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GOOD EVENING, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MARCH 5TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WORK SESSION TO ORDER, PLEASE.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.MR. WEBB HERE, MR. BROWN HERE, MR. COX HERE, MR. PUGH HERE. AND MRS. WAYMACK IS ABSENT.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO INVOCATION.
I BELIEVE MR. BROWN IS GOING TO DO THAT FOR US, FOLLOWING MR. COX FOR THE PLEDGE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU JUST TO SAY THANK YOU.
HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US, AS ALWAYS, JUST YET TO SEE ANOTHER DAY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ALSO ASK YOU BLESSINGS THIS EVENING AND PRAYERS THIS EVENING FOR MRS. WAYMACK. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ALSO BRING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO LOOK AFTER OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, AND WE ASK ALL THIS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN.
AMEN. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO A LOT.
I'M PRETTY SURE I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THE CITIZENS DO HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW HOW THEIR MONEY IS BEING SPENT, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA? MR. CHAIR. MR..
AND THIS IS BASED ON ALL THE CONCERNS AND STUFF.
I ASKED TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT ASSESSMENTS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.
MR. BROWN? YES, MR. COX? YES, MR. PUGH? YES.
I'LL MAKE A I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS IT WAS AMENDED.
YEAH, WE JUST DID THAT. YOU JUST ADDED IT.
YOU DID IT ALL AT ONE TIME. OKAY, WE DID IT ALL ONE TIME.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
[B. WORK SESSION]
THEN LET'S MOVE TO B1.SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I ASKED TO HAVE THIS ITEM ADDED BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CITIZEN CONCERN OVER THE, THE TAX ASSESSMENTS AND RIGHTFULLY SO.
I TOO HAVE BEEN LISTENING WHETHER PEOPLE THINK I DON'T, BUT I DO LISTEN AND I'LL BE HONEST, I HAD THE PLEASURE THIS PAST WEEK OF SPEAKING WITH TWO COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO HAPPENED TO COME UP HERE AS WE WERE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT THERE THAT AFFECTS DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE CITIZENS.
AND TYPICALLY WE DON'T VOTE ON THINGS DURING WORK SESSIONS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT.
THIS BOARD WOULD ASK THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE TO SKIP THIS YEAR'S ASSESSMENTS AND USE THE ASSESSMENTS, USE LAST YEAR'S ASSESSMENT NUMBERS.
THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION IF I WOULD BE IN ORDER.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MRS. KNOTT CALL THE ROLL.
YES, SIR. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT.
YES, SIR. WHAT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE ON MAYBE DOING A REVIEW SO WE CAN CROSS OUR T'S AND DOT OUR I'S TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MESS UP NEXT YEAR? THAT. YEAH, THAT THAT REALLY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH MR. STOKE. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT OFFICE REPORTS TO HIM.
I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING.
YEAH, THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLAN PUT IN PLACE AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
OKAY. WE GIVE IT GIVES US A YEAR TO GET THERE.
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BUT THAT DIRECTION HONESTLY SHOULD BE COMING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH MR. STOKE'S OFFICE TO TO THAT OFFICE.WELL, WE'LL SET UP A MEETING WITH HIM AND DISCUSS IT.
I DON'T THINK A REVIEW IS WHAT'S IN ORDER.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A FULL AUDIT OF WHAT'S GOING ON, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND IT'S LIKE I TALKED TO MR. GORDON HERE. I SAID, IT'S IT'S NOT ANYTHING TO HIM.
I MEAN, IF IF WE DO AN AUDIT AND IT COMES BACK, EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
IT JUST MAKES HIM LOOK EVEN BETTER.
BUT IF WE FIND THINGS, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET IN FRONT OF AND FIX THEM NOW.
AND AND I'LL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT PUSHED FOR THIS IS HONESTLY HAVING THIS MEETING LAST WEEK THE FOLKS THAT MET WITH US SHOWED US AND NOT THAT ANYBODY HASN'T BEEN COMING UP HERE AND AND SPEAKING TO IT, BUT TO HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR'S DOCUMENT AND THIS YEAR'S DOCUMENT AND YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF INCONSISTENCIES.
AND WE CLEARLY KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S NOT IN THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WAS IN THE OLD SYSTEM.
I'M USED TO RUNNING SYSTEMS IN PARALLEL.
I DON'T DO ANY CUT OVER FOR A CUSTOMER.
SO THAT THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON FOR FOR GOING THIS ROUTE.
AND IT'S VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITIZENS FOR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THIS MATTER TO OUR ATTENTION.
AGAIN, YOU MAY NOT HEAR ME SAY A WHOLE LOT.
I ECHO BECAUSE I WAS ALSO IN THAT SAME MEETING.
WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED WITHIN US.
IT GETS CONSTRUED. DATA GOES THE WRONG WAY.
PEOPLE GET MISINTERPRETATIONS.
TODAY I GOT AN EMAIL AND A PHONE.
THAT'S ALL I WANT. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M A DATA DRIVEN PERSON AS WELL.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE SAW THE OTHER DAY WITH THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES THAT BROUGHT.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH CLEAR AS A BELL WITH THAT, BUT I'VE MET WITH A FEW OTHERS.
BUT YOU CAN CALL WHOEVER YOU WANT.
THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THERE'S FIVE OF US UP HERE.
I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD GOING ON NINE YEARS.
WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND STRAIGHT UP.
ANYBODY WHO'S DEALT WITH ME KNOWS.
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
AND IF I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO SPEAK TO IT UNLESS I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO BACK IT UP.
I WOULD ASK THE CITIZENS TO WORK WITH US.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO 24, BUT WE GOT TO GET THE RECORD STRAIGHT AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INVOLVEMENT AND YOU'RE GOING TO AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR SYSTEM, OUR DATA COLLECTION, TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION CORRECT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANY MISNOMERS OUT THERE.
TO MR. PUGH'S COMMENT AND MR. COX. MR. STOKES IS GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO AND LOOK AT THE ASSESSMENTS FOR WHAT THEY ARE.
FIND THE FALLACIES, FIND WHAT'S NOT CONSISTENT AND THEN WE'LL WORK FROM THERE.
BUT WE STILL GOT STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEET.
AND MISS ANDREA CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS.
A LOT OF CITIZENS I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS AND I'M GOING TO SHUT UP.
A LOT OF CITIZENS DON'T REALIZE AND DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I TALKED TO AT LEAST FIVE OUT OF THE SIX THAT [INAUDIBLE] REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO THE STATE HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR FEDERAL AND STATE AID THAT WE GET FOR SCHOOLS, JUST TO NAME ONE ITEM.
SO IT'S NOT IF YOU WANT TO OR WHEN YOU WANT TO.
IT IS A MUST AND IT IS A TIMELINE ON IT.
BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
SO THIS IS JUST A SHORT A PAUSE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GOT IT RIGHT.
OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MRS. DREWRY, I JUST THREW YOU ONE HELL OF A CURVE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT SO.
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CHANGE. YES. AND SOME OF THE MUST DO'S WILL CHANGE.SOME OF THE FORMULAS WILL CHANGE.
SO IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION, I WOULD LIKE TO REWORK THE NUMBERS AND SEND YOU AN UPDATED RESOURCE LISTING AND PRIORITY LISTING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER BY FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.
THAT'S FINE WITH Y'ALL. THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
FRIDAY, GIVE US THE WEEKEND TO LOOK AT IT AND GET IT BACK TO YOU MONDAY.
RIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULED BUDGET WORK SESSION FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH.
BUT TO BE MARCH 26TH, IF WE COULD POSTPONE THE INTRODUCED BUDGET TILL THAT TIME TO ALLOW US TO REWORK THE NUMBERS AND PUT OUT A, A VIABLE DOCUMENT WITH THE ACTION THAT YOU JUST TOOK.
I THINK THAT'S PRUDENT. IS THAT AGREEABLE WITH WITH Y'ALL? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHOICE.
THERE'S NO WAY HE CAN PRESENT A BUDGET IF WE'RE STILL GIVING INPUT.
WE NEED TO TRY TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
YEAH. MRS. ERARD, BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE BUDGET CALENDAR THAT THE BOARD APPROVED.
DO THEY NEED TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION TO CHANGE THAT? YES, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT THERE BE A MOTION TO ASK THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PRESENT THE BUDGET ON MARCH 26TH INSTEAD OF MARCH 12TH. OKAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
FOR YOU THIS EVENING, MR. WEBB. SO I UNDERSTAND WE'LL REGROUP ON ON NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. I KNOW, I KNOW, WE JUST THREW YOU A CURVE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO MARCH 12TH? SO MOVED. SECOND.
AT LEAST YOU CAN GO HOME HAPPY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.