All right, I'd like to call this February 10th meeting of City Council or Order.

Madam Clark, we please call the role.

Councilmember Greg.

Here, Councilmember, Councilmember McBride, Councilmember Pulquay, Councilmember Brady, Councilmember Dialessandro, Councilmember Waring, Councilmember Seekings, Councilmember Tinkler, Councilmember Bowden, Councilmember Appel, Councilmember Skardon, Mayor Cogswell.

Here.

I'd now like to ask Councilmember Seekings to give the invocation to lead to everybody under the pledge.

Allegiance.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Heavenly Father, bless us all, keep us under your wing.

May your divinity shine down and fill us with your grace.

Allow us to feel the presence as we set out in our duties, mindful of your humble guidance for those in need or feeling the effects of ill health.

We pray for your gentle hand of relief and recovery.

Let us strive all together and with your guidance to make this better world.

Amen.

Amen.

Pledge allegiance to the flag.

United States of America.

One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice.

Okay, we are now on to presentations and recognitions.

First one up is a recognition of Black History Month.

I'd like to call or ask Ms.

Levanda Brown, who is the CEO of the YWCA Greater Charleston chapter to come up and join me on stage, as well as any board members or staff might be here.

Come on up, come on up.

As well as I'd like to invite uh Donald West and Melissa Brown, who are the president and vice president of the Charleston area branch of the association for the study of African American life and history, and any other board members uh and staff would like to join me up here on the podium.

Come on up, come on up.

We got everyone, yes.

We got everyone here now.

There's a microphone.

All right.

Whereas from the earliest days, black communities have written crucial chapters in our national story.

And whereas the black community has contributed greatly to our national nation areas, including science, art, music, sports, education, and public service, and has bravely served our country in large numbers in times of peace, war, and in every way in our nation's history.

And whereas the black community represents an array of distinct and vibrant cultures, each of which enriches communities in valuable ways.

And whereas the story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G.

Woodson and Minister Jesse E.

Moreland founded the organization known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, or Ashlam.

And whereas President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to honor the accomplishments of African Americans in every area throughout history.

And whereas the City of Charleston recognizes February 1st to February 28th is Black History Month and encourages residents of this city to celebrate the cultural, professional, educational, and civic contributions of Black communities.

Now, therefore, I William S.

Coxwell, Mayor of the City of Charleston, to hereby proclaim February 2026 as Black History Month.

Get around.

Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor Cogswell, City Council, members of city staff, and members of our community.

On behalf of the board, staff, volunteers, and especially on behalf of the women, children, and families that we serve, we thank you for this proclamation.

Um, we this is significant receiving this Black History Month proclamation in a city like Charleston that has such a layered and complex path past.

We feel like this is very significant, and that this um is not just a moment in time of a recognition, but this uh should encourage us all to continue to stay committed to the work of creating an equitable and a just Charleston.

We recognize that without equity and justice in this community, many of Charleston's residents will not thrive.

So we look at this as an encouragement for us to continue with our commitment to creating a just and equitable community, and we thank you.

We thank you, Mayor Cogswell, thank you, City Council, and thank you to all the members of the community that have been committed to this work for 117 years, I must add, thank you very much.

Thank you.

I just wanted to add a few things.

One that the Charleston area branch of Asala has been around for more than 31 years, and we recognize both Negro History Week, which was the first 50 years, and Black History Month, which was and is the second 50 years.

Uh, we look forward to working with members in this community.

We celebrate and recognize Black History 365 days a year.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, our vice president.

Oh, sure.

Go ahead.

I would just like to add to make sure that um everyone is aware that the the title of the organization, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, we are not to be relegated as just a historical organization.

We are very committed to the ongoing concerns, um aspirations, and um conflicts that continue to face African American communities throughout this nation.

And we would want to just make sure you do know that we have a vibrant chapter.

Please look forward to hearing more about our ongoing um activities throughout the year, and we ask you to join us for as many of them as you possibly can.

Move center here, give you all the court papers here.

All right.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, man.

Next up, we have a very special recognition to somebody who has served this city for quite some time on the history.

And her family to join us up here on stage.

Whereas Mickey Rosenbloom is an alum of Ashley Hall and a graduate of Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and a minor in English.

And whereas Mickey, after graduating, worked at Chimon and Schuster Publishing in New York City, proofreading works and meeting with artists.

And whereas Mickey married Jeffrey Rosenblum in 1969, and they returned to her hometown, Charleston, to live.

And whereas the city of Charleston, South Carolina, is a city defined by its rich and complex history, where the preservation of our collective heritage is essential to our identity and future.

And whereas Mickey was appointed to the city's Arts and History Commission on February 5th, 1985, and has served with distinction as a member of that commission and the Commission on History for over 40 years.

And whereas Mickey has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the preservation of Charleston's historic and aesthetic interests, and whereas Mickey has marked her long tenure with loyal attendance, reasoned advice, and her willingness and graciousness to serve.

And whereas Mickey retired from the Commission on History, having recently been elected as the president of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina.

And whereas the tireless volunteer efforts and professional dedication of Mickey Rosenblum have significantly contributed to the holy city's reputation as a global leader in historic preservation.

And we thank her for her many years of service.

Now, therefore, I, William S.

Coxwell Jr., mayor of the city of Charleston to hereby proclaim February 10th, 2026 as Mickey Rosenblum Day.

I want to say this is an honor, but actually being on the commission for all those years was really an honor.

And I I thank all the mayors, um, all three of them that I Ray O'Reilly, Mayor Techlinberg, and Avernayer for continuing to appoint me.

And I thank Harlan, who is like the best chair I've had in all these years.

So thank you very much.

This is an honor.

Let's get a picture.

One quick picture if you wouldn't mind.

You gotta hold it though.

It's the important one.

I'm gonna go on the side.

You can stand.

We've got to look at a point this way.

I mean, that's kind of gold seal and everything.

Never have one.

There you go.

I don't believe that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Major.

All right.

Last up tonight, I'd like to ask uh Gray Gowder with Carolina Ocean Alliance to join me up on the dais.

Just to talk honoring a resolution honoring the Blake Plateau.

Whereas the Blake Plateau is an area located approximately 80 to 200 miles offshore of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.

And whereas the plateau hosts 80,000 deep sea coral mounds, hundreds of feet above the sea floor.

And whereas the region is home to the world's largest continuous deep sea coral habitat, and whereas the Blake Plateau supports a huge diversity and abundance of marine life by providing habitat, food, and protection for endangered sea turtles, whales, seabirds, deep sea mussels, 100 species of fish, and more than 200 coral species.

And whereas the plateau's deep sea corals and stream work together to process essential nutrients and pump them from the deep back to the surface, where they are transported throughout the South Atlantic, pipe and up the east coast.

And whereas these nutrients help sustain the region's fish populations and all who rely on them.

And whereas the deep sea corals are a minimum of tens of thousands of years old and could be as old as two to three million years old.

And whereas it is an area steeped in maritime and cultural history with spiritual significance for the Gulla Geechee whose ancestors crossed its waters as part of the Middle Passage.

And whereas the city of Charleston is concerned about the potential impacts of greater ocean industrialization on our coast, and whereas the city of Charleston endeavors to be a good steward of its coastal environment and its regional biodiversity, and is proud to celebrate its longtime support for conservation and the protection of the Southeast's wildlife.

Now, therefore, I, William S.

Cogswell Jr., mayor of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, hereby resolved that the city of Charleston is in support of a durable protection of the Blake Plateau and its biodiversity and cultural significance.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh Councilman Appell for bringing this forward and Calen for your tireless support in bringing this forward as well.

I'm part of a coalition that is seeking permanent protections for the special places on the Blake Plateau.

Uh, just five years ago, we didn't know about this place until Noah sent a research vessel out there to do high-resolution mapping.

They did not know that over 89,000 living mountains of coral are out there in the darkness beneath the Gulf Stream.

These coral grow in a very similar way that oysters mound on top of each other.

Each generation forms the substrate for the next.

And the beautiful thing about these discoveries is we have the opportunity to create that same opportunity for young people for next generations of curious uh children, scientists, people who are filled with wonder to make new discoveries off of our coast to be able to do so, and we can become a gateway community to uh to learning to curiosity and to scientific progress here in reconnecting us with the ocean just off our coast.

So thank you for this, and um look forward to celebrating uh Southeast Wildlife with you this weekend.

Thank you.

Okay, we are now on to public hearings or no public hearings on the agenda tonight.

Uh gonna uh now on to uh approval of minutes from January 27th.

Motion may probably second any further discussion on that.

If not, all those in favor signify saying aye.

Opposed, eyes have it.

Now on a citizen's participation, uh, which is 30 minutes long.

Uh remind members of the audience, the rules of the quorum.

Um, Madam Clerk, how many people do we have signed up?

We have five.

Give them a minute and a half each.

Please call the first speaker.

All right, we will start with our in-person list first.

Mohammed Idris.

Evening with the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful peace be with you all.

This is African American history month.

And mayor Coswell knows it.

When placing a number by each letter in the male last name numerically, you will get 96.

Placing the same number, placing numbers by each letter and knowledge, you will get 96.

96.

Doing it with Douglas, Frederick Douglass, you would get the same.

What I'm saying is that the mayor knows about the history of African American, and the mayor made me a promise.

Not the not the mayor.

Mr.

Coswell made me a promise.

I do not have no fight with the council.

I have a grievance with Mr.

Coswell.

He made a deal with me.

If I help him get elected, he would pay me the money that we agreed on.

He did that.

So I will be fighting him like Frederick Douglass fought to get free.

Thank you.

Lisa Jones.

Hello, good afternoon, Mayor Coxwell, Council members.

I'm Lisa Jones.

I'm with Historic Charleston Foundation.

And I'm here to comment on the proposed amendment limiting the design review board's authority on capital projects to a single conceptual review.

Public review is one of the most important safeguards we have for major infrastructure and tax-funded projects.

And the DRB provides essential transparency, expertise, and accountability.

Major public projects should not receive less scrutiny than private development.

Design review and public input help ensure our built environment reflects Charleston's character and our values.

For these reasons, HCF urges council to oppose this amendment and preserve full DRB review and public engagement.

Thank you so much for your consideration.

And now we'll move on to the online list.

Anthony G.

Bryant.

And if you're joining online, you can press star six to unmute yourself.

Anthony G.

Bryant, President E.

G Bryant Group Inc., uh, my deep concern regarding Lynch Foundation is supported in terms of equal text and due process under S 76, S85, and H4343.

The coroner must provide our community with a disparity study on race, income and class regarding cause of death and cold cases from 1982 to 2026 to ensure equal text and due process under the law.

Have a nice day.

And next we have Anna Catherine Alexander.

Good evening, Anna Catherine Alexander with the Preservation Society of Charleston.

And I'm going to speak briefly to two items on the agenda this evening.

First, the Preservation Society urges council to take seriously the resolution before you on 106 Cumming Street, a former city owned burial ground.

This is the resolution put forward by the Commission on History.

The circumstances surrounded this surrounding the site are entirely different from instances when burials are incidentally discovered.

Here, burials are foreseen and likely number in the thousands.

As a first action step, we would urge council members to participate actively in the community engagement council conversations underway, being facilitated by the College of Charleston, which are open to the public.

And second, with regard to the design review exemption for city projects up for first reading, this appears to be a solution in need of a problem.

Design review in commercial areas helps improve our city, and we are not convinced that such a broad exemption is necessary.

There may be room to improve efficiency, but there simply has not been enough public discussion about such a significant change.

This will go to planning commission next week, so there's no need to rush.

We ask council to defer action on this item tonight.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you.

He said he submitted it in writing.

And then we also received some comments online.

Uh we received um one comment from Mr.

Harris that was sent to City Council in full.

Two comments were received from Mr.

Bryant, which were sent to council in full.

And two emails were received supporting the call to repeal the first amendment demonstration ordinance.

And those are all the comments that we received.

All right.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Um, moving on now to petitions and communications.

We have three code enforcement officers for appointment from the department services from development department services.

Motion made to approve all three.

Item one, uh, probably seconded any further discussion.

If not, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Oppose, uh as have it.

And let's thank those acchary and William for their commitment and service.

Now I would like to call on Harlan Green, who is the chair of the city's history commission to the microphone to report a resolution passed by the History Commission.

Mr.

Green.

Thank you.

It's an honor, Mr.

Mayor, and members of council and dedicated members of city staff and you, the public, to be here to address you.

As the mayor said, my name's Harlan Green, and I'm I am here in the role of the chair of the City of Charleston's Commission on History.

Um, the commission dates back to 1933, even before Mickey Rosenblum started to serve on it.

And it was called into being then to help advise the city on our historical assets, identify them, mark them, and evaluate them.

We generally do our work out of the glare of the public, but the public does attend our meetings and often speaks out passionately about issues that, though marking past events and sites, still have relevance for us today.

The membership of the committee has varied over time, and we serve with your the city council's approval.

We're a diverse lot, and we certainly do not agree on everything.

Of late, though, our meetings have attracted more and more of the public, which we all know is a good thing.

The commission generally approves text for markers, but some issues have so engaged our citizens that we commissioners have done something quite rare.

We have adopted a resolution on an issue many Charlestonians feel passionately about, one that will come before this council, responding to our mission to advise the council and to reflect the desires of those we represent.

The commission passed the following on November 5, 2025.

Quote, being aware of the proposed development of a burial ground formerly owned by the city of Charleston at and adjacent to 106 Cumming Street.

We members of the City of Charleston's Commission on History propose the following.

That the city of Charleston is required by certain state statutes regarding disturbance of sites of human remains, work as respectful as a respectful steward and become an active participant in all public discussions regarding the site and its development.

That the city of Charleston adhere to appropriate ethical and practical guidelines, protocols, and series of best practices that have been developed by other national and international entities and by professional organizations concerning the recovery of human remains and preservation of cultural materials regarding disturbance and/or development of such sites.

This includes consulting with the local descendant community and making any decisions regarding the future of the human remains and the burial ground, that the city of Charleston in current and future threats to burial sites should become a role model for other cities and entities facing similar situations.

And finally, that the city of Charleston accept the sincere offer of this commission and its members to help in the process in any way that we can to continue to preserve and respect the historical assets of this city, a mission our commission is charged to uphold.

And in conclusion, I'd like to draw attention to the fact that preservation laws protect everything from the ground up, but the hallowed ground on which we stand often has no protection for what lies beneath.

So permit me, please, to not just state a problem, but to mention a possible solution as well, one that other southern cities and American cities have done.

And now there is a groundswell of public support to do.

Thank you.

We are now to Councilman Baldwin, who is worked virtual, but will give a report on Hart's recommended action items.

Councilman Balden, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Thanks everybody for uh just a few minutes here to talk a little bit about the work that HARC did.

Uh you may know that I was made the um the co-chair um at one point with um with Jerry Harris, who was the other co-chair.

Uh I replaced uh our former colleague Jason Sachrin, um, who uh you know really worked hard at this and um you know had had very you know very concrete goals that he that he tried to accomplish.

Um and um you know tried to follow a little bit in his footsteps.

I want to thank um Jerry Harris as well as um Carol Jackson and the other members of HARC.

Um these are familiar names to all of us, but for those who don't know them, um, you know, they give tremendous time to the city um and and work very hard to make sure that uh we are serving all of our citizens uh as well as we possibly can be.

Um I want to share a list of resolutions that uh HARC uh passed at its at its final meeting um for consideration um by the appropriate uh standing committees.

Um and I'm happy to get with the committee chairs um and you know, figure out where these are supposed to go.

Um I don't know, this necessarily needs to be a big um conversation tonight.

I just wanted to make these clear um and um put them on the record so that we follow up on them.

Um the first one relates uh directly to um what uh Chairman Green just uh shared from the History Commission, uh, the coming Street Commons resolution.

Uh Hark recommends that the city require any applicant seeking to disturb or remove human remains from historic burial grounds to demonstrate informed consent from the descendant community and to ensure that remains are treated with dignity, studied appropriately and re-interred respectfully.

Um the first one relates uh directly to um what uh chairman green just uh shared from the history commission uh the coming street commons resolution uh hark recommends that the city require any applicant seeking to disturb or remove human remains from historic burial grounds to demonstrate informed consent from the descendant community and to ensure that remains are treated with dignity studied appropriately and reinterred respectfully uh number two uh resolution regarding expanded youth programming um this is uh in response to uh to us imposing the uh the curfew ordinance uh in the central business district um the the thought there being that um you know while certainly enforcement is is necessary uh you know we need to think about the next step which is you know what do kids do safely um and so hark recommends uh resubmission of its June resolution on youth initiatives urging the city to meaningfully engage the mayor's youth advisory council in evaluating and responding to the youth curfew and related policies um the third uh resolution was uh regarding uh the homeless student population um hark urges the mayor and city council to direct appropriate city departments to create and implement a coordinated action plan to support homeless students and families within the Charleston County School District obviously that would be in collaboration with the school district um number four uh would be a resolution regarding the uh first amendment demonstration ordinance uh hark recommends that city council conduct a rigorous and comprehensive review of the Charleston City code governing First Amendment demonstrations um number five is a resolution in support of state hate crime legislation which we've passed um I don't know probably four times since I've been on council um but you certainly deserves uh our continued support uh hark urges Charleston city council to formally support the passage of comprehensive hate crime legislation at the state level uh number six is a resolution in support of freedom of the press and Pierre Manigal um Hark recommends that the mayor and city council formally recognize Pierre Manigalfer's leadership and national role defending press freedom and First amendment protections and finally um there's a resolution in support of hope center funding uh hark recommends that the city provide increase in proportional funding support to the hope center to meet rising homelessness needs and anticipated expansion costs um happy to you know discuss any of those uh items uh I know tonight's probably the first time y'all are seeing most of them um so you understand if you need a little bit of time to digest but I'll I'll be reaching out to the um committee chairs and and uh pushing for consideration on these things thank you Mr.

Bowden uh Councilman Bowden I think it's a great idea good recommendation to give it to standing committee heads uh allow them to um put it on their agenda as appropriate um and with regards to the history commission certainly appreciate all the hard work uh and passion and expertise and um uh that that you all provide the city especially on this issue and for at least from my perspective as mayor certainly am committed to making sure that uh we do everything that uh is certainly required not just required by the state's state law but as you mentioned that is um ethically and morally right on making sure that these remains are treated in a respectful uh manner and that we are um strive to be the example for the rest of the country on how to treat uh situations like this um so again thank you for all your hard work on that and look forward to continued work with the college of Charleston on that effort and making sure that that is a very transparent and open process for the public and that uh the public again is made aware of everything that goes on uh as it relates to actions moving forward on that on that um on that effort so any questions comments from council members councilman polkek uh mr mayor thank you um and maybe this might be a a point of clarification for council member bowden but i just want to clarify that in as much as the hark has recommended a very specific action pertaining to the descendant community and we have clarity that uh the HARC recommendations are going to be referred to committee I think it would be important for us to also be clear that the additional elements of the resolution that came from the historic history commission also be treated in the same manner for the purpose of the referral to committee um I just wanted to assure that we don't uh in the future uh limit the committee's consideration of the um cemetery issue only to the descendant community but also include the other elements of the his uh history commission's recommendation so that might be just a suggestion to council member bowden as he speaks to the committee chairs uh there they're two items but they kind of uh uh could you know collide in some form thank you thank you um okay any further questions comments on these if not we will send them to the

The committee's consideration of the um cemetery issue only to the descendant community, but also include the other elements of the his uh history commission's recommendation.

So that might be just a suggestion to Councilmember Bowden as he speaks to the committee chairs.

Uh there are two items, but they kind of uh uh could you know collide in some form.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um, any further questions, comments on these?

If not, we will send them to the appropriate committee chairs, have them review and uh uh address them on their agenda as they they deem appropriate and uh go from there.

Uh Councilman Sheeley, did you have something you wanted to say?

No, I just know my report's coming up.

Fair enough.

Fair enough.

Thinking ahead, man.

I like it.

Training you well.

So on the committee reports, I'd like to call on Councilman Chile.

Committee on public safety.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

The committee on public safety met uh January 20th at 4 o'clock PM.

Uh fire department, fire marshal's division.

We had an approval of code enforcement officers and the uh emergency management department of the fire department.

Uh, we had an approval of a resolution for the adoption by the city of Charleston Council of the 2025 City of Charleston Hazard Mitigation Plan as an appendix to the Charleston Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan.

And we did have one item deferred.

I'd like to ask for adoption of this report.

Motion made, properly second.

Any further discussion on this?

If not, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Oppose, eyes have it.

Now I like to go out call on Councilman Greg since Councilman Waring is out uh of town for the commission on public works report.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh the Committee on Public Works and Utilities met on January 26th, 2026 at 5 p.m.

Uh the first six items on our agenda were um approved at Ways and Means on January 27th, 2026.

Um, at our last council meeting.

If you'd like me to go through them, I can, but I think since we've already voted on them, I don't have to summarize those.

Um great.

And then we had a brief update um on the Concord pump station upfit and the Sandcroft out outfall cleaning projects.

Um and then lastly, uh, and this was just voted on at Ways and Means, the um authorization for the mayor to execute the sixth amendment to the contract between the city conveys for the um inland title uh and flood risk management study.

Um that was just uh uh that was approved unanimously and also approved unanimously at Ways and Means.

Uh thus concludes my committee report.

Any action items on this black of each uh so can I get a motion for adoption of the report or uh open made probably second any further discussion on this?

If not, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed, eyes have it.

Now moving on to councilman seekings for traffic and transportation.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor, federal council members.

The committee on traffic and transportation met on January 27th.

There are three items you'll see on your agenda.

The first was a very extensive report by Charleston County on projects in the city of Charleston that are being funded in whole or in part by the currently existing two transportation sales taxes.

Um there's literally projects in every corner of the city save those in Berkeley County.

Sorry about that, Councilmember Greg, but we're working on it.

Um, two, I'd like to point out, I think is sort of illustrative of some of the things that TST does in the city of Charleston as we're considering going into the continuation of the 2004 TST.

One is at the base of the James Island connector at 4th Street, which is when you come into the city, there has been a long design project that's ready to go and about to be under construction, which improves the intersection as you come into town, allows for a much smoother trip across the peninsula and around the left turn there.

It also is going to include putting in the first ever in Charleston County.

We've now confirmed what we call scatter crosswalks, which is an all-way crosswalk.

Um, so that's great.

And we're also as part of that, or they are also as part of that because we're not doing it, they're paying for it with our money.

Um, gonna put in the biggest check valve we've ever had to the city of Charleston.

So um very multifaceted project that's gonna give us a lot of benefit.

The second is if you've driven out West Ashley towards the Ace Basin, you've seen that now underway is the flyover at 17 in Maine.

That is also a TST project.

As you all know, that's something we've been waiting on for a long time.

It is gonna really bring some relief to that end of the city and the county.

So I see our council members who represent that part of town.

We are happy, and we're all happy too, because again, that's a the probably the largest project that's been undertaken by any TST that's existed since 2004.

So smaller microprojects, larger projects.

It is how we get around and how we make things better.

So again, um, there's lots of projects in there.

Part of your packet, please take a look.

Um, we did have a request um for a road transfer from City Stormwater at Colberts and Drive.

That was approved.

And finally, we had a discussion, a very lively discussion about what we're gonna do as a city council about um e-bikes.

You've probably read a lot about it lately, they are proliferating.

Um, you will see coming through the TNT committee at our next city council meeting, I do believe.

They propose ordinance dealing with e-bikes, so please um keep your eye out for that.

Uh it was a very interesting and lively meeting, but again, back to the TST.

There is a ton of projects being funded right now in the city of Charleston, and without that TST, we wouldn't get any of them.

So I would uh move for adoption of the report because we need approval of three B.

Move made, properly seconded.

All those in favor, no further discussion.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye, opposed, eyes have it.

Still up, councilman seekings for audit.

Oh, thank you very much.

The audit committee, it's the committee of the whole.

Um had a rare January meeting on January 27th, 2026.

We heard from the loneliest employee in the city of Charleston, that'd be our internal auditor.

What's that?

She has friends now.

He's got friends now, she's got friends.

I would I would like to point out that our our current um chief finance officer used to be our internal auditor.

Um, so anyway, we got a great report from her on what she does, what she's doing, and what she wanted to do, all of which was approved by um this committee, therefore, this council unanimously.

We will, I think likely Amy have another audit committee meeting at some point this year, hearing from our external auditor, but this audit committee was solely focused on the work of our internal auditor.

So I would um move for adoption of the report.

Move made, probably seconded.

Any further discussion on audit.

If not, all those in favor for approval signify by saying aye.

Oppose, eyes have it on to ways and means for adoption of the report.

Motion made, probably seconded.

Any further discussion on ways and means always cracks me up.

Uh, if not, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed, eyes have it.

Now we're up to bills for second reading.

There are 11 bills up for second reading.

Move one through 11 for adoption.

We have a motion made on items one through 11 for approval.

Any further discussion on any of these items?

If not, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Opposed, eyes have it.

Move third reading ratification one thing.

Motion made properly seconded for third reading on these items one through 11.

If no further discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye opposed, eyes have it.

On to first reading.

Um, we have one bill up for first reading, um, which is uh the pending ordinance uh for the design review board for city projects.

Any discussion or motion on this?

And Mr.

Mayor, there is an amended copy on your desk.

I think the planning department had an update.

Second second.

The motion made, properly seconded.

All those in favor.

Is that as amended?

Okay.

As amended.

Motion made as amended, properly seconded.

Any further discussion on this?

If not, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Right.

And I'm gonna speak slowly now.

Um we got 11.

Hello.

All righty.

If missed one right, there is nothing further to come before this body.

Our next meeting will be held on.