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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER, PLEASE.
UM, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT MR. COVERT PRISON? MR. DAWSON, MR.
MR. HARVEY, SHAWN, MS. HOWARD, MR. LAWSON HERE.
MR. MCKELLEN HERE, MR. RODMAN HERE, MR. SOMERVILLE HERE AND CHAIR PASSMAN IS HERE.
THEREFORE WE ARE ALL IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 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.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, HOSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION FROM SOMEONE TO AMEND TODAY'S AGENDA AS FOLLOWS, PLEASE.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM.
IT WILL BE THE DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT COMPENSATION, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE, OR RELEASE OF AN EMPLOYEE, STUDENT, OR PERSON REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO A MAN.
MR.
ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS SEEING NO SICK EXCEPTIONS? THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ALTERED.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVE, SIR.
MR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AMENDED OBJECTIVE AGENDA? SEEING NONE THE AMENDED AGENDA AGENDA STILL CAN'T TALK WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE? THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.
UM, BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, I SEE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT, UM, WHEN WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, UH, YOU GUYS WILL NOT BE WITH US.
UH, IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON THEY ARE HERE? NOT JUST TO SAY HELLO.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE LOOK LIKE.
BOB BECHTOLD HAS A BEARD UNDERNEATH THERE.
ANY OTHER BEERS WE WEREN'T AWARE OF ANYONE AND, UH, FOR THE RECORD IN PERSON, I AM 10 POUNDS LIGHTER TV HEAVIER.
UM, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OH, IT'S FOR THE PURPOSES UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE, SECTION 30 DASH FOUR 71 DISCUSSION OF MATTERS RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE REGULATED BY COUNTY COUNCIL IS ITEM FIVE AND ITEM SIX IS THE DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT COMPENSATION, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE, OR RELEASE OF AN EMPLOYEE, A STUDENT OR PERSON REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY.
I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE MOTION MAKER? MR. MCKELLEN WAS THE MOTION MAKER.
AND THE SECOND WAS, UH, MR. HERBA
THEN WE WILL DO THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
WE WILL NOW BE IN CLOSED SESSION.