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right,
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of
this
meeting
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with
the
South
Carolina
Freedom
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If
I
can
have
someone
approve
the
agenda
or
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
agenda,
thank
you
and
seconded
by
Mr
Dawson,
all
right.
Any
objection
to
today's
agenda.
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C
A
Thank
you
and
seconded.
Is
there
any
objection
to
those
minutes
being
approved?
Seeing
no
objection,
we
will
then
move
on
and
Miss
Brenna.
Is
there
anyone
that
has
a
public
comment
online
and
obviously
anyone
present
seeing
none?
Then
we
will
then
move
on
to
our
first
number,
seven
on
our
agenda,
which
is
discussion
and
presentation
of
year
to
date,
financial
statements,
Mr
Hayes
Williams
a
little
too
quick
for
you.
Maybe.
E
Star
I
hope
that
you
already
listen
to
me
for
the
next-
hopefully
not
all
that
long,
but
anyway,
good
afternoon,
we're
gonna
go
over
the
Butte
County
financial
statements,
we're
basically
going
over
the
general
fund
today.
I
won't
go
over
the
revenues
and
expenses
and
we're
gonna
go
over
fund
balance
policy.
The
rollover
of
the
Surplus
from
last
year,
too
you'll
be
you'll,
want
to
follow.
There's
another
handout
in
here
that
y'all
are
used
to
y'all.
E
E
E
The
intergovernmental
is
still
lagging
a
little
bit.
That's
really
10
million
dollars
and
it's
two
big
pots
of
money,
8
million
in
state
aid
to
subdivision
and
it's
it
basically
comes
in
quarterly
and
that's
lagging
and
the
other
one
is
a
homestead
exemption
and
we
don't
typically
see
that
until
May.
So
that's
gonna,
it'll
it'll
lag
until
kind
of
the
end
of
the
year
and
then
it'll
all
catch
up,
but
we're
pretty
firm
on
those
numbers.
E
Charges
for
services
are
meeting
our
expectations.
It's
kind
of
doing
what
it's
supposed
to
be
doing
in
the
current
year
and
we're
nothing
really
to
say
about
that
interest.
Income
is
good
news.
As
most
of
you
all
know,
the
interest
rates
are
much
higher
than
they
have
been
in
the
past
or
budgeted
for
so
we're
seeing
big
jumps
in
interest.
B
E
They're
kind
of
they're
they're,
looking
good
they're
doing
what
they
should
be
doing.
There's
one
they're
performing
close
to
what
their
budget
is.
One
thing
that
we're
seeing
is
a
widening
Gap
in
profession
and
Personnel
Services,
which
is
related
to
Gap
positions
which
accumulates
as
the
year
goes
on,
and
people
cannot
really
fill
all
their
positions.
So
show
me
the
next
one.
Sorry.
B
C
E
Is
the
capital
budget
improvements
which
are
the
last
two
pages
and
currently
they're,
making
significant
Headway
and
they
made
about
12
million
dollars
that
have
been
spent
and
encumbered
in
the
current
year?
So
far,
I've
gotten
word
that
they
are
trying
to
spend
as
much
as
possible,
but
they
want
to
get
it
done
and
done
in
the
right
way,
but
that's
just
a
snapshot
of
where
we
are
right.
Now.
E
We've
been
talking
about
surpluses
and
fund
balance,
a
lot
and
you'll
hear
it
a
lot
and
I.
Don't
really
know.
If
you
all
know
what
the
policy
is
so
I
kind
of
wanted
to
update
y'all
on
what
our
policy
was
as
far
as
fund
balance
as
it
is
currently
and
our
fund
balance
is
defined
in
the
code
ordinances,
section,
242-483
and
it
says:
Beaufort
County
Council
hereby
establishes
a
general
fund
fund
balance
policy
which
shall
require
the
maintenance
of
the
fund,
balance
of
at
least
30
percent
of
the
total
General
fine
expenditures.
E
For
the
previous
year.
As
undedicated
general
fund
fund
balance
fund
balance,
it
is
kind
of
hard
to
say,
but
anyways
and
so
being
a
good
accountant
as
Woody
would
attest.
You
always
want
to
make
a
calculation
and
so
I
basically
took
the
general
fund
expenditures
for
last
year.
Now
we
did
include
Capital
expenditures
on
here.
I
would
argue,
those
are
one-time
expenses
and
not
really
operating
expenses.
You
could
leave
them
in
or
leave
them
out.
E
I
left
them
in
here
and
at
30
percent
you're,
looking
at
roughly
36
million
dollars
that
we
need
to
keep
an
unassigned
fund
balance.
Our
last
year,
fiscal
Surplus,
which
we've
been
hitting
around
is
about
15
million
dollars.
So
if
you
look
at
the
unassigned
general
fund
fund
balance
on
the
you
know
comprehensive
financial
report,
it
was
74
886,
68.,
74
million
eight
hundred
sixty
eight
thousand
and
fifty
six
dollars.
So
Below
it
I
I
spit
I,
split
out
what
we
had
to
have
required
by
law
or
by
ordinance
so
far,
and
that's
36.
E
000.
we've
also
transferred
out
about
36
million.
Sorry,
we've
also
transferred
out
about
20
million
to
the
capital
fund
for
capital
projects.
We
are
in
the
process
of
purchasing
two
mullet
away
for
two
million.
We
have
in
the
budget
amendment
the
DSN
Parkway
for
250
and
there's
been
a
request
for
CIP
needed
for
existing
facilities
to
fix
holes
and
roofs
of
about
two
million
dollars,
and
that
really
leaves
us
with
unassigned
fund
balance
of
about
14
million
two
hundred
and
eight
dollars
to
208
thousand
dollars.
E
E
B
E
Balance
that
I
have
there
next
is
the
upcoming
financing
issues
that
we
have.
We
have
three
bonds
that
we're
going
that
are
going
to
be
callable
in
May
2013,
a
b
and
c
we're
getting
together
with
I've
emailed
David
cheatwood
and
we're
going
to
get
together
and
go
over
the
possibility
of
defeatment,
defeasants
and
refunding
of
the
bonds
for
savings
to
y'all
I'm
hoping
to
get
that
to
y'all
in
the
next
finance
committee.
E
Meeting
and
I
want
to
let
y'all
know
I,
guess
the
last
presentation
that
I
had
at
Finance
I
had
a
list
of
all
the
agencies
that
have
subsidies
that
we
give
to
the
County
Administrator
has
sent
out
an
email
to
get
all
their
financial
statements
together,
and
we
will
be
requesting
that
they
present
to
y'all
on
March
20th,
so
March
20th.
Although
it's
only
a
finance
meeting,
it
will
probably
be
a
budget
Workshop.
G
E
A
A
Down
and
come
back
up
for
the
next
one,
yeah
I
think
we'd,
like
you
hit
now,
just
did
okay
and
just
I
I
brushed
over
real,
quick,
but
obviously
in
attendance.
Today
we
do
have
Mr
Bartholomew,
Miss,
tabernick
and
Mr
Dawson
and
then
Miss
Brown
is
online,
so
we
do
have
a
quorum
with
with
our
committee.
That's
here
right
now,
so
again,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
didn't
I
didn't
point
that
out
before
but
again
who
was
attending
today
and
who
was
online
today.
E
You
all
of
everything
that's
on
there
right
now.
We
have
the
Port
Royal
Library.
That's
the
use
of
the
impact
fee
fund
balance
that
we
just
need
y'all
to
sign
off.
On
the
brief,
the
brief
surgery
Burton
well
bathroom,
we're
going
to
transfer
that
from
fund
1000
to
1040.
we're
hoping
to
get
it
done
by
the
end
of
the
year,
but
it
may
or
may
not
get
done
by
the
end
of
the
year.
If
it
doesn't,
we
want
it,
we
can.
We
don't
just
want
stock
construction.
E
We
want
to
keep
on
going
with
that.
The
construction
of
the
EMS
fire
station
is
in
a
bond,
proceeds
account,
and
currently
it's
over
budget
there's
a
couple
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
a
contingency
fund
within
that
fund
and
we're
just
transferring
there.
So
we
can
get
that
EMS
facility
completed,
there's
planning
and
design
of
Convocation
Center
at
uscb
for
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
had
a
projected
Surplus
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
E
We
would
be
planning
on
using
that
the
pathway
of
the
Disability
and
Special
Needs
building
is
a
pathway
around
that
building
for
for
the
clients
and
staff.
That's
when
we
use
of
current
year,
Surplus
and
fund
balance
the
CIP
needed
for
repairs.
I
alluded
to
in
my
my
opening
session
for
two
million
dollars.
There's
a
lot
of
stuff
that
needs
to
get
done,
probably
won't
get
done
by
the
end
of
the
year.
But
that's
going
to
use
the
current
year,
throw
plus
some
fund
balance.
E
There
was
additional
funding
for
addition
for
Island
rec
center
operations
for
the
pool,
I
believe
in
the
amount
of
ten
thousand
dollars,
and
that
would
be
the
use
of
the
current
year.
Surplus
and
fund
balance,
as
I
alluded
to
in
my
previous
discussion,
where
salaries
and
Personnel
Personnel
Services
are
significantly
below,
and
we
have
talked
in
the
budget
Retreat
about
doing
a
cola
and
a
merit
increase.
But
we've
talked
to
the
County
Administrator
and
right
now.
E
I
E
Then
the
last
is
we
have
a
dirt
road
contract
and
they
have
it
for
the
defusky
island,
where
they're
going
to
rock
I
believe
three
roads,
three
roads
yeah,
so
they
won't
be
rocking
three
roads
over
there.
It
was
over
budget
and
they
had
it
in
the
ctac
funds.
There's
another
fund,
that's
the
local
admissions
tax
that
is
devoted
solely
to
through
road
work
and
repairs,
and
it
has
a
fund
balance
of
about
3.3
million
dollars.
So
this
kind
of
felt
like
a
perfect
fit
right.
E
A
E
That
2.3
million
dollars
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
sub
Surplus
or
fund
balance
in
the
general
fund,
but
this
is
at
a
totally
different
fund.
This
is
the
admissions,
the
local
admissions
tax
fund,
which
is
similar
to
the
local
hospitality
and
Accommodations
Tax
fund,
but
it
has
restrictions
only
to
be
used
for
Road
repairs
and
maintenance,
but.
E
A
E
D
G
G
E
A
Any
other
questions,
if
not,
if
we're
going
to
ask
for
a
motion,
then
to
move
this
to
council,
so
it
moves
Jim.
Thank
you
and
seconded.
Is
there
any
objection
to
us
moving
this
to
council
for
three
readings?
Seeing
no
objection.
This
then
has
passed
all
right
and
Mr
Hayes
you're
gonna
stay
up
here
again:
you're
not
gonna,
go
sit
down.
First.
E
Yeah
Mr
farmer
I
regret
that
he
couldn't
be
here
today.
He
was
feeling
a
little
bit
under
the
weather,
weather
and
God
knows
everybody's
catching
something
here,
The
be
for
Funk,
but
what
they
did
is
they
went
through
and
they
basically
the
places
that
they
gave
awarded
more
money
to
than
they
that
than
they
originally
asked
for
they
repealed
that
money
and
they
didn't
make
any
further
recommendations.
E
That's
about
135
thousand
dollars,
so
they're
only
half
asking
for
awards
of
865
thousand
dollars,
ish,
roughly
we're
just
going
to
let
their
recommendation
stand
as
they
are.
We
had
talked
about
the
open
t,
River
Park,
but
coming
next
in
the
local
Accommodations
Tax
that
has
been
fully
funded
there.
So
we
really
don't
need
the
135
000
here.
But
what
we'll
do
we'll
just
leave
that
in
fund
balance
and
award
that
in
the
following
year.
A
A
Let
me
set
aside
for
the
next,
the
the
next
award,
which
will
happen
next
year,
so
so,
where
we
are
right
now
is,
is
they
they
are
still
standing
by
their
original
recommendations
except
they're,
going
to
drop
the
the
two
Awards
to
what
was
requested
from
those
two
organizations?
Yes,
sir
correct,
so
our
job
today
is
then
to
prove
this.
This
would
again
go
through
Council
and
V3
readings
to
go
ahead
and
accept
their
recommendation
that
they
have
made
as
as
our
Representatives
but
again
as
Council.
A
This
committee
and
Council
has
the
the
right
to
to
actually
change
and
make
whatever
recommendations
that
would
like
to
make
and
I'll
go
ahead
and
go
first
on
my
feeling,
I
think
that,
obviously
we
we
hire
we're
going
to
hire
them.
We
appoint
these
people
to
make
decisions
for
us
and
that
that
makes
it
very
transparent
that
that
we
aren't
here,
you
know
influencing
folks,
so
my
recommendation
would
be
to
go
ahead
and
and
accept
what
they've
said
and
move
forward.
A
F
E
They
didn't
feel
that
it
was
tourism
related
enough,
although
it
was,
it
was
clearly
one
of
the
defined
parameters
and
what
in
what
the
money
could
be
spent
on,
they
didn't
feel
like
it
had
a
big
enough
tourist
draw,
so
they
decided
not
to
fund
it
and
when
they
brought
the
recommendation
back.
That's
what
they
gave
us.
F
E
B
K
K
F
A
A
A
H
A
H
H
There
are
19
applications
that
we
went
through,
which
is
a
lot
less
than
last
year.
I
believe
the
same
thing
happened
with
the
state:
a
tax
where
there
were
a
lot
fewer
applications.
Last
year
there
were
about
30.
In
this
year
there
were
19..
We
went
through
each
one,
one
by
one
and
evaluated
each
of
them
and
they
came
together
and
made
a
recommendation.
H
D
H
I'm,
honestly,
not
sure
I
have
I'm,
not
sure
at
all,
I
mean
it
worked
out
pretty
well
because
I
mean
at
least
from
my
perspective,
because
last
year
there
were
over
six
million
dollars
in
requests
and
they
were
only
able
to
Grant
two
point:
I
think
2.1
million,
whereas
this
year
we
only
had
2.67
million
in
requests
and
we
were
able
to
Grant
almost
all
of
it.
So
I
mean
that
seems
good
to
me.
But
you
know
I'm
not
entirely
sure
as
to
why
there
were
fewer
applications.
D
A
H
H
H
H
They
applied
for
a
study
to
do
a
tourism
study.
However,
the
funding
the
guidelines
for
Accommodations
Tax
funding,
don't
allow
for
anything
like
that.
You
know:
there's
no
tourism,
marketing,
Beach,
nourishment
or
anything
like
that,
so
that
was
just
an
expense
that
just
wasn't
allowed
by
this,
so
we
weren't
able
to
fund
it.
M
They
were
funded
from
the
state
and
there
are
other
items
reasons
why
we
are
under
directive,
for
those
of
you
that
are
new
to
council,
we're
under
directive
by
by
previous
Council
to
not
provide
funding.
The
Black
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
not
an
official
DMO
of
the
county,
so
that
was
another
reason
why
the
committee
made
the
recommendation
not
to
fund
them.
D
D
I
H
A
A
I
think
that
we
are
asking
them
for
receipts
for
for
monies
funded,
but
I
think
at
least
last
year
the
year
before
they
have
not
used.
They
have
not
come
to
us
for
that.
For
that
money
so
again
they're
they
they
still
haven't
used
their
money
from
last
year.
That's
correct,
so
is
that
one
of
the
reasons.
E
Okay,
we
we
need,
we
don't
have
any.
We
have,
we've
asked
them
for
receipts,
either
receipts
or
we'll
pay
the
invoices
for
them.
We
we
they
did
the
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
the
local
Hospitality
tax
last
year
that
they
did
that
they
haven't,
sent
us
any
further
documentation.
Yet
we'd
be
happy
that
to
do
it,
if,
if
they
have
that
documentation,
but
the
the
getting
the
information
that
we
need
for
them
to
properly
do
it
has
been
an
issue
in
the
past
it.
E
They
use
the
local
50
000,
but
they
didn't
do
the
state
accommodations.
Do
you
have
have
anything
applied
there?
Okay,
what
they
wanted
us
to
do
is
blanket
we.
We
are
happy
to
give
the
money.
We
just
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
accounted
for
properly
and
even
with
the
state
Accommodations
Tax,
all
that
money
is
supposed
to
be
accounted
for
before
they
receive
any
more
money.
The
next
year.
Okay,.
F
E
M
M
Nor
are
we
recognized
in
the
sponsorship,
so
we're
right
we're
requiring
that
anyone
that's
receiving
this
funding
to
place
our
logo
on
whatever
materials
they
put
out,
so
that
people
will
know
that
it
is
a
Beaufort
County
sponsored
event
through
eight
tax,
and
we
also
are
requiring
them
to
coordinate
their
marketing
plan
with
the
dmos,
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
the
money
is
being
spent
at
being
spent
effectively.
So
we're
not
double
dipping
on
advertisements
in
the
same
magazines
or
same
journals
or
whatever.
A
And
let
me
just
say
as
well
whenever
you
know
this
is
my
fifth
year
now
on
the
finance
committee
that
whenever
I
first
got
here,
it
was
the
Wild
Wild
West.
There
was
no
rules,
there
was
no
application
process,
so
in
that
first
year
we
did
put
an
application
process
in
that
people
would
come
with
applications
and
people
had
a
set
deadline.
A
They
had
to
fill
out
the
application,
and
every
year
we've
learned
something
we
keep
kind
of
tightening
the
screws
of
things
that
we've
missed
or
things
that
we
need
to
do
to
make
it
more
transparent
and
make
sure
we
know
where
the
money's
going
and
then
we
can
even
then
follow
back
up
with
where
the
money
went
after
it's
given.
So
this
this
is
a
fluid
motion,
so
we're
looking
forward
to
who
only
has
suggestions
on
what
we
do
next
year
to
keep
track
of
this
and
what
we
request.
A
It
is
something
that
we've
got
to
do
on
ours
on
our
side,
to
to
make
sure
that
we
we
are
doing
the
best
thing
that
we
can
with
the
money
that
we're
given
to
be
presented.
So
any
other
discussions
on
this
again.
This
is
something
else
that
we've
moved
to
council
for
three
readings.
So
there's
no
more
discussion.
We
would
I'd
ask
for
a
motion
to
move
this
to
council.
A
Sir,
thank
you
Dawson.
So
is
there
any
objection
to
us
moving
this
to
council,
seeing
no
objection,
we
will
move
this.
It's
been
approved
and
moved
to
council,
so
Mr
Smooth.
Thank
you
for
coming,
appreciate
you
being
here
and
again
first
time,
so
we
look
forward
to
having
you
back
again.
Yeah.
Of
course.
Thank
you
so
much.
F
A
A
I
think
that's
a
good
recommendation.
Mr
Dawson,
so
we
are
recommended
approval
of
the
appointment
of
Ashley
feaster,
the
EDC
chair
and
Paula
Brown
County
Council
representative
to
the
Southern
Carolina
allowance
board,
recommended
approval
of
the
appointment
of
Dennis
Ross
to
the
city
of
beaufort's
Metropolitan
Planning
Commission,
as
one
of
the
two
County
Council
seats
available
and
then
the
last
one
recommended
approval:
the
appointment
of
council
member
Larry
McClellan
to
the
economic
development
board
to
fill
the
County
Council
seat
there.
A
J
J
A
D
A
A
G
A
O
Fort
Fremont
closes
out
a
350
Year
Legacy
of
coastal
fortifications
in
Port
Royal
sound
beginning
in
the
mid
16th
century.
It
also
represents
the
closing
chapter
of
America's
coastal
defense
system
before
the
dawn
of
air
power.
Fort
Fremont
is
an
example
of
the
most
advanced
military
technology
of
its
time.
It
would
parallel
the
B-17
and
aircraft
carrier
of
World
War
II.
The
F-35
of
today
Fort
Fremont
was
an
important
part
of
the
Beaufort
culture
very
similar
to
Paris
Island
and
the
Marine
Corps
Air
Base.
Today.
P
They
called
the
navigational
Point
La
Punta
de
Santa
elen,
the
point
of
Santa
Elena,
and
what
the
Spanish
explorers
discovered
is
that
Port
Royal
sound
is
a
unique
piece
of
geography.
It's
the
deepest
natural
Harbor
south
of
the
Chesapeake
Bay,
possibly
south,
of
New
York,
the
channel
into
Port
Royal
sound.
This
I
find
a
remarkable
geological
fact.
P
It
became
the
first
capital
of
Florida
and
they
explored
the
back
country
from
this
location
for
more
than
a
century,
with
the
object
of
building
a
highway
from
This
Magnificent
Harbor
to
Mexico
City.
So
the
sound
was
known
to
the
Spaniards.
It
was
known
to
the
French,
who
actually
got
here
first
and
followed
and
created
the
first
Protestant
colony
in
the
New
World
on
Paris
Island
over
my
shoulder
and
that
colony
was
a
failure.
The
Spaniards
replaced
them.
P
It
was
part
of
Spanish
Florida
when
the
English
arrived
150
years
later,
and
this
was
became
as
a
consequence,
a
Battleground
in
the
18th
century,
between
Spanish
interests
in
Florida
and
Saint
Augustine
and
the
English
colony
in
Carolina
and
in
Charleston
and
back
and
forth.
These
wars
went
many
of
them,
Naval
Wars,
many
of
them,
employing
as
all
the
sailors
Knew
by
then
the
magic
of
Port
Royal
South.
When
the
Civil
War
came,
Confederates
defended
the
harbor,
but
it
was
basically
indefensible
against
large
Naval
forces.
P
in
a
four-hour
cannonade,
which
would
have
been
deafening
from
where
we're
sitting
Was
Heard
for
miles
from
Savannah.
Nearly
to
Charleston
it
was
called
The
Day
of
the
big
gun
shoot
during
the
Civil
War.
This
Harbor
that
we're
looking
at
was
filled
with
ships.
It
would
be
hundreds
of
ships
in
this
Harbor
there
was
a
thousand
foot
dock
with
a
railroad
on
top
off
of
Hilton
Head.
P
P
So
this
was
a
major
U.S
government
installation
in
the
heart
of
the
South.
It
was
the
headquarters
of
the
U.S
army
Department
of
the
South.
But
more
importantly,
it
was
the
headquarters
of
the
United
States
Navy
South
Atlantic,
blockading
Squadron,
so
the
biggest
ships
in
the
Navy
were
here,
and
so
it
became
and
and
that's
really
where
the
story
of
Fort
Fremont
starts
with
that
huge
Civil,
War
military
operations
and
installations
on
Hilton
Head
on
Saint
Helena
Island,
on
Paris
Island
and
in
Butte.
N
After
the
Civil
War
we're
going
to
see
a
massive
change
in
technology,
that's
going
to
revolutionize
the
military.
During
the
Civil
War,
we
had
Ironclad
ships,
we
had
rifle
cannons,
but
they
were
all
made
out
of
iron
and
they
were
not
terribly
effective,
but
its
technology
is
going
to
change
after
the
Civil
War.
We're
going
to
see
steel
produced
and
steel
is
much
harder.
So
now
we
have
a
new
materials
to
make
armor
out
of
for
ships.
So
we
can
have
these
armored
ships
made
with
steel
and
much
more
resistance.
N
A
shot
because
I
have
steel.
I
can
make
stronger
barrels
for
my
guns.
I
can
rifle
and
machine
these
much
better
and
the
rifling
is
the
spirals
are
cutting
the
barrel
that
allows
it
to
shoot
further
with
more
accuracy,
and
we
can
also
now
have
breech
loading
guns
that
can
lock
from
behind.
So
I
can
load
my
gun
from
behind
I
don't
have
to
go
to
the
whole
black
powder.
Muzzle
loading
Cannon
head
before
now.
I
can
fire
much
more
rapidly
if
I
compare
the
gun
of
1890
to
The
Guns
of
1860.
N
for
the
same
caliber,
the
same
diameter
gun
the
1890
gun
will
be
able
to
fire.
Projectile
is
four
times:
heavier
can
shoot
it
three
times
further,
can
put
it
in
with
greater
precision
and
can
put
it
through
much
more
armor
than
anything
we
had
in
1860s
World
difference.
A
military
historian,
ER
Lewis
would
say
that
the
change
between
the
Civil,
War
and
1890
in
artillery
technology
was
the
greatest
that
would
be
seen
since
invention
of
artillery
in
the
14th
century
to
the
introduction
of
the
nuclear
projectile
in
the
1950s.
N
So
there's
been
a
huge
change
in
gun
technology.
At
the
same
time,
it's
not
just
the
steel
but
also
the
powder
that
fires.
These
guns
is
different.
We
have
new
chemical
makeup
and
so
like
cordite
is
invented
now
and
it's
still
a
widely
used
military
explosive,
even
today
smokeless
power
of
His
event
during
this
period
of
time,
and
it's
not
just
chemical
composition,
but
it's
the
details
of
how
you
make
the
grain
how
fast
they
burn.
So
much
like
the
skill
of
firing.
N
A
solid
rocket,
solid
fuel
rocket,
it's
that
same
kind
of
Technology,
that's
been
developed
in
these
gunpowder
and
this
new
powder.
So
our
weapons
of
this
day
are
much
much
greater.
They
would
be
the
great
killing
machines
of
World
War
One,
most
of
the
casualties
on
the
battlefields,
World
War
one
would
come
from
artillery.
N
N
They
are
now
equipped
with
these
fine
long-range
guns
and
they
now
become
the
dominant
threat
of
the
late
19th
early
20th
century.
This
is
the
threat.
The
French
and
English
would
bombard
cities
like
Cairo
and
reduce
them
to
Rubble
because
they
were
unable
to
defend
them.
So
this
is
how
the
world
was
seeing
the
threat
from
this
new
technology.
Big
battleships,
are
the
threat
of
the
era
and
new
guns
and
fortifications
on
the
ground
or
what
you
have
to
have
to
defend
against
them.
P
One
of
the
most
important
at
first
things
that
happened
after
the
Civil
War
is
they
built
a
railroad
to
put
royal
sound
which
didn't
exist.
It
was
the
first
connection
of
the
Sea
Island
to
the
mainland.
The
advantage
that
railroad
is
it
brought
cold,
Port,
Royal
South.
So
when
the
coal
was
delivered,
the
Navy
followed.
N
In
1872,
Robert
Smalls
was
in
the
South
Carolina
legislature
and
he
pushed
through
a
resolution
to
the
Secretary
of
War,
calling
for
them
to
put
a
Navy
station
on
Paris
Island
and
eventually
he
would
go
into
Congress
where
he
would
continue
his
support
for
a
Navy
station.
Here
in
the
Beaufort
Port
Royal
area.
They
eventually
opened
a
Navy
station
here
and
a
cooling
station.
P
They
created
in
the
1890s
on
Paris
Island,
the
largest
Dry
Dock
in
the
United
States.
This
is
the
period
when
the
U.S
Navy
was
switching
from
sail
to
steam.
All
the
Navies
of
the
world
need
the
coaling
station.
This
was
the
principal
coaling
station
because
of
the
railroad
for
the
Caribbean
and
South
American
U.S
fleets.
This
would
be.
N
The
biggest
Dry
Dock
south
of
Norfolk-
in
fact
it
is
the
only
Dry
Dock
south
of
Norfolk
Virginia,
that's
capable
of
taking
these
new
modern
battleships
of
these
new
modern
armored
Cruisers.
So
this
becomes
at
this
point
a
strategic
Navy
Basin
that
it
provides
coal
and
it
provides
a
top-line
support
to
the
ships
and
they
can
repair
the
hulls
of
even
the
biggest
ships
in
the
U.S
Navy.
N
Following
the
Civil
War
National
strategy
and
emphasis
in
the
United,
States
shifted
from
to
recovery
from
war
and
all
of
our
Coastal
fortifications
went
into
neglect.
The
military
was
busy
taming,
the
west
and
Coastal
defenses
became
something
that
was
no
longer
important
in
the
rest
of
the
world.
Technology
is
moving
forward
and
they're
developing
these
battleships
they're
developing
new
high
quality
artillery,
and
this
is
going
on
worldwide
and
in
1885
president
Grover
Cleveland
appointed
Endicott
board.
N
This
was
headed
by
secretary
War,
Endicott,
William
Endicott,
and
the
board
would
meet
initial
report
in
1886
and
they
said
the
conditions
of
our
Coastal
defenses
were
just
unbearable.
It
cannot
be
allowed
to
stay
like
that
and
they
made
recommendations
for
fortification
and
improvements.
They
identified
29
places
that
needed
fortifications
and
11
of
which
were
critical
in
that
list
of
29,
Savannah
and
Charleston
on
the
list.
But
Beaufort
is
not
on
the
list.
P
So
the
USS
Maine
was
here
on
patrol
and
in
the
harbor
and
while
they
were
in
the
harbor
several
times,
they
entertained
the
local
population.
So
the
merchants
and
the
social
leaders
and
the
political
leaders
of
Beaufort
were
invited
to
come,
have
lunch
with
the
captain
of
the
ship.
Captain
sigsby
and
the
officers
got
to
know
the
people.
The
people
got
to
know
the
officers.
The
crew,
which
was
large,
would
go
ashore
on
payday
and
make
friends
with
everybody
in
town.
N
At
that
point,
somebody
in
the
war
department
realized
that
we
had
this
big
Dry
Dock,
the
only
Dry
Dock
in
the
South
that
could
take
on
and
repair
these
big
Capital
ships
that
were
in
our
Navy
we're
going
to
start
operations
against
a
power
in
the
Caribbean,
and
this
fort
was
totally
undefended
and
that's
what
put
Fort
Fremont
on
the
map
we
had
to
have
a
fort
here
to
defend
the
coaling
station,
and
especially
this
big
Dry
Dock,
as
well
as
this
fine
Harbor.
That's
here.
P
And,
of
course,
that
event,
which
killed
300
or
more
Sailors
on
the
ship
was
very
much
followed
by
the
local
news
media
and
very
much
lamented
by
the
many
friends
that
the
crew
had
made
here.
The
destruction
of
the
USS
Maine
was
a
personal
matter
to
Beaufort
and
to
Port
Royal
South
and,
of
course
it
was
the
Spanish-American
War
and
the
attempt
to
defend
this
Harbor
again,
which
led
to
this.
The
creation
of
Fort
Fremont,
the
United
States
declared
war
on
Spain
in
in
April
1898.
N
And
by
early
may
we
had
temporary
batteries
in
place
here.
Submarine
mines
were
in
place
and
in
the
summer
they
would
actually
place
the
mines
across
the
Beaufort
river.
Behind
me,
the
temporary
batteries
were
a
temporary
expedient.
They
were
located
to
my
left
about
a
thousand
yards.
They've
immediately
began
construction
of
what
would
become
Fort
Fremont,
the
large
batteries
with
the
house
of
large
guns
battery
four
Nance,
the
rapid
fire
guns.
The
smaller
battery
was
completed
by
June
of
1898.
P
N
C
Well,
Fort
Fremont
was
named
for
a
Major
General
John
Fremont.
He
was
actually
a
local
boy,
so
to
speak.
He
was
born
and
grew
up
in
Savannah
Georgia,
just
south
of
us,
and
went
to
college
in
the
College
of
Charleston,
just
north
of
us
in
Charleston.
He
served
in
the
Army
and
primarily
initially
as
a
Explorer
as
army.
Forts
were
generally
named
for
army
officers
and
he
was
connected
locally.
C
We
are
sitting
in
the
number
three
gun
position
of
a
three
gun
battery
Jessup,
which
had
three
10-inch
disappearing
carriage,
large
caliber
guns
reach
loading
guns.
Their
purpose
was
to
engage
the
warships
that
might
be
entering
the
harbor
and
Port
Royal
sound
we're
here
now
at
the
second
battery
that
was
part
of
Fort
Fremont.
This
is
battery.
Four
Nance
was
named
for
Army
officer
that
was
actually
killed
during
the
Spanish-American
War
during
the
Battle
of
San
Juan
Hill
battery
for
an
ants
mounted
two
British
made
4.72
inch,
Armstrong
quickfire
guns.
C
They
were
called
quick
fire
because
they
loaded
were
loaded
with
a
complete
cartridge
and
it
in
time
of
action.
They
could
fire
four
to
six
rounds
per
minute.
The
purpose
of
battery
formats
was
to
defend
the
Minefield,
which
was
the
other
component
of
the
Endicott
Coast
artillery
or
or
Coast
defense
system,
a
Minefield
with
controlled
mines
controlled,
meaning
that
they
were
connected
electrically
to
Shore
and
could
be
fired
on
command
from
Shore.
That
control
station
would
have
been
probably
shared
with
the
plotting
room
and
in
order
to
protect
the
Minefield.
C
Obviously,
an
enemy
would
want
to
interfere
with
that.
Might
send
vessels
small
ships
in
here
at
night
to
try
to
interfere
and
this
battery
would
take
those
vessels
Under
Fire.
If
there
was
some,
there
was
suspected
that
they
were
doing
something
to
interfere
with
the
mines,
such
as
pulling
up
the
cables
and
cutting
those
the.
N
R
For
the
soldiers
at
Fort,
Fremont
was
disciplined
and
regimented.
They
even
had
meal
times
were
specified
lengths
of
time
15
minutes
for
lunch.
15
minutes
at
breakfast,
20
minutes
of
supper.
They
had
to
practice
their
skills.
They
were
training
and
doing
maintenance
constantly.
If
you
can
imagine
with
these
big
guns,
they
had
to
have
skills
in
and
practice
the
skills
in
artillery
mind
laying
signaling,
which
involved,
in
our
case
at
Fort,
Fremont
the
use
of
the
fire
control
tower,
which
was
pretty
sophisticated
and
advanced
signaling
technique.
R
Then
they
also
had
to
practice
the
typical
military
skills
marching
and
drilling
Small
Arms,
fire,
first
aid
and
so
forth.
In
addition
to
that,
they
also
had
participated
in
athletics.
They
had
physical
training
PT
and
they
also
had
sports
teams.
So
this
was
to
keep
them
physically
fit
so
that
they
could
continue
their
their
duties
because
they
were,
it
was
pretty
rigorous
at
Fort,
Fremont.
N
P
In
1901,
the
mayor
of
Charleston
and
the
United
States
Senator
Pitchfork
Ben
Tillman
from
South
Carolina,
wanted
this
to
move
from
Beaufort
County
to
Charleston
County,
because
there
are
more
votes
in
Charleston
County
and
the
mayor
wanted.
The
U.S
Corps
of
Engineers
in
the
Navy
to
dredge
the
harbor
in
Charleston,
because
battleships
in
those
days
required
26
feet
of
water
Charleston's
natural
Harbor
is
15
feet
of
water.
Port
Royal
is
30..
You
know
what,
in
order
for
Charleston
to
sustain
its
Port,
it's
commercial
Port.
It
had
to
dredge
the
harbor.
P
P
N
The
fort
did
its
job
build
a
deterrent
for
anybody
that
wished
to
attack
these.
It
provided
protection,
in
fact,
the
whole
endicotta
system,
although
never
challenged
in
this
era.
Here
in
the
United
States,
provided
some
300
major
guns,
Coastal
guns,
to
protect
major
areas
and
left
the
United
States
at
the
beginning
of
the
20th
century,
with
his
well-defended
Coastline
as
any
place
in
in
the
world.
But.
P
I
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
it's
a
magnificent
artifact
of
an
era
and
it's
an
era
that
has
been
neglected.
The
turn
of
the
20th
century,
the
naval
station
across
the
river
here,
and
so
it's
a
it's
a
piece
of
History,
that's
disappearing
and
the
friends
of
Fort,
Fremont
and
Beaufort
County
have
preserved
it
for
the
use
of
the
public
and
as
a
memorial
to
that
moment
in
history,
Fort.
O
Fremont
closes
at
350-year
story
of
Homeland
Security
addressing
European
imperialism
in
the
19th
century.
It's
a
tale
of
how
geography,
technology
and
National
Security
creates
a
transition
for
America
to
become
a
global
power.
It's
also
a
wonderful
snapshot
of
America.
In
the
beginning
of
the
20th
century,
the
friends
of
Fort,
Fremont
and
Beaufort
County
have
a
valued
partnership,
working
in
tandem
to
preserve
the
fort's
integrity
and
promote
the
historical,
natural
and
cultural
aspects
of
the
Court
most
important,
we're
always
looking
for
creative
ways
to
enhance
visitor
experience.
B
S
T
T
U
S
Water
east
of
the
Continental
Divide
drains
to
the
Atlantic,
while
water
west
of
the
Divide
flows
to
the
Pacific
and
one
drop
of
rain,
can
cross
many
different
watersheds
along
the
way,
as
runoff
flows
into
rivers,
streams
and
storm
drains.
The
water
picks
up
trash
dirt
bacteria,
toxic
chemicals
and
fertilizers,
creating
a
soup
of
pollutants
that
is
extremely
hazardous
to
the
environment
and
the
consequences
of
polluted
runoff
exist
worldwide.
The
UN
estimate
is
that
there's
about
a
billion
people
on
the
planet
right
now
who
don't
have
adequate
access
to
fresh
water.
S
S
W
Many
cases
people
mistakenly
identify
large
discharge
pipes
in
the
water
as
the
problem,
but
that
may
not
be
the
problem
it
may
be
coming
from
agricultural
runoff.
It
may
be
coming
from
storm
water
runoff
over
parking,
lots
and
impervious
surfaces.
Every
Watershed
is
different
and
you
need
to
look
at
each
Watershed
in
its
own
terms
and
then
think
systematically
about
how
you
remediate
how
you
clean
up
that
watershed.
L
S
U
X
Pollutants
in
the
water
affect
Surfers
because
we're
actually
the
indicator
species
with
all
the
pollutants
when
we
were
in
the
waters,
we're
ingesting
it
through
our
skin
in
our
mouth.
Even
if
people
don't
take
of
water
and
still
getting
into
our
systems
our
ears
any
orifice
on
your
body
and
it
causes
infections,
it
can
cause
colds
sore
throats
at
the
very
least
I.
U
S
Generically
we
call
it
fecal
coliform,
more
specifically,
you
might
know
of
it
as
E
coli,
salmonella
or
enterococcus
whatever's
in
poop
there's
times
when
it
tastes,
funky
for
sure.
Every
day,
the
City
and
County
of
Los
Angeles
perform
a
battery
of
tests
to
keep
the
public
informed
about
water
quality
in
the
Santa
Monica
Bay
Begins
the
monitoring
process
each
morning
by
taking
a
series
of
Coastline
water
samples,
then
it's
back
to
the
lab
for
analysis.
Y
O
B
A
A
D
A
All
right
is
there
a
second
to
that
motion,
I'll.
Second,
that
just
moved
on
you
that's
been
seconded.
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
no
discussion?
There's
any
objection
and
I
see
no
objection,
so
that
also
will
be
approved
and
moved
to
County
Council
and,
in
my
haste,
to
move
us
to
Executive
session
number
14
on
our
agenda.
There
are
additional
agency
boards
and
commission
appointments
and
reappointments
and
we're
going
to
handle
those
all
as
one.
Let
me
go
ahead
and
read
what
those
are.
A
So
everyone
knows
what
they
are,
so
the
Planning
Commission
recommend
approval
of
the
appointment
of
Dennis
Ross
to
the
Planning
Commission
for
a
three-year
term,
with
the
expiration
date
of
February
2026
under
Solid,
Waste
and
Recycling
board
recommend
approval
of
the
appointment
of
William
Greiner
to
the
solid
waste
and
recycling
board
for
a
four-year
term,
with
expiration
date
of
February.
2027,
Parks
and
Recreation
board
recommend
approval
of
the
appointment
of
Carlos
cave
to
the
Parks
and
Recreation
board
for
a
four-year
term,
with
the
expiration
date
of
February
2027.
A
The
library
board
recommend
approval
of
the
appointment
of
Sean
culpa
to
the
library
board
for
a
four-year
term,
with
the
expiration
of
date.
February
2027
under
the
Beaufort
Memorial
Hospital
Board
of
Trustees
recommend
approval
of
the
reappointments
of
Eric
billig
and
Carolyn
Banner
to
the
Beaufort
Memorial
Hospital
Board
of
Trustees
for
a
four-year
term
with
the
expiration
date
of
February
2027.
A
A
The
Accommodations
Tax
Board
recommend
approval
of
the
reappointments
of
vimo,
deci
and
Richard
farmer
to
the
combinations
tax
board
for
a
four-year
term,
with
the
expiration
date
of
February
2027
and
finally,
the
critical
Rural
and
critical
lands
preservation
board
recommend
approval
of
the
reappointments
of
Lucia
O'farrell
Arthur
bear
Walter,
Mack,
stodd,
Ewan
and
Beekman
Webb
to
the
rural
and
critical
lands
preservation
board
for
a
four-year
term,
with
the
expiration
date
of
February
2027.
we'll
handle
those
all
as
one
agenda
item.
Is
there
a
motion
to
do
that
so
move?