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[ 1. Call to Order]
LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO THE LAWYER.CHRIS, WILL YOU TAKE THE ROLL CALL? CERTAINLY, SIR.
ALSO, ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE IN THE FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT? YES, SIR, WE ARE.
WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE ALLEG TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE RABBI BLOOM.
RABBI'S BEEN WITH ME SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE FOUND THAT OUR RELIGIOUS GROUP AND EVERYTHING, RABBI, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO YOUR LOCATION FOR US? ABSOLUTELY.
OUR GRACIOUS AND SOVEREIGN OF ALL EXISTENCE.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR POWERFUL PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES AND IN OUR WORLD.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS THROUGH ALL TIME.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF US AS YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR BLESSING UPON ALL WHO FOLLOW YOU.
WE RECOGNIZE YOUR ALMIGHTY WISDOM AND POWER, AND YOUR ULTIMATE CONTROL OF ALL THINGS YOU KNOW.
THE STARS IN THE SKY AND HAIRS ON OUR HEADS.
YOU ARE INTIMATELY IN TUNE WITH YOUR CREATION.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC NATION.
BLESSED WITH INCREDIBLE RESOURCES AND TALENT.
OURS IS A NATION OF GREAT BLESSING AND POTENTIAL.
A GATHERING PLACE FOR THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WHO HAVE CHOSEN THIS AS THEIR HOME.
WE BOAST OF GREAT DIVERSITY, DIVERSE PEOPLE, BACKGROUNDS, CULTURES, BELIEFS, IDEOLOGIES, RELIGIONS WHICH HAVE MADE THIS NATION WHAT IT IS TODAY, A NATION OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.
RECENTLY, WE EXERCISED DEAR GUIDE, OUR FREEDOM TO ELECT LEADERSHIP, A NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR OUR COMMUNITY CAUSE OF OUR GREAT DIVERSITY.
SOME OF US WOKE UP HAPPY WHILE OTHERS ARE DISAPPOINTED.
WE ASK YOU TO UNITE US IN SUPPORT FOR OUR NEWLY ELECTED LEADERS.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT THEM THE ABILITY TO SERVE WITH WISDOM, COURAGE, AND INTEGRITY AS THEY REPRESENT US.
IN GOVERN HILTON HEAD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL OPEN THEIR EYES AND THEIR HEARTS TO SEE OUR TOWN'S GREATEST NEEDS AND SET THE PRIORITIES FOR OUR GOVERNMENT.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL NOT ALLOW THE TRIVIAL TO DISTRACT THEM FROM THE SIGNIFICANT AND PROFOUND NEEDS OF OUR TOWN AND OUR CITIZENS.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON EACH LEADER.
WE PRAY THAT EACH OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES MAY BE SURROUNDED BY WISE AND GODLY PEOPLE WHO WILL PROVIDE GOOD COUNSEL.
WE PRAY THAT THEY MAY KNOW YOUR HOPE, WISDOM, AND MIGHTY STRENGTH AS THEY GOVERN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU ONLY UNITE OUR HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU WILL NOT ALLOW THE TRIVIAL TO DISTRACT US FROM A SIGNIFICANT AND PROFOUND MINISTRY THAT YOU HAVE CALLED US TO DO, TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND TO BE YOUR WITNESSES.
MAY ALL OUR PRAYERS AND COMMENTS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS BE SEASONED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT.
AND MAY WE CONTINUE TO BEHOLD THEM IN OUR PRAYERS.
WE ALSO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO CAMPAIGNED HARD BUT DID NOT WIN.
MANY MEN AND WOMEN TOOK GREAT RISKS TO PRESENT THEMSELVES, THEIR VIEWS AND THEIR OPINIONS TO GAIN OUR SUPPORT.
MAY WE LEARN FROM THEM THEIR LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR VALUES.
HELP US TO SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT TO THOSE WITH WHOM WE MAY NOT HAVE.
ETERNAL ONE FOR OUR NEW LEADERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF WHICH SUPPORTS OUR GOVERNMENT AND MAKES OUR LIVES BETTER EVERY DAY.
WE ALSO COMMIT OURSELVES TO YOU TO UPHOLD OUR LEADERS IN PRAYER, TO LOVE, HONOR AND RESPECT THEM, AND TO ENGAGE WITH THEM WHEN WE SUPPORT THEIR DECISIONS AND WHEN WE NEED TO VOICE OUR OPPOSITION.
GOD, PLEASE BESTOW YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR OUTGOING MAYOR, JOHN MCCANN, WHO HAS SERVED HONORABLY SO HONORABLY AND BESTOW UPON HIM MANY MORE YEARS OF HEALTH AND JOY IN HIS LIFE.
HIS SERVICES MAYOR HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HIS WORK FOR BRINGING TOGETHER THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY A TRUE BLESSING.
MAY HIS SUCCESSOR BE ABLE TO FILL HIS SHOES BY CONTINUING TO COUNT ON AND VALUE THE WORSHIP COMMUNITY, THE FAITH COMMUNITY IN HILTON HEAD.
MAY HE GO, DEAR GOD, JOHN MCCANN FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
[6. Approval of the Minutes]
OKAY.THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WE'LL DO THE WORKSHOP AND THE REGULAR MEETING
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TOGETHER.MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE WORKSHOP.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CHANGES.
HAVING HEARD NONE, KRISTA COLE, THE ROLE PLEASE? MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. HARKINS.
[7. Commendations]
MUCH.THE UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT FOLLOW THIS ONE ARE MUCH SHORTER.
WELL, IT'S AN HONOR TO, UH, PRESENT, UH, THIS PROCLAMATION TO OUR TOWN.
WHEREAS MAYOR MCCANN IS A NATIVE OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NA YANKEES, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE AND A GRADUATE OF THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY.
AND WHEREAS AFTER SPENDING 44 YEARS IN FINANCIAL INDUSTRIES, MAYOR MCCANN RETIRED AS THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF BRIDGE TRADING, UH, OF ROOTERS, UH, COMPANY.
WHEREAS MAYOR MCCANN HAS BEEN ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR OVER 37 YEARS IN A HOMEOWNER FOR OVER 23 YEARS.
WHEREAS MAYOR MCCANN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND SINCE 2012.
IT WAS ELECTED TO SERVE AS MAYOR IN 2018 DUE TO HIS ABILITY TO ACT AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE COMMUNITY, CONTRIBUTING GREATLY TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TOWN, BUFORD COUNTY AND THE STATE.
WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE ON THE TOWN COUNCIL, MAYOR MCCANN HAS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF BOTH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE AND THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE.
AND WHEREAS DURING MAYOR MCCANN'S TIME AND OFFICE, HE'S HAD THE PLEASURE OF ISSUING AND PRESENTING NUMEROUS PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, HONORED ISLAND ARO AWARDS, YOUTH VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS, AND HAS SPOKEN ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN AT MANY RIBBON CUTTINGS, GRIN OPENINGS IN MANY OTHER CIVIC EVENTS.
WHEREAS MAYOR MCCANN OVERSAW MANY SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS WHILE SERVING AS MAYOR AND LEADING THE TOWN COUNCIL.
NOTABLY TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE DURING HURRICANE DORIAN, ADOPTING THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY GATEWAY CORRIDOR PROJECT, TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE RESPONDING TO COVID 19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC, ADOPTING OUR PLAN 2020 THROUGH 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HIRING A NEW TOWN MANAGER WHO'S WITH US TODAY, ADOPTING THE TOWN'S FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN, SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCES AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ADOPTING THE NORTH POINT PUBLIC PRIVATE, UH, PARTNERSHIP AUTHORIZING THE TOWN'S PARTICIPATION AND THE BEAUFORT JASPER COUNTY'S REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND IN ADOPTING THE MID ISLAND TRACK MASTER PLAN AND MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN, ADOPTING THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK AND SO MUCH MORE.
WHEREAS MAYOR MCCANN'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, WILLINGNESS, AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND HAS MADE A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
NOW, THEREFORE, I WILLIAM D HARKINS, MAYOR PROAM OF THE TOWN OF HILTON AT ISLAND, ON BEHALF OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL WHO IS HERE TODAY, TOWN STAFF, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY AND MANY CITIZENS OF HILTON AT ISLAND, WE DO HEREBY COMMEND MAYOR JOHN JAY MCCANN FOR HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION IN OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR TOWN IN TESTIMONY WHERE THEREOF, I HERE ON TWO SET MY HAND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF HILTON AT ISLAND TO BE AFFIX ON THIS 15TH DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2022 MAYOR MCCANN.
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YOU, US, CALM DOWN.WELL, THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH.
UM, THE FOUR YEARS HAS GONE BY REALLY QUICK, AND THE REASON I WRITE TOM DOWN IS TWO PROCLAMATIONS IN A ROW.
I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT BOTH OF THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HERE.
UM, THEY, HE WERE ME FROM THE BEGINNING, FROM MY WIFE, DIED TO THE PANDEMIC, TO THE HURRICANES.
THE THREE OF US HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ALL THE TIME, UM, SOMETIMES MORE THAN THEY CARE TO BE, BUT WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER AWFUL LOT ALONG THE WAY.
I I I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS TOWN A SUCCESS THAT THEY ARE.
WILLIAM D. HAWKINS WAS ORIGINALLY FROM HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, EARNED A BACHELOR OF DEGREE FROM PROVIDENCE COLLEGE AND A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM YALE, YALE UNIVERSITY.
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN SKIP WANTS TO GET HIS GOAT, HE SAYS HE WENT TO PRINCETON AND THEN DAVID WENT TO YALE.
THAT'S HOW HE GETS THEIR GOAT ALL THE TIME.
AND I SHOULD, BEFORE, BEFORE RETIRING AS A CEO, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS SPENT OVER 35 YEARS IN THE HOSPITAL AND SENIOR HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION, AND WHEREAS COUNCILMAN HAWKINS AND MARY ELLEN, HIS LONG LOVING WIFE FOR OVER 55 YEARS, GOD BLESS YOU, MARY ELLEN
WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO A SERVICE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, CONGRESSMAN HAWKINS HAS CONTRIBUTED TIME SERVING THE GREATER ALLEN COUNCIL AND A MEMBER OF THE HILTON HAD OUR OWN ROTARY.
WHEREAS COUNCILMAN HAWKINS HAS WAS ELECTED TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN HILL, LED IN 2009 AND SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE.
AND WHEREAS COUNCILMAN HAWKINS WAS ELECTED BY HIS FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE TWO TERMS AS THE MAYOR PRO TEMP.
AND WHEREAS WHILE SERVING ON THE TOWN COUNCIL, MR. HAWKINS IMPARTED HIS KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH HIS THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS AND DECISION S SIGNIFICANCE AND ISLAND DEFINING ISSUES WHILE ALWAYS MAINTAINING THE APPROACHABLE THING.
BILL'S NICKNAME IS RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN CASE ANYBODY MISSED THAT ALONG THE WAY.
UM, THEREFORE, I, JOHN JIM MCCANN MAY HAVE THE TOWN, HILTON, HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN COUNCIL STAFF AND CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HEREBY HAVE MY COMMAND AND HONOR MAYOR PROTE WILLIAM D. HAWKINS, FOR HIS UNWAVERING PUBLIC SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE TOWN OF PHIL HEAD.
I GUESS I'M GONNA MISS THE MOST OF THE TWO OF THEM SEEING THEM ALL THE TIME.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ME HAVING BOTH OF IN MY LIFE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WHEREAS HAILING ORIGINALLY FROM CATON, OHIO, THAT'S THE OHIO EXPRESS THAT RUNS THE HILTON HEAD, UM, COUNCILMAN LENNOX EARNED HIS BACHELOR DEGREE FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND HIS MASTER'S FROM STONEMAN GRADUATED SCHOOL OF BANKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE.
WHEREAS COUNCILMAN LENNOX BEGAN VACATIONING ON HILTON HEAD IN THE EARLY 1980S, AND HE AND MARY, HIS WIFE, WERE OVER 30 YEARS, MOVED PERMANENTLY TO THE ISLAND IN 2006.
WHEREAS COUNCILMAN LENNOX GAVE GENEROUSLY OF HIS TIME IN VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE ON THE TOWN'S PLANNING COMMISSION, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SOUTHERN LIVING BOARD, AND A GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL.
AND WHEREAS COUNCILMAN LENNOX WAS ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL IN 2014 AND DOING HIS TENURE SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF BOTH THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, WHEREAS COUNCILMAN LENNOX CONTRIBUTED HIS KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE, AND FINANCIAL BACKGROUND, MANY SIGNIFICANT POLICY DECISIONS AND ISLAND DEFINING ISSUES AND AS BROUGHT RESPECT, HONOR, AND INTEGRITY TO THE TOWN OF HILTON, THAT ISLAND TO HIS LEVEL OF MORAL CHARACTER AND DEDICATION TO SERVING THE CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN J MCCANNON, THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF HILTON, THAT ISLAND ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND STAFF TO HEREBY COMMAND AND HONOR THOMAS W LENNOX FOR HIS SERVICE AND DEDICATION FOR THE TOWN.
THANK, I'M GONNA ADJUST THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE.
NO ONE REALLY CARES WHAT I DO.
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SO WHY DON'T YOU SAY A FEW WORDS WHILE YOU HEAR AND THEN TALK AND SAY, RATHER THAN BUTTON DOWN.UH, IT'S BEEN A HONOR, A PRIVILEGE, UH, DELIGHTED TO SERVE.
UH, YES, WE DID ACHIEVE A LOT, MUCH SUCCESS, UH, BUT THAT SEC SUCCESS EMANATES FROM, UH, THE GOODWILL, THE EFFORTS AND THE TALENTS OF MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
UH, MY WIFE SHY, SO I'M TRYING TO
NO, MY MY WIFE IN PARTICULAR, MY LOVELY DAUGHTER, EILEEN'S HERE.
UH, BUT AS I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, UH, CERTAINLY AN HONOR SERVING WITH JOHN AS MAYOR.
DREW, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? UH, AND AS I I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM HERE, THERE'S TOO MANY STAFF TO MENTION, BUT THE, THE, THE, THE CORE GROUP HERE, THE STAFF OF THIS ISLAND IS SUPERB.
AND, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE A LOT FASTER, A LOT SMART, SMARTER, AND WITH MUCH MORE DELIBERATION WHEN WE HAVE A KEEN STAFF THAT CAN HELP FRAME A SITUATION AND THEN, UH, HAVE IT PERK UP TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION.
UH, THE MAYOR HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN REACHING OUT BEYOND HILTON HEAD.
I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE TWO MAYORS ARE HERE WITH OUR, OUR MAYORS FROM BEAUFORT.
I'VE BLUFF AN EXCUSE AT HARDY.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR COMING AND WHO ELSE IS OUT THERE? I THINK AGAIN, UH, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, UH, STEVE RILEY NOT HERE TODAY, A WORD OF THANKS.
CERTAINLY, UH, HE'S BEING FOLLOWED BY A VERY CAPABLE PERSON IN THE PRESENCE OF, OF MARK AIDED WITH, UH, UH, JOSH AS HIS NUMBER TWO HERE AND ALL THE STAFF HERE.
THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE, THE, UH, WAY I WROTE IT, UH, OVER THE YEARS.
THERE ARE SO MANY IMPRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES TO TALK ABOUT.
IT SEEMS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO ZERO IN ON ONE OVER THE OTHER.
BUT I GOTTA SAY THAT, UH, I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY THAT OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS AND QUITE FRANKLY DESERVES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
HOW DO YOU IMPROVE UPON AN ISLAND COMMUNITY THAT CONSISTENTLY IS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY? THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
HOWEVER, I'M CONFIDENT THAT GLEN, TAMMY, ALEX, AND DAVID WILL LEAD A NEW COUNCIL TO ESTABLISHING POLICY THAT IS UP TO THAT CHALLENGE.
I'M EQUALLY AS CONFIDENT IN MARK AND JOSH LEADING A VERY, VERY TALENTED STAFF IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION OF THAT POLICY.
OVER 14 YEARS, YOU HAVE ALLOWED ME TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
I HAVE MET AND WORKED WITH INCREDIBLY TALENTED PEOPLE, AND IN EVERY CASE, IN EVERY CASE, I GOT MORE THAN I GAVE.
AND I WOULDN'T TRADE THAT FOR ANYTHING.
I'LL MISS YOU ALL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AROUND THE CAMPUS.
AND BACK TO THE AGENDA THAT I MESSED UP.
[8.a. Consideration of a Resolution of the Town of Hilton Head Island Honoring Mayor John J. McCann, Mayor Pro-Tempore William D. Harkins, and Councilman Thomas W. Lennox for their Dedication to Public Service and their Contributions to the Hilton Head Island Community Through the Dedication and Planting of Trees to be Prominently Located within the Soon to be Developed Public Park on the Mid-Island Tract]
BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OR RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND HONORARY MAYOR AND JOHN J MCCANN, MAYOR FRONT TEMP WILLIAM D. HAWKINS AND COUNCILMAN THOMAS W LENNOX WITH A DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND A CONTRIBUTION TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE DEDICATION AND PLANTING OF TREES IN PROXIMITY, LOCATED WITHIN DES SOON TO BE DEVELOPED PUBLIC PARK ON THE MID ISLAND TRACK.MS. AMES, CAN WE TURN THIS OVER TO YOU? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, BILL AND TOM,
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THE THREE AMIGOS.THANK YOU FOR COMMITTING SO MUCH OF YOUR PERSONAL TIME, EXPERTISE, AND PASSION TO MAKE HILTON HEAD ISLAND A BETTER PLACE.
WE'LL MISS YOU AND YOUR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OH, BETTER CALL THE ROLL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING HOW THE NEWEST KID IN THE BLOCK HAS THE MOST TO SAY, MY FRIEND ALEX, SITTING HERE PATIENTLY WAITING, AND YOU'RE JUST, SHE'S JUST WALKING AWAY.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING IN, IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS ISLAND, TWO OF OUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS BEEN OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORK WITH THE TOWNS AROUND US, ESPECIALLY WITH BLUFFTON AND HARDY AND BLUFFTON.
HARRY, ME HAVE OUR OWN PRINCESS AND HARDY, WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDED AS HARRY COMES FROM SOUTH JERSEY, AND I COME FROM NEW YORK, SO WE'VE DONE VERY WELL HERE, LEAST IN HAPPY.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TO LIKE US TO SPEAK? LISA SALKA 37 STOCK FARM ROAD BLUFF IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
I'LL KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES.
YOU KNOW, RABBI SAID SOMETHING AND WELCOME TO THE NEW COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WILL BE LEADING YOU AS MAYOR, BUT WITH THE RESPECT AND LOVE THAT Y'ALL ALL GIVE EACH OTHER AND YOU GO BEHIND THAT DIAS WITHOUT AN AGENDA, GREAT THINGS WILL BE DONE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO RABBI BLOOM SAID, SEASONED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT.
I THINK IF YOU'RE NOT EVER ABLE TO SIT BEHIND THOSE SEATS, UM, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT GETS THROWN AT YOU.
MY FATHER SAID A LONG TIME AGO, YOU GET SWORN IN TO GET SWORN AT, AND IT'S, AND IT'S TRUE, BUT I'M LIKE YOU, TOM, AND BOY, WERE YOU GONNA MISS YOU? BUT YOU DON'T DO IT FOR ANYTHING BUT TO BETTER YOUR TOWN.
AND I WOULDN'T HAVE TRADED WHAT I'VE DONE FOR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD.
IT IS THE BEST OUTREACH YOU CAN POSSIBLY GIVE.
SO FOR THOSE WHO RAN, WHETHER YOU WON OR LOST, I THINK IT'S FABULOUS.
YOU THREW YOUR HAT IN THE GAME.
I'VE, I'VE STOOD HERE FOR MERE PEOPLES FOR THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, MAYOR LOUGHLIN, AND NOW FOR YOU.
IT HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING FOR THE TWO THAT ARE RUNNING FOR YOUR SEAT, THEY NEED TO KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GET ALONG AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENCES AND LIKENESSES BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN'T DO IF WE DO IT TOGETHER.
YOU'RE THE RESORT, FIVE UNIQUE TOWNS, BEAUFORT, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL PORT, ROYAL UP AND COMING.
BLUFFTON, I THINK IS A TRUE SMALL TOWN THAT'S JUST GROWING LIKE CRAZY.
AND NOW WE'VE ADDED MAYOR WILLIAMS WITH HARDY, AND WE ALL CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GET WHAT WORKS FOR OUR TOWN.
UM, YES, YOU, AND COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE ANYTIME.
AND HARRY, TELL HIM A STORY HOW YOU PLAY STICK BALL WITH HALF A BALL BECAUSE YOU WERE POOR.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, COULDN'T USE THE WHOLE BALL.
I HAD TO TEACH THE GUY ABOUT HALF BALL AND THE, THE FIRST LUNCH WE HAD WITH HIM.
I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT, UM, MY FIRST POSTER IN MY BEDROOM, UH, IN PHILADELPHIA, THE ROW HOMES WERE SMALLER THAN THIS ROOM.
AND, UM, I HAD ONE POSTER, THE 1950 PHILLIES WIZ KIDS, BUT THEY WERE SWEPT IN THE WORLD SERIES BY THE NEW YORK YANKEES.
AND I HAVE HATED THEM EVER SINCE
BUT IN SPITE OF THAT, I, I DID, WHEN MAYOR MCCANN WAS SWORN IN, WE HAD LUNCH TOGETHER, AT WHICH TIME I TOLD HIM HE WILL NEVER HEAR HIS FIRST NAME AGAIN.
IT'LL ONLY BE MAYOR FROM NOW ON.
HE'LL FORGET THAT HIS REAL NAME IS JOHN.
BUT IN SPITE OF THAT, I, I BECAME IMMEDIATE FRIENDS WITH, WITH MAYOR MCCANN.
UM, TOM LENNOX WAS THE SECRETARY OF, UH, SOLO.
SOMETHING THAT A SMALL GROUP OF US GOT TOGETHER AND, AND BROUGHT THIS IDEA OF REGIONALIZATION.
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INVITED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES ON SOME PROSPECTS AND, AND I, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING HARDY IN, IN THE SCOPE OF, OF THIS REGION.SO, UH, THEY SAY THAT POLITICS, YOU KNOW, MAKES FOR STRANGE BEDFELLOWS AND THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE.
BUT POLITICS ALSO HAS MADE SOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR FRIEND.
JEFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A FEW WORDS? YES.
YOU GUYS DON'T WANNA HEAR FROM ME.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO LET ME TO REPRESENT YOU IN COLUMBIA.
JER, WELL AFTER, WELL YOU SHARE THIS AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT, AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SMALL RECEPTION.
WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
AND UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU FOR ADJOURNMENT COMMENT, MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT.
SO IT'S BEEN MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THE THREE OF YOU.
AND I'LL TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT CRACKING MY VOICE.
YOU'VE BEEN GREAT MENTORS, YOU'VE BEEN INSPIRATIONAL AND YOUR TREMENDOUS LEADERS.
NOT ONLY AM I GRATEFUL, BUT EVERYONE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS GRATEFUL.
THE TIME AND THE DEDICATION THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO MAKING THIS A BETTER PLACE.
THANK YOU, YOU FROM THE BITE OF MY HEART AND FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO SECOND TAMMY'S COMMENTS.
I WANT TO REFLECT BACK ON THE VERY FIRST MEETING THAT I HAD.
I WALKED IN THE DOOR BY JOHN'S OFFICE AND JOHN SAID, GLEN, YOU GOT A SECOND? AND I SAID, SURE.
I SAID, WHAT HAVE I DONE? HOW COULD I HAVE DONE SOMETHING? AND WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS HE WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT THE POSITIONS OF COUNSEL ON A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE AND HE FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
TOOK IT OFF OF THE AGENDA, REFERRED IT BACK TO COMMITTEE, GOT THINGS DONE CORRECTLY.
THAT IS LEADERSHIP RATHER THAN PROMOTING WARFARE UP HERE, WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
IT HASN'T HAPPENED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT LEADERSHIP BILL.
YOU HAVE SHARED YOUR WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE WITH ME.
YOU'VE KEPT ME OUT OF TROUBLE MANY TIMES, AND I'M GRATEFUL.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU ON THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE.
I NOW UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT ARE THIS LONG THANKS TO YOUR TRAINING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM THERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE NOT LETTING EITHER OF THE THREE OF YOU GO AWAY.
I'VE GOT YOUR PHONE NUMBER, I'VE GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, GENTLEMEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BEN HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO ME WITH, RATHER THAN GO TO ALL LAWYERS INSIDE OR OUT, I WENT TO GLEN ON A LOT OF STUFF.
CAN WE DO THIS? COULD WE NOT DO THAT ALONG THE WAY? AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALEX AND TAMMY, THEY ARE TOTALLY PART ON 101% OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE HERE.
BUT THE PART THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT BOTH OF THEM LOVE HILTON HEAD.
AND YOU CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE OUT OF A COUNCILMAN THAN LOVE HILTON HEAD, TO LOVE WHO WE ARE, TO LOVE HOW BETTER WE CAN GET ALONG THE WAY.
AND I THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT.
OF COURSE, ENOUGH SAID, MR. VILLA AND MR. TOM DAVID IS OUR VISIONARY.
UM, IF WE HAVING GRADUATION HERE, HE BE THE, HE BE THE POET AT THE END.
UM,
WHEN STEVE RILEY WAS THE TOWN MANAGER AND STEVE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE, STEVE WAS MANAGING THIS TOWN AS IF IT WAS NEVER GONNA CHANGE.
WE WERE GONNA BE MAYBERRY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UM, WHEN WE RECRUITED MARK, NOT THAT WE RECRUITED MARK.
WHEN WE HIRED MARK, WE DIDN'T RECRUIT MARK THAT WHEN MARK CAME TO US BY, BY STRIKE THE PREVIOUS COMMENT.
WHEN MARK CAME TO US, IT WAS A THOUGHT OF SOMETHING NEW FOR US.
IT WAS A VISION OF THE FUTURE.
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WHAT CAN WE DO NOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE TO STAY IN THE SAME PLACE.UM, MARK'S DESIRE TO GET AHEAD, HIS UNWANING HARD WORK, TO THE POINT WHERE HE IS A PAIN AND NECK TO EVERYBODY AROUND HIM.
HIS VISION IS WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL TO GET US TO THE PLACE WE BELONG TO BRING US FORWARD ALONG THE WAY.
AND YOU CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.
WELL THEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET THE MENU, THE THING BACK TO HIM 10 MINUTES AGO, SO I THINK THAT WAS A COMPLIMENT.
WE NEED A COUPLE MINUTES TO GET SET AND WE'RE GONNA START A LITTLE RECEPTION.
WE HAVE A CHEF PHILIPPE HERE SOMEWHERE.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY, BUT I NEED ABOUT THREE MINUTES AFTER ADJOURNMENT AS IT SHOWS ON THE AGENDA, SIR.
IT'S EITHER LIKE, EITHER HIM OR PHYLLIS IS SITTING HERE.
ONE OF THE TWO HAVE A, A MOTION TO ADJOIN.
IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.