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A
So
good
morning,
everyone
today
we're
going
to
begin
our
Workshop
and
I'd
like
you
to
see
what
I
think
we're
going
to
look
like
in
the
next
two
days
now
that
thin
guy
isn't
made
because
I'm
not
thin,
but
all
of
us
are
jugglers
during
these
next
two
days,
working
with
Administration,
our
Council
has
to
come
together,
we're
going
to
juggle
a
whole
bunch
of
ideas,
and
we
need
to
come
together
as
to
the
direction
we're
going
to
take.
Our
Administration
is
going
to
make
presentations
to
us.
A
We
need
to
understand
those
presentations,
ask
questions
so
that
we
can
come
together.
Our
municipalities
are
already
starting
their
budget
process,
so
they're
going
to
set
goals,
they're
going
to
set
their
budgets
and
we
need
to
know
where
they
dovetail
and
where
they
don't.
And
finally,
all
our
Citizens
need
to
know
where
we're
going.
A
A
There
are
five
of
them.
They
will
have
to
be
upgraded.
More
than
likely,
we
will
upgrade
them,
because
that's
one
of
the
major
things
that
we're
going
to
talk
about
here
is
a
transportation
referendum
to
do
that.
Okay.
So
what
is
our
responsibility
in
this
process?
When
we
came
together?
The
first
time
I
announced
that
Council
needs
to
ask
what
are
the
problems
and
how
do
we
solve
them?
That's
what
we're
going
to
discuss
today.
A
What
do
we
need
to
learn?
That's
what
we're
going
to
learn
today?
How
might
we
need
to
change
because
we
all
came
in
with
ideas
of
what
we
want
to
do
this
year
and
into
the
Future
How?
Might
we
change
and
to
whom
do
we
need
to
listen?
Certainly
we're
going
to
listen
to
our
administrators
today
of
what
they
want
us
to
consider.
A
We
are
going
to
hear
from
our
citizens.
Certainly
this
is
not
a
political
debate,
we're
not
only
leaders
but
servants
we
expect
to
be
in
our
citizens
expect
to
be
the
leaders
to
lead
us
into
the
future
that
future
that
I
think
is
going
to
happen.
Finally,
we
need
to
speak
out
and
we
need
to
listen,
and
it
says
we
were
elected
by
constituents
in
a
specific
District,
but
we
represent
not
only
them.
We
represent
everybody,
everybody
is
our
neighbors,
so
we
have
to
take
a
look
at
what
we're
going
to
do
there.
A
So
how
do
we
know
what
to
plan?
Well,
we've
coined
the
phrase
for
several
years
now
and
our
Administration
has
embraced
that
and
that's
how
we're
going
to
do
things
live.
We've
got
to
know
where
people
live.
We've
got
to
understand
the
types
of
housing
we
have
created
a
Regional
Housing
Trust
Fund.
What
is
it
going
to
look
like
over
the
course
of
time
now,
as
we
continue
to
grow?
Do
we
have
enough
types
of
residents?
If
the
answer
is
no,
how
do
we
get
them
work?
A
Okay,
people
are
coming
here
in
the
future.
They
need
a
place
to
work.
Do
we
have
the
right
places
for
them
to
work?
Those
are
the
several
questions
that
we
have
to
answer
by
the
way
you
will
all
get
this
so
that
you
can
review
this
over
the
next
couple
days.
This
will
be
put
on
our
website,
so
our
citizens
can
see
where
we're
going
and
play.
Okay,
we
need
places
for
recreation.
We
learned
the
compelling
thoughts
during
covid
was
people
needed
to
get
out
and
that
relief
was
to
go
to
our
Parks.
A
A
We
discussed
it
a
couple
years
ago
and
did
not
do
that.
We
did
number
two,
the
Green
Space
referendum.
We
specifically
set
it
up
for
two
years
and
two
years
only
to
get
a
hundred
million
dollars.
Now
we're
going
to
turn
our
attention
to
transportation
because
we
have
to
get
ready
for
the
future.
The
Hilton
Head
airport,
The
Jasper
Port,
the
board
of
education
education
is
extremely
important.
We
need
to
work
because
those
children
that
are
graduating
from
our
educational
system,
we
would
love
to
have
them
stay
here
in
our
own
Community.
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A
A
So
what
are
the
plans
that
we
have
in
place?
But
we
do
have
plans
that
are
in
place.
We
have
the
Beaufort
County
Atlas.
We
have
the
comprehensive
plan,
we
have
the
green
print
plan.
We
have
the
municipal
comprehensive
plan,
we
have
the
Parks
and
Recreation
plan.
We
have
the
southern
ordinance
and
design
manual.
We
have
transportation
plans,
we
have
planned.
Are
they
coordinated?
Are
they
up
to
date?
Are
they
realistic?
As
we
look
to
the
Future?
A
Do
we
need
to
make
modifications
in
them
and
if
we
do,
what
are
the
modifications
that
are
needed
and
our
facilities
master
plan?
That's
the
one
that
we're
talking
about
right
now,
okay,
you
will
learn
about
what
we
need
to
do
with
our
buildings.
Take
a
look
at
this
space.
It
was
good
years
ago.
It's
not
good.
Now
it
doesn't
meet
our
needs.
What
do
we
need
to
do?
A
D
Good
morning,
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
just
introduce
some
staff
members
to
you
that
some
of
the
new
council
members
may
not
be
familiar
with
and
what
their
role
is
I'm
going
to
start,
not
necessarily
in
any
particular
order.
But
I'm
going
to
turn
to
my
left
chair
and
you
all
know
our
all
of
our
acas
are
their
pinky
period
in
the
back.
D
Is
our
CIP
manager
that
assists
Eric
Larson
with
the
development
of
the
capital,
Improvement
projects
list
and
and
the
programming
of
that
Catherine
Mead
right
here
is
our
interim
HR
director
who
took
over
for
Scott
Marshall
once
he
left
to
go
to
the
city
of
Beaufort.
She
will
play
a
role,
not
necessarily
so
much
during
the
retreat
there.
She
has
been
involved
in
the
retreat,
but
the
implementation
of
what
you
all
direct
us
to
do
with
employees
are
right
behind.
C
D
You
all
familiar
with
Eric
Larson,
director
of
capital
projects
to
his
left
is
Brian
Cronin,
who
is
our
budget
manager
to
his
left
as
Denise
Christmas?
Who
is
our
finance
director?
And,
of
course
you
all
know
Hayes
and
you
know
Patrick
you'll
hear
from
Patrick
shortly
about
a
big
software
upgrade
we're
gonna
have
to
do
during
this
budget
year
and,
of
course,
you
all
know
Miss
Brenna
and
Miss
Brock.
So
anyway,
again,
it's
always
a
pleasure
for
me
to
do
this
with
you
all
and
the
team.
D
B
D
F
B
B
E
G
H
H
H
C
H
H
This
week,
your
budget,
your
spending,
what's
happening
in
accounting
and
as
children
have
been
said
well
from
my
part
of
the
world
taxes
begin
with
values
which
you
don't
have.
No
approval
value,
strives
of
us
in
taxes,
the
assessor's
office,
Florida
value
property,
Jordan
dwellings
and
the
auditor's
office
is
going
to
Value
personal
property,
anything
other
than
the
mobile
homes
in
Beaufort
County,
and
then,
ultimately,
it
ends
up
getting
a
tax
rate
applied
to
it
C's
and
then
the
total
amount
due,
which
is
what
we're
pursuing
so
welcome,
I,
want
to
talk.
H
Please
ask
that
I'll
speak
to
you
today
about
where
are
where
are
we
go
for
the
real
property
accounts,
we're
growing?
If
you
get
anything
out
of
what
I'm
going
to
say
to
you
today,
we
are
growing.
We
are
going
by
Leaps
and
Bounds,
but
we're
growing
at
a
faster
rate
every
years,
especially
since
the
start
of
covet.
So
this
is
just
the
total
real
property
accounts.
Now
it
is
easy
to
add
a
vehicle
review
for
Caribbean
drive
it
here,
but
you
can't
make
more
of
dirt
so
when
a
property
is
going
to
increase.
H
The
county
is
broken
up
similar
to
council
and
broken
up
into
districts,
both
for
taxation
purposes.
We
break
the
county
up
into
geographical
areas
that
we
call
tax
tax,
Authority
groups,
so
the
ones
that
have
been
mentioned
today
already
by
Charlie
Cosman
are
worth
of
abroad.
That's
going
to
be
the
3
100s
to
400,
then
you
get
into
the
500s,
which
is
Hilton
Head
area
geographical
area.
600S
is
more
often,
and
then
you
have
700
800
steposki.
H
So
when
you
look
at
real
property
accounts,
remember
the
division
of
dirt-
that's
what's
Happening
Here!
Where
do
you
see
this
growth
and
I
will
tell
you?
This
is
not
for
the
new
council.
Members
are
not
the
first
time
again
with
this
presentation
to
the
County,
Council
and
I've,
given
it
to
these
award
multiple
terms,
I
update
this
data
every
month
and
it
can
provide
it
to
you
when
you're
moving
it.
But
this
is
not
surprising
right.
H
You
drive
around
you
see
that
there's
a
lot
of
change
in
Bluffton,
not
a
sharper,
so
let's
keep
going
right
there.
That
is
the
municipality
of
collective,
so
six
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
here.
600
is
unincorporated,
610
is
becoming
so
now.
Let's
look
at
new
construction.
Remember
I
said
new
dirt
new
stuff
to
go
on
it.
H
To
October
31st
of
the
following
year,
the
year
in
which
the
treasurer's
office
has
to
perceive
that
collection.
So
you
see
some
variations
here
to
actually
18.
We
see
a
jump
in
in
construction,
so
this
would
be
a
calendar
year,
2018
going
into
2019.,
so
we
do
see
a
job
and
then
we
see
emergency
study
increase,
especially
for
the
last
three
years.
All
right,
not
surprised.
This
is
tax
year.
2022
is
complete,
began
October
by
November
1st
October,
oh
my
goodness
November
1st
2012..
B
H
Where
this
is
happening,
this
is
what
I
thought
was
interesting.
You
can
see
that
it's
not
just
Bluffton
activity
year
over
year.
Now,
when
you
see
Port
Royal,
will
you
see
Hilton
Head,
all
right,
10.?
So,
okay,
now
that's
some
getting
a
little
bit
interesting
now,
historically
out
of
any
of
Beaufort
County
since
2007
Bluffton
was
the
place
for
the
world,
it
historically
speaking,
I
start
looking
like
that's
the
case
anymore.
H
Now,
let's
talk
about
transfers
and
if
you
follow
my
line
of
thinking
for
just
a
moment,
okay,
remember
I
said
you
can't
make
more
dirt
more
right
before
I
work.
You'll
have
to
break
it
up
in
order
to
make
more
accounts
more
property
accounts.
Well
that
new
construction
I
mean
that's,
not
that's,
not
an
alarming
alarm
in
comparison
to
how
many
people
and
rooftops
have
been
approved.
H
So
what
happens
when
there
is
not
enough
inventory,
potentially
for
all
the
people
we're
going
to
buy
that
in
existing
now?
This
is
where
you
see
see.
Why
is
calendar
year
every
year
since
2016.,
and
then
you
get
into
the
court
of
years?
When
you
see
a
significant
term
in
transfers,
almost
8
I
was
2016..
H
H
H
They're,
almost
at
the
same
trajectory
as
Boston
and
the
remaining
areas
of
the
county
are
exactly
the
same
way.
We're
really
everywhere,
which
reinforces
term
and
passes
open
reward
that
the
effort
is
going
to
be
developed.
You'll,
see
it
right
here
so
in
my
mind-
and
this
is
scary
and
exciting.
At
the
same
time
we're
growing
the
demand
is
there
and
the
transfers
are
increased.
H
H
So
you
look
at
a
school
year.
I
apologize
for
the
different
years
is
lawyers
will
run
from
July
1
to
the
30th
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
year
is
the
year.
Do
you
see
an
increase?
Okay,
we've
been
growing
Charlie
for
a
long
time.
It's
the
exponential
oils
that
requires
more
and
more
care
in
the
management
fiscal
year,
2017
to
18.
Okay,
you
see
an
increase,
but
now
you
keep
going
and
that
increases
quality
and
growing
so
for
fiscal
year.
21
to
22
we
increased
by
16
000
vehicles,
keep
in
mind.
H
H
So,
just
something
to
keep
in
mind
when
we're
looking
at
people.
So
now,
where
were
those
people
going
has
written
sorry,
they
are
not
just
going
to
Bluffton.
They
are
okay,
go
ahead.
This
is
an
interesting
thing
to
know
when
it
started
in
the
treasurer's
office.
The
majority
of
property
of
Hilton
Head
were
second
calls
very
few
and
of
course
they
they
are
continuing
to
be
that
way
until.
C
H
H
B
H
Look
at
legal
residence:
okay,
when
I
began
in
the
treasurer's
office,
the
ratio
of
legal
residents
to
non-legal
residents,
referring
to
the
exemption
that
can
be
applied
for
with
the
Assessor's
Office,
the
ratio
was
60,
40.
60,
a
real
property
in
Beaufort
County
was
not
receiving
the
legal
residence
exemption
over
the
over
time,
I
moved
to
50
50
and
now
that
exceeds
60
40,
the
reversal
of
where
we
were
11
years
ago
now,
tax
year,
2022
is
not
finished,
because
if
that
began,
excuse
me
that
began
November
1st
of
22..
H
That
fear
is
not
complete.
So
what
you
can
see
here
you
can
see
here
is
steady
increase,
if
not
in
overall,
it's
completely
increase
year
over
year.
I
would
expect
to
be
by
October
31st
of
23
this
far
for
2022
to
be
just
as
high,
if
not
surpassed
a
2021
tax
year
amounts.
This
means
is
that
these
are.
These
are
people
who
want
to
live
full-time
in
our
County,
the
financial
standpoint.
H
This
is
a
traveler
for
our
school
district
as
well
as
the
other
agencies,
but
this
school
district
is
impacted
the
most.
So
where
is
this
happening
again?
There
were
very
different,
very
different
ratios
in
the
past.
Well,
if
it
was
the
place
to
live
full-time,
what
that
is
continued
historically
had
both
a
growth
of
people
would
like
to
live
there.
The
same
cannot
be
said
for
the
other
areas
of
the
county.
H
Now,
what's
up
it's
not
just
Bluffton,
not
yes!
610
right
here
is
having
a
far
greater
a
far
higher
rate
of
growth
being
the
number
of
legal
residents
properties
in
the
municipality
in
610,
but
as
the
lawyer
is
soon
and
increase,
and
again
that
the
ground
line
right
there,
the
last
line
in
each
chat
number
that
year
we're
just
a
few
months
in
the
assessor's
office,
is
still
processing
his
applications.
I
fully
expect
that
bar
to
be
higher.
If
I
were
to
present
this
to
you
in
order
six
months
so
more
dirt.
H
Horses
being
created
to
these
were
people
the
lower
new
construction,
and
we
have
almost
more
number
of
transfers.
We
have
more
labels
than
more
legal
residents,
and
so
that's
telling
them
a
lot
already
about
what
you
can
expect
or
what
I
believe
you
can
expect
in
this
upcoming
year,
especially
in
a
recessed
that
you
know.
That
is
your
example.
Now,
let's
look
at
total
disaster
value.
H
This
is
by
tax.
Your
assessed
value,
remember,
I,
started
off
by
saying:
Riley
drives
the
bus
or
a
tax
bill.
This
is
the
value
you
start
with
it
is
these
values,
do
include
reassessment
of
reassessment,
values,
four
or
five
years
and
any
other
assessed
values
by
their
assessor
and
the
order.
You
see
a
significant
change.
Well,
you
know
a
reassessment
is
not
done.
Every.
B
B
H
H
H
The
value
of
the
property,
so
I
hope
I
would
expect
at
some
point.
They
will
be
getting
a
presentation
on
the
reassessment,
but
some
things
that
we
typically
hear
and
are
challenged
by
the
treasurer's
office
is
when
someone
bought
a
home
within
the
pack
18
months,
and
now
they
get
an
entirely
new
value.
H
It's
not
necessarily
a
bad
thing.
We
either
value
drop,
I,
don't
know,
but
because
we've
had
so
many
more
transfers
that
we
would
traditionally
have
in
the
past.
That
could
be
any
but
manageable
challenge
that
we
experienced
this
year,
but
it
explains
why
there
is
such
an
increase
in
assessed
value,
because
the
majority
of
that
is
there's
no
Property
Transfers
and
the
vehicle
is
to
do
the
other
personal
property
and
they
kept
the
big
one.
The
big
piece
is
going
to
be
the
real
property.
H
So
now,
where
is
that
happening
again?
Not
that
you
go
across
the
cap,
not
just
in
Bluffton,
not
just
in
certain
areas
across
the
county.
This
is
happening
and
I
think
what
is
most
interesting,
especially,
is
the
north
of
the
broad
areas.
When
you
know
the
more
demand
there
is,
is
you
know
Supply
supply
and
demand
economics,
the
more
demanding
or
it
is
the
more
prices
go
up?
Well,
Bluffton
has
had
a
demand.
Hilton
Head
has
had
a
demand
and
again
for.
H
Perhaps
but
I
think
he's
most
notable
that
believer
is
going
and
if
I
may
be
so
bold
to
give
you
my
personal
opinion,
I
think
any
time
that
an
organization
is
dealing
with
challenges
that
have
been
dealt
with
in
the
past,
whether
by
themselves
or
other
jurisdictions,
Boston's
grown.
What
mistakes
were
made
in
invasion
of
that
growth,
and
how
can
we
avoid
that
in
order.
B
H
H
I
think
this
is
the
most
relevant
graph
for
what
you
may
be
discussing
this
week.
If
I
can
give
you
some
parting
thoughts,
this
is
a
moving
Target
for
your
value
of
will,
which
you
will
be
discussing.
So
we
start
with
a
value
for
all
the
assets,
all
of
what
you're
going
to
be
tapped
tasked
and
then
you
will
find
out
what
is
the
value
of
one
mill?
H
H
There
is
nowhere
to
call
there
is
nothing
that's
going
to
say
this
is
what
it's
going
to
be
in
August,
but
I
can
say
that
the
closer
we
get
to
that
end
of
the
tax
year
start
of
the
new
one,
which
was
more
November
the
closer
you
get
the
more
accurate
okay,
so
you're
going
to
have
going
into
the
actual
calculation
of
that
test.
So.
H
A
Any
questions
for
Maria
an
outstanding
presentation
as
usual.
Every
time
you
present
my
head,
hurts
because
there's
so
much
data
there,
but
you
did
affirm
what
I
started
off
with.
We
are
growing
we're
going
to
continue
to
grow,
and
so
we
we
thank
you
very
much.
Obviously
the
presentation
materials
will
be
sent
to
each
council.
Member
for
you.
E
H
B
J
Mr
chairman,
yes,
can
everybody
hear
me
on
this
clearly
listen.
This
is
new
to
me.
This
whole
concept
and
being
elected
by
the
people
help
me
with
this
too,
as
we
get
through
this
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
what
we're
supposed
to
be
doing,
but
I've
heard
from
three
or
four
people.
Now
all
the
growth
that's
taken
place,
all
the
build
out
with
all
the
plans
that
we're
going
to
be
presented
in
two
days.
J
What
safeguards
do
we
have,
or
let's
say,
Hilton
Head,
for
example,
Mr
chairman
he
talked
about-
we
can't
grow
out
we're
going
to
grow
up.
How
do
we
protect
the
do?
We
have
safeguards
in
place
with
these
plans
that
Eric
will
present
to
us
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
protect.
You
know
the
Aesthetics
that
you
know
we
love
Beaufort,
County
right.
Everybody
came
here
for
a
reason,
and
I
was
a
Taurus
for
a
lot
of
years
and
I
think
we're
all
blessed
to
be
here.
J
So,
as
this
newbie
politician
never
had
this
type
of
role
coming
in
here
on
the
Mandate
of
residents
and
business
owners,
how
do
we
as
a
council,
protect
how
high
what
are
the
ordinances
for
Hilton
Head,
for
example,
on
buildings?
How
high
can
they
go?
Do
we
do?
We
know
this?
Is
this
part
of
what
we
do
as
a
staff,
so
again
I'm
trying
to
learn?
J
D
D
There
are
some
historic
issues
that
have
occurred
here
in
Beaufort
County
back
in
the
late
90s
and
early
2000s
that
we're
still
dealing
with,
and
those
are
development
agreements
that
were
entered
into
that
allowed
a
lot
of
density
to
be
built
or
was
promised
a
lot
of
density.
Development
Agreements
are
as
a
way
for
a
developer
to
invest
their
project
for
25
or
30
years.
D
Investing
means
that
once
that
development
agreement
Center
into
they
can
Implement
those
Provisions
in
that
development
agreement
without
any
changes
underneath
the
state
law
or
underneath
local
zoning
or
the
needs,
and
things
like
that,
so
it
puts
a
lot
of
pressure
on
staff.
That's
why
I'm
not
a
fan
of
entering
into
development
agreements
with
folks,
but
when
those
were
entered
into
back
in
the
late
90s
and
early
2000s,
it
was
a
different
picture.
D
The
end
than
it
is
here,
I
remember
as
plan
director
of
York
County
I
went
to
Bluffton
for
a
conference.
I
went
to
Hilton
Head
for
the
South
Carolina
Planning
Association
conference,
and
one
of
the
sessions
was
there
were
two
sessions
that
day
come
to
Bluffton
the
largest
small,
the
largest
small
town
in
South
Carolina,
and
what
that
field
trip
consisted
of
was
me
riding
around
in
a
bus
for
about
two
and
a
half
hours,
looking
at
a
bunch
of
pine
trees
and
very
few
houses?
D
Okay,
so
that
was
what
you're
seeing
there
now
as
a
result
of
those
development
agreements,
same
thing
with
Port
Royal,
we
went
to
Port
Royal
and
looked
in
an
affordable
housing
project
that
they
were
doing
there
in
late
nights.
It
was
very
successful,
but
Port
Royal
also
it
was
just
basically
back,
then
the
Old
Village
part
of
Port
Royal
down
near
11th,
Street
and
Beyond
toward
the
water.
So.
C
D
Have
a
comp
we
have
the
comp
plan.
Provisions
all
jurisdictions
have
comprehensive
plans
that
talks
about
the
growth
you
implement
the
comprehensive
plan
through
your
Capital
Improvement
project,
Capital
Improvement
list
and
your
zoning
and
development
codes.
We
have
the
Community
Development
code
here,
so
we
have
what
what
commonly
referred
to
as
a
unified
development
code.
Some
jurisdictions
have
a
zoning
code
and
a
subdivision
code.
So
all
of
those
codes
go
into
the
to
laying
out
the
growth
strategy.
D
Now
here's
where
the
problem
comes
in
today,
okay-
and
this
is
not
a
criticism-
it's
just
the
reality
of
the
situation
whenever
you
all
are
in
meetings
and
whenever
town
councils
are
in
meetings
and
they're
hearing
from
developers
and
saying
hey.
Let
me
put
all
this
density
on
this
property
and
there's
nobody
in
the
audience
to
speak.
Against
that.
D
It's
very
easy
for
the
politicians
to
say:
oh
well,
then
this
one
particular
case.
We
can
let
this
reason
and
go
and
allow
this
density,
because
staff
made
a
mistake
or
they
didn't
do
what
they
were
supposed
to
do.
So
we're
going
to
approve
this
reason,
because
the
people
that
bought
the
property
really
didn't
know
what
their
property
was
on
or
it
got
changed
on
them
without
their
knowledge.
D
Good
and
I'll
say
this,
and
this
is
kind
of
a
little
bit
off
topic.
But
in
this
country
condo,
since
Ronald
Reagan
was
President,
we
have
trended
away
from
doing
things
for
the
public
good
toward
legislating
on
the
last
phone
call
I
deal
with
that.
Every
day,
causing
issue
is
important.
To
one
person
doesn't
mean
that's
something
that
we
should
go
change
our
plans
or
our
laws
or
rules
and
regulations
for
one
or
two
people.
D
We
have
to
do
it
for
the
public
good
and
that's
where
you
all
play
an
important
role
by
working
with
the
staff.
So
I
know
that's,
probably
very
confusing,
but
we
do
have
plans
in
place
to
manage
the
growth
we
are
going
to
grow.
There's
nothing.
We
can
do
about
that
state
of
South
Carolina
last
year
was
the
fourth
fourth
fastest
growing
state
in
the
nation
for
new
housing
starts.
D
B
D
And
then,
yesterday
the
Wall
Street
Journal
published
an
article
saying
that
we're
number
one
Hilton
Head
Bluffton
areas
number
one
in
the
nation
or
luxury
homes
in
in
the
nation.
So
people
want
to
come
here.
They
want
to
live
here.
There's
nothing
you're
going
to
do
about
that
you're
not
going
to
stop
the
growth.
All
we
can
do
is
manage
it
to
make
sure
that
when
it
does
occur
that
it's
appropriate
and
we
have
the
right
infrastructure
in
place
to
support
it.
J
J
J
D
D
D
That
bridge
is
something's
going
to
have
to
happen
with
those
bridges,
they're
structurally
obsolete,
they're,
structurally
deficient
and
operationally
obsolete,
and
we're
just
spending
more
and
more
money
to
do
more
and
more
studies
instead
of
progressing
toward
putting
the
infrastructure
into
meeting
the
needs
of
the
public
and
the
people
who
want
to
live
here
and
come
here.
Second
thing
is
I'll.
Tell
you
one
of
the
things
that
concerns
me
most
and
again,
it
is
what
it
is.
We
will
manage
it
and
I
will
guide
that
to
the
best
of
my
ability.
D
But
your
comment
about
people
being
able
to
afford
to
live
here.
I
have
that
same
concern
not
for
older
folks,
but
for
younger
folks
that
come
here
that
work
in
our
service
Industries
and
things
like
that.
Absolutely
that's
why
we
have
set
up
the
Regional
Housing,
Trust
Fund,
and
all
that,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we
just
did
as
a
County
is
going
to
be
hard
for
me
to
manage.
Is
we
just
voted
to
raise
a
hundred
million
dollars
for
us
to
buy
open
space,
those
two
things
or
diametrically
opposed
each
other?
D
To
add
more
houses,
the
existing
houses
are
going
to
have
a
higher
demand
and
the
prices
of
those
homes
are
going
to
continue
to
escalate.
Yes,
sir,
and
it's
going
to
be
a
constant
battle
for
us
to
manage
to
provide
affordability,
if
we
don't,
if
we
don't,
hopefully
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
is
going
to
be
able
to
assist
with
that
somewhat.
But
all
of
those
things
you
know
it's
all
about
balance
and
if
one
gets
out
of
whack
with
the
other,
then
there's
negative
impacts.
A
It's
only
going
to
be
this
way,
they're
looking
at
that,
how
high
can
they
go
or
how
high
do
they
want
to
go?
We're
not
going
to
dictate
to
them.
That's
their
responsibility
as
to
what's
going
to
happen
on
the
island,
but
they're
cognizant
of
the
growth
that's
going
on.
So
it's
all
of
these
things
working
together.
That
will
allow
us
to
put
a
budget
together,
knowing
that
it
is
budget
one
of
multi-years
dealing
with
this
issue.
Okay,
thank
you,
Hayes.
Please
continue.
G
All
right,
I
was
given
three
budget
priorities
for
us.
One
is
our
our
Beaver
County's
most
valuable
asset,
which
I
believe
is
Personnel
flat
out.
We
can't
get
our
job.
We
can't
get
what
y'all
want
done
unless
we
have
great
personnel,
two
repair
maintain
Beaufort
County's
facilities,
I
think
the
repairs
and
Facilities
of
our
the
repair
maintenance
of
our
facilities
has
been
at
footnote
in
the
past.
I
think
Eric
greenway's
hired
Eric
Larson
to
to
get
it
up
and
running.
We
have
significant
needs.
G
I,
don't
want
to
steal
too
much
of
Eric
Larson's
Thunder,
but
but
there
are
a
lot
of
needs
out
there
and
there
are
a
lot
of
capital
needs
and
they're
they're
a
lot
of
big
numbers
there
and
then
their
capital
projects,
roads,
buildings,
facilities,
Master
plans,
Etc.
So
the
next
one
I
want
to
give
y'all
this
graph.
G
and
you'll
see
that
it
declined
a
little
bit
in
2022
and
you
all
say:
hey,
that's
totally,
contrary
to
what
Maria
just
told
us
and
the
reason
for
that
is.
Is
we
took
4.6
mils
out
of
the
general
fund
and
we
put
it
to
the
Enterprise
fund.
So
that's
about
nine
million
dollars
that
we
would
have
had
in
the
general
fund.
That
would
have
been
out
there,
but
and
the
the
other
outlier
is
in
2018
and
19.
A
A
G
That
was
a
very
significant,
so
that
pulled
it
out.
So
that's
why
it
dipped,
but
if
it
hadn't
I
would
have
thought
that
it
would,
it
would
have
just
kept
on
going,
it
would
have
said,
kept
going
with
all
the
transfers
and
everything
that
have
gone
on
according
to
Maria's.
If
I
was
to
guess,
if
you
don't
change
the
value
of
a
mill,
the
the
property
taxes
are
going
to
go
up
without
taxing
any
further,
so
you
know
being
a
good
accountant.
G
I'm,
a
nerd
I
got
to
have
my
my
five
years,
so
I
gotta
I
got
to
have
my
schedule.
I
know,
because
here
it
doesn't
like
schedules,
but
you
know
I'm.
An
accountant.
I
got
to
have
my
schedule
in
there
throw
this
in
there
for
y'all
that
that
kind
of
backs
up
the
numbers,
but
you'll
see
you
have
152
million
in
2018
138
in
2022,
but
26
of
that
was
the
FEMA
reimbursement,
so
really
you're
only
about
126.,
the
rest
of
them
kind
of
stayed
flat.
G
It
you
know,
except
for
property
taxes,
there's
another
interesting
thing.
That
I
will
tell
you
too
I
think
this
is
on
the
next
I
know.
This
is
Villages.
Sorry,
so
when
I
said,
villagers
have
stayed
the
same,
they
stayed
around
the
same
they're
about
they've
gone
up
about
1.4
since
2018,
which
isn't
a
ton
and
half
of
that
is
referendum,
debt
that
it
was
via
the
real
Rural
and
critical.
So
you
know
that
that
that
that
that
is
not
a
huge
swing
over
that
time
period.
F
G
G
G
G
One
thing
that
was
interesting
was
in
2021:
we
lost
3.2
million
dollars
worth
of
funding,
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
y'all
know
what
that
was,
that
was
the
Hilton
Head
Island
from
the
town
of
Hilton
Head
for
the
sheriff's
fees.
But
what
filled
that
bucket
up
was
the
register
of
deeds
revenue
for
all
the
transfers.
G
So,
although
we
lost
3.2
million
dollars,
the
registered
Deeds
kind
of
filled
that
hole
now
if
the
market,
if,
if
the
economy
turns-
and
it
goes
down,
you
would
see
those
fees,
recede,
some
and
I-
don't
think
we're
gonna
get
the
3.2
again,
but
we
have
the
Hilton
Head
Island
services
and
a
special
Revenue
fund,
but
I
thought
that
was
very
interesting.
The
state
Ace
the
subdivisions
next
year
is
going
to
be
8.3
million
and
I
would
suspect.
The
homestead
exemption
will
be
from
2
to
2.1
million.
B
G
To
look
particularly
at
Personnel
Services
because
it
kind
of
looks
like
they
went
all
over
the
place
and
one
reason
in
2021
was
when
we
we
did
split
out
the
Hilton
Head
Island
sheriff
in
in
there
in
a
separate
special
Revenue
fund.
That
was
around
four
million
dollars
and
in
2022
we
implemented.
We
implemented
some
other
things
which
I'll
go
on
later
on
in
the
slides,
but
the
the
reasons
that
is
is
up.
But
those
are
our
expenditures.
G
G
Yes,
ma'am
and
I
have
a
slide
on
that.
It's
so
it's
it's
our
payments
to
higher
education.
It's
our
payments
to
Beaufort
Memorial
Hospital,
it's
our
premise
to
Beaufort!
That's
for
Comp
Health,
LRTA,
Island
rec
center,
and
we
have
it's
about
10
to
11
million
dollars.
I
have
a
slide
that
splits
out
all
of
them.
G
C
G
G
Cultural
and
recreational
and
this
slide
I
looked
at
and
had
to
do
a
double
take.
It
kind
of
threw
me
for
a
little
closer
and
recreational,
because
I
was
thinking
Parks
and
Rec,
but
that
also
has
a
higher
education
in
there.
So
that's
why
that
subsidies
other
is
so
big,
so
you're
like.
Why
would
that
be
so
much,
but
it's
libraries,
Parks
and
Rec
in
the
higher
education.
G
But
anyways
be
for
now
Beaufort
County
Personnel
increases
I
want
to
give
you
all
kind
of
a
background
on
the
Personnel
of
what
we've
done
over
the
past
three
years
in
2021
that
budget
covid-19
was
hit.
The
bottom
was
falling
out.
We
didn't
do
anything
we
just
kind
of
held
the
line
in
2022
we
implemented
the
Evergreen
Solutions
classification
study
in
comp
study
and
in
2023
we
implemented
a
five
percent
Council
living
Cola
that
we
actually
did
before
the
end
of
the
year.
We
did
it
in
May
of
2022.
G
G
D
D
They're
talking
about
you
know
where
they
work.
Can
they
work
remote?
How
much
time
do
they
have
to
work?
How
much
time
can
they
have
off?
You
know
flexibility
of
schedule
and
their
hourly
pays.
So
those
are
things
that
we're
going
to
need
some
clear
direction
from
you
on
what
you
all
want
us
to
build
in
in
the
budget
coming
up
in
the
next
session.
Sorry.
C
C
M
M
C
A
B
G
E
G
This
is
the
subsidies
to
others,
and
this
is
just
out
of
the
general
fund,
so
we
have
some
that
are
millage
based,
which
are
the
higher
education
payments
to
the
technical
college
and
the
University
of
South
Carolina
Beaufort,
and
then
the
Beaufort
Memorial,
the
Beaufort
Jasper
compel
they're
also
millage
based,
but
you
can
run
through
this
list
and
kind
of
go
through
it.
The
only
thing
that's
really
not
on
here
is
the
Millers
that
we
have
for
the
job
and
Parks,
because
it's
it
varies
on.
G
It
depends
on
what
projects
Economic
Development
Corporation
has
going
on
at
the
time,
and
Hank
will
be
going
over
that
with
his
presentation.
But,
as
you
can
see,
we
have
projected
almost
11.8
million
dollars
going
out
at
the
end
of
this
year.
There
may
be
things
that
y'all
may
want
to
increase
decrease,
but
this
is
just
to
kind
of,
let
you
all
know,
especially
the
new
people
where,
where
a
lot
of
the
money
is
going.
G
G
We
still
have
fund
balance
that
we
can
use
it's
not
as
much
as
it
has
been
because
we've
been
using
a
lot,
but
the
these
capital
projects
take
time
and
a
lot
of
effort
and
they're,
not
quick,
Solutions
and
so
we're
we're.
We
can
fund
some
of
these
with
that
that
that's
going
to
be
one
one
use
that
we
won't
be
able
to
eat
fun.
G
There's
some
Bond
proceeds
that
have
been
out
there
for
a
while
and
we're
going
to
look
at
those
and
see
if
we
can
reclass
those
and
then
to
fund
all
these
projects.
There
may
be
issuance
of
bonds,
but
look
in
the
master
facility
plan
in
the
parks
and
recs
Master
facility
plan
in
the
boat
Landings
Park
93
million
dollars
in
in
the
eight
percent
Gio
bonds.
It's
going
to
be
tough
to
get
everything
done,
I
mean
we
got
a
lot
of
stuff
coming
up
out
there.
A
A
B
L
Two
different
HR
directors
during
that
time,
since
she
has
taken
the
reins
herself
now
and
doing
a
great
job
and
I
know
we'll
continue
to
do
a
great
job.
She,
along
with
our
Deputy
County
Administrator
Ms
Richland,
will
be
tag
teaming
on
this.
This
person,
LPS
compensation
and
benefits-
is
that
where
we
are
okay,
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
right
all
right.
So
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
this,
but
you're
very
much
aware
of
the
challenges
that
we
faced
over
the
last
two
and
a
half
years
in
this.
L
D
So
we
I've,
given
you
two
sheets
of
paper,
for
those
of
you
in
the
room:
Logan
we're
going
to
be
emailing,
you
Hayes's
presentation,
that's
got
the
Personnel
chart
on
it
and
the
payments
to
outside
entity
chart
on
it.
Those
are
going
to
be
things
that
we'll
continually
discuss
over
the
next
few
days.
So.
I
I
We
need
to
start
thinking
about
we're
getting
into
the
time
period
where
we
have
folks
that
are
transitioning
out
due
to
retirement,
so
we've
never
really
focused
on
that
right
prior
in
Prior
years,
but
I
think
it's
very
important
from
here
forward,
at
least
for
the
next
five
to
seven
years,
that
we
are
zoning
in
on
that
number
as
well.
I'll
also
talk
to
you
about
some
vision
and
goals
with
HR
and
with
the
administration
for
the
whole
County.
I
Some
of
those
will
be
Recruitment
and
Retention.
Obviously
those
are
our
number
one
priorities:
increasing
our
Employee
Engagement
and
then
going
over
some
of
our
benefits
and
then
we'll
go
over
the
roadmap
of
how
we
get
there
all
right.
So
I
want
to
point
out
that
the
current
Personnel
data
that
you
are
about
to
see
is
fresh
as
of
2-4.
As
you
know,
this
is
constantly
changing
every
week.
The
numbers
change
so
keep
in
mind.
I
This
is
as
of
2
4.,
and
what
I've
done
with
our
staffing
levels
to
compare
our
vacancies
versus
our
staff
positions
is
broken
out
by
division
throughout
the
organization,
so
the
first
division,
math
highlighted,
is
our
finance
division
and,
within
the
chart,
you'll
see
each
department
that
falls
under
that
division.
Along
with
how
many
current
employees
they
have
and
then
the
green
bar
will
dictate
how
many
vacancies
they
have.
I
B
I
I
We
talked
in
previous
years
about
healthy
rights
for
retention
in
turnover.
10
percent
of
a
turnover
is
you're
you're,
knocking
out
the
part
you're
doing
great
over
20
percent
will
in
a
HR
World,
throw
some
red
flags
and
we
probably
need
to
kind
of
figure
out.
What's
going
on
and
approach
those
issues
as
needed
anywhere
in
that
10
to
20
we're
okay,
it's
not
that
we
don't
want
to
let
it
out
of
sight
but
we're
okay.
So
I
wanted
to
point
those
out
to
you
as
you're
going
through
these
numbers.
I
I
I
Public
Safety:
this
is
as
you've
heard
in
previous
years
during
this
Retreat,
where
we
are
critically
low
and
we
we've
got
to
get
a
handle
on
this,
get
some
staff
in
keep
them
in,
and
we
have
some
plans
to
help
get
us
there
that
we'll
be
sharing
with
you
later
this
morning.
But
right
now
the
Detention
Center
has
57
staffed
employees
and
they
have
32
vacancies
so
again,
very
alarming
for
our
Detention
Center,
our
EMS
is
doing
actually
better.
Yes,.
I
Sir,
they
have
a
total
of
89
positions
and
57
are
staffed.
32
are
vacant,
EMS
actually
has
improved
over
the
past
few
years.
You
know,
we've
implemented
some
extra
pay
when
they
get
double
overtime.
I
think
that's
been
been
helpful.
Of
course
they
also
are
eligible
for,
as
Dale
mentioned,
the
sign
on
bonus
so
I
think
that's
helping
bring
people
in,
but
it's
still
a
number
to
keep
in
in
the
Forefront
of
your
mind,
because.
N
N
So
is
that
a
area
of
of
a
higher
priority
for
us
to
try
to
do
something
with
without
we
doing
something
about
it,
because
you
know
it
has
always
been
a
problem
with
the
Detention
Center
and
they
came
before
us
before
and
said.
Salary
was
an
issue
we
kind
of
did
something
with
salary.
So
is
it's
yes,
sir.
You
understand
what
I'm
asking
I'm
trying
to
ask.
D
Now
it's
time
for
administration
me
to
start
looking
at
other
areas
of
concern
that
you
all
could
sit
there
and
probably
imagine
what
those
areas
of
concern
would
be
when
you're.
Looking
at
those
types
of
debate
vacancies
in
those
two
divisions,
we
just
hired
a
new
Public
Safety
assistant,
County
Administrator,
and
he
and
I
and
Whitney,
will
be
looking
into
those
that
situation
in
more
detail
and
be
implementing
things.
Once
we
do
that,
once
we
do
that
work.
I
I
I
And
here
we
have
a
total
FTE
count
of
46..
We
do
have
a
turnover
rate
of
20
here
with
zero
retirees,
so,
as
I
mentioned
earlier
above
20
is
when
we're
really
getting
concerned,
but
I
think
right
now
it's
it's
a
much
smaller
department.
So,
of
course
that
factors
in
you
only
have
46
ftes
but
I
think
we're.
Okay,
we
are
working
hard
to
recruit.
I,
know
Sarah's,
stepping
in
for
us
with
the
Pio
piece,
as
we
actively
recruit
that
so
I
anticipate
this
number
to
improve
before
the
end
of
fiscal
year.
D
So
this
is
so
this,
in
my
opinion,
just
the
council's
aware
is
a
combination
of
two
things.
One
is
a
combination
of
the
flexible
work
environment.
That's
offered
in
private
with
I.T
folks
have
to
come
here
and
do
work,
so
they
can
be
working
on
people's
computer,
but
if
they
can
sit
at
home
and
work
for
a
private
I.T
company,
then
that's
more
attractive
to
a
lot
of
the
folks
in
this
bracket.
A
I
All
right,
our
community
services
division,
the
one
that
probably
stands
out
to
you
here
is
our
DSN
and
again
this
is
just
a
much
higher
level
department.
It
does
require
a
very
unique
skill
set.
We
do
have
people
that
come
into
this
job
and
after
six
eight
months
they
just
may
realize
it's
not
for
them.
So
you
know,
as
far
as
a
Personnel
issue
I'm,
not
not
aware
of
any
issues.
There
I
think
it's
just
the
nature
of
the
job
here.
I
N
I
I
mean
everyone's
here
so
I'll.
Let
them
speak
for
that
yeah,
so
our
elected
officials,
I
I,
Bunch
them
together,
so
I'm.
Sorry,
it's
a
very
busy
chart,
but
I
did
put
them
all
in
one
overall
they're
doing
pretty
well
as
far
as
their
Staffing
levels.
The
sheriff
is
your
biggest
one,
but
again
we're
talking
343
positions
of
those
as
of
Saturday
when
I
pulled
the
date
of
52
were
vacant.
I
I
A
I
Here
is
just
a
high
level
overview
pulling
all
the
slides
together.
We
just
reviewed.
We
have
a
total
of
1
444
ftes,
a
total
of
1512
Physicians,
and
then
I've
also
broken
that
out
for
you
to
have
a
visual
of
how
many
part-time
I
think
that's
been
a
question.
That's
come
up
recently.
We
have
136
part-time
positions.
I
will
also
note
on
those
part-time
positions,
I
think
roughly
I
believe
five
or
six
of
those
part-time
or
with
elected
officials.
The
remainder
of
that
balance
is
with
the
county
divisions.
I
The
average
County
turnover
rate
is
10.24,
with
a
retiree
rate
at
just
over
seven
and
a
half
that
just
gives
a
high
level
overview
of
where
we
stand
currently
with
our
personnel
we're
going
to
go
a
little
bit
into
our
vision
and
goals.
Obviously,
one
of
our
top
priorities
is
to
be
the
premier
employer.
We've
heard
all
morning
about
growth.
People
are
coming
to
Beaufort
County.
We
want
to
be
that
four
four
front
employer
that
people
want
to
come
work
for
so
we
are
going
to
work
on
a
recruitment
and
retention.
I
I
I'll
start
with
the
Recruitment
and
Retention
piece.
You
may
recall
recently
our
previous
HR
Director,
coming
before
you
to
talk
about
the
neogov
system
that
we
have
now
purchased.
Our
team
in
HR
is
working
with
them
on
implementation.
We
expect
to
go
live
late
spring
to
early
summer
of
this
year,
and
this
is
a
recruitment
and
onboarding
software
program.
So
it's
going
to
allow
our
staff
and
HR
to
be
more
proactive
in
recruiting
the
current
applicant
tracking
system
we
have
now
is
is
a
little
stale
and
not
very
user
friendly.
I
So
this
system
will
also
allow
our
staff
to
put
in
keywords
for
what
what
we're
looking
for,
what
skills
we're
looking
for
and
then
we
will
be
able
to
find
resumes
on
file
with
this
system,
and
then
we
can
be
proactive
in
reaching
out
to
them
and
letting
them
know
about
our
positions,
because
currently
we're
just
crossing
our
fingers
and
hoping
that
people
are
going
to
come.
Look
at
our
website.
We
have
broad
widen
our
cast
net
of
who
all
we're
advertising
through.
We
do
it
through.
I
I
Whitney
had
mentioned
earlier
it's
time
for
us
to
do
an
internal
classification
and
compensation
study.
So
we
are
working
on
that
I'm
currently
working
with
Administration,
including
all
of
our
acas,
to
get
with
their
departments
and
tell
me
where,
where
are
we
struggling?
What
are
the
positions
we
need
to
go
out
and
do
another
Market
survey
on
and
I'll
tell
you
this
go
around.
We
are
going
to
Market
survey,
not
only
other
local
governments
but
private
sector,
because
that
seems
to
be
where
we're
hitting
a
brick
wall
with
the
competition
on
the
rates.
I
M
Good
morning,
everybody
good
morning,
so
one
of
the
ways
that
we
do
want
to
retain
our
current
employee
Workforce
is
to
do
another
cost
of
living
adjustment.
I
said
before
you
last
year
and
petitioned
you
to
consider
the
rising
inflationary
environment
that
we're
in
that
has
not
changed.
Unfortunately,
I'm
going
to
go
through
a
couple
of
statistics
for
you
on
the
next
slide,
but
first
just
for
those
of
you
who
aren't
aware,
we
often
refer
to
CPI
Consumer
Price
Index.
What
is
that?
M
Basically,
it's
the
measure
of
an
average
change
in
prices
over
time
in
a
fixed
market
basket
of
goods,
so
things
that
you
need
to
live
on
your
day-to-day
basis
right:
food,
clothing,
shelter,
transportation.
In
other
words,
it
means
it
measures
the
changes
in
price
required
to
maintain
a
giving
standard
of
living.
M
So
this
year
we're
doing
we're
proposing
a
combination
of
a
cola
and
a
merit,
and
just
below
that
you'll
see
that
we
are
proposing
a
three
percent
Cola,
but
for
the
southeastern
region,
our
inflation
from
December
of
21
through
December
of
22..
That's
the
most
recent
data
we
have
at
this
point
in
time,
for
our
region
is
seven
percent.
Now
that
Southeast
region
does
take
an
account,
you
know
South
Carolina
Florida,
Georgia,
Alabama
Mississippi.
M
There
are
several
states
that
are
included
in
the
Southeast
region,
but
overall
for
all
Goods,
not
seasonally
adjusted
is
seven
percent
food
I'm
sure
you
guys
have
seen
it
I
put
eggs
on
there
for
a
reason.
Has
anybody
seen
the
price
of
eggs
lately
it's
insane
so
groceries
overall
for
our
region.
Over
the
last
December
to
December
12
month
period,
increased
12.6
percent
takeout
was
8.2
energy
overall
5.8
drilling
down
into
the
details,
electricity,
approximately
increased
15.7
percent
for
our
region,
natural
gas,
19.4.4
and
then
gasoline
4.1.
M
It
says
it
decreased
for
this
period
in
December
of
2022,
but
we
know
that
it
rose
again
here
recently
in
our
area
in
January,
shelter
and
we've
hit
on
this
several
times.
A
recurring
theme
in
our
County
and
in
the
region
is
going
to
be
Housing
Shelter
overall
increased
to
9.6
percent,
the
rent
of
a
primary
residence
was
11.4
and
the
owner's
equivalent
is
9.4.
M
So
this
Cola
that
we
are
proposing
does
not
exactly
keep
Pace
with
inflation,
but
we
are
hoping
that,
with
a
combination
of
a
cola
and
Merit,
we
will
be
somewhere
close
to
that
seven.
We're
proposing
three
and
three.
This
proposed
Cola
would
be
available
to
all
employees,
both
full
and
part-time,
regardless
of
department
or
Division,
and
that
would
include
electoral,
the
employees
of
elected
officials
as
well,
and
the
elected
officials
themselves,
in
accordance
with
our
ordinances
and
I
in
case
you're,
really
curious
about
these
numbers.
M
N
Quote
would
basically
have
caused
a
lot
of
this
increase
in
in
inflation.
That's
not
going
to
last
forever,
so
we're
gonna
America
is
going
to
get
back
on
production.
Egg
price
is
going
to
be
coming
down.
Milk
is
going
to
be
coming
down.
A
lot
of.
It
is
really
the
supply
and
demand
at
this
time.
That's
why
they
you're,
probably
looking
at
the
seven
percent
increase,
but
over
time
it's
going
to
level
off
so
I'm.
N
I'm
I
appreciate
your
three
percent,
because
I
think
that's
really
a
very
good
number
to
put
out
there
and
stuff,
but
yeah
I'm,
not
too
long,
but
about
seven
percent
I.
You
know.
I
can
tell
you
that
at
some
point
in
time,
Romaine
letters
of
selling
for
almost
90
a
box.
Normally
it
sells
for
25
it's
going
to
get
back
down.
M
The
same
site
that
I
pulled
this
information
from
also
has
a
router
calculator
again
for
kind
of
a
mathy
geeky
nerds
in
the
room
who,
like
statistics
and
numbers.
If
you
go
to
the
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics,
if
you
go
to
their
website,
one
particular
tab
has
this
inflation
calculator
I've
put
100
in
there?
It
used
to
be
for
a
family
of
four
I
could
go
to
Walmart
and
buy
groceries
for
the
week
for
100
bucks.
I
can
no
longer
do
that
that
same
hundred
dollars
from
January
of
2022
in
December
of
2022.
M
So
roughly
a
year
later,
that
hundred
dollars
is
now
105.57
sure
five
dollars,
but
when
you're
working
at
eight
nine
ten
twelve
dollars
an
hour
you're
having
to
work
almost
a
full
extra
hour
before
tax
just
to
pay
for
the
increase
in
those
groceries.
So
yes,
we
do
hope
that
it
calms
down.
But
in
the
meantime,
we've
got
to
do
something
to
help
our
employees,
because,
as
we
mentioned
earlier
this
morning,
they
are
looking
at
that
take-home
pay.
Retirement
is
great.
M
M
The
reason
why,
let's
just
say
you
have
a
department
full
of
performers,
mixed
some
are
very
high,
performing
some
are
kind
of
just
doing
what
they
need
to
do
to
get
by,
maybe
others
not
even
performing
at
all,
and
we
need
to
implement
some
kind
of
corrective
action
for
them
so
that
they
start
performing
at
the
level
that
is
expected
when
you
do
merely
do
a
cola
across
the
board,
and
everybody
gets
the
exact
same
thing.
That
is
a
good
way
to
kill
morale
for
your
top
performers.
M
We
need
to
do
something
that
will
continue
to
incentivize
them
to
perform,
and
so
because
of
that
we
are
also
intend
and
proposing
up
to
a
three
percent
Merit
increase
for
our
employees,
and
each
of
these
we
are
proposing
would
be
effective
with
the
First
full
pay
period
in
July,
so
that
it
is
implemented
at
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year
again.
This
would
be
available
to
all
employees,
whether
full
or
part-time,
and
would
be
available
to
employees
of
elected
officials.
Are
there
any
questions
about
this
slide?
Yes,
sir,
go
back
one
slide.
F
M
Yes,
I
do
not
believe
that
as
Administration,
we
have
the
authority
to
evaluate
our
elected
officials
that
is
done
by
citizens
through
the
form
of
re-election.
So
we
are
not
in
a
position
to
let's
just
use
Maria,
for
example
earlier
since
she
prepared
I
believe
that
Maria
does
a
tremendous
job
in
her
area.
Fantastic,
very
intelligent,
very
proactive,
very
Innovative,
always
willing
to
partner
with
our
staff
for
anything
that
we
need
we're
on
a
position
of
authority
to
to
evaluate
her
performance.
She
would
absolutely
have
my
samp
of
approval
for
that
three
percent.
M
D
D
F
A
I
I
Yes,
thank
you
for
that
question.
Currently
we
do
have
a
performance
evaluation
system
in
place.
I
will
say
that
our
leaders
with
the
county
we
need
to
get
some
more
training
available
to
them
and
we
plan
to
do
so.
So
it's
not
such
a
subjective
process.
They
know
the
criteria
and
how
to
properly
assess
their
employees
and
how
to
have
those
conversations
with
the
employees
as
well.
I
But
then
that
also
does
lead
us
into
our
Workforce
Development,
and
this
is
a
perfect
opportunity
when
we
are
training
the
staff
to
go
over
those
expectations
to
go
over
the
competencies
that
we
will
be
reviewing
them
annually
in
their
performance
evaluation
as
well.
So
I
think
that
that
covers
that
piece,
but
this
Workforce
Development
program
will
be
much
more
than
that.
It's
going
to
be
training
opportunities
for
all
staff
to
include
our
leaders.
We
did
have
a
Leadership
Retreat
back
in
August
and
I
think
it
was
a
wonderful
event.
I
I
It
will
also
be
inclusive
of
our
compliance
training
that
we
have
to
go
through,
whether
we
like
it
or
not,
and
then
it's
going
to
provide
some
upskilling
opportunities.
So,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we
want
to
promote
a
foster
or
Foster
an
environment
and
promote
growth.
We
want
our
folks
to
stay
with
us.
We
don't
want
them
to
just
put
a
dot
on
their
roadmap.
Of
these
are
all
the
jobs
I've
had
we
want
you
to
make
this
a
career
with
us.
I
We
want
to
see
you
in
that
retiree
rate
when
we
talk
the
same
presentation
10
years
from
now.
So,
in
order
to
do
that,
we
want
to
have
that
pathway
for
them
to
get
there
to
get
into
the
desired
positions
in
which
they
are
hoping
for
and
to
also
help
with
succession
planning,
because
we
are
getting
into
an
era
where
we're
going
to
see
a
lot
of
retirees
come
out.
So
we
need
to
have
staff
in
place.
That's
ready
to
handle
that
I
mean
how
to
do
that
is
through
a
learning
management
system.
N
B
N
N
I
B
I
So
there
is
a
safeguard
in
place
with
the
performance
evaluation
system
where
it
doesn't
just
stop
at
the
buck.
With
that
first
level,
we
can
route
it
up
to
multiple
levels
of
management,
to
make
sure
even
your
acas
are
involved.
Your
department
heads
are
involved
to
ensure
this
is
not
happening
and
again
going
back
to
the
training
that
we
need
to
provide
to
our
managers
to
give
them
the
layout
of
how
to
proficiently
complete
an
evaluation
and
then
also
we
are
considering
the
factors
right
now.
I
C
I
It's
it's
a
twofold:
it
will
have
the
content,
the
library
content
of
other
training
videos,
but
it's
also
going
to
have
a
road
map
for
employees
and
managers
to
work
together
on
to
upskill
them
to
guide
them.
Where
do
you
need
to
focus
which
videos
do
you
need
to
focus
on
because
there's
over
I
think
over
3.
I
C
I
Yeah
you're,
it's
it's
very
rare,
you'll,
probably
find
too
identical.
I
mean
every
job
is,
is
different
and
has
different
expectations
in
the
current
system.
We
use
and
I'm,
not.
You
know,
saying
we
wouldn't
Branch
out
and
look
at
other
systems.
If
that's
the
desire
of
administration,
we
can
certainly
do
that.
The
current
system
we
have,
though
it
does
have
over
I,
want
to
say
200
competencies
as
it
stands.
C
I
think
to
Mr
Glover's
point
when
you
do,
when
I
did
the
library
director
the
most
important
part
of
that
evaluation?
Are
the
comments?
It's
not
just
the
check
the
boxes,
it
was
what
do
I
really
know
that
she
does.
What
are
the
competencies
that
really
shine
and
what
are
the
weaknesses
that
need
to
be
addressed?
So
it's
really
going
back
to
his
point.
What
the
supervisor
does
in
that
evaluation
piece.
I
Are
not
gonna
just
check
off
a
box,
I
mean
you
have
to
provide
feedback,
otherwise
you're
just
you're
pushing
papers.
I
mean
this
needs
to
be
a
meaningful
process.
They
need
to
understand
the
reason
why,
behind
we
do
it
it's
meaningful,
not
only
for
administration
and
leaders,
it's
really
meaningful
for
that
staff,
especially
if
you
are
those
High
performers.
They
want
to
hear
that
you
know
and,
of
course
they
want
it
supplemented
with
with
a
reward
which
is
usually
monetary
right.
B
F
I
Yeah,
so
that
is
another
area
with
backtracking
a
little
bit
on
the
new
yoga.
If
I
spoke
about
there,
there's
a
piece
of
that
for
onboarding
to
help
our
staff
out
to
make
that
first
day
of
employment,
if
not
even
stretching
into
maybe
their
first
month
of
employment,
depending
on
their
position
to
have
the
opportunities
to
network
with
understand
the
structure
of
the
county.
Understand
who
your
potential
teammates
are
that
are
in
your
division
or
another
division
even
go
locate
the
facilities.
F
F
I
Well,
the
last
one,
some
wellness
events
we
want
to
inspire
healthy
Workforce.
You
may
be
aware
you
may
not
be
aware.
We
currently
kicked
off
our
first
County
fitness
challenge.
A
Step
Challenge
that
started
I
want
to
say
the
second
week
of
January
and
is
slated
to
end
next.
Friday
we've
had
a
lot
of
response
for
County
Employees
we've
set
them
all
up
into
Microsoft
teams,
they're
chatting
with
each
other.
Every
day,
they're
networking
they're
planning
their
lunch
schedules
to
go,
walk
around
the
complex
together.
I
I
We
will
continue
to
provide,
as
we
always
have
our
on-site
clinics
for
vaccinations
to
include
flu
and
Tdap
vaccinations,
vascular
screenings
and
mammogram
screenings,
and
then
we
are
also
building
form
in
relationship
with
Beaufort
Memorial
to
come
in
and
talk
with
staff
periodically,
whether
it
be
monthly
or
quarterly
and
hold
60
75-minute
Health
seminars
and
also
there's
some
other
plans
with
Administration
with
bringing
on
some
some
more
help
to
really
beef
up
and
go
the
next
level.
With
with
the
wellness
piece
for
the
county.
F
F
I
F
I
A
Anything
I
will
say
one
thing:
that's
probably
what
we're
going
to
be
discussing
this
afternoon
with
Mr
Larson
presents
his
capital
projects.
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
to
be
cognizant
of
employ
employee
retention
is
where
they
work.
Do
we
have
a
safe
environment
to
work
in?
Do
we
are
we
supplying
them
with
the
proper
tools
to
do
their
job
that
we
expect
them?
A
I
K
K
How
confidential
other
is
going
to
be,
and
that's
question
comes
from
one
other
question
that
I've
read
school
board
and
School
District.
They
only
say
that
at
least
when
I
was
teaching
when
I
left.
They
said
they
were
credential,
but
yeah
I
would
get
an
email
with
them
telling
New
York
people
that
read
them
say
that
hey.
Why
haven't
you
found
this
in
because
clearly
they
weren't
confidential?
If
people
were
saying
that
it
hasn't
been
that
it
hasn't
been,
or
why
did
you
answer
it?
This
way?
Don't
talk
about
potential.
K
I
They
don't
get
black
balls
in
future
jobs.
Sure
a
couple
points
on
that
and
I'll
start
with
your
latter
comment
here
is
when
we
have
to
do
any
sort
of
verification
of
employment
in
HR.
We
only
release
the
dates.
They
were
employed
with
the
county,
the
job
position
they
held
and
their
salary.
If
that's
requested,
we
we
never
release
reason
for
their
exit.
We
we
don't
even
classify
people
as
rehireable,
so
that
kind
of
covers
that.
But
we
do
we're
very
upfront
in
our
exit
interview
process
from
the
get-go
that
it
is
confidential.
I
I
Of
course,
it
will
stay
at
a
high
level,
confidentiality
of
how
many
people
this
gets
out
too,
but
we
are
up
front
with
that
in
our
exit
interviews
and
it
doesn't
seem
to
put
a
hinder
on
our
folks,
giving
us
information,
but
you
also
have
to
realize
that
even
whether
they
want
they
believe
it's
confidential
or
not,
some
people
are
still
not
going
to
give
the
information,
and
then
you
also
have
the
other
facade.
That's
really
going
to
just
have
their
way
with
it
and
sling
a
lot
of
information
out
there.
I
I
N
B
B
N
D
D
So
if,
if
Council
would
be
saying,
okay,
well
we're
going
to
go
all
the
way
back
to
those
folks
that
got
paid
out
and
gonna
start
their
benefit
again,
then
I
would
recommend
against
that.
But
if
you
want
to
start
it
for
retirees
for
the
last
year
or
so
for
people
that
have
not
benefited
in
financially
from
from
that
provision
through
what
you
all
asked
us
to
do,
with
the
with
the
payouts
to
retirees
then
I
I
would
we
can
evaluate
that?
But
if
we're
going
to
go
back
and
allow
people
to
benefit
exponentially.
N
F
D
D
D
This
is
for
y'all's
opportunity
now
to
provide
us
feedback
with
regards
to,
unless
we
hear
differently
we're
going
to
proceed
on
with
building
in
a
three
percent
Cola
and
up
to
a
three
percent
Merit
and
council
member
lover.
I
share
your
concerns
about
Merit
performance
evaluations,
in
my
opinion,
are
an
ineffective
way
to
motivate
people,
because
those
folks
that
benefit
from
performance
evaluations,
don't
need
them,
because
they're
always
evaluating
themselves
every
day
at
work.
D
D
N
D
D
F
D
F
C
C
D
K
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman.
It
might
be
the
only
one,
but
I
do
have
my
reservation
about
both
of
them.
To
be
honest,
one
percentages
can
be
taken
by
different
levels.
For
example,
we
just
have
this
discussion
a
couple
months
back
three
percent
on
a
50
000
salary
is
alive
and
three
percent
on
150
000
salary.
K
That's
one
of
my
concerns.
The
other
issue
is
the
same
reason.
The
same
thing
that
Eric
brought
up
earlier
about
the
housing
market.
The
more
we
continue
to
increase
the
more
that
the
cost
of
living
is
going
to
continue
to
catch
up
anytime.
They
raise
it
something
else
in
the
other
end,
because
people
know
that
they
can.
K
K
Nobody
wants
to
say
I
will.
It
sounds
like
we're
chasing
Washington
right
now,
with
whatever
inflation's
coming
down
the
pipe,
whether
it's
from
covid
Administration
change
whatever
it
might
be.
Anybody
can
point
the
finger,
but
we're
the
ones
I
do
have
my
reservations
about.
When
are
we
gonna
put
an
end
to
that?
Or
when
are
we
going
to
come
up
with
a
different
solutions?
K
Now
I'm
doing
the
competitive
public
county
I?
Do
one
of
the
best
staff
in
the
State
I
think
that
we
owe
that
to
our
citizens
of
view
of
the
county
with
you
know
the
raise,
or
maybe
it
is,
however,
that
should
fit,
but
I
just
want
to.
You
know
Express
that
that
at
some
point,
whenever
you
stop
chasing
the
sale
but
I
feel
like
that's
what
we're
going
to
do
long
road,
we
should
keep
spending
more
money
and
continuing
to
fight
the
exact
same
problem.
Money
doesn't
always
fix
problems.
Sure.
F
That
may
be
something
that
could
be
implemented
pretty
simply
but
then
again,
New
York.
It's
left
up
to
the
supervisor
to
recognize
that,
but
then
it
would
have
to
go
higher
than
just
supervisor
to
probably
two
more
levels
and
what
they
did
with
those
kinds
of
awards.
Back
in
the
day
when
I
was
actually
working
somewhere.
F
Was
they
had
a?
They
had
a
special?
They
had
a
special.
It
was
a
committee
of
employees
and
all
of
these
Awards
went
to
that
committee.
So
there
were
five
or
six
people
making
a
decision
in
reviewing
what
the
submission
was
by
that
supervisor
and
they
passed
it
through
the
committee
and
that's
the
only
way
it
was
granted.
F
Left
just
to
one
person
it
was
put
to
get
but
was
put
before
a
lot
of
other
people
and
I
always
thought
that
was
a
great
way
to
to
recognize
people,
because
it's
not
at
a
particular
time.
It's
when
you
see
something
that
deserves
recognition
and
it
can
happen
anytime
during
the
fiscal
locality
year.
F
So
I
recommend
that
you
give
some
consideration
to
perhaps
implementing
a
program
like
that
which
I
found
to
be
during
my
term
service
to
the
federal
government
to
be
something
that
people
responded
to
more
favorably
than
just
getting
an
annual
increase
or
Cola,
because
you
were
actually
taking
time
to
recognize
him
for
something
they
actually
did
at
the
moment.
They
did
it.
Okay,.
D
That
we
need
to
consider
as
well
is
some
you
know,
kind
of
menu
of
benefits
that
employees
can
choose
from
and
if
they
don't
take
our
medical
insurance,
then
maybe
they
get.
You
know
more
per
hour
that
they're
paid,
because
we're
saving
a
lot
of
money
in
that
particular
case
so
or
they
might
be
able
to
forego
medical
insurance
for
more
accrued
time
or
whatever.
So
those
are
the
types
of
things
that
we,
you
know
need
to
evaluate
as
well
to
make
sure
our
benefits
packages
are
aligning
with
actually
the
desires
of
the
workforce.
F
B
F
C
F
C
Mr
chair:
do
we
give
our
employees
a
I
mean
everybody
gets
a
W-2,
so
they
know
that
they,
hypothetically
made
last
year
before
the
government,
pulled
everything
out.
Do
we
give
our
employees
a
compensation
package
view
because
most
people
don't
understand
how
much
ben
the
medical
benefits
cost
or
workman's
comp
or
whatever
do
they
get
the
full
compensation
package,
not
that
it's
going
to
make
them
feel
jumped
for
Joy,
but
it
is
part
of
their
compensation.
No.
I
C
D
Of
the
big
items
that
you
all
will
see
in
the
budget
this
year
that
we
out
purchased
in
the
way
of
software
is
the
update
to
our
property
tax
software.
It's
called
augmentum,
we're
way
behind
on
the
that
will
come
at
a
price
tag
of
3.7
million
dollars
over
the
next
three
years,
so
there
will
be
at
least
1.2
million
in
this
year's
budget
to
begin
the
implementation
of
that
upgrade
to
our
property
tax
software.
D
D
It's
hard
for
parents
this
day
and
time
to
to
be
able
to
get
their
kids
up,
get
them
to
school.
I
work
all
day,
then
get
home,
get
their
kids
off
school
or
to
practice
and
then
get
home
and
cook
and
do
all
the
homework.
And
things
like
that.
So
my
plan
is
to
have
this
Wellness
director.
Be
able
to
implement
programs
so
that
we
can
release
employees
either
early
in
the
morning
or
midday
or
in.
B
D
That's
a
that's
an
ancillary
Factor,
but
makes
them
more
productive,
makes
them
happier,
makes
them
healthier
and
happier
and
healthier
people
is
good
for
a
society
and
our
Workforce,
so
that'll
be
another
thing
that
we
will
be
looking
at
implementing
here
shortly
and
then
at
some
point,
we're
going
to
need
direction
from
you
all
on
what
you
want
to
do
with
the
surpluses
that
we've
had.
That's
something.
D
D
D
Haze
and
Whitney
getting
all
nervous
over
here
on
me
because
I'm
I'm
I'm
in
dangerous
territory
by
talking
about
financial
stuff.
So
anyway,
she
waited
they
caught
me
out
here,
but
one
of
the
things
we're
going
to
be
talk
need
to
talk
to
you.
All
about
is
what
we're
going
to
do
with
the
millage
on
a
rollback
and
possibly
doing
that
roll
back
and
rolling
that
over
into
Capital
purchases,
because
we
have
needed
the
surpluses
that
we
have
had
to
do
Capital
purchases.
M
M
It
well,
some
of
our
surpluses
have
been
attributed
to
the
fact
that
we
budgeted
for
Capital
items
and
projects
that
we
weren't
unable
to
complete
within
a
fiscal
year.
Capital
is
the
majority
of
the
outlay
other
than
your
personnel
piece
right:
it's
not
supplies
and
materials,
and
even
Professional
Services
that
can
be
so
costly.
It's
your
capital
outlay,
so
we've
alluded
to
covet
a
lot
and
the
impact
that
has
had
on
our
environment
with
supply
chain
and
the
availability
of
goods.
M
The
availability
of
the
workforce
to
even
provide
those
Services
as
well
Haze
I'm
sure,
can
jump
in
with
more
specifics,
but
in
each
of
the
years
that
we've
had
a
surplus.
We
have
then
come
to
you
with
a
recommendation
on
how
to
use
that
the
first
year
out
the
gate
we
recommended
that
we
defeat
some
of
our
debt,
which
basically
means
pay
it
off,
pay
it
off
early.
The
benefit
of
that
is
your
debt.
Millage
goes
down
and
it
saves
and
the
interest
expense
over
the
remaining
life
that
that
debt
would
have
been
outstanding.
M
We
did
that
one
year,
I.
Think.
Last
year
we
came
before
you
and
said:
look
we
have
a
lot
of
facilities
that
are
kind
of
default.
We've
not
kept
pace
with
the
maintenance
on
those
they've
been
in
a
state
of
disrepair.
Some
of
them,
for
example,
fall
under
our
Parks
and
Recreation
division,
where
there
were
pools
that
needed
in
each
instance,
upwards
of
three
million
dollars
per
location.
M
That
was
one
of
the
recommendations,
another
that
Jared
and
councilmember
Rodman
when
he
was
on
board
asked
for
was
that
we
take
some
of
that
Surplus
and
put
it
in
a
design
lot.
So
all
these
Road
issues
that
we
are
having
with
170
and
278
can
be
addressed
and
those
design
costs
are
very
expensive.
I
think
we
put
roughly
6
million
aside
for
that.
In
addition,
we
asked
for
things
like
EMS
equipment,
ambulances,
mannequins,
various
and
Sundry
things
that
were
needed
by
that
department.
M
We
put
in
excess
of
a
million
into
the
Detention
Center,
so
that
maintenance
needs
that
have
gone
on
a
dress
for
a
series
of
years
were
able
to
be
addressed,
such
as
HVAC
units
paint
flooring,
furniture
that
had
been
sitting
there
for
20
years.
Our
newest
Probate
Judge
has
come
forward
and
asked
for
some
of
that
for
her
area
of
expertise
as
well.
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
come
to
you,
for
they
are
large
Capital
purchases
that
have
consumed
a
lot
of
that
Surplus.
M
So
I,
don't
want
you
to
think
that
we
have
generated
these
surpluses
because
we've
over
taxed
it's
been
things
that
have
been
critically
deferred
for
too
many
years
and
we
were
not
able
to
complete
them
within
a
given
budget
cycle.
We
have
rolled
that
forward
every
year
and
asked
for
use
of
those
funds
which
we
will
be
doing
shortly
with
the
15
million
that
Mr
Greenway
just
referred
to
last
year.
M
One
of
the
ways
we'd
like
to
combat
that
just
from
an
Optics
perspective,
is
to
completely
separate
out
our
Capital
expenditures
into
another
fund,
so
that
is
not
mixed
into
operations.
I
think
as
we
do,
that
for
fiscal
24,
and
that
year
comes
and
goes
at
the
end
of
that
cycle.
What
you
will
notice
is
that
the
operating
piece
will
be
very,
very
close
to
fully
expending
what
they
were
appropriated.
M
The
flip
side
of
that
is
whether
it's
5
10
or
15
million
that
we've
needed
for
the
capital
piece
and
whatever
that
equates
to
in
terms
of
a
millage.
If
it's
three
four
five
mils
will
be
in
a
separate
Capital
fund,
practically,
as
you
guys
know.
Sometimes,
when
you
have
major
construction
projects,
they
don't
fit
nice
and
neatly
into
the
time
frame
of
a
fiscal
year.
So
it
is
very
important
that
we
separate
those
out
and
that
has
the
ability
when
necessary,
as
it
crosses
fiscal
years.
M
If
it's,
those
funds
are
not
completely
expended
by
June
the
30th
or
shortly
thereafter
for
modified
approval,
then
we
need
to
be
able
to
continue
to
expend
those
to
complete
those
projects
into
the
next
fiscal
year.
I
know
that
was
a
lot
of
information.
Hayes
can
add
to
it,
but
I'm
also
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have
on
the
practicality
of
that.
N
N
I
would
love
to
see
the
the
capital
project
listing.
You
know,
because
we
do
have
capital
projects
that
we
have
to
do
and
we
either
got
to
issue
bonds
for
it
blah
blah
that
sort
of
stuff
it's
better
to
pay
as
you
go.
If
you
can,
because
it
really
saved
taxpayers
over
a
long
period
of
time
but
I
to
me,
it's
it
doesn't
save
over
time.
N
Money
there's
issues
I'm,
looking
at
saving
taxpayers
money
we
have
reserved,
you
know,
that's
why
I
asked
the
auditor
about
the
the
fund
balance
and
he
said
you
know
every
year
they
keep
going
up.
Oh,
you
need
to
have
three
months,
unbalance
nine
seven
and
a
half
months
fund,
balance
and
stuff
I
guess
might
be
a
whole
year.
One
balance.
If
we
keep
going
in
that
direction.
N
Do
you
see
what
I'm
going
at
you
know
at
some
point
in
time?
You
know
we
have
to
come
with
a
comfortable
number
to
say
this
is
going
to
be
good
for
us
for
emergency.
You
know
if,
if
another
here
I
mean
not
Hugo,
but
whatever
the
hurricane
was
Matthew,
you
know
we
have
funds
that
we
can
actually
do
the
work
and
then
get
reimbursed
and
I.
Think
that
worked
well
for
us
at
the
time.
N
M
There's
a
lot
I
could
impact
there.
I
do
agree
with
a
lot
of
your
statements
in
that
we
do
need
to
have
sufficient
reserves
to
cover
ourselves,
as
he
explained,
for
a
lot
of
counties.
Three
to
four
months
in
your
fund.
Reserves
are
sufficient,
but
because
of
where
we
are
positioned
geographically
and
how
we
are
susceptible
to
storms
that
require
a
major
outlay
immediately
following
the
storm
for
debris
that
we
contract
out
to
be
picked
up
or
just
our
emergency
response,
it
can
consume
significant
resources
very
quickly,
and
so.
M
So
for
that
reason
most
of
them
are
collected,
as
Hayes
said
by
the
end
of
June,
we're
probably
98
99
collected
by
the
end
of
June,
but
those
remaining
three
months
until
the
end
of
that
period,
when
they
are
truly
deemed
seriously
delinquent
and
start
assessing
the
interests
and
penalties
on
top
of
that
are
not
collected
in
the
three-month
period.
But
we
can
accrue
those
there's
a
spec
and
I.
Don't
want
to
get
terribly
technical
right
now
in
governmental
accounting,
but
because
of
the
taxing
year
in
which
they
were
levied
with
modified
approval.
M
We
have
the
ability
to
record
those
delinquent
taxes
that
are
then
collected
beyond
June
back
into
that
fiscal
year.
So
because
we
were
able
to
do
that,
we
are
able
to
have
sufficient
cash
reserves
during
the
hurricane
period
when
we
are
likely
to
need
it,
the
most,
which
is
June
through
November,
and
that's
on
the
tail
end
of
that
collection.
M
Before
we
Levy
again
and
start
a
new
taxing
year,
so
very
crucial
that
we
do
have
a
healthy
fund
balance
and
a
very
healthy
cash
amount
of
that
fund
balance
as
far
as
rolling
back
the
millage,
we
have
not
ruled
that
out.
I,
don't
want
you
to
walk
away
from
here.
Thinking
that
we're
talking
about
you
know,
employee,
Recruitment
and
Retention
efforts
through
the
form
of
pay
increases
or
other
initiatives.
We're
talking
about
Capital
needs.
I,
don't
want
you
to
think
at
all
that
we
have
completely.
M
You
know,
ruled
out
the
rolling
back
of
the
millage.
That
may
very
well
be
the
case,
but
by
the
same
token,
over
the
last
couple
of
years
we
have
been
hammered
about
our
facilities.
We've
been
hammered
about
Green
Street,
we've
been
hammered
about
Gloria,
Potts
and
chuck
could
kind
of
go
down
the
list
as
far
as
facilities
that
are
in
need
of
major
renovation.
M
Additional
programming
north
of
the
broad
for
parks
and
Leisure
is
one
of
those
Transportation
needs
is
one
of
those,
so
it
takes
money
to
provide
services
and
it
takes
people
to
provide
the
services.
So
there's
a
as
it's
been
referred
to
a
very
delicate
balancing
act
on
what
the
appropriate
level
of
millages
to
continue
to
have
sufficient
funds
for
those
things.
So
I'm
not
disagreeing
with
you
I,
don't
want
you
to
think
that
we
have
ruled
that
out.
K
Piggybacking
off
with
what
Eric
Greenleaf
a
few
moments
ago
and
then
talking
about
health
coordinator
I'm,
not
sure
what
lines
of
10
1500
call
them.
If
we're
talking
about
health
and
fitness
of
our
employees
as
well
as
our
County
and
our
motto,
and
then
you
have
a
councilman
Glover
talking
about
giving
back
to
the
community,
it
seems
like
an
at
least
an
option
to
discuss
and
I,
don't
know
if
those
funds
are
allowed,
but
we
just
looked
at
the
company
25
million
dollars
that
we
need
for
all
these
directions.
K
D
Very
good
Segway
that
is
going
to
be
covered
in
the
afternoon
sessions
well
with
the
final
session
being
on
Parks
and
Recreation,
so
we
will
be
asking
for
y'all's
directions
on
how
y'all
you
all
would
like
for
us
to
deal
with
some
of
these
issues.
If
you
all
councilmember,
Cunningham
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
that
presentation,
but
if
you
all
will
look
at
this
particular
sheet
of
paper
right
here.
D
So
we'll
have
the
answer
so
the
first
four
on
the
list:
Technical
College,
the
Low
Country
University
of
South
Carolina
Beaufort,
Beaver,
Memorial,
Beaver,
Joshua,
Comp
Health,
as
Hayes
said.
That's
that
allocation
is
pretty
much
set
by
millage,
that
is
in
the
presentation,
those
formulas
and
the
amounts
are
in
the
presentation
that
Hayes
did
earlier.
Historically,
we
have
been
asked
to
get
additional
information
about
the
14th
circuit
solicitors
office
in
the
14th
circuit
public
defender's
office.
If
you
all
would
like
to
know
anything,
I
would
like
to
have
that
direction.
Today.
D
To
know
if
there's,
if
there's
like
things
that
you
want
to
know
in
detail
about
money
being
expended,
who's
been
hired.
What
previous
occasions
have
gone
for
anything
like
that?
I
would
like
to
have
that
information.
So
we
can
go
ahead
and
work,
but
again
working
now
with
those
folks,
so
that
we
can
have
that
information
available
when
we
present
the
budget
to
you
all.
F
D
F
F
They
have
not
either
their
agency
has
neither
Department
solicitor
or
public
defender.
So
when
that
comes
in,
we
could
see
that
as
you're,
considering
it
as
well
to
see,
if
there's
anything
there
that
we
may
want
to
specifically
request
in
addition
to
what
they've
provided
right,
it's
not
a
secret
document
right.
It's.
K
F
O
Think,
as
County
Council,
we
have
a
right
to
ask
for
whatever
information,
it's
in
our
ordinance
to
do
that,
so
things
that
that
we've
missed
in
the
past
have
been
what
kind
of
funding
they're
getting
from
other
counties,
because
again,
both
of
those
are
part
of
a
five
County
a
group.
So
we
want
to
know
what
the
other
five
four
counties
are
paying.
O
O
So
then
we
can
look
at
the
other
counties
that
are
putting
money
in
those
have
been
the
things
that
have
eluded
Us
in
the
past
and
to
know
what
our
fair
share
is,
because
we've
always
looked
at
it
and
went
wait
a
minute.
It
looks
like
we're
paying
more
than
we
should
or
paying
for
other
counties
for
for
their
share
of
things.
So
how
are
we
can
put
that
together?
O
G
A
couple
days
for
my
birthday,
so
we're
going
to
be
having
the
outside
agencies
come
in
and
they'll
be
presenting.
If
you
have
a
list
of
questions,
additional
questions
that
y'all
would
like
us
to
have,
we
can
get
them
to
reiterate
those,
then
so,
but
some
of
their
presentations
are
what
they've
done
for
the
year.
Not
really
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
their
budget
I
mean
they're,
just
numbers
seen
them
so.
F
D
F
K
I
have
a
question
then:
yes,
Mr
McAllen,
as
well
as
Eric.
One
of
the
things
that
we
did
I
think
it
was
in
the
spring
of
last
year,
was
ship
funds
from
the
solution
office,
the
sheriff's
department,
which
is
sometimes
supported
you
on
which
interesting
from
where
we
are
today
I,
wanted
to
know.
If
we
can
get
the
same
report
requested
from
the
solicitor's
office,
the
sheriff's
department,
members
of
people
I
believe
I
had
to
do
a
DUI
with
Prosecuting
the
US.
O
A
G
G
N
G
Why
yeah
I
can
tell
you
why
that
I
can
tell
you
exactly
why?
Because
originally
when
it
was
set
up,
we
went
to
the
100th
of
the
mill
and
we
were
directed
by
the
auditor
to
drop
the
hundreds
to
the
10th
for
the
10th
100th.
Just
you
can
only
have
one
pass
a
decimal,
so
it
might
have
been
six
point,
five
percent
and
it
went
to
0.6
percent,
so
it
dropped
that
one
year
and
then
it
came
back
up.
The
next
year
is
what
happened.
N
N
G
N
G
D
D
This
is
the
kind
of
information
I'm
looking
for
right
now
on
this
list,
because
there's
a
lot
of
agencies
here
that
we
historically
get
a
lot
of
questions
about
during
the
budget
process.
Low
Country,
Regional
Transportation
authority-
that's
pretty
that's
pretty
much!
Never
an
issue!
Island
Recreation
is
historically
an
issue.
Some
people
have
asked
why
we're
funding
Recreation
entity
on
on
Hilton
Head
Island,
who.
D
D
D
E
C
E
E
F
K
D
D
Bus
has
been
inoperable
for
two
years:
yeah
and
they're
they're,
currently
holding
200
Grand
of
our
money
in
an
account,
so
we've
told
them
that
they
will
need
to
use
that
money
and
once
that
money
is
used
up
when
they
get
the
dental
bus
operational,
then
we
will
consider
rebooting
their
funding.
So
that'll
go
to
zero.
D
Committee,
that
is
something
that
is
a
committee
of
the
Buford
Chamber
of
Commerce.
We
gave
them
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
last
year
to
help
hire
consultant
to
help
with
the
Naval
Hospital
issue,
so
that
we're
in
a
good
position.
If
the
dod
decides
to
do
something
to
close
out
the
operation
of
the
naval
hospital,
we
will
probably
continue
that
allocation
again
this
year,
because
I
think
that's
important.
A
Right
and
I'm
going
to
Interruption
just
for
clarification
for
those
of
you
who
have
just
come
on
Council
23
award
we're
in
23,
but
we're
ending
the
fiscal
year
of
2223
coming
this
July.
So
what
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
is
the
funding
for
24
for
all
of
these,
which
is
not
any
amount
there
right
now,.
D
Okay,
go
ahead,
be
for
water
and
soil
conservation
that'll.
That
will
not
change.
We
will
talk
about
Economic,
Development,
Corporation,
Southern,
Carolina
Alliance.
Tomorrow
morning,
Low
Country,
Council,
governments,
mpo
funding
home
because
Horsham
those
are
pretty
much
the
standard
things.
If
you
need
to
know
any
information
about
that,
we're
happy
to
give
it
to
you,
and
then
we
awarded
Veterans
Affairs
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
I'm
assuming
that's
because
we
were
expecting
there
to
be
some
change
over
in
the
leadership.
I'm,
not
sure
what
that's
for,
but
we'll.