrector, 4 MIN ]

FOR THE EXPLANATION.

AND THAT TAKES US TO NINE B UH, APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF THREE FISCAL YEAR 2027 EMS REPLACEMENT AMBULANCES.

JOHN, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE FISCAL IMPACT.

I BELIEVE YOU CAN GO OVER THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

SIR, CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND? SO MOVED.

IS TODD THIS HERE? ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S PRETTY, THIS IS PRETTY FAST.

I FLIPPED THE PAGE AND SAW THE PRESENTER.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, THESE WERE THREE AMBULANCES THAT WERE APPROVED IN THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.

THEY ARE THREE REPLACEMENT AMBULANCES.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, BETWEEN 18 MONTHS OR SO FOR FROM PURCHASE TO DELIVERY OF AMBULANCES.

SO WE WOULD SEE THESE LIKELY, UH, CARRY FORWARD INTO NEXT BUDGET YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TO GET THEM ORDERED NOW OR WE WON'T HAVE THEM.

ALL THE OTHER DETAILS ARE, ARE IN HERE.

TODD PUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE BACKUP, THE EXISTING AMBULANCES, THE MILEAGE, COST OF OWNERSHIP, ALL THOSE DETAILS ARE IN THERE.

SO THIS IS PRETTY ROUTINE.

SO, SO WE WILL CREATE A PURCHASE ORDER THIS YEAR YES SIR.

FOR THOSE AMBULANCE TO RESERVE THE FUNDS OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SO THAT THAT WILL ROLL OVER.

YES SIR.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE WILL PROBABLY, UH, CREATE PURCHASE ORDER FOR TWO IMMEDIATELY AND THEN LIKELY WAIT UNTIL JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND DO THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE THIRD ONE.

THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR DOLLARS AND CENTS ARE PERFECT.

TAB.

UM, ARE THESE TWO I SEE WHAT THEY'RE REPLACING.

10-YEAR-OLD, 8-YEAR-OLD.

8-YEAR-OLD WITH SOME SERIOUS MILES ON THESE.

ARE THESE ASSIGNED TO ANY PARTICULAR AREA OR PLACE HISTORY? WE, WE, THE AMBULANCES, THE UNITS THEMSELVES TEND TO MOVE AROUND.

UH, SO DEPENDING ON, ON THEIR USAGE, WE MAY TAKE A LOW USAGE AMBULANCE AND PUT IT WHERE A HIGH USAGE IS CORRECT.

JUST TO MAKE SURE WE EVEN THOSE OUT.

THESE HAVE SERIOUS MILES ON 'EM? THEY DO, YEAH.

ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? YES, JUDGE.

UH, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE OLD ONES? WE AUCTION THEM.

WE WILL AUCTION.

SO WE, WE DO KEEP, SO A NEW ONE WILL COME IN, IT WILL GO INTO ITS PRIMARY RESPONSE.

THAT UNIT THAT IS, UM, WILL MOVE DOWN, UH, TO A SPARE.

SO WE KEEP A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SPARES.

YOU CAN'T RENT AN AMBULANCE, SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE.

AND THEN THE, THE LAST ONES OFF THE OLDEST ARE, ARE LEAST SERVICEABLE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS ON THIS? ALRIGHT.

AND WE HAD A MOTION TO SECOND ON THE FLOOR BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR.

IT IS UNANIMOUS AGAIN.