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and
public
notification
of
this
meeting
has
been
published,
posted
and
distributed
in
compliance
with
the
South
Carolina
Freedom
of
Information
Act
and
I
asked
someone
to
approve
the
agenda.
Please
so
moved
all
right.
Is
there
a
second
any
discussion?
Seeing
no
discussion?
Is
there
any
objection
to
the
approved
or
the
agenda?
A
A
Second,
thank
you
any
discussion,
seeing
no
discussion,
we
will
accept
them
without
objection.
Is
there
any
objection,
seeing
no
objection,
they
are
approved
and,
let's
now
open
up
to
our
citizens,
comments
if
anyone
in
the
audience
or
that
has
signed
up
Sarah
or
brown,
no,
all
right.
B
A
The
audience
I'd
like
to
speak
for
our
citizens
comment
seeing
no
one.
We
will
then
move
on
and
again
we'll
try
to
just
a
specialty
call
meetings.
We
want
to
keep
everyone
too
long
here,
but
our
first
agenda
item-
and
this
is
recommend-
recommend
approval
of
an
ordinance
by
Title
One
link
to
make
Appropriations
for
County
government
and
special
purpose
districts
for
Beaufort
County
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July,
1st
2021,
ending
June,
30th,
2024.
A
and
I
think
our
finance
staff.
It
wouldn't
be
right
without
having
Mr
Williams
Come
forward
for
our
finance
committee
meeting,
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
turn
the
floor
over
to
you.
Our
CFO
Mr
Hayes.
F
Williams
thanks
chairman,
first
of
all,
we
have
done
I
would
think
a
Yemen's
job
of
getting
the
budget
done
this
year.
I
wanted
to
thank
everybody
in
the
finance
staff,
particularly
Denise
Christmas
she's
right
there.
This
job
wouldn't
be
done
without
her
Whitney
Richland
was
a
big
help.
She
put
back
on
her
her
CPA
hat
for
a
little
while
and
helped
us
out
with
it
and
then
there's
Christine
Webb
who's,
not
here
today,
but
she's,
one
of
our
staff
that
did
very
well
I'd.
E
F
Like
to
thank
bringing
this
whole
thing,
together
with
the
assessed
values
that
we
got
a
lot
of
information
from
other
County
departments
such
as
assessor
and
that
was
ebony
Sanders
and
Milton
Boswell,
they
did
the
reassessments
and
all
the
real
property
and
got
it
to
us
in
a
timely
enough
manager.
Manner
that
we
could
do
it
get
get
the
reassessed
values
in
the
rollback
Village
to
you.
I
also
wanted
to
thank
George
Wright
at
the
treasurer's
office.
He
was
a
a
big
piece
of
knowledge.
F
B
F
But
anyways
y'all
saw
my
email
I
think
on
Friday
morning
after
I
sent
out,
but
I
wanted
to
kind
of
briefly
go
over
what
funds
that
we
have
here
in
the
in
the
Beaufort
County.
The
first
is
the
general
fund,
the
general
funds,
the
County's
primary
operating
fund.
It
accounts
for
the
majority
of
the
County's
activities,
derives
a
large
portion
of
its
revenues
from
property
taxes
and
charges
for
services
and
spends
as
much
resources
on
County
offices
or
departments.
Chief
among
them
are
Sheriff,
EMS,
Public,
Works,
Parks
and
Rec
in
the
course.
F
So
that's
the
big
one
that
we
went
over.
That's
the
typically
the
biggest
village
that
you
want
to
see.
There's
also
the
capital
Improvement
fund,
the
capital,
Improvement
fund
houses,
all
the
counties,
Capital
expenditures
and
capital
projects
that
have
been
budgeted
during
the
current
budget
cycle.
Capital
expenditures
are
significant,
non-routine
and
costs
over
fifty
thousand
dollars
are
placed
in
the
construct,
Capital
Improvements
fund.
These
expenditures
can
be
an
annual
expending
and
annual
expenditure
or
multi-year
expenditure
because
we're
finding
we
couldn't
get
projects
done
in
one
year,
they'd
drag
on
into
other
years.
F
B
F
Capital
project
funds,
which
is
different
than
the
capital
Improvement
funds
Capital
project
funds
must
be
used
when
resources
are
legally
mandated
or
otherwise
restricted,
committed
or
assigned
by
legal
regulations
or
covenants
to
expenditure
for
Capital
athletes,
including
the
acquisition
or
construction
of
capital
facilities
and
or
other
Capital
assets,
but
exclude
those
outlays
that
are
financed
by
proprietary
funds
or
for
assets,
selled
and
Trust
under
fiduciary
funds.
So
that
that
that's
a
lot
of
bond
funds,
and
that
would
be
any
of
the
sales
tax
funds
that
we
have
coming
up
like.
F
We
have
the
2018
that
we're
still
working
on
and
then
you'll
have
the
Green
Space
tax
that
will
be
in
there
too.
The
Debt
Service
funds,
The
Debt
Service
funds
are
used
to
account
for
the
accumulated
and
restricted
resources
for,
and
the
payment
of,
General,
long-term
debt
and
principal
and
interest,
and
this
is
split
out
between
The
Debt
Service
fund
and
then
the
purchase
of
real
property,
which
is
referendum,
debt
for
for
Rural
and
critical
lands.
F
And
then
the
last
type
of
funds
are
proprietary
funds
and
they're
known
as
Enterprise
and
internal
service
funds.
They're
used
to
account
for
business
type
activities
of
the
government,
they're
about
goods
or
services,
are
provided
to
the
customers
external
to
the
government
and
where
the
activity
is
often
financed
or
debt.
That
is
secured
solely
from
the
revenues
of
the
activity
where
they
use
their
fees
and
charges
are
sufficient
to
cover
the
cost
of
providing
goods
and
services,
including
related
Capital
costs
such
as
depreciation
or
Debt
Service.
E
H
C
F
It
yes,
it's
actually
in
it'll,
be
in
the
debt
book
or
or
the
the
budget
book
that
we
have
coming
this
year,
and
it's
already
in
the
budget
boat
that
we
have
for
last
year
is
I,
mean.
B
F
F
F
F
This
is
Administrative
overview
and
it
gives
you
basically
the
responsibility
it
says.
Administration
is
responsible
for
the
effective
example
implementation.
The
policy
set
by
County
Council,
the
governor
daily
operations
and
share
services
are
provided
continually
and
effectively
in
theory
of
sound
fiscal
accountability
where
the
expenses
equitably
shared
among
citizens
next
slide.
D
B
F
You
know
we
have
already
done
the
three
percent
cold
that
was
effective
back
to
February.
We
also
have
the
three
percent
Merit
longevity
increase
that
we're
discussing
still
and
that's
for
all
the
employees.
F
A
state
mandated
increase
of
one
percent,
ERS
and
and
PRS
are
basically
the
state
retirement
for
employees
and
police
officers.
Employee
police
officers
are
a
different
rate
than
the
rest
of
us.
F
F
That
the
administration
wanted
to
seek,
and
we
actually
have
a
wellness
Department,
which
will
be
new
for
this
year.
We,
as
you
can
see
have
been
addressing
needs
facility
needs
around
the
county.
In
improvements
thereof.
F
F
It
depends
on
which
ones
were
in
warrant,
so
the
the
one
percent
mandate
definitely
was
not
that's.
That
falls
on
us
all
the
time,
the
magistrates,
probably
with
the
stipend
somewhat,
but
probably
not
a
hundred
percent.
Sometimes
they
are
sometimes
they
aren't.
F
Way
well,
I
I
understand
that
so
anyway,
the
overview
by
the
fund.
So
basically,
next
year
we
have
a
general
fund
operating
budget
of
152
million
dollars
and
that
that
is,
we
have
the
budget
increases
of
property
taxes
of
11
million
dollars,
which
I'll
go
back
or
roll
back
millages
later
on.
In
this
slide,
we
think
our
building
permits
will
go
up
about
half
a
million
dollars.
Our
interest
on
investments
will
go
up
about
445
000
in
our
state
aid.
The
subdivisions
is
probably
the
easiest.
J
F
That
we
can
actually
calculate
should
go
up
by
about
four
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollars
because
they
send
us
a
letter,
and
let
us
know
that
some
decreases
that
we
anticipated
for
this
year.
Register
of
Deeds
documented
documentary
stamps,
indeed
recording
we
think
is
going
to
go
down
by
about
1.3
million
dollars.
Just
we
don't
think
the
Market's
going
to
be
as
hot
as
it
has
been
in
the
past
several
years.
F
The
registered
Deeds
fees
is
really
done
fantastic
over
the
past
several
years
that
since
I've
been
here,
but
we
think
that's
going
to
go
down.
Also.
We
didn't
transfer
about
1.7
million
dollars
from
the
hospitality
tax
fund
and
that
was
typically
used
to
offset
Public
Safety
for
events
for
like
the
Heritage
and
things
like
that,
where
police
officers
and
EMS
their
time
is
used
for
that,
and
that
would
help
offset
those
expenses.
But
we
try
to
keep.
We
want
to
keep
that
in
there.
F
B
D
F
B
A
G
K
F
Okay,
okay,
so
expenditure
budgets
this
year
we
have
what
we
call
a
payroll
contingency
account
in
the
past
we've
had
each
department
would
have
Gap
positions
that
they
could
fill,
but
sometimes
they
wouldn't
fill
them.
I'd.
Give,
for
instance,
would
be
the
Detention
Center
they
had
would
have
trouble
hiring
officers
for
the
detention
center,
but
they
would
still
have
those
positions
well
now
that
the
the
difference
in
that
is
over
in
this
payroll
contingency
account
where
they
didn't
lose
the
FTE.
I
Year,
let
me
ask
you
this
Dan
in
an
area
like
storm
water
and
they
have
budgeted
x
amount
of
employees
in
storm
water.
Would
that
be
in
this
contingency
fund
here
because
they
are
still
looking
for
and
employing
I
mean
looking
for
employees,
but
they
have
not
hired,
and
so
would
that
be
in
here.
No.
F
Something
I
won't
say
it's
new
this
year,
but
something
that
is
that
we're
having
to
re-implement
that
we
had
right
I.
Guess
we
had
it
when
I
came
on
in
2020,
so
we
stopped
doing
it
was
the
general
fund
would
transfer
money
to
alcohol
and
drug
and
DSN
to
help
supplement
their
operations
and
during
the
covid
crisis,
the
County
elected
to
stop
transferring
this
money
and
they
had
significant
fund
balance
which
they
lived
on
for
about
three
years.
F
But
it's
looking
like
next
year,
they're
going
to
need
an
additional
transfer
infusion
from
the
general
fund
to
keep
Services
where
they
are
now
and
that's
they'll,
be
not
new
but
new
to
this
budget
from
for
the
past
three
years.
So
that's
about
2.8
million
dollars.
F
Salary
of
elected
officials
went
up
about
832.,
that's
their
Department's
in
total,
went
up
about
833
000.
and
then
we
predicted
another
half
a
million.
F
It's
beneficial
budget
decrease
salaries
for
all
departments.
Less
elected
officials
went
down
about
1.2.
We
moved
the
majority
of
this
to
the
payroll
contingency,
which
I
talked
about
earlier.
We
also
moved
out
we're
trying
to
separate
operating
in
capital
expenses,
so
we're
moving
Capital
expenses
out
of
the
general
fund
into
the
into
the
Capital
Improvements
funds,
which
is
1040..
So
if
you
can't
get
that
ambulance
in
the
12
months,
you
have
an
additional.
You
can
go
forward
with
it
for
the
year.
C
Yes,
the
same
question:
I
asked
you
Friday.
What's.
F
F
F
B
F
We
keep
track
of
those,
even
though
they're
not
necessarily
required
to
be
on
there
for
Gap
purposes.
So
and
let's
see
budget
decreases,
Court
liability
we
decreased
by
about
400
000
in
Professional
Services.
We
decreased
by
about
300
pounds,
so
the
next
slide
this
slide
is,
is
our
payment
to
our.
F
Outside
agencies,
all
in
total,
they
requested
about
15.2
the
county,
we're
recommending
about
14
million
in
total,
which
is
up
from
the
prior
year
for
the
prior
year.
They
requested
about
12.3,
which
I
thought
was
pretty
good,
so
there's
the
far
column
would
be
what
the
County
Administrator
is
recommending.
F
Organization,
yeah
they're
all
contracts
that
we
have
with
alcohol.
These
are
the
amounts
that
were
statutorily
required
to
give.
We
confirm
confirm
those
with
El
Cog
every
year
and
part
of
the
budget
is
pulling
numbers
from
literally
all
over
the
place
from
Columbia
to
alcohol.
To
you
know
it's
it's
all
over
the
place.
G
F
F
C
F
B
J
L
J
Well,
as
the
schools,
I
guess,
on
the
MC
rally
pool
that
is
going
to
go
to
construction
soon,
and
that
is
for
replacement
of
the
HVAC
and
the
panels
along
the
edge
to
enclose
that
pool
and
make
it
climate
controlled
and
that
that
will
be
going
to
construction
soon
and
we'll
coordinate
that
with
a.
I
Why
are
you
there?
Mr
Lawson
is
the
is
the
Battery
Creek
gym
pool
and
the
what's
that
the
other
one
Beaver
High
School?
Is
it
similar
to
what
happened
on
Hilton
Head.
J
J
The
other
two
and
as
far
as
the
getting
completions,
but
the
next
phase,
is
to
design
we're
designing
everything
right
now,
but
the
first
phase
of
construction
is
replacing
the
roof
and
then
the
second
phase
of
construction
would
be
in
to
go
would
replace
the
HVAC.
We
replaced
the
sliding
panels
that
allow
the
pool
to
be
opened
up.
Those
become
rigid,
closed
panels
that
can
keep
the
keep
the
pool
climate.
J
I
And
quickly,
two
Vans
for
the
Parks
and
Recreation
for
192.
That's
not
your
typical
van!
Does
it
no.
J
D
J
F
Okay,
so
this
this
slide
is,
is
our
Villages
and
you
have
on
your
far
left
your
prior
year,
millage
that
we
had
so
we
had
a
total
of
64.8
mils
last
year
of
that
53.9
of
those
Mills
were
what
I
would
call
operating
Mills
we're
in
the
period
of
a
reassessment,
and
we
had
to
do
rollback
millage,
which
we
calculated
to
be
about
to
be
about
about
to
be
49.5
mils.
F
According
to
statute,
we
can
legally
raise
those
up
with
within
CPI
and
growth,
which
is
dictated
by
the
state
which
was
10.28,
which
could
mean
that
we
could
legally
raise
them
by
about
five
mils.
So
we
could
legally.
E
F
Either
the
total
operations
up
to
about
54.5
right
now,
based
on
the
assessed
values
and
what
we
need
to
get
done,
we're
going
to
project
the
the
operating
millage
to
be
at
about
51.7.
B
F
Discount
between,
with
with
the
debt
service
and
the
operations
from
last
year
to
this
year,
now
we're
planning
on
coming
back
in
the
July
August
time
frame.
Because,
as
you
all
know,
the
the
assessed
values
of
property
are
constantly
moving
during
the
year
and
we
want
to
get
a
much
better
read
at
the
end
of
the
year
and
we've
talked
through
the
school
district
and
the
fire
districts
and
we'll
be
doing
that.
F
We'll
be
coming
to
that
to
you
all
during
the
summer,
so
that
that
that's
where
we
are,
but
that
will
generate
enough
millage
or
enough
Revenue.
We
think
to
cover
to
cover
operations
for
next
year.
F
F
Well,
there
can
be
appeals
on
the
assessed
value
of
properties,
there's
also
four
to
six
with
six
to
four
percent
of,
and
they
can
do
that
up
until
the
15th
I,
don't
know
what
the
time
frame
is
on
the
assessed
values
of
the
property.
I'd
have
to
ask
ebony
Sanders
about
that.
But
but
yes,
you
can't
appeal
your
value,
but
you
should
be
capped
at
15
yeah.
So
you
hear
the
next
slide
all
right.
F
The
garage
fund
is
about
3.2
million
dollars
and
we're
estimating
we're,
bringing
the
the
the
the
repairs
and
maintenance
in-house
and
we're
expecting
that
to
save
about
665
thousand
dollars.
Next
year,
I.
C
Had
a
question
about
that,
what
kind
of
analysis.
F
The
analysis
was
done
by
public
works
and
Jared,
but
we've
looked
at
it.
We've.
F
K
Yeah,
so
we
had
a
pretty
liberal
contract
that
was
drafted
sometime
before
I
took
over
County
Administrator,
that
was
in
favor
of
the
person
who
had
the
contract
to
do
our
maintenance,
a
very
expensive
charges
to
do
basic,
routine
maintenance
issues
like
oil
changes,
and
things
like
that.
So
we've
decided
to
do
that.
I'm,
always
a
proponent
of
hiring
people
and
making
them
County
employees
and
providing
those
Services
here.
If
we
can
so
we
ran
that
analysis,
you
can
see
the
projection
on
what
we'll
save.
K
We
don't
think
we'll
see
any
loss
of
affecting
us,
because
we
do
believe
that
many
of
the
employees
that
are
currently
there
will
join
the
County
Workforce
for
the
benefits
and
the
packages
that
we're
offering
them.
One
of
the
things
I
learned
through
this
whole
process
that
I
did
not
I
was
not
aware
of
that.
When
people
work
on
fleet
vehicles
they
have
to
buy
their
own
tools.
K
I
did
not.
I
did
not
know
that
so
I
got
to
bring
their
own
tools
to
work
with
them
so
anyway,
so
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
be
able
to
supply
a
better
we're
gonna,
be
able
to
have
adequate
staff,
we're
doing
some
improvements
to
the
facility
there
itself
to
be
able
to
work
on
heavy
equipment
and
ambulances
that
we
can't
get
inside
the
building
now
or
larger
Vehicles.
We
can't
get.
F
All
right
next
one,
it's
always
fun
the
11.7
million,
and
we
do
the
budget
decreased
by
about
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
over
last
year.
If
you
were
due
to
over
budgeted
health
insurance
and
we
took
that
savings
and.
E
F
I
To
go
back
to
stormwater
employment
and,
generally
speaking,
there
there's
been
a
inability
to
hire
enough
workers
installing
water
and.
I
Wondering
what
that
issue
is,
if
you
know
you
can
maybe
find
out,
and
let
us
let
me
know
why
they
can't
hire
a
full-time
crew
right
now,
when
I
understand
is
that
they
have
positions
in
the
budget
for
four
crews,
but
they
only
have
one
at
this
time.
That's
serving
the
whole
entire
County
and
there
are
great
needs
in
every
area
of
stormwater
services.
I
K
I
can
I
can
help
answer
that
question.
Yes,
sir,
it's
essentially
the
economy.
The
building
Boone
that
we
experienced
by
the
last
couple
of
years
basically
pulled
those
a
lot
of
those
folks
to
do
that
type
of
work
in
the
private
because
they
can
pay
a
lot
more
than
we
can
pay
and
make
a
lot
more
money.
So
we
have
to
evaluate
what
we
pay
all
of
our
positions,
we're
continuing
to
do
that,
we're
doing
that
now
and
we
will
be
bringing
a
plan
back
for
you
all
later
on
with
the
money.
K
That's
in
the
budget
for
merit
increases
and
things
like
that
to
try
to
rectify
some
of
that
stuff
long
term.
We
may
not
be
able
to
do
anything
much
about
it
this
year,
but
we
will
be
rectifying
it
long
term
to
make
sure
that
we're
paying
a
competitive
salary
for
those
positions,
but
that
that's
pretty
much.
The
issue
now
is
private
construction.
So
thank
you.
I
I
B
I
K
Pay
somebody
to
do
it
through
private
so
and
with
everybody
being
so
busy
right
now,
everything
is
just
costing
a
lot
more
money
takes
a
lot
longer
if
we
have
to
go
the
private
route,
so
we're
better
off
in
my
mind,
if
we
can
hire
the
folks
I.
I
M
Williams
I
actually
have
a
question
for
you
with
bmh
I
know
they
were
asking
for
more
money
than
they
usually
do
in
order
to
build
the
education
center
and
I
believe
some
in-house
treatment
for
their
psych
ward
I
think
it
was
they're
asking
for
2
million.
It
looks
like
we're
suggesting
a
little
over
one
million
dollars.
D
F
So
the
way
that
has
been
set
up
in
the
past
is
they're,
based
on
a
millage.
As
as
the
the
assessed
values
go
up,
they
go
up
so
we're
next
year.
They
won't
get
about
150
000
more
for
Indigent
care.
Now
the
other
two
requests
that
they
had.
They
had
half
a
million
dollars
for
three
years,
for
that
was
a
crisis
center
I
believe
and
then
another
250
000
for
the
Learning
Center,
and
so
those
will
be
funded
out
of
Opera
funds.
So
we'll
be
funding
the.
F
F
F
So
and
I
don't
know
whether
it's
the
numerator
or
the
Dominator,
when
you're
in
when
you
do
a
formula
in
Excel
but
you'll
get
this
nasty
little
hashtag
forward,
slash
div,
Dash
and
so
instead
of
y'all
having
50
or
60
or
maybe
100
pages
of
the
those
I
just
put
that
as
n
a
just
because
I
I
thought
it
was
it's
not
really
zero
and
it's
not
really
an
A.
But
there's
really
not
an
analysis
that
you
can
do
with
that
function.
H
Sheriff's
budget,
we
had
a
free
speeding
with
them
prior
to
coming
here,
and
then
you
and
I
sat
down
Tab
and
Paul
and
I.
We
sat
down
just
so
I
understand
they
presented
a
budget
or
they
will
be
presenting
a
budget.
We
haven't,
asked
them
to
decrease
salaries
or
anything.
Would
you
just
address
that?
Because.
F
I
think
the
the
the
the
way
that
they're
set
up
right
now
I
know
that
there
were
they
had
an
issue
with
this
Hilton
Head
Island
service
fees
and
they
they
did
their
budget
based
on
what
they
needed
and
projected.
F
We
bet
we
did
our
revenues
based
on
historic,
Trends
and
trending
it,
and
there
was
a
shortfall.
The
only
way
that
we
can
change
those
fees
is
via
ordinance,
and
so
we
have
to
have
an
outside
entity
official
or
Bryce,
come
in
and
do
the
study
right
so
they're
going
to
do
the
study.
We
have
upped
everything
I
think
we
tweaked
retirement
a
little
bit
to
get
it
more
in
line
with
kind
of
the
the
what
we
had
projected,
but
all
in
all,
that
budget
is
basically
where
it
should
be
dollar.
F
Their
original
the
original
budget-
it
was
not
hard
locked
in
because
it
was
done
after
the
submission
date.
It
was
supposed
to
be
due
on
the
28th,
so
they're
pending
could
have
had
changes
in
it.
So
it's
really
hard
to
see
what
it
was,
but
it's
it's
significantly
more
than
what
what
it
was
in
there,
but.
G
A
All
right
any
any
additional
discussion.
Let
me
just
say
that
this
has
to
go
before
County
for
three
more
readings
and
it
seems
like
we
have
a
lot
of
time.
It
also
has
to
be
done
by
June
30th
July
1st
of
this
year
and
again,
that's
why
this
is
being
done
by
title.
Only
is
so
we
can
have
them
have
a
a
come
before
council
tonight,
but
we'll
still
have
two
more
meetings
of
this.
A
We
still
got
another
month
of
going
through
this
and
asking
questions,
and-
and
and
this
might
be
the
earliest
that
we've
seen
some
of
this
in
the
past-
sometimes
it's
not
until
the
end
of
May
and
then
we're
rushing
to
try
to
get
three
meetings
in
to
get
this
approved.
So
we
still
have
plenty
of
time
and
it
it's
a
lot
of
information.
So
just
keep
that
in
mind
as
we
move
forward,
but
again
we
need
to
get
this
before
Council.
A
C
The
question
so
with
elected
officials,
which
we
have
a
bunch
here,
I
noticed
the
what
they
asked
for
and
what
administrations
recommending
doesn't
jive
all
the
time
do
we
have
the
the
ability
to
reduce
their
budget?
What
they
asked
for.
A
We
do
as
Council
we
have
complete
control
over
the
budget
when
it
comes
to
us,
adding
or
deleting
so
if
there
is
places
in
there
that
we
are
not
content
with
we're
not
sure
about.
We
have
questions
about
what
I'd
probably
recommend
is
sending
an
email
to
myself
and
to
Mr
Greenway,
and
we
can
get
those
questions
answered
for
you.
If
there
is
something
I
know
there,
there
is
some
differences
from
some
of
those
elected
officials
and
there's
reasons
why
staff
has
come
back
and
Hayes
is
my
new
best
friend.
A
We
talk
on
a
regular
basis
on
some
of
these
things,
but
again
it's
not
my
decision,
it's
council's
decision
of
what
we
do
and
how
we
operate
and
what
we
do.
So,
if
there
is
some
recommendations,
that's
that's
the
next
step
for
us
to
to
look
at
to
to
make
those
changes.
A
We
rely
very
heavily
on
staff
to
make
us
to
make
recommendations
to
US
based
on
things
like
Staffing
and
and
surpluses
and
things,
because
again
it's
Eric's
responsibility
for
us
to
balance
this
budget,
even
though
we're
the
we're
the
ones
that
seem
to
have
the
control.
But
again
it's
his
responsibility
to
make
sure
our
budget
balances.
Sometimes
it's
not
a
fun
job
to
make
sure
that
that
everyone's
getting,
hopefully
what
they're
looking
for
and
everything's
out
there
so.
C
A
A
And
that
that's
something
else
that
Mr
Williams
has
always
been
very
open.
So
if
someone
said
it
has
any
questions
and
wants
to
sit
down
with
them,
that's
something
that
that
you
can
do
as
a
council
person
I,
don't
think
he's
ever
turned
anyone
down,
and
even
the
questions
I
sometimes
think
are
silly
that
he
has
answers
for
so
again,
that's.
I
Yeah
Mr
chairman
I,
want
to
make
sure
now
I
understand
the
question
that
I
was
asked
an.
B
I
Official
Can
this
Council
reduce
their
budget
annual
budget
because
I
thought
it
was
a
state
statute
that
prohibitors
from
doing
that.
L
So
the
law
in
South
Carolina
is
that
County
Council
has
the
ultimate
control
over
all
the
budgets.
County
Administrator
is
responsible
for
submitting
balanced
budgets
to
you
guys
every
year
with
regard
to
an
elected
official
County
councils
cannot
decrease
the
appropriations
of
an
elected
official's
office
so
as
to
prevent
the
proper
functioning
thereof
or
to
indirectly
abolish
the
official's
office.
L
A
Any
other
discussion
I've
seen
no
discussion.
Is
there
any
objection
to
the
motion?
Seeing
no
objection,
this
passes
and
we'll
actually
now
be
on
our
council
meeting
at
five
o'clock
for
for
a
rig.
So
this
is
being
moved
forward
to
council
for
first
reading
May
8th
this
evening.
D
A
Love
to
say,
who's
doing
this,
no
one
ever
no
one
seemed
to
know
so
Mr
Greenway,
we
are
looking,
then,
for
number.
Eight
on
our
agenda
recommend
approval
of
resolution
to
express
Beaufort,
County
Council
support
for
the
South
Carolina
General
Assembly,
to
take
the
necessary
steps
to
amend
the
South
Carolina
code
of
laws
to
vest
Authority
and
millage
rate
settings
authorities
for
the
operation
of
schools
in
Beaufort
County
and
with
the
Beaufort
County
Board
of
Education.
K
Yes,
sir,
for
those
of
you
that
have
been
on
Council
multiple
years,
you
know
we
have
discussed
this
particular
item
multiple
times
through
budget
processes
and
other
areas.
So
this
is
commonly
referred
to
by
our
side
of
the
coin.
K
As
fiscal
autonomy
for
the
school
district,
they
prefer
to
use
the
word
fiscal
Authority,
I
think
it's
irrelevant
to
which
one
button
I've
worked
with
Dr
Rodriguez,
who
have
a
great
working
relationship
with
I,
admire
him
immensely
and
for
all
the
things
he's
accomplished
in
Beaufort,
County,
School,
District
and
I've
always
enjoyed
working
with
him.
He
and
I've
worked
together.
We
have
drafted
this
resolution.
K
It's
our
unders
and
we've
met
with
the
state
delegation,
our
County
delegation
folks,
and
it's
our
understanding
that
if
the
County
Council
and
the
Beaufort
County
School
Board
can
present
a
resolution
that
asks
for
them
to
change
the
state
statute.
Then
our
delegation
will
introduce
that
legislation
and
amend
the
state
statute
to
allow
the
Beaver
County
School
District,
to
have
a
full
fiscal
authority
over
their
budget.
They
would
not
need
to
come
for
us
to
us
for
the
approval
of
the
budget
as
long
as
they
stay
within
Act
388..
K
Whenever
this
was
originally
done
in
Beaufort
County
act,
388
did
not
exist,
so
there
was
some
issues
back
then,
but
now
388
exists
and
they
are
bound
by
how
much
they
can
raise
taxes
anyway.
Based
on
that
item,
so
I
recommend
that
support
that
I
think
there's
folks
here
from
the
school
district
that
would
like
to
weigh
on
this
on
this
item.
Mr
chairman
just
be
mindful
that
we
have
two
other
Council
meetings
today
so
anyway.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
so
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
is
there
any
more
discussion
regarding
this
Tabernacle.
C
I'm
very
excited
to
see
this
come
to
fruition.
We
talked
about
this
at
our
February
budget
workshop
and
we've
worked
behind
the
scenes
and
Eric's
worked
with
Dr
Rodriguez,
who
we'd
like
to
recommend
and
recognize
in
the
audience
and
Colonel
Geiger
who's
vice
president
of
the
board.
This
is
a
very
exciting
to
me.
It's
very
exciting
that
they
have
physical
autonomy
and
they
can
set
their
the
fiscal
Authority.
They
can
set
their
budget
their
millage
instead
of
begging
us
to
approve
it
so
I'm
in
favor
of
this.
H
Chairman
just
one
more
thing
in
that
point:
yes,
good,
the
first
meeting
I
had
when
I
became
a
County
Council
who
was
with
Mr
Rodriguez.
Do
you
remember
that
meeting?
The
first
thing
he
said
to
me
was
and
I
think
this
is
where
this
whole
amendment's
going.
Is
you
didn't
have
the
ability
to
have
access
to
the
funds
until
it
was
too
late?
So
you
lost
a
lot
of
good
quality
candidates.
Correct,
please,
I,
don't
know
about
that.
N
We've
been
in
the
process
of
hiring
season
already
right
as
an
example
right.
The
the
this
is.
This
is
a
very
important
time
window
for
us
because,
since
our
budget
typically
isn't
finalized
until
the
end
of
June
we're
at
the
tail
end
of
next
year's
hiring
right,
so
I
cannot
promise
or
guarantee
a
recruit
or
person
we're
recruiting
what
their
salary
is
going
to
be.
I
can
tell
them
it's
not
going
to
be
lower
than
this,
but
I
can't
tell
them
last
year
in
particular.
N
Thank
you
to
every
one
of
you
and,
and
that
were
on
the
board
on
the
council
last
year
for
supporting
the
effort
to
raise
salaries
for
our
Educators.
We
went
from
53rd
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina
to
number
one
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina,
and
that
is
so
important
to
attract
quality
Educators,
but
I
cannot
promise
them
or
guarantee
them.
What
it's
going
to
be
until
budget
we
know
is
finalized.
So
this
would
allow
our
board
once
they
approve
or
certify
our
budget.
H
L
K
So
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
that
question
fully.
I
do
remember
early
on
in
my
younger
days
that
I
think
this
particular
item
was
put
forth
by
a
referendum
to
voters,
maybe
with
388
and
just
as
a
ballot
measure
that
the
legislature
used
to
then
go
and
adopt
act.
388.
So
short
answer
to
your
question.
I
may
be
wrong
about
that.
History.
K
I
may
have
been
something
else
that
dealt
with
property
taxes
and
things
that
I'm
getting
confused
with,
but
State
Legislature
could
always
amend
the
ordinance
to
do
away
with
act
388
if
they
wanted
to,
but
I,
don't
think
they
will
not
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina,
because
we
are
very
fiscally
conservative
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina
currently
currently
currently.
Currently.
O
O
I
guess
that
kind
of
goes
to
my
second
question,
then
I
think
Dr
Rodriguez
has
done
a
great
job
and
the
school
board.
That's
there.
I
wouldn't
argue
that
one
bit,
but
they
won't
be
there
forever.
So
my
question
is:
if
we
do,
this
is
their
expiration
date
on
this.
If
Dr
Rodriguez
leaves
and
whoever
takes
a
spot,
it
has
a
different
mentality,
there's
nothing
to
us
to
stop
them
from
lowering
teacher
salaries
or
not
putting
in
the
raises
we
see
fit.
K
This
is
probably
something
that
is
a
little
outside
of
my
league,
but
I.
Don't
know
that
you
all
have
a
say
so
in
that
now,
because
that's
the
school
board's
responsibility
to
set
the
salaries
and
things
like
that,
it'd
be
just
like
you
all
on
County
Council
trying
to
dictate
who
I
hire
and
discipline
is
accounting
administrator.
That
would
be
something
I
think
would
be
outside
of
the
authority
granted
by
this,
but
I
certainly
understand
your
point.
The
answer
to
your
question
is:
no.
There
is
no
Sundown
clause
on
us.
K
We
have
to
be
comfortable
with
this,
and
once
we
do
this,
we're
we're,
never
probably
get
the
legislature
to
reinstitute
this
after
the
fact.
So
there
is
a
potential
downside
if
that's
concern
for
County
Council,
but
I
would
submit
to
you
that
the
school
board
are
elected,
just
like
County
Council
is
elected
and
they
are
the
ones
that
have
to
answer
to
the
constituents
of
the
county
on
the
budgets
that
they
pass
and
if
they
start
lowering
teacher
salaries
and
things
like
that,
of
course,
you
know
I
would
imagine
there
would
be
some
outcry.
K
That
would
get
quite
a
few
of
them
removed
from
office
in
an
election.
Does
this
go
to
County
Council,
or
is
this
a
one
and
done
reading
this
goes?
This
goes
to
County
Council
as
a
one
and
done
vote
and
that's
I
think
that's
on
the
agenda
tonight
too.
I
believe.
E
I've
been
on
Console
long
enough
to
have
witness
on
repeated
occasions
where
the
school
district
would
present
their
budget
to
us
on
console
and
it
actually
ensued
into
a
knockdown,
drag
out
a
fist
fight
and,
needless
to
say,
we
all
are
we
on
Console
at
some
point,
Force
the
school
district
to
use
a
large
amount
of
their
fund
balance
for
their
budget,
which
I
never
supported
and
was
opposed
to,
but
the
the
position
of
the
console
having
authority
over
the
school
board's
budget
I
think
oftentimes.
E
We
use
that
as
what
they
call
a
bully.
B
E
To
where
we
slam
the
hammer
and
just
forced
the
school
board
to
accept
what
we
gave
and
so
This
Day
of
Reckoning
between
the
County
Council,
the
school
board
and
their
Administration
and
our
legislators
to
come
to
the
point
where
collectively
we
all
can
work
in
agreement
with
one
another
to
ensure
that
the
school
district
have
the
funds
they
need
to
operate
the
schools
in
this
District.
E
E
A
K
This
is
just
a
this
is
just
a
resolution
between
the
County
Council
and
the
school
board
to
put
forward
a
joint
face
to
say
we
would
like,
for
you
all,
to
consider
changing
legislation
as
it
relates
to
Beaufort
County.
B
H
Yeah
what
you
off,
if
you
want
to
go,
you
want
to
go.
This
is
the
authority
to
give
Mr
Dr
Rodriguez
the
ability
to
use
those
funds
to
get
who
you
need?
It's,
not
the
ability
to
say,
take
a
four
percent
tax
rate
and
raise
it
to
a
six
percent
for
people
correct.
It's.
K
A
I
I
So
I've
always
taken
the
posture
of
of
supporting
whatever,
since
I've
been
on
Council,
whatever
the
school
district
submitted
to
this
body
here,
because
I
believe
that
the
elected
officials
and
they
should
set
their
own
budget,
we
in
turn
basically
just
set
the
meal
of
their
budget
process,
how
they
do
their
budget
was
left
up
to
them
and
I
supported
that
this
basically
gave
all
gives
all
of
the
authority
to
them
to
do
their
entire
budget.
I
D
I
K
I
M
K
B
M
A
Any
other
comments
or
questions.
No,
no
all
right
is
there
any
reason
to
have
a
roll
call
vote,
because
is
there
any
objection
right,
seeing
no
objection,
this
passes
and
we'll
move
forward
to
council
for
first
reading
tonight,
May
8th
anything
else
to
come
before
this
committee.
We
are
adjourned,
listen
Howard!
How
much
time
do
you
need
start
right
at
three.