County Council - Regular Meeting

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We do not have any action to take as a result of those eight matters. Um, tonight, uh, our invocation, uh, Bishop Kenneth Raven is Bishop here? Yes, sir. Bishop, come forward, please. And we appreciate you providing our invocation. After that, we'll honor our nation with Pledge of Allegiance. Stand if you can, please. Gracious heavenly Father, we come before your throne tonight. We thank you for the opportunity we have to gather together in one accord, Lord, to handle matters, business, Lord, that affect this community and affect this great nation. I pray, Lord, that you touch all of us in this place today, that you would press upon us with your spirit, that we'd be able to execute everything with it needs to be handled tonight with excellence, Lord, with compassion, with grace, with dignity, honor. Lord, that we would have great character, and we would be able to communicate all of our concerns and our desires with, uh, decency, and do it in order. Lord, we just ask that you would touch us, and we we invite you into this place today. It's in the precious name of Jesus that we pray. And we say, "Amen." Amen. Thank you, Bishop. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Council, I trust that you've had an opportunity to review your minutes from the last meeting uh for April 21st. If so, I'll entertain a motion that we accept those minutes. Motion to approve. Motion by Vice Chairman, second [snorts] by Ms. Griffin. All in favor? That is so ordered. Thank you. I see that we have one person, I believe, signed up to speak in public comment, Ms. McIntyre. And Ms. McIntyre, as usually I I cannot read that name. So, is that Aaron Khan? Come forward, please, Mr. Khan.

Thanks. Uh good evening. My name is Aaron Khan, and I'm speaking on public hearing item C, the ordinance to amend the zoning map to light industrial. I want to be very clear. When you rezone land tied to decades of industrial chemical use, you are not just planning for the future, and you are taking responsibility for the past. At the last meeting, this room was filled with concerned citizens ready to speak on a related large-scale industrial tract. That item was deferred, and those voices were not heard. But, deferring discussion does not eliminate risk, and it does not answer questions. Since then, I've conducted first-hand observations along a railroad corridor leading directly into one of these former plant sites. During that time, I encountered a strong chemical type odor followed by physical symptoms, light-headedness, tingling in my arms, and a nosebleed. All documented with timestamps. I then interviewed a former mechanical engineer from that facility. Without being prompted, he independently identified that same area as a location where chemicals were handled and described the exact same exposure symptoms. That is not speculation. That is two independent accounts aligning on the same location and the same effects verbatim. At the same time, I would like to note for the record that a Freedom of Information Act request 26-109 currently pending with the county regarding this site. So, as of today, you are being asked to consider zoning decisions while relevant information may still be outstanding and not yet available to the public. That should concern everyone in this room because the question is no longer just can this land be rezoned. The question is should it be rezoned before the public fully understands what may be there. Since I began this on day one, the information I've gathered has contributed to multiple multi-agency

state-level responses and ongoing investigative activity. So, I'll ask this plainly. What is this council doing to ensure that environmental conditions on historically land are fully investigated, verified, and disclosed before moving forward with zoning decisions? And if that information is not yet complete, why would we move forward at all? Because once zoning changes are approved and development follows, the consequences, environmental, legal, and human, don't fall on this podium. They fall on the people who live here. Deferring public discussion once or even twice is one thing, but moving forward without answers is another. I urge this council to pause, ensure full transparency, including the release of pending FOIA requests, and make decisions based on complete information, not assumptions, because there are 1.5 million people watching you through my eyes. Thank you. Hold on, sir. Thank Yeah, thank Mr. Khan.

on. Come back up, if you will, Mr. Khan. So, let me make sure I understood your comments were in regard to old business item C third reading tonight, correct? Uh yes, yes, it was industrial It was a rezoning of the industrial site or yeah, to to a re-industrial. What What address are you talking about, sir? It was to amend the Greenwood County zoning map. It was It was just in reference to it. Yes, sir, but what address are you specifically talking about?

1511 No, cuz that I don't think that's the same property. It's not the same It's not the same property. I'm using that as an example to show you. Okay. I'm just referencing, you know, I'm I'm I'm trying to tie, you know, when you guys rezone, uh you know, something there has to be So So, knowledge about that property So, let me get this straight. I'm glad that's been brought to my attention cuz I misunderstood as well, Mr. Kahn. So, you're not You're not specific When you were talking about your arms tingling and this kind of stuff, you're not talking about this piece of property. No, no, no. I'm talking about an experience that that I encountered.

was that experience? That was at the Ascend plant. The Ascend plant. Okay. And have you have you seen the recent um reports that we've gotten from I'll call I'll still call him DHEC, DES. No, I requested I requested reports on the 29th of April, sir, and it's still pending. I I haven't received so they can certainly be made available to you. Um they've been posted on social media.

Actually, I actually have a copy of the FOIA request with me. I can give give to you, sir. And you said it No. I No, I don't I don't need that. All right. I think you clarified for us. Thank you, sir. Appreciate you. We have no presentations for council tonight, so we'll move now to segment of old business. Item A, ordinance 202617, approving request by the treasurer's office to dissolve the Spring Lake special tax district, Ms. Dorn. Thank you, Chairman and council. This is the final reading. Um as we talked about previously, where uh the neighborhood of Spring Lake came back to us and did ask for us to proceed with dissolving the special tax district. We have not heard from any other neighbors um and since your last reading. So, they haven't responded back to you since we met last. We have not had anybody come back and say they would like it to stay. Every All the comments we've had is they would like it to be dissolved.

Right. I'll hear a motion to approve. I'll second. We have a motion by the vice chairman, second. All in favor of dissolution. That's unanimous and so ordered. Thank you, Ms. Dorn. Item B, ordinance 202618, authorizing in pursuant to title 4 of the code of laws of South Carolina of 1976 as amended, including sections 4-1-170, 4-1-175, and 4-29-68 thereof, article 8, section 13 of the South Carolina Constitution, the execution and delivery of an infrastructure credit agreement by and between Greenwood County, South Carolina, and a company known to the county as project Piranha, to provide for certain annual special source revenue or infrastructure credits to enlarge the boundaries of a joint county industrial business park and three other related matters. Mr. Bateman, our economic development director, please. Thank you, Chairman. Good evening, members of council. As we announced at your last meeting, project Piranha is Amazon building a last-mile delivery station in the 96 business park at the intersection of Highway 34 and Business Park Road. We also talked about the the county's partnerships with 96 CPW and the existing businesses there that funded water water infrastructure improvements, but the lack of sewer infrastructure to recruit new industries in in that park. And that is why Amazon requested consideration from council to reimburse its cost for offsite sewer infrastructure improvements that would extend sewer service from an existing main 96 CPW to their facility. Amazon would bear its own cost for its on-site sewer improvements, but asked for this council to consider reimbursement of the offsite sewer extension that would be necessary to serve their facility and future tenants of the park.

Thank you, James. Yes, sir. And also mentioned that in tonight's packet you have draft documents. We have revisions to those documents that will be finalized and ready for your third reading on this matter with the specifics all outlined. Mr. Chairman, I'll field motion to approve. Second. Have a motion by Mr. Allison, second by Ms. Miller. Before before we vote, any comments or questions by council? [snorts]

Hearing none, all in favor as presented. That's unanimous and so ordered. Uh we now need need need to move into public hearing session. Um I'll ask for a motion that we that we open a public hearing. So moved. I second. Motion by Ms. Miller, second by Ms. Griffin. All in favor. Thank you very much. Item C, ordinance 2026-16. That a Wait a minute. Yeah, that's third that's third here third that.

Yeah, but but but that's we had postponed that public hearing, correct? Thank you. Ordinance 2026-16 to amend the Greenwood County's zoning map as and if amended so that two parcels of land totaling approximately 15.68 acres at 1511 96 Highway in Greenwood, South Carolina changes from agricultural AG2 to I1 light industrial. Mr. Rushin. Thank you all for your time. On your agenda request, this was incorrectly listed as first reading on the agenda request. So, just want to make that that this is a third and final reading with the public hearing before uh the the reading. Uh applicant is Chandler Construction Services, 1511 96 Highway. Current zoning is AG2, uh which is agriculture. The request is to rezone to I1 light industrial. Property size, there's actually two parcels here totaling 15.68 acres, and this is in uh district two, Allison, not ward. My apologies there. Uh there's the property the two properties there. Of course, you can see the building Chandler Construction uh with the title there. Uh the new building uh will go on the uh rectangular piece to the right. A view of the subject parcel. Uh there you can see that clearing grading has uh already begun. View towards the east, which would be a view back towards uh 96, and a view towards the west, which would be the view towards Greenwood. Current zoning, again, it is AG2. Uh again, you see there in the red boxes in all the screen are the two parcels in question. Uh there is some commercial just up the road, uh but again, surrounded by AG2 at this time. As far as future land use, uh the subject property is low-density residential. There is some uh commercial that was under the future land use right in front of there, which doesn't quite

fit the boundaries of the current property lines. Believed it was supposed to include uh this parcel at that time when it was uh went to future uh land use. As far as property history, current construction services uh use has been in operation since at least 1971. It's a legal non-conforming in the 82 district. Uh with the expansion, uh they want to uh clean up their uh zoning uh so that it is an approved one uh for that particular district. Uh council's already addressed this uh project, this expansion project through the economic development piece. Now, this is addressing the project through the zoning piece. Staff does recommend that uh does does recommend approve, and planning commission also uh recommended to approve with a unanimous vote. Thank you, Mr. Russian. Before I ask speakers come forward, council, any comments or questions for Mr. Russian? Okay. Thank you, Rob. I would ask if there's anyone here tonight that wants to speak in favor of this of this interest. Please come forward, sir. State your name and address for the record. My name is Patrick Hobson. I'm the president of Chandler Construction Services, and we reside at 1511 96 Highway. Um thank you very much for the council for um working through this with us and understanding that um we've been there since 1971. We're going to do the same thing we've been doing. We're going to give it a little bit of a facelift, and we're going to be better suited to serve the community. Um we currently employ um about 115 people that about half of those bring a lot of value back to Greenwood County. Um and we want to continue to do that and grow. Um I do want to state that I'm not sure what this man's name is, but I take extreme exception for him referencing my property as part of a problem for growth in Greenwood County. Um

we do things the right way and to compare Chandler Construction Services to a chemical production facility that's been there for a long time is an irresponsible way of using your public opinion. And I don't think you should try to bait our council members into feeling shameful for doing things that are best for our community and I think that the table vote for that particular parcel, they will make the right decisions based on information that's provided. But I just wanted to clear the air that uh what you brought to the table today has zero relevance on what's going on in this meeting. So, thank y'all very much. Patrick, before you sit down, let me say this on behalf of council, we appreciate the fact that Chandler Construction chose to stay in Greenwood County because you didn't have to stay in Greenwood County. And it it the company has a legacy within this county. Um so, thank you for your comments. Thank you for being here. Thank you very much. additional jobs and investment Thank you. Thank y'all. Is there anyone else here tonight wanting to speak in favor of this ordinance? Seeing none, is there anyone here tonight that would like to speak in objection to this ordinance? Seeing none, I'll ask for a motion to close the public hearing. So moved. Second. Motion by Mr. Allison, second by the vice chairman. All in favor of closing public hearing, public hearing is now closed. Council, what is your pleasure?

Motion to approve. I second.

Have a motion approved by Mr. Allison, second by Ms. Bishop. All in favor of approval say signify and that's unanimous and so ordered. Thank you very much. We'll move now into segment of new business. Consideration of the approval of a variance to the procurement policy for the creation of an employee store for employee apparel. Ask uh deputy county manager for finance, Ms. Doran. Thank you again, Chairman and Council. Um we're asking for a variance related to our procurement policy, but I thought it would be a good idea to explain exactly what it is that we're working on. Um I think as as all employers commonly do, we work for ways to increase the morale of our employees and provide additional reasons for them to stay um in employment with Greenwood County. And so, one of the things that um one of the ideas that we had was to allow um for what we're going to call an employee store, so that employees could purchase one um apparel item that will have our new county logo on it. Um kind of serves a dual purpose because as our employees are out wearing uh the apparel, then we're broadcasting [snorts] our message about Greenwood County in addition to um providing this for our our um staff. And we wanted them to be able to select what they have rather than assuming that everybody might want a particular type of item. And so, we've got a couple of examples of what the store um items would look like. Um it will be open for a 2-week

period, and the employees are able to select one item at no cost. Um you see here when there's color, the logo will be in white. Um but if they select a white clothing item, then it would be in color. And this is just to make sure everything shows up. Um and you can see along the bottom there are a couple of different options that they'll have. Um here are some fleece jackets that they would be able to select from. I I know how many of you select that at this time of year, but [laughter] I know. We needed [clears throat] today. Or some of us are more cold natured. [laughter] Um we have the waterproof there um jacket available as well. And then as you can see both suited for um men or women, uh sweatshirts and hoodies. Um and then vests that are available. So these items were selected um again trying to appeal to whether you're in the office or you're out in the field. Uh these were recommended by Emerald Promo uh which I see Steve Riley is in our audience tonight. Uh they have the same uh option for the city of Greenwood that they have been using for for them as well. And these are some of the most popular items on the city of Greenwood store which is uh what he recommended to us to use. Um at a later date we will open the store for employees to make optional purchases if they want to purchase additional items. Um at which time we could make different things available like um uh I'll call them Yeti cups but you know what I'm talking about not necessarily the Yeti brand. Uh and those things. So um the procurement variance that we're asking for is to be able to um to select Emerald um Emerald Promo to do this for us. They have proven that they are able to do this through the

city of Greenwood. Um the city already vetted several different prices and his prices were the best in addition to the fact that he is a local vendor. So um we have $23,000 available from a recodification project. We also have some other funds if we need additional funds to move around so that uh this is available and it will be available to all full and part-time employees on the same basis that um that we use when we in change make other stipends available to our employees retention stipends on the same basis. We have a base number of hours for our part-time staff. To make sure that they're active active part-time employees. So happy to answer any questions that you might have. What do we what do we anticipate the cash outlay to be and I guess it kind of depends on which garment they're ordering? [clears throat] It depends on what they select. So I would think that we could probably go up as much as 40 or 45,000. And of course Mr. Riley will donate a good part of that I'm sure.

I'm sure he'll be glad to. Okay. [laughter] I think he's talking about his property taxes. [laughter] I have a question Mr. Chairman. Ms. Miller. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Chairman. Just clarify did you say it would be open for two weeks? Two weeks. So what's the what's the 23,000 if they're buying their own? The two the two weeks period is for them to select one item that the county will pay for. We are that's the 23,000 for that. then later we will open it for them to make purchases at their expense if they would like to. Is there a fiscal display or is it just all online? It's all online.

Spot on. Okay. So it's a virtual. Will the county council be able to purchase some items as well? Just in time for conference. Exactly. [laughter] Yeah, we get shamed every year by every county in the state. [laughter] 45 out of 46 have a shirt. Just saying. [laughter]

We will purchase of course. Okay council what's your pleasure? So moved. Have a move have a motion by Mr. Allison and second by Mr. Griffin. All in favor. That's unanimous and so ordered. Thank you Stephanie. Thank you. Item B, consideration of purchase of a motor grader for the road department, Mr. Russian. Assistant County Manager for multiple things. I get a different title every week. [sighs] Due Due to the availability of some unspent funds from vacancies and other savings within the fiscal 20-year regional road department budget, there are some funds available to do a capital purchase here at the end of the year. [cough]

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Uh purchasing policy allows purchasing from state contracts with certain requirements. We have contacted three vendors who provided adequate quotes for the motor graders. Uh John Deere Construction Dobbs Equipment is the low bidder under state contract pricing. Uh no local vendors were available as per the purchasing policy. Uh due to the fact that the winning bid falls within the formal range, uh the county's purchasing policy does require approval by County Council. Uh total cost is $287,900 60 dollars and 70 cents. Uh it will be taken from the original fiscal year 26 budget funds, which is the budget year we are in currently. Staff recommends approval and award of the bid to Dobbs Equipment. I did include the bid sheets. Uh we did have bids from both Blanchard and Linder. Blanchard with a CAT model and Linder with a Komatsu. I can take any questions you might have. Mr. Chairman. The accountant in me just has asked this question. Said, you have now saved $287,000 in your budget? Mostly through vacancies. We We budget for a full staff for the full year. Uh we're currently running um 12 out of 15 in that department and have for the majority of the year. We've added a few numbers Okay. this year, but mostly through vacancies. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I'll offer you a motion to approve.

I second. I have a motion by Ms. Allison, second by Ms. Bishop. Before we vote, any further discussion or questions for Mr. Russian. Okay. All in favor? [cough]

Unanimous, so ordered. Thank you, Rob. Thank you, Calvin. Item C, resolution 202614, establishing the pre-certification of a special purpose tax district, excuse me, special tax assessment for rehabilitation of historic property at 200 Main Street under the Bailey Bill ordinance, Mr. Russian. So, um Council, it's been a little while since we've seen the a Bailey Bill uh application of pre-certification. Uh we have several um interested parties right now, but uh the one we're bringing for you tonight is at 200 Main Street North. Um this building is uh well, first, let's review the Bailey Bill just a little bit. Uh county's ordinance was adopted in March of 2015 to um adopt incentives to restore historic structures. Uh the process involves a pre-certification prior to construction starting and then final certification once it's complete. We're here tonight for the pre-certification. Uh we'll do that by resolution tonight if Council so chooses. Uh And again, the the bill that's a little bit backwards. Uh the Bailey Bill authorized local governments to offer this special tax assessment for rebuilding rehabilitated historic buildings. There's an aerial view of the building. Uh while the address is 200 Main Street North, uh the building faces Bailey Circle or faces the current Veterans Center, the old library. Uh so, it's right next to the right next there. Uh there's a bit the building, a view from the front of the building. Um the left side of the building, right side of the building. Obviously, these are all pre-construction photos. Uh and then the back of the building. I want to stop on this picture just a little bit cuz it's germane to what we're going to talk about in a minute, but you can kind of see there is a rounded structure or a barrel roof um that looks to be maybe original to the building. And then there is a little slanted roof that was added on at a

later date. We're not sure of that date, but we believe the original uh structure had a barrel roof. Uh, picture just the inside of the building. Obviously, uh the interior is a bit dated, uh but again, that's probably not um original to the building from 1915. I don't believe we had drop ceilings back then, but obviously there's been some interior renovations since 1915. This gives you a little bit idea of the inside of the building. Uh the applicant tonight, uh Mr. Steve Riley, is here with some additional pictures um that we only saw today, uh but again, another picture of the building. This is a rendering of what the building will look like uh when it's finished. Obviously, that picture right there uh is very different than uh what the building

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uh currently looks like today. Um and there is a building a picture of the building this morning. Um construction has started on it. Uh one of the uh requirements of this Belle Meade overlay ordinance was that you're restoring uh the building. Um and we do have the staff had some heartache with the new roofline. It is lo- located in the city. Um it being in the city and being in an overlay district, it did go to the Board of Architectural Review with the city. Uh they did approve this project. Uh there's a certificate of appropriateness that they did furnish from that approval. And again, it is within the historic overlay. Uh staff recommendation, and I'll tell you that um when we originally looked at this, uh we we do have some more information we got today about the interior of the building, what they're doing with the interior of the building that maybe softens this recommendation, but staff did recommend denial based upon the different roofline. Uh, Mr. Riley's here today to uh, maybe explain why they went with a different roofline and some of the construction um, issues that they had that. Uh, the project does meet all the requirements it sends except really um, maybe that roofline keeping with the historic nature of what the building uh, looked like. Uh, we did feel like the change to the facade and the roofline and changes to the historic look of the building. Um, and again, we do provide a resolution tonight if council does choose to approve this uh, that it'd be pre-certified by resolution. Uh, again, the applicant is here tonight uh, to speak about um, this and the some of the challenges maybe that they went through if chair does want to recognize him. Yes, Mr. Riley, come forward, please, sir, if you will. State your name and address for the record. And I and I know this is this is a a bit of this has been a bit unusual. So, we'll

take the time for you to give a full history Thank you. how we've come to where we are today. Thank you.

my name is Steve Riley. I live in this historical overlay, uh, 410 Jennings Avenue in Greenwood. Um, before I tell you about this building, this is my second building. The first one I did at 221 Maxwell. I believe you saw that at one time, but uh, we didn't cut any corners. We invested 400,000 in the building. It's now occupied by Old Eight. Um, and they also kept the integrity of the building upstairs and then downstairs except for the very back. So, um, we know what to do [snorts] and how to do it. Uh, the reason we chose and and that picture of the barbecue, that's not what the building's going to look like. It's not going to have brick because it's going to be just like that. We are going to paint it with the historical colors. We agreed to do that. Um which has already been approved. Um but the reason we changed the roof the the existing barrel roof, if you saw the picture uh and I'll just start passing this so you can see it better. Thanks, Steve.

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The roof had a partial flat roof and that roof was uh like mesh. It it rained in the building every time it rained. So, we came in and gutted the entire building. Uh we had the brick up the side to get the building square to get back to some of the original look of the building. We looked for pictures, couldn't find any. We did have to take some courses of brick off one side. But at the end of the day uh it was it only made sense to put a pitched roof on the building. So, we also agreed to a smaller pitch that would uh match better in the neighborhood. Uh we also agreed to go with a black architectural shingle. But the thing that I revealed today that maybe we didn't make clear we didn't get rid of the roof. We're keeping it. The inside of the building 100% like it was when it was built including the brick walls. So, our goal is is to retain the concrete floor. We're going to try to sand it down and retain it. We're not doing anything on the walls except the back wall cuz we had to build a support to hold the roof up. Uh our goal is the we're going to put two rooms inside of the room inside of the building. One will be a catering kitchen and one will be a storage room. So, yes, I do own Emerald Promo, but I also own Smoking Coles barbecue sauce and rubs. And I've entered [snorts] into agreement with the National Barbecue Association. We're going to be bringing in big talent from all over the country to teach national barbecuing, professional barbecuing, professional barbecuing in that. We also got several TV personalities that have agreed to come and film episodes here. Uh Man v. Food's is I met him in Nashville a few weeks ago. Um, and then we've got world champions that'll be coming. Our goal was to be open before the barbecue. I don't know that we'll get there cuz we had some hiccups, but hopefully we will. So,

[snorts] So, anyway, this building's going to become a for-profit building. It's getting renovated. It'll be done correctly. It'll It [snorts] will not be an eyesore. And I'm asking you to approve the Bailey building tonight based on the information. You know, having questions. Steve, before we vote, I'm going to take the opportunity to apologize to you for the hiccups along the way on the county side of this. And I I [laughter] do believe that we will do better going forward. I'm not going to belabor that right now, but we've had conversations about that.

Here's the rendering drawing. This That's not the colors. Yeah, let's let council see that in full before we have further discussion. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I hope today is a very good day. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. I do want to clarify one thing. Um, The staff rec- staff is split on this uh as far as approval or denial. Uh, the planning department we came to denial, but I would say that we've had a lot of conversation with that. Our county manager holds a different view on on that and if he wants to speak to the other side of uh as far as staff recommendation goes. I I would like for the manager to speak on that. Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, I was going to say when [clears throat] uh Mr. Rushton says staff, I think he meant planning staff, not all staff cuz I take a very different approach to uh to this project. I understand the position of the planning staff and I think we've talked about this before. I view the Bailey bill kind of as a continuum. You know, on one end you've got historic preservation on the other end you got community impact and community revitalization. And I think both of those have merit and I think both of those make you eligible for the the Bailey bill. You know, I from what we've seen this building needs a lot of love and care and support. Luckily, Steve Riley is coming in and being willing to do it and I think to to penalize him because the exterior roof doesn't match what it may or may not have looked in 1915, I think is missing the forest for the trees. You know, I think we need to be doing more of this across the county not less of this. You know, I know there are multiple other ones. I know there's one that Dane and I've talked about multiple times in 96 where they've gone in and took a building that the roof was collapsed in on itself and put in a million a million plus dollars to renovate that building and I think it would be unconscionable to argue that 96 is worse off because of that investment they made. They clearly are better off because of that investment they made. I think Uptown in the Overlay District is better off with the investment Steve made on Maxwell and

for the one he's making here. And I think again, I don't I would recommend council not miss the forest for the trees of improving our community through this tool that Steve is asking us to utilize. I would recommend that you give him a preliminary approval tonight. And thank you, manager. And I agree with you. I mean, we're looking at a building that has stood there for the past as long as I've been in Greenwood and most of you've been in Greenwood a lot longer than I have and was a fully fully an eyesore right there beside our veterans center. So, Um Mr. Chairman, I offer you a motion to approve. Second. So, let me let me make this clear now on how we're voting. Staff recommendation was to deny. We have a motion to approve.

No. I make a motion to approve the pre-authorization, the pre-certification like um Mr. Chapel was talking about. Okay. Do I have a second? Second. I have a second by Ms. Do I need to rephrase my Okay, I did it right. Mr. Can I say something that maybe ties all this together? Yes, sir. Okay, the process here is uh Mr. Riley's has filed his application, has paid his fees. Since it's in the overlay district in the city, it has to go to BAR, which he has done. He is now has their approval. You're now at the step of planning staff is making a recommendation to council. You're making a decision tonight. Assuming you approve it, Mr. Riley would then do the construction and then come back to you for final certification.

Correct. So, tonight's step is preliminary certification, which is what I'm recommending you approve. I think that is the motion, if I understood it right. Uh yes, I so I'm I am offering a motion for a pre- approval approval, pre-certificate. pre-certification Well, I said it right the first time, huh? Yes, [laughter] exactly, exactly. Okay. So, I have that I have that motion by Ms. Bishop, have a second by the vice chairman. All in favor is approved.

have a little discussion? Yeah, excuse me, excuse me, certainly. Before we vote. Yeah, I wanted to comment, too, and thank you, Mr. Manager, for bringing that up, and we have Renee in the room. I've actually mentioned to her numerous times I agree. I mean, sometimes we can have ordinances that may not just fit what's going on in today's environment, and um I don't want to take anything away from the planning department doing their job and following what rules or what ordinances are in place, but also listening to Mr. Riley talk about the roof being curved, and I could see, Mark can correct me on this, how the rain could go down in there and get trapped and and leak. So, it it could cause multiple problems, but for me personally, I believe not just this project, um we have others in the hopper. I think this is an excellent way and a time for us to reconsider how we administer this. And I think it's great for us to be able to encourage residents to engage in in this revitalization project because it seems as though it's Greenwoodians, whether you grew up here or Clinton or wherever, uh people that take stake in this town and and like we've seen in '96 and I know in other places and and I think they should be applauded and rewarded for their efforts. Um so, yes, I am in full support of what Mr. Riley has done at this location, but I'm also asking, uh Mr. Manager, that staff look at the ordinance to see where we can accommodate a mixture of of both. Does that make sense, Council? Perfect sense. Any other comment, Mr. Chairman? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Miller.

Go ahead. I just want to thank Mr. Riley for um his vision. I think this is remarkable of what you have done for Greenwood and I hope you'll continue to do for Greenwood. And my only question is when are you going to buy the building next door to it? Church owns it. I've tried. Okay. [laughter] I wanted to put a meat market there. Thank you. Mr. Chairman. Yes, ma'am. So, thank you for bringing the photos cuz that helps us too. And and then I like that you are preserving the inside, the roof. I mean, that that looked really good. So, place. So, thank you for bringing that. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, so let me make sure I understand this. We're going to approve the Bailey bill for the property on Bailey Circle.

[clears throat] Was it right? Okay. Thank you. [laughter]

Is there any further discussion before we vote? I have a motion to approve. All in favor. And that's unanimous and so ordered. Thank you, Stephen. Steve, I wear an XL, by the way. Yes, sir. Item D. Resolution 2026-15 adopting the Greenwood County Comprehensive Road Safety Action Plan funded by USDOT Safe Streets for All grant program. Mr. Skinner. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Council. We have a Safe Streets for All final plan. I think we had a draft before you a couple months ago. Uh we've had the opportunity of the past month or so to meet with District 50 and DOT to kind of finalize the plan. But it's being funded through the bike and pedestrian trail portion of the 2016 Capital Project Sales Tax. We have about 120,000 left in the bike ped improvements. We've resurfaced a lot of the trails, West Cambridge, East Cambridge. Um we've done some drainage work, some signage, curb cuts, fencing, and uh we've done the first part of the Safe Streets for All uh is included in that number. And after all that, we have about 120,000 left, so that's the idea of where your funding is. So, when this was first um implemented in 2016, the application was uh applied for by the Parks and Trails Foundation. Billy Nicholson actually signed the application. Uh that application referenced a lot of the 2015 ped and bike plan, which was suggested connecting existing trails and paths. So, that's kind of how we got here with the Safe Streets for All grant. Um it was approved by the Federal Highway Administration in November 2024. And the grant agreement actually says that the connectivity of

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bike and pedestrian trails is a main focus of concern. So, it all sort of falls under this this umbrella of bike and pedestrian trails. The grant was for 200,000 and that is broken into two phases. The first phase is this action plan phase. Um we spent 100,000. We've been reimbursed 80,000 by FWH. And in order to move to the next phase, we have to approve the plan. Uh so, that's what we have here before you. And also, if we if council approves the plan, they're also eligible to uh apply for the implementation grant, which is the bigger um I think they just released 670 million um for 40 to 70 projects across the nation, what, 2 and 1/2 million to 20 million range, so. So, once this plan is approved, if if so approved, then we can go after those bigger projects. Uh so, just to go through some of the highlights of the plan, we looked at our our our uh traffic engineers or consultants looked at uh fatalities and serious injuries going back to 2017. [clears throat] Uh we had 95 people killed and nearly 200 people seriously injured in Uh one of the sort of the one of the out li- liars of those fatalities was the uh DUI uh incidents a little bit higher than the national average. So, um our consultant thinks that might be something to look at uh outside of trails. Um but if you look at the uh sort of the they call this the KSI index or the killed or seriously injured index, uh our most dangerous roads um, are bypass 72 uh, northeast uh, kind of from Red

Lobster to uh, Jerry's Produce or Walmart. Uh, that's that's the highest incidents per mile. And then uh, also on the bypass northeast uh, it's the second highest. That's from Coxbury Road to Old Athens Highway. And then number three is Montague Avenue which runs right through the center of town on um, I think from South State Bank to Pearcy Avenue. So, not too surprising those are the most uh, heavily traveled streets in Greenville County. Um, but the uh, the highest number of fatalities are actually more on the rural roads. Um, you've got uh, um, Highway 34 going to 96 is up there. And then Highway 25 up around where Shoals is another big one. So, this was the first step to look at these uh, traffic injuries. The second step was to get uh, feedback from the from the public. We had a couple of stakeholder meetings. Uh, we had a survey on the website that ran last year. Um, and the the key themes from those meetings and from that survey was that uh, pedestrian and and roadway safety near schools and trails was a major concern. Uh, mostly we need more sidewalks, better uh, crosswalks. And then speeding was also a major concern. Speeding and and running red lights. That was number two. And then another thing that kept coming up in the survey and the stakeholder meetings were of course the Swamp Rabbit Rabbit Trail and can we get something like that? So, looking at the um, the data, the uh, stakeholder meetings uh, we came up with a strategy uh, basically five strategies for this plan. Uh, number one is to build out this network of shared use paths. Uh and shared use is not just sidewalks,

but sidewalks and bike paths. Um and instead of a 5-ft sidewalk, you're talking about a a 6- or 10-ft uh asphalt path with both pedestrian and bike and bike uh access. So So bikes aren't necessarily in the road. Um number two was safer zones around schools. That was a big uh item. And number three was uh the couple of cross-town routes like East Cambridge, Laurel, and Durst ranked highly on the injury network um and in the surveys. So four and five were kind of further down the list, but uh our consultant added them in there uh because uh future funding um would support those two things. So kind of the big plan uh that everybody uh kind of rallied around was connecting Grace Street with Lander, um the Lander maze complex and the trail that runs behind Lander, and also up towards Greenwood High. Um Parks Foundation uh really wanted to see this. The city was behind this, and and DOT was surprisingly in favor of this uh except for this intersection. They They did not like closing this uh this uh uh two-way street on Wilson Street, but that's a long way down the line if it ever gets there. Uh they were in favor of the crosswalks. Um this seems to be the main point of this is connecting Laurel to the new entrance to Grace Street Park. Right now, there's no way for anybody who lives here to get down here. There's no sidewalks there. So that would be um a good use of the next hundred thousand dollars if approved. Heritage Trail to South Main was another big uh point of emphasis. Uh they recommend turning the kind of the smaller South Main Street, not the main

South Main Street, into a two-way uh bike lane. DOT was really um really pushing this uh intersection at Crestwell and South Main Street. Um they would like to see uh the the uh driveway where Prabha's gas station is, next to Miss Ann's Fried Chicken, they like to see that closed. Uh crosswalks across here and and sidewalks installed there. Apparently, that's a major point of emphasis for for DOT. A lot of uh injuries and and wrecks there. Um the end of West Cambridge Trail, where it runs into the bypass, this is the OG Outback. There's really no way to get across that street right now. Uh so uh our guys actually suggested putting a stoplight there. DOT thought it's too close to the Chick-fil-A stoplight, so uh they suggested maybe a a highly visible crosswalk, maybe some flashing lights. [clears throat] Um and sidewalks on both sides. Right Right now, you only have sidewalks on one side. And then uh the town of 96 had Of course, you have a trail that runs through the town. Um so uh they uh suggested a lot of a lot of different crosswalks and sidewalks around those intersections. Those are the trail projects. The school projects are a little little uh more costly. Uh they would involve uh a bigger grant, but definitely these these schools highlighted uh need some uh sidewalks and uh crossing uh crosswalks, slower speeds around them.

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Uh this is probably the plan that got the most traction in all our meetings. This is around Greenwood High. Uh District 50 was all in favor of this, as was DOT, surprisingly, but um they recommend moving the entrance to Greenwood High across from the new Seven Oaks uh subdivision. Uh installing the planning median down the middle of Cokesbury. And of course sidewalks, our shared use paths on each side. Um Of course no one wants to pay for it. It's about a $5 million project, so that would be something that we would have to apply for a a larger grant for. And then this is East Cambridge, another another road on the high injury network. Uh they recommended upgrading crosswalks and um slowing speeds along East Cambridge. The rural roads, uh DOT's working on these, but uh definitely uh has some chance to slow down traffic, rumble strips, I think was their main their main emphasis there. And uh conflicts on Bypass 72, it's another thing DOT is doing a traffic study in the next few years to look at that, so uh there's also some uh policy recommendations in this plan. Uh mostly, you know, adding sidewalks where with SCDOT to to slow traffic, uh street lights, landscaping along roads to help slow down speeds, those sort of things. Um And these are the uh advisory committee and the the partners that helped put this together. And uh finally, you have if you uh choose the resolution that uh that is in your packet, I believe. Susan, a big thanks to Susan, she helped me get the

the uh right the right resolution in there, the right format at the last minute last week. Um but it basically says that that we adopt this plan as a framework for for the future. And uh we have the aspirational goal to eliminate serious injuries. Um So, if you choose to move forward with the grant, uh the next $100,000 or future grants uh we would ask you to uh consider this resolution and um and we also can can make any changes if you see anything that that sticks out that you don't really like. So, uh but this is the recommendation of our traffic engineers and and staff at this point. Josh, thank you. You've done a good job of keeping us up-to-date on this project. It's been going on for quite some time. Council, what is your pleasure? So moved. Have a motion by Mr. Allison. Second. Second by Ms. Bishop. Ms. Griffin. Excuse me, Ms. Griffin. You know, you guys going to have to shout it out. Um any any discussion questions of Josh before we vote?

Mr. Mayor, I have one point of clarification. Ms. Miller. So, this is just approving a resolution to adopt the plan. There's not a spending component at this point tonight.

just adopting the plan, yep. Thank you. Good question, huh? Anything else before we vote? All in favor of presented and that's unanimous and so ordered. Thank you, Josh. Item eight, ordinance 2026-20 to amend the Greenwood County zoning map as and if amended so that one parcel of land totaling approximately 34.36 acres at 917 Old Abbeville Highway in Greenwood County changes from R1 single-family residential to AG1 agricultural. Mr. Rush. Uh this is first reading, so we'll just give you a quick preview to applicants John Scott, 917 Old Abbeville Highway. Uh this property is actually split zoned, uh but the part of the property they want to rezone is the part that is R1 single family residential, and the request is to move it to AG1 agricultural. Property size is just short or just over 34 acres, and the council district is six, uh Councilman Templeton. Uh that is the odd-shaped property there. You can see there's actually a uh main part of the property and then a leg that stretches up to Old Abbeville Highway there at the top, so it's kind of odd-shaped. Uh view of the property from the front. Uh you can see there's a residence in the front there. There's actually a residence at the back and some agricultural structures. Uh view from the east and west. Uh and there you can see the kind of uh dual uh zoning on the property. The upper leg there is zoned AG1 already. The lower leg is R1. Uh and they'd like to change uh essentially standardize the whole property to AG1. Future land use. Uh this is uh low-density residential. Uh it sounds a little odd to say it, but low-density residential is supported by AG1 and as it does allow uh low densities of residences. Um Again, the AG1 district. Uh there are

currently two single family houses on the property. Uh they're substantially dedicated to ag- cultural and pasture use. Uh the property has frontage on both Abbeville Highway and Folly Farm Road. Uh compatible with future land use, which is low-density residential. We covered that already. And then, um the property does have some non-farming use as there's two single family houses [clears throat] on it uh being zoned R1 single family residential. Staff recommends approval, and planning commission also recommended approval uh by unanimous vote unanimous vote at their last meeting. That's it. First reading title only.

as stated first first reading in title only requires no action. We have no further pending items that I'm aware of. Um but before we move on, Lieutenant Womack, uh you've been with us quite a bit lately and I appreciate you being with us. Is there any information you'd like to bring forward from Sheriff's Department? Uh well, I did talk to y'all several weeks ago about the uh WGJ. Um the total number of tickets that was just over $24,700. How does that compare with what we've done in past, Lieutenant? Uh second annual day did like 16,000 and then the year before that we did 6,000. So, it's growing. It is growing. I'm scared it's going to get too big for out there at the uh at Sports Complex, so Well, congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And Bishop Ryburn, thank you for being here again tonight with us. We appreciate you being here. Please come back anytime. We'll move now to district reports. District 1, Ms. Griffin. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Like to say good evening to everyone. Um thank you for coming out today and thank you for staying um for the um entire time. Like [snorts] to say happy new month to everyone. Um and it says, "As we step into this new month, may your life blossom like flowers, shine with gold opportunity golden opportunities, and be filled with love, peace, and endless joy. May every day bring you closer to your dreams. May your heart overflow with gratitude and happiness, and may this month be your best month yet." So, um cheers to a happy new month. Also, like to say I was able to attend the 15th anniversary of Benjamin E. Mays celebration with the Morehouse Glee Club. It was an awesome program, very well attended. Um we were able to collect 14 bags of

litter on with the West with Mount Macedonia Baptist Church. Um like to say happy Mother's Day to all mothers. Enjoy your day. Um The Promised Land Association will have their monthly meeting on May 14th at 6:00 p.m. at the Promised Land fire station on Highway 10. And to continue to love one another and pray for one another. And pray that we just continue to do the best for Greenwood County. And that so ends my report. Thank you, Ms. Griffin. District 2, Mr. Allison. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I too want to thank Bishop Kenneth Raven for being here tonight. Uh he is ordained pastor of Restoration Ministries which is affiliated and is the Church of God. And just for some for for some general information, the Church of God has over 8 million members nationwide and is represented in 189 countries across the world. So

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uh I have attended the church there. It is a very diverse one of the most diverse churches I have ever visited. It's black, white, uh young, old, uh see people who have made very successful lives for themselves, others who look like they may have to borrow money to get gas to get there. So one of the most diverse churches I have ever attended and thank you for what the church is doing uh in in our community. You're the second pastor in a row that has stayed for the whole meeting. Most of them pray and leave. So, there's something special about the last two.

Amen. Uh and it was it was kind of ironic. Uh we went to eat after our last meeting that Reverend Cannon was here. Cannon. Uh Cannon Reverend Cannon was here and he came in the restaurant and he he sat down and eat with had dinner with me and Theo. And I think we sat there and talked maybe 45 minutes after the meal. And then Bishop Rabon walks in the door with his wife. So, then we all go over there where they're at. And then we go over and have a conversation with him. The two churches are probably a mile and a half apart. Uh I think uh both of them may be in my district. This church is definitely in my district. But, thank you for coming. We appreciate you taking I know you're a busy [snorts] man and I appreciate you coming. Uh also, I want to say that I am very appreciative of our state delegation. Uh I think Senator Billy Garrett, Representative Gibson, and McCravy have really been on top of the issue with the lake. The the the fish you know, the the dead fish deal we're dealing with right now. Uh I know they have been posting a lot of things. My understanding, if I'm correct, Theo, are y'all meeting with them tomorrow? That's correct.

I was going to mention that later, but we will. The manager the manager and Mr. Rush and myself will be meeting with the senator and DES in Columbia tomorrow about 1:30. Yeah, meeting in Columbia. And he can tell you more about that. But, I want to say I appreciate their hard work uh and lake management. Uh There's so many rumors out there that are not true. There's it's it's [snorts]

just like some of what we experienced here tonight. That uh you know, it just my my concern with it is it takes the focus off of what we need to be looking at. So many times it gets so distracting that it is is not productive in solving you know coming up with a solution to to what we need to do. But anyway, I do want to thank them for their their work at Lake Greenwood. Mr. Chairman, any other items on the floor? Thank you, Mr. Allison. District 3, Ms. Bishop. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank everybody for being here tonight. Thank you, Bishop. I've been able to serve even at your church before and I love being there with you guys and thank you for coming and supporting us in the beautiful prayer because we need God's presence with us as we go through and make decisions for our community. And um I just want to say um I really do appreciate each one of my fellow council members. Um I thank you all for everything that you do in our community. Um I know I'm not here alone and it means a lot. It means a lot and a lot of times the community don't doesn't understand exactly what we do. But it it's hard work. It's really hard work and we care about Greenwood. Um a lot of things are said and done. Just like the gentleman that was here tonight. Um that was not right. That was not right. Um so a lot of things are said and done and a lot of misinformation is is out here. But I can tell you one thing. When you call Johanna, if even if I don't answer the phone, I will call you back. And it's [snorts] and it likewise with

the rest of us. Everybody calls back, answers the you know, answers the phone, is fine with meeting with you, talking to you, but you know, we care about Greenwood. And and Mr. Mr. Chappell, Miss Susan, Miss Carson, Josh, Mr. Rob, Stephanie, um Allison, I mean, we all in Womack, [laughter]

and Mr. and Mr. Bishop. Yeah, all of us. We work really hard and we work really hard together for Greenwood. Correct. And I am very thankful to be a part of this organization because I'm telling you, I've I've been I've been a part of others and it's not been as heartfelt and hardworking as this is. So, um I just say thank you to everybody. And even everybody in Greenwood, but we do need to work together and um some things is just we we need to not spend time on, honestly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, that ends my report. Thank you, Miss Bishop. District 4, Miss Miller. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um just an update from Councilwoman Miller's perspective and and the some things I've attended recently. Been a busy couple weeks. Um I did attend the delegation meeting down in Troy. That was my second visit in the same week to Troy. Never been there before, so um but it's a it's a great little town community and Senator Garrett and Representative Gibson were there in attendance. So, we had some good conversation. Um I would tell the chairman that um Senator Peeler, chair of the Finance Committee, did allow them to do earmarks this year. So, we might need to have some conversation on some money for Greenwood County. Just put that bug in your ear. I did attend the kickoff for the um the family court judge Zimmerman and the solicitor kind of partnering on an MDT treatment court for youthful offenders. Um so had a huge amount of people in attendance. It was at the Boys and Girls Club. And it's a more of a um kind of a preemptive not for people who are violent, but people who are on that path to kind of get them into an uh a treatment program. And so I'm happy to see it being led by judge Zimmerman. Um

did attend last week's planning commission meeting, so I I want to um [laughter] again thank Ms. Bishop for her words. I think people need a better understanding of what county council's role is versus planning commission versus you know all these other commissions and boards that people serve on. Um so anything that we can do to help you understand the processes procedures, you know, please let us know. Maybe another great article. [laughter]

Thank you. Um and the Vision Greenwood, they continue to have their meetings on resiliency. Uh their task force continues to meet to say, you know, what are those things we need to be prepared for which are unpredictable events. Um so I was privileged to attend that one. I think it was their seventh meeting so far in the past so many months. And finally um I don't used to talk about civic groups, but I was invited to attend the Rotary um the the luncheon group, and they personally wanted to thank Greenwood County for their support of their lithium battery recycling program. So they did give a good shout out to Greenwood County, particularly Rob's group with helping in that effort to recycle lithium batteries, which I did not know we could do. So thank you for that uh educational lesson as well for me. And that in concludes my report. Thank you, Ms. Miller. District 5, Vice Chairman Pruitt. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um and thank you, Ms. Bishop. I believe that your uh comments and remarks were not only timely but spot-on. I feel the exact same way you do. I also attended the Planning Commission meeting and while I understand frustrations, we also have to understand what the rules are.

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We have rules. County Council members absolutely have zero authority outside of a called meeting when we meet as a body. So, um we have to respect the rules just like everybody else. Having said that though, personally, I have reached out to several folks in attendance and offered to listen. And still waiting on that return. Um I joke about this being my third job in addition to my day job. I'm an adjunct professor, too. And so, I try to cut my time up, but I spend an hour and a half this morning at CPW talking about water and water quality and and and learned a whole lot of things. So, um I believe the the right information being delivered at the right time will be good. I'm glad you guys are meeting with Myra Reese at DES. Um someone I consider a friend. She worked with us on the Cannady Dam project. I actually spoke with her today. And I'm encouraged by some of the things she talked about that they will be doing in the future to inform our residents of things going on in Greenwood County. Um And then the most important thing for me, I'm glad um Ms. Griffin, you talked about Mother's Day. We will celebrate Mother's Day in Gaffney dedicating our grandson to the church.

Oh. That will be the highlight of my week. Um So, I will end my report as I do every week with a Bible verse from Matthew 7:12. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged. And with the measure you use, it will be used to you. That ends my report, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Pruitt. Uh as usual, last to speak, and and my colleagues have done a great job of [laughter]

of of saying many of the things that I would like to say, but I'm going to I'm going to encapsulate it with this. You know, there's been a there's been a lot of consternation and a lot of accusation and a lot of false information. I can promise you that this, that whether it comes from members of this body or whether it comes from our staff, when we respond to issues in this community, we will respond factually. We will We will only um offer information when we know and believe what the truth is. And uh I'm very happy that in the last few days there have been reports forthcoming and we all know what those reports were that have kind of in my mind sorted out some of the miscommunication. So, I'll just leave I'll leave it there. This We are entering the month of May. So, it may be 85°, it may be 35°, it may rain, it may snow. And we may get through it. Um so, uh Well, it's Cinco de Mayo today, I guess, isn't it? Cinco de Mayo today. So, the la- the last thing in regard to my district, um the We had our first outdoor spring festival at Hodges. And this is the first festival 26 in Greenwood County happening a little over a week ago. The Hodges Spring Festival was a great success and as usual Tammy Baber and the Hodges Cokesbury Fire Department Department organized a tremendous event. It included craft vendors, food trucks, carnival rides, and live music from bands across the state. And last Tuesday, Renee and Index Journal wrote a great article that appeared on the front page entitled Hodges Unfiltered. The article highlighted the importance of having power and energy even during outages such as Hurricane Helene, and the festival is a large part of the fundraising for a generator that the

fire department is going to try to put in place. Since Hodges is the hub for Greenwood County fire training, it's necessary that we have that power for classes and training as well as during outages. So, hats off to the Cokesbury Hodges Fire Department uh for another successful event. They They I seem to say this two or three times a year. They always exceed my expectations in what they do. They're a tremendous organization. I was able to go out and have uh dinner with them last Tuesday night and was proud to be there. So, I'll close my report with that, and I will ask uh if manager, you have anything for the good of the order? Yes, sir. Nothing, Madam Attorney. I would um just like to say that we had a a just result in the case um that was tried today in circuit court. Um we had an outside attorney that represented the county and did a fine job, but the best job was done by Mr. Robert Preston. He was our star witness. And he did a wonderful job. He's had a very busy day. Um and I've been with him for a lot of it. So, um glad that that happened and wanted to share it with you. And he has, and he's been on the top side and the bottom side of two issues. Uh so, uh good job, Rob, once. Um

[laughter] Susan, anything for you from you? Mr. Manager. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Waiting to get a an answer from Abby. As As you're aware, our PIO is out of town with her son. And I want to get an update. This is hot off the press. Thank you. She says that they haven't spoken with the doctors yet, but the nurse's updates are all positive. That they're they're closing him up, but all is going well. So, that's the So happy son Wyatt had surgery this afternoon. So, he's certainly in our prayers. Um if nothing else, we will adjourn. Thank you for being here. Thank you.