Sep 21, 2020 Finance Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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VERY GOOD. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020 TO ORDER WELL EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG. IANCE TE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OF PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT SIR WITH COMPLIANCE? >> YES, SIR.

WE ARE VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FRIENDLY REMINDER EVERYBODY PLEASE MEET YOURSELF IF YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING THAT WAY WE DON'T GET ANY UNNECESSARY FEEDBACK AND THE FOLKS WATCHING CAN HEAR US OK. ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> MAY I MAKE AN INQUIRY BEFORE

YOU HAVE THAT MOTION? YES, SIR. >> I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF THIS IS THE CORRECT COMMITTEE TO ASK FOR A VERY BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE STATUS OF THE CONVENIENCE CENTER ON HILTON HEAD AND HOW WE INTEND TO GO FORWARD WHEN THE FUNDING EXPIRES DECEMBER 30 FIRST. THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE FOR THAT DISCUSSION AND IT'S THE WILL THE BODY I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TO ADJUST THE AGENDA. MR. MCCALLUM, WE TAKING THAT ITEM UP AT THE PSC TODAY?

>> OH, OK. >> THEN I WITHDRAW MY REQUEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I'M VERY KEEN FOR APPROVAL MOTION BY COSMIC FLOWING. DO WE HAVE A SECOND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COOPER? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - MAY 28, 2020; JUNE 4, 2020; JULY 13, 2020; AUGUST 17, 2020]

>> ITEM NUMBER FIVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM MAY 28, 2020 AND JUNE 4TH 2020 AND JULY 13TH

2020 AND AUGUST 17TH 2020. I HAVE A MOTION TO MOOD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILOR SORRY ABOUT SECOND MR. FOLLOWING. >> VERY GOOD.

WITHOUT OBJECTION. THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. >> ALL RIGHT.

[6. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM TO AMEND ORDINANCE 2019/56 PENN CENTER RENOVATIONS]

MR. WILLIAMS PRESENTING THIS. >> ACTUALLY, MR. FERGUSON, I WILL.

I WILL OPEN THIS UP ON THIS ONE . YOU RECALL THAT LAST YEAR COUNCIL APPROPRIATED EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PENN'S CENTER AND THE ORDINANCE SPECIFIED N.S.A. DESIGN. IT WAS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT BEEN HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. BURNS FROM THE PEN CENTER AND THERE IS SOME DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS WITH THIS FIRM AND SO I'M GOING TO LET HIM DESCRIBE WHAT HIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN, WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR. BUT WHAT WE'VE PREPARED FOR YOU IS IN A AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE OKATIE FROM THIS AND AND THEN CENTER OR THE COUNTY CAN ISSUE ON BEHALF OF PENN'S CENTER AND OUR QUEUE FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. MR. BARNES, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? YES, SIR.

YOU'RE GOOD. GO AHEAD. GET UP.

>> I CAN HEAR YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

EVERYONE. RIGHT AFTER DECEMBER 9TH IS WHEN I THINK THE COUNTY HAD THE FINAL READING AND THE MONEYS WERE AWARDED TO PENN'S CENTER FOR THE RESTORATION OF SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS. AND JOHN CROUCH, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, ATTENDED MANY OF THE MEETINGS WITH ME AT COUNTY COUNCIL AND I RELIED ON HIS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THE WORLD WAS INVOLVED IN AND COST AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

>> AND THEN WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GET DOWN TO ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO GET THE WORK DONE, HE JUST DISAPPEARED SEVERAL TIMES AS A MATTER OF FACT. I REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY BRITTANY WARD THREE TIMES PRIOR TO MARCH THE 3RD TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIM AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL. BRITTANY, MYSELF AND JOHN AND HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS HAVING SOME PERSONAL PROBLEMS BUT HE WAS DOING DO BETTER AND THINGS WERE GOING TO START MOVING FORWARD. WELL, ABOUT THE END OF JUNE WE

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SO I REACHED OUT TO BRITTANY AGAIN AND SHE REFERRED ME TO TOM CARBONE AND TOM AND I TALKED TO TOM VISITED WITH JOHN AND SUGGESTED HE'D DONE SOME THINGS IN TERMS OF PREPARING SOME ART OF CUES AND SO FORTH. HE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF WE WERE TO JOHN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK ON TRACK BECAUSE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN GOING THROUGH THE READINGS AND CHANGING THE ORDNANCE WOULD BE TIME CONSUMING.

AND WE DID THAT. WE ALSO AGREED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE BI MONTHLY ZOO TYPE MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTY WITH PRESERVATION SOUTH CAROLINA.

THEY ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE CONSULTING WITH PENN'S CENTER IN TERMS MAKING SURE THAT WE ADHERE TO THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT THEY AND INTERIOR DEPARTMENT REQUIRE FOR A RESTAURANT FOR REPAIRING BUILDINGS AND KNOW THE MEETING FOR A FINE.

BUT JOHN STILL WASN'T DOING ANYTHING. IN FACT, THE ONLY THING TODAY THAT HE'S DONE IS PUT SOME TARPS ON TOP OF THREE BUILDINGS I BELIEVE THAT WAS TAKING IN WATER. IN THE MEANTIME, THE RESTORATION WAS CONTINUING.

SO FINALLY I BELIEVE IT WAS WEEK BEFORE LAST I JUST DECIDED THAT IT'S BEEN NINE MONTHS SINCE WE HAD THE MONEY TO PROVE AND NOTHING REALLY HAS BEEN DONE.

BUILDINGS CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE SO I STARTED LOOKING AT OTHER ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS I'VE TALKED TO ONE THEY'VE BEEN DOWN THERE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME NUMBERS BASED ON THE MONEYS THAT THE COMPANY APPROVED AND I WANT TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF OTHERS.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. VERY GOOD. TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU THERE, MISS JACOBS. MISS BURNS, SO IS THE ONE FORM WE WITHDRAWN NOW THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AS HE JUST SIGNED A LETTER OF RESIGNATION. OUR LETTERS PROBABLY CROSS EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LETTER OF TERMINATION. TERMINATION? YEAH. YEAH. THAT RELATIONSHIP IS OVER.

WE STILL OWE HIM SOME MONEYS FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE AND I SUBMIT THE FINAL

VOYAGE TO THE COUNTY FOR THAT TAKE. >> THANK YOU.

>> OF QUESTIONS. AND WE HAVE A MOTION OUTRIGHT ANGER HASN'T IT?

>> FOR APPROVAL, SIR. >> FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SINGLE SECOND? VERY GOOD. WE HAVE DETECTIVE. WITHOUT OBJECTION WE WILL HAVE

TO APPROVE THIS BURGER. >> MR. BURNS, APPRECIATE IT. MY GOD, YOU'RE DONE.

OK. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA ACCOMMODATIONS TAX SLASH

HOSPITALITY TAX RESERVE FUND ORDINANCE. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS ONE

CALL I CLARIFY SOMETHING VERY INSULTING. >> THE PREVIOUS MOTION DOES NEED TO GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL. WE SHOULD THERE ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR LANGUAGE REGARDING TERMINATING THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT OR AS ARE WE SUFFICIENT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE I'LL DEFER TO ADMINISTRATION ON THE LATTER. BUT YES, THAT THAT WOULD GO TO

THAT THAT IS GOING TO GO A KIND OF COUNSEL, CRAIG. >> IT CAN ALSO OCCUR.

DO WE NEED ANYTHING ELSE REGARDING THE TERMINATION CONTRACT BETWEEN THE ARCHITECT

AND WHOM WHETHER PRESENT OR NOT? >> THERE ISN'T A CONTRACT TO MY

KNOWLEDGE IT NEVER WAS PUT IN PLACE ACTUALLY. >> SOUNDS LIKE THE LETTERS THAT HAVE CROSSED ARE SUFFICIENT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

[7. ACCOMMODATIONS TAX/ HOSPITALITY TAX RESERVE FUND ORDINANCE]

ALL RIGHT. >> I REMEMBER SEVEN ACCOMMODATION STACKS BY TAX RESERVE FUND ORDINANCE CHAIRMAN THAT B OUT THAT YEAR THAT WENT TO.

>> SO THIS IS AN AUDIT FOR THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ACCOMMODATIONS FACT RESERVES IN THE HOUSE DAILY FUND BALANCES THAT ALLOWS COUNCIL BY RESOLUTION 2 TO GET THE ISSUE THESE FUNDS IN ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS IS TRIGGERED BY EVENTS SUCH AS THE NEAR MESS HURRICANE RESPONSE TO NATIONAL DISASTER OR FOR OTHER SUCH TARGETED NEEDS AS DETERMINED BY COUNCIL AND IT IS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. IT IS GIVING YOU ALL A LITTLE

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GUESS. >> QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. >> I'M NOT REALLY A QUESTION

MORE LIKE A STATE MAINTENANCE. >> THIS IS CLEARLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AS CODE 19 REARED ITS UGLY HEAD AND WE REALIZED AS WE STARTED TO OPEN BACK THAT THERE WAS A GAP BETWEEN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE URGENT EMERGENCY FUNDING AND AN EMERGING EMERGING NEEDS FUNDING THINGS THAT COME THAT YOU DON'T REALLY ANTICIPATE.

AND THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION TO THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN.

AND THEREFORE I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE.

VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION TO WE HAVE A SECOND.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SECOND THAT . >> SECONDED BY JOE FURTHER

DISCUSSION. YES. >> YEAH, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THIS. KNOW WE HAVE RESERVES AS A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS TYPICALLY AND I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ARE WE LOOKING TO TAKE FUNDS IN THE RESERVE AND USE THEM FOR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY OTHER THAN WHAT ARE THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE APPROVED IN THE ORDINANCE? AND IN MY MIND IT KIND OF BEGS THE QUESTION OF IF WE'RE CREATING NEW USES IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S GOING BEYOND IN THE INTENT AND AND IF THEY'RE BEING USED FOR USES THAT ARE ALLOWED . IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S ALREADY COVERED. SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE

ORDINANCE. >> SO RIGHT NOW YOUR RESOLUTION YOUR ORDINANCE GOVERNING THIS IS THE ALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY ALLOCATION.

>> SO THE ONLY REALLY VEHICLE YOU HAVE TO DISPERSE FUNDS IS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. SO AGAIN THIS IS AN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY LIKE THERE'S HURRICANE COVERED WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. THIS WOULD GIVE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY SOME KIND OF FUNCTIONALITY IN SOME WAY FORWARD TO TO DO THIS TO TO

ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY. >> DOES IT GO BEYOND ARE THE USERS BEYOND WHAT IS NORMALLY INHERENT IN THE ORDINANCE? IF I MAY SAY YOU HAVE A STATUTE ON WHAT YOU SPEND THESE FUNDS AND A BEING A QUESTION THROUGH THE KURTA THING BUT YOU THE THE STATUTES ARE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT YOU COULD SPEND THE FUNDS RIGHT IN THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH SAYS THAT

IT'S CAN BE USED FOR PERMITTED USE OF FUNDS BY STATUTE. >> SO IT'S INTENDED TO BE STILL

LIMITED SO. >> OKAY. SO WE CAN ONLY USE IT FOR WHAT'S IN THE STATUTE. THEN I COME BACK TO THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION IS IF WE CAN DO THAT I GUESS THE ONLY THING WE'RE SHORTENING IS THAT INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THREE READINGS WE CAN SOMEHOW BYPASS THE READINGS. IS THAT WHAT THIS DOES FOR US? IT ALLOWS FOR THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION FUNDS RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH YOUR PROCESS OF HAVING ENTITIES APPLY AND HAVE THEM BE SORTED AND HAVE THEM BE ANALYZED AND THEN HAVE ALL BE APPROPRIATED LET YOU HAVE THIS A SHORTCUT METHOD IN THESE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

ONE LAST QUESTION IF I MIGHT MR. CHAIRMAN. YES SIR.

ERM MAYBE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS LATER BUT WE'VE HAD AN OPEN ITEM FOR MANY MONTHS THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO BACK AND OPEN UP THESE VARIOUS ORDINANCES HOSPITALITY RELATED AND SEE IF THERE WERE OR IF THERE WERE CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SUCH AS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW WHICH WOULD SEEM LIKE THE LOGICAL PLACE TO EMBED THOSE.

SO WHETHER WE PASS THIS OR DON'T. I DO THINK WE STILL NEED TO GET ON WITH OPENING THESE ORDINANCES UP AND LOOKING AT THEM BECAUSE BE I DON'T THINK

WE'VE DONE IT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL PERIOD IF I MAY. >> COURAGE TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT STUART ASKING BUT IN PARAGRAPH 1 ITEM C IT SAYS FOR OTHER SUCH TARGET NEEDS THAT'S

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DETERMINED BY COUNCIL ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS RIGHT. >> YEAH.

IS THAT OPENING OURSELVES UP TO UNINTENDED USES OR YOU KNOW JUST SOMETHING THAT'S JUST TOO BROAD? WELL, FOR OTHER TARGETED NEEDS AS DETERMINED BY COUNCIL ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS I THINK THAT IS US COMPLEMENTARY TO A AND B A NEAR MISS OF A HURRICANE AND B RESPONSE TO A DECLARED DISASTER C WOULD GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE FUNDS IN THIS SUMMARY FASHION OR THIS EMERGENCY FASHION FOR THINGS OTHER THAN A DECLARED DISASTER

OR ON YOUR MESS OF A HURRICANE . >> SO IT GIVES YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY. BUT AS FAR AS THE USE FUNDS THAT'S STILL LIMITED TO WHAT STATE STATUTES ALLOW BUT IT LET BUT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE TO

DETERMINE SOME OTHER NEED. >> I AM CLEARLY CONCERNED THAT OPENS US UP TO JUST WAY TOO MANY USE CASES. I MEAN I COULD SEE OBVIOUSLY PANDEMICS AND HURRICANES, FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKES AND THINGS OF THAT THAT ARE TORNADOES.

THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE AREN'T OTHER INSTANCES WHERE WE'RE OPENING OURSELVES WHERE IT'S AN UNINTENDED USE CASE. WOULD BE SUBJECT TO PRUDENCE OF

COUNSEL AT THE TIME. >> VERY GOOD. >> GET OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL SEEING NONE. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DO WE NEED A ROLL ROLL CALL THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE NOW SO WITHOUT AN OBJECTION I'M SORRY TO HEAR YOU.

>> I WOULD ASK FOR ROLL CALL. OK, VERY GOOD. WE WILL DO THE ROLL CALL.

THE MOTION WAS BY CONSTANCE WELLINGS. >> CORRECT? SECONDED BY COUNSEL DEPARTMENT. YES. VERY GOOD COUNSEL FLOWING.

YES. THAT'S BEEN PAST. YES.

COUNCILMAN DORSAL. YES. THAT'S FROM ZORRO.

YES. COUNCILMAN. >> YES.

COUNCILWOMAN HOWARD. >> YES. THAT'S BEEN COVER I.

>> COUNCILMAN LAWSON WE HAVE COUNCILMAN ALSO LOOKS TO BE NO. >> YES, MA'AM, I.

GUESS WHERE? >> I DON'T KNOW. AND THE CHAIR VOTES YES AS

WELL. THAT IS 9 TO 1. >> GOOD FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL.

[8. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GREATER BEAUFORT PORT ROYAL CONVENTION AND VISITOR’S BUREAU]

WELLS THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THIS IS AS IT SAYS IS AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH THE GREATER BEAUFORT PORT ROYAL CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

THE CPB HAS BEEN A DESIGNATED DEMO IN THE COUNTY'S ORDINANCE FOR SOME PERIOD TIME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT A CONTRACT.

SO IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THIS THIS IS A MORE PRUDENT WAY TO DO BUSINESS TO ENTER INTO A DOCUMENT. IT SPELLS OUT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

I WALK VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THE CONTRACT ITSELF AND FORCE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

NOW THERE IS A LIST OF LAWS IN THE BEGINNING THAT WE BOTH MUST COMPLY WITH INCLUDING IRS REGULATIONS THE CBS CPB AGREED TO PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT EVERY YEAR NO LATER THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR AND THAT AUDIT WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH BY THE AICPA AND WILL BE CONDUCTED ACCORDING.

WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS THE THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON WHO THE MODERATOR CAN BE IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE FIRM AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE BEING A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A LARGER FIRM BEING ABLE TO DO THIS. THE DEMO ALSO AGREES TO PRODUCE A BIANNUAL MINI TWICE A YEAR'S SCHEDULE OF REVENUES EXPENSES FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THE AUDIT WOULD BE DELIVERED BUT THE STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD CHAIR THEY AGREE ON TWO POINT THREE TO INTERVIEW SEVERAL ACCOUNTING FIRMS SO THAT THEY DON'T GET TOO TIED RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY ONE FIRM. THEY AGREED TO PROVIDE THEIR TAX RETURNS EVERY YEAR TO BE DELIVERED TO THE COUNTY UPON THE RECEIPT BY THEIR BOARD.

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AT THE BEGINNING 30 PERCENT. WELL LET'S LET BACKUP 25 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS PLUS 5 PERCENT OF THE REMAINING FUNDS GO TO THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

THEN 30 PERCENT OF THE REMAINING BALANCE IS SPLIT BETWEEN CPB AND THE GREATER THE GREATER BLUFFTON CHAMBER. THE OTHER DMA. BUT THE COUNT THE CPB WILL PROVIDE ITS PLAN OF EXPANDING THOSE FUNDS AS THEY ARE TOLD EACH YEAR HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO GET. THERE IS A DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM PROTOCOL IN HERE.

THERE IS A DEMO STANDARD USING THE DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION STANDARDS AS A STANDARDS TO FOLLOW. CPB WILL PROVIDE THESE SPECIFIC METRICS EVERY YEAR TO THE COUNTY REVENUE PER HOTEL ROOM OCCUPANCY PER HOTEL ROOM VISITOR SPENDING STUDIES RETURN ON INVESTMENTS, LOCAL TAX REVENUES, NUMBER OF VISITORS DIGITAL MARKING MET MARKETING METRICS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS. THE COUNTY AGREES TO LOGICALLY PROVIDE THE STATS THAT WE HAVE ON THE NUMBER OF HOTELS AND HOTEL ROOMS THAT ARE IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. AND THEN THERE ARE PRUDENT COVENANTS AND WARRANTS WARRANTIES AND THE REST OF THE DOCUMENTS AND A TERMINATION PROCEDURE JUST INTENDED TO GO FOR FIVE YEARS IN THE INITIAL TERM. BUT THERE ARE TERMINATION PROVISIONS VB MAY TERMINATE BY GIVING WRITTEN A SIX MONTH NOTICE TO THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY HAS THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE IT IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT CBB IS NOT PERFORMING AND HAS NOT CURED A DEFICIENCY OF WHICH THEY'VE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE.

THAT'S THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE MEAT ITEMS IN THE CONTRACT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS IN MR. ROB WELLS IS HERE WITH US. >> WHICH WILL HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS. NO WAY. THIS IS I THINK YOUR GIRL HAS GONE THROUGH THE DIGEST OF THE CONTRACT INTENT BEHIND THE AGREEMENT, IF YOU WILL, IS TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THESE STANDARDS IN PLACE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT EACH COUNTY AT THIS NATURE IS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOW WE HAVE THESE THINGS LINED UP.

>> OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET PROPER EXPECTATIONS AND WE CAN MEET THOSE

EXPECTATIONS FROM BOTH PARTIES. >> ACCOUNTS WERE GROWING AND THEN COUNCILMAN COVER.

YEAH. MY QUESTION IS FOR KURT. WE JUST GOT DONE APPROVING A CHANGE. THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS US FOR IT TO HAVE THE USE OF EMERGENCY FUNDING PROCEDURES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE INCLUDED IN ANY AMOUNTS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY AUDITED IN THE FUTURE. AND I I COULDN'T REALLY TELL YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED SEEMED A LITTLE OFF LIKE MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE REGULAR ANNUAL FUNDING THAT WE DO. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE PROVIDE EXTRA FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE THAT SAME COMMENT INFORMATION FROM OUR DEMOS. SO ANY CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY PLEASE RECOMMEND THEM. BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL IT'S ALL AHEAD, SIR. I CAN'T AREA SORRY WHATEVER FUNDS GO TO THEM WOULD BE

COVERED BY THE AUDIT REQUIREMENTS THAT'S COVER. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> MR. TAYLOR, IF YOU WROTE THE CONTRACT PRETTY WELL WRITTEN. THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGHNESS ON MY QUESTION THOUGH IS DID THIS GO OUT FOR FORBID? WE HAVE AN RFP THIS.

NO. THIS WAS AGAIN PUTTING IN PLACE A CONTRACT WITH AN ENTITY THAT HAS BEEN A DEMO OF THE COUNTIES FOR I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG ROB I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS.

OK, I'M GOING TO YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL GOOD.

MR. CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND WE TABLE THIS TO SEND IT BACK TO ADMINISTER TO LET THIS GO OUT FOR BID AND DO THIS PROCEDURE PROPERLY WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY.

NOT THAT THIS IS NOT THAT YOU DID ANYTHING WRONG. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE NEED TO SEND THIS OUT TO BID. SO IT'S DONE PROPERLY.

IN THE FORM OF MOTION? YES, SIR. VERY GOOD.

WE HAVE A SECOND. I'M GONNA SECOND THAT. I HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION.

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SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE A DATE? >> NOBODY. BRIAN I TRIED LOOKING FOR THAT MONTHS BACK WHEN SOMETHING ELSE I WAS LOOKING AT I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING CERTAINLY BEFORE

2000 AND NINE. >> SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US AT LEAST LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT. I'M SURE ROB'S GOING TO SCORE VERY HIGHLY WITH ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE OUT THERE.

FINANCE COMMITTEE, IF I MAY. THOSE DEMOS AND CHAMBERS ARE SET UP BY STATUTE SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN HAVE AN RFP IN RF 2 FOR EVERYBODY TO COME ON AND BID ON THOSE OTHER THAN CHECK ON A STATUTE. YEAH, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE YEAR MR BLUE ELLING IS RIGHT.

YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN. YES. I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. >> QUESTION WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY STATE STATUE OR COUNTY STATUES

? I'M NOT CLEAR ON THAT. >> THE SET UP ABOUT WHAT KIND OF STATUE COMES FROM THAT. I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY NOT.

>> I WOULD LIKE OUR ATTORNEY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION PLEASE. >> IF HE KNOWS OR HE CAN DO SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT I HAVE TO DO SOME I'LL HAVE TO DO RESEARCH ON THAT.

>> I'M NOT FAMILIAR. >> I'D LIKE I'D LIKE A LEGAL OPINION ON WHO'S WHO SETS THAT STATUTE. THANK YOU. AND WHEN THE LAST ONE WAS AT IF WE'RE GONNA TABLE IT FURTHER QUESTIONS DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL YOU'RE SEEING NONE.

>> WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THIS SEND IT BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR AN HOUR OF Q WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILMAN CLEMENT DRUMMOND.

YES, SIR. I'M SORRY I CAN'T SEE YOU. THAT IS THERE.

STILL GO AHEAD. YEAH. I'D SUGGEST THAT YOU USE THE WORD POSTPONE OTHERWISE YOU'D BE ABLE IT WOULD TAKE A VOTE OF COUNCIL TO BRING IT BACK ON THE

TABLE. >> VERY GOOD CORRESPONDENCE AND BACK TO ADMINISTRATION.

YEAH THAT'S THE THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE SECOND MISS. MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN. >> NO SERVICE AT ALL. YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU.

WE NEED TO SET A DATE CERTAIN RATHER THAN JUST POSTPONE IT INDEFINITELY THAT WE BRING IT BACK IN FORCE. MR. GILBERT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND YOUR MISSION?

>> WELL, I SAID THAT I SAID TO THE TABLE TO SEND IT BACK TO ADMINISTRATION TO TO DO AN RFP.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN RF. Q NECESSARY TO BE AN RF TI I THINK.

BUT YES IT'S THE GIST OF THAT IS TO POSTPONE UNTIL AND HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK TO US.

>> GO AHEAD. YEAH IT COULD BE POSTPONED TO AN EVENT CERTAIN IT DOESN'T

NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE. >> IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO THE SECOND.

>> YES IT IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD.

OK THAN ANYTHING FURTHER WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE TO COVER. >> I MISSED YOU FOR.

YES, MR. DAWSON. YES, MR. SOMERVILLE. YES.

MR. BERGER. MR. BOBBY ON THE HOW ABOUT NOW ? YES. YES. MISS OURS.

YES. MR. MCGOWAN. >> YES.

SO ROBIN. YES. YES.

AS WELL IT IS UNANIMOUS 10 0. MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, SIR.

I WILL BE MORE THOROUGH ON THIS BUT GO BEFORE THE INTEREST OF THE COMMITTEE AT THE MOMENT.

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THE MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY SHALL SELECT ONE OR MORE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU OR REGIONAL TOURISM COMMISSION WHICH HAS AN EXISTING ONGOING TOURIST PROMOTION PROGRAM. THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE COUNTY SELECTS ONE OR MORE OF. I WILL CONFIRM THAT THERE'S

NOTHING ELSE THAN THAT. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

[9. DISTANCE LEARNING GRANT]

NO, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DISTANCE LEARNING GRANT. MR. WILLIAMS MAXIMUM CHAIRMAN.

>> THIS IS CHUCK ATKINSON. >> I'M A PRESENT AND HAD DIRECTION STAFF HAS BEEN PROACTIVELY WORKING TO LAY GROUNDWORK FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTANCE

LEARNING GRANT PROGRAM. >> WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WHO IS BOTH CAPABLE AND WILLING TO HELP US DO THIS. THEY HAVE APPOINTED US A STEWARDSHIP OF OFFICER AND THIS OFFICER WILL WORK WITH OUR STAFF.

THEY FUND AGREEMENT WHICH WILL EXIST BETWEEN CCF AND THE COUNTY DIRECTED TO DO SO.

THE COUNTY WILL NEED TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR WHO WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDING AND HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE USED THAT WILL ALL BE PART OF THAT AGREEMENT.

ONCE THE AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE AND THE FUNDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE, THE CCF WILL ADVISE THE PROGRAM ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM MANAGED THE APPLICATIONS AND DISPERSE THE FUNDS IF SET UP WITH CCF THE GRANT WILL BE A NON ENDOWED FUND WHICH BASICALLY MEANS WHEN THE MONEY IS GONE THE GRANT ENDS AND NOW IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A 3 PERCENT PROCESSING FEE IF THEY'RE CHOSEN TO DO THAT. WITH THAT I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS. YEAH I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

MCKELLEN GO AHEAD. WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION WHO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TYPE OF DISTANCE LEARNING SIMPLY BECAUSE NOT SURE AT THE BOARD HOW SCHOOL WILL ACTUALLY RECONVENE AS THE WEEKS UNFOLD TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR OR WHETHER IT WILL BE IN A PHYSICAL PLANT, WHETHER IT'LL BE A VIRTUAL LEARNING AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THE PHYSICAL PLANT OR IF IT'S A HYBRID.

AND OF COURSE A LOT OF THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S REMOTE AND VIRTUAL LEARNING NEEDS BECAUSE A LACK OF EQUIPMENT, THE ABSENCE OF INTERNET AND BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS OF SOME FAMILY MEMBERS TO WORK THEREBY REDUCING ADULT SUPERVISION. AT PRESENT THERE ARE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS BEING CONSIDERED. WE HAVE ABOUT THREE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 40 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION. TWO OF THE GROUPS THAT SUBMITTED APPLICATION ISSUES ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WISH TO ENGAGE IN DISTANT LEARNING, DISTANCE LEARNING AND IN FACT ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN DISTANCE LEARNING.

AT LEAST ONE OF THEM PROVIDING SERVICE FROM 8:00 IN THE MORNING TILL 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES.

WITH READING AT THE LOWER LEVELS AND MATH IN THE UPPER LEVELS, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROPOSAL FROM THE EXECUTIVE STAFF IS INTENDED TO DO.

I THINK WE HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THIS.

MY SUGGESTION WAS GOING TO BE AND HAS BEEN TO REMOVE THEM FROM CONSIDERATION FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS THEREBY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE REMAINING ORGANIZATIONS AND SIMPLY FUND THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THIS WITH MOVING SOME FINDS OUT OF THE RESERVE FUND AND THEN WAITING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WILL BE MAKING AN APPLICATION TO CONDUCT DISTANCE LEARNING.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE A GREAT MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTY THAT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS. HOW DOES THIS PROPOSAL SQUARE WITH MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE MONEY FROM THE RESERVE FUND AND FUND TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AND GIVE THEM CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING FROM THE RESERVE FUND AND REMOVE THEM FROM CONSIDERATION FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS FRAGMENTS.

>> SO THE IDEA OF MOVING THIS FORWARD IS TO GIVE STRUCTURE AND ALLOW FOLKS TO ARE

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>> LOOKING AT THROUGH I GOT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD TO COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE ON THE 5TH. I HAVE THAT LIST.

ONE OF THE TWO DID GET FUNDS BUT THEY LISTED ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR NEEDING THOSE FUNDS OTHER THAN JUST DISTANCE. SO ONE GOT IT. ONE DID NOT MAKE THE LIST.

SO THE IDEA OF THIS IS TO JUST ADD STRUCTURE SO THAT THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

THERE'S A PROCESS THAT FOLKS CAN GO TO AND THEY WILL BE QUALIFIED AND WE CAN TRACK THE

FUNDS AFTER. >> ARE YOU SAYING THAT ONE OF THE TWO GROUPS THAT APPLIED ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT DISTANCE LEARNING? NO.

SO THEY DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES GRANT BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED FUNDS FROM

ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY. >> SO IF YOU GET FUNDS ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY THEN YOU

DISQUALIFY SITE FROM CONSIDERATION FROM OUR FUNDING. >> WELL THIS PARTICULAR GROUP IS ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY AND IS PROVIDING SERVICES BEING PAID TO DO SO. SO BASED ON THAT CRITERIA THEY GO FOR THOSE FUNDS.

YES. >> YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK THAT I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S NOT IMPORTANT AT THIS JUNCTURE BUT A LOT OF THE OR WELL AT LEAST AT LEAST ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS I'M FAMILIAR WITH AND I EXPECT IT WAS THE OTHER ONE AS WELL MAKE REQUESTS TO A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNDING IF THEY NEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PROGRAM.

THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE COUNTY SO THEY MAY HAVE ONLY ASKED FOR FIFTEEN OR TWENTY THOUSAND AND THEN THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE REQUESTS FOR GRANTS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WOULD DISQUALIFY THEM FROM OUR CONSIDERATION?

>> THOSE ARE NOT NECESSARILY GRANTS JUST FUNDING FOR THEIR PARTICULAR SERVICE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING YOU FOR COUNTY AND I CAN SAY THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT DID NOT GET FUNDING. THERE WERE I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY I THINK IT WAS 43 AND NOT

ALL OF THEM RECEIVE FUNDING. >> THAT WAS NOTHING. >> YEAH, I KNOW THE REQUEST WAS FOR SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WE ONLY HAD ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THEN THE ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS WE'LL BE GETTING MONEY FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES.

WILL THEY THEN HAVE TO REAPPLY IF THEY DIDN'T GET SUFFICIENT FUNDING OR IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL BE GETTING SUFFICIENT FUNDING AND THEY WON'T HAVE TO REAPPLY?

>> SO AS I SEE IT, TWO TOTALLY INDEPENDENT POTS OF MONEY. TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS HAVE SET UP THAT WAY SO ANY OR ALL OF THEM COULD APPLY FOR THIS GRANT THIS DISTANCE LEARNING GRANT IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA WHAT'S THE CRITERIA IS PUT TOGETHER SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE BOTH IN THEORY. OK.

WHAT'S YOUR TIMEFRAME FOR THIS? YEAH, CERTAIN DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP OFFICER.

THE IDEA IS IF IT MOVES FORWARD TODAY WE WOULD RECOMMEND A FIRST READING MY TITLE ONLY AND WE WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE BY SECOND READING WE WOULD PRESENT ALL OF THAT AND IF WE NEEDED TO MAKE REFINEMENTS TO THAT RECOMMENDATION WE COULD DO THAT

BETTER. >> WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING WE MAKE

AVAILABLE? >> WHAT IS YOUR TOUCH TO WHERE IT WILL COME FROM?

>> THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PUT ON THE TABLE IN DISCUSSION AT A PRIOR COMMITTEE MEETING WAS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT IT COULD BE ANY AMOUNT. WELL I THINK IT WAS UP TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK AT THE TIME THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN FOUR OR FIVE ORGANIZATIONS. I NEVER EXPECTED THEM TO NEED MORE THAN 25 TO 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH. I SUPPOSE IT COULD GO HIGHER BUT I THINK IT'S SAFE TO START WITH UP TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND. AND WILL THAT MONEY BE THEN

COMING OUT OF THE RESERVE FUND? >> THAT WOULD DEPEND NOT HATED BY COUNCILS OR WOULD BE WHAT

THAT WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON HOW IT IS ALLOCATED BY COUNCIL. >> THAT WOULD BE AT THE

DIRECTION OF COUNCIL'S STAFF. >> WELL WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL IF YOUR ONLY

OPTIONS ARE. >> THAT'S YES IT WOULD COME FROM RESERVE FUND.

>> OK. OK, GOOD. WELL I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THIS WILL MOVE ALONG QUICKLY IF WE ARE ABLE TO COME TO AGREEMENT TODAY THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR US TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THIS REMOTE AND VIRTUAL LEARNING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL SAYING NONE DO WE HAVE A MOTION?

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I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MAKE US INCLUDE IN THAT THAT WE ALLOCATE UP TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE RESERVE FUND A SECOND THE LIKE JUST LIKE MY WE HAVE A MOTION IN A COUPLE SECONDS. SO THE FIRST ONE I HEARD WAS COUNCILMAN COVER FOR THE

SECOND. SO WE'LL GO THERE. >> WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE

FOR THIS ONE COUNCILOR DOWN. >> YES. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN COVER I COUNCILMAN DAWSON. YES, COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE.

>> YES. >> COUNCILMAN GLOVER? YES.

COUNCILMAN HOWARD. YES. FOLLOWING YES.

COUNCILMAN PASSMORE. YES. COUNCILMAN.

>> YES. YES. AS WELL IT IS UNANIMOUS 10 0.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.

[10. STATUS OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR]

>> I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HAYES WILLIAMS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO BIDS TO DO THE JOB ONE. ONE IS THAT THEY'RE BOTH BASED ON HOURLY RATES.

ONE WAS NOT GOOD EXCEED ONE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ON A PER HOUR BASIS. STAFFERS WANT TO NARROW THE SCOPE A LITTLE BIT AND TRY AND GET THE PROJECT DONE IN ORDER TO GET THE PROJECT THAT EITHER RESULT THE COUNCIL WANTS AND THE APPROVED BUDGET OF SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. TALKING TO BOTH THE COMPANIES THAT HAD THE SIT IN PROPOSAL THEY JUST SAID THAT THE SCOPE WAS WAY TOO WHY THEY DID THEY WEREN'T REALLY SURE ON HOW TO BID FOR IT. SO WE'RE OPEN TO NARROWING DOWN AND GET YOU TO GET A GET A NUMBER THAT WILL WE'LL FOLLOW THE BUDGET AND THAT'S ALL I

HAVE ON THAT THAT STATUS OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR THANK ME. >> SO I AM STILL NEED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AS FAR AS REDUCING THE SCOPE OR DOES STAFF HAVE GOOD IDEA AS TO HOW TO DO THAT

STUFF HAS AN IDEA WE CAN HANDLE THAT. >> THANK YOU.

BUT AGAIN, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL QUIET BUNCH TODAY.

[11. CAFR TIMELINE DISCUSSION]

IT'S MR. WILLIAMS AGAIN. >> YES, SIR, IT IS. IT'S ME AGAIN.

A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID OR OWEN FROM MALDEN AND VACANCIES OUR WHO'S OUR AUDITOR WHO WE SIGNED AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH VALDA JENKINS INTENDS TO BEGIN THEIR FIELDWORK IN MIDDLE NOVEMBER. THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT THE OPTIMIST CLAY HOPE TO HAVE A DRAFT OF THE CASH FOR TO US BY DECEMBER 30 BIRDS WHICH WOULD BE IN OUR TIMELINE. YOU KNOW WE WILL BE WORKING HARD TO HELP THEM MEET THAT TIMELINES AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE DISPUTE THAT IS I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I COULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THEM WITH YOU AS OF RIGHT NOW WE ARE EXPECTED TO MEET THE DEADLINE FOR THE

CAPPER. >> YES, SIR. RIGHT NOW BERGEN QUESTIONS COMMENTS, CONCERNS FROM COUNCIL SAYING WE WILL MOVE ON THE BUDGET BOOK A STATUS DISCUSSION

[12. BUDGET BOOK STATUS DISCUSSION]

. >> THIS IS A DISCUSSION OR AN UPDATE AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE THE FINAL BUDGET BOOK FOR THE 20, 20, 21 FISCAL YEAR. YES.

>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. SO YOU WILL HAVE A BUDGET BOOK. WHAT YOU'RE WAITING ON IS WHAT YOU KNOW. I GUESS I WOULD DEFINE AS MORE ABOUT A DESIGN OR A GRAPHIC DESIGN VERSION BUT HAVE SOME MORE CHARTS AND SOME MORE ORGANIZATIONAL TYPE INFORMATION

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I WOULD SAY WE'RE ABOUT 75 PERCENT DONE WITH THE BOOK. SO I'M TARGETING OCTOBER 9TH COMPLETION DATE BUT WE JUST HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS TO COMPLETE.

BUT IT'S IN PROGRESS AND WE'RE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. WE JUST HAD A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS COME UP SINCE WE STARTED WORKING ON IT BUT IT'S IN PROGRESS.

>> I DO MISS JACOBS QUESTIONS, COMMENTS INSURANCE COUNCIL. >> YEAH, IT'S JOE PASS AMENT WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS JUST THE REPLACEMENT PAGES OF ANYTHING THAT HAS CHANGED IN THE BUDGET BOOK RATHER THAN YOU HAVE YOU DO A COMPLETE BUDGET BOOK AGAIN THAT SEEMS TO BE PRUDENT WAY OF DOING THINGS BECAUSE I DO KNOW THERE WERE SOME LINE ITEMS THAT WERE CHANGED ALONG THE WAY FOR THE FINAL BUDGET SO IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO ME TO RECEIVE CHANGED PAGES RATHER THAN QUOTE NEW BOOK. YES, OUR WORLD WILL PROVIDE THIS TO YOU. THANK YOU. IF I IF I MIGHT HAVE THIS

PROBLEM AND THEN MR. FLEMING. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> IT SEEMS TO ME IN THIS DAY AND AGE THAT WE DON'T NEED THE PHYSICAL BOOK AND WE HAD ACCESS TO A COMPUTER FILE.

IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR US TO USE AND EASIER FOR THE STAFF TO PREPARE.

BUT MY RECOLLECTION WAS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT ELECTRONICALLY AND IN FACT MANY YEARS. WE USED TO LOOK AT THAT AND A LOT OF DETAIL AT COUNCIL AND THEN AS WE WERE DOING THE BUDGET WE GOT AWAY WAY FROM IT. BUT WE ALWAYS SAID IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO LOOK AT THE DETAIL THEY COULD. SO IT SEEMS TO ME AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US TO LOOK AT AND PLAY WITH WOULD ACTUALLY BE BETTER IN THIS DAY AND AGE THAN THE PHYSICAL BOOK ITSELF AND TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF PAGES THAT CHANGE SO IT'S JUST MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE. I DON'T CARE EITHER WAY.

MR. FLYNN, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WE EXPERIMENTED WITH A FORM AND NEVER QUITE NARROWED IT DOWN WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION COULD GIVE US A MONTHLY REPORT AND HOW WE ARE DOING AS A FUNCTION OF PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER THE AMOUNT OF TIME INTO THE BUDGET

YEAR OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. >> AND OF COURSE WE GET FROM THE TREASURER WE GET THAT THE MONTHLY REVENUE NUMBERS BUT NOW I THINK THAT'S A RELATIVELY INCONSISTENT PICTURE. IT DOESN'T REALLY I DON'T THINK IT PROVIDES US WITH ANYTHING BUT ADDED THE ALARM AND IN MAJOR MARKET FUND TYPE THINGS. SO I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD RESURRECT THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION AND GET FROM THE ADMINISTRATION JUST A MONTHLY REPORT, YOU KNOW, REAL LOW TECH. WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING BUT BUT A POTENTIAL LIST OF PROBLEM AREAS PERHAPS BUT GENERAL EXPENDITURES AGAINST REVENUES. REVENUES AGAINST EXPECTATION EXPENDITURES VERSUS EXPECTATION AND ANY ANY ANY PROBLEMS ON THE HORIZON THAT WE START TO SEE.

AND I THINK IT'S I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN MY CONSTITUENTS ASK ME HOW WE'RE DOING ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF CODED I CAN TELL THEM WHERE WE ARE. SO WHAT YOU THINK, CHRIS, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HAPPEN.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE OF MY PRIORITY LIST FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS TO GET LOVE.

AND I'VE TALKED TO ASHLEIGH ABOUT THIS. I SEE YOU'RE NODDING SIDE.

I DON'T THINK I'M OUT OF TURN YET. BUT YET BEING ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AND BEING ABLE TO FLAG PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN I THINK IS KEY.

RECORDING OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

PERSONALLY I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A TREND IN THE WAY THAT THE WAY THAT I THINK ABOUT THAT IN MY BUSINESS IS WE SHOW BY COLUMNS AND WE'LL GET AN IDEA OF KNOW THIS DEPARTMENT SPENDS THIS MUCH OF THEIR BUDGET IN THESE MONTHS THEY'RE HOLDING IT UNTIL THE LAST MONTH OF YEAR THAT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND THEN THAT HOPEFULLY IS GOING TO HELP TO INFORM THE BUDGET CONVERSATION WHEN WE WHEN WE GET THERE EARLY NEXT YEAR. SO I'M 100 PERCENT WITH YOU.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FORTHCOMING ONCE WE HOPEFULLY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE STAFF AS WE CALL IT NORMALIZED.

>> WHEN WE GET TO OUR MARK. STILL AHEAD. YEAH, I THINK LINES ON THE

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>> RELATIVE TO THE BUDGET BUT I COME ON WITH STEVE THAT I PERSONALLY DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A PHYSICAL BOOK. PDA WOULD BE GREAT. EXCEL IS MOST DEFINITELY EVEN BETTER FROM A PUBLIC POINT OF VIEW. I THINK THAT THERE IS A TON OF VALUE IN HAVING A BUDGET BOOKLETS FOR ALL DESIGNED CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND PROVIDES A LOT OF CONTEXT. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW THAT I GET. NOW I THINK THERE'S JUST A TON OF VALUE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC. SO THERE'S THAT PIECE. WE TOUCHED ON THE RECORDING.

THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD MR. JACOBS. WERE WE ABLE TO GET THE BUDGET ONLINE YET FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACTUALLY SEE? OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S FORTHCOMING? I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THAT I WAS JUST CHECKING THE WEB SITE

AND WE DID HAVE AND HELPED US TICKET IN ON THAT. >> AND I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP YET, BUT WE WILL I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WE IT GETS PLACED IN VERY GOOD JOB

LIMITS. >> SORRY I MISSED YOUR PAST MONTH.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO WEIGH IN THAT. YOU KNOW THE IDEAL THING FOR US IS TO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE BUDGET AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS YEAR WE WILL NEED TO EXPERIMENT. I'VE OFTEN SEEN BUDGETS WHERE YOU HAVE THE INITIAL COLUMN WHICH WAS YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET. ANY TRANSFERS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATED BUDGET. YOU HAVE YOUR ENCUMBRANCES, YOU HAVE YOUR PAID AND YOU HAVE YOUR BALANCE WHICH WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT IN THAT ARE BEING MADE OUT OF THE VARIOUS LINE ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT BETWEEN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO TWEAK IT TO

PERFECTED AS WE GO ALONG. >> ABSOLUTELY. MR. AMES, YOU HAVE SOME MORE CONTEXT. THOUGHT I JUST PUT IT UP ON THE LA COUNTY WEB SITE THAT'S FINE FOR SITE FINANCE FOR SLASH BUDGET INFORMATION. IT HAS THE 2021 BUDGET WITH THE VARIOUS GENERAL FUND AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ON THERE. IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE WEBSITE.

>> I SEE. YEAH I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IT WAS WAS BROKEN DOWN.

>> THANK YOU. WHAT IS THERE ON THE WEBSITE AGAIN? I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION MISS JACOBS. THE BUDGET BOOK THE PRETTY VERSION AS I'LL CALL IT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE EASY TO UPDATE ON A YEARLY BASIS OR LIKE IN OTHER WORDS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RECREATE THE WHEEL EVERY YEAR FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE OR IS IT JUST KIND OF UPDATING?

>> WE'LL JUST BE UPDATING. >> I THINK WE'LL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THE VERSION YOU SHOWED FROM Q1 TO Q2. ALAN I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY NICELY DONE SO THEY'LL PROBABLY WE'LL PROBABLY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS BUT IT'S BASICALLY A DOCUMENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO UPDATE EACH YEAR OR SO WE'LL BE RECREATE IT AND WE'LL LET YOU.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. BEN, JUST FOR MORE INFORMATION FOR COUNSEL I WOULD RECOMMEND EVERYBODY GO TO LOOK AT THE TOWN OF TIA WAS ITS BUDGET SUMMARY IS WHAT THEY HAVE IT'S KIND OF I DON'T KNOW MAYBE 10, 15 PAGES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> VERY, VERY WELL DONE. THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT'S VERY, VERY DIGESTIBLE. IT'S A IT'S A REALLY GREAT DOCUMENT.

SO AS FAR AS IDENTIFYING WHAT'S POSSIBLE. I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE AND SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD LOOK AT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT

DISCUSSION ITEM? >> GOOD MORNING. NUMBER 13 REVIEW AND DISCUSSION

[13. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF DMO’S AND CHAMBERS SUBMISSION’S]

OF DEMOS AND CHAMBER SUBMISSIONS. >> SO IF YOU REMEMBER HE WAS THE JOLLY MEETING WE HAD INSTRUCTED STAFF TO REACH OUT TO THE DEMOS AND CHAMBERS TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE AS FAR AS A TAX AND H TAX SPENDING THOSE

THOSE RESPONSES BACK. >> THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE AGENDA PACKAGE AS WELL.

AND THIS ITEM IS JUST TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS HOW WE FEEL ABOUT WHAT WE RESOUNDS WITH AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WITH THAT I WILL TEE IT UP FOR MR. COOVER TO I JUST WAS THIS WAS YOUR ITEM FOR THE MOST PART.

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>> SO HATS OFF TO YOU FIRST CRACK AT COME BACK TO ME, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> I'M BARELY ABLE TO HEAR THINGS FROM THE INTERNET. >> I WAS JUST SAYING THAT I WILL SEE THIS UP FOR YOU TO GET FIRST CRACK AT THE DISCUSSION AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL

SUBMISSIONS FROM THAT FROM THE CHAMBERS. >> OKAY.

>> I THINK I HEARD THAT. YEAH, THE I'VE I DON'T HAVE A POCKET SOUTHERN WHAT'S IN THERE OTHER THAN I RECALL A WEEK OR SO AGO HEARING OR SEEING RATHER THE THREE CHAMBERS.

I THINK THE BEAUFORT CHAMBER AND THE HILTON HEAD CHAMBER HAD RESPONSES ABOUT WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE BLACK CHAMBER I THINK SENT IN SOME RECEIPTS OR WHATEVER BE ALL THAT IS IT MAY. NONE OF THAT IS IS AN ANSWER TO WHAT WE WERE SAYING AND WHAT WE ASKED FOR. I'LL PROBABLY DEFER TO MISS JACOBS.

I HAD TALKED TO HER A COUPLE TIMES VIA EMAIL ALSO TO THE CHAIRMAN I BELIEVE.

BUT ASHLEY, COULD COULD YOU FILL IN MORE ON THAT FROM THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD SENT MR.

CRAMER? >> RIGHT. SO WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A

RESPONSE FROM ANY OF THE THREE. >> I DID FORWARD YOUR QUESTIONS TO THEM.

BUT PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE FEE FOR CBB TO ME WHAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED IS ABOVE AND

BEYOND. >> I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY HAVE

SUBMITTED TO US. >> YEAH. YOU'RE CORRECT.

THE REAL HARD TIME HERE IN THE BEAUFORT CHAMBERS INFORMATION WAS PALATABLE AND I BELIEVE I HAVE A MESSAGE FROM MR. WELLS TO TALK WITH HIM. I THINK THEY WOULD AT LEAST MY UNDERSTANDING MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THAT THEY ARE AMICABLE TO HAVING US LOOK FOR WHATEVER WE WANT TO WAS THE SPECIFICALLY THE HILTON HEAD BLUFFTON CHAMBER AND THEN THE BLACK CHAMBER IN BEAUFORT DIDN'T RESPOND WITH ANSWERING WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING.

I MEAN THE HILTON HEAD CHAMBER HAS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS RIGOROUSLY BEEN OPPOSING WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE KNOW SHOULD DEMAND TO BE TRANSPARENT. WE NEED TO.

THESE ARE IDEAS WE NEED TO SEE AND AS ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS REMEMBER, WE HAD TAKEN A VOTE SEVERAL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS NOW AND THEN INSTRUCTED THE ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE FORWARD WHICH THEY DID . MS. JACOBS SENT EVERYONE THAT A LETTER THAT WE ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF.

I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. THAT ASIDE FROM MR. WELLS I AGREE WITH THE BEAUFORT PATROL CHAMBER HAS RESPONDED. THE OTHER TWO SPECIFICALLY THOSE TWO HAVE NOT RESPONDED WITH WITH WHAT WE NEED TO SEE A COVER ANY OTHER INPUT FROM COUNSEL DO GO AHEAD. A COUPLE THINGS. YEAH, I DID SEE THE 216 SIX PAGES FROM THE BEAUFORT CHAMBER . I THINK IN SOME FORM IT'S FINE TO HAVE IT ONLINE. I THINK SOMEBODY HAS TO DO SOME ANALYSIS WHETHER THESE ARE GOOD OR BAD AS OPPOSED TO JUST DUMPING NOVELS WORTH OF RECEIPTS ON THE HONEST.

I MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD MEMORY BUT I DON'T REMEMBER COUNSEL ACTUALLY APPROVING WHAT WE ASKED FOR BUT EITHER WAY IT SEEMS TO ME THIS COMES BACK TO THE ORDINANCE THAT I SPOKE TO EARLIER THAT WE NEED TO COME BACK AND REVISIT AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHATEVER WE WANT NEEDS TO BE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ARE APPLICABLE IN THESE PARTICULAR CASES.

AND LASTLY, I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT BUT THEY COULD BE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE COULD IMPOSE ON THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR AUDIT.

IF WE CAN TRUST THE AUDITORS TO YOU LOOK AT VARIOUS THINGS AND THAT MAY SIMPLIFY OUR BILL, OUR WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE AND IT MIGHT BE MORE EXPEDIENT FOR BOTH ORGANIZATION. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD. MAYBE THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WANT TO POSE IN THE ORDINANCE AS THEY WOULD GIVE US AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL AUDIT. THANK YOU, MR. JIM COLLINS.

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>> WELL, I WILL SAY IS I DID GO THROUGH AD NAUSEUM IN THE DIFFERENT CHAMBERS SUBMISSION THAT IT'S A MISCHIEVOUS POINT SEEMS TO BE EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ANYBODY W VIDEO OR WHO WANTS TO GO AND LOOK AT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY CAN GO AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE VIEW FOR CHAMBER IS SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON AND DO THEIR OWN ANALYSIS JUST TO MR. ROMNEY'S POINT. YEAH, WE WE WE PROBABLY SHOULD DO NEXT LEVEL ANALYSIS.

I MEAN I LOOKED AT AND I LOOKED AT THE DOLLARS SPENT. I DID SOME MATH MY OWN I LOOKED AT THE VENDORS I GREW UP ON THAT SORT OF THING. BUT THERE PROBABLY SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF DEEPER LEVEL ANALYSIS ON THAT. TO THE OTHER POINT ABOUT PUTTING IN EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO THE AUDIENCE. I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND PERHAPS WE WANT TO WE WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE AND DIRECT STAFF TO DRAFT SOMETHING THAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THIS COMMITTEE. APART FROM THAT IS THERE ANY OTHER ACTION THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONTEMPLATE AS FAR AS GETTING MORE TRANSPARENCY INTO THE DOLLARS SPENT BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS? I'LL POSE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE . I WOULD SAY IT'S THIS WAY. THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION THAT THE GMO GAVE US IS UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS OK, WHAT WAS THE DEA MOST SET UP TO DO? OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE DONE THEIR WORK.

NOW WHAT WE COULD DO IS TO TAKE ALL OF THESE RECEIPTS AND SUMMARIZE THEM OR HAVE THEM DO A SUMMARIZATION OF OUR TARGET AUDIENCE FOR TOURISM WAS THIS. HERE ARE THE VARIOUS VENDORS THAT WERE USED FOR THAT AND THE DOLLARS WE PAID FOR THAT AND THE RESULTS WE GOT OUT OF THAT.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF OF A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE LEARNING WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THEY HAVE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT WITH US. WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND TO DECIPHER IT ASSIMILATED INTO PROBABLY A NEW WAY OF GETTING THE REPORTS BACK TO US. AND I THINK WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM WE CAN GET EXACTLY

WHAT WE WANT AND HOW WE WANT IT . >> IF I MIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN SIR COULD TO JOE'S POINT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE FOUND WITH MY CONVERSATIONS WITH ROB WELLS AT THE GREATER BEAUFORT PORT ROYAL CBB IS HIS ABSOLUTE WILLINGNESS TO SHARE THE DATA.

>> IN OTHER WORDS, THAT PLAN EXACTLY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REACHING PEOPLE IN THE MILLENNIAL AGE GROUP OR THE GRANDMOTHERS WHO KNIT CATEGORY .

>> I MEAN IT'S LIKE IT'S SO SEGMENTED. HE'S GOT IT DOWN TO LITERALLY A SCIENCE FOLKS. AND HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT ACCORDING TO EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER THOUGHT TO ASK BUT I'LL BET YOU DARN WELL ROB WELLS COULD ANSWER IN ABOUT A HEARTBEAT BUT I WONDER HOW MUCH OF THAT IS PROPRIETARY.

IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT QUITE FRANKLY HE DOESN'T WANT TO ADVERTISE THAT HE DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW FOR FEAR THAT IT WOULD GENERATE INCREASED CHARGES FOR CERTAIN SEGMENTS HIS IS ADVERTISING BUDGET. SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE CIRCUMSPECT AND LISTEN TO OUR PROFESSIONALS IF THEY TELL US THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'D RATHER JUST JOE PASS MEN GIVE A PHONE CALL TO GET AND THE DATA THAT WE GOT FROM THEM, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A MATTER OF PUBLIC HOW MUCH THEY ACTUALLY SPEND OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. BUT THE INTENT OF IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT PROPRIETARY AND WE NEED TO BE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE PUT AN END TO AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING HIM

TO DO AND SEEK THAT CONSULT OF OUR PROFESSIONALS. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A

COMMENT COUNCILMAN COVERED THEN MISS OUR YEAH, I AGREE, BRIAN. >> I THINK YOU MR. WELLS SUBMISSION GOES WAY, WAY BEYOND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. IT IS VERY, VERY THOROUGH.

I THINK THAT COULD PROBABLY BE SCALED BACK A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THOUGH THAT ANY PUBLIC MONIES SHOULD BE PROPOSED PROPRIETARY. I THINK THAT'S A SLIPPERY RIGHT THERE. BUT BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHAT WHAT THEY DID PUT TOGETHER WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TO READ, A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO GO THROUGH. BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE FOR CLARITY.

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I'D STILL LIKE TO SEE THE HARD COPIES TOO. I WANTED TO LOOK AND COMPARE THE DATES AND COMPARE THE SERVICES. BUT ROB WELLS MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. I I IT'S IT'S VERY, VERY USEFUL.

JOE, DO YOU RECALL WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT WE HAVE SEEN? BUT ANYWAY, I THINK IT'D BE EASY TO DO WE JUST NEED TO GIVE THEM THE THE SHELL TO FILL IN AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE RECEIPT.

THAT'S GOOD. BUT IF YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THE SPREADSHEET AND SEE THE CATEGORY OF ADVERTISING, WHETHER IT'S MAGAZINE OR WHATEVER INTERNET THEN YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AND SEE THE SUMMARY OF OF WHAT THEY'VE SPENT SO THAT IT EXIST.

THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE IS NO USE BITTERNESS. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM WHAT HOW WE WANT IT DONE. I'LL GIVE SOME WHO MAY. YES I DO HAPPEN FIRST.

FOR CLARITY TO MR. COBURN'S COMMENT. I'M NOT SAYING I'M VERY SPECIFICALLY NOT SAYING THAT WHERE THE DOLLARS WHERE THE TAX PAYER DOLLARS WERE SPENT SHOULD BE PROPRIETARY IN ANY WAY. ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THE REASON THAT WE SPENT THOSE DOLLARS THERE MIGHT BE PROPRIETARY AND AND YOU KNOW, MIGHT MIGHT REALLY BE PRIVATE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THAT THEY SAY THEY SENT A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE NEW YORK TIMES SHOULD BE PUBLIC. WHY THEY CHOSE TO DO THE NEW YORK TIMES IS THERE IS REALLY THEIR BUSINESS AND ALL WE SHOULD KNOW IS ARE WE REACHING THE SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION

THAT THEY THINK WE SHOULD MR. ROBIN? >> YEP.

TO TO BRIAN'S PRIOR COMMENT ABOUT BEING PROPRIETARY. I THINK THE UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT'S BEEN ON THE TABLE WITH THE HILTON NET BLUFFTON CHAMBER WHICH HAS BEEN ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT HAS A BIT TO DO WITH BEING PROPRIETARY BECAUSE THERE IS CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY MAY SPEND CERTAIN DOLLARS ON WITH A CERTAIN FIRM AND THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT POSED TO COUNSEL LOOKING AT THAT AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO OPEN BOOKS IN INSPECTION BUT THEY'RE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION PROPRIETARY AND WOULD HURT THEM FROM A COMPETITIVE STANDPOINT AS THEY GO AFTER BIDS AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND THAT IN THE LONG RUN HURTS US SO THAT THAT'S THE UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING WITH AND AS I SAID, GO ALL THE WAY THE SUPREME COURT IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS JUST LIKE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT THAT NEED TO BE PROPRIETARY. BUT WE CERTAINLY ALWAYS HAVE

THE RIGHT TO LOOK AT THOSE. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, MY FOUNDERS IS MR. WELLS GAVE US AND INORDINATE AMOUNT OF DATA HE WOULD NOT HAVE GIVING GIVEN US ANYTHING THAT HE FELT WAS PREPARED POOR PREPARATORY IN NATURE. SO THEREFORE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ACCEPTABLE. WE JUST NEED TO DECIPHER THAT A LITTLE BETTER PUT IT IN THE FORMAT THAT WE THINK MAY BE BENEFIT TO EVERYONE AND MOVE ON FROM THERE AND SEE IF THE HILTON HEAD CHAMBER WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THE SAME KIND OF THING AND IT WAS PROPRIETARY.

BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT I AGREE OR THAT IT'S SEEMS WE'VE GOT WE GOT TO TWO THINGS HERE.

NUMBER ONE IS HOW DO WE SUMMARIZE INFORMATION LIKE WHAT MR. WELLS PROVIDED IN A WAY THAT'S A LITTLE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EASILY DIGESTIBLE BRUSSELS FOR THE PUBLIC? THAT'S ONE THAT SEEMS LIKE THE OTHER ISSUE HERE IS HOW DO WE PROVIDE ASSURANCE TO THE PUBLIC THAT DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING SPENT BY BLUFFTON CHAMBER ARE BEING SPENT IN THE RIGHT WAY

AND THAT THAT'S BEING VERIFIED. >> SO I GUESS THE QUESTION THERE IS DO WE DO THAT THROUGH AN ORDINANCE OR DO WE DESIGNATE SOMEBODY FROM COUNSEL TO GO OVER THERE AND INSPECT? IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT WOULD BE A BAD IDEA OR DO WE? THEN MADE SOMEBODY FROM ADMINISTRATION TO GO OVER THERE AND INSPECT WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT AS BAD OF AN IDEA.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE AN AWESOME IDEA OR DO WE DESIGNATE SOMEBODY ELSE TO GO OVER THERE

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I THINK WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THE DATA THAT'S BEFORE US. ROB WELLS HAS SUBMITTED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WE CAN USE AS A BASELINE FOR GETTING INFORMATION.

WE CAN TAKE THAT AND CATEGORIZE THAT IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES .

AGAIN, THE THE ORDINANCE TALKS ABOUT WHAT A DEMO IS SUPPOSED TO DO TO GARNER PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS AREA FOR TOURIST ITEMS. IT CAN BE DECIDE THAT WAY. AND THEN FROM THERE ONCE WE HAVE THAT WE CAN GO TO THE OTHER CHAMBERS AND SAY BASED UPON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM ONE YOU DO SIMILAR THINGS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION FROM YOU IN THIS REGARD. AND IF THEY CANNOT OR WILL NOT SUPPLY THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO CREATE AN UNORDERED THIS WITH SPECIFICITY THAT SAYS IF YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE MONEY, THIS IS HOW WE WILL ANALYZE THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING.

JUST MY THOUGHT FOR THE COMMENTS WERE THE COMMITTEE MR. CHAIRMAN ROB WELLS IS STILL ON

AND HE WANTED TO TO ADDRESS YOU ABOUT A CONSOLIDATED FORMAT. >> VERY GOOD.

>> MR. WELLS, GO AHEAD. >> YES, I WE. WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PUTTING THAT IN ORDER TO PASS ALONG THOSE RECEIPTS AND INFORMATION TO YOU GUYS IN THE FORMAT ALONG WITH OUR FORMAT AS SHEET FOR YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN KIND OF DIGEST THAT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON THIS THINGS. A LOT OF THAT IS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE COUNTY TAX AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHERE THAT IS.

YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THINGS AND YOU KNOW THE WAY THAT WE PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER WE CAN WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND LOOK FOR IT TO BRING IT TO THE FINANCE OR WHEREVER ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR MORE THAN BEFORE COUNTY WE'RE WILLING TO DO THOSE AS WELL AS BRIAN WAS REFERENCING. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A FORMULA FOR HOW WE SPEND ADVERTISING DOLLARS AND WE HAVE A TARGET FOR HOW WE SEEK OUT PUBLICITY AND IN THOSE TYPE THINGS AND I'M SURE ALL OF US DO BUT WE'RE WILLING TO DO CONSOLIDATED EFFORT FOR SOME INITIATION.

AND I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU GUYS . EVERY MEETING THAT ROLLS WITH EVERY POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE THAT MAYBE IN THREE WEEKS OR SO SO WE COULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE

COMMITTEE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEN MAKE A. >> AND THEN HAVE AN ACTION ITEM ON THE NEXT AGENDA. AS FAR AS HOW WE WANT TO PROGRESS WITH JUST GOING

FORWARD IN GENERAL, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S DIRECTED TO ME. >> YES, YES, OF COURSE.

YEAH. I MEAN I THINK THREE WEEKS IS PLAYING I THINK IT WASN'T IN THE PACKET AND I BELIEVE WE SUBMITTED A KIND OF MEMO THAT WENT WITH THE EXPENDITURES SO THAT IT BROKE DOWN KIND OF INDUSTRY WHERE WE SPENT SOME OF THESE DOLLARS THAT YOU GUYS CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE RECEIPTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT .

WE PUT THAT IN THE IN THERE IN THE PACKET BUT WE CAN WE CAN DIVERSIFIED OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. SO YOU GUYS I ALMOST MADE IT TO THE BACK.

THERE'S A LOT IN THERE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. INDEED THERE IS SORT OF ABSENT ANY FURTHER IDEAS FROM COUNSEL. I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT BUT LET'S GO THAT ROUTE.

SEE WITH THE YOU COULD SEE RIBAUT COMES UP WITH AS FAR AS A LET'S HAVE US HAS AN ACTION ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH'S COUNCIL MEETING WHERE I SEE A LOT OF HEADS NODDING.

THAT'S USUALLY A GOOD SIGN. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON GEO BOND EXPENDITURES

[14. 2020 GO BOND PROJECTS]

OBLIGATION AND WE JUST SOLD THAT BOND. >> IT'S ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AND SO AT THE TIME YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT LET ME SEE WHEN THIS WAS THIS WAS.

>> THIS IS BACK IN APRIL 2000 TEAM AND AT THE TIME YOU HAD DISCUSSED THE DIFFERENT TYPES

OF PROJECTS. >> IT WOULD BE FUNDED BY THIS TWO YEAR BOND AND WE'VE JUST HAD SOME CHANGES AND HASTE IS GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENCES.

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AN ACTION ITEM IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. >> THANK YOU.

ACTUALLY, YES, IN THE EARLIER AGENDA ITEMS THERE WAS THE 2020 ORIGINAL ITEMS TO BE FUNDED.

THERE'S ANOTHER COLUMN THAT WAS AMENDED BECAUSE WE ROLLED THESE WITH WITH THE WITH THE WORLD CRITICAL WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT ON BOND ISSUANCE COSTS ABOUT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AS WELL. WE'VE GOT A MUCH LOWER RATE. WE HAD ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED THAT TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND WE STILL NEED ABOUT TWO POINT SEVEN OF THAT FOR AROUND THE ENTIRE COUNTY. BUT WE ACTUALLY SPLIT OUT ABOUT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF IT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NEW ARTHUR HORNE BUILDING.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME RENOVATIONS REGARDING TO THE COURTHOUSE HPC UNIT IN THAT WE WE WANTED TO PUT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THEIR ASSAD WASTE AND RECYCLING IS PUTTING TOGETHER A MATURE RECOVERY FACILITY BETTER KNOWN I GUESS IN THE INDUSTRY AS WE MOVE.

THAT IS ONE POINT NINE MILLION IN WHEAT. IF YOU LOOK PUBLIC FACILITY RELOCATION RENOVATION WE GET AWAY WITH THAT AND PUT THE MONEYS ELSEWHERE AT THE DETENTION CENTER WENT UP ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND THAT'S TO REPLACE THE AC OTHER DETENTION CENTER WHICH IS IN PRETTY POOR SHAPE. AND THIS IS IT IS PROBABLY OLDER THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ALSO THE ARTHUR HORNE BUILDING WE'VE BUNKERED IT WAS BUMPED UP BY ABOUT ONE POINT TWO MILLION AND THAT INCLUDES PARKWAY PARKING LOT.

OUR RENOVATION, THE DMA OF THE OLD BUILDING CODE LINKED IN NEW OFFICE FURNITURE THAT WAS NEEDED TO WE TOOK OUT THE TLC THAT THE CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTE PAYMENT BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED IN THE IN THE MULTI COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT AND WE LEFT TO CONTINUE TO SEE IT. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SO WE SHOW RECEIVED ELEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND WE JUST REALLOCATED IT.

AND IF YOU'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

>> ON ONE QUESTION AND A COMMENT YOU MADE SAID THIS IDEA DIDN'T HEAR IT.

TELL ME ABOUT THE CHECHESSEE PIECE AND I GUESS THAT'S THE CULINARY INSTITUTE.

DID WE PAY THAT FROM SOME OTHER FUND, SIR? >> SO THE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY CALLS FOR THE PART OF THE PROJECT FOR THAT PAYMENT TO BE MADE FROM THE BUCHWALD OR MULTI

COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PART, OK. >> AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE PAID IT FROM THIS YEAR.

OK, I GUESS THE OTHER IS SAID SOME OF THESE HAVE SOME SIZABLE INCREASES.

WILL THESE BE COMING FORWARD FAIRLY SHORTLY FOR US TO APPROVE THOSE SINCE I GUESS THEIR AMENDMENTS TO. I'M ASSUMING THE EXISTING CONTRACTS TERROR DO YOU HAVE THAT DETAIL YET SPECIFICALLY FOR ARTHUR HORNE BUILDING? THEY ARE NO CHANGE ORDERS FOR THE CONTRACTOR AND HIS SCOPE OF WORK. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK AS MENTIONED WITH THE ACCESS CONTROL AND THEY OFFICE FURNITURE AND RELOCATIONS SECURITY EQUIPMENT AND ALSO FEATURE IS THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD HARM BUILDING. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT TO COUNCIL THROUGH BELT FACILITIES AT A LATER DATE. THE MURPH BUILDING TO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING AT A LATER DAY PERSON FOR THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING THAT THAT'S STILL DEVELOPMENT BUT THAT WOULD COME

FORTH AS WELL. >> AND LASTLY JUST A COMMENT ON ONE OF THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST AND NEVER DONE VERY MUCH OF IT IS WHAT'S CALLED A BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE AND AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A BUNCH OVER THE YEARS AND IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO REVISIT BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT SAYS IS YOU GO OUT AND WE DO A BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE IN THIS CASE WE BORROW THE 12 MILLION OR WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS AND THEN WE ACTUALLY DO THE ACTUAL GEO BOND WHEN WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING IT FOR AS OPPOSED TO RAISING THE MONEY FROM THE BOND AND THEN IT MAY SIT THERE FOR A WHILE.

THE WORST POINT WE EVER HAD WAS A PARTICULAR LIBRARY WHERE WE BORROWED THE MONEY AND I THINK

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[15. COVID-19 RESPONSE GRANT FOR ELECTION OFFICIALS]

>> YOU HEAR ME? GOOD AFTERNOON, RICK. AREA.

THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALLOWING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON AND THE GRANTS FUND THAT WE ARE SEEKING FOR THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION ELECTION IS A GRANT FROM THE CENTER FOR TECH AND CIVIC LIFE IS A PUBLIC SUPPORTED 5 OR 1 C 3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

AND WE ARE OFFERING THESE GRANTS TO LOCAL ELECTION OFFICES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND SO I DIGNITY FOR PEOPLE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE AND RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WILL ASSIST IN ITS CORPORATE EFFORT TO KEEP OUR POLLING LOCATION AND OUR POLL WORKERS SAFE ON ELECTION DAY. AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS FOR YOU FOR COUNTY TO SERVE AS THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS FOR THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS AS ANY IDEA ABOUT THE DOLLAR OF THOSE FUNDS I'M SORRY SAY THAT AGAIN.

>> ANY IDEA AS FAR AMOUNT OF THOSE FUNDS? >> YES.

WE WILL BE USING THE FUNDS. WELL, WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO USE THE FUNDS FOR IS TO PAY FOR CLEANING SOME AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE USING THE POLLING LOCATION IT'S REQUIRED THAT WE PAY THE FACILITY TO CLEAN AFTER WE LEAVE TO DISINFECT EVERYTHING.

AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO USE SOME OF THE MONEYS TO ASSIST WITH OUR SATELLITE OFFICE ON HILTON HEAD AND ALSO TO PAY OTHER ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO POLL WORKERS AS A HAZARD PAY.

I THINK THAT OUR POLL WORKERS ARE STEPPING UP PUTTING THEMSELVES IN JEOPARDY DOING THIS TIME OF THE PANDEMIC AND I THINK A LITTLE INCENTIVE PAY OR CONSIDERED HASN'T PAID WHICH WE CAN USE TO FUND FOR WOULD BE SOMETHING NICE THAT WE COULD DO FOR OUR POLL WORKERS.

>> THANK YOU. YOUR HOW MUCH COUNCIL CATCHING ON.

WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE, MISS MOORE.

[16. CONSIDERATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF IAN SCOTT FOR AIRPORTS BOARD]

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LAST NIGHT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CONSIDERATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF KEN SCOTT FOR COURTS BOARD.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION NO ONE ELSE WILL. >> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION CUBANS

CUBAN'S DEPARTMENT. >> WE HAVE A SECTION. >> THIS IS IT THAT HAS TO BE FILLED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APPOINTED SEAT AND HE IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. WE'LL KEEP OUR COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SO HE JUST RECENTLY REGISTERED TO VOTE AND IN OUR COUNTY AND HE'S PUTTING IN HIS APPLICATION. I'LL ASK TO MR. CHAIRMAN SAYING BY MR HOWARD WITHOUT A HITCH WE WILL MOVE THIS FORWARD COUNSEL FOR THE NO OBJECTION VERY GOOD

CITIZEN COMMENTS. >> BROCK WE HAVE CONCERNS AND COMMENTS CURRENTLY.

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>> I DON'T I DON'T SEE ANY, SIR. VERY GOOD.

SO I'M HAVING CONDUCTED ALL OF OUR BUSINESS

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