[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOP VERSION OF YOUR TEXT. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING FOR TODAY, FEBRUARY 20TH FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD. FIRST THING WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ALLEGIANCE IS ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE NEW REPUBLIC WHICH IT SAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH
[IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
CAROLINA OF INFORMATION ACT. FIRST THING WE NEED IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.WELL, WE'VE GOT THAT. AND SECOND MAY WE GO. THANK YOU, LESLEY.
OPPOSED. IT PASSES. SO AGENDA IS APPROVED APPROVAL
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – JANUARY 16, 2025]
OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 16TH MEETING. I NEED A FIRST FOR THAT.HOWARD'S GOT THAT SECOND. I'M GOING TO GIVE THAT TO JIM AND OPPOSED HEARING ON THAT PASSES OF THE MINUTES. NOW WE HAVE 3 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY. THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'LL BE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
[VII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]
SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE DIRECTORS REPORT. JOHN, TAKE IT AWAY.HEY, HOW ARE YOU? I WAS HOPING THAT MOVING IT EARLIER WE GET SOME PUBLIC COMMENT IN HERE BUT SO MUCH FOR THAT. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT 10:00 TO WORK? I DON'T MIND THAT THAT'S MIND. YEAH, OKAY.
I THINK IT'S BETTER PARKING LOTS FOR THE PARKING LOTS FOR YOU.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PARKING LOT BEING REDONE OVER AT THE ARTHUR HORN BUILDING ESPECIALLY IF YOU KEEP IT IN BEAUFORT EVERY SINGLE TIME LIKE LAST YEAR.
I KNOW WE ARE WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. YEAH WE'LL BE GOING BACK BACK SOUTH IN MARCH, SO.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S CUT THROUGH THIS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD THE WINTER WEATHER THAT WAS INTERESTING. WE HAD A FEW MORE PICTURES OF THAT LATER ON. IT'S WINTER, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU THINK I WENT TO SLEEP AGAIN? THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT. SOME NEW MEMBERS. BOTH WESLEY AND JOEL ARE TIME FIREFIGHTERS AT THE ARF AND WE HIRED THEM IN ORDER TO TRY TO REDUCE SOME OF THE OVERTIME THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE BECAUSE THERE'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A 24 SEVEN POSITION TO FOCUS ON AND WE END UP RUNNING OVERTIME SO THEY BOTH ARE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED BY OTHER FIRE IN THE COUNTY BUT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN COMING OVER TO US SO THEY'RE JUST ABOUT THROUGH ALL THEIR TRAINING AND THEY'LL BE READY TO BE FULL FLEDGED PART TIME OUR OPERATORS HERE PRETTY SOON AND YESTERDAY WAS A FIRST DAY AT WORK FOR SANDY. SHE IS THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR AIRPORT FINANCE TEAM SO AS AS WE'RE TAKING MORE AND MORE OF THAT ON TO THE AIRPORT, WE NEED SOME MORE PEOPLE TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THAT STUFF SAYING SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF WHAT ELAINA DID BEFORE HAS MOVED UP A POSITION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE BRIAN DOING LESS OF THE DAY TO DAY AND MORE OF THE STRATEGIC BUDGET RELATED PROJECT PLANNING, OUTWARD FOCUSED KIND OF ACTIVITIES THAT HE'S REALLY GIFTED AT SO HAPPY TO HAVE SANDY THERE.
I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FIT AND WE BROUGHT HER IN AND LET HER SEE THE BUDGET YESTERDAY AND SHE DIDN'T RUN AWAY SCREAMING. I THINK SHE PASSED THAT FIRST TEST. SO WELCOME TO HER TO AND WE'RE REALLY GETTING TIGHT OVER THAT ADMIN BUILDING SO WE'LL BE ABOUT A PROJECT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS PROBABLY ABOUT A NEW NEW BUILDING. ALL RIGHT. YOU MAY REMEMBER THESE TWO GUYS THEY WERE AT THE AIRPORT A FEW MONTHS AGO WENT TO THE TOWER TO HAVE A TOUR AND THEN THEY GOT AN INVITATION FROM FIRE CHIEF TO COME BACK AND CHECK OUT THE ARF.
SO THESE GUYS WERE ABLE TO THAT AND JUST CAME OVER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A RIDE IN THE AND HANG OUT WITH THE GUYS FOR A WHILE AND THE CREW AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE ARF DOES. SO A COUPLE OF INTERESTED GUYS AND DEFINITELY THE PROUD GRANDFATHER IS NOT IN THE PICTURE THERE BUT HE'S ABLE TO GIVE HIS GRANDKIDS A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE SO IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HAVE VISITORS AND THE SNOW DAYS SO THAT HAPPENED ON THE TUESDAY NIGHT OF THAT WEEK IF YOU REMEMBER KIND OF HOW THAT WEATHER DETERIORATED AND WEDNESDAY MORNING WOKE UP TO THAT THAT TOP PICTURE NICE LAYER OF ICE UNDERNEATH ABOUT IT AN INCH OF ICE AND THEN SLEET TOP IT WASN'T EVEN BONAFIDE SNOW.
EVERYBODY AROUND HERE LIKED TO CALL IT SNOW. I SAID THAT'S NOT SO THAT'S JUST MESS. THAT'S NOT SNOW. AND THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE SLEET ON TOP ACTED AS KIND OF AN INSULATING LAYER ON THAT ICE AND IT DID WARM UP DURING THE DAY SO IT WAS UPPER THIRTIES, LOW FORTIES DURING THE DAY SO WE WOULD IT HINT AT
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MELTING AND IN THE FIRST DAY WE JUST HAD OUR AIRPORT EQUIPMENT OUT THERE WHICH IS LIMITED JUST A BOBCAT AND A COUPLE OF BROOME TRACTORS WHICH BROKE FROM PUBLIC WORKS SO WE HAD PRE-STAGED SOME EQUIPMENT LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WHICH WAS IN 2018 THE BROOM TRACTOR ACTUALLY WORKED REALLY WELL BECAUSE THE SUN KIND OF HEATED UP THINGS IN THE THE BROOM TRACTOR WAS ABLE TO BASICALLY THROW SHEETS OF ICE OFF OF THE RUNWAY SO WE WERE HOPING THAT WOULD HAPPEN THIS TIME IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED BUT THE TRACTORS BROKE SO AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF STRUGGLING WITH JUST A ON A 5000 FOOT RUNWAY, WE WE FIGURED WE CLEARED I THINK I THINK WE FIGURED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET OF PAVED SURFACE IS WHAT WE CLEARED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS A COUPLE OF GUYS DOING THAT. I GOT IN TOUCH WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND FIND THAT THEY HAD A MOTOR GRADER THAT WAS SOUTH OF THE BROAD AND COULD BE THERE. THE ROADS WERE PASSABLE BY A BIG SO THEY BROUGHT A MOTOR WRITER OVER AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE ONE PICTURE AND THAT WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR US.THEY HAD TO BE REAL CAREFUL ABOUT HOW FAR DOWN THAT BLADE WAS.
WE COULDN'T GET RIGHT DOWN TO THE ASPHALT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT GROOVED ASPHALT AND YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO START CHIPPING AWAY THAT. SO THEY DIDN'T GET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM BUT WHAT IT DID WAS TAKE THAT LAYER OF INSULATION OFF AND THEN WHEN THE SUN WOULD COME OUT IT DID START TO ACTUALLY MELT THAT ICE FAIRLY QUICKLY BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THE ICE THAT ARE LEFT DOING THE GRADING AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WE WERE CONCERNED WE'D NEVER DO SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL. SO WE WERE CHECKING THE PART 139 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYTHING THE WAY IT NEEDED BE BEFORE WE OPENED BACK UP AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WITH THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW IT'S PRETTY EASY TO TO MEET THE THE STANDARD BUT YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE A NO WORSE THAN WET CONDITION AND THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE IT KEPT FREEZING US OVERNIGHT SO WE COULDN'T GET IT FULLY DRY BECAUSE IT JUST IT WAS MELTING BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT YOU COULDN'T GET THE PLACE FULLY DRY SO FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IT WOULD BE FREEZE AND THEN HAVE TO WAIT TILL ABOUT NOON OR 1:00 FOR THE SUN TO GET WARM ENOUGH TO HEAT IT BACK UP BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NOTHING TO PUT ON THESE AND SO WE ENDED UP OPENING UP LATE MORNING MID TO LATE MORNING ON THE SATURDAY SO BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS ON SATURDAY.
BUT SO WE WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY IS FOUR DAYS AT THE AIRPORT AS WE KIND OF MEASURE OURSELVES AGAINST NEIGHBORING AIRPORTS AND SAVANNAH UP THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY EVENING OR I'M SORRY FRIDAY SO YOU KNOW THERE WERE ONLY A HALF A DAY AHEAD OF US AND BUT THEY DON'T HAVE EQUIPMENT EITHER. SO EVERYBODY KIND OF WAITS ON THE SUN TO HEAT THINGS UP IN THE MELT THINGS OFF. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING AND IT DID GIVE US A CHANCE TO JUST KIND OF THINK THROUGH CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND WHAT IF IN THE WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND PREPARE FOR AN EVENT THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER TEN, 15, 20 YEARS? BUT IF WE DO FIND SOME SOME PRODUCT PERHAPS THAT HAS A A SHELF LIFE THAT IS EXTENDED AND . IT'S NOT AN INCREDIBLY HUGE INVESTMENT AND DOESN'T REQUIRE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO APPLY IT.
THEN MAYBE WE LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WE COULD PREPARE FOR AN EVENT.
YEAH, THERE ARE PRICING THAT YOU CAN PUT DOWN ON RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT JUST WHAT THE COVERAGE IS, WHAT THE SHELF LIFE, ALL THE GOOD STUFF BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO TO BUY SNOWPLOWS AND SNOW THROWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN AN AIRPORT LIKE THIS IN THIS AND YOU SEE THAT EVERYWHERE. I MEAN NOBODY HAS IT CHARLESTON CLEAR THEY HAVE THE AIR FORCE IN THE AIR FORCE RELOCATED EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KEEP EQUIPMENT THERE EITHER. SO IT'S A CHALLENGE WHAT DO WE KNOW WHAT THE ANTICIPATED LOSS OF REVENUE WAS PLANNED THREE HAVE TO GO TO THIS TIME OF YEAR LUCKILY FAIRLY LOW BECAUSE THE AIRLINES ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF FLIGHTS SO I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER BUT IT'S COMPARED TO THE A HURRICANE DURING TOURIST SEASON THIS ISN'T MUCH. SO IF WE HAD TO TAKE ONE WE TAKE THIS OVER HURRICANE FOR SURE. YEAH AND THAT WAS MY ASSUMPTION SO JUST CONSIDERING FUTURE INVESTMENT I MEAN I WOULD YES ONCE IT'S NEGATIVE YEAH IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THREE OR FOUR EVENTS TO RECOVER THE YOU KNOW TO MAKE THAT COST WORK I WOULD IMAGINE JOHN DOES DOES THE AIRPORT HAVE ANY DEICING EQUIPMENT.
WELL WE WE DON'T THE AIRLINES DO THEY DO THEY DO YEAH AND THEY USE IT A OF TIMES A YEAR THEY THEY HAVE TO DO ONE THING YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT AND IT'S IT'S IT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTIGATION IS UP NORTH WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE MULTIPURPOSE VEHICLES TO TAKE THE MOST OBVIOUS EXAMPLE NEW YORK CITY THEY TURN GARBAGE TRUCKS INTO PLOWS SO SO THEY'RE
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BEING USED ONLY FOR PLOWING WHEN THERE'S A SNOWSTORM BUT REST OF THE TIME THEY'RE USING THOSE VEHICLES FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND SOME OF THOSE LITTLE BOBCATS THAT YOU HAD AROUND HERE, YOU HAD SOME A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THAT. THEY HAVE THOSE MACHINES CAN CUT THE GRASS AND POTENTIALLY PLOW SNOW AT THE SAME TIME JUST SWITCHING OUT THE YOU HAVE TO IT YEAH THAT'S TRUE AND WITH THE BOBCAT THAT THAT GIVES YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY IT'S SMALL BUT WE DO HAVE A BUNCH OF ATTACHMENTS FOR THAT TO HELP US OUT BUT IN THIS CASE WOULD PLOW IS JUST DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW WITH THE GROOVED ASPHALT TO WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT SURFACE YEAH NO THIS WAS RW SAME THING THERE BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON IT THAWED MUCH QUICKER UP HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL WAS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE THE ELEVATION OR PERHAPS BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO THE WATER THAT THAT KEPT THE GROUND A LITTLE BIT WARMER. IT IS AN INSULATOR FROM THE BOTTOM BUT AIR W MELTED ALMOST COMPLETELY BY MIDDAY THURSDAY SO A FULL DAY AND A HALF FASTER THAN THAN HILTON HEAD DID YOU GET LESS ACCUMULATION HERE SAME THING.YEAH IT WAS AMAZING. IT JUST IT WAS REAL AND IT ALSO I CAN TELL YOU FROM HAVING TO GO TO THE BOAT SHOW ON FRIDAY NORTHBOUND LANE HAD SOME REALLY BAD SECTIONS I WENT IN AND OUT OF FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIKE 15 TIMES BECAUSE OF THE PINE TREES AND THE SUN NOT HITTING IT BUT THE SOUTHBOUND LANE WAS FUN YOU KNOW. SO THAT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO A LITTLE BIT TO WITH THAT . YEAH IT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT NOT MELTED OFF BUT DRIED OFF QUICKLY AND WE DO HAVE NEAR CONSTANT WIND OUT THERE SO THAT HELPED. SO AS IT THAWED WOULD IT WOULD DRY OFF PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT ONE THING THAT WE FOUND OUT TOO AND I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU REALLY FIX THIS WITH THE METAL ROOFS HERE AND WITH THE ICE AND THE SNOW AND THEN THE MELTING THEY BECAME HUGE HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC AND TO EQUIPMENT AND INTO OTHER BUILDINGS NOT AS BAD AND RW BUT WE DID CLOSE OFF THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE THE THE OTHER GOT THE SUN AND MELTED QUICKER.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT A STEEP ROOF BECAUSE OF THE THE FACT THAT IT'S A WINTER TIME, THE SUN ISN'T YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT AS CLOSE SO IT'S NOT AS STRONG.
WE DIDN'T GET MELT ON THE AIR SIDE OF THAT ROOF AND THERE WERE THOSE LITTLE ALLEYWAYS IN BETWEEN THE STANDING IN THE METAL ROOF GENERATE LITTLE MISSILES OF IN THOSE GUYS ARE 3040 FEET LONG AND IF THEY LET YOU KNOW THOSE WILL CAUSE HUGE INJURY A PERSON AND A LOT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE DEPENDING ON WHAT'S ON THE RECEIVING OF THAT AND IT WAS EVEN WORSE AT HILTON HEAD BECAUSE ROOFS ARE BIGGER HIGHER AND THEY'RE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT STEEPER.
AND SO WE HAD, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 FOOT MISSILES WAITING UP THERE TO CRASH DOWN INTO ADJACENT BUILDINGS AND STUFF. SO THERE WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE THE FIRE TRUCKS TO GO OVER THERE AND ACTUALLY SPRAY WATER ON THEM AND THEM OUT LITTLE BY LITTLE SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE SHEET COMING DOWN BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CONCENTRATE ON THE THE OPERATIONAL AND THEN YOU KIND OF LOOK UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN REALIZE YOU'VE GOT HUGE LIFE SAFETY AND PROPERTY SAFETY ISSUES COMING OFF THE ROOF. SO JUST A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT BUT AGAIN WE DON'T WANT TO DEVELOP A BIG HUGE DETAIL THAT'S OPEN BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T DO THAT VERY OFTEN YOU KNOW SO WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT WE'LL TALK AWAY HIS EXPERIENCE AND AND IT IS WHAT IT IS SO THAT WAS JUST NOW HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY ENJOYED SNOW SCHOOL KIDS DID ALL RIGHT SO THIS IS CONFERENCE SEASON I WE SAY IT EVERY YEAR BUT KIND OF FEBRUARY MARCH IS REALLY THE TIME FOR CONFERENCES SO HAD A COUPLE OF GUYS ARE OUR CHIEF AND OPS CHIEF BOTH WENT UP TO ATLANTA A FEW WEEKS AGO BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND WENT TO THE SOUTHERN REGION AIRPORTS CONFERENCE AND GOT ALL KINDS OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE AND THEN STEVE AND I ATTENDED THE THE STATE AVIATION CONFERENCE LAST WEEK UP IN GREENVILLE SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OF TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT LATER ON IN THE IN THE PRESENTATION BUT GOOD CONFERENCES THEN COMING UP IN MARCH IS THE SOUTHEAST CHAPTER TRIPOLI UP IN CHARLOTTE SO I'M GOING TO TELL THAT AND THEN ALSO THAT SAME WEEK LATER IN THAT WEEK IS THE WHEN I GO TO DC TO TO MEET WITH ALL THE REST OF THE AIRPORT DIRECTORS AND CONGRESSIONAL AND TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO A LOT OF TRAVELING GOING ON. ALL RIGHT.
OUT DESCRIBE A LITTLE SLIDE SHOW TO SHOW YOU SO LET'S SEE IF THIS THING WORKS.
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WILL . ALL RIGHT. SO THAT SHOWS KIND OF THE PROGRESSION AND THAT'S ONLY THE LAST PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE WEEKS OF PROGRESS.SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON . YOU SEE THE WEATHER CHANGED A LOT DURING LAST YEAR. WE HAD SNOW. WE HAD FOG, RED RAIN.
WE HAD SOME FOG AGAIN BUT IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY SMOOTHLY OUT THERE.
THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD AND IT'S JUST ABOUT DRAWN IN NOW SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE IT WENT FROM NOT HAVING OF THE INSULATED BOARD ON THE ON THE EXTERIOR NOW HAVING ALL THAT A ROOF IS ALMOST COMPLETELY PANELED IN NOT NOT THE FULL DECKING AND INSULATION IS IN THERE YET BUT THAT'S ALL HAPPENING NOW SO THAT'S ON AND THEN THE CANOPY OUT FRONT THERE'S A TEMPORARY CANOPY IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW SO THAT SHOULD BE DONE PROBABLY IN A FEW MORE WEEKS BUT IT'S COMING ALONG REALLY NICELY. WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ALL RIGHT . IN WRAPPING UP HERE WE ARE COMING AROUND TO THE GOLF TOURNAMENT AGAIN SO FOLKS ARE INTERESTED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME BOOTH THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR ON THE 10TH GREEN NEAR THE 16TH TEE AS WELL. SO KIND OF GET SEE BOTH SIDES. SO ROSIE IS GOING TO PROBABLY BE IN CHARGE COORDINATING THAT . SO IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED LET US KNOW AND WE'LL GET THOSE SLOTS SIGNED UP AND THEN THE SPEAKING OF THE TERMINAL TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD AMERICAN AIRLINES PROPERTY REP COME DOWN FOR A VISIT AND I WAS ABLE TO WALK HIM THROUGH THE TERMINAL ALONG WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION REP TOM MULLEN WHO WORKS FOR THE BRIAN ELLIOTT AND AND AND JAMES FOR AMERICAN WAS SUPER HAPPY SUPER IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE SAW AND WE WALKED THROUGH THE WHOLE BUILDING AND AND JAMES HAS DONE A LOT OF TERMINAL
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PROJECTS WITH THE AIRPORTS THAT HE'S IN CHARGE OF . HE'S BEEN THROUGH THESE HE HAS A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS AND AND HAD SOME IDEAS HERE AND THERE BUT HE REALLY KNEW HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT. HE'S WALKED THROUGH THESE PROJECTS A LOT BEFORE BUT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED AND WE WENT ALL THE WAY TO ONE END AND LOOKED BACK TOWARDS THE EXISTING BUILDING. IT'S OF IMPRESSIVE HOW HOW BIG THAT NEW AREA IS GOING TO BE SO . HE'S BEEN THE FIRST ONE TO COME DOWN AND GET IT TO HER AND HE WAS HE WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. SO THAT WAS SPEAKING OF THAT AND KIND OF SOME FEEDBACK THE CONFERENCE FROM LAST WEEK WE ONE OF THE LAST EVENTS OF THE CONFERENCE WAS A LEGISLATIVE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU KNOW THEY WERE ALL UPSTATE FOLKS THEY WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT GREENVILLE, SPARTANBURG AND GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT. BUT IT MADE ME THINK THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET BOARD MEMBERS TO BOTH AIRPORTS AND GET YOU GUYS INTO KIND OF A TOUR GIVE YOU AN AIRPORT'S 1 TO 1. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE AIRPORT. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHERE WHERE WE ALL WORK.YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE TERMINAL, THAT KIND OF THING BUT THAT OUR OUR LEGISLATORS WELL OR OUR STATE DELEGATION WE REALLY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, FORM A WE HAVE A SOLID RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM BUT I THINK WE TO GET YOU GUYS INVOLVED WITH THEM BECAUSE WE DO FEES TO THAT TERMINAL IT NEEDS TO GET BUILT. IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRESS ON THAT AND MAYBE BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH OUR DELEGATION WE HAVE REAL STRONG DELEGATION AND THEY'RE IN SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT. I JUST PUT THAT UP AS A NOTE SO YOU GUYS HAVE IT FOR FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND I'LL DIVULGE IDEAS ON THAT TOO AND GET BACK WITH YOU BUT CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO TO HAVE MORE FOLKS DOWN AND REALLY OUR OUR COUNTY COUNCIL AND TOWN COUNCILS REALLY SHOULD BE YOU KNOW, COMING OUT TO THE AIRPORTS AS WELL.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT. THERE'S A LOT THINGS GOING ON SO IT'S NOT EASY TO JUST LUMP THAT IN BUT I THINK WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO GET FOLKS OVER TO THE AIRPORT AND TAKE A LOOK, YOU KNOW, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT OR ANYBODY HAVE EXPERIENCED? I THINK THE EASIEST THING FOR US WOULD BE IF WE DO IT EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER MEETING YOU KNOW SINCE A SAID YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING A RW THAT ALLOWS HILTON HEAD PEOPLE ARE ALREADY OVER HERE IF WE'RE DOING AMAZING HILTON HEAD BEFORE FOR PEOPLE ALREADY GOING TO BE OVER THERE YEAH WE IMMEDIATE BEFORE OR AFTER AND AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION YEAH YEAH BECAUSE THERE IS REASON WHY WE CAN HAVE A BOARD MEETING AT THE AIRPORT MAKE THAT A RETREAT DESIGNATION KIND OF I THINK THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC BEING ABLE TO YEAH IT'S HAVING TO COUNTY TV CHANNEL YOU KNOW HAVING THE LIVE FEED AND RECORDING IT BECOMES AN ISSUE SO HOLDING THE ACTUAL MEETING OUT THERE WOULD WOULD BE TOUGH AND IT MIGHT BE WORTH EXPLORING THEM. I MEAN THERE'S A COUPLE BOARDS THAT I'M ON THAT WE WILL GO TO OTHER LOCATIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION IF IT'S IF WE'RE LEGALLY BOUND TO THAT I MEAN IF IT'S JUST A LIVE STREAM I MEAN I THINK THEY COULD HANDLE I THINK I THINK BECAUSE IT USED TO BE HELD AT THE AIRPORTS AND IT HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION RIGHT.
WE BEEN CHECK AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT VIA MOBILE FACEBOOK I THINK EXACTLY. YEAH. AND YEAH I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHO CAN USED TO DO THEIR MEETINGS ON HIS FACEBOOK TOO OF YEAH YOU'RE WATCHING YEAH YEAH DOES THE COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL GET THE COPY THAT WE GET EACH MONTH OF YESTERDAY SO RIGHT THE STAKEHOLDER UPDATE ON THE TERMINAL RIGHT YES THE ELECTRONIC ONE RIGHT YEAH YEAH YEAH.
SO THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING IT DISTRIBUTED TO THEM. ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT. MARCH FOR SPEAKING BY LEGISLATORS THE SOUTH CAROLINA AVIATION ASSOCIATION IS DOING HOSTING A LEGISLATIVE IN COLUMBIA SO IF ANYBODY IS ENGAGED WITH THEIR MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION THE STATE LEVEL REMIND THEM OF THIS.
I'LL BE REACHING OUT AND INVITING THEM AS WELL. IT'S IN THE EVENING IT'S LIKE 5 TO 7 I THINK STEVE ON MARCH 4TH. SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY BOTH GOING TO GO RIGHT TO THAT. STEVE'S ON THE BOARD FOR THE ASSOCIATION SO HE HAS TO GO BUT I'M PLANNING ON BEING THERE AS WELL. SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO JUST INTERACT WITH WITH OUR LOCAL FOLKS AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT PROJECTS ARE COMING UP.
THEY'RE ALREADY ENGAGED. JEFF BRADLEY FROM HILTON HAD REACHED OUT TO ME A MONTH AND A HALF AGO ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PHASE OF THE TERMINAL SO YOU CAN START PAYING IN A WAY AT THAT ON THE BUDGET HE'S ALREADY WORKING FOR US UP THERE AND THEN THEY ALL COME TOGETHER AND THEN KIND OF HUDDLE AROUND THE ISSUES SO THEY DO A GOOD JOB FOR US MILITARY VERSUS SAFE PRACTICES THIS WAS AN OPENING AT THE CONFERENCE AND IT WAS HOSTED BY A PILOT FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND NOT TOO MANY ISSUES IN THIS PART OF THE STATE
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BETWEEN GAY AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT. MOST PEOPLE ARE FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON BUT HE TALKED ABOUT SOME OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE AS WELL AS GEORGIA BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO FLY INTO THE THE MOAS OVER BY ATHENS BULLDOG IS THE ONE OVER THERE BUT HE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW A LOT OF GAY PILOTS DON'T NECESSARILY PAY ATTENTION WHEN MOVES ARE ACTIVE YOU KNOW I THINK THAT COMES BACK TO READING TOTEMS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT YOU JUST CHECKING ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE WE GET OUT THERE BUT HE MADE THE POINT THAT PARTICULARLY WITH WITH THE JETS THEY THEY CAN'T SEE THE GAY AIRCRAFT IN THE JET AIRCRAFT CAN'T SEE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING SO FAST IN THERE. THEIR SIGHT PICTURE IS SO THAT YOU CAN'T SEE AN F-16 THAT'S OUT THERE. BUT WHAT WE LEARN IS THAT THEY KIND OF DO A ROAD SHOW AND THEY GO AROUND TO DIFFERENT AIRPORTS IF ASKED AND WE'LL DO LITTLE PRESENTATION.SO I THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO BRING THEM DOWN TO EITHER AIRPORTS OR ONE AIRPORT AND HAVE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KIND OF BE REFRESHED ON THINGS LIKE THAT AND. REMEMBER JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD AN F-16 VERSUS CESSNA 150 JUST UP THE ROAD DORCHESTER COUNTY NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
SO IT CAN HAPPEN SO WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT SO WE'LL DO A LITTLE COORDINATION ON THAT AND KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP. THE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT, JOHN, A COROLLARY I'M NOTICING THAT IN HILTON HEAD NOW WE'RE HAVING I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN INCREASED NUMBER BUT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER WEEKLY OF HELICOPTERS COMING IN AND THEY ARE A THREAT TO OTHER AIRPLANES WE TALK ABOUT THIS THING CALLED WAKE TURBULENCE WHERE THEY'RE SPINNING ROTORS WHEN SOMEBODY IS PARKED AROUND A TAXIWAY AND ONE OF THOSE HELICOPTERS COMES REAL CLOSE THAT DOWN WASH FROM THOSE BLADES LITERALLY LIFT AN AIRPLANE UP AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF .
SO IT'S NOT JUST STUFF IN THE AIR. IT'S A GOOD POINT AND THE THE BRIEFER ALSO SAID THAT WITH THE HELICOPTERS THEY HAVE THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT THE JETS HAVE THE JETS HAVE THE INTERROGATORS YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S OUT THERE.
THE HELICOPTERS DON'T HAVE THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME FIELD OF VISION IS THE JETS DO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BE YOU KNOW AND THEY'RE MOVING AT A SLOWER SPEED WHICH MAKES YOU THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT SAFER BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LIMITATIONS THERE SO IT IS JUST GOOD, YOU KNOW, GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PILOTS TO TO BE REFRESHED ON.
SO WE'LL KIND OF COORDINATE SOME OF THAT AND, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL THEN THE LAST NIGHT THE MILITARY BUSINESS ALLIANCE THAT'S A NEW COMMITTEE WITH THE START IS THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I'M THE OF THAT COMMITTEE FOR THIS ITEM AND THEN WE KIND OF MORPHED OVER TO BEFORE AS WELL BECAUSE BEFORE IT'S GOT THE ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE AND WE STARTED WORKING WITH WITH MEGAN AT THE REGIONAL CHAMBER AND NOW WE'RE PROPOSING AS KIND OF A JOINT BETWEEN THE TWO CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TO REALLY TRY TO LINK THE THE MILITARY COMMUNITY AND TRANSITIONING MILITARY MEMBERS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN A VERY KIND A DELIBERATE AND INTENTIONAL WAY NOT JUST PAYING LIP SERVICE TO AND SAYING IT'S IMPORTANT AND THEN MOVING ON BUT THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD ASSETS HERE AND WE BENEFITED FROM THAT. I MEAN ERIKA HAS LEFT BUT YOU KNOW, ERIC WAS A HIRE THROUGH THE SKILLED BRIDGE PROGRAM AND HE WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT CAN WORK OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHEN TRANSITIONED FROM THE NAVY HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SKILL BRIDGE AND THAT'S HOW HE INTO THE CIVILIAN WORLD SO IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M INVOLVED IN THAT NICK WE MAY INTERFACE ON THAT JUST WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REGIONAL CHAMBER BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS ALREADY. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD A THING AND IT MAY BEAR FRUIT YOU KNOW FOR MORE GOOD GOOD EMPLOYEES TO NOT JUST THE COUNTY BUT THE AIRPORT AS WELL . ALWAYS THINGS TO DO JOHN, YOU ANY CONTACT WITH THE NEW HILTON HEAD AIRPORT LIAISON? AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ELECTIONS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
WE HAVE A NEW LIAISON AND THE SAME THING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL WE HAVE A NEW LIAISON FROM THE COUNTY TO THE AIRPORT. ANY CONTACT WITH THOSE FOLKS HERE OR THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTREACH PROGRAM TO COME TO SOME OF OUR MEETINGS WHICH GOES ON YEAH, YEAH, TOM IS STILL THE ONE FROM COUNTY COUNCIL SO HE REMAINS THE SAME BUT YOU KNOW THE NEW TOWN THE TOWN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE IS MELINDA TURNER. YEAH, RIGHT.
I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HER. SHE COULD NOT COME TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE. SHE'S AWAY BUT SHE'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING IN MARCH ON HELENA AND WE PLAN INVITE HER TO THE AIRPORT SO SHE CAN MEET WITH ME AND THE STAFF AND KIND OF GO THROUGH AIRPORTS ONE ON ONE AND AND GET THE THE TOUR SO YEAH. GOOD GOOD POINT HOWARD EVERYBODY ELSE QUESTIONS. YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON OUR HOW FOR THE PART TIME SO ON A FULL TIME OR FROM HOW HOW LONG WHAT WHAT ARE THE SHIFTS 12 HOUR SHIFTS THE 8
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HOURS 4848 HOURS THEY'RE ON AND THEN FOR PART TIME THEY JUST THEY'RE 48 ON AS WELL THEY KIND OF FILL IN I DON'T DO WE HAVE DOING 24 HOURS NOW I THINK THERE'S A MINIMUM THE WAY WE'VE GOT TO SET UP IS PART TIMERS COMING OVER NEED TO HIT A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF HOURS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE RETIREMENT GOING SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY HAVE AT LEAST THAT EVERY MONTH BUT THEN THEY'LL IF THEY HAVE EXTRA AVAILABILITY WE PULL THEM IN FOR EXTRA SHIFTS TO KIND OF REDUCE OUR OVERTIME THAT'S THE PLAN. THEY'RE NOT ALL FULLY QUALIFIED YET BUT WHEN THOSE TWO ARE THEN WE'LL WORK THEM IN THE ROTATION SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHIEF'S PLAN IS AS FAR AS WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE 24 OR 48 HOUR SHIFTS OUT.IMAGINE 48, RIGHT? THEY COULD BE SO IMAGINE A FIREFIGHTER GETS SICK RIGHT INSTEAD OF ADDING ANOTHER TIME FIREFIGHTER TO COVER HIS SHIFT PLUS THE ONE THAT HE WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK PART TIME WOULD COME IN AND FILL THAT SHIFT SO THAT'S 24 OR 48 HOURS OF OVERTIME THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY. RIGHT.
WE'RE BRINGING IN A FOURTH TIME TO DO THAT. YEAH.
OR IF SOMEBODY TO GO DO A HIGH BURN WE FILL THAT POSITION WITH PART TIME INSTEAD OF ANOTHER FULL TIME JOB AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENT JUST HAD IN TORONTO AND HOW QUICKLY THEY RESPONDED AND, YOU KNOW THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. YOU KNOW, IT'S A MIRACLE.
YOU KNOW, NOBODY WAS HOW DOES THE OR EVEN BEING PILOT HOW DO THEY FIND OUT ABOUT HOW DOES THAT RESPONSE ACTION HAPPEN SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SITTING WATCHING EVERY SINGLE LANDING. YOU KNOW HOW WHO'S RESPONDING THE TOWER TOWER IF THE TOWER IS OPEN GO TOWER IS HAPPENING TO YOU KNOW TOWER HEADS A CRASH PHONE AND THAT OPENS DOORS AND GETS EVERYBODY MOVING VISUAL IF THERE'S A KNOWN ISSUE, IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS RIGHT ALREADY A PLANE THEY KNOW THAT GO CALL IN AND THAT HAPPENS I WON'T SAY OFTEN BUT IT'S FUNNY I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED BY CALL FROM FROM THE ISLAND PACKET LAST WEEK AS I WAS DRIVING FROM THE CONFERENCE SAYING HEY WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THE AIRPORT THAT THE RAF HAD TO RESPOND TO WHAT HAPPENED AND I SAID WELL I'LL TELL YOU IT WASN'T SERIOUS BECAUSE YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON WHO TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND WHAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE WAS A I THINK IT WAS THE 172 THAT WAS FLYING IN AND REPORTED SOME OF AN ISSUE THAT WAS AN ABNORMALITY LANDED PERFECTLY SAFELY.
IT PUT IT OFF ON ALERT JUST IN CASE. SO THEY'RE STANDING BY READY TO GO. BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ALERT FOR THE RAF GUYS SO SOMETIMES YOU'RE JUST STAY IN ALREADY OTHER TIMES TRUCKS ARE ROLLING, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ISSUE IS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT THAT WORKED OUT PERFECTLY FINE AND IT WASN'T AN ISSUE BUT I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE AIR LISTENING THAT OH IS THAT RIGHT CESSNA 172 YOU'RE RIGHT AND THE GUY REPORTED OF THE FIELD ABOUT 20 MILES HE WAS HAVING ENGINE ISSUES BUT WASN'T SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IT WAS BUT THE TOWER JUMPED RIGHT ON IT AND SAID THIS MIGHT BE AN EMERGENCY SO THEY DID THE RIGHT THING AND THEN HE CALLS IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER AND SAYS I'M FINE IN THE TOWER. SO YOU WANT TO LAND ANYWAY AND I THINK HE JUST MOVED ON AND WENT SOMEPLACE ELSE. OKAY SO A LOT OF PEOPLE OPERATOR ERROR A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE DECLARE AN EMERGENCY RIGHT YEAH.
AND WHAT DO THE PEOPLE JOHN ANY UPDATES ON ERIC'S REPLACEMENT? YES, WE HAVE MADE A SELECTION AND I'M ACTUALLY I HAVE LUNCH WITH THEM TODAY AND AND HE'S ACTUALLY COMING FROM ANOTHER AIRPORT IN THE STATE WHICH IS NICE. HE HE KNOWS HOW TO MANAGE AN AIRPORT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IT'S WORKED WITH THE STATE SYSTEM BUT WE'LL WE'LL BRING HIM IN I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING PROBABLY NOT GOING TO START UNTIL APRIL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO DO A LITTLE TURN OVER BACK HOME AND THEN MOVE OVER HERE.
BUT WE DID HAVE A SELECTION MADE SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND ANY UPDATES ON THE HANGAR FINANCING THAT THEY DID WITH THE COUNTY WE DID MEET WITH THE CFO I GUESS IT BEGINNING OF LAST WEEK AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT. IT'S ALSO THE HEIGHT OF BUDGET SEASON SO IT'S HARD TO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION RIGHT NOW TO PUT THAT TOGETHER BUT WE DO HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THERE'S A LOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS TO GO WITH THAT BUT WE ARE READY TO START THE SITE WORK. STEVE AND I ARE GOING TO MEET WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DEPARTMENT HEAD NEXT WEEK AND TALK ABOUT THAT PROJECT SO WE CAN GET THE SITE WORK MOVING AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT AWARDED YES YES.
OKAY YEAH SO WE GOT A CONTRACTOR READY TO GO SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR GET THAT SET AND AND GET THAT KICKED OFF.
SO WE'RE GETTING INTO THE KIND OF THE BEST CONSTRUCTION SEASON HERE PRETTY SOON SO WE'RE HOPING TO SEE HAPPEN QUICKLY JOHN. QUESTION ABOUT OUR GRANT UPDATES THAT WE RECEIVED FAA ARE IN PLACE OR ARE THERE ANY STILL PENDING NOW ALL THE
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GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED. MOST OF THEM HAPPENED IN THE LATE SUMMER TIME FOR SCHEDULED GRANTS. SO WE'RE GET CAUGHT UP IN ANOTHER AREA BEFORE THEY CAN BE ACTUALLY RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT WE'VE EVERYTHING WE APPLIED FOR WE'RE WAITING FOR HAS BEEN APPROVED, DISTRIBUTED, ACCEPTED SO WE'RE GOOD RIGHT NOW.WE'RE MOVING INTO THE NEXT SEASON OF APPLICATIONS SO COME APRIL WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE APPLICATIONS GOING OUT FOR NEXT YEAR. YOU KNOW THIS FISCAL YEAR GRANTS. GOOD YEAH IT'S A NEVER ENDING PROCESS YOU KNOW, APPLYING FOR NEW ONES WORKING THROUGH THEM AND THEN CLOSING THEM OUT. THAT'S THE HARD PART GETTING CLOSED OUT AND THANK YOU JOHN. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY HERE
[Items IX.1. - IX.3.]
. UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THE ROOM.ANYONE. RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. SO IT'S SOME ITEMS THE FIRST THREE WE I TALKED TO JOHN EARLIER CAN PUT THOSE TOGETHER. IT'S JUST AN APPROVAL FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THAT FOR GRANTS OR NOT FOR THE GRANTS BUT FOR THE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX AND HOSPITALITY TAX.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE ALL TOGETHER ON IT. SO DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR THEY MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT FOR JOHN ABOUT IT? AND WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR SO IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. OKAY SO WITH DISCUSSION ENDING ANY EMOTION ABOUT GOOD JOB WAS DOWN THAT'S A NICE NICE JOB OKAY SO LET'S NOW SINCE WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE DISCUSSION ANYONE OPPOSED TO APPLYING FOR THESE I'VE GOT MOTION PASSES SO MOVING ON TO FOR TENANT
[IX.4. NON-TENANT COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT (HXD) – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A NON-TENANT COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND PALMETTO ACES FLYING CLUB – VOTE]
COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT AND I'LL LET JOHN EXPLAIN IT ON THAT FOR COUNTY IMPLEMENTED ACES FLYING CLUB YEAH THIS IS A HELPING HAND AND THIS IS JUST A NEW FLYING CLUB GOING TO BE OPERATING. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DOING LESSONS TO REMEMBER STEVE AND NO LESSONS TO THE FLYING CLUB GOING TOGETHER ORDERS TO START IN THE MORNING YEAH SO THEY MAY HAVE SOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN BUT SINCE THAT CONSTITUTES A A BUSINESS THEY JUST HAVE HAVE TO HAVE AN OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH US SO THAT'S THIS IS IT'S A PRETTY MINOR ONE DANGLING FROM HILTON HEAD MEAN OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY AIRPLANES ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW.I KNOW ONE YEAH, JUST ONE RIGHT NOW THAT'LL BE A TOUGH RENTAL IT MIGHT TURN INTO AN WRESTLING MATCH OR SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? LET'S START ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOM AGAIN. I'M SORRY.
GOING TO BE LESLIE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL RIGHT.
BUT ANYONE OPPOSED TO MOVING FORWARD FOR JOHN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AGREEMENT NOT
[IX.5. NON-TENANT COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT (ARW) – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A NON-TENANT COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND PILOT SPECIALTIES, LLC – VOTE]
YOUR NON MOTION PASSES SO ON TO FIVE WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS QUESTION SO I'M JUST GOING TO BRING IT UP EXPLAIN WHY THERE'S TWO OF THESE. I UNDERSTAND WHY FROM DEALING WITH THE LEASES BEFORE BUT WHY THERE ARE TWO LEASES TWO TO AGREEMENTS WITH THE SAME COMPANY.SURE. YEAH. IF YOU LOOK AT FIVE AND SIX AND I THINK YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE RELATED BECAUSE THEY'RE WITH THE SAME COMPANY. BUT WHAT PILOT SPECIALTIES DOES IS THEY DO CHECK ROD OKAY SO THEY'RE THEY'RE HE'S AN EXAMINER AND BEEN OPERATING AT RW FOR YEARS BUT NOW WE'VE GOT SOME OFFICE SPACE FOR HIM INSTEAD OF TAKING UP THE CONFERENCE ROOM FOR AN ENTIRE DAY SO THEY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE THERE SO TO SPEAK. BUT THE REASON IS TWO AGREEMENTS IS ONE IS THAT COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR THE BUSINESS SO THAT HANDLES AND THEN THE SECOND ONE NUMBER SIX IS THE LEASE. SO THAT'S FOR THE ACTUAL OFFICE SPACE THAT HE'LL BE IN AND THAT NEEDS TO SEPARATE BECAUSE THE COUNTY NOW HAS THAT STANDARD LEASE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE AND HE'LL BE SIGNING ON TO THAT AND THAT THE LEASE ACTUALLY GOES ALL THE WAY THAT'S A THAT'S THREE READINGS OF COUNCIL SO THAT'S WHY STAY SEPARATE OKAY AND WE HAD A THERE WAS ANOTHER EXAMINER THAT WAS ALSO TALKING ABOUT COMING IN THERE WAS AND SHE MOVED ON TO ANOTHER AIRPORT OKAY YEAH IT TURNS OUT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN A IN AN OFFICE SO YEAH SHE MOVED ON. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S START OUT LET'S START OUT WITH FIVE WITH THE COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION DO WE KNOW WHO IS IS IT THE ONE THAT'S BEEN AT THE AIRPORT? YEAH, IT'S MAN IT IS MISMANAGED. YEAH YEAH. YEAH.
SO HE'S BEEN THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, I NEED A MOTION TO WRITE ANY OF THOSE VERY NON THAT MOTION PASS WHO DO YOU GET IT FOR FIRST AND SECOND JUST FOR
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FOR I'M SORRY I'M SORRY YOU'RE CORRECT I JUST WENT ONE TWO AS I DIDN'T WANT TO THINK TOO AND THAT'S WRONG YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROPER HERE FOR US TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT'S RICHARD'S GOT THE FIRST ONE. NICK HAS HIS RIGHTS NICK OKAY GUYS SEEMS TO BE A TREND ALL RIGHT SO NOW ANYONE OPPOSED VERY NON MOTION PASSES WE'LL MOVE ON TO SIX WHICH WE'VE[IX.6. OFFICE SPACE LEASE AGREEMENT (ARW) – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN OFFICE SPACE LEASE BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND PILOT SPECIALTIES, LLC – VOTE]
ALREADY HAD DISCUSSION ON THAT UNLESS SOMEONE HAS ANOTHER QUESTION BEING THE FAIR CHAIRMAN THEN I AM I'LL MOVE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOM OFFERING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO OKAY. BRYAN AND OUR BRYAN BE THE FIRST HOWARD WILL BE THE SECOND . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON IT? ALL RIGHT.[X. CHAIRMAN UPDATE]
ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES SO THAT I'LL MOVE ON TO THE CHAIRMAN UPDATE AND I NO UPDATE AT ALL OTHER THAN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SNOW AND I AGREE YOU IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 93 WE'VE ONLY HAD THIS HAPPEN REALLY TWICE AND ONE WAS AN 18 SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WE RAN INTO THE SAME PROBLEMS TRYING TO CLEAR SNOW. WE HAD SNOW FOR 14 DAYS BASED ON A SIX FOOT PILE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WE HAD AN OVER UNDER AND THERE WAS SOME GAMBLING GOING ON A BUTLER ON HOW LONG THE SNOWFALL WOULD LAST AND IT LASTED DAYS.SO THERE WAS ONE ONE BIG WINNER ON THAT DO WE HAVE ANY TALKING THE COMMITTEE DO WE HAVE ANY
[XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS]
COMMITTEE REPORTS OTHER THAN WE WILL BE MEETING YOU'LL BE GETTING UP TOGETHER FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE BUDGET GROUP NEXT MONTH IN MARCH WE'LL HAVE BRIAN IN TO DO A FINANCE UPDATE AND WE'LL TALK THROUGH THE BUDGET AS WELL. OKAY.YEAH. SO I GUESS IN THE MEANTIME IF WE DO WE WANT TO DO THE SAME KIND OF SUBCOMMITTEE THING WHERE GET TOGETHER THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE BUDGET AND BELIEVE HOWARD'S ON IT. I'M ON IT AND BRIAN'S ON IT AND WE HAVE YEAH ROGER ON IT AS WELL I THINK WAS IN ON IT ALSO I THINK HE I THINK HANDS ON IT AS WELL WE MAY WANT TO SET UP A JOHN HOWARD CHRIS RICH AND AND IS THAT RIGHT AND BRIAN AND BRIAN YEAH AND I THINK WE HAVE THAT ON THE LIST WHEN WE DID THE COMMITTEE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
OKAY WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT AND AND LET'S UP A TIME GIVE US A COUPLE DATES AND WE CAN ALL MEET BEFORE BRIAN COMES OVER DOES SO THEN WE CAN FIX THIS YEAH YEAH WE'LL SHOOT FOR MAYBE MAYBE OR SECOND WEEK OF MARCH SO THAT WE'RE AT LEAST A WEEK AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
YEAH. SECOND WEEK OF MARCH WE BETTER I KNOW I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THIS EVENT ABOUT YOU. OKAY. SO YEAH ALL RIGHT.
YEAH I RUSSIA WE HAVE WE HAVE OUR MEETING OF TOMORROW. IT'S ALWAYS DATE EARLY.
THIS IS SECOND SECOND VERSION NOW SO THIS IS THIS WAS THIS MEETING WAS MOVED BECAUSE OF WHATEVER THE OTHER CONFLICT RIGHT ON THIS SCHEDULE IT'S DOWN AS MARCH 20TH SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT CORRECT WHAT YOU KNOW THE OTHER DAY WAS 13TH THERE WAS NO I GUESS GIVE US 13 DATES FOR IT IS A 30 OKAY WELL WE'RE WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW ONE DO WE HAVE IS THE NEXT MEETING THE 13TH 13TH YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR US TO WORK ON. TWO WORDS WITHIN THE TEAMS MEETING I WILL NOT BE HERE I MEAN I'LL BE AT THE NEW YEAR OKAY. OKAY SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. BRIAN CAN TALK AND THEN WALK BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING WE'LL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT WORKING ON THAT. I WOULD SUGGESTING THAT IF WE HAVE THE BOARD MEETING ON THE 13TH WE COULD DO THE BUDGET BEFORE OR AFTER YEAH WE'D PROBABLY DO IT BEFORE WOULD BE BETTER BUT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN YOU'RE GONNA BE IN NEW JERSEY WE'RE GOING ON THE 10TH RIGHT THE 10TH BE UP THERE FOR ABOUT TEN, 15 DAYS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO MAYBE POSSIBILITY OF DOING IT THE 13TH BEFORE THE MEETING BOARD DO THE BUDGET MEETING WE REMEMBER THE BOARD MEETINGS AT TEN OH WHAT IS IT THAT YOU GUYS GETTING THIS BACK BEFORE GUYS GOT TO TRAVEL MY HAIR IS GOING TO BE MESSED UP. I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I WILL TELL YOU EVERY FEW EVERTONIANS WHO DON'T DRIVE SOUTH YOU MAY WANT TO LEAVE EARLY I KNOW I'VE DONE IT IS OH YEAH YEAH DURING RUSH HOUR YEAH UNLESS YOU WANT TO PRACTICE YOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS EARLY. YES IT WAS BACKED UP TO THE MALL BUT PLEASE YEAH I MEAN TALKING ABOUT WI FI OVER THERE IS 8 MINUTES THAT'S WHAT YOU DO YOU FLY ALTHOUGH IF ANYBODY IS ON THE FENCE ABOUT THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DRIVE OVER THERE. OKAY SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? I DON'T THINK THERE IS. I TALKED TO FOR LESLIE YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR WHAT'S UP WITH THE AMBASSADOR OR IS IT TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT? IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL. YEAH, IT'S ON. I HAVE FULL FAITH IN LESLIE.
I KNOW IT'S MOVING ON JUST LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES NOW WE'LL GET TOGETHER IN APRIL MAY AND HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE. THANK YOU AGAIN.
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I HAVE SEVERAL NEW RECRUITS. THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO IT WE HAVE TO START KIND OF LOOKING AT THEM A LITTLE CLOSER TO TRY OUT. THAT'S RIGHT YEAH.THEY NEED TO BE THOROUGHLY YES. YES DEFINITELY VETTED EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW MOVE BACK TO CITIZENS COMMENT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHY I USE PLURAL BECAUSE THERE'S NOT EVEN ANYONE HERE. SO SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A ADJOURNMENT TO. BE FAIR. MY MOVE FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO ON THIS ONE OVER HERE.
SO THEN ANY SECOND OVER HERE I'M TRYING TO BE FAIR. OKAY, YOU GOT IT.
AND TOM ALL IN FAVOR I MEAN
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.