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City of Charleston Accommodations Tax Advisory 4/14/22
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Okay,
so
we'll
just
start
with
the
slideshow
here.
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We
will
move
into
the
introduction.
I
believe
we
have
councilman
gregory,
of
course,
is
here.
Skip
condon
is
here
ben.
The
alessandro
is
here
and
casey
lavin
is
here
and
then
also
for
staff.
We
have
amy
wharton,
our
cfo,
andrea
from
the
clerk's
office,
who's
doing
the
minutes,
and
me
kathy
marshall,
so,
and
I
think
this
is
I'm
showing
up
as
guest
5,
but
this
is
jamie
dewitt,
oh
hi,
jamie
and
terri
anne.
I
believe
our
brand
compliance
manager
is
also
in
here
with
us
today.
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So
can
y'all
see
that
one?
Now?
Yes,
okay,
so
we're
gonna
run
through
this
pretty
quickly.
Those
of
you
that
have
been
on
the
committee
for
a
few
years-
or
this
will
be
a
good
refresher
for
you
just
in
case
but
for
the
new
and
the
new
committee
members.
If
you
have
any
questions
as
we
go
through
this,
please
just
interrupt
me
and
ask
this
advisory
committee
is
required
by
state
law,
it's
appointed
by
city
council,
and
it
must
consist
of
seven
seven
members
who
meet
these
specific
qualifications.
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Four
have
to
be
from
the
hospitality
industry,
of
which
two
must
be
from
the
lodging
sector.
So
there's
your
two
members
that
are
the
represent
hotels,
the
other
two
hospitality
industry.
Members
must
be
from
other
areas.
It
could
be
tour
guides
or
restaurants
or
whatever.
So
we
have
two
restaurant
members
for
us,
and
then
we
have
one
member
that
represents
a
cultural
interest
of
the
city
and
that's
mamie
bush
and
she
is
not
with
us
today
because
she's
out
of
town
and
then
we
have
two
at-large
members,
which
is
jamie,
dewitt
and
councilmember
gregory.
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Those
just
provide,
you
know
an
overall
look
at
the
the
city
and
what
meets
the
city's
needs.
C
The
function
of
the
advisory
committee
is
its
advisory.
As
the
title
says.
They
advise
the
city
of
charleston
on
the
expenditure
of
the
revenue
generated
from
accommodations
tax
and
the
requirements
under
state
law
say
that
this
committee
must
submit
a
written
recommendation
to
the
municipality
at
least
once
a
year.
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So
we
always
have
a
letter,
that's
signed
by
the
chairman,
which
is
councilmember
gregory,
that
is
attached
to
the
the
amended
budget
or
the
draft
budget,
or
whatever
phase
we're
in
at
that
point
in
time,
and
that
is
submitted
to
ways
it
through
ways
and
means
to
city
council,
and
the
committee
also
must
review
the
applications
that
the
municipality
receives
for
spending
of
accommodations
tax.
Now
not
everything
we
do
is
via
an
application
process.
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So,
if
you're
renting
your
beach
house
for
a
week
at
a
time
or
you
know
that
that
would
fall
into
transit
and
you
must
collect
accommodations
tax.
But
if
you
have
a
rental
property
that
you're
renting
for
a
semester
to
a
college
student
that
would
not
call
that
would
not
require
you
to
collect
accommodations
tax.
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The
state
keeps
a
portion
of
the
revenue
there's
some
things
written
into
the
law
where
state,
prt
parks,
recreation
and
tourism,
and
some
other
organizations
that
are
designated
by
the
state
administer
multi-county
tourism,
programs
and
and
tourism
as
a
whole
for
the
state
and
some
of
that
money
goes
to
those
programs.
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There's
also
a
robin
hood
clause
that
ensures
that
each
county
in
the
state
receives
at
least
fifty
thousand
dollars
per
year
in
accommodations
tax.
And
you
know
you
have
a
lot
of
counties
that
have
an
interstate
running
through
them
and
probably
the
only
hotels
they
have
might
be
ones
that
are
located
at
those
interstate
exits.
So
they
may
not
get
50
000
if
that's
their
only
lodging
industry,
but
the
the
counties
that
collect
more
than
four
hundred
thousand
a
year
of
which
charleston
county
is
one
of
them.
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So
we,
the
city
of
charleston,
fall
into
that
donut
donor
category,
those
areas,
those
counties-
collect
more
money,
so
they
have
to
donate
some
back
to
the
state,
so
the
state
withholds
a
portion
of
it
at
the
beginning
of
each
year
out
of
our
first
payment
and
then
by
the
end
of
the
year
they
reconcile
the
whole
thing
and
make
sure
everybody's
gotten
their
50
000,
and
then
they
usually
give
us
back
what
they
didn't
need,
because
they
normally
would
hold
more
than
what
they
need,
because
no
they'll
never
get
it
from
us
later.
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They
don't
withhold
it
up
front.
So,
just
so
you're
aware
the
city
has
other
tourism
revenues,
and
you
may
hear
talk
about
those
at
city,
council
meetings
or
you
know,
read
about
them
in
the
newspaper
or
whatever
that
are
that
are
also
have
rules
similar
to
state
accommodations
tax.
We
have
a
municipal
accommodations
tax,
which
is
a
local
tax.
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Same
thing,
two
percent
charleston,
the
city
of
I'm
sorry
charleston
county,
collects
that
for
us
because
they
also
have
a
local
accommodations
tax.
So
they
collect
both
pieces
of
it
because
it's
the
same
hotels,
paying
the
same
percentage
to
them
that
we
would
get
so
they
just
collect
and
give
us
our
share.
And
then
we
have
a
hospitality
fee
which
is
on
prepared
food
and
beverages
and
that's
collected
by
the
city
of
charleston
revenue
collections
division.
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So
the
law
sets
out
how
accommodations
tax
revenue
has
to
be
allocated
by
the
municipalities.
The
first
25
000
plus
five
percent
of
the
balance,
is
allocated
to
the
general
fund
of
the
municipality
and
it
is
exempt
from
all
of
the
requirements,
which
means
it's
unrestricted.
It
just
becomes
general
revenues
in
the
general
fund,
so
I
guess
that
was
probably
established
that
way
to
help
us
cover
the
costs
of
say
implementing
this
fund.
Although
I
don't
seem
to
get,
I
didn't
get
an
extra
salary
for
this
piece,
but
anyway
the
fir.
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Thirty
percent
of
the
balance
is
allocated
to
a
special
fund
and
it
is
only
to
be
used
for
advertising
and
promotion
of
tourism,
and
the
law
requires
that
a
municipality
select,
an
organization
that
is
currently
in
existence
to
manage
and
direct
spending
of
those
funds.
And
if
there
wasn't
already
an
entity
in
existence,
then
we
could
establish
our
own,
but
we
had
the
cbb
already
doing
a
really
good
job
with
marketing
charleston,
as
you
can
tell
by
all
the
tourists
that
are
walking
up
and
down
the
street
today.
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So
that
is
our
designated
marketing
organization,
so
they
get
30
percent
of
the
balance
of
the
revenue.
The
next
piece
of
it
is
the
remaining
65
percent,
plus
any
interest.
That's
earned
on
the
money
that
we
have
in
the
bank
before
we
spin
it.
It
is
allocated
to
what
we
call
the
65
fund
and
used
for
tourism-related
expenditures.
C
In
other
words,
where
the
money
was
generated
or
the
revenue
was
generated,
and
then
in
counties
with
a
high
concentration
of
tourism,
you
can
also
use
funds
to
provide
additional
county
and
municipal
services,
for
instance,
if
you
need
extra
police
protection
because
you
have
festivals
or
that
sort
of
thing,
and
that's
only
for
those
counties
that
have
that
collect
more
than
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year.
That's
how
they
define
a
high
concentration
of
tourism.
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So
the
remaining
65
percent
fund
that
we
were
just
talking
about
this
is
how
it
can
be
allocated.
It
can
be
used
advertising
and
promotion
of
tourism,
promotion
of
arts
and
cultural
events.
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So
there's
a
you
know,
you
can't
use
it
to
provide
what
the
municipality
would
already
have
to
have.
You
have
to
only
use
it
for
the
extra
cost.
That's
directly
attributable
to
the
tourism
that
are
the
tourists
that
are
present
in
your
city.
You
can
use
it
for
public
facilities
such
as
restrooms
or
parks,
or
parking
lots
that
are
required
for
tourism
activities,
tourist
shuttle
transportation,
for
instance,
the
dash
shuttle
that's
downtown,
that
is
free.
We
can
use
that.
C
We
use
this
money
to
support,
to
give
money
to
carter,
to
support
that
the
dash
shuttle
being
free,
waterfront
erosion,
beach
renourishment,
which
doesn't
really
apply
to
us,
but
it's
there
and
operation
of
visitors,
centers.
C
We
give
it
to
these
organizations,
then,
generally
speaking,
when
they
apply
for
money,
it's
going
to
fall
into
those
first
three
categories:
it's
going
to
be
advertising,
it's
going
to
be
promotion
of
arts
and
cultural
events,
and
it
might
be,
and
very
often
is,
construction,
maintenance
or
operation
of
facilities
for
civic
and
cultural
activities,
such
as
the
museum
or
other
facilities
that
attract
and
draw
tourists,
promotion
and
arts
and
cultural
events.
Sometimes
that's
our
festivals
and
all,
but
a
lot
of
times.
C
That
also
falls
under
advertising
and
promotion,
which
is
by
the
way,
the
easiest
one
to
document.
If
you
have
advertising
expenses
that
are
out
of
market
and
all
then
that's
very
easy
for
us
to
document.
C
You
must
be
a
non-profit
organization
or
a
church
or
religious
organization
or
government
entity.
It
can't
be
an
individual
or
for-profit
business.
Those
are
not
eligible.
C
The
law
also
provides
for
the
state
of
south
carolina
tourism
expenditure
review
committee,
which
operates
through
the
department
of
revenue
it's
authorized
by
the
statute.
They
have
the
oversight,
responsibility
for
the
spending
of
a
tax
funds,
and
we
must
file
a
report
with
them
annually
detailing
how
much
money
we
received
and
what
we
did
with
it,
how
we
spent
it
which
organizations
we
gave
it
to,
and
we
also
have
to
give
them
a
list
part
of
their
report.
C
Just
is
you
know
who
applied
for
funding
and
how
much
do
they
ask
for
and
then,
of
course,
how
much
we
actually
gave
them
if
any,
there
is
a
website
that
what
we
call
turk
tourism
expenditure
review
committee-
they
operate
a
website,
they
have.
The
state
law
is
available.
There
there's
some
guidance
and
interpretations
of
statutes
available
there.
It's
it's
kind
of
a
resource
for
those
kind
of
questions
we
might
have
about
what's
eligible,
so
just
some
basic
interpretations
of
tourism-related
expenditures.
How
do
you
define
that?
C
What
does
it
mean
when
you
say
tourism
related?
Well,
tourism
is
activities
of
people
taking
trips
outside
their
home
communities,
except
for
commuting
to
and
from
work.
So
if,
if
I
live
outside
of
the
city
of
charleston,
I
come
into
charleston
every
day
for
work,
I'm
not
a
tourist,
but
somebody
who
comes
down
here
they
may
come.
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C
Actually,
I
think,
challenged
the
state
at
one
point
years
ago
that
they
needed
to
be
able
to
spend
accommodations
tax
money
to
do
beach,
cleanup
and
all
after
you
know
like
the
fourth
of
july
weekend
and
all
because
you
had
so
many
people
coming
in
to
those
island
communities
to
go
to
the
beach,
but
they
didn't
necessarily
spend
the
night.
So
there's
some
flexibility
in
that.
It's
not
a
a
cut
and
dried
answer.
You
know,
for
you
got
to
be
50
miles
away
before
you
count
as
a
tourist
there's.
C
Also
some
other
things
that
are
considered.
You
have
to
attract
tourists
or
you
have
to
provide
for
them
for
this
money
to
be
eligible
for
tourism-related
expenditures,
free
to
be
considered
a
tourism-related
expenditure,
and
it
can't
be
used
for
an
item
that
the
municipality
would
already
provide
like.
C
We
we're
large
enough
that
we
can
do
a
little
bit
more
than
some
of
the
smaller
communities
because
we're
over
that
400
000
threshold.
But
if
you
think
about
a
small
town
that
maybe
has
five
police
cars
and
they
wanted
an
extra
police
car
because
they
have
a
motel,
they
really
cannot
do.
C
That,
if,
if
those
police
cars
were
things
that
they
would
normally
have
to
have,
if
they
cannot,
because
they
can't
use
it
for
those
extra
things,
because
they're
not
over
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
revenue
collections,
so
something
that
the
municipality
would
normally
have
to
provide
cannot
be
used.
You
can't
use
this
money
for
that
unless
you're
in
that
over
400
000
high
tourism
concentration
category
some
of
the
things
we've
figured
out
over
time
or
that
we've
looked
into
over
time
that
aren't
eligible
for
a
tax
funding.
C
We
don't
fund
salaries
with
grant
awards
and,
for
instance,
even
if
mayor
teclenberg
spent
a
large
amount
of
his
time
dealing
with
promoting
tourism,
we
would
have
to
have
a
mayor
anyway.
So
we
can't
fund
that
salary
and
we
do
not
fund
salaries
through
the
grants,
either
statues
and
monuments
that
well,
I
spelled
statues
wrong.
Didn't
I.
I
have
statutes.
Oh
well,
statues
and
monuments
dedicated
to
a
local
figure
are
not
considered
to
be
a
tourism
draw.
C
But
if
you
had
a
monument
or
something
to
a
national
figure
or
to
a
national
historic
event,
such
as
say
you
had
a
world
war
ii
memorial
that
might
qualify
for
tourism
funding,
educational
school-based
outreach
programs
that
some
of
the
major
tourist
events
have.
We
had
an
instance
where
one
of
the
major
music
festivals
went
into
the
schools
and
did
outreach
programs
to
expose
the
school
children
to
jazz.
I
believe
it
was
or
blues,
and
we
wanted
to
fund
that
with
a
tax,
but
that
was
not
eligible.
C
They
can
fund
say
their
event
that
attracts
tourists,
but
not
the
outreach
portion
where
it's
educational
or
school
based
welcome
signs
and
banners
are
not
eligible
because
you're
already
here
by
time,
you
see
that
that
hasn't
attracted
you
to
get
to
charleston
services
to
benefit
employees
of
the
tourism
industry.
C
In
other
words,
if
you
had
a
health
clinic
that
served
tourists,
that
would
be
eligible
particularly
say
if
you
had
a
health
clinic
that
was
located
near
a
large
tourism
attraction
and
like
if
you
had,
if
we
had
an
amusement
park
or
something
like
that,
and
there
had
to
be
a
health
clinic
that
would
be
eligible.
But
if
that
health
clinic
is
to
serve
the
people
who
work
in
hotels
or
restaurants,
it
is
not
eligible
because
it
doesn't
serve
tourists
to
provide
for
tourists
directly.
C
The
beneficiaries
of
that
would
be
the
employees,
not
the
tourists,
local
advertising,
for
instance
billboards
at
the
airport
or
along
the
interstate,
don't
really
qualify,
because
that's
local
you're
already
here
by
the
time
you
see
that
some
local
tv
or
newspaper
advertising
might
be
okay,
because
you
know
the
new
people
in
myrtle
beach
may
get
the
posting
courier
or
or
watch
some
of
our
tv
channels.
C
C
So
as
we
go
through
these
applications
as
you're
reading
them
and
evaluating
them-
and
I
realize
this
is
a
little
bit
late
on
the
information
since
hopefully,
you've
already
read
them,
but
what
we
are
looking
for.
Generally
speaking,
first
of
all,
we
want
to
determine
if
the
applicant
is
eligible,
do
they
meet
those
qualifications?
Are
they
a
non-profit
or
one
of
those
other
entities?
C
Do
the
planned
expenditures?
What
they're
asking
for
does
that
fall
into
one
of
those
eligible
tourism
related
categories
such
as
you
know,
advertising
and
promotion?
What's
the
relative
tourism
impact,
in
other
words,
the
return
on
investment?
If
we
spend
accommodations
tax
money
on
their
advertising,
do
they
in
turn
bring
in
tourists
in
order
to
increase
the
amount
of
accommodations
tax
that
we
will
get
in
the
future,
which
in
turn,
we
can
reinvest
and
attract
more
tourists?
So
they
have
to
have
a
demonstrated
impact
or
they
should
have
a
demonstrated
impact
on
heads
and
beds.
C
Do
they
have
the
ability-
and
this
isn't
related
to
tourism?
This
is
just
good
financial
fiscal
stewardship
on
our
part,
do
they
have
the
ability
to
carry
out
their
planned
event
or
activities?
Do
they
have
the
right
leadership?
The
right
staffing
do
they
have
other
funding
sources?
C
Is
the
percentage
of
funding
from
the
city
and
other
a
tax?
In
other
words,
they
could
also
have
a
tax
from
say
north
charleston
or
mount
pleasant.
C
Is
that
a
reasonable
amount,
and
is
it
in
line
with
the
tourism
impact
projections,
in
other
words,
if
40
of
their
funding
for
their
event,
if
they're
having
a
large
festival
and
40
of
the
funding
that
they've
received
is
from
accommodations
tax,
then
at
least
forty
percent
of
the
audience
should
be
tourists
for
that
to
be
a
knowledgeable
expenditure
and
is
the
advertising
sufficiently
out
of
market
again
we're
talking
about
versus,
say,
local
advertising?
C
C
We
also
need
to
think
about
as
we're
evaluating
these
applications.
We
have
these
large
events,
festivals,
attractions
versus
some
of
the
smaller
ones,
and
you
know
the
the
easy
answer
would
be
well.
The
larger
ones
obviously
have
more
tourism
impacts.
So
let's
just
not
pay
attention
to
the
smaller
ones,
but
the
smaller
events.
C
They
fill
an
important
role.
Also.
You
know
everybody
wants
to
come
here
because
there's
a
variety
of
things
to
do
here,
a
variety
of
events
and
activities,
lots
of
things
for
tourists
to
do
you
know
an
entire
family
can
stay
busy
for
for
a
week
and
they
can
all
find
something
that
they
like
to
do.
C
C
C
Timing
is
important,
like
is
it
a
less
busy
time
of
the
year,
and
I
know
that
makes
a
big
difference
to
the
the
the
hotels
to
fill
up
rooms
in
those
less
busy
weekends
and
weeks
of
the
year,
and
is
it
something
that
contributes
to
the
overall
culture
atmosphere
that
draws
tourists
to
charleston?
C
So
the
next
slide
is
what
I'm
just
going
to
give
you
a
little
example.
We
don't
formally
do
this
when
we
review
applications,
but
it's
kind
of
a
good
way
to
look
at
the
information.
That's
provided
in
that
application
and
evaluate
it.
So
I
have
four
events
here.
These
are
just
ones
I
completely
made
up
and
a
b
and
d
all
have
a
total
event
budget
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
they
all
get
100
10
000
of
a
tax
from
the
city.
C
C
C
You
did
didn't
you
anyway,
so
if
you
look
at
the
total
amount
funded
by
a
tax
in
each
of
these
examples,
you'll
see
that
in
a
and
b
it's
fifteen
percent
fifteen
thousand
dollars
out
of
a
hundred
thousand
and
c,
which
is
a
really
large
event.
That's
two
million
dollar
budget.
The
amount
of
a
tax
is
10
and
in
event,
d,
it's
10.
C
And
the
percentage
of
tourists
attending
is
20,
10,
75
10,
so
you'll
notice
that
oops,
if
you
calculate
the
dollars
of
a
tax
spent
to
provide
for
those
number
of
tourists,
you'll
see
that
the
first
two
are
five
dollars
per
terrorist,
because
10
000
in
total
attendance
by
2000
tourists
each
the
third
one
is
three
dollars
and
thirty
three
cents,
because
you've
got
thirty
thousand
tourists
and
you
spent
we
spent
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
on
it
and
then
event
d.
C
C
In
event.
A
the
total
attendance
is
10
000.,
so
the
percentage
of
tourism
tourist
attending
is
twenty
thousand,
and
that
is
higher
than
the
percentage
of
the
budget
funded
by
a
tax,
which
is
fifteen
percent.
But
you
look
at
then
b
and
because
they've
got
another
10,
000
tour
of
in
attendance
and
only
2
000
still
or
tourists,
then
that
throws
that
off.
The
total
percent
of
the
budget
is
15.
That's
funded
by
a
tax,
but
the
percentage
of
tourists
attending
is
only
10..
C
Now
the
total
cost
per
tourist
is
still
the
same,
but
really
that
doesn't
line
up
right
so
event
b,
wouldn't
really
be
a
great
or
ten
thousand
dollars,
wouldn't
be
the
right
amount
to
give
that
event,
and,
as
you
can
see,
event
c,
obviously
is
the
one
that
we're
going
to
get
the
most
bang
for
our
buck
and
event
d
is
going
to
cost
us
a
lot
of
money
to
get
those
500
people
in
so
that's
just
kind
of
an
example
of
what
we're
trying
to
kind
of
look
at
when
we're
looking
at
those
various
applications.
C
So
does
anybody
have
any
questions
about
that?
I
didn't
mean
to
close
it,
but
anybody
have
any
questions.
C
With
the
rest
of
the
main
slide
show,
then.
C
Oh
you're
welcome
approval
of
minutes.
I
realized
that
many
of
you
who
are
here
today
were
not
part
of
the
committee
in
2020
when
we
had
a
meeting
then
that
we
never
got
those
minutes
approved.
So
we
have
minutes
for
our
last
meeting
in
december
and
also
from
the
previous
november
2020,
so
councilmember
gregory
I'll.
Let
you
handle
that.
B
December,
2nd
and
november
17
20
20
minutes
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
aye.
A
A
C
So
the
first
thing
we
wanted
to
talk
about
before
we
give
out
where
we
talk
about
the
the
applications
is,
I
want
to
just
refresh
your
memory
on
the
revenue
in
the
past
years.
We
talked
about
this
back
in
december,
but
in
2019
we
received
a
little
over
7.7
million
dollars
of
accommodations
tax
revenue
from
the
state
in
2020.
C
That
number
dropped
considerably,
as
everybody
knows
to
4.4,
actually
that's
more
than
what
we
thought
we
would
receive,
so
that
was
actually
a
little
bit
of
a
nice
surprise
at
the
end
of
the
year
that
we
did
get
that
much
and
in
2021
we
had
originally
budgeted.
I
think
3.6
million
dollars,
because
in
2020
that
first
quarter
of
2020
was
not
impacted
as
much
by
kobe,
but
we.
A
C
Have
any
idea
what
would
happen
in
2021
and
when
we
met
back
in
december,
we
had
just
received
the
third
quarter
payment
and
we
had
not
received
the
fourth
quarter
payment.
Yet
so
we
really
didn't
know
what
to
expect,
but,
as
it
turns
out,
we
did
really
well
and
that
was
surpassed
2019.
C
So
that
is
part
of
the
reason
that
we
have
more
money
available
right
now
to
give
out
these
grant
awards,
and
our
plan
is
kind
of
to
take
that
leftover,
2021
money
and
what
we
may
have
in
2022
that
wasn't
allocated
yet
kind
of
spread
it
over
grants
that
we
would
give
out
for
this
year
for
2022
and
also
grants
we
would
give
out
for
next
year
for
2023
to
kind
of
give
everybody
a
little
bit
more
of
a
boost
from
the
times
of
the
pandemic,
where
they
would
have
not
received
a
grant.
C
So
we
closing
out
we're
in
the
process
of
closing
our
financial
year
2021,
but
the
excess
revenue
rolls
into
fund
balance,
which
means
it
can
be
spent
as
long
as
it's
part
of
the
budget
in
2022
or
future
years.
Now.
Remember
that
requirement
that
we
have
to
spend
the
money
within
two
years
after
receiving
it.
We
just
have
to
watch
that
and
make
sure
that
we
are
spending
appropriate
amounts
that
we're
not
holding
on
to
too
much
of
the
funds.
It
is
possible
to
hold
on
to
more
of
it.
C
So
that's
what
our
goal
is
here
is
to
look
at
the
money
we
have
available,
so
we
didn't
have
that
normal
grant
process
in
21
or
2020
for
2022,
because
we
had
other
obligations
and
other
things
that
were
already
committed,
that
we
were
committed
to
that.
We
just
weren't
positive
that
we
would
have
enough
funding
and
we
didn't
want
to
give
out
awards
and
then
then
have
to
tell
everybody
oops.
Sorry,
we
don't
have
enough
money.
We
can't
give
it
to
you.
After
all,.
C
Right
yeah,
the
state
sends
us
this
money
quarterly
and
there's
someone
of
the
delay
because
they
have
to
collect
it
all
first
and
process
it
and
then
send
it
to
us.
So
you
know
we
we
get
it.
Usually
the
first
payment
we
get
each
year
is
in
april,
so
we
haven't
even
gotten
one
for
2022.
Yet
so
that's
why
there's
such
a
delay
that
that
makes
it
even
harder
to
know
what
to
budget
and
how
much
money
we're
going
to
have.
C
So
what
we
want
to
do
today
is
to
amend
the
2022
budget
to
give
out
awards
for
the
applications
that
we
just
collected
normally
like
amy
said
they
would
have
been
done
back
in
july
august
and
we
would
have
allocated
the
money
when
we
did
the
budget
back
in
the
fall,
but
we're
just
now
getting
to
that,
because
we
now
know
how
much
money
we
have
for
sure.
C
C
So
now
it
is
time
for
us
to
review
the
list
of
recommended
awards
that
we
sent
you.
There
was
a
worksheet
that
the
committee
received
that
contained
the
the
all
the
information
about
the
various
applications
and
also
the
amount
that
city
staff
had
recommended.
C
We
look
at
what
you
know,
as
as
staff
and
being
familiar
with
these
things
over
the
years,
what
we
would
recommend
that
they
be
funded
at
and
now
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
committee.
D
Kathy
may
ask
a
question
first
sure,
on
all
these
organizations
do
we
know
if
any
of
them
got
any
ppp
money
or
any
any
special
funding
from
all
this
money
that
was
sent
out
if
they
did
would
that
affect
what
we're
doing.
C
Some
of
them
we
may
know
because
of
other
communications
we've
had
with
them,
but
I
don't
think
cherry
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
we
didn't
ask
for
that
information
on
this
grant
application.
Did
we?
No,
we
did
not.
No,
so
no,
I
don't
think
and
amy.
You
can
speak
up
if
you
want,
but
we
still
have
to
spend
this
money
on
tourism.
C
B
Yeah
this
way,
though,
I
mean,
if,
if
they
received
funds
prior
to
the
application,
it
would
have
to
be
on
the
application.
Wouldn't
it.
A
A
I
don't
think,
and
because
this
is
a
tax,
and
this
is
not
arpa
funding
we're
actually
giving
out
pay
tax
funding.
I
don't
think
it
would
affect
anything
that
they're
doing,
because
it's
specifically
for
whatever
event
they're
they're
trying
to
put
on
or
whatever
so
I
don't
think
it
would
affect
it
at
all.
That
makes
sense.
A
I
don't
remember
in
the
I
just
out
of
pure
curiosity
in
the
past
doing
this,
I
don't
remember
any
monies
given
out
of
more
than
say.
I
think
it
like.
The
max
was
like
150
in
the
past.
C
Now
the
the
amounts
that
we
are
proposing
to
give
out
this
year
are
higher
because
remember
we
talked
about,
we
had
leftover
money
from
2021
and
we
it
we'll
probably
have
we'll
be
over
budget
as
far
as
revenue
is
concerned,
possibly
for
2022
and
we're
kind
of
so
we've
accumulated
some
funds
over
time
that
we
need
to
spend,
and
we
also
know
that
a
lot
of
these
organizations
have
really
just
been.
You
know
trying
to
hold
on
and
get
through
a
difficult
time
so
that
they
can
reopen
and
operate
as
normal.
C
So
that
is
also
one
reason
why
we
thought
we
would
give
out.
You
know
more
money
this
year
and
possibly
next
year
than
what
we've
given
out
in
prior
years.
A
But
it's
also
one
how
much
they
ask
so
in
prior
years,
those
organizations
have
always
asked
for
more
than
what
we've
given
them
to
and
because
we
have
a
little
bit
of
extra
funding
this
year,
we
might
be
able
to
fund
them
a
little
bit
better
than
we
have
in
the
past,
more
so
towards
what
they've
asked
for
in
the
past.
If
that
makes
sense,
too
yep.
C
B
C
C
That's
unallocated
at
this
point
that
the
committee
can
use
to
increase
or
or
give
out
awards
to
different
groups
that
we
didn't
include.
Perhaps,
and
that
would
you
know,
25
000
without
changing
what
we
recommended
for
existing
groups.
Now
I
guess
you
could
you
could
also
make
other
changes
that
would
either
take
funding
away
from
an
existing
group
to
give
it
to
someone
else,
but
there's
25
000
of
unallocated
funding
that
is
available.
A
B
And
I
clearly
understand
that
these
grants
can't
be
used
for
operating
purposes
salaries
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff,
but
when
I'm
looking
at
art
forms
okay,
one
of
the
smaller
grantees,
and
when
I
compare
that
compare
him
with
some
of
the
other
kind
of
theater
groups,
I
see
where
there
is
artistic
production
costs,
for
instance,
20
of
the
grant
would
be
for
that.
You
know
I'm
down,
I'm
looking
at
charleston
jazz
really,
but
just
in
looking
at
all
of
them.
B
Okay,
most
of
them
are
definitely
specific
advertising
advertisement
and
promotion.
Only
and
I
was
wondering,
as
I
go
through
it
there,
there
are
some
cases
where
the
recommendation
is
lower
than
the
request,
and
if
I
look
at
the
description
I'm
trying
to
find
out
whether
or
not,
for
instance,
the
request
is
lower,
because
perhaps
there
was
a
portion
that
was
not
specific
out
market
advertising
promotion
only.
B
Now,
when
I
look
at
the
description,
funds
are
also
requested
for
20
of
artistic
and
production
costs,
which
apparently
is
eligible
and
where,
where
I'm
leading
to
is,
can
those
same
provisions
be
used
for
some
of
the
smaller
organizations
such
as
art
forms
to
make
them
a
bit
stronger
or
as
strong
that
20
of
their
funds
can
be
used
for
artistic
and
production
costs?
B
There's
another
one
here
where
funds
will
also
be
used
for
equipment,
rental
and
rental
venues.
B
All
of
which
are
things
that
your
small
or
art
organizations
also
have
to
do.
I
don't
know
if
they're
not
aware
of
it,
but
as
I
read
through
the
descriptions-
and
it
appears
as
though
art
forms
based
on
whatever
is
kind
of
lockstep
and
just
using
their
money
for
promotions
and
does
not
appear
to
at
least
they
didn't
request
it
either
by
the
way,
but
I'm
just
trying
to
determine
if
they
could
have.
A
B
C
Then
construction
and
then
equipment
and
then
other
so
down
under
other
it's
where
they
could
ask
for
production
costs
or
different
things,
and
sometimes
it
might
also
fall
under
like
for
some
like
the
museums
or
the
art
galleries.
It
would
fall
under
item
b,
maintenance
or
operation
of
a
tourism
related
facility
or
buildings.
So,
yes,
some
of
that
is
eligible.
It
just
may
be
for
some
of
the
groups
that
we
felt
like
that
was
a
bigger
ask
than
what
we
should
or
maybe
wasn't
as
easily
documented
as
being
tourism
related.
B
A
B
C
D
B
Well,
what
I
was
attempting
to
do
and
we're
at
art
forms
and
theater
concepts
right,
that's
the
one!
Okay,
I'm
saying
yay
to
it,
because
we
still
have
that
organization
under
the
watchful,
watchful,
watchful
eye
of
our
office
of
cultural
affairs.
Okay
right!
So
for
me,
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a!
I
would
recommend
yes
for
that
one.
B
C
And
I
will
say
that
with
art
forms
and
theater
concepts,
just
so
the
rest
of
the
committee
will
be
will
be
aware
of
this.
We
have
funded
them
on
a
reimbursement
basis.
C
They
have
to
show
us
their
invoices
documenting
the
tourism-related
expenditures,
and
then
we
reimburse
them
for
that,
because
there's
been
some
issues
in
the
past
when
our
internal
auditor
has
audited
them,
so
we
are
working
with
them
and
cultural
affairs
has
stepped
up
and
is
willing
to
work
with
them
to
help
them
document
those
tourism
expenditures
and
submit
those
invoices
for
reimbursement,
and
that
was
one
of
the
reasons
that
perhaps
we
didn't
recommend
the
higher
amount
that
they
requested,
because
they
haven't
been
able
to
document
as
much
in
tourism
expenditures
over
the
past
few
years
as
what
we
have
attempted
to
give
them.
C
B
C
I
don't
think
we
need
to
do
that.
I
think
if
we
just
go
through
them
and
if
anybody
wants
to
recommend
a
change
to
the
amount
that's
listed
here
like
for
art
forms
it's
listed
at
20
000.
If
somebody
wanted
to
make
a
change,
I
could
you
know
plug
in
a
number
here
and
it
would
give
us
the
revised
amount
and
then
we
would
know
I
mean
we've
got
25
000
to
distribute.
If
you
want
to.
B
A
Oh
no,
I
I
think
this
is
a
question.
I
know
we
need
to
get
past
the
first
one.
I
promise
we'll
I'm
sure
we'll
we'll
serve
you
quickly,
but
this
when
it
comes
to
auditing
the
use
of
these
studies
and
understanding
who
are
the
you
know
who
has
a
history
of
being
good
stewards
of
the
dollars
for
the
letter
for
the
letter
of
what
the
inspiration,
the
spirit
of
the
pay
tax
funding
it
does.
You
know,
and
other
atax
committees
have
served
on
that.
A
That
was
a
key
piece
of
what
did
you
do
with
this?
I
I
don't.
I
didn't
even
get
into
the
details
of
it,
but
you
mentioned
there
is
an
audit
system
to
go
through
and
kind
of
track
progress
of
funding
that
was
provided.
C
Okay,
so
we
require-
and
state
law
requires
this,
the
anyone
we
give
the
funding
to
also
has
to
submit
a
report
back
to
us
at
the
end
of
the
year
documenting
how
they
spent
the
money
and
if
their
award
was
five
thousand
dollars
or
less,
we
asked
them
to
just
go
ahead
and
include
invoices
with
that,
so
that
we
can
see
exactly
what
they
spent
it
on.
C
If
their
award
was
higher
than
that,
then
we
just
asked
them
to
fill
out
the
report
and-
and
it's
basically
a
report
that
kind
of
has
the
same.
We
asked
them.
Programmatic
questions
like
was
your
event
successful
all
that
kind
of
stuff,
but
also
has
an
area
for
them
to
fill
in
what
they
spent.
Some
funds
on.
Our
internal
auditor
usually
takes
like
a
sample
of
awards
each
year,
maybe
five
of
them,
maybe
a
few
more
depending
on.
C
If
there's
some
areas,
we
suspect
we
may
have
some
issues
with
and
they
will
go
to
those
organizations
and
actually
perform
a
quick
little
audit
ask
them
to
show
documentation
for
those
expenditures,
so
we
wouldn't
really
be
auditing
the
ones
that
spent
less
than
five
thousand
dollars,
but
some
of
the
larger
ones
we
may
go.
The
auditor
may
go
and
and
want
to
see
invoices
and
documentation,
and
maybe
their
other
funding
sources
and
just
look
at
as
a
whole.
Do
they
feel
like
the
money
was
appropriately
spent.
A
A
B
B
You,
okay,
let's
just
keep
going
then
any
questions.
Discussions
on
av
number
two.
A
Society
they
were
rated
25
000
in
2020
they've
asked
for
25
000..
The
recommendation
was
15.
A
Yeah,
I
would
think
either
match
what
the
request
was
at
25
or
maybe
20..
It
just
seemed
like
it
was
low,
and
if
we
had
more
resources
to
allocate.
B
We
should
cathy,
can
you
give
us
the
rationale
for
the
ten
thousand
dollar
difference.
C
Yes,
14
500
of
what
they
was
for
assisted
listening
devices
for
ada
compliance
and
exhibition
and
preservation
equipment,
and
we
felt
like
that
wasn't
as
good
for
the
tourist
as
it
was
toward
their
normal
membership
and
their
normal
visitors.
You
know
their
members
of
the
library
society
that
would
be
locals
that
we
just
didn't
see
that
that
would
actually
be
specifically
for
tourists.
It
would
be
used
by
everyone
that
came
to
the
library
society.
C
B
Okay,
let's
move
on
to
number
eight,
the
charleston
museum.
C
Yes,
if
you
look
at
their
application,
you'll
see
that
they
are
a
very
new
organization
and
that
most
of
the
money
they
were
looking,
they
were
asking
for.
In
fact,
275
000
of
that
amount
was
basically
for
fundraising:
general
operations,
community
outreach,
production,
cost,
educational
outreach
and
other
expenses,
in
other
words,.
B
C
So
we
felt
like
what
they
asked
for
in
terms
of
advertising.
Promotion
would
qualify
and
they
do
have.
The
potential
to
you
know
bring
in
tourists
or
tourists
would
attend
their
events,
but
we
didn't
feel
like
we
should
support
them.
A
hundred
percent
they
their
budget
for
2021,
was
92
700,
so
they're
asking
for
a
lot
more
money
than
that,
and-
and
we
don't
see
any
other
funding
sources
that
they
have
available.
So
we
just
didn't
feel
like
we
could
fund
all
of
that
and
that
it
would
be
qualified.
C
A
In
other
words,
just
I
mean
it's
a
new
organization
that
has
the
potential
to
have
a
significant
impact
in
tourism
in
charleston
it
if
it
gets
off
the
ground,
but
it
doesn't
have
a
proven
track
record
and
the
purpose
of
a
tax
funds
is
not
to
receive
money
for
a
new
organization.
It's
kind
of
when
you've
come
to.
C
B
Item
12,
I
have
a
comment
on
item
12.
I
mean
they
moved
the
wine
and
food
festival
to
north
charleston.
B
While
we
may
get
some
residual,
I
mean
north
charleston's
at
a
point
now,
where
you
know
they're
going
to
come
back.
They
they
accommodate.
They
have
hotels.
My
question
now
is:
are
we
investing
150
000
in
an
organization
that
decided
to
take
the
festival
from
downtown
charleston
to
north
charleston?
C
Well,
let
me
tell
you
what
the
staff
was
thinking
when
they
looked
at
this
one.
C
For
that
one
part
of
the
festival
that
there
were
still
some
things
happening,
downtown
and
there's
still
a
large
draw
downtown
with
the
number
of
restaurants.
But
perhaps
our
are
our
people
on
the
committee
that
are
in
the
hotel
and
restaurant
business
could
address
whether
they
still
felt
an
impact
this
past
year,
with
the
event
being
having
their
their
headline
event
in
north
charleston
y'all
still
see
impact
that
weekend.
A
B
A
I
see
what
I
see
what
you're
saying
it's.
Definitely,
it's
definitely
disappointing.
I
also
understand
they're
paying
a
fee
for
the
use
of
spacing,
which
are
also
you
know,
kind
of
an
antithetical
to
what
atax
is
used
for
I
do
the
impact
of
the
charleston
wine
food
festival
on
charleston.
Tourism
is
not
insignificant
and
it
does,
and
there
are
events
that
happen
downtown
proper.
I
guess
the
question
is
what
impact
of
the
funding
requests
does
the
fact
that
the
remain
happening
where
charleston
had
on
the
total
amount
granted?
A
And
you
know
I
I
don't
know
the
answer
that,
but
you
know
from
our
perspective,
you
know
within
charleston
place
some
of
the
other
hospitality
endeavors.
It's
it's
a
pretty
significant
deal
and
a
great
market.
D
I
I
I
just,
I
think,
not
to
not
to
insult
north
charleston
or
anywhere
up
there,
but
I
don't
think
they
have
the
volume
of
quality
restaurants
that
we
have
downtown
and
then
in
some
of
the
suburbs.
So
I
I
don't
know
that
moving
the
event
up,
there
has
affected
the
the
number
of
tourists
that
would
eat
at
our
establishments.
D
D
I
can
appreciate
your
thought
about.
You
know
why
it
should
be
funded
100
if,
if
they're
moving
it
to
another
city
that
that
has
merit,
but
I
I
don't
think
that
the
I
don't
think
that
it's
been
such
a
negative
effect
overall.
B
You
know
my
only
problem
with
that
is
that
you
know
with
this.
Is
we
don't
know?
We
don't
have
any
data
to
support
it
either
way,
but
I
would
suggest
that
a
lot
of
folks
do
come
down
and
they
don't
stay
that
could
could
could
just
based
on
location
and
fuse
our
economy
locally
considerably.
B
B
I
just
don't
see
us
spending
150
000
when
they
went
to
another
another
venue.
That's
just
that's
just
my
my
major
concern.
I
don't
want
for
one.
I
don't
want
us
to
set
a
precedent
here
either
where
we'll
be
now
funding
activities
in
other
jurisdictions,
with
our
limited
dollars,
I
mean,
for
instance,
I
don't
know
whether
or
not
you
guys
took
a
look
at
the
package,
but
there
is
one
application
in
there
that
is
not
funded
because
the
application
was
received
late
and
that's
closing
the
gap.
B
Closing
the
gap
brings
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
with
their
jazz
festival
to
this
this
community,
and
so
to
me,
that's
something
that
we
should
try
to
consider
funding
with
a
part
of
this
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
going
to
another
venue
outside
of
our
city
and
and
eat.
And
when
I
go
to
the
bridge
run,
I
have
sort
of
the
same
problem
we're
giving
north
charleston
50
000
to
use
their
convention
center.
Why
can't
they
give
50
000.
C
Well,
they
they
do
have.
You
know
they're
supposed
to
report
it
on
our
application
that
I
I
won't,
I
wouldn't
know
for
sure
until
they
turn
and
say
the
application
for
the
following
year,
whether
they
actually
got
in.
D
Okay,
can
I
ask
one
question
before
we
move
on?
Oh
sure,
I'm
just
curious
on
this
application,
as
well
as
some
others
there's
a
line
under
the
budget
from
2021
for
fundraising,
what
exactly
is
the
difference
between
fundraising
and
advertising.
B
D
I
would
think
so,
but
this
this
you
know
the
line
festival
they've
their
budget
to
spend
235
000
on
fundraising.
It
just
seems
like
an
awful
lot
of
money,
and
I
don't
know
where,
in
the
earned
incomes
or
sources
of
income
shows
any
huge
fundraising
dollars.
I'm
just
curious,
but.
D
Is
several
other
applications
have
the
same
situations
right.
C
Okay,
I
will
say
that
with
food
and
wine,
one
thing
that
the
community
internally
the
staff
looked
at
was
the
fact
that
all
of
their
150
000
that
they
were
requesting
was
for
advertising
and
out
of
market,
and
none
of
it
was
production,
cost
or
any
of
that
sort
of
thing.
So
we
thought
that
was
still
bringing
you
know
that
still
had
a
really
good
chance
of
impacting
our
our
hospitality
industry
within
the
city
of
charleston
right,
okay,
but
I'm
not
on
the
committee.
So
that's
up
to
y'all.
A
There
is
a
huge
marketing
lift
that
I
think
the
city
gets.
We
were
on
today's
show
all
of
the
chefs
in
the
city.
The
the
amount
of
the
their
data
is
right
in
the
2019
study,
the
college
trolls
and
the
amount
of
room
nights
they
drive
in
the
city.
So
maybe
maybe
it's
a
you
know:
hey
we're
gonna
we're
not
gonna
honor
150
thousand
we're
gonna,
give
you
a
hundred
thousand.
A
B
And
let's
come
back
to
item
12.,
the
children's
museum
item
13.
B
A
C
Their
request
on
the
front
page
of
the
application
is
150
000.
But
if
you
look
at
page
four,
actually
what
they
ask
for
ads
up
to
260
000,
so
we
we
elected
as
a
the
staff,
was
recommended
150
for
the
100
000
for
the
advertising
and
promotions
and
some
of
the
other
costs
down
there.
The
fencing
or
the
security
and
the
kids
running
those
kind
of
things.
Not
the
money
that
went
to
north
charleston
did
mention
something.
A
C
B
B
That's
the
caribbean
fest
that
that's
the
the
the
cara
very
fest,
gary
fest.
Okay,
I
mean
if
we
could.
I
really
would
like
to
raise
that
a
bit
at
least
to
ten
thousand.
A
B
Let's
leave
it
alone:
historical
charleston
foundation,.
C
A
C
B
So
they
didn't
show
the
40
or
whatever
yeah.
Okay,
all
right,
the
james
island
founded.
B
B
C
B
A
C
But
I
think
we
were
more
concerned
with
the
number
of
tourists
they
had
listed
on
page
six,
and
that
would
work
out
to
about
if
we
gave
them
as
much
money
as
they
were
asking
for,
it
would
be
a
substantial
amount
per
tourist
that
they
potentially
brought
in.
D
B
B
And
closing
the
gap
on
health
care
got
to
us
late,
and
I
really
how
many
I
guess.
What
I
should
ask
is
how
many
applications
that
came
in
late.
C
We
wanted
to
leave
it
up
to
the
committee
to
determine
whether
or
not
you
wanted
to
exclude
them
because
they
were
late
or
if
you
wanted
to
go
ahead
and
fund
them.
They
were
the
only
ones
we
felt
like.
It
was
something
probably
if
they
hadn't
been
late,
we
would
have
funded.
A
Yeah,
it's
a
good,
it's
a
good
organization.
I
agree
with
councilman.
C
It
was
due
on
february
the
3rd
it
was
received
on
february
23rd.
We
do
state
on
our
application
that
late
applications
shall
not
be
funded.
We
have,
I
guess,
our
dilemma
with
that
is
enforcing
that
and
keeping
to
that.
If
someone
like
spaletto
or
southeastern
wildlife
was
late,
because,
if
they're
late
by
five
minutes
is
that
the
same
as
being
like
about
20
days
or
three
days
or
two
days
or
whatever.
A
So
that's
why
we
went
ahead
and
put
it
in
here
for
the
committee
to
kind
of
think
about,
because
we
are
really
off
our
psych,
our
normal
cycle,
even
though
we
did
advertise
it
out
and
we
did
reach
out
to
our
normal
applicants
and
we
did
normally
what
we
do
but
anyways.
That
was
another
reason
why
we
decided
to
just
include.
B
I
really
think
it's
a
good
reason,
and
I
think
it
would
be
a
good
reason
for
us
in
the
future
to
use
as
a
basis
for
why
we
did
agree.
A
B
C
A
B
To
be
justified,
let's
go
back
up
to
food
and
wine
festival.
B
B
D
Oh
jesus,
I've,
no,
I
I
I
think
I
think
if
you
I
don't
know
what
the
numbers
would
be,
but
I
think
it
I
think
the
impact
they've
had
on
charleston
tourism
has
been
tremendous.
Like
somebody
said
earlier,
it's
not
you
know
the
event
is
up
there.
D
Yes,
I
think
we
probably
ought
to
slap
the
risk
for
it
so
to
speak
in
in
a
certain
small
financial
way,
but,
but
you
know
we're
a
culinary
town
and
and
again
not
to
insult
north
charleston,
but
there's
not
an
awful
lot
of
culinary
restaurants
up
there
and
I'll
probably
get
grief
from
a
lot
of
my
friends
for
this.
But
you
know
there's
not
as
many
there's
some
good
restaurants
out
there
don't
get
me
wrong,
but
the
majority
of
the
culinary
restaurants
that
people
perceive
are
in
charleston's,
especially
downtown
yeah.
D
You
don't
have
to
ask
them,
maybe
they
gotta
go
up
there.
I
don't
know,
maybe
that's
why,
and
I
agree
that
we
ought
to
be
able
to
tell
them
they
need
to
get
a
little
funding
from
north
charleston,
but
but
to
go
would
take
100
out
of
150
000,
I
think
is
extreme
personally.
D
I
still
think
that
we're
getting
the
majority
of
the
I
think
we're
getting.
The
great
majority
of
the
return
comes
to
charleston.
I
I
can't
go
for
maybe
50,
but
I
can't
see
75
75,
maybe
take
50
away
and
tell
them
to
go,
get
50
from
north
charleston.
But
and
that's
my
opinion.
A
A
D
Yeah,
what
if
we,
what
if
we,
what
if
we
funded
them
and
basically
said
you
know
by
the
way
guys
we
were
going
to
take
fifty
thousand
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
away
from
your
budget,
but
we've
agreed
to
to
continue
to
fund
it
this
year.
However,
if
you
continue
to
have
it
in
north
charleston
you're
going
to
have
to
go
to
north
charleston
and
ask
for
extra
funds,
because
we're
going
to
reduce
it
next
year,
we're
not
going
to
say
how
much
we're
going
to
reduce,
but
we
we
definitely
you
know.
D
We
definitely
think
that
some
adjustments
need
to
be
made.
Well.
What
about
that?
Because
I
agree
with
ben
you
know.
I
don't
know
what
anyway.
C
A
B
E
I
do
thank
you
and
thank
you.
Everyone
on
the
committee
for
serving
before
councilmember
gregory
was
the
chair
of
this
committee.
I
was,
and
it's
always
been
an
interesting
process
to
go
through.
I
tuned
in
today,
specifically
to
listen
to
this
conversation
about
charleston
food
and
wine
festival,
and
I'd
like
to
just
give
a
little
perspective
from
where
I
sit,
which
is
on
city
council,
where
we're
going
to
take
up
the
boat
on
this.
E
We
we,
through
this
committee
and
through
the
city
have
funded,
should
also
food
and
wine
festival
at
very
high
levels
for
many
years,
and
the
return
that
we've
gotten
clearly
has
been
some
benefit
in
the
city
to
those
of
you
in
the
industry.
But
we
we,
as
a
city,
have
not
gotten
back
from
them.
What
we've
given
to
them
and-
and
just
so
you
all
know
when,
when
they
decided
to
move
and
become
the
north
charleston
food
and
wine
festival,
they
did
two
things
one.
E
Is
they
left
without
telling
us
we
found
out
about
it
by
reading
it
in
the
newspaper
and,
secondly,
they're
still
trading
off
the
name
of
charleston
and
they're?
Getting
a
huge
benefit
from
that:
it's
not
the
north
charleston
food
wine
fest.
What's
the
charleston
food
wine
festival,
I
will
just
tell
you
from
my
perspective
as
someone
who's
gonna
vote
on
this.
I
think
even
giving
them
50
000
is
generous.
I
would
vote
for
that
amount,
but
I
I
will
not,
and
will
probably
lobby
very
hard
against
a
dime
more
than
that.
E
I
just
think
the
manner
in
which
they've
dealt
with
the
city
and
traded
off
our
name
without
giving
back
to
us
even
the
courtesy
of
a
heads
up
that
they
were
leaving
and
they
want
to
expand
that
festival,
but
they
want
to
expand
it
in
a
different
jurisdiction.
E
Really
to
me
is
problematic,
so
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
that
perspective.
I'm
not
a
member
of
this
committee
and
I
will
take
whatever
recommendations
you
make
and
consider
them
as
I
do
with
everything.
But
my
intent
is
to
speak
out
pretty
loudly
about
this
and
to
to
make
sure
that
that
this
doesn't
happen
again,
especially
with
with
a
group
that
we
have
funded
at
a
huge
level
for
many
many
many
years.
Not
so
much.
The
courtesy
of
a
phone
call
to
me
is
problematic.
E
B
Thank
you
for
your
comments
and
I
think
I
think
the
the
committee
needs
to
know
that
what
we're
doing
are
just
basically
when
it
goes
to
council
council,
can
have
similar
discussions
that
we're
having
to
get
some
background
information.
B
So
I
mean
we
can
put
it
wherever
we
want
it,
but
the
final
will
be
seven
votes
on
council
to
determine
what
it
will
be.
B
A
I
I'd
suggest
a
hundred
with
further
conversation
to
edward's
point
about.
We
need
data
and
an
understanding
of
the
impact
seems
like
it
seems
like
a
very
fair
approach
on
this
given
significance.
It
has
in
theory
on
room
nights
and
you're
right.
We
need
more
data,
but
it
seems
too
risky
not
to
provide
more
than
50
my
pain.
B
Okay
is
that
a
motion
is
that
motion
seconded
I
want
to
vote
on
this.
One
separate
is
that
motion
is
that
emotion
is
the
second
edge
you?
Second,
it.
B
Okay,
moved
and
properly
seconded
that
we
fund
the
festival
at
the
tune
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Can
we
take
a
a
a
a
roll
call
on
this
one
if
we
can
kathy
to
all
the
members
so
we'll
know.
C
Sure,
andrea,
is
that
something
you
should
do
take
the
roll
call.
I
can
do
it
if
you'd,
like
sure.
C
I
believe
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
andrea,
that
the
zoom
link
was
only
sent
out
to
committee
members
and
members
of
you
know
of
the
public
or
these
groups
could
call
in
by
conference
call,
but
I
think
they're
muted,
that
is
correct,
yes
ma'am,
so
they
might,
they
may
have
something
to
say,
but
they
just
may
not
be
able
to
no.
B
C
A
B
Okay,
it'll
be
properly
advertised.
Could
you
call
the
roll
for
me
please.
A
I
agree
with
the
motion.
I
okay,
jamie
hi,
thank
you
and
councilmember
gregory.
B
Okay,
now,
let's
go
back
to
all
of
them,
including
the
amendment
to
fund
closing
the
gap.
Do
I
hear
motion.
A
B
A
B
C
C
Yes,
the
50
is
out
we
added
2
500
for
sofia
institute
and
we
took
out
50
for
hawaiian
food
so
that
there's
our
new
total.
A
C
C
C
Budget
will
will
have
those
changes
made
in
this
part
of
the
budget.
B
C
But
here's
the
the
revenue
part
of
the
budget,
just
for
you
to
see
the
beginning
part
of
it.
One
thing
I'd
like
to
point
out
is
that
we
at
a
at
a
request
that
we
received
just
recently.
C
We
also
added
in
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
the
charleston
museum,
because
they
are
having
trouble
with
their
hvac
system
and
chillers,
and
it's
gonna
cost
them
about
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
They
think
to
get
that
fixed
they're
concerned
that
if
they
continue
to
have
problems,
it
may
damage
their
collections
as
far
as
the
humidity-
and
you
know
the
temperature.
C
So
since
we
do
have
extra
money
this
year-
and
we
do
own
a
third
of
that
museum
facility,
we
added
in
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
help
them
out
with
that.
They
are
also
getting
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
charleston
county
and
they've,
been
able
to
identify
two
hundred
thousand
in
their
own
budget
that
they
can
put
toward
the
project.
So
we
thought
50
000
was
a
fair
contribution
for
the
city
to
make,
since
we
are
partial
owners
of
the
building.
C
So
at
the
top
we
added
in
fund
balance,
as
I
talked
about
in
the
earlier
presentation
about
you,
know,
fund
balance
that
rolled
over
from
from
2021.
We
added
in
fund
balance,
along
with
the
revenues
that
we
had
budgeted
for
this
year
to
to
give
us
enough
money
to
fund
the
amounts
below.
So
if
we
distribute
the
25
the
2500
from
this
25
000,
we
have
budgeted
and
make
the
other
changes
that
take
50
away
from
food
and
wine.
C
We
will
have
a
little
bit
of
a
surplus
in
the
budget,
which
means
I
can
go
back
and
adjust
that
fund
balance
number
to
make
it
all
balanced
amy.
Does
that
sound?
Okay
to
you?
That's
perfect,
okay!
So
then
what
we
would
be
voting
on
when
we
vote
on
this
amended
budget
will
be
not
exactly
what's
on
your
screen,
but
a
different
amount,
and
I
can
resend
that
out
to
you
once
I
update
it,.
A
A
A
C
Moving
on
last
slide,
okay,
other
business,
as
amy
mentioned
before
you
know
we're
really
off
schedule
on
our
grant
process
because
of
how
the
pandemic
interrupted
our
revenues
and
we
just
weren't
sure
how
much
we'd
have
we
do
plan
to
return
to
our
normal
grant
application
process
schedule
for
the
2023
budget
cycle.
C
We
start,
of
course,
that
budget
cycle
in
the
summer
of
this
year
of
2022
to
get
ready
for
2023.
We
will
have
the
grant
process
at
that
point.
C
So,
in
about
six
months,
we'll
be
doing
this
again
as
far
as
y'all
having
a
stack
of
applications
to
read
and
a
committee
meeting
applications
are
normally
due
in
august
and
then
we
would
get
those
out
to
you
with
a
proposed
budget
once
we
have
once
we're
far
enough
into
the
fall
to
have
a
good
estimate
of
what
the
revenues
available
might
be
again,
we
get
this
money
quarterly
from
the
state,
so
we
won't
have
very
much
money
at
that
by
august
we
might
have
half
a
year's
revenue,
so
it'll
probably
be
later
than
that
before
we
send
you
information
and
we
plan
to
have
that
meeting
in
november.