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AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- March 21, 2022
6. CITIZEN COMMENTS - (ANYONE who wishes to speak during the Citizen Comment portion of the
meeting will limit their comments to no longer than three (3) minutes ( a total of 15 minutes ) and will
address Council in a respectful manner appropriate to the decorum of the meeting, refraining from the
use of profane, abusive, or obscene language)
7. DIVISION UPDATE FROM ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, DALE BUTTS
AGENDA ITEMS
8. DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF YEAR-TO-DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2022, FINANCE
DIRECTOR, DENISE CHRISTMAS
9. UPDATE FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY FINANCE DIRECTOR DENISE CHRISTMAS AND INTRODUCTION OF
FIXED ASSETS ACCOUNTANT, VINCENT JONES
10. PRESENTATION FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER DIRECTOR, MARTIN GOODMAN (FISCAL IMPACT: REQUESTING FUNDING OF $40,000 FOR THE 2023 BUDGET)
11. DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET REQUESTS FROM DAUFUSKIE ISLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT, SHELDON FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND BLUFFTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DISTRICT
Finance Committee Agenda – Beaufort County, SC
12. DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET REQUEST FROM BEAUFORT, JASPER, HAMPTON COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH
13. ADJOURNMENT
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A
A
Okay,
mr
passaman
and,
of
course,
we're
happy
to
have
mr
dawson
joining
us
today
in
person.
Glad
to
see
you
here
good
to
be
here
and
online,
mr
summerville,
mr
mckellen
and
mr
flewelling.
I
think
not
in
presence
what
is
mr
cunningham
and
mr
harvey
shop.
Rodman
news.
Oh
I'm,
sorry,
stu
is
there,
mr
robin
is
here
as
well.
So
all
right,
let's
move
on
public
notice
that
this
meeting
has
been
published
posted
distributed
according
to
foia.
A
A
A
Let's
see
no
objection,
those
are
approved,
and
now
it's
time
for
our
citizen
comment
three
minutes
for
anyone,
that's
interested!
Is
there
anyone
out
there
that
has
responded
with
sarah?
Yes,
sir,
all
right
is
anyone
in
the
audience
that
would
like
to
speak
today,
seeing
none.
Let's
move
on
then
to
number
seven,
our
agenda,
which
is
our
update
from
our
assistant
county
administrator
for
division
update
mr
dale
butts
mr
butts.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
good
afternoon,
everyone
just
a
few
noteworthy
items
about
what's
going
on
within
the
finance
division
and
then
you're
going
to
hear
from
a
couple
of
our
folks
firsthand
here
in
just
a
moment,
beginning
with
our
hr
department.
We've
we
have
several
job
fairs
career
expos
that
are
coming
up
this
week
and
in
the
in
the
weeks
to
come
april,
20th
at
tcl
for
professional
legal
professionals.
D
I
believe
our
clerk
of
corpse
department
is
participating
in
that
one
hr
will
be
at
battery
creek
high
school
on
april
21st,
estell
job
fair,
sponsored
by
south
carolina
works
on
the
26th
in
hardyville,
at
agape
family
life
center
on
the
27th
and
beaufort
jasper
academy
of
career
excellence
on
may.
The
13th
so
appreciate
scott
marshall,
keeping
us
updated
of
of
job
fairs
and
career
expos
that
that
are
going
on.
D
D
D
Licensing
department,
a
reminder
that
business
who
businesses
that
operate
within
the
unincorporated
boundaries
of
beaufort
county
must
renew
their
county
business
license
by
april
30th
or
face
late
penalties.
Renewal,
information
and
forms
have
been
mailed
to
all
business
owners.
The
standard
license
year
in
south
carolina
runs
from
may
1st
through
april.
The
30th
one
item
I
wanted
to
mention
that
the
assessor's
office
and
the
rest
your
deeds
office
are
collaborating
on
are,
is
jointly
providing
another
layer
of
fraud
protection
by
contacting
the
grantor
of
any
quitclaim
deed
that
comes
in.
D
That
is
not
prepared
by
an
attorney
that's
to
ensure
that
the
individual
did
indeed
convey
the
property,
so
they
will
contact
that
individual,
and
this
is
in
addition
to
the
the
subscription
property
fraud
alert
that
we
already
have
in
place
that
that
you
guys
approved
last
year,
so
that's
already
available
to
our
citizens.
This
is
just
another
proactive
layer
that
those
two
departments
are
putting
in
place
that
as
deed
fraud
has
become
a
real
concern
for
a
lot
of
folks,
not
only
here
but
around
the
country.
D
Our
procurement
services
department
has
now
trained
more
than
30
employees
through
the
meet
and
greet
events.
Some
of
you
have
taken
taken
those
events
in
and
that
has
been
taking
place
over
the
last
month.
There
are
two
more
schedule
for
the
remaining
thursdays
of
this
month
with
a
possible
make-up
date
in
the
future.
D
A
D
This
one,
this
one
is:
is
the
the
registered
deeds
office
put
in
place
a
a
fraud
alert
system
as
part
of
our
software
about
a
year
ago,
that
was
very
popular
with
our
citizens.
Here
in
the
county,
our
property
owners.
That's
a
subscription
service.
You'll
get
notified
anytime
that
that
there
is
any
transaction
involving
your
property,
which
you
know
99
of
the
time
you're
going
to
be
aware
of
it,
but
just
in
case
there's
something
comes
across
that
you're,
not
aware
of
you
get
an
alert
through
email,
that's
what's
already
in
place.
D
What
is
now
what
is
now
happening
is
the
assessor's
office
and
the
registered
deeds
office
are
collaborating
to
notify
the
grantor
of
any
transaction
that
comes
into
their
office,
not
involving
an
attorney.
That's
really
where
most
of
your
fraud
could
could
take
place.
Anyways
if
it's
a
handmade
deed
or
something
like
that,
and
just
to
make
sure
you
know,
and
if,
if
that
person
comes
back
and
indeed
says
no,
I
did
not
convey
the
property,
then
they'll
stop
the
process
right
there.
That's.
A
What
this
is
any
other
questions
for
mr
butts.
Anyone
online
all
right,
mr
butts.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
all
right.
Let's
move
on
to
our
agenda
items
and
number
eight
discussion
and
presentation
of
the
year-to-date
financial
statements
for
2022
and
our
finance
director
miss
denise
christmas.
E
So
our
year,
to
date,
financial
reports
for
the
general
fund.
Today
as
it
stands,
we
have
collected
94.1
percent
of
our
budgeted
revenue
and
we've
collected
71.59
of
our
budgeted
expenditures
for
the
general
fund.
Today,
can
you
all
see
the
okay?
Okay,
so
highlighted
some
of
the
highlighted
items
for
these
amounts
for
revenue.
E
I
met
with
edra
a
few
weeks
ago
and
she
informed
me
that
her
license
and
permits
are
up
for
renewal.
I
think
this
month
is
that
right
now
this
month,
yeah,
so
those
should
be
that
revenue
should
start
coming
in
pretty
good
very
shortly
intergovernmental
revenue.
A
lot
of
that
funding
from
the
state
doesn't
come
in
until
after
fiscal
year
end,
so
that
should
correct
itself
by
the
by
the
end
of
the
year
when
we
close
the
books
out
and
charges
for
services.
Register
of
deeds
continues
to
have
a
record
year.
E
Fines
and
forfeitures
they're
expected
to
continue
upward.
Trending
interest
rates
are
still
low,
so
they're
lagging
compared
to
what
we
budgeted
miscellaneous
revenues.
They
are
increased
due
to
the
sale
of
the
dsn
building.
Again,
I
think
hayes
reported
that
before
so
that's
that's
still
out
there
and
then
transfers
in
they
should
be
corrected
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
as
well.
E
E
Public
welfare
is
following
their
budget
they're
right
on
target
for
their
spending
for
the
year.
Culture
and
recreation
parks
and
rec
are
significantly
below
expectations
right
now,
and
spending
on
economic
development
by
beaufort,
county
economic
development
corporation
is
right
on
target
as
well.
E
All
right,
so
we
we
look
to
have
a
surplus
again,
but
I'm
sure
that's
not
any
surprise
to
you
all
revenue's
coming
in
strongly.
Like,
I
said
the
one
thing
that's
not
reported
in
on
the
revenue
side
for
real
for
real
estate
and
other
property
taxes
are
refunds
that
that
we're
still
processing
at
this
time,
so
that
revenue
would
go
down
a
little
bit
once
we
issue
those
refunds
and
that's
all
I
have
as
far
as
the
highlighted
items
does
anybody
have
any
questions
about
any
of
those
items.
E
F
E
F
E
E
I
mean
I
don't
know
we'll
see
how
close
I
am
to
that.
I
guess:
okay,
but
it's
coming
in
pretty
strong.
You
know
people
are
spending
even
though
kova's
around
still
people
are
shopping
and
spending-
and
you
know
every
time
our
citizens
or
anybody
from
another
county
comes
in
our
county
and
spends
money.
You
know,
that's
always
a
good
thing
for
us.
It's
a
bad
problem.
E
E
Kinds
like
that's
included
in
the
formula
and
the
calculation
well
from
my
experience
at
another
county
that
was
always
included
in
our
refund
but
say,
say:
your
property
is
assessed
at
four
percent
and
they
taxed
you
at
six,
and
maybe
it
wasn't
caught
in
time
when
your
escrow
came.
You
know
when
your
mortgage
company
paid
your
taxes,
then
that
two
percent
of
refund
would
go
back
either
to
the
mortgage
company
or
to
the
citizen.
So
that's
one
type
of
refund.
E
Other
types
of
refund,
like
you
said,
are
homestead
what,
if
a
citizen
paid
their
taxes
on
their
property
and
then
they
they
paid
them
saying.
Oh,
I
owe
these
taxes,
but
in
reality
maybe
their
property
was
sold
and,
and
it
takes
a
year
so
to
get
that
tax,
roll
updated
and
so
the
records
weren't
updated.
I
mean
you
might
have
a
deceased
person
and
maybe
the
family
was
paying
taxes,
and
maybe
you
know
the
communication.
Wasn't
there
and
it's
just
all
sorts
of
situations
where,
where
we
collect
taxes
and
then
owe
back.
A
A
E
E
E
And
I
know
this
has
been
an
area
of
concern
for
the
county
and
I
just
want
you
all
to
know
that
I
believe
strongly
in
recording
and
reporting
these
fixed
assets
and
making
sure
that
everything's
accounted
for.
I
myself
used
to
be
a
fixed
asset
accountant
in
orangeburg
county
and
I
physically
put
my
hand
on
over
8
000
assets.
A
G
Sir
good
afternoon,
everyone
I've
been
with
beaufort
county
for
about
a
year.
This
is
actually
my
third
position
in
beaufort
county.
Just
give
a
little
background
to
myself,
I'm
a
12
year
veteran
in
the
marine
corps,
my
first
duty
station
on
active
duty.
I
end
up
being
tasked
with
what
is
called
a
armory
custodian.
G
I
J
G
Went
straight
to
the
first
argument
to
do
would
y'all
like
to
know
what
my
next
course
action
is
in
regards
to
assets?
Okay,
so
munis
is
actually
a
very
good
tool
for
for
me
in
with
using
fixed
assets,
so
I
can
actually
manipulate
the
system
to
where,
when
a
purchase
order
is
created
as
long
as
it's
ten
thousand
dollars
or
more,
it
will
ping
in
the
system
as
a
capitalized
asset,
and
it
won't
be
physically
made
an
asset
until
the
invoice
is
paid
out
now
as
of
right.
G
G
But
that's
the
the
process
I'm
doing
right
now
and,
along
with
the
forensic
audit,
I've
already
had
a
list
of
assets
that
are
by
department.
It
is
actually
our
first
apartment
I'm
going
to
do
the
forensic
audit
on
just
waiting
for
them
to
get
back
with
us
on
a
date
when
we're
actually
going
to
go
in
and
physically
check.
G
They
only
have
67
assets
that
are
listed
right
now,
so
they're,
our
first
so-called
guinea
pig
and
we'll
find
out
what's
going
on
with
that
one
and
then
from
there
I'll
be
able
to
figure
out
what
is
the
next
course
action?
What
was
going
on
right
there?
What
was
going
wrong
and
how
do
we
go
forward
with
every
other
forensic
audit
that
I'm
going
to
do
description,
good.
G
G
Director,
I
said
hey,
this
is
your
capitalized
asset
list
and
then
this
is
your
non-capitalized
asset
list.
I
truly
believe
that
those
assets
should
still
be
collected
internally.
Just
in
case
they
want
to,
you
know,
keep
their
own
internal
list.
If
things
go
missing
or
they
can.
You
know
talk
to
somebody
about
them.
C
G
H
G
K
E
We
always
thought
it
was
5,
000
or
greater,
and
then
he
came
across
this
ordinance
that
where
it
was
approved
at
10,
000
or
greater,
so
that
kind
of
changed
things
for
us
and
it
shrunk
our
capital
asset
list
tremendously,
but
for
the
I.t
department.
So
any
one
item,
any
one
item:
that's
that
costs,
10,
000
or
more
is
a
capital
asset.
So
if
you
think
about
it,
you're
thinking
about
all
these
computers
and
all
this
equipment,
printers
and
whatnot
well-
and
you
know
that
a
computer's
not
ten
dollars
anymore.
E
But
we
will
know
more
whenever
vincent
gets
in
there
and
actually
starts
touching
everything
and
I'm
sure
what
he's
going
to
do
is
he's
going
to
notice
some
items
that
are
not
on
the
list
that
he's
going
to
question
and
then
those
are
going
to
be
capitalized.
So
our
asset
list
will
grow
again,
I'm
sure
and
that's
what
we're
anticipating
as
as
we've
understood
that
these
items
have
not
been
physically
touched
for
years.
K
E
A
G
G
E
And
we'll
be
able
to
compare
his
asset
schedule
finalize
asset
schedule
after
you
touch
everything
with
what
risk
management
has
on
file.
Hr
has
on
file
with
our
insurance
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
paying
insurance
on
things
that
don't
exist
anymore,
that
the
insurance
policy
and
the
items
match
our
assets.
Excellent.
A
E
To
keep
them
on
the
boats,
if
they're
already
on
the
books,
we
plan
to
keep
them
on
the
books,
but
that
depreciation
will
be
removed.
So
it's
not
reported
because
we're
not
required
to
report
that
depreciation,
but
each
department.
We
are
going
to
ask
each
department
to
keep
up
with
their
own
non-capitalized
assets
each
year
and.
E
N
E
The
insurance
policy
to
what
we
have
make
sure
depreciation
ties
end
with
our
audited
financial
statements
and
maybe
install
trackers
or
ask
you
guys
to
reach
those
trackers
with
with
heavy
equipment
and
such
and
the
barcode
reading
is
huge
too.
So
that's
that's
a
good
piece
of
software
that
we
can
have.
Hopefully
you
can
walk
in
a
room
and
just
scan
and
it'll
it'll
save
time
and
be
efficient.
It'll
be
efficient
process.
F
G
A
N
Good
afternoon,
I
just
wanted
to
do
a
brief
introduction.
We
have
about
three
or
four
budget
trans
budget
presentations
for
fiscal
year,
2023
we're
going
to
start
with
mr
goodman
and
then
we'll
have
three
fire
chiefs
here
today.
The
other
two
were
not
able
to
make
it
by
this
deadline
due
to
their
commission
meetings,
so
they
will
be
presenting
at
your
may
finance
committee
meeting
and
then
we'll
have
one
more
from
beaufort
jasper,
hampton
comprehensive
health,
but
without
further
ado.
Here's
mr
goodman,
mr
goodwin.
O
O
O
So
they
can
feel
confident
that
their
information
is
totally
protected
and
any
clients
that
we
mention
here
today
are
ones
that
have
given
us
written
permission
to
use
their
names,
no
cost
yes
and
then,
in
addition
to
that,
the
consulting
services
are
at
no
cost
to
the
to
the
client.
So
the
work
we
do
to
with
them
and
for
them
is
at
no
cost
as
are
any
of
our
training
sessions.
They
are
at
no
cost
as
well.
O
We
are
an
economic
development
partner
of
beaufort
county.
We
work
with
john
o'toole
and
charlie
and
the
economic
development
corporation.
They
refer
clients
to
us
and-
and
we
try
to
assist
them
when
when
they
refer
those
folks
to
us,
we
have
a
great
mix
in
beaufort,
county
pat
and
I
see
both
existing
clients
and
we
see
startup
preventure
entrepreneurs
and
it
is
a
little
weighted
heavily
toward
the
existing
businesses,
which
is
you
know
where
we
can
have
the
most
impact,
and
then
we
also
work
with
the
starbucks.
O
Excuse
me
and
then
I
do
a
hurricane
preparedness
disaster
planning,
training
event
every
may
hours
to
this
year
is
scheduled
on
may
5th,
it's
a
webinar
and
we
go
through
disaster
planning
for
businesses
and
helping
them
understand
the
importance
of
a
disaster
plan
to
understand
any
impact
to
any
disaster.
Whether
it's
you
know
we
automatically
go
to
hurricanes
here,
but
there's
also,
you
know
other
types
of
disasters
in
a
business
from
from
floods
to
a
fire.
O
O
We
assist
clients,
understanding
licensing
and
how
that
affects
them,
and
as
with
some
businesses,
if
they're
operating
in
the
total
entity
of
beaufort
county,
they
may
have
to
have
as
many
as
five
business
licenses.
So
we
try
to
make
sure
that
they
understand
that
and
they're
complying
with
the
laws
and
rules
that
they
need
to
go
by.
M
O
O
That
is
a
requirement
of
three
years
projections
with
good
assumptions
and
a
source
and
uses
pat
does
an
excellent
job
of
assisting
clients
and
helping
them
write
their
written
business
plan
to
support
the
loan
request
in
the
past
three
years.
Pat
and
I
both
have
been
extremely
busy
with
business
acquisitions.
It
is
a
really
hot
item.
O
Right
now,
a
lot
of
people
are
are
looking
to
purchase
an
existing
business,
and
so
we
have
had
some
some
successes,
one
of
my
my
clients
that
you
may
have
gotten
an
email
from
barry
wilson
who
recently
purchased
muir's
printing
back
in
1920.
I
mean
back
in
2020
and
converted
it
to
an
alpha,
graphics,
franchise,
he's
doing
very
well
and
following
that
legacy
of
that
business,
so
there's
a
lot
of
activity.
I
Good
afternoon
and
I'd
like
to
thank
you
also
for
your
funding
that
you've
given
us
the
past
years,
it's
very
much
appreciated.
During
covet.
We
were
very
busy.
The
government
came
out
and
was
offering
ppp
money
to
to
small
businesses,
paycheck
protection
plan
money,
and
they
were
also
offering
well
what
was
referred
to
as
idle
e-I-d-l,
which
which
stands
for
economic
injury,
no
disaster
loan
disaster
loans
and
with
each
one
of
these
programs,
the
government
came
out
with
a
website
for
people
to
log
on
to
and
to
apply
for
the
funding.
I
The
first
couple,
websites
crashed
and
people
had
to
reapply,
and
there
were
and
and
the
way
the
websites
were
set
up.
It
just
wasn't
easy
for
a
small
business
owner
to
just
get
on
and
put
in
name
address
password.
I've
been
here
for
five
years.
Please
give
me
money,
I
mean
they
had
to
answer
questions
about
their
finances
and
they
didn't
always
have
those
answers.
I
They
didn't
have
complete
books,
or
else
they
had
to
contact
their
cpa
or
they
had
to
find
past
tax
returns,
and
then
they
had
to
upload
tax
returns
to
the
to
the
to
the
website.
So
so
it
was
wonderful
that
the
government
was
making
this
this
money
available
to
the
small
businesses,
but
it
was
not
an
easy
process
for
them
to
apply
for
and
then
after
they
applied
for
it.
I
There
were
questions,
follow-up
questions
for,
for
when
am
I
going
to
get
my
money
and
did
I
apply
for
it
right
and
they
sent
me
this
email,
and
what
does
this
mean
pat?
What
does
this
mean?
So
we
had
to
help
them
troubleshoot
through
the
whole
process,
and
we
had
long
days
long
hours
we
heard
from
people
we
had
never
heard
from
before
people
people
were
calling
the
sba
office
in
columbia
and
the
sba,
and
they
were
referring
them
to
us.
I
Our
local
chambers
were
referring
people
to
us,
and
then
people
were
getting
on
on
the
websites
to
to
learn
how
to
apply
for
the
funding
and
then
at
the
end
of
the
webinar.
They
referred
people
to
us.
So
we
were,
we
were
getting
emails
and
phone
calls
and
martin
and
I
were
on
the
phone
to
each
other
early
in
the
morning
saying
you
know
I
would
say:
how
did
you
respond
to
this
question?
I
You
know
how
do
we,
what
what
should
we
tell
them
to
do,
because
we
were
learning
how
to
do
it
and
the,
and
so
it
would
anyway
it
was
a
very
time
consuming
process,
but
it
was
very
worthwhile.
It
was
very
rewarding
for
us
to
see
the
small
business
owners
that
we
helped
get
the
money
which
really
did
help
them
through.
I
You
know
a
very
difficult
time,
as
you
know,
I'd
like
to
follow
up
on
just
a
few
things
that
that
that
martin
said
when
I,
when
I
describe
to
people
what
we
do,
I
tell
people
that
we're
part
of
a
network
of
business
consultants
we're
in
all
50
states.
There
are
consultants
like
us,
we're
in
all
50
states
and
we're
associated
with
universities
in
all
the
50
states.
Obviously,
martin
and
I
are
with
the
usc
system,
but
also
clemson,
has
a
service
state
college
in
orangeburg
and
winthrop.
I
So
there's
business
consultants
like
us
all
the
way
through
the
state
of
south
carolina
and
it
is
one-on-one
business.
Consulting.
What
we
talk
to
people
about
depends.
It
depends
on
where
they
are
in
their
planning
process.
Everyone's
different,
and
I
tell
people
that
our
services
are
confidential
and
at
no
cost
to
them.
I
tell
people,
I'm
your
tax
dollars
at
work
and
they
I
always
get
a
chuckle
from
that.
They
like
that
when
we,
when
we
tell
them
that-
and
I
did
have
several
of
my
clients-
write
you
letters.
I
hope
you
got
them.
I
We
just
passed
last
and
the
the
handout
that
was
displayed
up
there.
Some
of
some
of
the
numbers
up
there
came
from,
and-
and
we
have
permission
to
use
these
these-
to
talk
about
these
clients,
apple
appliance
on
hilton
head
and
we
help
symbios,
which
is
medical
related.
They
they're
they're,
a
doctor's
office
and
they've
created
lots
of
jobs
and
they're
gonna
have
big
big
sales
that
this
year
there
were.
Let's
see
who
else
wrote?
Oh
new
york,
city
pizza.
I
You
know,
I
think
he
has
six
restaurants
in
this
lowcountry
area
and
in
past
years,
in
past
years,
one
of
my
clients
who
kevin
allmeyer,
who
bought
the
hilton
head
bluffton
son.
He
wrote
a
letter
to
you
all
several
years
ago
supporting
our
request
for
funding
charlene
gardner
in
bluffton.
She
has
four
corners
framing.
I
I
have
helped
her
since
she
was
originally
in
her
garage
doing
framing
and
she
has
since
expanded
twice
and
and
several
retail
and
floral
shops
and
other
restaurants.
So
in
a
nutshell,
you
know
how
we
help
people
depends
because
everyone's
different
who
calls
us,
but
we
have
been
doing
a
lot
of
acquisitions
lately.
O
And
pat
and
I
have
a
unique
approach
in
the
last
few
years-
a
lot
of
the
larger
acquisitions,
especially
we
take
a
two-pronged
approach.
She
works
with
them
on
their
business
plan,
I'll
work
with
them
on
their
financials,
and
that
way
we
work
concurrently.
So
the
client's
loan
package
can
get
done
quicker,
which
in
today's
market
now
is
going
to
enable
them
to
get
into
a
locked
in
interest
rate,
as
rates
are
beginning
to
rise
again
now.
O
So
we
work
very
well
together
and
the
client
works
with
her
and
me
and
is
able
to
get
their
program
together,
as
you
see
from
the
pass
out
or
the
handout
that
was
in
your
packet.
We
served
225
clients
last
year
and
we
assisted
clients
with
22.
Business
starts
that
capital
that
that
it
required
to
do
all
the
activities
that
our
clients,
including
the
acquisitions,
the
new
businesses,
was
a
little
over
14.7
million
dollars
and
that's
both
equity
and
and
loans,
and
we
assisted
clients
in
creating
127
jobs
in
the
county.
O
So
we
had.
We
had
good
numbers-
and
these
in
these
numbers
that
we
report
the
only
way
that
we
can
report
them
into
our
database
system.
Is
the
client
has
to
sign
a
document
giving
us
attribution
that
we
assisted
them
and
that
the
information
is
correct
and
then
our
regional
supervisor
approves
it
and
then
we're
ready
to
enter
into
our
database
to
capture
yeah.
I
And
I
think
it's
important
for
you
guys
to
know
that
we
work
with
all
sophistication
levels.
You
know
we.
We
have
been
fortunate
that
we
work
with
existing
businesses.
You
know
these
people
have
been
in
business
a
long
time,
maybe
they're
thinking
of
buying
another
business
or
expanding
and
and
then
we
work
with
with
people
who
haven't
a
clue
of
what's
going
on,
but
they
have
a
dream
you
know,
and
so
for
those
people
we
don't
necessarily
look
to
get
them
into
business.
You
know
right
away,
but
what
can
we
do
to
help
them?
I
So
they're
going
to
be
prepared
to
start
a
business
and
be
successful
in
the
future,
and
sometimes
they
need
more
experience.
Sometimes
they
need
to
figure
out
how
to
get
the
money.
You
know
they
need
to
work
on
their
credit
rating.
They
need
to
get
collateral,
I
mean
it
just
it
just
varies
so,
but
it's
all
sophistication
levels.
You
know,
and
it's
really
rewarding
to
help
those
people
who
are
starting
small
and
then
watching
them
watching
them,
build
their
businesses
and
reach
their
dream.
A
I
Retail
service
yeah,
most
of
them
are
that
have
the
numbers
on
there,
but
a
few
of
the
startups
people
are
starting
things
out
of
their
home.
You
know
and
doing
things
on
the
internet.
You
know
we
we
help
them.
You
know
with
marketing
licensing,
you
know
making
sure
they
have
all
their
light,
their
business
license,
and
they
have
you
know
everything
they
need.
We
help
them
set
up
their
llc
moving
companies.
I've
helped
some
people
some,
you
know
they.
I
They
help
move
stuff
and
storage
and
they're,
and
they
can
tend
to
be
younger,
definitely
younger
yeah,
but
the
younger
people
usually
don't
have
the
wherewithal
to
go,
borrow
money
to
buy
a
business.
You
know
or
to
go.
You
know
or
to
go
start
a
start,
a
restaurant
and
sign
a
lease.
You
know
that
they
just
don't
have
they
don't
have
their
act
together,
yet
you
know,
but
but
yeah
they,
but
and
one
of
the
one
of
the
keys
to
success
is
to
start
small.
So
I
I
encourage
people
to
start
small.
A
F
N
P
P
benefits,
425
0320,
purchase
services,
260
thousand
six
ten
and
supply
six
thousand
for
a
total
budget
from
one
million
six
hundred
and
fifty
three
thousand
three
twenty
eight.
Now
our
debt
service
will
remain
the
same
as
last
year.
The
our
operations
actually
are
the
same.
Also,
the
biggest
increase
in
our
budget
this
year
is
the
salaries
we
went
through.
We've
looked
at
our
pay
scale.
We
had
to
make
some
adjustments
to
that,
not
only
for
retention
but
for
recruiting
and
it
comes
out
to
about
a
five
percent
overall
and
you've
got
any
questions.
A
Q
P
Yeah
we're
actually
seeing
that
a
little
bit
now,
but
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
think
we've
seen
that
we
took
over
the
710
district
we've
been
covering
we're
finally
getting
the
tax
base
for
that
and
that's
everything
within
the
town
of
limitcm
and
switzerland
beaufort
county
okay,
the
biggest
thing
that
we
have
served
our
biggest
issue
of
commercial
it.
It's
like
we're
not
able
to
grow
out
here,
it's
more
of
a
bedroom
community.
You
know
more
house.
Q
You
know
more,
like
a
farm
community.
Thank
you
more.
Like
a
farm
community
buddy
there,
you
go
yeah
yeah,
so
I'm
just
wondering
whether
that
increase
in
the
mill
value
impact
impacts
your
projected
budget
at
all.
In
other
words,
I
really
wouldn't
want
you
to
increase
your
mill
rate
and
because
the
middle
value
increases
you
get
significantly
more
money
than
you
really
need.
P
R
Council
member
flew
ellen,
miss
harriet
has
the
numbers
on
the
mill
value
for
the
districts.
If
you
want
to
hear
that
from
her,
and
also
I
wanted
to
tell
the
council
that
today,
at
four
during
the
special
called
meeting,
we
are
going
to
have
a
discussion
with
you
all
about
providing
some
additional
cost
of
living
adjustments
for
all
of
the
fire
districts
to
the
retention
and
recruiting
aspect
of
mr
jones
request.
So
just
want
counsel
to
be
aware
of
that,
so
that
you
all
can
be
here
for
that
special
call.
N
M
M
As
you
said,
we
don't
have
much
commercial,
we
don't
have
much
commercial
growth
and
so
us
trying
to
stay
competitive
and
retain
the
fire
fighters
that
we
have
as
as
is
a
a
task
force,
but
my
hat's
off
to
you,
chief
and
the
and
the
employees
at
at
sheldon
fire
district,
and
so
with
the
with
the
increase
that
we
might
see.
It's
it's
well
worth
it.
B
Q
Actually,
mark,
I
have
another
question
that
I
think
he
I
think
would
be
able
to
answer
more
than
anybody
else.
Yeah
mr
fallon
go
ahead.
Ask
that
question
thanks.
I'm
wondering
you
know
this
is
a
reassessment
year,
so
that
does
that
that's
gonna
figure
into
all
this.
Is
it
gonna
be
rolled
back
like
everybody
else's
pinky?
You
know.
N
A
A
A
L
I'm
sorry
about
that
folks,
I'm
I'm
shane
popper
and
I'm
the
new
appointed
fire
chief
on
foster
island.
I
hope
everyone
had
a
great
easter.
The
last
two
budget
years
did
not
have
an
increase
due
to
covert
and
request
of
the
county,
but
the
fiscal
annual
value
actually
decreased
last
year
with
the
decrease
in
the
value
military
increases.
L
L
It
sounds
like
four
meals
is
a
lot,
but
when
you
look
at
the
numbers
on
this
increase
for
homeowners
will
add
additional
16
per
100
000
value
home.
If
you
look
at
a
250
000
home
that
will
increase
to
a
40
difference,
this
will
give
the
ability
to
get
us
back
to
full
staffing
before
500
per
shift,
which
is
an
osha
compliant
for
the
tuning
throughout
this
proposal,
will
radically
staff
and
educate
our
department
a
properly
equipped
and
maintained
fleet
to
best
serve
our
residents.
L
A
L
A
All
right,
if
everyone
heard
that
it
was
it
was
for
every
mill
he
there's
an
increase
of
twenty
thousand
dollars,
and
so
at
four
mills
that'd
be
eighty
thousand
dollar
increase,
and
I
also
he
mentioned
earlier,
for
anyone
that
had
trouble
hearing
is
the
fact
that
for
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
property
he's
looking
at
sixteen
dollars
more
per
one
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
if
it
was
250,
000
it'd
be
additional
42
for
the
year
for
that
property.
For
so
again,.
L
F
L
So
benefits
we
anticipated
a
1
from
19
24
to
20
for
retirement.
That's
nothing!
We
have
control
over,
but
when
we
shot,
we
went
from
a
broker
to
the
state
grand
healthcare
and
we
used
to
be
able
to
drop
our
our
price,
pretty
good,
to
be
able
to
give
us
these
three
firefighters
and
actually
give
our
firefighters,
better
balances,
and
that
was
fully
staffed.
We
paid
30
000
less
than
we
did
with
a
less
half
course
by
shopping
around
and
changing
our
health
lenses.
R
Yeah,
we
will
make
sure
that
we
get
with
the
chief
with
the
first
gallon
fire
and
make
sure
all
those
personnel
benefits
and
numbers
are
are
correct
before
we
get
into
the
actual
budget
adoption
phase
for
them
that
that's
something
we
probably
need
to
need
to
get
with
him
on
to
to
assist
with
that.
So.
A
Q
Mark,
I
might
make
a
comment.
I
I
don't
believe
the
numbers
that
we've
seen
today
account
for
the
increase
that
miss
christmas
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
told
us
about
that.
The
revenues
are
substantially
exceeding
the
the
expected
and
in
what
we
what
our
present
mill
values.
My
middle
rates
had
been
able
to
receive
because
of
construction
because
of
changes
in
ownership-
and
you
know
point-of-sale
reassessments.
Q
So
I'm
hoping
that
as
the
process
moves
forward,
that
the
increase
in
the
mill
value-
that's
not
accounted
for
in
their
budget,
actual
column
that
their
their
budget
received
their
budget
actual
column.
That
they've
got
that
those
numbers
get
adjusted
and-
and
we
get
a
better
real,
better
look
at
each
of
the
mill
rates
that
are
being
requested.
Q
I'm
not
saying
that
the
flusky
island
is
in
that
category,
because
they've
seen
a
reduction
in
their
mill
value
over
the
year
over
the
the
last
couple
of
years,
quite
frankly,
but
I'm
sure
that
bluffton
will
exceed
all
expectations
and
may
in
fact
be
a
driver
for
the
increase
in
receipts
throughout
the
county.
Quite
frankly,
it's
bluffed
and
exploding.
That's
paying
that's
giving
us
the
extra
18
million
dollars
that
we
don't
don't
have
spent
yet.
Q
J
J
Who
is
a
native
charlestonian
who
has
been
with
beautiful
jazz
for
20
years?
She
came
to
us
as
a
pediatrician.
20
years
ago
she
was
promoted
to
chief
of
pediatrics.
Then
she
was
moved
to
the
director
of
clinical
services.
Then
acting
chief
medical
officer.
She
was
worn
four
hats.
In
addition
to
that,
some
of
you.
J
J
S
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
good
to
see
everyone
some.
I
know
some
I've
met
virtually
over
these
past
couple
of
years.
Faith
poke
just
want
to
direct
your
attention
to
a
few
slides
that
we
have
just
to
talk
to
you
about
this
past
year,
how
it's
been
for
us
and
what
our
spending
has
been.
Like.
You
all
know
us
we've
been
here
51
years
we
have
10
center
locations.
We
actually
added
a
location
recently
with
our
ob
gyn
practice.
S
We
have
10
school-based
health
center
locations,
three
mobile
units
and
then
a
range
of
services
from
birth
until
as
well
as
other
supportive
services,
we
are
also
we
are
located
in
four
locations
in
beaufort
county.
So
most
people
are
familiar
with
chelsea
clinic
some
people
call
it
we're
trying
to
say
center.
Now,
that's
ruth
p
field,
medical
center,
where
we
have
every
service
that
we
have
available
is
there.
The
next
is
our
port
royal
medical
center.
S
That
is
down
the
road
on
on
rebo
road.
The
only
thing
we
don't
have
there
is
dental,
but
we
do
have
a
2d
mammogram
ultrasound
exams
and
x-rays
there,
and
then
our
newest
one
is
port.
Royal
obstetrics
and
gynecology,
some
of
you
may
know
glenn
werner
he
has
joined
us
he's
been
working
with
us
for
several
years,
but
has
joined
us
as
a
physician
and
we
provide
obstetric
gynecologic
care
and
then
some
other
services
for
women
which
provide
mammograms
and
and
pap
smears.
S
So
in
2021
we
served
13
550
patients
with
48
000
annual
patient
visits,
it's
actually
still
really
down
from
where
we
were
in
2019.
We're
expecting
this
year
to
be
a
lot
better.
Hopefully
we'll
get
closer
to
that
17
000
patients
and
be
able
to
cover
some
of
those
patients
we
haven't
seen
in
a
while.
We
have
about
280
employees
on
staff
in
beaufort
county.
S
S
To
is
this
value
and
impact,
so
you
should
have
that
in
your
packet,
but
we
get
this
from
capital
link.
Our
our
primary
care
association
compiles
this
for
all
the
community
health
centers
in
the
state,
so
that
we
can
show
you
what
the
economic
impact
is
of
buford
jasper,
one
big
thing:
the
savings
to
the
system-
and
this
is
across
the
board
for
community
health
centers.
S
376,
total
jobs,
including
at
that
time,
236
health
center
jobs,
but
we
also
impact
140
other
jobs
around
the
community,
and
then
the
annual
tax
revenue
is
about
5.5
million
and
then
the
total
economic
impact
is
43
million.
And
then
this
talks
a
little
bit
about
the
patients
that
we
serve.
99
of
our
patients
are
low
income,
so
that
means
200
of
poverty
or
less.
S
and
then
the
racial
and
ethnicity
breakdown.
So
this
is
the
racial
breakdown
about
50
of
our
patients
are
african-american.
That
says
40
white,
but
that
also
includes
a
lot
of
our
hispanic
and
latino
patients
identify
when
you
ask
as
white,
and
so
if
you,
the
next
slide,
is
about
26,
hispanic
or
latino,
and
that's.
D
S
Beaufort
county,
I
want
to
give
a
little
summary
of
covid
when
we
came
before
you
last
year.
A
lot
of
our
efforts
were
based
on
testing,
so
we
were
out
in
the
community
in
2020
doing
a
lot
of
testing
a
lot
of
drive-through
testing
in
january
that
shifted
to
vaccines,
and
we
were
one
of
the
I'd
say
along
with
the
hospital
largest
providers
of
vaccine
vaccines
in
the
county,
as
well
as
in
the
tri-county
area.
Today,
we've
done
16
954.
S
S
We
started
out
with
moderna,
but
as
things
went
along,
the
children
were
able
to
get
pfizer
and
then
johnson
and
johnson
just
wasn't
available,
and
some
people
wanted
that
the
next
two
slides
this
is
a
so
we
did
vaccine
events
around
the
county
and
the
ones
that
say
chelsea
medical
center.
So
that's
in
okatee.
We
started
out
there
because
that
was,
we
could
kind
of
control
that
that
area
and
have
people
come.
We
started
with
patients
but
also
invited
the
community.
So
each
time
we
would
have
more
and
more
people
able
to
come.
S
S
You
know
the
demand
decreased
some
until
boosters
and
you'll
see
them
kind
of
pop
up
and
then
in
the
fall.
We
decided
to
really
go
out
to
the
people,
and
so
we
went
out
to
hilton
head
and
we
did
some
vaccine
events
in
the
communities
of
hilton
head.
We
even
went
to
some
resorts
because
we
knew
that
there
were
people
there
who
wouldn't
necessarily
otherwise
be
able
to
get
care
people
who
might
have
been
here
on
visas.
S
H
S
That
particular
day
and,
of
course,
penn
center,
the
boys
and
girls
club,
the
hilton
head
and
also
bluffton,
and
so
in
that
time
we
were
able
to
do
over
3
000
vaccine
events
around
the
community.
Some
of
the
highlights
we
were
able
to
get
our
operations
back
functional
during
2020.
We
had
to
consolidate
our
sites
just
to
be
able
to
get
our
arms
around
it.
You
know
having
nine
ten
sites
around
three
counties:
we'd
have.
A
S
Ppe,
we
didn't
have
enough
staff,
especially
if
people
were
out,
but
now
we
are
fully
functional,
fully
operational
we've.
Even
we
created
a
new
position.
Well,
I
guess
it's
not
that
new
walmart
has
their
greeter
position,
so
we
have
our
greeters
that
were
at
our
our
large
sites.
We've
actually
been
able
to
transition
some
of
those
folks
who
are
at
our
doors
into
the
health
center
and
to
do
other
tasks
there.
S
We
did
add
saint
helena
elementary
school
as
a
school-based
health
clinic
this
year,
which
was
something
we've
wanted
to
do
for
a
very
long
time,
so
we're
going
to
provide
medical
and
dental
care
there,
as
well
as
nutrition
and
behavioral
health.
We
have
a
new
mobile
unit,
which
we
were
able
to
take
on
the
road
to
do
these
vaccine
events.
It
has
a
medical
side
and
a
behavioral
health
side.
We
hope
to
be
out
there
a
lot
more
coming
up
our
ronald
mcdonald.
Dental
mobile
unit
needs
help.
S
It
is
over
20
years
old
and
we
have
enjoyed
providing
dental
services
to
all
the
elementary
schools
in
beaufort
county
up
until
now,
but
that
that
mobile
unit
we'll
have
to
talk
about
that
in
the
future,
but
definitely
needs
some
revamping
and
then.
Lastly,
this
just
talks
about
more
recently,
we
got
covet
test
kits
we've
distributed
over
5000
we've
distributed
over
24
000
masks
and
then,
like
I
said,
we
have
testing
and
all
the
vaccine
products
available,
two
new
things
that
we've
done
remote
patient
monitoring.
S
We
actually
send
patients
home
with
blood
pressure
cups,
and
we
found
that
during
the
pandemic,
we
were
not
able
to
keep
in
touch.
You
know
there
are
84
000
people
we
weren't
able
to
keep
in
touch
with.
Now
we
have
the
ability
to
electronically
get
their
blood
pressures,
their
blood
sugars,
heart
rates
beamed
back
to
us
to
a
dashboard.
N
S
C
S
On
board
that
has
been
difficult
to
staff.
We
had
five
dentists,
three
have
moved
on,
so
we
have
two
full-time
dentists
and
our
dental
director
now
so
a
little
trouble
staffing
that
we're
hoping
we'll
have
a
new
dentist
that
just
started
two
weeks
ago
and
another
that
should
be
starting,
hopefully
in
the
next
month,
and
you
could
use
them
with
that.
M
M
Doing
the
covet
the
height
of
the
covet
situation,
bringing
the
vaccines
out
into
the
rural
communities
was
a
great
asset
to
all
both
counties,
and
so
I
commend
you
all
for
a
job.
Well
done
now.
I
thank
you
for
the
services
you
provided
for
the
41
years,
and
I
wish
you
well
in
the
future
enjoy
your
time.