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          [1. Introductory Remarks]
          [00:00:04]
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          IT'S THREE O'CLOCK AND IT'S TIME WE GET STARTED ON OUR SPECIAL CALL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          UM, FIRST OFF, WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION, UH, DONE BY COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          LET US PRAY. 
          GO. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER MASTERS. 
          WE JUST WANNA TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY THANK YOU, LORD. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSING YOU STOW UPON US. 
          IN JESUS. 
          WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE JUST CONTINUE TO BLESS US AND LEAD US IN GODDESS, PROTECT US FROM ALL HURT, HARM AND DANGER. 
          JUST KEEP US IN YOUR CARE, LORD, USE WHERE YOU SEE CITY. 
          IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          IGI FLAG, FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          NEXT 
          [4. Approval of the Agenda]
UP, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA. 
          UM, ALL MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR PACKETS. 
          HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? SECOND MOVE. 
          SECOND. 
          I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN FRIERSON. 
          SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          [5. Clarendon County Hospitality Fee Fund Request ]
NEXT UP WE HAVE CLAREDON COUNTY HOSPITALITY FEE FUND REQUEST. 
          REQUEST FOR $3,000 TO AID IN RADIO, PRINT AND MULTIMEDIA ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE 60TH, AN ANNIVERSARY OF CLARINET HALL ON OCTOBER 3RD THROUGH THE FIFTH 2025. 
          UM, WOULD ONE OF YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, RU JORDAN. 
          I'M THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AT CLARENDON HALL AND WE'LL BE CELEBRATING OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, COMING UP HERE IN ABOUT 10 DAYS. 
          AND WE ARE EXPECTING ABOUT, UH, UH, WE'VE GOT OVER A THOUSAND GRADUATES, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 60 YEARS. 
          AND WE'RE EXPECT EXPECTING TO BRING IN SEVERAL HUNDRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. 
          STARTS WITH A BIG FRIDAY NIGHT, UH, UH, CELEBRATION AT THE SCHOOL. 
          WE'RE INVITING ALL FORMER ALUMNI. 
          UM, WE KNOW FOR A FACT RIGHT NOW WE'RE EXPECTING OVER 500 PEOPLE BACK IN TOWN. 
          WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE USING HOTELS, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE EATING AT RESTAURANTS. 
          UM, THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE FISHING, THEY'RE GONNA BE USING RECREATION IN THE COUNTY AS WELL. 
          UH, THERE ARE SOME PRIVATE EVENTS THAT ARE BEING HOSTED ON SATURDAY AND ON SUNDAY. 
          THERE IS ANOTHER SOCIAL EVENT. 
          WE'RE HAVING A CHURCH SERVICE, UH, IN VILLE, OR EXCUSE ME, IN PINEWOOD. 
          AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, OVER 60 YEARS, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, A LOT OF GRADUATES WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT TO. 
          AND ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET FROM CLAREN COUNTY CERTAINLY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AUSTIN. 
          UM, YOU READY, ? YEAH, I'M READY FOR A MOTION ON THIS CHAIR. 
          UM, I MOVE THAT WE, WE TABLED THIS, THIS REQUEST UNTIL WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FROM, FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN FRIERSON HAS MADE THE MOTION THAT WE TABLED THIS REQUEST UNTIL WE GET SOME, SOME BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT ON, ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS REQUEST CAN BE MADE. 
          I MEAN, SECOND, THIS CAN BE FUNDED. 
          AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN COKER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? AT THIS TIME WE HAVE TABLED THAT REQUEST. 
          S 
          [6. Executive Session]
UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INTERVIEWS, LEGAL BRIEFING ATTEND, PENDING A LEGAL MATTER WITH PERSONNEL AND A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT. 
          CLATON COUNTY MAGISTRATE BOND COURT, AND THE CITY OF MANDY. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOTION SECOND. 
          GOT A MOTION WITH COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON. 
          SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN FRIERSON. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, 
          [7. Open Session]
WE ARE BACK. 
          AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION WE ENTER BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. 
          SO MOVE KEVIN, HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN RICHARD. 
          SECOND ONE FOR COUNCILMAN, UH, FRY, UM, AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ON COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INTERVIEWS. 
          THERE WERE, WE, WE TOOK NO ACTION, UM, ON LEGAL BRIEFING WITH THE PERSONAL MATTER. 
          WE TOOK NO ACTION AND THE CONTRACT 
          [00:05:01]
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLARE AND COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT AND THE CITY OF MANNING. 
          WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION TONIGHT. 
          AND WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TAKE A MOTION. 
          WE ADJOURN. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON. 
          SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN COKER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DIDN'T VOTE ON.
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