The Finance, Administration and Economic Development Committee met Monday and here are some highlights from the agenda:

• Approved an ordinance to accept and appropriate funds from the SC Opioid Settlement Funds
• Approved to move to Council to disburse allocated ARPA-Good Neighbor Funds to the Town of Bluffton
• Approved to move to Council a request to purchase a new 36 passenger bus for BC Parks and Recreation

Also on the agenda: FY25 presentations from outside agencies:

• Beaufort County Assessor Ebony Sanders
• 14th Circuit Public Defender Stephanie Smart
• Russell Baxley, CEO, Beaufort Memorial Hospital
• Rob Wells, President/CEO, Greater Beaufort/Port Royal Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Ariana Pernice, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce
• Richard Gough, Technical College of the Lowcountry
• Angie Sally, SC Department of Mental Health, Beaufort Office
• Bob Elliott, SC Nurse Retention Initiative

The next Finance, Administration and Economic Development Committee meeting will be Monday, May 20, at 3 p.m.

The next regular County Council meeting will be Monday, April 22, at 5 p.m.

For the complete agenda for all meetings, click here.

To watch all meetings in their entirety, click here.