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I'LL TELL YOU.[00:10:01]
THANK YOU.SO YOU ABOUT READY TO ROLL? READY TO ROLL? OH, YES.
YOU JUST HAVE TO PRESS, PRESS THAT FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT MY RING TOUR IS.
NOW THAT WE'VE HAD A JOLLY START TO THE MEETING, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY, UH, COUNCILMAN STEVE MUSMAN.
HOLY FATHER, WE PRAY THAT AS WE MEET TOGETHER, WE DO SO FOR YOUR GLORY.
LORD, LET US PRAY IN THE SPIRIT AT ALL TIMES AND ON EVERY OCCASION.
LORD, HELP US TO BE ALERT AND PERSISTENT WHEN WE PRAY FOR YOU, YOUR PEOPLE.
AND WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING YOUR PEOPLE.
LET THIS MEETING BE EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL.
LET THIS MEETING BE LED SOLELY BY YOU AND NOT BY OUR OWN MOTIVES.
IFIED OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
[I. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
AND INTO REPUBLIC FOR WILL STANDING A NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE AROUND THE WORLD PROTECTING OUR WAY OF LIFE.
OKAY, NOW I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS THE CITY OF HARDY BILL, REGULAR
[II. CALL TO ORDER]
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING, 2 0 5 MAIN STREET, HARDY BILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 11TH, 2024 AT 3:00 PM UH, FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? OKAY.
[IV. [RESERVED]]
THEN WE'LL GO RIGHT TO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.[V. PUBLIC COMMENTS (3 MINUTE TIME LIMIT)]
AND FIRST IS THE INTRODUCTION OF PLAINTIFF'S EXAMINER.MAYOR, WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
OH, I'M ONLY DOING THIS EIGHT YEARS AND STILL CAN'T GET IT RIGHT.
BEFORE WE HAVE PUBLIC PRESENTATION, UH, WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
[III. ADOPTION OF AGENDA]
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT, ADOPT TODAY'S AGENDA.WE HAVE SECOND TODAY'S AGENDA.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
[VI. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS]
PRESENTATIONS.[A. INTRODUCTION OF PLANS EXAMINER MICHAEL SCHULZE]
PLANS EXAMINER MICHAEL SCHULTZ, PLEASE.MICHAEL, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM.
DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? SCHULTZ? YES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, INTRODUCING MICHAEL SCHULTZ.
HE IS, UH, ORIGINALLY FROM THE WILD, WILD NORTH.
SO, UH, YOU MAY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH HIM.
HE IS, UM, A HEATING AND AIR GUY.
ORIGINALLY, HE HAS HAD HIS OWN COMPANY AND WORKED FOR ANOTHER ONE.
SO HE'S A GOOD GUY TO KNOW THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UM, HE COMES TO US FROM HILTON HEAD AND HE HAS ALL OF HIS PLANS EXAMINING CERTIFICATIONS AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM HERE, UH, AS A PROFESSIONAL.
AND SO FAR HE'S SHOWN US, UM, THAT HE IS GOING TO PERFORM, PERFORM QUITE WELL.
AND, UM, HE'S, HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB SO FAR.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
LET HIM SAY A FEW WORDS, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, MICHAEL, GRAB THE PODIUM AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE TALKING INTO IT.
AND, UM, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR HILTON HEAD DOING COMMERCIAL INSPECTION AND DOING SOME PLAN, EXAMINING NEAR THE END.
RIGHT AFTER I GOT MY CERTIFICATIONS AND MY LICENSE FOR THAT.
I HAD MY OWN COMPANY FOR 10 YEARS DOING AIR, COMMERCIAL AIR CONDITIONING.
AND THEN I HAD WORKED 16 YEARS BEFORE THAT FOR, AS A SUPERINTENDENT FOR A BUILDING COMPANY ON THE ISLAND CALLED BAY 10 VENTURES.
BASICALLY, I'VE BEEN DOING CONSTRUCTION ALL MY LIFE, AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I'M ENJOYING THE WORK AND ENJOYING THE PEOPLE SO FAR FOR SURE.
AND, UM, HOPE I HAVE A LOT TO OFFER THE TOWN OF VILLE.
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AND, UH, COUNSEL.ANY ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL NOW? JUST GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
YOU, THERE'S PLENTY OF OF OWNERS HERE.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE CITY OF HARDY AWARD FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING ACHIEVEMENT.
[B. CITY OF HARDEEVILLE AWARD FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING ACHIEVEMENT]
MR. JOHN BOYLE OR, UH, MIKE, YOU GONNA INTRODUCE SIR? YEAH, JUST QUICKLY.I, AND I'M, I'M NOT GONNA STEAL JOHN'S THUNDER.
HE, HE SAID, DON'T STEAL MY THUNDER, AND I WILL NOT TRY TO DO THAT.
BUT I, ALL I WANTED TO DO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A, A VERY SMALL BUT MIGHTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE SMALLEST, UH, COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT IS THE TRIPLE CROWN WINNER.
SO WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL FOLKS.
SO I'M GONNA LET JOHN TAKE IT AWAY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL AND MR. SYMBO.
UM, YEAH, WE HAVE, UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE, UH, THE SMALLEST SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM, AND THAT RECEIVES THE GFO A'S TRIPLE CROWN.
WE'VE RECEIVED THE AUDIT AWARD FOR A DOZEN YEARS NOW.
THE, UH, DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD THREE TIMES, AND THEN THE POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, TWICE.
AND WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR THIRD ASSESSMENT OF THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM.
AND, UM, AND YOU SEE PROBABLY MORE ME THAN YOU WANT, PARTICULARLY ON BUDGET SEASON.
BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT CINDY, WHO'S NOW, YOU KNOW, ALSO SERVING AS THE INTERIM CITY CLERK.
AND AMY, OUR NEWLY PROMOTED ACCOUNTING MANAGER, UH, OR PART OF THE TEAM.
AND JORDAN MASON HAD A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT, OR SHE'D BE HERE WITH US TOO.
AND THAT'S OUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM AS MR. C SAYS.
SO, THAT'S ALL I GOT, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS NOW, CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A MODEL FOR, FOR OUR CITY.
IT'S, YOU GIVE US SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT.
AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET IS OUR, ONE OF OUR MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO, UH, COUNSEL, UH, ANY COMMENTS? THANKS FOR A GOOD JOB.
NEXT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 20TH, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES OF JUNE 20TH? MAKE
[VII. PRESENTATION & APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
A MOTION.ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
NEXT WE HAVE OLD BUSINESS AND ORDINANCE
[A. JUNE 20, 2024, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING]
OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO AMEND CHAPTER TWO,[VIII. OLD BUSINESS]
ADMINISTRATION OF THE HARDY V CODE OF ORDINANCES[A. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO AMEND CHAPTER 2, “ADMINISTRATION” OF THE HARDEEVILLE CODE OF ORDINANCES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING COUNCIL COMPENSATION, EXPENSES AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS (2024-6-20A) PUBLIC HEARING]
FOR THE PURPOSES OF AMENDING COUNSEL, COMPENSATION EXPENSES, AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS.THIS IS, UM, ORDINANCE 2024 DASH SIX DASH 20 A.
UH, MR. ZIBO, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
THIS WOULD BE RAISING THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S COMPENSATION.
WE RECOMMEND ADOPTION AND SECOND READING.
LET'S START THE QUESTIONING WITH, UH, MR. MESMAN.
MRS. GUZMAN? NO QUESTIONS, SIR.
MR. WHITE? NO QUESTIONS MR. CARROLL? NO, SIR.
WE WENT OVER THIS, EXPLAINED IT, SO, NO, SIR.
YEAH, THIS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, WE'RE NOW GONNA HAVE TO GET FINANCIAL MANAGERS.
UM, AND SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC NOW TO, UM, ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.
SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2024 DASH SIX DASH 20 A.
WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024 DASH SIX DASH 20 A ON SECOND READING.
THAT ORDINANCE WILL TAKE EFFECT.
THE NEXT IS THE SECOND READING, READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
[B. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO ADOPT A MASTER PLAN SUBMITTAL FOR A TRACT OF LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY +/- 26.6 ACRES, KNOWN GENERALLY AS ENMARKET AT OKATIE CROSSING TO INCLUDE]
HARVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO ADOPT A MASTER PLAN SUBMITTAL FOR ATTRACTIVE LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 26.6[PARCELS 079-00-00-001, 079-00-00-002, AND 079-00-00-003 LOCATED ON N OKATIE HIGHWAY IN THE OKATIE CROSSING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND]
ACRES.[TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE TO INDICATE THAT PORTION SUBJECT TO THE MASTER PLAN (2024-6-20B)]
ONLY KNOWN AS EN MARK AT[00:20:01]
OKT CROSSING.THIS IS SECOND READING ALSO 2024 DASH SIX DASH 20 B.
UH, I THINK WE DO HAVE MS. WOODRUFF HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE APPLICANT AND THE ENGINEER.
I DON'T THINK THE ENGINEER WAS THE ENGINEER HERE LAST TIME.
HE WAS ON VACATION, RIGHT? YEAH.
NATHAN, NATHAN LONG FROM THOMASON HUNTS HERE.
SO THE, UM, THERE WAS ONE CONDITION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND COUNSEL WAS IN SUPPORT OF IT, UM, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH THE BUFFER.
SO THEY HAVE UPDATED THE TEXT TO MATCH THE MZDO AS FAR AS THE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS ON HIGHWAY ONE 70.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, IN ADDITION, WE ALSO GOT THE LETTER FROM
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
LET'S START THE QUESTIONING WITH, UH, MR. KYLE THIS TIME.
UM, THAT WAS THE MAIN THING WE WANTED WAS THAT, UM, MM-HMM.
THAT WAS, THEY DID GIVE THAT, YES, THAT WAS MY MAIN THING BECAUSE I THINK AS FAR AS THE CAR WASH, IT'S GOT AN AUTOMATIC CUTOFF AT, I THINK SHE SAID EIGHT O'CLOCK.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
SO I'M PRETTY SATISFIED, MAYOR, THAT WAS THE MAIN, AND I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED TOO.
SO THAT WAS, AND, AND WE DID GET THAT LETTER, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT, UH, FOR GETTING THAT IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC.
THEY DID SEND US A LETTER SAYING THEY ARE AWARE OF THE EN MARK, UM, PROPERTY AND THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO IT.
MR. WHITE JOHN, I THINK PUT HIS FINGER ON THE CONCERN WE ALL HAD.
AND I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MR. GUZMAN.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST ISSUES WAS HOW THAT WAS GOING TO AFFECT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX BEHIND WITH ALL THAT NOISE, BECAUSE I DID GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY'S ORDINANCE AS WELL, AND WHEN WE TALKED THE LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NOISE FACTOR, THE BEEP BEEP BEEP KIND OF THING.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE YELLING AND SCREAMING.
AND I DID SEE IN A ORDINANCE THAT THERE'S A NOISE ORDINANCE THAT GOES IN EFFECT AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
SO, UM, SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK KATIE, WAS MAYBE ABOUT THE TREE LINE.
UM, ARE WE CLEAR CUTTING ANY TREES THAT LOT WAS PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED, SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING SIGNIFICANCE REMAINING ON IT.
SO WILL THERE BE A BUFFER OF TREES BETWEEN THE, HOW, HOW WIDE IS THAT BUFFER GONNA BE? LET GRAB MY COKE.
IT'S, UH, FROM, SO THERE'S TWO BUFFERS.
THERE'S ONE ON HIGHWAY ONE 70.
IT'S, UH, EITHER THE, THE LARGER OF 30 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR 50 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF PAVING THROUGH THE TRAVEL LANE.
AND THEN WITHIN THIS BUFFER THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR TREES PLANTING AND SPACING.
AND THEN TO THE APARTMENT SIDE, UM, THERE IS A 15 FOOT PLANTED BUFFER WITH REQUIREMENTS OF 15 TREES, OR EIGHT TREES AND 24 SHRUBS, OR 48 SHRUBS, OR A SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE WITH 20 SHRUBS OR TREES EVERY A HUNDRED FEET ALONG THAT BUFFER.
SO BASICALLY THERE'S GONNA BE A FENCE ON THAT SIDE.
SO THESE, THESE TREES ARE NATIVE TREES OR YOU GUYS GOING TO GET STUFF FROM FLORIDA? YES.
THAT'S GONNA COME DIE OVER HERE, KIND OF THING? THAT WOULD NOT BE THE PLAN 'CAUSE OKAY.
THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES NATIVE TREES.
SO AS FAR AS, UH, AS FAR AS
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I MEAN, YOU JUST DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A COMMERCIAL JUNGLE AROUND ALONG ONE 70.WHAT? I MEAN, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY PLANS TO REDUCE THE OPACITY FROM THE ROAD? WELL, KEEP IN MIND IT IS A COMMERCIAL SITE, RIGHT.
UM, SO WE, THEY WILL PLANT SOME SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS.
THEY'RE GONNA MAKE IT LOOK NICE.
THAT'S BEDS YOU'VE SEEN IN MARKETS, NEW, NEWER PRODUCTS.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY DO A GOOD JOB.
SO IT WILL BE TO THEIR STANDARDS AS WELL.
IN THE PAST, I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL HAS HEARD THAT PEOPLE SAY, WELL, COUNCIL JUST PASSES THINGS WILLY-NILLY WITHOUT GIVING MUCH THOUGHT TO WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
AND I BELIEVE THIS TIME THE COUNCIL HAS DONE ITS DUE DILIGENCE, STAFF HAS DONE ITS DUE DILIGENCE.
YOU, YOU HAVE, UH, COMPLIED WITH THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE HAD, UH, STAFF YOU CONTACTED, UH, THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS AND GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE REQUESTED.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT GOOD GOVERNMENT IS.
WE FOLLOWED THE, OUR OWN PROCEDURES.
AND I, YOU KNOW, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
I I KNOW THERE WAS NO PLANS TO START CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AWAY.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THAT YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT THAT? NO, SIR.
UH, MR. CARROLL OR IS HERE? UM, BUT I BELIEVE THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS JUST THEY WANTED TO GET THROUGH THIS LOOPHOLE AND SO THEY HAVEN'T STARTED ANY DESIGN, I GUESS IS TO DATE.
BUT, 'CAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME TO THE POINT IS AS WE PASS THINGS WITH NO TIMEFRAME OF WHEN THAT CONSTRUCTION MAY START, I ALWAYS LIKE TO KNOW AN APPROXIMATE.
UH, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT IS AT THIS TIME.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU MR. CARROLL, FOR YOU HAVE DONE WHAT WE HAVE ASKED OF YOU.
UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE, THE MINUTES AND, UH, AS EVERYBODY STATED, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS DONE.
UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU'RE NATHAN LONG OF THOMAS AND HUTTON? YES.
AND, UM, THE, WE DID DISCUSS FLIPPING THE UNITS AND, UH, THE ANSWER WAS THEY'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF ENGINEERING, BUT ALSO THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO BUILDING THE WAY IT IS.
AND THAT LETTER KIND OF SATISFIES THAT QUESTION AS WELL.
I THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS, UM, WE HAD, WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT CAME UP, UH, MR. JOSEPH AR ZILLOW CAME UP AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE BOTHERED BY THE NOISE OF THE END MARK.
IT'S GONNA BE THE NOISE OF ONE 70.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST WAS HIT HOME.
AND THE POINT I WANNA MAKE IS, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK OF SOMETHING AND HERE THE PUBLIC COMES UP AND WOW, THE LIGHT WENT ON.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE, AND I WANT TO THANK MR. ZILLOW AGAIN.
I THANKED HIM, UH, AT, AT THE TIME.
UH, BUT TO ME THAT SATISFIED THE QUESTION OF THE LOCATION OF THE APARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE APARTMENTS SAYING.
OKAY, SO I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL INVITE THE PUBLIC
[PUBLIC HEARING]
TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, THIS END MARK THAT WILL BE LOCATED ON HIGHWAY ONE 70.SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES.
THIS IS ORDINANCE 2024 DASH SIX DASH 20 B.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS ORDINANCE 2024 DASH SIX DASH 20 B.
WE HAVE A SECOND CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
GOOD LUCK AND LET MR. MESMAN KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA START GOING UP.
SO GET CAR WASHED BEFORE I EAT.
UM, UM, NEXT WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS.
[IX. NEW BUSINESS]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 0.88 ACRES AT 2323 RANDALL STREET.UM, PURCHASE PRICE OF $73,000.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION WILL REQUIRE ONE VOTE, WHICH WILL BE TONIGHT, 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 A.
UH, AS MR. CAR ALWAYS SAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS A LIMITED SUPPLY OF PROPERTY.
[A. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY .88 ACRES-323 RANDALL STREET-TAX ID# 029-45-10-002 FOR A PURCHASE PRICE OF $73,000. 2024-7-11A PUBLIC COMMENT]
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WHENEVER WE CAN ACQUIRE KEY PIECES, THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO DO.SO THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS ON RANDALL STREET, BUT ADJACENT TO OUR MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, UH, ADJACENT TO THE, UM, NOT THE GREEN HARDY GREENS AND PROPERTY, WE ALSO OWN.
WE'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
WE CAN PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FOR 73,000 FOR ALMOST ONE ACRE.
THAT WOULD ADD TO THE, UH, MULTIFUNCTIONAL ABILITY OF OUR FUTURE BUILD OUT NEEDS.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD, UM, START THE PURCHASING PROCESS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, LET'S START OUR QUESTIONING.
I THINK IT'S, UH, MR. CARL'S TURN.
MIKE, WHERE IS THIS EXACTLY? ON RANDALL? RIGHT NEXT TO, RIGHT NEXT TO HARDY GREEN'S.
HARDY GREEN'S IS JUST, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? RIGHT NEXT TO THE NORTH OF THERE.
WE LOOKED AT THIS PART PARCEL IN THE PAST, JOHN, AND WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH A DEAL, BUT YEAH.
SO WE, WE, WE THINK IT'S A GOOD PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THAT'S A BIG, BIG PLUS TO GET THAT RIGHT.
AND I JUST MAKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T MAKE ANYMORE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS NOW.
I'M WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT, UH, FUTURE MR. WHITE.
AND, UH, NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ME, MR. GUZMAN? NO QUESTIONS, SIR.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY.
I THINK THIS IS, UH, THIS IS AN ASSET FOR THE CITY.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, NOTE TO THE PUBLIC, THIS IS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS WE STARTED SELLING OFF PROPERTY OF THE HARDY BILL COMMERCE PARK, WE ESTABLISHED A, UM, LAND ACQUISITION FUND FOR EXACTLY THIS PURPOSE THAT WE CAN USE, MAKE STRATEGIC PURPOSE, UH, PURCHASES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE ON MAIN STREET AND THAT, SO THIS, THIS WAS A GREAT, UM, FUND TO START.
THIS IS ALL PAID FOR BY OUR PROFITS FROM THE HARDY COMMERCE PARK, AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ASSET ADJACENT TO CITY HALL.
SO, UH, I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL.
UM, MY COMPLIMENTS TO, TO EVERYONE FOR CREATING THAT FUND AND, UH, GIVING US THE ABILITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OFFER TO THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES.
THIS, THIS IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 A.
NO, NO, YOU GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 A.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE? I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
MIKE, YOU'RE HAVE THE GO AHEAD.
NEXT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES
[B. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CM TO EXECUTE A MOA FOR THE HOUSING OF JUVENILES AT THE SC DEPT OF JJ. THE MOA DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY TO UTILIZE SCDJJ BUT ALLOWS FOR THE OPTION OF USE IF NECESSARY. TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCDJJ IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HARDEEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COST PURSUANT TO STATE LAW IS $50 PER 24-DAY PER CHILD. (DETENTION PERIODS OF BETWEEN 1 TO 23 HOURS SHALL BE CHARGED AS A ½ DAY CHARGE OF $25.00). 2024-7-11B]
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN, UH, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR THE HOUSING OF JUVENILES AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JU JUVENILE JUSTICE.UH, THIS MOA DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY TO UTILIZE S-C-D-J-J, BUT ALLOWS FOR THE OPTION OF USE OF NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM, IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HARDY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE COST PURSUANT TO STATE LAW IS $50 PER 24 DAY PER CHILD DETENTION.
PERIODS OF BETWEEN ONE TO 23 HOURS SHALL BE CHARGED AS A HALF DAY CHARGE OF $25.
THIS RESOLUTION IS 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 B.
I THINK YOU COVERED IT, MR. MAYOR.
THIS IS THAT COUNT PUT, UH, HOUSEKEEPING BUSINESS COMES UP REGULARLY.
UM, AND THIS ALLOWS US, OBVIOUSLY TO HOUSE JUVENILES, UM, WITH THE STATE.
SO THE POLICE CHIEF OBVIOUSLY IS RECOMMENDING AND WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADOPTION.
UM, LET'S START WITH MR. MESMAN.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, SIR? I SEE THAT THE COST IS $50 PER DAY.
UM, 10 YEARS AGO, WHERE I WAS FROM, WE WORKED WITH THIS, IT WAS $200 PER DAY.
SO $50 A DAY IS VERY, I I LIKE THAT NUMBER.
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MR. IS GUZMAN? NO QUESTIONS, SIR.UH, STEVE, ONCE YOU GET TO IN THE UNITED STATES, THINGS ARE CHEAPER.
DOES IT PICK ON ME DAY TODAY OR WHAT? YEAH, NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S, UM, READY TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE MORE HARDENED CRIMINALS UP, UH, UP IN, UP THERE THAN THEY ARE DOWN HERE.
SEE, WE WE'RE ALL PICKING ON YOU, STEVE.
WE TRY NOT TO LEAVE JUVENILES UP IN COLUMBIA.
UH, WE TRY TO GET 'EM BACK PRETTY QUICK.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A HEARING WITHIN 48 HOURS AFTER THEY'RE TAKING UP TO COLUMBIA TO GET 'EM BACK HERE AND HOPEFULLY GET 'EM ADJUDICATED AND THAT KIND OF STUFF IN, IN THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM.
SO WE TRY TO TRY TO LIMIT IT, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH CRIME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR BUDGET READY JUST IN CASE SOMETHING DOES BAD HAPPEN WITH ONE JUVENILE HAS TO STAY UP THERE LONGER THAN USUAL.
SO WE, WE HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL ADOPT THAT.
AND WE, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS NOW.
SO, SO IT HASN'T GONE UP THE, YOU BRING UP A QUESTION IN MIND.
THE WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE 'EM THERE.
WELL, CERTAIN CRIMES, CERTAIN CRIMES WE DO BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
MOST OF THE TIME WE TRY TO TURN 'EM BACK OVER TO THEIR PARENTS.
WE TRY IN ANY, EVERY WAY TO TURN 'EM BACK OVER TO THE PARENTS IF WE CAN.
BUT SOMETIMES IT'S, THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE AND WE HAVE TO TAKE 'EM UP THERE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UH, LET'S SAY THERE'S A JUVENILE INCIDENT.
AND, UM, IT'S NOT A MAJOR CRIME, BUT IT IS A CRIME.
THE PARENT OR THE, THE HOME, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T WANT 'EM OR WHATEVER.
SO WHERE DO WE TAKE 'EM TO COLUMBIA? WELL, WE'D CONTACT DSS TO TRY TO PUT 'EM IN A FOSTER HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF NEEDED TO BE, IF THE, IF SOME REASON THE PARENTS AND ALL CAN'T TAKE CARE OF 'EM OR THAT KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW.
SO WE'LL TRY TO GO THAT ROUTE FIRST BEFORE WE EVEN MAKE THAT TRIP TO COLUMBIA.
UM, LET'S ASK THE PUBLIC NOW, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, UM, I KNOW THIS IS HOUSEKEEPING AND, AND NECESSARY, SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, AND MAKE ANY CHANGES.
THIS IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 B.
WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 B.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC?
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE.[C. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS TO DISTRIBUTE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT FEES COLLECTED BY THE CITY 2024-7-11C PUBLIC COMMENT]
THE CITY OF HARDY V.SOUTH CAROLINA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS THAT DISTRIBUTES SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT FEES COLLECTED BY THE CITY.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 C UH, MR. ZIBO, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
UM, I THINK THE COUNCIL RECALLS RECENTLY WE HAD A WORKSHOP, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF FEES THAT ARE IN SPECIFIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, SOME OF THE CRITERIA SPECIFIED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE USE OF THE FEES.
UM, AND WE TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT WE'D BRING BACK SOME TYPE OF PROCESS IN WHICH WE COULD DEVELOP A, UM, REVIEW AN APPLICATION AND OR DISSEMINATION OF THOSE FEES.
SO, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A PROCESS SIMILAR THAT WE USE FOR OUR NONPROFIT FUNDING, UM, IN WHICH THE COUNCIL WOULD ANNUALLY DURING THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS DETERMINE, UM, PRIORITIES OF USE OF FUNDING FOR THAT YEAR.
UH, WHETHER IT'S WORKFORCE TRAINING, WHETHER IT'S CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER IT'S EQUIPMENT PURCHASES FOR THE VARIOUS ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.
AND THEN THE, WE WOULD AUTHORIZE A ANNUAL APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, WHICH WOULD BE DONE THROUGH THE HARDY V TRANSFORMATION FOUNDATION.
SO MR. PARSONS AND MR. DAVIS WORKED ON A RESOLUTION AND SOME CRITERIA, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE COUNCIL CONSIDER THAT AS A WAY TO A FUTURE ALLOCATION OF THE VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT FEES COLLECTED FOR SCHOOL AND OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.
MR. PARSONS, THERE'S NOT MUCH, MUCH LEFT TO SAY
SO I, I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL, I MEAN, HE, HE DID SAY A LOT.
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I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND STUFF AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, BUT WE, WE HAVE, UH, THE PROCESS IN PLACE THAT WE USE FOR ARPA.WE ALSO HAD MOVED OVER TO THE DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDS THE SAME WAY.
AND BASICALLY IT, I MEAN, YOU ALL STILL SET YOUR PRIORITIES, YOU STILL SET THE BUDGETS.
UM, THE CITY CONTROLS THE FUNDS AND REIMBURSES THE NONPROFIT BASED ON THE AWARDS OF THE GRANTS AND STUFF.
AS THOSE GRANTS GET AWARDED, UM, IN THIS TYPE OF PROCESS, I MEAN, I, I ENVISION, I MEAN, THE DA RESTRICTS CERTAIN USE OF THE SCHOOL FUNDS, UH, CERTAIN CATEGORIES.
SO THE GRANT PROCESS WOULD BE SET UP THAT YOU WOULD HAVE CAPITAL, YOU WOULD HAVE PROGRAMS, YOU'D HAVE UNRESTRICTED USE.
UM, AND WE'D RUN THAT ONCE A YEAR.
WE'D SET THOSE AMOUNTS OF STUFF AS, AS NEEDED.
UH, AND, AND IT, THIS IS FOR SCHOOLS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, THE WAY THAT WE GOT THIS, UH, IN PLACE WITH THE RESOLUTION, THAT ALSO INCLUDES FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, MAYBE LEFT A SELF OUT TEACHING THEIR, UH, ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE COURSES.
ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH EDUCATION FOR, FOR OUR AREA IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT AND TRY TO, UH, PRIORITIZE THE STUFF, THOSE PROJECTS AND STUFF WITH ME.
AND SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, LET'S START WITH MR. CARROLL.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME AND TOOK A LITTLE, UM, FUZZY KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.
AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TODAY, BUT I GUESS THE BIG QUESTION WOULD BE, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE SOME TYPE OF COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THIS AND DETERMINE WHICH CRITERIA IS WORTH FUNDING AND WHICH IS NOT? AND SO YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE HOW IT'S DONE.
SO, WELL, WITH ANY OF THE GRANT PROCESS WE HAVE IN PLACE, WE, WE HAVE STRICT GUIDELINES AND STUFF THAT INDICATE THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR, THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA BE AWARDED, THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA BE SCORED.
UH, WE, WE CHOOSE A, USUALLY A THREE PERSON PANEL TO SCORE THE GRANTS.
IT'S USUALLY NOT TIED TO THE NONPROFIT ITSELF.
AND AS A RESULT, I MEAN, WE, WE MAKE IT AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE, AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE, AND TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WITHOUT ANY JUDGMENTS AND STUFF BEING LEANED ANY, ANY DIRECTION.
MR. MAYOR, MR. WHITE, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF FUNDS, ROUGHLY FOR THE COLLECTION OF SCHOOL FEES? YEAH, IN TERMS OF THE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY MAY BE BETTER TO ADDRESS THAT.
WELL, SO CURRENTLY MR. ROY, WE HAVE $1.3 MILLION AND OBVIOUSLY ACCUMULATING MONTHLY INTEREST.
AND THEN SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS PAY BASED ON WHEN A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO, UM, ANNUALLY, I GUESS WHAT I'M, WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS THE COUNCIL, WE WOULD PROVIDE THE, THE DATE OF THE COUNCIL SAYING, HERE'S WHAT'S IN EACH OF THE FUNDS COUNCIL, YOU DETERMINE THE TYPE OF PRIORITIES FOR THE PROGRAMMING AND COULD SAY OF THE ONE, I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE 1.3 MILLION THIS YEAR, WE WANNA ALLOCATE 500,000 AND HERE'S THE PRIORITIES THAT WE WANT TO THE, THE, THE, WE WANT TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS, KIND OF THE NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD, NOTICE OF GRANT APPLICATION.
THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE.
ANYONE THAT'S ELIGIBLE TO APPLY COULD APPLY AND THEN WOULD GO THROUGH THAT, THE TRANSFORMATION APPLICATION PROCESS IN, IN THAT ARENA.
AND FOR THOSE PLAYERS, THAT'S A REALLY, A REAL OPPORTUNITY AND A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO THAT'S, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT GETS YOUR ATTENTION, THOSE KIND OF FUNDS.
IT DOES, IT ALSO SERVES THE PURPOSES OF STUFF, WHAT THOSE FUNDS AND STUFF HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN PREVIOUSLY THROUGH THE DA.
AND I THINK THEY COULD MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IF WITH SOME OF THE QUALITY PROJECTS THAT COME ABOUT THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WHAT, WHAT THIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE OVER THERE.
AND, AND WHAT THIS DOES, IT ALLOWS US TO SPEND THE MONIES THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED, BUT ALSO ALLOWS US TO SPEND THE MONIES MOVING FORWARD AS THEY, AS THEY ARE COLLECTED.
THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T, THE AMOUNT WILL VARY BASED ON HOW OUR DEVELOPMENT STUFF BE CONTINU TO GROW.
WE ALLOCATE CONTINUES TO GROW.
MS. UZMA, UM, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, NEIL.
UM, WILL THIS BE CONFINED TO JUST HARDY THE CITY OF HARVILLE AND JASPER COUNTY? OR WILL THIS BE SPREADING A LITTLE BIT OUTWARDS? WE WILL BE THE BEST TO SERVE THE REGION AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT HARDY VOTE CROSSES INTO JASPER AND BUFORT COUNTIES.
SO WE, IT GIVES US A FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE HELPING HIGHER EDUCATION, WE'RE HELPING, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE TRAINING TYPE, I MEAN, IT GIVES US ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT OFFERS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THOSE RESIDENTS COULD BE TAKING THOSE CLASSES IN, IN SOMEWHERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SO WE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE LIMITED THERE, BUT WE WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE EACH, PUT THE CRITERIA AND STUFF IN THERE AND SEE WHAT MAKES THE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE MOST SENSE AS THOSE APPLICATIONS COME IN.
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AS I'M READING THIS, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.UM, I JUST WAS TALKING OUT LOUD, THIS COULD EVEN APPLY TO TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
UM, WHEN DO YOU SEE THIS PROGRAM GOING LIVE? THAT WE CAN PUT THIS TOGETHER WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
I MEAN, IT WOULD TAKE THAT LONG TO GET THE GUIDELINES AND STUFF IN PLACE AND GET IT PUBLISHED AND STUFF ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE PROCESS IN PLACE, AS WE SAID BEFORE, SO THE GUIDELINES JUST GET TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT.
SO 1ST OF AUGUST, IT'S UP AND RUNNING.
COULD YOU GIVE US A REPORT IN AUGUST SOMETIME THEN? JUST TO SEE? VERY MUCH SO.
THIS IS A REAL FEATHER IN OUR CAP FOR DOING THIS.
AND I, I REMEMBER IN THE DISCUSSION OF THIS THAT WE WENT BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSING OF ALL OF THE, THE TYPES OF SCHOOLING THAT WE REALLY WANTED IN THIS.
WE COVERED A LOT OF THEM IN THERE.
AND I THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH A GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM COUNTING ON YOU ALL TO PUT IT ALL INTO, PUT OUR THOUGHTS INTO WORDS AND MAKE IT WORK FOR US.
BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT.
AND AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE FACED WITH MANY DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.
UH, NEIL AND I HAD A CONVERSATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UH, ABOUT THIS VERY THING.
AND, AND I THINK THE QUESTIONS, MOST OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, WERE ANSWERED INCLUDING THE START DATE.
UM, NOW WHAT NEIL AND I TALKED ABOUT IS IF, IF WE PASS THIS THEN, AND THEY GET THIS SET UP, THAT WE WILL, UH, NEIL WILL CONTACT THE SCHOOLS AND TELL 'EM THAT THERE IS THAT AVAILABILITY, EXPLAIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF GETTING THE MONEY.
SO THAT WILL START, THAT WILL START AUGUST 1ST ONCE WE GET IT.
AND NEIL WILL CONTACT PLACES LIKE WE ALL SAID, WE WANT TCL TO BE CONTACTED, UH, FOR THAT WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER.
UM, AND YOU'LL GET THAT, YOU'LL GET THAT GOING.
THERE'S, THERE'S JUST ONE OTHER THING THAT I THINK, UH, COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF IS, AND IT IT WAS, MR. ZIBO SAID IT, NOT EVERY PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HAS SCHOOL, UM, DA FEES.
SO THE, IT WILL GROW BECAUSE SOME DO HAVE IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, BUT IT WILL GROW.
IT'S NOT GONNA GROW WITH EVERY SINGLE HOUSE.
I THINK THIS IS TERRIFIC AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATION OF OUR KIDS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO NOW OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO, UM, ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 C.
MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 C.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE? I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
NEXT, UH, IS THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT
[D. RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE BID FROM A GENERAL CONTRACTOR BRW CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC LOCATED OUT OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE HWY 17 PUMP STATION. 2024-7-11D PUBLIC COMMENT]
THE BID FROM A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, BRW CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LOCATED OUT OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE HIGHWAY 17 PUMP STATION.THAT'S 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 D UH, MIKE, YOU FIRST? NO, I THINK MR. BROWN ARE VERY CAPABLE AND COMPETENT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS HERE TO PRESENT THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. ALRIGHT, MR. BROWN, WELCOME, UH, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL.
IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY IS COMING FROM THE FY 24, UH, BUDGET.
IT TOOK US A WHILE TO ONE, GET THE PUMP, ACTUALLY THEY HAD TO DESIGN AND THEN BUILD THE PUMP AND THEN FIND CONTRACTORS THAT COULD ACTUALLY INSTALL
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THIS PARTICULAR PUMP.I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THIS IS OUT BY US FOODS, UH, OFF OF 17 THERE.
IT'S AN INTERESTING TYPE OF PUMP.
IT'S ABOUT A, WELL, YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE THERE.
I HOPE YOU'VE GOT THIS IN YOUR, YOUR PACKAGE THERE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THE PUMP.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING ONE.
IT'S ABOUT, UH, OH, 18, 16 TO 18 FEET LONG.
UH, SITS AT AN ANGLE YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP, UH, TOP LEFT UP THERE.
THAT'S THE PUMP THAT'S SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
UH, AND IT HAS BEEN DOWN NOW FOR PROBABLY FOUR YEARS.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING A MOBILE PUMP OUT THERE THAT BYPASSES THAT PUMP THAT PUSHES THE WATER FROM THE POND TO THE DITCH THAT TAKES IT OUT TO 17.
AND OH, BY THE WAY, WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT 44,000 A YEAR FOR THAT MOBILE PUMP TO BE SITTING OUT THERE.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A HIGH DOLLAR TO, TO DO THAT.
SO WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'VE GOT THE NEW PUMP BUILT.
THAT'S THE TOP RIGHT THAT SHOWED UP AT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.
AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET, UH, UH, GOOD CONTRACTORS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, ASK TO BID ON THIS.
AND SO WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY TWO, UH, WE TALKED TO OTHERS, BUT THEY, THEY WEREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TYPE OF PUMP.
SO THE TWO THAT WE SEE HERE, BRW, UH, AND THEN NOEL CONSTRUCTION, UH, BOTH PROVIDED BIDS AND YOU CAN SEE THE COST FROM BOTH.
THEY'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO IT'S LIKE YOU TAKE THE COST AND THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW.
NOW, NOW WE START TO LOOK AT, ALRIGHT, WHAT ARE THE OTHER FACTORS? WELL, REASON WHY WE'RE GOING WITH BRW, IT'S 'CAUSE THEY'RE MORE LOCAL.
THE SECOND REASON IS THEY'VE WORKED WITH THIS TYPE OF PUMP BEFORE THEY'VE INSTALLED THIS TYPE OF PUMP.
UH, AS WELL AS THEY'RE WORKING WITH, UH, CHATHAM ENGINEERS, UH, FOR THE ELECTRICAL PIECE OF IT, WHICH IS ALSO A GOOD THING.
'CAUSE THEY'RE OUTTA SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THEY'RE LOCAL AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE GO WITH, UH, BRW FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR PROJECT.
IT'S GONNA BE A QUICK PROJECT.
WE'RE ESTIMATING MAYBE 60 DAYS AT MOST TO GET IN THERE, REMOVE THIS, DO THE CLEAN OUT OF THE POND THAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, PUT THE PUMP IN PLACE AND THEN PROVIDE ELECTRICAL UPGRADES THAT ARE NEEDED OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO IF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE BRW, UH, AS A CONTRACTOR THAT COMES IN AND, UH, TAKES CARE OF THIS ISSUE FOR US.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU HOLD HIM BACK? OH YEAH.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM HAVE USED TO THIS.
AND SO WE, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA START WITH MR. MESMAN AND, YOU KNOW, I, CAN I TAKE YOUR PLACE? STEVE
UH, JOHN, WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT? I MEAN, I'M, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE, THIS IS THE INSTALLATION OF IT.
HOW MUCH WAS THE PUMP? SO, SO THE PUMP WAS ACTUALLY 60, SO WE'RE, WE'RE OVERSHOOTING A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING OUT THAT RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COVER ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND ONE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A LOT OF THIS IS PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA DO A LOT OF THE WORK OUT THERE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE FENCES, WE'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY THE SPOILS THAT ARE PULLED OUT OF THE POND.
WE'RE GONNA DISPOSE OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THAT'S GONNA BRING THE COST, UH, WITHIN WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING.
DOES, UH, BRW IS, DOES THAT INCLUDE, UH, THE ELECTRICAL WORK? YES, SIR, IT DOES.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH CHATHAM ENGINEERS TO DESIGN IT.
SO IT'S, IT'S MINIMAL UPGRADES.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO IS GIVE US SOMETHING, UH, BASICALLY WORKS OFF A FLOAT SWITCH THAT WILL GIVE US AN AUTOMATIC START AND STOP.
UH, SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO SEND MY GUYS OUT THERE CONSTANTLY TO TURN IT ON, TURN IT OFF, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WERE DOING PREVIOUSLY.
EXCUSE WE GOT BEAT ON YOU LATER TODAY.
BRONCO, I HAD, I, I HAD AN EARLY START TODAY.
I, I HAD A TALK ON HILTON THAT I THINK I I NEED MORE COFFEE.
WHAT'S THE WARRANTY ON, ON THAT PUMP? SO THE WARRANTY ON THAT ONE'S GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WORKMANSHIP IS TYPICALLY FOR THINGS LIKE THIS.
IT, IT'S ONE YEAR, BUT THIS PUMP, IT HAS, I BELIEVE IT'S A 15 YEAR WARRANTY THAT COMES WITH IT.
SO NOW IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS IS GONNA LAST A LOT LONGER THAN 15 YEARS.
UM, THE ONE THAT WAS OUT THERE, WELL, WHEN, ALMOST 20 YEARS.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS ONE BEING, I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF PUMP, BUT I THINK IT'S NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BUILT WITHIN IT THAT'S GOING TO HELP IT LAST A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
FOR HOW LONG ARE THEY GOING TO WARRANTY? I MEAN, TYPICALLY YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET A ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON YEAR, ON LABOR, SO.
AND, AND, AND THIS IS SUCH A, YOU KNOW, EVEN AFTER THAT, THIS IS KIND OF A, A SIMPLE PUMP DESIGN.
UM, I'M, I'M SURE THAT MY GUYS, IF WE NEEDED TO DO ANY TYPE OF WORK OUT THERE,
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COULD, COULD HANDLE THAT.ARE YOU FINISHED MR. MANN? UH, MRS. HE'S PICKING ON ME TODAY.
I'M NOT, I WAS PICKING ON VAL, I WAS TAKING THE HEAT OFF.
YOU, UH, UM, MR. WHITE, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AS WELL.
UH, I JUST HAD A, UH, ONCE THIS IS INSTALLED, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND DO WE OUTSOURCE IT TO LIKE BRW OR CAN WE DO THE, UH, TWICE A YEAR ANNUAL CHECKUPS WITH OUR OWN STAFF? HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO THOSE, UM, STATUS UPDATES OURSELVES TO, TO CHECK IT AND, AND SUCH.
BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, ABSOLUTELY CALLING OUT THEM FOR ANY KINDA LABOR ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP WITHIN A YEAR OR SO AFTER IT'S INSTALLED.
BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THE, THIS THING IS GOING TO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST GONNA ALMOST SELF SUSTAIN WHAT'S GONNA BE THE ISSUE IS US STAYING OUT THERE AND KEEPING THE POND CLEAN OF SEDIMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO IT DOESN'T GET SUCKED UP INTO THE PUMP.
THAT'S, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT I SEE WHERE PUBLIC WORKS IS REALLY GONNA MAKE ITS MONEY OUT THERE IS KEEP, BECAUSE THIS THING IS GOING TO PUMP A LOT OF WATER VERY FAST, WHICH IS UNLIKE WHAT IT'S DOING RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW YOU LITERALLY HAVE A SIX INCH DIAMETER HOSE THAT'S ROUTING FROM THE POND AROUND TO THE DITCH THAT'S TAKING IT TO 17.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN 18 INCH GATE THAT'S GOING TO OPEN UP, UH, AT 9,000 GPM THAT'S GONNA PUMP A LOT OF WATER VERY, VERY FAST.
SO IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT DOWNSTREAM, PARTICULARLY THE DITCH LINES, UH, THE, THE PIPING IS KEPT CLEAN SO THAT WATER CAN FLOW PROPERLY.
AND YOU'VE GOT THAT CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
AND, AND, AND IT'S THE NEXT ONE I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
IT'S GONNA HELP US EVEN MORE WITH THAT.
IT'S SET UP PUMP LOOKS JUST TO CAR.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PRETTY WELL WHAT, UM, UM, WHAT, UM, STEVEN THEM ASKED A WHILE AGO, UM, ANSWERED MY QUESTION AND I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE THAT'S, BUT YOU JUST EXPLAINED 'CAUSE I, I WASN'T SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT PUMP, BUT YOU PRETTY WELL EXPLAINED THAT IT WHAT IT DOES.
I CAN, I CAN, I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THE, THE CITY RIGHT NOW HAS TWO PUMP STATIONS.
ONE'S SITTING OVER AT MC TIER.
THIS AREA IS TAKEN CARE OF BY THIS PUMP.
SO IT'S BETWEEN 46 RIGHT HERE.
17 PARTS OF 95 ACTUALLY DRAIN INTO THAT AREA.
SO THE CARMO AREA OVER HERE, HALF OF MAIN STREET WILL DRAIN THAT WAY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT DRIVING THAT WAY DOWN, UH, MAIN STREET AND YOU SEE THE BIG CANAL OVER TO THE RIGHT, UM, THAT IS WHAT LEADS RIGHT DIRECTLY TO THE PUMP.
SO IT'S VERY LONG STRETCH OF CANAL THAT LEADS AND EVERYTHING IN THE CITY THEN DRAINS INTO THAT CANAL.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF TWO AND IT'S BEEN OUT NOW FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR STORM WATER WHITE DRASTICALLY, I BELIEVE WITH THIS, WITH THIS INSTALL.
UM, MR. BROWN, AS WHEN I FIRST GOT TO THE CITY, IT WAS EXPLAINED HOW THAT ALL FLOWS AND, AND THAT PUMP WAS INADEQUATE AT THE TIME AND THIS NINE YEARS AGO.
UM, SO THIS IS, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS GREATLY NEEDED.
SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, JUST PLEASE CONFIRM WHAT I'M, I'M THINKING BECAUSE THIS PUMP IS NOW AN EFFICIENT PUMP AND IT WILL PUMP FASTER THAN THE OLD ONE, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
SO THAT WILL DRAW ALL THE WATER THAT'S DOWNTOWN HELP THAT FLOW THROUGH 17 AND OUT THROUGH THE SAVANNAH RIVER WITHOUT CAUSING FLOODING.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT, IT, IT'S GOING, YOU KNOW, DE DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF SYSTEM WE HAVE COMING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH AND SUCH.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME STORM EVENTS AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT NOTHING'S GOING TO STOP SOME FLOODING.
BUT IN, IN A, IN A TYPICAL EVENT, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT HELP A LOT.
NOW WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DOWN HERE, A LOT OF THIS ACTUALLY GOES TO THE MCTEER PUMP STATION.
WHICH WE ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO YOU HOPEFULLY SOON ON THAT AS FAR AS GETTING SOME REPAIR WORK DONE ON THAT ONE.
UM, BUT THIS ONE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SOMEWHERE AROUND WHERE WE'RE BUILDING THOSE NEW APARTMENTS RIGHT DOWN HERE, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE APARTMENT.
SO FROM THAT POINT, THAT WAY IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S BEING COLLECTED BY THIS PARTICULAR PUMP STATION.
AND YES, IT'S GOING TO HELP THE WATER FLOW, HELP THE WATER FLOW HERE AND IT'LL, IT SHOULD HELP THE, THE WATER FLOW OF WHATEVER'S ALONG 17, BECAUSE NOW THE
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WATER WILL GET, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GIVE YOU THE EXCAVATOR AND KEEP THOSE COVID, IT'LL HELP THE FLOW TO, TO THE SAVANNA RIVER.IT, IT'S GOING TO PUSH, IT'S GONNA PUSH MORE WATER ONTO 17.
SO IT'S, IT IT BEHOOVES US TO BE IN FRONT OF THAT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE CLEANING OUT THOSE PIPES, WE'RE CLEANING OUT THOSE DITCH LINES TO ENSURE THAT THAT WATER FLOWS EFFICIENTLY.
AND THEN YOU GET TO THE OUTFALL THAT LEADS DIRECTLY INTO THE SAVANNAH RIVER.
THAT'S BASED ON THE LEVEL OF THE SAVANNA RIVER AT WHATEVER TIME.
AND IF IT'S BACKED UP, IF IT'S HIGH, THEN OF COURSE THAT'S GONNA KEEP WATER HIGH BACK FOR US.
BUT AS SOON AS SAVANNAH RIVER GOES DOWN, THIS PUMP IS GOING TO BE PUSHING WATER IN THAT DIRECTION.
ALL THESE QUESTIONS WERE FOR A REASON.
WHAT WE, THIS THING IS GOING TO HELP, EXCUSE ME, ARE THE PEOPLE IN LONG 17? IS THAT CORRECT? SO YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SEE MORE EFFECT, I BELIEVE IN THE CARMO AREA OVER HERE.
WE, WE, LAST YEAR, LAST SUMMER, WE DID SOME PROJECTS OVER THERE THAT TOOK CARE OF SOME FLOODING ISSUES.
THEY WERE HAVING PEOPLE'S YARDS WERE LITERALLY GETTING FLOODED OUT WITH JUST A TYPICAL RAINSTORM.
SO WE FIGURED THAT FLOW OUT AND WE FIXED THAT.
NOW THE NEXT THING IS TO FIX THIS.
SO THAT TAKES MORE OF THE WATER TO THAT LARGE CANAL, THE WORK WE DID LAST YEAR.
NOW WE GOTTA GET THAT WATER THAT'S IN THAT LARGE CANAL OUT, OUT AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PUMP STATION'S GOING TO DO.
SO IT, IT HELPS EVERYBODY ALONG.
17, IT HELPS, IT HELPS DOWNTOWN.
WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY, WHEN YOU SAY ALONG 17, SO LET ME SAY THIS AGAIN.
SO, UM, THE WATER FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, IS GOING TO BE PUSHED TO 17.
RIGHT? SO MY TEAM NEEDS TO BE OUT FRONT OF THAT TO ENSURE, UNDERSTOOD, ENSURE THAT 17, NOW I'LL SAY THIS TOO, 17 RIGHT OF WAY IS NOT THE CITIES, IT'S DOT.
HOWEVER, WE DO A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE OUT THERE FOR THAT.
SO IT BEHOOVES US TO BE OUT IN FRONT OF THAT CLEARING THE PIPES AND CLEARING THE DITCH LINES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WATER'S FLOWING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED.
THIS HELPS DOT OH, MOST DEFINITELY.
AND IT HELPS UNINCORPORATED JASPER COUNTY.
AND IT, AND SO MY QUESTION IS, SHOULDN'T THEY CHIP IN AND HELP US WITH THIS? DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.
I'LL, I'LL STAY OUTTA THAT CONVERSATION IF YOU LIKE.
BUT I THINK, I THINK, UM, IT MAY NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO ASK.
I MEAN IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING SOMETHING IN THAT BENEFITS THE CITY BENEFITS, DOT ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEXT, UH, THING AND IT HELPS JASPER COUNTY.
SO, SO AGAIN, THE, THE PUTTING IN THE PUMP NOT NECESSARILY IS GONNA HELP DOT, WHAT'S GONNA HELP DOT IS MY TEAM OUT THERE CLEARING THEIR DITCHES, THAT THAT HELPS THEM.
WHAT THE, THE PUMP IS INTENDED TO HELP THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, PARTICULARLY DOWN IN THIS LITTLE QUADRANT OVER HERE, GET WATER OUT OF THEIR FRONT YARDS WHEN WE HAVE THESE STORMS THAT COME THROUGH THAT, THAT'S THE MAJOR INTENT.
AND THAT CANAL THAT SITS DOWN HERE, AGAIN, THAT IS THE, THINK OF IT AS THE, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT'S GONNA TAKE WATER AWAY FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S MOVING VERY, VERY SLOWLY BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S GOING THROUGH A SIX INCH DIAMETER HOSE THROUGH A MOBILE PUMP AS OPPOSED TO A, A PUMP THAT SHOULD BE PUSHING IT, WHICH IS THIS.
OKAY, I WON'T, I WON'T PURSUE IT ANY FURTHER.
JOHN, THIS, UH, I MENTIONED TO YOU, OH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I SAW THE STATE WAS CLEARING A SMALL PORTION OF THE DITCH BETWEEN THE WRECK CENTER AND, UH, UH, JOHN OR 17 THERE ALONG JOHN SMITH ROAD.
DO THEY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT DITCHES THEY FEEL LIKE CLEANING WHEN THEY DO THIS? UH, THAT DOESN'T.
MY TEAM IS ALWAYS OUT THERE AND WE, WE ARE ALWAYS, I ACTUALLY DRIVE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I'M LOOKING FOR AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CLEARED AND SUCH.
AND SO THEN WITH MY LIMITED STAFF, I WILL MAKE PRIORITIES BASED ON THAT AND SAY, I NEED YOU TO GET OVER HERE, WHICH WILL COME INTO OUR NEXT CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE.
BUT, UM, YES, DOT THEY WERE OUT THERE, UH, IN THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST STREET, FIRST STREET AREA, JOHN SMITH, RIGHT ON THE CORNER THERE.
THAT ONE AREA THEY WERE WORKING.
THAT HOUSE, I BELIEVE HAS THE WORST, SOME OF THE WORST FLOODING IN THE CITY THAT I'VE SEEN.
IT'S JUST SITTING VERY, VERY LOW.
THAT AREA IS SITTING VERY, VERY LOW.
AND THOSE DITCHES, IF, IF, IF THE WATER'S NOT FLOWING PROPERLY, IT JUST BACKS RIGHT UP.
AND I'VE SEEN PROBABLY A FOOT OF WATER UP AGAINST THE HOUSE AT TIMES IT GOES DOWN FAIRLY QUICK, BUT WITH PROPERLY MAINTAINED, YOU KNOW, STORM WATER, THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
WELL, THAT'S JUST THE, THE POINT IS, IS ARE WE, ARE YOU COMPILING A LIST OF THESE, UH, DITCHES THAT THE STATE SHOULD MAINTAIN AND NOT, AND THAT WE'RE DOING? I MEAN, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE SAY, HEY, LISTEN, THIS
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IS WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.UH, UM, IT WAS JUST AGGRAVATING TO ME KNOWING THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR DRAINAGE HERE MM-HMM.
THEY, THEY LOOK, YEAH, THEY, THEY, THEY'LL COME OUT AND DO AN ASSESSMENT AND THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA FOCUS.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY DO AND OKAY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL SAY THIS, SIR.
UH, THANK YOU DOT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT MY GUYS DON'T HAVE TO GO DO NOW.
SO LET'S, UH, ASK THE PUBLIC IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAS A COMMENT OR QUESTION.
SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THIS IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 D.
WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 D.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL OF THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
UH, MR. BROWN'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO THIS IS, UM, THE RESOLUTION IN THE CITY
[E. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A NEW MINI EXCAVATOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 2024-7-11E PUBLIC COMMENT]
OF HARVILLE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A NEW MINI EXCAVATOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS.THIS IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 E MR. ZIBO.
UM, LET ME PREFACE IT BY SAYING, I, I DID NOT MEAN TO PUT THESE TWO TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO GO TOGETHER VERY, VERY WELL.
HOWEVER, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE DO NEED THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
UM, WE GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND.
WE HAVE, UH, A MINI X RIGHT NOW, SMALLER THAN THE ONE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING RIGHT NOW.
UM, OVER THE PAST YEAR, UH, AT LEAST SINCE LAST SUMMER, MAYBE LAST SPRING, UH, WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT THROUGH THE MOTIONS.
WE HAVE USED IT A LOT TO TAKE DOWN HOUSES, THE DASHER HOUSE DOWN HERE, UH, TO DO OTHER THINGS, UH, TO CLEAR JOHN SMITH ROAD.
WE, WE WE'VE THE, THE, THE DRAINAGE ON JOHN SMITH.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE.
UM, THE REACH ON THE ONE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS NOT, UM, WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A LARGER MINI X THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US THIS ONE HERE IS GOING TO GIVE US ACTUALLY EIGHT FEET MORE OF REACH.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SITTING UP ON A, A BANK OF A DITCH OR A CANAL LIKE THIS DOWN HERE, AND I'VE GOTTA REACH DOWN 12 OR 14 FEET TO THE BOTTOM TO CLEAR THAT OUT.
I CAN'T DO IT WITH A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, I THINK IS ON ITS LAST LEG.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW, IT'S HAVING THIS, UH, FUEL, HEAT SENSING ISSUE THAT LITERALLY SHUTS THE MACHINE DOWN WHENEVER IT SENSES THAT IT SHUTS DOWN.
SO IT'LL OPERATE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN IT SHUTS DOWN FOR 45 MINUTES.
AND THEN WE CAN, IT'LL COOL DOWN AND WE'LL OPERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GET A LOT DONE.
I'VE BEEN HAVING MY GUY, I'VE HAD MY GUYS OVER HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY LAST, UH, TWO OR THREE DAYS TRYING TO, TO CLEAN, YOU KNOW, CLEAR SOME DITCHES AND IT'S JUST REALLY NOT EFFICIENT.
SO, UM, HOUR WISE, THE MACHINE THAT WE HAVE NOW IS, IS IT'S, IT'S AT ITS LIFESPAN.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ASKING FOR A CONSIDERATION FOR, UM, A NEW EXCAVATOR, MINI EXCAVATOR.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT OUT TO THREE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS AND WE JUST GOT COMPARISONS AS TO WHAT WE NEEDED.
UM, AND WHAT WE LISTED UP HERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE HORSEPOWER, THE REACH, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY THE TRACKS, THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL BECAUSE WE NEED TO TAKE THESE THINGS INTO AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, RUBBER, RUBBER TRACKS ARE REALLY NOT GOING TO BE THE, THE WAY TO GO.
UH, AND WE LISTED OUT HERE, UM, WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE GOT FROM EACH ONE OF THEM.
YOU, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE, I THINK THAT, UM, THE PRICES, THE TOTAL COSTS THAT WE SHOW UP HERE ARE NEGLIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SO CLOSE TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE THE AVERAGE OF THAT.
AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE ONE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO BLANCHARD THE CAT, UM, IT'S LITERALLY, UH, LESS THAN A 1% OFF THE AVERAGE OF ALL THAT YOU SEE THERE.
SO I THINK THE COST IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST BASICALLY SET ASIDE AND WE LOOK AT OTHER THINGS.
UM, PARTICULARLY, UH, THE REACH, UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ALL OF THEM ACROSS THE BOARD ARE PRETTY CLOSE ON THE REACH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT FEET MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SUBSTANTIAL WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE MOWER ATTACHMENTS, UH, THE 60 INCH FOR THE BLANCHARD AND, AND, AND THE STEAM.
OF COURSE, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED THAT IS USED FOR SLOPE MOWING.
SO AGAIN, HERE, HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DOT IN THE CITY.
UH, DOT OWNS, UH, BASICALLY THE INTERSECTIONS, RIGHT? SO ALL THE GRASS CUTTING AND THINGS AT THE INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS SHOULD BE DOT.
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WE, HOWEVER, HANDLE EXIT FIVE.OUR GUYS ARE OUT THERE DOING THAT.
AND SO WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU LOOK AT, AT LEAST FOR THE OVERPASS FOR 17, YOU HAVE SLOPES LIKE THIS OF GRASS.
IT'S TOUGH FOR A ZERO TURN MOWER TO GET UP THERE.
SO WHAT WE DO IS YOU UTILIZE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH A, A MOWER ATTACHMENT THAT CAN REACH UP AND TAKE CARE OF THAT.
IT'S MUCH MORE SAFER THAN TRYING TO DRIVE A ZERO TURN MOWER UP THE SIDE OF THAT SLOPE.
SO, UH, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL.
WE LOOKED AT ALL THREE OF THESE, UH, ACTUALLY HILLS.
UH, ACTUALLY IT'S THE HITACHI ONE.
THEY ACTUALLY SENT ONE TO US, UH, LEFT IT HERE FOR A COUPLE DAYS THAT ONE OF MY GUYS COULD GET ON IT AND OUT IN THE BACKYARD THERE, UH, AT PUBLIC WORKS AND MOVED SOME DIRT AROUND TO SEE HOW IT WORKED.
UM, THE OTHER ONE, THE, THE CAT, UM, THEY'RE LOCAL.
THEY'RE RIGHT HERE IN TOWN IN HARDY V.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO OVER THERE AND PUT OUR HANDS ON THOSE, UH, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
UH, AND, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THERE, THE KUBOTA, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DEMO OR GET CLOSE TO THAT.
BUT WITH ALL OF THAT, UH, TOGETHER, WHAT WE DECIDED ON WAS, UH, THE CAT MADE MORE SENSE.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE REASONS FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCAL.
THEY'RE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD.
BLANCHARD JUST RIGHT UP 17 HERE.
UM, ANY KIND OF SERVICE THAT WE WOULD NEED, UH, THEY'RE RIGHT HERE.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD PARTNERS WITH US.
ANYTIME WE NEEDED TO RENT ANYTHING, UH, FROM THEM, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, ANY KIND OF PARTS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE, UH, PROCURED TO, TO, TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, UH, ANY KIND OF REPAIRS TO THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, I THINK IT'S EASY TO GET THROUGH THEM.
SO I THINK, UH, AGAIN, UH, THE COSTS ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER, WE JUST PUT THAT ASIDE AND WE LOOK AT THE OTHER VARIABLES, WHICH ARE THE CLOSENESS OF, OF BLANCHARD TO US.
UH, AND PLUS OUR ALREADY EXISTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
UH, I THINK, UH, THAT MAKES IT, UH, THE BEST DEAL FOR US.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
UM, MR. CARROLL, UM, WELL, WELL LOOK AT THIS, JOHN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE YOU HERE TO TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN.
UM, YOU NEED THIS TO, UM, HELP YOUR GUYS AND BE MORE EFFICIENT.
AND WE ARE, UM, BUYING FROM LOCAL, UM, UH, I HEAR LAW COMPLIMENTS ALL THE TIME ABOUT BLANCHARD.
SO I, YOU IT'S LOCAL AND YOU, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN.
SIR, MR. WHITE, JOHN, EXCELLENT ANALYSIS ABOUT THANK YOU.
UH, I, UM, I THINK, UH, I, I THINK YOUR ANALYSIS ON BLANCHARD, I AGREE WITH YOU.
IT'S ONLY A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS DIFFERENCE, AND YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FACT THEY'RE LOCAL, AND THAT'LL MAKE, UH, PARTS AND KEEPING IN COMMUNICATION A LOT BETTER.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATION, MR. GUZMAN.
UM, WE NEED IT, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
JOHN, UH, AS I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURE HERE, DID THE UNIT THAT, UH, THEY PROPOSED AT THIS PRICE HAVE THE MECHANICAL THUMB? I DO NOT KNOW THAT.
I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT.
TALKING ABOUT THE, THE OPERATION OF IT, I WOULD SAY IT PROBABLY DOES IT.
WELL, IF, I MEAN, I, I, I, THE MACHINE IS, UH, TWICE AS FUNCTIONAL.
'CAUSE I'VE RUN THESE MACHINES.
THEY'RE TWICE AS FUNCTIONAL WITH THAT MECHANICAL THUMB.
YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL LIMBS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OUT OF THESE DITCHES, UH, THAT MUCH, THAT MUCH FASTER.
IF IT DOESN'T HAVE IT ON THERE.
I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PUT ON THERE.
JUST FOR THE EFFICIENCY WISE, THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE NOW IS ON THE END OF ITS LIFE.
WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE TO DO WITH IT? WE ACTUALLY, UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS WE, WE GET THIS NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND GET IT OUT THERE, UM, UH, WORKING FOR US, WE WANNA PULL THAT IN AND TRY TO DO SOME, UH, FOR THE EXISTING ONE, SEE IF WE CAN'T EXTEND THE LIFE A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
UNDERSTAND? AND, AND I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A TOTAL OVERHAUL FOR THAT.
UM, IT'S GONNA GIVE BOB PAINT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, UM, ON THAT.
BUT THEN WE GOTTA LOOK AT IF WE, IF WE DO THAT, WHAT'S THE COST OF THAT? MM-HMM.
I THINK MAYBE WE EVENTUALLY SALVAGE THAT, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, SURPLUS THAT IF WE NEED TO.
UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO STILL MAYBE UTILIZE THAT HERE.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW THE, THE COUNCIL'S WELL AWARE OF THAT, UM, UM, THE MS FOUR REQUIREMENT IS COMING OUR WAY.
UM, AND HAVING MORE OF THIS CAPABILITY, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
UM, THIS, THIS LARGER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH, UM, REMOVING AND, UH, UH, SETTING, UH, NEW PIPE OUT THERE.
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ALSO GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW US TO DO, UH, SOME DEEPER DITCH CLEANING THAT WE NEED TO DO WHILE THE OTHER ONE, THE SMALLER ONE, CAN DO SOME OTHER THINGS FOR US.IF WE CAN KEEP IT RUNNING, IF WE FIND THAT IT'S GOING TO JUST BE TOO, TOO COSTLY, THEN I THINK WE, WE MAKE THAT DECISION TO SURPLUS.
UM, I SEE THAT WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PURCHASE A TRAILER.
UH, ARE YOU SOLICITING BIDS ON THAT ALSO? WE'RE WE'RE, YES SIR.
WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY WENT OUT, UH, AND WE'VE LOOKED, WE'VE RECEIVED, WES SAY WE RECEIVED THREE QUOTES AND THEY AVERAGED ABOUT $15,000.
IT WAS, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS 12 AND ONE THAT WAS 17 AND SOME CHANGE.
AND SO, AND THE THIRD ONE WAS RIGHT ABOUT 15.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT 15, 15,000.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE COST.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE COST OF, OF THE CAT AND THEN YOU ADD THAT TO IT, THEN THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING NOT TO EXCEED 169,000, UM, IN THE RESOLUTION.
ASKED, UH, HOW QUICKLY WOULD THIS YOU BE ABLE TO GET THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ONLINE? WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UH, KAT, UM, I THINK THEY'RE READY TO, UH, I THINK THEY'RE READY TO ROLL.
UM, THEY'RE WAITING, WAITING ON US.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FAIRLY QUICK.
I I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT DATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FAIRLY QUICK.
'CAUSE WE NEED, WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND GET SOME WORK DONE WITH THIS.
THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE I SEE THIS IS WE'RE RESOLUTION FOR THE EXCAVATOR.
IT DOESN'T SAY A TRAILER TOO, HAVING THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITHOUT HAVING THE TRAILER TO MOVE AROUND ON.
I MEAN, I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW IT AS A PACKAGE HERE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I PUT IT ON.
THIS RIGHT HERE WHERE WE SAID, YOU KNOW, $15,000 AND THEN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, UM, CALLS FOR, UH, NOT TO EXCEED 169,000.
WHICH WOULD BE THE COST OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE TRAILER.
UM, JOHN, THE, UM, QUESTION, THIS IS A BIG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND BY THE WAY, I, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS GIVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO SHOP LOCAL.
UM, SO, UM, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IT'S A BIG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND I KNOW THESE THINGS STAY OUTSIDE.
HOW WE DO, WE HAVE ROOM FOR TO STORE? SO, SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, UM, WE JUST EARLIER THIS YEAR BUILT A NEW, UH, OUTDOOR STORAGE FACILITY FOR EQUIPMENT THAT IT WILL GO UNDERNEATH THAT.
IT'LL BE OUT OF THE ELEMENTS, IT'LL BE OKAY.
AND WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM UNDER THERE.
BIG ENOUGH TO, YEAH, WE, WE, WE SIZE THAT SO THAT WE COULD GET EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED UNDER THERE.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD THERE.
AND HOW MANY OF OUR GUYS, THIS, OBVIOUSLY I COULDN'T GO DRIVING THIS WITHOUT SOME SORT OF TRAINING.
HOW MANY OF OUR GUYS HAVE THE CAPABILITY AND THE LICENSING TO, TO RIDE THESE THINGS? SO WE HAVE THREE RIGHT NOW.
ONE IS OUR FACILITY MANAGER, JOEL.
UH, ONE IS, UH, TONY WASHINGTON, WHO DOES THE EXCAVATOR WORK RIGHT NOW FOR US.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE NEW HIRE THAT YOU MET AT THE LAST, UH, NAME WAS BARRY.
UH, HE COMES TO US WITH CDL AS WELL AS HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATION EXPERIENCE.
SO, SO WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT COULD CONCEIVABLY BE IT OPERATING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, AND WE ONLY HAVE THREE PEOPLE, AND I JUST PLANT A SEED IN YOUR HEAD.
UM, MAYBE WE MAY NEED MORE CDLS BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS SICKNESS, VACATIONS, AND, AND SO ABSOLUTELY.
WITH, WITH ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, YOU MIGHT NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
WE, WE, UH, WE, WE ARE IN THE MINDSET OF, OF HIRING.
SO WE WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
IF YOU GET A BIND, JOHN, I CAN STILL RUN 'EM.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES.
THIS IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 E.
MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH SEVEN DASH 11 E.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL OF THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE.
NEXT WE HAVE THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
[X. MANAGERS REPORT]
MIKE? YES, SIR.CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JAMES.
UH, WE WILL BE UNVEILING OUR NEW WEBSITE.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR WEBSITE PROVIDER AND OUR SID STAFF, AND THAT WE WILL LAUNCHING, I THINK, AT NOON ON THE 16TH.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT FESTIVAL ON MAINE IS OCTOBER 10TH THROUGH 12TH.
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AND MYSELF MORE MR. PARSONS THIS YEAR, UH, FOR, UH, EXTRAORDINAIRE, UM, IN RAISING, UH, MONEY AND CONTACTING OUR PARTNERS.AND WE'RE GONNA, WE BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY $112,000 OF SPONSORSHIP FROM OUR PARTNERS LAST YEAR AS, UH, WE RAISED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR OUR FESTIVAL IN MAINE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A EXTREMELY WONDERFUL, WELL ATTENDED FESTIVAL, UH, WITH ALL KINDS OF REALLY TOP-NOTCH ENTERTAINMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WANNA GIVE JAMES CREDIT AGAIN.
WE'VE BEEN CONTACTING OUR FRIENDS AT HIGHER GRAY, UM, OUR PEG CHANNEL, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT CHANNEL.
WE'LL BE GOING DIGITAL AND HIGH DEFINITION HERE, HOPEFULLY VERY SOON.
SO THE PICTURE AND THE SOUND QUALITY WILL BE, UH, UNMATCHED.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
SO A LOT OF KUDOS TO JAMES FOR WORKING ON THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. MAYOR.
UM, I, LET'S START, UH, ALPHABETICALLY AND GO WITH MR. CARROLL.
[XI. COUNCIL ISSUES AND CONCERNS]
ONLY GOT A FEW THINGS.ONE, I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT, UM, MIKE JUST SAID.
I HAD SEEN IT, UM, IN ONE OF THE, UM, EMAILS.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS.
I CAME ONE DAY NOT TOO LONG AGO TO MIKE, AND I SAID, MIKE, SO AND SO'S NOT WORKING.
AND HE CALLED JAMES AND JAMES CAME, RIGHT, YOU REMEMBER.
AND JAMES CAME RIGHT UP AND HE SAW SO AND SO'S NOT TALKING EACH SOMETHING.
SO IT'S, UM, ALWAYS SOMETHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS, AND THEN SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE TOO, THAT'S JUST SOMETIMES JUST WANT TO RELAX AND WATCH SOMETHING, WATCH IT ON TV, WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG, BIG PLUS.
AND I WANTED TO PUT KUDOS OUT TO, UM, UH, JEN.
THAT WAS A GREAT, UM, FOURTH ON MAIN, I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT BACK IN LAST MONTH.
BUT ANYWAY, SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
THE WEATHER ACTUALLY COOPERATED AND IT WASN'T TOO BAD, AND IT TURNED OUT REAL GOOD.
AND IN, IN CLOSING, UM, I HATE TO GIVE STEVE TOO MUCH CREDIT, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, UM,
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STEVE SAID TODAY, AND I HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC, UM, IS AWARE OF THAT, BUT STEVE MADE A COMMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT, UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY MANAGER OR PUBLIC WORKS OR WHATEVER, THAT WE JUST APPROVE IT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE, UM, THE INTERROGATION THAT POOR JOHN HAD THAT GOT THROUGH TONIGHT.
BUT WE MAKE SURE, AND, UM, THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME IN, WE HAD ONE TONIGHT THAT, UM, WE MAY COME BACK, UM, ENSURE SOME MORE THINGS BEFORE WE WOULD GIVE A SECOND READING APPROVAL.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE DISAPPROVE THAT THE PUBLIC NEVER KNOWS THAT WE KEEP FROM COMING.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD POINT, AND TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE DO TRY TO, UM, GUARD THE CITY AND, AND DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
ALRIGHT, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.
UH, IT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO, UH, LET'S SEE, MR. S GUZMAN, RIGHT? SO, UM, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M GONNA GET, I'M NEVER GONNA HEAR THE END OF THAT.
I'M SURE
UH, UM, AND I'M, I'M SURE STEVE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS TOO, BUT
UM, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE GENTLEMAN FROM BEAUFORT, JASPER, UH, ON MONDAY.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UH, PUT OUT A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WE HAD ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WATER, WATER PRESSURE.
UH, WHERE DO WE GO FROM WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO, UM, KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND? SO WE GOT SOME ANSWERS, SOME WE DIDN'T GET.
UH, HE'S GONNA BE MEETING WITH THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL, SO, UH, HE CAN PICK YOUR BRAINS AS WELL, UM, TO SEE WHAT YOUR OPINIONS ARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
SO, UH, I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING THAT WE HAD.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS ALL RECORDED.
'CAUSE JOHN CARROLL GAVE ME A COMPLIMENT THERE,
MY FAMILY LOOKS SO FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THE SMILE ON MY GRANDCHILDREN'S FACES MADE IT ALL WORTHWHILE THAT, UH, WE AS A CITY DO THIS.
UM, MS. GUZMAN AND I, WE DID MEET WITH, UH,
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THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM BEAUFORT, JASPER WATER, AND THERE ARE SOME MAJOR CONCERNS OUT THERE.I THINK EVERYBODY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY HAS.
I'VE TALKED WITH, UH, NEIL, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, COFFEE CONVERSATION WITH WITHIN MY COMMUNITY ABOUT HAVING FOLKS FROM BEAUFORT, JASPER COME AND TALK.
UM, OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE SO VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, WE SEE THAT SITTING HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND BEAUFORT, JASPER WILL NEEDS TO HAVE THAT ALSO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST TO REASSURE THEM THAT THEY ARE DOING THE ABSOLUTE BEST THEY CAN, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ALL LIVE IN.
UM, NEXT WEEK, UM, I BELIEVE MYSELF AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHER COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTENDING, UH, THE UNI MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA UP IN GREENVILLE.
UH, LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR DOING THAT, BUT THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE THERE, UH, REALLY ASSISTED ME OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING SOME MORE OF THE CLASSES, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
MOVING FORWARD FAST, VERY FAST.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO BE ON TOP OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ISSUES THAT FACE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO SUPPORT THAT GREAT STAFF.
I THINK WE'RE DOING THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE MR. WHITE, JOHN, AND NEIL.
I, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY TO BOTH OF YOU WE'RE, UM, GETTING READY TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN BOTH PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT, AND THAT MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE WITH PEOPLE'S TAX DOLLARS, THAT THEY SEE SOMETHING REALLY COMING OUT OF IT THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PROJECTS, UH, FOR ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD A LITTLE HEALTH INCIDENT AND I'D BEEN SORT OF GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AND I LEFT MY LITTLE WALKER THING AT HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, WITH THE COUNCIL AS WE, UH, LOOK AT APPLICANTS BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY FOR OUR CITY MANAGERS POSITION.
AND, UH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT, AND WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE NEXT STEP, AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AMONG OURSELVES.
AND, UH, BUT, UM, THAT'S, UH, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY THE FOCUS OF MY TIME OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS, BASICALLY.
FIRST OF ALL, THE LAST, SO LOKO MEETING HAD A REALLY GOOD, UH, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, SHANNON ERICKSON, TALKED ABOUT THE NEEDS FOR CHILDCARE IN THE REGION.
AND I, I'M GOING TO ASK, SO LOKO, TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT SUBJECT BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT NEED THAT WE HAVE IN THE ENTIRE REGION.
I'LL JOIN EVERYBODY ELSE IN, IN SAYING CONGRATULATIONS FOR, UH, A GREAT FOURTH ON MAIN.
UM, I'M GLAD I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE IT, ALTHOUGH I HAD CANCEL MY VACATION TO, TO GET THERE.
BUT, UM, A GREAT EVENT AND CONGRATULATIONS.
THERE'LL BE ANOTHER EVENT, UM, THIS WEEKEND, TOMORROW NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
UM, THE LEGENDS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THAT STARTED LAST YEAR.
AND WHAT THIS IS, UH, THESE ARE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS.
THEY WILL COME BACK AND REPRESENT THE, THE, THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THERE'S A ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT.
UH, THERE'S TWO GAMES FRIDAY NIGHT STARTING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
AND THEN A, UH, I THINK ABOUT SIX GAMES ON SATURDAY, STARTING AT 11 O'CLOCK.
UH, I DID GET TEXTED THAT SCHEDULE A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, SO I'LL FORWARD IT TO THE COUNCIL.
THESE ARE PRETTY GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYERS CHIEF, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOOD.
UM, A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF A ALEX PER PERCEVAL SPENDS A LOT OF TIME GETTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO IF YOU WANNA COME OUT AND WATCH SOME OF THE FORMER, UM, HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS FROM THE AREA PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER AGAIN, UH, COME AND SUPPORT THAT.
UM, WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT ONE O'CLOCK REGARDING, UH, EXIT THREE AND THE RIVER RIVERPORT, UH, DEVELOPMENT AREA.
UM, UH, SENATOR DAVIS WAS THERE AND REPRESENTATIVE BILL HAGER AND, UH, OUR SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS.
AND, UH, WE HAD, I THINK ABOUT THREE TV STATIONS THERE.
SO YOU MAY SEE THAT ON THE, UH, FIVE O'CLOCK NEWS.
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AS I, I MENTIONED BRIEFLY, I SPOKE TO THE, UM, GIC ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, AT SEVEN 30 THIS MORNING.UM, BUT I EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSED, UM, TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX THAT JASPER COUNTY IS, IS, UM, WILL BE PROBABLY PASSING.
THE SECOND READING IS MONDAY NIGHT.
UM, THAT IS TRULY WILL BE A REGIONAL PRESENTATION OF BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTY, UH, IF JASPER COUNTY DOES INDEED, UH, PASS THAT, WHICH IS EXPECTED.
UH, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY IF THEY, UM, WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF TEAM HARDY V ON OCTOBER 26TH, THE ALZHEIMER'S, UM, WALK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I DID, UH, GO ON ON THEIR WEBSITE AND START A TEAM.
I THINK WE ALREADY, OUR TEAM ALREADY HAS RAISED A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, SO, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND.
YOU WANNA JOIN THE TEAM? I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO GET ON.
UH, OH, I WANTED TO SAY WE HAD A WORKSHOP WITH JASPER COUNTY TO GO OVER THAT TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX, AND I THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST, UH, MEETING WITH JASPER COUNTY, ORLAND THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN MAYOR.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT MEETING, A GREAT OUTCOME.
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSED THEMSELVES, GAVE IDEAS.
EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD OPEN SESSION.
AND I THINK WE CAME UP WITH A GOOD PRODUCT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX.
UH, SO MY COMPLIMENTS, AND LASTLY, I DID, I DID, UH, ANNOUNCE, UH, UH, I DID A LITTLE FLIP.
AND, UH, ON AUGUST 1ST AT NOON, I WILL PICK UP THE PACKET AND FILE, UH, FOR REELECTION AS MAYOR.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL NOW ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
FORGOT NOT READING WELL AGAIN.
UH, NEXT PART IS OUR EXECUTIVE
[XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SESSION, AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING EMPLOYMENT, APPOINTMENT,[A. DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT, APPOINTMENT, COMPENSATION, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE, OR RELEASE OF AN EMPLOYEE, A STUDENT, OR A PERSON REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY OR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON TO A PUBLIC BODY IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.C. CODE OF LAW 30-4-70(A)(1).]
COMPENSATION, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE OR RELEASE OF AN EMPLOYEE, A STUDENT OR A PERSON REGULATED BY THE PUBLIC BODY OR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON TO THE PUBLIC BODY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW, 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A ONE.WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES, UM, AND
[A. POSSIBLE CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES’ DISCUSSION]
WE WILL, UH, ADJOURN FROM THAT, UH, SESSION.WE WILL NOT COME BACK TO OPEN SESSION.
SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, MAKE A MOTION.
WE ENTER INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL? SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[XIII. ADJOURNMENT]
SETTING.