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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[1. Call to Order]
MEETING TO ORDER, IF YOU'LL JOIN ME AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, P OF ALLEGIANCE TO WHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.CONSIDER FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, NOT GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
IF YOU'LL CONTINUE STANDING AS WE HAVE PASTOR JONATHAN HOPKINS OF ST.
ANDREW'S CHURCH AND STATE THE INVITATION, LET US PRAY.
GRACIOUS GOD, AS THE NIGHTS GROW LONGER AND COLDER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WARM OUR HEARTS, IGNITE OUR MINDS, AND LIGHT A FIRE IN US TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LEADERSHIP AND FOR THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO GUIDE US, GUIDE OUR LEADERS TO APPROACH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH HUMILITY AND WITH A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE.
MAY THEY SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF ALL CITIZENS, LISTENING TO DIVERSE VOICES AND STRIVING FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
WHERE THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY, GRANT US THE STRENGTH TO CONFRONT THESE ISSUES WITH COURAGE AND COMPASSION.
HELP US TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS VALUED, WHERE THE VULNERABLE ARE PROTECTED AND WHERE PEACE PREVAILS.
WE PRAY OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY BE MARKED BY RESPECT AND COLLABORATION.
OUR DECISIONS REFLECT FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY, AND THAT WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR TOWN.
JUST AS OUR HOLIDAY LIGHTS HAVE BEGUN TO SHINE THROUGHOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US TO SHINE, TO REFLECT YOUR LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS AND YOUR WARMTH TO OUR COMMUNITY.
[4. Swearing in of Elected Officials by the Honorable Carmen T. Mullen, Chief Administrative Judge, 14th Judicial Circuit]
SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, JUDGE CARMEN MULLEN UP SO WE CAN DO THE SWEARING IN OF NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS.THIS IS ONE OF MY HONORS THAT I GET TO DO AS A JUDGE LOCALLY IS TO SWEAR IN OUR TOWN COUNCIL AND NEW MEMBERS.
SO IF WE CAN BEGIN, IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN WOULD COME ON UP FOR ME.
YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN YOUR SEAT, SIR.
I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'M DULY QUALIFIED.
I'M DULY QUALIFIED ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE.
TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE TO WHICH I'VE BEEN ELECTED TO WHICH I'VE BEEN ELECTED, AND THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, FROM I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES THEREOF, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THEREOF.
PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND PROTECT AND DEFEND.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.
CONSTITU THE STATE AND OF THE UNITED STATES.
AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF
I WILL EQUALLY, FAIRLY IMPARTIALLY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SKILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SKILL.
EXERCISE THE TRUST PROPOSED IN ME, EXERCISE THE TRUST AND HOLD IN ME.
AND I'LL USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS AND I'LL USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS TO PRESERVE THE PEACE, PRESERVE THE PEACE, AND CARRY INTO EFFECT AND CARRY INTO EFFECT ACCORDING TO THE LAW, ACCORDING TO THE LAW, THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED.
PURPOSE FOR WHICH I'VE BEEN ELECTED.
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COUNCIL MEMBER DAYMAN.I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'M DULY QUALIFIED, THAT I'M DULY QUALIFIED ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES, TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE OFFICE, TO WHICH I'VE BEEN ELECTED TO WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED.
AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES THEREOF AND PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.
AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, I WILL EQUALLY, FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY.
I WILL EQUALLY, FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SKILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SKILL.
EXERCISE THE TRUST PROPOSED IN ME, EXERCISE THE TRUST PROPOSED IN ME.
AND I'LL USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS.
I'LL USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS TO PRESERVE THE PEACE, TO PRESERVE THE PEACE AND CARRY INTO EFFECT AND CARRY INTO EFFECT ACCORDING TO THE LAW, ACCORDING TO THE LAW, FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHICH I'VE BEEN ELECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED.
JUST DOWN THE FINAL BRIDGE WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'M DULY QUALIFIED, THAT I'M DULY QUALIFIED ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THIS OFFICE TO WHICH I'VE BEEN ELECTED, TO WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED, AND THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES THEREOF, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES THEREOF, AND PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE AND THE UNITED STATES.
AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, I WILL EQUALLY, FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY.
I WILL EQUALLY, FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SKILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SKILL.
EXERCISE THE TRUST IN ME, EXERCISE THE TRUST REPOST IN ME, AND I'LL USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS.
AND I'LL USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS TO PRESERVE THE PEACE, TO PRESERVE THE PEACE AND CARRY INTO EFFECT AND CARRY INTO EFFECT ACCORDING TO THE LAW, ACCORDING TO THE LAW, THE PURPOSE, PURPOSE FOR WHICH I'VE BEEN ELECTED, THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH I'VE BEEN ELECTED.
WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOU THREE FOR BEING ELECTED AND JOINING THIS GREAT BODY FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
UM, EACH OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRESENTING OUR AWARDS IN A NONPARTISAN WAY AND FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR CHALLENGE AND CHARGE HAS BEEN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ADOPTION OF
[5. Adoption of the Agenda]
THE AGENDA.MR. ORLANDO, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA TODAY? NO, SIR.
IF WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT
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THE AGENDA? SO MOVED.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[6. Approval of Minutes]
THE MINUTES.UH, WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024.
IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE APPROVED APPROVAL, MR. AL? OKAY, WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION BEING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[7. Election of Mayor Pro Tempore]
WE HAVE THE ELECTION FOR MAYOR PRO TIMM.UH, ARE THERE, THE NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? MAYOR? YES.
BASED UPON BEING A FIFTH GENERATION NATIVE ISLANDER, UPON HIS SERVICE PREVIOUSLY ON TOWN COUNCIL AND AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, AS A MEMBER OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AS A MEMBER OF THE NORTH POINT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AS A CO-FOUNDER OF ONE ISLAND, ONE COMMUNITY ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY.
PICNIC CHAIRMAN OF THE IW WILBURN SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE.
TRUSTEE AND YOUTH LEADER AT CENTRAL OAK GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
PREVIOUS CHAIR OF HILTON HEADS TOWN PLANNING COMMISSION, TREASURER OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION PLANNING COMMITTEE.
FORMER ASSISTANT BOYS VA VAR, VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH AT HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL, AND A MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND VISION PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM.
I NOMINATE ALEXANDER BROWN JR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? YES, HONOR, I NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN BECKER FOR MAYOR PRO TE I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
TRADITIONALLY, THE ROLE HAS GONE TO THE PERSON WITH THE LONGEST TENURE AND COUNCILMAN BECKER HAS THE LONGEST TENURE WITH SIX YEARS OF SERVICE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS PLEASE? ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE.
I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS YOU A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE.
INIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THAT'S THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS.
SO WE HAVE COUNCILMAN ALEX BECKER, COUNCILWOMAN TAMARA BECKER, I MEAN ALEX BROWN AND TAMARA BECKER
SO KIMBERLY, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? COUNCILWOMAN TURNER.
PLEASE STATE WHO YOUR VOTE IS FOR COUNCILWOMAN BECKER.
COUNCILMAN ALFRED, COUNCILMAN BROWN, COUNCILWOMAN BECKER, COUNCIL BECKER.
ALEX BROWN, COUNCILWOMAN BRYSON.
IT'S FOUR ZERO WITH ALEX BROWN AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
[8. Consideration of Proposed Meeting Dates for 2025]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED DATE MEETING DATES FOR 2025.KIM, CAN YOU PULL THOSE UP PLEASE? OH, THOSE ARE THE MINUTES.
SO COUNSEL, DOES, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE DATES THAT ARE PROVIDED ON THIS DRAFT? SO ISSUES AS SUCH, BUT I'M CURIOUS.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING A MONTH AND ALMOST HALF THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE WORKSHOP.
YES, WE WILL HAVE WORKSHOPS IN THOSE MONTHS AS WELL.
THE ONLY QUICK QUESTION I HAVE IS DO ANY OF THESE DATES FALL ON ANY HOLIDAYS RECOGNIZED BY ANY GROUP? KIM, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? NONE OF THEM FALL ON ANY HOLIDAYS.
THERE WAS ONE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED AT NOVEMBER 4TH IS A TUESDAY ELECTION DAY.
UM, WE HAVE IN THE PAST HELD MEETINGS ON THOSE DAYS.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THINK NONE.
IS THERE MOTION TO ACCEPT? SO MOVED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[9. Public Comment - Non Agenda Items]
NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, MOVING ON TO NON AGENDA ITEMS FOR SECTION OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
SECTION TWO DASH FIVE DASH 70 OF THE TOWNS CODE LIMITS EACH PERSON TO ONE THREE MINUTE MINUTE COMMENT.
WHEN ADDRESSING COUNSEL, AT THE END OF YOUR THREE MINUTES, YOU'RE ASKED TO CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
PLEASE MAINTAIN A DECORUM SUITABLE FOR THE MEETING AND REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANE, ABUSIVE,
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OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE.IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO TOWN COUNSEL, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE TOWN CLERK AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED SPEAKING.
KIMBERLY, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WE DO.
UM, SKIP HOAGLAND AND MR. HOAGLAND, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND.
WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES OVER HERE.
SKIP HOAGLAND WINDMILL HARBOR.
TODAY SHOULD BE A DAY TO CELEBRATE OUR NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UNFORTUNATELY, CURRENT COUNSEL ALL VIOLATED THEIR OATH TO APPROVE, SPEND AND PROTECT OUR TAX FUNDS LIKE THEIR OWN FAMILY'S MONEY COUNCIL, TOWN LAWYERS, MANAGERS, CPAS, ALL VIOLATED LAWS AND THEIR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES IN FAVOR OF FRIENDS VERSUS THE RULE OF LAW.
ALL CURRENT AND PAST COUNSELS HAVE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOR ILLEGAL AND CRIMINAL USE OF OUR MILLIONS OF HARD EARNED TAX MONEY.
THE CAUSE WAS COUNSEL'S RELIANCE ON LAWYERS FRAUDULENT LEGAL ADVICE, WHICH HAS LED THIS TOWN DOWN A PATH OF DISGRACE AND FISCAL MALFEASANCE FAILED.
MAYOR, MAYOR PERRY COMMITTED CRIMINAL FRAUD TO HIDE MILLIONS OF TAX FUNDS FOR HIS FRIEND BILL MILES AT THE CHAMBER.
LAWYERS, COLTRANE, GRUER, ALFRED FINGER, AND BLUFFTON TOWN MANAGERS.
THE FBI WILL INVESTIGATE THIS TOWN AFTER JANUARY 20TH, AND I PREDICT THE RESULT WILL BE HANDCUFFS, PROSECUTIONS, AND TIME IN OUR BRU BEAUFORD JAIL, MAYOR PERRY, ALONG WITH LAWYER COLTRANE AND LOCAL MAGISTRATE BOX, ALL FRIENDS SCHEME TO JAIL ME LAST WEEK SIMPLY FOR SPEAKING TRUTH AS I DO TODAY, FOR EXPOSING VIOLATIONS TO MY AND ANOTHER CITIZEN'S RIGHTS TO USE A POWER OF ATTORNEY AND OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
SHORTLY AFTER MA ENTERING THE MAGISTRATE COURT, I WAS FALSELY CHARGED.
I WAS ORDERED, ARRESTED, HANDCUFF A MAG VAULT TO SATISFY HER FRIEND'S DESIRE TO SILENCE MY VOICE ON THEIR CORRUPTION.
SHE MUST BE DISROBED FOR THIS MEGALOMANIAC BEHAVIOR.
I WAS FINGERPRINTED, MUGSHOT, TAKEN INTO A CONCRETE RUM, ASKED TO STRIP NAKED AND SUBJECTED TO A CAVITY.
SEARCH ACTIONS NORMALLY RESERVED FOR HARDENED CRIMINALS.
NOT A 76-YEAR-OLD MAN, 50 YEAR RESIDENT WHO IS COMMITTED TO EXPOSING THE DEPTH OF CORRUPTION ON THIS ISLAND.
I EXPOSE PEOPLE LIKE PERRY AND COLTRANE AND OTHERS THAT DO.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR THEM, THEM TO HAVE THE SAME CAVITY SEARCH EXPERIENCE.
ENTIRE COUNCIL ARE ILLEGAL TAX PAID CHAMBER MEMBERS.
THEY ATTEND, ATTEND CHAMBER EVENTS.
THEY ALL VOTE TO ISSUE MILLIONS OF TAX FUNDS TO THIS CRIMINAL CHAMBER.
MANY ALSO SECRET MEMBERS OF THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL WHO CONTROL VOTES OF ILLEGAL FUNDING.
THESE CONFLICTS ARE OUTRAGEOUS.
THE TOWN IS STILL VIOLATING STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO THIS DAY.
WE MUST ALL FOLLOW TRUMP MUSK AND RAMIS SWAMI AND DO FORENSIC AUDITS IN EVERY STATE, COUNTY AND CITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
NOT JUST THE DC SWAMP CESSPOOL DEEP STATE.
START WITH HILTON HEAD AS OUR LABORATORY RAT TEST TO PROVE THE, THE, THE MALFEASANCE OF THE CORRUPTION THAT'S GOING ON IN 2000 CITIES NATIONWIDE.
KEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP? WE HAVE ONE MORE.
MS. MS GREELEY COULD NOT MAKE IT TODAY.
AND SHE ASKED ME TO COME AND READ.
UH, SHE SUBMITTED A POA TO THE TOWN MR. HOAGLAND, AND SO I'M GOING TO READ HER ATTORNEY TO DO THAT.
I'M SORRY TO DO THAT, BUT SHE ASKED, SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
MR. HOAGLAND, YOU KNOW THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY AND YOU KNOW THAT THE POTENTIAL, PARDON ME, YOU KNOW THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY AND YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE YOU MIGHT FIND WELL FACE, I'M SORRY, THE P THE JUDGE ON BOX ACTUALLY RULED THAT A POWER OF ATTORNEY WAS LEGAL.
MR. HOAGLAND, YOU'RE NOT SO, SO MR. HO WOULDN'T READ HER THREE MINUTES.
I HAVE, RIGHT? SO CAN I BEGIN? NO, MR. HOAGLAND, YOU ARE NOT.
YOU'RE VIOLATING MY POA RIGHT AND MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
YOU'RE ALSO VIOLATING THE JUDGE'S, UH, UH, UH, RULING.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? I'M NOT HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR, TODAY, SIR, AREN'T YOU IN ENOUGH TROUBLE ALREADY? KIM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY? NO, SIR.
SO I'M GONNA, LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND FINISH MY POA IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I'M, I'M GONNA FINISH MY P MR. HOLMAN, I'M SO SORRY.
SO I HAVE, UH, ALRIGHT, HAVE A MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
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OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.SO YOU'RE VIOLATING MY POA, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE ARE ADJOURNED.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT.
MY NAME IS JOHN RUMBLE AND I'M BLESSED TO BE THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR AND THE LEADER HERE AT HILTON HEAD.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH YOU.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE ASK THAT EACH OF YOU THEN HELP US SPREAD THAT GOOD NEWS.
THE AIRPORT'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE MOST CONVENIENT AIR TRAVEL OPTIONS POSSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ACCESS OUR ISLAND AND OUR REGION, WE CAN BRING OUR RESIDENTS, OUR VISITORS, AND OUR BUSINESS TRAVELERS DIRECTLY TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
TODAY, WE TAKE ANOTHER VERY POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT MISSION.
IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME MR. BRIAN THOMAS, THE MANAGER OF DOMESTIC NETWORK PLANNING FOR OUR NEWEST AIRLINE PARTNER DELTA AIRLINES.
BRIAN, THANK YOU JOHN, AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE IN HI HEAD WITH YOU TODAY.
UH, MY NAME'S BRIAN THOMAS, AS HE MENTIONED, AND IT'S MY HONOR TO REPRESENT OVER 80,000 DELTA EMPLOYEES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
AS AN ATLANTA NATIVE AVID GOLFER, UH, I'VE VISITED, UH, HILTON HEAD MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, SO THIS IS PARTICULARLY EXCITING FOR ME TO SHARE THIS GREAT NEWS.
BEGINNING MAY 23RD, DELTA WILL LAUNCH THREE TIMES DAILY SERVICE FROM OUR HUB IN ATLANTA, THE LARGEST AIRLINE HUB IN THE WORLD.
IN ADDITION, BEGINNING JUNE 8TH, WE'LL START SATURDAY ONLY SERVICE FROM OUR HUB AT NEW YORK'S LAGUARDIA AIRPORT.
WITH SERVICE FROM EACH OF THESE HUBS, DELTA WILL OFFER CONVENIENT CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD.
FROM BOTH THE LAND AND LAGUARDIA, WE WILL OPERATE ON AN EMBRAER ONE 70 AIRCRAFT.
THIS AIRCRAFT FEATURES, UH, DIRECT ALL ACCESS, UM, MEANING NO MIDDLE SEATS WITH THE ADDITIONAL HILTON HEAD SERVICE.
DELTA WILL SERVE FIVE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA, COMPLIMENTING CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, MYRTLE BEACH IN GREENVILLE, SPARTANBURG, ON BEHALF OF THE DELTA FAMILY, WE LOOK FORWARD.
UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING THE COMMUNITY AND BRINGING YOU DELTA'S AWARD-WINNING CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND INDUSTRY LEADING OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY.
AND NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR MAYOR.
WHEN I BECAME MAYOR, HE TOLD ME ONE OF MY JOBS WAS INTRODUCING EVERYBODY AND THEN GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY.
OKAY, SO WE'LL START WITH THAT.
GLAD YOU'RE HERE LONG AND WELCOME HOME.
WELCOME BACK TO THE AIRPORT HERE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JOHN ALT, HE'S, HE'S A ROCKSTAR.
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, JOHN.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BECOME THE VOICE OF THE FACE OF THE AIRPORT.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ALONG THE WAY.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE AIRPORT BOARD OFFICIALS.
I SEE SOME OF THEM HERE, AND I THANK YOU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
BILL, THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING, UH, FROM THE TOWN.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, STEVE REILLY, OUR TOWN MANAGER, DAVID AMES, BILL HAWKINS HERE THIS MORNING, UH, FROM THE COUNTY.
MY NEW FRIEND LARRY WENT TOGETHER LAST NIGHT AND AGAIN TODAY, LARRY, GOOD BEING WITH YOU ALONG THE WAY.
UM, AND IF I MISS ANYBODY ELSE, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE WELCOME HERE.
I PICK UP THIS CALL FROM BILL, JUST SO YOU KNOW WHERE I GOT IT FROM.
I'M JOHN MCCANN, THE MAYOR OF THE NUMBER ONE ISLAND IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY.
AND I, I MUST SAY THAT FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, THE ONE THING I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE CITIZENS IS WHEN IS DELTA COMING BACK? EXCUSE ME? WHEN IS DELTA GONNA COME BACK TO ATLANTA? WHEN'S DELTA GONNA BE HERE? AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY TODAY DELTA IS HERE.
DELTA IS BACK WHERE IT BELONGS, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE THEM HERE ALONG
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THE WAY.I MEAN, DELTA REACHES DESTINATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE DELTA BEING BACK HERE WILL BE GREAT FOR OUR ECONOMY.
IT WILL BE GREAT FOR THE CITIZENS AND THE VISITORS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG, LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH DELTA.
UH, THIS AIRPORT IS ONE OF THE KEY ASSETS OF THE ISLANDS AND THE, THE AIRPORT HERE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED COMING HERE IN 1988, THERE WAS A LITTLE BUILDING AROUND THE CORNER AND YOU WALKED OUTSIDE AND THE METAL DETECTOR WAS IN THE STREET.
SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT IN A BUILDING LIKE THIS.
HERE, UH, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE AIRPORT IS WELL MANAGED.
THE PEOPLE IN HILTON HEAD ARE A GREAT, GREAT, UH, COMMUTER.
UH, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, BRIAN.
AND, UH, WE THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS MORNING.
WELL, THE, THE MAYOR MENTIONED BILL MILES, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS KIND OF GOOD NEWS WITHOUT THE STEADFAST SUPPORT OF OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND VISITOR CONVENTION BUREAU.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE BILL UP TO THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
AND, UH, IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR 2.7 MILLION VISITORS, YOU THINK ABOUT OUR 40,000 PLUS RESIDENTS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE TWO ICONIC BRANDS THAT COME BACK TOGETHER.
DELTA AIRLINES AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
BRIAN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BELIEF IN OUR ISLAND, IN OUR DESTINATION, IN OUR RESIDENTS, AND IN OUR VISITORS.
AND THE SERVICE TO ATLANTA WILL BE SO, UH, SIMPLY SPECTACULAR.
AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO ADD IN, UH, SERVICE TO NEW YORK.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY A BIG MARKET FOR US.
AND ONE THAT, UH, UH, WE WILL HOPEFULLY AND, AND MOST LIKELY SEE TO BE A LONG, FRUITFUL AND PROSPEROUS RELATIONSHIP.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND WAS NAMED THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION BY, UH, TRAVEL AND LEISURE READERS AS WELL AS CONDE NAST READERS.
AND THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
AND IT'S, UH, A WONDERFUL DAY TO, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE, SAY THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN US AND WELCOMING DELTA AIRLINES BACK.
THE AIRPORT BOARD, BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL, THE HILTON NET ISLAND TOWN COUNCIL, ALL THOSE WHO HAVE MADE TODAY POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, THE EXTENSION OF THE RUNWAY HAS BEEN A HEAVY LIFT AND YOU'VE LED THE WAY GREATLY.
UH, PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH OF COMMERCIAL JET SERVICE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, THE ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS AIRPORT WAS JUST OVER $166 MILLION.
NOW, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE JET SERVICE AND OUR NEWEST AIRLINE PARTNER, DELTA, I WOULD SAY ITSELF, IT'S SAFE TO GUESS THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS AIRPORT IS GONNA BE LAUNCHED INTO THE STRATOSPHERE.
THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT FOR THE TOWN AND FOR THE COUNTY, FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR THE VISITORS, AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS THROUGH HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT.
SO WE WOULD JUST WANNA SAY TO CLOSE UP THAT THE AIRPORT IS VERY THANKFUL TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, SPECIFICALLY DELTA AIRLINES, THE, UH, THE AIRPORTS BOARD, OF COURSE, WHO DOES A LOT OF THE WORK WITH US, THE TOWN OF HILTON, HAT ISLAND, BEAUFORT COUNTY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
THERE'S A LONG LIST OF OTHERS WHO HAVE INVESTED THEIR GRIT AND THEIR ENERGY INTO THESE PROJECTS TO HELP US GET THESE ACCOMPLISHED.
THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO DONE TO BE DONE, BUT WE APPROACH THAT JOYFULLY AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BENEFIT EVERYBODY ON THE ISLAND.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF,
RECYCLE GUY HERE WITH A REMINDER THAT YOU SHOULD RECYCLE AT HOME, WORK AND SCHOOL JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
SO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT AND WHERE TO RECYCLE, CALL ME THE RECYCLE GUY.
AND REMEMBER, IT'S JUST RIGHT TO RECYCLE.