[Items 1 - 5] [00:00:06] MOTION BY COUNCIL AND SORT OF ALL SAYING THAT. COUNCILMAN DAWSON WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 21ST TWENTY TWENTY AN HOUR APPROVED AND VERY GOOD. [6. INTRODUCTION OF WHITNEY RICHLAND AS THE NEW CFO] >> ITEM NUMBER SIX INTRODUCTION OF WHITNEY RICHLAND AS THE NEW CFO RICHLAND JOINED US LAST MONDAY ON SHE FILLS THE VACANCY. THE COUNTY CFO. I HOPE I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY IN SAYING THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER AND LET WHEN YOU TAKE IT AWAY AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US AND TO THE COUNTY. THANK YOU, WHITNEY. AFTER NAME AND I'M PLEASED TO JOIN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY TEAM. >> I'M COMING TO YOU FROM BULLITT COUNTY, GEORGIA. BRASS SERVED THERE FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS AS THEIR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND MS. JACOBS RECRUITED ME THIS SUMMER AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME HOPEFULLY ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS THAN HE MAY HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO BEFORE. I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING YOU AND ALL OF OUR COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WITH FINANCIAL REPORTS SAID THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS PERTAINING TO FINANCIAL MATTERS FOR THE COUNTY. I'LL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUDGET PREPARATION EACH YEAR AND YOUR ANNUAL KAFFIR AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVEN'T ANY. AND KEEP THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I WOULD APPRECIATE THOUGHT INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM. >> OK NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7 PROVIDING BASE [Items 7 - 12 ] FEE IN LIEU OF TAX AGREEMENTS TO DO PROJECT BERGER PROJECT GARDENING PROJECT GLASS. THIS WILL BRING PROPERTY TAX RATE FROM 10 PERCENT INDUSTRIAL RATE DOWN TO 6 PERCENT RATE FOR A 20 YEAR PERIOD. I BELIEVE THIS IS MR. O'TOOLE WAS I CORRECT? YES, SIR. CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? >> CHRIS YES SIR. GOOD LUCK. >> GOOD DEAL. I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN. AGENDA ITEM SEVEN EIGHT AND NINE TEN ELEVEN JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE AN UPDATE HERE. WE HAD THE WORKSHOP LAST YEAR. WE'VE GONE OVER THESE WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. ALSO THE AUDITOR AND INTERNAL COUNSEL AS WELL WELL AS EXTERNAL COUNSEL THE THOUGHT HERE IS TO PROVIDE THE THE COMPANIES THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING THE DIVERSE ECONOMY, THE BENEFITS OF THE 6 PERCENT TAX RATE. SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WE WILL FOLLOW A A FEE IN LIEU OF TAXES AGREEMENT IN SOME CASES WHERE THE INVESTMENT IS NEAR TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WILL PRESERVE THE OPTION TO RECREATE THAT SAME BENEFITS FOR COMPANIES BY GOING THROUGH THE SS ARE S. ARRANGEMENT AND THEN ALSO WITHIN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY WE PUT COMPANIES IN A MULTI COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK. >> THIS INCREASES THEIR TAX TAX CREDITS ON THE JOB CREATION FROM FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED THE COMPANIES THAT ARE LOCATING IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO IN ESSENCE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN BEAUFORT IS SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO FOLKS THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING TO BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT WE WILL TREAT THEIR TAXES THE SAME WAY THAT EVERY OTHER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA TREATS IT BY LOWERING THAT RATE FROM 10 PERCENT TO 6. SO ALL OF THAT IS ENCOMPASS IN THESE FIVE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE COMING AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE I CAN PULL UP THE AISLE. I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN IF I CAN AND JUST SHOW YOU A SLIDE THAT WILL SHOW YOU THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE. >> I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN RIGHT NOW ? >> NOT YET, JOHN. NOT YET. GIVE ME A SECOND. PAUL SEEMS LIKE HE CAN SAY IT. ANYONE SEEING IT? >> IT'S COMING HAVING HAPPENED. OK. GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE. BERGER IS A BROKERING LOCAL. A LOCAL INVESTOR. BUT INVESTING JUST UNDER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. FORTY THREE JOBS. AND FOR YOUR BENEFIT I WANT YOU TO SEE THE THE AVERAGE PAY OF THOSE JOBS WILL BE IMPROVING LIVES OF BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS AT THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND PROJECT GARDEN COMPANY OUT OF NEW JERSEY. INVESTING JUST OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS. TWENTY SIX JOBS AVERAGE COMPENSATION JUST UNDER THIRTY SIX THOUSAND A YEAR. GLASS WORKS. THAT'S A 15 MILLION DOLLAR [00:05:04] INVESTMENT. FIFTY FIVE JOBS AND JUST UNDER THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. AND THEN STONEWORK THIS ONE I BELIEVE SOME OF THE COUNCILMAN HAD CALLS FROM THE OWNER THIS COMPANY. THEY WERE BEING MOVED DUE TO AIRPORT EXPANSION. >> SO OUR ORGANIZATION IN WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH JOHN RAMBO AT THE AIRPORT WERE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR TRANSITION SMOOTH TO PORT ROYAL THREE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS TWENTY ONE NEW JOBS AND 40 RETAINED. AND THE AVERAGE COMPENSATION THERE IS JUST OVER FIFTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SO THAT IT WOULD BE OUR PLEASURE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOW US TO MAKE THE FEE IN LIEU OF TAXES AVAILABLE TO THESE COMPANIES AND THEN ALSO THE MCP WHICH WE DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH JASPER THAT INCREASES THEIR JOB TAX CREDITS UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA LAW FROM FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS TO TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER JOB CREATED . >> SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOHN. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL CHRIS, CAN I JUST ASK JOHN ONE QUICK QUESTION? ON THE JOB YOU GOT THE AVERAGE SALARY IS DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE MINIMUM SALARY PER HOUR WAGES IF YOU'RE YOUR GUY? >> I COULD I COULD GO GET THAT PER PROJECT. I COULD PULL UP FAIRLY QUICKLY. >> I DO HAVE THEIR PROJECT WORKSHEETS IF YOU LIKE. I CAN SHARE THAT OFFLINE WITH YOU. BUT YEAH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS AN AVERAGE. >> SO THERE WILL BE SOME MANAGEMENT JOBS IN EACH CENTURY THE AVERAGE TIRE. BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. PROBABLY OFF HER PRODUCTIVITY IF YOU'RE OKAY. >> YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. THANKS. OKAY. MR. CHAIRMAN, SIR? YES SIR. GO AHEAD. YEAH. THANK JOHN. GOOD WORK. A QUESTION. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST AND I FORGOT EXACTLY WHERE WE ENDED UP. BUT IT'S KIND OF STRUCK ME OVER TIME THAT YOU MADE A COMMENT EARLIER THAT ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING THIS IS WHETHER WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ON A BLANKET BASIS TO MOVE TO THE 6 PERCENT AND IN DOING IT CASE BY CASE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS RUN THE RISK THAT IF WE'RE AT 10 PERCENT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT GET TURNED OFF NEVER CONTACT US. SO WE NEVER KNEW THAT THEY WERE TURNED OFF BY THE 10 PERCENT. SO THEY JUST RAISED THAT QUESTION AGAIN AS TO WHETHER SOME WE SHOULD GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO JUST MAKING IT 6 PERCENT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. I BELIEVE I BELIEVE WE WENT OVER THAT DURING OUR WORKSHOP WITH COUNTY COUNCIL. I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE A UNIFORM POLICY BUT I DO THINK AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN VERY CLEAR DIRECTION BY COUNTY COUNCIL THAT I'M WITHIN OUR RANGE AND YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO UP TO 30 YEARS BUT I THINK 20 YEARS ISN'T TAKING US OUT OF THE OUT OF THE DEAL MAKING. >> SO I WOULD LEAVE IT AT 20 YEARS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME FUTURE ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE BEYOND MINE AND MANY OF YOUR WORK CAREER STILL HAVE THE OPTION OF FIGURING OUT WHERE THE COUNTY IS 20 YEARS FROM NOW IF THEY WANT TO EXTEND THOSE THE ADDITIONAL TENURE. BUT I BELIEVE I'M OKAY RIGHT NOW STILL AND I THINK WE'RE WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF SOUTH CAROLINA LAW LOOKING AT HIM ON A ONE BY ONE BASIS AND I I FEEL LIKE I CAN PRESENT THESE TO COMPANIES AND I HAVE THE BACKING AT COUNCIL CURRENTLY. SO I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA. IT WOULD REALLY BE BEST IF IT WAS CHANGED AT THE STATE LEVEL BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE IN THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION. THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THAT MR. FLOYD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SEVEN EIGHT, NINE, TEN ELEVEN AND TWELVE. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. FLEMING ON ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE. I'LL SECOND IF I COULD YOU COULD YOU JUST I DON'T HAVE A MISPRINT. WHAT IS NUMBER TWELVE? I APOLOGIZE. NUMBER TWELVE IS CONSIDERATION OF MULTIPLE ORDINANCES AND INDUCEMENT RESOLUTIONS REGARDING A FEE IN LIEU OF PROPERTY TAXES. PHILO PROPERTY CARRIED HER PROJECT GARDEN PROJECT GLASS OK IT'S JUST OFF MY SCREEN. THANK YOU SIR. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FLOWING. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNSELING GLOVER WITHOUT EXCEPTION WE WILL APPROVE ITEMS SEVEN [00:10:04] THROUGH TWELVE. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS? VERY GOOD. [13. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE BEAUFORT COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSE TAX STANDARDIZATION] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER THIRTEEN CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE BEFORE COUNTY THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX STANDARDIZATION. I BELIEVE THAT AS MR. WILLIAMS OR MR. HAYES I BELIEVE THAT I BELIEVE EVER IS THE HEAD OF BUSINESS LICENSES WAS NOT VERY GOOD OR TAKE AWAY I DRIVE CASH. >> HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. I'LL GET OK. ALL RIGHT. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THERE THERE IS A STANDARDIZATION AND THE BILL WAS PASSED JUST THIS PAST WEEK BY THE BY THE GOVERNOR AND STANDARDIZING BUSINESS LICENSE HOW WE ACT ACROSS THE STATE FROM OUR DUE DATE TO EVERYONE GETTING ON THE NEXT CODES. WE ARE ALREADY ON NEG SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THERE. BUT WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE IS ALL LICENSING DEPARTMENTS ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA OR ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ASKING THE SAME SAME RENEWAL DATES TO HELP BUSINESSES OUT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WILL BE OUR RATES IN IL AND HOW THE AND HOW YOU SET THOSE RATES. RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT WHAT'S ATTACHED TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU RECEIVE. IT IS A REVENUE NEUTRAL. WE WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZING ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM THESE CHANGES. HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND CLASS 8 WHICH GOES OUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE RATE AND CLASS 8 WE CAN EXPAND THAT OUT IF YOU WISH TO. YOU WOULD NOT SEE ANY ANY CHANGE IN THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE GETTING UNTIL TWO AND TWENTY THREE. OTHERWISE EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD JUST BE A STANDARDIZATION PROCESS. SO THAT ACROSS THE STATE WE WILL WE'LL BE COMPLYING WITH THE NEW LAW. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL STILL STILL AHEAD WITH JUST ONE POINT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION I THINK AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT HAVING ONE BODY MAYBE THE COUNTY BEING COLLECTING FOR EVERYBODY SO PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY MULTIPLE TIMES. IS THAT IN OR OUT OF THE CURRENT LEGISLATION? >> WELL, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS IS THAT ONCE EVERYONE HAS STANDARDIZED WE WILL BE ABLE TO UPLOAD OUR DATA TO FISCAL FAIR AND LET'S SAY THEY HAVE 10 BUSINESS LICENSE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND WE KNEW ALL 10 OF THOSE BUSINESS LICENSE THE STATE WILL IN TURN THEN IT'S OUR MONEY. WE SHOULD HAVE IT THAT NEXT MORNING ACCORDING TO WHAT TIME THEY RENEW IT. HOWEVER, THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO COME, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON BY MAIL OR EITHER TO YOU KNOW, GO ONLINE TO OUR WEBSITE TO ALSO RENEW THEIR LICENSE OR DOES THAT APPLY TO THE MUNICIPALITIES ALSO AT ONE TIME? >> THAT IS CORRECT. EVERYONE ACROSS THE STATE WILL HAVE TO UPDATE ACCORDING TO THIS LAW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND IT GIVES OUR ROLLOUT DATE FOR THAT IS 20 22 FOR EVERYONE TO BE COMPLIANT THIS YEAR FLOWING ANDREW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN TODAY WHEN YOU'VE GIVEN ME. WE MUST WE HAVE THIS COMPLETED JANUARY 1ST 2020. >> AND HE OURS IS RUNNING CODE TANDEM ALONG WITH OUR NEW SOFTWARE ROLLING OUT AT THE SAME TIME. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING IN LINE WITH THAT SO THAT THE ORDINANCE IS THERE AND THE DATABASE IS THERE TO TO BOTH GO AND BE READY ALONG THE SAME TIMELINE. SURE. OK. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD PREVENT US FROM LOWERING THE RATES THAT WE'VE GOT? I CAN UNDERSTAND CLASSIFICATIONS. IT'S RELATIVELY ROUTINE. WE MODIFIED THOSE SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUT I AM ULTIMATELY INTERESTED IN REDUCING THE RATE [00:15:03] OF BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES. >> IS THAT PRECLUDED FROM US IN THIS LEGISLATION OR OR WHAT? >> RIGHT NOW? YES, SIR. AND LOWERING OUR RATES ARE. AND I WILL JUST SEND IN OUR RATES ARE THE LOWEST IN THE STATE. BUT ALSO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE TAKEN IS WE MUST BE REVENUE NEUTRAL ON THAT AND NOT CHANGE THOSE RATE. BUT GOING FORWARD CLASSES WILL CHANGE. SO THOSE CLASSES WILL CHANGE ACCORDING TO HOW THE IRS MAY HURT THE IRS INDEX CHANGES AND WHERE THOSE MAKES CODE SO THEY CAN GO UP AND DOWN IF WE HAVE ONE INDUSTRY THAT IS NOT DOING WELL IF YOU TAKE THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, HOW IT WENT DOWN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. IF YOU TAKE THAT INDUSTRY AND HOW THOSE RATES SO THEY WOULD GO DOWN AND YOU KNOW AND WHAT THAT COST IS ANALYSTS SAY THERE'S THE INDUSTRY MOVING UP. IT WOULD MOVE UP BUT IT'S ALL GOING TO MOVE EVERY TWO YEARS. THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION IS THERE ANY CHANGE TO THE WAY THE THE BASE OF THE TAXABLE INCOME IS CALCULATED? IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT ALL GROSS OR NET? >> IT IS WHETHER CALLED GROSS, YES OR NO. THE STATE DID NOT CHANGE THAT. IT'S STILL ALL GROSS. WHAT DOES CHANGE IS WE ARE 0 TO 5000 THAT DOES DROP A ZERO TO THAT THING. AND THEN AFTER THAT IS THE INCREMENTAL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT'S TRUE. >> CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT IS CLASS A WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IS FALLING IN THERE? >> OK. CLASS 8 IS LIKE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ALL TO ITSELF. WE HAVE AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIPS . WE HAVE CONTRACTORS IN THERE. WE ALSO HAVE DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS. SOME PLACES DO BREAK OUT. RIGHT NOW DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT IS RIGHT ALONG WITH FULL SERVICE TOO. IF THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO BREAK OUT SEPARATELY FOR A DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT YOU COULD THAT WOULD BE COMPLETELY OUT TO YOU KNOW, TO COUNT ON THAT. BUT THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT FALL IN THERE. YOU ALSO HAVE LIKE OUR PAWNBROKERS JUNK SCRAP MEDDLERS, AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS ALL THOSE ARE IN OUR CLASS 8. >> IT FEELS TO ME LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS ESSENTIALLY BREAKING THESE ITEMS OUT. >> I MEAN NOT EVERY BUSINESS IS CREATED EQUAL FROM A MARGIN PERSPECTIVE. SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT DIFFERENT TYPES BUSINESSES DIFFERENTLY SINCE EVERYTHING'S BASED ON GROSS REVENUE. THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT FOR ANOTHER TIME. MR. COVID . THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IDRIS. GOOD TO HEAR FROM CAN YOU SAY WHETHER OR NOT UNILATERALLY ARE THE RATES PER WHATEVER THE UNIT IS ARE THEY HIGHER DID THIS TO THE STATE RAISE THE TAX LEVIED ON SMALL BUSINESS OR IS IT THE SAME AS IT WAS JUST RESHUFFLING THE CLASSIFICATION CODES SAYING GET ON WITH IT? >> BECAUSE OF THE NAMES AND BANKS TO ON THAT OTHER SHEET THAT I SENT OVER IT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S INCLUDED IN THERE AND IT HAS THE RATES ON IT SO THAT SHOWING YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE GOING INTO THAT FIRST YEAR. NOW I SAID THOSE CAN BE ADJUSTED. DID YOU NOTICE IF YOU CHOOSE SUGGESTIVE AFTER THAT BUT THAT WILL KEEP US EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT THAT FIRST YEAR. >> IS THERE ANY JUST THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX I GUESS ALL COUNTY'S ARE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION IF IF A COUNTY VOTES NO. I MEAN WHAT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO NOT WISH TO STANDARDIZE? >> WELL, ACCORDING TO LAW WE HAVE TO STANDARDIZE IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE BUSINESS LICENSE AS IT IS. THE ONLY OTHER OPTION TWO COUNTIES IS HAVING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. THIS WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE COUNTY, NOT JUST UNINCORPORATED. THIS WOULD INCLUDE OUR MUNICIPALITIES ALSO OF DOING THAT FLAT RATE WHICH CAN BE NO MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS THAT'S ADDED ON TO THE TAX BILL THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BILL. GOTCHA. THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. >> I BELIEVE YOU GUYS LOOKED AT IT. >> GOTCHA. YEAH. MR. CHAIRMAN, I AGREE. I THINK IT MIGHT SERVE US WELL TO LOOK AT THOSE CODES ONE MORE TIME SLIPPING AGREED QUESTIONS [00:20:11] OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL QUESTION. MR. CHAIRMAN, I ASSUME YOU MEAN NOT TODAY LIKE SOMETIME IN THE IN THE COMING YEAR, CORRECT? YEAH, VERY. WITH THAT YOU GUYS ARE TO TAKE ALL AFTERNOON BREAK OUT THE NRC JUST GOES FOR SURE. I MEAN YOU KNOW I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT BUT I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE OTHER THINGS. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP. SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO LIMIT THAT. BUT I WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES WERE ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. THE CURRENT TAX YEAR THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEND THE TAX BILLS OUT BUT BECAUSE OF THE THE THE INABILITY OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO PAY THEIR SHARE OF THEIR SHARE OF THE SHERIFF'S FEES, WE KIND OF ENDED UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLE IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAD TO FILL BY CONTINUING TO COLLECT BUSINESS LICENSES. AGAIN, I HOPE IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THEM COMPLETELY AT WHEN THE TIME COMES. THANK YOU. DO WE KNOW THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL SAYING EMOTION? >> YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT WE ADOPT CHANGES RECOMMENDED ON THE AGENDA. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. WELLING. WE HAVE A SECOND CALL ON YOU. >> THIS IS STILL OUR SECOND. ALL RIGHT. PERSON BY COUNCILMAN FOLLOWING SELLING THEM MY HUSBAND ROBIN. WITHOUT OBJECTION WE WILL APPROVE THIS ITEM. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? >> ALL RIGHT. >> VERY GOOD. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL STEPHENS. [14. UPDATE ON THE INTERNAL AUDITOR] ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 14 UPDATE ON THE INTERNAL AUDITOR. MR. HAYES, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOU FINALLY. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. FINALLY THE INTERNAL AUDITOR WE MET WITH THE BAKER TILLY AND WE MET WITH WITH ELLIOTT WHO WAS THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT HAD RESPONDED TO OR B WE HAD THEM CHANGE THE SCOPE OF GIVING US A DIFFERENT THEY'RE REVISING THEIR ESTIMATES FOR US AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TO PRESENT ON THIS BY NEXT FINANCE MEETING. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT PROCESS OR WHERE IT STANDS FROM COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. >> SEEING ON WE WILL MOVE ON. [15. UPDATE ON STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX AWARDS] ITEM NUMBER 15 UPDATE ON STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX AWARDS, OK. THE STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. WE HAVE. WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THE ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED 27 THE TAX COMMITTEE, THE STATE APEX COMMITTEE AS HAS YET TO GET TO MEET THOSE 27 APPLICATIONS THEY'VE ASKED FOR ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES. AFTER THAT THEY MEET WITH A TAX AND MANY THEY WILL SUBMIT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO FINANCE TO 2 TO 3 ALL TO A TO APPROVE THEIR AWARDS. THAT'S BASICALLY THE UPDATE ON THAT CURRENT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING. YEAH. THANK YOU, SIR. I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. THE THE THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR THAT I KNOW THE CBB IS OPERATING UNDER HAS ALREADY STARTED AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SOURCES OF FUNDING LIKE FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING AND SO THEY'RE REALLY IN A PICKLE. AND THIS IS NORMALLY THE TIME THEY GET THE FUNDING AND SO TO HAVE THIS THING DELAYED LIKE THIS IS REALLY PROBLEMATIC FOR THEM. I KNOW I'M NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR ANYBODY BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS WE'RE CHANGING THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT MIDSTREAM HERE. AND THESE FOLKS HAVE BUDGETED PLANS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NO CASH FLOW. SO LET ME BE ABOUT BEING CLEAR ON WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND WHY AND WHAT THE TIMEFRAME LOOKS LIKE. THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY BESIDE THEMSELVES COUNTS FOR SOMETHING I BELIEVE THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. >> YEAH. WELL YEAH BUT POINT WELL TAKEN. WE WON'T GET TO THAT DISCUSSION. I KNOW THAT I'VE RECEIVED AN E-MAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M SURE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS AS WELL. TO THAT END, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE WHAT HE HAS JUST PRESENTED? [00:25:10] MAYBE MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M THINKING I'M TRYING TO RECALL WHAT THE AMOUNT WAS THAT WE HAD SET AS OUR DISTRIBUTION WHAT WE WERE GOING TO ALLOW TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THAT ACCOMMODATION STACK BOARD. DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR BASED ON THE BUDGET JUST JUST A AWARDS ARE GOING TO BE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS HAVING THE PROBLEM PROJECTING HOW MUCH A TAX MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GET. >> AND BASED ON OUR BUDGET IN GIVING YOU BECAUSE THE TAX IS VERY CLEAR ON HOW HOW IT'S DIVVIED UP IN INDIA TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT AND SO IT GOES THE GENERAL FUND AND SOME OF IT GOES TO THE DEMOS AND THE AND THE MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS YOU KNOW THE MAP THAT WE HAD LEFT AT THE END OF IT WAS TO 60 IF WE GET MORE AND ACCOMMODATIONS TAX THIS YEAR WHICH I HOPE THAT WE WILL WE'LL BE ABLE TO AWARD NEXT MORE NEXT YEAR IN THE 2023. BUT RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? VERY GOOD SEEING ON. WE'LL MOVE ON. [16. DISCUSSION ON THE RFP FOR STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX AND LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX TO THE DMO’S AND CHAMBERS] ITEM NUMBER 16 ON THE AGENDA DISCUSSION ON THE RFP FOR STATE AID TAX AND LOCAL AID TAX TO THE DMA CHAMBERS. I'LL TAKE THIS UP REAL QUICK. WE HAD VOTED TO REQUIRE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS I BELIEVE I WAS LAST MONTH WE TOOK THAT VOTE. >> THERE'S A LITTLE CONSTERNATION OUT THERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR AND IF WE ARE TO DO THAT NOW THE RFP PROCESS IS CLEARLY GOING TO BE A DELAY IN GETTING THOSE FUNDS TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING FOR 2021. SO THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? SO HAYES I HOPE THAT THAT TEES IT UP FOR YOU. NICELY MADE MAINLY THAT THIS IS THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE LED BY YOU. I'VE GOTTEN A CALL FROM ROB WELLS AT THE CPB. THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE THEIR YEARLY BUDGET. THEY HAVE MARKETING EXPENSES THAT THEY HAD ALREADY PLANNED ON DOING WITH STATE WITH STATE AND LOCAL APEX FUNDING IN THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR A LITTLE RELIEF WHETHER WE COULD EVEN GIVE THEM HALF THE YEAR AND IN AWARDED BASED ON AN RFP FOR THE OTHER. I HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED IN THE OTHER DEMOS OR CHAMBERS BUT HE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT THAT THEY HAD ALREADY PLANNED ON SPENDING THIS MONEY TO HELP TRY AND GET TO GET BUSINESS DOWN HERE AND THEY JUST NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. AND I JUST GUIDANCE FROM FINANCE AND IN COUNCIL ON HOW ANYONE GOT OFF. >> YOU KNOW MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DISRUPT THOSE OPERATIONS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC. THEY DO HAVE ISSUES ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AS FAR AS BRINGING IN TOURISM. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD PULL FUNDING OR DELAY FUNDING. I JUST IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THAT SAID THIS ARE AN RFP PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE DO NEED TO IMPLEMENT AND WE SHOULD DO IT IN A TIMELY FASHION. BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AS FAR AS MY COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE COUNCILMAN FOILING AFTERGOOD, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR TEE THAT UP. IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT THAT THERE OF COURSE THERE A CONTINUING VENDOR AND PROVIDER AND THEY'RE ALREADY IN IN A YEAR THEY'RE ALREADY IN THIS CURRENT THIS CALENDAR YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR AND THEY'RE NOT. ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID FOR IT. THEY NEVER HAVE ANY FUNDING TO DO WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING. SO I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE THERE I AGREE. THE R P PROCESS IS CRITICAL BUT EVEN IF WE EVEN IF WE JUST ARGUE ARGUABLY DON'T RENEW THE CBB WHICH I CAN'T THINK THAT HAVE IT ASSUMING IT DOESN'T. THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE SURE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY HALF A YEAR I THINK BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT ALREADY SO I CAN'T THINK WHY WE DON'T WANT TO GO AHEAD. I BELIEVE YOU SUGGESTED HALF A YEAR'S THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT A HALF YEAR. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THAT AT A MINIMUM. THANK YOU. >> MISS TIME OUT. I MEAN IT'S A COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH MR. SOMERVILLE. EASY GOT IT. EXACTLY CORRECT. I BELIEVE THAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT MOST CONTRACTS ARE DOING PAYMENT ON ON THE LENDING. IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE IF WE ASK FOR A ROAD TO BE PAVED AS SOON AS WE SIGN THE PAPERWORK, [00:30:04] THAT'S WHEN THE FULL AMOUNT REALLY IS DUE. SO YOU KNOW, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THAT WE PROPER PROPERLY WOULD GIVE THEM THE ENTIRE YEAR THAT WE'VE CONTRACTED FOR. BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND WAITING TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING COMES OUT. LIKE MR. SOMERVILLE SAID AT A MINIMUM WE OWE THEM HALF OF THE YEAR. I'M WONDERING WHAT PRECLUDES THAT. WHAT WHAT IS STANDING IN THE WAY OF THEM GETTING THAT PAYMENT? IS THERE SOME LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY WE NEED TO PROVIDE TO STAFF SOME DIRECTION IN TERMS OF A VOTE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THIS BALL GET THIS CHECK WRITTEN AND THE BALL ROLLING PACE CALCIUM CASH FLOWING. THERE'S REALLY NOTHING STANDING IN THE WAY. I GUESS WHAT I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IS IF WE HAD AN RFP AND I HAD ALREADY AWARDED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND CBB THE BOOK AND THE HERE. BUT FROM CHAMBER IN THE 50S THE 50 TO THE BE COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WE HAD OUR ALL OF A SUDDEN THE YEAR THAT I'D WORRY THE COUNCIL SAID WELL WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE THEM THIS MONEY THIS YEAR. AND THEN IT WOULD CREATE GOOD PROBLEMS. SO YOU I'M I'M JUST WHITNEY AND I ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO SERVE COUNSEL WITH THIS. WE CAN WRITE A CHECK. WE JUST NEED JOBS IT REALLY WAY AND LET US KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW TO PROCEED GOING FORWARD. DO YOU NEED TO DO YOU THINK YOU NEED A VOTE? WHAT IS IT? I DON'T KNOW. COUNCILMAN LLEWELLYN, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE HIM A HALF A YEAR. I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE HIM A FULL YEAR. OR DO YOU WANT TO DO AN RFP FOR THE 20, 21, 22 YEAR AND THEN WE CAN GET CONTRACTS FOR THOSE EITHER. WELL, THERE'S I MIGHT GET SURE. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF ALL THIS I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T WANT TO START THE NEW CONTRACTS THAT RESULT OF AN RFP UNTIL THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE ANYWAY. I MEAN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS THAT DEADLINE OF APPROVAL OF A BUDGET IN JUNE. ANYWAY, SO YOU KNOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE PROVIDE HAVE THE FULL YEAR'S FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR OUR DEMOS NOW. AND I'LL MAKE THAT AS MOTIONS. I SECOND THAT MOTION BUT I'D ALSO LIKE SOME DISCUSSION PLEASE. >> THIS DISCUSSION ONLY ITEM IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE ACTUALLY NEED A MOTION. >> OKAY. I DON'T THINK ALISON FOR CLARITY I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN FOILING AND COUNCILMAN SOMMERVILLE I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE BUSINESSES NS ABROAD BEEN THEY'VE BEEN REALLY HURT BY NO GRADUATIONS AT AT PARRIS ISLAND THE MOTELS AND THE RESTAURANTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. >> AND I THINK I AGREE COUNCILMAN FOILING IF WE CAN SINCE THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND AWARD FOR THE YEAR AND THEN HAVE THE RFP READY TO GO FOR STARTING IN JUNE AND THEN START FRESH, THOSE ARE WE'RE GOING TO BE MY EXACT WORDS THAT THEIR BUDGET WAS BASED UPON THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THIS MONEY FOR THE FULL YEAR. SO I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO GIVE THEM THE FULL YEAR'S AMOUNT AND DO THE PROCESS OF THE RPA RFP DOWN THE ROAD. SO I WOULD SUPPORT US GIVING THEM THE FULL YEAR'S DEMO MONEY. >> DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT AGREE WITH THAT? I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I JUST WANT TO GO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITHOUT FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PROPER WAY THE I WANT TO GO. YEAH I FULLY AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO HAVE THAT ITEM ON THE ON THE AGENDA TO PROVIDE CLARITY TO STAFF. SO WHILE WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND GLAD THEN I PERSONALLY I WANTED ON THERE JUST SO EVERYBODY KIND OF HAD THE FULL PICTURE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. AND THE RFP PROCESS IS [17. CAFR AUDIT DISCUSSION] SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A CHANGE FOR US. OK. MOVING ON, ITEM 17 KAFR DISCUSSION HERE IS YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE THE FAA AND THE AUDIT AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. >> WE'RE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF . >> I AM TRYING TO GIVE DUMPED MY ENTIRE BRAIN INTO WITH THESE RIGHT NOW AND TRY AND GET HER SPUN UP ON EVERYTHING WE HAVE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT TO GO. WE HAVE TAUGHT THE ORDER THEY'RE STILL PLANNING ON COMING IN NOVEMBER AND WE'RE WE'RE WORKING HARD AND VERY DILIGENTLY AND ON WEEKENDS AND NIGHTS TO GET YOU GET EVERYTHING BUTTONED UP FOR THE AUDIT. [00:35:04] AND I'M REALLY HOPING TO HAVE THAT HAVE THE AUDIT DONE BY DECEMBER 30 FIRST AND HAVE A DRAFT FEEL WHICH ACCORDING TO THE AUDITOR IS DOABLE. WE JUST HAVE TO GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW AGAIN. >> DO WE HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE AUDIT WILL BE DELAYED AND OR THE KAFFIR WILL BE DELAYED? >> WE CERTAINLY HAVE NOT. AS I SECOND THAT WE'VE HAD OUR GROUND IN AND WORKING TOGETHER IS THE SORT OF MOVING PIECES BUT WE'LL GET THERE. AFAIK VERY GOOD QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL ON THE STATUS OF THE AUDIT CHAIRMAN IS QUITE A QUICK QUESTION. >> IS THE IF THE AUDITOR MUDDY ? WILL IT BE DOING ANY AUDITING BY VIRTUAL OR ARE THEY GOING TO DO IT IN PERSON? I HEARD YOU SAY THEY'RE COMING DOWN IN PERSON. ERIC, A COUPLE OF FIRMS THAT ARE DOING THINGS VIRTUALLY I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THAT WOULD WORK BUT I JUST ASKED THE QUESTION SO COUNSEL AND I HAVE TALKED TO THEM. >> I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO MUCH BUT NOT BEFORE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN DO JUST BECAUSE OF THE KINDS OF CONCERNS IT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. >> HOPEFULLY THAT WILL NOT IMPRESS THANKFULLY THAT THAT WILL BE EASIER FOR US TO DO. BUT THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON PROCEEDING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? VERY GOOD. [18. UPDATE ON CARRYOVER BUDGET 2021 EXPENDITURES] THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. ITEM NUMBER 18 UPDATE ON CARRYOVER BUDGET TWENTY TWENTY ONE EXPENDITURES. WHERE ARE WE IN SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE CARRIED OVER FROM SPRING TWENTY TWENTY ONE. >> SO THE EASIEST SAY JUST DOESN'T HER JOB EASY TO DO THIS IS I HAD THE CARRYOVER BUDGET WHICH ALL PROVED THAT THERE'S A SCHEDULE IN YOUR IN YOUR IN YOUR AGENDA THAT HAS THE CARRYOVER MOUNT ON THE LEFT CALL IT HAS THE AMOUNT EXPENDED IN THE MIDDLE COMMENT COLUMN AND HAS A REMAINING BALANCE IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN. SO AS TO DATE YO YO HAD APPROVED THE CARE OF A BUDGET OF ROUGHLY TWO POINT ONE MILLION. SO FAR WE HAVE SPENT FOUR HUNDRED EXCEPT FOR ONE THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT'S THE REMAINING OF ONE POINT SIX MILLION. SOME OF THESE LIKE THE STORMWATER STUFF TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET IN THERE. THEY'RE STILL HAVING TROUBLE GETTING VEHICLES, FINDING VEHICLES AND GETTING THEM IN AND THEN THE DNA LAB IS IS IS UP AND RUNNING. BUT YEAH, THEY'RE TRYING TO SPEND IT AS IT'S GOING AND BE SEEN. AND IF IT IF IT PLEASES THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE THIS UP AN UPDATE ON THIS REPORT. IN OUR FOLLOWING MEETINGS SO IT'S SO Y'ALL CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE. I THINK I'LL BE GREAT. I'M GOING TO PREEMPT COUNCILMAN CASTLEMAN AND ASK ABOUT DNA LAB BECAUSE WHAT I SEE ON HERE IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO FUNDS EXPENDED. WE WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. >> WELL, THERE'S THE THE FUNDS EXPENDED DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE REP THAT THEY DON'T EVER WORK POSITION IN THE. I THINK A LOT OF THESE ITEMS HAVE EXPANDED AS IS A HARD EXPENDITURE NOT AS THEY WERE AT REQUISITION THAT'S GOING TO CURE THE DATE THEY HAVE. IT'S VERY CERTAINLY AT THE DNA LAB EXPANSION HAS A REQUISITIONS AND THEN THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MARTHA BIKER DAD . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. NUMBER 19 DISCUSSION ON REAL [19. DISCUSSION ON REAL LIFE SAVINGS DUE TO PANDEMIC] LIFE SAVINGS DUE TO PANDEMIC. THIS CAME OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT I HAD WATCHING A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING PROBABLY A MONTH OR TWO AGO WHERE THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD SOME SAVINGS JUST FROM THE PANDEMIC DUE TO I GUESS YOU'D SAY LOWER OPERATIONS. SO THE QUESTION THEN IS DO WE HAVE ANY SAVINGS IN OUR WORLD RELATED TO DECREASED OPERATIONS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC? SO WE ASKED FOR THAT ANALYSIS AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT MAYBE POSSIBLY HOPEFULLY I'LL TAKE THIS ON AND I ACTUALLY DID [00:40:02] REACH OUT TO MISS CROSBY JUST SO I COULD TOUCH BASE WITH INTRODUCED MYSELF BUT ME SO THAT I COULD FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR INQUIRY. >> AND SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT SHE ATTRIBUTED TO COST SAVINGS IN LARGE LESION. YOU CAN IMAGINE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED AND INSTRUCTION WAS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IN I'M ONLY IN VIRTUAL ONLY THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETELY CLOSE THEIR FACILITIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND FROM WHAT MISS CROSBY SHARED WITH ME MANY OF THEIR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SPORTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WERE DISALLOWED OR RATHER DISCONTINUED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AS WELL. SO HAVING PUT A FREEZE ON OR RATHER DEFERRING EXPENDITURES NORMALLY WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE LAST PART OF THE SCHOOL YEAR RELATING DIRECTLY TO ATHLETICS OR IF NOT RELATED DIRECTLY TO INSTRUCTION IT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND ADDITIONALLY FACILITY SAVINGS FOR THINGS LIKE UTILITIES WERE REALIZED AS WELL. AND MISS CROSBY TOLD ME THAT THEIR BIGGEST MONTH ISN'T NORMALLY THE MONTH OF JUNE AND BEING CLOSED THAT MONTH GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SAVINGS THEY HAVE REALIZED. NOW HOW DOES THAT PERTAIN TO THE COUNTY? MY QUICK ANALYSIS OR QUICK THOUGHTS ON THAT IS THERE MAY BE SOME OVERLAP IN SAVINGS IN TERMS OF FACILITIES USAGE SINCE WE OR PRIOR TO MY STARTING GUYS WERE ONLY PARTIALLY CLOSED OFF TO THE PUBLIC BUT STILL HAD A MIX OF STAFF IN OFFICE AND VIRTUAL. SO I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SAVINGS THERE. I DO NOT YET HAVE A HARD FIGURE TO PROVIDE TO YOU. BUT I AM WORKING ON THAT AND I HOPE TO HAVE A MUCH MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS AT THE NEXT MEETING. I AM AS HAYES MENTIONED BEFORE GETTING UP TO SPEED LEARNING YOUR SYSTEM'S AND ALL OF YOUR PROCESSES IN PLACE AND LEARNING TO CONTACT FOR DIFFERENT PIECES OF INFORMATION. SO I REALLY HOPE TO GIVE YOU A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AT THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU DON'T MIND ALLOWING ME A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR IF I COULD. ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? A QUICK COMMENT IF I COULD. YOU KNOW I DON'T SEE WHERE IT NEED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT MUCH OF SAVINGS. IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY MINIMAL IN THE LINE OF LIKE 5 PERCENT. LIKE AIR CONDITIONING COSTS, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICITY BEING DECREASED. IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT MUCH FREE LOCATIONS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF GAS SAVINGS. >> PEOPLE OR TRAVELING COUNTY EMPLOYEES WEREN'T TRAVELING TO HILTON HEAD TO DO X OR YOU KNOW THESE THINGS. SO I ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE REALLY MINIMAL. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ANYTHING BIG THAT WE YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME MAJOR THING THAT GOT DELAYED AND I I REALLY DON'T SEE ANYTHING. I THINK WE'RE WE MAINTAINED COUNTY OPERATIONS. WE DIDN'T HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC. SO I DON'T KNOW. I JUST DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND MUCH OVER TIME MAYBE MAYBE ON. I DOUBT IT. I THINK ANYBODY WHO WORKED OVERTIME. THEY'RE GONNA WORK OVERTIME. KNOW LIKE REGISTER DEEDS AND THE CLERK COURTS OFFICE. WE'RE STILL HAVING TO DO OVERTIME. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. I'M SURE THE TREASURER HIS OFFICE HAD SOME OVERTIME EXPENSE. >> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL. ALL RIGHT. GREG, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH POSSIBLY HAVING IN ADDITIONAL UPDATE. OK. [20. CONSIDERATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DAN AHERN AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS SHEAHAN TO THE AIRPORTS BOARD] ITEM NUMBER TWENTY. CONSIDERATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DAN A'HEARN AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS SHE HAND TO THE AIRPORT'S BOARD . >> I HAVE A MOTION. >> SO MOVE, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'LL MOVE BOTH OF THEM MOTION AND BY COUNCILMEN FOLLOWING SECONDED BY MAYBE SOMEBODY SO I A SECOND A MOTION BY BRIAN SAYING THAT MY MARK WITHOUT OBJECTION WE WILL APPROVE THESE REAPPOINTMENT. >> DO WE HAVE AN OBJECTION? VERY GOOD. NOW WE NEED TO GO INTO [21. LAND ACQUISITION PROPOSAL THROUGH RURAL AND CRITICAL LAND PROGRAM - PROJECT 2020A MATTERS ARISING OUT OF] EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF A LAND ACQUISITION PROPOSAL THROUGH RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM PROJECT 2020 A WE MAY HAVE SOME MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS SO WE WILL BE BACK IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO. AND WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME COMMENT THERE AFTER I NEED EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE SOME OF THIS CHAIRMAN [00:45:05] MOTION BY YOUR SECONDED BY GOING TO. >> ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION OF NO ONE TALKS ARE YOU? >> IT'S KIND OF VI ALICE. VERY GOOD. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE ARE COMING BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE DISCUSSED THE LAND ACQUISITION PROPOSAL FOR RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROJECT 2020 A DO WE HAVE A MOTION ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADD TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO OUR ORIGINAL PROJECT. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS. THIS ONE IS MARKED PROJECT 2020 A AND IT BASICALLY RELATES TO AND IN ADDITIONAL TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR EXPENSE BECAUSE RECALCULATION OF SOME PERCENTAGES OF INTEREST TO A PURCHASE WE DID IN 20 19 I BELIEVE MAYBE IT WAS 20 20. EARLIER THIS YEAR I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. DO YOU REMEMBER IT WAS TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY. YEAH. >> I'D LIKE YOUR SECOND EMOTION NOW WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FLEMING CITED BY COUNCILWOMAN HOWARD. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION WE WILL APPROVE THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS? >> VERY GOOD. AND IT IS APPROVED AND FOR THE RECORD, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO VOTE FIRST READING AT THE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TODAY AND WE'LL SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET IT GET FIRST READING DONE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. LESS THAN ON THE AGENDA. SUZANNE COMMENT. SORRY. DO WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS RELATIVE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? NO, SIR. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY VERY GOOD. NOR HAVE I. HAS ANYBODY RECEIVED ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS FOR FINANCE? VERY GOOD SEEING NONE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.