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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - September 8, 2022
6. CITIZEN COMMENTS - (ANYONE who wishes to speak during the Citizen Comment portion of the
meeting will limit their comments to no longer than three (3) minutes ( a total of 15 minutes ) and will
address Council in a respectful manner appropriate to the decorum of the meeting, refraining from the
use of profane, abusive, or obscene language)
7. DIVISION UPDATE FROM ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, DALE BUTTS
AGENDA ITEMS
8. DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FY 2023, HAYES WILLIAMS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE HILTON HEAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT ARPA PROJECTS REQUEST (FISCAL IMPACT: $1,000,000.00 FROM THE ARPA ALLOCATION) August 22, 2022: Motion to postpone the item until the next Finance Committee Meeting on September
19, 2022.
10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PROCUREMENT CODE, DIVISION 4, SECTION 2-509, AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF PURCHASING DIRECTOR
County Council Agenda – Beaufort County, SC
11. DISCUSSION REGARDING POTENTIAL OFFER OF PAYMENT TO FINAL GROUP OF RETIREES FOR LOSS OF POST-RETIREMENT HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
August 22, 2022: Agenda was amended to remove this item and add it to the next Finance Committee on September 19, 2022
12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND BEAUFORT COUNTY ORDINANCE 2022/33 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BEAUFORT COUNTY BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 CARRYOVERS, USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND THE USE OF CURRENT YEAR FUNDS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, DEFEASE/REFUND GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO
13. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VIII, DIVISION 2, SECTION 2-619
14. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND BEAUFORT COUNTY ORDINANCE 2022/33 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BEAUFORT COUNTY BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM MYRTLE PARK PHASE II FUND AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. (FISCAL IMPACT: Beaufort County put a substantial amount of capital into this project $828,576. Staff feels that the County should be reimbursed for its investment in the property)September 12, 2022: Council voted to send this item back to the Finance Committee for further discussion
15. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. (FISCAL IMPACT: Each participating entity will contribute 3% of their allocation from their ARPA
appropriations in year 1; Beaufort County year 1 contribution will be $1,119,523. ARPA funds allocated
previously)
16. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH JASPER COUNTY, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, TOWN OF BLUFFTON, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, CITY OF BEAUFORT, CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, CITY OF BEAUFORT, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND THE TOWN OF YEMASSEE TO JOINTLY CREATE, FUND, AND OPERATE A REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND
17. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH JASPER COUNTY, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, TOWN OF BLUFFTON, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, CITY OF BEAUFORT, CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, CITY OF BEAUFORT, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND THE TOWN OF YEMASSEE TO JOINTLY CREATE, FUND, AND OPERATE A REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND
18. ADJOURNMENT
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Smith,
so
it's
been
seconded
to
any
other
comments
before
we
approve
all
right.
We're
going
to
approve
the
minutes
from
September
8th
without
objection.
Are
there
any
objections,
all
right,
seeing
no
objections?
Let's
move
on
then
to
our
citizens
comment
and
Miss
Sarah.
Do
we
have
anyone
present
or
online,
or
that
has
contacted
us
that
would
like
to
speak
today.
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F
As
many
of
you
know,
I
was
the
founding
chairman
of
The
Economic
Development
Corporation
worked
with
members
of
County
council
member
of
the
municipalities.
Alice
Howard
was
a
big
part
of
those
conversations,
as
was
councilman
Rodman,
and
we
made
a
deal
to
the
council
and
to
the
citizens.
When
we
structured
the
corporation
and
that
deal
was,
we
were
going
to
be
very
business-minded.
We
were
going
to
be
very
responsible
with
public
resource.
F
We
were
going
to
report
back
on
a
regular
basis
and
we
thought
we
could
do
things
a
little
differently
in
Economic
Development
than
how
they
had
been
done
previously
in
Beaver
County.
However,
if
we
didn't
meet
our
commitments
and
we
didn't
meet
the
goals
and
metrics
that
we
set
out
and
said
that
we
would
we
would
come
back
and
say
we
need
to
do
something
a
little
differently.
F
Two
years
ago,
the
Myrtle
Park
deal
was
sort
of
unfolding
and
I
give
Jon
O'toole
and
Charlie
Stone
a
lot
of
credit
for
helping
to
shape
that
deal.
You've
got
the
jobs
there.
You've
got
capital
investment
on
that
site.
That
project
is
closing
out.
Those
funds
are
now
being
released
back
into
sort
of
County
coffers.
Two
years
ago,
this
Council
I
believe
in
a
unanimous
vote,
said
that
those
funds
would
go
into
the
economic
development,
Corp
site
funds.
F
A
G
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman.
This
is
in
regard
to
I,
think
it's
a
matter
on
your
agenda.
It's
in
regard
to
the
Hilton
Head
number
one
Public
Service,
District
I,
wanted
to
let
you
all
know
that
they
have
submitted
an
application
to
the
South,
Carolina
Rural
and
infrastructure
authority
to
expand
its
capacity
out
of
Jenkins
Island
Reserve
osmosis
drinking
water
treatment
facility
from
4
million
gallons
a
day
to
six
million
gallons
a
day
and
I
submitted
a
letter
on
their
behalf
to
the
infrastructure
Authority.
G
As
you
consider
this
local
one
I'll
do
what
I
can,
as
will
the
delegation
to
try
to
get
an
allocation
of
these
Statewide
monies?
I
did
want
you
to
know
that
it's
problematic
that
we
can
get
that
money
because
they
are
set
aside
for
the
rural
counties
just
want
to
make
you
all
aware
of
that.
Thank
you.
Senator
Davis.
A
H
Yes,
sir,
thank
you
Mr
Wilson
good
afternoon,
everyone
just
a
very
brief
update
from
the
finance
committee.
I
wanted
to
remind
you
all
or
if
you
haven't
heard
at
all,
that
our
transparency
portal
is
up
and
running
on
the
County
website.
So
if
you
go
to
the
main
page
at
Beaufort,
County,
sc.gov
and
click
on
transparency,
that'll
take
you
to
a
list
of
various
interests
that
you
might
have.
You'll
find
Financial
reports,
our
spending
portal
bidding
opportunities
and
other
useful
information.
H
So
you
guys
are
any
citizens
that
might
be
interested
in
that
that
is
there
and
up
and
running
two
and
a
half
months
now
into
the
new
fiscal
year.
I
also
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
we've
seen
a
slight
decrease
in
Deeds
filed
and
revenue
collected
via
those
deeds
were
about
20
percent
down
compared
with
this
same
time
last
year.
H
Is
that
you
do
see
a
bit
of
delay
in
what
the
Deeds
office
sees
versus
the
time
that
property
actually
closes,
and
you
know
and
so
yeah
it's
it's
it's
possible
that
there's
there's
some
lag
there,
but
simply
numbers
right
now
when
you
compare
it
to
this
time
last
year.
You
know,
of
course
that
can
change
in
an
instantly.
You
just
never
know
in
in
that
market,
but
I
wanted
to
pass
that
along
to
you.
Thank.
A
You
Mr
butts
any
any
comments
or
questions
from
Council
City.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Let's
move
on
to
our
agenda
items
and
our
first
agenda
item
is
number
eight
discussion
and
presentation
of
year-to-date
financial
statements
for
fiscal
year
2023
and
our
Chief
Financial
Officer
Mr
Hayes
Williams.
Thank.
I
I
So
that's
where
we
are
on
the
the
audit,
with
our
angel
on
it
last
year,
exactly
a
year
ago,
we
had
an
internal
audit.
We
had
our
results
here
from
Elliot
Davis
Elliott
Davis
gave
us
a
report
on
processes
and
procedures
for
finance
procurement,
disabilities
and
special
needs.
So
you'll
see
the
BSN
people
over
there,
hey
guys
and
Dave
Thomas
back
there.
If
y'all
have
any
questions,
but
really
what
I'm
going
to
do.
I
We
had
a
lot
of
things
that
we
needed
to
address,
and
finance
and
and
we've
had
a
very
busy
time
since
then
getting
staffed
up
and
getting
things
right.
Let
me
go
to,
but
right
now
we
Beaver
County
has
expanded
its
reporting
of
the
financing
committee
finance
committee
to
include
reports
on
the
general
fund,
Enterprise
funds
and
and
real
purchase
and
property.
We
plan
on
expanding
the
reporting
to
include
Debt
Service
funds
and
capital
project
funds
over
the
next
year
as
time
allows
us
to
get
those
going.
I
We're
doing
this
quarterly
right
now
and
the
reason
those
are
quarterly
are
those
those
are
really
more
cruels.
At
the
end
of
the
year
than
they
are
on
a
monthly
basis,
but
we've
gotten
all
of
our
cash
reconciliations,
all
our
bank
reconciliations
to
be
done
monthly,
which
is
a
huge
leap
from
when
I
got
here.
I
Let's
see,
there's
a
finding
about
posting
people
posting
their
own
journal
entries.
We
put
safeguards
into
place
at
no,
no
Finance
employee
can
post
their
own
journal
entry
or
budget
entries
that
has
worked
out.
Well,
we
had
some
issues
with
reconciling
our
fixed
assets,
so
we've
hired
a
fixed
assets,
manager
and
he's
right
now
in
the
process.
Right
now
he's
in
the
office
trying
to
get
all
the
auto
schedules
done
for
the
auditor.
I
Sometimes
he's
you
know
taking
stuff
off
that
has
been
there
since
I
was
probably
two
years
old,
so
he's
in
the
process
of
cleaning
it
up
he's
doing
a
very
good
job,
we'll
be
giving
you
a
report
from
him
next
next.
Next
time
and
finance
is
currently
working,
there's
an
issue
with
somebody
requesting
funds
and
signing
off
on
the
same
thing,
and
what
we're
doing
is
we're
trying
to
automate
everything
in
Minnesota,
where
you
have
a
purchase
order
and
you
just
submit
the
invoices
and
it'll
give
us
a
nice
audit.
I
Trail
and
everything
will
be
done
through
munis
and
that
will
that
will
be
a
really
step
in
the
right
direction.
So
that
was
from
finance
and
the
internal
audit.
There
were
other
things
from
BSN
and
purchasing,
but
they've
made
their
changes
and
done
what
they
needed
to
do
did
y'all.
Have
any
questions
from
them?
A
I
Did
anyways
I
want
to
go?
The
next
thing
is
I
want
to
go
over
some
financial
highlights
of
what
we're
doing
in
finance
and
one
big
thing
is
we're
doing
a
chart
of
accounts
redesign
and
probably
when
I
came
on,
I
didn't
know
any
better.
I
thought
that
thought
it
Whitney
definitely
thought
it.
When
she
came
on,
our
chart
of
accounts
is
to
say
overboard
would
be
an
understatement.
It
is
it
is.
We
have
40
different
things
for
supplies,
office
supplies,
copier
supplies,
Pest,
Control,
Supply
I
mean
supplies
or
supplies.
I
So
a
lot
a
lot
of
managers
and
the
employees
throughout
the
county
have
what's
called
a
Purchase
Card,
which
is
basically
a
credit
card
where
they
can
go
out
and
buy
supplies
and
whatnot
and
in
the
past,
if
you
bought
something
from
Staples,
it
wouldn't
go
to
the
Staples
vendor.
It
would
just
go
to
the
line
item
like
it'd
go
to
one
thousand
eleven,
eleven,
fifty
ten
or
whatever
it
was,
and
so
you
weren't
for
10.99
purposes.
You
had
to
go
back
in
and
recreate
it.
Based
on
the
the
statements.
I
So
we're
sticking
with
that.
So
that's
all
the
budget
stuff
and
we
hired
a
new
grants,
administrator
Ryan
mooth
who
just
started
today.
So
he
had
half
a
day
of
doing
stuff
with
HR
and
he's
just
getting
his
wheels
feet
underneath
him
kind
of
gave
him
the
day,
but
I
I
plan
on
having
our
new
budget
manager
and
he
become
the
next
Finance
meeting.
So
I
can
introduce
y'all
properly
so
anyways,
then
any
questions
on
anything
that
we're
doing
there.
I
It
could
be
we're
trying
to
get
it
under
the
the
umbrella
of
supplies
right
now,
but
a
prime
example
is
like
Capital
purchases
are
all
54s
and
then
you'd
have
a
capital
purchase
for
every
piece
of
equipment
that
you
ever
bought
ever
so
you're,
almost
starting
to
run
out
of
54
numbers
that
you
can
put
them
under.
So
you
kind
of
doing
that,
so
possum
is
kind
of
you
know,
yeah
you
could,
if
you
really
need
to.
I
But
if
you're
a
mosquito
control
I
mean
a
suppositor
supply,
it
could
be
a
mosquito
control,
Supply
or
a
supply.
You
know
if
if
we
see
that
there's
a
real
need
to
split
out,
especially
for
Grants
or
any
kind
of
purpose
like
that,
I
mean
we're
willing
to
amend
the
amend
the
chart
of
accounts,
but
we're
trying
to
simplify
it
and
keep
it
simple.
So
everybody
can
be
on
the
same
page
with
it.
Right
now
is
really
what
we're
working
towards
okay,.
K
How
do
you
know
who's
actually
doing
what?
So?
That's
that's
my
concern
as
well.
So
if
you
can
work
that
out,
it
would
be
very
helpful
and
I
understand
have
a
whole
lot
of,
but
you
know
at
some
point
in
time
I
like
to
know
where
the
mosquito
control
is
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
do.
Are
they
spending
more
than
they
should
be
spending
based
on
their
budget
process
and
wouldn't
be
able
to
do
this?
If
you
just
have
anybody
wants
us
together.
I
Together,
it's
not
dissimilar
items
is,
is
for
ease
of
reporting.
Really,
if
you
look
at
our
chart
of
accountances,
specifically
our
old
codes,
it
is,
it
is
overwhelming.
I
don't
have
an
exact
number,
but
I
could
run
the
report
for
you
and
you'd
be
like
yeah.
That
kind
of
makes
sense
what
we're
trying
to
do
we're
just
trying
to
simplify
it
for
all
the
users
so,
but
but
thank
y'all
for
your
comments,
anyways.
I
We
do
have
a
couple
lags
intergovernmental
stuff
that
we
get
state
aid
from
subdivisions
and
stuff
like
that
anything
from
South
Carolina
dor
we're
not
getting
that
effort
until
after
the
first
quarter's
done-
and
you
know
five
and
forfeitures
of
miscellaneous
revenues,
they're
lagging
but
we'll
think
they'll
come
back
by
the
end
of
the
year
and
then
the
transfers
into
the
general
fund
from
the
other
funds.
We
typically
wait
to
do
that
in
the
third
month
of
the
quarter.
I
Instead
of
the
first
quarter,
we
give
them
some
time
to
build
up
some
of
their
their
cash.
So
that
leads
us
to
the
expenditures-
and
this
is
a
little
bit
different.
We've
changed
the
format
a
little
bit,
so
we've
done
it
to
spent
items
for
spin
it
and
encumbered.
So
this
is
really
the
money
that
has
gone
out
the
door
other
than
the
money.
That's
obligated,
because
you
basically
I'll
give
you.
I
For
instance,
you
have
a
contract
that
you
negotiate
for
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
an
amounts
encumbered,
but
you
may
have
only
spent
ten
thousand
dollars
on
it.
So
it's
a
little
bit.
It
makes
it
unclear
about
what
has
actually
left
the
building
and
so
I
just
put
it
to
spend
yeah.
It
doesn't
have
to
stay
this
way.
I
just
like
to
look
at
it
better,
but
right
now
we're
at
12.2
percent
spent
versus
16.6
percent,
which
would
be
two
months
into
the
year.
I
So
we're
about
four
we're
a
little
late,
I'm
sure
people
are
going
to
ramp
stuff
up.
I
sent
an
email
out,
of
course,
early
July
to
make
sure
that
they
all
got
their
Capital
expenditures
done,
but
most
of
these
are
lack.
Public
Works
is
lagging
but
they'll
correct
by
here
in
the
public
welfare
it's
lagging,
but
the
Human
Services
Alliance
hasn't
gone
out
and
that'll
be
going
out
early
later
on.
This
fall
Walter
and
them
will
have
their
suggestions
for
us.
I
I'm
sure
that'll
be
coming
forward,
but
that'll
get
that
back
up
and
then
the
economic
development
that
we
have
budgeted
for
this
job
and
site
fund
is
674
thousand
dollars
and
that'll
be
based
on
the
request
that
will
be
coming
from
y'all
from
the
EDC.
So
there's
also
a
new
schedule
in
here
for
y'all
and
it's
a
Capital
Improvements
funds,
which
we
split
out
last
year
when
we
did
one
of
the
budget
amendments
and
this
year
for
the
budget,
and
this
is
kind
of
a
multi-year
capital
fund,
so
you'll
kind
of
see.
I
We
have
ad
valorem
taxes
and
we
have
use
of
Prior
year
fund
balance
and
it
is
technically
false,
underneath
the
general
fund,
but
it's
more
of
a
committed
fund
balance.
But
we
had
ordinances
from
22
2231,
which
is
our
Surplus,
which
was
a
property
acquisition
of
TCL,
pepper,
Hall
rate
improvements,
EMS
vehicles
and
capital
purchases,
Detention
Center,
Arthur,
horn
building
and
the
parks
and
rec
M.C
Riley
pool.
And
then
the
current
from
the
this
year
is
current
physical
year
2235,
Helms
and
way.
We'll
also
see
the
additional
one
for
900
000.
I
That
was
passed
last
when
the
ordinance
actually
get
signed
and
comes
through
another
900
000
for
there,
and
then
you
have
the
current
year
budgeted
ordinance.
So
your
Vice
ordinance
kind
of
get
some
all
together,
and
then
you
have
your
actual.
So
we
have
about
302
actually
spent
right
now.
But
that's
going
to
Wick
up
I've
seen
a
lot
of
stuff
coming
through
this
past
month
and
it's
gonna.
It's
gonna
start
waking
up
here,
but
that's
really
all
that
I
have
for
the
financial
background.
L
I
A
And
this
was
on
our
agenda,
I.
Think
back
on
our
agenda,
I
think
back
August
22nd,
and
we
kicked
it
back
to
to
you
Eric
or
somebody
else
to
ask
for
more
information
and
just
want
to
see
who
will
be
coming
forward.
Whatever
information
we've
got
since
that
time,
I
think
we're
checking
on
availabilities
and
whether
other
utility
companies
would
be
asking
for
money,
and
things
like
that.
So
any
update
from
from
our
last
meeting.
L
M
M
Once
that
money
is
used
up,
then,
of
course
you
all
will
have
to
evaluate
whether
or
not
you
want
to
extend
that
into
the
future.
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
discussed
is
that,
instead
of
doing
using
that
fund
for
allocating
a
direct
money
to
the
project,
is
that
might
be
better
for
the
council
to
allocate
money
from
arpa
that
three
million
dollars
from
marpa
to
the
various
council
districts
give
each
council
member
so
much
money
per
District
to
allow
them
to
fund
projects
within
their
District
on
their
own
I.
M
Don't
have
a
position
either
way.
We
have
the
money
to
fund
these
infrastructure
projects.
We
did
not
reach
out
to
any
other
entity
to
find
out
if
they
were
planning
to
submit
the
requests,
because
once
we
do
that,
I
can
bet
you
they
will.
So
we
did
not
do
that
part
of
it.
So
I
don't
have
any
real
way
of
knowing
what
out
what
else
is
out
there
in
the
way
of
coming
requests.
So
I'm
not
sure
that
that
answers
your
question,
but
we
as
a
staff
are
comfortable
with
funding
this
particular
project.
M
A
Yep,
so
let
me
just
back
up
real
quick
to
make
sure
we
all
understand
previously.
What
happened,
which
was
there
is
arpa
money
there
and
I
think
I
heard
four
million
dollars
last
time.
Was
that
approximately?
What
is
but
again,
we've
got
three
projects
that
that
you'd
like
to
hear
Mark
those
for
okay
and
and
so
again,
Larry
I'll.
Let
you
go
ahead,
speak
out
so
make
sure
everyone
understood
what
we
were
talking
about.
Okay,.
N
This
request
was
submitted
early
on
to
the
committee
that
was
formed
to
deal
with
the
37
million
dollars
of
Opera
funds,
and
this
submission
was
joined
by
other
submissions
from
other
public
service
districts.
However,
I
think
this
Public
Service
District
had
a
specific
request
with
a
dollar
amount,
dissociated
with
it,
I
believe
the
other
submissions
were
for
projects,
but
that
they
weren't
well
developed
with
regard
to
what
the
cost
would
be.
N
I,
don't
believe
any
of
the
public
service
districts
received
any
money
from
that
first
go-round,
so
I
requested
that
psd1
come
back
before
this
committee
to
see
if
we
could
discuss
further
what
their
needs
were
and
their
rather
simple
needs.
One
is
a
pump
to
increase
the
flow
throughout
the
system
which
is
essential
and
the
other
is
an
emergency
generator
for
the
reverse
osmosis
device,
which
is
essential
to
provide
quality
drinking
water
to
the
citizens
of
that
District,
particularly
in
the
event
of
a
hurricane
or
an
emergency
that
knocks
the
power
system
out.
N
So
this
request
is
being
renewed
once
again
for
about
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
generation
product
for
the
reverse
osmosis
system
and
the
other
five
hundred
thousand
is
for
the
pump
to
increase
the
flow
throughout
the
system.
I
asked
the
chairman
of
psd1
Frank
Toronto
to
come
today,
he's
in
the
audience
and
Pete
Nardi
who's.
The
general
manager
of
psd1
is
here
as
well
and
I
know
that
Mr
minardi
would
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
anybody
on
Council
may
have
with
regard
to
this
request.
N
I
consider
it
to
be
extremely
important
and
I
would
like
to
see
unanimity
on
this
committee
for
consideration
of
this
to
move
forward
with
a
recommendation
for
positive
action
to
the
full
council
at
our
next
meeting.
So
I
believe
if
there
are
any
questions
for
a
Mr,
naughty
or
Mr
Toronto
they'd
be
available
to
answer
those.
A
Any
questions
there's
anyone
else
would
like
to
speak
and
I.
Think
Senator
Davis
you're
public
comments
before
was
the
fact
that,
even
even
though
that
you've
made
a
lot
of
promises
to
us
that
this
is
one
that
you
don't
think
money
will
be
coming
to
because
of
the
the
the
governor's
tier
one
three
and
tier
four
and
we're
at
tier
one
County.
So
that
means
that
the
problem
will
not
be
monies
for
any
of
the
the
public
service
districts.
G
J
Let's
grab
some
good,
you
said
Larry
that
the
two
items
were
worth
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
piece,
but
in
our
backup
documentation
one
is
seven
hundred
and
one's
300.
Is
that
the
more
accurate
number?
Okay?
That's
number
one
number
two,
the
25
000
people
do.
They
reside
within
the
municipality
of
Hilton
Head.
B
J
Okay,
very
good.
Thank
you,
I
I'm,
going
to
support
this
for
the
following
reasons:
number
one
they've
done
their
due
diligence.
They
have
come
forward
with
a
project
that
needs
to
be
done.
That
will
serve
the
people
for
which
the
arpa
funds
are
actually
designated
number
two
arpa
funds
are
to
be
used
in
a
timely
fashion.
We've
received
the
money
once
we
obligate
that
money
that
money
needs
to
be
spent
in
a
timely
fashion.
J
D
K
K
K
Interests
and
I
must
say
this,
that
in
the
rural
community
you
know
we
cannot
operate
as
fast
as
the
PSA
PS
y
Public,
Service
District
and
getting
their
requesting
a
million
dollars
is
actually
taken
away.
A
third
for
Hilton
Head
and
you
have
another
home
entire
County
to
go,
and
there
are
some
areas
of
interest
on
Saint,
Helen,
oil
and
latest
Island
in
that
District
that
right
now
one
one
effort
is
actually
2.2
million
dollars.
But
that's
that's.
You
know
my
point.
K
D
M
D
A
Right
and
then
let
me
just
weigh
in
and
then
we'll
ask
for
a
motion
is
the
fact
that
we
do
have
11
districts
throughout
our
County
and
if
we,
if
we
spent
a
million
dollars
in
each
district,
that's
11
million,
my
math
isn't
very
good
11
million
dollars.
That
would
be
spending
for
for
those
type
of
areas.
I
would
like
to
see
money
dispersed
evenly,
however,
you
know
they're
the
first
ones
in
so.
Do
we
do
we
give
them
the
money?
A
So
you
know
I
think
that
that
I
think
it
should
be
spread
evenly
because
I
know
that
Mr
Dawson
Mr
Glover's
area
needs
money
as
well
as
Mr
flewelling's
area
he's
got
some
rural
areas
there
in
his.
That
might
look
at
it.
So
at
this
point,
what's
the
Wishes?
The
will
of
of
our
committee?
Is
someone
want
to
make
a
motion
yeah.
A
O
N
N
M
There
were
no
official
submittals
or
projects
put
forward
underneath
that
round
one
situation.
It
was
taught
about
that.
The
fire
hydrant
issue
on
ladies
island
is
going
to
be
more
than
just
adding
fire
hydrants
that
I've
taught
to
Beaufort
Jazz
for
water
and
sanitation
about
that.
In
order
to
do
that,
project,
you're
going
to
have
to
essentially
rebuild
the
entire
water
line
system
in
that
area,
which
is
going
to
be
a
lot
more
money
than
we
would
have
available
on
the
arpa
account.
M
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
and
I'm
thrilled
with
the
storm
water
issue.
I
have
requested
that
I
be
able
to
meet
with
the
public
service
District
and
I.
Don't
want
to
go
into
too
much
detail,
but
frill
Island
pays
storm
water
utility
fees,
but
we
do
not
use
any
of
those
fees
to
do
stormwater
Improvement
on
frill,
so
that
will
be
a
potential
option
for
us
to
work
out
with
the
PSD
for
drainage
assistance
out
there
that
we
would
bring
before
you
all
as
a
separate
item
for
your
consideration.
Authorization
thanks.
C
I'm
still
good
yeah
I'm
in
favor
of
this,
but
Carla
what's
happening.
Thank
you
is
that
if
you
think
about
the
aquifer
and
Savannah
rather
than
using
river
water
is
drawing
down
on
the
aquifer,
which
is
then
reducing
it,
and
that
particular
district
one
is
one
of
the
first
ones
and
one
of
the
hardest
hit
ones.
Because
of
that
beyond
their
control
with
Savannah
doing
I
think
it's
a
good
project,
I
think
the
fact
that
they
came
in
and
applied
and
it's
a
good
use
of
the
million
dollars.
A
P
G
P
I
A
Q
Several
folks
filed
a
lawsuit
Council
voted
to
settle
that
lawsuit.
When
that
was
done,
several
folks
who
had
not
participated
in
the
lawsuit
came
forward
asking
to
be
able
to
receive
settlement
funds,
and
so
Council
agreed
to
do
that
in
the
course
of
that
process.
Others
came
forward
saying
they
had
not
been
able
to
participate
and
they
wanted
to
participate.
Q
So
in
November
of
last
year,
Council
asked
the
legal
department
and
HR
to
see
what
they
could
do
do
about
bringing
forward
a
proposal
to
allow
folks
who
retired
between
July
1st
2016
when
the
benefit
was
terminated
and
July
1st
2021.
What
could
be
done
to
allow
that
group
to
participate?
So
work
was
done
to
identify
those
folks
and
we've
identified
those
folks
through
HR
in
order
to
compensate
these
folks.
This
group,
on
the
same
basis,
that
the
last
group
was
compensated.
Q
Q
Q
The
dates
for
those
were
I
think
as
retired
folks,
who
retired
as
late
as
July
1st
2016
I,
think,
is
that
right,
Emily,
yes,
July
1st
2016.,
so
that
batch
has
been
compensated
and
then
we
have
folks
who
retired
between
2000
July,
1st
2016
and
July
1st
2021
and
that's
what
this
batch
is
now
bear
in
mind
that
even
this
does
not
compensate
everybody
who
was
qualified
to
receive
post-retiree
health
insurance
benefits.
As
of
the
date
that
the
benefit
was
terminated,
which
was
July
1st
2016..
Q
Anybody
who
had
worked
with
the
county
a
minimum
of
15
years
at
that
point
qualified
all
right.
So
there
are
many
folks
who
still
work
for
the
county
who
qualified
as
of
July
1st
2016,
but
who
have
not
retired
and
are
still
working
all
right.
This
is
just
a
group
of
folks
who
retired
between
July
1st,
2016
and
July
1st
2021.
M
Q
Me
say
this
too,
because
I
don't
want
you
guys
to
say.
Well,
you
didn't
tell
us
that,
but
let
me
tell
you
this:
this
group,
that's
going
to
cost
about.
186
thousand
dollars
is
a
group
of
folks
who
retired
and
when
they
left
they
said
they
were
retiring.
All
right!
That's
what
we
have
here.
There
is
another
group
of
folks
who
left
the
county,
but
didn't
say
they
were
retiring.
They
just
resigned.
Who
knows
if
they
went
on
to
other
jobs,
or
they
did
something
else.
Q
N
N
And
then,
at
a
particular
point
in
time
there
was
an
action
taken,
removing
that
benefit,
even
after
the
expectation
that
everybody
joined
the
county
with
was
that
they
would
carry
that
into
retirement
and
what
we're
doing
now
is
compensating
those
people
who
had
that
benefit
taken
away
by
the
action
in
July
1st
of
2016.
and.
N
Q
N
Is
this
continues
to
be
a
problem
with
retention
here
in
the
county,
because
there
are
people
who
come
here
with
the
expectation,
what
had
the
expectation
when
they
would
retire,
they'd
be
treated
fairly
and
what
they
were
told
when
they
were
hired
would
still
be
in
effect,
then
they
discovered
it
wasn't,
so
they
may
spend
20
years
here
working
and
then
they
discovered
gee
I'm
not
going
to
get
any
health
benefits
until
I'm,
65
and
now
I'm
55.
What
will
I
do
for
10
years?
N
I'd
better
quit
here,
even
though
I'm
happy
and
have
worked
20
years,
I'm
going
to
go
somewhere
else
within
the
state
and
get
vested
if
I
do
five
years
there
because
of
their
policy
will
give
me
health
insurance,
so
I
reach
65
and
I
get
to
be
Medicare
age.
So
we
have
a
real
problem
here
with
recruiting
and
retention
which
may
explain
why
we
have
so
many
vacancies
here
in
the
county
and
I'm
not
directing
that
to.
N
Looking
at
you,
but
I
mean
this
is
a
real
problem
that
we've
create.
Well,
that's
that
was
created
here
by
an
action
by
this
deliberative
body
intentionally
and
we're
still
living
with
the
Fallout
six
years
later
or
maybe
seven
years
later,
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
live
with
that
Fallout,
because
people
keep
leaving
to
go
somewhere
else
to
get
vested.
So
they
can
get
that
health
insurance
to
carry
them
through
the
time
they
leave
till
they
qualify
for
Medicare.
And
it's
just
to
me
an
unjust
and
unfair
situation.
C
Just
a
comment:
this
is
a
thorny
issue
and
a
money
issue
I'm
going
to
muddy
it
up
some
more
I
apologize,
but
at
the
time
that
this
came
forward,
my
recollection
was
that
Obamacare
was
in
the
process
of
being
put
in
so
part
of
the
argument.
Was
people
don't
need
it,
because
Obamacare
will
make
up
the
difference?
Obama
Care
didn't
make
up
the
difference,
so
I
think
Larry
has
a
very
valid
point
that
we
have
somewhat
of
a
moral
obligation
to
figure
out.
What
is
what
is
fair
for
people.
Q
J
I
I
think
it
went
even
further
than
that,
while
the
county
took
the
action
they
took
because
of
the
Affordable
Care
Act,
the
state
had
to
say
we
want
to
participate
in
this
and
the
state
did
not.
So
while
this
County
took
that
action
fully
thinking
the
state
would
allow
the
is
to
happen,
it
didn't
happen
so
we're
caught
between
a
rock
and
a
hard
place
because,
as
you
said,
this
is
a
group
not
the
only
group.
J
There
are
going
to
be
people
coming
again
and
again
and
again,
because
if
we
did
it
once
we're
going
to
do
it
again,
so
the
question
is:
would
we
be
better
spending
our
money
piecemeal
like
this,
or
take
a
look
at
how
we
do
health
benefits
for
our
employees?
There
four
I
would
suggest
we
not
do
anything
with
us
till
we
have
a
discussion
regarding
that
and
that
muddies
up
the
water
even
more
I
understand
that.
Q
O
There's
a
lot
that
has
been
said
that
is
totally
correct
and
I
would
say
that
what
prompted
all
this
is
that
we,
the
council,
realized
that
we
made
a
mistake
when
we,
when
we
cancel
the
retirees
insurance
coverage.
That
was
our
mistake
and
and
we
need
to
own
up
to
it,
and
so
that
brought
us
to
the
point
where
we're
now
trying
to
deal
with
these
different
groups
that
are
coming
forward.
O
Then
we
wouldn't
have
had
the
one
two
three
substance
that
we're
dealing
with
now
and
and
then
here
we
are
now
looking
at
even
another
set
here
today
and
there
might
be
another
set
after
this,
so
for
us
to
say
that
we're
going
to
cut
it
off,
yeah,
I,
I
think
but
again
lead
us
to
make
a
terrible
mistake.
Me
we
made
the
mistake
we
should
own
up
to
it.
We
should
cover
the
cost,
whatever
the
cost
might
be.
We
owe
it
to
these
employees.
K
K
Q
A
Q
N
E
N
A
C
Larry,
it
seems
to
me
Joe,
raised
an
interesting
point
if,
whether
it's
final
or
not
yeah,
if
we
pass
it
as
final
I,
don't
know
how
I
would
ever
get
back
on
the
table.
So
to
me
the
question
is:
do
we
want
the
word
Final
in
there
or
do
we
want
to
treat
this
group
and
leave
it
open
for
some
more
evaluation,
I.
N
J
N
M
N
Yeah
I
disagree
with
that
and
I'll
tell
you
why
there
are
people
who
are
waiting
for
this
payment,
and
this
could
take
years
because
these
people,
that
this
is
kind
of
like
getting
the
psds
to
apply
for
a
grant.
This
could
take
years
because
they
have
to
get
organized.
They
have
to
come
in
and
make
a
claim,
there's
so
much
that
has
to
be
done.
We
can't
make
this
group,
which
is
organized
and
expecting
something.
This
group
is
not
organized
I.
Take.
M
Exception
of
that,
this
isn't
we'll
have
one
pay
them.
No
one
has
made
a
claim
in
this
group.
This
is
something
that
Council
asks
us
to
do.
No,
no
one's!
No
one
has
no
one
to
my
knowledge
very
few
of
the
people
on
this
list.
If
anyone
has
made
a
request
to
have
this
done
for
them,
so
if
you're
going
to
do
it
all
I'm
saying
is:
let's
go
ahead
and
do
it
in
finality
and
come
up
with
a
number
it
won't
take
years.
Yeah.
Q
E
E
It's
the
staff
would
proceed
with
identifying
other
potential
recipients
of
of
this
kind
of
reparations,
I
hate
to
say
it
like
that,
but
this
kind
of
resolution
or
restitution
for
for
our
career,
higher
action,
so
I
think
we
could
go
ahead
and
do
that
at
our
at
our
own
Leisure
at
the
staff's
Leisure,
at
the
rate
that
they
normally
address
this
kind
of
issue
I
think
we've
got
this
in
hand
right
now.
Let's
get
it
done
and
move
on
to
the
next
thing.
A
All
right-
and
it
is
my
understanding
as
chairman-
that
this
was
a
it
came
as
a
request-
by
at
least
one
person
to
a
council
member-
that
council
member
then
went
and
made
the
request
to
our
staff
to
to
calculate
that.
So
that's
kind
of
where
this
came
from
it
wasn't.
There
was
a
group.
There
was
not
that
they
again,
it
was
I
know
at
least
one
person
that
came
came
to
a
council
person,
the
council
person
that
asked
for
for
this
to
be
calculated.
A
L
O
Q
I
Chairman
and
Council
again
good
to
see
y'all
again.
Today
we
got
one
more
time
up
here:
I
try
to
split
the
pot
in
the
pie
into
three
pots
for
this
budget
amendment.
Basically,
the
first
pot,
which
is
two
pages
which
kind
of
looks
like
this
okay
yeah
is,
is
carry
over
from
this
22
to
23..
A
lot
of
these
we're
still
having
trouble
getting
vehicles
and
and
big
big
equipment,
is
Tiger,
Cats
and
stuff,
like
that.
Some
of
these
are
projects
that
we're
rolling
forward
that
didn't
get
completed.
I
That
need
still
need
funding
during
the
current
year.
These
total
2.5
million
dollars
include
bathrooms
that
brief
surgery
field
in
Old,
Burton
Wells,
another
yeah.
We
ordered
we
ordered
a
ambulance
stream
Mount
last
November.
We
couldn't
get
that
done
these.
This
2.5
million
dollars
is
carryovers
and
they'll
be
used
by
fund
balance,
and
so
there's
the
listing
and
all
the
Pas
that
are
associated
with
it.
I
I
Yeah
but
I
got
two
more
pieces:
sorry,
okay,
and
so
the
next
one
is
use
of
the
fund
balance
for
current
year
expenditure,
so
the
purchase
of
1505
North
Street
from
the
city
of
Beaufort,
which
is
right
there
by
the
federal
courthouse
which,
which
is
for
630
thousand
dollars
that
be
using
Pro,
and
that's
the
that's
the
next
sheet
now
on
this
that
one
right
there.
So
that's
this,
whether
that
be
using
prior.
I
Your
fund
balance
there's
also
a
transportation
project
for
six
million
dollars,
and
this
is
to
start
teeing
up
some
of
these
projects
to
get
the
engineering
surveying
planning
work
done
beforehand.
So
hopefully,
when
we
get
the
funding
for
either
federal
state
or
if
we
have
a
a
sales
tax,
we'll
have
them
teed
up
and
ready
to
go
instead
of
kind
of
we'll
wear
on
the
back
end
of
2018.
But
this
is
to
include
triangle.
I
E
C
Just
we've
been
talking:
okay,
good,
okay,
we've
been
up
at
this
for
a
while
and
I
think
what
it
does
is
it
it
tees
us
up
to
better
intersect,
federal
and
state
monies
who
are
flowing
that
we
might
not
otherwise
get
because
we're
not
far
enough
Downstream
on
the
design.
Secondly,
I
think
it's
a
reasonable
chance.
We
get
repaid
reimbursed
from
those
as
we
go
forward
in
those
projects
actually
materialize
and.
I
E
I
They
have
councilman's
law,
they
have
a
committee.
The
PFC
committee
meeting
correct
is
on
the
agenda
for
that.
This
is
it's
kind
of
like
I.
Have
the
186
000
in
there
for
the
retiree
payout,
where
we
let
you
know
about
it,
but
I'm,
trying
to
throw
by
casting
that
to
catch
as
many
fish
as
I
can
and
this
that
that's
one
of
the
things
in
here,
but
it
will
be
addressed
in
the
PFC
and
if,
if
it
doesn't
pass
a
PFC
I'll,
take
it
off
I'll,
take
it
off
the
budget.
Amendment!
I
I
The
last
one
is
the
use
of
current
year
funds
and
it
kind
of
the
the
the
first
lot
is
about
1.7
million
dollars
and
that's
going
to
be
an
appropriation.
Our
current
A
and
H
Tax
funds
for
projects
that
we
have
going
on.
A
lot
of
y'all
have
seen
The,
Boundary,
Street,
tennis,
court
I,
hope
y'all
have
driven
by
it
looks
awesome.
Shannon
heard
and
and
Chuck
are
doing
amazing
things
with
that.
I
We
put
forty
thousand
dollars
in
there
for
the
pocket
part
at
the
witness
Oak
right
there
by
the
federal
courthouse
for
that
project
and
then
also
there.
There
have
been
a
Litany
of
boat
landing
repairs
that
needed
to
be
done
from
the
from
the
surveys
that
we've
had
in
the
study
that
we've
had
in
new
to
get
Neil
up
and
running
on.
That
would
be
roughly
half
a
million
dollars
going
down
and
that's
just
from
a
H
Tax,
so
I'm
going
to
try
and
do
this
about
funds
the
next.
I
I
There's
also
Southern
Carolina
Regional
development
Alliance,
which
is
a
contract
that
we
needed
to
include
for
120
000
and,
like
I,
showed
you
all
earlier
there's
about
where
12
percent
we
should
be
about
16.
I'm,
estimating
there's
going
to
be
a
surplus
where
it
is
on
month.
Number
two
right
now:
I'm
not
really
sure,
but
we're
expecting
to
pay
that
out
of
that
same
with
the
retiree
litigation
claims,
we
put
the
186
already
in
that,
so
in
case
it
passed
which
it
did
and
hopefully
it'll
go
to
ordinance
and
pass
it's
already
in
there.
I
We
have
two
bonds,
a
13
Bond
and
a
14
bond
that
still
have
balances
in
them
for
147,
000
and
80
000,
and
to
close
those
out
because
I
kind
of
feel
like
if
we
haven't
used
those
bonds
money
proceeds
by
now.
This
would
be
a
good
use
of
it
and
then
there's
also
a
capital
fund
Surplus
for
18
000..
That
would
close
that
out
in
the
last
two
or
to
refund
into
fees
bonds.
I
We
have
several
GA
bonds
that
are
coming
up,
that
we
can
refund
in
the
fees
and
there
were
surpluses
in
the
net
service
fund
and
the
rule
and
critical
the
purchase
of
real
property
funds
of
1.7
1.5
million
dollars,
and
we
would
use
those
surpluses
to
help
refund
into
fees
which
would
be
coming
back
in
front
of
you
for
blessing
at
a
later
date.
And
then
that's
the
use
of
current
year
funds.
But
all
three
of
those
together
make
the
big
budget
amendment
pie.
C
Only
comment
I
would
have
is
on
the
diffusing
of
the
bonds
we're
in
an
environment
where
interest
rates
are
increasing,
so
it
depends
a
little
bit
what
the
rates
would
be
on
the
ones
that
we'd
be
retiring,
because,
if
you're
closing
the
gap
on
the
savings
plus,
if
you
have
to
rebond,
then
you've
got
the
cost
of
the
bond.
So
hopefully
you've
taken
that
into
consideration
as
to
whether
it
makes
sense
to
do
it
in
an
environmental
Rising
interest
rates.
A
A
H
Apologies:
this
is
a
simple
text
amendment
to
our
current
ordinance.
That
requires
the
tax
map
number
on
all
Deeds.
There
was
an
exception
in
that
old
ordinance
for
quick
claim.
Deeds
registered
Deeds
has
brought
this
forward
and
we
agreed
to
recommend
that
it
be
amended
to
include
quick
claim
deeds.
E
M
R
E
Yeah
I
I
could
but
I
disagree
with
the
opinion.
Well,
I,
you
know
I.
He
may
very
well
have
found
no
legal
opinions
that
that
require
this.
The
problem,
of
course,
is
that
a
quick
claim
deed
is
often
time
used
to
divest
one
person
of
any
interest
that
they
have
in
a
property,
even
though
they
don't
know
what
property
they
might
have.
E
An
interest
in
I
can
point
to
you
at
least
half
a
dozen
Deeds
I've
found
in
my
career
as
a
title
abstractor
that
reference
any
and
all
property
I
may
own
in
Beaufort,
County
and
the
whole
purpose
in
the
quit
claim
deed
is
to
just
divest
that
person
of
any
interest
whether
or
not
it
has
the
ability
to
be
referenced
in
Treasures
records
or
whether
it
has
any
bearing
on
any
particular
property.
That's
I
think
up
to
title
abstract
professionals
or
lawyers
to
determine,
and
so
I
I'm
going
to
vote
against
this
I.
E
Just
don't
think
it's
I,
don't
think
it's
appropriate
I
think
it
would
stop
people
from
being
able
to
divest
their
interest
in
property
that
may
hold
up
lawful
transfer
as
a
title.
I
think
this
is
just
a
bad
idea
and
it
stops
people
from
doing
what
they
want
to
do,
which
should
be
anything
legally
allowed
and
it's
under
state
law.
It
is
legally
allowed
for
them
to
file
a
quick,
Wing,
deed,
divesting
themselves
of
money
in
all
interests
they
may
have
so
I'm
going
to
vote.
A
H
The
the
ordinance,
no
it's,
no,
it's
a
there's,
an
old
95
ordinance
that
that
reads
simply
all
Deeds
except
quick
claim.
Deeds
should
have
that
property
identification
or
tax
map
number
on
the
deed.
So
the
recommendation
is
to
change
that
to
all
Deeds,
including
quit.
Claim
deeds
should
have
that
on
there,
so
it'll
Identify,
the
property
associated
with
it's
a
property
identifier.
You
know
possible
help
to
attorneys
and
researchers.
I
will
say:
Mr
flewellyn
is
correct,
quick
claim
deeds
are
not
General
warranty,
deeds,
quick
claim
deeds
are
often
used.
H
You
know
in
other
in
other
Realms,
whether
it's
a
property
line
dispute
or
a
conveyance
of
of
an
unknown
interest.
I
I'll
also
say
that
the
practice
of
including
the
number
on
quick
claim
deeds
is
probably
pretty
widely
used.
Anyway.
I
mean
most
most
Deeds
that
can't
come
into
the
office
haven't
on
there
anyway,
right.
E
I
find
that
you
know
when
that
interest
is,
is
a
known
quantity
when
it
regards
a
specific
piece
of
property
that
has
a
has
derivation,
that
they
they
they
the
conveyor.
The
grantor
knows
what
that
interest
is.
They
oftentimes
do
put
in
not
only
not
only
a
pib
property
identification
number
pin,
but
also
a
derivation,
how
that
interest
became
there,
and
so
I
just
see
this
as
a
little
bit
of
bureaucracy,
that's
quite
frankly,
unnecessary
and
and
just
isn't
really
important,
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
we
should
be
spending
our
time
doing
this.
A
A
A
Let's
move
on
to
ordinance
to
amend
Beaufort
County
ordinance,
20
23
33
for
the
fiscal
year,
2023
Beaufort
County
budget
to
provide
for
distributions
from
Myrtle
Park
phase
two
fund
and
other
matters
related
to
there
too,
and
this
came
up
to
a
council
and
was
pushed
back
because
I
think
some
of
the
numbers
didn't
quite
add
up
that
we
were
given
and
looked
at.
So
it
was
something
that
we
decided
that
time,
a
council
to
push
it
back
to
finance
and
I.
Think
Mr
Hayes
that
Williams
you're
up
again
here.
R
I'll
make
this
as
previous.
This
item
did
go
before
Council.
It
was
then
brought
back
to
the
finance
committee
for
the
purposes
of
Staff,
providing
specific
information
to
the
committee,
so
that
you
are
fully
informed.
We
are
not
here
to
try
and
rebut
any
previous
statements
that
were
made
by
committee,
which
I'm
sure
you'll
hear
shortly
that
there
were
promises
made
so
again,
I
want
to
reiterate
the
purpose
of
haze
and
I
today
is
to
provide
you
with
these
facts.
Behind
the
request,
the
purchase
of
Myrtle
Park.
R
That
purchase
was
made
in
2014
with
finances
from
three
different
or
two
different
utcs,
as
well
as
the
sale
of
two
different
properties
that
the
county
owned
that
were
completely
unrelated.
One
of
these
funding
sources
was
from
a
property
over
off
of
Buckwalter,
which
the
town
of
Bluffton
purchased
from
us.
R
After
March
of
2014,
the
property
was
being
held.
We
didn't
do
anything
with
it
at
which
point
the
county
received
approval
from
Council
at
the
time
to
receive
a
loan
in
the
amount
of
four
million
dollars.
We
did
nothing
at
that
time
with
the
four
million
dollars
and
held
on
to
it
for
another.
Two
years
we
were
paying
interest
on
that
loan,
which
again
Hayes
will
go
over
the
specifics.
R
Moving
forward
to
May
of
2022,
we
then
sold
the
property
which
was
approved
by
this
Council
and
an
amount
around
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
that
is
the
general
background
of
how
we
funded
it
and
where
we
moved
forward
in
the
process,
I'll
allow
Hayes
to
discuss
the
specifics
on
the
numbers.
Can.
A
I
Williams
so
good
to
see
y'all
again
today.
This
was
kind
of
an
interesting
thing:
the
Myrtle
Park.
You
know
this
has
been
a
10-year
over
10
fiscal
years.
You
know,
we've
had
you
know:
six
County
administrators,
five,
Deputy,
County
administrators,
three
CFOs
I
mean
nobody,
I
think
really
had
a
really
good
handle
or
where
the
money
came
from
or
where
the
money
went.
To
I
mean
there
were
things
that
were
in
there
and
they're
not
wrong.
I
Now
at
that
time
there
was
about
771
000
that
we'd
already
received
so
there's
a
shortfall
and
the
county
is
the
purchase,
the
sale
of
two
other
properties,
which
typically
go
into
the
general
fund
to
fund
the
purchase
of
that,
and
so
that
that
that
so
you
got
the
property,
and
then
we
had
site
development
costs
over
the
year
of
four
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars.
We
also
had
professional
fees
of
forty
six
thousand
dollars
now.
I
One
thing
in
our
research
that
we
found
that
was
very
interesting
was
that
four
million
dollar
loan
from
Santee
Cooper.
It
was
interest
only
for
two
years
we
had
two
payments
of
eighty
thousand
dollars
for
two
years
of
Interest
that
we
paid
out.
Now
we
didn't
pay
that
out
of
this
fund,
which
I
would,
if
you
were
doing
a
project
I,
would
include
it
in
the
fund
that
it
was
supposed
to
go
to,
but
I
wasn't
here
at
that
time,
but
it
was
paid
out
of
The
Debt
Service
fund.
I
It's
not
wrong
to
pay
it
out
of
there.
That's
that's.
Service
fund
is
to
pay
for
Debt
Service,
but
that's
160
thousand
dollars.
So
we
have
a
total
of
you
know
total
in
it
a
1.7
million
dollars.
We
had
Economic
Development
contributions,
gtc's
and
everything
1.2
million
dollars,
which
left
us
about
539
000
in
the
hole
which
is
right
above
that
black
line.
I
So,
looking
at
what
the
county
really
contributed,
we
had
those
few
sales
and
one
sale
was
the
five
acres
located
in
the
Bluffton
technology
park
for
459
thousand
dollars
and
the
old
ladies
Island
Convenience
Center,
which
I
went
to
for
probably
20
years
and
those
properties
were
the
sale.
Proceeds
of
those
properties
flowed
through
this
fund
and
also
the
80
000
and
the
eighty
thousand
of
interest
payments
in
The
Debt
Service
fund,
bringing
the
total
amount
that
we
really
contributed.
828
000..
I
Now
we
have
other
funding
proceeds
because
we
got
the
got
the
four
million
dollars
and
I
think
we're
going
to
build
the
building
and
we
decided
not
to
build
the
building.
So
he
gave
the
four
million
dollars
back
there
again.
I
wasn't
here.
That
decision
was
made
different,
Council
different,
different
Administration,
but
there's
also
interests
of
about
thirty
one
thousand
dollars.
I
Now,
if
you
look
at
that
interest
for
thirty
one
thousand
dollars,
that's
over
the
life
of
of
the
of
the
one
and
so
really
we've
got.
The
main
interest
was
the
two
years.
So
we
had
the
four
million
dollars
worth
of
loan
proceeds
sitting
into
this
fund,
which
is
about
91
percent
of
it
total
the
28
000
of
that
is
because
we
had
a
loan
that
we
paid
160
000
worth
of
Interest
that
we
never
used.
So
that's
basically
that
so,
basically
you
come
down.
We
have
about
nine,
and
then
you
sold
the
property.
I
I
You
probably
give
668
000
back
to
the
general
fund
and
the
the
the
the
net
of
what
we
sold
it
for
with
what
we
actually
the
the
539
that
we
had
in
it
is
really
about
sixty
thousand
dollars,
but
give
them
the
interest
too,
on
that
that'd
be
92.,
but
there
again
it's
up
to
y'all's,
Council
and
finance
committee
to
recommend
what
y'all
want
me
to
do
with
this.
Y'all
can
use
it
for
affordable
housing.
Y'all
could
transfer
the
job,
jobs
and
site
fund.
I
It's
really
kind
of
up
to
y'all,
but
there
were
other
influent
factors
that
went
into
this,
that
y'all
needed
to
know
to
make
a
clear
decision
on
this
property
and
the
the
original
worksheet
that
was
given
a
lot
of
these
numbers
are
the
same.
But
when
you
look
at
them
closer,
the
story
changes
a
little
bit
and
I
want
to
give
you
the
right
story,
so
y'all
can
make
whatever
decision
y'all
want
to
on
it,
but
I
think
you'll
need
the
whole
picture
and
not
just
a
picture.
A
limited
picture.
A
C
I
guess
two
thoughts.
Well,
however,
we
move
all
the
numbers
around
doesn't
make
any
difference
to
me.
It
does
seem
to
me
that
the
Economic
Development
Corporation
we
put
in
place
a
couple
years
ago.
It's
far
out
cheap
and
I've,
achieved
much
greater
than
we
anticipated
do
and
look
at
the
jobs,
the
investment
everything
we
had.
So
it
doesn't
bother
me
if
we
were
to
say
look
whether
it's
500
or
600,
700
000,
we'll
do
over
one
year
or
three
years.
C
I
I
I
would
like
to
add
one
thing
to
that:
yeah.
We
we're
we're
paying
this
year,
probably
about
one
million
over
one
million
dollars
to
the
EDC,
and
both
we
have
375
000
that
we
give
to
them
for
their
operations
and
we
also
have
earmarked
about
674
000.
But
for
the
past
five
years,
total
spending
Plus
what's
budgeted
for
this
year,
is
about
4.3
million
dollars,
but
that's
not
including
what
we
also
pay
to
the
Southern
Carolina
Alliance
for
economic
development,
which
is
another
600
000
over
those
five
years.
I
D
O
My
memory
shares
me
correctly,
I
think
when
we
I
already
bought
the
two
Parcels
at
Myrtle,
Park,
I
and
I
I
didn't
do
the
research
to
try
and
pull
up
any
of
the
documents
from
the
time
that
we
voted
them.
But
if
my
memory
served
me
correctly,
I
I
think
we
made
the
agreement
that
if
those
two
pastors
were
ever
sold
that
the
funds
from
the
parcel
would
go
to
Economic,
Development
and
and
I
think
that's
what
Stu
was
getting
at
in
his
opening
statement
and
I
and
I.
O
D
D
E
A
K
It's
true
that
he
made
a
commitment
to
the
technology
that
we
will
fund
them
and
invest
in
them
and
just
cut
it
with
a
small
amount
of
funding
and
basically
said
as
you
grow,
we
will
reinvest
in
you
so
I.
Remember
that
this
discussion
did
come
about
and
that
we
saw
in
whether
it's
in
writing
or
verbally.
We
did
say
that
we
will
reinvest
those
money.
R
Can
I
apologize
for
the
delay?
I
was
trying
to
pull
up
the
exact
minutes,
so
finance
committee
on
February
18th
2020.
There
was
a
discussion
held
and
where
these
funds
would
be
distributed.
At
that
time,
it
was
stated
by
Council
that
the
funds
actually
council,
member
Rodman
stated
any
use
of
these
funds
would
come
back
through
us
for
approval.
He
said
correct
and
at
that
time
the
funds
had
not
been.
R
It
had
not
been
approved
by
committee
or
Council
for
them
to
actually
be
placed
with
the
EDC,
but
it
was
suggested
that
that's
where
the
funds
were
going
now
again
in
the
minutes,
as
well
as
watching
it.
At
that
time,
the
details
of
how
the
property
was
acquired
and
where
those
funds
came
from
I
do
not
believe
were
presented,
which
is
why
we
are
here
today,
so
that
you
can
make
a
fully
informed
decision
right
or
wrong.
A
Good,
thank
you
Mr
O'toole.
Would
you
like
to
come
up
and
because
again,
the
biggest
thing?
The
reason
it
came
back
to
finances
was
for
us
to
get
all
the
answers
and
get
all
the
dollar
amounts
and
know
exactly
what
we
were
talking
about,
because
it
was
so
long
as
Mr
Williams
had
said
and
things
that
had
had
progressed
since
that
time,
so
Mr
Tool.
Thank
you
for
coming
today.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
S
Thanks
for
allowing
me
to
speak
and
I
I'm
gonna
really
try
to
make
sure
that
I
just
stick
to
the
facts
and
and
constructive
so
that
we
can
move
forward
on
February
18th.
It
was
an
11-0
vote
by
the
council
that
sits
here
today
to
move
it
to
the
full
Council
once
the
sale
was
made.
The
opening
comments
said
that
the
the
numbers
didn't
add
up
now.
S
They
were
always
shown
to
you
in
executive
session,
which
I,
don't
think
I'm
out
of
order
now,
because
everything's
come
out,
but
in
executive
session
in
August
2019.
We
consistently
showed
you
that
the
funds
used
to
acquire
this
property
were
paid
for
by
a
sale
of
other
County
property,
and
so
you
can
expect
that
the
wisdom
of
the
council
at
the
time
was
to
say:
let's
take
our
assets
and
roll
them
into
Economic
Development.
S
And
so
when
you
voted
on
February
18th,
your
thought
was
the
same:
let's,
let's
take
our
chips
and
roll
them
into
the
next
economic
development
project.
The
other
piece
that's
being
added
in
now,
which
is
a
little
shocking
to
me,
because
it's
a
management
decision
that
was
made
in
2016
and
2018
by
different
administrators,
and
so
now
there's
you
know.
S
But
if
you
put
up
the
piece
that
Hayes
had
shown
you
earlier,
it
showed
that
the
the
pooled
cash
is
now
920
000,
but
I
can
show
you
on
three
occasions
where
I've
I
said.
Please
confirm
the
math,
because
I
didn't
want
to
I
didn't
want
to
put
the
county
in
a
difficult
spot
of
of
using
UTC
funds
that
didn't
exist.
So
I
I
asked
Hayes
three
times
and
he
confirmed
that
the
pooled
cash
was
727
000.
and,
and
today
you
can
see
it's
nine
hundred
and
twenty
thousand.
So
that's
a
surprise
to
me.
S
Now
you
on
February
18th,
you
say
on
2020.
You
said
that
you
would
like
to
take
the
proceeds
and
roll
them
into
the
site
and
job
funds.
I.
Think
for
the
reasons
that
councilman
Rodman
laid
out,
because
we
are
good
fiduciaries
of
the
County's
money
and
we
are
locked
into
creating
Investments
and
good
jobs
for
County
residents
and
for
that
I,
don't
think
we
should
be
punished.
S
S
Last
November,
you
said:
let's
take
the
balance
of
pooled
funds
and
make
the
economic
development
whole,
or
you
didn't
say
that
the
County
Administrator
coming
at
a
lunch
set,
and
you
can
see
it
on
the
video.
The
the
administrator
said
that
we'll
make
you
whole
with
the
balance
of
pulled
funds.
So
our
request
would
be
as
as
we
and
we
made
this
AIS.
S
We
made
this
request
on
June
10th
of
this
year
and
we're
almost
into
October
and
we're
we're
fighting
and
and
that's
the
way
it
feels
to
me
and
I,
don't
get
it
I
feel
like
I'm,
a
running
back
for
your
team
I'm
running
well
with
the
ball
and
I'm,
getting
tripped
up
and
I'd
like
to
resolve
it
and
I
appreciate
your
consideration
and
will
accept
your
good
judgment.
Thank
you.
C
Mr
chairman
two
parts,
one,
is
that
we
return
the
Monies
to
various
funds
as
Hayes
has
suggested,
and,
secondly,
we
take
let's
say
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
add
it
to
item
number
12,
which
is
the
ordinance
that
we're
going
through
to
amend,
to
include
a
variety
of
other
things
and
I.
Think
that'll
get
us
whether
we
need
the
600
000
for
the
EDC
and
we
don't
have
to
get
tied
up
in
all
of
this
back
and
forth
about
who
shot
John
and
where
the
money
was
and
who's
entitled.
To.
A
C
A
A
A
M
We
do
need
to
correct
item
16..
That's
a
mistake
because
currently
on
the
agenda
item
16
and
17
Rita's,
essentially
the
same
item
item
16
should
and
it's
correct
in
the
backup
material.
Otherwise
I
won't
be
able
to
do
this.
It
should
be
a
resolution
authorizing
the
County
Administrator
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
Community
Works
to
provide
Administration
and
management
support
for
a
designated
Regional,
Housing
Trust
Fund.
M
M
N
M
A
A
A
All
right,
so
we
have
one
now
one
objection
all
right:
do
we
need
to
do
a
roll
call?
Yeah,
no
I
do
not
think
so.
So
we
have
one
objection:
Mr
herver
Shawn.
Otherwise,
it's
all
yes
votes.
So
motion
passes
all
right.
Anything
else
needs
to
come
before
this
committee,
seeing
none
we
are
adjourned.
Thank
you
for
your
patience
today,
we'll.