Oct 13, 2025 Clarendon County Council

NOTE FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE FOXES IN THE AREA THAT ARE SICK THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT.

THANK YOU MS. FI.

NEXT WE, I'M GONNA TRY TO SAY THIS RIGHT.

WE HAVE MET SARAH NOSTROM AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY CATS.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, FIRSTLY, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID.

UM, I WAS INVOLVED IN A TNR IN CONNECTICUT WHERE I PERSONALLY PLACED 54 KITTENS.

UM, MANY OF THE, THE, UH, PARENTS HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY IN SUCH ILL HEALTH.

UM, THEY HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF PREVIOUS.

WE, WE LIVE IN VILLE.

THERE'S AT THE MOMENT NO TNR BEING DONE, UM, WITHIN A ONE MILE AREA.

I CAN TELL YOU OF PERSONALLY SEEING A HUNDRED CATS AND WE STARTED OUT WITH ONE KITTEN, UH, THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

WE'RE NOW FEEDING OVER 30 CATS.

I'M $20,000 IN DEBT.

A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH TAKING CARE OF THESE ANIMALS AS BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF THEM WELL.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THEM GETTING BY, NOT STARVING.

WE ALSO TAKE CARE OF MY HUSBAND'S MOTHER-IN-LAW.

IT'S TAKEN A GREAT TOLL ON MY HEALTH.

I CAUSED HER A LOT OF AGGRAVATION.

I'M SORRY, I WASN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA SPEAK, SO I'M NOT EXACTLY, UM, READING OFF ANY KINDA SCRIPT.

BUT THIS YEAR WE'VE LOST 17 CONFIRMED KITTENS TO EITHER KILLED BY TOM KATZ IN THE ROAD DUE TO THE MOTHER BEING SICK AND PASSING AWAY.

UM, AND THE QUANTITY IS JUST CON CONTINUE TO GROW, AS YOU SAID.

UM, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.

THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP, BUT THEY CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONES.

AND I KNOW THAT IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF TOLL ON PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY.

IT'S, IT'S HEART WRENCHING.

IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY HEART WRENCHING WHAT YOU SEE.

UM, WE ALSO

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AND THAT MEANS IF THE CATS TANGLE WITH THE FOXES, THEN EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SICK CATS RUNNING AROUND.

NOBODY'S DOING ANYTHING ABOUT, AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.

I'M WILLING TO VOLUNTEER TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HELP.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHERS THAT'LL DO THE SAME BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I'VE ALSO HAD TO CALL AND BAKE TO HAVE AN OLD DOG THAT SOMEBODY DUMPED OUT IN THE RAIN, LEFT HIM THERE AND I HAD TO CALL AND BE TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME AND PICK HIM UP FROM THE POLICE STATION.

AND THAT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.

THANK YOU, MR. MARSHALL.

NEXT WE HAVE MR. DAVID WOODS JUNIOR.

GOOD EVENING, CLARINET COUNTY COUNCIL AND CLARINET COUNTY CITIZENS.

I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF CLARINET COUNTY ALL MY LIFE AND IN THE PAST RECENT YEARS, I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTY THAT IS VERY SHAMEFUL.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISGRACE IN THIS COUNTY.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THAT NEED NOT GO ON WITHIN ADMINISTRATION.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO EXPRESS, UH, HOW TROUBLESOME AND SHAMEFUL THAT THE COUNTY SHOWS TO HIRE SOMEONE WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BUSINESS OF CLARENDON COUNTY AS MUCH AS MS. ANDERSON.

SHE'S A DEDICATED HERSELF AND HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THE GROWTH OF CLARENDON COUNTY.

AND THE COMMENTS MADE CONCERNING GETTING SOMEONE FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY WHO DO NOT KNOW ANYONE WAS AN INSINUATION, THAT A LOCAL PERSON WOULD SHOW FAVORITISM.

I BELIEVE THAT AN OUTSIDER WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME DEDICATION OR TENACITY TO MOVE THIS COUNTY FORWARD.

AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN BORN, BRED AND RAISED IN THIS COUNTY, THE COMMENT THAT, UM, I DON'T OWE ANYBODY ANYTHING IN THIS COUNTY.

THAT WAS SOMETHING TERRIBLE TO SAY.

REMEMBER, WE ARE TIRED OF THE COCKY ATTITUDES OF SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

REMEMBER, THE CITIZENS OF CLA COUNTY HAS ELECTED YOU ALL AND YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO THE CITIZENS OF CLA COUNTY, JUST LIKE VOTING AND ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

SO DOES YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS.

THANK YOU MR. WOODS.

OKAY, I'M GONNA RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS DIRECTED AT ME.

I SAID, I DON'T OWE ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTY ANYTHING.

THE COUNTY ELECTED YOU, RIGHT? YES, I DID.

OKAY, SO YOU OWE THE COUNTY SETTLEMENT.

I DO OWE THE COUNTY AND ABSOLUTELY I INTEND TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE TO THIS COUNTY EXACTLY THE WAY I THINK IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

NOTHING LESS, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.

I SAID, I DON'T OWE ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTY ANYTHING.

THERE IS NO PARTY, NO POLITICAL PARTY.

I DON'T, I DON'T OWE ANYBODY ANYTHING IN THIS COUNTY WHEN I MAKE A DECISION FOR THIS COUNTY.

IT'S WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR THIS COUNTY.

AND THAT'S, THAT IS WHAT THAT THAT IS WHAT I SAID.

AND THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S, THAT'S IT.

I'M GONNA DO WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR THE COUNTY PERIOD.

FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

NOT, NOT ANY PARTY, NOT ANY PERSON, NOTHING.

AND THAT, THAT'S JUST THE WAY I SEE IT.

YOU SAID HOW YOU FEEL.

OF EAST CLARAN IN 20 24, 20 25 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TWO.

ALRIGHT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL MOVE ON.

NEXT.

WE HAVE RECOGNITION

[8. Recognition]

A GIRL SOFTBALL TEAM.

ALRIGHT, IF Y'ALL WOULD COME FORWARD PLEASE.

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IT IS THE HOMECOMING WEEK OVER ON MY SIDE OF THE COUNTY.

AND I KNOW THEY GOT A LOT OF, A LOT OF FESTIVITIES THEY GOTTA GET BACK TO SO FLOATS.

YOU GOTTA FIX THEM.

FLOATS.

YEAH, THEY GOTTA FIX SOME FLOATS.

NEXT UP WE

[9. Resolution 2025-03]

HAVE RE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH THREE.

UM, THIS IS A RES RESOLUTION APPROVING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAREDON COUNTY EMPLOYEE GUIDELINES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.

WE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN INE.

SECOND ON COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON.

NEXT IS A

[10. Request – Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce]

REQUEST FROM CLATON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CLATON COUNTY HOSPITALITY FUND FEE FUND TOURISM RELATED TO THE REQUEST.

THE REQUEST IS FOR 68,250 TO EIGHT IN TOURISM RELATED ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE MARKETING.

WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SADIE SIRIO.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TOURISM FOR CLAREDON COUNTY.

WITH ME THIS EVENING IS CAROLINE BIKE, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CLAREDON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST 68,250 FOR THE CHAMBER'S OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND 44,000 FROM THE HOSPITALITY FUND.

THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE REQUESTS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH AND VISIBILITY OF CLARENDON COUNTY.

THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET COVERS THE CHAMBER'S ESSENTIAL EXPENSES SUCH AS RENT, UTILITIES, OFFICE OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS ASSISTING WITH PLANNED UPGRADES TO THE JOHN C LAND LANDING PENDING THE LEASE AGREEMENT.

THE HOSPITALITY FUND DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OUR MARKETING EFFORTS.

THIS INCLUDES DIGITAL AND PRINT ADVERTISING, RADIO CAMPAIGNS, BILLBOARDS AND SIGNAGE, ALL TOOLS THAT KEEP CLARENDON COUNTY IN FRONT OF TRAVELERS AND VISITORS.

THESE FUNDS ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING CLAREDON COUNTY REMAINS IN SPOTLIGHT AS A TOP DESTINATION FOR FISHING, RECREATIONAL BOATING, HUNTING, GOLFING, AND MOURN.

WE ARE PROUD OF THE MOMENTUM WE'VE BUILT IN PROMOTING THIS COMMUNITY AND WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, WE CAN KEEP THAT PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? IT IS, IT IS THE SAME AMOUNT LAST YEAR OR ANYTHING INCREASE.

UM, I THINK THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET DECREASED BY ABOUT 200 AND THE HOSPITALITY FUND IS THE SAME.

CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, UM, THEY MENTIONED A $44,000 REQUEST AS WELL.

THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE ACCOMMODATION TAX COMMITTEE.

IS ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 12 CONSIDERATION.

AND DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? SO, CHAIRMAN, SECOND.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RICHON.

[11. Ordinance 2025-12]

A THIRD AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE 20 25 12.

AND ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CLAR COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING THE REGULATION OF MOBILE FOOD VENDORS AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO WE, I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RODIN.

FROM, FROM COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON.

CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 20 25 13 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING TIPPING FEES AND POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF WASTE TIRES AT CLANEY COUNTY SOLID WASTE FACILITIES.

ALL OPPOSED? AND MOTION CARRIED.

NEXT IS ORDINANCE 20 25 13.

[12. Ordinance 2025-13]

CHAIRMAN JOHNSON AND COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANT TO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALLOW FOR, UH, TYPICAL THINGS TO BE INCREASED UP TO $400.

UH, OUR FEES HAVE BEEN $150.

WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TONIGHT, THAT IS, THAT THAT IS INCREASED TO $200.

UM, THE COST WILL NOT CHANGE FOR OUR CURRENT MEMBERS, OUR CURRENT CITIZENS.

THEY ARE STILL ALLOWED TO BRING FOUR TIRES OR CREEK, UH, TO THE, UH, LANDFILL.

UH, THIS WILL BE A CAUSE ON OUR COMMERCIAL ENTITIES.

AND, AND YOU SAID YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO TAKE FOUR TIRES? YES,

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SIR.

FOUR TIRES FOR FREE, LIKE CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO DROP THOSE OFF.

UM, AGAIN, OUR CURRENT FEE IS $150 IN TIPPING FEES.

WE JUST WANT TO INCREASE IT TO $200.

WE DO RECEIVE A SUPPLEMENT FROM THE STATE, HOWEVER, THAT'S ONLY 10% OF WHAT IS ACCUMULATED, UH, THROUGH THE LANDFILL.

UH, THIS TIPPING FEE IS, IS EVERY TIME THAT THEY BRING A LOAD OF TIES IN.

UH, COUNCILMAN RICHARD SAID THE TIPPING FEE IS BY TON.

UM, SO IT DEPENDS ON IF THEY HAVE A TON OF TIRES, UH, AND HOW OFTEN THEY BRING THEM.

SO IF YOU, YOU BRING MULTIPLE ONES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, OF COURSE, COURSE WE CAN CHARGE BY THE TIME THAT DAY.

SO IT'S BASED UPON THE TONNAGE? YES.

NOT NECESSARILY THE TRIP.

YES, SIR.

WELL, DOES THE RETAILERS ASSUME THE, THE ONLY PERSON THAT WILL EFFECT IS THE ONE THAT SELL TOLERANCE? CORRECT.

AND DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGES HERE? YES, AND ACTUALLY THIS WORKS OUT BETTER FOR, UM, OUR RETAILERS BECAUSE OUR INITIAL FEE WAS $650.

UM, BUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ONLY ALLOWS US TO CHARGE UP TO $400 MAX FOR OFF-ROAD TIRES INCLUDED.

ALRIGHT.

MOTION COUNCILMAN RICHARD.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION WE MOVE FORWARD? SO MOVE MR. CHAIRMAN.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN FRACTION.

COUNCILMAN FRY.

AND ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE.

ALL OPPOSED, ANY MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT IS RESOLUTION

[13. Resolution 2025-04]

2025 DASH OH FOUR.

RESOLUTION FOR CLA FOR CLAREDON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, PROVIDING APPROVAL OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO AND DUE PROJECT UNITY.

MR. GEORGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENLIGHTEN ON THIS? CHAIRMAN? WE DIDN'T PUT HIM AT ANY.

I TOLD HIM PUT HIM AT THE END, BUT GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND STAFF.

UH, PROJECT UNITY IS CONSIDERING LOCATING IN CLARENDON COUNTY WITHIN AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL FACILITY THAT WE HAVE.

THE PROJECT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY PROJECT.

UNITY IS A MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT ANTICIPATES AN INVESTMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 56 MILLION IN LAND AND BUILDING AND MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND THE CREATION OF 500 NEW HIGH PAYING JOBS WITH AN ESTIMATED AVERAGE WAGE OF $27 AN HOUR, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $54,000 A YEAR.

THE COMPANY BRINGS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH FEDERAL CONTRACTS, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VARI VARIOUS EMERGING SPACE RELATED PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THEIR DECISION TO LOCATE HERE.

PROJECT UNITY IS REQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF A FEE AND LIE OF TAX AGREEMENT AND A SPECIAL SOURCE REVENUE CREDIT TO HELP REDUCE PROPERTY TAX LIABILITY.

AS YOU KNOW, SOUTH CAROLINA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR MANUFACTURERS IN THE SOUTHEAST, AND THESE INCENTIVES ARE DESIGNED TO HELP LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AND ENSURE OUR COMPETITIVENESS WITH THE SURROUNDING STATES.

THE CLATON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED INCENTIVES.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION LEAVE? WE APPROVED.

I GOT A MO MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN INE.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU MR. GEORGE.

WE HAVE ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 14 AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PURSUANT TO TITLE 12, CHAPTER 44 OF THE CODE OF LAWS IN SOUTH CAROLINA 17, I MEAN 1976 AS AMENDED THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY AND FEE OF LIEU OF AD, LOWER TAXES AND SPECIAL SOURCES REVENUE CREDIT AMENDMENT BETWEEN CLATON COUNTY AND PROJECT UNITY.

[14. Ordinance 2025-14]

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION PASS.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN COPE.

SECOND, COUNCILMAN RODIN.

OUR FINANCE REPORT, MS. TAMMY RODSKY.

ALL THE OPPOSED.

AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

NEXT UP WE HAVE

[15. Finance Report – Tammy Rodvansky, CFO ]

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GOOD EVENING.

SO THIS EVENING I WILL START WITH THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE CURRENT REVENUES OF $412,741.

WE HAVE CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES OF 20 $272,593, RESULTING IN A REVENUE OF A HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE FORTY EIGHT BEFORE WE TAKE IN NON-OPERATING EXPENSES OF DEPRECIATION AND BOND INTEREST EXPENSE AND TRANSFERS.

SO OUR RESULTING IS A NET INCOME LOSS AT THE MOMENT OF $33,984.

NEXT WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND.

I WILL NOT BE REPORTING ON REVENUES THIS EVENING.

REVENUES ARE STILL COMING IN SLOW BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT STARTED ANY REAL ESTATE COLLECTIONS AT THIS TIME.

SO OUR EXPENSES FOR THE GENERAL FUND ARE $9,611,339, WHICH IS 30% OF OUR EX BUDGET.

AND AT THIS TIME WE SHOULD BE AT 25%.

BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN EXPENSES THAT WE PAY ON A YEARLY BASIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS DRIVING THAT UP AND IT WILL START TO LEVEL OUT.

OUR FIRE EXPENSES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH ARE $2,227,287, WHICH IS 23% OF THEIR BUDGET.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ANY REVENUE TO REPORT ON FIRE AS WELL BECAUSE THE REAL ESTATE TAXES HAVE NOT STARTED COMING IN YET.

BUT THEY ARE WELL WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AT THIS TIME.

ON THE C FUNDS, WE HAVE TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE OF $8,453,978.

WE HAVE CURRENT COMMITMENTS OF $4,998,306, WHICH LEAVES AN UNCOMMITTED FUND BALANCE OF $3,364,300.

WE HAVE AWARDED THE PAVING FOR ONE OF OUR GROUP OF ROADS AND THEY WILL BE STARTING SOON.

AND THE OTHER GROUP OF ROADS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED ARE GOING OUT TO BID SHORTLY, BUT THAT STILL LEAVES.

THOSE ARE IN THE COMMITTED COLUMN THAT STILL LEAVES THAT 3,364,000 ON UNCOMMITTED.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

THANK YOU, MS. CHAIRMAN.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE

[16. Administrator’s Report –Sharmaine Y. Anderson, Interim County Administrator]

REPORT WITH MS. CHARMAINE ANDERSON.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMAN.

AS IT RELATES TO PROJECTS AND FACILITIES, OUR EOC COMMUNICATION CENTER SURVEYING HAS ALREADY BEEN BEGUN AND ALL PERMITS ARE IN.

THIS IS THE LAST OF OUR, UM, BIG FACILITY PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT THIS PROJECT HAS STARTED.

UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND FLEET MAINTENANCE AND ANIMAL CONTROL, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON HIGHWAY 3 0 1, UM, IS DEFINITELY GOING VERTIGO, VERTICAL CONCRETE SLABS HAVE BEEN POURED AND FRAMING HAS BEGUN.

OUR DAVIS STATION, THE WELL AND TANK TANK CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN AND NOVEMBER.

OUR WELL HOUSE HAS BEEN BID OUT AND OUR 13 MILES OF SYSTEM EXPANSION IS NEARLY COMPLETED.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE NEW CUSTOMERS THAT WILL BE ON THE COUNTY SYSTEM.

THE WELDING, AUDITORY AND RENOVATION STATUS.

UM, RENOVATIONS ARE MOVING QUICKER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTED ARE.

UM, REOPENING DATE, IT'S MID-MARCH AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, WELDING REOPENING AND EVENTS, UH, BEING HOSTED THERE.

ALSO, CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR DAVID STATION FIRE STATION.

10 OTHER, UH, FACILITIES.

THE TURVILLE LIBRARY, THE BIDS ARE IN.

UM, AND DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITHIN NEXT WEEK AS TO WHO WILL BE AWARDED THAT BID.

UH, NORTH SHORE SUMMERTON WASTEWATER WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

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THIS PROJECT IS WRAPPING UP NICELY, UM, AND WE HOPE WE CAN REMOVE IT FROM THE LIST BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

UH, AND AN UPDATE ON THE NEWMAN BRANCH RESTORATION PROJECT.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO REMOVE THE BEAVER DAMS. UH, HEAVY EQUIPMENT IS NOW BEING USED, UM, TO REMOVE ADDITIONAL DAMS AND DEBRIS.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AS IT RELATES TO PROJECTS.

UM, UPDATES ON FIRE RESCUE.

WE REQUEST THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT FORGET ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SAFETY DAY ON OCTOBER 25TH, UH, 2025 AT JC BRION PARK.

WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ELECTRICITY IS AVAILABLE AT SHELTERS ONE AND TWO IN JC BRION PARK.

UH, THERE IS A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT USE OF ELECTRICITY.

SO PLEASE CONTACT CLATON COUNTY RECREATION DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

BASKETBALL REGISTRATION BEGINS OCTOBER 11TH AND ENDS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE TEAMS FOR CO-ED FALL.

SOFTBALL, UH, VOLLEYBALL HAS ALSO BEGAN OCTOBER 11TH.

UM, AND THAT'S THE REPORT FOR RECREATION.

AS IT RELATES TO, UM, OUR DETENTION CENTER.

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR MAJOR CHERYL PENDERGRASS OF THE CLARINET COUNTY DETENTION CENTER FOR RECEIVING THE AWARD TO SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL, UM, FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE SHARED THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE COUNTY HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH UNITED WAY TO COLLECT BLESSING BAGS.

THESE ITEMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THREE, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, WITHIN THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

SO WE ARE THANKFUL THAT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR STAFF HAS PARTNERED WITH THAT.

ALSO, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR INAUGURAL NEWSLETTER.

UM, JUST IT'S CALLED THE CLEARING AND CONNECTION.

IT'S QUARTERLY TO SHARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON WITHIN CLATON COUNTY AND THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

UM, THREE MONTHS.

ALSO THIS MONTH IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WE URGE OUR CI CITIZENS, UH, ARE TESTED TO REMAIN HEALTHY.

AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE AS FAR AS, UM, DUKE ENERGY.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UM, DOCUMENTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AS REFLECTS THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO SAVE MONEY, UM, ON YOUR UTILITY BILL AND ALSO ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE, UM, SOME RENOVATIONS TO YOUR HOUSE.

SO, UM, WE ARE HAPPY THAT DUKE MG HAS SHARED THAT INFORMATION.

AND IF I WILL TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE.

CHAIRMAN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK, UM, ALL OF YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AS INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR.

UH, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN THESE PAST THREE MONTHS AND, UM, TO INCLUDE, UM, FUNDING THROUGH, UH, STANCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, INITIATIVES AND, UM, REDUCING, UM, SUB DEBT OVER THAT TIME.

SO WE ARE GRATEFUL AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS YOUR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

SO, I MEAN, THANK YOU.

WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND UH, ME, ME AND YOU'VE TALKED AND YOU KNOW WHERE, YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND.

I MEAN, IT'S TIME FOR MY CHAIRMAN'S

[17. Chairman’s Report – Jay Johnson, Chairman of County Council]

REPORT.

AND, UH, I SAID I WASN'T GOING TO DO THIS, BUT I AM.

'CAUSE MR. WOOD, I'M ASHAMED.

I'M ALSO ASHAMED OF THIS COUNTY AND THE WAY THIS COUNTY ACTS.

I'VE BEEN DRUG THROUGH THE MUD FOR THE LAST WEEK.

I'VE BEEN CALLED A RACIST.

I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN PUT ALL OVER MANNING TIMES.

WOULD YOUR COMMENTS, MR. WOODS? THANK YOU.

BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT I RAN FOR OFFICE.

I TOLD PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT I STOOD FOR.

PEOPLE VOTED FOR ME BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE SAME OLD SAYING THAT YOU STILL SEEM TO WANT.

THEY DON'T WANT THAT ANYMORE.

I TOLD PEOPLE WHERE I STOOD.

I STAND RIGHT THERE AND I VOTED FOR WHO I THOUGHT WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED.

WELL, WHO I KNOW WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON FOR THE JOB.

YOU, SIR, WERE NOT IN THAT MEETING.

YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON IS.

ALL YOU KNOW, IT'S MY TIME TO TALK, MAN.

YOU TALKED ALREADY.

ALL YOU KNOW IS THAT YOU WANT TO GET UP HERE AND BASH US AND TRY TO START RACIAL TENSIONS IN OUR COUNTY.

AND I SAY NOTHING ABOUT RACIAL TENSION, IT'S ALL OVER MANNING TIMES.

GO LOOK.

I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT GO LOOK.

IF YOU READ MY COMMENT, THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT RACE IN THERE.

SO DON'T ACCUSE ME OF BEING RACIST.

DON'T DO THAT.

BEST JOB I CAN DO FOR THIS COUNTY.

I CAN READ YOUR COMMENT.

I READ SEVERAL COMMENTS THIS WEEK AND Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ME.

I VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY.

I DON'T VOTE FOR ONE PARTY.

I DON'T VOTE FOR ONE LITTLE GROUP.

IT'S MY JOB TO DO THE

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AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

OKAY? OKAY.

IF I'M NOT SATISFIED, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY IT.

RIGHT.

YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT DON'T BASH ME.

I AIN'T B YES YOU DID.

NO I DIDN'T.

THAT'S, I I WAS DISSATISFIED.

SESSION FOR A PERSONNEL MATTER WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR.

THAT'S MY CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR TONIGHT.

NEXT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PERSONNEL.

I DON'T HAVE A C**K ATTITUDE.

MY ATTITUDE IS A REPLY TO YOUR ATTITUDE.

PLEASE HAVE HIM REMOVED.

SAID I WASN'T GOING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

HE SAID I AIN'T UPSET.

NEXT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE

[18. Executive Session]

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PERSONNEL MATTER WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR AND AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MANNING AND CLATON COUNTY MAGISTRATE BOND COURT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? I MAKE A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RODINE AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON.

ALL OPPOSED.

WE ARE GOING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL TAKE A

[19. Open Session]

MOTION.

WE COME BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION BACK IN THE OPEN SESSION.

SO MOTION.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN FRISSON.

ALL OPPOSED.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION, UM, ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MANNING AND CLA COUNTY MAGISTRATE BOND COURT.

THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN ON THAT TONIGHT ON THE ADMINISTRATOR PERSONNEL CONTRACT.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILOR COOK.

SECOND FROM COUNCILOR RYON.

ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. WALT ACKERMAN.

IF, IF YOU WOULD, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ALL HAVE PLACED IN ME AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO BEGINNING MY TIME SERVING THE CITIZENS OF CLARENDON COUNTY.

UM, TO ANSWER THE BURNING QUESTION, AND IT'S IN THE CONTRACT, UM, I'M ANTICIPATING MY FIRST DAY WOULD BE NOVEMBER 17TH.

UM, I DO HAVE TO GIVE A NOTICE PERIOD TO GEORGETOWN COUNTY AS PER MY AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

UM, SO WE WILL, I WILL GIVE Y'ALL SOME HOMEWORK SOON, I HOPE.

AND SO WE CAN ALL BE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, UM, IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. A.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

WE ADJOURN.

A MOVE.