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Description
BEAUFORT COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MEETING
Monday, April 11, 2022
10:00 a.m.
Buckwalter Recreation Center
905 Buckwalter Parkway
Bluffton, South Carolina 29910
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER - Rep. Wm. Weston J. Newton, Chairman
II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES – June 18, 2021
IV. “PRESENTATIONS”
• SC Beach Advocates, Nicole Elko
V. DISCUSSION OF REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LAW
Mr. Eric Greenway, Beaufort County Administrator and Chairman Joseph
Passiment, Beaufort County Council
VI. REQUEST FOR LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY RAISE
GRANT FOR US 21/SC 802 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS
Ms. Brittanee Fields, Capital Projects, BC Engineering
VII. SC PARK AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT FUND REQUEST
VIII. COUNTY WATER RECREATION AND GAME & FISH FUND REQUEST
IX. DISCUSSION OF BEAUFORT COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
POSITION
X. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
XI. PUBLIC COMMENT
XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION (if needed)
XIII. ADJOURNMENT
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Without
the
proxies
we
do
have
a
quorum
of
the
members
of
the
delegation
present,
obviously,
with
the
proxies
substantial
over
the
quorum
requirement.
The
first
is
an
invocation
and
pledge
of
allegiance.
Mr
rivers,
if
I
could
call
on
you
for
an
invocation,
please,
sir,
and
then
we'll
move
into
the
pledge
you
always
stand.
Thank
you,
sir.
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Let
us
pray
heavenly
father
we
thank
for
this
morning.
We
thank
you
for
this
day.
We
thank
for
this
opportunity.
We
thank
you
in
advance,
we'll
be
doing
everything
decent
and
in
order
for
the
constituents,
the
people
that
we
work
for
in
beaufort
county
all
is
well
and
well
indeed,
in
jesus
name,
we
pray,
amen,
amen.
Thank
you.
I
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
united
states
of
america
and
to
the
republic
for
which
it.
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We
are
the
only
non-profit
organization
in
the
state
that
was
formed
by
the
local
elected
officials
of
the
beachfront
communities
to
represent
with
one
voice
in
colombia
and
beyond,
and
our
board
of
directors
is
made
up
of
the
mayors
and
administrators
of
the
beach
communities
from
north
myrtle
beach
down
here
to
hilton
head,
so
the
handout
I
have
before
you
today
represents
one
of
the
things
that
our
organization
was
formed.
To
do
so,
we
formed
back
in
2014.
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Many
of
you
have
received
invitations
to
our
annual
meetings,
which
we
we
hold.
You
know
in
various
speech
locations
around
the
state.
So
the
purpose
of
my
visit
today
is
just
to
say,
hello,
introduce
our
organization
and
welcome.
You
to
you
know,
join
us
at
these
annual
meetings
that
we
have.
We
had
our
last
one
on
kiawah
in
january
february
time
frame
and
what
happens
there?
Is
all
the
beachfront
communities
come
together.
You
know
we.
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So
one
of
the
things
you
know
in
our
state,
the
beaches
are
extremely
important
for
tourism.
There's
some
statistics
on
the
front
here
that
in
2019,
basically
nine
billion
dollars
was
brought
in
in
the
five
coastal
counties
alone,
and
you
know
really
I'm
preaching
to
the
choir
here.
You
all
know
the
benefits
of
tourism
and
and
why
people
are
coming
here
to
visit.
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Similar
statistics
about
tourism,
so
the
bill
does
that
it
basically
takes
it
away
from
ocrm
which,
because
of
the
dhec
restructure,
is
a
bit
of
chaotic
right
now
anyway.
So
we're
moving
it
to
prt,
where
that's
where
the
beach
funding
has
been
coming
through
recently
and
then.
Secondly,
it
it
does
something
which
is
really
important,
which
is
dedicates
25
of
our
admissions
taxes
into
this
fund
annually.
So
that
amounts
to
about
8
million
dollars
a
year.
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And
you
know
the
admission:
the
admissions
tax
is
the
tax
that
you
pay
when
you
go
to
the
movies
or
go
golfing,
so
it
really,
we
think
of
it
really
as
a
user
fee
right
when
tourists
are
coming
into
the
state
and
paying
that
tax
they're,
basically
putting
money
into
the
fund.
That
will
then
help
to
maintain
the
beaches
over
time.
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So
just
one
last
thing
to
again
bring
home
the
point
here.
So
it's
putting
away
eight
million
dollars
a
year,
but
the
coastal
counties
are
generating
nine
billion
dollars
a
year.
So
it's
a
fantastic
return
on
investment
to
maintain
that
what
we
call
critical
infrastructure
of
the
beaches
for
tourism
and
then,
of
course,
for
all
the
other
benefits
that
it
provides
with
storm
protection.
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All
right,
yep-
and
I
would
also
point
out
on
that
side.
You
know
in
terms
of
like
taking
the
message
to
the
upstate
peers,
the
the
map
of
south
carolina.
There
shows
beachfront
ownership,
so
everyone,
you
know,
eat
the
darker,
the
blue,
the
more
people
that
own
second
homes
along
the
south
carolina
coast.
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So
you
know
the
whole
state
really
the
beaches
belong
to
all
of
us,
so
someone
in
every
county
in
the
state
owns
a
beach
owns
a
beach
house,
a
second
home,
and
someone
in
every
state
in
the
nation
owns
a
a
beach
house
in
south
carolina.
So
this
really
is
a
state
and
a
national
issue,
and
I
appreciate
your
attention
to.
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Activities
and
industries-
and
you
know
for
many
years
we
struggled
to
get
recognition
along
the
coast
for
highway
funding,
especially
in
this
part
of
the
state,
and
this
is
is-
is
as
significant
in
many
respects
as
highway
infrastructure.
So
you
are
in
preaching
to
acquire
here,
but
thank
you
and
appreciate
you
being
here.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
skipped
over
the
approval
of
the
minutes
for
our
june
18
2021
meeting
that
were
included
in
your
packet.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments.
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All
right
motion
for
approval,
the
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
and
he
knows
nobody's
in
favor,
miss
maxey.
Thank
you.
Okay,
the
next
we
have
our
chairman
of
county
council,
mr
passiment,
and
our
county
administrator
mr
greenway,
here,
to
visit
with
us
about
regional
transportation
authority
gentlemen
good
morning
and
welcome.
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In
addition,
we're
also,
as
you
are
aware,
many
of
you
have
received
calls
over
the
last
several
months
about
our
current
ferry
situation,
with
our
daufuskie
island
residents
and
tourism
to
that
island.
In
order
for
us
to
solve
that
problem,
we're
trying
to
achieve
a
long-term
solution,
because
over
the
past
many
years
it's
just
been
a
temporary
contract
with
a
private
carrier.
We
would
also
like
to
enter
into
a
long-term
arrangement
with
palmetto
breeze
to
actually
take
over
eventually
the
operation
of
passenger
ferry
services
in
beaufort
county.
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So
if
you
all
could
entertain
at
some
point
introducing
that
legislation
on
behalf
of
the
county,
that
would
help
us
develop
a
more
thorough,
long-term
solution
to
dealing
with
the
ferry
situation
here
in
beaufort
county
and
also,
as
we
partner
with
chatham
county,
to
provide
more
tourist
opportunities
to
use
the
ferry
service
back
and
forth
between
beaufort,
county
and
savannah.
We.
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We
could
not
necessarily
under
this.
We
could
do
it
today,
but
they
wouldn't
be
able
to
access
any
of
the
federal
grant
and
state
grant
money.
That's
out
there
for
for
ferry
operations
because
of
the
fact
that
they're
not
able
to
access
that,
because
the
current
language
doesn't
allow
their
authority
to
take
over
the
ferry
service,
but
as
a
as
a
regional
transportation
authority.
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If
we
change
this
language-
and
I
understand
it-
frees
them
up
to
apply
for
grant
money
at
the
federal
level
through
federal
highwayman,
our
federal
transportation
dollars
to
actually
have
money
for
the
ferry,
currently
we're
spending
about
a
half
a
million
dollars
a
year
out
of
county
coffers,
our
general
fund
to
operate
the
ferry
to
us
to
the
fusky
island,
and
we
don't
have
a
really
good
long-term
solution
for
that.
We're
trying
to
secure
permanent
embarkation
points
on
both
the
fusky
island
and
the
county
and
we're
working
toward
that
end.
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And
once
we
get
those
two
things
established,
then
we
will
be
able
to
solve
once
and
for
all
the
ferry
operation
issue
for
daufuskie
allen.
And
mr
representative
newton,
I
don't
think
I
have
to
tell
you
you
probably
dealt
with
that
when
you
were
on
beaufort
county
council
as
well
a
few
times.
So
it's
a
big
need
for
us
to
solve.
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The
well,
the
the
purchase
of
the
embarkation
points
are
immediate
we're
trying
to
do
those
now
and
hopefully
we're
going
to
be
able
to
buy
land
that
will
allow
us
to
generate
additional
revenue
from
those
land.
Those
embarkation
points
to
help
offset
the
cost
of
the
ferry
operation,
so
the
purchase
of
the
land
is
we're.
We're
researching
that
right
now,
getting
it
established
with
palmetto
breeze
to
be
the
actual
operator
of
the
ferry
down
the
road
would
be
would
be
after
this
legislation
would
get
adopted
in
a
couple.
D
Just
need
the
language
amended
at
this
point
for
the
to
include
waterborne
transportation,
to
allow
transportation
authority
to
take
over
that
that
service
palmetto
breezes
board
is
already
established.
So
if
they
could
just
take
over
that,
then
that's
going
to
be
a
long-term
solution
for
us
that
that
we
would
like
to
have
in
our
tool
kit.
I'm
not
saying
that
we've
decided
that
we're
going
to
do
that
or
what
the
best
thing
is.
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Good
morning
good
morning,
thank
you
for
having
me
today.
My
name
is
brittany
fields,
I'm
the
capital
projects
coordinator
for
beaufort
county,
I'm
here
requesting
a
letter
of
support
for
beaufort
county's
application
to
the
raise
grant
for
25
million
dollars
for
the
project
of
u.s
21
sc
802
corridor
improvements.
O
This
project
is
a
part
of
the
2018
one-cent
sales
tax
referendum
for
30
million
dollars
on
ladies
island
to
be
expended
for
traffic
improvements.
One
of
the
nine
projects
is
the
overall
corridor,
so
we're
seeking
additional
funds.
This
will
be
our
second
application.
Last
time
we
came
highly
recommended
to
the
secretary,
but
unfortunately,
we're
not
selected
so
this
time,
we're
hoping
that
we
are
so
we're
reapplying
the
due
dates
april,
14th.
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I
believe
y'all
have
a
copy
of
the
application.
I
know
that
there's
a
an
allocation
for
beaufort
county
for
parks
and
recreational
facilities,
or
excuse
me
for
projects
this
would
add
fitness
centers
to
the
naval
heritage
park.
I
don't
know
if
you've
followed
kind
of
what
we've
been
doing
naval
heritage
park.
We
relocated
the
pinkney
porter
chapel
there.
We
have
an
agreement
with
the
national
park
service,
the
host
for
the
reconstruction
park,
so
we're
doing
constant
improvements.
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One
of
the
things
we've
been
working
on
since
2016
is
addition
of
a
section
of
sidewalk
from
rebo
road
to
the
park.
That
would
connect
it
to
the
bridge
and
now
you've
probably
seen
lots
of
people
that
walk
all
over
that
bridge.
So
this
is
an
opportunity
to
kind
of
enhance
the
fitness
opportunities
for
people
in
port
royal
that
also
walk
the
bridge
as
well,
and
so
the
parks
and
recreation
commission
I
have
the
liaison,
if
you
will
from
town
council
here
with
me,
I
didn't
realize
he
was
coming
so
now.
P
I
have
to
have
to
pull
through
with
this
anyways,
so
the
parks
and
recreation
commission
endorsed
the
idea
of
the
fitness
addition
to
the
park
asked
me
to
pursue
any
sort
of
grant
funding
that
I
could
find.
Obviously
this
is
one
that
gets
allocated
on
an
annual
basis,
so
here
I
am
making
that
request.
Obviously,
the
town
will
provide
the
match
for
the
balance
of
that
project.
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Okay,
all
right
and
that's
the
cycle
that
ends
when
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
did
that
you
know
last
year
in
june
we
did
we
had
a
balance
of
175
thousand
and
we
did
125
760
to
beaufort
county
for
the
bladen
street
tennis
courts.
We
did
city
of
beaufort,
50,
000
southside
park
park
amenities.
We
just
try
to
make
sure
that
we
allocate
these
funds
sort
of
equitably
throughout
the
county.
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I
am
asking
for
74
000
for
our
marine
division
to
stock
state
and
recreational
shellfish
beds
throughout
beaufort
county.
The
priorities
now
are
trunkers
out
on
st
helena,
broad
river,
where
we
have
some
recreational
bed
that
folks
can
get
to
without
having
to
get
you
know,
get
in
the
boat
and
get
to
them.
They
can
walk
from
the
land
in
there.
N
You
know
they
just
get
depleted
over
years
of
use
and
and
this
would
buy
the
shell
stock,
where
we
put
out
the
you
know,
we'll,
go
and
put
out
the
oyster
shells
so
that
the
larvae
can
attach
to
it
and
they
can
grow
a
little
bit.
Tough,
getting
the
stuff
right
now,
but
they
do
have.
They
do
have
a
line
on
getting
it's
about
four
thousand
per
load
and
we're
looking
to
get.
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So
there
is,
there
is
a
little
bit
of
money
still
sitting
there,
but
they
would
like
to
go
ahead
and
try
to
get
on
a
lot.
A
lot
of
these
beds
that
are
in
the
county,
broad
river
and
trunkers,
are
the
only
two
that
we're
looking
at
we're
looking
at
one
over
here
on
hilton,
head
and
they're.
Also
looking
at
some
in
morgan
river
as
well.
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I'm
just
curious,
I
mean
obviously
for
my
it's
been
a
long
time
since
I've
been
on
county
council,
but
the
need
to
the
identified
need
for
there
being
bathroom
facilities
at
county
boat.
Landings
is
not
new
right
and
the
county
has
looked
at
it
at
different
times
and
tried
to
figure
out
how
to
how
to
fund
it.
I
just
know
that
some
of
these
revenues
that
are
order,
rec
revenues,
perhaps
could
be
used
to
help
absolutely
address
some
of
those
issues.
So
I
I
just
I
mean
I'm
like
a
broken
record.
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No,
no
I'm
happy
to
start
that
conversation
with
those
guys
and
I
and
I
did
find
out
it.
So
it
is
a
school
bus
that
runs
the
sandy
island,
I'm
trying
to
find
out
if
it's
deer.
So
when
I
talk
to
them
about
that,
I'm
happy
to
start
that
discussion
and
we
can
both
get
back
to
you
and
perfect.
Let
you
know,
because
I
do
agree,
you
know
most
every
land,
and
especially
our
bigger
ones,
could
could
definitely
use
that
that
asset.
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Would
cover
about
six
acres?
That's
it
of
actual
shell
bank
that
we're
that
we're
recycling,
that's
how
they
blow
it
out,
and
I
think
it's
like
5.82,
because
that
was
one
of
the
questions.
Obviously
this
is
a
marine
division
request,
so
tried
to
get
as
much
knowledge
about
it
and
you
know
over
the
years
I've
gained
more,
but
you
know
you
would
think
20
loads
would
cover
all
of
broad
river
and
all
of
beaufort
county.
But
it's
really
only
about
six
acres
of
actual
bed.
N
Sir,
that's
correct:
it
comes
in
dump
trucks
and
they
put
it
on
a
barge
and
then
they'll
take
the
barge
out
to
the
site.
You
know
and
then
they'll
blow
it
off
with
like
a
big
water
nozzle
they
blow
the
shell
up
onto
the
bank
and
then
that's
what
the
lobby
attaches
to,
and
you
know
and
there's
also
existing
shell
there
that
that
helps
us
bind
and
get
you
know
better
habitat
for
them.
N
L
N
N
Absolutely
that'd
be
that
I
mean
that's
right,
that's
exactly
what
they're
doing
you
know
they're
just
trying
to
do
it
in
these
areas
where,
where
they
open
the
pick
and
one
thing
just
I
know
you
all
heard
one
one
quick
thing:
we
did
change
our
seasons
last
year,
the
the
folks
over
at
mrd.
They
saw
like
there's
over
harvesting
going
on.
You
know
commercial
guys
are
coming
in
and
over
harvesting
some
of
these
areas,
so
they
really
limited
the
seasons.
N
We
broke
our
season
up
traditionally,
you
know
I've
been
here
21
years
and
it's
been
a
mid-season
split.
Well
now
we're
doing
like
three
splits
so
that
so
they
don't
have
as
long
to
pick
on
the
beds
in
order
to
you
know,
regenerate
and
try
to
let
these
state
beds
and
recreational
beds
really
recoup
and
come
back
so.
H
Mike
paul,
I
got
to
say
in
a
different
note,
the
representative
newton
and
I
obviously
live
close
to
the
may.
So
we
are
getting
great
comments
from
our
folks
who
you
know
you
rarely
get
good
comments.
You
get
more
complaints
than
anything
else,
but
good
comments
on
the
law
enforcement
on
the
from
dnr
yeah.
H
N
Right,
that's
right!
Well
and
y'all
I
mean,
as
you
all
well
know.
You
know
we
appreciate
all
the
support
y'all
given
us
in
law
enforcement
and
our
whole
agency,
but
you
know
we're
getting
more
folks
down
here.
So
more
people,
you
know
more
more
people
out
there.
It
makes
a
big
difference.
Yeah
the
cordiality.
N
And
you
know
even
some
of
our
americulture
folks
who
would
yeah
they're
still
harvesting
on
the
shelf.
You
know
on
these
state
shellfish
grounds
and
selling,
you
know
clusters
or
whatnot.
However,
you
know
when
they
were
doing
x
number
of
bushels
five
years
ago
now,
they're-
probably
doing
a
third
of
that
maybe
a
quarter
of
that
because
they're
selling
the
americulture
business
has
taken
off
so
well,
and
so
I
think
that
pressure
is
a
huge
help
as
well,
so
it
may
give
may
give
the
marine
folks.
N
N
K
B
B
Each
of
you
all
should
have
received
from
miss
maxey.
The
position
was
noticed
in
the
in
the
paper.
Applications
have
been
submitted.
A
number
of
those
I
think
mr
weddle
of
yours,
included
among
those.
If
I'm
not
mistaken,
if
not-
and
you
do
want
to
be
part
of
that
process,
please
make
sure
that
you
do
submit
the
appropriate
paperwork
or
talk
to
ms
maxey
about
the
whatever
paperwork
you
have
that's
in
there.
I
appreciate
that.
B
Obviously,
the
senate
intended
to
be
here
today.
They
have
gone
back
into
a
session.
We
thought
they
were
going
to
be
on
recess
this
week.
We
did
not
intend
to
hold
interviews
this
week,
but
if
you
all
will
recall
this
is
a
position
that
does
require
some
lead
time
to
get
up
to
speed,
to
learn
as
to
what
has
to
be
done.
It
might
be
some
education
and
working
alongside
mr
wedler's
appointment,
based
on
mr
grimsley's
letter
and
of
january
28
of
this
year.
B
Is
that
that
appointment
was
extended
until
a
successor
chosen
by
the
delegation
has
assumed
the
duties
or
june
3023,
whichever
occurs
earlier?
So
if
you
all
will
take
a
look
at
those
applications
that
are
included,
make
sure
you
have
a
complete
package
of
those
from
miss
maxey
and
then
we
will
look
to
develop
some
sort
of
interview.
B
B
But
miss
erickson
reminded
me
of
that
earlier
today,
but
if
you
all
will
take
a
look
at
the
applications,
the
you
know
it
may
be.
The
appropriate
thing
is
to
identify
the
handful
that
each
of
you
all
would
like
one
or
more
to
interview,
and
then
we
might
coordinate
with
miss
erickson
as
secretary
of
the
delegation
of
helping
coordinate
and
schedule
when
we
would
look
to
have
interviews
any
questions,
anybody
good
you
understand
where
we
are.
Mr
rivers,
you're,
good.
Okay,
thank
you
all
and
miss
max.
B
B
Ms
maxey,
if
I'm
correct
at
this
point,
notwithstanding
the
fact
they
have
been
advertised
for
these
potential
vacancies,
so
this
is
included
in
here
as
much.
If
anything,
I
know
mr
pierce's
term
expires
in
june.
Mrs
dorr's
term
is
set
to
expire
in
june.
Dr
banner's
term
expired
in
june.
Those
are
the
two
resignations
and
that's
yeah
has
mr
pierce
indicated
whether
he
wants
to
continue
to
serve
okay.
B
All
the
vacancies
were,
however,
and
upcoming
vacancies
included
in
the
newspaper
request.
I
hate
to
vote
on
it.
If
he
doesn't
want
to
do
it
he's
the
chairman,
but
will
you
send
him
a
letter
and
ask
him
for
for
us
to
advise
of
his
interest
and
they
also
miss
maxey?
We
probably
need
to
reach
out
to
dr
paneu,
and
also
perhaps
the
current
members
of
the
beaufort
jasper
higher
education
commission
make
sure
they're
aware
of
the
two
resignations
with
kovit.
B
B
H
B
B
H
You
know
I'm
good
with
the
I'm
good
with
the
recommendation
by
port
royal,
but
I
think
we
may
we
may
need
to
have
just
a
sit
down
with
the
water
and
sewer
authority
board.
Now
we
have
more.
We've
got
more
comments
about
that
from
my
constituents
and
then
anything
else
combined
so
correct.
Maybe
it's
time.
H
C
B
C
B
B
R
B
Well,
I
can't
do
much
about
the
jasper,
but
I
appreciate
your
I'll
make
sure
that
the
beaufort
appointments
are
on
track
to
be
considered
and
we'll
make
sure
that
those
have
been
miss
maxie
properly
advertised
in
the
paper
for
interest
both
for
re-appointments,
as
well
as
appointments
for
each
and
every
seat
prior
to
july
1..
So.
B
B
Okay
next
is
the
broad
creek
public
service
district
commission,
consideration
of
reappointment
of
four
individuals:
james
rowe,
john
joseph
dean,
layton
and
thomas
hopkins
maxey.
All
these
were
advertised
for
both
consideration
not
only
for
reappointments,
but
for
anybody
to
apply
that
might
have
an
interest
correct.
B
B
L
B
It
is
good
okay,
mr
bradley,
is
that
you're
making
a
motion
then
for
expediency
purposes,
for
all
four
for
the
corresponding
terms
that
we
discussed.
Mr
kurzman,
you
got
that
second,
thank
you.
Any
questions
comments
hearing,
none
all
those
in
favor
of
approval,
of
the
four
appointments
for
the
terms
as
described,
please
say:
aye
aye,
including
proxies,
and
he
knows
hearing
none
unanimously
approved.
Thank
you
very
much.
The
next
or
the
south
island
public
service,
district
commission,
consideration
of
two
reappointments
miss
leitzy
and
miss
evans.
B
B
B
B
I
don't
know
with
that
information
we
need
to
get
from
the
states.
John
phelan
james
richardson,
both
of
those
appear
and
then
also
jim
vaughn's
seat,
appears
to
be
up
in
22
22.
right.
So
the
two
appointments
we're
making
right
now
are
22
appointments,
but
it
doesn't
look
like
mr
vaughn
is
in
that
mix.
B
B
All
right
would
you,
if
you
would
check
on
that,
for
for
me
I
mean
the
records
coming
out
of
columbia
are
not
always
as
current
as
we
would
like,
but
if
you
will
check
on
those
please
ma'am
and
get
back
to
us,
okay,
any
further
questions.
This
is
south
island,
public
service
district,
miss
leitzy
and
miss
evans.
B
B
A
B
B
We
have
two
holdover
candidates,
kante
and
mackey,
and
consideration
of
an
appointment
for
miss
melissa.
Martin,
miss
martin
will
be
completing
a
four-year
term
of
her
predecessor,
ms
conte,
which
began
december
31
2018
expiring
december
31
2022,
if
appointed
and
miss
conte
is
still
serving
but
would
like,
as
indicated
to
retire.
B
Her
position,
it's
also
noteworthy
that
we've
got
miss
graves
coming
up
in
june
of
this
year,
so
we
need
to
make
sure
we've
advertised
and
reached
out
to
her
appropriately
as
well.
You
all
will
see
that
this
is
a
five-member
board
per
judicial
circuit
and
we've
got
three
representatives
from
buford
and
two
for
jasper.
B
B
B
B
B
Theoretically,
his
term
would
have
ended
in
june
of
2014,
but
he's
the
chairman
and
dnr
has
in
the
past
indicated
he
is
valuable
to
that
committee
and
wanted
to
stay.
So
the
delegation
has
not
simply
passed
over
this,
but
has
left
this
in
place
as
the
law
provides.
You
continue
to
serve
until
a
successor
is
appointed.
B
There
is
one
applicant,
mr
john
wilcox,
and
that
is
the
information
that
mr
campson,
I
believe,
has
brought
forward.
I
was
hoping
that
mr
campson
would
be
here
today
and
we
could
have
a
conversation.
Mr
wilcox
would
be
an
invaluable
member
of
the
committee,
but
I
do
note
that
mr
webster
is
still
the
chairman
of
the
committee,
and
I
note
that
all
of
those
gentlemen
are
in
at
least
a
number
of
them
in
a
hold
over
capacity.
So
tell
me
what
you
all's
thoughts.
What
you
want
to
do.
B
H
B
So,
okay,
with
that,
we
are
through
with
our
appointments,
thank
goodness
and
moving
to
the
public
comment
session.
I
don't
know
if
folks
have
signed
up
to
speak
and
miss
maxey
has.
I
do
know
that
we
have
a
number
of
other
elected
officials
that
are
here
today.
Our
chairman
of
our
school
board
is
here.
B
B
A
I
T
The
reason
that
I
wanted
to
speak
with
you
all
today
is
for
some
considerations
that
our
legislative
affairs
committee,
along
with
our
entire
board,
have
thought
prudent
that
we
wanted
to
bring
to
your
attention
with
me.
I
bring
some
of
my
fellow
commissioners,
dr
caroline
furman,
mr
ron,
clifford,
miss
elene
mitchell,
miss
beverly
door
and
our
executive
director
marie
smalls.
T
T
We
have
a
special
election
in
hilton
head
that
only
affects
a
few
precincts,
but
we
would
have
to
have
even
our
voter
registration
office
in
beaufort
open
on
saturday
and
no
one's
going
to
come
all
the
way
to
beaufort
to
cast
their
vote
for
that.
So
that
was
one
of
the
other
one
of
the
stipulations
that
we
wanted.
You
to
consider.
The
other
one
is
in
regards
to
having
the
early
voting
precincts
open
based
on
square
mileage.
We're
hoping
to
have
that
verbiage.
T
We
were
hoping
to
have
that
number
increased,
we're
currently
we're
working,
and
we
understand
that
that
won't
be
in
this
legislative
cycle,
but
in
the
future.
If
you
would
consider
increasing
that
number
to
eighteen
hundred
or
two
thousand
voters
per
precinct,
I
think
that's
much
more
doable
for
us.
T
I'm
not
sure
of
the
exact
verbiage,
but
I
know
that
in
4919
it
states
that
you
would
have
up
to
seven
early
voting
precincts
based
on
the
square
mileage,
so
so
many
square
mileage
you'd
have
to
have
one
in
that
precinct,
and
so
many
square
mileage
you'd
have
to
have
an
early
voting
precinct,
but
for
beaufort
county
at
least
most
of
our
population
is
hilton
head
bluffton
and
that's
where
it's
booming
the
most
and
then
obviously,
there's
been
a
significant
increase
on
ladies
island
st
helena,
those
areas.
So
we
didn't.
T
B
The
second
is
the
square
mileage.
I
thought
that
language
for
the
two
for
the
formulas
that
decided
the
early
voting
center
was
permissive
and
that
those
were
caps
not
that
they
were
shall
okay,
so
y'all
may
want
to
go
back
and
take
a
look
at
that
because
at
least
my
recall
was
that
that
was
may
language.
Okay,.
T
I
B
Right,
I
still
thought
that
language
was
permissive,
that
they
didn't
have
to
open
them
in
those
locations,
but
they
the
the
idea,
is
that
you
don't
get
to
open
four
centers
in
one
concentrated
area
of
the
county
that
favors
one
level
of
voter
period,
and
I
mean-
and
so
that's
the
intention
of
the
legislation
is
to
make
this
thing
fair.
But
I
also
thought
it
was
permissive
language,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
mean
look.
We
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
hear
the
concerns
of
beaufort.
J
R
D
J
B
B
B
And
yes,
you
know,
and
we
and
I
think
the
body
was
as
committed
on
a
partisan
basis
to
do
both
if
we're
going
to
make
it
easier
to
vote,
we're
going
to
make
sure
we're
making
it
harder
to
cheat,
not
one
without
the
about
the
other,
and
that
was
well.
I
think
it
was
a
productive
legislation
that
moved
forward.
Certainly
it
was
productive
on
a
bipartisan
basis,
so
I
didn't
mean
to
say
we
not.
We
didn't
we
weren't
concerned
about
the
smaller
areas,
but
my
focus
is
this
area.
J
B
T
R
J
Q
So
good
morning,
I'm
christina
guad
speaking
today
as
an
individual
trustee
of
the
beaufort
county
board
of
education,
and
I
currently
serve
as
the
chair
of
the
board's
legislative
committee.
The
board
of
education
is
pursuing
fiscal
authority
and
I
previously
addressed
this
topic
with
the
delegation
at
the
legislative
reception
at
tabby
walk
in
june
2021.
Q
All
fiscal
authority
is
limited
and
subject
to
cap
under
act,
388
based
on
inflation
and
growth
of
the
80
public
school
districts.
In
the
state,
one-third
have
fiscal
authority.
Why
is
beaufort?
Not
one
of
them?
Beaufort
county
school
district
has
a
proven
track
record
of
fiscal
responsibility,
with
annual
audits
of
no
findings
for
over
20
consecutive
years.
Q
Greenville
and
beaufort
share
the
highest
bond
rating
for
school
districts
in
the
state
moody's
double
a1
greenville
has
fiscal
authority.
Beaufort
does
not
why
not?
Currently,
the
school
operating
millage
rate
is
set
by
the
county,
yet
the
school
bond
debt
service,
millage
rate,
is
set
by
beaufort
county
school
district.
Q
Q
The
beaufort
county
board
of
education
is
an
elected
public
body
and
solely
responsible
for
the
educational
outcomes
of
the
budget.
We
answer
to
the
public,
the
voters,
just
as
you
do
and
justice
county
council
does.
The
public
spoke
clearly
and
loudly
when
they
overwhelmingly
approve
the
largest
ever
bond
school
bond
referendum
in
beaufort
county
in
2019.
Q
The
vast
majority
want
decent,
updated,
safe
school
facilities
and
trust
the
board
to
deliver
on
that
promise.
The
board
of
education
membership
is
elected
and
subject
to
change
every
few
years.
Procedures
and
policies
are
in
place
to
help
ensure
the
continued
outstanding
track
record
of
fiscal
responsibility
by
beaufort
county
school
district.
We
have
earned
the
reputation
of
fiscal
responsibility.
B
Q
Q
U
I'm
well
thank
you.
My
name
is
tricia
fidrich.
I
am
a
member
of
the
beaufort
county
school
district
board
of
education.
Ms
erickson,
I
represent
district
four
and
I'm
here
also
speaking
as
an
individual,
but
I
wanted
to
speak
with
you
a
little
bit
about
a
crisis
that
the
nation
is
undergoing
a
crisis
that
the
state
of
south
carolina
is
undergoing
in
a
crisis
that
beaufort
county
school
district
is
undergoing
teacher
shortage.
U
Okay,
we
are
in
desperate
need
of
teachers,
historic
shortage
reasons,
coveted
other
reasons,
pay
cost
of
living
in
beaufort,
county
and
so
on.
Beaufort
county
school
district
is
being
very
creative
and
trying
to
attract
and
entice
people
to
come
to
this
area
to
live
and
to
work
and
to
teach
in
this
profession.
U
But
my
purpose
today
to
speak
to
you
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity,
didn't
realize
until
listening
to
you
today.
The
myriad
topics
that
you
all
deal
with
so
I
greatly
appreciate
it,
but
I
wanted
to
make
you
aware
of
the
different
hiring
practices
that
are
eligible
for
charter
schools
compared
to
public
schools.
U
Charter
schools
are
allowed
to
have
up
to
25
percent
of
their
staff,
hired
as
non-certified
teachers.
Public
schools
are
not
so
let
me
give
you
an
example,
chairman
newton,
let's
say
after
you're
finished
with
this
amazing
job
on
this
delegation,
and
you
say
I
would
love
to
teach
a
class
in
high
school
of
civics.
U
I
would
say,
you'd
be
well
qualified
beaufort
county
school
district
could
not
hire
you
to
do
so
unless
you
enrolled
in
one
of
their
alternative
certification
programs,
which
are
quite
onerous
and
believe
me,
you
wouldn't
want
to
do
it,
but
you
would
have
so
much
to
offer
the
students
of
beaufort
county
school
district.
With
your
experience
and
your
knowledge
charter,
schools
could
hire
you
beaufort
county
school
district.
Could
not.
U
Let's
say
you
wanted
to
teach
a
finance
class,
mr
herkersman,
mr
rivers,
let's
say
you
want
to
come
back
to
the
school
district
and
and
help
teach.
You
can't
do
it
unless
you
join
under,
like
teach
for
america
pace
program
or
something
like
that.
We're
just
asking
for
you
to
consider
be
aware
of
it.
U
I'm
just
asking
you
that
when
you
speak
to
your
colleagues-
and
you
be
just
to
be
aware
of
the
fact
that
this
exists
and
to
allow
us
to
have
a
level
playing
field
where
we
could
go
out
and
hire
very
qualified
people
to
teach
in
our
classes,
although
they
might
not
have
the
teaching
pedagogy
behind
them,
that
is
something
we
could
do.
That
is
something
the
school
district
could
provide
support
for,
but
we
need
to
get
these
content
rich
individuals
into
our
classrooms.
U
U
U
B
U
That's
my
understanding,
25
charter
schools
can
can
hire
up
to
25
of
their
staff
non-certified,
whereas
public
schools
cannot
now
grant
it
well,
you
can
go
through
those
programs
so
like
the
pace,
program
and
miss
erickson,
I'm
sure
you
know
can
speak
knowledgeably
about
this
as
well.
It's
like
a
three-year
program.
You
have
to
go
through
all
types
of
hoops
and
jump
through
all
types
of
things
to
to
eventually
say
that
you're
qualified
to
teach
in
the
classroom,
even
though
you
might
have
a
huge
amount
of
content
knowledge.
J
Thank
you.
So
much
for
bringing
this
up.
You
know
that
I
mean
teachers
are
our
most
important
piece
of
education.
They
they're
what
bring
and
impart
that
knowledge
they
work
with
our
children
and
our
families
and
their
you
cannot
cannot
have
a
good
education
system
without
the
teachers
in
the
classroom.
Just
cannot.
I've
tried
at
least
three
times
to
bring
that
25
percent
to
our
public
school
system,
and
it
is
routinely
shot
down
by
the
state
department
of
education
and
and
the
state
lobbying
groups
that
don't
want
to
see
that
happen.
J
You
are
right.
I
am
always
given
the
excuse
that
oh,
we
have
these
programs
that
you
can
get
into
and
you
can
do
it
and
if
you
are
a
phd
with
aeronautics
experience,
I'll
use
our
marine
corps
air
station,
as
as
probably
one
of
our
most
rich
target-rich
environments.
For
those
folks
who
might
want
to
come
in
and
teach
I
don't
know
say,
physics
would
be
a
great
place
to
have
them.
J
Why
in
the
world,
would
we
make
someone
who
has
served?
Our
country
has
probably
classified
clearances
of
all
kinds
of
things
and
content
knowledge,
as
you
mentioned,
then
go
to
three
years
of
jumping
through
the
hoops
to
have
educational
psychology,
and
that's
just
one
example.
I
will
continue
to
try.
I
would
tell
you
that
when
your
school
boards
associations
get
together,
it
would
be
so
huge
for
the
state
if
the
school
board
association
would
speak
out
on
this.
J
As
a
statewide
endeavor
beaufort
county
has
some
movers
and
shakers
and
things
outside
the
box
go
find
your
like-minded
counterparts
and
help
us
do
a
statewide
push.
You've
got
legislators
who
would
like
to
see
it,
but
we
get
shut
down
by
the
status
quo
and
right
now
and
I
haven't,
you-
might
have
higher
numbers
than
I
do
around
100
teachers
short
still
in
beaufort
county
right
now.
I
think
certified
teachers.
J
It's
it's
no
better.
In
my
world
of
early
childhood
education,
our
head
start
is
reporting
the
same
problems
and
we've
got
to
think
outside
the
box
to
bring
these
folks
who
aren't
traditionally
certified
teachers
having
been
on
both
sides
of
that
coin,
I
can
tell
you
good.
Teachers
are
born
not
made.
I
J
L
C
I
have
a
question
for
you:
I'm
just
curious
about
the
impact
we
have
on
the
younger
grades:
someone
who's
professionally
content,
but
not
professional
at
how
to
deal
with
younger
people.
I'm
just
curious
because
the
older
person,
all
the
students,
could
adapt
and
adjust
fastly
to
that
type
of
teaching.
But
someone
who
has
to
be
nurtured
and
taught
different
things.
What
do
you
think?
How
would
that
affect
25
going
into
the
public
school.
U
B
E
B
E
E
E
After
about
the
concept
of
physical
autonomy,
and
I
said
this
has
always
been
something
that
the
school
district
has
wanted
in
and
you
said
no
way,
and
I
said,
but
if
you
think
about
it,
there
may
be
an
intermediate
point
called
limited
autonomy
that
might
work,
and
if
memory
serves
me,
he
said,
okay.
Well,
how
might
that
work?
And
maybe
we
could
consider
something
like
that
so
anyway,
about
a
third
of
the
districts?
Have
it
full
about?
E
I
don't
think,
there's
anything
else.
That's
there.
For
example,
both
versions
would
essentially
say
that
the
school
district
should
have
have
invested
in
setting
its
own
budget.
So
three
points
in
in
reading
the
language
very
interesting,
and
you
read
the
title
in
it.
It
says
part
of
this
is
to
remove
archaic
language,
providing
that
the
beaufort
county
legislative
delegation
is
the
budget
authority
for
the
operational
schools
in
beaufort
county.
E
Mr
chairman,
I
think
if
we
had
known
this
18
years
ago,
you
all
could
have
been
doing
this
for
the
last
18
years.
So
obviously
it
probably
needs
to
get
get
fixed.
But
here
are
the
two
operative
sentences.
Budget
authority
for
the
operation
of
schools
in
beaufort
county
is
hereby
vested
in
the
beaufort
county
board
of
education.
E
It
may
be
that
we
can't
resolve
it
immediately,
but
I
think
most
times
what
would
happen
is
they'd,
say:
okay,
we
think
we
can
live
within
the
millage
that
we
have
now
and
if
the
district,
if
the
county
agrees,
then
we
can
go
ahead
and
firm
that
up
and
they'd
be
free
to
go
earlier
than
they
are
now
or
might
be
along
the
lines
of
look.
It
looks
like
we're
going
to
need
an
extra
two
mils
to
raise
the
teacher
salaries,
and
we
could
agree
on
that.
E
Then
they
could
then
they
could
be
tidying
up.
The
budget
and
then
we
could
come
back
to
the
millage
at
the
end.
Now
the
real
key
language
here
is
the
388
remember:
388
is
a
cap
and
what
the
district,
what
was
being
suggested
by
some
of
the
members,
is
that
they
would
have
the
discretion
to
approve
up
to
the
cap.
E
Well,
we're
all
limited
by
the
cap
anyway,
so
the
cap
doesn't
really
apply.
So
the
question
is:
do
they
have
the
authority
to
go
up
to
the
388
cap,
or
does
the
council
have
the
ability
to
set
something
lower
and
I've
challenged
the
school
district
to
actually
identify
any
place
over
the
last
18
years,
where
county
council
has
restricted
education.
E
So
we
actually
put
through
one
really
very
big
increase,
two
other
things
that
council
did
along
the
way
one
was
they
pushed
the
school
district
to
get
into
computers
faster
and
said,
we're
happy
to
have
a
millage
increase
and
we
were
the
ones
that
pushed
them
to
address
this
teacher
salary,
which
is
the
supplement
that's
in
place
now.
So
I
think
the
only
issue
it's
on
the
table.
I
think
it's
good
to
get
it
fixed
if
you
want
to
give
them
full
authority.
E
H
H
It's
I
mean
we
gotta,
you
know
we
gotta
live
and
die
by
what
we
do,
but
that
was
pre-act
388
and
also
at
the
advice
and
explanation
of
then
current
school
board
members
I
mean.
Since
then,
I've
talked
with
christina
a
good
bit
when
she
was
chair
and
and
if
you
know
it
opened
up
to
the
the
possibility
on
the
you
know
the
distinct
possibility
on
that.
E
I
don't
think
so
in
the
sense
that
what
we've
had
is
two
or
three
times
when
we
get
into
setting.
When
we
go
through
a
reassessment
in
the
county.
Sometimes
it
gets
a
little
bit
difficult
to
figure
out
what
the
millage
values
are
because
of
all
the
moving
pieces.
But
the
better
measure,
I
think
to
your
point,
is
what
has
happened
with
the
reserves
and
I
think
the
reserves
have
grown
very
very
nicely
at
the
school
district
over
time.
E
E
I'm
trying
to
say
is
that
everybody
seems
to
agree
that
they
ought
to
have
the
authority
to
set
their
whole
budget
whatever
they
want
to
do
in
the
budget.
They're
elected
they're
closer
to
it
than
anybody
else
they
ought
to
set
the
budget.
The
only
question
is,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
do
they
get
to
set
the
millage
or
should
county
council
set
the
millage
considering
the
budget
and
other
factors
such
as
mill
values.
C
E
C
E
C
J
E
J
M
I
believe
by
the
board
two
or
three
years
ago,
we
have
an
excellent
financial
advisor
who
advises,
obviously
this
forward,
how
much
we
should
have
in
reserve
and
we're
not
advised
to
keep
going
higher
and
higher.
We
use
a
lot
of
the
reserves,
of
course,
to
do
our
projects
over
the
summers
for
maintenance,
primarily.
Q
M
A
I
J
But
I
think
it's
really
good
that
we're
having
the
conversation
stu.
I
appreciate
the
information
on
and
and
the
thoughtfulness
on,
making
sure
that
the
district
has
the
ability
to
make
decisions
on
their
largest
expenditure,
which
is
teacher
salaries,
because
that's
really
what
we've
got
to
hone
down
and
make
sure
we're
doing
is
giving
them
the
ability
to
offer
those
contracts
as
early
as
possible,
with
the
idea
of
planning
and
bringing
in
the
best
teachers
for
our
county.
So
I
think
that's
the
key
to
it
all
is
figuring
how
we
do
that.
B
E
jasper
has
joined
with
us.
We
think
that
partyville
will
be
part
of
that,
and
d.o.t
is
looking
at
a
repaving
piece
that
would
normally
happen
a
year
later
and
that
would
get
folded
into
it.
So
that's
good
and
really
the
leadership
on
all
of
that
has
been
jared
fraelix.
You
know
he's
our
chief
engineer
and
craig.
T
E
E
It
appears
that
a
logical
path
forward
might
be
a
design
build
on
on
some
of
those
sections,
and
in
order
to
do
that,
there's
probably
about
two
three
million
dollars
worth
of
pre-engineering.
That
would
need
to
be
there
in
place
before
you
could
start
to
bid
something
that
is
a
design
build
and
I
think,
between
ourselves,
some
leftover
money
from
the
2006
referendum
assuming
jasper
comes
in.
I
think
we
could
probably
take
care
of
that
now.
E
The
reason
for
mentioning
this
to
you
is,
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
the
region
and
it
checks
almost
all
of
the
boxes.
You
know
from
a
regional
standpoint:
it's
probably
the
most
failing
section
of
road,
maybe
more
so
than
the
the
bridges
to
hilton
head,
had
several
fatalities
in
that
particular
area.
The
access
management
plans
are
done
on
two
of
the
three
legs
of
it.
E
It
really
forces
buford
and
jasper
to
work
together
on
the
planning
of
170
and,
as
you
know,
the
road
is
the
dividing
line
and
so
having
different
development
plans
on
each
side
makes
it
kind
of
different.
It
helps
with
the
workforce.
We've
got
a
lot
of
workforce,
that's
getting
tied
up,
it's
not
just
on
the
bridges,
but
it's
it's
there
and
it's
one
of
those
that
is
kind
of
difficult
to
put
on
a
referendum,
because
it
spans
two
different,
two
different
counties.
E
So
I
only
mention
it
because
I
think
it
is
a
great
opportunity
for
our
region
to
step
up
and
get
that
done
and
who
knows
maybe
two
three
years
from
now.
That
might
be
our
next
best
opportunity
to
ask
for
some
sub
funding.
So
just
let
you
know
that's
going
on
and
and
keep
it
in
mind.
Thank
you,
sir.
Thank.
B
Anybody
else
got
questions
thoughts,
while
we're
here
all
good
anybody
else
here
that
would
like
to
thank
you
all
for
for
being
here.
You
know,
assuming
that
we
don't
have
other
scheduling
challenges.
We
likely
will
do
this
again
early
in
the
summer,
the
june
july
time
frame,
but
trying
to
schedule
all
of
us
being
here
is
a
challenge.
Please
know
miss
maxey
is
in
the
county
building
she's,
our
liaison
with
you
all
and
with
the
public.
B
If
you
need
us,
you're
certainly
welcome
to
reach
out
to
any
of
us
individually.
I
say
that
because
my
colleagues
echo
that
and
I've
heard
them
individually
say
it-
I'm
not
committing
them
to
something
they
don't
commit
themselves
to
to
reach
out
to
us
directly,
but
also
to
reach
out
to
ms
maxey
to
get
to
us
collectively.
So,
yes,.
H
B
Of
some
kind,
but
in
any
event,
thank
all
of
you
all
for
being
here.
It's
a
privilege
for
us
to
get
to,
along
with
you
all,
serve
the
citizens
of
this
part
of
south
carolina.
Everybody
has
a
wonderful
heritage
and
a
happy
easter
and
y'all
take
care
and
have
a
great
day
thanks
very
much
we're
adjourned.
S
E
V
This
is
larry
rowland.
This
is
a
beaufort
county
moment.
The
subject
of
this
moment
is
the
phosphate
industry
lost
to
folks
today,
but
the
artifacts
the
phosphate
industry
are
around
us.
If
we
look
for
them,
phosphates
were
known
in
south
carolina
before
the
civil
war.
They
were
first
discovered
up
around
somerville
and
north
of
charleston,
it's
known
as
marl
and
beneath
the
moral
was
the
phosphate
rock
geologists
and
scientists
knew
about.
It.
V
Phosphate
was
very
important
to
the
agriculture
of
the
south,
because
it
is
the
basis
of
most
fertilizer
and
many
of
the
cotton
lands
of
the
old
south
were
much
exhausted
by
the
cotton
industry
before
the
war.
So
after
the
civil
war,
the
phosphate
industry
was
introduced
first
in
charleston
in
1867
and
then
looking
for
beds
of
high
content
phosphate
rock.
V
V
This
became
the
center
of
the
mining
part
of
the
phosphate
industry.
Many
of
these
fertilizer
factories
were
in
charleston,
but
the
mining
and
the
phosphate
works
as
they
called
them
where
they
broke,
the
rock
down
into
powder
and
the
pure
phosphate
and
shipped
it
out.
Those
industrial
centers
were
mostly
in
beaufort
county.
At
the
height
of
this
industry
in
the
1880s
3
000
beaufortonians
were
employed
in
the
phosphate
business.
It
paid
good
wages,
five
dollars
a
day
in
many
cases,
was
a
rule
of
thumb.
V
The
phosphate
industry
between
1870
and
1900
was
the
largest
industry
in
the
history
of
beaufort
county
and
the
largest
mining
industry
in
the
history
of
the
state
of
south
carolina
and
people
have
pretty
much
forgotten
about
it,
but
it
was
the
source
of
great
prosperity.
In
beaufort
county
between
1870
and
1890,
the
population
of
beaufort
county
grew
bay.
Street
became
a
financial
and
commercial
center
phosphate
works,
in
other
words
factories
where
they
burned
the
phosphate
rock
and
broke
it
down
into
powder.
V
We're
located
on
spanish
point,
we're
located
on
lucy
creek
and
the
largest
was
located
first
on
kusaf
plantation
and
then
out
at
the
end
of
chisholm
highland.
On
summerhouse
point
on
the
north
side
of
the
kusal
river,
smaller
phosphate
companies
and
phosphate
bridges
and
the
tugboats
and
the
support
systems
that
had
to
support
this
industry
for
30
years
were
an
enormous
boon
to
beaufort
county.
Eventually,
these
smaller
phosphate
companies
were
consolidated
into
one
very
large
company
called
the
kusal
mining
company.
V
The
cousin
mining
company
by
1892
was
the
largest
phosphate
mining
company
in
the
united
states,
but
in
those
same
years,
in
1888,
richer
veins
of
phosphate
were
discovered
near
tampa
florida
and
during
the
1890s,
the
percentage
of
phosphate
extracted
from
beaufort
county
declined
in
the
percentage
of
phosphate
discovered
and
extracted
from
florida,
and
other
places
like
near
nashville.
Tennessee
was
richer
phosphate
and
eventually
it
put
these
phosphate
mines
out
of
business
phosphate
in
beaufort
county.
V
The
river
rock,
as
it
was
called
in
those
days,
was
60
pure
phosphate,
which
in
1870
was
the
best
in
the
country
by
1888.
The
florida
rock
was
80
percent
pure
phosphate,
and
the
economics
of
that
simply
put
the
beaufort
county
phosphate
business
out
of
business.
The
kusal
mining
company
stopped
mining
in
1905..
V
R
Y
I
thought
that
the
worst
most
pernicious,
heinous
aspects
of
anti-black
white
supremacy
were
long
gone,
and
I
was
naive
about
that
and
we've
seen
a
rise
in
hate
speech.
Anti-Semitism,
anti-gay
attitudes
and
people
when
people
become
frightened,
particularly
about
their
economic
future.
They
look
for
scapegoats
and
the
scapegoats
traditionally
have
been
jewish
people,
women,
gay
people
and,
of
course,
in
this
country,
people
of
color.
X
Y
Y
There
was
a
mythology
sanctioned
by
the
discipline
of
history
located
at
columbia,
university
called
the
dunning
school
led
by
historian
professor
dunning,
and
they
found
every
way
to
traduce
the
achievements
of
black
people,
and
that
has
only
been
undone
by
historians
since
du
bois
puppies
black
reconstruction
and
most
notably
under
the
leadership
of
another
columbia.
Professor
professor
eric
foner,
with
whom
we
made
a
reconstruction
series.
Y
He
was
our
chief
consultant
plus
we
have
over
40
historians,
doing
modern
cutting
edge
scholarship
on
reconstruction,
whom
we
feature
in
the
series,
so
it's
very
much
a
collective
series
and
it's
very
much
a
counterpoint
to
the
received
interpretations
of
reconstruction
fabricated
by
the
dunning
school.
Well.
For
us,
this
is
the
phoner.
X
Y
Where
was
the
land
of
opportunity?
Was
it
in
new
york?
Was
it
in
boston?
Was
it
in
philadelphia?
Charleston
came
to
charleston
and
went
to
columbia
and
served
on
the
faculty
and
took
law
classes
there.
The
a
black
man
from
england
from
liverpool
england,
robert
brown
elliot,
came
to
to
boston
in
1867.
The
british
navy
could
smell
the
opportunity,
headed
straight
to
south
carolina
and
worked
for
richard
harvey
kane's
newspaper
then
was
elected
to
congress
very
eloquent
man,
and
this
was
where
it
was
at.
Y
I
mean
it's
like
a
museum
you
go
in
and
all
these
brothers
are
on
the
wall
and
we
talked
about
the
fact
that
south
carolina
had
a
black
majority
in
the
house
of
representatives.
You
can't
imagine
that
now,
south
carolina,
even
in
the
18th
century,
was
called
negro
country.
It
was
a
black
state
and
very
soon
that
was
dismantled.
So
it's
no
surprise
that
many
of
the
most
vicious
battles
over
race
occurred
here,
because
it
was
an
attempt
to
control
this
black
majority.
I
went
to
calhoun
college
at
yale
university
and
john
c.
Y
Y
Y
Y
There
weren't
public
statewide
public
school
systems
and
the
reconstruction
governments,
particularly
in
south
carolina
and
particularly
as
designed
by
robert
smalls,
established
statewide
public
school
educational
systems,
which
hadn't
been
done
before,
which
is
a
shock
to
people.
And
that's
because
black
people
understood
the
value
of
education.
X
X
Y
No,
the
collapse
of
reconstruction
was
a
conspiracy
between
economic
interest
and
political
interest
in
the
north
and
in
the
south.
They
said
12
years
is
enough.
There
was
a
economic
panic
of
1873,
which
was
called
the
first
great
depression,
and
people
looked
around
and
said:
why
do
we
spend
all
their
money
on
these
negroes
in
the
south?
Y
Y
That's
why
dylan
mcgee-
and
I
made
this
series
and
with
pbs
we'll
get,
and
I
am
on
the
road
you
know
I
flew
down
to
beaufort
from
harvard
I
did
my
official
duties
I
jumped
on
jetblue
and
came
down
here,
because
I
wanted
a
south
carolina
screening
to
remind
people
that
this
is
ground
zero.
That,
then,
is
now,
and
I
want
to
do
one
in
charleston
and
I
want
to
do
one
at
the
penn
center
as
well.
Y
Reconstruction
was
our
first
experiment
with
interracial
democracy
and
it
was
crushed
and
the
only
way
that
we're
going
to
survive
as
a
society
is,
if
we
fashion
forms
of
interracial
democracy
and
collaboration
that
allow
a
multiplicity
of
voices,
sexual
orientations,
religious
beliefs,
etc,
gender
identities
to
thrive
and
live
in
harmony
and
peace.
That's
my
goal
in
creating
this
series
and
I
hope
people
will
watch
it.