Nov 16, 2023 Airports Board

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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THANKS FOR PUBLIC STANCE ONE NATION ON UNDER UNDER THE STRONG THANK YOU JUST FOR THE RECORD TOM YOU CAN HEAR US AND HEAR YOU CAN NOW CERTAINLY CAN SEE IT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF READING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AS PEOPLE RECEIVE COPIES OF THE AGENDA.

[IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

NO EXCEPT THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA PUBLISHED SO I OPPOSED THAT SAME STORY.

[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - OCTOBER 19, 2023]

WHERE IS IT? I JUST KILLED IT. IT'S GONE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF I KNOW IT WAS THERE AND THEN I HAD THIS MESSAGE AND I GOT RID OF IT SO THERE IT IS TOM'S HUGE FACE FUNNY. IT'S NOT FUNNY. IT'S OKAY.

IT'S LIKE ANOTHER SIZE PEOPLE HOLD IT THE BASKETBALL, THE ENORMOUS HEAD.

OH, THAT'S NOT FUNNY. NO, NO. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME IT KICKED ME OUT TO SECURITY WATCH SO I SHOULD TELL TOM I HAVE TO TELL YOU IF YOU'RE LISTENING, YOUR FACE IS OFF SCREEN IN FRONT OF ALL OF US AS WELL AS THE BIG SCREENS IN THE MEETING ROOM. YEAH YEAH, I THINK SIGNING TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT YOU CAN MY SYSTEM WE SAY WE HAVE A PRODUCT KEY SAYING WE DO HAVE AN ACCOUNT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND MY OF ANYBODY HAVE A PRODUCT IN THE HERE WE GO NOBODY'S GOING TO LET US DO THE PRESENTATION WE CAN KIND OF FAKE FROM HERE LET'S SEE. ALL RIGHT WELL ANSWERS AND TIME JUST KEEP IT THIS WAY. IT'S NOT GOING TO LET ME DO THE THIS SLIDES.

WELL, MAYBE IT WON'T MY FREE TIME THAT'S OKAY OUR VICE CHAIR IS FROM TSA SO I WELL THAT'S FUNNY I CAN SEE IT BUT ENABLE EXTERNAL CONTENT I DON'T I DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT ON MINE UNLESS I'M SAYING THAT IT'S VERY NOT HONEST NOW I DON'T WATCH VERY I NEED OBJECT ALL

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YOU WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM LIKE SHERMAN SUGGESTED? I'M NOT SURE IT'S STILL PUBLIC MEETING SO PUBLIC THINGS CHANGE BUT CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR SOMETHING. BEEN DOING IT FOR TEN YEARS. BILL WITH YOUR MESSAGE POPPED UP THERE BUT IT'S NOT PUBLIC ONCE AGAIN. ALL RIGHT.

[VII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]

FIRST THE STAFF UPDATE I THINK I MENTIONED SPENCER LAST TIME BUT WE GOT A PHOTO OF THEM COME AROUND THIS TIME. SO SPENCER'S OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE BEFORE EXECUTIVE AND HERE THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND WORKING INDEPENDENTLY AND EVERYTHING SO WE DO HAVE ONE SPOT OPEN UP THERE SO WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THAT TEAM AND BRING IT AND HOPEFULLY SOME MORE NEW LIKE SPENCER YOU'VE BEEN GREAT AND THEN ALEX OVER AT HILTON HAD ACTUALLY KIND OF WORKING MAINTENANCE OF BOTH AIRPORTS HE'S TEAMED UP WITH ROB AND HAS REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON THE MAINTENANCE SO AND ROB I'VE BEEN A PRETTY GOOD TEAM GOING AFTER THINGS IN AND FIXING THINGS AROUND THE AIRPORT SO GLAD HAVE THE TWO OF THEM ON BOARD IT'S BEEN A BUSY REALLY COUPLE OF MONTHS OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING LAST THURSDAY THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THE WEATHER WAS A LOT BETTER THAN IT IS THIS THURSDAY SO THE THING WE DID AND I THINK YOU KNOW IT CAME OFF REAL WELL WE HAD LOTS OF LOTS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP. I THINK ROSIE SAID THAT SHE SOMEHOW BY THE GRACE OF GOD PRINTED DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS SHE THOUGHT SHE'S GOING TO NEED AND WE NEEDED THEM ALL. SO THAT WAS GREAT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SO IT WAS A GOOD EVENT AND THEN OF COURSE A COUPLE OF EVENTS BEFORE THAT WE HAD THE CONQUER THERE FOR THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND THE OTHER BEFORE EXECUTIVE HAD THE FLYING FROM FIVE K THE WEEK PRIOR TO THAT AND THEN THE WEEK PRIOR TO THAT WE TSA PRECHECK SO THIS ALL KIND OF GOES IN REVERSE ORDER BUT AGAIN THE TSA PRECHECK WAS I THINK WE HAD 551 PEOPLE COME THROUGH IN THE FIVE DAYS SO THEY STAY REALLY BUSY AND THEY CYCLE THEM THROUGH.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR MORE SO ASK ME TO SCHEDULE SOME MORE EVENTS AT BOTH AIRPORTS AND A A FEW MORE PICTURES OF THE GROUNDBREAKING AGAIN A GREAT TIME.

WE GOT SOME GREAT MEDIA COVERAGE FROM THAT AS WELL NOT JUST FROM THE TV NETWORKS AND APP BUT SOCIAL MEDIA. AND IF YOU USE LINKEDIN WHICH MY CHILDREN MAKE FUN OF ME FOR USING BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S THE OLD PERSON'S AND IT KIND OF IS BUT IT'S A BUSINESS ONE BUT WE BEEN ON ALL OVER LINKEDIN AS WELL SO WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF MILEAGE OUT OF THAT AND OF THE TOWN, THE CHAMBER, THE AIRPORT THE COUNTY EVERYBODY SHARED THAT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF A LOT OF REPEATS. GOOD STUFF MARK I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT INTO THESE THREE PICTURES BUT IT WAS THE YELLOW COULD HAVE BEEN BUT IS THE AMBASSADORSHIP YES. YEAH. GOOD JOB BRIEF AND TO THE POINT YOU KNOW THE QUICK IS GOOD. ALL RIGHT THEN THE COMMON CORE IS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE THE PORSCHE RUNS DOWN THE THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE TWO CARS THAT WAS OUT THERE ACTUALLY FOR CARS. SO THERE AREN'T TOO TO TIME THOSE WERE ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLES WHICH WAS PRETTY WILD. THEY WERE REALLY FAST AND THEY STARTED UP REALLY FAST SO WE

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WE FEED THEM AT THE HOUR AND AND IT'S A GREAT, GREAT THING TO DO.

SO GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND WE PICK THEIR BRAINS ON THE ON OFF STUFF TOO ALL WE HAVE SO DEFINITELY A GOOD EVENT PLANNING FOR YOU SEE OUR FROG RUNNING DOWN THE THE APRON THERE GOOD EVENT WE HAD AGAIN GREAT WEATHER FOR THIS ONE TOO I MEAN YOU SEE THAT LITTLE LAYER OF MORNING FOG THERE BEHIND OUR FROG MARLENE AND SHE DID RIGHT? SHE SHE OUT OF THAT OUTFIT AND RAN FOR REAL AND SHE WON HER AGE GROUP TO STRENGTH AND SHE ACTUALLY RAN WE THE TUNNEL THE TOWERS RACE THIS PAST WEEKEND OVER AT ROSEHILL AND MARLENE WON THAT AS WELL AND HAD HER PERSONAL BEST SO WHEN YOU SEE MARLENE GIVE HER A HIGH FIVE BECAUSE SHE'S DOING GOOD STUFF SO GOOD RACE WIN AND A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT AND THEN IT ROLLED RIGHT INTO THE TOUCH OF TRUCK EVENT WITH JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE AND BEFORE AND I THINK WHAT DO THEY TELL US THEY HAVE ATTENDANCE WISE YEAH I MEAN THEY HAD A TON OF PEOPLE THERE SO REALLY GOOD AND WE'RE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST BUILDING ON THAT NEXT YEAR TRY TO PULL SOME OF THE TYPES OF TRUCK PEOPLE INTO THE RACE SO ANYWAY GOOD GOOD EVENTS THERE AND A GOOD WAY TO OPEN UP THE AIRPORT FOLKS. I TALKED ABOUT THE TSA PRECHECK AGAIN VERY, VERY POPULAR. THIS IS THE TEAM THAT WAS AT HILTON HEAD AND LIKE I SAID 551 PEOPLE THROUGH THROUGH THE DOORS MONDAY TO FRIDAY. SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF EVENTS LINED UP FOR BEFORE AND THEN WE'LL WORK SOME IN FOR HILTON HEAD AS WELL.

IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING PRE-CHECK. I'M GOING TO STAY NON PRE-CHECK IS IT'S GOING TO BE FASTER HERE PRETTY SOON PRE-CHECK THE NON PRE-CHECK SO STAY TUNED WE'LL UPDATE YOU AS WE HAVE DATES. A PARKING LOT UP AT BEFORE EXECUTIVE A GOOD LITTLE PROJECT WE TEAMED UP WITH A PAC WHO'S DOING THE AIRPORT FRONTAGE ROAD JUST ACROSS THE CROSS 21 FROM THE AIRPORT IN THE PARKING SHED UNRELATED PROJECT BUT WE'RE STORING SOME MATERIAL FOR THEM ON THE AIRPORT THEY NEEDED SOME LAYDOWN AREA SO WE TRADED THEM SOME LAYDOWN AREA FOR PART OF A PARKING LOT THAT WAS THIS WAS A PART THAT WAS REALLY BAD WITH TREE ROOTS AND THEN A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME TREES REMOVED AND NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP.

SO WE'LL GET AN UP GAMING PROBABLY MAYBE FOUR ISH PARKING SPOTS OUT OF THAT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE MAYBE FIVE. YEAH TEN SO RIGHT. OKAY SO YEAH WITH ALL THIS YOU KNOW, REDONE OR REMARKED THAT'LL BE A NICE NICE CHANGE SO JUST A GOOD GOOD WAY TO TRADE THINGS WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND AND GET A WIN SO GOOD IMPROVEMENT OUT THERE AND ERIC WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THIS UP HERE AND THIS IS IT LOOKS LIKE AT AND W IN THE FALL GUYS ALMOST DAY IT IS LOOKING LIKE THIS IS WINGTIP TO WINGTIP WITH WITH WITH TURBOPROPS AND THIS THIS IS TAKING I THINK YOU'RE SAYING ON THE FUEL TRUCK RIGHT WHEN YOU TOOK THIS PHOTO . YEAH, THAT'S JIMMY BUFFETT'S PLANE NOW YOU SEE THE JB TAIL NUMBER BUT IT WAS BEING SOLD AND IT WAS ON WAY BACK DOWN TO ORLANDO FOR DELIVERY.

BUT THAT'S PRETTY NEAT BECAUSE . HIS PILOT WAS WAS IN THE TERMINAL TWO AND WE HAD KEPT ASKING HIM FOR STORAGE BUT HE WOULDN'T TALK TO THE VERY NICE AIRPLANE AND GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION THERE SO IT'S COOL BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE DAY AMONG MANY THAT THIS RAMP IS FILLED UP SO AND STEVE AND ERIC SAID THIS MORNING IT WAS NO

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AND THEN FINALLY PAUL JERNIGAN WHO WE JUST CELEBRATED FEW MONTHS AGO WAS OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE OF THE OF THE MEETING FINALLY DECIDED TO HANG IT UP AND HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG 15 YEARS AND SO PAUL IS GOING TO TAKE IT EASY. WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE HIM TO COME BACK JUST A MILE BECAUSE HE REALLY LIKED SPENDING TIME ON THE WATER OUT THERE SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET HIM HENCE THE THEME OF HIS GOING AWAY KICK THERE WITH THE JOHN DEERE TRACTOR ON THERE. SO PAUL'S DONE GREAT. SO IF YOU SEE HIM AROUND HE'S STILL SELLING REAL ESTATE UP IN TOO. SO IF YOU SEE PAUL JUST THANK HIM. JUST REMEMBER BACK TO 2020 WHEN JOEL LEFT AND IT TOOK US A WHILE TO BACKFILL HIS POSITION. PAUL IS THE ONE WHO RAN THAT AIRPORT FOR ABOUT OH ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AND HE KEPT US GOING BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW EVERYTHING WORKED AND IF IT WEREN'T FOR PAUL WOULD HAVE HAD SOME SOME SERIOUS ISSUES. SO IF YOU RUN INTO PAUL SLAP HIM ON THE BACK AND HE'S ABOUT THE MOST HUMBLE GUY THAT I KNOW HE'S HE DOESN'T REALLY ENJOY THAT BUT HE NEEDS IT. SO GOOD STUFF THERE WITH PAUL. ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO GIVE JUST KIND OF A COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO DO THIS AS A STANDARD SLIDE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN BETWEEN MEETINGS.

IT IS VERY, VERY BUSY. MOST OF THESE MEDIA EVENTS ARE THINGS THAT I'M GETTING A CALL ABOUT TO GO DO INTERVIEW TO YOU KNOW, DO A SHOW WHATEVER IT MAY BE THEN A BUNCH OF SOCIAL MEDIA WORK HERE I ALSO GET INVITED TALK TO GROUPS LIKE JUNIOR LEADERSHIP.

I'LL BE SPEAKING SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND DECEMBER WAS GOING TO BE FOR LEADERSHIP AS WELL SO ALL THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE AIRPORT.

THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT CAREERS IN AVIATION AND OPPORTUNITIES HERE SO YOU KNOW I GO OUT AND DO THOSE EVENTS SO IT'S A COUPLE IT'S USUALLY 2 TO 3 A MONTH SPEAKING EVENTS, INTERVIEWS THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE DOING. SO A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS GOING OUT THE AIRPORT AND A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE WITH WHAT'S BEEN ON WITH PROJECTS AND THINGS AS WELL. SO THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN THE FINAL BULLET ON THERE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU FOR THE FOR THE FIRST ONE I GUESS NOW THE FIRST TIME BOTH AIRPORTS APPLIED FOR STATE ATTACKS THIS YEAR WE APPLIED A TAXI TO THE TOWN HILTON HEAD ISLAND THAT'S A THAT'S A DIFFERENT THAT'S BASICALLY A LOCAL TAX BUT THE STATE IS IS A DIFFERENT CATEGORY IT'S STILL ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE COUNTY BUT WE PUT AN APPLICATION AND KIND OF A JOINT APPLICATION SO ONE APPLICATION COVERING AIRPORTS SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN'T THEY DON'T LIKE MAYBE THEY WENT ONE BETTER THAN THE OTHER IF THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT AS A PACKAGE DEAL BUT WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO TO APPLY THAT IT IS CERTAINLY YOU KNOW AUTHORIZE USE THOSE FUNDS TO THE AIRPORT BECAUSE WE'RE INFRASTRUCTURE THIS YEAR'S FUNDS ARE BEING EARMARKED IF WE DO RECEIVE AN EARMARK FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AIR DOESN'T HAVE A FORMAL PLAN FOR MARKETING RIGHT NOW BUT NOW SOME OF THE IMPETUS FOR FOR THIS WE NEED TO DO THAT AND THEN START A COOPERATIVE PLAN WITH SOME OF THE GROUPS IN THE THE BEAUFORT AREA PRIMARY OF THE THE CVB THE CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU JUST TO COORDINATE SO THAT COOPERATIVE MARKETING BECAUSE THERE'S FOLKS WHO COME TO THE AREA WHO PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW AIRPORTS THERE AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD FLY IN AND PROBABLY DO FLY INTO A DIFFERENT AND THEN DRIVE TO BEAUFORT TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS TO DO YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY'RE THERE FOR. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER SOME OF THOSE THOSE FOLKS.

SO ANYHOW I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP IN FRONT OF A CROWD AND TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO THE AIRPORTS AND WHY THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY. THE SPIEL ON THIS SIDE OF THE OF THE RIVER IS AGAIN PRIMARILY A LEAKAGE REDUCTION YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR MARKETS ARE SO MUCH OF OUR MARKET AGAINST ELITE PRIMARILY TO GEORGIA AND THEN SOME TO OTHER AIRPORTS WITHIN THE STATE AND THE ONES OUTSIDE STATE ARE THOSE ARE CERTAINLY THE ONES WE LIKE TO GET BACK THOSE NUMBERS BACK INTO STATE. SO AT THE VERY LEAST WE GET STATE SALES TAX REVENUE FROM THEM BUT AT THE BEST YOU COME BACK TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND WE RECEIVE ALL THE REVENUE LOCALLY AND BE THE BEST SCENARIO SO WE CALL IT REPATRIATION AND THAT'S YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD USE THAT MONEY FOR HERE OVERHEAD SO I THINK THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT WENT THROUGH THAT KIND OF FAST SO I'LL LET YOU ASK QUESTIONS AND HANG ON I'LL LET ME SEE IF I CAN MOVE THIS DIALOG BOX BECAUSE I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO NANCY DEREK

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YEAH, WE WE'VE SHOT SEVERAL OF THEM OVER THE YEARS. I DON'T KNOW ONES ARE RUNNING AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND THEN WE DO AN ANNUAL ALONG WITH HHI FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEGMENT. THEY DO SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN EVERYTHING AIRS BUT I'VE DONE A TON OF THEM SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THEM AT SOME POINT. SO YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT AIRPORTS AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S ALTHOUGH ARE YOU KNOW, PRIMARILY A TOURISM AIRPORT.

A LOT OF LOCALS WHO USE IT TO SORT OF MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR THIS IS WHEN IT'S REALLY CONVENIENT FOR THE LOCALS AND RIGHT PARKING YOU GET YOU KNOW EASY OPTIONS WITH THE WITH THE AIRLINES SO DEFINITELY THERE ON THE AIR WHEN DO YOU START TO THE AIRLINES ABOUT THE NEXT SEASON IS THAT ALREADY I MEAN IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED YEAR ROUND. OKAY. OR IS ANYONE ELSE REACHED OUT LIKE A JETBLUE OR ANYBODY ABOUT COMING AS WELL OR IS IT JUST BEEN THE MAIN THREE THAT WE'VE BEEN WE DO WORK WITH OUR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER AIRLINES AND SEE MAY BE INTERESTED. SO WE DO ALWAYS HAVE SOME LINES IN THE WATER WITH WHAT OTHER THAN THE THREE THAT WE HAVE SO I'LL CERTAINLY IF IF ONE HITS I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

OKAY. JOHN A FEW MONTHS AGO YOU TALKED ABOUT A NEW SYSTEM WANT TO YOU PROGRESS AND THAT AND YEAH DO WE GET THAT THE PACKAGE STANDS INFORMATION WE MAY NOT WE'LL GET IT SENT TO DAN JUST HE'S KIND OF OUR MANAGER OF THAT SOFTWARE HD IS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU NOT ONLY YOU KNOW WHAT THE OPERATIONS BUT IT ACTUALLY BREAK IT DOWN BY AIRCRAFT TYPE AND TIME DAY AND EVERYTHING SO WE'LL GET THAT REPORT OUT TO BUT IT SHOWS A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S COMING AND GOING AND WITH THAT SOFTWARE WE KNOW WHO'S PARKED AT THE AIRPORT. WE KNOW WHO'S FLYING IT IF YOU'RE MOVING NOT MOVING TURN DOWN TURN IT OFF. WE KNOW WHERE ARE SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU COME TO OUR AIRPORT WE CAN SEE YOU SO DON'T TRY TO SKIP FACE BECAUSE WE'LL TEND TURN YOUR TAIL NUMBER OVER TO BEN AND WE'LL MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PURCHASES SHADOWS THAT'S STILL TOO EARLY IN THE GAME. WE'RE COMING UP ON OUR WE HAD A 90 DAY TRIAL SO WE'RE COMING UP ON IT. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH IT SO WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF PACKAGES THEY CAN OFFER BUT GREAT I MEAN WE WE LITERALLY CAN SEE EVERY AIRPLANE AND WE'RE USING OUR W AS WELL, CORRECT? YES YEAH AND THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR AFTER HOURS COUNTS SO BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU GET FOLKS WHO COME IN AND MAYBE THEY ONLY ANYTHING THEY'LL COME IN AND LEAVE BEFORE STAFF GETS THERE AND WE CAN JUST IN TOUCH WITH THEM VIA THEIR TAIL NUMBER BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY WERE THERE AND SO MANY WAYS IT HAS WORKED THE AFTER HOURS THING IT WORKED . HILTON HEAD I MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU THIS STORY BUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THERE WERE SOME PROBABLY I THINK THERE WERE MARINE CORPS OSPREYS AND V 22 WORKING OUT AT THE AIRPORT AT THE AIRPORT AND THEY ONLY DID A COUPLE OF OPERATIONS BUT IT WAS IT IT WAS RIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT AND IT WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT I THINK. AND SO I HAD A NOISE COMPLAINT CALL FROM SOMEBODY I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW PRETTY WELL OVER THE YEARS. WE'RE ON A FIRST NAME BASIS.

SHE'S NOT USUALLY HAPPY BUT BUT I WAS ABLE TO CALL THIS WOMAN BACK AFTER I THROUGH THE SOFTWARE BY RUNNING AND REPORT ABOUT THE AFTER HOURS DURING TIMEFRAME THAT YOU KNOW SHE HAD LEFT THE COMPLAINT AND I WAS ABLE TO CALL HER BACK AND SAY YOU'RE YOU'RE CORRECT IT WAS INDEED YOU KNOW SOME MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND HERE'S WHAT THEY DID YOU KNOW TWO OR THREE OPERATIONS AND YOU KNOW WE'RE AN OPEN AIRPORT. WE HAVE TO HAVE MILITARY OPERATIONS AND SO WHAT IT IS AND YOU KNOW THAT JUST THAT KIND OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION TO PEOPLE AT LEAST LETS THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE LISTENED TO AND AND THAT THEIR PROBLEMS BEING ADDRESSED. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WE CAN DO THAT THE SOFTWARE DEFINITELY HELPS SO I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FEW REPORTS I KNOW OF A THE DECLINE TIMING ISSUE BUT WITH ANY JET IT WAS ACTUALLY UP SUBSTANTIALLY BACK ANY IDEA? I DIDN'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE. I WAS IN AND OUT OF TAMPA A BIT.

I MEAN HOW DID IT AND SEE ANY I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS DOWN THERE HIGHER THAN

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IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE THE GRAPH OF THE RAMP USE YOU USE REALLY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. QUESTIONS TO JOHN ALL RIGHT. I'LL STAY HERE BY THEN TO

[Additional Item]

[VIII.1. LEO SERVICES AT THE HXD TERMINAL]

IT REMAINS UNFINISHED. I DON'T HAVE A DATE AS TO WHEN THAT MAY GO BACK AND FRONT THE COUNCIL IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS MONTH BUT IT HAS BEEN PUSHED AGAIN.

ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT AND THERE'S NOT RESOLUTION IN SIGHT AT THIS POINT. SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON A VERY ALIEN PRESENCE AT THE AIRPORT UNTIL THE WELL I I WOULD SAY THAT THAT THEY HAVE TO BUT I GUESS NOBODY HAS TO DO ANYTHING BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO STAY OPEN AS AN AIRPORT YES. THEY THEY NEED TO STAY.

AND YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY WHEN THEY REACHED OUT TO US IN THAT IN THE NOTIFICATION WAS A ARE LEAVING NOW THEY HEY WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OPTIONS BUT WE THINK WE'RE GOING LEAVE IT WAS A WE ARE LEAVING MESSAGE SO THERE WAS VERY LITTLE HOW DO I PUT IT MAINTAIN THEM THERE FOR ALL REASONS WHY WE LOVE THEIR SERVICE AND WHY THE CUSTOMERS LOVE SEEING THE DEPUTIES. SO WE DID HAVE THOUGHT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A YOU KNOW, A THAT MIGHT MAINTAIN THE DEPUTIES THERE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN JUST BASED ON SOME EMAIL WE'VE GOTTEN SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER A DIFFERENT KIND OF SOLUTION. WE WEREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT SCOPE OF SERVICES WAS GOING TO BE NOW I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO PUT THAT INTO PLAY BECAUSE IF WE ADVERTISE FOR THAT IT'S A MINIMUM 30 DAYS JUST YOU KNOW, TO GET RESPONSES TO AN ADVERTISEMENT AND THEN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS YOU'VE GOT TO INTERVIEW YOU DON'T JUST TAKE THE LOWEST OUTFIT THAT COMES AT YOU SO YOU GOT TO INTERVIEW THEN POTENTIALLY DO ANOTHER ROUND OF PROPOSALS DEPENDING ON HOW INTERVIEWS GO AND THEN ONCE YOU SELECT A FIRM THAT'S GOT TO BE APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN ONCE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVES AND THAT FIRM GETS A CONTRACT FIRM NOW NEEDS GO HIRE PEOPLE BRING IN PEOPLE HIRING IS AN INTERESTING THING IN TODAY'S WORLD AND ONCE YOU HIRE THEM THEN YOU HAVE TO TRAIN THEM AND THEY HAVE TO SEND THEM TO THE STATE TO GET CERTIFIED BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CARRY A FIREARM AND HAVE A REST OF THE WAY. SO THAT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF I WOULD SAY NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET THAT IN PLACE JUST CAN'T DO SOMETHING THIS QUICKLY. SO I COME BACK TO YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST AND I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO DO ANYTHING NOW BUT I MIGHT NEED YOUR HELP IF WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT OPERATORS TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE AIRPORT BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T THEN THEN WE COME

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I MEAN THE QUESTION YOU KNOW, YOUR IS THAT THIS IS AN INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL ISSUE.

THESE ARE AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND DECIDE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO YOUR JOB BUT NEXT THAT'S MY COMMENT AND THE QUESTION IS MARKET SURVEYS I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD DISCUSSION WITH ONE FIRM HAVE WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH OTHER PRIVATE FIRMS? SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT'S EVEN REMOTELY CAPABLE AND INTERESTED.

WELL, I THERE THERE ARE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OTHER LOCAL FIRM THAT'S CAPABLE OF DOING IT.

SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE HAVING AT LEAST TWO RESPONSES TO A TWO AN OPPORTUNITY.

BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHER ONES IN THE REGION OR YOU KNOW NOT LOCAL BUT IN THE REGION THAT HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME RESPONSES FROM AS WELL SO I KNOW THE ORGANIZATIONS EXIST SO ON YOUR RESIGNED TO THE FACT THAT PERHAPS THIS IS FINDING ENFORCEMENT SOLUTIONS PROCESS SO THAT'S AS IS IT TO LET YOU SPELL IT OUT NOW THAT'S WHAT I READ SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES I MEAN THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S AWAY I GUESS POINTING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL THAT THEY WOULD NOT STEP IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BUT TRUST ME THEY ARE. YOU'VE GOT YOU, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS WORKING ON DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THAT'S THAT'S INTERESTING TO THINK WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN AND WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED FOR.

AND I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE COVERAGE. I MEAN I THINK THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHAT IT WOULD MEAN SO THEY CERTAINLY DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY AND AREN'T ALWAYS THERE VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ONTO OUR NEXT ITEM SEGMENT ON THE BACK OFFICE EPISODE.

[Items IX.1. & IX.2.]

LET'S SEE. WELL, YOU REALLY TAKE ONE AND TWO THE EXACT SAME THING JUST DIFFERENT NAMES. WE TAKE THEM TOGETHER. THIS IS TO THIS FOR A LEASE AGREEMENT. BOTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS HERE, MATT ARCHER AND SENIOR HOMER ARE BOTH F-8 AMATEURS AND THEY CURRENTLY WILL DO THE THEIR WORK IN THE ROOM AND THEY ARE W BUT WHEN THEY DO IT OCCUPIES THE ENTIRE ROOM AND NO ONE ELSE CAN USE IT.

SO THE IDEA IS IF WE GET THEM ON A PARALLEL TRACK WE'RE LOOKING AT OPERATING AGREEMENTS WITH THE BOTH OF THEM SO THEY WOULD END UP KIND OF PAYING THEIR WAY SINCE THEY ARE COMMERCIAL OPERATION WORKING IN THE AIRPORT THEY DO NEED TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT.

SO ONCE WE GET THAT AGREEMENT SET UP THEN THE IDEA IS ALSO TO TO BUILD THEM SOME SPACE THE CONFERENCE ROOM THEY DON'T NEED MUCH THEY JUST WANT ENOUGH SPACE TO HAVE A DESK TO SIT AND DO THEIR YOU KNOW, THEIR EXAM AND IT'S JUST ONE ON A12 PEOPLE SO THEY BOTH HAVE THAT THE SPACE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WOULD WORK SO THESE BOTH OF THESE ARE THOSE LEASES PROVIDE THAT SPACE IS THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD SHARE THE SAME SPACE ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE SPACE OF THEIR OWN NOW THERE WOULD BE TWO SPACES YEAH BUT IT IS TELL ME IF YOU'RE ANSWERING MAKE SURE THAT RED LIGHT ON YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON SO THERE'S A BUTTON YOU HAVE TO PUSH PEOPLE ON AND OFF. YEAH, I DIDN'T HAVE A RED BUTTON ON YOU NEVER HAD ONE.

I DO. OKAY. OKAY.

BUT ALL ON THAT WEDNESDAY DO NOW NOBODY EVER AND EVERYBODY OUT STAY TUNED FOR NEXT MONTH.

ALL RIGHT SO THIS THESE ARE LEASES SO THESE DO GO TO ALL THE WAY TO COUNCIL FOR THREE READINGS BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE IS SO IT'LL GO FIRST TO PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE AND ON THE

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[Items IX.3. & IX.4.]

I'LL CHECK IN SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING ON ANY POST DAVID WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE OF HIS SEAT I HAVE TO GIVE HIM THE SHOT ACTION MOTION VERSUS DISCUSSION ANY DISCUSSION JUST TO LET YOU ALREADY SAY THAT WE HAVE A TIME CONSTRAINT TODAY? YES, WE DO HAVE A TIME CONSTRAINT ON TODAY'S TODAY'S MEETING AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING BY THE WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NICE JOB GOING AS USUAL. TIME'S UP TO SEE ALL THE CREDIT FOR THE SLIDES YOU PUT THE SLIDES TOGETHER. SO VERY NICE JOB. THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT THIS TIME YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE ON SCREEN AND WHY WE'RE PICKING ON TOM, NOT THE

[X. CHAIRMAN UPDATE]

ALL RIGHT, CHAIRMAN'S UPDATE JUST SAY THANK YOU. EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE IN AN EMAIL WRITING IN PART ON THE TSA YOU OFTEN I HOPE MORE OF US WILL GET INVOLVED AS THE

[XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS]

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SO WORD OF MOUTH WAS WAS RIGHT UP THERE. I KNOW THEY WERE ON TRACK TO DO ABOUT SEVEN OR 800 FOLKS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY POSTED, YOU KNOW, WITH SAY YOU HAVE TO RENEW YOUR RIGHT SIX MONTHS. RIGHT? RIGHT. LET'S HOPE A LOT LESS. BUT CAN I GO OVER AND DO THAT? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THAT THERE I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU'D WANT TO BECAUSE YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE FROM YOUR HOUSE WAS NOT EXPIRED SO THERE IS NO NEED TO COME IN AND TO DO BUT THEY DID WORK RENEWALS IN ADDITION TO IF BE SO POSSIBLE BUT YOU KNOW I JUST DON'T LET IT EXPIRE AND YOU CAN DO IT FROM YOUR HOUSE I WANT TO BACK IT UP? NO, I JUST RENEWED MINE SUMMER AND IT'S ALL DONE ONLINE. THERE'S NO REASON TO GO ANYWHERE.

PROBLEM IS IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN QUICKLY VERY VERY SPORADIC.

SOME PEOPLE GET RENEWED WITHIN TWO OR THREE DAYS AND SOME IT TAKES THREE MONTHS AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT WITHIN THREE DAYS OH YOU SHOULD HAVE A AN EMAIL APPROVAL FROM THE EVENT THAT WE HOSTED. BUT THEY DID SAY SOMETIMES THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT MAYBE THERE'S BUT THE VAST MAJORITY IS ABOUT THREE DAYS. ALL RIGHT.

IT'S NO PROBLEM. WE HAVE A HILTON AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE FOCUS ON THE GENERAL AVIATION SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, NOT THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. SO PRIOR TO THE COMMITTEE MEETING BUT WE HAD A COMMITTEE MEETING RECENTLY FOR FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME AND SINCE IT HAD BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE THINK WILL BE HELPFUL TO ACTUALLY PRESENT FOR ACTION ITEMS AND I WANT TO PARTICULARLY THANK CHRIS BUTLER BECAUSE CHRIS HAS A WHOLE SORT OF MAPPING OUT OF HOW THINGS ARE DONE OVER AT AA OR W AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO USE THAT MODEL THAT YOU'RE USING OVER THERE TO HELP US AND HELP THEM HEAD FOR THE G SIDE AIRPORT. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE TERMINAL SIDE BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE OTHER OF THE RUNWAY THAT WE NEVER HEAR FROM.

SO MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT. OKAY. KEEP US IN SUSPENSE AND ALSO LESLIE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS. OKAY.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WE'RE FOCUSING PROMOTING THE AIRPORT AND HERITAGE TOGETHER AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF IDEAS THIS MORNING . JOHN AND I WORKED WITH STEVE WELL MONTHS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SO EVERYBODY ON BOTH SIDES ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE, ANXIOUS AND WILLING TO HELP. ONE THING THOUGH, WE ARE GOING NEED MONEY AND SPONSORS AND SUPPORT TO HELP THESE GREAT IDEAS FORWARD SO SO THAT'S IT

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THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAD NO REPORT THIS I BELIEVE ESSENCE OF WHAT'S COMING TO END UP DOING ANYTHING GOING ON THOUGH WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT LOT HAVE A I WAS YEAH WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING OR HAVE A MEETING AND I'M ASSUMING THAT ON PAST WE DIDN'T YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD A DECEMBER MEETING OR WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT GOING ON EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD WE YOU KNOW NOT HAD IT SO WE'RE GOING TO DO AN A OR W MEETING IN JANUARY THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ON THE YOU KNOW ARE THE THE HANGARS AND THEY NEEDED JOHN AND STEVE AND NEEDED TIME TO KIND OF GET BACK TO FEEDBACK ON BRINGING US BACK WHERE WE'RE KIND OF AT FROM THE ENGINEERING AND GOING FROM WE'VE BEEN KICKING AROUND A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT IT WILL RECONVENE IN JANUARY THE JANUARY MEETING AND I'LL HAVE A I'LL HAVE A FANTASTIC REPORT FOR YOU. EXCELLENT. VERY NICELY DONE.

ALL RIGHT. LAST CHANCE ANY OF THE QUESTIONS TO JOHN STEVE, WHERE THEY HEAR YOU OPEN THE FLOOR AGAIN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN IT'S FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I DON'T HAVE A TON OF PUBLIC TODAY SO I ASSUME THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PUBLIC TO CHANCE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT HAVE HAVING SAID THAT I'LL ACCEPT OR JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR NEXT MEETING ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 21ST OR FROM BEAUFORT NEXT MONTH PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND IN PERSON YOU GET A LOT MORE DONE WHEN WE WHEN WE'RE PHYSICALLY HERE AND AS IN THE PAST IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT FOR SOME REASON PLEASE LET THE OFFICE KNOW WELL IT'LL PASS FOR AS MUCH TIME I HAVE SAID THAT I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION WHEN WE HAVE A FINAL COMMENT FROM JOHN FOR YOU TO ADJOURN JUST FOR YOUR IF YOU CARE TO VOTE ON THE DECEMBER AT THIS POINT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WILL BRING FORWARD ANY ACTION ITEMS IN DECEMBER. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE HORIZON WE NEED A VOTE ON SO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION YOU PLAN OUT WHEN YOUR NEXT MEETING OUGHT TO BE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ON CHRISTMAS LEAVE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HURT FEELINGS. I'M WORKING BUT YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE.

I THINK IT'S TRADITION THAT'S BEEN IN YEAH. I WILL NOT HAVE ANY AS OF NOW I WILL NOT HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS IF WE DO WE CAN ALWAYS DO AN EMAIL TYPE NOTIFICATION AND GO FROM THERE SO I'LL LEAVE THAT RIGHT AND WE ONLY HAVE FOR LEGALLY WHAT WHAT THE ADVANCE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS IT SEVEN DAYS SO SO IF WE HAD TO GET TOGETHER IT REALLY IS JUST WE NEED TO POST THAT SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THOSE WHO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. YEAH IF SOMETHING CAME UP THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT'S COMING RIGHT YEAH THAT STILL GIVES US TIME TO IF WE HAD TO GO.

HAVING HEARD JOHN'S AGENDA, THE CHAIRMAN WILL MAKE A DECISION THAT SAYS WE WILL FOREGO OUR DECEMBER MEETING AND NEXT MEET BACK IN JANUARY. THAT SCHEDULE HAS BEEN POSTED AND SENT TO EVERYBODY I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME SO EVERYBODY WILL GET A REMINDER.

SO HAVING SAID THAT WE WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY HOLIDAY WITH TOGETHER BEFORE THEN MUST THE COMMITTEES MEET AND I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION ADJOURN SO MOVE WORK AS AN OPTION LET'S THE SECOND MEETING ADJOURNED THANK YOU

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.