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[17:11] yes you are 1701
sir see
[17:16] there
phone go U Mr Jones all right let's go
[17:22] ahead and call the meeting to order this
is the Kershaw County Council special
[17:26] called meeting November 21 2024 5:00
p.m. we've got a few items on the agenda
[17:32] today this is kind of in lie of the
meeting that we canel next week in view
[17:36] of the Thanksgiving holiday and people
traveling and spending time with their
[17:39] families we've been called to order
we're going to have the invocation and
[17:42] Pledge of Allegiance by uh councilman
Kato okay let us all stand let us
[17:50] pray Heavenly Father we just thank you
so much for this time that we have to
[17:54] come together and discuss the business
of this County de Heavenly Father we
[17:58] just thank you so so much for this
County and for this wonderful state that
[18:01] you have allowed us to to live in and
grow up in and be a part of dearly
[18:06] father we just thank you now for this
for these blessings that you've given us
[18:12] Lord this week coming up as we celebrate
Thanksgiving Lord we just thank you for
[18:16] everything that you've you've given us
and allowed us allowed us to be a part
[18:20] of heavenly father I just pray now that
you'd be with us as we conduct the
[18:24] business of this meeting that you'd have
us to conduct ourselves in a way that
[18:28] would be pleasing to you that you would
lead guide and direct us throughout the
[18:32] the remaining part of the year and in
the years to come as we serve on this
[18:36] Council lead guide and direct us now and
forgive us all of our sins and
[18:40] shortcomings for us in Christ's name we
pray amen amen amen you turn
[18:47] church Al to the flag of the United
States of America and to the Republic
[18:54] for which it stands one nation under God
with liy and justice for
[19:01] all good thank you m thank you
councilman Kato very much for that the
[19:08] next item we have on the agenda
gentlemen is adoption of the agenda do
[19:11] we have a motion make a motion Mr
chairman that we adopt the agenda as
[19:14] presented Mr Tucker is there a second
second Mr brazle it's on the floor any
[19:20] discussion seeing none all those in
favor raise your
[19:25] hand and do we have Mr tomson on the on
the line so all in present all there are
[19:30] present all right Brent how do you vote
on the
[19:33] agenda I vote Yes it's unanimous Miss
Hannah thank you that takes us to the
[19:38] first matter of business item number
five under ordinances this is a second
[19:42] reading the first reading was entitle
only uh we had a bit of a summary last
[19:48] time and I'll just summarize briefly it
it allows a uh a business to receive a
[19:54] tax credit from the state based on
certification of Abandonment and that
[19:58] would be the second reading we need a
motion I would move that we adopt this
[20:03] ordinance Mr shate Mr Tucker has the
second any discussion on this
[20:11] ordinance seeing none we'll pull it to a
vote all those in favor raise your
[20:16] hand it's unanimous by all who are
present Mr Tomlinson how do you vote I
[20:22] vote
Yes it's unanimous Miss Hannah thank you
[20:27] item number six is new business placed
on the agenda by the administrator Mr
[20:32] temper Mr temper any
um well let's go ahead and get a vote
[20:37] for it or get a motion for it who's
going to make a motion on that one I'll
[20:42] make a motion second okay we got Mr
Brazzle Mr Tucker let's hear from Mr
[20:46] Templer on it um thank you Mr chair
members of council what you have before
[20:50] you is a um a a series of bids uh for
the watery River Veterans Park boat ramp
[20:58] project that's been in the in the works
for quite some time so this will
[21:02] officially give us the go-ahead to get
moving on this um I must say I'm very
[21:07] pleased with these numbers um just in
light of today's construction costs um
[21:13] so I asked that yall approve the bid for
contractor Services of Kershaw LLC out
[21:19] of Kershaw South Carolina for the sum of
8
[21:23] 173,50
19717 little background on this company
[21:28] we have worked with them in the past uh
they have done um vast majority of phase
[21:34] one out at the river parcel they're very
familiar uh with that property we are
[21:39] familiar with their work and um I'm
excited to have them do the work and I'm
[21:43] excited about the uh the price that came
back thank you for the summary Mr
[21:47] Templer Mr brazle you had the motion so
this is uh everything complete including
[21:52] the floating dock asphalt um parking to
uh concrete launch points everything
[22:00] nothing was left out right no sir that's
sounds good do we have a rendering that
[22:05] we can show or do we not have that in
the packet I don't have it we'll we'll
[22:09] um we'll get it available but it's it's
the same concept that we've been talking
[22:13] about since since it is moving forward
I'd like to be able to push it out at
[22:17] least uh maybe let let Johnny push it
out to the Press oh yeah maybe if Martin
[22:23] would show it um in the chronicle it'd
be nice for the public to see what
[22:27] what's happening so I appreciate all the
work uh getting it to this point and
[22:32] looking forward to seeing it happen what
is what's the time frame that they gave
[22:35] us um for the contractor to work in was
it four months that they had to complete
[22:40] the project yeah and then the the uh the
ramp or the that's for the ramp piece
[22:46] and then the dock we were waiting on
that core piece so um but I think it was
[22:54] by early spring somewhere in there so
good we'll be putting both in in the
[22:59] spring thank
you thank you Mr brow Mr Tucker you have
[23:02] the second I just want excuse me tell
Danny and staff thank you for staying
[23:07] persistent on this and getting this
um you know finally close to the Finish
[23:12] Line um I've been here and done quite a
few projects myself and so as Mr Jones
[23:18] with uh this local company and they do
good work and um they've got skin in the
[23:22] game because they got relatives and uh
family here as well so um feel very
[23:27] comfortable uh with the bid even though
a couple of them almost doubled his but
[23:33] um yeah yeah you saw that number I
appreciate all you you and your staff's
[23:37] efforts of seeing this to to the end
thank you Mr Tucker any other discussion
[23:43] Mr shate uh three things with last
Logistics uh first I want to give a
[23:48] special shout out to our chairman and
our vice chairman because I know this is
[23:52] something that was really started on
before I came on and I know councilman
[23:56] Brazzle has been pushing this hard and
when chairman conell was our state
[24:00] representative he helped get some State
money that made this a possibility so uh
[24:04] because I know you gentlemen won't toot
your own horns let me just say that I
[24:07] don't think we'd be here today without
both of you guys and your work on this
[24:10] so thank you both and just to the
administrator as we move forward now is
[24:14] I think the time to Pivot and make sure
we're talking pretty regularly over
[24:17] these next two months about some of our
next Rec style projects specifically KC
[24:21] West and wber park I know that's not on
this agenda but as we move forward I'd
[24:25] like to start getting updates on that so
we can keep the foot on the gas pedal
[24:28] there as we've done with this project
and then third Mr chairman do we need to
[24:32] make another motion to accept this
specific bid or is the motion on the
[24:35] floor sufficient yeah I understand that
was the motion okay I just want to make
[24:40] AC so the motion on the floor now is to
accept the lowest bid as proposed okay
[24:44] gotcha just restate the motion please
I'll restate it I'd like to make a
[24:48] motion to accept the bid from contractor
Services of Kershaw LLC for
[24:54] $873,000
to construct the bo ramp and parking lot
[24:59] on the watery River at Veterans Park
second same second there we go thank you
[25:05] Mr she make any further discussion if I
may Mr Jones Mr chairman thank you I
[25:09] would like to Echo what Mr Chum said no
question about it chairman you got us
[25:13] some money over here and that really
made everything look realistic or at
[25:17] least it gave us the opportunity where
we could upgrade it to where it's it's
[25:20] nicer than what we would have done
before and and and Council braa you've
[25:24] stayed on it no question about you have
stayed on it you have annoyed me
[25:28] sometimes talking about so much but I'll
be honest with you uh I appreciate as I
[25:34] said I have to Echo Mr Chum's comments I
Echo his comments that you guys have
[25:38] done a great job and I appreciate that
and and so what's the target date to get
[25:43] it completed spring of a year spring of
a year four months yeah okay that's
[25:47] broad but we'll live with it right now
April 1 that's
[25:51] better Mr chair I just can sir just say
ditto to what Mr Jones ad Mr sh said um
[25:59] by giving you guys your due um flowers
while your eyes open because I I know
[26:04] for a fact both of y'all really really
beat the bushes to make sure this is
[26:08] happening um as Mr Jones said um Mr brow
of some days I didn't want you to talk
[26:13] about this but um I'm glad it's done and
I'm glad you did stick with it and see
[26:17] it out um to its completion so thanks
again guys Mr Jim what was that amount
[26:22] that you award got awarded to the county
I couldn't remember 500,000 more than
[26:28] that 600
somewhat it it was enough right It's
[26:33] never enough sir well it was just about
enough he did a did he did Kershaw
[26:38] County a great service right any further
discussion Mr tomson any
[26:47] discussion I have no discussion okay
hearing none um I have just a few
[26:51] comments this was a great team effort I
I think from the county and also the
[26:55] state it wasn't me or just me anyway
there's a delation that had to fight for
[27:00] $500,000 to make sure we could
repatriate those tax dollars back to
[27:03] Kershaw County for a great project and
the the frequency with which Mr Brazzle
[27:09] said boat ramp almost rivaled the
frequency with which uh Mr Snodgrass
[27:14] would have said East Camden whenever he
was on Council is that the TRU for those
[27:19] for those who were here you would know
that he would say East Camden every
[27:22] other sentence and uh that's the kind
appreciate that he'll appreciate that
[27:27] that's the kind of Pursuit and attention
that is required I found in government
[27:30] you have to stay on it and hold people
accountable and get it done and I think
[27:33] Mr schumake's right along with others
we've got some other projects that we've
[27:37] committed to we're going to get them
done and make sure um that we bring
[27:40] those across the finish line for the
benefit of Kershaw County Citizens as we
[27:44] should uh those were my comments any
other discussion before we vote all
[27:48] right for those in person if you're in
favor raise your
[27:51] hand unanimous in person Miss Hannah Mr
tomason how do you
[27:56] votee I vote Yes yes from Mr Thomason
it's unanimous Miss Hannah thank you all
[28:02] right that passes takes us to the next
agenda item number seven gentlemen this
[28:05] is appointments it's on the agenda by
Vice chairman Brazzle do we have a
[28:10] motion yes sir Mr chairman I'd like to
make a motion to appoint Mason wolf to
[28:17] the Planning Commission board we have a
vacancy in my
[28:21] district I was second got a second from
Mr schumake we've got a motion that's on
[28:26] table go ahead Mr brazle thank you um so
I've known Mason for a long time I've
[28:31] known his parents for a long time Kip
and Jill wolf we have them here in the
[28:35] audience and um I couldn't think of a
more level-headed person to put in a
[28:41] position with as much power as as the
Planning Commission has um development
[28:47] and growth in Kershaw County is the
hottest topic and Mason will do a good
[28:52] job of being fair and uh not leaning one
way or the other making his own
[28:57] decisions and very proud that he
accepted the opportunity it it took me
[29:01] three or four weeks working on him but
we got him in the room and Mason thanks
[29:05] for being here and thank you all for
being here tonight thank you Mr brazle
[29:09] Mr shake you had the second yeah I me
first off your entire family is a family
[29:13] of service you know obviously our clean
Community commission chairwoman and
[29:18] happy to have you aboard I think that
and I've said it before with what with
[29:22] what's happening right now I think the
Planning Commission is one of our most
[29:25] important commissions and you've seen a
lot of activity just in the last month
[29:29] or so uh that shows that it's going to
be hard work because there's a lot of
[29:33] controversial stuff coming um and just
obviously you know listen to what you
[29:39] think is right along with the applicable
law and I that's all you can do but uh
[29:43] congratulations man I haven't got chance
to know you as long as Russell has but
[29:47] you know not only what your agreement to
serve here but the work you do at the
[29:50] watery trash Festival uh every year is
fantastic I've been out there every year
[29:53] since I've been on and uh again I just
thank you and your whole family for the
[29:57] work you guys do for this County so
thank you so much and if you guys will
[30:01] stick around just for a few minutes
we'll grab a picture just as soon as we
[30:05] adjourn thank you both any further
discussion uh Mr
[30:09] Jones you to the man with a new haircut
over Mr Mr Tucker per you head
[30:15] in thank you Mr chairman you are full of
yourself Mr Jones um I want to say also
[30:21] to the wolf family uh thank you so very
much for all y'all have done and will
[30:24] continue to do uh for this community and
this County Mason I want to say to you I
[30:29] don't know you that well but here's what
I can say you're a lot younger than a
[30:32] bunch of these old farts up here sitting
with me and it's good to have young
[30:36] brilliant people on boards and
commissions because that's a step where
[30:40] you can one day hopefully come up here
and serve and U be a bright shining star
[30:44] for um the citizens throughout Kershaw
County in a different position so I want
[30:48] to say thank you and I'm happy and just
excited for you continue to to continue
[30:53] a good serving heart thank you thank you
Mr Tucker any further discussion Mr
[31:00] yes I I had an appointment at 3:30 today
and I'm not trying to brag on myself but
[31:06] and I heard you were going to be here
there's no way I would have miss it
[31:09] Mason that's not what you said in the
[31:13] text but I I have to tell you something
I'm so proud of you I really am and I
[31:18] remember you when you were just a young
boy too and you know your dad mom we've
[31:22] all been close friends in our community
along with Russell and everybody and but
[31:26] this is a a this problem probably one of
the most important or the most important
[31:30] appointment we make because it's
mandated by state law and there are
[31:33] certain requirements you have to meet
which with your education where you went
[31:37] to college you have no problems with
that whatsoever but uh thank you Mason I
[31:42] love you I love your family appreciate
you so
[31:46] much thank you Mr Jones Mr KO I always
wait to last I I let everybody get
[31:51] everything out the way before I speak
but Mason
[31:54] congratulations uh Mr Jones is correct
this is one of the the most important
[31:59] commissions we have and it's a big
responsibility and I'm glad to see some
[32:03] young blood stepping up to take these
opportunities to lead Kershaw County in
[32:10] the right direction you come from a
great family um known some of them all
[32:15] my life or they've known me all my life
and your mother does a great job on the
[32:20] clean commission so congratulations look
forward to to what you going to do for
[32:24] us in the future you got Miss bethon
sitting up there I got
[32:28] M thank you thank you Mr Kato Mr
Thomason any
[32:33] discussion I would just like to say
congratulations and you do come from a
[32:38] wonderful family and you have some big
shoes to fill and we look forward to to
[32:43] working with you
congratulations thank you Mr Thomson
[32:47] I'll just remark that I've witnessed
your family do service in the community
[32:50] for a long time so no doubt you grew up
seeing the same thing and it's just
[32:53] natural to you I'm also pleased to have
young people or younger people get get
[32:58] involved because uh Kershaw County
experiences a lot of brain drain we
[33:01] raise up wonderful uh kids with great
moral compass they're bright they're
[33:06] smart they go to good colleges or
develop a lot of skills through
[33:10] vocational uh training programming and
Community College and then they can't
[33:14] have a job around here and they go and
live somewhere else and so all those
[33:17] that that great human asset goes
somewhere else and so it's just exciting
[33:21] to have you here and I know your wife's
very proud of you I know your parents
[33:23] are proud of you and really I don't know
if it's like an early Christmas
[33:27] president or something to tell you that
you're going to have a new boat ramp for
[33:30] your next watery River Festival when we
clean up some trash so maybe that's
[33:34] maybe that's part of the the silver
lining of the announcement um and having
[33:37] that on the agenda earlier but congrat
chairman can I make one quick comment
[33:40] sure go ahead didn't mean to interrupt
you but it just I'm sitting here and
[33:44] when I start thinking things it gets
dangerous um did you know that that's a
[33:49] third generation business in our
community Kip's dad Kip and now Mason
[33:55] and you know we have another Third
Generation Mr brazo here we're the same
[33:58] his grandfather his dad and them I mean
if that doesn't make you proud of of
[34:02] when you have third generation families
running the and let me tell you they
[34:07] take you to the next level Kip he's
going to probably surpass you as you
[34:11] grow the business I have no doubt your
your retirement income should go up with
[34:18] that I have no doubt no doubt every
every parent would want that for their
[34:23] child wouldn't they I want it for my
kids too well okay I think we've uh
[34:27] we've discussed it let's go ahead and
pull it to a vote for those in person um
[34:31] raise your hand if you're in
favor 200% unanimous in person Miss
[34:36] Hannah Mr Thomson how do you vote I vote
Yes it is unanimous Miss Hannah thank
[34:42] you very much that concludes that
[34:48] item we uh we want to hop up and take a
picture and hug on your neck and
[34:51] everything but let's go ahead and get a
motion to adjourn make a motion we
[34:55] adjourn all right second got a second
any discussion seeing none all in favor
[35:00] raise your hand unanimous in person Mr
Thomason how do you vote I vote Yes we
[35:07] are adjourned Miss Hannah if not you
hang on to that that's the shortest ever
[35:10] had