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A
Let's
call
the
finance
and
administration
Economic
Development
Committee
to
order
it
is
Monday
May
15th.
Our
meeting
starts
at
3,
P.M
and
federal
police
stand
for
pledge
of
allegiance.
A
A
All
right,
public
notification
of
this
meeting
has
been
published,
posted
and
distributed
in
compliance
with
the
South
Carolina
Freedom
of
Information
Act.
Can
I
ask
for
someone
to
approve
the
agenda
so
moved.
Thank
you
any
discussion.
Seeing
no
discussion,
we'll
approve
the
agenda
without
objection.
Is
there
any
objection,
see
no
objection.
The
agenda
has
been
approved.
I
would
ask
then
for
the
approval
of
the
minutes
of
April
10
2023.
I'll
make
the
motion.
Thank
you,
Miss
tabernick.
Is
there
a
second
all.
B
A
Thank
you
any
discussion,
seeing
no
discussion.
We
will
approve
the
minutes
from
April
10th
without
objection.
Is
there
any
objection,
seeing
no
objection,
the
minutes
are
approved
and
that
opens
us
up
then
to
our
citizens
comment
period.
Is
there
anyone
online
Miss,
Sarah
or
anyone
in
the
audience?
Who
would
like
to
speak
three
minutes
for
Citizens
comments,
all
right
and
seeing
no
one
in
the
audience.
We
will
then
move
forward.
So
that
brings
us
then
to
our
agenda
items.
A
And
our
first
item
is
the
budget
presentation
by
the
Beaufort
County
School
District
and
come
on
forward
and
Miss
Tanya
Crosby.
We
appreciate
you
coming
out
you're
a
familiar
face
around
here.
So
the
floor
is
yours.
Yes,.
C
Sir
good
afternoon,
good
afternoon,
all
council
members
again,
my
name-
is
Tanya.
Crosby
I,
see
a
few
familiar
face,
less
familiar
faces
than
others
today,
but
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
allowing
us
the
opportunity
today
to
give
you
a
brief
summary
of
our
general
fund
budget
for
the
23-24
school
year.
C
So,
first
of
all,
we
have
some
wonderful
things
happening
in
our
school
district.
Do
with
your
support
this
past
year
we
were
able
to
move
from
our
teachers,
salaries
from
53rd
in
the
state
to
number
one.
So
we
obtained
our.
We
are
the
have
the
highest
starting
teacher
salary
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina
this
year.
C
So
I
say
this
year,
because
there
is
a
lot
of
attention
surrounding
that
and
we
are
getting
phone
calls
and
emails
constantly
about
how
we've
accomplished
that
task,
and
we
are
very
we're
very
open
with
our
progress
and
how
we've
managed
to
do
that
with
our
fellow
counties
or
School
County
school
districts
and
so
they're
all
vying
for
the
top
for
this
budget
year.
But
what
we
like
is
the
attention,
and
it's
really
really
raising
the
bar
for
the
rest
of
the
state.
C
We
had
an
article
from
the
Palmetto
teachers,
Teachers
Association,
that
really
set
the
standard
and
mentioned
to
the
other
school
districts,
really
compelled
them
to
try
to
keep
the
pace
and
do
the
same
as
Beaufort.
So
we
are
very
thankful
for
that
couple.
It's
still
a
couple
major
some
major
challenges
that
are
have
emerged
out
of
the
pandemic,
but
really
the
two
that
bring
to
the
top
in
this
is
the
labor
shortage.
It's
really
still
an
issue
for
us
getting
teachers
on
staff
and
retaining
them
and
our
Rising
costs
in
every
area.
C
C
So
one
of
the
main
things
that
that
we
do
in
this
budget
is
to
make
sure
that
we
get
plenty
of
stakeholder
input.
I
think
we
got
more
than
ever
before
this
year
we
had
Bud
budget
surveys
that
went
out
to
lots
of
community
members.
We
had
a
student,
Advisory,
Group
representative
samples
of
high
school
students
throughout
the
county,
advocating
we
had
a
joint
board
and
school
Improvement
council
meeting,
and
we
had
two
public
forums
once
Northern
one
Southern
and
then,
of
course,
all
of
the
board
meetings.
C
We've
had
about
monthly
budget
conversations
surrounding
the
budget
and
then
many
of
these
items
or
the
feedback
in
those
in
those
sessions
and
one
that
I
didn't
mention
here.
Not
a
teacher
pay
is
always
at
the
top
of
the
list.
Two
thousand
of
our
three
thousand
employees
are
teachers,
so
they're
tied
to
the
teacher
salary
schedule
that
is
largely
dictated
by
the
state
state
budget.
C
So
proposals
are
made
by
the
state,
superintendent
and
the
governor's
office
as
well,
so
those
are
dictated,
but
we
also
have
other
areas:
academic
opportunities,
that
children
are
students
advocated
for
expansion
of
or
continuation
of
in
our
budget,
so
that
this
budget
reflects
a
lot
of
those
a
lot
of
that
feedback.
C
C
So
we
are
above
Greenville
slightly
above
Greenville
Anderson,
but
Charleston's
vying
for
our
top
spot
this
year
as
well.
So
that's
a
surrounding
or
a
nearby
County
that
will
be
competing
with
teachers
and
other
staff
for
and
so
again,
one
of
our
goals
is
to
maintain
that
top
spot,
but
also
to
act
continue
to
advocate
for
State
funding.
So
State
funding
is
about
one-third
of
our
budget
in
terms
of
revenues,
so
their
two-thirds
is
local
tax
revenue.
C
So
I
provided
a
summary
here.
Our
budget
is
proposed
at
200.
It's
currently
298.1
million
79
of
the
increases
in
this
budget
equate
to
employee
compensation.
As
I
mentioned,
3
000
employees
make
up
about
80
percent
of
our
budget,
so
17.6
million
in
increases
there.
Some
additional
Stu
School
Staffing
allocations
due
to
in
high
needs
areas
they're
multilingual
special
education
is
primarily
the
Staffing
allocations
here
at
1.1
and
other
operational
increases
I
mentioned
earlier
4.4
million,
and
then
we
have
some
reductions
in
our
budget.
C
Our
charter
school
is
based
on
a
state
formula
and
therefore,
as
a
result
of
that
formula
is,
has
some
reduction
this
year
we
do
have
one
District
sponsored
Charter
School
in
the
district,
just
for
clarification
for
the
newer
folks
and
the
other
charter.
Schools
in
the
in
the
county
are
state
or
affiliated
with
the
state,
and
so
the
total
proposed
budget
is
320.4
million.
It's
an
increase
of
22.3
and
it's
a
seven
seven
point
five
percent
increase.
C
So
this
is
the
makeup
that
I
mentioned
earlier.
A
third
is
state
revenue
and
the
two-thirds
is
local.
C
So
what
we're
looking
at
is
projected
revenues
of
313.8
million
based
on
current
revenues
that
we're
projected
to
receive
and
we're
requesting
a
4.4
mil
increase
to
provide
another
6.6
million
to
bring
us
to
the
320.
and
for
those
of
you
interested
in
the
value
of
the
mill.
The
value
of
the
mill
is
at.
The
bottom
of
this
slide
is
estimated
at
1.5
million
dollars
per
Mill,
and
that
is
the
value
of
revenues
per
Mill
that
we
receive.
C
So
if
you
ask
anyone
who's
pulling
data
directly
out
of
your
tax
software,
that
value
will
be
different,
but
these
are
dollars
that
we
actually
see
in
our
bank
accounts
and
so
proposed
expenditures.
Again.
This
just
reiterates
the
same
slide
that
we
had
before
subtotal
of
increases
at
320
million
dollars
again
seven.
Seventy
nine
percent
of
the
budget
increases
our
compensation,
so
our
school
operations
millage,
is
currently
125.6
Mills
we're
proposing
4.4
to
get
to
a
130,
mil
operations,
operations.
C
The
County's
growth
was
different
this
year,
2.28
I
believe
so
why
the
two
were
different,
I'm,
not
sure,
but
I
did
take
a
look
at
that,
and
so
our
total
percentage
of
Mill
growth
is
available
is
10.61
percent
based
on
the
current
millage,
so
that
when
calculating
that
10.61
of
125,
we
get
13.3
new
Mills
and
we
had
leftover
Mills
last
year
that
were
unused
of
4.7.
So
technically.
Based
on
these
calculations,
we
have
18
mils
available,
which
would
bring
us
to
143.6.
C
Now,
when
these
are
calculated
based
on,
they
could
change
as
much
as
a
mil
and
a
half
so
relatively
minimal
change
it
that
18
mils
could
reduce
to
17
or
16
and
a
half
or
some
so
the
we're
requesting
4.4
what's
available
is
18
or
worst
case
scenarios
16
mils
to
16.5
mils,
so
obviously
we're
well
under
that
state
cap
and
due
to
the
high
CPI
growth.
C
So
we
always
like
to
discuss
make
sure
we
are
communicating
the
impact
on
the
taxpayer.
We
could
put
a
couple
of
scenarios
in
there.
I'm
reminded
that
we
don't
see
many
250
000
homes
any
longer.
So
you
can
see
scenario.
Two
has
a
four
hundred
thousand
dollar
home.
This
would
be
a
non-residential
home
or
non-owner
occupied.
If
a
4.4
mil
effect
at
a
six
percent
assessment
ratio
would
be
about
a
hundred
and
six
dollars
per
year.
C
There's
also
a
40
000
vehicle
at
a
six
percent
ratio
which
would
be
about
another
ten
dollars
and
fifty
six
cents
per
year,
so
that
would
be
the
impact
on
those
values
of
homes
and
again
School
operations.
Taxes
are
applicable
only
to
non-owner
occupied
homes
and
businesses,
and
these
rates
sort
of
don't
apply
to
home
loan
primary
homeowners,
as
you
all
know,
so
so
our
board
is
planning
this
tomorrow
evening
to
certify
this
budget.
C
We
have
had
several
discussions
about
almost
monthly
as
late
as
May
2nd
was
our
last
meeting
I
believe,
and
so
we
are
meeting
tomorrow
night
to
hopefully
finalize
the
budget,
and
then
we
will
go
through
our
begin.
Our
first
of
three
readings
with
you
all
so
that's
all
and
I
did
provide
some
handout
as
well
so
I
had
with
your
presentation.
There
were
two
documents
today
the
handouts
were
to
provide
more
of
the
details
of
some
of
the
increases
and
decreases
in
our
budget.
C
It
provides
a
narrative
explanation
of
what
exactly
we're
doing
and
how
it
makes
up
the
dollars
that
are
provided
in
this
budget.
So
there
are
series
and
then
for
those
of
you
who
really
like
to
Crunch
the
numbers,
there's
a
couple
of
schedules
in
there,
and
it
also.
We
also
have
a
listing
of
all
of
our
instructional
programs
and
about
a
three-year
comparative
analysis
of
of
the
changes
that
are
affected
in
this
budget.
D
D
So
we
I
know
we
had
this
somewhere,
but
they
didn't
all
get
it.
This
was
sort
of
at
a
glance
and
I
think
this
is
very
informative
for
everybody
if
they
don't
want
to
Crunch
every
number,
because
what's
important
on
this
is
the
three
thousand
dollar
increase
for
teachers
includes
one
thousand
of
that.
Moving
from
the
locality
supplement,
which
maybe
new
members
don't
know,
I,
don't
know,
plus
a
step
increase
to
27
and
also
funding
for
State
mandated
health
care
and
retirement
costs
that
we
don't
have
a
choice.
C
A
Any
other
questions
for
Mr
Crosby,
Mr
Crosby,
just
just
refresh
my
memory
now
this
year,
your
budget's
at
320
million.
This.
A
C
A
Just
so
anyone
online
or
here
people
realize
that
the
school
board's
budget
is
paid
for
by
second
homeowners
and
by
commercial
taxes
that
are
allowing
tax
act.
388
dictates
that
from
the
state.
That's
the
state
mandated
law
that
if
you
are
a
homeowner
and
you
have
the
homestead
exemption,
you
do
not
pay
any
school
taxes
and
people
don't
realize
that
I've
run
to
people
all
the
time
in
our
public.
That
complain
about
being
a
homeowner
and
and
taxes
for
schools,
and
they
don't
realize
that
as
a
homeowner.
A
And
if
you
have
a
homestead
exemption,
you
do
not
pay
any
school
taxes.
It
is
the
burden
that's
placed
on
to
Second
homeowners
and
the
commercial
businesses.
So
we
start
talking
about
taxes
going
up
associated
with
the
school
board.
It
is
only
for
those
those
entities
that
have
the
tax
increase
if
things
change.
So
again,
that's
not
a
question
directed
to
you.
A
It's
just
a
statement
that
I
didn't
realize
until
I
first
came
on
Council
of
how
much
of
an
impact
that
has
on
taxes
for
for
those
individuals
that
we've
got
obviously
any
other
questions
that
we
have
anyone
online
Mr.
E
Glover,
no
there's
no
one
online,
so
you're
you're
out.
That's
a
question.
I
appreciate
the
presentation
I'm
going
to
receive
this
as
information,
so
I
appreciate
the
information.
I
just
have
one
quick
question:
your
steps
from
26
to
27
you're,
going
to
cap
that
off
at
28.
or
you're,
going
to
need
with
a
30.
C
Well,
we'll
decide
that
when
we
get
there
our
goal
over
we're
in
year
three
of
increasing
that
step.
So
we
were
at
24
years
and
our
goal
was
to
be
able
to
provide.
When,
when
we
talk
about
step
increases,
we
were
having
to
say
to
teachers,
we'll
everyone's
getting
a
step
increase.
Every
eligible
teacher
is
getting
a
step
increase.
So
that
means
that,
if
you're
at
25
years,
you
don't
get
one.
C
So
if,
in
order
to
remedy
that,
we
were
able
to
use
it
costs
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
increase
that
step
for
teachers,
so
that
we
felt
like
that
was
a
very
minimal
cost
to
be
to
have
a
but
have
a
huge
gain
and
huge
benefit
for
our
most
veteran
teachers.
So
we've
embarked
on
this
will
be
the
third
year
to
raise
it.
We're
we
raised
from
24
to
25
when
5
to
26
last
year
and
we're
proposing
to
move
to
27
this
year.
C
Our
goal
is
at
least
to
go
to
28
years,
which
is
the
age
of
retirement.
If
the
eligible
years
of
retirement
but
I
can't
say
that
we'll
stop
there,
we
there
are
districts
that
have
40
Years
of
steps.
So,
but
we
are
planning
on
going
through
at
least
28
years.
E
A
Any
other
any
other
questions
Melissa
Crosby.
Thank
you.
A
Going
to
give
you
the
official
welcome
with
when
you
stepped
up
the
Chief
Financial
Officer
of
the
school
board.
So
again,
thank
you
for
coming.
A
All
right,
let's
move
on
then
to
number
eight.
A
Right
so
we've
got
that
and
any
discussion
seeing
no
discussion,
we've
passed
this
without
objection.
Is
there
any
objection
seeing
no
objection,
it
will
be
moved
to
council
for
first
reading
right
now.
Let's
move
on
then
to
our
agenda
item
number
eight,
and
that
is
budget
presentations
by
special
fire
districts
within
Beaufort
County
I
think
we
have
Bluffton
Township,
Fire
District
and
chief
Paul
Boulevard
up
first
and
chief
good
to
see
you
again.
Thank
you
for
coming
out
good.
G
G
Currently,
our
mill
rate
is
at
25.6
mils.
After
the
rollback
projections
that
Mr
Hayes
and
his
group
have
provided
with
us,
we
are
proposing
a
operation
Mill
value
of
24.1,
which
is
one
and
a
half
mils
less
than
we
currently
are.
With
that
new
increased
value,
which
is
pretty
significant.
The
district
looks
to
bring
in
total
revenues
of
20
million
983
thousand
dollars
for
operations.
G
G
We
do
have
a
0.4
mil
increase
on
our
debt
service.
Back
in
February
Council
approved
a
half
a
mill
for
our
bond,
but
we
only
need
a
0.4
after
the
rollback
calculations.
So
our
total
overall
Mill
savings
to
the
citizens
will
be
a
1.1
deficit
in
our
mill
rate,
so
we'll
be
able
to
increase
our
budget
and
provide
a
tax
savings
for
the
citizens.
A
D
D
G
We
are
Council
has
approved
and
we've
secured
the
land.
So
take
me
about
two
years
of
impact
fee
collection,
because
we
are
partnering
with
the
county
for
Fire
EMS.
So
it'll
take
me
about
two
years
of
collection
for
impact
feed
to
help
fund
that
project.
G
Correct
but
looking
at
the
at
the
values,
that's
growing
in
Bluffton,
if
anybody's
been
to
Bluffton
lately-
and
you
look
at
the
impact
fees,
it's
I
mean
we
can
do
it.
I
would
actually
look
at
a
grant
to
staff
that
a
safer,
Grant,
okay,
help
fund
part
of
that
for
three
years.
Okay,.
A
G
H
I
A
All
right,
let's
move
on
then
to
Burton
fire
district
Chief,
Harry
Roundtree,
oh
he's
online
foreign.
Thank.
J
Great,
my
commission
approved
our
budget
recent
presence
in
the
last
Wednesday
we
currently
function
at
or
in
fiscal
year
23
we
had
a
millage
of
73.5
for
operations
and
4.2
forget
with
an
estimated
no
value
of
79
738
dollars
this
year.
With
the
rollback
we
are
asking
for
an
operation,
knowledge
of
69.1
and
a
debt
knowledge
of
3.9,
reducing
some
are
4.2
and
the
estimated
Mill
value
this
year
is
94
066
dollars.
J
We
feel
that
that
will,
with
the
avalorian
taxes
and
the
the
small
use
of
one
of
our
for
our
one
of
our
one
of
our
debt
service
projects,
that
we
have
a
small
use
of
200
000
for
impact
fees.
We
are
estimating
our
total
revenues
at
6
million
707
526,
which
meets
the
total
expenditures
for
our
our
budget
this
year.
J
The
big
the
biggest
impact
that
we
have
is
that
in
2015,
the
Burton
fire
district
increased
the
shift
levels,
the
firefighters
on
ship
and
then
starting
in
fiscal
year.
19
due
to
covet,
we
were
forced
to
produce
the
Staffing
levels
on
the
fire
department.
J
So
we
are
hoping
this
year
to
add
three
firefighters,
which
is
one
per
ship,
taking
our
total
daytime
staff
to
17
from
the
16
that
we're
at
currently
the
the
the
additional
items
or
the
additional
increases
are
really
based
with
Cola
and
the
benefits
that
are
associated
with
that.
We
saw
a
mandated
increase
in
mid-year
on
our
health
insurance
and
a
one
percent
overall
increase
in
our
retirement,
and
then
we
saw
essentially
the
same
increases
that
everybody
has
seen
in
fuel
and
maintenance.
J
We
were
successful
in
some
of
the
programs
that
we
started
last
year
in
reducing
our
workers,
comp
a
total
of
50
000,
which
was
somewhat
significant
for
us
and
as
far
as
capital
items
go,
we
the
the
Burton
fire
district
commission
contracted
last
year
to
purchase
a
new
pumper
that
won't
be
built.
It's
only
scheduled
to
be
delivered
35
to
37
months
from
now,
so
it's
Our
intention
every
fiscal
year
until
the
until
the
year.
J
The
truck
is
due
to
put
some
funds
on
it
to
put
a
down
payment
on
it,
essentially,
if
that
would
lower
the
amount
of
of
the
the
cost
of
financing
it.
When
the
truck
is
finally
due
for
delivery
and
that
truck
will
be
replacing
a
truck,
that
is
it'll
end
up
being
16
17
years
old
by
the
time
the
new
truck
is
here
is
currently
the
2010.
J
the
again
our
total
millage
last
year
with
option
debt
was
77.7.
We're
asking
this
year
for
a
total
of
73,
which
is
a
4.7
decrease
in
our
our
bills.
Study.
D
J
Oh
I
know
it's
definitely
like
it
sooner,
but
the
the
the
three
years
manufacturers
they
they
can
only
promise
what
they
feel
like
they
can
deliver
it.
They
still
show
up
a
few
months
sooner
yeah,
but
with
all
the
issues
that
they're
having
and
the
fact
that
they're
selling,
as
many
as
they
are,
that
was
the
that's
the
contract
over
the
gate
35
to
37
months.
So,
if
I
wanted
to
replace
the
truck
in
three
years,
I
almost
have
to
start
moving
right.
E
I
noticed
that
you
have
a
very
tight
budget,
and
so
is
that
purpose
at
this
time
to
reduce
your
fund
balance.
J
The
app
was
well
we'd
always
like
to
reduce,
if
at
all
possible,
because
we
are
currently
the
values
of
our
jurisdiction
are
not
as
great
as
some
of
the
other
fire
departments
that
we
run
with
and
that
we
also
do
have
to
fight
or
not
fight.
But
we
are
dealing
with
a
lot
of
annexation
from
from
the
city
in
the
town
that
kind
of
eats
into
our
tax
base
zone.
J
So
essentially
we
we
would
like
more,
but
we
just
felt
that
this
was
a
good
responsible
number
to
present
to
our
citizens.
E
K
You,
sir
Chief
Rountree.
This
is
councilman
Dawson.
Yes,
your
total
tax
rate
of
operations
and
best
service
you're,
coming
in
with
a
4.0
Mill
increase
and
I
I
just
want
to
applaud
you
for
a
budget
that
doesn't
weigh
heavily
on
the
taxpayers
of
the
burden.
K
A
A
Next
up,
we
have
Mr
Shane
Chief
Shane
comparetto
and
he
is
from
the
dafusky
island
fire
district
Chief
comparetto.
Thank
you
for
being
here
today.
We
appreciate
you
making
the
trip
over.
L
I,
don't
have
the
mill
value
like
these
other
guys
have
so,
but
our
value
this
year
looked
good
for
us
good
for
dafusky.
It
went
up
substantial
for
us,
so
the
rollback
got
us
to
58.8
and
we're
asking
for
61.2.
That's
an
increase
of
2.4
mils
of
the
rollback
millage.
That
millage
will
give
us.
We
had
66
Mills
last
year,
so
that's
a
drop
and
melogen
gets
some
taxes
back
to
our
to
our
residence.
L
L
When
they're
going
up
it's
there's
inflation
costs
and
there's
the
fusky
inflation
cost
and
everything's
a
different
percentage
for
the
fosky
it
seems,
but
our
fund
balance
is
healthy.
We're
looking
at
36
percent
of
our
fund
balance,
so
we
have
a
nice
little
Reserve
nest
egg
and
we're
not
asking
for
any
debt
at
this.
E
F
L
F
E
F
A
Good
again,
next
up
we
have
lady
Allen
St
Helena
fire
district,
Chief
Chief
Bruce
Klein
Mr
Klein.
Thank
you
for
coming.
Yes,
sir
good.
M
As
you
stated,
Bruce
blind
fire
chief
of
ladies
Island
secondary
fire
district
last
year's
mill
rate
and,
if
you're
looking
at
the
Forum,
we'll
talk
about
the
the
two
columns
on
the
right
last
year's
mill
rate
for
us
for
operations
was
43.7.
Rollback
mill
rate
came
in
at
38.7.
Our
request
for
operations
mill
rate
for
this
year
is
39.2,
which
is
a
0.5
above
the
rollback
calculation,
with
growth
in
CPI.
We've.
All
you've
heard
that
already
today,
10.28
I
would
love
to
see
that
in
future
years,
but
I'm
sure.
M
M
39.2
times.
Our
value
gives
us
our
adorable
taxes,
that's
seven
million
458
000
701
in
the
fees
and
interest.
That
is
a
contract
that
we
have
with
the
city
of
Beaufort
to
provide
protection
for
the
annexed
areas
that
we're
pledging
350
000
of
that
towards
our
budget.
So
for
a
total
of
Revenue
of
seven
million
808
701.
M
our
expenditures,
7
808
291.,
we
will
put
a
whopping
410
dollars
into
our
fund
balance,
but
we
are
comfortable
with
our
fund
balance
at
1.5
million
dollars.
It's
roughly
19
and
a
half
percent
of
our
budget,
Staffing
Remains,
the
Same.
Our
debt
requirement
is
3.5
mils.
Last
year
it
was
four
with
the
new
value
we're
able
to
go
down
to
3.5
and
still
meet
our
debt
requirements.
M
O
Thank
you,
I'm,
very
interested
in
the
funds
that
the
city
reimburses
you.
How?
How
is
that
an
intergovernmental
agreement,
and
how
did
you
determine
to
go
up
on
it?
I
I,
understand
I,
mean
they're
annexing
more
property
on
Lee's
Island,
but
do
you
anticipate
them
ever?
O
Will
that
include
like
the
new
grocery
store,
that's
being
built
being
completed?
We
will
you
be
covering
that
too,
with
your
intergovernmental
agreement?
Yes,.
M
Ma'am
real
quick
to
explain
how
that
works.
Our
contract
with
the
city
of
Beaufort
is
was
agreed
upon
20
something
years
ago,
and
it
is
that
80
percent
of
what
we
would
charge
so.
B
M
If
we're
charging
40
Mills,
it's
80
of
40
mils,
they
anticipate
that
going
up
to
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
next
year.
It
is
my
goal
to
stay
down
below
whatever
it
would
cost
for
them
to
come
and
provide
that
protection
on.
Ladies
out
So,
currently
we
we
received
about
367
last
year.
That's
why
I'm
pledging
350.
O
M
Nothing
in
the
contract
regards
the
square
footages,
whatever
the
annex.
They
pay
us
80
of
what
we
would
charge.
E
I
got
one
since
we're
talking
about
potential
fire
fire
stations
in
the
future.
What
does
it
look
like
on
seeing
Helena
and
ladies
out
and
as
far
as
potential
fires
sites.
M
D
M
Our
executive
assistant
is
listed
as
the
one
all
the
rest,
including
me,
are
still
a
firefighter
I
could
be
fighting
fire
this
afternoon,
got.
D
D
D
M
D
That's
great
great
so,
chief
on
ladies
Island
you're.
So
is
your
response
time
sufficient
to
serve
all
the
residents?
I
mean
one
of
the
reasons
bluffton's
putting
one
in
Sun
City
is
because
of
response
time.
So
I
think
this
goes
to
Mr.
Glover's
question
is
your
response
time
adequate
or
yes,.
M
Ma'am
we
have
well
it's
adequate,
it's
not
as
quick
as
I
would
like,
and
we'd
have
some
areas
that
have
a
long
response
time,
but
in
your
analysis
of
a
firehouse,
it's
not
just
about
response
time.
It's
call
volume
correct.
E
I
just
want
to
make
a
compliment
to
Chief.
Last
year
there
was
a
major
fire
on
Saint
Helena
and
the
chief
responded,
and
finally,
some
de
facto
in
the
fire
hydrants,
but
and
all
that
was
because
of
Beaufort
Jasper
Water
Authority,
not
the
chief.
He
was
looking
for
water.
He
couldn't
find
it
at
that
height
to
a
particular
hydrant.
E
But
since
that
time
it
was
a
major
PR
on
the
Chiefs
part
to
go
out
and
check
every
fire
hydrants
right
now,
just
for
maintenance,
making
sure
that
the
valves
can
open
Etc
greasing
them
Etc,
and
it's
really
been
a
good
PR
for
the
community,
because
the
community
sees
you
and
they
appreciate
what
you're
doing.
Thank
you
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
that
great.
A
All
right
next
up,
we
have
the
Sheldon
fire
district
and
that's
Chief,
buddy
Jones
and
he's
online
Mr
Jones.
Q
Our
budget
this
year,
total
budget,
is
a
million
765
thousand
four.
Seventy
with
a
Debt
Service
to
133
100.
last
year's
millage
was
40.3,
get
those
is
3.2
and
we're
dropping
two
Mills
decrease
in
our
operations
and.
Q
About
we're
going
from
3.20
to
2.90
in
our
in
our
debt,
our
Mill
Valley
last
year
was
41009
this
year,
it's
46
675
and
if
you
all
have
any
questions,
I'll
answer
them,
but
most
of
our
increases
are
due
to
the
same.
The
other
fire
districts
have
health
insurance
salaries
and
we
are
doing
a
three
percent
score.
A
Great
any
any
questions
for
Chief
Jones.
A
Thank
you
great.
Thank
you.
Chief
Jones
appreciate
you
being
here
and
and
Mr
Williams.
If
you
can
come
up,
please
I
just
wanted
to
return
so
much
about
millage
and
rollback
taxes,
and
if
you
can
just
give
us
a
real,
quick
education
on
what
we're
hearing
and
and
so.
R
Easy
calculation,
once
you
get
all
the
numbers,
you
got
to
get
them
from
all
over
the
place,
including
the
auditor's
office,
but
we
we've
compiled
those.
We
went
over
them
with
the
with
the
fire.
Industries
they've,
seen
substantial
increase
as
Beaufort
County
did
too,
as
you
would
see
in
our
budget
of
of
the
assessed
value
for
the
next
year,
which
has
allowed
them
and
us
to
lower
back
our
Mills.
K
A
A
second
is
there
any
discussion,
seeing
no
discussion,
we
will
pass
this
without
objection.
Is
there
any
objection,
no
objection.
It
has
been
approved
to
be
moved
to
County
Council
for
first
reading,
all
right
and
then
so.
Let's
then
move
on.
A
All
right
and
number
nine
is
recommend
approval
of
a
resolution
authorizing
the
County
Administrator
to
enter
into
a
lease
agreement
with
the
young
men's
social
club
and
South
Pine.
Ladies
Union
for
a
portion
of
the
real
property
located
at
four
242
and
228
Scott
Hill
Road
Mr
Greenway
good.
To
have
you
here
today.
H
Good
to
be
here,
this
is
a
this
is
known
as
the
Scott
Center.
This
has
come
up
throughout
time.
We
were
asked
to
do
some
improvements
on
the
Scott
Center
property.
We
informed
Council
several
months
ago
that
we
had
never
had
a
lease
with
those
folks
that
required
us
to
do
improvements.
For
you
know.
The
Elise
said
that
the
people
that
owned
the
property
were
responsible,
but
they
kept
asking
for
us
to
do
improvements
on
the
property
like
rebuilding
concession,
standing
things
like
that.
H
So
Council
asked
us
to
negotiate
this
lease,
whether
or
not
you
all
want
to
enter
into
this
is
up
to
you
all.
It's
you
know
it's
one
of
those
unique
situations.
We
can't
do
Recreation
programming
inside
the
Scott
Center
building.
Okay,
so
just
want
to
make
that
clear.
There
think
there's
an
after-school
Care
Program
going.
E
Motion
to
given
the
administration
the
ability
to
go
ahead
and
and
work
out
a
lease
agreement
with
the
Scott
Community,
the.
H
Lisa
agreements
worked
out;
we
I
just
need
to
author
I
just
need
authorization
from
County
Council
after
holding
a
public
hearing
to
enter
into
the
lease
But.
The
lease
is
is
pretty
much
done.
That's
what
you're!
That's
what
you're
recommending
to
council
today?
Okay,.
E
S
So
being
that
the
county
recently
adopted
the
lease
policy,
the
same
template
is
being
used
throughout,
so
unless
that
template
is
otherwise
changed,
any
substantive
changes
to
that
lease
template
are
in
the
resolution
itself.
Otherwise,
like
I
said,
the
same
verbiage
has
been
used.
Person
to.
E
I
I
like
the
seed,
but
if
it's
basically
in
the
leases
agreement
resolution,
you
know
but
I'd
like
to
see
I
Mr
Greenway
I
need
I.
Need
you
to
speak
to
the
issue
of
the
Scott
Community
Recreation
Center,
because
you
you're
giving
Council
the
option
to
either
do
it
or
don't
and
I
need
to
I
want
to
I
want
to
I
need
I
need
to
hear
from
you.
E
You
know
you
you,
it
seems
that
you
have
reservation
about
this
lease
agreement.
You
know
from
what
I
gathered
there
were
three
leases,
blah
blah
blah
over
a
period
of
time,
and
we
really
didn't
know
which
one
was
standing
at
the
time
and
Etc.
So
we
asked
ask:
ask
you
to
go
into
in
a
lease
agreement
on
compiling
all
those
coming
up
with
a
one
lease
agreement
for
a
period
of
time.
E
Right,
Recreation
started
there
some
years
ago,
at
the
Scott
center,
with
the
county
having
the
lead
on
that
the
Scott
Community
owns
the
land
on
the
building,
et
cetera,
but
the
County
enter
into
a
race,
a
relationship
with
him
to
provide
records,
Rec
Center
activities.
I
just
need
to
know
is
that
still
something
that
this
Administration
is
going.
H
We're
gonna
we're
gonna,
provide
Recreation
programs,
but
that's
not
what
many
of
these
rural
centers
and
one
particular
facility
here
in
the
city
of
Beaufort
is
looking
for
us
to
do.
They
want
us
to
do
something:
Beyond
Recreation
programming.
They
want
us
to
provide
Community
clinics
and
seminars,
and
you
know
tax
preparation,
classes
and
things
like
that.
That
is
not
Parks
and
Recreation.
So
if.
F
H
C
H
Is
very
little
Recreation
activity
that
Parks
and
Rec
can
do
inside
the
building
itself,
the
grounds
different
situation?
There's
basketball
courts!
There's
you
know,
Fields,
there's
all
sorts
of
things
out
there
where
we
can
do
Recreation
programming.
So
we
have
the
same
situation
with
a
couple
of
the
centers
in
council
member
Dawson's
District,
whereby
people
want
us
to
do
things
there,
but
it's
very
difficult
because
it's
outside
of
normal
Parks
and
Recreation
program.
That's.
E
T
So
a
lot
of
layers
to
that
question
to
specifically
ask
answer
the
question
of
when
it's
going
to
be
done.
Two
weeks
ago
we
had
a
meeting
with
their
staff.
They
have
everything
done.
What
we
did
is
we
went
through
the
facilities
and
made
sure
that
the
programming,
the
Staffing
all
of
that
stuff
matched
what
we
know
it
to
be
and
what
the
consultant
I
knew
it
to
be
based
on
our
meetings
and
we've
had
a
lot
of
meetings
with
them.
T
They're
refining
that
we're
looking
our
Target
was
July
to
have
the
final
product
I'm,
not
sure.
If
we're
going
to
have
meetings
in
July,
if
we
don't
it'll
be
August
and
it's
it's
a
very
detailed
report,
so
at
the
latest
first
couple
of
weeks
of
August
is
when
that's
going
to
be
presented
and
I
will
say
that
about
a
month
and
a
half
ago,
they
came
and
they
went
through
everything
that
they
had
completed
up
to
that
point,
so
it'll
be
the
whole
product
by
about
first
of
August,
okay,.
E
Yes,
it
would
be
great
to
have
it
in
at
least
in
June
July,
so
we
can
read
it.
We
have
time
on
from
July,
so
we
can
read
it
before
sure.
E
R
T
To
speak
specifically
to
the
leased
properties,
that
study
has
a
lot
of
question
marks
around
those
and.
T
On
where
we
get
funding
for
those
properties,
yeah
we
get
par
grants.
We
can
use
a
H
Tax
funds,
there's
a
lot
of
resources
for
County
owned
properties
when
you
lease
properties
that
limits
the
dollars
that
we
can
go
after.
We
can
talk
specifically
about
Scott,
because
that's
what's
on
the
table,
there
are
a
lot
of
facility
needs
there.
That
could
easily
make
the
number
go.
Well
up.
T
You
know
half
million
plus,
depending
on
what
the
pleasure
of
council
is,
but
just
know
that
the
normal
resources
that
we
draw
from
for
regular
County,
owned,
Parks
and
Rec
facilities.
It's
not
going
to
apply
there
because
we
don't
own
it.
So
you
get
into
the
lease
the
county
spends
money,
but
the
county
doesn't
own.
Whatever
improvements
you
do
on
these
leased
properties,
so
that's
where
it
gets
a
little
difficult.
T
You
know:
do
you
want
to
put
a
million
dollars
into
a
facility
that
we
don't
own?
Do
we
you
know?
How
do
we
want
to
do
that?
And
that's
really
the
question
with
these
leases.
You
know
we
have
Booker
T.
We
have
some
other
leased
properties
that
have
needs
and
we
are
maintaining
them,
we're
putting
money
in
them
to
keep
our
programming
moving
forward,
but
they're
all
old
I
mean
these
buildings
were
built
back
in
the
70s
I
think
Booker
T
was
built
in
78
or
79.
T
I
think
Scott
Center
was
built
around
that
same
time.
You
have
fencing
issues,
ball,
field
issues,
lighting
issues,
the
concession
stand
issue.
There
has
been
a
request
for
an
additional
outdoor
set
of
bathrooms.
So
so
that's
really
what
we're
weighing
with
these
leases
is.
You
know
is
that
the
is
that
the
direction
we
want
to
go
in
is
that
how
we
want
to
spend
County
resources,
knowing
that
we
don't
really
own
it,
we
lease
it
we're
providing
it,
but
it's
temporary
and
then
who
owns
it
when
the
lease
ends
so.
E
That
that's
I
hope
that
answers
I
understand
your
question.
I
just
wanted
to
know
where
the
future
is
particularly
in
the
Scott,
Community
and
I.
Think
once
we
get
that
study
done
to
see
exactly
what
is
laid
out,
what
could
be
done
or
what
is
recommended
to
be
done?
We
can
move
from
there.
Okay,
okay,
all.
A
Right,
I
have
a
question.
Obviously
we
want
to
provide
Recreation
things
to
the
Scott
Community,
but
do
we
know
how
much
we
sign
the
lease
now
which
that
makes
us
responsible
for
this
building?
Do
we
know
how
much
we're
going
to
need
to
spend
to
bring
it
up
and
I?
Think
if
I
heard
Mr
Greenway
speak
that
we
can't
use
the
inside
of
this
building
for
recreational
events
or
because
it's
being
used
by
a
daycare
or
preschool
right
now,
and
how
does
that
work.
H
Well,
it
depends
on
how
you
define
Recreation
I,
mean
folks.
Some
folks
in
the
county
want
us
to
find
Recreation
very
liberally
if
you're
looking
at
what
we
typically
do
inside
a
building's
Parks
and
Rec
facilities.
It's
you
know:
Fitness
classes,
it's
basketball!
It's
you
know
lifting
weights
working
on
a
treadmill
things
like
that.
This
building
it
would
be
very
difficult
to
accommodate
what
we
consider
as
Recreation
programming,
carried
out
by
Pals
or
Parks
and
Rec.
So.
K
H
The
building
for
community
activities
for
people
to
use
for
birthday
parties
and
things
like
that
I
have
no
problem
with
Council
electing
to
do
that.
I
just
want
counsel,
to
understand
the
limitations
of
the
building
and
be
on
record
as
stating
that
just
just
because
we're
entering
into
this
lease
on
the
building
doesn't
mean
that
the
county
is
going
to
actually
be
able
to
do
any
type
of
programming
in
that
building
that
does
not
fit
to
to
the
general
Parks
and
Recreation
footprint
or
motive.
H
E
Business
right,
I
understand
that
I
mean
the
the.
There
are
a
lot
of
agencies
that
are
providing
taxes
at
the
library,
Very
Old,
Saint
Helens,
so
I
mean,
but
you
are,
we
are
providing
the
senior
citizen
program
there
yeah,
and
so
there
are
some
things
that
can
be
done.
We
wait
for
the
study
to
come
out
and
then
we
can
go
from
there.
So.
A
Do
we
know
what
the
what
the
Capital
Improvements
are
going
to
cost
us
and
is
is
obviously
the
question
then
financially
comes?
Is
this
the
best
long-term
thing
for
us?
Is
there
another
opportunity
in
the
in
the
in
that
Community
to
do
something
else?
You
know,
obviously
we
don't
own.
The
property
I
mean
there's,
there's.
H
Always
better,
if
we
own
it,
there's
always
opportunities
to
do
something
else,
but
I
mean
we.
You
know,
I,
don't
know
what
the
long-term
capital
requests
would
be.
I
have
a
you
know
and
I'm
I'm,
not
gonna.
You
know
speculate
as
to
what
that
would
be.
At
this
point,
we
we
do
need
to
resolve
the
issue,
because
there
is
a
concession
stand
there
that
needs
to
be
rebuilt
on
the
property
at
least
on
the
outside.
So
we
do
need
to
have
a
lease
on
that.
H
So
we
can
do
those
improvements
for
the
concession
stamp.
As
far
as
the
building
itself,
then,
you
know
I
think
we've
done
some
maintenance
and
improvements
on
the
building
itself,
but
you
all
ask
us
to
do
this.
Lease
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
record's
clear
as
to
what
you
all
are
entering
into
and
what
we're
doing
here
so
that
you
all
can
make
a
clear
decision.
B
T
So
I
don't
I,
don't
think
that
you
have
to
I
mean
Eric
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong.
If
that,
if
that
timeline
is
that
short
I,
don't
think
that
we
have
to
do
that,
but
just
know
that
the
study
when
we
get
into
it,
is
looking
at
county-owned
facilities
and
when
you
look
at
these
leased
properties,
they're
included
in
the
overall
access
for
the
general
public,
not
in
the
inventory
accounting
on
facilities
for
needs.
So
they
are
going
to
be
called
out,
but
they're
viewed
a
little
differently.
F
T
E
C
T
I
think
the
the
essence,
the
the
timeliness,
really
comes
down
to
the
questions
that
are
being
asked
of
Staff.
The
dollar
amounts
that
are
being
requested
spent
there
that's
what's
sort
of
driving
this.
T
The
timeliness
of
this
is
Staff
does
not
want
to
go
out
and
invest
a
half
million
plus
dollars
in
something
that
we
don't
own.
That
has
a
lease.
That's
expiring
right,
especially
when
the
lease
that
we
currently
has
says
that
any
improvements
that
are
built
on
the
property
become
the
ownership
of
the
current
owner
of
the
property
when
the
lease
expires.
C
T
B
E
And-
and
the
study
has
been
long
overdue
and
and
you
know,
but
as
soon
as
we
get,
this
I
mean
I
hate
to
inject
anything
until
the
study
is
completed
and
we
can
talk
about
it
and
then
go
from
there.
But
you
know
that
study
has
been
long.
What
would
you
understand
when
does
the
current
lease.
B
A
T
There
are,
there
are
multiple
leases,
there's
I
think
a
one
acre
piece
where
the
community
center
sits.
There's
a
multi-acre,
I
won't
say
a
three
or
four
acre
track.
That's
behind
that
and
then
there's
a
ball
field,
that's
across
the
street,
and
there
are
three
separate
leases
with
about
the
same
timeline
but
but
we're
in
this
year.
I
believe
is
when
they
expired
not
long
ago
and
we've
been
actively
working
through
this,
but.
S
Yes,
there
would
be
two
different
landlords
that
are
two
non-profit
groups.
A
S
E
E
Investment
of
the
county
to
provide
some
type
of
recreation
years
ago.
Baseball
was
King
over
there,
but
you
know
it's
not
there
now,
but
that's
programming
and
that's
up
to
Recreation
and
stuff
that
up
again,
but
we
just
you
know
we're
waiting
for
the
study
to
come
out
and
then
move
forward
from
there
and
I'm,
assuming
that
you
have
in
the
least
that
any
any
party
can
determine
at
least
right.
S
Would
have
to
inquire,
they
I
have
told
them
that
was
coming
forward
as
of
today
to
the
Reddit
committee.
S
S
D
S
Only
caveat
to
your
statement
is
that
is
very
public
purpose
and
will
remain
open
to
the
public
at
all
times.
Okay,
so
I
think
that's
it.
That
is
the
caveat
to
it
is
that
it
any
improvements
would
be
for
the
purpose
of
continuing
for.
A
Right
so
this
would
be
a
resolution
which
would
have
to
go
with
the
public
hearing
at
the
next
County
meeting
if
we
decided
to
pass
this
and
move
this
forward.
Okay,
so
at
this
time
is
there,
is
there
a
motion
to
move
this
forward
to
County
Council
as
a
resolution?
Oh,
we
did
that
yeah.
E
K
If,
if
I
might
win,
I
realized
that
this
lease
is
before
us
pertaining
to
the
Saint
Helen
community,
in
councilman,
Glover's,
District
and
as
Eric
said,
I
have
the
same
situation
and
my
district,
which
is
the
Northern
end
of
the
county
and
what
I
would
like
I'm
sort
of
hoarse.
So
please
forgive
me.
What
I'd
like
console
and
administration
understand
is
that
in
the
rural
parts
of
the
county,
there's
very
little
activity
for
the
for
the
communities
or
positive
accounting,
and
so
in
the
early
70s
late
70s.
K
The
federal
funds
were
allocated
to
provide
recreational
facilities
and
activities
in
the
in
the
rural
parts
of
the
county,
and
so
that's
how
these
community,
centers
and
and
bulb
marks
and
stuff
came
into
existence.
The
county
didn't
the
county
doesn't
own
it,
but
I
would
I
would
say
to
us
as
Council
Representatives.
K
We
are
responsible
for
for
both
for
providing
recreational
activities
to
all
of
the
citizens
in
Beaufort
County
now
I
realize
that
we
got
a
dilemma
here
with
a
property
that
we
don't
own
and
it's
being
leased.
So
at
some
point
we
need
to
have
an
open
discussion
as
to
US,
Consul
and
administration.
Where
do
we
go
with
this?
Where
do
we
go
with
a
permanent
solution
to
providing
recreational
facilities
and
activity
county-wide?
E
And
I
think
that's
coming
out
in
the
study
right
moving
forward
and
stuff,
so
yeah.
A
I'll
say
what
I
needed
to
say
so:
I
mean
I,
I,
think
what
I'm
hearing
and
that
paraphrases
is.
We
all
here
want
to
provide
things
to
those
areas.
It's
just
whether
it's
better
for
us
to
own
the
property,
whether
it's
a
lease
property
with
with
us
putting
in
Capital
Improvements
is
is
the
route
we
want
to
go
but
sorry.
So
we
have
a
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
floor.
Any
more
discussion
on
that
I
want
to
say
pastors
without
objection.
Is
there
any
objection?
I'm.
A
Right
so
one
objection:
you
want
to
go
ahead
and
take
take
the
roll
on
this
Sarah
just.
A
A
Mr
Greenway
you
up
here
again,
yep
all
right.
You
tell
the
way
you
were
hanging
out
there
that
so,
let's
move
on
then
to
number
10
on
our
agenda.
Recommend
approval
resolution
authorizing
the
County
Administrator
to
enter
into
a
lease
agreement
with
the
pat
Conroy
literary
Center
Incorporated
for
the
portion
of
the
real
property
located
at
1511
North
Street,
Mr
Greenway,
so
I'll
try.
H
To
do
a
little
better
job,
not
being
so
clear
at
this
particular
case.
This
is
the
tree
that
you
all
were
first
approached
many
months
ago,
that
is
located
in
the
what
was
commonly
referred
to
as
the
Dowling
parking
lot,
which
are
the
parking
lots
that
we
purchased
as
a
part
of
the
federal
courthouse
renovations
to
provide
parking
for
the
Sheriff's
Office.
H
Once
we
purchase
those
lots,
we
found
out
through
a
group
that
the
tree
that
is
located
in
those
in
that
in
those
lots
in
the
center
toward
the
back
near
the
pat
Conroy
literary
Center,
is
a
significant
tree.
It's
called
the
witness
tree
and
that
group
approached
the
council
about
developing
a
pocket
park
around
this
tree.
I
have
been
working
for
many
many
months
with
this
group
to
try
to
get
this
lease
in
place.
H
You
all
have
allocated
forty
thousand
dollars
in
a
budget
amendment
not
long
ago
for
us
to
do
improvements
around
the
tree,
and
this
lease
will
solidify
the
improvements
to
the
tree
and
allow
the
pat
Conroy
Center
to
establish
this
pocket
park
around
that
tree
to
protect
the
tree.
The
county
has
no
maintenance
obligation
into
anything.
The
one
thing
you
may
hear
about
is
they
want
irrigation
for
the
landscaping
around
tree.
H
I
am
not
I
am
not
providing
that,
because
that
would
be
another
20
grand
I
think
40
Grand
to
establish
a
wall
around
this
tree
is
appropriate
for
taxpayer
money
allocations
of
this
and
they've
also
entered
into
an
agreement.
Conway
Center
has
entered
into
an
agreement
with
Bartlett
Tree
Service
to
provide
free
tree
maintenance
to
the
tree,
and
barfoot
has
already
done
some
work
on
the
tree.
The
wall
will
protect
the
tree
because
sometimes
you're
in
the
Water
festival,
big
trucks
get
parked
on
the
route
map
of
this
tree.
I
had
the
situation.
H
Last
year
there
I
went
out
there
I
made
a
decision
that,
because
the
heavy
trucks
would
not
be
moving
back
and
forth
every
day
that
we
would
just
let
them
sit
there
through
the
Water
festival,
but
that.
H
I
We're
sorry
to
come
late
to
the
party.
A
couple
of
questions.
Yes,
sir,
go
ahead
Tom!
This
is
a
lease
agreement
with
a
group
who
want
to
lease
the
property
for
a
park.
Is
that
correct?
Yes,.
M
I
H
We
we
we
do
own
the
parking
lots
and
we
do
have
plans.
I
do
have
plans
to
bring
forward
shortly
a
plan
to
divide
to
divest
ourselves
of
that
parking
lot,
because
we
do
not
need
that
amount
of
lamb
for
the
parking
for
the
sheriff's
office,
because
we
bought
the
paved
lot
adjacent
to
these
from
the
city
of
Beaufort.
After
we
purchased
the
Dallin
parking
lots.
H
H
Not
keeping
the
tree
are
we,
we
are
not
the
least
we're
transfer
to
with
the
with
the
tree,
or
we
can
make
the
decision
to
subdivide
the
tree
out
and
keep
it
as
a
County
property
foreign.
I
A
Right
second,
it,
and
is
there
any
more
discussion,
all
right,
seeing
no
discussion
move
this
forward
without
objection,
unless
there's
an
objection,
is
there
any
objection.
A
Right
we
have
one
objection:
do
we
need
to
take
a
roll
call.
Is
that
the
only
objection
I
think
that
is
the
only
objection,
is
Mr
McClellan,
so
this
will
move
forward
with
one
objection,
so
it
goes
to
resolution
and
a
public
hearing
for
a
resolution
as
a
one-time
vote
next
County
council
meeting
all
right.
Let's
move
on
here.
A
Number
11,
and
that
is
recommend
approval
of
a
resolution
amending
the
American
Rescue
plan
act,
funded
Public,
Safety,
recruitment
initiatives,
policy.
A
U
You
for
coming-
and
we
appreciate
you
being
here
good
afternoon-
see
it
was
approved
last
October
it
initiated
last
November
1st,
but
for
our
new
council
members,
we
received
funding
from
the
arpa
funds,
500
000,
to
help
increase
our
Recruitment
and
Retention
efforts,
primarily
with
the
Sheriff's
Office
EMS
and
Detention
Center.
Just
a
quick
update
on
that.
We
have
utilized
around
49
of
those
funds.
It
has
expired
to
end
when
the
funds
exhaust
or
at
the
end
of
the
year,
that
the
funds
are
available
to
use
which
is
December,
31st
2024..
U
U
If
you
are
to
refer
to
the
first,
how
to
highlighted
sections.
This
is
just
a
mere
fact
of
cleaning
up
a
little
bit
of
language.
It's
not
changing
the
intent
or
definition
of
what
you
previously
approved,
but
these
next
section,
let's
see
section
four
Item
B
sub
item
two.
This
is
also
stating
that
this
is
referring
to
the
relocation
assistance
program,
so
it
initially
had
that
you
had
to
be
30
miles
outside
the
Beaufort
County
or
excuse
me
out
of
the
radius
of
this
address
to
be
eligible
for
relocation.
U
U
U
That's
under
section
four
see
section:
4,
item,
C,
sub
item
three
Sub
sub
item
two,
so
that's
pretty
far
down
in
there.
This
is
going
to
be
inclusive
of
if
employees
voluntarily
or
involuntarily
separate
employment,
they
will
be
liable
for
a
retro
payment
and
that
still,
in
the
terms
of
their
two-year
agreement,
when
they
signed
this,
we
would
prorate
how
many
months
were
left
in
that
24
month
cycle
and
do
the
calculation
of
what
they
would
pay
back
to
the
county
of
the
funds
that
were
provided
to
them.
U
O
U
That
is
a
great
question,
so
if
they
do
still
have
a
final
payment,
we
do
have
another
policy
in
place
that
we
can
recoup
from
final
payment
from
wages,
and
we
have
had
a
situation
where
already
we've
had
someone
that
did
not
cover
the
payment
out
of
their
final
check.
So
we
have
sent
a
letter.
We
set
up
a
payment
arrangement.
U
O
P
I
have
Mr
chairman:
yes,
this
doesn't
violate
any
of
the
salary
and
wage
claim
act.
Does
it
for
South
Carolina?
Yes,.
D
Have
a
question:
is
there
a
reason?
It's
a
two-year
Payback
well.
U
D
U
And
it
also
is
up
to
five
thousand,
so
they
get
a
first
installment
of
2500
at
their
initial
date
of
hire
and
then
once
they've
completed
a
six-month
probationary
period,
they
get
a
second
installment
of
25,
an
additional
25
say,
get
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
for
their
sign-on
and
an
additional
2500
for
the
relocation
assistance.
But
that
was
the
desire
of
counsel
when
this
was
passed
last
year
to
make
it
a
two-year
retention
period.
A
All
right,
any
any
other
questions
we
have
for
miss
me.
E
Just
just
one
current
staff,
the
difference
in
starting
off
pay
compared
to
longevity
staff.
Member
is
what.
U
E
Okay,
I'm
sorry
I
said
this
one
here.
If
bringing
a
new
employee
position
is,
is
you're
going
to
pay
x
amount
of
dollars
that
same
position
is
already
here
with
a
current
staff
member,
how
far
apart
the
difference
in
that
salary.
U
E
U
So
I
know
one
thing:
I
am
working
with
Administration
on
that,
hopefully
we'll
have
a
plan
to
come
forward
with.
You
is
looking
at
increasing
our
our
minimum
wage
for
our
current
staff,
at
least
them
first
and
then
we'll
roll
that
out
to
the
external
applicants.
If
there
is
any
desire,
though,
to
supplement
a
type
of
retention
bonus,
that
is
something
we
can
look
at.
If
that's
the
desire
for
County
Council,
but
right
now,
I
know
the
main
project
we're
looking
at
is
our
pay
bands
and
bringing
those
up
yeah.
E
U
E
Mean
I
think
that
would
help
with
these,
because
if
these
staff
we
have
currently
all
of
a
sudden
leave
I
mean,
will
be
in
a
rough
position
in
this
County.
So
that's
the
concern
I'm,
bringing
forward
I'm,
hoping
that
you
can
at
least
entertain
the
thought
of
trying
to
do
something
for
current
employees
who
have
really
given
their
time
and
energy
as
well
and
they're
hung
in
there
with
us.
Thank.
A
A
All
right
is
there
a
second
all
right.
Thank
you
and
again,
this
is
to
make
a
as
a
resolution
to
move
this
forward
to
council,
and
is
there
any
more
discussion
being
no
discussion.
There's
any
objection
to
moving
this
as
a
resolution
to
council.
Seeing
no
objection,
thank
you
miss
me
for
being
here
today.
A
We
appreciate
that
all
right,
let's
move
on
to
item
number
12,
and
this
is
recommend
approval
of
motion
to
correction
scrivener
errors
in
ordinance,
2023,
eight
and
Mr
Kevin
I-
think
you're
gonna
be
presenting
us.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
good.
V
V
Of
iterations
Staff
worked
closely
with
municipalities
to
agree
on
certain
tables
for
certain
impact
fees.
Unfortunately,
three
of
the
tables
that
were
adopted
in
March
don't
accurately
reflect
the
agreement
of
the
county
and
the
municipalities,
and
so
what
we've
done
excuse
me
has
provided
you
with
updates
to
those
three
tables.
One
is
for
Parks
and
Recreation.
North
and
south
of
the
broad
one
is
for
Road
impact
fee
facilities,
north
of
the
broad
and
the
other
is
for
the
same
things
for
south
of
the
broad.
V
The
question
then
became
well
well.
How
do
we
fix
this
problem
with
these
three
tables
that
aren't
accurate,
aren't
accurate,
don't
accurately
reflect
the
agreement
of
the
parties,
and
so
council's
rules
actually
provide
have
a
provision
there
for
scrivener's
errors.
I
think
the
language
of
the
of
the
rule
itself
is
unfortunate.
It
says,
scrivener's
errors
may
be
made
to
an
existing
ordinance
and
approved
minutes
with
a
two-thirds
vote
of
council
I.
Think
what
it
means
is
that
the
scrivener's
error
may
be
corrected
to
an
existing
ordinance
by
a
two-thirds
vote.
V
G
V
A
A
So
you
know
discussion,
we
will
move
this
forward
without
objection.
Is
there
any
objection,
saying
no
objection?
This
has
been
approved
all
right.
Let's
move
on
to
our
agency
boards
commissions
and
appointments
and
reappointments.
A
K
A
Correct,
yes,
thank
you.
A
H
H
Currently
the
process
is
a
little
fragmented
and
not
very
clear
as
to
who
were
actually
putting
on
our
boards,
and
you
know
what
their
we
know,
what
their
qualifications
are,
what
they
write
down
on
paper,
but
we
don't
really
have
a
chance
to
formally
interact
and
engage
with
those
folks
before
we
actually
put
them
on
the
board,
so
County
Administration
would
like
some
direction
from
you.
All.
I
do
not
want
to
put
a
lot
of
time
into
this.
A
O
O
And
take
them
off
the
list.
We
did
that
with
the
southern
Beaufort
County
Corridor
beautification
board,
which
has
been
dissolved,
but
there's
some
others,
such
as
the
forestry
commission,
which
is
inactive,
I,
don't
know
if
that's
directed
by
state
law
or
not
to
have
that,
but
it
is
not
active,
but
I
get
questions
people
wanting
to
volunteer
for
it,
even
though
we
say
it's
inactive
I.
Maybe
we
should
start
there
if
city
of
Beaufort
and
town
of
Port
Royal
both
interview
people
for
their
boards
and
commissions,
it's
a
very
casual
process.
O
They
do
it
at
a
meeting,
but
it
does
give
it
does
give
the
councils
an
idea
of
who
the
person
is
not
just
who
they
are
on
paper.
I.
Don't
think
we
would
need
to
have
anything
as
strenuous
as
the
interviews
were
for
Green
Space.
They
were
excellent
interviews,
but
it
was
quite
intense,
but
so
I
I
would
suggest.
O
First,
we
scrub
this
list
of
boards
and
commissions,
and
then
we
talk
again
about
possible
interview
process
that
wouldn't
be
everybody,
but
still
serve
a
purpose
of
getting
to
see
the
face
of
the
person,
whether
it
by
Zoom
or
in
person,
and
a
few
questions
standard
questions
to
ask
before
they
are
appointed.
A
Are
you
you
thinking
that
staff
would
come
back
to
us
with
that
recommendation
or
who
do
you
think
is
going
to
going
to
sit
down
and.
O
D
F
D
E
I
would
agree
that
the
training
part
is
is
essential
and
I
assume
that
there
are
these
agencies
provide
some
type
of
training
themselves.
I
do
know
that
Transportation
does
so.
I
do
know
that
the
ruling
critical
land
program
provides
some
training
so
I,
you
know,
I,
don't
know
I,
don't
like
the
part
where,
as
a
as
a
council,
member
I
have
a
district
and
I
make
a
recommendation,
and
that's
my
Community
Transportation
Committee
Member
the
same
thing
with
the
rule
in
critical
land.
E
And
and
as
a
council
member
I
like
appointing
my
representative,
so
I
just
gotta,
leave
it
like
that
too
Mr.
A
Rick
Allen
I
think
I
heard
you
speak
up.
Yeah.
I
F
O
I
O
K
Talk
to
Larry's
Point
I
I
was
under
an
impression
that
console
has
the
the
the
Liberty
to
appoint
a
representative
for
his
district
is
served
on
boards
and
commission
not.
B
Appointed
by
a
district,
okay
right,
yeah
there's
there
are
certain
specificity,
there's
Liaisons
to
them.
I
think
the
process
should
be
Administration
is
going
to
go
and
take
a
look
at
the
28
boards
and
commissions.
We
currently
have
to
see
if
some
may
be
eliminated.
Some
may
be
combined.
Some
have
very
specific
rules
and
regulations.
You
cannot
be
on
the
airport's
board
unless
you
have
certain
qualifications
right.
There
are
others
boards
and
commissions
that
require
specific
training
and
annual
review
and
certifications.
B
So
this
has
been
something
that
has
been
brewing
for
a
long
period
of
time.
It
is
time
for
us
to
take
a
look
at
this
in
totality
so
that
we
are
comfortable
when
we
are
actually
appointing
someone.
They
have
thoroughly
been
vetted
to
be
appropriate
to
that
Borden
commission.
That
I
believe
that's
the
essence
of
what
is
being
asked
of
us.
P
That's
good
I
know
one
thing
being
new
on
here
and
seeing
seeing
these
names
come.
P
Which
you
know
I've
done
my
research
on
most
of
them
at
least
they're
in
my
district
I
know,
I
would
like
to
see
people
coming
in
front
of
us
that
are
up
for
nomination
or
approval,
or
appointment
or
reappointment
I'd
like
to
see
them
introduce
themselves
and
just
doesn't
have
to
be
long.
I
mean
if
y'all
want
to
vet
the
application,
the
applicants
and
narrow
it
down
and
have
them
present.
I
think
that'd.
F
K
As
long
as
this
process
doesn't
take
away
the
the
right
for
the
council
member
to
a
representative
from
his
district
to
represent
the
the
district
on
a
given
board
or
commission
yeah
I.
H
I
H
N
F
A
I
Done
and
undertaking
possible
also
to
delineate
where
the
not
Authority
but
direction
for
actions
on
the
part
of
the
fourth
one.
What
are
they
supposed
to
do
and
how
is
that
communicated
to
them?
Does
that
come
from
County
Council
or
from
the
executive
staff
when
they
get
that
information
or
how
they're
supposed
to
proceed
and
what
their
responsibilities
are?
We.
A
So
you
do
have
direction
from
us,
then
good
and
then
let's
move
on.
Does
that
change
anything
that
we
have
in
our
next
appointment
of
agency
voice
agency
boards
and
commission
appointments
and
reappointments.
H
I
need
for
you
all
to
consider
holding
the
airport
boards
reappointment.
Okay,
I
do
not
want
to
call
out
any
names,
but
we
need
to
do
a
little
more
look
into
that
from
a
from
a
from.
A
All
right
so
number
13
on
our
agenda
is
agency
boards
commissions
and
appointments
and
reappointments,
and
we
have
three
appointments
coming
up
and
it's
been
recommended
that
we
hold
off
on
the
airports
board.
Is
there
someone
that
would
like
to
make
that
recommendation.
I
I
have
an
objection
to
that.
If
we're,
if
County
Council,
is
the
person
doing
this
and
we're
recommending
someone
outside
of
County
Council
is
recommended,
we
hold
up
I'd
like
to
know
why,
since
it's
our
decision,
whether
or
not
we
appoint
someone
I
didn't
think
that
the
executive
staff
was
involved
in
this.
A
Well,
I
think
that,
as
what
we
just
talked
about,
what
you're
going
to
find
is
that
we
need
to
get
more
involved.
We
might
not
have
all
the
information
that
that
we
need
is
what
I'm.
What's
what
I'm
understanding.
H
So
we
have,
we
have
I,
mean
I,
don't
mind
the
library
on
this.
It
was
hesitant
to
do
it
in
Open
Session,
but
I,
don't
mind.
Elaborating
on.
We
have
a
potential
issue
with
some
compliance
with
airport
regulations
and
protocols,
and
we
also.
G
H
An
issue
with
with
potential
professionalism
as
a
result
of
this
reappointment.
P
H
A
All
right,
what's
the
wishes
of
the
committee,
this
will
move.
It's.
A
And
a
second
any
more
discussion
on
that
all
right,
so
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
move
all
four
of
our
recommendations
for
boards
and
commissions
forward
to
County
Council
for
approval.
Is
there
any
objection
to
that
being
no
objection
that
has
been
moved
forward
and
I
think
that
is
our
final
item
that
we've
got
and
I'd
say
took
longer
than
usual,
but
I
think
it
was
a
good
meeting
so
again,
thank
you.
Everyone
for.
E
The
point
of
personal
approve
is
yes:
okay,
sir,
in
our
audience,
is
Mr
Smith
Will,
Smith
who's.
Vice
president
of
the
young.
C
E
Social
club-
and
we
just
talked
about
that
action-
I-
don't
know
whether
he
has
anything
he
want
to
say
about
the
young
men
Social
Club
at
this
time.
As
far
as
this
lease
agreement,
but
I
know
he
came
here
also
to
represent
the
community
on
that.
So
if
you
don't
mind,
Mr
chairman
I'd
like
to
hear
from
him.
If
he
has
anything
absolutely.
N
Yeah
I
just
go
ahead
and
say
that
I
think
I.
Thank
you
for
that
Mr
lover
and
thank
you
for
the
for
that
for
this
about
this
body.
Yes,
I
am
the
vice
president
and
I
would
just
say:
Mr
D
Dawson
made
some
great
points
as
well
discovered
today
and
in
terms
of
moving
it
forward
in
terms
of
us
being
good
stewards
to
the
community
as
in
as
well
as
into
the
whole
District
of
Beaver
County,
and
not
just
an
individual
pockets
of
different
areas.
N
That
may
be
less
fortunate
than
others.
N
So
I
would
just
just
say
that
I
I
will
I'm
glad
that
Miss
Glover
said
he
would
wait
until
the
start
to
get
back
and
see
and
see
what
that
renders,
and
then
we
will
be
able
to
tell
how
moving
forward
what
I
think
that
would
be
a
good,
a
good
thing,
but
in
terms
in
terms
of
it,
we
are
looking
forward
to
some
some
closure
into
this
and
I
almost
well
I'll
I'll
say
that
just
to
just
to
double
check
and
think,
but
I
think
there
was
also
also
some
other
information
that
underlying
information.