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City of Charleston Ad Hoc Budget Advisory Committee 2/3/2022
A
A
Prayer
amen
amen,
so
I
want
to
thank
our
staff,
amy
and
all
the
staff
that
kind
of
met
and
labored
over
all
the
requests
that
we
had
boy.
There
was,
I
think,
over
100
requests
and
amy
you
might
share
who
who
always
on
that
committee
and
they've,
looked
at
all
the
requests
and
the
utilization
of
funds
and
whether
the
organizations
meet
our
requirements
so
just
going
through,
I
think
on
our
list.
We
got
a
well.
There
are
77
here.
A
B
So
if
you
want
to
know
who
the
committee
members
are,
I
can
I
can
tell
you
that
it
was
just
internal.
It
was
metal
hollow
in
housing
and
community
development,
christina
office
and
business
neighborhood
services
amber
johnson,
wendy,
sturm,
there's
office,
the
children
family,
and
I
had
two
people
from
my
office,
lisa,
eisen
and
kathy
mercer.
That
were
also
on
the
committee
just
trying
to
pick.
A
B
So
we
normally
do
the
community
assistance
grants
and
the
last
time
we
did,
that
process
was
in
2019
for
the
2020
budget,
where
we
have
an
application
process.
We
have
you
know
people
apply
for
them.
We
have
this
internal
committee
that
goes
through
all
the
communication
assistance
grants
and
then
they
give
recommendations
to
the
mayor
and
then
we
bring
it
to
you
all
for
par
to
be
part
of
the
budget.
B
C
A
Started
starting
with
aldersgate
united
methodist
church,
who
has
been
doing
a
remarkable
job,
y'all
and
opening
every
coal
night
and
accepting
providing
shelter
during
coal
nights
for
anybody
in
our
community.
I
understand
they're
in
north
charleston,
but
honestly,
they've
they've
been
so
reliable
in
in
helping
helping
those
in
need.
They
they're
just
terrific.
D
A
E
Yeah
mayor,
I
I
did
go
through
the
list
and
I
thought
it
was
very
worthy
of
our
our
funding.
I
just
had
one
question
and
I
I
don't
think
that
this
organization
has
applied
for
community
outreach
funds
at
all
on
the
past
and
that's
closing
the
gap
in
health,
fair
health
care
they
did.
They
didn't
apply
for
these
funds.
B
E
E
A
A
B
E
I
see
you
know,
I
think
america's
promise
promised
neighborhoods
and
a
couple
of
others
that
I
know
applied
in
the
past
for
community
development
block
grant.
I
don't
remember
whether
or
not
they
were
were
awarded
the
funds
or
not,
but
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
we
compared,
but
I'm
sure
that
if
they
come
in
under
the
cdbg
program
and
they're
getting
money
under
this
program,
that
would
be
flagged
immediately.
B
E
B
A
A
D
D
They
asked
for
twenty
thousand
dollars
and
the
recommendation
on
here
is
5
000,
and
I
think
we
need
to
take
another
look
at
that
that
you
know.
There's
cities
all
across
the
country
that
invest
with
with
sister
city
agreements
and
they're,
seeing
great
success.
Mayor
o'reilly
approved
the
charleston
sister
cities
organization
in
2013
and
mayor
teckenberg
has
certainly
approved
that
since
then,
and
I
think
we're
just
now,
starting
to
see
the
value
in
charleston
sister
cities.
D
The
stories
go
on
and
on
about
how
sister
cities
internationals
help
cities
around
the
united
states
and
when
we
were
at
the
national
league
of
cities
conference
in
san
antonio
texas
last
time
was.
Is
that
my
echo?
I
don't
know
if
it
is
or
not?
I
don't
know
I
was
here
in
an
echo.
Oh
that's
better.
Anyway,
when
we
were
at
national
legal
cities
meeting
in
san
antonio
texas,
they
were
just
saying:
the
city
of
san
antonio
was
just
bragging
about
how
sister
cities
international
help
them
land.
D
The
toyota
tundra
facility
in
san
antonio,
where
all
the
toyota
tundras
are
sold
in
north
america
and
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
are
coming
to
that
community
because
of
sister
cities,
international
and
the
national
league
of
cities
also
partnered
with
sister
cities,
because
you
know
they've
got
a
shared
commitment
to
building
stronger,
more
prosperous
communities,
and
so
we've
got
two
of
the
biggest
city.
Memberships.
D
That's
come
together
and
you
know
we
are
obviously
fully
committed
to
national
league
of
cities,
and
I
just
feel
like
we
need
to
be
more
committed
to
charleston
sister
cities.
International
we've
got.
We
got
several
agreements
with
with
different
cities,
but
I
think,
as
some
of
you
know,
doha
kind
of
changed
the
game
on
this,
we're
doha,
guitars
first
and
right
now,
they're
only
sister
city
and
the
you
know
on
the
list
of
organizations
that
amy
has-
and
the
committee
has
here.
D
All
of
them
have
done
great
things
for
us,
but
only
a
few
helped
more
than
our
sister
city
partner
doha,
because,
through
our
sister
city
agreement
back
in
may
of
2020
qatar
donated
a
100
thousand
dollars
to
charleston
sister
cities,
which
then
was
split.
Fifty
thousand
dollars
to
the
city
of
charleston,
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
charleston
county
for
coveted
medical
relief
and
supplies
and
ppe
for
our
front
line
employees.
D
And
then
now
we
have
some
of
them.
That
updates
drone
operations
is
getting
ready
to
go
into
john's
island.
It's
going
to
bring
us
about
200
jobs,
high,
paying
jobs
to
johns
island
in
the
city
of
charleston
and
and
doha
through
sister
cities.
Now
is
talking
with
johns
island
farmers,
the
department
of
agriculture,
clemson
university
and
some
others
about
getting
together
with
for
food
security
for
qatar,
which
we're
going
to
benefit
from
the
middle
east.
D
They're
talking
to
some
schools
outside
of
the
city
of
charleston
and
I've
been
working
hard
to
try
to
get
schools
like
burke
and
west
ashley
and
james
island
in
this.
In
this
conversation,
but
we've
got
to
have
a
sister
cities
agreement,
that's
strong,
so
that
the
schools
of
our
constituents
will
receive
their
fair
share.
D
But
the
there's
also
a
qatar
u.s
year
of
culture,
that's
being
planned
and
there's
some
potential
charleston
high
school
level,
soccer
players
that
may
get
an
opportunity
to
do
some
exchanges
with
qatar
in
preparation
for
the
2022
fifa,
world
cup
soccer
matches
and
there's
a
potential
that
charleston
is
going
to
send
a
doha
delegation
later
this
year,
and
the
purpose
of
that
delegation
is
to
continue
with
business
education.
Cultural
sports
exchanges
between
doha
and
charleston
qatar's
got
a
good
business
relationship
with
boeing
who
sits
on
our
sister
cities.
Committee
college
of
charleston.
D
We've
got
freetown,
sierra
leone,
which
was
added
that
michael
moore,
who
at
the
time
was
the
international
african-american
museum
president
asked
that
we
have
a
sister
city
agreement
with
with
freetown
and
we're
working
together
with
them
on
some
things
for
the
international
african-american
museum.
There's
they're
currently
exploring
some
different
things
in
collaboration
with
the
international
african-american
museum
and
there's
some
of
these.
Some
of
these
stones
that
they're
wanting
to
bring
over
a
lot
of
good
conversations
are
happening.
D
There
we're
starting
the
charleston
sister
cities
international
starting
talks
now
with
the
ambassador,
ireland,
daniel
mulhall
and
his
economic
advisors,
to
discuss
a
sister
city
with
ireland,
and
you
know
due
to
their
biotech
and
life
sciences,
experts
and
because
of
the
innovation
of
of
some
of
that,
their
ambas.
The
ambassador
to
ireland
is
going
to
be
attending
the
south
carolina
bio
conference
in
charleston
later
this
month
and
the
groundwork
and
discussions
for
a
sister
city
agreement
is,
is
probably
set
and
and
going
to
happen.
D
We
also
having
meetings
with
the
united
kingdom.
Some
of
you
met
colin
gray
when
he
came
over
here.
The
deputy
consulate
general
and
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
there,
where
we
may
partner
with
glasgow
the
port
city
that
hosted
the
u.n
climate
change
conference
and
obviously,
boeing
is
partnered
with
glasgow
and
also
with
the
university
of
strathclyde,
I
think,
is
the
name
of
it
for
aero
and
space
research,
but
they're
real
big
on
climate
change
and
they
have
taught
with
dale
morris
and
some
of
our
other
employees.
D
And
so
I
won't
go
on
any
further.
I
mean
we
got
flourish,
plants,
plato,
italy,
spikes
down
barbados.
We
got
panama
and
there's
a
lot
of
good
things
going
on
with
all
of
those,
but
I
feel
like
that
organization
deserves
more
than
5
000.
I
really
believe
they
deserve
20
000.
If
we
can
come
up
with
a
way
to
find
it,
I
I
just
think
that
they're
getting
a
getting
a
more
deserving
organization
out
there.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
very
compelling
recitation
there
of
all
the
work
they're
doing
and,
and
I
certainly
they
have
stepped
up
to
the
plate
over
the
last
couple
of
years
and
you're
right.
The
connection
with
doha
and
cutter
has
been
substantial
and
I
saw
yeah.
I
think
it
was
just
yesterday
president
biden's
remarks
about.
Maybe
it
was
the
day
before,
but
it
was.
It
was
just
this
week,
so
here's
the
only
thing
right
now.
A
You
know
what
what
we've
designated
is
a
total
of
800
000,
and
this
all
this
list
adds
up
to
that.
So,
if,
if
we
want
to
add
something
there,
I
think
at
this
point
we'd
have
to
deduct
something
from
somebody
else,
and
I
don't
want
to
put
you
on
the
spot,
and
maybe
we
come
back
by
wednesday
when
we'll
approve
this
with,
with
with
an
adjustment,
but
we'd
have
to
take
away
from
something
else.
A
C
C
B
C
B
C
C
B
A
Right
right-
and
I
think
that's
generally
true-
councilmember-
that
we
have
a
have
more
of
a
shotgun
approach
on
this.
You
know
and
and
all
of
the
many
of
these
organizations
are
applying
for
grants
from
from
numerous
sources.
They've
all
were
impacted
during
covid
philanthropy
was
impacted,
but
I'm
sure
many
of
them
out
there.
Asking
just
coincidence.
I
looked.
A
A
C
Yeah,
I
I
I
saw
that
article.
Actually,
I
think
he
was
he
was
on
cbs
this
morning.
Talking
about,
I
think
it's
a
huge
amount
of
money
he's
giving
out
nationwide,
but
the
reason
I'm
asking
that
mayor
just
I
could
go
through
a
bunch
of
these.
I
just
hot
kind
of
highlighted,
but
what's
on
our
screen
right
now,
for
instance,
this
charleston
promise
neighborhood
they
asked
for
125
and
the
recommendation
is
20
000..
C
So
that's
just
that's
just
a
huge
gap
as
to
that's
around
20
there's
about
about
10
of
what
they're
asking
for
so
and
some
of
them
or
25.
Some
of
them
were
close
to
what
they
were
looking
for.
They
needed
resource
centers.
They
asked
for
400.
We
gave
them
10.,
I'm
just
trying
to
come
up
with
some
kind
of
rhyme
or
reason
as
to
how
that
was
distributed.
C
B
C
B
And
somebody
asking
for
125
000,
we
might
have
only
given
10
percent,
but
that's
in
comparison.
The
other
person
that's
25
is
because
they
ask
for
a
lesser
amount.
You
know
what
I
mean
so
there's
no
way
that
we
would
ever
be
able
to
fund
125
000,
even
if
this
was
especially
if
this
was
community
assistance
grants.
I
mean
these
are
always
smaller
dollar
amounts
that
we
give
out,
because
we
have
so
many
organizations
that
apply.
E
Yeah-
and
I
I
just
like
to
re-emphasize
something
that
amy
just
said,
this
is
consistent
with
how
we
have
been
providing
grants
over
the
years
very
few
of
any
get.
What
they're
asking
for
and
most
don't
get
close
to,
what
they're
asking
for,
even
in
community
outreach
and
atax
in
cdbg,
I
can
go
on
and
on
so
you
mean.
The
practice
here
is
consistent
with
the
practice
that
we
do
for
most
of
not
all
of
our
grant
programs
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
amy,
but
I
based
upon
my
observations.
E
B
A
B
A
B
Just
say
too,
like
with
cd
what
they're
applying
for
cdbg
would
be
very
specific
to
some
type
of
project,
or
something
like
that
that
they're
doing
that
would
be
totally
different
from
what
they're
asking
for
here.
This
would
probably
more
be
an
administrative
ask
than
it
would
be
something
for
affordable
housing
sort
of
purposes.
If
that
makes
sense,.
C
No
amy-
I
wouldn't
want
to
be
on
your
committee
to
have
to
make
these
calls,
so
I'm
very
much
appreciative
what
y'all
have
done,
because
there's
some
hard
decisions
on
here
and
that's.
Why?
I'm
just
asking
the
questions-
and
I
agree
with
councilman
mcgregory
his
observation,
because
in
past,
when
we've
gone
through
this,
that
was
sort
of
the
same
response
I
remember
receiving
before.
C
But
this
is
sort
of
like
a
different
ball
game
of
sorts,
the
where
this
money
is
coming
from,
but
it
would
listen
if
we
if
we
can
spread
the
wealth
out
and
help
more
people
by
giving
less
as
opposed
to
a
select
few
getting
50
or
75
of
what
they're
requesting
that
that's
fine.
I
think
we
just
made
a
conscious
decision
to
stay
on
the
same
course
of
action
we've
done
of
the
over
the
past
several
years.
So
I'm
comfortable
with
that.
How
you
all
have
done
this.
B
A
A
A
A
And
I
do
do
you
think
it
would
be
council,
member
chile
if
we
added
8
000
to
sister
cities
and
then
just
deducted
1
000
from
each
of
those
that
we
gave
the
most
to
and
that
that
seems
like
a
reasonable
approach
to
balance
the
budget
and
and
accommodate
your
weapon
yeah.
That
would
help.
Does
that
sound
reasonable
to
everybody.
A
E
A
A
E
You
know
I
just
tend
to
I
mayor.
You
know
I
just
tend
to
support,
try
to
support
as
best
I
can
the
committee,
our
staff's
recommendation,
because
I
think
when
I
I'm
just
saying
when
we
go
from
20
to
13
000,
how
many
of
them
have
we
done
50
I
mean
some
we've
done
all,
but
I
think,
but
well
it's
not
enough
to
get
into
a
discussion
over.
Let's
just
move
forward
there,
all
right
all
right.
A
E
A
As
I
went
to
the
united
states
conference
of
mayors
meeting
in
washington
week
before
last,
and
then
I
was
in
columbia
the
other
day
for
the
municipal
association
meeting
and
went
over
to
the
state
house
for
a
little
while
and-
and
I
just
want
to
address
this
issue
with
arpa
and
infrastructure
money
and
a
lot
of
conversation
about
a
lot
of
money
being
out
there
right
and-
and
I
guess
that
there
is,
but
I
just
want
to
share
with
you
all
a
little
reality
check.
You
know
in
washington
dc.
A
A
Her
name
is
polly
trottenberg
and
had
a
great
meeting
with
them,
asking
them
to
help
us
make
up
the
difference
for
the
ashley
river
bike,
pet
bridge
and
and
they
were
very
positive
and-
and
I
really
believe,
they're
going
to
help
us.
But
it
was
interesting
and
this
I
guess
more
general
view
I
want
to
share
with
y'all
she
gave
me.
A
You
know
a
document
about
80
pages,
long
of
all
their
different
programs
that
they're
coming
out
with
that
are
related
to
this
infrastructure
money,
most
of
which
goes
directly
to
the
states
in
some
formula
population
and
miles
of
highway.
I'm
not
sure,
but
they
have
some
formulas
that
they
just
push
this
money
out
to
the
states
and
and
then
the
our
federal
government
is
saying
that
our
state
government
is
supposed
to
share
certain
funds
with
us.
A
I
met
with
secretary
hall
the
other
day
and
the
way
that
our
state
plans
to
handle
passing
that
money
through
to
local
governments
will
be
through
our
cog
through
our
council
of
governments,
so
in
short,
it's
complicated
and
it
will
all
be
grant-based
and,
and
which
doesn't
scare
me
I
I
do
with
sarah
and
our
team.
We
we
have
as
good
a
grant
writer
as
anybody
around.
Thank
you
once
again,
councilmember
chile,
but
the
concept
that
oh,
we
need.
A
A
So
we
get
up
there
to
I
get
up
there
tuesday
afternoon
and
because
he
had
helped
advocate
on
a
couple
of
those
projects.
Senator
campson
was
was
at
the
meeting
with
me.
Even
though
he's
not
on
the
committee,
he
actually
came
and
sat
with
me
at
the
at
the
meeting.
So
what
they
reported
out
was:
okay,
we're
gonna,
take
900
million
dollars
and
put
it
over
here
in
an
infrastructure
fund
and
then
they're
going
to
set
a
grant
protocol
and
then
the
local
cities
and
counties
and
water.
A
You
know
water
treatment,
services
like
charleston
water
service
will
be
eligible
to
can
apply
for
those
funds,
and
so
it
sets
up
another
kind
of
level
of
of
bureaucracy
and
another
time
element,
because
we've
been
waiting
since
last
summer
just
to
hear
how
they
were
going
to
handle
it
handle
this
for
all.
I
knew
yesterday,
tuesday
afternoon
they
were
going
to
come
out
and
say:
yes,
we're
going
to
send
charleston
30
million
dollars
for
their
request
for
the
low
battery
seawall.
But
that
isn't
the
way
they
did
it.
A
A
A
Well,
honestly,
that's
why
I
like
the
fact
that
they
they're
you
know
making
it
a
more
grand
objective
based
system.
I
that
doesn't
bother
me
at
all.
I
think
we'll
compete
with
the
best
of
them.
I
prefer
it
to
tell
you
the
truth,
but
it
does
add
a
layer
of
time
and
work
and
and
all
like
that
for
us
to
successfully
get
some
of
these
funds,
and
I
think
that's
just
the
reality
of
the
situation.
A
A
A
A
D
A
A
C
When
I
would
suggest
mayor
first
councilmember
gregory
and
I
meet
with
amy
and
amy
cross,
so
that
we've
got
a
better
working
knowledge
of
that.
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
first
before
we
delve
into
anything
else.
So
if
amy-
and
I
don't
know-
is
kay's
on
this
call,
but
if
you,
if
you're
immutable
with
that
to
set
up
something,
I
mean
not
that
we
don't
have
enough
meetings
already
for
the
next
two
weeks
as
we
we're
meeting
twice
on
city
council
next
week,
class
workshops,
another
city
council
meeting.