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so I'm going to suggest or move that we
open the meeting um but we don't need to

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second that correct
correct so why don't you explain a

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little bit to us if you would uh in
terms of order the order of business

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today is very simple it's to uh consider
an adjustment to some very specific

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language uh associated with um you know
the overall referendum we're not talking

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about projects today that stuff is set
we're in good shape on all those things

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you know there's various feedback here
and there but that's been you know long

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decided so I think we can get through
this in just a couple of minutes but we

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did have some specific adjustments and
I'll make a motion here in a minute or

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ask for a motion to be made but Walt can
you um maybe just give us a quick update

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from your perspective and um frame this
Frame this ask a little bit yes sir so

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we've been asking for quite some time
for some feedback from our bond

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attorneys on the the final paragraph of
the question that deals with the

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County's authorization to issue bonds
should it so choose and the bond

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attorney came back we met Friday we were
meeting about some stuff and she said

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you know I looked at that paragraph and
I think we need to tweak it just a

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little bit and I'm going to read it out
the paragraph that was previously

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approved read pending the receipt of
such sales and use tax must the county

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be also be authorized to issue and sell
either as a single issue or as several

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separate issues General obligation Bonds
in parentheses the bonds of the county

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in an aggregate principal amount not
exceeding $25 million to defray the cost

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of the projects listed above plus
issuance cost and it went on from there

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what we are doing is adding six
words where it said

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before the bonds in parentheses of the
county in an aggregate principal amount

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not exceeding $25 million to the phas
the cost we're adding a portion of those

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three words a portion of the cost
because she wanted to make it clear to

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the voters that we wouldn't be financing
all of those projects so it's just a

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portion of the projects and then after
the cost of she added the Georgetown

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County sponsored or actually it said the
cost of the projects she wanted it to

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clarify and say Georgetown County
sponsored so what that means is

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Georgetown county is only going to issue
bonds to do Georgetown County sponsored

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projects if anybody else wants to issue
bonds they issue bonds to do their

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project so georget County Water and
Sewer District if they want to issue

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bonds to pay for Georgetown County W and
SE District sponsored projects they do

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so so we're adding those six where just
as clarification to the voters and that

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is simply all we're doing the project
list has not changed as you stated the

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order has not changed as you stated the
first paragraph of the question has not

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changed it is simply those six words and
I think it's just for clarification so

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any questions on that before I ask for a
very specific

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motion only one go go ahead go g no go
ahead

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Gary the the question I have fa is a
more general question it's not nothing

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to do with that
wording question I have is is there

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anywhere in there that says that de
bonding speeds of the projects in

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certain
areas that voting for bonding will help

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get projects done say in multiple areas
at one time yeah it it doesn't and we

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can't put that in the question that
needs to go into education material that

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we're putting out in the public so we've
already started some of that um with

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some meetings around the county and
that'll be critical that people that we

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spread that word that says you know this
is this is why you issue bonds is to get

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things done faster instead of waiting
for 10 years or eight years for the

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money to come in you issue the bonds and
and you can go ahead and get the work

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done so you know if Georgetown County
Water and Sewer District for example

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would choose to issue bonds they could
probably have that sampit project done

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in two and a half to three years
um instead of waiting for a long time to

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get it done okay on that marketing point
and I want to be super clear about this

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uh our role is not related to education
and marketing that's a separate effort

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however I'm going to call on each of you
after you're officially decommissioned

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again we're gon to decommission you
again as soon as this meeting's over and

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I'mma in in a different uh light ask you
to support that effort I met with the

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team there's a team of uh six I think
six people

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assembled uh to focus on a combination
of education and marketing by law the

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county can educate but they can't Market
or Advocate and sort of we're working

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through what that Master Plan looks like
on that but I'm sure there are places

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where you guys can help and would love
your help to the extent you would like

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to help but there's a lot of need for
that I would love too that'd be great

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that'd be great same here and the
question I had uh Walt is uh if any

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other municipalities uh determine they
want to bond their projects does that

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call for us to have to get engaged again
okay no sir no sir by no by law we can

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only address the the county issuance of
the bonds um the other folks they could

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just issue what's called a revenue Bond
because they're going to get Revenue in

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the form of the cpst money so they would
issue a revenue Bond and do it that

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way
thanks okay so given that um Ashley did

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you have a

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comment all right so given that I'd like
I'd like for one of I'd like to

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entertain a motion to revise the
approved referendum question section

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that authorizes the issuance of bonds by
Georgetown County to fund the

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construction of projects by adding a
portion of to clarify that the bonding

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will not pay for all the projects and
Georgetown County sponsored to clarify

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that it will pay for the county projects
only what can I get a motion to support

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that
please okay motion to accept the wording

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as as stated second second second all in
favor I I

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opposed okay Walt sounds like we've got
uh a unanimous agreement to that wording

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change and I do appreciate y'all getting
together at this last minute I I I say

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when you meet at 11:00 on Friday morning
and this comes up it's kind of hard um

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and it's going to be on third reading on
the 23rd um so that was kind of the

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pressing need to get it done either
today or tomorrow so I appreciate y'all

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bending and being super super flexible
on your schedules um so the only other

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course of business Mr chair would be a
motion to adjourn unless anybody I just

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want to make one last comment which is I
I would appreciate you guys just you

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know as you're out and about listening
for how people are feeling about things

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there's a little bits of feedback coming
you know a concern about this and a

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concern about this and one of the things
I think is really important for

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everybody in the county to understand
and you guys understand this well while

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somebody may have a project that they
don't like an element of if they get too

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much energy behind that they're not
getting rid of that project which I

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think a lot of people think they do
they're getting rid of the whole thing

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the whole thing falls apart if group
people get behind or get down on a

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project or two I think we just got to
help and that'll be part of the

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education and Mech and stuff but this
stuff once it gets going it seems to get

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viral quickly um you know just do what
you're in your part of your world just

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help people see the benefits this thing
is a total

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package yeah that's that's a very very
good point you know it's it's it comes

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down to compromise and that's what we
need to do a lot more of in the world

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today is be able to
compromise so thank you guys again I'm

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now officially decommissioning you again
and adjourning the meeting no no no no

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we got have a motion to adjourn I have a
motion to adjourn the

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meeting that that's actually why I said
that a minute ago because I we just

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didn't go see you later bye everybody
leave all right do I have a motion to

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adjourn the meeting and decommission the
group I'll make it even though it

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decommissions us again yeah you know why
would I want to do that all right do I

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have a
second second all in

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favor I all right thank you all very
much for jumping on this wall thanks for

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driving this andk you so much thank you
all right have a great one everybody

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