Full meeting transcript - June 22, 2021

» test test we're sorry you must first dial a one or zero when calling this number will you please hang up and try your call again uh you've reached the voicemail box of russell brazel please yes hello can you hear me russell again yeah now i can okay we got you so i'm just gonna put you on mute and then um as soon as we'll unmute you as soon as the uh meeting starts okay you got any echo okay yeah i got you you got any echo from our end um no i did at first but i don't write this minute so okay i think we're all good okay sounds good just um let me know if you do a world just okay thank you sir thank you it's a great day in kershaw county and we have a quorum mr brazel is calling in from a distant land aloha mr brazel it's great there he goes modern communications it's a great day in an all-

» american county we have a very detailed agenda that has a chock full of great business so i suggest we get right down to the issues mr carnell would you lead us in the invocation and pledge of allegiance would you all please stand father we're thankful for our many blessings the opportunity to help us be fair and objective but also empathetic pray for those struggle and mourn please lift them pray for those in our community distance help and guidance please just help them. I pray that we can have the courage and strength and examples to help others. Amen. Amen. By the United States of America, public, one nation, for God. Thank you, Mr. Connell. We are now moved to our public comments. Mr. DuBose, Mary, do we have anybody signed up electronically? Mr. DuBose. Mr.

» Chairman, no one signed up for public comment. Okay, very good. We'll move to public hearings. We have a series of five very important public hearings i'm going to take some time to read them through uh but first the first first public hearing is on a public hearing regards to an ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of a fee and loot tax and special source revenue credit agreement by and among kershaw county and Sterlite Technologies and WesternScore, whereby Kershaw County will enter into a philo agreements and SSRC agreement with the companies allowing for the provision of certain special source revenue credits to the companies providing for the location of the company's property in a joint county industrial park and other matters related thereto.

» I'll open the public hearing is anyone signed up for public hearings mr chairman no one signed up okay and no one has stepped forward to speak so we'll close the public hearing on uh sterlite technologies the second item is a public hearing regards to an ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of one or more incentive agreements by and between kershaw county and a company known to the county as project goalposts including any current or future affiliates or related entities a sponsor to provide for philo of ad valorem tax and incentives and certain special source revenue credits and other related matters i'll open the hearing uh seeing no one's coming forward i will close the hearing item number three is a public hearing in regards to an ordinance authorizing the execution and deli

» very of a purchase and sale agreement to provide for the transfer of certain real property from the county to an entity identified by the county as Project Gold Post and other related matters. I'll open the hearing. I see no one is coming forward to speak. I'll close the hearing. Item number four is a public hearing in regards to an ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of a fee agreement by and between Kershaw County and Denki America providing for a payment of a fee in lieu of taxes authorizing certain infrastructure credits and other matters related thereto and I'm opening the hearing. I would ask Mr. Carpenter to introduce Jeff Burgess just very quickly for no comments but just an introduction. Hi yes sir Mr.

» Chair members of council if Jeff you would not mind coming up and introducing my representative from denki thank you members of council it's a pleasure tonight to introduce you to michael cole he is the facility manager at denki america delighted michael thank you for coming welcome yes welcome indeed thank you thank you michael thank you jeff uh since there's no one coming forward we move to close the hearing and move to item number five a public hearing regards to an ordinance by kershaw county to place and affect new service and user fees and rates for and charges for the furnishing of fire protection services to vehicles registered within the fire protection district of kershaw county as authorized by ordinance creating the fire protection district of kershaw county and open the hearing

» and i see you i welcome our fire personnel here good to see you gentlemen and also lugo fire as always good to see you chris uh seeing no one came forward we will close the public hearing and move to the next item which is adoption of the agenda which is on the screen uh can we have a motion to approve the agenda i move and a second second from mr uh tucker mr carpenter you wanted to make an amendment yes mr chair members council i would ask that um item nine a first reading and title only of an ordinance by kershaw county council authorizing an infrastructure credit agreement uh mine between kershaw county and project seagull i'll be removed from the agenda and i would also then ask that the executive session be moved to the end of the meeting okay very good in regards to project seagull y

» es sir and for clarification no votes would be required that is correct and just the the gentleman here on this on this board and yourself and mr uh dubose would be needed correct that's correct okay can we have a motion to approve the amendment of the agenda to delete item number nine on seagull and move the executive session to the end of our meeting so move thank you mr jones a second second for mr connell uh all those in favor so you did not ask if there's any discussion yeah please go ahead why didn't you ask that uh please go ahead mr john i just want to say thank you to mr carpenter for making the move and taking this off the agenda i saw it and i didn't understand it because we have never put something on the agenda before that we had an executive session came out and we're planning

» to vote on something and uh i think we need the executive session because i've got a lot of questions to ask about why i won this it looked like it was trying to be fast-tracked through but anyway i'll explain more about that later thank you thank you other comments i think my comments to that assertion would be reserved to executive session with that we move to a vote all those in favor first of all we'll go to mr um brazil how do you read sir do you agree yes sir okay and all those present signify by raising your hand and it's unanimous and uh and then we'll move now to the agenda as amended can we have a motion to approve the agenda as amended make a motion we approve the agenda as a minute mr chairman mr tucker a second second from mr gardner any discussion uh saying there is none we mo

» ve to a vote first to mr brazel how do you vote sir yay okay and all those present signify by raising your hand and it's unanimous and the agenda is amended and approved as amended we move now to approval of minutes it's at tab a it's on the board uh it's also at page four i believe mr tucker you were absent that meeting so we move to approve it all those can i have a motion to approve so move mr chair mr steingrass a second second mr gardner uh any discussion mr chairman we'll be abstaining thank you thank you mr tucker all right very good uh with that we move to a vote first uh mr brasil how do you vote yay and all those present signify by raising your hand uh it's unanimous with mr tucker abstaining and the minutes are approved thank you mary we move now to a series of ordinances the fir

» st one is a third reading an ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of a fee in lieu or sterlite mr carpenter can you introduce the topic and then we'll put it into motion mr chair members of council uh you have in front of you tonight for third reading and uh the execution delivery of the fee and lou between kershaw county and the company known as stairlight technologies incorporated uh we're in kershaw county we'll enter into a fee and lou agreement with uh the company uh it has previously passed council on two readings very good can we have a motion to approve make a motion to approve mr chairman uh mr tucker a second second second from mr snodgrass uh discussion mr tucker mr snodgrass i i just want to uh say uh thank you to mr burgess and uh mr carpenter and all who have been

» working so hard and diligent on um bringing this more economic development um mr bowes you two of your legal mind and uh keep it coming very good uh other comments just like the second one uh vice chairman tucker said good job yeah uh mr snodgrass yeah echo that again thank you so much to your staff and uh once again just shows that chrysler county is open for business uh and uh we're also uh leading place for um global global investment as well thank you very good mr brasil any comments no good job thanks uh we got a lot of good things going on um yeah glad to glad to see jeff doing a great job for us thank you so much yeah just keep moving west uh russ and bring back what you can okay mr chairman for the record i would like to note that the agenda package has a scrivener's error in it on

» page three of the ordinance it has the filo payments special source revenue credits one to 15 years it would should be one to five years one to five years and the agreement though is correct the actual fee in lieu of tax agreement has one to five years but the ordinance itself has a scrivener's error yeah and then if you're tracking along in your electronic book it's on page 10.

» but that's been corrected uh i think on the screen correct if we can advance two pages okay very good but mary has already corrected it on the document that i'll be signing on behalf of the county tonight okay uh any further discussion yeah mr stone grass uh would it be uh in order mr carpenter to have uh yourself or mr burgess give a little bit more detail what uh about this investment so i'd be glad to have the listeners come up sure absolutely yeah jeff if you can come up thank you again chairman and members of council um sterlite is an international company it is actually located in india it's headquartered there they have offices in over 16 countries and seven global locations the great part about this company locating here it's going to be their first u.s manufacturing operation and t

» hey will be manufacturing optical cable uh this is used in both residential commercial industrial and has military applications uh they've been involved with true vista uh previously with i believe a grant that i believe the chairman and mr canal have are kindly have worked on on working with broadband and they have to do some more work in this community in that area as well and it's a - $23 million investment, how many jobs? - Yes, sir, it's a $23 million investment, 120 new jobs over a five-year period. The average wage is $23.14 an hour with an estimated average annual wage of $46,000 a year. - I think it's great, and I love that, so this is the first manufacturing location for this company in America, is that correct? - Yes, sir. - Which, that goes along with our trend.

» I mean, it's very typical for Cursor County be the first uh american operations for us for other global companies as well so i love that we're continuing that and being the first of the first of the market and then looking forward to seeing them grow here absolutely big plan thank you jeff thank you thank you jeff uh other comments uh with that we move to a vote all those in favor so signify uh first of all mr brasil how do you vote okay and others signify by raising your hand and mary record that as unanimous on the third reading. Item number two is a third reading of an ordinance authorizing execution delivery of real property to an entity as Project Gold Post. Can you introduce that, Vic, please? Mr.

» Chair, members of council, you have in front of you tonight for third reading an ordinance that authorizes the execution and sale of a piece of land currently owned by the county located in the Governor's Hill Industrial Park to the entity we are currently referring to is project goal post very good it said tab c and page 41 in your electronic books russell while you're downrange can we have a motion to approve make a motion to approve mr chairman mr tucker a second second second for mr gardner any comments mr tucker once again just just want to thank economic development mr carpenter and all staff members like i said earlier keep it coming this is things that we've been working hard towards and we're finally getting a little bit of fruit of the labors and I thank all of us up here for supp

» orting them and continue to support them as they continue to bring on more jobs and better way of the citizens here of having a way of making a living thank you thank you sir mr. Gardner you know thank you for your work we appreciate it other comments mr. Jones a question discovered who are we talking about this a project goal post we still haven't identified it yet next meeting we anticipate third reading of the fianloo when the company will be revealed then okay we've always revealed in pretty much i think in the uh when we've had the third reading or when we've had a uh public hearing am i correct on that mr devos usually we do as the other two but it's not required and these agreements are still being negotiated but i might add that the um purchase agreement they do identify the name of

» the company which is gold post llc so they formed an llc um so it is identified the name is the company right post llc but we're okay to not worry about the identification of it tonight even though that's normally what we've not done and it but we will have identification of it by when when we do third reading on the family yes sir yeah that's a good point i mean thank you mr jones uh this agreement has three or four components and the final component we expect to bring before this board for uh reading uh next time we may meet third reading okay and at that point we'll have the reveal party so to speak thank you jimmy that's a good question other questions and comments any comments from uh mr brazel no comment sir okay very good let's move to vote russell how do you vote yes and others sign

» ify by raising your hand agreement and it's unanimous uh we move now in your electronic book to packet number two mary has been very busy uh because there's such so much stuff in this packet number two in your electronic book we'll start on page one at tab d it's the third reading of an ordinance authorizing the execution of a fee and lieu agreement uh with den kai america uh vick can you introduce that please mr chairman members of council you have in front of you tonight for third reading an ordinance that authorizes the execution delivery of a fee and lieu agreement between kershaw county and den kai america we have previously had the public hearing on this project it is previously a past council on two previous votes uh very good can we have a motion to approve so move mr chair uh mr sn

» odgrass a second second that yeah ben thank you uh and with that can you ask jeff to come forward and give us some of the particulars please thank you mr chairman jeff and thank you mr call from being here today great congratulations by the way thank you again chairman members of council um denka america is the only electro deposited copper foil maker in the north america right now the facility that we're talking about was the former oak mcsui uh facility that was purchased by denka america just over a year ago actually in March of 2020 since then that come well since open its who he's been here for close to 40 years now so I think they've proven that they have longevity and they are invested in this county based on that and the ability of Denkei America to pivot to meet new market demands

» in the EV industry electric vehicles they are going to use this operation to upgrade machinery that has been there for close to 30 plus years this will provide them an opportunity to show their home office in Japan that they can do it here and do it well. We look forward to seeing this facility grow and look forward to seeing this expansion take place. They will be investing approximately $14 million. This will add 10 new jobs. The more important part of this is the facility currently employs right around 77 folks, and this will ensure that those 77 folks continue to be employed here in Kershaw County. The average wage of these positions will roughly $32 an hour with an estimated average annual wage of over $60,000 a year excellent questions for mr. Jeff please anybody yeah mr.

» Snodgrass you had to lead mr. Jeff thank you so much for your work on this sir thank you so much for being here and we're excited about continuing this lasting relationship with this with this company so you say they their product feeds into the EV market that correct yes sir if you notice lately there has been a major shortage of ships for automotive automotive industry and especially the electrical vehicle industry I love that I think it shows them diversity within our County and we're posing their position themselves they're gonna be here a long time because we're as we know the EV market is only it's only going to get larger yes sir okay mr. Tucker yes mr.

» Burgess were you taking applications yeah they are actually taking applications at DENCA America if you go to their home website it'll be DENCA America slash careers and those jobs will be listed on that and I'm hoping some of the folks that's listening this on a serious note I will go and apply when they have the opportunity because that's that's a great job to have it sir portable living wage it is and if you want to give your resume to mr cole back here he'll be glad to take it i got a resume and a resignation letter and you also have the media here listening to you mr chairman yeah man go right ahead jeff um i just want to make sure do they make the actual chips or just component parts for the chips they make the copper foil for the copper foil only okay yes sir because i know there's a

» bunch of local auto dealers who would be very interested in a local kershaw county preference on getting their chips uh into vehicles so they could actually sell them in kershaw county there we go i mean nobody can get vehicles right now exactly exactly thank you thank you very good other comments yeah do we know of the current employees do we know the makeup of how many are current kirk's kind of residents i might i mean approximations find out wow okay 90 percent 90 percent of our living right here thank you yeah uh mr jimmy no no no uh vick go ahead and say when council is done if mr cole would like to come up if council was okay with making great comments yes yeah mike you want to come on up you could could i go first yeah absolutely all right because i have a couple things i want to sa

» y one i'm not looking for a job i keep my wife working full time um and and one thing i want to say jeff when you first came to our county and first night i met you i made the comment i was going to be watching well i can't watch you because you're too busy you're all over the place you're doing a great job and and um i'm certain that you'll continue with the success you've had in the future and i thank you very much it means a lot to this county to get what we've gotten because it's been a long time thank you all right mike please first of all i just want to as jeff said we've been in the county can you bring the mic over we have about 400 people watching right now so we've been in the county uh in continuous operation for 30 years so next year will actually be our 30 years of continuous o

» peration we just had six employees hit their 30-year mark with us this week so we're really proud of the organization we have and that we've built over a long period of time the longevity of our employees and this really is a critical step in our future as jeff said we're we're transitioning from printed circuit board applications where our copper is used more into the the batteries that are powering these electric vehicles and that's really expected to grow exponentially over the next few years and this investment really is what we're seeing is that initial seed um that really start to what we think is a really bright future for us thank you all very much uh other questions for our president here anybody okay thank you thank you very much michael jeff thank you i'll just say i'm i'm gonna

» have to buy another nissan pickup truck and hopefully it'll be electrical vehicle with that we move to a vote a hearty approval hopefully first of all starting mr brazel please a hearty heck yes all right and other kind and others please signify by raising your hand and it's unanimous michael thanks tend to send a strong signal to the higher office at it ain't that we are welcoming this in any way that you could wish thank you very much all right very good we move to the next item which is item number four uh second reading of an ordinance ratifying the execution of a contract to convey a parcel of land uh entered in between kershaw county and what i call castle water but it's kershaw and lee county regional water authority mr carpenter can you open this discussion mr chair members of counc

» il you have in front of you tonight for second reading an ordinance that would allow kershaw county to sell a parcel of land to uh kershaw and lee county water authority formerly known as cast at water located in the governor's hill industrial park for that so that they can build a water tower yeah the agreement is on the screen it's at tab e and for you joe um russell it's on page 32.

» uh can we have a motion to approve make much to approve mr chairman uh thank you mr tucker second second for mr snodgrass uh discussion mr tucker well of course a lot of this industry um is into my district um i think i have more industry sometime than people but um it's it's good to have it and we've got a lot of uh space so mr burgess bring it on thank you okay other comments this is a obviously an enabler and we voted on the first time let's now move to a second vote uh mr brisnell please yes uh and all others signify by raising your hand and it's unanimous mary we moved to item number let's see five i think i'm on um an ordinance to affect new service and user fees for rates and charges furnishing fire protection it's on the screen it's also in your tab f or page 37 electronically mr ca

» rpenter can you open it mr members of council uh you have previously uh approved on two separate readings and ordinance uh to place into effect and create new service and user fees this is required for the budget that has previously been approved with the creation of a ten dollar per vehicle vehicle fee for fire services only in the part of the county not served by lugoff fire or the city of camden very good can we have a motion to approve so make them uh mr connell a second Second. Mr. Snodgrass, discussion. Ben, do you want to open it? Yes, sir. This lines up with the other votes that we've already had on this particular topic. And also, as Mr. Carpenter mentioned, we've already approved the budget related to this particular fee.

» It's a fee which will allow us overall per taxpayer to have a lower cost per taxpayer for providing full-time fire service in Kershaw County. And it lines up with the goals we've had over the last four plus years for reaching the phases and increments as we need to to provide full-time fire service in kershaw county that's all i have mr chair thank you mr snodgrass george just echo what uh councilman connell said this lines up with our moving our fire plan forward as we move into professional career fire service and that it lines up with uh the fact that the county service regularly responds to automobile uh incidents so there's a there's a nexus there in fact i heard of a story just recently i think our county fire i don't know the particulars but i think even just in the recent days they

» had they had to respond to a situation where there was an extrication and uh and just recently also heard a story about our fire service in another instance in which they had to extricate someone and the doctor at the hospital said i don't know who cut you out of that car but they saved your life and that was that was done by uh members of our county fire staff so just again it just recognizes the work they do that's not just a structural fire but it's a public safety on our roads and involved with automobiles thank you very good thank you other comments if i may yeah jimmy um okay now the the fire districts will i mean the 24 7 will be in and what Cassett um yeah Cassett Blaney and Cassett Blaney and Cassett that'd be 24 hour fire service well what now what about Liberty Hills Charlotte Th

» ompson they'll be covered by the 24/7 but they'll also be part-time men the stations will still remain open my question is are we going to pursue opening other stations in those areas immediately not 24/7 we already have stations there that'll have daytime hours so they'll have volunteers or they'll have has it been discussed about doing it at the next next year's budget doing what i'm sorry having more 24 7.

» no so we're still working on the fire plan the council's already approved what listen i think if i'm going to do a great job and of course i don't support the y'all you guys and i don't support the fee process but i do have a problem when we talk about we have a 24-hour county fire program which we're talking about we have two stations 24 7 and i just don't know if you i'm going to look at it because i want to get together with uh one of the guys back here and get a 10 mile maybe even a five mile radius as a crow flies just to see where they could where they are going to be responding because um when we talk about 24 7 for the entire county i just don't think that's to me quite accurate well ms jones this completes just the initial plan um right this will allow us to finish it then that ope

» ns the door for future stages of the plan which i think at some point in time um all members of council have indicated from what i've heard that at some point we would look to expand in those parts that need additional stations this is just stage one sure and this is my opinion my opinion only it's just we've got the we've got the fire fee now which is you know going to go into play and we've got two stations 24 7 so they're going to be folks in this county paying for that fire service like the sewer fee that will not receive that that that fire service they will still they'll still have part-time people in the stations but that's what they got now well yesterday but they don't have someone at three o'clock in the morning who's guaranteed to to get a vehicle out there, which they will now.

» Listen, I'm all for, you know, fire service. I'm all for them doing great. And I'll tell you what, I'm very proud of our firemen. I was a fireman myself. And the kind words that Mr. Snodgrass said is very true. That's what firemen do. They do that on a regular basis. They'll run into a fire when everybody else is running out. They'll run into a disaster when everybody's running out. I know I used to be one. I always was running out. That was a joke. But anyway, it's a very dangerous job.

» i really respect each and every one of them and chief i'm glad to see you here tonight as well too with lugo thank you but uh anyway that's all mr chairman thank you thank you mr jones other comments uh mr brasil any comments uh looking looking ahead as we as we grow this um i think the funding i think we've got opportunity with seeing loo money coming we got mr burgess to thank for uh lots of new projects in the county so if members of council would would think about maybe using some of that revenue to help fund it i think that's a legal possibility um that's uh i'd love to see some of that revenue head head towards those guys in that direction so we can continue to fund rural fire thank you all right i'll close it out with a couple of comments could i say one more thing yeah jimmy go righ

» t here you can finish it out sir i uh thank mr browser for those comments because i would really be interested in seeing that and just seeing how that would play out and that could certainly possibly get my support on the funding thank you thank you i'll close it out let's recall how we got here after some very serious work by mr connell mr gardner and other members of that fire commission i think this is not grass uh that finally said look we got to do something and i know we had chief spitzer here last week only two weeks ago this is volunteers and full-time and it's something that's laid to rest and laid aside for too long and at last we have a solution on the way to a final solution the final solution is my second point is this fee is what something nobody really wants we don't want it

» but we have to find a source of recent revenue and we are hoping to transfer to a more equitable approach if we get the support of our legislators who to this point have at the state house have have hamstrung us under act 388 which doesn't allow us to have an equitable ray wage for any of the counties to raise money for their fire services this gets us on the path to a long-term solution with that we move to a vote mr brasil opposed sir i'm sorry i didn't hear you opposed opposed uh and all the others in favor signify By raising your hand, Mrs. Snodgrass, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Burns, and Mr. Connell. Any further opposing? That Mr. Jones and Mr. Breisel oppose. The motion passes on third reading. Thank you very much to all our fire services. We support you.

» With that, we move to item number six, which is a first reading of the issuance of a general obligation bond in one or more series and in an amount not to see seven million dollars it's on the screen it's at tab g and for you russell it's page 39 in the second package of stuff that came to you by from miss mary vic can you open the discussion please mr members council is part of the budget that was passed a millage that was already existing has been reallocated this is the first part of that it would allow for the issuance of a geo bond that would allow the county to do several things one of which is to build a new public works facility a second would be to build the new fire station in casa that we've been discussing and third would be to build a new ems station thank you very much uh can

» we uh have a motion to approve make a message to approve mr chairman mr tucker a second second second for mr gardner uh let me just ask one bit further here this is a part of the general restructuring of all of our finances can you talk about that in general and then we'll get to a discussion yes as we'll see on the next item on the agenda um we will be um council approved the defeasance or the paying back of bonds that were currently issued by defeating those bonds that frees up millage that is currently on the books and council has chosen to reallocate that millage in several ways this being one of them issuing some new bonds that allow us to to build these stations in this facility that are needed and it takes us out of the debt situation we were as a county and moves us into a more liqu

» idus uh position uh mr tucker were you the first on that one yes sir please i just want to say uh thanks mr carpenter for being creative into making sure that um we're efficient and uh effective in uh doing the things that's mostly needed now for our citizens and for our employees thank you uh the second go ahead mr gardner yeah i think this helps us fulfill that part of the fire service to build a station in cassette 24 7 service uh and it helps us to get another ems station which i think we probably need and we certainly need something for the public works uh that's in bad shape so i think this does some of the things that we need to upgrade our facilities i'm all in favor of yeah mr the side grass and then we'll do a band con hell good deal just excited about what this with this move hel

» ps us do with the fire station and as a new fire station there in the Cassidy area in fact I saw someone asked recently hey how about the Casa fire station and so here here we are and excited about it and excited about the I guess the sense of community that that a fire station could bring I mean not just a physical something to look at but perhaps the future of developing through even through private private partnerships whether it be Park green space whatever something that just kind of builds building that community so excited about investing in this part of the county as well as the public works building which is again in that in that part of the county as as one who is in the middle of re landscaping my yard I've been to the county dump or the landfill a lot of times with my with my ya

» rd debris and they need they need something they're they're in desperate desperate need and to be able to have a facility as they continue to grow, as our county begins, continues to grow, and to be able to respond to not just solid waste issues, but to obviously roads and things of that nature. So looking forward to seeing this move forward. - Thank you, sir. Ben? - Yes, Mr. Carpenter, I heard you state the location of the other investments.

» Could you state for the public again where the EMS station's gonna go, the new one? - The EMS station we're looking to replace is up at 521 North of the city of Camden, the current uh there's currently an ems station that's been closed for about a year so it would it would replace that station not necessarily that exact same parcel but somewhere in that part of the county okay thank you yeah other comments that's where lockhart road comes out right yes correct jimmy thank you mr chair mr carpenter maybe you can answer this question the i know there was some comments brought up by councilman brazel about the cost of the building at the uh and everything mr snogger said is true about they need a new building at the landfill no question about it but it was four wasn't it four million dollars t

» hat was the estimate yes sir we don't really know what it is and is this that's what's going to be spent if this reading passes we're not sure we'll not a guarantee no sir it's it's it's we will design a building that is cost efficient as we can and as as you may recall in the past when bids have come in the council's uncomfortable with then we pull them off and we've redone them trying to cut the cost so I can't tell you it'll be a four million dollar bid that's just what our in-house people think it would cost to build the building we're looking to and explain what time where you took the millage of where you shifted it um the millage was was paying debt existing debt we paid off most of that debt and then we're using in several areas one to EMS one to issue this bond and then one to go i

» nto the general fund how much a total of 7.2 mils across the board across the board yes sir and no increase in millage that's correct no increase taking the debt on passing through thank you yeah that's a huge financial achievement on behalf of sandra and vic and the team and i appreciate that the county has allowed vic to do this restructuring and increase our buying power and grand value at little increase uh or no increase in millage that's great russell i'm sorry i should have gone to you first right mr brazel no it's fine uh we've reviewed those numbers and uh just to be clear that just doesn't increase any any millage any tax increase that's correct up a bunch of we freed up a bunch of cash uh cash flow and we're getting some projects done while i hope that we can um be a little more

» efficient with the public works facilities four million dollars still sticks out as a uh a larger amount of money in in my opinion um i will support um i will support this thank you yeah very good thank you i do want to ask some housekeeping uh we go in july we begin one meeting a month all the way through december and of course we always retain the capability of having a call meeting do you see a call meeting for either the second or third reading on this on this ordinance at this point no okay so we can move through in due course with the next meeting in july and august all right uh other comments mr chairman yeah please ben i was just going to remind council of one example mr carpenter made me think of in which we got a bid that we didn't like it was davis bacon act funds uh an exorbitan

» t price of square foot for i think it was the chemical building we call it or that that office space over near sewer processing yeah and then we put it back out and we're able to find a much better deal so whether it's refurbishment replacement or otherwise you know we're going to put it out for bid we're going to get multiple bids hopefully and we'll make a judgment based on value i see a real emphasis at this table and also from hawaii for value for money right jimmy over to you jimmy well thank you mr chairman members of council i just want to thank mr browser once again because i know he was involved in thinking outside the box with a lot of this you know using different monies here and there and uh appreciate that at least it's not going to be any increases at this point in time thank

» you so with that i'm ready to go to a vote uh mr brasil how do you vote yes and all others signify by raising your hand and approval and mary it's unanimous on the first reading thank you very much gentlemen we move to item number seven closely related a first reading of an ordinance for an installment plan of finance it's at tab h it's on the screen and for russell it's page 52 uh mr carpenter can you open it please mr chairman members council this is the other half of what we were just discussing this is the ordinance that allows a candidate to fees their existing bonds or pay them off bless you very good can we have a motion to approve make motion to approve mr tucker is first second second second for mr gardner a discussion this is a cl this is the first cousin of what we just voted on

» mr tucker any comments no sir self-explanatory any comments anybody over to you russell any comments no comment sir very good um seeing that is the situation we move to a vote all those in favor first of all russell would you signify yes and all others signify by raising your hand and uh it's unanimous thank you and congratulations vic and we'll move on to the second reading item number eight is the first reading and title of only authorizing the consumption of alcoholic beverages on real property there's no attachment there's nothing to see can you introduce this item please mr chair members of council um it is naphtha county has facilities that are conducive to people holding special events and public events there it has been requested that we create and put in place a policy that would a

» llow a special use permit uh for the service and the selling of alcoholic beverages um this uh entitled only uh would this policy be developed by staff and it would be returned to council in second reading i'm sure there'll be discussion on that can we have a first on that please i'll make the motion mr chair thank you uh second second second for mr gardner uh let's begin discussion because i'm sure the staff will want to have some guidance going in uh mr tucker um first and foremost i want to say I'm not an alcoholic. I know that the city has similar policy or law, whatever you want to say, and if we're going to compete into the world of, you know, having tourists and visitors come, you know, and being hospitable, we're going to have to do the things that people want.

» And unfortunately, sometimes when we consume these beverages, we're not the best behaved folks. i'm all about developing and making kershaw county a good place to visit and live and work so i'm going to support this i know other people may have different beliefs different religions but i'm just stating where i'm at and it's not so i can go out and get drunk at the park but um i do support um folks who's putting on these events to have the capability if they so desire thank you um second i think it's uh important that we have this it doesn't change the fact that if you get stumbling drunk that you will be arrested on county property as well so you know so you have to keep that in mind as well so i think people that uh at most places have something like this i think that have events and i thi

» nk it's important that we have one uh but also the fact that our fine sheriff will be enforcing laws to go along with it so i don't think anything would get out of hand so i will be supporting this uh the comments um russell any points from hawaii um and you just found out where i was at hey um witness protection the way i the way i'm reading this is that it had to get some sort of a permit right it wouldn't allow people to be drinking on a daily basis on county property is that the way i'm understanding it yeah let's let mr carpenter talk about some of the parameters go ahead vick um yes sir mr chairman um what we would anticipate um broad things of it would be first of all yes it'd be a one-time use permit only there would be a fee they would have to pay as part of the requirements the pe

» rmit they would have to provide off-duty law enforcement based on the size of the gathering so up to a certain number they would have to have one officer up to more than that that have to have two officers etc they'd have to maintain order decorum either whether it's in a facility located in the city or the county law enforcement would still obviously be responsible for for addressing any issues they'd have to clean up after themselves it's it's a fairly standard policy you'll find across across any organization that has facilities but what as was alluded to earlier is people start looking for places to hold events that's one of the aspects you're looking for so be the be the weddings or be they certain parties or functions fundraisers what-have-you this opens the door to allow us to do so

» which becomes a revenue source for Parks and Recreation and as we acquire properties such as the river parcel you know that could be a very popular venue for for large-scale events that could generate a good bit of revenue to help offset the cost of operating it so that's what normally um counties and cities will will do is it generates a good bit of revenue for them but it's done in such a fashion that it's safe it's seemly it's well ordered i'm sure there are examples of best practices too that you'll bring before us ben please yes mr chairman i was going to say you know i don't drink at all so this is an uncharted territory for me but i do believe in personal agency and freedom to choose and i think it would be ironic or maybe not quite hypocritical but at least ironic we didn't consider

» the language this isn't uh first reading and title only so i can't even look at the language that would apply um because we accept taxes from businesses that sailor use alcohol and we're happy to spend those funds in kershaw county on particular projects so i'd like to see what the language actually says i'll support it in first reading other comments i i tell you i've gotten please jimmy thank you mister please go ahead just a legal question how does this affect our liability mr buggs yeah good point well we will require them to have liability insurance yes so they will have a liability insurance we will require it to have a certificate they have to give us a certificate yes of course you have more information on second reading about this fee and they said another yeah excellent point than

» k you looking at best practices looking at insurance i can't tell you the number of times people have called me about access to our property in two different ways with alcohol one that it would be sold there and secondly that they might be able to bring their own containers so this helps us answer both of those calls thank you for leaning forward i'm hearing it all over the county uh sam please yeah jimmy's question prompted one other for me mr dubose in addition to a certificate of insurance indicating that the actual participant uh has insurance themselves we would be designated as a beneficiary directly on the policy or we require something like that no we're typically not um typically not we can be but we're typically not what we usually require is they maintain insurance and we typical

» ly if we have tort um protection we typically have a million dollars and so typically we require them to have a million dollars also although sometimes it's a lesser amount but they get special event insurance so that would cover their liability and of course we have our liability covered and then they would indemnify us for any and all occurrences during their event i guess well they usually don't have well we can't have an identification agreement we usually require them to have insurance okay in a sufficient amount and that covers their liability we wouldn't be liable of course for something they do okay of course with anybody with 180 bucks and go and file a lawsuit against uh everybody that's that's related to it but we have insurance and they would too okay thank you excellent points

» and i think you got enough to vic to get started looking forward to this coming back in for some detailed review uh with that i think we can move to a vote mr brasil how do you vote i think we can support this tonight looking forward to learning a little bit more about it thank you thank you and all others signify by raising your hand i'm waiting for mr snodgrass okay um don't worry good uh thank you mr connell mr burns mr gardner mr tucker and of course mr brazel in the affirmative those opposed uh mr snodgrass and mr jones the motion passes on the first reading all right very good with that we move to new business item number one with uh our librarian here good to see you ma'am uh is the library board appointment it said tab i it's up on the screen item page 59 for you russell is the repl

» acement of mr bob vaughn who's been a loyal supporter and the person who is the applicant which has been before you before in your previous packets is someone maybe known to you casey brazel can we have a motion to approve expect make that motion to nominate casey brazel to the library very good mr snodgrass a second second second from mr cod now any discussion looking at her bio she's got an education background and uh i think she'll in fact i talked to i talked to the chairman of the board earlier today johnny grenade and uh he was excited about having her on board and i think she'll be a value add to our library board uh mr brazel i believe you're going to abstain but maybe you can say some nice things to ms brazel later on he needs to say anything mr jones go ahead yeah he needs to cert

» ainly recuse himself listen i think she is fantastic and russell knows this when he and i didn't get along she and i always did she's a wonderful lady she's a hard worker my son thought she was the best the best teacher he ever had when he was in school and i i'm absolutely honored to support her tonight on this very good thank you sir and i'm very thankful we've got our librarian back that we had many years ago miss amy i mean we can't let her leave again thank you she's not going nowhere this time do it you do a great job thank you thank you uh mr tucker yes mr chairman i just want to um russell you don't have to respond just make sure you tell your wife that we appreciate a willingness to serve um you know it says something when you get both spouses in the house that's willing to volunte

» er their time and give back to where they live so hello like you say a hearty thank you thank you other comments yeah mr chairman yeah i think mr brazel will recuse himself not abstain he'll recuse himself thank you that's what i said thank you thank you thank you uh other comments uh with that uh we moved to a vote with mr brasil having recused himself all those in favor signify by raising your hand and it's unanimous and russell please tell that lady thank you yeah i don't did he say he recused himself yeah let me for the record i will state i recused myself thank you thank you yes he did say that thank you he did just now thank you okay thank you everybody so helpful today uh we're moving now to item number two under new business it's a tab i and page 62 let me move over there and what i

» 'm going to use tonight is what's on page 63 is kind of a scorecard it's nominations for the health services district appointments we've had some excellent people apply i need to outs at the outset need to tell you we have a letter from katie candy who asked to withdraw because of business issues so she will not compete even though her name was an original package it is not in this package and based on our discussion i think two or three meetings ago i'm going to record what how we we should proceed with this we have seven seats that are uh designated by district and one for the chairman we will nominate in numerical order and then second and then discuss and then vote um and i will tell you who the people are in each of the seats as we go through i'm gonna be and y'all correct me if i got

» it wrong because this is a little bit complicated but for seat number one that's mr brazel's district and he has two applications uh shannon west and donnie donnie wilson uh with that uh the idea would be we go to him and he would nominate and we'd have a second a discussion and a vote and then we'd move on to seat number two okay when we get through that i'll then explain the process for those at large and they are two out large at large positions seat number eight and nine so with that we move to item district one for mr brazel uh who do you nominate mr brazel nominate donnie wilson donnie wilson can we have a second second from mr snodgrass uh discussion led by mr brazel if you wish yes thank you sir um so obviously there's so many good people that want to be a part of this board i think

» we've got several others that we should uh look at including shannon for the um one of the at-large seats and uh there's several other ladies and gentlemen that have applied that i think we need to keep in mind for those at large seats so you wish you had more more than one to uh to a point but that's all we get so we make the best decision we can at the time but um but thank you sir thank you very much mr chairman any further discussion yeah um are we doing nominations or motions but i think that should have been a motion yes a motion please go ahead all right and any further mr jones anybody okay with that we move to a vote uh mr brasil obviously you know let me have your vote first yes and all others uh signify by raising your hand point of order oh yes can i get some clarification from

» the county attorney on this go ahead yes all right the process we're doing the motion versus the nomination on the one through seven well it that's seat number one and district number one correct and my understanding is that um mr brazel nominated donnie wilson changed it to a motion well he nominated by motion because the council has to appoint it but he nominated okay yes you got this emotion but you're nominating yes let me restate i make a motion to appoint donnie wilson to he's not he's got to nominate is that helpful okay he nominates by motions that's exactly right okay so we move to vote all those in favor we already have the affirmative from mr brazel signify by raising your hand yes yep so donnie wilson is unanimous mary we move to the next one and let's make sure we're moving to

» a motion to nominate yes yes all right gentlemen you guys are going to hold me to yes you can't not protocol tonight right all right we move mr tucker as district number two and you have a motion sir yes i'd like to make a motion to nominate mr nick moore for district two okay do we have a second second uh was that you jimmy it was me yeah okay mr jones was the second uh mr tucker any discussion just want to say uh nick served uh a couple years in an unexpired term on the hospital health district and um he's uh for my research and understanding has done a terrific job and brings great value to the board and i also want to recognize the chairman of mr daryl augman who's out there in the audience too tonight great hey daryl good to have you here tonight i didn't see you sneak in and all right

» with that any other discussion uh mr bryce only discussion no sir no discussion okay all right with that we move to a vote uh uh mr brazel how do you vote i vote yes and all others please signify by raising your hand and mr moore is unanimous and stated for a four-year term in District 2 for Seat 2. With that, we move to District 3 for Seat 3 for a two-year appointment. Mr. Connell, would you like to make a motion? Yes, Mr. Chairman. I nominate and move to appoint Mr. Leo Scott for District 3. Very good. Mr. Scott, a second, please. Second. For Mr. Tucker, discussion, Ben. Leo's just an outstanding guy. He's a hard worker, Lugolf Elgin High graduate, and has gone on to retire from a well-accomplished military career.

» And during that process, accomplished and achieved a couple of graduate degrees in finance and human resources that help him along the way. I think he'll be a great addition to the board. - Very good. Other comments? Second, Mr. Tucker. - I really haven't spent any time with this gentleman, but I've talked to Councilman Connell, And he had nothing but great things to say, so I do support this, and it's an honor to second it. Yeah, Mr. Braswell, any comments? My 100% support. Looking forward to having this gentleman help. Very good. All right, any other further comments? With that, can we move to a vote? Mr. Braswell, how do you vote? I vote yes. Others, signify by raising your hand. And it's unanimous. Thank you very much, Mr. Scott.

» is appointed to a four-year term uh that's seat number three we just need to make sure they reflect the seats excuse me that's uh two-year term two-year term correct yeah uh now we move to seat number four from district four uh mr jones do you wish to make a motion i will make the motion to nominate daryl logburn who is currently the chair of the district and we have a second second uh mr connell uh mr snodgrass thank you thank you thank you very much mrs snodgrass uh jimmy go ahead well i think daryl speaks for himself everybody knows who he is and he's done a great job i can remember 10 years 12 years ago daryl we had a conference one of my first six 15 years ago was when we got started but about three or four years after that daryl came to me and said i think i want to serve on the hospi

» tal board we had a lot going on then and uh sure enough he got all the votes got on the hospital board and of course he is where he is now darryl you've done a great job i couldn't see this board without you at this point in time because you got groundbreaking you know happening and then you've got building moving forward and i think it's only right to let you see the fulfillment of this and this this time will certainly give you that but thank you for all you've done daryl and your support as well to this county other comments mr breisel yeah i'd like to thank daryl as well i think what's been done um transitioning from the county owning the hospital into into what we have today um it's a lot of work that goes into what you do sir and i thank you very much for all of your time and all of t

» he success that you've driven so looking forward to having you on this board to continue uh keeping us going in the right direction really appreciate it uh mr strong grace sure just daryl thank you so much for your work i know your background your experience has been in invaluable really to be able to help us navigate all the things that go into negotiating uh all of the intricacies of that medical hospital world so thank you very good uh other comments oh yeah mr mr carter just thank you for your time thank you for all the work you've done but uh i think your work is just getting ready to begin really good so get ready but we appreciate you appreciate your time mr jeremy yeah ben go right ahead darryl of course would prefer us just move on and he doesn't like public praise heaped upon him

» but i think one thing that's important to state for the record as we formed this new health services district board is that darryl and sometimes the board got lucky but luck is when preparation meets opportunity and there's been folks along the way who had extremely charitable hearts and and giving land or selling land at a huge discount and some other things have just fallen into place because of how hard the board worked in the past and how prepared they were as well so i appreciate that in all of your work and i hope that the board going forward will will also take uh take that as an earmark on how they do their business thank you mr chairman yeah excellent all right uh i'll just close it out daryl ditto and all that it's been a joy to work with you and to see what you do i just can't he

» lp but think that the future will be very bright for our county we should also recognize that daryl is the one that saved our hospital for us thank you sir amen and i can't imagine kershaw county without a hospital thank you daryl and now we're going to have a new opportunity with carish wing and all the things he does for vision 2030 uh i go into daryl and i said please sir can you help us achieve some things and lo and behold he helps uh cmc he helps schools with counselors i mean the list just goes on and on with that i think we can move to a vote uh mr brasil how do you vote sir heck yeah heck yes mary i don't you have to scratch that first letter and all of this for uh signify by raising your hand and daryl is reappointed and the term is four years we go to seat number five led by dist

» rict five mr. Snodgrass for a term of six years you wish to make a motion sir I do move to nominate and appoint Eric Gunter Health Services District Board please got her can we have a second second mr. Tucker yeah thank you Well, I nominated Mr. Gunner a year and a half ago, so I felt that he was a worthy candidate then. Inneville works for the Mars Corporation and brings a unique skill set and perspective to the board. And so he just was really getting started and I know is kind of part of the new blood or the new vision that's helping us move this board forward. So I'm happy to appoint him again and give him some more time. Thank you. Mr. Tucker? Yes, I just want to thank Mr.

» Gunter for being willing to continue to serve and continue to be a good team player on the Hosser Health District Board. Thanks, sir. Other comments? Mr. Braswell, any comments? No, sir, just appreciate his time as well and look forward to having him. Thank you, sir. With that, I would say also ditto. Just a great young man and a great family, too, by the way. With that, we move to a vote.

» mr briswell how do you vote yeah and all others signify by raising your hand uh mr gardner thank you very much it's unanimous mary we're starting to lose interest here that's right all right thank you very much and he has appointed for six years they moved to seat number six a term of six years uh appointed by mr gardner in district six mr gardner do you wish to make a motion i do i would move to nominate and appoint eric boland to the board very good can we have a second second from mr jones uh mr gardner you want to open the discussion well mr boland is obviously the headmaster at canada military county served on this board i think it's uh he's been a vital part of all the things they've been doing and i think it would serve us well to put him back on there to see some of the things going

» on uh move forward very good other comments uh mr jones if i may Once again, Eric Boland, he was there when we needed him. He stepped up. I think I just about had to talk him into taking it the first time, Daryl, with your help. But he's been a good supporter of the district. He's been a good supporter with working well with Daryl, and I appreciate Eric very much. And I'm thrilled that Tom made the motion to nominate him, and I certainly do support it. Thank you. Very good. Other comments? Mr. Brazile, any comments from you? I appreciate everything that you've done and everything you're going to do, sir.

» thank you very good uh with that and i also echo all those comments with that let's move to a vote mr brazel yes and all others signify by raising your hand and mr boland is appointed to a six-year term uh and and that now comes to my term uh seat number seven is designated for the chairman to nominate and I'm going to make a motion in a six-year term and as chairman I go not at large but from county-wide and I would like to nominate Mr. Walter Long. Can I have a second? Second. Who is that? Second. Mr. Snodgrass, very good. So with that I will let Mr. Snodgrass leave the discussion please. Sure. Again Mr.

» Long is one of these members who just got on the board in recent years and as quickly has proved himself to be a integral part of of moving projects forward and and so looking forward to him being a part of that moving forward thank you mr. Brazel you want to make a comment look forward to having mr.

» long back on the board he's definitely put a lot of time and effort into it and I think he'll keep keep it rolling keep it headed in the right direction so my 110 support very good other comments uh good man has my support very good others i would just say that he is an eminent banker a distinguished family in kershaw county and mr long is the most popular man for boards in this county that you've ever seen because of his competence and i know that's echoed by daryl ogburn as well and i'm very happy to make lead that nomination in motion so with that we move to a vote um russell how do you vote oh yes and all others signify by raising your hand and it's unanimous mary and we have now got seven seats filled um it now falls to me to to summarize and move to the next phase of this let's just r

» eview who we have placed on the board uh donnie wilson seat one seat two is nick moore seat three is leo scott seat four is daryl ogburn seat five eric gunter seat six eric boland and seat seven walter long so that now leads those that were not placed and we move into the at large piece let me just summarize who i think we have we have mr shannon west we have karen jenkins we have uh theresa tenisa jay we have mr kumis and we have mr tidwell i think i've got them all right mary those are the ones that have applied but i've yet to be sad miss hayes and keisha hayes i went right by her she's right here and keisha hayes so that is a total of one two three four five six names and under the rules that i thought we agreed we'll build a slate of at-large nominations by motion of the remaining seat

» s for seat eight and seat nine and nominate and second without a vote as many of as people would have to wish councilmen may nominate more than one at large okay and we'll just and we'll then discuss the slate and then we'll vote on seat eight and seat nine so uh there are questions and comments on that uh let me defer to to brian mr brasil first jimmy i just want since you know i just want to clarify each council member gets to make their nomination absolutely and you can make more than one correct right uh mr roswell you got any comments on the procedures um so i'm gonna go first i think and i can nominate two folks is that right you're first now yeah it would be first because of we'll defer to you calling in from long distance we'd ask you to nominate one and and then we'll go through th

» e entire county slate here and then we'll come back to you if you want to nominate a second one okay okay i'm ready to start if you are uh let me just make sure everybody here agrees on that procedure that's for seed eight i thought we would do both but we can do uh eight and then come back to nine how would you like to do that he's getting the slate first and then i was going to do the slate first and then we'll come to see that sounds fine yeah slate in terms of it may it may be that not everyone is nominated okay all right okay okay i just think that everybody needs a chance to make a nomination absolutely up here i think we absolutely all agree i can clarify we've got a pool of applicants and now we're working on getting a pool of nominees right that's right the slate and then we're goi

» ng to have whoever we actually vote on to get into this yeah i just wanted y'all to understand that and thank you any further questions from you before i uh recite a couple of things um russell no sir i think i'm clear okay just to review again mary make sure i got the names right katie cancani has withdrawn we have shannon west karen jenkins tanisha jay mr kumis uh mr tidwell and keisha hayes all right so over to you to make a motion to nominate for the slate uh russell okay i'd like to make a motion to nominate tanisha jay um for seat number eight um she she goes by tj and has been a lifelong resident of well we'll we'll talk about her later we just want to get her name on the slate first okay okay and a second from mr um let me just copy that and a second by mr connell you got that mary

» all right and then we go let's just other nominations and motions please mr chairman yeah i would like to nominate mr frederick shannon west i'm shannon west second that second we have a second from mr connell and our first from sammy tucker this is all come back later um mr connell do you want to nominate anybody they've got them covered thank you sir all right um do we have other nominations yes yeah jimmy i i have always felt that the original board member should have been reappointed to stay on to go through however that's not happening but i am going to nominate wayne tidwell mr ted wayne tillwell and and also a second nomination to mr john kumis and we'll come back to that okay go through as i said so mr tidwell by mr jones do we have a second uh mr brazel do you wish to second uh no

» sir okay i I think I'm, I think I'm good as Mr. Connell stated. Okay. There's no second, Mr. Jones. So the motion fails. Thank you. All right. Other motions and we'll come back to Mr. Jones because he's indicated a second. Mr. Snodgrass. I'd like to make a motion that we nominate Karen Jenkins. Mr. Snodgrass for Karen Jenkins. Do we have a second? A second. Was that you, Sammy? Yes, sir. Okay. Do we have any other motions? Jimmy, you said you had a second coming up.

» Do you have another? i do mr john kumis who currently sits on the board okay do we have a second uh mr brazel mr kumis was nominated do you wish to second no sir i think i'm okay i'm good with uh where i'm at thank you though good man good man absolutely if i may mr chairman nominate them all yeah and that's a second if i may yes thank you and thank you members of council appreciate it absolutely jimmy um mr brazel you said you might have a nomination uh my my second nomination was going to be shannon west but mr tucker has nominated him so thank you all right very good all right so now what i i'll review what i think we have uh the first nomination by uh mr brazel and and seconded by mr connell was tenisa jay uh the second nomination was um a motion was shannon west by mr tucker and mr con

» nell and the third on this slate is uh karen jenkins by mr snodgrass seconded by mr tucker uh let me move to uh to close the nominations but first to see if there are any others okay um very good so with that we move now to seat eight um with that um i will take it in the order mr brasil do you wish to nominate tenisa j for seat eight yes sir i do that's a motion uh do we have a second and that would be uh ben i believe i'll second that very good and that's c date for two years and it's an at-large and it's renewable okay so with that any discussion from mr brasil yes uh tenisa j tj is uh like i said a lifelong resident of kershaw county uh her grandfather uh mr wooten of elgin he uh is known for a a good catfish too he's he's um was a wonderful gentleman and um their family's just been in

» kershaw county for forever and ever and i know she would be a dedicated member and uh she would she would work hard on this hospital board and i would appreciate any support i think she is uh resides in mr jones district in lugos so i would appreciate any consideration for her yeah mr connell well i'd second what russell would say but i've had occasion to know miss jay over the years through um just being with her at uh wrestling tournaments and you can really get to know people she's a wrestling mom dag i'm tough oh boy but extremely sharp as well and i think part of the purpose of this process is to maintain uh some of the old blood as it were that has a lot of experience on the board but also get an injection of some new blood and achieve a more equitable representation based on populati

» on in the county and i think that tanisha would be miss j would be a good fit very good uh other comments yeah jimmy great family i'm glad she's willing to get put her application and move forward with us i hope the votes are there i certainly do support her and uh russell thank you for recruiting her appreciate it very good thank you mr jones thank you sir so with that i think we can close discussion on seat eight uh with uh mr brasil how do you vote yes and all those signify by raising your hand and it's unanimous and c data is filled by tanisha j two years at large we move now to seat number nine uh shannon west uh that was led by sammy tucker do you want to make the motion now for c9 yes sir make the motion to uh appoint mr frederick shannon west very good uh second was uh mr connell i

» second that yep uh mr tucker you want to lead the discussion yes sir um mr west um is i think at the current time and chairman uh argument can correct me that has uh assistant living home experience that sit on the board and not that the uh other members aren't valuable but but he brings a unique qualification and experience. And so I'm asking my colleagues up here to support him because to me, I'm speaking just for me, he's done a good job being on the board already and not to put his experience back on as they're going through these transitions is uncivilized. Mr. Connell? Mr. Chairman, yeah. Just looking at, first, this is a really tough decision based on all the qualified candidates, but looking at Mr.

» West's 17 years of experience as we're going into a huge, the biggest in Kershaw County, long-term care project. He's got 17 years of understanding long-term care lingo practices, and it just seems like the right fit to reappoint him to that large position. Mr. Browse, any discussion on your side? I think this gentleman would be an excellent fit to stay on. Shannon has been in the industry, and he understands what's going on, and I fully support him. Very good.

» other other comments before i vote he's in russell russ he's in your district councilman too thank you yes he is and i'll tell you he's a great guy he has worked very great guy yeah yeah agreed 100 well that's the team i think we're ready to vote but let me just say one thing real quick is this is hard work these are volunteers they work for a great leader in the past and if he remains as chairman i'm sure he will do the same level of leadership but it's hard work they meet all the time and they have contracts they've got a hospital they've got all sorts of things and the people of kershaw county should recognize these nine names and the names who are coming off the board and the names that were not voted on but volunteered to do this this is a true public service well beyond anything we co

» uld hope and is a legacy given to us over 50 years ago when this board was first set up providing incredible health care oversight and support to our county and it's an integral part of vision 2030 i will tell you without a hospital and without that board we would have a huge issue in our county and it would not attract industry if we could not care for our people and be compassionate about it so with that i move to a vote uh the vote is for uh mr shannon west at large for four years for seat number nine all those in favor mr brasil would you please first vote i vote yes and all others signify and it's unanimous and we close those proceedings and you now have a new board mr auburn thank you very much for your leadership and your humor congratulations yeah mr mr dubose we're ready to move on

» but what have you got well this record just needs to indicate the fact of july 1. these appointments are effective july 1. that's right thank you sir thank you thank you everyone um item number three under new business lugar fire district it's at page 78 in your electronic book russell and it's a tab kilo and now military language k and it's up on the board we've already been briefed on that and with that we'll make a motion to approve the budget and then chief we'd certainly like to hear from you i'll still move okay mr jones a second second from mr connell uh discussion would like to hear from the chief first or anybody else uh wanted to have a discussion uh since i made the motion yeah go ahead chief appreciate all you do you do a great job you've come to us four years how many years you

» 've been the chief fourth has never asked for any additional funds from the taxpayers he's really squeezed blood out of a turnip and i understand that appreciate what you've done and keep up the good work other uh other comments so shall we hear from the chief chief do you want to add to what you briefed us on the last time around it's i see here before me 1,488,827 without any raise in taxes or fees sir anything i had to add to the lengthy briefing we got last time so true so true again we worked our hardest we continue to work our hardest we have a great team um but to be able to work on a budget be able to present a balanced budget and again uh our last last county council meeting i did um make mention that i'll i will be back up here in the near future um i've got firemen i need to look

» out for and um you know putting a plan together to be able to make sure we can we can continue to do that and competitive and take care of the fine folks that work for so thank you but as we said now it's a balanced budget and we'll do the best we can with it yeah it was a great presentation last time Sammy do you mind if I go down to mr. Brazel first oh no most definitely yeah Russell go ahead do you have any questions I don't have any questions I reviewed the budget everything looks pretty cut and dry and solid so thank you Chris thank you mr. mr.

» we appreciate everything you do you know sammy uh thank you mr chairman uh chief um i know i wasn't here for your lengthy um presentation last time and i'm glad i wasn't but um please tell uh your com your commissioners your fire commissioners thank you as well we thank you guys and we definitely thank you employees but i know how hard because i know some of your commissioners personally uh it is some time to make those meetings and put things aside so they can approve it so you can get it to us so please give a thank you to them as well okay and would you people on the watching on facebook need to know who you brought with you that fine young man back there yeah absolutely with me and uh you know my right hand man there you go good to have you here he's a great guy and great leader so and

» we've got the kershaw team is standing right behind you and i've been gratified as chairman to watch the teamwork between you and that team and we can only get better thank you chief other comments all right i move that we uh now move to a vote all uh all those in favor first of all starting with russell uh and all others signify by raising your hand and it's unanimous chief thank you it's great to see you thank you really thank you thank you very much and that concludes our formal agenda uh recall that we have moved to do an executive session at the end without a briefing without a vote coming back we move now to council briefings um let's uh let me depart from the protocol and let russell start out and i'll go to you ben russell go ahead uh council briefings sorry yeah council briefings u

» h russell okay all right yes it's a bit difficult to follow sometimes when you're not there hey no so in my briefings i want to recognize all of the the folks who have reached out and put an application for the hospital board i mean the most important board in the county thank you all for for applying and um to those that were appointed um congratulations and um but not to take away from anyone who was not appointed because um we sincerely appreciate everyone's willingness to help it means a lot it means a lot to the community it means a lot to kershaw county so um i also want to thank all of the industry and mr burgess's team in economic development we've seen a lot of success in a short time and i'm i'm more than impressed and uh just look forward to the future and uh continuing our posit

» ive growth in the community so that's it thank you all right mr connell thanks mr chairman Of course, I wanted to say that the 4th of July will pass before our next meeting, and I hope that we'll all reflect on the independence and freedom that we have. The country has grown. Sometimes the laws have grown too numerous, but at the basis of all of it is individual freedom and the ability to try to provide for yourself and your family, which I am so grateful for.

» There's a lot of countries in different parts of the world where you can't worship the way you want to, you can't work in the job you want to, You can't live the way you want to in many ways, either because they don't have the infrastructure to accommodate what you want to do, or they don't have the laws on the books and the will to enforce them that they give you that freedom. So I'm thankful that we recognize our God-given freedom in the United States of America. I also wanted to thank the fire service. The decisions we made regarding fire service in the county have been data-driven. They've been informed by Lugoff Fire and some of their best practices.

» they've been informed by camden fire and some of their best practices and overall we've reformed what uh what fire service looks like in kershaw county because of the data these haven't been emotional decisions necessarily we've responded to increased call volumes and tried to provide the equipment and locations that are needed based on i still remember that that that hot map or heat map i think you called it vic um whenever y'all are up talking about where we're getting the most calls and we've reacted to that data so i'm really thankful that council overall has moved in that direction and that's all i had to share mr chairman thank you yeah mr jones please yes just something very briefly the last couple of meetings i think i have mentioned and talked about strong women within our communit

» y and i'm going to go there again right quickly very very quickly though i think i mentioned uh katie quinn last time but i uh i feel like a a female has to work five times harder to achieve in this life than a male. And I'd like to see if anybody disagrees with me up here. Probably not. But I want to call out Kate Steins, who has really worked so hard in our community. She has denied to shine what they did with the children over in Lugoff, the folks in Lugoff. It's just been a wonderful thing.

» But, you know, when people like that give up of their time to make things happen in our community, and especially when it's a female, I think they deserve recognition because as i said we may have to work five times harder but uh thank you mr chair that's all i have uh mr snodgrass thank you mr chair members of council just i'll be brief here but i'll follow up and echo uh some of what ben said that our our step tonight with the fire service nothing that was emotional uh but it was all data driven and looking forward to to getting that hub and spoke system in place like we talked about earlier we talked about this you know is every bit of the county going to be able to benefit from this and it is as Cassette will serve right now it's Shepard but Cassette will serve as the hub that spokes ou

» t to Charlotte Thompson and to Antioch and and Buffalo and all those areas and so looking forward to having a 24 hour response team to be able to get trucks started to get things on the road as well as while the volunteers are going and the part-timers are going to to meet them there for the fire so i think that's great and also just an observation tonight and this is very it's very common but i looked at this agenda tonight and uh you know we have a lot to be proud of and you look at this agenda and i think it touched we we took action tonight that touched every part of this county you know so when you look at when you look at kershaw county uh very rarely do we just concentrate on just one area that gets more than the other i think we we do a great job of making sure that whether you live

» in buffalo mount pisgah or you live in elgin or in pine ridge or out in east camden uh i'm proud that we've got a council that's that's looking out to make sure that the the the diversity of our county everyone is able to is able to benefit uh from from the services that we're providing and so i just i noticed that tonight on our agenda i think every part of the county i was able to what was what was touched tonight by what we did tonight thank you uh mr tucker yes sir mr chairman very quickly um i want to thank you guys for our last meeting for um being responsible and moving forward with the budget and and getting that in um mr carpenter i will say to you and your department heads um thank you as well we'll be looking for the THE PROJECTS AS THEY DEVELOP AND COME TO FRUITION, UPDATES, AND

» PROGRESS REPORTS, SO WE'VE GOT A LOT THAT'S IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR '21, '22. CHAIRMAN AUBURN, YOU GOT YOUR A-TEAM, MAN, TIME TO GO TO WORK, AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR UPDATES AS WELL. AND MR. BURGESS, YOU CAN'T COME SEE US ENOUGH WITH GOOD NEWS, SO FEEL WELCOME.

» concludes my report uh mr mr gardner just briefly to congratulate vick and all the staff and all of our employees as we close another fiscal year i think it's been a fight of covid and all the other things i think we have persevered and we've yes sir and i'll close it out mr yeah if with your permission may i say one quick thing i would just and it didn't slip my mind it's just i was thinking about something else but uh austin brownham who's a dear friend of mine i just want to give a shout out to him because he may be listening or watching tonight he's a remarkable young man and i'd like to see him go against ben connell at some point in time in the wrestling mat thank you all right and i'll close it out with the briefs first of all gentlemen in your boxes there is a letter to our delegati

» on if you haven't been by your box tonight you should see it it uh it responds and And I have a duty to inform you that I've gotten letters from our delegation, and I'd like for you to go look at that letter and make sure you understand that there is a memo in there for record of extraordinary importance to you, and I'd like for you to look at it, please. If you have any questions, call myself or Mr. Carpenter, but it has a particular moment to you. Secondly, Vision 2030.

» This council agreed as a part of this budget to rewrite, reimagine, right, David? David and rejuvenate that vision 2030 it's remarkable the amount of achievements that we've made in there and over the last five years but it needs to face the reality of a changed world with COVID and many many other changes in health care you name it it's out there so we've had already two meetings there'll be another meeting on the 13th of July they'll It'll be in each of the quadrants of the county and it'll address virtually everything that we talked about tonight and the budget. And then once it's completed, it'll be brought before this body to vote again and that will lead us again to the next budget cycle that begins in January.

» We've got the core group hard at it and I attended the meeting last night and I'll try to make the next meeting if I can, but let me just give you a flavor of what they're talking about things that you've seen before health care thank you mr ogburn roads clean community thank you tom for being here tonight people want a sense of pride in their county and they have a sense of pride and it hurts people to see trash and litter and and so on and so forth these meetings are worth your attending if you can find the time and also the budget was driven by this document and likewise economic development the first chapter in here is the first priority which is jobs and thanks to jeff and vic carpenter and also i must say peggy mclean and the hard work that went before we are where we are with some go

» od announcements today and in about two weeks three weeks we'll have more but i'll close by saying we're not competing with lee county or richland county we're completed on competing on a global basis you heard me a hundred times we need a workforce we need to have a product to offer to these people and we need to have a county like this and a county council like this ready with vig carpenter and jeff burge is leading to show these people are ready to receive them just consider japan with denkai japan and they're the only copper foil manufacturer in the united states of america and that's where transistors come from and that's where electric vehicles come from the only one in the united states is three miles from where you're sitting uh india with sterlite china with ge and their appliances

» germany with hengst and canada can four for our wonderful lumber industry so gentlemen this is just the start let's keep moving over to you vic this chair members council just a few things tonight um further uh illustrate how the county parks and rec adjusts and has grown through covet and others a reminder that this coming friday is the latest installment of our summer movies in the park uh it'll be uh zootopia uh in the kc west complex of course it is free to the public gates open at seven movie starts at 8 30. there will be food trucks there this is the second one that we've done we previously did sonic the hedgehog at the river Park. We'll continue these through the summer.

» Also, if you've had a chance to go by the swim center and the splash pad, it's crowded with kids having a great time. That's an example of what they look forward to. We also had, just a few weeks ago, our hospital had a large-scale gathering for its employees at the River Park to thank them, a movie night for them as well, which shows how our park's facilities are able to be used to benefit hundreds of people at a time in this community.

» so we continue to grow and show what we're capable of doing mr chairman that's my report uh attorney mr chairman i have nothing except of course executive session will involve a contractual legal location of economic development and you're i'd like to have a motion to uh to retire into the back room here be close enough yeah uh with this body and we'll update mr brazil later on can someone make a motion to move into executive session and return without a vote I'll make a motion. Mr. Snodgrass, a second? Second. From Mr. Tucker. Any discussion? Question. Yes. We can't connect Mr. Broussel in the executive session? I don't know. I mean, can you guys try that? I've got a cell phone. Hey, Russell, you just give me a call in about five minutes. Okay. Call me as well, Russell. Yeah, thank you.

» With that, we... Thank you. And you've got my number. With that, we move to a vote. Russell? russell you give me a yes and all those others signify and it's unanimous and we are in the executive session good night mr ogburn 19 11. okay we're live uh let me know if we get russell back uh let's have a motion to return from executive session mostly come out executive session mr tucker as usual second second mr gardner uh you reached the voicemail box of russell brazel okay he's at hawaii welcome back russell that's amazing well done all right we have a first and a second uh any discussion uh okay uh we're back all those in favor russell you want to first indicate a return from executive session somebody else all right all those in favor signify by raising your hand and we are returned from exe

» cutive session uh with that we move to a vote to dismiss mr mr chairman would you state that no action or anything well yeah i was going to do that but uh there was no action taken no votes uh taken with that we moved to a motion to mr tucker a second second mr gardner any discussion stay here thank you gentlemen it was a very productive meeting no votes were taken and there are no No votes will be taken out of here. All those in favor, signify by raising your hand. I'm waiting on Ms. Snodgrass, and it's unanimous with Mr. Reisel returning. We're dismissed.