[1. Call to Order ] [00:00:08] THAT. I THINK WE'VE HAD IT ALL WORKED OUT. I CAN GIVE YOU TAKE A ROLL. YES PLEASE. OK. AGAIN HERE MR. HARKINS HERE IS THE ROUND HERE. MR. THIS IS BECKER A MR. LANE HERE SCAM. THEY'RE ALL OUR PRESENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE LEAD AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SAY THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE LOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY THE ASSISTANT PASTOR IS OUT WITH THE GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICE YOUR AND YOUR WELL THERE WE GO. THANK YOU FOR THAT. LET'S PUT OUR HEADS AND PRAY. >> FATHER IN HEAVEN IN LIGHT OF THIS THURSDAY BEING THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WE REMIND TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVE IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR PRAY FOR ALL WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY. THAT IS YOUR COMMAND TO US. SO WE COME BEFORE YOU NOW AND PRAY FOR MAYOR MCCANN AND FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL . >> YOUR WORD IS CLEAR WHAT THEY DO IN THE NAME OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE IS MINISTER. YOU HAVE ORDAINED EACH OF THEM FOR THIS DAY AND I PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON THE THANK YOU FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND. LORD GRANTHAM WISDOM, FORESIGHT ,COMPASSION AND HUMILITY AS THEY DELIBERATE. IMPORTANT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE MAY WEIGH ON THEM. GRANTHAM GRACE AND PEACE AND STRENGTH GOD MADE STABILITY RULE THE DAY AND RULE THE MEETING. AND MAY YOUR PROTECTION AND PEACE BE UPON US ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING YOU HERE. I PRAY ALL OF THIS IN THE NAME OF MY PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST MAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHOULD MAYOR CAN I HAVE TO WE'VE LOST OUR CONNECTION ON THIS FRIDAY SO YOU CAN GIVE ME JUST TWO MINUTES TO LOOK UP ON A MAP. OK, I THINK [00:05:11] I'M OK. >> I APOLOGIZE TO DISCUSS THE BOOK SEARCH STUFF A MINUTE JUST [5. Approval of the Agenda ] BEFORE APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL. >> I GO FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA HERE. SECOND GOT ALL RIGHT IN WRITING HIM OKATIE FRUGAL OF THE [6. Approval of the Minutes ] VILLAGE FOR THE WORKSHOP OF APRIL 19TH AND THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 20TH. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL BOTH SETS OF EVENTS TARGET FOR ALL AGREEMENTS. [7. Report of the Town Manager ] >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. THANK YOU. REPORT THE CAMP MANAGER. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS TOWN COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY. I JUST HAD JUST A BRIEF QUICK UPDATE US TO 17 GATEWAY CORRIDOR PROJECT AS WE KNOW. CALL HIM IS HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT AND I THINK HE'S DOING A FABULOUS JOB. BALANCING THE INPUTS THAT WE'RE HEARING AND HAVE COLLECTED ALONG THE WAY FROM FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS ESPECIALLY AND INCLUDING ALL OF YOU TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE LAST MET WITH YOUR TEAM SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MET WITH US. I WAS INCLUDED IN THE MEETING ON APRIL 21ST. AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM THEM, THEY ARE TARGETING LATE JULY PUBLIC HEARING THE DATE IS STILL TBD. THEY HAD THEY HAD SELECTED OR AT LEAST WERE AIMING TOWARDS A DATE AND THEN THAT ENDED UP BEING THE SAME AS THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S ANNUAL MEETING WHICH IS BEING PILOTED HERE IN HILTON HEAD ISLAND. SO WE HAVE TO FIND A DATE THAT'S WORKING FOR DEONTE AND OTHERS AS AS YOU AS YOU KNOW. YOU HEARD YESTERDAY HDR COMPLETED THE INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING REPORT WITH THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THEY PRESENTED THAT'S A COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL AS AS YOU ALL TOWN COUNCIL DUTY INTENDS TO PREPARE A RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING REPORT AND THAT WE'LL HEAR BACK FROM D O T ON THAT REPORT LATE MAY. AS YOU KNOW WE'VE ENGAGED WITH M K.S. K AND ARE ENGAGED WITH HDR. WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY IS THIS IS THIS IS TWO FIRMS ONE IS A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FIRM AND THE OTHER IS A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING FIRM AND THEY WILL SOON COME TO TOWN TO MEET WITH MYSELF STAFF COMMUNITY AND OTHERS. AND THOSE DATES ARE BEING EARMARKED FOR I BELIEVE THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY. SO STAY TUNED ON THOSE DATES. MARIN COUNTY KNOW THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY MEET WITH YOU ALL WILL DEFINITELY MEET WITH THE FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED AND THEN THESE TEAMS WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED WITH US. PRIOR TO THAT PUBLIC HEARING THAT DEAL SEE WILL AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING HAVE YOU TUBAL THEY'VE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND SO I KNOW THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE SOMETHING AND AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DIRECTION IS OR ISN'T. AND SO I JUST ASK COLONEL A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT WE CAN ALL GET OUR ARMS AROUND THIS PROJECT TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT WE'LL SOON SEE A DIGITAL MODEL OF THE CORRIDOR AS WELL AS SOME VERY GOOD GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS SO THAT WE CAN VISUALIZE PROPOSED TREATMENTS AND CORNER PLAN AND A THANK YOU TO DFT FOR COMING TO THE MEETING ON THE TWENTY FIRST THEY BROUGHT IN THEY BROUGHT THEIR WHOLE TEAM WITH THEM AS WELL AS THEIR DESIGN ENGINEERS AND SO THAT'S MY TAKE ON ITEMS THAT. THANK YOU. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? IS THE I LOVE ALEX. YES. GOOD ON THIS QUESTION THIS MORNING BILL. BUT MOSUL A SUGGESTIONS LAST REQUEST AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I APPRECIATE THE THE UPDATE AND THIS I'M GETTING GOING YESTERDAY HDR REPORT STILL HIGHLIGHTED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO GET ANSWERED AND STILL NOT SO. SO UM I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL GET THOSE ANSWERS ALONG THE WAY WHEN YOU HAVE OUTLINED HERE WITH US HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH M.K. ASC AND ALSO SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS JUST SO THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT AHEAD OF THE GAME IN TRYING TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE THINGS ADDING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD PUT TOGETHER SOME CATCH OF A [00:10:03] TIMELINE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AFTER THE REVEALING IN JULY. BUT AS THE DEAL TEAM WOULD GIVE COMMUNITY CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE EVEN IN THOSE DAYS DON'T I I TO BE SET IN STONE TO A DEGREE BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT FOLKS CAN KIND OF LOOK FORWARD TO IT. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING ARE SKEPTICAL. OH, SORRY. I WAS OUT. WE HAVE A MACRO SCHEDULE AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DATES ARE ALL CLEAR IN THERE. WE WERE RELUCTANT TO MAKE THAT LIVE SIMPLY TRYING TO GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FIRMED UP BEFORE WE START SAYING WE'RE GONNA MEET AND AND AGAIN I'M IN A HURRY TO DO THIS RIGHT. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RUN RUN TOO FAST AND JUST BE IN A HURRY. SO KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK LED BY TOM CHANCE DOING A FABULOUS JOB WITH THIS. I SAW SOME INFORMATION FROM HIM TODAY THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF SATISFACTION AND CONFIDENCE. WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET AS A GROUP, AS A COUNCIL ONE ON ONES AND DEFINITELY WITH THE FAMILIES ON ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD THAT ARE THE FIRST IMPACT ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHERS CALL IT AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY. [8. Reports from the Members of Council ] SO YES, SIR, OKAY. GENERALLY VOICED BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ALREADY GENEROUSLY SUPPORTS THEIR STADIUMS. I'M GONNA MAKE A SUGGESTION TO THE PUBLIC. I THINK EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER RECEIVES CAUSE IF NOT HUNDREDS OF EMAILS AND I THINK WE ALL TRIED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE DEGREE THAT WE HAVE TIME. MY SUGGESTION THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD BE WHEN YOU SEND AN E-MAIL TO COUNCIL IDENTIFY YOUR WARD SO THAT AT LEAST WE KNOW THOSE GIVEN OUT TOWARD THEM GRAPH WE CAN REACH OUT IN A PERSONAL WAY. THANK YOU. GOOD COMMON MISTAKE ANY OTHER GENERALLY FOR BY COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY. COMMUNITY SERVICE MR. HAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M GET TO 30 EXCUSE ME A TRIP TO THIS COMING THURSDAY OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING TO REVIEW A UH A LIST OF POTENTIAL NOMINEES FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES. UH, ONE NOMINEE FOR A TAX. UH, ONE NOMINEE FOR THE BCA. UH UH. TWO FOR THE UH, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. AND FOR THAT I COMMISSION UH FOR. SO UH I SHARE THAT FOR OURSELVES INTO THE POLICY. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN THE SAME AS WEDNESDAY. YEAH. TWENTY NINE ON APRIL 22ND TO DISCUSS THE CONCERNS OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REGARDING BUILDING MASSING HEIGHT SETBACKS AND BUFFERS. THE COMMITTEE REACHED CONSENSUS THAT STAFF SHOULD ADDRESS THESE TOPICS AND THEN RETURNED TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. THE PROCESS OF THE BBC GIVING REACTIONS TO PROSPECTIVE POLICY MATTERS WILL BE REPEATED ON IN JUNE 2ND MEETING. THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE ON SHORT TERM RENTAL POLICY AND POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. MISLED MISLED. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE FINANCING ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE MET THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO O'CLOCK. IT HAD A SINGLE AGENDA ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS AND THAT WAS A DISCUSSION REGARDING DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION YEAR AND PERFORMANCE METRICS. THE DISCUSSION LASTED A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR BEYOND THE COMMITTEE COUNCILMAN AMES AND COUNCILWOMAN TAMMY BECKER ATTENDED AS WELL UNDER THE TERMS OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN PMO AND THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD FOR 2020. THE COMMITTEE IS REQUIRED TO REPORT A SUMMARY EVALUATION TO THE TOWN COUNCIL. HOWEVER IN COMING BY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NEXT TOWN COUNCIL MEETING BUT IN A 4 0 VOTE. THE COMMITTEE FOUND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DEMO FOR [00:15:03] TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT ACCEPTABLE NIKE FACILITIES. THERE IS LITTLE POPULATIONS [10. Appearance by Citizens ] SPECIFICALLY BY BY THEM. YES WE HAVE TWENTY THREE INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEED UP. THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK IS GRACE SMITH. MR. SMITH OKAY. >> I JUST WANTED YOU TO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY. IT'S NOW TIME FOR THE HILTON HEAD MASS MANDATE TO BE RESCINDED. THE NATION IS NO LONGER IN THE PANDEMIC STATE UNDER WHICH THE MANDATORY MASS ORDINANCE WAS INSTITUTED TO THE CDC ITSELF HAS PUBLISHED STUDIES DEMONSTRATING THAT MASKS WERE ONLY ONE POINT THREE PERCENT MORE EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING POSITIVE COVID 19 TESTS THAN NOT WEARING A MASK AT ALL A LEVEL THAT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE BEING STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO PROLONG THE MASKED MANDATE CITING QUOTE GOVERNMENT EXPERTS CLOSE QUOTE OR THE PERSONAL OPINIONS OF OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL PERSONNEL. MANY OF THOSE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATE TO HAVE CERTAIN POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS AND AGENDAS. AN AGENDA THAT SEEKS TO IMPOSE MAXIMUM FEAR ON THE GENERAL POPULACE. WE DO NOT NEED OUR TOWN COUNCIL TO BE A LOCAL CONTENT CONDUIT OF THOSE EFFORTS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO INTIMIDATE AND CONTROL THE POPULATION OF THIS COUNTRY IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT THE MASS MANDATE IS NO LONGER NECESSARY ON OUR ISLAND SHOULD YOU VOTE TO EXTEND IT? YOU WILL BE PERCEIVED THAT DOING EXACTLY THAT RATHER THAN REPRESENTING THE OVERWHELMING PERCENTAGE OF OUR 40000 RESIDENTS WHO WOULD PREFER THAT YOU END THE MASS MANDATE. THE LATEST RESULTS OF YOUR OWN SURVEY SHOW THAT 92 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED ENOUGH TO RESPOND ARE OPPOSED TO THE CONTINUATION OF YOUR MASS MANDATE. IT'S PUZZLING TO ME WHY LOCAL HOSPITAL PERSONNEL WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE MASS MANDATE WHEN THE RECENT NUMBER OF COVERED 19 PATIENTS IN THIS HOSPITAL RANGED FROM ZERO TO FOUR PATIENTS. EVEN AFTER THE INFLUX OF TOURISTS OVER THE BUSIEST EASTER WEEKEND IN HILTON HEAD HISTORY THE LAST TIME YOU EXTENDED THE MASS MANDATE YOU USED THE EXCUSE THAT THE INFLUX OF TOURISTS FOR THE HERITAGE MAY INDUCE AN INCREASE IN COVID 19 CASES. THIS PERCEIVED THREAT FAILED TO MATERIALIZE. LIVING IN FEAR OF A POSSIBLE RESURGENCE IN CASES SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE IS NEITHER A VALID REASON NOR EXCUSE FOR EXTENDING YOUR MASS MANDATE OVERREACH INDEFINITELY. LISTEN TO THE WILL OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE HILTON HEAD RESIDENTS WHO COMPRISE THE VOTING CONSTITUENCY AND END THIS MASS MANDATE TODAY. THE TIME FOR DOING THIS IS WAY OVERDUE. THANK YOU MR. PANELISTS STEELE MR. STEELE, MRS. STEELE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NOW COUNCIL AND MAYOR MCCANN FOR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN FOR MY VIEWS. I AGREE. VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT THE PREVIOUS ELEMENTS SPOKE. I THINK IN TODAY'S POLITICAL CLIMATE THERE IS NO MORE ROOM FOR MIDDLE OF THE ROAD POLITICAL POSITION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOOD OR BAD. IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS. I BELIEVE THE STORY BEHIND COVID 19 AND USED BY THE POWERS THAT BE TO DISPLAY OUR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM IS AT IS RAPIDLY UNFOLDING AND BECOMING KNOWN TO THE POPULACE. THE UNDERGROUND MEDIA IS AWAKENING CONSERVATIVES AND MODERATES TO BE YOUR IRRATIONAL RESPONSE TOUTING ENDLESS MASKING DESPITE MASS VACCINATION AND IS EXPOSING THE MOTIVES OF THOSE FEAR MONGERING. COBY T. THE TRUTH ALWAYS SURFACES. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND EXIT THE NARRATIVE NOW. SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND CITIZENS TO BASK IF AND ONLY IF THEY CHOOSE. BREATHE THE LOCAL BUSINESSES OF THE MASK REQUIREMENTS OR WATCH THEM LOSE DOLLARS. FOR MANY OF US LOCAL RESIDENTS TOURIST SEEKING FREEDOM AS WE FLEE ISLAND BUSINESSES TO SHOP, EAT, LIVE AND LIVE. MASK FREE AND OLD TOWN SMALL TOWN BLUFFTON AND OTHER PLACES. IT'S QUICKLY COMING TO LIGHT THAT THE CDC, FDA AND THE LIKE AGENCIES ARE IN BED WITH BIG PHARMA. ANYONE WHO TRIES TO HIDE BEHIND [00:20:02] THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MASK WEARING IS GOING TO BE REJECTED IN MATH AT THE POLLS AND BEYOND. IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO MY OPINION AND ARE TO THE BEST MANDATE OR WHAT YOU CALL A LAW. NOW TERRORISM IS NOT AN EXCUSE . FLORIDA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND PLEURISY. FREE UP MASK NONSENSE. FREEDOM FOR US IS COMING. YOU WILL SEE BE SEEN AS EITHER FOR FREEDOM OR AGAINST IT BASED ON HOW YOU VOTE. STAND ON THE SIDE OF LIBERTY. VOTE AGAINST CONTINUING THE MASK MANDATE. THANK YOU MRS STEELE. MARTY BAUMGARTNER. >> HELLO. COULD YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. OH, OK. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARTY BAUMGARTNER AND I'M A RESIDENT OF YOUR TICKET ISLAND THIS WEEK MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS HAVE SENT EMAILS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AFTERWARD. >> THE ONLY RESPONSE THAT I'VE RECEIVED BACK WAS ONE FROM GLEN STANFORD WHICH STATED IN PART QUOTE WE HAVE A LOT OF POINTS OF VIEW TO CONSIDER THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THOSE IS EXPERT OPINION UNQUOTE. I LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU, GLENN AND THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REVEAL WHO THESE EXPERTS ARE THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY WHEN THE VOTES FOR THE MAXIMUM ORDINANCE RENEWAL HAVE COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL THAT YOU ARE RELYING ON THE OPINIONS OF THESE EXPERTS. YET NO TIME HAVE WE AS THE PUBLIC THAT MADE PRIVY TO THIS EXPERT INFORMATION OTHER THAN ONE PRESENTATION FROM A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. I THINK MANY OF US COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHAT HER PRESENTATION WOULD BE AS A GROUP MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS HAVE SAID COUNTLESS REPORTS, STUDIES AND EXPERT VIDEOS TO COUNTER THE MASS THE PRO MASK GROUP AT NO TIME HAS ENTERED THIS INFORMATION BEEN PRESENTED IN A COUNCIL DISCUSSION. IN FACT NO INFORMATION AT ALL HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN COUNCIL DISCUSSING THE LAND. HAVE YOU RENEWED THE ORDINANCE? THE VOTE WAS TAKEN WITH NO COMMENTS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS WOULD INDICATE TO ME THAT YOUR DECISION WAS MADE BEFORE THE VOTE WAS TAKEN IN THE PUBLIC MEETING WITH THAT DECISION MADE IN PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS. OR ARE WE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE ALL OF THE SAME MAN AND DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS THESE IMPORTANT DECISIONS? WAS THIS MADE IN VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MEDIUM LAWS? I HAVE PERSONALLY FILED THREE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FOR YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION FOR PERSONAL DISCUSSIONS, TELEPHONE CALLS, EMAILS AND OR WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION ON HOW YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THIS EXPERT OPINION. I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ONE OUT OF ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY RESEMBLING THIS INFORMATION FOR YOU. WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHO THESE EXPERTS ARE AND HOW YOU ARE GETTING THIS INFORMATION FROM THEM. ARE YOU LISTENING ONLY TO THE PRO MASK ADVOCATES? IF YOU ARE THEN IT WOULD SEEM YOU ARE NOT LOOKING FOR INFORMATION BUT AFFIRMATION FOR YOUR INTENTION. CONSIDERING THE IMPACT THIS ORDINANCE CONTAINS HAVE ON EVERY RESIDENT VISITOR AND BUSINESS IN THIS TOWN. I WOULD THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ENTITLED TO A BETTER EXPLANATION OF THE DISCUSSED DECISIONS BEHIND YOUR VOTES THAN IN THE WORDS OF ANTHONY COUNTY. JUST SHUT UP AND DO AS YOU'RE TOLD. LAST. BEFORE I CLOSE I'D LIKE TO THANK KRISTA FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT SHE DOES. I'D HATE TO HAVE HER JOB HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC FOR THE DECISIONS THAT JOB MAKE. THANK YOU KRISTA FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MR. HUNTER. CHEERING OUR EYES MISS NORRIS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU THERE? YES, YES. I STOPPED CARING FOR 10 MONTHS WE'VE BEEN ON A JOURNEY WITH THIS MASK MANDATE. I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE IN STATE. IS THIS LAW THE MODELING WAS FEARFUL AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. YOU WERE THINKING YOU WERE SAVING LIVES AND DOING THE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'VE BEEN CONCERNED. SO YOU'VE BEEN SLOW IN LIFTING THIS MANDATE FOR FEAR OF DOING THE WRONG THING AND MAKING UNSAFE FOR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ON THE ISLAND. FORTUNATELY RECOVERED INFECTION RATE HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY. THE ISLAND PACKET JUST PUBLISHED. THERE IS ONE NEW PRIVATE CASE AND ONE PROBABLE INFECTION REPORTED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY ON TUESDAY. NO NEW DEATHS WERE ANNOUNCED. WE HAVE THREE VACCINES AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF SOUTH CAROLINA ACCORDING TO DETECT [00:25:02] FORTY NINE POINT THREE PERCENT OF COUNTY RED OR OLDER HAVE RECEIVED A SHOT. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE HAD COVERED AND HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR ANTIBIOTICS. ANTIBIOTICS LIKE MYSELF ARE IN JEOPARDY OF CONTRACTING OR TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS. WHAT SPECIFIC DATA ARE YOU LOOKING FOR TO OVERTURN THIS MASS MANDATE? I FEEL THE LOW INFECTION AND MORTALITY RATE. THERE'S NO NEED TO EXTEND IT. I WISH OUR SUCCESS MAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES WE'VE TAKEN. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED WITH HOW WE GOT HERE. WE'VE ARRIVED. THE PANDEMIC IS OVER. THE CRISIS HAS PASSED. WE GOT THROUGH IT. IT'S NOT THE TIME TO ARGUE. IT'S A TIME TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE. LET US GET BACK TO NORMAL. AND WE'LL ALL ENJOY THE GREAT LIFESTYLE WE HAVE ON HILTON HEAD. BUT IN THIS MANDATE AND GIVE WAY THE PEOPLE'S FREEDOM OF CHOICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS NORRIS WAS W BRYANT. MR. BRYANT, CAN YOU HEAR ME, CHRIS? >> YES, SIR, I CAN. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. OH, I THINK ALL THE PREVIOUS CALLERS WHAT A GREAT JOB. FANTASTIC. I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE ABRUPT BUT I'M NOT I DON'T HAVE A STYLE. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ON THE TOWN COUNCIL BELIEVE YOU COVERED RELATED MANDATES AND HELPED OUR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE HISTORY WILL SHOW YOU ALL BOWED TO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS CAUSING GREAT HARM TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND TO OUR YOUNG CHILDREN. WE THE PEOPLE ARE MORE COMPETENT IN MAKING OUR O DECISIONS VERSUS YOU ALL ATTENDING THE WAR LOT AND IN YOUR GOVERNMENTAL GOVERNMENTAL ARROGANCE AND IN THE MASKED MANDATE. THANK YOU MR. DAVID. MR.. OK. WELCOME BACK TO CAROL. BUT. MS. BOXER. YES, I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. OK. MY NAME IS CAROL BOXER. FOR THE RECORD, I KNOW THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT WANT THIS TO BE EXTENDED BUT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENCOURAGE YOU AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL TO ALLOW THE MASS MANDATE TO EXPIRE THROUGHOUT COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE RESTRICTIVE MANDATES HAVE ALREADY EXPIRED, RETURNED TO THE ADMINISTRATION, TO THE CITIZENS A POSITIVE STATEMENT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT AND GIVING THE CITIZENS A CHOICE TO WEAR OR NOT WEAR A MASK IN SITUATIONS THAT MENTION COMFORTABLE IS WHAT IS NEEDED NOW. BUSINESSES SHOULD SET THEIR OWN GUIDELINES AND ENFORCEMENT ACCORDINGLY. IT'S TIME TO LET OUR CITIZENS MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES ON WHEN AND WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO WEAR OR NOT WEAR A MASS. THANK YOU, MAYOR MCCANN, OLD TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS. MISS BAXTER I TO SHED LIGHT IRIS SHABA GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL THE TOWN COUNCIL PUT THE TOWN IN A BAD SITUATION AND UNWAVERING LOYALTY AND COMMITMENT TO THE SCIENCE OF LEFT COUNCIL BLINDED UNABLE TO SEE THE TRUTH. >> I AM NOT TO BE WORSHIPED THEY ALL TOO COMMON BELIEF SCIENCE IS WITHOUT BIAS OR EXTERNAL INFLUENCES. IT'S EITHER NAIVE OR MISINFORMED AND OUTRIGHT DANGEROUS SCIENCE IS RIDDLED WITH CORRUPTION, CRIMINALITY AND MANIPULATION AND THE WORSHIPING WORSHIPING OF IT AND THOSE THAT PREACH IT CREATE CENTRALIZED CONTROL PUTTING ALL OF US AT RISK OR GIVING UP OUR COMMON SENSE AND HANDING OVER OUR DECISION TO THOSE WITH NEFARIOUS GOALS. THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED. COUNCIL HAS GIVEN ALL THIS DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY TO THE STATE AND BY EXTENSION THEY CONTINUALLY TOUT THIS DECIDED COURT DOCUMENTS, WHISTLE BLOWERS, INFORMANTS AND CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ALL SERVE TO PROVE THE SHADOWY CRIMINAL PAST OF THE CDC DETECTS CREDIBILITY IS IN DOUBT AS WELL PUSHING EXPERIMENTAL MEDICAL PROCEDURES, EMPLOYING NEW TECHNOLOGY, BEHAVING AS IF NEARLY EVERYONE DOES NOT RECOVER FROM OKATIE 19 AND [00:30:05] NEVER MENTIONING ALL THE POSSIBLE TREATMENTS AVAILABLE TO ALLEVIATE THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT COCAINE 19 IS DEATH THAT THE COMING WEEKS, MONTHS AND YEARS WILL BE THE ULTIMATE JUDGE OF WHAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GUILTY AND EVEN THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL BE JUDGED BY THEIR DECISION. COUNCIL MUST STAND ON ITS OWN, USE ITS COMMON SENSE AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE DATA MOST DEFINITELY DOES NOT SUPPORT MASS BLARING. IF THEY REALLY WORK THE CHARTS I SENT TO ALL OF YOU WOULD NOT HAVE SHOWN AN INCREASE IN CASES. WE DO NOT NEED SCIENCE TO TELL US THAT ONLY OUR COMMON SENSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS TRENT LOTT IS SOME INTERIM IS SOME ADORABLE ISTANBUL, HELLO. YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. YES, HELLO. GREETINGS. MY NAME IS CLAUDIA TERESA VALERO. I'M AN EDUCATOR. I'VE TAUGHT FOR OVER 34 YEARS. I'M A SPECIAL EDUCATOR. I HAVE DULY LICENSED AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND MY CHILD ADVOCATE. I WANTED TO GET THE IDEA ACROSS THAT IT IS PERTINENT THAT CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE MASKED. I DON'T AGREE WITH THE MASKING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REGULAR POPULATION BUT SPECIFICALLY THE CHILDREN. MASKING BLOCKS DUMBER REGULATION OF THE STATE WITHIN SECONDS THE OXYGEN LEVELS DROP AND THE CO2 LEVELS GO UP MASKING PHILIPPINE FORCES THEM TO INHALE WHATEVER THEY NEED TO EXIT FROM THEIR BODIES IN ORDER TO BE HEALTHY. FOR A VIRUS THAT'S NINETY NINE POINT ONE PERCENT AND HAS A SURVIVAL RATE OF THAT MASKING CHILDREN IS JUST UNBELIEVABLY UNFAIR FOR KIDS. IT'S PSYCHOLOGICALLY DETRIMENTAL AND IT'S PHYSICALLY DANGEROUS. WHAT'S GOING ON IS A LOT OF PROPAGANDA. CHILDREN ARE VECTORS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH MASKING THEM. AND I SEPARATING THEM AND IT'S JUST DEPERSONALIZED IN KIDS AND IT THIS WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE DAMAGE PSYCHOLOGICALLY. THESE KIDS WILL SUFFER THIS EXPERIENCE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, ESPECIALLY THE BABIES THAT ARE KIDNAPED FOR A WHILE NOW. THE CDC, THE FDA, THE W8 SHOW THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN FUNDED BY BILL GATES. DOUCHY IS A LAPDOG OF BILL GATES PCR TEST DO NOT DIAGNOSE DISEASE AT ALL AS PER CARRIE LAWLESS, THE SCIENTISTS THAT CREATED THE PCR TEST. SO WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE USING THE PCR TEST FOR CASES CASES ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHATEVER IS GOING ON WITH PCR BEING USED AGAIN I AM VERY SERIOUSLY TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO THE POINT THAT YOU ARE MASKING CHILDREN AND MASKING CHILDREN IS CAUSING UNBELIEVABLE DAMAGE TO OUR KIDS TO STOCKHOLM SYNDROME IS RAMPANT. LOOK, IT'S A GOOD LOOK IN THE EYES OF THE FACES OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY I GO OUT AND I SEE THESE KIDS THEY ARE TRAUMATIZED. SO I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE STOP THEM ASKING ESPECIALLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I STUDIED MICROBIOLOGY AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY. I HAVE AN M.S. AS PD DEGREE. I STUDIED IN DOMINICAN COLLEGE. THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY DEGREE IN DISABILITIES AND WORK FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL TO ALL THE PLACES. THANK YOU. NO PART IN THIS SUBJECT. HERE YOU GO. GUARANTEE ME. OK, OK. OK. CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? I GOT YEAH. OK. THANK YOU KAREN FOR MEMBERS. JUST QUICKLY, NOT ONLY ARE MY OWN PREEXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS WHICH I DO NOT HAVE TO REVEAL TO YOU. DO A LAWS BUT I WILL. MCNAIR'S DISEASE IN A TWENTY FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF THE TEETH MORE EPILEPSY SEIZURES. THEY HAVE BEEN EXASPERATING BY LACK OF OXYGEN TO MY BRAIN FROM [00:35:08] MASS WEARING MY EMOTIONAL HEALTH IS BEING HARMED TO SIMPLY BY OBSERVING OTHER PEOPLE. HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE SUFFERING ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH THESE MASKS ON THEIR FACES WHILE WORKING OUTSIDE OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS WITH PERSPIRATION FROM THEIR FAR HEADS DRIPPING DOWN INTO THEIR FACES OR FROM INTO THE MASK FROM THEIR FACES . AND IN TURN BAD BACTERIA IS BEING HAILED BACK INTO THEIR LUNGS. HOW IS THIS HEALTHY CHILDREN PLAYING OUT IN THE HOT SUN ON AN OPEN AIR PLAYGROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE FRESH AIR BACK INTO THEIR LUNGS? HOW CAN THIS BE HEALTHY? NOT TO MENTION THE DAMAGE THAT IS BEING DONE TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH? ANOTHER WHOLE TOPIC AND THIS GOES FOR ADULTS TOO WORKING IN WAREHOUSES, CAR SERVICE CENTERS, GOVERNMENT CENTERS, MAINTENANCE PEOPLE AT OUR HOMES ALL WITH PER OPERATION DOWN IN THEIR MATH ALL WAS STRUGGLING TO BREATHE FOOD STORE EMPLOYEES WORKING PHYSICALLY HARD WHILE THEIR OXYGEN INTAKE IS BEING HAMPERED. ALL THESE HUMAN PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR FACES ADJUSTING THESE MASKS FOR COMFORT OR FALLING DOWN OR MUST BE TAKEN DOWN TO GET SOME FRESH AIR. THEIR HANDS WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ON THEIR FACES DEPOSITING POTENTIAL GERMS. THERE IS A THE LUNACY OF EMPLOYEES AT BUSINESS WHO COME OUT OF THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT HUDDLED TOGETHER ,MASKS DOWN TO HAVE A CIGARET BREAK AND BLOW SMOKE INTO EACH OTHER'S FACES AND THEN PULL THEIR MASKS BACK UP TO REENTER THEIR BUILDING. HOW HEALTHY IS THIS TO THESE PEOPLE'S LUNGS? I CAN CITE OTHER DOZENS OF OTHER EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING THIS PAST YEAR WITH THESE NONSENSICAL MATH MANDATES WHICH DO NOT PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE AS CLEARLY STATED ON THE BACK OF EVERY SINGLE BOX AND PACKAGE OF THESE MASKS HE'S MET. IT CLEARLY STATES NOT FOR DISEASE, NOT FOR DISEASE CONTROL. THANK YOU MR. STEVE OR SUSAN JAMES STEVENSON, MR. STEVENSON WORK MR. STEVENSON. >> WELL, I'M HAVING MR. STEVENS AND WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> OK, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON IN YET AGAIN. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, MA'AM. GO. HOW ABOUT YOU? YES, MA'AM. GO WITH I. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TANYA HAGEDORN. I HAVE BEEN AT HILTON HEAD RESIDENCE FOR OVER 15 YEARS. I'M A WIFE AND MOTHER OF TWO BOYS AND TWO BOYS AGES 5 AND 7 . I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THIS MATH MANDATE. I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT I KNOW THAT THIS IS A SCHOOL BOARD. HOWEVER, THE TOWN DOES NOT LET THIS MATH MANDATE NOR WILL THE SCHOOL. THIS YEAR MY 7 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY HARPED ON AT SCHOOL BECAUSE MATH EVEN SLIPS BELOW HIS NOSE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT SOMETHING SO UNNATURAL IS AS EASY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO DEAL WITH ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH EVEN A MILD SENSORY ISSUE. I HAD TO PICK HIM UP FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY FOR CHEST PAINS AND WHEN I ASKED THE SCHOOL IF THIS COULD BE ANXIETY THEIR RESPONSE WAS QUOTE IT COULD BE. WE HAVE MORE INVITEE CASES AND COVER CASES. WE HAVE MORE ANXIETY CASES THAN WE HAVE EVER HAD UNQUOTE. THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THIS. THESE KIDS ARE BABIES AND YOU ARE ALLOWING PSYCHOLOGICALLY DAMAGED BY CONTINUING THE I IMPLORE YOU TO SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF YOUR DECISIONS NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF LONG TERM DAMAGE CAN WE BECAUSE. ARE YOU ARE THEY GOING TO BE ADULTS AND BE CAREFUL EVERYTHING BECAUSE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. FEAR WAS INSTILLED IN THEM BY THEIR TOWN AND THEIR SCHOOL. I MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT INSTILL FEAR IN MY CHILDREN AND I DO NOT APPRECIATE IT WHEN OTHER ADULTS DO. THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE AFRAID OF THEIR OWN SHADOWS IF WE KEEP THIS UP, FEAR IS THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL SOMEONE. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CONTROL AN ENTIRE GENERATION? I THINK THAT AS A PARENT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN PUT INTO A BOX. I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO SEND MY KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO QUIT MY JOB TO HOMESCHOOL THEM AND I CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOL. IT'S NOT OKAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WORKING MOMS THAT PROVIDE TAX DOLLARS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. [00:40:03] WE'RE FORCED TO SEND THEIR KIDS INTO THIS NIGHTMARE. I HAVE A CHOICE OVER MY OWN BODY BUT MY KIDS DO NOT. AND WHAT'S EVEN MORE CRAZY IS THAT AS A PARENT I DO NOT HAVE CHOICE OVER MY OWN CHILD'S BODY. HOW ARE WE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? IF A PARENT DOESN'T HAVE A SAY IN THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN, IT'S NOT OKAY AND IT NEEDS TO END. NOW I HAVE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE COMPLETE PICTURE SURROUNDING MAPQUEST AND THE DANGEROUS PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH TO CHILD ABUSE THEN YOU ARE EXPOSING YOUR BIAS ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS DOING A GREAT DISSERVICE TO A STRONG MAJORITY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. STEVENSON STEVENSON HELLO. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. OH YES. >> HI. I'M SORRY I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ANDROID PHONE HERE AND SO WHAT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS SIMPLY DISCUSS SCIENTIFICALLY WHAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN HERE. MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH DEGREED SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, MEDICAL AND AEROSPACE FIELDS. MY WIFE HAS A MASTER'S IN ENGINEERING WORK TO BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ENGINEERING WITH THE ARMY AND BATTELLE THE TECH MILITARY AND CIVILIANS AGAINST AIRBORNE BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. DID YOU WORK MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING AT MEDTRONIC AND WAS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA? I'M A RETIRED SCIENTIST AND AEROSPACE ENGINEER WITH DEGREES IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND A PENSIVE BACKGROUND AEROSPACE AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS ENGINEERING. HAVING WORKED WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE SANDIA NATIONAL LABS, I UNDERSTAND AND IF WE TRULY AGREED WITH THE SCIENCE OF WORRY MASS WE ABSOLUTELY FIGHT FOR AND ADVOCATE FOR ITS CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION. THIS TOPIC MUST NOT BE POLITICAL. SO LET'S MAKE THIS STATEMENT. ANYTHING SHORT OF AN IN NINETY FIVE MASS THAT CAN FILTER OUT PARTICLES THE SMALLEST POINT ONE POINT THREE MICRONS FLAT OUT DOESN'T WORK AND FAILS TO PROTECT US FROM VIRUSES IF YOU NEED PROTECTION FROM BACTERIA. SURGICAL MASS EFFECT WILL BE ACCOMPLISH THIS BUT NOT FOR VIRUSES. IT IS A PROXY OF THREE TO FIVE TIMES SMALLER FIBER OPENINGS IN A SURGICAL MATH. DR. CHEN AND HIS FAMILY. HE'S A PULMONOLOGIST WITH THE NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE DEBUNK THE VIEW THAT LARGER DROPLETS ARE RESPONSIBLE VIRAL TRANSMISSION FAIRLY ROAD CURRENT INFECTION CONTROL POLICIES ARE BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT MOST RESPIRATORY INFECTION GENES ARE TRANSMITTED BY LARGE RESPIRATORY DROPLETS LARGER IN FIVE MICRONS PRODUCED BY COUGHING AND SNEEZING UNFORTUNATE THAT PROMISES WRONG THAN WAS REPORTED TO IN THE LANCET JOURNAL. ANOTHER FACT MANY OF THE MASS WE SEE WAR DISPERSE MORE VIRUSES THAN WEARING MASK AT ALL. SEVERAL TESTS WERE CONDUCTED AT DUKE UNIVERSITY. DOZENS OF MASS BANDANNAS AND KNITTED FACE COVERINGS DID NOT OFFER SIGNIFICANT PROTECTION AT ALL. THE SCIENTIST ALSO DISCOVERED THAT NEXT FLEECES AND NECK GATORS THAT WE SEE MOST EVERYWHERE WERE THE LEAST EFFECTS OF AN ACTUAL OUT MORE RISK THROUGH DROPLETS TO ESCAPE THAN NOT WEARING A MASK. THE VAST MAJORITY OF MASS WORN ARE INEFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING THE SPREAD THREE DROPLETS PER HEALTH LINE HELP LINE EFFICIENCY WHICH IS A SERVICE NETWORKS DATA THAT THE AVERAGE MASS YOU CAN BUY FROM A LOCAL DRUGSTORE AREN'T SUFFICIENT TO FILTER OUT VIRUSES. PLUS GAPS IN THE MASS GREATLY INCREASE THE RELEASE OF VIRUSES FOR CNN HEALTH. THEY REPORTED THAT A POINT TO MILLIMETER GAP WHICH IS 7 1 THOUSANDS OF AN INCH HEELS 2 TO 8 PERCENT INCREASE IN UNFILTERED AIR LEAKAGE. SO HOW MANY FOLKS NOT ONLY HAVE BEARDS BUT HAVE GAPS IN EXCESS OF SEVERAL MILLIMETERS? HOW MANY MASS DO WE SEE WORN IMPROPERLY COMPARED IS WEARING DIAPERS IN A KIDDY POOL AND YOU TRUSTING US SWIMSUITS KEEP YOURSELF SANITIZED. SO THE WAY I SEE IT DO CONTAINS IT. TO PRETEND THAT MASS OR MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHILE INCREASING THE RISK OF BIOLOGICAL PNEUMONIA AND OTHER ILLNESSES THE INSISTENCE ON WEARING MASS IS DEFINITELY HURTING OUR ECONOMY, DESTROYING JOBS AND SHUTTING DOWN OUR BUSINESSES ON MR. CLARK. CLARK, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> YES, SIR. BUT I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO TESTIFY. >> MY NAME'S KEN CLARKE. I'M A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND IN NORTH FOREST EACH AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND ALL OF THE SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ME. I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD ADD A WHOLE LOT TO THEIR TESTIMONY EXCEPT FOR THIS. I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY AT THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION WEB SITE. THEY HAVE AN ARTICLE NON PHARMACEUTICAL MEMBERS MEASURES FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA IN NON HEALTH CARE SETTING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT ARE FACE MASKS. CLEARLY STATES IN THIS CDC STUDY FACE MASKS DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT STOP THE SPREAD [00:45:12] OF INFLUENZA GO ANYTHING SEEN AS AN INFLUENZA VIRUS. THEY DO NOT WORK PERIOD. END OF STORY. SO IT BEGS THE QUESTION IF THE VOTE TODAY IS TO EXTEND THE MASK MANDATES YOU HAVE TO ASK. WE AS CITIZENS HAVE TO ASK WHY THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS WEARING A MASK WILL HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF KOGUT 19 OR ANY OTHER VIRUS FOR THAT MATTER. SO WE HAVE TO QUESTION YOUR MOTIVES. WE HAVE NO CHOICE. SO ARE YOU ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE NINETY TWO PERCENT OF THE CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND WHO WANT YOU TO END THIS RIDICULOUS MASK MANDATE OR WHO ARE YOU REPRESENTING? THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR.. MR. GRINDER STAFF WRITER. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS SO WE CAN HAVE OK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS JOSEPH REINHART AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND. BY NOW WE KNOW THAT NINETY NINE PERCENT OF FOLKS ARE ASYMPTOMATIC OR WILL HAVE MILD TO MODERATE COMMON COLD OR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. WE KNOW THAT ASYMPTOMATIC PERSONS AND CHILDREN THEMSELVES ARE NOT VECTORS OF COMMUNITY SPREAD. BY NOW WE KNOW THAT MASKS BOTH SURGICAL AND CLOTH ARE NOT RESPIRATORS CAPABLE OF FILTERING VIRUS OR SMALL AEROSOLIZED BREATH. WE KNOW THAT NINETY NINE POINT NINE X PERCENT OF PEOPLE WILL FULLY RECOVER AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE SHOCK. NOW EVERYONE CAN GET THAT SHOT AND IT EITHER WORKS OR IT DOESN'T. REGARDING MASKS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE TOWN'S MANDATE I'VE SEEN NOSES HANGING OUT, CRUMPLED MASKS PULLED FROM DIRTY POCKETS AND PURSES AND ALL MANNER OF THIN BREATHING MORE FACE COVERINGS DEPLOYED THE RESIST AND LACK OF EFFICACY WAS APPARENT FROM THE GET GO. I'VE SEEN FOLKS SNEEZE AFTER PULLING THEIR MASK ASIDE. YOU CAN'T MANDATE PROPER HANDWASHING OR SOCIAL DISTANCING A HEALTHY DIET OR PROPER BODY MASS INDEX. MASKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FALSE COMFORT IN A NON STERILE FIELD. IT IS THEATER MY OWN DAUGHTER HAS ACNE MADE WORSE BY FORCED MASK WEARING SHE HAS HAD CODED HAS NATURAL IMMUNITY AND ANTIBODIES TIME TO TAKE THE MASKS OFF HER KIDS AND UNDO THE MANDATE. ANOTHER FICTION IS THAT COVE IT IS THE CAUSE FOR ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION. THE TRUTH IS THAT IT HAS BEEN GOVERNMENT THAT'S DESTROYED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND MIDDLE WORKING CLASS STABILITY. GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASED GOVERNMENT DEPENDENCY. GOVERNMENT HAS SOCIALLY PROMOTED A GENERATION OF SCHOOL KIDS HAS INCREASED SUICIDES, DEPRESSION AND ADDICTION. THE TOWN HAS THREATENED SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WITH LOSS OF LICENSE. YOU HAVE TURNED THEIR EMPLOYEES THE DE FACTO TOWN ENFORCEMENT AGENTS IN AN ABSENCE OF POLICE POWER. BIG BOX BUSINESS AND BIG PHARMA HAS BEEN ENRICHED. EVEN SECTION 6 EXEMPTIONS ARE PERFUNCTORY NOD TO MEDICAL PRIVACY ACCESS AND HIT LAWS. NO ONE HAS BEEN TICKETED, FINED OR PROSECUTED OR JAILED. I'VE TOLD YOU IN WRITING AGAIN HERE. I DO NOT CONSENT. I WILL CONTINUE TO BREATHE WALK ,WORK AND LIVE IN THE FULL POWER OF MY GOD GIVEN RIGHTS AS A FREE BORN AMERICAN. WHEN YOU THREATEN ME WITH THE LOSS OF LIBERTY FOR EVEN ONE DAY LET ALONE 30 OR ANY FINE ABOUT TWENTY DOLLARS LET ALONE FIVE HUNDRED YOU OVERSTEP THE BOUNDS OF THE US CONSTITUTION. NO COURT OF RECORD UNDER COMMON LAW WOULD UPHOLD A TICKET OVER TWENTY DOLLARS OR A JAIL SENTENCE BECAUSE THERE IS NO INJURED PARTY OR ANY WITNESS THAT TOWN WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR TOWN. WE WILL ONCE AGAIN GIVE YOU SOME GRACE. DECLARE VICTORY. REPEAL THE MANDATE. INSTITUTE GUIDELINES AND WALK AWAY. LASTLY, YOUR REFUSAL TO HOLD HER IN PERSON PUBLIC MEETINGS IS AN ACTUAL AFFRONT TO GOOD GOVERNANCE. PETITION TRANSPARENCY IN ASSEMBLY. IT IS NOT GOOD TO HIDE AWAY LIKE THIS. PLEASE FIX THIS. GOD'S PEACE AND PROVISION YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE MICHEL BEST HIS BEST? YEAH. I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I. OK. HI. MY NAME IS MICHELE BEST. I'M A CONSTITUENT UPHELD. YOU HAD I'M A WIDOWED MOTHER TO A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING A FEW THINGS TO LIGHT FIRST AND FOREMOST MY CONCERN IS FOR MY SON ENTERING KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR. OUR CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO COVER THEIR AIRWAYS FOR SEVEN HOURS PER DAY. IT IS A NATURAL PART OF OUR BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM REQUIRES US TO EXPEL PATHOGENS OUT OF OUR AIRWAYS IF THE PATHOGENS [00:50:07] ARE BEING TRAPPED IN THE MASK AND THE CHILD IS BREATHING THOSE PATHOGENS BACK IN. WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WE DO NOT KNOW ALL OF THE LONG TERM EFFECTS FROM THIS BUT THERE ARE ALREADY WELL-DOCUMENTED MEDICAL CONCERNS INCLUDING LONG TERM DENTAL ISSUES THAT HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN THE LAST YEAR. IT EVEN HAS THE TERM MASS MOUSE. IF YOU'RE LISTENING, PLEASE RESEARCH MASK. MOUSE LET'S ALSO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS THAT MASK WEARING CAN HAVE ON THESE POOR CHILDREN. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THIS MANDATE VIOLATES THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH STATES THAT ONLY LARGE GROUPS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK AND THAT EXCLUDES CHURCHES SCHOOLS. HOW THEN IS THIS MASS MANDATE CONSIDERED LAW? WE HAVE SIGNAGE UP ALL OVER THE ISLAND FALSELY ADVERTISING THE MASS MANDATE AS LAW. HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESIDENTS AS WELL AS VISITORS NEED TO KNOW THIS IS NOT TRUE. REQUIRING A FAT FACE MASK IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION LEGALLY A GOVERNMENT CANNOT REQUIRE THE WEARING OF A MEDICAL PROPHYLACTIC WITHOUT CONSENT. HAS THE TOWN DONE ANYTHING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR GOD GIVEN IMMUNE SYSTEM? WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON HEALTHY EATING EXERCISE GETTING SUNLIGHT, TAKING WALKS ON OUR THERAPEUTIC BEACHES BUT INSTEAD PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED BY SIGNAGE ON THE BOARDWALKS TO WEAR MASKS ON THE BEACH. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE EXERCISING ON THE BEACH IN BASQUE AND SADLY I HAVE SEEN COUNTLESS MASKS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE SAND. NOT ONLY IS THIS NOT HEALTHY ADVICE BUT IN FACT YOU ARE REQUIRING YOU REQUIRING YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO SUPPRESS THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM. LASTLY, ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS FREEDOM OF CHOICE, FREEDOM TO SUPPORT OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THE BEST WAY WE KNOW HOW AS OF 4:00 P.M. TODAY THE PUBLIC VOTE IS OVERWHELMINGLY 92 PERCENT AND OPPOSITION OF EXTENDING THE MANDATE. YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE SPOKEN. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND END THIS MASS MANDATE NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS. BEST CARLIN SEASON CARLIN CHANNEL HALO. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO MISS LIKING RECENTLY. IS IN DISLIKING JOB LIKE THE DOG DOWN TOWN SIR. >> GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DANDY. WELL, I THOUGHT YOU BOOKED SEVERAL TIMES. I THINK WE'RE BEYOND THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD BE COURAGEOUS FOR YOU TO WITHDRAW THE MANDATE. SO NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE COURAGEOUS ANYMORE. MYRTLE BEACH MOUNT PLEASANT, SOMERVILLE ISLE OF PALMS, BEAUFORT COUNTY, BLUFFTON CITY OF BEAUFORT PORT ROYAL. LORENA, TEXAS. THEY'VE ALL WITHDRAWN THE MASKED MANDATE. THEY'VE ALL HAD THINGS THAT NO LONGER HAVE TO BE THE COURAGEOUS ONES TO LEAD THE PACK. YOU JUST NEED TO FOLLOW THE MANDATES AND SET BY EVERYBODY THAT IT'S OKAY YOU CAN WITHDRAW . THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MR. MR. PLAN FOR THE PLANS. MRS. PLANS FOR A OH DON'T BLAME FOR THIS. >> I MEAN I SEE MRS. KELO SIGNED IN. GREAT. ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO ESCAPE OR NOT? SOMETHING WAS GOING ON WITH THE PHONE. MY APOLOGIES FOR YOU'RE ASSET CLASS. >> OK. SO MY NAME IS CARLA. I'M A RESIDENT OF HILTON AND I'M ASKING YOU CONSIDER THE CHILDREN AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THEM BECAUSE THEY [00:55:08] DON'T HAVE A VOICE. I'M BEING THEIR VOICE RIGHT NOW AND I'M ASKING YOU TO ALSO CHOOSE TO BE THEIR VOICE WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE. THE CHILDREN DON'T DESERVE THIS. THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THESE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. WE THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND I URGE YOU. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO END THIS MASS MANDATE NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MUCH APPRECIATED. THAT KAUFMAN BETH KAUFMAN MR. HOAGLAND. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GET UP. SKIP HOAGLAND, WEBMAIL HARBOR. YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF BOYO AND THIS TOWN NEEDS TO BE FORENSICALLY AUDITED BY THE FBI. THERE HAD OKATIE THE SENATE BY THE CHAMBER IS ACCURATE. THIS BILL, MILES ALREADY SAID HIS USE OF A TAX FUNDS IS A SACRED SOURCE. NO ONE HAS SEEN A FULL ACCOUNTING TO INCLUDE MATCHING RECEIPTS INVOICES. THERE IS NO WAY TO CONFIRM WHAT THE CHAMBER SAYS ABOUT HOW THEY SPEND THE MONEY OR WHETHER IT'S PROVIDED VERIFIED RETURNS TO TAXPAYERS. ALL WE HAVE IS AT PRESENT ALL RIGHT. CORRUPTED A TAX AND TOWN COUNCIL PUPPETS THAT RUBBER STAMP BACK SLAP AND FACILITATE MILES IN THIS CHAMBER SECRETS THEFT OF MILLIONS OF OUR DOLLARS. YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW AN ENTIRE COUNCIL CAN BE THIS CORRUPT OR INCOMPETENT. THE FACT IS THERE IS THERE ARE NO PROVEN PERFORMANCE METRICS AREA ON KNEES KNOWS THIS IS LIKE COMMITTING FRAUD FOR BILL MILES LOCAL SEARCH IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND FACEBOOK CETERA. DOES THE DEMO JOB BETTER AND FOR FREE WITH THIS COUNCIL IS DOING IS JUST HANDING MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO BILL MILES AND HIS BUDDIES TO FINANCE OR LEVERAGE SALARIES AND LIFESTYLES WORLD TRAVEL PERKS, BONUSES, PARTIES 400000 SALARY A BILL MILES ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR HOME IN INDIGO RUN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND CASHIERS MOUNTAIN HOUSE GENERATED BY THE ILLEGAL USE OF OUR TAX FUNDS. THIS IS INSANITY. THE FACT IS THIS ONLY GETS ROUGHLY THE SAME NUMBER OF TERRORISTS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR FORTY FIVE. REGARDLESS WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A D.A. 70 PERCENT ARE REPEAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT ITALY MCCANN BANKER LENNOX YALE HARKINS CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN THE CHAMBER COUNTING AT THE CHAMBER OFFICES AND A ONE HOUR SPECIAL. IT'S A LIE AND THEY'RE FRAUDS. DO YOU REALLY THINK IT OUT? THE LONG SCHMOOZE SESSION SATISFIES YOUR OBLIGATION AS A FIDUCIARY ORLANDO. WHY DID YOU DO ANY LEGAL CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP DRAFT FOR YOUR BUDDY BILL MILES USING 10 EMPLOYEES ON COUNT TIME WHEN YOU'RE BLUFFTON TOWN MANAGER. WHY DID YOU USE TAX FUNDS LEGALLY TO PURCHASE A CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP VERSUS YOUR OWN MONEY AND BRAD MHOW MUCH TO DO D AZTECS CHAIRMAN ALL AND ALL A TAX COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAND-PICKED BY CROOK STEVE RILEY WITH BILL MILES PULLING THE STRINGS. MARIO RUNS AN ILLEGAL BUSINESS WITH MILES AND CORBETT FUNDED WITH MORE AID TAX MONEY TO PAY FOR MORE THEFT. NOW TOWN CROOKS IN ORLANDO LARGER SPRINGER AND COLD CRANE WITH AMES AND LENNOX GRANT A FIVE YEAR LEGAL ARGUMENT A TAX FUNDED GMO CONTRACT TO ALLOW THEIR BUDDY BILL MILES TO STEAL MORE MILLIONS OF SECRECY. ALL THE CHAMBER EMPLOYS A CROOKED CPA. AND MILES BUDDY BOARD ARE USED AS PUPPETS. IF THIS FRAUD BILL MOUNTS AND MANY BOARD MEMBER COMPANIES GET FAVORITISM ON THE A WEB SITE AND THEY'RE ALL TOLD TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT, YOU KNOW YOUR PUBLIC SERVICES ARE FREE BUT NOT YOU'LL STILL RUSSIAN. WHY IS THAT? WHY AS A LAWYER? KENNETH BAE SYSTEMS GOING TO GET MR. RIBAUT CHARITY MEMBERS ACCOUNTS WILL HAVE TO DO IS MOVE 13 A FUND OF TWELVE DAYS [13.a. Consideration of Proposed Emergency Ordinance 2021-16 - Requirement of Face Covering ] AT A TIME BEING SO WE CAN GET A CONVERSATION ON THE FACEMASK. >> CAN ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? OK. NEXT WEEK SIR, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. CLARKE. JEREMY ARE FAR FROM HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE A HEARING? >> YES, SIR, WE CAN. GREAT. FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME HERE TODAY TOO TO DISCUSS THE SUPPORTED TOPIC WITH OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PASSION ON BOTH SIDES. MY NAME IS JEREMY CLARK. I'M THE CEO OF HILTON HEAD REGIONAL HEALTH CARE AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING OUR GOVERNING BOARDS, OUR MEDICAL STAFF LEADERSHIP AND OVER TWELVE HUNDRED COLLEAGUES AND I AM ASKING YOU TO ALIGN WITH THE [01:00:01] CDC SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT HEALTH GUIDANCE AND CONSIDER EXTENDING THE MASK ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC. OUR COMMUNITY HAS HAD STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ALONG WITH OUR BUSINESS AND OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS. YOUR LEADERSHIP THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE COLLECTIVE INFORMED AND EDUCATED ACTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE COMBINED TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, OUR WORKERS AND OUR TOURIST END TODAY. WHAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR HAS WORKED IN OUR COMMUNITY. VACCINATIONS ARE INCREASING, BUSINESSES ARE THRIVING IN OUR HOSPITALS. THE COVID 19 POSITIVITY RATE HAS DECLINED AND HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE LOWER. AND AS A RESULT OUR HOSPITALS ARE MODIFYING OUR OPERATIONS ACCORDINGLY. AFTER GIVING OVER FORTY THOUSAND TESTS SINCE LAST SUMMER WE'VE ENDED THE COVID 19 COMMUNITY TESTING AS OTHER OPTIONS NOW EXIST AND DEMAND HAS DECLINED. WE ARE TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM THE MASS VACCINATION MODEL. VACCINE SUPPLY IS PLENTIFUL NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY WHICH IS GREAT AND WE HAVE LIFTED OUR LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT WE THAT WE ALLOW IN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HAVING LOVED ONES NEAR IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE HEALING PROCESS. HOWEVER WE ARE STILL REQUIRING ALL STAFF OF PHYSICIANS AND VISITORS TO WELL WEAR A MASK WHILE INSIDE OUR FACILITIES. WE KNOW THAT THE THREAT FROM COVID 19 IS NOT OVER. OUR LOCAL POSITIVITY RATE IS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PERCENT THE SAME AS IT WAS IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR JUST PRIOR TO OUR SUMMER SURGE. WE HAD ABOUT 30 PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH IT AT ONE TIME. PATIENTS STILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT TO OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS WITH COVID 19. FORTUNATELY MOST CASES ARE NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO WARRANT HOSPITALIZATION BUT THEY ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO FOR THEM TO SEEK EMERGENCY HERE. OUR LOCAL VACCINATION RATE IS AROUND 50 PERCENT WHICH ON ONE HAND IS GOOD BUT ON THE OTHER HAND MEANS THAT MANY WHO ARE AT RISK STILL HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED. AND FINALLY THERE ARE CLUSTERS COVID 19 THAT STILL EXISTS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE INDIVIDUALS FROM THESE COMMUNITIES THAT VISIT US THIS SUMMER THOUGH FOR ALL THESE REASONS I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER EXTENDING THE MASK ORDINANCE. THIS IS IN LINE WITH CDC AND SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HILL NOT ISLAND TO CONTINUE TO LEAD AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS ,OUR WORKERS AND OUR TOURISTS SAFE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION . ANY QUESTIONS? JEREMY WHILE HE'S HERE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. I. CAUSE IN 30 DAYS WE CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE 21 20 YEARS 21 REQUIRING A FACE MASK COVERING WELL OVER SOLO SECONDS. YOU DECIDED TO DISCUSS IT. MR. MAYOR, I CONSIDER IS THIS TO EXTEND THE ORDINANCE? YES, IT IS. NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. >> STILL, MR. BROWN'S. YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE HAD SIGNED ALL THE OTHER REQUESTS. IT'S DEFINITELY A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. AND THAT WAS GONNA BE MY FIRST QUESTION. WE PUTTING ANY TYPE OF PERIOD TO THE EXTENSION. THIS IS THE THIRD A 60 DAY EXTENSION HELPS YOU'LL GAIN EXTENSION AND ALL THE EXEMPTIONS SO FAR. ALEX, SINCE DAY ONE OF ALL 60 DAYS USED IN JULY 1ST YOU CAN WORK IT OUT. COME ON, ALEX. JUST YOU KNOW THAT WOULD COME ON JULY 1. WE GOT NOTES THAT WOULD GO THROUGH JULY 4TH. YES. OK. I MADE SOME COMMENTS FIRST AND THEN I'LL GET BACK TO THE TIMELINE. THE GIST OF THIS IS THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT. OF COURSE SUCH A MIXED MESSAGE WHEN WHEN IT COMES TO ELSA REMOVING MUNICIPALITIES PERSONAL CHOICE BELIEVES WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. >> SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT VACCINATION RATE. >> I'M GLAD THAT JEREMY CLARK BROUGHT IT UP. I WAS GOING STAFF IF ANYONE COULD RESPOND AND TELL ME WHAT IT WAS NORMAL MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT 50 PERCENT IS CORRECT AND I'LL MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT 50 PERCENT IS HELD IN THEIR UNLESS SOMEBODY OR STAFF CAN CORRECT ME ON THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. AS FAR AS WE KNOW. YES. OKAY. [01:05:04] WE AS A MUNICIPALITY MADE THE TOUGH DECISION TO MANDATE MASK WITHIN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. WE THEN WENT ON AN PUT A VERY STRONG EFFORT BEHIND MARKETING PREVENTING THE SPREAD. I MEAN YOU'LL SEE TOWN ON VEHICLES WITH CARNAGE ON THEM. THE STICKERS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE'VE GOT ROADWAYS FLASHING SIGNS. BUT WHEN THE VACCINATION STARTED TO ROLL OUT, IT'S ALMOST AS IF WE WIN A IN THE CLOSET. >> I'M NOT NECESSARILY BLAMING THE 50 PERCENT BUT I WANT TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 50 PERCENT. I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT 50 PERCENT BUT I'M MAKING SOME MORE ASSUMPTIONS HERE THAT A PORTION OF THAT 50 PERCENT OF FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXPOSED MORE OFTEN THAN OTHERS AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED OR NOT. >> I'M NOT. THEY MAY BE NOT NECESSARILY JUST THEIR CHOICE AS TO WHY THEY WERE NOT VACCINATED BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF CONVENIENCE OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. >> THE EFFORT THAT WE PUT INTO MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAD MASKS . WE HAVE NOT PUT INTO VACCINATIONS FOR ME THAT EFFORT NEEDS TO RAMP UP IF THE COLD CASES HAVE GONE DOWN AND THAT TELLS ME THAT YOU MISS SERVICES RESPONDING TO COVER CASES HAS GONE DOWN. >> AND IF WE WERE AN ENROLLED PROVIDER AS THEY ASKED US TO BE, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE BEEN ROLLING OUT TO VARIOUS EMPLOYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FOLKS ARE GETTING VACCINATED. SO FOR ME THE EFFORT AS FAR AS US AS I'M IN THIS FAMILY AND I'M USING US NO PART OF IT DOESN'T MEET MY SATISFACTION THOUGH. AT THIS POINT DOES WE'RE IN THAT SITUATION. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUE INTO THE MANDATE. UM, I'M NOT I'M NOT SOLD ON 60 DAYS BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR SITUATION IN LESS THAN SIX DAYS. BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALEX. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I CAN MAKE A FEW COMMENTS FIRST RATHER THAN LAST. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T READILY ATTRIBUTE D WEARING THE BEST TO THE NUMBERS COMING DOWN. I HAVE TO LEAVE WEARING THE MASK CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS THE NUMBERS COMING DOWN. I REALLY DO. EVERY PART OF THE VACCINATION IS THE WEARING OF THE MASK IS SOCIAL. THIS IS I THINK EVERY POLICY. I'M ALSO HELPING DOES NOT LIKE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US. WE'RE RUNNING A MILLION A HALF TO TWO HOURS EVERY YEAR TO HERE. I YOU'RE RUNNING TOURIST TO HEAR THOSE TOURISTS COME FROM AMERICA AND THEY COME ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. WE HAD PAIR OURSELF PROTECTED WITH THE BIGGEST SURGICAL HUBS BETWEEN NOW AND THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. WASN'T TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN CORRECTLY IS THE BOW OF THE DAY IS THE ONE THAT MANDATED WEARING A MASS IN SCHOOL? THEY HAD NOT TALKED TO US OR ANYBODY ELSE BUT THAT THEIRS YOU KNOW, WE NEED WE NEED ANOTHER ATTENTION. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END. I THINK THE NUMBERS INDICATE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END. I THINK THE FOURTH LIFE AREA GETS US ALL WITH THE NUMBERS BUT THE SUMMIT SEASON AND WE JUST NEED YOUR HELP TO GET OVER THAT POINT. EVERYBODY UNTIL TODAY HAS THEIR OWN FEELINGS, THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNCIL HAS THEIR OWN FEELINGS AND YOUR OWN CONSCIENCE. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A IN THE POLITICIZED ON ANYBODY IN THIS COUNCIL WAS MAKING A DECISION FOR POLITICAL REASON. I MEAN THAT'S A WORLD THAT'S SOMEONE ELSE THE WORLD WHICH IS FAR ABOVE MY PAY GRADE BECAUSE THE ONE TIME HE WHAT TYPE OF PROTECT OUR OWN PEOPLE HE [01:10:02] WANTS TO PROTECT THOSE THAT COME HERE. AND I DEFINITELY ASKING YOU FOR SIX DAYS. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING TO ME HIS NAME'S 19 BEAR COUNCIL ENACTED THIS ORDINANCE LAST SPRING WHEN EVERY ISLAND RESIDENT ESPECIALLY OUR RETIREES WERE AT RISK OF GETTING AND SPREADING COVERED . I BELIEVE WE DID THE RIGHT THING. AND THE MASK ORDINANCE HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY WELL. NOW A YEAR LATER A MAJORITY OF ADULT ISLANDERS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND SO I SUGGEST THE PENDULUM OF RESPONSE ABILITY HAS SWUNG FROM GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS CHOICE. IN MY OPINION IT'S TIME FOR THE ORDINANCE TO LAPSE. BUT PERSONALLY I WILL CHOOSE TO CONTINUE WEARING A MASK IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR BECKER. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO I APPRECIATE. BEFORE I BEGIN, WOULD I HAVE TO SAY I WANTED TO FIRST SAY THAT I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE CALLED AND COMMUNICATED WITH US OVER THE LAST YEAR PLUS I APPRECIATE THE CALL AND APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION THAT THE BUSINESSES, THE RESIDENTS AND OUR GUEST GUESTS AND VISITORS HAVE SPLIT DISPLAY UP . >> MORE THAN A YEAR AGO THOUGH WE WERE FACED WITH THE DOWN OF AN INVISIBLE SILENT VIRUS AND WE AGREED THAT DAILY LIFE NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED AS IT ALL THAT SORTED OUT THE SOLE GOAL. >> AT THAT POINT WAS TO SAVE LIVES IN ANY WAY WE CAN. THAT INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE, HOW WE CAME TO THOSE DECISIONS WAS PRETTY MUCH UNKNOWN AT THAT POINT. IT WAS TRULY DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE YOUR AS PROTECTED AS YOU CAN AND THAT THOSE WHO YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND CARE ABOUT ARE PROTECTED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED OF THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND BECAUSE WE CARED TO CONTINUE TO CARE AND THE INFORMATION SEEMS TO NOW BE SWAYING. OUR RESIDENTS ARE WELL-INFORMED . THEY ARE WELL EDUCATED AND KNOW THE RISKS AND THE WAYS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. THE HOSPITALS ARE MORE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT COME CLOSE TO NEEDING THEIR SERVICES. THE TREATMENTS ARE KNOWN AND ANSWERED AND AVAILABLE. THE VACCINE IS AVAILABLE IN OUTLETS LIKE BE INTERESTED TO KNOW. THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT CAME AS WE WERE LISTENING THAT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IS PROVIDING ITS SAME. SOMEBODY ELSE CAN FILL IN THE GAPS. IF AXING VACCINATION OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS. I THINK WE HAVE STEPPED UP AND IN TO DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AT THE TIME WHEN WE NEEDED TO DO IT. MOST THINK AT THIS POINT WE ALSO NEED TO START LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES FROM THOSE ACTIONS. >> AND FOR THOSE REASONS I THINK THAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO JUST SAY WHAT I PLAN TO SAY. >> I WANT THOSE WHO HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE ABUSIVE IN READ WORDS AND HAD ANY IMPACT ON MY THINKING THAT IT HAS NOT THAT IT'S BEEN SIMPLY THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN FROM MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT THOSE TYPES OF COMMENTS AND ABUSIVE WORDS CAN STOP REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS VOTE TURNS OUT. >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY AS I BELIEVE MAYOR YOU JUST SAID THERE HASN'T BEEN A POLITICAL AGENDA IN ANY OF THIS NOT ONE BIT. >> IF ANYONE KNOWS ME THEY WOULD KNOW THAT THAT THESE DECISIONS WOULD BE THE FURTHEST FROM ANYTHING LIKE THAT. [01:15:06] >> ECONOMY AT THIS POINT I THINK THAT IT'S TIME THAT WE GIVE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS. WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE REQUEST AND STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST GET VACCINATED, WEAR THEIR MASKS THAT BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN THEIR STORES BY MASKED EMPLOYEES SO THAT THERE IS THE COMFORT LEVEL AND THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND ABOUT FOR THOSE WHO MAY FEEL THAT THAT'S IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS. BUT FOR ME RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO REPEAL OR AT LEAST LET LAPSE THE MASS ORDINANCE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. SO 16 JUST THE BEGINNING. >> I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND COMMUNITY AND THEIR ASSAULT ON IMPOSING BEST PRACTICES. I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT SINCE THE ONSET OF THE VAST ORDINANCE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I AM MORE THAN PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT VACCINE CAPACITY OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL AND THERE ARE SUFFICIENT TESTING CAPACITY OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL WHICH RELIEVES SOME OF THE PRESSURE THERE. I SAY THAT WITH THE THOUGHT THAT IF THERE WILL BE A SURGE, IF THERE WOULD BE A CALL ON THE HOSPITAL, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE MORE CAPACITY TODAY THAN THEY HAD TWO MONTHS. IF WE ALLOW THIS MASS GORDON THAT'S THE SUNSET ON MAY 16. I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THAT SAME HILTON HEAD COMMUNITY SELF-IMPOSED WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE AT THE BEST POSSIBLE PRACTICES IN THIS ENVIRONMENT NOTWITHSTANDING A FAVORABLE TREND. I ALSO THINK THAT WE CAN MOVE VERY QUICKLY IF WE SEE ANY SORT OF A TREND OR A SURGE THAT IS UNFAVORABLE COMPARED TO ALLOW THE MASS GORDON'S TO EXPIRE ON THE 16TH DISCIPLINE TO THERE. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE MANY SOURCES WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WITH THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT THIS. I SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE CITIZENS DO NOT SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THE ORDINANCE. I HAVE GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE HOSPITAL AND JEREMY CLARK AND THE OPINIONS THAT THEY HAVE SHARED ABOUT THIS. HOWEVER, WHAT I SEE IS THAT A VERY SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST AT RISK FROM THIS INFECTION THE SENIOR CITIZENS THE PAST MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE BEEN VACCINATED ON THIS ISLAND. I BELIEVE THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO ALLOW THIS ORDINANCE TO EXPIRE AT THE SAME TIME. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADOPT SERIOUS HAMBLIN A AND ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY SAFETY MEASURES BY CITIZENS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES. I APPRECIATE THE OPINIONS AND POINTS OF VIEW OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO MAY HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT POSITION. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT IS TIME THIS ORDINANCE TO COME TO AN END. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. SITUATION. AS I SEE IT IS AS FOLLOWS. WE'RE DEALING WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE. THE DISEASE IS STILL WITH US. WE'VE DONE VERY WELL WITH THE COMMENDABLE COOPERATION SIDE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND UH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AT INSIDE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. WE ARE RIGHT AT THE CAUSE OF A ANOTHER SURGE OF ACTIVITY NOT FROM PEOPLE LIVE HERE BUT OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITY LEADING UP TO THE FOURTH OF JULY. WHAT I WOULD SAY I RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST RECOGNIZING THAT WE MAY HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING HERE FROM JUST AS LOCATIONS EQUAL THAT WE DON'T KNOW VIRTUALLY NOTHING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THEIR ADHERENCE TO WASHING YOUR HANDS THESE DAYS. SAFE DISTANCE IS A AVOIDING [01:20:05] CONGREGATING AT LARGE NUMBERS THAT WE LOOK AT A I A COMPROMISE APPROACH AND HOLD THIS IN PLACE FOR 30 DAYS 30 MORE DAYS AND AGREED TODAY THAT IT SUNSETS HAVE THAT TIME AND THAT AS WE TRANSITION INTO A FREE ELECTION VIRUSES TO DO WHAT THEY THINK THEY SHOULD DO THAT WE ENGAGE IN A CONTINUED EDUCATION SLASH MARKETING PROGRAM THAT REACHES ALL OUR RESIDENTS. YOU WASH YOUR HANDS SAFE DISTANCE SAYING HELP AVOID ENCLOSED CLOSED SPACES, CLOSED SPACES. WE ALL KNOW OUR INCUBATORS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND THEN MOVE ON. AND SO I SUGGESTING THAT WE KEEP MOVING TOWARD RELYING ON THE DECISIONS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL DECISION OF OUR RESIDENTS WAIT ALLOWED TO THE SURGE OF THIS ROOM DAY ACTIVITY AND THEN LEAVE IT IN THE PUBLIC STAND. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE DEALING A VERY EDUCATED PUBLIC HERE IN THE PUBLIC THAT I THINK WOULD ADHERE TO SENSE. THANK YOU. WAS THERE ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION WITH CONGRESSMAN? NO. BILL JUST MENTIONED MAKE A MOTION A BILL. >> BUT I WOULD KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE OUR EXISTING PROGRAM OR A 30 DAY EXTENSION PERIOD FOLLOWING THAT UH, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THEIR THERE THEIR COMMON SENSE TO BE ADDITIONAL IN TERMS OF HOW THEY CONDUCT THEMSELVES TO AVOID LARGE GROUPS WHEN THEY CAN AVOID CONGREGATING IN ENCLOSED SPACES WHEN THEY CAN. AND UH TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO STAY HEALTHY, MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE THERE WAS A MOTION SECOND PENDING ON THE QUESTION OF THE MOLLY MUST MAKE HER PREVIOUS MOTION AND PERSON SECOND AGAIN WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT OTHERWISE IT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN UP AS A FORMAL MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION. I DID. OKAY. OH SECOND THE MOTION DECIDE IF SHE AGREES IT MUST HAVE BEEN JUST I DO OKAY. I DO AGREE TO UP HAVING SOME OUTSTANDING BEFORE THE BODY HAS A LIST. MS. YEAH KNOW I JUST WANT TO POSE A QUESTION. DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THE IRONY OF THIS CONVERSATION WHEN WE GO TO A RESTAURANT AND IN CLOSE QUARTERS? WITH OTHERS FOR OVER AN HOUR AND HAVE A MEAL WITHOUT MASKS I MEAN. IT'S IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S PERSONAL CHOICE IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A RESTAURANT YOU CAN DO THAT. BUT THE THE CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY IS IS ALMOST A SURE RAID OF THIS ORDINANCE. I'M CERTAIN THAT AUSTRALIA IS RESPECTING MR ABE'S COMMENTS. UH, THE THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND I THINK THEY REPRESENT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND WHEN THEY GO A PARTICULAR RESTAURANT. THEY THEY ARE GOING TO ESTABLISH THAT IS SOCIALLY DISTANCING INSIDE. THEY'RE SITTING WITH PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW AND MAY NOT KNOW WHETHER THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES GETTING VACCINATED OR NOT. SO THERE IS SOME DEGREE OF COMFORT. AND THAT'S THE SITUATION TONIGHT. >> MR. HA CAN I RESPOND? I'VE BEEN TO A RESTAURANT THAT HAS BOOTHS SO THERE'S NO SOCIAL DISTANCING PERMIT. EVERY BOOTH IS FILLED IN THE RESTAURANT IS ABSOLUTELY BUSY AS THOUGH IT WERE A NONCOMBAT SITUATION. IN OTHER RESTAURANTS ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION. AND I I ENOUGH SAID I JUST [01:25:01] LET'S SEE WHERE THE CHIPS FALL . OKATIE CHRIS. JUST TO BE CLEAR THIS IS FOR THEM THE MOTION AS AMENDED. THAT'S RIGHT. MAYOR MCCANN. YES. MR. HARKINS? YES. MR. BROWN. THE. MR. AMES. NO. THIS IS BECKER. NO. MR. LENNOX. NO, MR. STANFORD. NO MOTION, SIR. YOU CAN CHANGE THE AGENDA NOW. I WAS QUOTED THE PRODUCT WAS [12. Consent Agenda ] EDUCATED SO THERE'S NO NEED. MR. CAPABLE DOESN'T WANT TO PUSH HIM. SECOND FOR ALL THE ITEMS ON THE INSIDE. WE'LL SUMMARILY I JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF EACH OTHER. >> I GOT IT. WAS THIS SOMEBODY? OH NO. MOTION FAILS. YEAH. A SUPERMAJORITY. ALL RIGHT. OK. SOME KIND OF COLLECTIVE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I WILL THROW OUT THE IDEAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENSUS. GENTLEMEN BACK BIKER GANG. [13.b. Consideration of a Recommendation from the Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee – Approval of the FY2022 Marketing Plan & Budget for the Chamber of Commerce Visitor and Convention Bureau. ] ANYBODY DISAGREE? ALL SAY YOUR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY WELL WE WANT TO 13 B CONSIDERATION A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACCOMMODATION TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BUT THE WALKING PLAN FOR 2022 AND WHAT WE PLAN AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR APPROVAL. THEY OKATIE DISCUSSION ON THIS AND THINKING I THINK IT BEARS DISCUSSION. >> BUT ALEX, I SEE YOUR HAND UP. GO AHEAD. YEAH. I JUST LOOK FOR A POINT OF CLARITY ON THIS ITEM. THIS IS A REGULAR IT'S A TAX COMMITTEE. >> WELL, IT WAS. WHAT'S THE ACTION? AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE ACTION? GIVEN A QUARTER OF 2013 ALL CLEAR FILING MEANS I GET TO CLARIFY IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM A TAX FOR THE FUNDING ANNUAL FUNDING FOR THAT. THE DEMO AND UPON APPROVAL YOU'RE APPROVING THEIR FUNDING SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT TERMS AND PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE. WE'RE NOT GRABBING THEIR MARKETING PLAN. YEAH. YEAH. THE MARKETING PLAN. HOW MANY READINGS ON CERTAIN. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT I WAS A COPY WAS A COPY TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR PACKET. I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE PACKET AS THE FIRST STEP. MR. COUNSEL, I DON'T KNOW I'M SORRY. IT WAS NOT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS CONTAINED AND THERE WAS A COPY OF THEIR MARKETING PLAN. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TAP COMMITTEE AS WELL AS A MEMO FROM STAFF PROVIDING THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. OK. IF YOU'D LIKE SIR, I'D BE HAPPY TO FORWARD YOU A COPY OF THAT CONTRACT. I THINK I ALREADY DID THAT AFTER I PLAN TO MAKE THAT I ASKED ABOUT IT BUT UNFORTUNATELY AFTER THAT MEETING I DECIDED TO EAT LUNCH NOT REACHED CONTRACT MR. B. >> I'M IN A POSITION TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS BUT I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ABSENT HAVE AN ADEQUATE CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT CONTRACT. WITH BALANCE I THINK I CAN I CAN I CAN HELP YOU ON THIS. >> AS PART OF THE CONTRACT THE CMO IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A MARKETING PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR SUPPORTED BY A BUDGET. THE ONLY REFERENCE TO THE MARKETING PLAN AND BUDGET IS ONE PARAGRAPH IN THAT CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THAT REQUIREMENT IN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TIME AND THE D.A.. THE MEMO WENT TO A TAC AND MADE A FULL PRESENTATION OF THEIR MARKETING PLAN WHICH INCLUDES A BUDGET ON PAGES 24 AND 24. AND THE ATTACK REVIEW THAT PLAN IN DETAIL AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AS CALLED FOR BY THE CONTRACT ALSO IS SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR A SIMILAR REVIEW AND MOVEMENT ON UP THEM. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. I DON'T THINK THE CONTRACT WOULD NECESSARILY HELP YOU WITH THIS ISSUE OTHER THAN YOU WOULD [01:30:01] BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE AND CONTRACT THAT SAYS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE A MARKETING PLAN AT A SUPPORTING BUDGET. >> OKAY. OKAY. SO THE CONTRACT DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO CHANGE BUT STILL TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO TOWN COUNCIL BUT CONDUIT THROUGH DATA IS COMMITTEE STAFF SO THEY TACK. YES. NEVER COMES TO COUNCIL AND THEY THEY ARE PREPARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AS A DEVELOPER TWO ANY RATE. YES. OH. SO WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE HEAR FROM THEY'RE ASKING THEY'RE ASKING IF THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION. >> SO THAT THEN BECAME LIKE A PRESENTATION GRAY AREA AREA ON THIS TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. >> YES, SIR. ONE AREA THE PARTIES AND RADIALS ARE ON THE LINE. THIS PLACE IS SET TO MAKE A PRESENTATION UPON YOUR REQUEST. IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT SHE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE TODAY. >> RIGHT. AND SERVICE SIX OF THE SEVEN COUNCIL SAW THAT PRESENTATION AT TWO O'CLOCK. YES. THAT THEN THAT ASIA. IT WAS WELL DONE BUT IT DID NOT SPEAK TO THE BUDGET THE SALARY THAT WAS PROVIDED PACKET ONE OF WHICH WILL BE MADE BY A GLASS TO READ. >> SO I ASKED THAT MR. MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT I JUST WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION EXPLAINING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAMBER DIRECTLY NOT THROUGH A CONDUIT IN THE CONTRACT CAN HAND BEFORE I WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE US A SOUND DECISION UP OR DOWN ON THIS. AND THAT I'VE TAKEN UP ENOUGH TIME. I WILL I WILL CONCEDE TO MY COLLEAGUES. MR. AMES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE A TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHAIRMAN SLUGGER HAVE DONE A PROFESSIONAL JOB WELL DONE JOB BUT AND IT'S GOOD PLAN. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO BEAT THE SAME DRUM. THE REASONS FOR THAT IS THE COUNCIL MUST ANSWER A DIFFERENT QUESTION HOW DOES THE COUNCIL MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THE PLAN FOR THE SAKE OF THE TOWN DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL WHICH IS THE ASSOCIATE OF DEMOS EMPHASIZES RESIDENTS ARE THE DEMOS CORE CUSTOMERS? I'M GONNA REPEAT THAT RESIDENTS ARE THE DEMOS CORE CUSTOMERS. THE NEW CONTRACT WAS DRAFTED TO MAKE THAT VITAL CONNECTION IN BLACK AND WHITE AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE ONLY TRUE TRULY SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY TO RETAIN THE ISLAND'S VALUED BRAND AND GRANDEUR EXPERIENCES. IT'S AN ESSENTIAL THERE ISN'T A LOT OF LONG TERM GOALS BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE CHAMBER AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COUNCIL STAFF AND CHAMBER MEET SEMI ANNUALLY TO VERIFY THAT ALIGNMENT. I ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE GOALS IN THE MARKETING PLAN ARE WE IN A HAMSTER CAGE THAT REQUIRES US ONLY TO RUN FASTER AND FASTER? THE DEMOS SUCCESSFUL MARKETING LEADS TO HIGHER OCCUPANCIES WHICH ATTRACT AND JUSTIFY NEW INVESTMENT IN NEW CONDOS AND HOTEL ROOMS WHICH ADD CAPACITY OF RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS THAT REQUIRE MORE ADVERTISING. WE JUST KEEP SPINNING THE HAMSTER HAMSTER CAGE. THE NAME OF THE GAME IS NOT NUMBERS OF VISITORS BUT INCREASING BUSINESS MARGINS. HOW DO WE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS CREATE BOTTOM LINE VALUE? MY ANSWER WOULD BE PLANNING AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE AND THE TOWN CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IF I WERE TO GO DOWN THE GOALS [01:35:03] AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'M NOT GOING TO DO BUT I THINK THERE ARE TWO GOALS THAT WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND. >> THE CONTRACT REQUIRES A RESIDENT INVESTOR SATISFACTION SURVEY AND A CORNERSTONE PLAN. I THINK THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS TO THE NEW CONTRACT AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW PRELIMINARY DRAFTS OF THOSE TWO ITEMS AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. FOLLOWING UP SOMEWHAT ON WHAT DAVID WAS SAYING. NOT WITH REGARD TO THE STATED FISCAL YEAR 2020 TWO GOALS IN OUR MEMO. I THINK IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS AND I THINK IT'LL BE WONDERFUL FOR THE TOWN AND DEMONSTRATE OUR CONCERN WITH OUR RESIDENTS SATISFACTION AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT WHERE THIS TOWN IS GOING WITH REGARD TO THE NUMBER OF VISITORS AND AS I RECALL FROM THE EARLIER MEETING 20 20 SAW TWO POINT SIX ONE MILLION VISITORS IN THE EURO CODE . AND SO I THINK THAT RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL AND VERY INFORMATIVE. THE SECOND GOAL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBER ON IS THE THIRD THAT THEY'VE LISTED IN THIS MEMO PAGE 2 WHICH IS TO GROW HOME AND VILLA OCCUPANCY BY FOUR POINT TWO PERCENT. AS WE KNOW THERE ARE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITHIN COUNCIL COMMITTEES ABOUT THE OCCUPANCY AND SHORT TERM RENTALS AT HOME AND VILLAS. AND SO I THINK AS WE WORK TO STRAIGHTEN SOME OF THOSE ISSUES OUT AND CREATE A BETTER SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE, WE WANT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBER SO THAT WE'RE BOTH IN SYNC IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANT FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE ISLAND. AND I THINK THAT WILL BE WORTHWHILE. AN EASY CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH THEM THAT IF NECESSARY AN ABSOLUTE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PERHAPS TOMORROW. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. SELECTION. >> THANK YOU, JOHN. WHAT ARE WE REVIEWED AND FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE? WAS THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPLY US FROM THE CONTRACT BY THE YEAR 2020? WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY THIS AFTERNOON IS THE MARKETING PLAN HAD A SUPPORTING BUDGET TO THAT MARKETING PLAN. THAT WAS REVIEWED BY A TAC IN SOME DETAIL. I THINK THAT THE THE THE CHAMBER AND NAM STAFF HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AND WORKING WITH THE TOWN TO ALIGN THE NEW CONTRACT THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER AND THE MARKETING PLAN AND BUDGET WHICH WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AFTERNOON TO ALIGN WITH RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM DESTINATIONS IN OUR NATIONAL AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST RELIABLE RESOURCE FOR DESTINATIONS ORGANIZATION AS THEY INFORM, CONNECT, INSPIRE AND EDUCATE THEIR MEMBERS WITH A GOAL TO DRIVE DESTINATION ECONOMIC IMPACT JOB CREATION, COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH TRAVEL . ONE OF THE THEIR POLICY GROUPS WHICH IS CALLED FINDING OUR CORNERSTONE WAS IN LARGE PART RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME CONTENT IN OUR NEW CONTRACT WITH THE DMA AS WELL AS THE MARKETING PLAN THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY. DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT CORNERSTONES SAYING THE GOAL OF A CORNERSTONE IS TO DEFINE THE ROLE OF A DEMO IN A COMMUNITY. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE STARTING POINT FOR MISSION AND ABOUT US STATEMENTS. A GOAL IS TO LAY OUT THE POLITICAL ARGUMENT FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT OF DESTINATION PROMOTION AND FINALLY TO IDENTIFY THE IDEAS AND IDEALS THAT FORM THE BASIS OF A COMMUNITY SHARED VALUE. [01:40:06] THE STARTS REALLY WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS FOR DEMOS I THINK EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THERE IS PRESSURE FROM GOVERNMENT PUBLIC ADVOCACY GROUPS AND MEDIA. LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES ARE GROWING MORE SLOWLY THAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES. ANOTHER SITUATION IS THE D.A.. GOVERNMENT FUNDING IS UNDER ATTACK NATIONWIDE AT PROGRAM PROGRAM AUDITS FOR COMPLIANCE PERFORMANCE AND MEASUREMENT ARE FINDING THEIR WAY INTO DMA AGREEMENTS AS IT DID WITH US DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL SUGGESTS A PATHWAY FORWARD. AND WE USE THIS TO CONSTRUCT THE AGREEMENT AS WELL AS THE MARKETING PLAN. THERE'S A NEED TO FIND THE CORNERSTONE. THE CORNERSTONE IS THE REASON THE DEMO EXISTS. WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY? THE AID THAT THE DEMO CAN FULFILL AND UNDERSTAND THAT COMMUNITIES THAT FAIL TO COMPETE IF THEY FAIL TO COMPETE THEY WILL BE LEFT BEHIND. AND WHY IS THE DEMO PART OF THE SOLUTION SAID THIS? BECAUSE THE DMA HAS THE ABILITY AND HAS IN THE PAST BROUGHT STRATA DATE STRATEGIES TO BUILD AWARENESS AND POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT CAN BRING STRATEGIES THAT DEVELOP, MANAGE AND COMMUNICATE OUR BRAND. AND IT CAN BRING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE MARKET SELL AND ENGAGE THE VISITOR AND THEY HAVE INCORPORATED STRATEGIES LIKE THAT IN THE MARKETING PLAN. THE D.A. IS A PART OF THE SOLUTION BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT MEASURING HOTEL OCCUPANCY IS A GOOD MEASUREMENT BUT IT ISN'T THE MISSION DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONALLY. IT GOES ON TO ASK THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION WHO DOES THAT IS THE CUSTOMER. AND AS YOU HEARD DAVE AMOS SAY, DESTINATION PROMOTION IS FOR THE BENEFIT AND FOR THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY. DESTINATION PROMOTION IS AN INVESTMENT TO DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES AND TO BUILD QUALITY OF LIFE. IT'S A BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY HOW IT CREATES JOBS. IT INCREASES LOCAL SPENDING. IT INCREASES LOCAL TAX REVENUE AND IT INCREASES LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THE DEMOS CUSTOMER THERE FOR THE DEMOS CUSTOMER THEREFORE IS ITS RESIDENTS HENCE THE CORNERSTONE. THE GOAL OF A CORNERSTONE IS TO DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BUILD QUALITY OF LIFE TO FIT ALL THE REST RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. WHAT STRATEGY SUPPORTS THAT GOAL? THE STRATEGY IS TO DEVELOP AND TO ARTICULATE AND MANAGE THE COMMUNITY'S BRAND AND ONE TACTIC WHAT IS DONE TO SUPPORT THAT STRATEGY? THE DEMO WILL PROMOTE MARKET SELL AND ENGAGE POTENTIAL VISITORS. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE FIND IN THE AGREEMENT ON PAGE 10 ELEMENTS OF THE AGREEMENT FROM THE LAST AGREEMENT. AS PARAGRAPHS TEXT POINT FOUR AND YOU HEARD DAVID ADAMS TALK ABOUT THIS AS WELL. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPRESENTS THAT THE MARKETING PLAN I INCLUDE A QUOTE CORNERSTONE AND PLAN. END QUOTE WHICH ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PUBLIC RELATIONS, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES. I AM COMING THROUGH LONG AND CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CHAMBER IN ITS ROLE AS THE AMMO AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO VARYING DESTINATIONS IN OUR NATIONAL HAS FOUND ITS WAY INTO A THE AGREEMENT AP IN A MARKETING PLAN AND SUPPORTING BUDGET AND AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SUPPORTING BUDGET. I HAVE GONE THROUGH IT AND I [01:45:02] HAVE MET WITH THE CONTROLLER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT HE HAS BEEN MOST CO-OP. I HAVE TESTED THE PROPOSED 20 20 TO BUDGET AGAINST FISCAL YEAR 20 ACTUAL AND I FIND THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO BE APPROPRIATE. AND MEANINGFUL. I AM COMFORTABLE GIVEN SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT CONTINUING THE DIALOG WITH THE CHAMBER IN PROCEEDING FURTHER. UNDER THIS MARKETING PLAN AND AND BUDGET. >> THANK YOU JOHN. LIKELY HAVE SEEN THE ENTIRE PRISON STATION ON THE MARKETING PLAN. I SAW THAT PRESENTATION TO THE TAX COMMITTEE. LIKE EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL I WAS PROVIDED A FULL HARD COPY OF THAT PLAN WEEKS AGO. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT I AM NO EXPERT IN DESTINATION MARKETING BUT WHAT I SEE IS A VERY PROFESSIONAL AND EXPERIENCED PROGRAM LAID OUT COULD BENEFIT THE TOURIST COMMUNITY, COULD BENEFIT OUR TOURIST COMMUNITY HERE ON THE ISLAND. THE COMMENTS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE DEMO IS TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS ME WAS CLEARLY SERVED OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE ALL KNOW AND GONE THROUGH WITH A PANDEMIC WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH OUR TOURISM TOURISM PARTICIPATION AREA THAT OUR RATE HAS DECLINED LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. WHERE OUR SISTER COMMUNITIES OF SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON EACH SUFFERED DECLINES IN EXCESS OF 30 PERCENT THE RESULT OF THAT HAS BEEN THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THOSE HERE STILL HAVE VARIOUS SIGNIFICANT TAX REVENUES COMING IN AND THEREFORE WE'RE IN. OUR JOB WITHOUT HAVING TO INCREASE THE TAX IS THE BETTER FOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF PROGRAMS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT STACK TAX PROGRAM AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE DEMO IN ITS PROGRAM OF MOVING AND MOVING OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY FORWARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF US. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CHRIS COLFER ALWAYS RAISING MR. MCCANN. YES. MR. HARKINS? YES. INSTAGRAM POSED MR. AMES. >> YES. THIS IS BETTER. YES. MR. LENNOX? YES. MR. STANFORD? YES. THE MOTION CARRIES SIR 6 TO MY LUNCH. [13.c. Consideration of a Resolution – Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Program 2021 Annual Action Plan Request ] I SEE SEPARATION RESOLUTION DAILY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK EMANUEL PLAN REQUESTS A MOVE FOR APPROVAL. NOT GOOD AGAINST THE SAME DISCUSSION ESPECIALLY ON HIS NO DISCUSSIONS INVOLVING MEDICARE. >> YES. MR. HAWKINS? YES, MR. GRAHAM THE POINT. MR. GATES. YES. MR. BECKER. YES. MR. LEONARD. YES. AND MR. STAMPER? YES. [13.d. First Reading of Proposed Ordinance 2021-14 – Town of Hilton Head Island FY2022 Municipal Budget ] 7 0 7. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT 30 OKATIE PROPOSAL. IT'S 20 21 14. THE TOWN OF SODA HAD TWENTY ONE TO MUNICIPAL BUDGETS I FOR APPROVALS. I WAS AT STANFORD ALL FAVOR ALL I KNOW. SIR. GOOD BEING MAYOR. COUNCIL AS I PULL OUT MY SCREEN WE'LL SEE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR MR. JOHN TROYER COME SIT IN HERE. I'VE ASKED JOHN GOOD TO BE WITH ME AND WITH US THIS EVENING AND THIS IS A SPECIAL THANK TO JOHN AND HIS GREAT TEAM TO HELP GET EVERYBODY READY FOR THIS [01:50:01] EVENING. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN. CHRIS, START WORKS WHEN YOU START. I THINK WE REHEARSED THIS WELL ENOUGH. AS I LOOK AT THIS CAMERA, MICROPHONE, ALL THAT STUFF. YES, THAT'S. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL ON I'M VERY PLEASED THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY TWO CONSOLIDATED BUDGET TO YOU ALL. JUST A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS AS I AS I GET THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FUNDS. AS YOU KNOW WE MAY WE WILL GET THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT FORMS OF BUDGETING TONIGHT THAT MAKE UP THE ADDITION. WE MAKE UP THE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET. PLEASE ASK ME QUESTIONS AS I GO IF YOU NEED TO. I'D PREFER IF YOU COULD TO PROVIDE THOSE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF IT AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME STOPPAGE TIME AND AS I TRANSITION FROM ONE FUND TO THE NEXT OUR BUDGET PROCESS BEGAN IN JANUARY. WITH FINANCE DIRECTOR PROJECTING THE CAREFULLY PROJECTING FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TO REVENUES AND REQUESTING DEPARTMENT HEAD PROPOSALS FOR FISCAL YEAR WANTING TO EXPENDITURES. AND SO AS WE GET READY FOR TONIGHT, WHAT THAT TRULY MEANS IS THAT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, DIVISION HEADS AND THOSE STAFF MEMBERS PRESENTING THEIR PROPOSED EXPENDITURES ALL THE WHILE FINANCE DIRECTOR HIS TEAM AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZING AND TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WE PROJECT AND ANTICIPATE POINTING TO REVENUES TO BE ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND COMPARING WITH TWENTY ONE. SO SO TONIGHT'S AS WE GET READY FOR PRESENTATION VIRTUALLY. WE'VE ADVERTISED ON THE WEB SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THOSE POSTS HAVE BEEN BOOSTED. A MEDIA RELEASE WAS SENT AND THAT THERE'LL BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE MEDIA RELEASE SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC. DEFINITELY PRIOR TO AND LEADING UP TO THE WORKSHOP AS WELL AS SECOND AND FINAL READING AS I ARRIVED I TOOK A LOOK A GOOD LOOK AT THE FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET AND REALIZED THAT CURRENTLY WE'RE OPERATING WITH A VERY DISCIPLINED BUDGET AS WE MAINTAIN SERVICES AND RESPOND COPE WITH 19 PANDEMIC. WE'RE DISCIPLINED MONTH TO MONTH ASSESSMENTS OF REVENUES AND PAST CASH POSITIONS AND I KNOW THAT AND AS A REMINDER WE DELAYED A LOT OF OPERATING IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. A VERY BIG THANK YOU AND A SINCERE THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN LENNOX WHO SHARES AS WE KNOW THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SITUATION COMMITTEE AS WELL AS ALL OF TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE BUDGET THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME AND IN A SPECIAL THANK STEVE RILEY AS WELL FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT TO PREPARE THE BUDGET THAT'S IN PLACE INCLUDING OURS INCLUDING OUR GREAT RESERVES. I'D SAY AS I PRESENT THIS BUDGET I FIND COMFORT KNOWING THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR UNCERTAINTY WITH LIMITED RISKS TO OPERATIONS ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE OURSELVES TRANSITION THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. I BELIEVE FOR A STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY. HAVING FACED THE EMERGENCIES NOT JUST THE PANDEMIC BUT THE HURRICANES. WE'RE A RESILIENT ORGANIZATION . AND AND AS I JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE VISITORS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PERSEVERANCE. ESPECIALLY DURING THESE UNKNOWN TIMES YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUDGET THAT THE BUSINESS LICENSE REVENUES ARE STABLE AND STRONG ARE A TAX H. TAX REVENUES ARE STABLE AND STRONG ARE OUR TAX BASE IS STABLE STRONG. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUDGET THIS EVENING PROPOSED AND THEN DISCUSSED A LITTLE FURTHER IN WORKSHOPS AS WELL AS SECOND READING IS THAT REINVESTMENT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY? AND WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER AS WELL A VERY LEAN OPERATING BUDGET. >> SO AS I DOVE INTO TONIGHT'S BUDGET, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY CAN SEE THIS. >> WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT OF COVE IT AND IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AS WE PREPARE OUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY FOR UNKNOWNS. STOP PAUSE FOR A MINUTE AND LOOK AT SOME ECONOMIC FACTORS AND THEN PLEASE STATE SOME BUDGET GOALS IN THOSE BUDGET GOALS YOU'LL SEE ARE BASED UPON YOUR INPUT IN THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT THROUGH OUR PLAN AND THEN EVENTUALLY IN LEADING TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I'LL GO THROUGH ALL FOUR DIFFERENT FUNDS AND THEN HIGHLIGHT AT THE VERY END THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET DOES SO THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY [01:55:02] MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. I'M THIS REALLY AS A TEMPLATE A PLAYBOOK OVER ON THE SIDELINES TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND FORECAST BUDGETS DURING A CRISIS. AND SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE STEPS BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A I PLAN TO UNDERSTAND TAKES TO 18 MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC. WE'VE REDUCED SPENDING. WE'VE FOUND SOME DIFFERENT RESOURCES. WE RECENTLY REFINANCED SOME SOME DEBT. WE WORKED HARD TO REDUCE COSTS AND AND AS IMPORTANTLY PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY COMMUNICATED DIFFERENTLY. FACEBOOK LIVES YOU KNOW, ZOOM CALLED BLUE JEAN CALLS. WHAT HAVE YOU USING TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW THE THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A VOICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HILTON HEAD ISLAND. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS BUT IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO GET THEM GET MY ARMS AROUND A BUDGET. REMIND MYSELF AND OURSELVES OF REALLY WHAT'S AT STAKE 54 SQUARE MILE TOWN WITH A PER CAPITA INCOME A LITTLE BIT ABOVE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A HOUSEHOLD INCOME A LITTLE BIT ABOVE SEVENTY THREE ALMOST SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. OUR MEDIAN MEDIAN HOME VALUE TO AS WE FOUND ON HOME STOCK COM WAS ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ESPECIALLY WITH WITH CONSIDERING THE DMA MARKETING PLAN AND BUDGET AS PRESCRIBED BY STATE CODE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ACCORDING TO OUR DEVOL R CHAMBER THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT SIX ONE VISITORS HERE IN 2020. >> WE HAVE A TRIPLE-A BOND RATING FROM MOODY'S AND THE DOUBLE A PLUS WHICH IS ALMOST TRIPLE A BUT ONE STEP LOWER AND ONLY ONE STEP LOWER FROM S&P AND FITCH. >> SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CLOSELY MONITOR AND AS WE BUDGET AND AS WE PROVIDE FUNDS TO RESERVES AND USE OUR REVENUES, IT ALL HAS A LOT TO DO WITH OUR EXCELLENT CREDIT POSITION AND KEEPING THAT IN MIND AND AT THE FOREFRONT. AS WE BUDGET WE WE HAVE A GROWING TAX BASE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT I BELIEVE AND I'M PROUD TO SAY AS THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNCIL VERY PRUDENT IN THEIR FISCAL MANAGEMENT LABOR WE HAVE A HEALTHY FINANCIAL FINANCIAL POSITION * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.