2026-10-27 - Committee on Ways and Means

00:09Good afternoon. I'd like to call the

00:11October 27th, 2026 meeting of the city

00:15of Charleston's Committee on Ways and

00:17Means to order.

00:19Uh we'll begin by asking Councilmember

00:22Brady

00:24to provide an invocation. Where I saw

00:26him earlier.

00:28Um all right. Well, we'll

00:31go with a moment of silence here then.

00:44Thank you very much. Um okay.

00:47Um item number two, approval of minutes

00:50from October 13th, 2026.

00:53Moved and properly seconded. Any

00:55discussion?

00:56All those in favor, please signify by

00:58saying I.

01:00Any opposed? The eyes have it. Item

01:01number three, bids and purchases. We

01:03have uh approval to purchase a 2030

01:05Pierce Enforcer tractor drawn aerial,

01:08which is a a ladder truck uh I figured

01:11out after reading through the uh

01:13purchase order.

01:14Um we also have an approval to establish

01:17Oh, that's $2,469,497.

01:20That's a

01:22It's a big item. Um approval to

01:24establish a

01:25uh janitorial contract for the Police

01:27Department, $250,000. And approval to

01:29establish a contract for a vehicle

01:31uplift in the amount of $310,000

01:35for the Police Department. Uh

01:37Do we have a motion?

01:39>> So moved.

01:40>> And a second. Uh all those Any

01:42discussion?

01:44All those in favor, please signify by

01:45saying I.

01:46Any opposed? The eyes have it. Item

01:48number four, uh BFRC. This is an

01:51ordinance authorizing the issuance of

01:52city

01:54of Charleston Public Facilities

01:55Corporation installment purchase capital

01:57improvement and refunding bonds, series

01:592026 in the aggregate principal amount

02:02not exceeding $90 million.

02:04Um

02:05do we have a motion?

02:06>> Motion.

02:06>> Second.

02:07>> And a second. Uh I believe Ms. Wharton's

02:10going to come up and give us a brief

02:12overview. $90 million probably worth a

02:14couple minutes discussion.

02:16>> [laughter]

02:16>> Couple.

02:21>> Good afternoon. $90 million, $45 million

02:23of that is for the West Ashley office

02:26building.

02:27About $32 million is for the police

02:29fleet garage, maintenance garage, and to

02:31buy properties in Cainhoy for fire

02:33stations. And then $11 million is to

02:35refund our 2015 IPRB bond.

02:39If we can.

02:41Depending on interest rate.

02:42>> No notes. You notice that?

02:43No notes.

02:45>> As always, I would I would expect

02:46nothing less.

02:48All right, any other Any questions?

02:50>> Ms. Wharton, by abbreviation in the

02:52acronym IPRB, please.

02:54>> I'm sorry. I do this. Installment

02:56purchase revenue bond.

02:59>> All right. Thank you, Ms. Wharton. Uh

03:01all right, we have a motion and a

03:02second. Uh any other discussion? All

03:04those in favor, please signify by saying

03:06aye.

03:07Any opposed? The ayes have it. Item

03:08number five, community services,

03:10approval to accept a $50,000 general

03:12operating support grant from South

03:13Carolina Arts Commission to support the

03:152026 MOJA Arts Festival.

03:18Um

03:20uh we have a motion and a second. Any

03:22other Any discussion? All those in

03:24favor, please signify by saying aye.

03:26Any opposed? The ayes have it. Um item

03:28number six, capital projects, approval

03:30of a construction contract with Edifice

03:33for the construction of the new fire

03:36operations facility. Um

03:39this is an early release GMP in the

03:41amount of $2,893,700

03:45for shop drawings and construction

03:46materials.

03:48Um

03:49and this obligates $2,893,700

03:53of the $60,798,734.45

03:58budget. Uh I heard a motion and a second

04:01while I was talking, I think.

04:03All right. Any discussion on this item?

04:06All those in

04:07uh favor, please signify by saying I.

04:09>> I.

04:10>> Any opposed? The eyes have it. Item

04:12number seven is the legal department

04:15ordinance to amend the agreement between

04:17the city of Charles Wait, are we on Is

04:20that real estate?

04:21>> Yes.

04:22>> I'm sorry.

04:23>> This is This is correct.

04:24>> Yeah.

04:25Uh and the old exchange building

04:27commission for three additional years.

04:29Uh do we have a motion?

04:31>> Move.

04:32>> Second.

04:32>> And a second. Any discussion?

04:35All those in favor, please signify by

04:37saying I.

04:37>> I.

04:38>> Any opposed? The eyes have it. Item

04:40number eight is uh

04:42housing and community development. This

04:44was considered by the committee on

04:45community develop- community development

04:47on October 22nd. Um authorization to

04:50deobligate CHDO home set-aside funds

04:53from the program years

04:552019 to 2024 totaling $377,697.80.

05:00Motion and a second. Any discussion?

05:04All those in favor, please signify by

05:05saying I.

05:06>> I.

05:06>> Any opposed? The eyes have it. Item

05:08number nine, this was considered by

05:10public works and utilities committee

05:12yesterday. Um

05:15stormwater management, approval of an

05:16agreement with Charleston County for the

05:18city to provide $25,000 of funding for a

05:20drainage improvement review by the

05:22county's consultant for the Avondale

05:23intersection project. Moved and properly

05:26seconded. Any discussion? All those in

05:28favor, please signify by saying I.

05:30>> I.

05:31>> Any opposed? The eyes have it. Item

05:33number 10 is stormwater management,

05:35approval of a South also from uh

05:39uh public works and utilities yesterday.

05:43Uh approval of the state of South

05:44Carolina request for contribution

05:46distribution form pursuant to a

05:47million-dollar appropriation from the

05:49Rural Infrastructure Authority

05:51for the Dupont Wappoo Orleans Drainage

05:52Road Improvement Project. Uh I heard a

05:54motion and a second. Any discussion?

05:58Talked about this good bit yesterday.

06:00Uh all those in favor, please signify

06:03vote I.

06:03>> I.

06:04>> Any

06:05>> The ayes have it. Item number 11, also

06:07from public works and utilities

06:09yesterday. This is uh

06:11>> storm water management approval of fee

06:13amendment number three with Thomas and

06:14Hutton

06:15$28,700

06:17as part of the Lake Daughtry and Long

06:18Branch Creek drainage improvements

06:20project. Moved and properly seconded.

06:23Any discussion?

06:25All those in favor, please signal your

06:26vote by saying aye.

06:27>> Aye.

06:27>> Any opposed? The ayes have it. Item

06:30number 12

06:30>> Mr. Chairman, I'd move that we take 12

06:32and 13 together and move for approval.

06:35>> All right.

06:37We have a motion and a second. Any

06:38discussion on these items that were

06:40considered in public safety

06:43uh

06:45uh on the 20th.

06:48All right. No discussion. All those in

06:49favor, please signal your vote by saying

06:51aye.

06:51>> Aye.

06:52>> Any opposed?

06:53The ayes have it.

06:55Uh and

06:57I believe uh Council member Tingler

06:59>> Yeah, I'd like to make a motion to add

07:02uh

07:03item 14 on the agenda.

07:06Uh specifically uh the authorization for

07:08the mayor to execute a perpetual

07:11access easement and public dedication

07:13agreement

07:14uh related to the access to the Johns

07:16Island Recreation Center.

07:18The exigent circumstance here is we have

07:21a um

07:23uh we we need to get this easement so we

07:25can start construction on the the Johns

07:27Island Recreation facility, which is we

07:31have basically moving forward right now.

07:33So

07:33>> Second.

07:35>> And that that includes a finding of an

07:37exigent circumstance.

07:38>> All right. So, we have a motion and a

07:40second. We have to have what? 2/3 uh add

07:42it to the agenda?

07:43>> agenda.

07:43>> All right. So, 2/3 uh to add it. This is

07:46to add the item number 14 to the agenda.

07:49Uh any discussion?

07:51All those in favor of adding item number

07:5214 to the agenda

07:54>> Aye.

07:55>> Aye.

07:55>> your vote by saying aye. Any opposed?

07:57The ayes have it. Now for approval of

08:00item number 14.

08:01>> I'll move for approval.

08:02>> Second.

08:02>> Motion and a second. Any discussion on

08:05uh approval of item number 14?

08:08All all of those in favor of police

08:10signal by by saying I.

08:11>> I.

08:12>> Any opposed? The eyes have it. If

08:14nothing else to come

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