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A
We
know
that
all
things
really
start
and
end
with
social
media
and
that's
a
good
thing.
You
know
we
have
to
think
globally
in
terms
of
how
our
consumers
that
just
destination
or
traveling
forces
in
general,
so
we
like
to
make
sure
I
don't
get
justifiable
that
speaks
to
this,
but
we
have
several
different
pieces
acquiring
at
the
same
time
to
ensure,
as
we
know,
some
of
my
people
can
make
their
phone
they
might
be
reading
something
on
their
ipad
watch
on
tv.
A
You
know
a
lot
of
people
are
seeing
that
over
10.5
million
and
that
card
is
incredible
at
33
and
a
lot
of
people
not
quite
right
at
that
point,
so
they
were
really
digesting
a
lot
of
things
online
and
then
we
still
see
you
a
bit
more
female
in
terms
of
our
audience.
I've
just
slightly
changed
slow
variance
from
last
year
to
the
2020
into
2020,
blindfold
stilts
on
female
audience,
digesting
carbon
tourism
southern
paper
patty
in
general.
A
When
you
look
at
heads
and
beds,
we
look
at
that
hotel
component
and
that
ought
to
was
at
35
year
over
year,
really
looking
at
that
strong
number
of
hundred
and
fourteen
percent
and
500
to
24,
which
is
wonderful,
switching
gears
over
to
the
visible
buzzfeed
site.
We
have
again
strong
sessions
and
people
who
have
visited
the
website
at
28
percent
up
here
over
here
and
going
out
to
our
partners
again
at
22.7
again.
A
Social
sessions-
excuse
me
time
twister
for
monday,
is
up
nine
percent
of
11
000
and
looking
at
engagement
down
slightly,
but
really
we're
working
to
build
those
followers.
So
throughout
the
year,
our
strategy
for
fluxes
and
licenses
excuse
me,
as
we
work
to
shake
up
and
complain
as
many
followers
when
you
want
to
retain
them.
So
in
this
episode
we
need
to
engage
more
people
and
bring
them
on
to
involvement,
and
so
that's
where
you
should
start
with
the
sessions.
A
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
we
stood
visit
fucking.org,
which
is
wonderful.
We're
seeing
great
collection
there
will
be
from
american
should
be
able
to
prepare
your
new
year,
which
is
going
to
be
exciting
for
us
to
embark
on
having
this
stand
alone,
which
is
wonderful
before
that.
We
worked
really
hard
prior
to
launching
that
site.
To
have
aspects
needed
to.
You
know,
push
through
social
to
turn,
that
onto
the
website
and
use
platforms
such
as
youtube
for
closing
the
group.
A
Going
back
to
economic
impact
report,
so
tom
and
welcome
has
never
had
standalone
economic
impact.
Before
and
working
with
the
college
of
charleston,
we
were
able
to
work
over
the
course
of
a
year
track
close
over
and
come
put
out
that
they
were
seeking
travel
on
ex-dates.
We
would
follow
them.
You
know
several
weeks
after
they
had
said
they
were
going
to
visit
and
we
served
the
survey
this
they
haven't
joined
trick.
Instead
of
reaching
them.
A
We
were
able
to
officially
put
forward
that
economic
impact
book,
which
is
wonderful
to
see
and
you'll,
see
that,
as
some
of
those
findings
will
be
through
this
year's
plan,
and
we'll
only
have
is
to
build
upon,
as
we
further
understand
who
this
problem-
and
we
can
further
engage
with
that
platform,
because
it's
wonderful
insights
to
have
in
terms
of
what
you're
demographic,
how
old,
where
are
they
coming
from
so
on
and
so
forth?
So
that
was
important
as
well
for
your
conference.
A
In
2021,
we
had
several
opportunities
with
media.
We
had
some
communities
starting
as
early
as
january
of
21,
and
that
was
for
a
southern
living,
and
you
can
see
some
efforts
of
that
here
and
we
also
were,
in
their
april
issue,
they're
just
the
south
best
issue
and
then
also
had
a
wonderful
integration
with
gardening
ground
and
I
loved
hearing
again.
A
This
is
a
great
example
of
how
we
take
a
very
singular
effort
of
gardening
run
being
with
an
additional
program
and
built
upon
it
to
have
not
only
hardening
that
aspects
which
were
digital
and
social,
and
he
news.
We
also
worked
with
one
of
their
influencers,
which
was
vinnie
aspen,
who
came
into
town
to
attend
one
of
their
core
events,
which
was
the
scorecard
from
seafood
festival.
A
She
used
her
channels,
she
engaged
my
fellow
event
for
their
businesses
within
the
community
and
they,
you
know
reposted
and
we
shared,
and
so
there
were
several
different
catch
points
along
with
our
initiatives
that
followed
and
promoted
the
event
as
well.
So
it
was
a
very
deep
integrated
program
which
I
think
served
not
only
the
top
left
in
the
southern
group
county
as
a
whole,
so
well,
and
we
gained
53
followers
from
it,
but
I
think
overall,
the
we
ever
really
needed.
So
much
more.
A
You
know
awareness
for
investigation
and
continue
to
look
for
those
types
of
opportunities.
As
we
move
forward
from
a
business
lens,
we
worked
with
southwest.
As
you
all
know,
we
launched
health
plus
southwest
service
out
as
manic
operator,
national
airport
and
part
of
their
integration
efforts
into
the
community.
We
hosted.
A
There
was
a
business
event
and
key
stakeholders
lowers
30
plus
attendees
elected
officials,
and
this
is
that
montage
and
it
was
really
just
discussed
how
the
peers
within
our
community
can
ensure
that
their
business
and
their
patrons
are
aware
of
the
service
to
take
advantage
of
it.
That's
a
really
fun
event.
The
juneteenth
promotion
spoke
and
you
shared
that
and
promoted
that
and
seafood
festival,
which
annual
perspective,
basically
providing
a
new
assembly
to
visit.
For
that
reason,.
A
Which
had
over
10
262
distributed?
This
is
the
video
series
that
I
talked
shortly
about
vinegar
over
18
000
impressions.
Again
those
people
are
seeing
it
sharing
it
writing
it
and
doing
something
with
it.
So
it's
really
exciting
to
see
that
and
we'll
continue
to
build
on
that
when
you
look
about
how
look
at
walmart's
for
public
relations
again,
the
earned
inspired,
those
are
not
paid
efforts.
A
These
are
people
who
are
excited
about
the
world
country
excited
about
the
tabletop
they
are
talking
about
it
and
that
was
over
400
logistics
mentions
that
would
be
an
adequate
of
one
million
hundred
and
twelve
thousand.
Oh
I'm
wrong
with
that.
Excuse
me,
but
the
the
equivalent
that
we
did
not
pay,
for
that
was
this
value
added
to
us,
based
on
the
mentions
that
they've
picked
up
for
us.
A
So
again
you
can
see
the
cabin
country
purewow
forms
in
the
usa
today
with
156
mentioned,
which
was
wonderful
to
see
when
you
look
at
the
impressions
just
so
you're
not
going
by
that
number.
If
any
of
those
stories
were
syndicated
or
brought
through
to
another
platform.
Those
are
those
impressions
that
are
captured.
A
A
We
always
think
that
we
have
our
hispanic
aspects
in
the
lighthouse
there
that
she
needs
to
to
be
of
interest
and
excitement
for
many
writers
and
others
who
are
visiting
local
culture
artists,
but
also
the
quality
of
life
right.
You
want
to
bring
forward
that
unspoiled
nature
and
ensuring
that
people
can
at
all
levels
of
interest
insurance
towards
them,
can
find
something
that
they
can
tie
themselves
to
and
look
forward
to,
not
just
really
one
time.
A
We
want
to
create
a
great
opportunity
with
our
visitors
and
bring
them
here
and
hopefully,
they'll
call
it
home
one
day,
and
so
what
we
gleaned
from
understanding
articles
for
a
bit
more
correct
economic
impact
is
who
is
this
person
traveling?
She
is
a
bit
more
female,
as
you
mentioned,
they're
an
absolute
traveler
at
150,
000
household
income.
A
They
have
a
52
percent
undergraduate
degree
or
higher
and
they
take
two
to
four
trips
per
year,
staying
on
average
about
four
months,
and
so
when
you
look
at
that,
it's
such
a
great
information
to
have
within
how
do
we
become
a
bit
more
particular
on
what
their
interests
are,
and
this
is
where
we
use
our
insights
from
the
website,
as
well
as
on
digital
and
social
ads,
to
serve
them.
What
we
know
they're
interested
in
family
travel
if
they
like
to
travel,
we
call
it
snowbirds.
A
You
can
buy
policies
and
time
frame,
maybe
there's
an
activity
or
recreation
that
they
really
enjoy
when
working
out
on
the
water
or
if
they
love
to
play
into
their
sports
halls.
So
on
and
so
forth.
Maybe
they
just
can't
quickly
get
away
serving
up
for
their
service,
but
also
the
driving
things
we're
steeped
in
having
a
awesome
building
to
showcase
tons
of
different
art,
culture
and
history.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
showcasing
those
itineraries
and
making
sure
that
we
protect
and
get
back
together
as
well
and
then
culinary
intuitive
growing,
culinary
side,
and
we
have
quite
the
opportunity
here
to
emphasize
how
local
and
special
our
culinary
efforts
are.
So
again,
we
take
what
we
have
on
the
bigger
side
of
knowing
who
they
are,
but
also
what
they
want
to
do
when
we
continue
to
carve
out
more
dedicated
insights
and
messaging
to
them.
A
C
A
A
As
we
spoke
about
earlier
coming
through
to
have
a
visitor
now
transacts
or
potential
history-
and
we
like
to
think
of
ourselves
and
working
through
this
business-
become
connected
trend,
as
we
have
worked
through
cobra,
2020
and
2021
is
that
we
are
now
looking
at
traveling
tourism
and
the
very
noisy
market,
in
the
sense
that
the
consumer
has
a
ton
of
things
going
on
right.
They
might
be
at
home
and.
A
A
So,
when
think
about,
when
you're
searching
on
google
and
you
put
in
historic
destination,
great
culinary
spots
to
travel
to,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
southern
beaufort
county
really
comes
to
that
top
query
within
the
top
three
to
five
that
are
being
shown
to
you,
whether
that
be
through
an
image
through
a
partnership
or
through
a
ranking
and
a
listing,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
those
things,
whether
it
be
a
blog.
That's
served
to
you.
Maybe
it's
an
ad
that
we're
placing
on
digital
marketing.
A
Maybe
something
on
the
public
relations
front
was
brought
forward,
and
so
we
want
to
really
make
sure
that
there
is
all
of
that
kind
of
firing
at
the
same
time
and
that's
why
we
use
this
gear
slide
to
really
visually
show
how
in
today's
world
it
is
a
noisy
environment.
We
have
more
destinations
that
are
coming
back
online
postcovid
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
voice
is
top
of
mind.
A
And
so
we're
quickly
running
into
what
would
be
our
2023
goals.
We
took
a
different
approach
in
the
way
that
we
would
showcase
these
to
you.
I
thought
it
was
important
that
we
look
at
kind
of
the
overarching
goal
for
this
coming
fiscal
year
and
what
our
responsibility
is
to
bring
that
taking
that
funnel
slide
is
to
bring
qualified
visitation
to
the
destination,
and
so
when
we
think
about
that,
it's
those
that
are
really
thinking
and
considering
heavily
based
on
their
efforts
to
date.
What
they've
shown
us
on
social?
A
A
So
knowing
that
that
is
our
overarching
goal
for
23,
how
are
we
going
about
that?
We
have
five
goals.
Excuse
me.
We
have
one
goal:
five
strategies
and
tactics,
so
the
first
strategy
is
to
build
brand
awareness
and
support
qualified
visitation
to
the
destination
among
our
target
markets,
and
so
we're
continually
looking
at.
Who
is
visiting
our
website?
A
Traditional
ad
placements,
social
media
user
generated
content
and
what
that
means
is
taking
on
social
media.
If
you
and
I
were
in
the
destination
visiting
somewhere
and
we
took
a
picture
and
it
influenced
someone
else
to
explore
more
about
where
you
just
were,
and
we
used
that
concept
and
were
not
only
when
all
of
our
partner
when
all
of
our
visitors
are
in
southern
beaufort
county.
We
use
that
to
serve
on
our
social
to
inspire
them
as
well.
A
Strategy
number
two
drive
discovery
and
exploration
of
the
destination
to
deeper
storytelling,
culture,
art
and
history.
So
we
know
that
those
are
key
learnings
of
what
not
only
the
visitors
are
wanting
to
see.
It
is
also
a
key
goal
of
what
the
destination
southern
beacon
county.
That
we've
heard
that
you
would
like
to
see.
A
So
we
want
to
continue
to
tell
that
deeper
story
tie
deeper
into
that
cultural
piece,
the
great
art
and
history
that
is
here
and
we'll
do
that
again
by
serving
up
those
ads
paid
social
media,
making
sure
that
we're
optimizing
all
of
our
search.
So
when
you,
someone
is
searching
that
we
are
served
as
an
option
and
again
user
generated
content,
no
better
way
to
show
that
people
can
do
that
themselves
is
seeing
that
another
visitor
has
done
that
before
them.
A
We
want
to
leverage
a
strategic
mix
of
targeted
methods
to
identify
and
reach
the
most
qualified
users.
So
again
you
know
in
today's
technology
with
what
we
have
at
our
disposals.
We
can
really
go
in
and
see
what
the
consumer
is
doing
and
so,
on
the
back
end,
we
can
see
where
they
are.
You
know
what
area
they're
from
their
household
income,
what
their
interests
are,
and
we
can
target
and
really
refine
the
messaging.
A
So
I
would
not
serve
visitor
a
who
was
interested
in
outdoor
excursions
and
culinary
I
would
not
serve
them,
something
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
that.
Where
you
know,
I
would
make
sure
that
in
that
visitor,
I
would
serve
them
just
that
information
that
they're
interested
in
that
helping
me
ensure
that
if
there,
if
there
is
any
want
at
all
to
travel
to
southern
beaufort
county,
we
have
the
things
that
they're
interested
in
doing.
A
A
We
have
worked
very
closely
with
all
of
our
hotel
partners
to
make
sure
that
we
have
all
their
insights
available
online
as
well
as
up
front
if
someone
were
to
call
in
and
we're
in
all
the
appropriate
trade
marketing
platforms.
So
people
who
are
thinking
about
business
travel
again
know
that
we
are
an
option.
A
In
strategy
number
five
is
create
an
understanding
and
respect
for
the
delicate
ecosystem
of
the
destination,
as
we
continue
to
become
more
popular
as
a
destination.
We
want
to
ensure
those
that
visit
have
the
same
love
for
the
destination,
as
we
do
as
the
community
members,
and
so
as
a
community
member
of
southern
beaufort
county.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
that
our
visitors
feel
the
same
way,
so
it's
connecting
them
with
our
delegated
ecosystem
and
educating
them
that
you
know
things
that
we
see
every
day
that
we
love
are
protected
as
well
and
respected
by
our
visitors.
So
there
is
many
efforts
that
we
have
to
again
storytell
and
get
that
information
out.
A
D
D
All
right,
I
don't
see
anyone
asking
questions,
one
question
that
I've
got
probably
goes
to
staff.
I'll
probably
ask
this
for
everybody
today
is
so
is:
is
the
hilton
head
bluffton
chamber
up
to
date
with
everything
we've
asked
them
for
and
all
the
information
we're
supposed
to
get
with
with
regards
to
what
the
requirements
are
as
a
dmo,
I
kind
of
put
you
on
a
spot
asking
that
question.
So
we.
D
All
right,
so
I'm
asking
the
same
question
for
everybody
else
that
comes
up
today,
so
just
to
make
sure,
because
again
as
a
council
and
and
as
as
the
finance
in
in
before
me
with
mr
herbershon
and
mr
passman,
we've
always
trying
to
get
more
and
more
transparent
and
trying
to
ask
for
more
things
and
have
more
things.
So
every
year
we
kind
of
try
to
you
know,
make
sure
that
we're
doing
we're
supposed
to
be
doing.
So.
As
far
as
I
know,
we
are
we're
good
good
to
go.
F
D
D
H
H
I've
got
some
very
funny
emails
about
that
today,
but
anyways
I'm
formatting
this
a
little
bit
different.
Today.
We've
had
a
lot
going
on.
I
just
wanted
to
hit
you
the
financial
highlight
for
march
and
april.
We
we
did
purchase
the
dowling
lots
for
1.9
million
dollars,
which
is
adjacent
to
the
federal
courthouse
which
will
be
used
for
our
parking
lots
for
the
for
the
sheriff's
office.
H
We
relied
heavily
on
scott
marshall's
people
to
come
up
with
a
lot
of
the
facts
and
in
the
figures,
as
far
as
who
worked
what
month
and
how
it
went,
the
maximum
payout
was
three
thousand
dollars
for
each
employee.
The
total
was
4.2
million
dollars
with
three
point:
the
three
million
dollars
coming
from
arpa
and
1.2
coming
out
from
the
general
fund.
It
covered
1,
294,
beaufort,
county
employees.
H
That's
underneath
this
roof,
as
well
as
321
firemen
and
other
employees
from
shelton
burton
lee's,
island,
st
helena,
fripp
island
bluffton
and
the
fescue
fire
departments.
That
was,
we
discussed
things
in
here.
We
never
really
realize
how
big
a
lift
that
is.
That
was
a
really
big
lift
by
my
department
in
human
resources,
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everybody
for
everything.
C
H
We
always
break
down
expenses
by
department,
and
I
kind
of
wanted
to
show
you
as
a
piece
of
pie
where
everything's
going,
and
so
the
62
percent
or
61
percent
you
can
see,
is
personnel
services,
which
is
all
our
salaries,
wages
over
time
spike
of
medicare
and
related
employee
benefits.
That's
that's
the
biggest
piece
of
our
pie
right
there.
The
second
biggest
piece
would
be
that
15,
which
should
be
purchased
services.
H
The
other
really
big
piece
of
that
pie
is
that
10,
which
is
substitutes
to
others,
and
that
would
be
our
subsidy
to
pcl
and
uscb,
which
is
about
2.4
million
in
our
subsidies,
to
the
to
the
for
indigent
care,
for
beaufort
memorial,
hospital
and
b
for
jasper,
comp
health
and
then
also
what
goes
through.
That
particular
line
item
would
be
our
transfer
to
the
to
the
solicitor,
which
is
about
almost
two
million
dollars.
That
was
just
a
different
kind
of
way
of
looking
at
stuff.
H
H
You
know
we're
we're
looking
for
an
overage
which
is
a
surplus
which
we've
talked
about
going
forward.
We're
currently,
even
though
that
reforms
budget
we're
above
budget
we're
expecting
to
collect
more
there,
we're
only
about
97.5
percent
collected
there.
I
confirmed
that
with
a
treasurer
and
then
our
other
really
high.
One
too
is
is
the
charges
for
services
and
that's
still
the
registered
deeds
they're
about
1.1
million
dollars
above
where
they
really
projected
them
to
be,
but
anyways,
that's
kind
of
that,
and
then
you
hear
the
next
slide.
H
This
is
similar
the
red,
the
expenditures
we're
currently
at
80.41
percent,
which
we're
slightly
down.
But
when
you're
talking
in
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars,
that's
about
four
million
dollars
less
than
where
we
should
be.
There
are
several
initiatives
that
we've
taken
with
the
use
of
surplus
and
use
of
fund
balance,
so
we're
going
to
try
and
get
that
number
close
to
actual
budget
if
not
over,
but
the
two
big
ones
that
are
the
highest
that
are
actually
above
budget
would
be
the
the
public
health
and
the
public
welfare.
H
The
public
health
is
doing
to
a
lot
of
that
is
the
indigent
care
is
in
there,
and
all
four
quarters
of
that
has
already
been
paid
out,
and
the
public
welfare
has
the
human
and
social
services
and
the
human
services
alliance,
and
they
have
been
paid
out
100
already,
so
that
kind
of
excuse
that
number
too.
So
those
are
that's
really
all
that
I
have
for
this
report
with
the
source
material.
There's
there's
details
in
there,
like
you,
normally
have
for
departments
and
budget
variances,
and
everything
like
that.
H
D
H
D
All
right
seeing
no
questions,
and-
and
yes,
mr
williams,
I
agree-
I
mean
I
look
at
where
we
were
just
a
year
ago,
where
we
were
two
and
three
years
ago.
We
have
come
a
very,
very
long
way
with
information
and
transparency,
and
things
like
that.
So
thank
you
to
your
staff
and
and
everybody
else,
working
to
be
more
transparent.
D
H
You
go
to
the
first
line.
Okay,
the
this
is
a
line
graph
and
the
blue
represents
the
the
revenues
and
the
orange
represents.
The
expenditures
and
you're
gonna
see
right
there
in
17
and
18
there's,
there's
cat
like
where
basically
went
off
the
rails,
and
that
was
that's
hurricane
matthew,
and
that
was
you
know,
expenditures
related
to
cleanup
and
then
the
revenues
right
there
are
are
related
to
fema
expanded
reimbursements.
H
But
we
survived
that
and
went
through
it.
But
you
know
where
our
expenditures
were
going
kind
of
line
in
line
they
kind
of
dropped
off
a
little
bit.
You
hear
the
next
and
one
of
the
things
that
it
really
dropped
off.
If
you
can
see
you
started
2015
and
you
had
a
really
big
jump
in
2019
part
of
that
had
to
do
with
the
land
purchase.
H
H
H
H
H
The
bonds
are
callable
in
may.
So
it's
pretty
well
like
we're
going
to
have
to
pay
it
almost
through
the
entire
year.
So
we're
not
getting
the
benefit
of
the
defeasants
until
probably
the
next
year,
but
you'd
be
able
to
you'd
have
another
mill
that
you
could
probably
reduce.
The
debt
millage
by
and
it
also
would
increase
the
amount
that
would
be
able
to
borrow
by
the
amount
that
we
pay
off,
which
is
approximately
20
million
dollars.
H
J
H
A
little
bit
it's
that
this
is
kind
of
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
I
think
this,
along
with,
along
with
dedicating
a
millage,
a
mill
towards
it
too,
and
it's
not
going
to
ever.
It's
never
going
to
stop
us
from
bonding
we're
always
going
to
have
to
bond
it's
one
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
get
done
on
a
fairly
on
an
annual
basis
and
it'll
it'll
be
a
capital
project
fund.
Where
you
we
fund
that
project.
When
that
fund
projects
finish,
it
will
stay
in
there
until
until
it's
completed.
H
H
That's
not
counting
the
1
million
dollars
that
we've
already
put
to
m.c
riley,
but
this
would
be
totally
redoing
and
getting
the
my
understanding
is
the
guts
of
the
pool
straightened
out
for
about
half
a
million
dollars
a
piece
playgrounds
of
about
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars.
I
think
that's
about
eight
of
those
and
then
there's
some
other
issues
with
parks
and
rec
for
about
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
we're
gonna
be
able
to
address
if
we
take
this
plan
too.
H
Finally,
in
conclusion,
we
never
really
know
what
tomorrow's
going
to
lead
us
with,
but
we
really
have
an
opportunity
right
now,
with
this
fund
balance,
to
kind
of
do
things
and
put
beaufort
county
on
on
a
on
a
good
path
going
forward
as
far
as
capital
projects
go,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
needs
and
necessities
in
these
in
this
growing
county.
It's
I
mean
I've
been
here
50
years
and
I'm
absolutely
amazed
at
how
much
it's
grown
in
that
time.
H
K
H
G
H
It
it
it
is
probably
not
enough,
but
I
I
think
that
we're
going
we're
stepping
down
an
erection
that
we've
never
had
have
stepped
down
in
this
county
before
and
we're
thinking
about
we're
forward.
Thinking
you
know,
based
on
what
millage
is
that
we
can
kind
of
move
together
for
this
thing,
whether
it's
two
or
three
mills
based
on
the
value
of
a
mill,
it
could
be.
You
know,
between
four
and
six
million
dollars
extra
a
year.
You
know
what
what
we
end
up
at
the
end
of
the
year.
H
If
we
have
a
carryover
again,
we
can
put
it
down
in
the
capital
project.
I
mean
we
it's
something
we
can
when
we
have
excess
that
we
can
build
on,
because
there's
always
a
need
for
a
library
or
a
park
or
a
playground
or
a
you
know,
a
baseball
field,
baseball
field
or
a
public
works
building.
You
know,
you
know
it
was,
but
there's
always
a
need
for
something
that
public
works
building.
H
I
thought
was
interesting
because
the
first
time
that
I
went
ever
in
there
and
saw
the
list
of
the
councilmen
that
were
on
there
was
there
was
a
raymond
williams
on
there
who
it
was
my
dad.
So
dad
came
here
in
about
1973,
so
that's
roughly
48
49
years
ago
that
that
building
may
be
in
need
of
a
little
bit
of
renovation
between
now
and
then
but
anyways.
I
thought
it
was
interesting,
but.
H
Yes,
sir,
well
we're
going
to
really
finance
we're
going
to
probably
put
the
9
million
dollars
aside
as
as
part
of
this,
the
defeasants
won't
be
coming
around
until
march
and
may
of
next
year.
So
we
we
have
some
time
I
mean
they're
going
to
be
several
ordinances.
It
won't
be
just
kind
of
a
wave
of
the
hand
and
it
all
goes
into
one
thing
into
one
pot:
we're
going
to
have
to
you
know
really
analyze
it.
H
I
think
after
the
the
2022
audits
out,
but
we're
planning
on
getting
that
done
a
lot
earlier
this
year
than
we
have
in
past
years,
so
we're
going
to
meet
the
december
31
deadline
on
that
easily.
So
you
know
before
the
defeasants
and
and
moving
around
everything
else
to
where
it
needs
to
be
I'll,
have
y'all
pretty
solid
numbers,
not
from
eight
months
ago.
D
H
Is
just
an
enlightening
discussion
that
I'm
having
right
now,
the
nine
million
dollars
the
list
that
I
had
up
there
for
y'all.
I
think
he's
included
that
on
her
budget,
so
we're
that
that
that's,
the
one
part
that
we'll
be
moving
forward
with,
but
the
rest
of
it
you
know,
will
be
as
things
progress
we'll
have
several
ordinances
and
the
list
may
change
and
everything's
kind
of
in
a
constant
state
of
flux.
H
D
Direction
so
you
just
need
a
head
nut
from
us
saying
you're
going
in
the
right
direction.
You're
going
in
the
right
direction.
Please
proceed.
I
think
that
everyone
up
there
has
that
same
head
head
down
so
yeah.
Please
please
go
forward,
and
let
me
just
say
also
that
you
know
obviously
some
of
the
surpluses
come
because
we
did
tighten
our
belts
for
cova,
not
knowing
what
it
was
going
to
bring
and
we
had
hiring
freezes
and
pay
freezes
and
capital
improvement
freezes
and
didn't
buy
any
any
equipment
and
things
you
know
like
that.
D
D
L
So
thank
you
eric
and
thank
you,
the
council
for
including
us
in
that
I
have
with
me
today
the
chair
of
our
commission,
melinda
ellis
who's
sitting
back
there
with
me,
and
I
would
be
remiss
to
not
to
mention
the
other
commission
members
that
are
on
our
fireboard
pat
harvey
palmer,
roosevelt
mccullough,
chet,
houston
and
scott,
dennis
they
all
do
a
fantastic
job
for
us.
Our
proposed
budget
for
fy23
focuses
on
bringing
our
salaries
to
a
competitive
level
and
apparatus
replacement
due
to
budget
restrictions
and
issues
over
the
last
few
years.
L
Our
fire
district.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
fire
district
has
fallen
behind
in
our
salaries.
We
cannot
postpone
any
longer.
We
need
in
a
salary
adjustment
and
we're
proposing
that
today
it's
impacting
our
ability
to
recruit
and
retain
firefighters,
the
fire
service
or
the
whole
entire
emergency
service,
law
enforcement,
ems
and
fire
has
become
extremely
competitive.
L
L
With
this
year's
cpi
and
growth,
we're
allowed
to
go
2.8
we're
asking
for
2.6
in
operations,
apparatus
replacement.
I've
been
coming
before
the
finance
committee
and
county
council
for
the
last
several
years,
talking,
fleet
replacement
and-
and
we
hadn't
been
unable
to
do
that.
Because
of
budget,
we
are
proposing
a
two
mill
increase
in
debt
for
apparatus
replacement.
L
So
in
summary,
our
budget
proposal
is
2.6,
mil
increase
in
operations
and
a
2
mil
increase
in
debt
operations
would
go
from
41.1
mill
to
43.7
debt
will
go
from
two
mills
to
four
mills.
I've
spoke
with
both
our
county
council
reps,
mr
summerville
and
mr
glover,
and
they
both
are
in
support
of
our
budget.
I
would
also
like
to
thank
pinky
and
all
her
work
with
the
fire
service.
Some
of
us
have
to
be
kind
of
hand,
guided
through
a
lot
of
this,
and
she
does
a
great
job
for
us.
L
D
B
We'll
go
ahead.
No,
I
don't
know
questions
to
comment.
I
know
in
in
past
years
you
all
have
been
millage
neutral
and
you've
really
struggled
to
keep
it
down.
I
appreciate
that,
and
I
know
what
you're
up
against
in
terms
of
competition
for
professional,
firefighters
and
other
professionals,
so
I
I
strongly
support
the
budget
and
I
appreciate
what
you've
done
in
past
years
and
given
the
fact
that
you're
under
the
cap,
I'm
absolutely
in
support.
Thank
you.
L
K
L
The
pipeline
is
run
dry,
they're
in
steady
south
carolina.
I
can
tell
you
in
march
there
was
over
500
firefighter
positions
open
locally.
What
we're
seeing
is
counties
around
us
escalating
the
salaries
and
providing
incentives,
so
we're
losing
firefighters
to
the
counties
around
us
and
even
within
beaufort
county,
because
I
have
fallen
behind.
K
L
D
G
G
D
G
At
the
same
millage
for
the
past
three
budget
cycles
this
year
for
many
of
the
same
reasons
that
chief
klein
presented,
we're
kind
of
in
the
same.
In
the
same
scenario,
we've
we've,
both
or
all
of
our
local
fire
departments,
have
lost
to
some
of
the
surrounding
counties
where
their
basic,
their
baseline
salaries,
are
exceeding
some
of
the
some
of
the
pay
that
we're
paying
for
experienced
personnel,
and
there
was
a
time
when
we
put
an
opening
out
and
advertised
for
an
opening
we'd
get
20
or
30
applicants.
G
I'm
lucky
at
this
point
to
to
receive
one
or
two
and
quite
honestly,
we
have
done
kind
of
a
lot
of
the
firefighters
that
I've
hired
recently.
I've
had
the
luxury
I've
been
able
to
hire
a
few
that
had
some
training
and
we've
ended
up
taking
them
from
other
firefighters
or
other
fire
departments
in
the
upper
part
of
the
state.
Unfortunately,
but
the
majority
of
our
budget
increase
comes
primarily
from
the
five
percent
cola
and
the
benefits
that
are
associated
with
that.
G
J
G
D
Any
other
questions
for
chief
browntree,
seeing
no
questions.
Thank
you
for
coming
out
today.
We
appreciate
that
chief
roundtree
and
and
miss
harriet.
Obviously
you
do
a
great
job,
so
we've
got
everything
from
them
that
we
need
for
this
budget
season.
Okay,
great
so
obviously
next
it
would
be
for
us
to
either
approve
or
deny
their
requests
of,
of
millage
and
budget
increase
for
this
counseling
to
include
in
the
budget
to
push
it
forward.
So
do.
J
D
M
D
M
M
There's
a
couple
things
we're
real
proud
of
that
we
want
to
share
with
you
guys.
We've
had
a
major
increase
in
ridership
and
I
think
we
attribute
that
to
the
rise
in
fuel
costs
right
as
people
are
having
to
fill
their
own
tanks
to
get
to
and
from
work
they're
starting
to
use
our
service
we've
had
excellent
safety
performance.
M
This
past
year,
we've
been
able
to
leverage
some
finances
that
were
available
for
the
fta
to
purchase
two
brand
new
mci
motor
coaches,
so
we're
taking
our
fleet,
which
at
one
time
just
ten
years
ago,
was
and
not
a
great
state
of
good
repair
and
we've
taken
it
to
where
we're
really
at
the
cutting
edge
of
in
the
state
of
good
repair.
So
we've
got
some
really
good
equipment.
We
also
recognized
some
of
our
staff
and
our
organization
was
recognized
in
our
statewide
transportation
association
conference,
which
was
held
on
hilton
head
this
past
year.
M
N
M
It
was
52
000,
52,
000,
only
passenger
trips
last
year
and
this
year
we
expect
that
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
blow
that
out
of
the
water
as
well.
We've
already
had
a
great
deal
of
interest,
we're
a
little
bit
into
our
service
this
year,
but
it's
continuing
to
go
and,
as
you
can
see
from
the
next
slide,
we
we
run
from
basically
mid-island,
almost
almost
the
north
end,
all
the
way
down
to
the
south
end.
M
Ride
it
to
dinner,
and
things
like
that,
but
we've
even
seen
folks
using
it
and
heard
stories
of
folks
using
it
to
ride
to
and
from
work.
So
people
are
really
taking
advantage
of
this,
not
only
as
a
sort
of
a
an
addition
to
the
experience
of
visiting
beaufort
county
but
they're,
also
using
it
as
a
service
to
to
kind
of
undergird
our
our
workforce.
M
The
other
thing
that
we
started
recently
is
we
serve
the
greater
bluffton
area
with
a
fixed
route
in
september
of
21,
we
started
the
bluffton
breeze
service,
so
it's
a
fixed
route
that
runs
basically
from
one
end
of
bluffton
to
the
other,
not
just
in
town
but
serving
unincorporated
areas
around
bluffton
as
well.
It
operates
from
7
in
the
morning
to
6
p.m,
so
folks
were
riding
it
to
and
from
work
to
lunch
to
visit
some
things
and
we
were
able
to
adjust.
M
We
had
some
interest
from
the
new
rv
resort,
which
came
in
down
off
of
bird
church
road
and
they
asked
for
us
to
work
with
them.
We
were
able
to
adjust
the
route
to
serve
that
rv
resort
and
we
also
now
serve
old
town.
So
that's
been
a
really
beneficial
service
and
it's
been
very
popular.
We
expect
like
the
trolley
it's
going
to
continue
to
grow
in
popularity
as
we
continue
to
move
forward.
M
Another
thing
that
we
do
is
supporting
emergency
operations
with
with
sheriff
tanner
and
his
folks
in
the
in
the
event
of
a
natural
disaster,
we
performed
the
functions
of
esf
one.
We
expanded
that
to
coordinate
with
jasper
county
as
well
as,
as
I'm
sure
everyone
knows
from
our
experience,
hurricane
matthew.
There
are
shelters
located
here
in
beaufort
county
if
we
are
under
mandatory
evacuation,
so
we're
going
to
work
with
between
the
two
emergency
operations
centers
to
coordinate
that
transportation
to
and
from
the
shelters
in
a
better
way.
M
There's
a
slide
we'll
talk
about
here
in
a
second,
where
we
we're
going
to
talk
about
some
potential
service
at
the
hilton
head
island
airport,
I
mean
we
were
able
to
leverage
some
of
this
federal
money
to
purchase
three
new.
We
call
it
cutaway,
so
the
smaller
green
buses
and
they
actually
are
going
to
be
configured.
We
expect
to
take
delivery.
Probably
in
the
near
future.
M
M
Forward
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
planning
study,
hopefully
getting
towards
the
end
of
it,
of
what
we
can
do
and
how
we
can
serve
the
entirety
of
the
island
from
the
airport.
We
were
approached
by
both
the
town
of
hilton
head
and
the
county's
airport
staff
and
said
hey:
how
can
we
solve
this
problem?
We've
got
folks
who
get
off
airplanes
and
they
can't
get
where
they
need
to
go.
So
we
we
engaged
with
was
with
a
planning
firm
and
hopefully
we're
going
to
have
a
proposal
here
in
the
next
coming
months.
M
That'll
solve
some
of
those
problems,
the
the
local
match
for
that
specific
service
is
not
included
in
our
request
this
time
around
we'd
hope
the
timing
would
work
better.
We'd
have
all
that
information,
but
they
haven't
finished
the
planning
study.
Yet
so
we
don't
have
that
information,
but
we'll
have
it
to
staff
as
soon
as
we
as
soon
as
we
have
that
resolved.
M
Just
to
give
the
committee
an
idea
of
where
our
money's
coming
from
this
is
a
sometimes
a
misconception
is
that
you
know
a
lot
of
folks
think
that
our
fares
pay
for
our
our
services,
we're
not
revenue
neutral.
Even
our
fares,
we
collect
probably
about
29
30
000
a
month
in
fares,
and
we
spend
more
than
that
in
fuel.
M
M
Federal
grants,
the
state,
mass
transit
funds
and,
of
course,
the
local
match
that
our
local
government
partners
provide
to
provide
the
lion's
share
of
of
that
of
that
revenue,
and
you
can
see
our
revenues
on
the
rule
side.
If
I
have
the
next
slide,
please
the
the
urban
side,
which
is
bluffton
hilton
head
again,
you
can
see
the
federal
government
shoulders,
the
majority
of
that
of
that
expense
with
the
state
and
us
and
our
local
partners
sharing
the
rest
of
it.
M
So
our
our
request
for
beaufort
county
council
this
year
is
that
the
the
council
would
allocate
hundred
thirty,
seven
thousand
and
ninety
seven
dollars,
which
would
include
service
for
the
rural
counties
and
the
growing
urban
side.
That's
to
give
you
the
breakdown,
that's
229,
eight,
two,
I'm
sorry,
two
hundred
twenty
nine
thousand,
eight
hundred
nine
dollars
of
local
national
rule
side
and
a
hundred
seven
thousand
two
hundred
and
eighty
eight
dollars
local
match
on
the
urban
side
and
again.
N
M
We
take
and
divide
the
rule
local
match
amongst
the
the
five
counties
and
the
town
hilton
head
pays
a
share
of
it
as
well,
based
on
a
blend
of
the
population
and
the
ridership.
So
that's
where
we
come
up
with
what
we
would
propose
as
an
equitable
share
for
the
county
to
pay
their
their
off
their
share
of
the
rural
side
and
then
on
the
urban
side.
It's
mainly
just
the
population.
M
Obviously
these
numbers
are
the
last
census
numbers
that
we
use
we'll,
hopefully
have
some
different
numbers
next
year
and
that's
going
to
change,
but
the
urban
area
is
split
up
between
the
town
of
bluff
and
town,
hilton,
head
and
we'd.
Ask
that
the
county
council
provide
a
share
for
unincorporated
beaufort
county.
I
mean
that's
all
I
have
for
you
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
all
have.
D
I
don't
see
any
no,
I
thought
gerald
had
a
question,
no
questions
and
miss
harris,
so
everything
that
they've
asked
for
we've
gotten
from
them.
So
it's
great
to
hear,
mr
chris.
Thank
you
for
coming
out,
appreciate
you
all
being
here.
You
guys
do
a
great
job
and
we
appreciate
all
you
do.
I
know.
Sometimes
you
guys
don't
get
the
credit
for
for
what's
going
on
out
there.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr.
D
I
Q
Q
Therefore,
that's
why,
on
some
of
your
previous
correspondence,
some
of
the
percentages
may
have
been
a
little
out
of
whack,
because
everything
was
consolidated
into
one
general
fund
account
number.
In
the
interest
of
time.
I
will
hit
the
highlights.
We
currently
have
a
total
of
342
positions.
However,
we
have
277
personnel
on
board.
We
currently
have
22
applications
active
on
file
and
we
are
choosing
to
fund
320
positions,
the
vacant
positions.
Q
We
are
funding
at
85
level
and
if
you
notice,
those
are
the
highlights
of
our
personnel
category,
also
I've
kind
of
included
some
of
the
notes
of
what
we
have
spent
year-to-date,
just
like
the
firemen,
and
we
have
some
increases
in
our
training,
because
during
covid
everything
was
shut
down.
We
now
have
to
get
all
of
our
recertifications
up
to
date
for
our
firearms
instructors,
our
defensive
driving,
our
oc
spray,
etc.
Q
Q
Q
Notably
our
garage
contract
that
was
definitely
consolidated
under
the
garage
contract
fund
and
that
just
moves
us
on
to
supplies
our
normal
supplies,
which
can
range
from
anything
from
our
office.
Forensic
lab
body,
armor
uniforms,
our
fuels,
anything.
To
that
extent
our
fuels
have
increased.
We
have
more
driving
more
drivers
on
board
and,
of
course,
the
prices
at
the
pump
we've
all
endured.
Q
Our
original
request
was
a
1
690
000
increase
from
fiscal
year
22.
However,
as
you
can
see
from
today,
we
are
requesting
a
reduced
amount
of
1
million
365
755
general
fund
dollars,
so
our
increase
is
approximately
one
point:
is
one
million
three
hundred
sixty
five
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty
five
dollars?
Q
K
Okay,
just
given
where
we
are
with
just
talent,
pools
everywhere,
apparently,
and
your
pipeline,
like
do
you,
do
you
think
you're
going
to
be
fully
staffed
by
september
1st
or
like
is
85
percent?
Is
that
a
conservative
number
I'm
just
trying
to
get
a
get
a
sense
of
whether
or
not
that
that
would
even
be
achievable,
really
just
given
where
we
are
at
the
labor
pool.
I
What
suzanne's
doing
is
is
creating
a
budget
and
he
hopes
that
these
vacancies
will
be
filled
and
we're
doing
it
in
concert
with
the
county,
because
the
county
is
doing
the
same
thing.
They
fund
85
percent
of
those
positions,
so
you
know
we're
looking
at
doing
the
same
thing.
Can
I
have
all
the
positions
filled
at
sheriff's
office
by
september
1st?
I
don't
have
to
answer
that
question.
Should
we
be
prepared
to
do
that?
The
answer
is
yes,
you
know
just
over
the
past
month.
I
Actually,
if
I
go
back
I'll,
go
back
and
and
take
in
april
and
probably
most
of
march,
to
tell
you
that
the
work
that
we've
done
with
compensation
at
the
county
at
the
sheriff's
office
and
the
work
that
we
have
done
with
county
council,
not
only
with
the
payment
out
of
the
arpa
fund,
but
also
the
five
percent
increase
that
county
council
approved
it
went
into
effect.
Our
application
pool
has
increased
dramatically
not
only
in
the
civilian
market,
a
communications
market,
but
also
in
the
law
enforcement
field.
I
I'd
my
gut
feeling,
based
on
what
I've
seen
since
january,
is
that
the
private
sector
is
not
necessarily
the
greener
grass
of
of
job
opportunities
and
we're
starting
to
see
those
applications
come
back
in
to
a
government-funded
job
with
benefit
retirement,
forfeit.
You
know,
401
and
and
457,
so
we're
seeing
an
increase.
I
I
wish
I
could
have
these
vacancies
filled
by
the
first
of
june,
but
that's
that
wouldn't
be
realistic,
but
we
we've
got
to
look
at
the
funding
apparatus
to
take
care
of
us
during
the
fiscal
year
so
doing
it
at
85
percent
or
or
modifying
it
to
to
suit.
Maybe
council's
view
on
that
is
something
that
we
can
do,
but
right
now
the
applications
are
pouring
in
for
all
positions
and
they're
they're
having
the
same
impact
at
other
agencies,
law
enforcement
agencies
in
the
county.
I
At
a
time
in
september
of
2021,
there
were
4
600
law
enforcement
vacancies
in
south
carolina
throughout
the
state,
and
then
it
creeped
up
to
5
000.,
but
I
think
we're
actually
we're
on
the
good
side.
Now
we're
going
to
start
making
up
the
difference.
The
governor
did
a
good
job
in
january.
By
sending
a
letter
to
the
south
carolina
department
of
administration
asking
for
an
analysis
for
state
law
enforcement
that
was
published
in
february,
they
did
a
good
job.
They
identified
the
triple
threat,
the
triple
threat
to
public
safety
and
law
enforcement.
I
Is
it
not
only?
Is
it
finding
men
and
women
who
want
a
profession
in
law
enforcement,
which
is
one
of
them,
but
our
percentages
of
retirees
in
law
enforcement
is
another
fear
at
the
sheriff's
office.
Right
now,
I've
got
over
50
employees
that
have
the
ability
to
retire
anytime
any
day,
either
for
age
or
for
years
of
service.
I
So
we
want
to
retain
them.
We
want
to
keep
them
and
doing
the
things
that
council
approve
like
with
the
cola.
That's
a
big
way.
We
do
that,
but
they
all
saw
the
other
thing
and
quite
honestly,
you're
using
it
here
today
we
have
you
know.
During
the
coved
pandemic,
we
told
a
lot
of
people
to
work
from
home.
We're
teaching
corporations
today
not
to
build.
You
know
with
mortar
and
brick:
don't
have
to
do
it.
You
can
work
from
home.
I
We've
got
council
members
here
today
that
are
actually
working
on
zoom
working
from
home
and
that's
a
big
move
in
the
corporate
world,
but
it's
also
something
in
the
government
structure
as
well.
So
we've
we've
got
a
lot
of
challenges
ahead
of
us,
but
we're
we're
making
ends
meet.
They
put
it
that
way.
K
K
K
I
I
Law
enforcement
has
taken
it
on
the
chin,
from
every
angle
and
from
the
national
media
down.
It's
actually
driven
people
away
from
public
safety,
I'm
not
only
public
safety
as
law
enforcement,
but
fire
and
ems
nurses
teachers.
All
the
stuff.
That's
going
on
in
the
national
bug,
has
created
a
problem
for
everyone
in
the
service
industry
included.
I
I
think
things
are
getting
better.
I
don't
I.
I
know
that
our
employees
at
sheriff's
office,
so
we've
had
eight
retired
this
year,
some
go
to
the
private
sector
and
some
just
finally
had
their
fill
of
law
enforcement
after
30
35
years
and
say
you
know
what
it's
not
the
same
job
I
signed
up
for
35
years
ago
so,
but
I
think
I
know
in
beaufort
county
and
I
know
in
south
carolina
that
treatment
the
law
enforcement
gets
within
the
state
of
south
carolina
is
amazing.
It
really
is
the
governor
on
down
they.
I
They
realize
what
law
enforcement
means
to
the
state.
You
know
in
his
own
way
of
doing
what
he
did
in
january
is
proof
that
he's
concerned
about
it.
But
what
county
council
did
is
also
proof
by
giving
the
stipend,
with
the
with
the
orp
of
money
and
the
five
percent
cola
you're,
actually
telling
people
and
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
surf
the
internet.
I
I
You
can't
work
from
home
in
your
pajamas
with
a
cup
of
coffee
in
your
hand,
but
I
mean,
but
you
can
do
a
lot
of
different
things,
but
I
I
I
think
it's
looking
a
whole
lot
better
and
what
you
all
have
done
here
recently
with
jaws
funding,
has
actually
made
a
lot
of
people,
look
and
appreciate
what
it's
like
and
what
it
means
to
work
in
beaufort
county.
So
you
know
it's
a
long
answer
to
a
very
short
question,
but
I
think
the
pipeline
is
open
and
we're
receiving
applications.
D
All
right
so
obviously
a
big
budget,
because
obviously
you
are
besides
the
school
district
which
again
it's
not
our
budget
for
them.
You
guys,
you
guys
are
the
next
largest
amount
that
we
normally
but
all
right,
no
more
questions,
and
as
usual,
there
usually
are
some
council
people
that
reach
out
and
say
hey
what
about
this
with
this,
so
hopefully
you
stay
open.
Just
whatever
people
ask
us
again,
you
are
the
the
the
second
largest
or
our
largest
part
of
our
budget
that
we
have
here.
So
thank
you
for
coming
out.
Well,.
D
Q
Time,
okay,
I
will
go
through
them
quickly.
The
next
tab
is
for
our
school
resource
officer
and
basically
the
increases
there
are
in
the
personnel
category
that
are
attributed
to
the
five
percent
cost
of
living.
I
mean
the
five
percent
cost
of
living
in
our
compensation
plan,
as
well
as
ms
richland
was
kind
enough
to
send
me
some
information
on
our
french
benefits
and
how
to
budget
them
for
fiscal
year
23..
So,
therefore,
there's
some
notes
to
the
side
of
of
the
actual
expenditure
request,
the
last
one.
E
Q
D
Q
This
is
a
75
25,
and
the
academy
of
career
excellence
is
where
we
have
one
of
our
officers.
They
pay
for
75
percent.
If
that
officer's
expenditure
is
there
as
well
as
the
school
district
pays
for
75
percent
of
the
remaining
seven
officers
and
their
specific
expenditures,
the
general
fund
makes
up
the
25
percent.
Okay,
that's
where
that
transfer
comes
in
all
right.
Thank.
D
Q
And
this
year
is
the
first
year
that
it
has
been
appropriated
to
the
its
own
special
fund.
I
believe
in
fiscal
year
21.
I
think
they
did
move
over
the
expenditures
per
se,
but
we
actually
budgeted
in
fiscal
year
22
under
this
fund,
two
two
eight
zero
same
thing:
the
fiscal
year
22.
As
you
can
see,
the
group
insurance
workers,
comp,
tort
and
unemployment
was
not
budgeted
in
this
particular
fine.
It
was
still
pulled
at
that
time.
Q
So,
therefore,
when
we
look
at
the
hilton
head
budget,
there's
not
a
huge
increase,
it's
just
because
in
fiscal
year
22
these
expenditures,
weren't
budgeted
in
fiscal
year
23.
They
are
budgeted.
That's
about
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
this
one
million
two
hundred
forty
nine
thousand
two
hundred
twenty
dollar
increase.
Q
D
Q
R
D
Q
F
Have
one,
mr
chairman,
computer?
If
you
don't
mind
when
it
comes
to
the
hilton
head
user
fee,
we're
going
to
need
to
re-evaluate
that
fee,
we
have
commissioned
tishrevice
to
do
that
study
to
make
sure
again
that
what
what
we're
what's
costing
the
serve
hilton
head
island
is
actually
reflected
in
the
user
fee.
F
And
that's
our
understanding
that
tisch
or
vice
will
have
that
study
updated
by
the
end
of
june,
so
that
we
can
make
whatever
adjustments
are
necessary
to
the
user
fee
to
reflect
the
increase
by
the
sheriff's
budget
for
that
and
to
pass
the
appropriate
ordinance.
So
it
can
appear
in
the
pac
in
the
tax
bills.
D
I
I
What
revenues
you
consider
as
a
county
council
that
build
and
grow
your
general
fund?
That's
your
business!
I'm
not
taxing
the
citizens
of
hilton
head,
a
user
fee
for
us
to
provide
law
enforcement.
I
have
923
square
miles
of
county
to
protect
the
general
fund.
General
fund
budget's.
What
gives
me
the
the
opportunity
and
authority
and
the
ability
to
protect
923
square
miles
which
includes
hilton
head
and
all
the
other
municipalities.
I
I
D
F
F
I
I
D
C
Absolutely
so
actually
abnormal.
For
me,
I
do
not
have
a
planned
presentation
for
you,
because
I
wanted
to
ensure
that
I
was
answering
your
questions.
I
believe
that
ms
harriott
would
have
already
provided
our
budget
to
you,
but
the
focal
area,
the
primary
areas
of
our
increase,
is
in
the
area
of
postage
and
printing.
C
Now,
given
my
presentation,
my
quite
extensive
presentation
a
few
weeks
ago
to
council,
I
don't
think
that
there
should
be
any
shock
that
we
are
requesting
an
increase
for
those
two
line
items
all
areas.
All
other
areas
of
our
budget
operating
wise
should
remain
the
same.
We
expect
to
remain
the
same,
but
we
are
growing
county.
We
are
experiencing
about
six
and
a
half
percent
growth
in
the
volume
of
accounts.
C
The
post
office
will
begin
a
postage
increase
in
july
of
this
year
and
then
we'll
continue
to
raise
postage
twice
a
year,
beginning
in
january
2023
and
from
that
point
forward.
In
light
of
that,
our
print
vendor
has
notified
us
that
we
should
expect
approximately
a
20
increase
in
overall
expenditures,
including
that
postage
increase.
C
C
So
I
I
have
all
of
my
data
in
front
of
me.
I
have
my
presentation
from
the
other
week
and
I
really
just
wanted
to
see
what
questions
you
all
had
for
me
and-
and
I
and
before
you
get
to
that,
I
want
to
thank
you.
I
know
that
the
budget
process
is
an
annual
process
for
most
people,
but
it
shouldn't
shock
you
to
know
that
in
the
treasurer's
office
we
plan
three
to
five
years.
C
At
a
time
and
last
year
I
did
request
additional
personnel
because
in
the
position
I'm
in
I
can
see
the
growth
we're
having.
I
can
see
it
coming.
I
can
see
it
increasing,
and
you
know
what
noah
didn't
build
the
ark
in
the
rain.
He
did
it
ahead
of
time,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
personnel
you
did
approve
last
year
so
that
we
could
walk
into
this
calendar
year
completely
equipped
and
ready
for
this
increased
growth,
so
we're
we're
ready
to
knock
it
out
of
the
park
next
year
too.
D
Great
any
any
questions
for
miss
wallace
from
anyone.
Here
again,
I
know
you
came
before
us
before
and
I
do
miss
your
presentation
when
you
show
stuff,
because
it's
almost
easier
than
you
make
it
so
simple,
so
you
do
a
phenomenal
job.
We
all
know
that.
So
we
appreciate
everything
that
you
do.
I
can't
see
anyone
on
screen.
So
if
there's
anybody
that
has
a
question
for
miss
walls.
D
D
P
P
Some
of
the
important
significance
around
that
another
factor
is
the
reality
that,
in
education
across
the
nation,
shortages
in
teachers
is
very
real.
We
it's
not
only
there
it's
in
the
state
and
it's
also
present
locally
right,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
make
an
impact
on
that,
because
all
school
districts
in
south
carolina
and
all
school
districts
across
the
country
are
competing
for
the
same
talent,
pool
and
talent
is
significant.
P
D
O
O
So,
as
you
can
see
today,
there
is
a
tremendous
support
for
this
budget.
For
for
me,
dr
rodriguez,
and
we're
very
proud
to
have
a
great
a
tremendous
team
of
people.
Today
we
have
instructional
services,
human
resources,
finance,
dr
rodriguez
myself.
So
all
those
representing
I
want
to
make
sure
we
cover
any
topics,
any
questions
you
may
have
today,
so
we
have
folks
ready
to
share
their
their
challenges
and
their
accomplishments.
O
Whichever
that
may
be-
and
also
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
fact
I
I
speak
regularly
with
county
staff
with
pinky
with
mr
rodman
as
well
council,
member
and
with
whitney
and
with
hayes
as
well.
So
I
appreciate
their
efforts
and
constantly
communicating
back
and
forth
things
as
we
compare
notes
or
information
that
we
need
to
to
share.
So
I
I
appreciate
that
very
much
so
I
I
have
a
summary
today
and
then
I
have
some
details
that
I'm
going
to
leave
with
you
or
email
email
to
all
of
you.
O
We
don't
have
time
for
a
lot
of
the
details
today,
but
this
is
basically
the
overview
of
of
our
budget.
So
we
always
like
to
talk
about
the
great
things
that
are
happening
in
the
district
first,
and
here
are
just
a
few.
Just
a
few
include
the
we
received
the
military
purple
star
designation
in
this
fiscal
year.
O
O
Also
collaboration
with
community
partners.
We've
collaborated
with
technical
college,
low
country
and
usc
beaufort
on
a
number
of
different
topics
as
well,
and
continue
to
do
that,
and
also
after
school
programs
we've
recently
in
embarked
on
a
program
where
we're
partnering,
with
local
churches
and
after-school
community
community
centers,
to
provide
free
aftercare
programs
to
students
as
well,
and
then
we're
nearing
the
referendum.
Midpoint
we've
expanded
two
schools
right
off
the
bat
and
have
major
upgrades
at
a
couple:
more
schools.
O
Every
school
is
experiencing
safety,
security
and
technology
upgrades
and
we're
about
halfway
through
those
and
so
we'll
continue.
We
have
about
a
cup.
We
have
a
couple
more
years
to
complete
those
projects,
but
they're
going
very
well
so,
with
our
great
things
are
some
many
challenges
as
well
and
you've
heard
about
many
of
them.
O
Today,
you're
going
to
hear
very
similar
things
that
you've
heard
from
the
fire
districts
the
sheriff's
office,
we're
encountering
the
same
thing,
so
some
of
the
challenges
include
affordable
housing
with
many
of
the
teachers
that
we
attempt
to
hire
and
even
staff
members.
We
had
one
recently
in
finance
area
that
they
were
coming
here.
They
they
were
accepted
the
job
and
then
found
that
they
couldn't
afford
to
live
here
and
even
if
they
could
afford
it,
there
wasn't
anything
available.
So
it
was
it's.
O
The
rising
constant
cost
of
rising
housing
is
definitely
an
issue
for
us
rising
health
care.
We
have
an
18
increase
in
this
budget,
so
not
only
for
us,
but
others
in
the
community
are
having
particularly
rising
cost
issues
there.
Fuel
was
mentioned
earlier
today.
The
cost
of
food
is
up
and
we
feed
of
a
lot
of
people
a
lot
of
children
every
day,
21
000
students,
and
so
that
cost
is
climbing
every
day.
O
Child
care
is
becoming
very
expensive
for
our
teachers.
For
our
other
staff
members.
That's
why
we're
one
of
that's.
One
of
the
initiatives
that
we
have
in
place
is
to
offer
free
child
care
for
our
staff
and
labor
shortage
is
really
an
issue
for
us
recruiting
and
retaining
our
highly
qualified
teachers
and
staff
administrators
as
well
has
become
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
we
have
in
the
school
district
and
from
other
aspects
either
operationally
or
capital
projects
supply
chain
is,
is
a
problem.
O
We
may
order
a
school
bus
and
it
takes
six,
eight
or
12
months
to
get
here,
hvac
units
that
we're
trying
to
replace
use,
esser
funds
or
or
bonding
funds
to
support
and
improve
our
schools
and
the
indoor
air
quality.
There
sometimes
take
a
lead
time
of
6
to
12
months
anywhere,
so
large,
large
items,
refrigeration
units
in
our
kitchens
and
so
on.
So
it's
endless
and
we
we
hope
to
see
it
improving
soon,
but
we
will
continue
to
try
to
plan.
O
So
the
timeline
or
the
not
the
timeline.
Excuse
me
the
the
pipeline.
I
think
mr
herbershon
mentioned
earlier.
One
of
my
comments
is
going
to
be
that
the
number
of
teachers
available
to
hire
is
diminishing,
so
our
colleges
aren't
graduating
as
many
teachers,
because
the
profession
is
generally
not
as
well
paid
as
across
the
nation
as
some
of
the
other
other
occupations.
P
On
that,
on
that
particular
point,
some
staggering
numbers
for
us
to
consider
and
to
think
about
nationwide
50
of
educators
leave
the
profession
in
a
cohort
of
teachers,
leave
the
profession
by
the
fifth
year
50
here
in
south
carolina.
Approximately
eight
percent
of
educators
are
leaving
for
one
reason
or
another
right
and
whether
it's
a
family
move,
whether
it's
retirement,
whether
it's
leaving
the
profession,
our
colleges
and
universities,
are
graduating
students
that
replace
four
percent
right
off
the
bat.
P
You
see
a
significant
gap,
which
means
that,
in
order
for
us
to
hire
and
employ
teachers
and
educators,
we
are
also
having
to
go
outside
of
the
state
of
south
carolina.
And
so
that's
why
I
say
to
you
earlier
that
that
nationwide
school
districts
are
competing
across
the
country
for
the
same
talent,
pool
and
educators,
because
that's
that's
a
reality.
So.
O
O
The
state
senate
has
approved
a
budget
to
approve
a
two
thousand
dollar
increase,
which
would
bring
the
state
teacher
minimum
salary
schedule
to
thirty
eight
thousand
dollars.
It
is
my
understanding
that
on
friday,
the
legislature
convened
and
will
not
reconvene
the
session,
ended
and
will
not
reconvene
until
sometime
in
june.
So
we
are
moving
forward
through
the
process
without
a
finalization
of
those
numbers,
and
so
we
do
have
some
early
revenue
projections
from
both
the
rev,
the
house
and
the
senate.
O
This
budget
is
based
more
on
the
house
version
of
the
budget
of
the
state
budget,
so
we'll
continue
to
move
forward
and
we'll
likely
get
the
budget
passed
before.
We
have
a
true
final
picture
of
what
our
state
revenues
and
our
state
mandates,
which
are
also
a
part,
a
large
part
of
the
expenditure
budget
before
we
know
what
those
are.
O
So
we
do
have
gone
to
the
board
and
had
multiple
discussions
throughout
the
last
few
months
of
the
budget
and
some
options
of
what
we
wanted
to
do,
how
we
wanted
to
address
the
teacher
shortage,
the
teacher
salaries
and
other
employee
all
other
employee
compensation
as
well.
So
we
have
talked
with.
We
brought
a
group
of
students
together.
O
I
had
some
great
contact,
great
collaboration
with
students
in
every
high
school
of
the
county,
very
enlightening
actually
with
staff
with,
and
then
we
had
a
commute
couple
of
community
forums
where
we
had
teachers.
We
had
all
other
other
staff
members.
We
had
parents
and
just
members
of
the
community
attend
as
well.
O
So
we
have
received
a
cross-section
of
input
and
we
also
have
a
new
section
of
our
website
called
bcsd
connect
and
where
we
posted
all
of
our
information
on
the
website,
our
powerpoints
and
offered
them
to
gain
some
input
and
feedback
there.
And
so
we
constantly
are
receiving
multiple
comments
each
day
and
then
we're
able
to
respond
to
any
questions
or
clarify
topics
that
may
be
confusing
for
our
community
members.
O
O
So
I
know
that
we
do
have
mental
health
supports
and
awareness
in
those
and
but
we'll
continue
to
address
areas
in
the
climate,
because
we
know
that
compensation
isn't
everything.
The
climate
and
the
culture
have
to
be
strong
and
healthy,
as
well
and
leadership
as
well,
the
accountability,
investment
and
action,
and
we
continue
to
we're
using
esser
funds
to
provide
professional
development
for
our
leaders
and
to
those
are
ongoing
sessions
that
occur
monthly,
weekly,
quarterly
and
annually
to
build
that
leadership.
O
So,
in
terms
of
the
current
starting
teacher
salary
in
south
carolina,
one
of
our
board
members
early
on
in
the
year
when
this
discussion
of
teacher
salaries
has
been
talked
about
in
in
our
board
committees,
since
almost
since,
probably
early
january
or
before
so
in.
In
actually
our
operations
committee,
one
of
our
board
members
asked
for
a
comparison
of
the
starting
teacher
salary
in
buford,
as
in
comparison
to
starting
teacher
salaries
across
the
state
of
south
carolina.
O
So
I
know
that
this.
This
is
a
busy
slide.
You
can't
see
the
words
at
the
bottom,
but
basically
this
is
77
school
districts
throughout
the
count.
The
state
of
south
carolina
on
the
far
left
at
the
high
point
in
blue,
the
blue
high
point
is
greenville
and
york
4,
which
is
fort
mill
and
the
far
end.
At
the
right
hand,
end
is
bamberg,
sumter
and,
and
so,
and
I
can't
read
the
other
two
that
I
was
going
to
mention
so,
of
course,
77
school
districts
in
the
state.
O
Now
I
do
want
to
make
caveat
there.
This
does
not
include
the
locality
supplement.
There
is
a
5
000
locality
supplement.
We
have
that
is
not
included
in
the
base
teacher
salary.
It's
a
supplement,
that's
provided
twice
per
year
and
is
paid
in
december
and
may,
and
so
I
will
I'll
include
that
number
of
in
conversation
in
just
a
moment.
O
O
And
then
the
proposal
from
the
house
was
a
four
thousand
dollar
increase.
So
our
budget
proposal
includes
a
four
thousand
dollar
increase
from
that
number
to
raise
to
forty
five
five,
fifty
six,
and
so
that
also
includes
what
the
so.
What
the
budget
includes
is
a
four
thousand
dollar
increase,
plus
a
proposal
from
the
board
to
move
half
of
the
locality
supplement
into
the
base
teacher
salary
as
well,
so
it
becomes
a
permanent
wage.
O
It
is
not
does
not
require
an
annual
increase
of
the
budget,
so
this
includes
both
a
four
thousand
dollar
increase
and
a
twenty
five
hundred
dollar
locality
movement
from
the
twice
a
year.
Half
of
it
into
a
permanent
wage,
so
I'm
going
to
provide
you
some
more
details
on
that
and
the
costs
of
each
of
those
line
items,
and
I
will
get
those
out
to
you
before
the
end
of
the
day
and
so
the
cost
for
each
of
the
separate
items.
O
The
cost
to
the
district
of
the
2500
movement
is
a
million
dollars
in
retirement
the
retirement
we
are
required
by
the
state
to
participate
with
the
state
retirement
system.
The
rate
increased
once
again,
as
you
all
know,
by
one
percent
on
the
employee
earth
side
and
the
these
are.
The
locality
is
not
currently
subject
to
retirement,
so
it's
not
part
of
the
permanent
wage
of
a
teacher,
and
so
it
is
subject
to
23.86
retirement.
O
O
I,
when
teachers
come
to
our
district,
our
teachers
graduate
from
colleges
throughout
the
state.
They
look
at
these
base
teacher
salary
schedules
and
they
compare
them.
I
had
a
staff
member
who's
actually
here
today
and
and
she
was
a
teacher
coming
out
of
college
in
the
1990s
late
90s
and
she
was
graduating
from
college
in
the
upstate.
O
She
looked
at
the
teacher's
salary
schedule
and
found
she
was
expecting
to
go.
Teach
in
the
upstate
area
stay
in
that
area,
but
found
that
buford
at
the
time
was
the
first
ranked
first
in
terms
of
the
starting
teacher
salary.
So
she
moved
to
beaufort
and
still
is
with
us
today.
So
our
goal
is
to
put
us
back
in
first
place
of
the
race.
It's
a
race
where
it's
constantly
everyone's
constantly
maneuvering,
it's
a
moving
target,
so
greenville
and
york
four
will
be
moving
up
by
2000.
O
So
the
budget
by
category
is
broken
down
in
three
main
areas:
the
total
expenditures
that
we're
seeing
are
71
percent
instruction
and
instructional
support,
so
the
direct
school-based
positions
that
are
supporting
either
teachers
or
supporting
our
teachers,
leadership
and
other.
These
would
be
our
principals
and
assistant
principals
and
district
staff
and
operations.
The
energy
costs
the
custodial
the
maintenance,
the
facilities
that
all
of
those
things
are
built
into
the
53
million
dollars
to
total
a
budget
of
298
million
dollars.
O
O
Projected
revenues
are
summarized
here.
As
you
can
see,
sixty
percent
of
our
revenues
come
from
local
taxes.
Those
are
the
property
taxes
and
majority
from
non-owner
occupied
residences
or
businesses
and
vehicles.
Local
excuse
me.
Our
state
revenues
make
up
about
35
percent,
and
so
that's
105
million
dollars
that
comes
directly.
O
There
are
some
school
staffing
allocations.
There
are
24
additional
positions,
net
of
decreases
and
increases.
We
have
one
side
of
the
county,
that's
growing
and
rapidly.
The
bluffton
area
continues
to
grow
in
enrollment
by
approximately
400
students
per
year,
while
other
areas
of
the
county
are
either
flat
or
a
slight
decline,
and
so
overall
we
continue
to
grow
by
about
100
students.
A
year
this
year
projected
additionally
operational
increases
of
about
a
million
dollars
and
charter
school
increases
charter
school.
O
O
So
we
do
have
some
decreases
as
well,
and
some
others
are
netted
and
operational
has
some
increases
and
decreases
that
we've
shown
their
net
here
and
so
in
the
details
that
I'm
going
to
provide
you
they
will.
You
will
see
some
of
that
belt.
Tightening
sort
of
maneuvers
to
either
reduce
some
of
the
requests
in
operational
district,
operational
budgets
and
there
are
some
utilizing
special
revenue
funds
to
their
fullest,
so
either
s
or
funds
or
special
revenue
funds
as
well.
O
So
the
subtotal
of
the
increases
in
this
budget
is
24
million
dollars,
so
being
one
of
the
largest
employers
in
beaufort
county.
We
we
do
have.
It
is
a
sizable
budget
with
with
the
sizable
needs
as
well,
so
the
current
operations
millage
is
121
121.6,
the
proposed
increase
would
bring
us
to
125.6
and
there
is
no
increase
requested
or
proposed
for
the
debt
service,
millage
fund
or
debt
service
fund
impact
on
the
taxpayer.
I
have
two
scenarios
here:
250
000
and
a
400
000.
O
These
would
be
a
non-owner-occupied
residence
that
a
six
subject
to
a
six
percent
assessment
ratio.
Four
additional
mills
on
a
two
hundred,
fifty
dollar
thousand
dollar
home
would
be
about
sixty
dollars
per
year.
Increase
four
hundred
thousand
dollar
home
would
be
in
the
neighborhood
of
ninety
six
dollars
per
year
increase
and
again
these
are
non-owner
occupied
homes
and
then
businesses
and
motor
vehicles.
Businesses
have
other
assessment
ratios
as
well,
but
these
rates
are
not
applicable
to
primary
homeowners,
as
you
know,
because
they
are
exempt
from
school
operations.
Taxes
in
south
carolina.
O
So
again
I
mentioned
this
earlier.
The
total
teacher
pay
increase,
cost
is
11.3
million
dollars,
so
that
happens
to
be
when,
when
calculating
the
mills
and
near
the
end
of
the
game.
Just
a
few
days
ago,
I
was
thinking
how
much
of
of
the
new
mills
that
we're
the
new
revenues
that
we're
asking
for
are
are.
They
are
as
a
percentage
of
the
teacher
pay
increase
and
it
actually
ended
up
being
exactly
50,
so,
basically
we're
funding
the
existing
we're
funding.
O
And
so
our
budget
schedule
we
have
the
board
has
is
seeing
the
budget
in
its
final
reading
tomorrow
evening,
so
the
board
has
not
yet
certified
and
approved
this
budget.
We
will
be
doing
that
anticipated
to
do
that
tomorrow,
at
tomorrow's
board
meeting
and
so
by
the
time
of
third
reading,
we
will
have
an
approved
budget
to
bring
back
next
monday.
D
K
Thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Two
questions
number
one:
what
is
the
current
and
projected
cost
per
student
and
then
number
two
that
bar
chart
that
you
shared
that
has
the
rankings
by
county
of
teacher
pay
I'd
be
curious
to
see
if
we
could
get
that
in
consideration
of
neighboring
counties
in
neighboring
states
like,
for
instance,
savannah
charlotte
those
types
of
areas.
O
K
O
Georgia,
the
minimum
teacher
salary
in
georgia
is
44
500
and
the
north
carolina
starting
teacher's
salary
was
in
the
neighborhood
of
36
000.
I
believe
so.
There
was
a
big
difference
between
the
new
two
neighboring
counties
and
I'll
see
if
I
can
find
it
here
in
just
a
moment,
but
I
don't
have
the
per
pupil
expenditure
with
me.
We
can
certainly
calculate
that
and
send
it
over
to
the
council.
J
Questions
I
have
a
question
and
a
comment.
I
think
we're
all
aware
of
the
affordable
housing
lack
of
that
we
don't
have
available
the
the
inventory
the
hospital
has
look
is
offering
different
memorial
hospitals,
you
may
know,
is
offering
incentives
for
housing,
including
first-time
buyers.
Have
you
included
anything
like
that
in
this
budget,
for
incentives
for
first-time
home
buyers?
It's
a
repayable
loan
is
what
they're
doing
before
memorial
is.
J
Hopefully,
when
we
move
forward
with
other
things
countywide,
and
we
can
look
at
the
housing
trust
fund
as
with
incentives
for
those
kind
of
things,
you
said
that
one
that
you're
not
having
enough
students
coming
out
of
colleges
in
south
carolina
to
to
do
what
other,
what's
the
highest
state
that
we're
attracting
teachers
from.
Do
you
have
any
idea?
N
N
N
N
D
O
O
D
Thank
you
all
for
anyone
else
before
we
let
them
go
and,
as
usual,
I
think
you're
used
to
the
routine.
Now
ms
crosby
says
that
we're
going
to
ask
you
to
show
up
at
our
next
council
meeting,
because
that's
whenever
everyone
seems
to
have
some
some
questions
regarding
your
budget.
So
if
you
wouldn't
mind,
please
make
yourself
available
for
that.
I.
D
D
Well,
you
are
the
main
attraction
here,
so
number
15
recommend
approval
of
an
order
is
to
make
appropriations
for
county
government
special
purpose
districts
for
beaufort
county
for
the
fiscal
year,
beginning
july,
1st
2022
and
ending
june
30th
2023.
So
I'm
our
budget
director,
I'm
miss
parrott.
It's
I'm.
R
R
So
a
couple
of
the
budget
goals
that
we
had
set
based
on
our
retreat
in
november
and
throughout
our
budget
workshops,
was
to
implement
a
five
percent
cola.
Originally
it
was
gonna
be
july
one,
but
we
were
able
to
pull
it
off
a
little
earlier
this
year
prepared
three-year
capital
improvement
plan,
which
is
basically
the
first
three
years
of
the
comprehensive
plan
that
was
recently
approved,
and
then
we
worked
with
hr
to
get
an
accurate
fte
count
for
the
fiscal
year
23
budget
process.
R
So
we
have
I'm
going
to
repeat
just
show
you
again
what
the
estimated
value
of
a
mill
was
that,
based
on
our
real
and
personal
property
numbers
and
figures
that
we
got
from
the
assessor's
office
in
the
auditor's
office.
Again,
that's
an
increase
of
116
000
per
mail
value.
It's
a
little
over
five
percent
generated
a
little
extra
revenue
for
us
for
fiscal
year.
23.
R
All
right,
general
fund,
big
picture.
This
number
looked
really
different.
Last
time
you
saw
it,
but
we
have
decided
to
change
some
things
up.
He's
touched
on
a
lot
of
this
a
little
bit
a
little
while
ago,
so
we
have
shifted
around
some
of
our
revenue
since
we
saw
a
mill
value
increase
and
as
of
right
now,
as
of
today,
we
have
a
surplus
of
a
little
over
thirteen
hundred
dollars,
not
a
whole
lot,
but
we
have
decided
to
implement
some
other
things
this
year.
R
These
are
just
some
updated
numbers
based
on
what
you
saw
at
the
last
two
budget
workshops
to
reflect
some
of
the
additional
changes
that
we
made
to
the
fiscal
year,
23
budget,
it's
our
revenues
based
on
our
government
type
of
collection
and
that
there
is
our
general
fund
expenditures.
Of
course,
these
are
just
the
functions
of
government.
You
all
received
in
your
backup
line
item
details
for
every
fund
that
we
have
I'm
sure
that
was
some
wonderful
reading.
But
if
you
have
any
additional
questions,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out.
R
Again,
just
going
over
some
of
the
things
that
we
decided
to
include
in
this
year's
budget,
we
haven't,
I
think,
for
the
past
couple
of
years,
we've
only
increa
allowed
new
position
requests
for
the
public
safety
function,
but
this
year
we're
kind
of
letting
some
of
the
other
requests
flow
through
our
budget.
Of
course,
we've
got
the
coroner's
request
in
here,
and
we've
got
some
other
department,
requests
and
parks
and
rec
as
well.
R
Here's
some
vehicle
and
equipment
requests
that
we
have
included
in
fiscal
year,
23's
budget.
Some
of
these
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
kind
of
deferred
on
purchasing
in
the
last
couple
of
budget
cycles,
so
we
have
included
them
numbers
a
little
bit
higher
than
what
you
saw
previously.
That's
because
we've
added
some
things
for
some
of
our
new
programs
that
we
have
incorporated
in
the
next
fiscal
year.
R
A
quick
overview
of
our
other
funds,
the
very
first
one
you'll
see,
is
a
capital
improvement
fund.
I
have
a
little
bit
more
of
a
detailed
slide
about
that
coming
up
in
a
couple
of
slides
but
updated
numbers
for
our
special
revenue
funds.
Those
have
gone
up,
of
course,
to
reflect
our
arpa
funding
that
we
received
last
year
or
earlier
this
year,
our
capital
project
funds,
our
debt
service
funds,
which
will
look
drastically
different
next
year
and
our
garage
internal
service
fund.
R
All
right:
here's
a
little
bit
more
information
for
our
capital
improvement
fund,
hayes,
slide
and
fund
balance.
Presentation
touched
on
this
a
little
bit
earlier,
due
to
the
extra
revenue
and
surplus
that
we've
had.
We
decided
to
use,
as
he
showed
you
earlier,
a
little
over
nine
million
or
nine
million
dollars
from
the
fiscal
year,
21
general
fund
surplus
and
then
also,
if
you
look
at
your
ordinance,
we
shifted
one
mill
over
to
the
capital
improvement
plan.
We
reduced
operations
by
one
mill,
we
increased
our
capital
improvement
fund.
R
Millage
was
previously
0.6
mills.
This
year
we
decided
to
increase
that
to
1.6
mils.
Obviously,
a
lot
of
that
is
due
to
the
fact
that
we've
seen
a
growth
in
our
value
of
a
mill
and
obviously
we
have
a
surplus
that
we
can
work
with.
These
are
some
of
the
projects
that
we
have
included
in
the
capital
improvement
fund
for
next
fiscal
year.
A
lot
of
these
things
are
things
that
we've
deferred
for
several
years.
We
want
to
try
to
address
them.
Obviously,
ada
modifications
are
important
for
our
facilities.
R
We
are
planning
to
do
the
ems
headquarters,
planning
and
design
we're
going
to
install
some
pole
barns
for
public
works.
We
have
a
new
public
works
complex
that
we
are
planning
the
planning
and
design
for.
We
have,
as
he's
touched
on
this,
we
kind
of
have
the
same
list,
but
lots
of
parks
and
rec
improvements
that
we
need
to
accomplish
in
the
next,
hopefully,
the
next
fiscal
year.
R
We
have
some
equipment
out
at
mosquito
control
that
needs
to
be
housed
properly
and
then
public
works
is
requesting
a
fuel
truck
for
distributing
fuel
throughout
the
county,
and
we
also
have
an
inoperable
garage
bay
door
that
needs
to
be
fixed
and
used
in
our
garage
and
then
one
of
them.
One
of
these
is
for
the
generator
at
the
at
buckwalter,
where
our
national
guard
is
normally
housed
during
a
national
disaster.
So
we
need
that
type
of
equipment
out
there
at
parks
and
right.
R
These
are
some
of
the
other
vehicle
and
equipment
requests
from
the
other
funds.
We've
we've
got
some
replacement
vans
that
we
kind
of
overlooked
or
postponed
for
the
past
couple
of
years
and
some
equipment
that
needs
our
vehicles
that
need
to
be
replaced
in
storm
water
and
then
a
couple
of
trucks
for
the
hilton
head
island
airport.
R
R
E
E
E
We
funded
the
project
at
about
189
000
a
year,
increasing
the
budget
in
each
of
those
fiscal
years,
20,
21
and
22,
and
the
solicitor
received
567
000
over
those
years.
Despite
this
funding
over
the
past
three
years.
As
of
this
past
friday,
there
are
presently
344
cases
in
a
backlog
of
driving
under
the
influence
that
are
awaiting
disposition
in
beaufort
county
magistrates,
court.
Some
of
those
cases
dating
back
to
2019..
E
However,
his
total
request
is
still
the
same
as
it
was
in
the
past
three
fiscal
years,
so
I'm
at
a
loss
to
explain
what
happened
to
the
funds
we
provided
during
the
past
three
fiscal
years
that
were
there
to
support
this
pilot
project
and
were
to
result
in
a
team
of
attorneys
dedicated
to
assisting
law
enforcement
officers
in
addressing
this
important
issue.
But
I
believe
the
I
believe
the
budget
should
be
adjusted
here
and
that
we
should
defund
this
pilot
project
and
perhaps
reduce
that
budget
request
by
the
amount.
E
We
were
funding
it
over
the
past
three
years,
which
is
189
thousand
dollars
a
year,
and
that
we
should
continue
to
search
for
a
program,
positive
results
in
addressing
white
cases
in
beaufort
county.
I
haven't
even
asked
about
the
other
cases
in
the
other
four
counties
in
our
district,
because
we
only
made
the
arrangement
with
the
solicitor
for
prosecutions
in
the
magistrates
court
in
beaufort
and
in
bluffton,
but
having
a
backlog
of
344
cases
with
some
going
back
as
far
as
2019.
D
All
right,
I
don't
think
that's
something
that
miss
harrick
can
can
answer
and
would
have
to
get
the
solicitor
to
answer
those
those
questions.
So,
mr
mcallen,
I
think
at
this
point
you
know
what
we're
doing
here
today
is
is
looking
at
at
trying
to
move
the
budget
forward
and,
and
obviously
council
would
have
to
vote
on
this
three
times.
So
I
would.
I
would
think
that
we
could
ask
the
solicitor
to
come
to
our
the
next
council
meeting
and
during
our
council
meeting.
D
L
E
I
think
that
we
just
have
to
present
this
to
to
the
full
council
at
an
assemblage
and
perhaps
at
the
first
reading.
It
would
be
a
good
idea
to
do
that,
and
then
we
can
seek
some
answers
before
we
get
to
the
third
reading
to
see
if
any
adjustments
need
to
be
made
or
if
an
alternative
program
can
be
discussed
and
developed,
because
this
issue
has
to
be
addressed
by
somebody
somewhere
and
apparently
it's
not
being
addressed.
If
we
can
have
a
backlog
that
large
over
a
three-year
period.
D
F
D
F
E
D
D
And
obviously,
if
there's
other
places
in
our
budget
that
we
need
to
bring
people
forward,
we
need
to
know
those
any
other
questions
with
any
other
department
that
hasn't
come
forward
to
us,
so
they
can
be
prepared
and
we
can
be
ready
for
them
as
well.
So
if
there's
any
other
requests
out
there,
I
mean
obviously
get
that
to
myself
or
sarah
or
mr
greenway
and
we'll
be
able
to
then
address
those.
D
All
right,
so
any
other
questions
regarding
our
our
budget,
and
you
know,
obviously,
today
what
we're
looking
at
doing
is
this
this
committee
moving
it
forward
to
first
reading
for
county
council,
and
we
saw
the
the
timeline
that
this
has
to
be
done
by
the
end
of
june,
obviously
that
we
need
to
get
this
through.
So
is
there
anything
else
for
miss
harriet?
D
Good,
thank
you
and,
like
I
said,
if
there's
anything
else,
I
mean
mr
green.
We
mentioned
the
the
public
defender's
office.
If
there's
anything
else
out
there
that
we
need
to
get
answers
on.
We
need
to
know
now
before
the
first
greeting,
so
we
can
follow
up,
get
the
information
needed
or
have
them
come
and
and
be
there
in
person
to
answer
those
questions
that
that
are
going
to
be
tough
questions
all
right.
D
D
So
if
we
do
have
anybody
in
in
the
county
that
would
like
to
consider
that
they
can
get
a
four
of
us,
sarah
or
any
of
us
at
the
staff
here
and
see
what
that
entails
and
see
how
much
time
it
would
be.
But
again
we
do
need
folks.
For
some
reason,
we've
had
a
vacancy
of
those,
but
we
are
officially
adjourned
and
we
will
reconvene
in
five
minutes.
Thank
you.