[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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IT IS, UH, TWO O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I ALLEGIANCE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
[3. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH FOIA]
MS. BROCK, UM, WE HAVE MET ALL THE, UH, FOIA REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS MEETING.[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
I'D ASK FOR SOMEONE TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA.I MOVED, IS THERE SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND, MR. CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE TO AMEND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA, THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION A OF THE RULES AND PROCEDURES OF COUNTY COUNCIL REGARDING PUBLIC HEARING TIME LIMITS AND PROCEDURES.
AND THEY DID PUT ON YOUR EVERYONE'S TABLE THE RESOLUTION.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? I'LL SECOND THAT.
UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I THINK THIS HAS TO BE A SUPER MAJORITY TO CHANGE OUR AGENDA.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UM, RAISE YOUR HANDS PLEASE.
SO IT IS, UH, IT DOESN'T, OH, DAVID, ARE YOU IN OR OUT? I'M OUT.
ALRIGHT, UM, LET'S MOVE ON THEN.
UM, APPROVE THE AGENDA THEN AS AMENDED ANY, UH, DISCUSSION ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WE WILL APPROVE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE WILL MOVE ON, UM, THEN, AND WITH THE AGENDA BEING APPROVED AND, UH, NOW
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
IT'S, UM, TIME FOR US TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 17TH, 2026 AND ALSO SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026.CAN I HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND IT.
ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE MINUTES? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL APPROVE THOSE WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE MINUTES? THOSE DATES AGAIN? AUGUST 17TH AND SEPTEMBER 21ST.
[6. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – 15 MINUTES TOTAL ]
AND LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO OUR, UH, NUMBER SIX IN OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.AND WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON THAT HAS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE, UM, AND, UM, UH, AND A PUBLIC COMMENT SHEET.
UM, AND THIS IS MR. STEVEN PERKINS.
UM, AND, UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT.
PERKINS, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
EVERY, WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY COULD SEE ME IN THE CROWD? THREE MINUTES.
UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN PERKINS AND I LIVE AT 1 2 6 4 WIND SWEPT OAK LANE IN BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE BEAUFORT LIONS CLUB.
I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE VISION SCREENING COORDINATOR AND LEAD THE VISION SCREENING TEAM.
OUR CLUB SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT THROUGH THE BEAUFORT LIONS CLUB, UH, HEALTH FOUNDATION.
THE BEAUFORD LIONS CLUB IS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE VISION THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND A PRIMARY FOCUS ON CHILDREN.
OUR VOLUNTEER VISION SCREENING TEAM PROVIDES FREE VISION SCREENINGS FOR CHILDREN FROM PRE-K THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND NURSERY SCHOOLS.
DURING THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, OUR TEAM SCREENED MORE THAN 5,000 CHILDREN, RE RESULTING IN OVER 1200 REFERRALS FOR COMPREHENSIVE EYE EXAMS AND FOLLOW-UP CARE IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR ALREADY.
UM, WE'VE, WE HAVE SCREENED 1,903 CHILDREN WITH 582 OF THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED FOR EXAMS AND FOLLOW-UP CARE.
EARLY DETECTION IS CRITICAL TO A CHILD'S ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN LONG-TERM EYE HEALTH.
MAKING THESE SCREENINGS, ONE OF OUR MOST IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THIS ESSENTIAL SERVICE, THE CLUB MUST REPLACE ITS OLDEST PLUS OPTICS VISION SCREENING CAMERA.
THE CURRENT UNIT IS AN OUTDATED 10-YEAR-OLD MODEL THAT CREATES RE RELIABILITY CONCERNS DURING SCREENINGS.
GIVEN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WE SCREEN EACH YEAR, REPLACING THIS EQUIPMENT IS CRITICAL INVESTMENT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE DELIVERING ACCURATE, EFFICIENT, AND DEPENDABLE VISION SCREENINGS.
UH, I DID SEE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THAT OUR, OUR, UH, GRANT REQUEST HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS EVERYBODY HAS ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
SO DOES THIS BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOLS OR DO OTHER COUNTIES AS WELL, OR? SO PART OF THE REASON WHY WE CAME TO THE COUNTY IS THAT WE DO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WE DO CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE DO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND WE DO NURSERY SCHOOLS.
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OF THE BREADTH OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE YEAR TO DATE.SO EVERYTHING FROM BRIDGES, WHICH IS A CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
PETER'S LAST WEEK AND, AND WE DID SCREENING THERE AS WELL.
UM, HOBBIT HILL IS, IS ONE OF THE DAYCARES THAT WE DO.
SO WE, WE, WE COVER THE FULL GAMUT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ITSELF, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.
ALRIGHT, MR. PER THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
UM, HAS ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK DURING OUR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT, SEEING NO ONE? I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND WE'LL JUMP
[7.a. Budget Report and Budget Adjustment Report as of 9/30/2026]
JUMP INTO NUMBER SEVEN ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS OUR REPORTS.AND OUR FIRST REPORT IS BUDGET REPORT, BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REPORT.
UM, AS OF, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
MS. NOVAK, COME FORWARD PLEASE AND, UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE SEEN THESE, UM, MULTIPLE TIMES.
THIS IS, IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRY, TRY IT, I'LL DO IT FOR YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT WORKING.
UM, OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE, THIS IS THE END OF THE VERY FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK.
SO LET'S LOOK AT OUR EXPENSES.
OUR EXPENSES WILL SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 25%, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ENCUMBRANCES IN THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PAYROLL, THE PERSONNEL SERVICES, THIS IS THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
SO YOU'VE GOT SIX FULL PAY PERIODS, IT'S A NICE ROUND QUARTER.
AND THEN ENTERPRISE FUND REVENUES, UM, TAKE A MINUTE BEFORE THEY START SHOWING UP.
THEIR EXPENDITURES ARE RUNNING RIGHT ON TRACK WHERE WE EXPECT, WE EXPECT, UM, OUR INTER FUND, OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS ON THE EXPENDITURES.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE? ANY QUESTIONS? AND, UM, ALRIGHT.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING ARE OUR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
AND MOST OF THESE ARE, UM, THEY'RE VERY, VERY SIMPLE.
HEY, IT GOT CODED HERE IN THE BUDGET.
WE'RE GONNA GO MOVE IT OVER HERE OR THE, THERE'S A NEED OVER HERE.
UM, AND THAT IS JUST A LITTLE OVER A ONE PAGE OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA ASK A QUESTION.
SO I JUST WAS LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE, WHATEVER IT IS.
IT SAYS WE'RE MOVING 30,000 FROM SUPPLIES TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND FLEET FUNDS NEEDED TO OFFSET COLLISION REPAIRS.
WE HAVE THAT MANY COLLISION REPAIRS.
WELL 30,000 AND I'M GUESSING THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT MORE IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE SOME BUDGETED OVER THERE.
THEY'RE JUST ADDING ANOTHER 30,000.
BUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH PLATE.
AND THEN, UM, TOWARD THE VERY END YOU HAVE, UM, WHAT IS THIS ONE? AIRPORTS ADD 70,000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO COVER THE BUDGET FOR REMAINING AUTHORIZED WORK.
SO THAT'S OUTTA THEIR FUNDING.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE DOWN, IT TRANSFER FUNDS FROM NON-CAPITAL EQUIPMENT TO MAINTENANCE.
WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THEY NEED TO PUT OVER IN MAINTENANCE.
THOSE ARE LIKE BID AS THE SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT ARRANGEMENT.
ARE THOSE THINGS THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHEN THEY SET THE BUDGET? THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I DID NOT PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER.
SO I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.
UH, YEAH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE ON THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG.
WHERE DID, HOW, WHO DISCOVERED THAT? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WHY ARE WE JUST NOW HEARING ABOUT IT? WELL, BECAUSE IT'S, IT WAS JUST CODED TO A DIFFERENT, UM, OBJECT CODE.
IT WAS STILL, THE REVENUE WAS STILL BUDGETED.
IT JUST, WHEN IT COMES OVER FROM CLEAR GOV WHEN, UM, THE DEPARTMENT'S PUT IN THEIR OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND THEN IT GETS TRANSFERRED OVER TO MUNI, IT WAS HITTING BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS VERSUS HITTING IT WAS GOING INTO THEIR ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF NO, NO.
IT WAS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM AND
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IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THEIR ACTUALLY FEES.[7.b. ARPA Quarterly Report as of 9/30/2026]
LET'S THEN MOVE ON TO, UM, THE ARPA CORLEY REPORT.WE JUST FINISHED THE SECOND TO THE LAST, UM, ARPA QUARTER.
AND ARPA HAD SEVEN CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS AVAILABLE.
YOU HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND IF YOU, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SPREADSHEET, THE SUM OF ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, THE NUMBER ONE, IT SAYS, UM, NUMBER ONE PUBLIC HEALTH CATEGORY.
WE BUDGETED $11,414,377 AND 35 CENTS.
AND WE'VE SPENT ALL BUT 793,000 348 95 OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY CENTER ON ST.
HELENA AND SHELDON, WHICH WILL BE FINISHED IN NOVEMBER AND WILL BE WRAPPED UP, UM, NICELY BEFORE THE END.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF YOUR CATEGORY TWOS, THOSE ARE THE NEGATIVE, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACTS WE BUDGETED ABOUT, UH, $2.3 MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK TO ADD ANOTHER, UM, 1.5 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON.
WE'VE SPENT ALL BUT 317, 300 $18,000 OF THAT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN CATEGORY THREE, IF YOU ADD UP ALL OF THOSE, THAT WAS A TOTAL OF 616,000 FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.
NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY RECRUITMENT AND INCENTIVES.
CATEGORY FOUR WAS PREMIUM PAY.
THAT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD TO WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE SPENT A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION ON THAT AND THAT ENDED IN 2022.
UM, CATEGORY FIVE IS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WHICH WE BUDGETED 6.7 MILLION.
UM, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE SOME OF THAT, UM, FOR WHICH WE'VE SPENT ALL BUT 367, UH, FOR BROADBAND NORTH.
THOSE INVOICES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND PAID.
THEY WILL BE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE LIGO WATER LINE, WHICH HAS BEEN FINISHED AND CAME IN WITH A COST SAVINGS OF 1.5 MILLION.
AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, ABOUT ASKING YOU TO MOVE THAT UP TO NEGATIVE.
CATEGORY SIX IS, WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
SO REVENUE REPLACEMENT WAS SET BY ARPA AND THAT WAS $10 MILLION.
AND COUNCIL CHOSE TO ASSIGN THOSE TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
SO THESE PROJECTS WERE FULLY EXPENDED BY DECEMBER OF 2026, UM, EXCEPT FOR THE AIRPORT HANGERS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND DETENTION CENTER.
BUT THOSE ARE BOTH SCHEDULED TO BE FULLY FINISHED BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
AND THEN CATEGORY SEVEN IS ADMINISTRATION.
IT WAS LIMITED TO 10% OF ARPA, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 3.7 MILLION.
AND IT WAS BUDGETED FOR ARPA, CONSULTANT ADMINISTRATION OF ARPA, THE LIKO SITE DEVELOPMENT, CYBERSECURITY, BUT MOSTLY GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS, ABOUT 2.5 MILLION OF THAT.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE STANDING.
YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINING ON EACH PROJECT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ARPA? YOU HAD MENTIONED THE, THE LIBBY ONE.
I DON'T SEE IT LISTED ON THE LIST HERE 'CAUSE IT WAS BETWEEN CATEGORIES FIVE AND SIX.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT ONE? AND WHERE IS THAT ONE? THE, THE 1.5? BETWEEN FIVE, BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX.
YOU SAID THE, YOU NAMED IT THE LIBBY SOMETHING.
YEAH, THAT ONE HAD A COST SAVINGS.
AND WE'RE, WE'VE GOT, UH, RESOLUTION OH, LIKO, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH THAT.
I LIBI MISUNDERSTOOD YOU, YOU SAID I'M SORRY, YOU SAID LIBBY.
I'M THINKING I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE ON THE, ON THE LIST, SO, OKAY.
MR. YOU ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE, UM, COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, ST.
HENA AND, UH, LAB, UM, SHELDON AGMA, AGNES MAJOR.
UM, I'D LIKE FOR A STAFF OR SOMEONE TO GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, PROJECTED COMPLETION DATA OF THAT CENTER IN LEKO.
AND JAR, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? IT IS COMING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT WE'LL GET A SPECIFIC DATE AND THEN ALSO STAFF'S WORKING, UM, ON RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONIES FOR BOTH CENTERS.
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BUT I'LL GET YOU DATES IF YOU GET THAT TO ME ASAP SO THAT I CAN, UH, INFORM THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.LONG STORY IS, IS VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETION, BUT WE'LL GET YOU DATES.
UM, NOW THAT HANK HAS GONE
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM ADMINISTRATION.
UM, A LOT OF THESE OPEN PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY MR. FRA, UM, WE'VE ALL BEEN LOOKING, OH, WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M WORKING ON THIS QUARTERLY REPORT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I, I HAD HAD SIGNIFICANT, UM, WORK ON ARPA IN MY LAST JURISDICTION, SO THANK YOU.
ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NOPE.
MS. BECK, THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD, APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR BEING HERE TODAY.
[8.a. NAVEX Demo (FISCAL IMPACT: Quote includes a dedicated hotline for 1500 employees, compliance awareness, analytics, and incident management software for $8,679.38 from Information Services GL Account #1000-10-1152-51110) - Savannah Palis, Account Executive, NAVEX (10 minutes) ]
ON THEN TO, UM, NUMBER EIGHT ON OUR AGENDA PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. THE NAVX NUMBER EIGHT, A NX DEMO.UM, AND THIS QUOTE INCLUDES A DEDICATED HOTLINE FOR 1500 EMPLOYEES, COMPLIANCE AWARENESS.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE SAVANNAH PAIS WHO'S GONNA BE DOING OUR PRESENTATION FOR US.
WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE WONDERING WHO YOU ARE UP THERE, SAVANNAH.
SO, UM, MS. PAIS, THANK YOU OH NO, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND TURN THIS OVER TO YOU FOR THE, UM, WE, FOR THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN KIND OF HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM, UH, FOR US.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
AND YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME AS WELL.
UM, I AM NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH, UH, USING ZOOM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR I'M FUMBLING TO SHARE SCREEN, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT CURRENTLY.
UM, SO FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS SHARE MY SCREEN, UH, TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT, UM, NAVX HAS AND LOOKS LIKE, UH, FROM A POINT OF VIEW OF, UH, OUR SOLUTION.
AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME HERE.
FOR SOME REASON, EVERY TIME I SPEAK IN THIS MEETING, UH, I ACTUALLY CAN'T HEAR YOU GUYS.
IF YOU ARE INTERRUPTING ME, IT SEEMS THAT IT COMPLETELY MUTES YOU GUYS.
SO MAYBE SOMETHING IN THE CHAT IF I'M GOING OVER SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO, UH, RE-GO OVER.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIRST PART, HELLO, I'M SPANA FROM NAVE.
UH, WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE COMPANY IN THE WORLD.
WORK WITH OVER 14,000 COMPANIES RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS OTHER, UH, COUNCILS, UH, COUNTIES AND, UH, FEDERAL AGENCIES.
UM, I WANTED TO GO OVER FIRST OUR INTAKES TODAY.
SO HOW, UH, EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS, UH, ANYONE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT WITH OUR SYSTEM CAN REPORT.
UH, THEN I'D LIKE TO GO ON TO HOW IT GETS TRIAGED WITHIN OUR SYSTEM SO THE CORRECT INVESTIGATORS, UH, FROM YOUR TEAM ARE INVESTIGATING THOSE CASES.
AND THEN LASTLY, HOW WE CAN PULL THE ANALYTICS FROM THAT.
BUT FIRST TO GO OVER THIS, CAN EVERYBODY SEE MY SCREEN OKAY, UH, WITH THE DIFFERENT INTAKE METHODS HERE? YES.
SO THE FIRST INTAKE METHODS HERE ARE TELEPHONE.
SO WE WILL GIVE YOU GUYS AN INDIVIDUAL HOTLINE.
UH, IT IS A PHONE NUMBER JUST FOR THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, UH, OR AGAIN, VENDORS, CONTRACTORS, WHOEVER YOU'D LIKE TO USE THIS.
UH, BUT IT WOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL NUMBER.
SO THAT'S ONE GREAT THING ABOUT NEX AND OUR HOTLINE AND CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WE DON'T GIVE YOU A NUMBER TO SHARE WITH OTHER COUNTIES OR COMPANIES.
AND THEN EVERY CALL SPECIALIST THAT WOULD PICK UP THAT PHONE, UH, WOULD THEN ONLY WORK FOR NABEX.
THEY'VE ALSO HAD OVER 150 HOURS OF SENSITIVITY TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC REPORTS THAT COME IN.
SO WHEN YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE TO REPORT SOMETHING, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING THAT THROUGH WITH OUR CALL SPECIALIST.
UM, THAT CALL SPECIALIST IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS, UH, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
SO WE HAVE CALL SPECIALISTS, UH, ALL OVER THE US AND FOR ANY REASON, UH, IN OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL.
IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, UH, THAT A PERSON IS CALLING AND MAKING A REPORT IN AND THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, USING MAYBE THEIR, UH, FIRST LANGUAGE.
SO GOING FROM THE HOTLINE ITSELF, THEN WE HAVE THE WEB INTAKE METHOD.
SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY ANYWHERE WHERE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET OR YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET, THEY CAN MAKE A REPORT.
WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH QR CODES AS WELL AS LINKS TO THIS WEB INTAKE SITE.
UH, IT IS MOBILE FRIENDLY AS WELL.
THEY WILL HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS, WHETHER THEY DO IT ON
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THEIR LAPTOP, THEIR IPAD, OR THEIR PHONE.UH, WE HAVE THEM STANDARDIZED ACROSS THE BOARD TO MAKE EASY INVESTIGATIONS FOR THOSE INCIDENTS.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE OPEN DOOR AND DIRECT INPUT.
SO, UH, IF SOMEONE COMES TO A INVESTIGATOR DIRECTLY, UH, LET'S SAY SOMEONE IN HR OR WHOEVER WOULD BE LOOKING AT THESE CASES, UH, THAT PERSON CAN THEN PUT IN THAT CASE DIRECTLY INTO OUR SYSTEM ON BEHALF, UH, OF THAT REPORTER.
OR, UH, THEY CAN PUT IN ONE THAT THEY'VE SEEN THEMSELVES THAT THEY BELIEVE SHOULD BECOME A REPORT AND THEN THAT WOULD THEN TRIAGE TO THE CORRECT INVESTIGATOR.
NOW GOING ON TO THE TRIAGE PORTION OF THIS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, WE SET THAT UP DURING IMPLEMENTATION.
SO OUR IMPLEMENTATION SPECIALIST WILL GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SEEN WITH OTHER COMPANIES OR COUNTIES.
UH, AND WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THESE REPORTS, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF REPORT THAT COMES IN, GOES TO THE CORRECT INVESTIGATION PARTY.
WHAT OUR SYSTEM ALSO DOES, WHICH IS REALLY NICE, IS IT DOES HAVE AI BUILT INTO IT, UH, AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF BYPASSING IMPLICATED PARTIES.
SO WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS, LET'S SAY SOMEONE MAKES A REPORT AND IT IS ABOUT THAT INVESTIGATOR.
SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MAKES A REPORT AND THEN THAT REPORT WOULD THEN GO TO THAT INVESTIGATION TEAM.
IF THE PERSON THE REPORT IS ABOUT IS ON THAT INVESTIGATION TEAM, OUR SYSTEM WILL ACTUALLY BYPASS THAT PERSON AND GO TO THE NEXT PERSON, UH, WHOSE NAMED AS AN INVESTIGATOR SO THAT THE PERSON WHO IT'S ABOUT THE IMPLICATED PARTY WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT A CASE WAS MADE ABOUT THEM.
THAT WAY IT PROTECTS THE REPORTER AND YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE INVESTIGATING A CASE THAT'S ABOUT THEMSELVES.
THEN WHEN WE GET DOWN TO ANALYTICS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE CASE IS IN OUR SYSTEM AND IS AUDITABLE.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT TRACKING MECHANISMS, BUT WE WANT YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO PULL INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT SPECIFIC CASES WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW, HEY, HOW MANY HARASSMENT CASES ARE COMING IN, UM, HOW MANY, LET'S SAY, UM, CASES AROUND CYBERSECURITY, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE COMING IN.
YOU GUYS CAN PULL THAT INFORMATION, SEE HOW MANY ARE COMING IN, WHY THEY'RE COMING IN, AND THAT WILL HELP YOU BE ABLE TO SOLVE THAT IN THE FUTURE IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES, UM, THAT YOU SEE ARE VERY PREVALENT, UH, WITHIN YOUR SYSTEM.
BUT I'LL BE SHOWING YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL.
I'M NOW GONNA STOP SHARING MY SCREEN HERE AND I'M GONNA GO TO A DIFFERENT LOOK, UH, OF OUR SYSTEM.
CAN YOU NOW SEE THIS PAGE? OKAY? YES.
SO THIS IS A, UH, EXAMPLE OF A WEB INTAKE REPORT, UM, A WEB INTAKE SITE.
WE WILL CUSTOMIZE THIS FOR YOU SO WE CAN CHANGE THE COMMITMENT HERE.
WE CAN CHANGE THE LOGO, THE COLORS, MAKE SURE IT LOOKS MORE LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD WANT THE COUNTY TO LOOK LIKE, UH, AND YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR OWN INFORMATION, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS PERFECT AND UP TO THE STANDARDS THAT YOU WOULD WANT.
UH, WE WILL THEN HAVE YOUR SPECIFIC PHONE NUMBER DOWN HERE AND A PLACE FOR, UH, AGAIN, ANY EMPLOYEES OR VENDORS TO MAKE A REPORT.
SO I'M GONNA CLICK ON THIS NOW AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO THE RISK TYPES.
UH, OUR CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CARRIE PENMAN, HAVE ACTUALLY MADE THIS LIST OF RISK TYPES, UH, BASED OFF OF HER RECOMMENDATIONS.
HOWEVER, IF THESE DON'T APPLY, UM, TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU CAN TAKE AWAY OR ADD TO THESE RISK TYPES, WHICH IS SUPER NICE.
UM, THEY'LL ALSO HAVE DETAILS SO NO ONE GETS CONFUSED WHEN GOING IN TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF REPORT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE.
SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL CLICK INTO ONE OF THESE.
NOW WE HAVE OUR STANDARDIZED QUESTIONS, SO WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY.
COMING DOWN HERE, WE CAN ALSO HAVE A DIFFERENT DROPDOWN, UM, OF ALL OF YOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, OFFICES, ANYTHING THAT MATTERS TO YOU FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM.
AND THEN COMING DOWN HERE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS FOR MOUNT VERNON, UH, UNIVERSITY.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE, HEY, ARE YOU A EMPLOYEE OF MOUNT VERNON? IF YOU SAY YES, THEN IT'S GOING TO GO INTO A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE TIER.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE INVESTIGATIONS, IF YOU SAY NO, UH, WE WOULD HAVE A DROP DOWN HERE THAT WOULD APPEAR FOR YOU GUYS SPECIFICALLY.
AND THEN THEY CAN ADD, HEY, I'M A VENDOR.
SOMETHING OTHER THAN A MOUNT VERNON, UH, UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEE COMING DOWN HERE.
WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPTION FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES TO REPORT ANONYMOUSLY IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
THEY CAN SAY YES, AND IT'S GONNA GIVE THEM THE OPTION HERE TO PUT IN AN EMAIL.
THIS IS AN ANONYMOUS EMAIL AND WE SAY THAT HERE SO THAT YOUR EMPLOYEES KNOW YOU GUYS WILL ACTUALLY NEVER BE ABLE TO SEE THIS.
NO INVESTIGATOR WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE EMAIL.
WE SCRAMBLE IT COMPLETELY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM AND BLOCK IT.
UH, THERE'S NO WAY TO ACCESS IT.
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THIS IS SO THE REPORTER CAN GET NOTIFICATIONS IF YOU GUYS NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION, UH, WHEN INVESTIGATING AN ANONYMOUS REPORT.AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THERE IS A PROGRAM, BUILTIN DOOR SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK AND FORTH ASKING QUESTIONS AND GETTING ANSWERS WITH THAT ANONYMOUS REPORTER WITHOUT EVER KNOWING, UH, WHO THAT PERSON IS COMING DOWN HERE AGAIN, WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, UH, ANY WIS UH, WITNESSES, PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE HERE.
UM, AGAIN, WHERE DID IT HAPPEN? WE LEAVE A LOT OF OPEN TEXT BOXES.
PEOPLE TEND TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION WHEN THEY CAN TELL THEIR ENTIRE STORY RATHER THAN JUST ANSWER YES OR NO QUESTIONS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ALSO AN AREA FOR THEM TO INCLUDE DOCUMENTATION, VIDEOS, PICTURES, UM, ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD, UH, THINK WOULD NEED BE NEEDED FOR THE REPORT ITSELF.
THEN FINALLY WE HAVE AN AREA FOR THEM TO PUT IN A PASSWORD.
THEY GET TO CHOOSE IT, THEN THEY CAN SAVE IT TO THEIR DEVICE IF THEY WOULD LIKE.
UH, IT'S ALSO GOING TO GENERATE A REPORT KEY WHEN THEY SUBMIT THIS REPORT.
AGAIN, THAT CAN BE SAVED TO THEIR DEVICE IF THEY WOULD LIKE.
UH, AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT LOGS THEM INTO THEIR REPORT TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
SO WHEN THEY PUT THAT EMAIL IN EARLIER, THAT'S JUST A NOTIFICATION TO LET THEM KNOW, HEY, LOG BACK INTO YOUR CASE, YOUR VERY SPECIFIC CASE, UH, AND SEE THAT THERE IS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
IF YOU COULD FILL THAT OUT, UH, PLEASE DO.
AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND FORTH WITHIN THE SYSTEM WITHOUT YOU GUYS AGAIN, EVER KNOWING, UH, WHO THAT PERSON IS.
SO THAT IS THE WEB INTAKE SITE.
UM, NOW WE'LL GO ON TO THE INVESTIGATIONS PORTION.
SO THIS IS THE BACKEND, THIS IS WHAT YOUR ADMINISTRATORS WOULD SEE.
SO IF YOU HAD MULTIPLE WITH US, THIS IS WHAT UH, YOU GUYS WOULD SEE.
BUT YOU FOR THIS CASE WOULD ONLY SEE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO CLICK INTO IT AND THEN IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME TO A DASHBOARD.
SO THIS DASHBOARD IS CONFIGURED BASED ON THE INVESTIGATOR, THE ADMIN.
UH, THEY CAN MAKE IT ANY WAY THEY LIKE, HAVE DIFFERENT CASES UP HERE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL A DEMO ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY ANY CASES, UH, FOR ANYBODY.
I'M GOING TO NOW CLICK INTO ONE OF THE CASES HERE AND WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, GENERALLY WHAT IS INVESTIGATED WITHIN THESE CASES.
SO GENERAL CASE INFO, THAT'S GOING TO BE ANY OF THE, UH, TRIAGING THAT TOOK PLACE, WHAT TYPE OF REPORT IT IS WILL BE LOCATED HERE.
CASE DETAILS, HOW THEY ANSWERED THEIR QUESTIONS.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE THIS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT ANONYMOUS REPORTER.
IF THEY ARE NOT ANONYMOUS, YOU CAN STILL HAVE THAT FOLLOW UP WITHIN THE SYSTEM JUST TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING, ASSIGNMENTS AND ACCESS, WHO HAS, UH, ACCESS TO THE ACTUAL CASE ITSELF AND WHO'S RESTRICTED FROM THE CASES.
UH, YOU CAN SEE MY ENTIRE COMPANY HAS ACCESS TO THIS DEMO ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS NOT WHAT YOURS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PARTICIPANTS, ANYBODY NAMED IN, UH, THAT SPECIFIC REPORT.
ATTACHMENTS, IF THEY HAD ATTACHED ANY VIDEOS, PICTURES, UH, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU GUYS CAN ALSO ATTACH VIDEOS, PICTURES THROUGHOUT THIS INVESTIGATION AND YOU CAN ADD TO THESE FIELDS.
HOWEVER, EVERY TIME YOU DO ADD TO THESE FIELDS, UH, IT DOES GET RECORDED IN THE HISTORY, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU RIGHT AFTER THIS.
THIS IS HOW A CASE IS SUBSTANTIATED.
SO THE PRIMARY OUTCOME, UM, SECONDARY OUTCOMES AS WELL ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
WAS IT ESCALATED? WAS IT SUBSTANTIATED? UH, INVESTIGATED.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO HAVE OUTCOMES, UH, AND NEXT STEPS TAKEN.
SO WITH SOMEONE TERMINATED, SUSPENDED, REPRIMANDED AND THE LIKE.
WE CAN ALSO ADD NOTES, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO KEEP TRACK, UM, OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE SPECIFICALLY.
THESE NOTES CAN JUST BE ADDED.
SO IF YOU EVER NEED TO REFER BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE CASE INVESTIGATION, THAT WOULD BE LOCATED HERE.
THIS IS YOUR FULL AUDIT BOARD.
THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE WHO'S HAD ACCESS TO THIS CASE.
UM, WE SET UP ACCESS WITH YOU.
SO ONLY THE INVESTIGATORS WILL THEN HAVE ACCESS TO EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE.
UH, WE RESTRICT ACCESS TO ANYONE YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
THEN COMING DOWN HERE, YOU CAN SEE, CAN SEE I VIEWED THE CASE TODAY.
UH, BUT IF I HAD CHANGED ANYTHING IN THE DESCRIPTION IN THE CASE ITSELF, IF I ADDED A NOTE, IT WOULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT HERE, THE TIME AND DATE THAT I DID THAT AS WELL.
SO YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, UH, IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE HISTORY SKUS LOCATED HERE.
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UM, SO THAT THERE'S NO PROBLEMS WHEN IT COMES TO ANY AUDITS, INTERNAL AUDITS, UM, OR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH A CASE.SO THAT'S THE ENTIRETY OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT BACKEND.
AND THEN LASTLY IS JUST ANALYTICS.
WE HAVE PRE-MADE, UH, REPORTS HERE FOR YOU GUYS BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, IS POPULAR.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN ALSO FULLY MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM REPORTS IN THE BACKEND USING THIS SYSTEM AND YOU CAN PULL ANY OF THE INFORMATION OR FIELDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE INTAKE METHODS, THE HOTLINE, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FOR THE WEB INTAKE METHODS.
UH, AND THEN OVER 150 LANGUAGES FOR WHOEVER CALLS IN TO THE HOTLINE.
WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN INTERPRETER READY FOR THEM.
BUT THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION HERE.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AS WELL OR ANY QUESTIONS.
I AM VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
ALRIGHT, SAVANNAH, YOU CAN HEAR US? YES.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. PAYLESS? I HAVE ONE.
UM, UH, YOU SAID VENDORS CAN USE THIS.
CAN THEY BE ANONYMOUS VENDORS? YES.
WHAT ABOUT JUST A CITIZEN WHO SEES SOMETHING GOING ON THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT THEY FEEL IS BEING DONE, UM, IN ARREAR OR ILLEGALLY OR WHATEVER BY A SAY SOMETHING WITH THE COUNTY? COULD THEY DO THAT ANONYMOUSLY TO A CITIZEN THAT SEES SOMETHING? UM, THAT IS UP TO YOUR DISCRETION.
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER, IF, UH, IT'S BASED ON WHERE YOU, UH, GIVE ACCESS TO THE REPORTING FEATURE, WHETHER YOU GIVE, UM, THAT ON YOUR PUBLIC SITE OR IF YOU ONLY DO THAT INTERNALLY FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GET, UM, THEM MIXED UP, YOU MIGHT GET QUITE A FEW REPORTS IF YOU, UH, SUBMIT IT PUBLICLY.
UH, SAVANNAH, THE QUOTE OF, UH, THE 8,000 679 38, IS THAT MONTHLY, WEEKLY, QUARTERLY, ANNUAL, UH, ANNUALLY ANNUAL QUOTE? THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
YOU SAID ON THE INVESTIGATIONS, WHO DOES THE INVESTIGATIONS? UH, THAT'S BASED ON YOUR TEAM.
WE PROVIDE THE TOOL AND THE CALL SPECIALIST, HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE YOUR TEAM RUNNING THOSE INVESTIGATIONS.
SO WHOEVER YOU WOULD CHOOSE, WE WOULD WORK WITH, UM, TO SET THE SYSTEM UP SO THAT THOSE CASES WOULD THEN TRIAGE TO THE CORRECT TEAM FROM YOUR GUYS' SIDE, WE DON'T WORK THOSE INVESTIGATIONS.
DO YOU DO ANY KIND OF TRAINING FOR THE TEAMS AS TO HOW TO USE THE SOFTWARE? YES, EXACTLY.
DURING IMPLEMENTATION, WE WILL RUN A FULL TRAINING WITH ANY OF THE TEAMS TO SHOW THEM HOW TO USE IT, HOW TO GO THROUGHOUT IT, AND WE'LL HELP THEM CONFIGURE IT TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE AS WELL.
UH, WE WON'T END IMPLEMENTATION UNTIL THEY ARE COMFORTABLE.
AND FINALLY, UH, IS THE TEAM A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OR IS IS, DOES IT DEPEND UPON WHAT WE WANT? SO IT DEPENDS UPON WHAT YOU WANT.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE, UM, FIVE SEATS WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TWO DEDICATED SEATS THAT'S GOING TO BE SUPER ADMINS, SO THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE CONCURRENT SEATS.
SO I ALWAYS USE THE PARKING LOT ANALOGY WITH THIS ONE.
UH, ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE THREE PARKING SPOTS, HOWEVER ANYBODY CAN BE ASSIGNED TO THIS.
SO IF YOU HAVE 30 INVESTIGATORS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM, YOU CAN ASSIGN 30 INVESTIGATORS TO THESE THREE SPOTS.
HOWEVER, ONLY THESE THREE PEOPLE CAN BE IN THE SYSTEM INVESTIGATING AT THE SAME TIME.
TYPICALLY WE THINK THAT'S, UM, ENOUGH, USUALLY FOUR COMPANIES OF, UH, OR COUNTIES, UH, OF 6,000 EMPLOYEES OR UNDER.
UM, JUST BECAUSE MOST LIKELY YOU WON'T HAVE FIVE INVESTIGATORS IN AT THE SAME TIME, BUT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, HOWEVER, YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY ASSIGNED TO THOSE SEATS AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH, QUICKLY, YEAH, MS. PAULA? UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, I, I THINK I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES.
IS THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY BACK UP EVERY TIME YOU USE IT OR DO YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND BACK THE SYSTEM UP? AND THE QUESTION, THE REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS, UM, ANY CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM? YOU SAID ALREADY IT'S ALREADY, UH, MODIFIED IF YOU MAKE ANY CHANGES AND IS NOTED FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY BACK
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UP AS WELL ITSELF.UH, IT DOES, IT DOES AUTOMATICALLY SAVE THOSE CHANGES BEING MADE AND WE ARE CLOUD-BASED AS WELL.
UH, AND SAVANNAH JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE ORIGINAL, WHEN YOU SHOWED THAT UPFRONT AND WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IN, I MEAN, I THINK OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM HAS BEEN DECIDING WHETHER IT'S A WHISTLEBLOWER OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE OR WHETHER IT'S DISCRIMINATION OR WHETHER IT'S HARASSMENT OR WHETHER IT'S BULLYING, WHETHER IT'S JUST A PLAIN MEAN BOSS.
ARE, ARE GOING TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND CATEGORIZE THAT AND THEN IT'S THEN TURNED OVER TO OUR TEAM.
YOU SAY WHO THEN WILL DO THE INVESTIGATION? IS THAT KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS EXACTLY FOR THE HOTLINE POINT, UH, THEY WILL ASK, UH, WHAT THE SITUATION IS AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE RISK TYPE, UM, PUT IN FOR THAT.
IT WOULD THEN GO TO THE CORRECT INVESTIGATOR.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT RISK TYPES.
HOWEVER, ON THE WEB INTAKE SITE, THEY WILL CHOOSE WHAT TYPE OF REPORT THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE MAKING BASED OFF OF THE DETAILS AND THE NAME OF THE RISK TYPES.
UH, WE DO HAVE DETAILED DROPDOWNS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE SAYING, THIS IS WHAT THIS REPORT MEANS, UH, THIS IS WHAT THIS REPORT MEANS SO THAT THEY CAN READ THROUGH THAT AND DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF REPORT THEY'RE PUTTING IN.
HOWEVER, IF IT GOES INTO THE SYSTEM AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU PUT IT IN, IT HAS HARASSMENT, I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO BULLYING OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, YOUR INVESTIGATORS CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE THAT THEMSELVES WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND CHANGE IT TO THE CORRECT RISK TYPE.
AND THEN, UM, UH, NEXT QUESTION IS, IS OBVIOUSLY YOU MENTIONED TRAINING.
IS THAT PART OF THE ORIGINAL, YOU KNOW, $9,000 A YEAR THAT YOU WOULD TRAIN US TO DO THAT? YEAH, SO WE HAVE TRAINING IN IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WE'LL BASICALLY TRAIN YOUR TEAMS, UH, ON THE SOLUTION, HOW TO USE IT, HOW TO GO ABOUT IT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING SO.
BUT THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION.
YOU WOULD JUST TELL US WHO ON YOUR TEAM YOU'D LIKE US TO TRAIN, UH, AND WE'LL WORK WITH YOU AND GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
UH, IF YOU NEED FURTHER TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, I DO BELIEVE, UH, YOU CAN GET THAT LATER IN.
LET'S SAY YOU, UH, HIRE SOMEONE LATER IN THE YEAR.
HOWEVER, YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE NAVX COMMUNITY WHEN YOU WORK WITH US, UM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ALL TRAINING VIDEOS ON HOW TO USE THE SOLUTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP.
AND THEN OTHER CUSTOMERS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT COMMUNITY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER COMPARISON.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A REDDIT THREAD OF CUSTOMERS, UH, BEING ABLE TO ADD IN HOW THEY USE THEIR SYSTEM AND HOW THEY RECOMMEND CHANGING THINGS OR USING IT.
UM, SO YOU MIGHT RUN INTO OTHER COUNTIES ON THERE AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE FULL SUPPORT ON OUR END, BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALSO ABLE TO DO IT YOURSELF AND FIND THOSE TRAINING VIDEOS IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO MEET WITH US FOR ANY REASON.
THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU MENTIONED ANONYMOUS.
UM, DO YOU, DO YOU GO GIVE A DIFFERENT WEIGHT TO WHETHER IT'S A, A SOMEONE THAT SIGNS THEIR NAME OR SOMEONE THAT REMAINS ANONYMOUS? OR IS THAT GONNA BE UP TO US? UM, AS PART OF THE, OF THE, THE SYSTEM THAT WE SET UP, PURELY UP TO YOU GUYS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT FLAGGING MECHANISMS WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
UM, SO WE COULD DO CASES AS RED ALERT.
WE COULD DO CASES AS, UH, HEY, THIS IS OKAY, THIS IS A YELLOW FLAG, GREEN FLAG.
UH, WE SET THAT UP WITH YOU DURING IMPLEMENTATION.
I THINK I SAW WHENEVER YOU PUT YOUR SCREEN OR SHARED YOUR SCREEN, UM, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU ALL HAVE THEN EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
WELL, TO TEACH THEM ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WHISTLE BLOWING AND THE BULLYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SERVICE.
ANOTHER SERVICE THAT Y'ALL OFFER OBVIOUSLY WOULD COST MORE, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE Y'ALL DID THAT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A COMPLIANCE AWARENESS PACKAGE.
UM, AND I BELIEVE, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE HERE ON YOUR QUOTE, UH, YES, YOU DO HAVE A COMPLIANCE AWARENESS PACKAGE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THAT PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE.
WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE IS TRAINING VIDEOS, UH, JUST LETTING WHOEVER WANTS TO MAKE A REPORT NOTE, THIS IS YOUR HOTLINE, THIS IS HOW YOU USE IT.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A POSTER AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO PUT ANYWHERE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOTLINE QR CODES FOR THEM TO SCAN.
THAT'S GONNA BRING THEM TO THE REPORTING, UH, PAGE ITSELF.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA GIVE YOU EMAIL TEMPLATES FOR YOUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO SEND OUT TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IT'S YOUR HR, ANOTHER TEAM, UH, SO THAT IT MAKES IT EASY TO ROLL OUT THIS SYSTEM AND LET PEOPLE KNOW, HERE'S A VIDEO ON IT, THIS IS WHY YOU USE AND MAKE THESE REPORTS.
HERE'S A POSTER THAT YOU CAN PUT UP IN ANY OF YOUR OFFICES.
UH, HERE ARE THE EMAIL TEMPLATES TO SAY THIS IS WHAT THESE ARE FOR, THIS IS HOW WE'RE ROLLING THEM OUT.
UM, IT'S A FULL ROLLOUT PACKAGE ESSENTIALLY.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. PAYLESS? AND I THINK YOU LIED TO US WHEN YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T GOOD AT ZOOM, SO, UM,
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GOSH, I WAS, I THINK YOU'VE DONE JUST FINE.I WAS TERRIFIED THE ENTIRE TIME.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FOR SAVANNAH? ALL RIGHT, UM, MS. PAYLESS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, AGAIN, WE WILL LOOK AT THIS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DECIDE WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, BUT AGAIN, UH, IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LEMME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. UM, WE'RE
[9.a. Designation of December 23, 2026, as an additional paid holiday for County Employees. (FISCAL IMPACT: Any fiscal impact is negligible.) - Katherine Mead, Human Resources Director, 5 minutes]
GOING TO, UM, NINE AND A, UM, AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, DESIGNATION OF DECEMBER 23RD, 2026 AS AN ADDITIONAL PAID HOLIDAY FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.UM, AND HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, AND THEN A SECOND FROM, UH, UM, MR. DAWSON.
AND, UH, I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHENEVER, UH, THE DATE FALLS.
BUT, UM, UH, MS. CATHERINE REED, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UM, UH, LET US KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ON THIS.
AND MS. MEAD IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
SO WE ARE PRESENTING A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A THIRD PAID CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY THIS YEAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE DATING BACK TO 2018 FOR OUR WORKFORCE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THE THIRD ADDITIONAL DAY TO BE OBSERVED ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23RD.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MR. BAR, HOW YOU AND THEN MR. OH, UM, WE DO THIS EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IS THERE A NEED FOR US TO, AND WE VOTED TO SUPPORT IT.
WHY CAN'T, WHY CAN'T WE JUST MAKE IT OFFICIAL BY ADDING THIS? 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS OTHER THAN WE EXTENDED A EXTRA DAY TO EMPLOYEES DURING CHRISTMAS.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHY WE COMING EVERY YEAR TO DO THIS.
WHY DON'T WE JUST MAKE IT OFFICIAL? YOU AND YOU CERTAINLY COULD.
UM, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO CHARGE STAFF WITH OF UPDATING OUR HANDBOOK IN OUR HOLIDAY SECTION TO OFFICIALLY ADD A THIRD CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
THAT'S, THAT IS THE DIRECTION OF COUNSEL FOLLOWING.
I ACTUALLY, YOUR HONOR, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA, UH, ASK YOU ABOUT EXPANDING IT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
YOU STILL HAVE DETENTION CENTER, EMS, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, SOME STAFF AT DISABILITY AND SPECIAL NEEDS.
SO THERE ARE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THAT'S 24 7.
YOUR FISCAL IMPACT IS THAT IF YOU DO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS PHYSICALLY WORKING ON A HOLIDAY, THEY ARE GONNA BE PAID THEIR REGULAR RATE OF PAY FOR EACH HOUR THAT THEY WORKED IN ADDITION TO THE HOLIDAY PAY, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THEIR HOURLY RATE FOR THEIR SCHEDULED SHIFT.
SO IF I HAD TO WORK ON CHRISTMAS DAY, I'D NORMALLY WORK AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT, I CAME IN FOR FOUR HOURS, I WOULD BE PAID 12 HOURS.
SO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT, WE WOULD, I WOULD WORK WITH THE FINANCE TEAM AND GO BACK OVER HISTORICAL PAY RECORDS TO SEE ON AVERAGE HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE HAVING TO WORK ON THOSE HOLIDAYS TO GIVE YOU A COST ESTIMATE.
I MEAN THAT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE A WHOLE WEEK OFF.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PLUS YOUR WEEKENDS ON EITHER SIDE, THAT'S, THAT'S A LONG TIME TO BE AWAY.
ALRIGHT, UH, MS. TABNER, GO AHEAD.
SO WHEN THE HOLIDAY FALLS ON A THURSDAY MM-HMM
YOU WOULD GO TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY OFF.
WOULDN'T EMPLOYEES RATHER HAVE CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS AND THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS? MEANING THEY'D HAVE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY OFF INSTEAD OF TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, THEN COME BACK TO WORK.
THAT'S WHY I WOULDN'T MEMORIALIZE THE 23RD.
HAVE YOU EVER DONE IT THE OTHER WAY? WE HAVE WE AND, AND THAT TO MR. GLOVER'S QUESTION.
THAT COULD BE WHY COUNSEL HAS NEVER WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, STAMP RUBBER STAMP OF AN OFFICIAL DAY AND WE TRY TO MIRROR IT AND MAKE IT CONSECUTIVE WITH A LONG WEEKEND BECAUSE I THINK AN EMPLOYEE WOULD RATHER HAVE CHRISTMAS, EVE CHRISTMAS AND THEN THE FRIDAY AND THEN THE WHOLE WEEKEND RATHER THAN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, COME BACK TO WORK OR USE A PERSONAL DAY, WHATEVER.
RIGHT? AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS YEAR, CHRISTMAS IS ON THURSDAY OR YEAH, FRIDAY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD ASKED FOR THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE DAY BEFORE, BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
THAT'S CAN'T MEMORIALIZE THIS ONE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? JUST WANNA MAKE CLARIFICATION.
UH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MEMORIALIZING ANY PARTICULAR DAY.
BUT I'M SAYING YOU, YOU ARE REQUESTING A ADDITIONAL DAYS.
LET THE STAFF ADMINISTRATION DECIDE WHAT THREE DAYS TO GIVE.
BUT YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, RIGHT? UH, FOR 10 YEARS.
AND I'M JUST SAYING WHY NOT MAKE IT OFFICIAL? BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
'CAUSE IT MAKES US FEEL BETTER.
UM, MS. PASS TO HIS POINT, WHEN THE BUDGET IS CREATED, WE ARE TELLING YOU TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET.
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IS OUR LEGAL DOCUMENT, SO WE'RE DOING THIS IN EFFECT TWICE.SO TO HIS POINT, JUST TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'VE CREATED IT AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, OR OR COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, SO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVING THIS? SEEING NO OBJECTION.
[9.b. Authorize the County Administrator to implement an FY27 Personal Leave Time (PLT) Buyback for employees. (FISCAL IMPACT: The fiscal impact currently exists since the liability must be carried on our books. FY26 fiscal impact was $763,029 (FICA/Medicare employer portion included), FY27 estimated impact is $824,071 (8% increase from FY26, FICA/Medicare employer portion included). The funds will come from vacancy lag from the appropriate Fund that the department is located in, i.e. GF, SRF or EF.) - Katherine Mead, Human Resources Director, 5 minutes ]
UH, NINE B AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO IMPLEMENT A FISCAL YEAR 27 PERSONAL LEAVE TIME.AND AGAIN, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, ALMOST EVERY YEAR.
AND, UH, MS. MEAD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE US A BRIEF, UH, UPGRADE, A FIRST AND MOTION PLEASE.
MR. BARTH WAS WAS FASTER THAN YOU WERE TAB SO THAT'S OKAY.
UM, AND SO AGAIN WE HAVE A SECOND, UM, MS. MEGO AHEAD, WANNA DO A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR US? SURE.
WELL JUST SOME, SOME HIGHLIGHTS TO YOUR POINT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING THIS PROGRAM TO OUR EMPLOYEES DATING BACK TO 2016 EACH YEAR.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2019, IT WAS NOT, UM, PROVIDED UNDER OUR CURRENT POLICY, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, UH, WITH MORE THAN ONE YEAR OF SERVICE ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE AT LEAST 40 HOURS OF PLT ANNUALLY.
UM, SO A CASHOUT PROGRAM EACH YEAR DOES ALLOW EMPLOYEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE POLICY.
IT ALSO ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE LIABILITY THAT'S ON OUR BOOKS WITH THE ACCRUED PLT.
YOU MAY RECALL, UM, BACK IN 2024 WHEN WE UPDATED THE HANDBOOK, THE MAXIMUM ROLLOVER ACCRUAL FOR PLT INCREASED FROM, I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO 80, BUT IT IS NOW INCREASED TO 320 HOURS.
SO ANY GIVEN EMPLOYEE CAN BE HOLDING 320 HOURS OF PLT EACH YEAR.
SO PROVIDING THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS 'EM TO USE SOME OF THAT AND DWINDLED THAT LIABILITY DOWN.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE THE SAME PARAMETERS THAT WE HAD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH IS YOU CAN'T CASH OUT MORE THAN 40 HOURS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 24 HOURS STARTING BALANCE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE PROGRAM.
LAST YEAR, THE TOTAL APPROXIMATE COST WAS 763,000.
WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT AN 8% INCREASE THIS YEAR, SO THAT WOULD TAKE US TO 824,000.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE FUNDED THROUGH VACANCY SAVINGS AND I WORKED WITH THE BUDGET MANAGER TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT TO DATE VACANCY SAVINGS AND WE HAD JUST OVER $2 MILLION.
SO THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY ENOUGH TO, TO FUND THIS, UH, PROGRAM IF YOU ALL ARE WANTING US TO MOVE FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST TO, SO, UM, AN EMPLOYEE CAN HAVE UP TO 320 HOURS, WHICH IS WHAT, EIGHT 40 HOUR WEEKS? THAT'D BE EIGHT WEEKS.
UM, THEY CAN ONLY CASH IN, YOU SAID WAS IT ONE WEEK UP TO FOUR, UP TO 40 HOURS OR HALF THEIR BALANCE, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT 'EM TO DEPLETE AND THEN HAVE NO PLT AFTER THEY USE THIS PROGRAM.
SO, AND, AND, AND I THINK I ASKED THIS QUESTION PREVIOUSLY WAS, UM, UM, THEY MUST TAKE AT LEAST ONE WEEK OF VACATION PER YEAR.
UM, SO THAT WAY SOMEONE CAN'T WORK EVERY DAY AND CASH OUT ALL THEIR VACATION TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? YEAH, MR. BUFFET? I'M GOOD.
UM, AS FAR AS FOLKS THAT, THAT CARRY THE THREE 20, IS THERE ANY ACCOMMODATION WE CAN MAKE FOR THOSE FOLKS TO TAKE OUT MORE? UH, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHERE THEY DO BUDDY SWAPS ON THEIR SHIFT WHERE THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY, THEY'RE TAKING I GUESS TIME OFF, BUT IT'S NOT THE PAID LEAVE.
SO THESE DISCUSSIONS DID COME BEFORE.
YEAH, WE, I THINK WE HAD A WORKSHOP, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND UM, I, MAYBE MR. MOORE COULD CHIME IN, BUT IT WAS JUST MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS SOME OTHER PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET.
SO THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ANY EXTENDED BEYOND WHAT WE'D NORMALLY BEEN DOING.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S OFF THE TABLE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT WAS NOT BUDGETED FOR ANYTHING BEYOND I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE PRESENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, WE WILL APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? THIS ALSO HAS BEEN APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
[9.c. Consideration of Port Royal Business Park (FISCAL IMPACT: Town requests $10,000,000 in funding approval payable in increments of not exceeding $1mm for a period lasting until the earlier of (i) 20 years, or (ii) full funding of the $10,000,000. Based on proportional millage, this represents 55.25% School District ($5.525mm), 20.25% County ($2.025mm), and 24.5% Town ($2.45mm).) - Lawrence Flynn, Pope Flynn, LLC – Bond Counsel to Town; Van Willis, Town Manager; and Kevin Phillips, Mayor]
LET'S MOVE ON TO UM, NINE C AND THAT IS CONSIDERATION OF PORT ROW BUSINESS PARK, UM, FISCAL IMPACT, UH, TOWN, UH, REQUEST, UH, $10 MILLION IN FUNDING APPROVAL PAYABLE AND INCREMENTS OF NOT EXCEEDING 1 MILLION FOR A PERIOD LASTING UNTIL THE EARLIER OF EITHER 20 YEARS OR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE $10 MILLION.AND THIS IS BASED ON PROPORTIONAL MILLAGE.
UM, AND UH, AGAIN, UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, SO MOVED.
THANK YOU, UH, APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UM, LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE THEN HAVE MR. KEVIN PHILLIPS, UM, WHO
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IS GOING, WHO'S THE MAYOR OF PORT ROYAL TO GO AHEAD, GIVE US OUR PRESENTATION.AND I SAW ON THE AGENDA I DIDN'T HAVE A TIME LIMIT, BUT I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA RUN THAT UP.
I DO HAVE SOME, UH, PICTURES FOR Y'ALL IF I COULD HAND THAT TO, I ONLY PRINTED OUT SIX.
I MEAN, I SORT OF, IT'S IT WAS IN FACT WASN'T MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, IT'S CUT YOUR PRESENTATION TIME, RIGHT? I SAID DIDN'T HAVE A, DIDN'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME ON IT, SO WE'LL LEARN FROM THAT NEXT TIME WHEN YOU I KNOW.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE HERE A COUPLE MONTHS BACK IN FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE DOING A PRESENTATION, REALLY GOT INTO THE, UH, KIND OF THE WEEDS IN THAT AND THE REALLY NITTY GRITTY OF IT.
SO TO THAT WAS JUST A PRESENTATION.
TODAY WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR ACTION AND HOPEFULLY A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BODY TO, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL.
UM, SO AGAIN, I'LL TRY AND KEEP IT BRIEF AND KEEP IT KIND OF BROAD STROKES HERE.
I AM JOINED TODAY WITH COUNCILMAN DARRELL OWENS, UH, COUNCILMAN GEORGE GUERRERO, COUNCILMAN JERRY ASHMORE, AND MARY BETH GRAY HAYWARD AS WELL TOO.
SO YOU GOT THE WHOLE CREW TODAY.
UM, I WANT YOU TO TRY AND THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE IN 2004, 2004, I GUESS YOU WERE MIDDLE SCHOOL
NO, BUT IN 2004, YEAH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BUT IN TWO, 2000 AND, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IN 2004, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, KEVIN.
THIS COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE WAS, WAS FOCUSED ON THIS PROJECT AND THIS DAY, AND I HANDED YOU THIS UP HERE JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW FAR BACK THIS GOES.
OH, SO IN 2000 AND 2004, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST VISION FOR THE PORT TOWN OF PORT ROYAL THAT WAS EVER PUT TOGETHER.
THIS WAS UNDER WHEN MARK SANFORD WAS GOVERNOR AND HE KIND OF GAVE A DIRECTIVE, THE PORT HAD BEEN SET, SAT VACANT IT FOR DECADES, AND HE KIND OF CAME IN AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA SELL OFF THESE ASSETS.
AND SO THE TOWN STARTED WORKING AND THEY PUT THIS TOGETHER.
AND I JUST WANNA READ SOME EXCERPTS FROM THAT RIGHT THERE.
THE MASTER PLAN ENHANCES A PLACE WHERE PORT ROYAL CITIZENS, NEIGHBORS, VISITORS, AND MERCHANTS, YOUNG AND OLD, RICH AND POOR, CAN LIVE, WORK AND RECREATE ALONG THIS IMPORTANT WATERFRONT.
THE PORT ROYAL MASTER PLAN INCLUDES A NETWORK OF PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED STREETS THAT PROVIDE EXTENSIONS TO THE WATERFRONT.
THE TOWN CENTER ZONE INCLUDES A TOWN SQUARE, A PLACE WHERE THE TOWN MAY HOLD EVENTS, FESTIVALS, AND MARKETS.
IF YOU'LL SEE ON THAT PICTURE AS WELL TOO, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO ANOTHER PICTURE THAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
TALKS ABOUT A TOWN SQUARE PLAZA FOR OUTDOOR PUBLIC ACTIVITY.
TALKS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN POMADES PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT.
I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY START WITH, WITH WHAT THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS ABOUT.
AND THIS PROJECT ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY.
WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE FROM, LIKE YOU SAID, POOR ROYAL BEAUFORT COUNTY, GUESTS, VISITORS, MERCHANTS, EVERYBODY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT, TO THE DOCKS, TO THE PARKS, TO THE GREEN SPACE.
THAT IS WHAT THIS PROJECT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
SO THEN IF YOU LOOK BACK AND GO NOW, WE'LL FAST FORWARD TO 2009, 2009, THIS COUNTY COUNCIL RIGHT HERE, SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT AND SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
DO PUBLIC DOLLARS BEING USED TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC ASSETS, PUBLIC AMENITIES, AND HOW DO WE HAVE THE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THOSE? THIS COUNCIL RIGHT HERE IN 2009, THIS WAS IN Y'ALL'S AGENDAS PACK PACKET.
I PULLED IT HERE IS THE ORIGINAL MCIP THAT WAS SET UP BY THIS COUNCIL IN 2009.
THIS WAS SIGNED BY CHAIRMAN WESTON NEWTON, THIRD READING APRIL 13TH, 2009.
SO AGAIN, THIS MCIP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS NOTHING NEW.
IS IS AN MCIP THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2009, SIGNED BY WESTON NEWTON AND HIS COUNSEL.
I'LL READ AN EXCERPT FROM THAT.
UNDER SECTION THREE OF THAT ORDINANCE DISTRIBUTION OF MCIP REVENUES FOR MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES, THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN CONTEMPLATE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT IN THE FUTURE THAT'S TODAY
SO AGAIN, THIS STARTED IN 2009.
THIS COUNCIL SAW THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS BEING USED TO BUILD THIS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THIS CAN ALWAYS BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
2012, A TIF DISTRICT WAS CREATED AT THAT POINT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS INVOLVED, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR BOARD AT THAT TIME SAW THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING PUBLIC DOLLARS INTO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS, UM, THIS PROJECT AND WHAT IT WOULD DO FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AND WHAT IT WOULD DO FOR EVERYONE THAT LIVES, WORKS, PLAYS AND VISITS THE TOWN OF FORT ROYAL.
SO WHEN MCIP WAS CREATED IN 2009, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT ORDINANCE AS WELL TOO FROM THE 2009, THEY INCLUDED A MAP ON
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THE VERY LAST PAGE THAT'S IN YOUR AGENDA AS WELL TOO.AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, IT'S A MAP OF THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, AND THAT IS THE PORT PROPERTY ALL RIGHT THERE THAT THEY PUT THE MCIP IN AND CREATED THAT MCIP BACK AGAIN IN 2000.
IN 2009, THE PORT PROPERTY WAS ADDED TO THE MULTI-COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK.
AGAIN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THE TOWN CREATED A TIF IN 2012 AND DECIDED THEN THAT THEY WANTED TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THIS, THIS PROJECT, 2017.
FINALLY, AFTER ALL OF THAT WORK, THE PROPERTY WAS FINALLY SOLD TO GHOSTS PROPERTIES.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT WENT OUT OF PUBLIC HANDS.
IT WAS NO LONGER OWNED BY THE STATE'S PORTS AUTHORITY.
AND NOW WE HAD A PRIVATE BUYER BUY THAT PROPERTY.
WHILE GR GOSS WAS THERE, THEY OPENED UP THE DRY STACK, THEY OPENED UP FISH CAMP AND SHELL RING ON THERE.
ALL THREE OF THOSE BUSINESSES, ALONG WITH SOME SMALLER ANCILLARY BUSINESSES, HAVE BEEN PAYING TAXES THE ENTIRE TIME, UM, TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, TO THE COUNTY, TO THE TOWN.
THAT MONEY HAS BEEN GOING TO ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THIS TIME.
ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES ON THERE.
GRAY GHOSTS DECIDED TO THEN SELL THE PROPERTY IN 2021 TO SAFE HARBOR.
AND SAFE HARBOR NOW BUYS THE PROPERTY AND THAT'S WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.
AND THE TOWN IS WORKING WITH THEM.
AND IT'S IN A VERY EXCITING TIME BECAUSE SINCE THAT 2021 DATE OF THEM BUYING THAT, WHAT THE TOWN HAS ACCOMPLISHED, UM, SOME OF THAT WITH THIS COUNTY'S HELP.
UM, ABSOLUTELY THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE ENTERED INTO AGREEMENT WITH SAFE HARBOR TO GET PROPERTY, UM, ONTO THEIR PROPERTY, THE SPANISH MOS TRAIL.
NOW WITH THE HELP OF THE COUNTY CROSSES OVER REBO ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME AND NOW COMES INTO THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.
IT'S NOT COMPLETED BECAUSE OF THE FINAL PROJECT.
THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL WILL C WILL CONNECT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SANDS BEACH THAT IS MILE ONE OF THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN IT ACROSS THE ROAD WITH THE HELP OF THIS COUNTY AND DOT AND NOW WE'VE GOTTA GET IT TO FINISH, FINISH THE WAY.
UM, WE'VE ALSO NOW TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF LOT G, WHICH IS THE LAND BETWEEN FISH CAMP AND, UH, SHELL RING THAT WAS OWNED BY SAFE HARBOR.
WE HAVE OUR ENGINEER CURRENTLY WORKING ON OUR SHRIMP DOCK DESIGN.
WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THAT OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO TO BRING BACK A PUBLIC SHRIMP DOCK THAT WILL BE ONE OF ONLY THREE PUBLIC SHRIMP DOCKS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
I'M SURE WE'VE ALL SEEN THE, UM, EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH THE BUY LOCAL SHRIMP SUPPORT OUR WATERS FROM YOUR WATERS TO YOUR TABLES.
AND PORT ROYAL AND BEAUFORT COUNTY ARE GONNA BE A HUGE PART OF THAT WITH, AGAIN, ONE OF ONLY THREE PUBLIC SHRIMP DOCKS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I GAVE YOU WAS A RENDERING OF THAT SHRIMP DOCK.
YOU CAN SEE AS WELL TOO, WE'RE ALSO OPENING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IF YOU LOOK, THE SHRIMP DOCK COMES OUT.
THE SHRIMP DOCK GOES BACK AS IT ORIGINALLY WAS, YOU'VE SEEN IN ALL THE PICTURES.
BUT NOW WE'VE ADDED A PUBLIC DAY DOCK AS WELL TOO, TO THAT DOCK.
SO NOW YOU'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE WITH ACCESS.
THEY CAN COME FROM HILTON HEAD, THEY CAN COME FROM BLUFFTON, THEY CAN COME WHEREVER, PARK RIGHT THERE ON DAY DOCKAGE IN THE TOWN OF FOR ROYAL, AND ENJOY THE TOWN.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF GETTING THAT, GETTING GOING, UM, THAT MOVING.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NOW WE'VE GOTTEN.
SO NOW WE'RE AT THE PLACE WHERE WE ALSO, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, PUT OUT AN A, A MASTER PLAN FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THAT.
AND THAT WAS THE, THE FRONT PIECE THAT I GAVE YOU GUYS RIGHT THERE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S GONNA SHOW YOU THE DOWNTOWN, UH, WATERFRONT PARK THAT GOES INTO THIS.
AND IF YOU LOOK, THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE 2004
THAT'S HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED.
THAT PARK WALKING PROMENADE, AGAIN, PUBLIC, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ALL OF THESE AMENITIES.
WE NOW HAVE OUR SHRIMP DOCS COMING ONLINE.
WE NOW HAVE THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL COMING ACROSS.
A LOT OF THINGS ARE STARTING TO MOVE IN THIS PROJECT.
AND SO NOW IT'S THE TIME TO TAP INTO THOSE PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN WE'RE GONNA BE THERE AND THOUGHT WE'RE GONNA BE THERE SINCE AGAIN, 2009 WHEN THE MCIP WAS FIRST CREATED.
SO WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? I WANTED TO DO A LITTLE TIMELINE.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? I DECIDED, I'LL READ RIGHT HERE FROM YOUR STAFF REPORT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I COULD SAY IT ANY BETTER.
I PULLED THIS FROM YOUR AGENDA AS WELL TOO.
STAFF BELIEVES, BELIEVES THE PROPOSED MCIP FRAMEWORK PROVIDES AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF SUPPORTING LONG-TERM REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS WHILE LEVERING LEVERAGING FUTURE FEE IN LIEU OF TAX REVENUES GENERATED FROM PRIVATE INVESTMENT WITHIN THE MCIP TO FUND ELIGIBLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC ACCESS, TOURISM, WATERFRONT ACTIVATION, TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY, UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, RECREATIONAL AMENITIES, AND OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS WITHIN THE TOWN AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
AGAIN, FROM YOUR STAFF REPORT, COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER MYSELF.
AGREE WITH THEM A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT, IT'S IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET AS WELL TOO.
THE, UM, THE IGA, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN US EXHIBIT B LISTS OUT THE PROJECTS THAT THIS MCIP MONEY, THIS $10 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT IT WOULD GO TO FUND.
IT IS A VERY SET SPECIFIC LIST OF, OF ITEMS THAT IS NOT JUST A MONEY THAT THE TOWN WILL SPEND ON ANYTHING.
THIS WILL BE A PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE BOUND BY.
IF YOU READ FER IT, UM, PUBLIC PARKS, GREEN SPACE PLAZAS, OPEN SPACE AREAS AND OTHER PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, WATERFRONT PRO PROMENADES, BOARDWALKS, OVERLOOKS, BULKHEADS, SHORELINES, STA STABILIZATION MEASURES, IMPROVEMENTS, EXTENSIONS EXPANSIONS AND CONNECTIVITY ENHANCEMENTS MUST TRAIL PUBLICLY OWNED
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DOCKS, PIERS, SEAFOOD, SHRIMPING, FISHING, MARITIME IN A WORKING WATERFRONT.SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THIS MCIP WILL GO BY STATUTE TO PAY FOR AND TO, TO PROVIDE.
AND AGAIN, THE GOAL OF THAT IS BEING PUBLIC OPEN TO EVERYONE.
THAT IS WHAT IT'S ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP IT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.
THIS IS A, A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT TO THE ENTIRE REGION.
UM, IT, IT WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
UM, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING VERY BIG HERE TODAY.
LIKE I SAID, WHEN I READ THAT 2009 ORDINANCE AND IT SAYS THAT A FUTURE DATE, IT WILL BE CONTEMPLATED.
WELL, HERE WE ARE AND HOW LUCKY ARE WE THAT WE GET TO BE A PART OF THIS AND WE GET TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIG THAT PEOPLE THAT SAT IN THE SEATS THAT YOU DID SET UP FOR US BACK IN 2009 AND BACK IN 2012 AND BACK IN 2004, OUR FORMER COUNCILS SET US UP TO BE A PART OF THIS REALLY BIG THING.
UM, THAT'S GONNA CHANGE THAT WHOLE AREA.
AND AGAIN, JUST BRING A LOT OF, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS, BUSINESS ENJOYMENT TO SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND.
NOW, LAST TIME WHEN WE WERE HERE DURING THE PRESENTATION, UM, WE DID HAVE SOME, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD SPEAK, AND I DID.
THEY BROUGHT UP SOME CONCERNS AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO LISTEN TO CONCERNS AND, AND, AND BE, UM, OPEN TO THOSE.
SO I DID WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THOSE.
NOW REALLY QUICKLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID IS THAT THERE WAS REALLY NO INPUT FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THIS.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DECISION FOR AN THE MCIP AND THE FUNDING IS, IS THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN.
YOU GUYS ARE THE, THE HIGHEST GOVERNING BODY IN THE COUNTY.
AND BY THE STATE STATUTE, BY THE STATE CONSTITUTION, YOU GUYS HAVE THE SOLE PUR, UH, POWER TO TAX AND, UH, AND DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE.
AND GRANT MCIP PS, AGAIN, THAT IS BY STATE STATUTE.
UM, THE TOWN ITSELF, WANTING TO BE GOOD PARTNERS AND WANTING TO COMMUNICATE ON THIS.
WE ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, DICK GEIER AT THE TIME.
HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
WE MET WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF SAFE HARBOR.
WERE THERE, WE WERE UNVEILING THE MASTER PLAN BEFORE WE PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO TRY TO GET SUPPORT.
IT WAS PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT OF US AT THAT TIME.
COUNCILMAN GEIER ENCOURAGED US TO BRING THIS PLAN FORWARD WHILE HE WAS STILL ON THE BOARD.
I WANNA SUPPORT THIS, GET IT DONE.
WHILE I'M STILL ON THE BOARD, HE'S DECIDED NOT TO RUN AGAIN.
SO HERE WE ARE WHILE HE'S STILL ON THE BOARD TAKING HIS ADVICE AND BRINGING IT FORWARD AS HE ASKED US TO DO.
UM, WE ALSO MET WITH NOW THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN, CARLTON DALLAS.
CARLTON DALLAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE SELL MEMBERSHIPS.
UM, AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANNA DO AT ALL, AT NO POINT DO WE WANT TO SEE GATES FEES, TOLL BOOTHS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THIS PROJECT.
WE WANT IT TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS, AS IT IS ALWAYS DESIGNED TO DO, AS IT ALWAYS WAS THOUGHT OF, AND HOW IT ALWAYS WAS SUPPORTED BY OUR, LIKE I SAID, COUNTY COUNCIL AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO SAID THAT THIS WILL SET A PRECEDENT.
IF YOU SAY YES TO THIS MCIP, THEN YOU'VE JUST GOTTA SAY YES TO EVERY SINGLE MCIP.
AND EVERY MUNICIPALITY WILL BE COMING UP HERE AND JUST SAYING, WELL, GIVE US ONE.
AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO SET A PRECEDENT ON SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SET UP IN 2009.
IF ANYBODY COMES TO YOU AND ASK FOR ANYTHING NEW, AND IF THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD IN A DIFFERENT WAY, THEN THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
BUT AGAIN, IF ANYBODY COMES TO YOU ASKING FOR AN MCIP TO BE SET UP OR AN MCIP TO BE, UM, GRANTED, YOU CAN SAY, WELL, DO YOU HAVE ONE FROM 2009? OR ARE YOU ASKING US TO START SOMETHING BRAND NEW? 'CAUSE AGAIN, OURS GOES BACK 15 YEARS.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO TO SET THAT PRECEDENT ON IT.
UM, ALSO TOO, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS WILL ONLY BENEFIT THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.
THIS WILL JUST ONLY BENEFIT THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND NOBODY SOUTH OF THE BROAD AND BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD.
AND, AND I MEAN, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, AND I CAN TELL YOU WITH MY COUNCIL SOMETIMES I, I HATE WHEN WE GET INTO THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF FIGHTS AND WHERE IT'S HILTON HEAD FIRST, BLUFFTON OR IT'S COUNTY VERSUS THE TOWN, OR IT'S THE NORTH OF THE BROAD VERSUS THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD.
WE ALL PAINT A BETTER BEAUFORT COUNTY WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
ALL OF US, ALL OF OUR COUNCILS HAVE DIFFERENT STRENGTHS.
AND WHEN WE USE THOSE TOGETHER, WE MAKE A BETTER BEAUFORT FOR EVERYBODY.
ONE, THE SPLASH PAD THAT YOU GUYS WORKED WITH US ON AND NOW KIDS LOVE IT.
I CAN TELL YOU, I GO THERE WITH MY LITTLE GIRLS MEET PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? OH, WE TRAVELED IN FROM BURTON.
WE TRAVELED IN FROM LADIES ISLAND.
OH, WE TRAVELED UP FROM BLUFFTON.
WE HAVE STREET MUSIC ON PARIS CONCERTS IN THE TOWN OF PORT WORLD.
WE LOVE IT SO MUCH HERE WE COME UP, WE COME UP FROM BLUFFTON.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE CYRUS WETLANDS ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY OR GO TO SANDS BEACH ON A WARM BEACH DAY AND GO ASK EVERYBODY WHERE ARE YOU FROM? THEY'RE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT IS NOT JUST THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND AGAIN, WHEN WE LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS TOGETHER, WHEN WE SPENT, WHEN WE COLLABORATE AND WE CONTRIBUTE TOGETHER, WE REALLY DO MAKE A BETTER BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR EVERYBODY.
AND SO, UM, I'LL JUST KIND OF WRAP UP WITH THIS.
YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, AGAIN,
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THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
AGAIN, 2004 WAS THE FIRST DESIGN.
2012 THE TIFF GOT SET UP AND HERE WE ARE NOW WITH AN, WITH A, WITH A DEVELOPER PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT FORWARD PROGRESS GOING.
UM, THIS IS ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT QUOTE THAT GREAT.
UM, COMMUNITIES ARE, WHEN WISE MEN PLANT TREES, UM, THAT FOR SHADE THAT THEY WILL NEVER SEE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS.
UM, AND ALSO TOO, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THIS IS ABOUT TRUST.
UM, FOR US, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IN 2009, 2012, WHEN COUNTY COUNCIL AND WHEN THE SCHOOL BOARD SAID, THERE WILL BE PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR YOU READY WHEN YOU NEED THEM, THE TOWN ACTED ON THAT.
AND FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WORKING THINKING THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE GONNA BE THERE FOR US.
AND HERE WE ARE NOW AT THE FINISH LINE TO TRY TO GET IT DONE.
AND TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE PARTNERS NOT WANNA BE A PART OF IT AND PULL OUT OF THAT, THAT'S FINE.
AND THAT'S THEIR PROVO PREROGATIVE.
BUT AGAIN, THE ULTIMATE DECISION IS WITH Y'ALL.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF ANYTHING WE SAY TO EACH OTHER DOESN'T LAST PAST THE NEXT LIC ELECTION CYCLE, WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THESE PROJECTS TAKE 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE AGREEMENTS WITH EACH OTHER, THEN IN TWO YEARS WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS ELECTED AND THEY CAN COME IN AND SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T VOTE ON THAT, I DIDN'T DO THAT.
THEN AGAIN, WE MAKE A, WE, WE DO A DISSERVICE TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.
UM, 'CAUSE AGAIN, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME AND WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO TRUST EACH OTHER NO MATTER WHO'S SITTING IN THESE SEATS.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE BODIES OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND PORT ROYAL.
AND SOME THINGS ARE BIGGER THAN US INDIVIDUALLY, THIS BEING ONE OF THOSE.
UM, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAYOR PHILLIPS? NO.
CHAIRMAN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
I LOVE YOUR LITTLE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.
WE WISH WE HAD BOUGHT SOME A LOT THERE LIKE 15 YEARS AGO.
UM, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, UH, WHEN YOU READ THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION, THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, ENDS UP BEING ONE OF THE BIGGER CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS.
AND SO WE'VE, UM, UH, TOLD MR. GUYER, COLONEL GELE THAT WE'D GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GET UP AND GIVE HIM, HAVE HIM GIVE US HIS THOUGHTS ON, ON THIS.
THERE'S NO QUESTIONS FOR, FOR MAYOR PHILLIPS.
WE'LL HAVE COLONEL GEER COME UP AND, UM, UH, TELL US WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD'S THINKING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I'M DICK GEER BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ROYAL.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF PORT ROYAL WANTS TO REVIVE A 2009 MCIP TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THE PREVIOUS PORT ROYAL MCIP PRESENTED, UH, LAST SPRING TO YOU ALL.
UH, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD'S FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND AT FIVE 30 TODAY, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL MEET.
AND THIS MCIP IS ON THE AGENDA.
AND THIS IS WHAT I'LL TELL THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY AND ASK THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS MCIP.
THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET IN REGULAR OPEN SESSION TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THE MCIP IS ON THE AGENDA.
AND THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'VE COME TO INFORM THE COUNTY COUNCIL ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD'S POSITION ON PROPOSED MCPS MULTI-COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK INITIATIVES.
THE FIRST WAS A PROPOSAL INITIATED BY USCB FOR THEIR SAND SHARK 2020 ADDITION TO THEIR BLUFFTON CAMPUS.
THE SECOND WAS A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW MPIC FROM THE CITY OF PORT ROYAL FOR CITY PARKS, PROMENADES, SHORELINE IMPROVEMENTS, STORMWATER SYSTEMS, MARINA RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC PARKING, SPANISH MOSS, TRAIL EXTENSION, AND A SHRIMP DOCK.
THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED ON BOTH ON ITS VIEWS OF BOTH PREVIOUS PROPOSALS DURING TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC SESSION, FULL BOARD MEETING, AND TO UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSE THE ADOPTION OF BOTH MCPS.
AS A REMINDER FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I'LL, I'LL REMIND THEM TOMORROW THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA IN SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY GOVERNMENTS HAVE THE POWER TO TAX, UH, TO GRANT TAX ABATEMENTS WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EVEN THOUGH THOSE AGREEMENTS HAVE MASSIVE IMPACTS ON SCHOOL FUNDING.
AND LET ME GIVE YOU SOME FACTS.
MCPS HAVE CAUSED THE FOLLOWING EFFECTS.
THE LARGEST 2017 TO 2023 NET LOSSES IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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WERE SUFFERED BY BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE TUNE OF 562 MILLION GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE TUNE OF 314 MILLION SPARTANBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 260 MILLION CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 207 MILLION, AND ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 170 MILLION.THIS IS ACCORDING TO GOOD JOBS.
FIRST, A NATIONAL POLICY RESOURCE CENTER THAT PROMOTES CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHILE WE CANNOT LEGALLY OPPOSE THIS LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FLOW AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COURT OF LAW, WE CAN INFORM THE BUFORT COUNTY TAXPAYERS AND THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION ON THE IMPACT OF THIS MCIP ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS PROPOSED MCIP GENERATED TAX INCREASE WILL BE THEN INFOR WILL BE INFORMED IN THE FORM OF A MILLAGE INCREASE ON TAXPAYER'S TAX BILL THAT WILL BE FOUND UNDER THE BILLS DESCRIPTION SCHOOL'S OPERATIONS, WHICH IS UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR THAT YOU ALL APPROVED AT 126 MILS.
WE WOULDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE MILLAGE RATE WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED UNTIL OR UNLESS THIS PROPOSED MCIP IS APPROVED BY THIS BODY.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE DESCRIPTION ON THIS TAX BILL HAS SCHOOL OPERATIONS.
IT DOESN'T AND PROBABLY WON'T BE CHANGED TO SCHOOL OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT OF BEAUFORT COUNTY OR OF CITY OF PORT ROYAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
PERHAPS WE CAN CONVINCE THE TREASURER TO ADD THAT TO THE DESCRIPTION TO INFORM THE REST OF THE COUNTY THAT THEY ARE SUBSIDIZING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT ROYAL IF IT IS NOT ADDED TO THE TAX BILLS DESCRIPTION.
THIS, IN ESSENCE, MAKES THIS A STEALTH TAX INCREASE.
THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WILL BE PROBLEMATIC, BUT WILL BE EXPOSED.
THIS MCIP WILL SET PRECEDENT IN THE COUNTY.
THE CITY OF BEAUFORT WILL CERTAINLY SEE THAT THIS MCIP PROPOSAL COULD ALSO APPLY TO ITS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR WATERFRONT PARK.
THE CITY'S OF BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD COULD ALSO JUMP ON THIS BANDWAGON.
TAXPAYERS COULD ASK FOR AN ECONOMIST TO CONDUCT A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF WHO WOULD BENEFIT THE MOST FROM THIS MCIP.
OBVIOUSLY, CITIZENS IN PORT ROYAL AND NEIGHBORING BUFORT AND EVEN NORTHERN BUFORT COUNTY COULD BENEFIT FROM THE PARKS, TRAILS, AND PUBLIC AMENITIES.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE LITTLE BENEFIT, NOR WILL THE COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF THE BROAD WHO WILL RECEIVE THE MOST BENEFIT.
CERTAINLY THE MAJOR LANDOWNER SAFE HARBOR WILL RECEIVE THE MOST ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY'S VALUE AS A BUSINESS SAFE HARBOR WILL PAY TAXES AND EVENTUALLY IN 10, 20 YEARS, WHEN AND IF THEY SELL THEIR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THIS ZONE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EVENTUALLY WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
THAT WAS THE PROMISE GIVEN TO BERKELEY, GREENVILLE, SPARTANBURG, CHARLESTON AND ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THEIR TAX REVENUE HAS YET TO OR MAY NEVER FULLY RECOVER THEIR LOSSES DUE TO THE MCS.
NOW, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE CITIZENS OF PORT OF, UH, CITY OF PORT ROYAL TO FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY CAN HAVE A REFERENDUM TO INCREASE THEIR CITY TAXES TO PAY FOR IT.
THE CITY COUNCIL CAN USE THEIR 8% BORROWING AUTHORITY TO PAY FOR IT.
IF THEY ARE CONCERNED THEIR OWN CITIZENS WON'T SUPPORT A REFERENDUM FOR THESE PROJECTS.
THEY CAN RAISE IMPACT FEES FOR NEW BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
THE CITY OF PORT ROYAL HAS OTHER OPTIONS, BUT IT IS EASIER AND QUICKER TO GET SOMEONE ELSE TO PAY FOR 'EM.
NOW WHAT'S THE REAL COST? UH, TONYA HARDY WAS GOING TO BE HERE, UH, TODAY.
UH, TONYA CROSBY, I'M SORRY, WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY TO TELL ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL COST IS.
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FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER 10 YEARS.$200,000 A YEAR, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD.
THAT WOULD BE IN ESSENCE THE COST OF BRINGING ON THREE NEW TEACHERS ALREADY.
NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO COUNTY COUNCIL AND ASK FOR A MILLAGE INCREASE BECAUSE WE'RE OPENING A NEW SCHOOL, A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAY RIVER.
SO WE'VE ALREADY GONNA HAVE TO ASK FOR MORE TEACHERS TO STAFF THAT NEW SCHOOL.
AND THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL THREE TEACHERS, BUT IT'S NOT SHOWN ANY PLACE TO THE TAXPAYERS.
WE ARE FIDUCIARILY RESPONSIBLE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD IS TO USE THE TAX PAYING REVENUE IN A ACCOUNTABLE WAY.
WE HAVE GAINED PUBLIC TRUST IN THAT.
WE GAINED THIS COUNCIL'S TRUST IN THAT.
AND THE COUNTY, UH, SHOWS THEIR TRUST IN APPROVING TWO REFERENDUMS FOR THE TUNE OF $750 MILLION.
SO THEY TRUST US THAT WE'LL USE THAT MONEY ACCORDINGLY.
NOW, WHEN THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT, WHEN WE STILL HAD A TAX, A TIFF IN PLACE WITH PORT ROYAL THAT I WAS BROUGHT IN AND THEY SAID, YOU HAVE A TIFF IN PLACE AND WE'RE GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED.
WE'RE GONNA FINALLY START CONSTRUCTING.
AND I SAID, WELL, THERE WAS A TIFF AND IT WAS PASSED BY A SCHOOL BOARD IN 2012.
WELL, THE SCHOOL BOARD IN 2012 PASSED A LOT OF TIFFS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY HAD LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, CREDIBILITY PROBLEMS WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND THREE REFERENDUMS FAILED DURING THAT PERIOD.
YOU GOTTA EARN IT AND YOU GOTTA HOLD ONTO IT.
THAT'S WHY IF WE START FUNDING OTHER THAN EDUCATIONAL ITEMS IN OUR BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS AND IN EIGHT YEARS WE'VE HAD ONE TIFF COME TO US AND THAT CAME FROM USCB AND USCB WANTED SOME MONEY TO HELP THEM BUILD THEIR CULINARY ARTS, UH, BUILDING THERE IN BLUFFTON.
I WAS ORIGINALLY OPPOSED TO THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER SEVEN YEARS AGO UNTIL I WAS TOLD THAT THE MONIES THAT WE LOSE, THE REVENUE THAT WE LOSE BY GIVING IT TO THE USCB TO BUILD THAT WILL BE OFFSETTING THE TUITION AND BOOKS FOR OUR STUDENTS TAKING THE EARLY COLLEGE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES THAT WE HAVE IN WHALE BRANCH BEAUFORD AND OTHER SCHOOLS.
SO IT'S A FUN TRANSFER BETWEEN TWO, TWO AGENCIES BETWEEN USCB AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL TRANSFER.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY TIFF THAT WE'VE APPROVED NOW 2012 WHEN IT WAS APPROVED BY THE OTHER TE OTHER SCHOOL BOARD.
YEAH, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THAT, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THE LACK OF PUBLIC TRUST IN THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS AT THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD'S FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY AND RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD VOTE ON THE MATTER AT TUESDAY'S MEETING.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR COLONEL GUYER? UH, MR. BETHAL? I'M GOOD.
HOW MUCH MONEY IS THE SCHOOL BOARD TAKING IN FROM THOSE PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW IN THE UNIMPROVED STATE? HOW MUCH DO WE, HOW MUCH DO YOU COLLECT RIGHT NOW ON THE UNIMPROVED PROPERTIES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE? HOW MUCH DO WE BRING IN FROM THE PROPERTIES? I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, UH, IT IS RIGHT NOW FOR YEAH, FOR SHELL RING AND FOR AND THAT TYPE.
WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE UNIMPROVED PARCELS.
IS ANYTHING, KEVIN, IS ANYTHING COMING IN FROM THOSE, SAY AGAIN, THE DRY STACK, IS THAT THE ONLY PARCELS THAT ARE BRINGING IN MONEY? YEP.
SO, BUT THE PLAN, IF WE DID THIS, WOULD TURN ALL THESE OTHER PARCELS OR A GOOD CHUNK OF THEM INTO REVENUE GENERATORS.
TURN, TURN 'EM INTO PUBLIC, PUBLIC AMENITIES.
I MEAN, THERE WILL BE MARINA BILL PROPER RESPONSIBILITY.
I JUST REALIZED, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MIC? YES.
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SO YES, THE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES ARE ALL BEING HANDLED BY OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY SAFE HARBOR.SO THEY'RE BUILDING MARINAS COMMERCIAL SPACE.
THE PUBLIC AMENITIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN OF, OF THE, THE GOVERNING BODIES.
AND IF, IF I MAY CONTINUE, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE, THE WORKING SHRIMP DOCKS WILL BRING IN, IN REVENUE? NO, NOT YET.
I MEAN, WE WILL, WE'LL SEE WHAT SHRIMP IS DOING AT THAT TIME, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE IT
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST SOME MORE STATEMENTS, SOME MORE FACTS AND NUMBERS.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ON HERE WITH MOST OF YOU GUYS RELEASED FOUR YEARS, SOME SIX.
I HAVE BUTTED HEADS WITH SCHOOL BOARD, BEEN IN SUPPORT OF SCHOOL BOARD, UM, DEMANDED THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PAY TEACHERS MORE.
THIS COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED THAT EVERY YEAR, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY RAISE WAS APPROVED, EVERY ASKING WAS GIVEN.
WE SUPPORTED YOU AGAINST USCB WHEN THEY TRIED TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING BECAUSE WE SAID, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE BEST FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEND OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF YOUR GUYS' TAX DOLLARS TO USCB PROJECT.
THAT WAS LAST YEAR THAT THEY ASKED US FOR THAT.
BUT THIS ONE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ASPECT.
SINCE WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL BOARD THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THIS COUNCIL'S ALL BEEN HERE.
WE'VE HAD A DECLINE IN STUDENTS AT BEAUFORT COUNTY BY A THOUSAND KIDS IN FOUR YEARS.
BUT WE STILL INCREASED SERVICES AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL BOARD.
UM, IT'S $5.5 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS, WHICH IS $276,000.
UH, I DO MATH UP HERE ALL THE TIME WITH YOU GUYS.
BUT TO SAY THAT, THAT'S GOTTA RAISE A MILLAGE WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE WASTEFUL SPENDING OF OVER $200,000 A YEAR IN EVERY ENTITY, INCLUDING OURS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL BOARD, INCLUDING FIRE.
EVERYBODY HAS WASTEFUL SPENDING LIKE THAT.
SO TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO FORCE A, A MILLAGE OR RAISE, UH, I DISAGREE.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DEBATED AND ARGUED, CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE DOWN A THOUSAND STUDENTS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS IN BEAVER COUNTY.
YES, WE'RE BUILDING ANOTHER SCHOOL.
BUT IF WE'RE BUILDING ANOTHER SCHOOL, THAT MEANS YOU'RE ALLEVIATING STUDENTS FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL.
THAT MEANS YOU MOVE TEACHERS FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER, NOT NECESSARILY HIRE NEW, AN ENTIRE NEW SCHOOL.
SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO HIRE 40 NEW TEACHERS, WE'RE GONNA MOVE 20 TO 30 TEACHERS FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL TO THAT SCHOOL WHEN YOU GUYS REDISTRICT WHERE THESE SCHOOLS GO.
UM, I AM SUPPORT OF THIS ACTUALLY, AND I SUPPORT BEAUFORT COUNTY ON OUR SIDE TOO, ON THIS.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE ON COUNCIL WHILE I WAS STILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN PRODUCE IN PORT ROYAL, A TAX REVENUE THAT DOES HELP OUR SCHOOLS.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY OVERALL, THIS IS GONNA BRING THAT MONEY BACK TENFOLD OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUE THAT IMPROVEMENT.
UM, IT'S ALSO GONNA HELP THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THAT AREA, WHICH ALSO IN RETURN PUSHES OUR TAXES AS WELL.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR GUYS' TIMELINE IS.
I'M ASSUMING THIS DOES NOT FUND YOUR ENTIRE PROJECT.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE REST OF THE PROJECT? THIS GETS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE MIC, JUST FOR THE, SO THEY CAN HEAR AUDIO AND EVERYTHING.
THIS HANDLES WHAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO, WHAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDER A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE CAN GET YOU THOSE DOCUMENTS.
I KNOW THIS GOES IN FRONT OF COUNTY COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO GET A HOLD OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND, AND GET INTO THAT.
AND THAT REALLY BREAKS OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL THE PARTIES OF WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO PAY FOR, WHAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO, WHAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO PAY FOR.
SO NO, WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER FOR THE FULL PROJECT BECAUSE AGAIN, SOME OF THAT, A LOT OF IT IS BEING DONE BY THE, BY THE MASTER DEVELOPER.
SO THEY WOULD BE THE ONES PAYING FOR MOST DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS JUST THE SHARE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO.
SO AFTER THIS GETS APPROVED, THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD AND IT'S GREEN LIT.
WELL, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM WAS DONE.
UH, I MEAN, I'LL JUST SAY THIS IS SORT OF THE SAME TYPE OF LOGIC WE TOOK OR I TOOK WITH THE BALL FIELDS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS.
IF WE CAN START PUTTING MONEY INTO A POT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD, AND THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE LEGWORK FOR THE AGREEMENT TO HAVE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.
THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN STEP ONE.
WE'RE THE SECOND PLAYER WHERE THE BALL FIELDS WE'RE THE MAIN PLAYER AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SECOND PLAYER.
SO I, I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME EFFORT OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS AS WELL.
WHICH IS WHY I STOOD AGAINST IT AND SUPPORTED YOU GUYS AGAINST USCB.
UM, BUT I, I DO SEE A DECLINE IN OUR STUDENTS.
I DO SEE SERVICES WHERE WE CAN CUT IN AREAS TO MAKE UP $200,000 A YEAR.
UM, IN 2004 I HAD DARK HAIR AND I WORKED AT THE AIR STATION, JUST
UM, DICK HAS BEEN A, MY COUNTERPART FOR MANY YEARS AND, UM, BUT FOR MANY MORE YEARS I'VE GONE TO THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL'S MEETINGS, UM, SINCE 20 20 15, UM, AS THEIR LIAISON.
AND WHEN GRAY GHOSTS OWNED THIS PROPERTY, IT,
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THINGS WERE STAGNANT FOR A WHILE.UM, AND I, I RESPECT, UM, YOUR POINT DICK, BUT I, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS ENTIRELY.
KNOWING THE WHOLE HISTORY AND LISTENING TO THE MANY, UM, STRUGGLES THAT THE TOWN HAS, HAS THEIR PERSEVERANCE IS AMAZING TO GET THIS DONE.
WHEN THE DECISION WAS DECIDED TO SELL THE PORT AND NOBODY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, AND THAT IT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR ALL OF BUFORD COUNTY.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, MR. SURE.
UM, I DO SUPPORT THE EFFORT OF THE TOWN, UM, BUT I ALSO, UM, GOTTA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL, I THINK PAUL BLUFFTON WAS PUTTING TOGETHER MCIP AND I THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, OPTED OUT OF THAT AND I THINK COUNTY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE OPTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OUT OF IT.
UM, THAT'S WHERE I STAND AT THIS TIME.
UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, IN SUPPORTING THIS BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UM, YOUR OBJECTION TO IT AND THE IMPACT IT'S GONNA HAVE, UM, ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I THINK, UM, QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THE REVENUE STREAM COMING IN AND WHETHER THAT WOULD OFFSET IT, WHAT IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE.
I THINK HAVING THAT INFORMATION CAN HELP ME, UH, SUPPORT THE IDEA, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE OFFSET BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE THAT'S GONNA BE GENERATED FROM IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, UH, GIVEN, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST GONNA VOTE NO WITH THAT OBJECTION.
AND I'VE SHARED THAT I LIKE THE SUPPORT THE TOWN, I LOVE WHAT Y'ALL DOING.
I GET, I IUE YOU, YOU KNOW,
AND THIS WILL, UM, THIS PROPOSAL WILL EXCITE MORE ACTIVITY THIS FOR THIS WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I DO, UM, UH, LIKE WHAT Y'ALL ARE PROPOSING, BUT I WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE ANY REVENUE COMING, UM, AWAY FROM THIS TIFF HAS TO BE OFFSET.
AND A LOT OF TIME, IF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES COMING IN OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THAT WILL DEFINITELY OFFSET THE REVENUE COME THAT IS BEING GENERATED.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I, LET ME GIVE YOU A A AN EXAMPLE THAT'S NOT, LIST WAS NOT LISTED HERE, BUT THAT HAPPENED AT RY COUNTY.
HORRY COUNTY HAD AN MCIP AND THE MCIP WAS TO BUILD A, UM, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AROUND THE GOLF COURSES THERE IN HILTON HEAD, OR NOT HILTON HEAD, BUT UM, UH, MYRTLE BEACH.
AND THEY SAID THIS IS A GOOD DEAL FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA MAKE THESE BUILDING THESE, UH, CONDOS IF YOU WILL, UH, RENTAL PROPERTIES.
AND SO YOU'LL GET RENTAL PROPERTY TAXES, 6% TAXES ON ALL THESE BUILDINGS THAT WERE GONNA BE BUILT HERE.
AND THEY SHOWED HOW MUCH MONEY THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD GET ONCE THESE, UH, UM, BUILDINGS WERE SET UP AND PEOPLE STARTED RENTING THEM.
WELL, THEY, THEY DID THAT UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE WENT IN AND BOUGHT THESE CONDOS, THEY BOUGHT 'EM TO RETIRE THERE AND STAY THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF REVENUES YOU'RE GOING TO GET BECAUSE WHAT KIND OF, WHAT KIND OF BUSINESSES ARE YOU GONNA HAVE THERE? WHAT KIND OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ARE YOU GONNA HAVE THERE? RIGHT.
AND WHEN I HEARD COMMERCIAL, I DID NOT EQU, BUT THE COMMERCIAL IS COMMERCIAL, WE GET, WE GET TO 6%.
THAT EQUATE, I DID NOT EQUATE THAT TO, UM, UM, CONDOS, UH, 6%.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE OFFSET THE PROBLEM WAS FROM, FROM HORRY COUNTY IS THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA GET X NUMBER OF DOLLARS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT 'CAUSE IT BECAME 4%.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO AND HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE BEFORE YOU GET THAT REVENUE AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE IMPACT WILL SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
MR. BAR HOL YOU AND THEN I'LL GO AFTER THAT AND THEN WE, WE'LL GO AHEAD.
THIS IS NOT A A GOTCHA QUESTION.
UH, THIS IS GENUINE QUESTION ON MY PART.
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I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED THREE OR FOUR COUNTIES WHERE THE MCS HAVE FAILED TO BRING IN REVENUE AND THERE'S A SHORTFALL THERE.YOU MENTIONED IN THE HUNDREDS OF, CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YOU HAD MENTIONED THREE OR FOUR COUNTIES THAT HAD WHERE THEY, THE MCS HAVE FAILED AND, AND LEFT A SHORTFALL IN REVENUE.
DO YOU, AND LIKE I SAID, NOT A GOTCHA QUESTION, BUT DO YOU HAVE OTHER REFERENCES TO COUNTIES TO WHERE IT HAS ACTUALLY WORKED? NO, I DON'T.
AND, UH, I, I CAN GO IS I WENT ONLINE AND, AND LOOKED UP AND I, I DO KNOW THAT THE, ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, UH, CFOS HAVE SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE SAYING THAT THE MCS ARE HURTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TAKING REVENUE AWAY FROM, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO I DON'T, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ONE THAT HAS COME OUT, UH, IN A POSITIVE.
THAT, THAT WAS, LIKE I SAID, GENUINE QUESTION ON MY PART.
SO AGAIN, SO I'M GONNA ECHO WHAT MR. GLOVER SAID, NOT JUST BECAUSE THE BROWNS PULLED OFF A WING YESTERDAY.
SO ANYWAY, I'M GONNA ECHO, I USUALLY STAND WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THERE IS AN ABSENCE OF SOME DATA, AS MR. GLOVER SAID, BUT I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS AT THIS ROUND.
IF IT GOES FORWARD, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OTHER INFORMATION.
AND YOU MENTIONED TAKING IT TO YOUR FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO, UH, TO THE, UM, SCHOOL BOARD ITSELF.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS NOW AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST, I FIRST CAME ON EIGHT YEARS AGO, I THINK THE SCHOOL'S MILLAGE WAS JUST OVER A HUNDRED.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE NINETIES.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW MUCH IT HAS CHANGED IN THOSE EIGHT YEARS, UM, THAT, THAT'S COME ALONG.
UM, AND I FEEL OBLIGATION TO, UH, BOTH THAT COUNTY COUNCIL AND ALSO, UM, THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND, AND THE TOWN OF, UM, PORT ROYAL WHO APPROVED THIS AND ACTUALLY AGREED TO DO THIS BACK YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, I WILL VOTE AT THIS TIME TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
SO IF WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
WE, I WAS GONNA CLOSE IT, BUT GO AHEAD.
I, UM, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH THAT I CAME THROUGH AN ARROW WHERE A FORMER COUNTY COUNCILS ACTUALLY, UH, TOOK THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO, UH, KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUR DOG FIGHT WHEN IT CAME TO APPROVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET FROM 2004, PROBABLY TO ABOUT 2018, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
WE FINALLY GOT A COUNCIL WHERE WE, UH, WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S, UH, UH, UH, UH, BUDGET AND GOT THEM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOW, UH, PERFORMING AT, UM, UH, A SATISFIED STATE LEVEL.
UM, AND FOR US NOW TO, FOR ME TO CONSIDER THIS AS SUPPORTING ONE AT THE SACRIFICE OF ANOTHER, I THINK IS PROBLEMATIC FOR ME.
SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO NOT SUPPORT THIS AT THIS POINT AS WELL FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR US APPROVING THEIR BUDGET, WHICH, WHICH WE'LL WE'LL SEE.
ALRIGHT, MS. SARAH, IF YOU CAN JUST CALL THE, UH, ROLL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.
COMMITTEE, VICE CHAIR CUNNINGHAM? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARTHOLOMEW? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER? UH, NO AT THIS TIME.
AND SO THIS WILL MOVE THEN TO COUNTY COUNCIL, UM, FOR A FIRST READING.
AND AGAIN, IT TOOK US A LOT OF TIME TO COVER THAT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS AS WE DID.
[9.d. An Ordinance recommending approval of the 2% State Accommodations Awards as presented by the State Atax Committee. - Ken Guerra, Chair, Accommodations Tax (State 2%) Committee. (20 minutes) ]
LET'S MOVE ON NOW TO, UM, OUR, UH, D AND OUR AGENDA, UH, IN ORDINANCE FOR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A 2% STATE ACCOMMODATIONS AWARDS AS PRESENTED BY THE STATE AT TAX COMMITTEE.AND WE GOT KEN GUERRERA COMING UP, UH, MAKE THE MOTION CHAIR OF, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.
UM, SO MS. TABER MADE THE MOTION, IS THERE SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND THAT.
FOR STATE, FOR THE STATE AT TAX, THIS IS NOT COMMUNITY SERVICES? UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES? NO.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME IN THIS ONE.
ALRIGHT, MR. GR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AS MENTIONED, I AM PART OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, THAT REVIEWS THE AT TAX APPLICATIONS FOR THE
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2% STATE AT TAX GRANTS.WE'RE ALWAYS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF TABOO, UM, WHO IS WITH US ALL ALONG THE WAY, AS WELL AS BRIAN AND, AND BRITTANY AND SO MANY OTHERS FROM THE COUNTY THAT, THAT HELP.
UM, THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED 35 APPLICATIONS.
UH, ALL APPLICANTS ATTENDED A WORKSHOP WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALL THE, UH, CORRECT INFORMATION ACCOMPANIED THEIR APPLICATIONS THAT'S GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR.
THAT, UM, AT LEAST, UH, DURING MY EXPERIENCE THERE, UH, THERE WAS OVER $2.6 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS REQUESTED, UH, WITH 1.6 MILLION IN GRANTS AVAILABLE.
SO THE COMMITTEE, UM, OF COURSE SAW THE PRESENTATIONS.
EVERYBODY WAS RE ALL APPLICANTS WERE REQUIRED TO PRESENT.
UH, AND THEN WE MET SUBSEQUENTLY, UM, FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO TO, UH, TO DISCUSS AND THEN ULTIMATELY DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, FOR THE GRANTS WHICH WE HAVE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED.
I BELIEVE THOSE HAVE NOW BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UH, WE SUBMITTED THOSE ON OCTOBER 2ND.
AND SO I'M REALLY HERE TO, UH, SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION THAT NEON WANTS TO HAVE.
I WANNA START BY THANKING KEN.
HE DID THE ENTIRE WRITEUP THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, HE IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE'VE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS, BUT HE DID THE WRITEUP EXPLAINING WHY THIS WAS GIVEN, WHY THIS WASN'T GIVEN.
SO I WANNA APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU TOOK THE LEAD AND IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK AND I WANNA CALL COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AFTER YOU READ ALL THAT TO PAGE 77, BRITTANY PROVIDED YOU WITH, UM, WHAT WE HAVE GRANTED IN 24, 20 24, 20 25, AND NOW 2026.
SO YOU COULD SEE, UM, THEY LOOKED AT THE HISTORIC OF IT, WHAT WE'VE GRANTED LOOKED AT THE APPLICATIONS.
I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU WANNA PUT YOURSELF TO SLEEP, READ ALL THESE, THEY'RE IN A DROPBOX.
AM I NOT RIGHT KEN? THEY'RE VERY LENGTHY, THEY'RE VERY, UH, HARD TO GO THROUGH.
BUT YOU SEE THIS PAGE SHOWS YOU THE HISTORY OF THE GRANTS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS ONE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THIS WILL MOVE TO COUNTY COUNCIL.
IS UM, CAN WE APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED? SEEING NO OBJECTION.
UM, THIS WILL BE THEN MOVED TO COUNTY COUNCIL.
[9.e. An Ordinance Amending the FY2027 Budget for Carryover Purchase Orders (FISCAL IMPACT: The amendment increases FY2027 appropriations by $6,348,305.46. The amendment does not rely on a new tax or fee; the appropriations are funded from existing fund balances in the Parks and Recreation Impact Fee Fund Balance) - Sandy Novak, Finance Director, 5 minutes ]
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO E AND OUR AGENDA AND ORDINANCE AMENDING FIXED SCHOOL YEAR 2027, BUDGET FOR CARRIER PURCHASES, UH, ORDERED.AND UH, THIS AMOUNT FOR FISCAL 2027 IS $6,348,305 AND 46 CENTS.
AND IS THERE A SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND IT.
AND UH, WE GONNA HAVE MS, UH, SANDY NOVAK COME FORWARD.
AND IF YOU MAY INDULGE ME, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, UM, CORRECTION TO EARLIER WHAT GOES INTO CLEAR GOV IS WHAT IS ENTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
GOING OVER INTO MUNI AND ENDING UP IN THE WRONG ACCOUNT.
UH, THE BUDGET MANAGER SENT ME A MESSAGE AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT ANYWAY, UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS, UM, A CARRYOVER PURCHASE ORDER.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT ALLOCATES THE PARKS AND REC IMPACT FEES TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING BRACE PROJECT FOR WHICH PURCHASE ORDERS WERE NOT CORRECTLY ENTERED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO LINKS ALMOST 6.4 MILLION.
THE FUNDING FOR THE CARRYOVER ITEMS COMES FROM THE PARKS AND RECS IMPACT FEES, UM, FOR THE BRACE PROJECT, THE IN THE AMENDMENT INCREASES 2027 APPROPRIATIONS BY THE $6,348,305 AND 46 CENTS.
THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT RELY ON ANY NEW TAX OR FEE THE APPROPRIATIONS OR FUNDED FROM EXISTING FUND BALANCE IN THE PARKS AND REC IMPACT FEE FUND BALANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WOULD YOU JUST REMIND THE PUBLIC WHO MAY WATCH THIS WHAT BRACE STANDS FOR B-R-A-C-E IN CASE THEY DON'T READ? I MEAN, I COULD TELL YOU, BUT YES, PLEASE.
F**K WALTER RECREATION ATHLETIC COMPLEX EXPANSION, JUST SO THEY KNOW IT'S NOT ORTHOPEDICS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION YOU BROUGHT? FOLLOW ME.
AND I, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT, BUT DID YOU SAY IT WAS INPUT INCORRECTLY? WHAT, WHAT WAS THE, WELL, AS WITH THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT, THERE WERE SOME, THERE ARE SOME PURCHASE ORDERS.
SO WHERE COUNSEL HAS APPROVED A PROJECT, THEY CROSS YEARS.
IF THEY'RE NOT IN A MULTI-YEAR FUND, THEY EITHER NEED TO BE ON A CARRY FORWARD PO WHICH MEANS
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YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE THAT THEY CARRY FORWARD OR THEY NEED TO BE BUDGETED INTO THE NEW YEAR.AND THERE WAS, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH SOME POS THAT WERE NEITHER, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION? UH, WE WILL APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE? SEEING NO OBJECTION, THIS WILL BE APPROVED.
[9.f. An Ordinance to reallocate remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in the amount of $1,545,454.47 towards existing projects as obligated to the Department of Treasury. (FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are moving within the already obligated projects. No additional fiscal impact) - Sandy Novak, Director of Finance (5 min) ]
AND LET'S MOVE ON THEN.UM, TO F AN ORDINANCE TO REALLOCATE REMAINING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ARPA FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,545,454 AND 47 CENTS TOWARDS EXISTING PROJECTS AS OBLIGATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE MS. UH, NOVAK, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AGAIN, IT'S ALL MOVED.
AND, UH, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
SO AS I ALLUDED TO DURING MY REPORT, THE LE LOKO WATER PROJECT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET.
THE WORKFORCE HOUSING HAD TO BE LIMITED EARLY ON, BUT THEY CAN USE THIS COST SAVINGS IN THAT PROJECT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE COST SAVINGS OVER TO WORKFORCE HOUSING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MS? GO AHEAD.
I, I KNOW SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WERE DISCUSSED WITH, UM, CLAUDE HICKS AND, AND HIS, ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT HAPPEN AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE.
MAYBE I, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED, BUT I KNOW YOU MET WITH, UM, MS. NICOLE MET WITH HER, UH, LAST WEEK.
UH, WE DISCUSSED THREE PRIMARY AREAS.
ONE IS A PREPAYMENT OF ANNUAL FEES, UH, FROM THE COUNTY.
THE SECOND WOULD BE, UH, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS FUNDS FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AND THE THIRD WOULD BE HOME REPAIR FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
UH, I WANNA STRESS THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR OTHER ENTITIES, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY WANTED TO SEE IT AND EVERYBODY WAS DIFFERENT.
THEY WANTED DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS, THEY WANTED DIFFERENT INCOME VERIFICATIONS.
SO WE ARE FLEXIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE IT ALREADY.
WE'RE ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THE REPORTING FOR ARPA.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT ON THE $600,000 YOU ALL GAVE TO CCDC SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
UH, SO WE TOLD THE COUNTY THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD IN WHATEVER WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE FUNDS GO.
UH, THIS CAN MAKE A HUGE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.
YES, THE ARPA FUNDS ARE REQUIRED TO BE SPENT FULLY BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
I SEE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE BUT PREPAID BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THE HOMES REPAIRED IN THAT TIME WITH ANY CONTRACTORS PAID ON TIME.
UH, SO THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEE IT DOING IS WE PREPAY OUR DUES.
WELL, I WOULD DEFER TO THE LAWYERS AND THE EXPERTS IF THAT'S THE WAY THAT THEY SAY DO IT.
THEN WHAT WE COULD DO IS PREPAY IT AND THEN WE WILL RESERVE THOSE FUNDS FOR COUNTY PRO, UM, PROGRAMS ONLY.
YEAH, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE FOR JARED.
UM, IF WE ARE TRANSFERRING THE MONEY FROM THE ARPA ACCOUNT TO YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOU HAVE PROJECTS LISTED FOR THEM, THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ALLOCATING THE FUNDS.
IN MY EYES, IT'D BE NO DIFFERENT THAN US CARRYING MONEY OVER FROM 26 TO 27 BECAUSE THE PROJECT ISN'T COMPLETE.
SO IF WE HAVE IT ALREADY MARKED FOR A PROJECT OR A SPECIFIC USE, WE ARE EXPENDING THE FUNDS TO THE OUTLET THAT, THAT WE INTEND TO USE THEM AS LONG AS THEY GO TOWARDS THOSE LISTED 1, 2, 3 ITEMS. WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE THEN WITH THE ARPA RULES.
UM, THE COUNTY, BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL HAVE EXPENDED R RPA FUNDS AND DESIGNATE THEM FOR PURPOSE APPROPRIATE USE.
AND THEN IT WILL BE THE ENTITY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOUSING TRUST FUND TO EXPEND THEM PER THE DIRECTED USE.
I GUESS OUR JOB NOW IS AFTER THIS GOES TO COUNCIL, IS JUST TO HAVE, WHAT ARE THE 1, 2, 3 THINGS THAT THIS HAS TO GO TOWARDS.
SO ON OUR SIDE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE DISTRIBUTING THESE FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS THESE THREE PROJECTS OR TWO PROJECTS IN FEES, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT FITS IN THE PREDETERMINED FUNDS THAT WE SAID PRIOR TO 2024, WHICH IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO SUB ALLOCATE WITHIN THAT, WE CAN DO THAT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'LL COME FORWARD.
SO THIS IS, UH, UH, A ORDINANCE VERSION.
SO THIS IS THAT, UH, COMMITTEE.
IT'LL COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL WITH THREE READINGS AND WE CAN SPECIFY THAT INTERNAL TO THAT ORDINANCE.
UH, MR. BAR FOLLOWING AND MR. GLOVER, UM, YOU SAID THE LECO WATERLINE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET.
IT'S STILL IN A CONSTRUCTION, ISN'T IT? YEAH, SO, UM, THEY PUT IT OUT TO, IT HASN'T COMPLETED YET.
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INTEND TO HAVE IT FULLY COMPLETED BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST, BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR BUDGET.UM, THEY'VE GOT CONTINGENCY AND THEN, SO THEY LOOKED AT HOW MUCH THEY HAD AND HOW MUCH WE HAD PRE-APPROVED MINUS WHAT THEIR FUTURE EXPENDITURES.
IT'S ACTUALLY, SINCE THIS, UH, AGENDA'S BEEN POSTED, THEY'VE COME BACK WITH ANOTHER VERSION OF WHAT THEY DON'T NEED AND THE NUMBER'S GOING TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT'LL BE $1,646,081 AND 17 CENTS.
SO AS IT MOVES FROM FINANCE TO FIRST READING, WE'LL MAKE THAT UPDATE.
I'LL COME BACK 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, BUT GO AHEAD MR. DAWSON.
UH, JARED, CLARIFY THIS FOR ME BECAUSE WE HAD TWO PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE VICINITY OF THE LUCO SITE.
UM, CURRENTLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE WATER LINE THAT'S GOING, UH, DOWN MORGAN ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE LUCO SITE.
BUT, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE FUNDS ALLOCATED THROUGH OPERA TO RUN WATER LINES, UH, PAST MORGAN ROAD TO THE OLD RAILROAD TRACK, RAILROAD BED THAT LEADS INTO THE BACKSIDE OF THE LUCO SITE TO THOSE TWO PARCELS THAT WE BOUGHT THERE.
IS THIS, WHICH IS THIS, SO THIS IS THE MORGAN, UM, ROAD WATERLINE PROJECT TO THE LEKO COMPONENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ADDED THAT TO THIS PROJECT AND IT WAS ALL ONE PROJECT.
I'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND WE'LL CONFIRM, UM, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TELLING YOU THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE, THE ONE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEAUFORT JASPER ACTIVELY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO I'LL CONFIRM THE, THE LIBI COMPONENT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WITH THE MORGAN ROAD COMPONENT.
SO IS IT, IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MOR, THE MORGAN ROAD IS IN PROCESS NOW? YOU CAN SEE THEM WORKING AND YOU SEE THEM EXTEND THE, THE LINES.
UH, DOES JUST BEAUFORD JASPER EXTEND A PLAN TO CUT OFF OF THAT AND GO OVER TO THE PARK? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'LL CONFIRM.
WE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT PROVIDING THE COST SAVING.
NO, THE COST SAVINGS IS THAT THEY, WE HAD 4.5, $4.2 MILLION PROGRAM FOR THIS.
AND THAT WAS BASED OFF OF THEIR ESTIMATES THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US.
THE BIDS CAME IN AT, UM, 2.1 MILLION.
SO IT WAS MUCH REDUCED VERSUS THEIR OWN PROVIDED COST ESTIMATE.
SO THAT PLUS THE ENGINEERING WORK AND THE CONTINGENCY IS THE FULL VALUE OF THEIR WORK, WHICH IS 2.7 MILLION.
AND THEN THE DELTA BETWEEN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4.2 AND 2.7 IS, IS WHAT WE'RE HARVESTING BACK.
LET US, LET US MAKE SURE IN ADDITION TO THE WA UH, MORGAN ROAD WATERLINE THAT THE LUKO SITE WILL ALSO BE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE WE RELEASE THESE FUNDS TO ANY OTHER ENTITIES.
WE CAN, WE CAN VERIFY THAT AND BEFORE WE COME BACK TO FIRST READING, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT ANSWER GOOD ENOUGH.
WHENEVER YOU GAVE YOUR ARPA REPORT AT THE PART OF THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING, IT WAS 3.7, WE STILL HAD UN REMAINING FUNDS THAT WEREN'T SPENT YET.
SO ALL THESE FUNDS GONNA BE SPENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THE 3.7 'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS NOW.
SO WE HAVE THREE READINGS TO APPROVE THIS TO BE PAID BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS, IS LEAVE MONEY ASIDE.
SO THAT ONE KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD.
I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE A 3.7, UM, FOR THAT.
SO WHERE DO WE SET NOW WITH REMAINING FUNDS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE ALL SPENT? YES, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER, SANDY AND MYSELF AND OTHERS.
AND SO THE 3.7 INCLUDES THIS ONE POINT, IT SAYS 1.4, THAT WAS THE EARLIER VERSION, NOW IT'S 1.5, BUT I JUST SAID 1.6 IS THE VERSION.
SO ONCE WE DECIDE WHERE THIS MONEY'S GOING, IF IT'S GOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEN THAT WOULD BE EXPENDED AND THAT WOULD COME OFF THAT 3.7.
THE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THE BIG ONE IS 1.4, WHICH IS THE HANGERS AT, AT BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE.
WE'RE CONFIDENT IN THAT AS WELL AS, UM, THE OTHER ONES WE'VE TOUCHED BASE WITH ALL, UM, WE HAVE TO TOUCH BASE WITH THE BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOUSING PROJECT, BUT BEYOND THAT, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THOSE 3.7, INCLUDING WHAT HAPPENS HERE WITH THIS 1.6, WILL BE EXPENDED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS REALLY ONE OF, UM, THE FUNDS BEING EXPENDED, UM, PROPERLY, UM, BY LAW.
SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE, UH, WHATEVER HAPPENS, UM, WHETHER IT'S PREPAID, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, IS DONE BY LAW.
BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE ARE SUBJECT TO THAT MONEY.
IF THE GOVERNMENT SAYS YOU DIDN'T DO IT APPROPRIATELY.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED.
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THE OTHER THING I'M CONCERNED THAT CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT I ALSO WAS AT THE BEAUFORT JASPER WATER AUTHORITY AND THEY DID A PROJECT, UM, ON ST.HELENA FOR THE PENN CENTER, AND IT CAME UNDER BUDGET.
THEY'RE EXTREMELY UNDER BUDGETED AND, UM, CAME UNDER BUDGET.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT I DON'T SEE ON THE SHEET RIGHT HERE.
UM, BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED BEFORE THE 31ST OF DECEMBER.
THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT MOVING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WHATEVER AND STUFF.
BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM IF IF IT'S NOT DONE BY LAW, THEN COUNCIL IS GONNA BE SUBJECT TO RECLA RECLAIMING OR REPAYING THOSE FUNDS.
AND SO AS, AS I'M DOING THIS QUARTERLY REPORT, WHICH IS DUE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, I AM GOING PROJECT BY PROJECT AND LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF HOW WE DID EACH ONE OF THEM, AND IT'S TAKING ME A MINUTE, BUT I AM CONFIRMING THAT IT IS UNDER THE RIGHT CATEGORY AND THAT IT IS ALLOWABLE COST AT THE TIME THAT PROJECT WAS APPROVED BECAUSE THERE WERE MULTIPLE INTERIM FINAL RULES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW BEEN TO HAVE IT INTERIM.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY NOW.
SO I'M NOT WORRYING ABOUT THAT PART.
YEAH, I'M JUST WORRYING ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE FUNDS.
THERE WAS A DEADLINE THAT IT HAD TO BE SPENT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WANTED THAT MONEY TO BE IN THE, UM, UM, BE CIRCULATED THROUGH WAGES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BY DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, BECAUSE IF THE GOVERNMENT COMES BACK AND DO THE AUDIT AND THEY SAY TO US, TWO YEARS FROM NOW YOU DID NOT APPROPRIATE OR SPEND THIS MONEY CORRECTLY, THEN THIS COUNCIL IS SUBJECT TO THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GO TO, TO UH, UH, UM, UM, THE TRUST, THE HOUSING TRUST AND SAY, HEY, GIVE US BACK THAT MONEY.
NO, THEY, THEY WOULD ABSOLUTELY COME BACK TO US.
THAT'S ALL I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND EACH AND EVERY YEAR, ARPA HAS BEEN AUDITED UNDER OUR SINGLE AUDIT.
UM, AND IT WAS MAJOR THIS YEAR.
IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE A MAJOR FUND.
IT'S GOING TO, BUT WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT THERE FOR SOME TRANSPARENCY, I BELIEVE.
BUT, UM, EACH YEAR IT'S BEEN AUDITED FOR COMPLIANCE.
NO, I, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT BEING IN COMPLIANCE.
I THINK YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE MM-HMM
WHICH YOU'LL EXPENDITURE, BUT I THINK THAT DEADLINE YES.
MR. DAW, YOUR LAST 'CAUSE WE HAVE FOUR MORE ITEMS TO GO AND WE NEED TO GET THIS, KEEP THIS MOVING.
SO I, I, I JUST WANNA GO ON RECORD TO SAY THAT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US, UH, UH, OF RELEASING THESE FUNDS TO THE, UM, UH, HOUSING TRUST, HOUSING TRUST.
BUT I WANT ASSURANCE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS, UH, UH, AVAILABLE TO GET THOSE THAT WATERLINE INTO THE, THE LOKO SITE THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THIS, UH, OPERA PROCESS.
UM, DO WE NEED TO HAVE A ROLL CALL? IS THIS GONNA BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S DO A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR CUNNINGHAM? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARTHOLOMEW? NO.
[9.g. An Ordinance to Repeal, Replace and Add Additional Policies to the Beaufort County Code of Ordinances Chapter 2, Article VII, Division 4 (Beaufort County Purchasing Ordinance). (FISCAL IMPACT: ) - Mr. Moore County Administrator 10 minutes]
UM, LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO OUR NEXT ITEM, G AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL, REPLACE AND ADD ADDITIONAL POLICIES TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES.CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE SEVEN, DIVISION FOUR, BEAUFORT COUNTY PURCHASING ORDINANCE.
IS THERE A SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND.
AND THEN, UH, MR. MOORE IS GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION HE HAS ONLINE TODAY.
SO, MR. MOORE, UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMITTEE, CHAIR AND, AND, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, VICTORIA'S THERE I SEE UP FRONT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS ON WHAT WE'RE, UM, ATTEMPTING TO DO.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE IS WE'VE BEEN OPERATING WITH THE, UH, THE NEW, UM, PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, FOR APPROXIMATELY, UH, TWO YEARS.
SO WE'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS OVER TIME.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO, UH, ADDRESS OR IS THE DEFINITION OF A CONTRACT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S, UH, IN THE RED LINE VERSION, UH, TO DEFINE THAT.
UH, IT'S AN AGREEMENT REGARDLESS OF TITLE OF FORM IN, INTO, FOR THE, UH, ENTERED
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INTO FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF DE OR DISPOSAL OF SERVICES, SUPPLIES, PROPERTY OR CONSTRUCTION.AND THE, THESE AGREEMENTS WOULD BE LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENTS THAT OBLIGATE THE PARTIES TO ADHERE TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH.
WE ALSO, UH, AND FURTHER DOWN WE, UM, DEFINE, UH, SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS, UH, MORE THOROUGHLY.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THOSE THERE.
I WON'T HIT 'EM ALL INDIVIDUALLY, BUT JUST TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL AS COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AND, UH, PURCHASE ORDER REQUIREMENTS.
WE, UH, WE ADDRESS, UH, UM, UH, PROCUREMENT RESPONSIBILITIES IN SECTION 2 5 0 6 C, UH, OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AND DELEGATION OF THAT AUTHORITY AND, UH, WHERE THAT'S GONNA LIE.
UH, SECTION TWO DASH FIVE 11 SMALL PURCHASES.
UM, WHAT THIS IS, IS VENDORS WHO SUBMIT QUOTES MUST BE REGISTERED, UH, WITH THE COUNTY AND OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SYSTEM WITH A VALID VENDOR NUMBER TO ASSURE THAT, UH, IT'S A, A LEGITIMATE COMPANY THAT WANTS TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY, UM, SECTION TWO DASH 504, EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT.
UM, AND THAT WE ARE MORE CLEARLY DEFINING THAT, THAT, UH, IT WOULD ADDRESS ONLY IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL WORK THAT'S FOUND BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE EMERGENCY REPAIR, THAT THAT MUST BE, UH, COMPETITIVELY, UH, SOLICITED.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE GET INTO CHANGE ORDERS.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT, UH, WE'VE DISCUSSED AMONGST THE STAFF IS THAT, UH, IF A CONTRACT, UH, VALUE IS OVER THE THRESHOLD AND THERE'S A CHANGE ORDER BEYOND CONTINGENCY, THAT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO THE APPROPRIATE, UH, BODY FOR APPROVAL, WHETHER THAT BE A COMMITTEE OR COUNSEL.
AND SO WE DEFINE THAT AND THAT, UH, FUNDS REQUEST AN EXCESS OF A 10%, UH, CONTINGENCY MUST RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL.
AND, UH, IF IT'S LESS THAN THAT, THEN IF IT'S WITHIN THE, UH, CONTINGENCY, THEN THAT COULD BE APPROVED, UM, INTERNALLY BY PROCUREMENT SERVICES AND THE BUDGET, UH, DIRECTOR.
AND THEN ANY CHANGE ORDER, UH, WELL CHANGE ORDERS THAT EXCEED THE TOTAL BUDGETED PROJECT AMOUNT, UH, TO INCLUDE ANY CONTINGENCIES WOULD, WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME BACK, UH, FOR THE APPROPRIATE APPROVAL.
SO THOSE ARE THE MAJOR POINTS AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR ANY DISCUSSION THERE.
VICTORIA CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFICS IF THERE ARE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MOORE? I HAVE ONE, PLEASE.
ON PAGE 92, YOU CREATED A NEW WORD.
IT SAYS INSPECTIVE, IT'S IRRESPECTIVE, BUT, AND I USED TO BE A SECRETARY, SO THAT'S THE BUGS ME.
IT'S ON PAGE 92 OF YOUR PACKET.
I DO LIKE THE ADDITION TO THE EXEMPTIONS.
I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY, UM, APPROPRIATE ONES YOU PUT IN THERE.
I QUESTIONED THE ONE ABOUT ADVERTISEMENTS ON BILLBOARDS AND SO ON, BUT, ALRIGHT.
AND, UM, THE LICENSE AGREEMENTS FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE AFTER THE SOFTWARE'S BEEN PURCHASED, I THINK IS A GOOD EXEMPTION AS WELL.
AND THEN I'D LIKE THE CHANGE ORDER LANGUAGE.
I THINK THAT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE TO PUT IN.
AND THIS WILL, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, CORRECT? SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THREE READINGS.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THREE MORE READINGS OF THIS.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE, UM, ALRIGHT, NO MORE.
SO I'D ASK US TO APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NO OBJECTION.
[9.h. A Resolution to Approve Recommendations to Award FY27 Community Services Grant Program Funds in the Amount of $398,000 to Community Services Organizations (FISCAL IMPACT: Awarding $398,000 of funds which Council appropriated in FY26 to community services organizations. Together for Beaufort County/Public Welfare Subsidies 1000-50-1598-55000.) - Sandy Novak, Finance Director (10 minutes) ]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN.UM, UH, H RESOLUTION TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO AWARD FISCAL YEAR 27 COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT FUNDS TO THE AMOUNT OF 398,000 TO COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND, UM, UH, THERE'D BE COUNCIL APPROPRIATED IN 2026 TO COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TOGETHER FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC WELFARE SUBSIDIES.
ALRIGHT, MS. NOVAK, YOU'RE GONNA HANDLE THIS ONE AS WELL.
YOU NEED A MOTION? OH, I NEED A MOTION, PLEASE.
MAY I EXCUSE MYSELF? YES, SIR.
SO, COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM IN 2013, FISCAL YEAR 27.
COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM OPENED ON JUNE, JUNE 29TH AND CLOSED ON AUGUST 28TH.
PANEL MEMBERS INCLUDED REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY NEXUS, CARE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 50 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED.
THE MEMBERS RE REVIEWED 47 QUALIFYING GRANT APPLICATIONS.
THEY WERE GIVEN A SCORING MATRIX AND INSTRUCTIONS TO RANK EACH APPLICATION WITH A SCORING RANGE FROM ONE TO 10 ON THE FIVE CATEGORIES, FINANCIAL STABILITY PROGRAM, IMPACT, EQUITY CAPACITY AND COLLABORATION.
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THE COMMITTEE REALLY FOCUSED ON OF LIFE FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ENHANCING WELLBEING AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS.THE PANEL MEMBERS MET ON SEPTEMBER 21ST AND REVIEWED EACH APPLICATION IN REGARD TO THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
ANY QUESTIONS, MS. DEVENA? GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA SAY.
UM, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF EXPENDING THESE FUNDS FOR NONPROFITS.
I HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE DON'T ASK PEOPLE TO PAY PROPERTY TAX.
WE REQUIRE THEM TO PAY PROPERTY TAX.
AND THEN WE DIDN'T ASK THEM IF WE SHOULD GIVE THESE GRANTS OUT.
SO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS AND ALSO, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF THESE ARE.
KEN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO WRITE UP A BLURB OF EVERY ONE.
I HAVE NO IDEA OTHER THAN THE BUFORD LIONS, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT, BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE REST OF THESE ARE FOR.
WE'RE GONNA SPEND ALMOST $400,000 NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE THAT MONEY'S GOING.
AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT BEFORE THIS GOES TO COUNCIL AND ANY OF THE TIME IN THE FUTURE, THERE SHOULD BE A WRITEUP.
WHAT IS A FATHER'S PLACE? WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR? WHAT IS THE MONEY $5,000 TO BE USED FOR WITHOUT THAT? I, I'M NOT GONNA VOTE ON THIS.
AND I'VE SAID BEFORE WHY I WOULDN'T VOTE ON THIS, BUT THERE'S NO DETAIL HERE OTHER THAN WHO'S GETTING MONEY.
AND IT SAYS HUMANS AND IT SAYS HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONVENED THE DIVERSE PANEL.
THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD CONVENE THE PANEL, UH, FINANCE, WELL FINANCE COMMUNITY, AND UM, AND HUMAN SERVICES WORK TOGETHER TO DO IT.
THIS JUST SAYS HUMAN SERVICES DID IT IN THE YEAH, THAT IS AN ERROR.
THAT'S IT RIGHT IN THE PACKET HERE.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN FIX THAT BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER I I I'LL YIELD TO, I MEAN, I FOLLOW AFTER MR. CUNNINGHAM, MR. CUNNINGHAM AND MR. YES.
UH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, IF THIS DOES GO TO COUNCIL WITHOUT MORE INFORMATION, I MEAN I'M GONNA OPPOSE IT TODAY TOO, SO NO MATTER WHAT, BUT, UM, IF IT DOES NOT, IF WE RENT THE SAME SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO COUNSEL, I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE MOVE HIS TO A SEPARATE ONE.
I'VE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT'S A NECESSITY THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
YEAH, MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT, UM, UH, I DO AGREE THAT, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE MORE DEFINITION OF THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS, UH, OTHER THAN THE AMOUNT.
BUT I WILL COMMENT ABOUT ONE THAT'S ON HERE AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.
HELENA GULLAH COMMUNITY HOUSING PROJECT.
UM, THEY'RE REHABBING A LOT OF HOMES, UM, IN MY COMMUNITY AND THAT'S BEEN A GOOD THING IN THE LIST OF HOMES THERE IS MUCH GREATER THAN THE FUNDS THAT THEY DO HAVE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE DOING SOME GREAT WORK WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, SOME VERY PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE, UH, IN GETTING HOMES, UH, REHAB.
AND IT'S CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM IN THAT THE TAXES ARE GOING UP IN THESE HOMES.
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I HAVE ONE MORE THING.
SO YOU HAVE BEAUFORT LYONS EYE HEALTH FOUNDATION, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LIONS VISION SERVICES.
AND ONE OF THEM, I'M SURE WAS FOR THE MACHINE, BUT WITHOUT ANY DATA.
I DON'T HAVE ANY DIFFERENT, YEAH, HERE'S THAT GUY FROM THE LIONS.
ONE OF THEM WAS FOR THE MACHINE.
WHICH ONE IS THAT? THE HEALTH FOUNDATION? YEAH.
SO THE, THE BEAUFORT LIONS EYE HEALTH.
EYE HEALTH IS OUR LOCAL FOUNDATION AND WE'RE THE ONES THAT DO ALL THE SCREENINGS AND THAT'S THE LIONS VISION SERVICES.
THE LIONS VISION SERVICES IS AN AFFILIATE.
IT'S A STATE LEVEL ORGANIZATION.
AND LAST YEAR THERE WAS A SURGERY PAID FOR I, I KNOW FOR HILTON HAD.
SO THEY, THEY, THEY WILL ACTUALLY PAY FOR SURGERIES.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE FUNDS, Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE FUNDED THEM BEFORE, BUT WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF SISTER ORGANIZATIONS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DONATE TO LVS AND WE FIND THE PROBLEMS. AND THEN LVS FOR THE FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE SURGERIES, THEY PAY FOR THE SURGERIES.
THIS KIND OF INFORMATION IS MISSING.
IT LOOKED LIKE REDUNDANCY TO ME.
AND YOU, YOU CAN SEE IN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM THAT, UM, IT HAS TO BE THE ONLY, UM,
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ONLY ONE APPLICATION PER ORGANIZATION.THESE ARE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE TWO SEPARATE EIN NUMBERS.
AND, UM, IT HAS TO BE USED WITHIN BEAUFORT FOR BEAUFORT, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENCE.
AND, AND WE WILL, UM, YOU HAVEN'T MET MISS, UH, SHERRY BUDZINSKI.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE FINANCE OFFICE.
WE'VE TRAINED HER UP, AND THEN SHE'S GOING TO BE GOING AND DOING, UM, UH, SHE'S GONNA BE A PROJECT MANAGER OVER IN FACILITIES, BUT THIS WEEK SHE'S STILL IN FINANCE AND, UM, SAT THROUGH ALL OF THOSE COMMITTEE MAM MEETINGS AND CAN SUMMARIZE THESE UP FOR YOU.
MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? ALL RIGHT.
JUST QUICKLY, UM, THE HILTON HEAD LIBRARY, UM, IS THIS THE PLACE WHERE THEY SHOULD PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR HELP FOR FUNDING IN THE HILTON HEAD LIBRARY? I THINK IT'S CALLED THE HILTON HEAD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
UM, THEY DO A LOT OF, UM, WORK WITH HEIRS PROPERTY, HELPING THEM, UM, RESEARCH THEIR, UM, THEIR FAMILY HISTORY.
UM, IS THIS THE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST? 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE THEIR NAME ON THE LIST, JUST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT TODAY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THEY NEEDED ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HELP THEM.
AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE JUST TO HELP PAY FOR, UM, THINGS LIKE BIRTH CERTIFICATES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THAT COST THEM IN THAT PROCESS.
THEY DO IT FOR FREE, BUT THERE'S A LOW COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHETHER COMING THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY NEED TO CHANNEL THAT APPLICATION REQUEST.
SO IF YOU GO ONLINE AND IT'S STILL AVAILABLE THAT YOU CAN SEE IT.
IF YOU GO ONTO OUR COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER HUMAN SERVICES, YOU CAN SEE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM AND YOU CAN SEE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE CRITERIA FOR THEM.
I'LL JUST ASK THEM TO DO THAT.
I I'M NOT GOING TO PUBLICLY MAKE A STATEMENT WHETHER OR NOT THEY QUALIFY, BUT ALRIGHT, LET'S, UM, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE QUESTION TO ORDER.
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT IS, WAIT, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARTHOLOMEW? YES.
COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR CUNNINGHAM? NO.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS LEFT I ON OUR AGENDA, AND THEN THE ONE THAT WE ADDED, UM, IN THE, UM, UH, AGENDA, UM, UH, AMENDMENT.
[9.i. Approval of a $30,000 Grant from the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation to Project Memorial (FISCAL IMPACT: $30,000.00 from the County’s Site & Job Fund (Current Balance: $2,753,000) The grant will be governed by a performance agreement, and the recipient must submit an annual report to BCEDC on the investment progress and jobs created by the grant anniversary date.) - John O’Toole, Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation (BCEDC)]
UM, SO LET'S GO INTO I, AND THAT IS APPROVAL OF A $30,000 GRANT FROM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PROJECT MEMORIAL.UM, AND, UM, UH, WE DO HAVE MR. JOHN O'TOOLE THAT'S COMING UP TO SPEAK BEFORE.
SO ON THIS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? MS. BROWN'S A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, MR. OUL, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THIS GRANT, UH, REPRESENTS $30,000 TO A, UH, A TRUSTED, UM, UH, INVESTOR IN IMPORTANT HEALTHCARE PARTNER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
UH, WHAT THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF IS MAKING A, UH, 29, UH, NEARLY $30 MILLION INVESTMENT.
THESE PROJECTS WILL CREATE 70 FULL-TIME JOBS, AVERAGE COMPENSATION, UH, 89 OVER $89,000 A YEAR.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH IS ANY, ANY GRANTS MADE TO NONPROFITS HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL, UH, BASED ON THE JOB.
SO THIS AVERAGE IS OUT TO ABOUT $429, UH, PER JOB, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, BELOW OUR, OUR GUIDELINE 2000 REASON BEING THAT, UH, BEING A TRUSTED PARTNER OF BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP, UH, THEY ENCOUNTERED, UH, SOME EXPENSES WITH IM, UH, DOING SITE WORK AT, UH, AT THE SITES THAT, UH, UH, A COST A BUMP OF ABOUT 30,000.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS IN A, UH, A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE WAY.
THE PAYBACK ON THIS, AS YOU LOOK AT THE IMPACT REPORT, WHICH I UH, BELIEVE IS IN YOUR PACKET, SHOWS THAT THE PAYBACK ON THIS GRANT
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IS ONE YEAR.SO IT'S, UH, UH, WELL IN OUR INTEREST AS A COMMUNITY TO FUND THIS GRANT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MR. O'TOOLE A GREAT DESCRIPTION.
UH, I'M SEEING NO QUESTIONS, NO MORE DISCUSSION.
WE WILL APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NO OBJECTIONS? UM, THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED.
CHAIRMAN, UH, I GUESS A MOMENT OF PER, UM, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IF, IF I CAN, CAN MAKE IT QUICK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M GONNA SEE MR. O'TOOLE AGAIN, BUT GODSPEED WITH YOUR NEW ENDEAVOR.
UM, I, I WILL MISS YOU HERE IN THIS COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
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MOVE ON THEN TO, UM, OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.AND THIS WAS ADDED, UM, TO THE AGENDA, UH, BY MS. TABER.
UH, I'VE BEEN APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL IN UNANIMOUS VOTE, AND THAT IS, LET ME FIND IT.
DO YOU HAVE THE, UH, YEAH, IT'S THE RESOLUTION 2026, WHATEVER.
UM, UM, SO I NEED, UH, UM, RESOLUTION TO AMEND CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION A OF THE RULES OF COUNTY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH A 30 MINUTE MAXIMUM DURATION FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CLARIFY SPEAKER TIME LIMITS AND ZONING PRESENTATIONS PROVISION.
UM, AND AGAIN, UH, WHEREAS SECTION FOUR DASH NINE DASH ONE 10 OF SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS AUTHORIZED AS COUNTY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH ITS OWN RULES NOR BUSINESS AND WHEREAS TO BEFOR COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTED ITS RULES AND PROCEDURES ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1989, WHICH HAVE BEEN AMENDED OVER TIME.
AND WHEREAS THE COUNTY COUNCIL PERIODICALLY REVIEWS AND UPDATES ITS INTERNAL RULES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, ORDER AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
AND WHEREAS THE COUNTY COUNCIL DESIRES TO AMEND CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION A GOVERNING PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ESTABLISH A 30 MINUTE MAXIMUM DURATION PER HEARING WHILE RETAINING REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, A THREE MINUTE SPEAKER PER SPEAKER AND A 15 MINUTE FOR ZONING PRESENTATIONS.
UM, AND AGAIN, SO THIS IS, UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO, TO PUT FORWARD? YES.
AND, UM, ON THE FLOOR SOME, SOMEBODY MADE THE MOTION.
I THOUGHT I DIDN'T, SHE SECOND IT.
THIS IS TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS IT.
THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AS YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR.
WE JUST DISCUSSED IT IN DEPTH AT OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
SEEMS LIKE FOREVER AGO, BUT I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK.
SO THIS IS, UM, FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF 'EM THIS YEAR THAT HAVE GONE QUITE LENGTHY.
AND THIS WILL PUT SOME TIME LIMITS.
THIS IS OUR, OUR CLERK OF COUNCIL.
MRS. BROCK HAS DONE RESEARCH ON THIS.
SHE PROVIDED ALL OF US WITH THAT INFORMATION.
AND WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU WAS THE CONSENSUS FROM OUR MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT FORWARD.
THAT WAS EXECUTIVE, IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC THAT WE DISCUSSED.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION, MR. BROTH? ALL OF YOU? I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF.
I, I JUST, I DISAGREE WITH THE, THE, I KNOW IT WAS DISCUSSED, BUT IT WASN'T A FULL CONSENSUS.
UH, BUT I DISAGREE WITH THE, THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT PER SPEAKER.
UM, I ALSO DISAGREE WITH THE 30 MINUTE MAXIMUM DURATION.
I KNOW WE CAN EXTEND IT, BUT, UM, I, I PERSONALLY THINK IF PEOPLE ARE GONNA SHOW UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING, WE, WE OUGHT TO DEVOTE MORE TIME TO IT AND GIVE THE INDIVIDUALS MORE TIME TO SPEAK.
DO YOU WANNA AMEND THIS? NO, I'M JUST, I'M JUST VOTING NO ON IT.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? AND THIS WOULD BE AN ORDINANCE.
RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION, MR. CHAIR.
BUT I WOULD ASK THAT A COMMITTEE MEMBER MAKE AMENDMENT TO ADD THE PERTINENT LANGUAGE FROM THAT LAST WAREHOUSE CLAUSE AND PLACE IT DOWN UNDER THE NOW THEREFORE, SO IT'S A RESOLVE.
SO WE KNOW WHAT THE CHANGE THAT YOU RESOLVED THERE.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE TO AMEND CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION A GOVERNING PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ESTABLISH A 30 MINUTE MAXIMUM DURATION PER HEARING WHILE RETAINING REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
A THREE MINUTE LIMIT PER SPEAKER AND 15 MINUTES FOR ZONING PRESENTATIONS.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT EFFECTIVE IN THE NOW.
THEREFORE, SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD THEN IF FOR SOME MORE DISCUSSION, VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
WE'LL GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL AFTERWARDS FOR A RESOLUTION.
SO 1, 1, 1, UH, UH, VOTE, UH, TO COUNTY COUNCIL.
UM, UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT? MR. BHA THO IS THE ONLY OBJECTION.
ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS? SEEING NO OBJECTION.
WE WILL APPROVE IT WITH ONE OBJECTION.
AND THEN LET'S GO ON TO THE, UM, THE AMENDMENT, UM, THE AMENDED AMENDMENT.
UM, AND UM, IS THIS, UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT? SEEING NO DISCUSSION.
DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION, MR. BARTHOLOMEW IS THE OBJECTION.
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ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER OBJECTION? NO OBJECTION.SO THERE'S ONE OBJECTION EVERYONE ELSE, UM, HAS, IS APPROVING IT.
UH, ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS FORWARD THEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL AS A RESOLUTION.
UM, ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE YOU SAY YES, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED AND, UH, ALRIGHT, WE WILL CLOSE, UM, THE COMMITTEE, FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEY'RE GONNA NEED FIVE MINUTES, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE TO SET UP.