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City of Charleston Committee on Ways and Means 11/9/2021
A
I
would
like
to
call
to
order
the
november
9th
2021
meeting
of
the
city
of
charleston
committee
on
ways
and
means,
and
before
we
begin
and
before
I
ask
council
member
sacrament
to
give
us
an
invocation
or
a
moment
of
silence,
please
everybody
know
that
in
order
to
speak,
you
have
to
hold
your
button
down
the
entire
time.
You're
speaking.
Okay,
so
do
that
once
everyone's
in
place,
I'm
going
to
ask
council
member
sacrament
to
lead
us
in
invocation
or
moment
of
silence.
B
A
B
A
A
Planning
preservation,
sustainability,
business
and
neighborhood
services,
approval
of
a
resolution
for
the
king
street
business
improvement,
district
king
street
bid
and
the
king
street
bid
improvement
plan
got
a
motion
in
a
second,
mr
summerfield.
Anything
you
want
to
add
to
the
motion
in
a
second.
B
D
D
A
Public
hearing,
so
I'm
just
kidding,
I
see
mr
warner,
mr
price
and
miss
hill
are
here.
Would
any
of
you
like
to
address
this
committee
we're
going
to
come
back
for
public
hearing,
just
recognizing
that
thank
you
for
making
the
long
trek
out
here
by
the
way
it
is
a
long
trek.
So
let's
see
what
council
has
to
say,
council
member
shade,
I.
C
J,
this
is
about
a
reference.
I
did
receive
a
email
I
think
most
of
us
did
and
I've.
I've
talked
with
members
of
the
proposed
committee
dealing
with
a
property
on
bufayne
street,
that
sort
of
borders
or
touches
on
king,
but
that
property
is
not.
Those
properties
are
not
being
included
into
this
district,
and
I
think
they
clarify
that
for
us.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
our
record
is
clear
that
those
residential
units
are
not
part
of
this
district.
A
E
F
You
very
brief.
King
street
has
a
special
place
in
my
heart,
my
family's
heart,
you
know
with
more
social
furniture
for
all
these
years
and
the
appels
actually
had
a
little
furniture
store
across
from
the
circles,
but
the
circles
kind
of
dominated
them
out
of
the
business.
That's
a
it's
always
interesting
when
we
all
get
together,
but
this
is
wonderful.
It's
a
public-private
partnership
and,
as
councilman
griffin
said,
I
can't
agree
more.
This
is
the
most
important
street,
not
just
in
the
city,
but
in
the
state.
F
It
truly
is
an
economic
engine.
We
don't
have
a
boeing,
we
don't
have
a
volvo,
we
don't
have
a
you
know,
bmw,
but
we've
got
one
of
them,
one
of
the
premier
commercial
districts.
Really
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
say
the
east
coast,
and
we
need
to
nurture
it.
It's
not
a
law
of
nature
or
a
foregone
conclusion
that
it's
going
to
be
successful.
We
have
to
invest
in
it
and
for
this
to
be
a
private
public
partnership
that
arises
from
the
ground
level.
It's
not
something
we're
imposing
on
on
anybody.
F
B
A
A
B
A
A
A
Number
10
also
parks,
capital
projects,
approval
of
stony
field
improvements,
mep
and
underground
change
order
number
one:
it's
a
fairly
successable
one
of
11
000
and
change
for
the
installation
of
battery
packs.
Do
we
have
a
motion?
Did
I
hear
one?
Is
there
a
second
all
right
any
discussion,
all
in
favor
aye
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it.
A
Number
11.
parks,
capital
projects,
approval
of
a
jpr
joseph
p,
reilly,
ballpark,
electrical
renovation,
change
order,
number
one
with
gats
electrical
in
the
amount
of
42
thousand
dollars
for
replacing
and
supporting
the
main
electrical
feeds
from
the
transformer
of
the
main
electrical
panel.
Just
council,
members
and
members
of
the
committee
note
the
changes
in
the
amount
of
contract
and
the
time
for
it
for
motions
or
second
any
discussion.
B
A
B
A
D
A
Thank
you
any
other
discussion.
All
in
favor
aye
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
number
14
storm
water
management
approvement
to
some
approval,
to
submit
fema
brick,
grant
application
for
the
design
and
construction
of
a
pump
station
at
the
intersection
of
king
and
yugi.
I
think
it's
important.
We
note
that
those
projects
are
going
forward.
We
have
a
motion,
soul,
move.
D
A
B
A
And
he
opposed
the
eyes,
haven't
number
15
budget
finance
and
revenue
collections,
approval
of
a
resolution
providing
that
not
less
than
25
of
the
local
option.
Sales
tax
revenue
allocated
to
the
municipal
reserve
fund
be
used
each
year
by
the
city
to
roll
back
property
taxes
and
not
more
than
75
percent
of
the
local
options.
Sales
tax
revenue
allocated
to
the
municipal
revenue
fund
be
used
each
year
by
the
city
to
offset
operating
expenses
of
the
city
each
as
shall
be
set
forth
in
the
annual
budget
ordinance
to
be
adopted
by
city
council.
A
E
D
So
the
reason
why
it's
on
tonight's
agenda
is
that
we
have
to
in
order
to
have
this
tool
in
our
toolbox
for
this
year's
budget.
We
have
to
have
a
third
reading
before
we
pass
the
budget
and
so
and
and
by
the
way,
despite
the
way
it's
worded-
and
I
certainly
would
would
look
for
clarification
from
from
our
council
on
this-
doesn't
mandate
that
we
use
the
los
t.
It
just
makes
it
available
to
us
as
a
tool
in
the
toolbox.
D
G
G
B
F
G
A
D
Mr
chairman
and
fellow
council
members-
and
I
know
we
have
discussed
this
matter
at
some
minute
last
year
and
I
think
it
was
three
years
ago,
so
I
don't
want
to
beat
this
horse
to
death.
I
do
believe
that
we
should
have
in
our
in
our
toolbox
of
the
availability
of
any
legal
legally
authorized
way
for
us
to
be
able
to
pay
for
our
city
services,
and
this
is
one
it's
it's
authorized
by
by
state
law.
D
D
They
have
a
total
los
t,
revenue
of
something
like
13
and
a
half
million,
and
they
they
return
seven
and
a
half
million,
or
so
to
their
citizens
as
a
credit
on
their
tax
bill.
So
they're
able
to
to
keep
about
six
million
dollars
to
help
fund
their
city
operations
and
the
town
of
mount
pleasant.
All
also
does
is
many
other
towns
and
counties
in
south
carolina
use
this
this
tool.
We
all
know
we
have
budget
challenges,
we
had
them
last
year.
D
We
have
them
again
this
year
and
whenever
we
get
together
at
the
ad
hoc
budget
committee
meeting
and
as
council,
we
we
unfortunately
have
to
talk
about
any
means
possible
of
raising
revenues
to
to
pay
for
all
the
things
that
we
want
to
do.
Not
only
that
we
want
to
do
that.
We
need
to
do
to
provide
public
safety
protection
to
pick
up
the
garbage
and
everything
else
that
we
have
to
do
so.
So
this
we
bemoan
the
fact
normally
that
we
we're
so
subject
to
the
state
legislature
to
even
have
ways
to
raise
funds.
D
This
is
a
way
that's
already
authorized.
So
I'll
be
honest
with
you.
I
I
didn't
really
plan
on
bringing
this
back
to
y'all
this
year
until
about
two
weeks
ago,
and
I
got
my
tax
bill-
it's
right
here
in
front
of
me
for
this
year,
for
for
my
residents
and
the
the
bill
is
sixteen
hundred
dollars
and
twenty
cents
for
this
year.
There
was
no
change
in
millage.
There
was
no
change
in
the
appraisal
and,
last
year
same
millage
same
appraisal.
D
My
bill
was
sixteen
hundred
and
fifty
eight
dollars,
so
my
bill
this
year
is
fifty
eight
dollars
less
and
don't
get
me
wrong
thing
to
reduce
taxes
is
a
good,
that's
part
of
what
the
los
t
credit
does
for
taxpayers,
but
we've
we've
got
to
pay
for
these
important
services
and-
and
I
I
respectfully
think,
given
what
I
see
on
my
tax
bill-
that
this
is
a
a
less
painful
way
of
doing
it.
So
again,
I
would
I
just
ask
you
all
tonight
to
to
pass
this
resolution.
D
C
G
D
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
The
real
estate
committee
met
yesterday
afternoon,
item
a
was
withdrawn
and
we
were
able
to
accomplish
the
execution
of
this
agreement
without
necessary
to
have
this
on
our
agenda.
Item
b
and
c
are
very
similar.
These
were
requests
to
subordinate
our
liens
to
allow
for
refinancing
for
37.5,
hanover,
81,
columbus,
street
and
properties,
two
and
four
father
grant's
court
for
restructuring
of
loans
and
the
use
of
those
loans
to
help
improve
those
those
properties.